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Hey boppers

By Afflicted Wolf on May 29, 2011

Hello Boppers, It’s wolf. I want to share an email I received because I believe in transparency and the internet is full of bullshit. unfortunately there isn’t any music involved in this.

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To Whom it May Concern,
My name is Sean Mullen, I operate under the alias Wolf when I created the website: http://boppernation.com where I hosted links to media files. The aforementioned song, Pon De Floor (Chewy Chocolate Cookies remix) was Gifted to me to use on my website from the artist himself, Chewy Chocolate Cookies back in 2010 or whenever the link was posted. All music I have ever posted on my website was given to me by the artist/label/manager anyone who had permission to do so, I never operated on my own releasing content that wasn’t mine. I don’t update the site at all these days, it runs on its own now and is operated by others, but it still operates under the same conditions I have mentioned. If you wish to remove the music, fine, that song was released eons ago and is linked through several people with and without permission of the artist..but do not contact me again telling me I have violated any terms of service and do not contact 3rd parties, i.e. mediafire telling them I have violated any terms of service because everything I have ever posted was with permission from the people who created and own the music. From reading your email it says you represent Death Cab for Cutie, Jennifer Lopez, Snoop Dogg, etc. these names mean nothing to me and I have never released any of their content. Thanks.

Cordially yours, Sean ‘Wolf’ mullen

here is the email I received:
The file Pon de floor – Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix.mp3 identified by the key (z2zdmnztgmm) has been deleted for a violation of our Terms of Service or our Acceptable Use Policy.
If you feel this was in error after reviewing our Terms of Service, located at http://www.mediafire.com/terms_of_service.php, and our Acceptable Use Policy, located at http://www.mediafire.com/abuse_policy.php, please contact Support.
The specific reason for the removal was:
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29 May 2011 Mediafire.com United States Email: abuse@mediafire.com Ref: R16608-R16610 Re: (links attached) Dear Sir/Madam, I am contacting you on behalf of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the record companies it represents. The IFPI is a trade association that represents over 1,400 major and independent record companies in the US and internationally who create, manufacture and distribute sound recordings (the “IFPI Represented Companies”). Under penalty of perjury, we submit that we are authorized to act on behalf of the IFPI Represented Companies in matters involving the infringement of their sound recordings, including enforcing their copyrights and common law rights on the Internet. We have learned that your service is hosting the above web pages on your network. These web pages are offering direct links to files for other users to download containing sound recordings by the artists JENNIFER LOPEZ, IL VOLO, SNOOP DOGG, GUANO APES, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE. The copyright in these sound recordings is owned or exclusively controlled by certain IFPI Represented Companies. We have a good faith belief that the above-described activity is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. We assert that the information in this notification is accurate, based upon the data available to us. We are asking for your immediate assistance in stopping this unauthorized activity. Specifically, we request that you remove the infringing links from your system or that you disable access to the infringing links, and that you inform the site operator(s) of the illegality of his or her conduct. Our top priority is to prevent the continued availability of the IFPI Represented Companies’ content on the internet. Unauthorized copies of sound recordings that are freely available, especially pre-release recordings, cause substantial damage to the IFPI Represented Companies every hour and day they remain available. In sending this notice we are seeking to ensure that infringing content is removed from the internet as quickly as possible through your cooperation. However, please note that we do not admit that we or the IFPI Represented Companies are responsible for detecting infringing material and notifying you of it. Our use of a notice in this form, as required by you, is meant to facilitate your removal of the infringing material listed above and we neither admit nor accept that you are a ‘service provider’ for the purposes of the DMCA or that it is necessary to serve, or that you are entitled to be served, a notice in compliance with the DMCA. IFPI itself and on behalf of the IFPI Represented Companies expressly reserves all rights in this regard. In addition, this notice does not constitute a waiver of any right to recover damages incurred by virtue of any unauthorised activities described in this notice, and such rights as well as claims for other relief are hereby expressly reserved. You may contact me at IFPI Secretariat, 10 Piccadilly, London W1J 0DD, United Kingdom or email Notices@ifpi.org, to discuss this notice. We await your response. Yours faithfully Jeremy Banks Director, Internet Anti-Piracy IFPI 10 Piccadilly London W1J 0DD United Kingdom Email: Notices@ifpi.org
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The Boys of N.A.P.T. & Peacoats & Breaks

By Kngt Rdr on November 27, 2010

On a rainy San Francisco evening, I was able to see one of the most up and coming acts in the scene today, the boys of N.A.P.T. The guys, Tomek and Ashley, are dressed as dapper as two UK blokes can when travelling around the world spinning some of the hardest, beatiest, dirty break and house music imaginable. Tomek in a white t-shirt and light jacket, Ashley in one of the nicest charcoal peacoats I’ve ever seen. Quaffed and trimmed, offering up European double kisses to the ladies, I was hinted by my inner monologue to temper my brash American attitude.

