Jonty Skrufff News
2012-05-23 06:00
Herve- EDM aka Electronic Devil Music? (Interview)
UK uber-producer Herve chats about EDM, fear of flying, social networking and embracing the future....
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2012-05-22 05:15
Principles Of Geometry’s New World Disorder
Brilliant french duo Principles Of Geometry unveil the follow up to what was the best album of the 00s Lazare . . .
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2012-05-20 09:00
Hitler Expert Praises Paranoia
personality traits common to successful dictators such as Idi Amin, Saddam Hussein and Caligula....
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2012-05-19 09:45
Westway ‘F**K The Jubilee
Westway Records boss Carl Loben unveiled details of Essex band Dirty Rich’s upcoming single ‘F**K The Jubilee’ this week, though insisted that despite its title, he and fellow label co-conspirator Barry Ashworth are ‘ardent monarchists who love the Queen’. “We figured there was going to be a lot of media coverage of the [...]
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2012-05-18 09:00
Alisson Gothz’ Sao Paulo Reports – Sonar Sao Paulo brings Electronic Music Back
Alisson Gothz: “Last weekend Sao Paulo finally got the electronic music festival the city had always deserved - Sónar São Paulo was a huge success! The festival gathered more than 30,000 people, becoming the largest Sónar organized outside Spain by the Barcelona brand in its 19-year history. Between 11 and 12 May, the [...]
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2012-05-17 18:45
Donna Summer RIP
Press reports say Donna Summer has died of cancer. The disco superstar was 63.
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2012-05-17 17:15
Aphex Twin’s Vinyl Revival
British electronic auteur Richard Aphex Twin James is re-releasing his seminal experimental album ‘Selected Ambient Works Vol II’ as an ‘extremely limited’ triple gatefold record. The occasionally unlistenable Brian Eno-esque album established James as one of dance culture’s most and innovative and critically rated producers, which he further enhanced by launching pointed attacks [...]
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2012-05-17 15:45
Germany Calling- New picture
Lots of positive things are happening with Germany Calling (more details very shortly); here’s the new banner image. Click HERE for archive streamed shows.
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2012-05-17 01:30
Classic Games (Asteroids / Pacman / Space Invaders)
3 retro computer games from the 80s- still surprisingly good….: Pacman, Space Invaders and Asteroids . . .
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2012-05-16 09:00
Paris Hilton Prepares Her Superstar DJ New Career
Billionaire party girl Paris Hilton announced this week that she’ll soon be joining the ranks of pop-dance superstar DJs David Guetta, Tiesto and Afrojack, kicking off her career with an 1 hour set before 30,000 revellers in Brazil. Promising that her show at the Pop Festival will be ‘the first of many’, [...]
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2012-05-16 07:30
After Porn Ends Documentary – Official Trailer
Bruce Wagoner unveils his new documentary based on interviews with former porn stars asking ‘What happened next?’ While Traci Lords went on to make music with psy-trance legends Juno Reactor not many of the other actresses appear to have fared so well . . . [...]
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2012-05-15 18:45
Skrufff Selected Links; please send in recommendations
As part of the new site design we’re adding daily selected links (see to the left of the screen) covering everything from DJ mixes, new videos and tracks, games and special events to End Time theories, fancy recipes and serial killer stories. Please send in your recommendations to jonty@skrufff.com
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2012-05-15 14:15
Germany Calling Joins Brazil’s Dance Paradise FM (from June 7)
Brazil’s number one EDM radio network Dance Paradise FM is adding Germany Calling to their schedule and will be broadcasting the Berlin produced show every Thursday afternoon from June 7 (17.00 local time, 22.00 Berlin time). The Curitiba based station reaches millions of listeners via a network of 55 terrestrial FM radio [...]
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2012-05-15 10:30
Tax Law Threatens Germany’s Creative Classes
DJs and artists in Berlin will be amongst hundreds of thousands of self employed people who could soon be forced to pay €350 a month pension contributions on top of mandatory health care costs plus taxes meaning each will have to earn at least €600 before earning one cent. “These mandatory contributions [...]
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2012-05-14 12:45
Barefoot Doctor Bit: Is it Ever OK To Despise the Rich?
Barefoot Doctor: “It’s not about whether it’s OK – it’s more that whenever you despise anyone or anything, you merely generate a nasty energy within, one that drags you down and puts you off your own path. If instead you send everyone good wishes and wish them well (whether you believe they [...]