How beautiful is the rain! After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How beautiful is the rain!

These, and far more than these, The Poet sees! He can behold, Aquarius old, Walking the fenceless fields of air! And from each ample fold, Of the clouds about him rolled, Scattering everywhere, the showery rain, As the farmer scatters his grain.

He can behold, Things manifold, That have not yet been wholly told, Have not been wholly sung nor said. For his thought, that never stops, Follows the water-drops, Down to the graves of the dead, Down through chasms and gulfs profound, To the dreary fountain-head, Of lakes and rivers under ground. And sees them, when the rain is done, On the bridge of colors seven, Climbing up once more to heaven, Opposite the setting sun.

Thus the Seer, With vision clear, Sees forms appear and disappear, In the perpetual round of strange, Mysterious change, From birth to death, from death to birth, From earth to heaven, from heaven to earth. Till glimpses more sublime, Of things, unseen before, Unto his wondering eyes reveal. The Universe, as an immeasurable wheel, Turning forevermore, In the rapid and rushing river of Time.

(The words are taken from “RAIN IN SUMMER” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The music is not based on the poem!)

Digitaline – Avalanche EP – Cityfox 007

Born Bjorg – Do I Move You – Poor 006

With their last three albums, TANGO CRASH took the genre Electro-Tango to new dimensions. Now they get remixed by some notorious techno and house Artists who transform the originals into unique and refreshing Tango (Crash) flavored sounds.

Tango Crash – Rmxd Vol.2 with CANSON (GS Zurich, Cityfox), DANDY JACK (Ruta 5), MARKESE (Trapez, Little Big) and KNOR (GS Zurich)

STILL HOT: Tango Crash – Rmxd Vol.1 with KALABRESE (Stattmusik), ST.PLOMB (Brut!), OMER & SARNA (Nice Try Rec.) and DOLLAR MAMBO
(Brut!, Nice Try Rec.)

ESANCE stands for everlasting love for music. This spirit has been shared for years by one of Zurich’s most dedicated act GLEICHSCHRITT. Known for their innovative and pulsating sets, GLEICHSCHRITT established themselves with endless musical energy. With the tracks ”Déjà Vous” and ”Pura Vida” they deliver the very first release of this new label based in Zurich. On the flip side ESANCE presents a remix by EXERCISE ONE.

The Hammerwood EP is the debut release of LEFT, a new collaboration formed by Gregorythme and Ariel Garcia. You better keep them in mind, since they will come up with some more fresh stuff like this. The two compulsive knob turners spent hours improvising and manipulating analogue synthesizers and drum machines, the result of it are two powerful tunes with incredible sound quality. The melody in HELL’S HEAT develop itself using very simple elements to build progressively a more and more dropped out psychedelic picture. The title track HAMMERWOOD puts more spin on the percussive side, just until a melodic light helps you to find your way out of it. You’re lucky, it seemed like you could get lost in such a deep tangle of woodish rhythms…

Left – Hammerwood EP – Cityfox006 by teclectic

With their last three albums, TANGO CRASH took the genre Electro-Tango to new dimensions. Now they get remixed by some notorious techno and house Artists who transform the originals into unique and refreshing Tango (Crash) flavored sounds.

Tango Crash – Rmxd Vol.1 with with KALABRESE (Stattmusik), ST.PLOMB (Brut!), OMER & SARNA (Nice Try Rec.) and DOLLAR MAMBO (Brut!, Nice Try Rec.)

Coming soon! Tango Crash – Rmxd Vol.2 with CANSON (GS Zurich, Cityfox), DANDY JACK (Ruta 5), MARKESE (Trapez, Little Big)
and KNOR (GS Zurich)

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Everything started when I was 8 years old and heard the “Construction Time Again” album from Depeche Mode. With Nitzer Ebb, the early Front 242 and the Klinik stuff, I totally immersed myself in electronic music. In the middle/late 90’s, after the first encounter with Plastikman, the Studio 1 sessions and the Maurizio tracks, it was clear to me that techno/minimal would be the next logical step.

Then you switched over to Techno. What came first, production or DJing?

I have been producing electronic music since I was 16 and Djing since I was 13 years old. I can’t really say when my music style changed to what’s considered to be techno music. My former music project (editor’s note: an industrial band) ended in 2000 and was followed by a two-years break. After that I started DJing with techno music and from 2003 also began producing.

So tell us a little bit about your mix.

I wanted to do a mix with some of my favorite records and tried to mix some older with some new ones. The mix reflects what I always try to achieve by mixing records: to tell a story and to build up an atmosphere full of power. That’s my understanding of deepness.

Your DJ/live sets became a bit calmer in the last few months. What happened?

Ahaha – I know, I’m getting older. But seriously: On one hand I guess I have become a little more open-minded in terms of music, on the other hand my music is a way to express my personality. And the more experience I have, the closer I get to the point where I can really see my personality reflected in my music.

What’s your favourite kind of party to DJ? Do you have any favourite locations?

Some of my favourite nights are our regular Motoguzzi Record label nights at the Club Zukunft in Zurich. We invite our favourite artists and it’s always a real pleasure to play with likeminded people like Function, Marcel Fengler, Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann or Peter van Hoesen. Other favourite locations, where I’ve had the chance to play (to mention only a few): Cityfox Zurich, Bar25 Berlin, Cabaret Club Zurich, Private Party Milano, Ritter Butzke Berlin and my residency Hive Club Zurich.

What’s coming up from you in 2010? Any new projects?

Yes – I’ve started a new collaboration with Mastra from Berne. It’s a very productive collaboration and we match perfectly. The results of our work have a big range from pure dub tracks to deep minimal techno. We’ll do our first live act together at the Future is now Festival in Zurich in April.

Can we expect any new releases from you soon?

Yes – a Wandler remix from Big Zis will be released at the end of March on Nation Music and as soon as Motoguzzi records has found a new distributor, a new Wandler EP will be released. Additionally I’m looking for some other vinyl labels to release on. There are a few Swiss labels which are interested in my tracks but I don’t have any confirmation yet.

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For her most recent album “Und jetz …” (”And now …) BIG ZIS worked with Marton di Katz and Valentino Tomasi (both members of Kalabrese’s famous “Rumpelorchester”), who laid the musical foundations for most of the songs. For the impulsive electro on the track “Suure Räge” (“Acid Rain”) however, BIG ZIS collaborated with the techno producer MICHAL HO (Tuningspork) at the studio.

While rap becomes more and more pimped out, house loopier and minimal narrow-minded, BIG ZIS hooks up with a top-class troupe to get it her own way.

“Suure Räge” got remixed by several well-known producers: ROBAG WRUHME (Freude am Tanzen) and CANSON (GS Zürich) are to be found on volume 1 and the soul brothers LEXX (aka Kawabata / Drumpoet) and KALABRESE (Stattmusik) successfully combat boredom on volume 2.

BIG ZIS and the Nation Music Crew seem to enjoy the trip into electronic music to the fullest. On volume 3 they one more time deliver high-class remixes of  AGNÈS (STHLM, Geneva), WANDLER (Motoguzzi, Zurich) und M.A. (GS, Zurich).

Big Zis – “Suure Räge” Remixes Vol. 3 – Nation Music (incl. AGNÈS, WANDLER & M.A. RMX)