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| UV-klub Heidelberg - 22.07.07 |
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Eddie Zarook and Casio Casino (aka Steffen Neuert)
have been quietly plying their particular brand of
minimal house, deep techno, tech house,
electronica, acid and electronic trickery at the
UV club in Heidelberg for a good, few years now.
What struck me on my first visit earlier this
year, apart from the unique location, was the
extraordinary vibe running through the diverse,
expectant crowd -- it's been a long time since
i've seen people actually dancing into a club. If
you've already heard their debut release on LoFi,
then you know what the fuss is about. Haluzengenic
and The Gap are two tracks that achieve the
difficult task of inducing dancefloor mayhem while
remaining credible pieces of sonic exploration.
It's a successful fusion that will continue to
bare fruit in the future and is no doubt the
result of their previous musical incarnations.
Steffen's involvement with electronic production
didn't start until he arrived in Heidelberg 12
years ago. At the time he was immersed in the
indie scene, being far from impressed with the
state of German techno. However Dirk Mantei, the
owner of his local record store slowly turned him
on to the ‚good side' of electronic dance music
and the purchase of studio equipment including a
(now sadly defunkt) Roland R8 also helped shape a
new musical perspective. Since then,
collaborations with fellow Heidelberger Lopazz
have been a constant feature of his career along
with the ground-breaking project Bergheim 34,
through which Steffen successfully managed to meld
his love of Krautrock and Detroit minimal techno,
presenting electronic music in a live band
context, long before the more recent, cliched
attempts of today's electro clashers. Around the
same time, Eddie was starting out on his own
musical journey that initially embraced those
‚gods of rock' Led Zep and Hendrix. After
relocating to Germany from Iran in 1989, he
studied guitar, eventually graduating with flying
colours from music school in Cologne. He settled
in Heidelberg in 1998 and a year later his growing
fascination with electronic music prompted him to
start Djing. Typically, the pair first met in the
Vinyl Only record store in 1999 where their shared
love of techno classics, especially the minimal
sound, led to the idea to start producing
together. Their energy was such that, almost
immediately, the UV club was born and it's a
tribute to their belief and enthusiasm that the
club is still rocking packed crowds six years
later. Steffen (aka Casio Casino) was already
playing around the world with his project Bergheim
34 in the U.S.A, with Sad Rockets all over Europe.
Eddie Zarook has been rocking clubs from New York
to St. Petersburg. But still both of them are
playing in Heidelberg: You got to rock the block
before you rock the land!!! (written by Neville
Attree 2006)
Tags : Heidelberg Minimal Techno Club Eddie Zarook Casio Casino 212fahrenheit Neville Attree treiblicht Karlstorbahnh |
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