Now, while most people will mistakenly call them Napt, as the word, technically they should be referred to as the acronym N.A.P.T. Why, do you ask? Well, let’s let the boys speak for themselves.

Bn:
Thanks so much for giving us some time to talk. Such an amazing show. We’ve been really watching you take off the last couple of years.

So everyone says 2008 is when you really hit it big, but when did you realize what you guys were doing? That it was getting noticed?

Ashley:
Around then. Well, a bit before. But around then is when the hype started getting bigger.

Tomek:
What it is, is we started doing it, basically because the label we were on.. well, we were kind of floating around. We started making records when we were in university, right? We were just kind of putting things out here and there. Didn’t really know what we were doing that well. Just making dance music. Then the label came on and said, ‘Listen, I want to develop you, I’m gonna do a series for you, and you’re gonna do really well out of it.’ And we were kind of like ‘Is this what we’re gonna do?’ ya know? I mean, we’d been doing some, like, other studio work for other people before that, and so forth, and we were like ok, yeah lets do it. So we did the EP series, with each one kind of getting more people on.

Bn:
Is this the idea where you were releasing everything in 4 parts? N-Funk and such?

Tomek:
Yeah, yeah, the one before N-funk, actually.

Bn:
The contr–

Tomek:
Contrast, yeah.

Ashley:
That was leading up to 2008, that’s what really kind of put us on the map.

Bn:
So it really was that time.

Ashley:
2006, 2007, is when we kind of built. And then 2008 is when it kind of took off.

Bn:
So you guys started in like 2003, just producing in your bedroom?

Tomek:
We went to school together.

Bn:
Did you meet in college?

Tomek:
High school. We’ve known each other since we were like 13. And we’re 30 now.

Bn:
And you guys still like each other. Amazing!

Tomek and Ashley laugh.

Tomek:
Yeah, we really started doing music seriously like 10, maybe 10 and a half years ago.

Ashley:
It’ll be 11 years in January.

Bn:
Well congratulations on that!

Tomek and Ashley both laugh, take a look at each other, seemingly realizing that yes, they still do get along and really do like each other. It’s like two gradeschool friends that never stopped hanging out. I eased up a little. The two of them, and their demeanor, relaxed me and really showed me that despite all the recent success, these two guys were just enjoying the ride.

Bn:
The Cee-Lo Green song. Big song, right? So where’d you get this from? It’s like ‘Oh, I like this YouTube video, I’m going to make a song out of it.’

Tomek:
Well, we started getting this idea that we wanted to, kind of, get the music out there to a few more people. Because, breaks is a bit of a ghetto. So you can do really well with breaks.. we sold a lot of records on Beatport. It was going into the top 20 of Beatport, and that’s cool, but no one really likes… well, other people just want to look in. They go ‘What the hell is a breaks records? Oh, cool, maybe I like this…’ but other than that, it’s hard to get it out to people. So we were looking to do some stuff that we really enjoyed and just give it a spin. But rather than do an edit, since there’s a lot of people who just do edits, we wanted to change a few things. So we were like ‘fuck that’ let’s just sample it..

Ashley:
And make gold records with it.

Tomek:
Yeah, exactly.

Bn:
The old style.

Tomek:
Yeah, as if we were sampling an old disco record. We’ll take a sample of it, we’ll use it in a section, build a whole tune around it, just to try and show people. And we’ve been giving it away for free, as well. Which, is a bit controversial. I mean, it’s other people’s work as well, so we can’t have people pay money for it. But the whole idea was to just get more people, who might be into the more wider variety of good music. You know, the ‘Hey, this is cool music, I’ll check it out, I like these guys.’

Bn:
Well, you get marketed strangely sometimes. The breaks kids know about this but the electro kids don’t. But I know a lot of electro kids that would love to come see you guys. And if it was marketed correctly…

Ashley:
Yeah that’s what we’re doing with these records.

Tomek:
We’re just trying to get the sounds to the moment, we’re doing some more. Releasing a bunch. Cee-Lo Green is like a four to the floor house record, essentially. It’s got loads of breaks in there. So the idea is we’re doing a lot more stuff. Like now, we’re doing like a pop single, at the moment, with a rapper named Bashy.

