▒▒█▓▓▓███████ ▒▓▓▓▓███████
▓▓█████████▒▒ ███████████▒
▒████████░░ ▒▒████████░
▓▓██████ ▓███████
▓▓██████ ░ ▓█████▒▒
▓▓██████ ▒▒▓████▒ ░████ ▓█████░░ ▒█████
████████ ▓███████████▒███████████ ███████▒ ██████ ████████████
▒▒█████▓ ▒██░░ ███████▒ ▓████████ ▓███████▓ ▒█████ ▒███░▒▒██████▒▒
░░█████▓░░███░░████████▓ ░████████▒█████████ ░█████ ░██ ░████████▓▓
░░█████▓████ ██████████▓ ░███████▓██████████ ░█████ ███ █████████▓▓
█████████░░██████████░ ██████████████████ █████████░░░█████████░░
▓███████░░░ ░▒▒▒░ █████████▒ ██████ ████████░░ ▒▒▒▒░
▒████████████▓░░ ▓███████▒ ▓█████ ███████████████
▒█████████████████░ ████████ ▓████▓ ██████████████████
█████ ▒▒██████ ░███████ ▓████▓ ███████ ▒█████▒▒
█████████░░ ▒█████░░ ██████▓ ▓████▒ ██████████░ ███████░
███████████ ░▓▓████████▒███████████ █████▒ ███████████ ░░▓████████▒▒
░ ░▒▒▒███▒ ▓██████████▓███████████ ░░█████▒ ░░ ░▒▒████▒ ▓▓█████████▓▓
▒▒▒ k n u c k l e s ░░░▒▒█ ▓▓█████▓ ▒▒
████████▒▒
· ···──────░░▒█████──[ proudly presents...]──┐
███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
█┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐█│
█│ James Holden-Live At Panama Bar (Amsterdam) 10-20-2004 │█│
█│·─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·│█│
█│ Artist...: James Holden │█│
█│ Title....: Live At Panama Bar (Amsterdam) 10-20-2004 │█│
█│ Label....: n/a │█│
█│ Genre....: Electronic │█│
█│ Str.date.: 000-00-0000 │█│
█│ Rip.date.: Nov-28-2004 │█│
█│ Source...: CDDA │█│
█│ Quality..: 192 kbps / 44,1Hz / Stereo │█│
█│ Encoder..: LAME │█│
█│ Supplier.: TEAM knk │█│
█│ Ripper...: Team knk │█│
█│ Tracks...: 02 │█│
█│ Size.....: 155,3 MB │█│
█│·─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·│█│
█└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█│
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀│
│
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·· · │
│█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█████████████████████████████┘
│█ · ···───[ t r a c k ─ l i s t ]───────··· · ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█
│█┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐█
│█│ │█
│█│ NR. │ TrackName │ Time │█
│█│ · ···─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·· ·│█
│█│ │ │ │█
│█│ 01 │ Live At Panama Bar (Amsterdam) 10-20-CDR-2004 │56:06 │█
│█│ 02 │ Live At Panama Bar (Amsterdam) 10-20-CDR-2004 │56:56 │█
│█│ │ │ │█
│█│ · ···─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·· ·│█
│█│ │ │█
│█│ │ TOTAL TiME 113:02 min │█
│█│ │█
│█│·─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·│█
│█└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█
│▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
│
│ · ···───┐
│█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█████████████████████████████│
│█ · ···───[ r e l e a s e ─ i n f o ]───··· · ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█│
│█┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐█│
│█│ Always support artists!! Remember it!! │█│
│█│·─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·│█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ James Holden is far from your average DJ-producer. With his │█│
│█│ canÆt-be-arsed-to-make-an-appointment-with-my-hairdresser shaggy │█│
│█│ hair and vintage Judas Priest t-shirts (with authentic holes) he │█│
│█│ sticks out like a sore thumb amongst the clean-cut short-haired │█│
│█│ blokeÆs bloke DJs whose unremarkable faces adorn the pages of the │█│
│█│ dance music press. (ôI donÆt trust anyone who is cleaner than │█│
│█│ myself!ö jokes James). │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ Musically he is also a million miles from the faceless repetitive │█│
│█│ beats mentality of so many of his peers, much more likely to be │█│
│█│ listening to leftfield albums from the likes of Mogwai, Four Tet │█│
│█│ or Boards of Canada than the latest essential mix CD. James │█│
│█│ Holden is a young man plotting a course through the music world │█│
│█│ all of his very own, putting some personality back into dance │█│
│█│ music and refusing to stay in the pigeonholes where other people │█│
