LIVESET MAY-HEM RECAP

Maybe you did or didn't notice that last month we posted more livesets then before. This has no particular reason, except for the urge to share free tekno, promote artists or upload their work as a tribute. These downloads are can be accessed directly from our host who is kind enough to let us and our readers abuse his bandwidth.

Those who have no clue what a RAR file is might want to consult Wikipedia. It is a compressed file just like the standard ZIP file which needs to be unpacked. To unpack a RAR file you can use WinRAR (not free) or any other tool suitable. Since I prefer and support open source freeware, I would advice 7-Zip. Good luck :D

Tuesday, May 4 : LITTLE GUY - CA KOZZE DANS LE POSTE LIVESET
Thursday, May 6 : BASS BIN - ULTRAFUNK LIVESET
 Friday, May 7 : A-BLOK - OIL MONSTER LIVESET
Sunday, May 9 : ÖKO SYSTEM - WIP "TEKNO PIKNIK" LIVESET
Tuesday, May 11 : DPRAV SOUND6TEM - MONTPELLIER LIVESET
Friday, May 14 : ÖKO SYSTEM - PIKNIK DE MONDRAGON LIVESET
Tuesday, May 18 : CORBO - LA BOUCLE EST TORDUE LIVESET
Tuesday, May 25 : DRAZER @ VAARTKOM
Friday, May 28 : HK - EMPREUR LIVESET

With massive respect to all artists.

ÖKO SYSTEM - PIKNIK DE MONDRAGON LIVESET

"PiKniK teKno"

In addition to the previous post on a liveset by WiP from the ÖKO SYSTEM family I uploaded a second liveset from that night. This one is labeled under the sound system itself. This night was the first collaboration of ÖKO SYSTEM with BenJaWa, from PsyloteK/Tek'ossovar sound6tem, who got in contact with ÖKO just one month earlier.

BENJAWA

Mail from BenJaWa to Tournesol (excerpt);

"Alors toi aussi a donf de live (kesta komme machines ?)... faudra kon se fasse une rencontre, non ? (...)

(...) si t motive, ca peut etre interessant de se kapter . Soit dans un contex teuf (tac on pose le son ensemble, on fait une ptite free ou on se donne un RDV dans un teuf) soit dans un contex rencontre trankill un week-end (un dimanche , ou un lundi) histoire de kiffer une peu ensemble soit chez oit soit chez oim .

Kes tan pense ? si tu veux ramener un peu de monde (kelke pote ou koi) ya pas de blem, on se kalera trankill avec un peu de son (dehors si y fait bo)

??"

 After their first collaboration many PiKniK's followed!

PIKNIK TEKNO DE MONDRAGON
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ÖKO SYSTEM - WIP "TEKNO PIKNIK" LIVESET

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The duo "Work in Progress" (WIP) consists of the Ökoïsts Box-R and Tournesol. Both artist from the french punk & tekno collective ÖKO SYSTEM. The story behind the legendary punk & tekno combo can be found at their site (in French).

TOURNESOL

BOX-R 

Because some of their old livesets are not available anymore at their main site I will be sharing the lost material time by time. In the past you were able to order them at low cost but I doubt that this still persists. The first in row is one of my favorite livesets ever, the "teKno PiKniK" liveset recorded on a rainy Sunday 9th of April 2000 in Mondragon, France. This event was the first "PiKniK" together with BenJawa, To7-70 and other artist. BenJawa became a part of the ÖKO family. From then on the name "PiKniK" was used for these type of small gatherings with their new "BenJaWic Ökosystemic".

To be honest, I miss this kind of music live in action. Not judging the quality of the music I regret that the major part of the current sound is very commercial. With all do respect to the artists for their previous work I find that many because a 'hit machine'. Sampling a famous theme song, adding 4/4 and the same melodic structure over and over and over.. But I can't blame them, since for most it is (a part off) their income. It is just painful to watch.

So far for my rant..

Let us not forget that there are still many artists out their haven't sold their soul yet to the commercial sound. Artists such as 69db who recently surprised me by improvising a 5 hour jam at an after party in a Warsaw squat. But also other artist who have been featured on ZOTF in the past; Smeo (Oblyk-dfroké), Mempamal (Fantomatik), Benny Buletti (Desystematik) and many more.

PiKniK @ Mondragon

PiKniK @ Bidon

PiKniK @ Piolenc

WiP - teKno PiKniK

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