Thursday, December 8, 2011
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SMETNJAKOVIH 12: Zombie Nation

1. Who are you, what do you do and where do you do it?
I am Florian aka Splank aka John Starlight aka Zombie Nation, I make music all over the world, my homebase is munich, germany

2. Describe your sound in 12 words!
Energetic groovy organic electronic supersonic acid futuristic retrophonic sexologic intense house music

3. Which musician/music act did most significantly influence your music taste?
Quite a few from Slayer to Curtis Mayfield

4. Blue pill or red pill?
Half of each, let’s see where that gets us

5. Which are your superpowers?
Survival mode

6. Which song should have been on every CD recorded for the loved one?
Cds are out. I think you give a USB stick now, or just links to youtube.

7. Who is DJ Umek?
He is the man Uroš from Ljubljana, a techno icon, I met him a few times and it was a pleasure.

8. Why do they put round pizza in a square box?
Best question ever, i have no idea.

9. What do you do, when you are not occupied with music?
Sleeping. Emails, business.

10. Who is your favourite Game Over member?
Whas dat??

11. Current top 4 for the dancefloor and top 3 for the car?
ZN – ZZT – ZN -ZZT (sorry i am typing this on the airport, it’s boarding now)

12. Last pearls of wisdom?
Don’t linger in the past or the future. Continue to follow your inner clock. Be where you are!

Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 400

The Presets – This Boy’s In Love (Zombie Nation remiks)

John Starlight – Shadowbreaker (Boys Noize Mix No.1)



Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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SMETNJAKOVIH 12: N’toko


1. Kdo si, kaj počneš in kje to počneš?
Sem N’toko, delam muziko, rapam, produciram, rolam in špilam pri Moveknowledgement. Kjerkoli pač lahko.

2.Povzemi svoj zvok v 12 besedah.
Trajekt, ringelšpil, stolpnica, sodišče, gozd, klub, nlp, karaoke, kombi, bar, tokio, nova zelandija.

3.Kateri glasbeniki so najbolj izoblikovali tvoj glasbeni okus?
12-14 let: Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Poison…
14-16 let: Guns and Roses, Metallica, Nirvana…
16-18 let: 2pac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg…
18-20 let: Fugees, Mos Def, The Roots…
20-22 let: Hendrix, The Doors, Miles Davis…
22-24 let: Sage Francis, Aesop Rock, Dose One…
24-26 let: The Boredoms, Otomo Yoshihide, Shibusa Shirazu Orchestra…
26-28 let: Tom Waits, Björk, more Boredoms…
28-30 let: LCD Soundsystem, Justice, Soulwax…
30-do danes: Nakata Yasutaka, Lil Wayne, Lady Gaga…

Kot vidite, gre moja glasbena evolucija nekako takole:
Še malo pa bom nazaj na Bon Joviju!

4. Modra ali rdeča tableta?
Obe ali pa nobena!

5. Katere so tvoje super moči?
Dobro so dokumentirane v videospotu “Listen to Nebukadnezar”:

6. Kateri komad bi moral biti na vsakem CDju, posnetem za ljubljeno entiteto?
Kyu Sakamoto-Sukiyaki

7. Kdo je DJ Umek?
DJ z razlogom

8. Zakaj je okrogla pica vedno v kvadratni škatli?
Zakon zlatega reza

9. Kaj počneš, ko se ne ukvarjaš z glasbo?
Ukvarjam se s promocijo glasbe.

10. Kdo je tvoj najljubši Game Over član?
Štefan

11. Trenutni naj 4 za na plesišče in naj 3 za v avto?
plesišče: The Subs-Vomit in Style, Mattie Safer-Is that your girl?, Felix Cartal-The Joker, Zombie Nation-Squeek (Bart B More rmx)
avto: Klemen Klemen-Keš Pičke, The Rej3cts-Cat Daddy, Moveknowledgement-La Droga e Il Buio

12. Zadnji biseri modrosti?
Modri molčijo, N’toko pa govori in govori in govori…



Friday, December 2, 2011
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SMETNJAKOVIH 12: Ekoas

1. Kdo si, kaj počneš in kje to počneš?
Urša Jerkič je pred časom izjavila: “Ekoas je jaz, ti, čefur, parižan, mož v krilu, dekle v trenču.” Kao pišem in fotkam modo. Največkrat na ulici.

2. Povzemi svoj slog v 12 besedah.
Not dazed and not confused.

3. Kdo je najbolj vplival nanj?
Preveč ljudi.

4. Modra ali rdeča tableta?
Polovičko obeh.

5. Katere so tvoje super moči?
Super-super-super-super fast walking.

6. Kateri komad bi moral biti na vsakem CD-ju, posnetem za ljubljeno entiteto?
Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen).

7. Kdo je DJ Umek?
Rim-Detroit-Denver-Austin-Čikago-Moskva-Porto-Edinburgh-Granda-Barcelona je njegov plan do Silvestrovega. Fakin frequent flyer!