Bn:
So he laid his vocals over an already existing track? Like an MC?

Ashley:
Not quite the motive. There’s quite a load of that in Europe. And not always an MC. D. Ramirez did it.. No, no Bodyrox did it. You know that tune from 7 or 8 years ago, the electro-house remix that he did. About 2004? Well that went to the charts. Then they put the vocal on it. They do it all the time in Europe, quite a popular thing to do.

We take a moment to just talk, as some of the other artists wander into the interview and start chatting. The conversation flows from the breaks of the songs, to how everyone first heard of N.A.P.T. A good 10 minutes of laughing and enjoying the cool night air after a very hot sweaty night in the club.

Bn:
So where are you guys off to now?

Ashley:
Calgary. Then home. Then, Italy. Then where, fucking Rome? No, Sicily. It’s like 24 degrees.

Bn:
Do you have anything else coming out?

Ashley:
The Bashy track.

Bn:
Well, of course. But everyone has a crate of unreleased material. Anything new coming out you can talk about?

Tomek:
Yeah, the next release is going to be one called Emotion. We’re going to do a three part release. And it’s like two mixes.. one’s like a breaks, musical breaks, authentic KSH-tikata-KSH-tikata-tikata kind of thing. The other mix is more a four to the floor one. Then a dub bpm kind of one.. we play quite a lot of different genres in our stuff, so the idea is to kind of bring it all together, put our stamp on it.

Ashley:
We’ve done a remix for a band called 2000 Fast Women. Go check them out.

Tomek:
It’s a UK rap band that’s a bit scarry, a bit indie. Really cool. And we did their remix.

Bn:
Wow. We definitely will, guys. Thanks so much for taking time to talk to us. Have a safe trip!

For the next 20 minutes, all the artists from the evening got involved and spent the time geeking out on quantizing, the gear and musical production. It was a mess of discussion that happens late at night only between DJs. Tomek and Ashley said their goodbyes and got their ride back to the hotel, before their AM flight.

Just a bit ago, we highlighted the recently released Make My Day with Bashy. We also have the N.A.P.T. remix on there for you. And now, you can pre-order the actual release!

So what about something different from the breakmasters of N-Funk? How about a NAPT vs BASHY vs 2Pac track?

NAPT vs BASHY vs 2PAC - Make My Millionaire

Also, N.A.P.T. recently released a free mix on their website. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

The Event Free Mix by NAPT

Make sure you check them out, see them live and take in the music they have coming up! You will thank us!

N.A.P.T. – website | myspace | facebook | twitter | beatport

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Seriously Plump DJs

By Kngt Rdr on November 18, 2010

“We’re the best ever. Of course, we’re fucking cunts in other ways.” -Lee Plump

The duo that began with the old skool breaks over a decade ago, continue to show audiences worldwide why they can pack any house in the land. Lee and Andy continue the mission of having a great time playing music. And it’s not just to take on the bass splitting, syncopated hitting drumstyles of a single genre anymore, either. For the past few years, they’ve expanded into other parts of House, Electro and even some Epic House (albeit, in the form of some seriously dirty remixes!).

The boys gave me a few moments to sit with them and pick their brain about what’s been going on in their musical world, and I couldn’t have been more excited to hear what they had to say.

Hearing the Plumps play is ever enjoyable as always. They play by instinct alone, catering to the crowd’s yearn for deep bass, glitchy electro synth or ear splitting kicks. When Lee and Andy dive into the decks, they each take on different roles, Lee hyping up the crowd and pulling songs from a virtual case of awesome. Andy deftly spinning the orchestra of beats and laying it down like a wash of insanity. Watching the two glide across four (4) CDJ’s is an amazing sight to behold.

It has been 12 years since they began, and the San Francisco crowd, one of their favorite places in the country, was hungry for both the old and the new from the Plump’s catalog. “Think about it,” the Plumps exclaim, “‘duf duf duf duf’ or ‘duf da duf duf’ .. it’s way more interesting! They just get it, here!” YOu wouldn’t have known it was 12 years since the SF crowd experienced the music, as they were loving every beatlicious drop. And with the expansion of the Plump sound into more House, Electro and even Epic House, the audience was loving it all. Forget the old archetype of the word ‘break beat’ because what the Plumps are playing now is only meant to defy it. And no matter the song, the style with which they go from track to track takes you from one massive emotion to another.

