Interviews
March 6th, 2010 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

I found on my old computer a mini-interview I did with Jason Fine few months ago (and never published), when he was releasing his second album Future thought on the Swedish quality label Kontra Musik. I think it’s the right moment to upload it to know a bit more about this secret artist, with the output March 17th of the Future thought remixed ep by Ben Klock and the amazing Oni Ayhun. Read the rest of this entry »
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September 24th, 2009 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

A l’occasion de la Nuit Electro au Grand Palais à Paris, organisée par un opérateur de téléphonie mobile, j’ai été interviewé cet été par le journaliste Jean-Yves Leloup, qui me demandait pour le compte de leur site, mon opinion sur la scène électronique actuelle. L’interview publiée sous l’accroche “Pierre-Nicolas Mader, blogueur en colère” (!) est disponible ici (si vous disposez d’un accès) en version tronquée. Je souhaitais tout de même vous faire part sur Boing Poum Tchak! des réponses qui n’ont pas été retranscrites et qui intéresseront peut-être certains d’entre vous. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 5th, 2009 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Dark star from the underground, ambiant / acid / delicate techno dreamer (and singer) Tin Man takes time to speak with Boing Poum Tchak! while he’s releasing his last and excellent 12″ : Cool waves EP, including the amazing song Constant confusion. Find out who really is behind the shadow, now. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 25th, 2009 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Il était l’invité de notre deuxième Party Poum Tchak!. Jacques, patron du magasin de disques Smallville à Paris (l’un des rares à vendre encore du vinyle) nous propose sa réflexion autour de l’identité du disquaire indépendant aujourd’hui, de la culture clubbing à Paris (en comparaison de Hambourg, où se trouve la maison mère Smallville connectée au label Dial), et nous raconte son histoire : qui est-il, d’où vient-il, et pourquoi avoir choisi cette voie à l’heure du “tout digital” ? Réponses après le click. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 29th, 2009 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Who could imagine that one of the best innovative house / detroit-house sound of the moment comes from East-Europe ? After Russian Anton Zap, let me introduce you Vakula, Ukrainian electronic artist who has signed some experimental warm & groovy underground-house tracks on Uzuri, then Quintessentials, Meakusma, before releasing a record on Firecracker in 2009. Find out more about him, his thoughts on electronic music in Ukraine while listening the mix he did for Boing Poum Tchak! with only unreleased material from him. Vashe zdo´rovye ! Read the rest of this entry »
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February 19th, 2009 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Pure underground dj, music lover, and vinyl addict, Roger Reuter aka Roger23 is the first guest to play at our Party launched in Paris this month. Close friend of Swayzak (he travel a lot around the world with them), former record-shop co-owner, composer who has released eps for Playhouse, 240 volts, Meakusma, it’s a pleasure to introduce him if you don’t know this artist yet. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 30th, 2009 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

After a long time of very little inspiration, I believe that there is some great records being made at the moment, a lot of them are reminiscent of old detroit techno, which is the style that first caught my attention a long time ago. I think it is a very healthy time for techno production, so buying records is getting easier again.
Tactile Soul
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September 30th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Arne Weinberg is that kind of artists who prefer developing their own melodic retro-techno sound, rather than following any trends. Since 2001, he has released his music on labels like Styrax, Matrix, Echocord Colour, Down Low Music, and AW, his own label. Here, he explains the philosophy of his music, why he decided to move from Germany to Glasgow, and if one day, neo-detroit techno could become the next hype. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 11th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

You can’t speak about the Techno sound of 2008 without mentioning berliner Marcel Dettmann and his purist, strong and open-minded approach. Dj, producer, remixer for Ellen Allien, Deetron, Len Faki, Modeselektor, seller in the famous Hardwax record-shop, he has released a modern, solid and fresh techno mix on the OstGut Ton label, related with the Berghain club where he’s resident since its openning in 2004. With no doubt, one of the most important personality of the scene this year. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 2nd, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

2 is a good number for german newcomer Sebastian Lohse aka Break SL. He’s only 22, and has released 2 12″ on Philpot, which have both received nice reviews and feedbacks. Sebastian is also Dj, and after having cooked a delicious slow deep&groovy house mix for Boing Poum Tchak!, it’s time to know a bit more about him and his debut album planned in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 10th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