│█│ seem so keen to shove him. │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ If an artist like James hadnÆt been into music from an early age │█│
│█│ youÆd be seriously worried, so we shanÆt bore you with the │█│
│█│ details, suffice to say it involved his dad teaching him piano, a │█│
│█│ man called Mr Draycott teaching him violin, an (un)healthy │█│
│█│ appetite for the music of Queen, early dabblings on his first │█│
│█│ proto-computer and the unlikely musical guidance of his A-level │█│
│█│ physics teacher towards all things electronic. │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ The stuff everyone is really interested in begins aged 19, with a │█│
│█│ track called ôHorizonsö. Written during his summer holidays from │█│
│█│ his maths degree at Oxford University on a ú500 PC and a piece of │█│
│█│ revolutionary music software called Buzz (a freeware internet │█│
│█│ download), this crossover anthem of the summer of 1999 propelled │█│
│█│ young James and his bedroom set-up into the top flight of dance │█│
│█│ music production. The rest, as they say, is history. │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ To this day, JamesÆ DIY studio set-up remains largely unchanged │█│
│█│ since those early efforts, bar a few computer upgrades here and │█│
│█│ there. Despite initial whispers throughout the establishment │█│
│█│ about ôanalogue warmthö, the days of the twenty grand studio │█│
│█│ entry level into the world of production were numbered. James had │█│
│█│ already opened the door for a new generation of talented young │█│
│█│ bedroom producer-punks who bolted after him, whilst those very │█│
│█│ same doubters are left scrambling to catch up to the digital │█│
│█│ revolution which threatened to pass them by. Meanwhile, James has │█│
│█│ taken his computer production to a whole other level, exploiting │█│
│█│ the full potential which the new software opens up and unleashing │█│
│█│ a life of its own where others merely try to recreate what you │█│
│█│ could do on conventional studio equipment. │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ ôThereÆs always going to be these people who are going to say, │█│
│█│ æYou just donÆt get that sound unless itÆs analogueÆ,ö explains │█│
│█│ James. ôAnd itÆs just complete rubbish. You just get a different │█│
│█│ sound. And I personally prefer the sound out of a computer to the │█│
│█│ sound out of a load of rotting analogue equipment. You just need │█│
│█│ to know where to inject the life into it, and how to, and then │█│
│█│ the computer can become an instrument just like any other. Where │█│
│█│ IÆm at now is trying to make my music feel less like a cheesy │█│
│█│ sequencer Lego building and more like IÆm playing the computer │█│
│█│ like it is a guitar or somethingà more human and raw.ö │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ What James has created with this trusty PC is an edit-heavy │█│
│█│ hybrid sound all of his own, which crosses traditional genre │█│
│█│ boundaries and has found him fans in almost every scene. Holden │█│
│█│ tracks slot seamlessly into the sets of techno, trance, │█│
│█│ progressive and electro DJs alike. From pixie-trance to leftfield │█│
│█│ dance music, new wave house to melodic techno, the │█│
│█│ genre-classifiers have yet to find a label which accurately │█│
│█│ captures the unique yet universally appealing nature of HoldenÆs │█│
│█│ music. And although he has spawned many an imitator, HoldenÆs │█│
│█│ constantly evolving sound and rigorous attention to detail has │█│
│█│ been equalled by none. │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ To a music world overly obsessed by scenes, the James Holden │█│
│█│ success story reads like a catalogue of contradictions. 2003Æs │█│
│█│ collaboration with vocalist Julie Thompson, ôNothingö, was picked │█│
│█│ up by legendary UK house label Loaded, yet proclaimed by trance │█│
│█│ legend Tiesto to be his tune of the year. James has remixed │█│
│█│ everything from Crosstown Rebels electro-house to Positiva │█│
│█│ dance-pop; New Order to Britney Spears; Timo Maas dirty breaks to │█│