Speaking of tracks, we also asked them about their new label Grand Hotel, and what kind of music they’d be looking for. They spoke plainly about there being no limitations on the styles of music they’d be signing. “Grand Hotel is going to be all types of dance. So we still want it to be quite free and exciting. More often than trying to think about genre and stuff, it can be restricting, we just go by the ‘he likes it,’ ‘i like it’ kind of thing.”

And just for fun, if you’re curious what the guys like for breakfast in the morning? Andy is partial to Weetabix while Lee likes to take on a full Scottish breakfast. Basically, that’s meat, meat, meat and meat on top of that meat. With a dash of toast (Maybe).

Thanks to the guys for their time. I had blast! And of course, a warm heartfelt thank you to our good friends at Seismic!

How about some music?

First, let’s highlight the Grand Hotel Mini-Mix the boys did. It’s like pure liquid bass fantastic.

Data Transmission Mobile- Grand Hotel Mini Mix by Plump Djs

Recently, we posted their fantastic remix of their very own plump song, and I wanted to highlight it again for you, if you missed it.

Plump DJs - Beat Myself Up (Plump DJs Night mix)

During our discussion, the Plumps mentioned that one of the favorite tunes they’ve made, and still love to play, is Scram. In case you boys and girls don’t know why, pop your ears and take a listen.

Plump DJs - Scram

And for some old school sounds, I’d like to give you a fat tune from the land of yesterday. The lovely 303 sound of Fatboy Slim, Plump style.

Fatboy Slim - Everybody Needs a 303 (Plump DJs Remix)

There’s some serious stuff coming out from them in the next week or two, so keep your ears open!

Plump DJ’s – website | myspace | facebook | twitter | beatport

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Bassnectar – Wildstyle EP [Review]

By Afflicted Wolf on October 19, 2010

Released by: Amorphous // Music Oct 19th 2010

Bassnectar - Falling ft. Paper Machete

Loren aka Bassnectar takes nostalgic melodies & styles and transforms them into modern pleasures. Whether its remixing the classic rock/metal I grew up on, Metallica, to creating original tracks with that sound or diving into the underground raw hip hop of the Bay, Bassnectar always comes in smashing it all to pieces with his unique dubby basssssss!

Bassnectar - Wildstyle Method ft. 40 Love (radio edit)

A couple tracks including the first two on Wildstyle EP focus more on that Hip Hop aspect I love, but it’s NOT Hip Hop. And just as I’m about to nail Bassnectars’ style down, Loren throws a curveball, the third track: ‘Falling ft. Paper Machete.’ Its got the spacey vibes of Radiohead, that I love, with the trailing vocals to match, but when that bass kicks the unique sound can only be one!

’808 Track ft. Mighty High Coup,’ is catchy as hell, I already see the crowd moshing and singing along! There is a more Housey feel to ‘Underwater ft. Tina Malia’ but again Bassnectar SLAMS us with the Bass!

This EP reeks of Bassnectars’ diversity as an artist, switching up styles and tempos, hitting us softer and harder than ever simultaneously! And although a few tracks may have similar moments, each one is uniquely its’ own and there is no overuse or abuse of sounds and samples, its’ 100% Fresh!

Wildstyle EP by Bassnectar

Seven Tracks, some would say that it isn’t enough, but the playback ability on this EP is great and the greedy fans are always going to starve themselves for more even when they are more than satisfied. A well balanced release guaranteeing to have a favorite song for everyone. Softer tones of ‘Fun with Synthesizers’ and catchy vocals in ‘Underwater,’ as well as an anthem cheering ’808 track.’

Enough of my own opinons, catch it for yourself: [Purchase]

Bassnectar

Bassnectar - Wildstyle EP [Review] | More 40 Love, Amp Live, Bassnectar, ill.Gates, Mighty High Coup, Paper Machete, Tina Malia

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Nocturnal 2010 [Review]

By Afflicted Wolf on October 4, 2010

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Insomniac’s 16th annual Nocturnal Festival brought in a “record breaking 42,000 fans.” There were several unique additions to this year’s festival which took place on Saturday September 26th, 2010.

“We are committed to making each festival even better than the last one. For Nocturnal, we presented fifty of the world’s best DJs and brought this amazing new tent all the way from New York. We also offered all our guests free filtered water and we look forward to continuing this program at our other festival venues.”

“Insomniac super-sized the main stage area by introducing the most enormous tent structure ever seen on the West Coast. With black interior walls, 56 foot high ceilings and 78,000 square feet of space, the tent creates the ideal space for special effects, multimedia concert performances and, of course, dancing music fans.”