One day before listening the exclusive mix swiss Quarion made for Boing Poum Tchak! let’s try to know more about one of most interesting artists of the new deep-house scene. After sweet remixes for Jamie Lloyd (“May I ?”), Agnès and some Ep’s for Drumpoet Community, he’s simultaneously releasing a new 12″ entitled “The workout” and a remix on Four:Twenty. And it’s just the beginning… Read the rest of this entry »
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June 6th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Bleepest techno artist Sleeparchive is back with a new 12″ entitled Hadron. A good occasion to hear from him through an interview and a selection of eclectic records including rock, electro, dubstep, jazz, electronica, and hip-hop. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 22nd, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

“Beautiful atmospheres between deep techno and electronica-IDM, dreams and nightmares, ecology and technology“. It’s quite a good start to try to describe the sound of one of the most brilliant electronic music composer who comes out of the shadows for this interview on Boing Poum Tchak!. With Sworn and Melt, his two new albums released simultaneously, swedish artist Anders Ilar grows up once more in the deep hearts of electronic music lovers, and here, he helps us to find out some clues to elucidate his emotional but not always easy-to-access music. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 15th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

David Brown is one of the two guys (with James Taylor) who’s running Swayzak since ten years now. After fantastic albums as the incredible minimal dubby tech-house Snowboarding in argentina (1998), the 80’s vocal-pop Himawari (2000), the big electroclashed Dirty dancing (in tribute to Patrick Swayze’s Dirty Dancing movie ;-), and the last one Some other country, David Brown is launching a new label with the dj and friend Roger 23 named Serieculture. We know all that the Swayzak’s lives are always amazing and improvised, but we know less about the dj-side, even if they have released two fantastic cd-mixes for Fabric and Goovetechnology in the past few years. So, here we go for a dj interview. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 4th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Cette semaine est (enfin) sorti le premier album du duo français Remote. Boing Poum Tchak! les avait déjà suivi pour leur premier live au Pulp, ainsi que pour leur premier maxi Get a real job, il était donc logique de revenir vers eux pour leur premier long-format sur Kill the dj : la petite bombe dark italo / electro techno moderne Dark enough. Décryptage en règle des dix hits underground potentiels par Seb Fouble et Eric Guillanton, pour qui “la musique électronique n’est [décidément] pas faite pour les spotlights”. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 29th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Il aura fallu à peine un an à l’équipe de Get The Curse pour s’imposer parmi les blogs de référence en matière de musiques électroniques. Apprécié pour ses sélections éclectiques et pointues, sa qualité rédactionnelle, et ses soirées très courues (dont la dernière au Bataclan vendredi 25 avril), il était enfin temps de faire le point sur cette aventure avec son fondateur Clément Meyer. La malédiction (the curse) n’a pas fini de nous poursuivre… Read the rest of this entry »
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April 28th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Laurent Garnier delivers his first dancefloor 12inch release in five years, ‘Back To My Roots EP’, released on Âme and Dixon’s Berlin house imprint, Innervisions. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 13th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Paul Kominek is one of the three founders of the highly respected Dial records. You probably have let your mind waking on his romantic and intimate music, recorded under his Pawel and Turner monikers. During the summer 2007, he has launched his own label named Orphanear. After only three releases, and many good feedbacks from dj’s like Laurent Garnier, Chloé, Josh Wink, he tells for Boing Poum Tchak! the story of this young label and announces the forthcoming new artist on Orphanear, the talented and mysterious Christian Löffler…
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March 11th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Brock Van Wey alias Bvdub has launched in december 2007 a very intimate label about ambiant and deep mind elevations. Based in San Francisco, Quietus only delivers 100 hand-made cd-r copies for each releases, including artists like Brock himself, Quantec and Remote_. A very talented crew who has already signed amazing stuff for the highly respected Styrax label. Here, Brock talks about his music, the story of Quietus and its releases, the mp3 vs the cd-r distribution, why it’s so important for him to produce hand-made cd-r’s, and the unexpected reactions of the listeners of Quietus. Far away from the techno (or the “minimal”) star-system, all the things you are going to read tends to suggest this guy is just a true music-lover. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 16th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

The guy you’re watching overhead with the strange mexican hat is Jochem Peteri, well known for the international electronic scene under Newworldaquarium. Liked for his unexpected slow-dance groovy tracks, after released 12″ for planet e, peacefrog, or delsin, he plans to release in March the cd version (with bonus tracks) of the acclaimed vinyl-album “The dead bears” few months ago. Let’s try to uncover the secrets of a very talented but so discreet artist from Amsterdam. Our ears are wild open… Read the rest of this entry »
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January 10th, 2008 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

