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Podcast: #Podgressive EP041

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The official spring episode is here!

Yeah, It has finally arrived! Warmer temperatures, the sun, outdoor activities and #Podgressive EP041!
I have been busy with all the planning with my upcoming events such as BouleBass – Boulebar, Globen, Stockholm on the 27th April. More about all the gigs in the episode.
This time we have none less than Drakenberg and Seaman as guests. Both local and very talanted! The podcast has all the elements that I personally like. Minimal, house, techno, progressive and so called trouse! Head over to Podgressive.com and check it out!

Pictures: Mystery Sounds Yacht Party

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During Miami Music Weeks, Mystery Sounds had a couple of parties onboard a big yacht. This one with Aly & Fila, Ummet Ozcan and Menno De Jong.
bejbi.se’s photographer Erik was there!

Mystery Sounds Yacht Party, Outside Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, 2013.03.22
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Art Of Sound / Tillsammans presents Sanctuary with Ummet Özcan

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Our friends at Art Of Sound / Tillsammans is having a major trance-booking this coming weekend, an event that you dont want to miss out on!

They have booked the internationally famous Ummet Özcan together with local talents for a gig that won’t be forgotten for a long time!

Warmup-dj’s will be Jonas Hörnblad, JP Bates and Steve Sundheden, all of them pretty known in the Swedish trance-community.

Art Of Sound / Tillsammans usually book artists who play in the Techno, Deep & Tech-House, Progressive & Psytrance-genres and will have their second dancefloor dedicated to the latter with artists like Gaudium, Tegma, Bakke & Mama Gaia

The third floor will be dedicated to two of the local partyproviders BZO and Tribalism where Jakob Westling and Kenneth Kenuna will play some true progressive classics from 1992 until today.Expect major goosebumps if you’re into old heroes in the genre like James Holden and Sasha.

Except for the major DJ’s. there will be stunning decors, wicked visuals and amazing 3d-mappings + phat lasers. So even if you don’t like the music, come for the visuals!!

The timetable isn’t 100% set at the moment but to give you a glimpse into who plays when, check this out:

Floor 1 (in order of play)

JP Bates
Jonas Hörnblad
Ummet Özcan
Sundheden

Floor 2 (in order of play)

Bakke
Tegma
Mama Gaia
Gaudium

Floor 3
B2B Jakob Westling / Kenneth Kenuna (+ friends)

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The event is next friday (the 26th) and the venue is open from 22.00 – 05.00
Adress: Palmfeltsvägen 1B.
Nearest subway: Globen. About 100 meter to walk.
Entrance-fee: 180 sek. You can buy a 2-day ticket for another party on saturday (the 27th) at the same location and pay 300 sek for both. The party on saturday is more techno-influented with acts like Function, Oliver Bondzio (one half of legendary duo Hardfloor), Jesper Dahlbäck and Nima Khak.
Age limit: 20 year and older

Feel free to join Art Of Sound and Tillsammans / Suburbias facebook pages for more info on the next coming parties.

Tillsammans has had some quite big names in their bookings over the years. Click this link for a complete list.

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Ummet Özcan

Short bio on Ummet Özcan.

DJ & producer from Putten, Gelderland, the Netherlands with turkish parents.
Aside from making music, Ummet is also a sound designer and have been working with some of the major sound bank designers like Rob Papen (Albino, Predator) and Acces Music (Virus).

His musical career started back in 2006 with the release of the single Chica God but his major breakthrough as a producer came in 2009 with the release of Time Wave Zero. Since then, he’s released some 30 releases and collaborated with acts like W&W, Sied Van Riel, MEM, El Toro just to name a few.

Meantime, while producing tracks and sounds, Ummet has frequeted many of the hottest clubs around the world. So far this year Ummet have toured Canada, USA, Egypt, The Netherlands, Malaysia and the UK just to name a few and his touring will continue most of this year.

As a DJ, Ummet usually plays really energetic trance and has a strong stageprecence and drives the crowd wild with his choice of tracks. His gigs at Luminosity Beach Festival over the years has been legendary and the most remeberable gigs of the whole festival.

Hope to see you at the party!

News: #Podgressive EP041 – Behind The Scenes

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Aah finally back on track! Sorry for the last month, I just didn’t had the time for the pre-podgressive blog.

Gigs in April – June

It’s impressive, happens to me year after year. I can have very silent periods when it comes to gigs. Sometimes for several months and then when I get one, I suddenly get really busy with lot’s of gigs, sometimes so many that I need to say no to a couple of them. The last months has been really quiet and now suddenly I’m booked like 5 weeks. Intresting!
Coming up first is BouleBass, a collaboration with bejbi.se, Technophobia and Boulebar Globen on the 27th. Could it be better, boule, bass, beer and a free entry!? The line-up is legendary Özgür Can, Tatsumi Suzuki and Technophobia. Hope to see you there!