Although we had planned to be in town in time to see Bird Peterson (4-5pm) and Hudson Mohawke (5-6pm) at the Upside Down Room stage we barely caught the bitter end of Felguk‘s (6-7pm) set. Luckily we had already seen them perform before, but for those unfortunate ones who haven’t seen them perform, we highly recommend the enlightening experience. These two get down and dirty creating a wave of energy that shocks the crowd into dancing throughout their whole set.

Next in the Upside Down Room stage was Kavinsky (7-8pm), who for reasons unknown (to us) didn’t begin until 7.15pm. Dan Oh (3-4pm) kept the crowd going after Felguk’s set til Kavinsky took the stage. It was worth the wait, unfortunately a big chunk of the crowd went to other stages when they impatiently thought Kavinsky wasn’t showing.

Kavinsky is one of the more talented underrated artist I know in the electronic scene. As a french DJ he payed tribute to Justice, playing ‘Stress’ a tune I hadn’t heard in awhile. He also played his signature original tunes, ‘Testarossa’ followed by the newly appreciated ‘Nightcall.’ In preparation for the next performer Kavinsky dropped TC’s ‘Where’s My Money’ and then took us back to our Nu Disco.

Still in the Upside Down Room 12th Planet (8-9) took the stage opening with the famous Network (1976 film) quote, “So I want you to get up now, I want all of you to get up and out of your chais. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it and stick your head out and yell I’m as Mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.” He then proceded directly into into his heavy fast-paced pounding dubstep. Fortunately, I’ve had the pleasure of watching this performer deliver his electronic attitude several times and I am always satisfied with the performance. His dubstep comes in hard, mean and fast paced. Heavily paying tribute to the roots of Drum n Bass.

The next stage we ventured into was the Queen’s Ground. The electronic band Autokratz (8.05-9.05) was playing to an emptier crowd, but their hearts were fully in it. I always respect artist who use real instruments and have unique styles and Autokratz is definitely one of them. We made sure we stayed long enough to hear them play ‘Speak in Silence’ one of our favorite original tunes.

The next stage had more to offer than just great performers. Inside sources told us prior to expect amazing visuals by Vello Virkhaus at Alice’s House. The Alice’s House “stage this year will be something never seen before. The designer and main stage lighting director, Stephen Lieberman, has created two isometric platforms (one on each side of the stage), giving the look of something out of the video game Q*bert.”

We checked into Alice’s House just in time to catch the end of the Bingo Players (8-9pm) set. Giant blown up champagne bottles were brought on stage followed by one of our favorite duo’s Dada Life (9-10). We’ve had the pleasure of seeing, reviewing and meeting Dada Life, but I do have to say that their set at Nocturnal this year was the best set I’ve seen them perform and the hardest. We made sure to stay long enough to hear their newly appreciated tune ‘Cookies with a Smile’ before venturing to the next stage.

At The Labyrinth, Markus Schulz (9.30-11) was performing an awesome set. We tuned in for a few tracks, grabbed a couple good photos and headed to The BassRush Arena where Noisia (9.30-11) was performing a heavy Drum n Bass set.

Two Mc’s up on stage and as I sat and listened I thought to myself, the powerful Aphrodite’s Dub, DnB, style still rocks hard even with the evolutionary Dubstep is performing just next door.

We then made our way back to a much more packed Queen’s Ground stage where the Plump DJs (10.25-11.25) were rocking the scene. I was happy to hear Bangkok and surprised to hear the duo drop their remix of Deadmau5′ ‘Strobe.’ A highly original tune and their work on it is just up my alley. (I love contrasts, so when one can successfully take a smooth, soft, rhythmic tune and mash it with a heavy, dirty sound…that’s art!)

We took a quick break from the Plumps and made our way back to the Upside Down Room, where Chase & Status(11-12.30) were performing. Their style was more DnB then I had expected, but that didn’t make it any less enjoyable.

Even after seeing them perform just a month earlier at HARD Summer, we made our way to the Sunken Garden in time to catch a little Skream & Benga (10-12am). Delivering nothing less than original dubstep madness we stayed until it was time to catch a behind-the-scenes moment with the Plump DJs.

[intermission]

Thanks to the beautiful and wonderful Melissa Mac, we were given the opportunity to sit in on an interview with the Plump DJs. As we waited for the people ahead of our interviewers Less Than 3, fireworks were going off above our heads. Less Than 3 is a website that tries to act as a content filter, “like the Rolling Stones.” We appreciate this, since the internet is the least filtered public resource in existence. And it plays a huge role in the electronic scene.

