5 questions for... Holger Zilske

Holger Zilske is not just another german producer. He has been making music as half of Smash TV for a long time, and decided in 2006 that it was time to make it on his own, under his real name. Constantly touring and producing, you could say that Holger is quite the music lover.

Q - You've been a long-time BPitch man when releasing your Smash TV project. Under your real name, you just released an album (Holz) on Playhouse. Why the label switch ?

HZ - I started to release records under my real name in 2006 with my first release on Playhouse. The music was different from my Smash TV project at that time. I wanted something deeper, and I wanted to work without self seeded boundaries. So I decided to use my name for it, and to work with labels I respect most. Since then I have released five 12" on Playhouse plus my album, one 12" on Leena (a Mobilee sublabel), one on Dialect / Battle, one on Factor City, a couple of remixes, and there is more coming. I also did something on Mood Music with Dave DK and Richard Davis. I also remixed Kiki's “Immortal” and "Big & Round" from Claude Von Stroke’s new album.

Q - You have played in Montreal numerous times already. Any particular feature of the city you really like ?

HZ - I think I was in Montreal five times so far, and it really is a beautiful city. Because I always stayed over a couple of times, I made some friends that I meet when I'm there. So I feel really at home in Montreal. Besides, it's one of the best cities in Canada in which to party. I really hope to come back soon.



Q - Are "your eyes" really something special ?

HZ - Haha… OK, I think you had the track “Mes Yeux” from my album in your head when you wrote that. In fact the voice and the text are from DJ Mini. I'm sure most readers know her. She's from Montreal, and a former resident of the Overdose weekly at Parking. But besides this, of course, my eyes are really something special!

Q - Who would you say is your bigger inspiration right now ?

HZ - I don't really have one particular artist that I take my inpiration from. I try to find my own way, and I try to find my inpiration in other things than in another artist. It can be a city, the radio, a sound experiment in the studio, a dream, a movie or whatever. And that's how my music is. I didn't try to make just a club album. I wanted to have a concept, a red line in the album, but music that is versatile. Something you can listen to at home, and that still works at the prime time of a club set. The challenge was to put these two different things in one album, and to create something that sounds like it belongs together. I'm still very happy with my work.



Q - Your top 5 tracks of the moment ?


1. Soulphiction – A Short History Of… - Philpot
2. Soundstream – Life Goes On – Soundstream
3. Lauhaus – Latenight – Intacto
4. Holger Zilske – Pleasure – BPitch
5. Kenny Leaven – Odyssey (dOP remix) – Elenore Records

MIRRORBALLS Jan. '10 mixed selection!

AT LAST!



This one, we have to admit, has long been overdue. But it was well worth the wait, my friends. Through day jobs, multiple gigs, partying, family gatherings, werewolf hunting, fitted shopping, sneakers chasing and internet browsing, we have survived and have been able to provide you with a soundtrack to your car rides, house parties and make-out sessions.

This is Mirrorball's first offering of 2010, but definitly not the last!

You can download it by clicking right here.

And due to popular demand, we are coming back with a track listing:

Mirrorballs Jan. '10 Selection
Compiled & mixed by ROUX Soundsystem

1 - The Royal We - Party Guilt (Acapella)
2 - Frederico Molinari - Party Faktor
3 - Solomun - Cloud Dancer
4 - Elef.Ant - Hey Folks
5 - Elef.Ant - Un Viaje a la Capital
6 - Minimow - Bollyhouse
7 - Die Vogel - Petardo
8 - DJ W!ld & Mr. K - Not now I'm dancing
9 - M.In & Jonas - Get Tuned
10 - Butch - Joy (Extended version)
11 - Pitto - Feelin' (Joris Voorn remix)
12 - &ME - Bleed
13 - La Cantina (let's keep it a secret...)

See you on the dancefloor!

REFRESH launch night at Parking on Jan. 7th

You know what?

Parking has a new weekly on Thursdays, called REFRESH, and dedicated to all things bumpy, housy and ethno-tech.



And the residents are ROUX Soundsystem and Nathan Burns.

Come spend the night with us in your birthday suit, in latex, in leather, in jeans, in leggings, in your best dress - it doesn't really matter, because full bootyshaking will be in effect.

It's a new student-friendly night where everything will be 3$: the cover, the beer, and almost all the drinks. Like back in the days! With a modern house twist.

Bootylicious.

PHEEK @ Microzoo ce mardi 5 janvier

You read right - Pheek will be at Daomé (141, Mont-Royal Est) for the Microzoo night on Jan. 5th.



Clifford Brown will be opening & closing, and it's the first part of his ongoing trio of birthday celebrations. Check out the Facebook event here and don't hesitate to contact us for a guest list!