It’s a great pleasure that talented berliner Ben Klock open this new part on Boing Poum Tchak! Read the rest of this entry »
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November 10th, 2007 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Le business du disque n’a jamais été facile, et l’est encore moins aujourd’hui pour un jeune label indépendant. C’est pourtant dans ce créneau que s’est lancé Benjamin Boguet alias Cosmo Vitelli. Après être revenu de l’univers des majors (Virgin) où il a sorti son premier album Clean en 2003, il crée début 2004 sa propre structure : I’m a cliché. Signant des artistes aussi importants que Simian Mobile Disco, Yuksek, Tacteel, Aysam, Bo’tox (son groupe avec Julien Briffaz de Tekel), Dirty 30 et bien sûr lui-même, le label s’est récemment vu récompensé par DFA qui licencie dorénavant quelques titres du catalogue pour le territoire américain. Mais bon sang Cosmo, c’est quoi le secret de la réussite d’I’m a cliché ? Read the rest of this entry »
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February 22nd, 2007 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

A 32 ans, Romain Guerret alias Dondolo sort Dondolïsme…, un premier album electro-pop varié et décalé. Petit débrief avec LA prochaine star (tendance Katerine, Jacno, Gotainer) autour de sa musique, des spams sur Myspace, du futurisme de Kraftwerk, et de la série Plus belle la vie. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 23rd, 2006 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

En France, depuis bientôt dix ans, Trax est le magazine de référence des nouvelles tendances musicales où les musiques électroniques tiennent une place prépondérante. A l’occasion de la parution au mois de Novembre 2006 de son centième numéro et quelques jours avant sa sortie en kiosque, Boing Poum Tchak! est allé à la rencontre de Patrice Bardot, son rédacteur en chef, pour faire un bilan de cette aventure et tenter de percer le secret de la longévité du magazine. Cette interview audio, en trois parties de trois minutes, a été réalisée dans le cadre de l’émission Random sur Radio Campus Paris. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 1st, 2006 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

A quarante ans passés, Neil Fraser alias Mad Professor reste une figure incontournable de la scène reggae-dub mondiale. Après avoir remixé bon nombre d’artistes de renoms comme Massive Attack, The Orb, Depeche Mode, Jamiroquaï ou encore les Beastie Boys, il produit toujours autant pour lui et pour les autres, dans un grand esprit de partage roots. Rencontre avec l’un des parrains dub les plus enfumés et géniaux de sa génération.
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July 1st, 2006 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Après avoir reçu les piliers américains de m_nus le mois dernier, Batocool décline le concept en proposant un plateau 100% frenchy, avec le trublion Ark, son pote le bricol’boy Krikor & David Rockmore, sa copine un poil barrée. Houuuu… trop cool. Et toi Krikor, dis nous ce que tu en penses !
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May 1st, 2006 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

C’est l’une des grandes révélations de l’année 2005. A 30 ans, le mystérieux et talentueux Sleeparchive alias Roger Semsroth, se pose en rénovateur d’une techno minimale “bleepy” et réussi en cinq maxis seulement à conquérir le cœur de la planète techno. Avec ses titres joués dans le monde entier, les soutiens des plus grands dj internationaux dont le patron du label minimal de référence m_nus, Richie Hawtin, qui l’a d’ailleurs compilé sur son dernier “mix”, il s’impose comme l’une des figures incontournables des musiques électroniques actuelles, distillant son incroyable live dans toute l’Europe et en Amérique du Nord ((lire le report au Cabaret Sauvage). C’est donc un honneur, sublimé par une immense joie pour Boing Poum Tchak! de le rencontrer, et par la même occasion, de faire sa première interview en France. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 11th, 2006 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Issus de la seconde génération de producteurs techno à Detroit, les frères Lenny et Lawrence Burden alias Octave One ont débuté leur carrière à la toute fin des années 80. Manageurs d’un label techno de référence, 430 West, et producteurs de plus d’une centaine de titres, ils sont à l’origine du tube interplanétaire “Blackwater” en 2001. Rencontre avec ces deux pionniers, restés attachés à la Motor City. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 29th, 2005 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

C’est l’une des (grandes) révélations de cette année. La bonne surprise Nathan Fake débarque d’Angleterre du haut de ses 22 ans et donne un coup de frais sur la production actuelle. Posé, les pieds sur terre et la tête dans la haute stratosphère électronique, il nous parle de ses débuts, de son album et des français. Just real. Read the rest of this entry »
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September 2nd, 2005 by Pierre-Nicolas Mader

Au mois de Novembre se déroule la 4° édition du festival electronica Panoptica, organisé par une poignée de passionnés à Liège en Belgique. Entretient avec l’un d’eux, Raphaël alias plic:-:ploc, activiste de l’association Panoptic et dj à ses heures.
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