Interesting prolonged weekend in Zagreb. First of all - the web site is finally online. It's been in development for way over a year now, since I've only had time in between other projects to sit down with Goran and work. Props to him - he's been very smooth in handling numerous changes and additions, and managed to incorporate all ideas into a clean and functional site. Thanks bro!

Party report - Friday night's Zero Session at Lemon, this time with Examine, sounded great but the attendance was lower than usual. Partly due to the sunny prolonged weekend which got half of Zagreb out of town, and party due the lack of promotion. Nevertheless, it was fun to play back2back with Examine after a long time. I've made a mental note to repeat it as soon as possible. Afterparty was held at Masters and the night ended around 9 AM. Solid.

Saturday afternoon was scheduled for an interview with two members of an Italian dub collective Imperial Sound Army - Dan I and Sista Miky, due to their gig at AKC Attack. They both turned out to be very nice, easygoing people and left me with a bunch of exclusive dubs. Win. We had lunch today just before they went home, Dan to Feltre and Sista to Venice, and made plans to meet in Šibenik somewhere around the beginning of August.

Easy lee Sunday in Zagreb. Zero

New mix is online, live recording from 808 Soundsystem event held at AKC Medika, Zagreb. Listen and download here. Zero

Third Zero Session coming up this friday with Zagreb's finest - Mr.Petar Dundov. Should be interesting to say the least, judging by my past experiences with Petar. Lemon club, Zagreb downtown, 11 PM. Zero

I've just received masters for the next Bondage release, still untitled EP from Zoran Relić, uprising young producer from Zagreb with a distinct sound. I've been on the watchout for Zoran ever since he sent me his first pack of demos. Those weren't quite suitable for Bondage, but the unique sound of those tracks made me certain that something from him is gonna land on my label sooner or later. About a month ago I received another demo pack from him, played some of the tracks on the radio show, and one thing led to another. Abstract and trippy stuff, maybe not for everyone but certainly very interesting for me. The release [bond15] consists of three original tracks - "Feba I Japet", "False Colour Mosaic" and "Cepheld", with mastering handled by Petar Dundov in Neumatik Studio. I'm not sure about the release date since I'm going through another distributor change, but I'm hoping to get it out during February/March. Zero

United Electronic Sound guys pulled out the big guns for their anniversary party this year. Dave Clarke headlined the main room in Boogaloo Club, and the result was another proper rave under the UES signature. I was scheduled to perform after Dave, but somehow ended up playing the second part of the warmup as well as the finishing set due to N-ter's laptop trouble. I get a bit nostalgic when I see a situation like that, but I guess every kind of DJ setup has it's own set of possible issues. At the end, the event turned out quite well and at certain moments the atmosphere reminded me of the old Boogaloo days. Zero

New mix is online - live set recorded at OFF TV Show at club KSET in Zagreb, 19.06.2011., for 104th edition of Balance FM Podcast series. ###malo o off tvu / transmeet TVu. You can download the mix directly from here or go to the downloads section for tracklisting and more details.

Tracklisting:

01. Quenum, Ripperton - Nude Black Runner - Riz Beurre Thon Mix [Sthlmaudio Recordings]
02. Mihalis Safras - Titleless - Ripperton's Placid Remix [Perc Trax]
03. Tiefschwarz - Trust feat. Seth Troxler - Audion Remix [Souvenir Music]
04. Braincell - Absorb - Grindvik Remix [Harthouse]
05. DBX - Losing Control (Remastered) - Original Mix [Accelerate]
06. Bart Skils, Anton Pieete - The Shining - Rejected Remix [100% Pure]
07. DJ Yellow, Mindz Kontrol Ultra - Sleep With Me - Wink Edit [Ovum Recordings]
08. Corrina Joseph, Leon (Italy) - I Follow You - Deetron's Believer Remix [Rebirth]
...

Parallel Thinking EP [bond12] with FM is out on Beatport, Juno, iTunes and all the other regular digital shops.