Next up on the 4th May is a gig in Norrtälje for a newly started club, Cryptonites. Just a week after that on the 11th, I will be heading to Uppsala with Jonas Hörnblad and play for a friends birthdaybash. 18th May, hopefully if the weather allows will be the start for Kollektivet’s open air premiere. Kollektivet is a bunch of great friends and djs where me and Patric from bejbi.se are among other well known swedish talents. Also coming up after that is JP Bates and Jay van Kay’s birthdaybash where I will be playing alongside a massive local line-up with like 10 artists or something. Really cool!

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Kollektivet has also got an great opportunity to host Monday Bar – Black And White Cruises sundeck and the Monday Bar floor (Tango). We are collecting mixes from talents to fill up the Future Lounge. Future lounge is where most of my friends including me got their first gigs and it’s a perfect opportunity to get your skills and name out! So, send your mix to furure@kollektivetsthlm.se and we will take a listen!

#Podgressive EP041

We are back this time with a full swedish line-up. First up is Drakenberg. His carreer has turned in to global traveling. With gigs at WMC in Miami and across europe these past months, he is truly on fire! We will also take a listen to Seaman. I’m sure that his uplifting set will get your temperature rising. By the way, he will also play 4th May at Cryptonites! As always Podgressive EP041 will be hosted by me and I think that I got some good stuff building up progressively from house, minimal and up to progressive and uplifting tunes! Podgressive EP041 will be released on the 26th April at #Podgressive.

TOP10 – February 2013

Here we go again! Tunes that has made my April month!

  1. 1. Our next global export under the wings of Eric Prydz himself, Jeremy Olander! Progressive house as I like it!

  2. Andy Moor & Betsie Larkin – Love again (Andrew Rayel Remix)My heart stopped!!
  3. Cramp – 2030 A.D.
  4. Cari Lekebusch – Xylopeggiator
  5. Sander van Doorn, Mark Knight vs Underworld – Ten (Original Club Mix)
  6. Sultan, Ned Shepard, Fedde Le Grand – Long way from Home (Original Mix)
  7. XGenic – Blaster (Blazer Remix)
  8. Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity (funkagenda remix)
  9. Nick Callaghan – Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
  10. Ferry Corsten & Betsy Larkin – Not coming downASOT600NYC memories!!

New releases: Daft Punk – Get Lucky (Feat. Pharrell Williams)

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After hundreds of re-loops, bootlegs, leaks and edits of the samples we have been feed over social medias the last weeks, we finally have an official release straight from Daft Punk themselves.
This IS the track of the summer. Although we heard a ‘leak’ on Wednesday after some analyzing we decided that the first verse from Pharrell sounded a little off, as well as unmastered segments and it all around seems as though it was either a poor leak or a very skilfully crafted bootleg. The track itself is purely infectious funk that will fill you from head to toe and have you grooving in one way or another.
If this track can’t put a smile on your face then you’re not a human (funny considering the circumstances).

I think it’s safe to go ahead and declare that the Robots are back. And they have put the groove on!

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News: Kollektivet hosts Sundeck and Future Lounge

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Kollektivet, a newly formed group of DJ’s, Promoters, Media and other people with a huge heart for the EDM-scene and Music, has recently been given the opportunity to host the popular Sundeck-floor and the Future Lounge floor at the upcoming MondayBar Black & White Cruise.

Future Lounge is a popular feature on the MondayBar Cruises since 2005, where bedroom-dj’s and producers is given a chance to play, very often this is the first time, in front of a crowd.
Previous years this has ended with over 50 contestants for the attractive place.

As one of the members of the Crew of Kollektivet, bejbi.se’s Patric has been included in the jury where the Future Lounge mixes will be sorted out and hopefully gets a spot to play on at the Cruise.
To make this a fair contest, one member outside the Jury receives all contributions and renames the mixes. After that all 6 persons in the jury is only given the mix as a anonymous file, ex. 2.mp3, with no ID3-tag or anything that will give away on who has done the mix.
Together with a excel-document, the Jury will give every mix a total score. This way no one gets special treatment.
When the entry time has ended, the jury have an audition meeting where they decide on who gets the attractive spot.

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This is a Screenshot of Patric’s desktop after 7 contestants has been sent out to the Jury for reviewing.

Do you want to be a part of this?
Feel like trying your luck and play here, send a mix to us at max an hour via file transfer or email to the following email address, as last of Sunday, April 28.
We want all types of electronic dance music like house, techno, trance, psy, hard trance, hardstyle etc.

These are the rules for Future Lounge
To be eligible, you must have booked a cabin by yourself, and no compensation is included, but we will give you a number of drink tickets, etc.. Whoever we select will get to play 45-60 minutes on the sun deck between 12:00 to 04:00.
If, against all odds, the weather gets really bad, we will keep the Future Lounge indoor instead.

Do not forget to write how we can contact you by email, postal address and phone number and what you call yourself as a DJ. Gladly also a presentation of yourself and the type of music you are going to play. The file you send may not exceed 150 mb heavy and preferably mp3.