From the interview we learned that the duo has been working together for some 10 years now and has a primary focus of innovation in the scene. They mostly use Logic to produce and a little of Ableton. I believe they told us that they come from a Pop music background, which was funny to hear because Pop music itself, despite it’s catchiness…is not what I would at all describe the Plumps as. They described the UK music scene as being ‘monopolized,’ which made a lot of sense, with the strong influence of BBC and the clubs themselves, i.e. Fabric. So it was a great move for them to start up Grand Hotel and have a place to innovate and create a family of artist sharing the same ideals. Personally I want to add that the two were very humble and had a great sense of humor. They were also very generous in sharing their time, thank you again.

[back to the show]

Now back at The Labyrinth we watched the ending act for this stage, Ferry Corsten (12.30-2am). I myself am not a HUGE fan, but I don’t dislike this artist. So hearing him perform was a great experience, but I was glad to be able to switch over to the Upside Down Room ‘s last act Green Velvet (12.30-2am), who also performed only a month or so prior at HARD Summer 2010. Less crowded, but still a good show.

Of course though, I had to end my night at the Sunken Garden stage with the deadly dubsteppin’ mad Caspa (12.30-2am). I already knew what to expect, having seen him perform just earlier at HARD Summer, but I was happy to feel the heavy vibrating bass as we made our way into the early am. For the curious, he ended his set with his remix of Swedish House Mafia’s ‘One (Your Name) ft. Pharrell.’

In Conclusion, the festival was a HUGE success. I saw a couple people being helped by paramedics, but I feel that the energy and vibes are much better with the new 18+ restriction. As always, the only real con with festivals is the conflict of set times with performers, I listed each performer’s set time and stage when mentioning them so that you could get a feel of the festival process.

The festival process: When there is 50 DJs and six stages it is highly likely that one is forced to pick and choose who to see or to run around like made men/women. That being said, the only artist I really regret not checking into, that performed while I was there, was Steve Angello, according to many he provided an outstanding performance. And I really regret not making it in time for Bird P and Hudson Mohawke after hearing Plump DJs positively mentioning his name during our interview.

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Nocturnal Website

Nocturnal 2010 [Review] | More 12th Planet, Autokratz, Benga, Bingo Players, Bird Peterson, Caspa, Chase & Status, Dada Life, Dan Oh, Deadmau5, Felguk, Grand Hotel, Green Velvet, Hudson Mohawke, Insomniac, Kavinsky, Less Than 3, Markus Schulz, Melissa Mac, Nocturnal, Noisia, Plump DJs, Skream, Steve Angello, Swedish House Mafia

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Nocturnal Festival 2010

By Afflicted Wolf on September 23, 2010

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The Labyrinth

Ferry Corsten: 1230-2am
ATB: 11-1230am
Markus Schulz: 930-11pm
Simon Patterson: 8-930pm
Menno De Jong: 630-8pm
Felix Krocher: 530-630pm
Joaquin Gallahn: 430-530pm
Tritonal: 3-330pm

Alice’s House

Dada Life - Cookies With a Smile

Eddie Halliwell: 1-2am
Steve Angello: 11-1am
D Ramirez: 10-11pm
Dada Life: 9-10pm
Bingo Players: 8-9pm
Donald Glaude: 7-8pm
TocaDisco: 6-7pm
Treasure Fingers: 430-6pm
Jason Blakemore: 3-430pm

Queen’s Ground

Plump DJs - Beat Myself Up (Plump DJs Night mix)

Pretty Lights: 1-2am
Rabbit Live: 1135-1245am
Plump DJs: 1025-1125pm
DJ Dan: 915-1015pm
AutoKratz: 805-905pm
Uberzone: 645-755pm
Dusty Kid: 525-640pm
Trent Cantrelle: 4-520pm
Freddy Be: 3-4pm

Sunken Garden

Caspa & Rusko - Power Shower

Caspa: 12-2am
Skream & Benga: 10-12am
Plastician: 9-10pm
Ikonika: 6-8pm
Deco: 4-6pm
Kether: 3-4pm

Upside Down Room

Kavinsky - Nightcall (MMMatthias remix)

Green Velvet: 1230-2am
Chase & Status: 11-1230am
JFK of MSTRKRFT: 10-11pm
LA Riots: 9-10pm
12th Planet: 8-9pm
Kavinsky: 7-8pm
Felguk: 6-7pm
Hudson MoHawke: 5-6pm
Bird Peterson: 4-5pm
Dan Oh: 3-4pm