Tracks:

1. Parallel Thinking B 3:36
2. Parallel Thinking A 3:51
3. Parallel Thinking C 2:25

NYE party confirmed...not sure if I'm allowed to go into details but it should be interesting. Zero

Petar Dundov's birthday party and the new Music Man single promotion was insane! So far one of my favourite parties this year. The whole crew was there (and at their best behaviour) plus a lot of people who I haven't seen at the party in ages. The night ended at 7:30 AM with a triple back to back with Petar and Zoran. Very nice. Zero

Pyrone [bond11] with Cortechs is out on Beatport, Juno, iTunes and all the other regular digital shops.

Tracks:

1. Pyrone 7:29
2. Pyrone (Tool) 13:36
3. Pyrone 2nd Outlay 5:28
4. Pyrone 2nd Outlay (Tool) 6:43

New mix is online - live set recorded at United Electronic Sound's 2nd Anniversary party with The Advent (07.10.2010). The event was held in Stara Klaonica (Old Slaughterhouse) in Zagreb and the organizers really outdid themselves this time. It's been quite a while since a large scale techno event in Zagreb looked this way. You can download the mix directly from here or go to the downloads section for tracklisting and more details.

Tracklisting:

01. Octave, Monocraft - Internal Signal (Rich Jones Remix) [Phobiq]
02. Cari Lekebusch, Jola Bola - Hearing Voices [H-Productions]
03. Fictionizer, Audionatica - Space (Alan Fitzpatrick Remix) [Gon Records]
04. Cari Lekebusch - For Whom They Toll (Joel Mull Remix) [International Sound Laboratory]
05. Sasha Carassi - Minds Up [8 Sided Dice]
06. Pascal Mollin - The Elephant (Pan Pot Remix) [Touched]
07. DBX - Losing Control (Remastered) [Accelerate]
08. Carlo Lio - The Little Things (Tony Rohr Remix) [SK Supreme Records]
...

Rotation [bond10] with Davor Tosovic is out on Beatport, Juno, iTunes and all the other regular digital shops.

Tracks:

1. Rotation 8:15
2. Rotation (Dektend Remix) 7:50
3. Vertical Rotation (Tool) 6:17
4. Horizontal Rotation (Tool) 7:12

I've decided to put to use Korg Kaoss Pad 3 that's been sitting on the shelve for the good part of the last two years. I was a bit disappointed with the unit as it turned out to be a very limited effects processor, and the effect themselves weren't done very subtly. I knew it can be used as a midi controller, and messed around with that some time ago but never tried to implement it into an actual setup. Now that I've taken some time to set it up properly with Traktor, it works great! I've programmed some pretty complex macros which should make the actual performance easier and a lot of functions more accessible. Roadtesting tomorrow at UES party in Zagreb. Zero

I'm really excited about the next couple of releases for Bondage. First in line is Rotation (bond10) by Zagreb's minimal techno producer Davor Tosovic (ex. Shuma), scheduled somewhere around the middle of October. Next is Pyrone (bond11) by german duo Cortechs, scheduled for the second half of November. Last for this year but certainly not the least interesting is Parallel Thinking EP (bond12) by another talent from Zagreb, Mario Franic aka FM, scheduled somewhere around the middle of December. Zero

New mix is online - studio mix recorded for 52nd edition of Balance FM Podcast series. You can download the mix directly from here or go to the downloads section for tracklisting and more details.

Tracklisting:

01. Dubfire - Rabid (Radio Slave Remix) [SCI+TEC Digital Audio]
02. Fuse - Intro (From Our Minds To Yours) (Tiefschwarz Remix) [Plus 8 Records]
03. Alan Fitzpatrick - Straw Hats (Dustin Zahn Warehouse Dub) [8 Sided Dice]
04. Dubfire - Rabid [SCI+TEC Digital Audio]
05. Chris Liebing - Discombobulated [Rekids]
06. Jerome Sydenham, Function - Two Ninety One [CLR]
07. Shackleton - Blood On My Hands (Ricardo Villalobos Apocalypso Now Mix) [Skull Disco]

Death Note (bond09) with MarkUs is out on Beatport, Juno, iTunes and all the other regular digital shops.

Tracks:
1. Death Note 9:01
2. Death Note (Tool) 8:00
3. Death Note (Tool 2) 5:03