This time it’s DJ collective, the group will hold auditions so the mix will be sent to this email address:
future@kollektivetsthlm.se

– P

News: MondayBar Black & White Cruise

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The legendary Monday Bar has up to date presented 38 international cruises with the best and most well-known djs the world has to offer. For this particular cruise, the theme is Black & White, meaning a variety of hardstyle, trance, hardcore, house, harddance, techno, psy, etc.

This time, the cruise runs mid-week, thanks to June 6 being a national holiday in Sweden. This means that we’ve been able to book an amazing lineup in combination with advanced production in terms of sound, lights, lasers, visuals, etc.

The dance floors are all co-hosted by international and local brands as dutch super-club Matrixx’ hardstyle night XXLERATOR, world leading trance label ARMADA, and UK’s hard dance pride GOODGREEF XTRA HARD.

Two additional floors will be presented by swedish dj community KOLLEKTIVET and MONDAY BAR FUTURE LOUNGE.

Final lineup and set times will be presented in good time before the cruise.

XXLERATOR presents:
➤ NOISECONTROLLERS (nl)
➤ BRENNAN HEART (nl)
➤ ANGERFIST (nl)
➤ OUTBLAST (nl)
➤ FREQUENCERZ (nl)
➤ WAVERIDER (nl)
➤ REBOURNE (nl)
➤ Hosted by: DA SYNDROME (nl)

ARMADA presents:
➤ ØRJAN NILSEN (no)
➤ ROGER SHAH (de)
➤ ANDREW RAYEL (md)
➤ OMNIA (ua)
➤ TOM FALL (fi)
➤ ALADDIN (se)

GOODGREEF XTRA HARD presents:
➤ SCOT PROJECT (de)
➤ ORGAN DONORS (uk)
➤ ACTIVATOR (it)
➤ CALLY & JUICE (uk)
➤ MARK EG (uk)
➤ ARGY (uk)

KOLLEKTIVET and MONDAY BAR FUTURE LOUNGE present:
➤ To be announced

BOOKING
Booking of cabins will be possible by phone or online starting THURSDAY APRIL 25.
Tallink-Silja booking office: +46 (0)8-666 33 33 (open daily 08.00-20.00)
Booking reference: MBAR
Online booking: http://www.tallinksilja.com/sv/web/se/monday-bar

News: BouleBass Lineup!

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Together with Podgressive, Technophobia and BouleBar Globen, bejbi.se proudly presents BouleBass!

Who wants to party? We want to party! Who wants to boule? We want to boule! Come celebrate the onset of the summer season with us for a crazy, new kind of night! Get ready to celebrate with a fusion of boules, beer, beats and bass, from minimal to progressive electro to tech house. Come play with us, and then dance your ass off!
First, come take advantage of the ridiculously affordable package that BouleBar Globen has put together specifically for this night. Play on one of their 16 newly constructed lanes (max 6 people/lane) and a beer, all for 100kr (regular price is 180kr). This will all go down from 21 to midnight. Then we move into the partying at BouleBar’s nightclub dance floor. This will be a night to remember.
For those of you who don’t know boule, shame on you. Boule is a game played by champions. Similar to horseshoes, boule is all about making your mark on the target. You can read more about the sport here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pétanque
After boule play and casual music, the volume will get cranked up to max, and a special assortment of Stockholm’s finest will arrive on the decks.
Come make your mark! Welcome!

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Now the lineup is confirmed and we are proud to present no other than Özgur Can as main act..

Özgur Can was born 1982 in Stockholm in a music family with turkish roots. He popped up on the dance scene sometime around 2003 with his own unique take om progressive house music with releases on labels like Armada, Lost language, Pickadoll with support from Dj`s like Armin van Buren, Tiesto, Sven Väth, Sasha, Digweed and many more of the elité of the electronic music.
He was one of the first swedes to release on Sven Väths prestigious Cocoon and has since then released on the legendary Harthouse. Then Özgur moved on to more techy sounds, releasing tracks on Adam Beyers TrueSoul label. He also made remixes for Erik Prydz, John Dahlbäck, Gabriel & Dresden.Özgur may be a festival favorite and a big club Dj but he still loves to go back to his music roots which is reflected in many of his extensive productions.

His music style is best described as a funky groove that breathes deeply, making him one of the definite exports of Swedish Techno.Özgür has made remixes for a long list of well-known names and labels for years, and now it is his time to prove just how deep and mature his sound can be.His new album ”Put me in a box and label me” released October the 25th on the new label ”Eat my house”, contains colabs with artist such as Rasmus Kellerman (Tiger Lou), Papa Dee and many other great artists.

Together with Tatsumi Suzuki and Technophobia he is surely going to tear the roof of the place!


Time: 21-03
Price: FREE
Where: BouleBar Globen, Stockholm

Pictures: MondayBar Black XL

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MondayBar held a massive party at Münchenbryggeriet, with the harder styles of EDM represented and presented by Headhunterz, Adrenalize, D-block & S-te-Fan, Korsakoff, Nipex, Vince, Bluecore vs Dab B2B, Yade, Inchi, Bluecore and Dab

MondayBar Black XL, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2013.03.28
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