8. Zakaj je okrogla pica vedno v kvadratni škatli?
Ker je mož, ki je izumil škatle za pico, kot otrok padel v vodnjak.

9. Kaj počneš, kadar nisi moderen?
Hodim po robu znanosti.

10. Kdo je tvoj najljubši Game Over član?
Tanajvišji.

11. Trenutni naj 4 za na plesišče in naj 3 za v avto?
Za na plesišče Valerija Kelava, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Arizona Muse in Julia Nobis. Za v avto Nicolas Ripoll, Miles McMillan in Milo Spijkers.

12. Zadnji biseri modrosti?
Kad porastem biću kengur.

Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)



Monday, October 31, 2011
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SMETNJAKOVIH 12: Boy 8-Bit

1. Who are you, what do you do and where do you do it?
i am David Morris and I am on a train back to London after a brief trip down to Cornwall to play a show and see my family. Amost a holiday, but not quite.. I am doing this interview on my phone and looking out of the window at the countryside that is passing by. It is very nice!…

2. Describe your sound in 12 words!
umppah umpah umpah umpah fissssss umpah clack umpah clack fissssssss plink plonk..

3. Which musician/music act did most significantly influence your music taste?
Oh gosh, where do i start? Within music as a whole? Then early things like Queen, Guns and Roses, Metallica. Onto Early 80’s electro / freestyle/ The Prodigy / Chemical Brothers.. via Electro Clash, Stephan Bodzin, Baltimore Club, Black Metal, White Metal, Death Metal, Minimalists, repetitionists, Wu Tang Clan.. Power Ballads, Soft Rock. Medieval baroque vibezz it goes on for days..

4. Blue pill or red pill?
A bottle of Water.

5. Which are your superpowers?
Long hair.. Strong legs.. Ability to sleep.

6. Which song should have been on every CD recorded for the loved one?
‘Sealed with a kiss’

7. Who is DJ Umek?
Umek is a very popular dj / producer from Slovenia!.. Looking in my
“box” I have two tracks by him. ‘Anxious on Demand’ and ‘Carbon Occasions’..

8. Why do they put round pizza in a square box?
I would assume it is a lot easier and cheaper to manufacture a square box!

9. What do you do, when you are not occupied with music?
Worry about not doing enough towards my music career. Or making myself think I am having a massive creative crisis..

10. Who is your favourite Game Over member?
I have no idea! This is going to make the people who hate me for calling myself “8-Bit” hate me even more, right?

11. Current top 4 for the dancefloor and top 3 for the car?
Dance floor:
Paul Nazca – Umynoem
Alan Fitzpatrick – Blix
Boys Noise – Adonis
Boddika – Acid Jackson

Car:
Rainbow – I surrender
Toto – Africa
Loudon Wainright III – Swimming Song

12. Last pearls of wisdom?
My other half showed me a video the other day.. The general idea of it being that If someone asks you to do something and it doesn’t make you go “Hell Yeah” and immediately want to do it , then say just say “No” and save you energy for something you really want to do…

Boy 8-Boy – Yard Birds

Boy 8-bit – Chapel Of Ghouls

Florence and The Machine – Drumming (Boy 8-bit remiks)



Saturday, October 15, 2011
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SMETNJAKOVIH 12: Moveknowledgement

1. Kdo ste, kaj počnete in kje to počnete?
Ko smo tam, kjer to počnemo, dobimo super powers in nismo več tisto, kar smo bili.

2. Povzemite svoj zvok v 12 besedah.
Deset, devet, osem, sedem, šest, pet, štiri, tri, dva, ena, …šššššššššššš, BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

3. Kateri glasbeniki so najbolj izoblikovali vaš glasbeni okus?
Sun Ra, Dan Deacon, Can, Kraftwerk, Metronomy, TV on the Radio, Zodiac, Primus, Casabian, Eagles of Death Metal , Boredoms, Capsule…

4. Modra ali rdeča tableta?
Obe al’ pa nobeno.

5. Katere so vaše super moči?
Distorzija, kompresija, hitrost in x-ray.

6. Kateri komad bi moral biti na vsakem CDju posnetem za ljubljeno entiteto?
Popcorn.

7. Kdo je DJ Umek?
Moj frend.

8. Zakaj je okrogla pica vedno v kvadratni škatli?
Točno to! Pica bi morala biti kvadratna, škatla pa okrogla. Koji kreteni so to dizajneral!

9. Kaj počnete, ko se ne ukvarjate z glasbo?
Izgubljamo svoje super powerse.

10. Kdo je vaš najljubši Game Over član?
Un tipček v sredini.

11. Trenutni naj 4 za na plesišče in naj 3 za v avto?
Hands, Stop-Continue, La droga e il buio,Electric Manland. V avtu pa Pump Down!!!, U.F.Oh, 36 Lakes.

12. Zadnji biseri modrosti?
Šanti om, friends for ever, come on!!!