Bass Rush Arena

NOISIA - Machine Gun (16Bit remix)

Loadstar Feat. Xample: 1230-2am
AK1200: 11-1230am
NOISIA: 930-11pm
Sigma: 8-930pm
Hive: 630-8pm
Fury: 5-630pm
Mystical Influence: 330-5pm
Hazen: 3-330pm

*Linked names in the Set Times above will take you directly to tracks and former post from the artist we have already featured on our site. You will find many great tracks for listening & downloading. Enjoy

Many artist attending the show are great fans, supporters, boppers and artist we have already had the fortune of covering on our website (and will always promote again). A couple artist we’ve already had the fortune of press access to prior events and the rest are artist we LOVE and cannot wait to cover!

Felguk put on an amazing show in the club atmosphere of the Avalon, opening for Grum earlier this year and I’ve heard from many they destroyed EDC.

On my personal list: Plump DJs, Chase & Status and Kavinsky are the main artist that we have NOT had the pleasure and opportunity of seeing perform yet and cannot WAIT to enjoy!

Aside from the hot content that we have had the pleasure of releasing, Boppernation.com has been leaning more towards a heavy focus on the ‘scene‘ itself by developing articles consisting of interviews and reviews of shows and albums. This has been the hottest, most unique part of our website and it has helped to separate us from being just another ‘internet’ music blog.

Among the many artist listed, I myself will admit my love for DUB and am quite thankful that I already got to see Caspa, Skream & Benga earlier this year, because their time slots conflict with a lot of the other artist I am excited to see! (But for those of you who are into the Dubstep scene, these people are DUBSTEP! So their acts are NOT too be missed!

Inside sources have told me that the Labyrinth Stage is going to be filled with visuals that are out of this world. For those who fell in love with Etienne De Crecy’s Cube, Daft Punk’s Pyramid and recently Deadmau5′s stage & L.E.D. mask debuted at EDC, be ready to see a stage that will remind people of the video game Q*bert! ( We will be sure to get pictures of this madness)!!!!

Anyways, I hate to leave any names out, so let me rant a bit more:

I’ve heard Pretty Lights puts on an amazing show, as does Rabit. I’ve always been very curious to see NOISIA and Steve Angello, who rightfully so already has a great reputation so we honor this and deliver you the respect you deserve!

Anyways, Expect a FULL report from Wolf as well as a great deal of photos from our latest Photographer, Kozzik. Maybe I’ll sneak in an interview or two, pray that I have a great time and stay professional! As being involved in more Insomniac events would be amazing, EDC, Audiotistic, etc etc. Afterall, these people know how to do it right and were the first to remove the teeny boppers and put the 18+ cap! *Thank GAWD and be SAFE!

Insomniac puts on a lot of great shows and we gotta give them a good impression, so Boppers give them love!

The Scene | More 12th Planet, 16Bit, Autokratz, Bingo Players, Dada Life, Felguk, Kavinsky, MMMatthias, MSTRKRFT, Plump DJs, Treasure Fingers

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Bopper goes to Ibizia

By Afflicted Wolf on August 28, 2010

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This may be a month late, but hopefully entertaining nonetheless.

I spent this summer studying law in Paris on a scholarship. I got to spend 6 weeks in Europe, during which I lived in Paris but got to visit other cities in France and Spain. Months before I even got to Europe, I had one thing on my mind: IBIZA. How can I get to close to Ibiza and not go there? I went on www.ibiza-spotlight.com and looked into the club calendar, and what do I see? Swedish House Mafia’s Masquerade Motel, featuring Felix, at Pacha, on Monday July 26^th. How can I turn this opportunity down? So, I booked a roundtrip flight from Paris to Ibiza along with my better half, @amykayyy. My buddy @DanielSrourian, who was going to be studying in London over the summer, also booked a ticket to meet us there. Since I am a debt-ridden law student on a scholarship, I was basically ballin on a budget. Therefore, weeks (maybe months) prior to this, I contacted Afflicted Wolf to see if he could get us on the guest list for Pacha the night Felix was playing. Of course, Wolf was more than gracious and guaranteed that he would take care of everything. Flight booked, hotel reserved, liquor is packed, masks on… Ibiza here we come.