│█│ System 7 psy-trance; fast-rising young upstart Nathan Fake to │█│
│█│ Kirsty HawkshawÆs timeless classic ôFine Dayö. Meanwhile ôA Break │█│
│█│ in the Cloudsö, the debut release on his own Border Community │█│
│█│ label, has become an underground European techno classic, still │█│
│█│ selling by the thousand a whole year after release, making its │█│
│█│ way onto compilations from Luke Slater and Monika Kruse, and │█│
│█│ winning Holden a firm following amongst the ever forward-thinking │█│
│█│ German dance fraternity. │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ More recent developments on the studio front include new Holden & │█│
│█│ Thompson track ôCome To Meö, scheduled for release next year, │█│
│█│ and, after a couple of years respite from remixing, a fistful of │█│
│█│ new Holden remixes: the nintendo acid and tripped out vocal mixes │█│
│█│ of Britney SpearsÆ ôBreathe on Meö; a psychedelic electro-trance │█│
│█│ version of Nathan FakeÆs ôThe Sky Was Pinkö; the dancefloor dub │█│
│█│ of System 7Æs ôPlanet 7ö; and the frantic animals of Andre │█│
│█│ KramlÆs ôSafariö for Crosstown Rebels. Also poised on the horizon │█│
│█│ is an EP worth of new Holden tracks and, following on from 2002Æs │█│
│█│ ôBloodlockö co-write on none other than SashaÆs ôAirdrawndaggerö │█│
│█│ album, a couple of collaborations with scene stalwarts Ashley │█│
│█│ Casselle and Slacker. │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ JamesÆ own DJ sets embrace the same spirit of eclecticism as his │█│
│█│ productions, uniting his own tracks and remixes with acid house, │█│
│█│ techno, electro and downtempo melodies, as demonstrated on last │█│
│█│ yearÆs groundbreaking Balance 005 mix CD. ôAphex Twin doing Ferry │█│
│█│ Corsten up the bumö is JamesÆ current (rather unsavoury) │█│
│█│ description of choice. On the borders of everything yet at the │█│
│█│ same time accessible enough to be slap bang in the middle of it │█│
│█│ all, HoldenÆs own steadfast musical vision and his often │█│
│█│ unorthodox fusion of tracks which the purists have traditionally │█│
│█│ grouped into distinct genres have won him dedicated followiers │█│
│█│ the world over. One of a handful of young DJs who have been │█│
│█│ allowed to rise up the ranks in recent years whose age bears more │█│
│█│ relation to that of the majority of club punters, the coming year │█│
│█│ promises business as usual, taking in every corner of Europe, a │█│
│█│ tour of Australia and Asia and regular trips to the USA. │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ JamesÆ sets are always topped off with a huge helping of │█│
│█│ previously unheard fresh young production talent, many of whom │█│
│█│ have found a home on his Border Community label. In just one year │█│
│█│ the label has gained a reputation as a breeding ground for │█│
│█│ similarly free-spirited genre-benders, with every release fusing │█│
│█│ solid dancefloor rockers with leftfield ambient interpretations │█│
│█│ and handy dj tools. ôBorder Community is my favourite thing that │█│
│█│ I do at the moment,ö says James. ôIt is really rewarding seeing │█│
│█│ the young artists we release go on to do great things.ö Names │█│
│█│ like Nathan Fake, Petter and The MFA are now following JamesÆ │█│
│█│ lead and already beginning to leave their own unique indellible │█│
│█│ imprints on the production world. James is also keen to take his │█│
│█│ troop of multi-talented live acts and DJs on the road with him, │█│
│█│ bringing the Border Community roadshow to a town near you. │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│ Still only 25 years old, James Holden now finds himself exactly │█│
│█│ where he wants to be. As the digital producer par excellence he │█│
│█│ is blazing a trail through as yet unchartered territory, showing │█│
│█│ those who follow in his wake how it can, and should, be done. As │█│
│█│ a DJ he gets to travel the world, surprising and delighting in │█│
│█│ equal measures, and enlarging his band of followers at every port │█│
│█│ of call. And at the helm of his own buzz label Border Community │█│
│█│ he is proving himself to be quite the A&R man, discovering │█│
│█│ like-minded souls to help turn his musical vision into reality │█│
│█│ and peddling something a little different to the record-buying │█│
│█│ public. Underlying the three components of the James Holden │█│
│█│ recipe for success is an unerring belief in his own vision and a │█│
│█│ refusal to do things the way others tell him they always have │█│
│█│ been done. He is well into the process of carving out a niche all │█│
│█│ of his very own, and is not about to let anyone stop him now. │█│
│█│ │█│
│█│·─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·│█│
│█└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█│
│▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·· · │
│
│
█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█████████████████████████████│
█ · ···───[ g r o u p ─ i n f o ]───────··· · ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█│
█┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐█│
█│" │█│
█│ In the beginning, there was Jack. And Jack had a groove. │█│
█│ And from this groove came the groove of all grooves. │█│
█│ And while one day viciously throwing down on his box, Jack boldly │█│
█│ declared,Let there be House! And House music was born. │█│
█│ I am, you see. I am the creator. And this is my House. │█│
█│ And in my House there is only House music. │█│
█│ But I am not so selfish, because once you've entered my House, │█│
█│ it then becomes our House, and our House music. And you see, │█│
█│ no one man owns House, because house music is a universal language │█│
█│ spoke and understood by all. You see, House is a feeling, that no one │█│
█│ can understand really, unless you're deep into the vibe of House. │█│
█│ House is an uncontrollable desire to Jack your body. And as I told │█│
█│ ya before, this is our house, and our House music. And in every house │█│
█│ you understand,there is a keeper. And in this house the keeper is │█│
█│ Jack. Now some of you might wonder, │█│
█│ who is Jack and what is it that Jack does? │█│
█│ Jack is the one who gives you the power to Jack your body. │█│
█│ Jack is the one who gives you the power to do the snake. │█│
█│ Jack is the one who gives you the key to the wiggly world. │█│
█│ Jack is the one who learns you how to walk your body. │█│
█│ Jack is the one that can bring nations and nations of all Jackers │█│
█│ together under one house. │█│
█│ You may be black, you may be white, you may be Jew, or Gentile. │█│
█│ It don't make a difference in our house. And this is fresh!!! │█│
█│ " │█│
█│·─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·│█│
█│ │█│
█│ knk was meant to be a house music group. but even if house music is │█│
█│ our only reason to exist as a group, we start now to release every │█│
█│ kind of electro-vocal-lounge liveset, mixcd, compilation or full cd. │█│
█│ We know livesets are considered worst than shit in the scene. │█│
█│ But we keep betting on them because we KNOW that normal people │█│
█│ love them. We got high feedbacks about many and many livesets we │█│
█│ released over the last year. We want to continue with .. │█│
█│ │█│
█│·─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·│█│
█│ │█│
█│ We are now in look for: │█│
█│ │█│
█│ - talented rippers, promo cd/live suppliers │█│
█│ │█│
█│ - 100mbit+ sites that would like us to affiliate them │█│
█│ │█│
█│ - bnc, (legit) shells suppliers │█│
█│ │█│
█│ If u think can help us, please send a mail to: knk@hushmail.com │█│
█│ │█│
█│·─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·│█│
█│ │█│
█│ We would like to thank the following groups for the good music │█│
█│ they release │█│
█│ │█│
█│ BWA - 1REAL - BPM - dh - MS - tronik - WHOA - XDS │█│
█│ │█│
█│ │█│
█│ and a special thank goes to Morgoth for his tools :) │█│
█│ │█│
█│·─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·│█│
█└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█│
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀│
· ···──────────────[last update 11-24-03]─────────────────────────────┘
...( v Topsite Scripts v2.0 )...
- --= Dont Imitate - Innovate =-- -