As we boarded our flight Sunday evening, I noticed Felix had just tweeted that he is also on his way out to Ibiza too. I replied to him asking what there is to do on a Sunday night in Ibiza, but I really didn’t plan on going out that night since we were landing around 1AM and we wanted to save our energy (and money) for the Masquerade Motel the next night. However, when I turned on the blackberry as we touched down in Ibiza, I noticed Felix had replied to me suggesting that I head to Space after 3:00AM. To our surprise, Space was literally 50 feet away from our hotel. So we took Felix’s advice, and walked over to Space at 3:30. At first, our names were not found on the guest list, and we were really not looking forward to paying the 65 Euro ($85 USD) cover charge. But one tweet to Felix took care of everything. Although he was tired, jetlagged, and had just landed, he was still somehow able to pull some strings and get us onto the guest list instantly. We were truly blown away by his generosity and consideration. Thanks to Felix, we walked right into the club and got a sudden rush of energy from Miss Kittin’s and Steve Lawler’s back-to-back set.

Appropriately enough, one of the first tracks Miss Kittin dropped was Felix’s remix of Nina Simone – Sinnerman. We were also lucky enough to hear her play a version of Felix’s Elvi$ that incorporated some live vocals by her.

After two or three hours of enjoying an amazing set and exploring one of the biggest clubs I have ever seen packed with the nicest, warmest, friendliest people I have ever met, we decided to head back to get some rest. As you can see, we were greeted by the sunrise as we walked out. While walking back to the hotel, we realized this was just a typical morning in Ibiza. People heading back from clubs, wiping foam off their outfits from the foam party they just left, or heading to the beach to get some rest… at 6:30AM.

After less than 4 hours of sleep, we woke up to this view. Enough said.

As we walked around the beach town of Playa D’en Bossa that day, the excitement was building up for that night. Posters and flyers everywhere, people selling tickets, people asking others what they’re up to later that night and just a good buzz and a great vibe in the air.

We spent the day just lounging/drinking at the beach as local DJs played some great Balearic beats, talking to the local vendors that sell everything from CDs and coconuts to MDMA and weed, and just trying to understand that we were finally in IBIZA. Later in the day we took a 20 minute cab ride over to the west side of the island to watch the sunset in San Antonio. Unfortunately, we were late, but we still got a breathtaking view of what I would have to say is the most beautiful sunset in the world. We had some great sushi and some great local drinks on a terrace overlooking the water. What more could I ask for?

By the time we got back to the hotel, it was already midnight. Usually, this would mean we need to get dressed and head out already. In Ibiza however, this is a perfect opportunity to nap. I had never taken a nap at 1AM before, but it is a great feeling to wake up at 2AM and head out to a club. Not just any club, and not just any DJ. We got ready and headed out around 3AM and made our way to the Masquerade Motel at Pacha… the Swedish House Mafia and Felix Da Housecat awaited us.

We had a pretty interesting problem at the door. After I told the doorman that we were on Felix’s guest list, he immediately said that the guest list had closed at 2AM. I made it very clear that this wasn’t some BS discount list… this was Felix’s own guest list. At this point, he proceeded to tell me that he didn’t know who Felix was. I pointed out that Felix was the person that was DJing at that precise moment inside the club he was working for, but he wouldn’t budge. In total disbelief, I immediately asked the doorman for his name: “Louie”. Afterwards, I looked down at my phone and started trying to contact Wolf to see if there was anything he could do. After thinking about how stupid he sounded for saying he didn’t know who Felix was, and realizing that right after asking him for his name I had pulled out my phone, Louie approached us, apologized, and let us all in.

We walked in to the middle of Felix’s set. We were lucky enough to hear ‘Thee Anthem.’ Another special moment was the end of Felix’s set. Earlier that day, I had listened to Justice – Phantom Part 2… sure enough, Felix closed his set with that track. The main dancefloor hit us like a wall of sweat and heat… well that’s actually what it was. The pictures cannot convey how hot, sweaty, and amazing it was.

We also got to enjoy the Swedish House Mafia’s set as we drank some cold 14 euro (over $20 USD) Spanish beers with @DanielSrourian. And yes, each of the beers in the following picture cost over 20 dollars each!

After the clock struck 6, we visited to the Pacha gift shop for the obligatory Pacha t-shirt, and we decided to head back to the hotel. And the rest is history…

In conclusion, if you are reading this, you should visit Ibiza. Go there, swim in the water, lay on the sand, drink the drinks, listen to the music, and enjoy the island. It is affordable (aside from the drinks in the clubs), it is fun, it is relaxing, and it is beautiful.

My visit to Ibiza couldn’t have been this great without people like @amykayyy, @DanielSrourian, Afflicted Wolf, and of course, the king, Felix Da Housecat. Special thanks to each one of them.

Until next time…

Shant K”

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