AirPod by AirDrop

Pat Fontes’ knowledge of electronic music has made him into what many have stated as a ‘connoisseur of sorts’. Pat’s style of DJing and production is an utterly unique and healthy mixture of house and techno genres, sometimes going beyond into a more experimental approach. Pat was brought up in a Boston suburb by his Portuguese mother. With now over a decade of DJing experience he was also the former owner and manager, of now legendary Satellite Records Boston. Being quoted by his peers as "Mr. Techno", Pat is a walking encyclopedia of electronic music. In addition to his newfound AIRDROP familia, Pat has released on such labels as Thoughtless Music or Monism. This time around Mr. Techno offers a different type of selection. You will quickly come to wonder why you started dancing alone in the train! Here Pat uses the best rolling drums and surprising vocals of many different provenances along this mix. In case you forgot, Pat only plays with his cherished vinyls. The tracklist below is only half of the tunes he used for this mix, there were too many layers to list them all... Have fun track-identifying! 1. Abe Duque - Salute The Dawn Feat. Titana - Abe Duque Records 2. Kate Simko - Cityscape - Kupei Musika 3. John Overfiend - Tripping in Chile - Hej 4. Homm & Popoviciu - Contact - Highgrade 5. Martinez - Momomowha - Moon Harbour 6. Mikael Stavostrand - Spaceflake - Sounderground 7. Felipe Venegas - Pa Bailar Y Pa Gozar - Immigrant 8. Kai - Gakuon ( Butane Remix ) - AlphaHouse 9. Solomun vs. Ost & Kjex - Federgewicht - Diynamic 10. Landber & Jacobson - Portable ( Expander & Thinfreak Remix ) - Sonic Culture 11. Ralf Schmidt Henry Behring - One Bill ( Sascha Dive's 1,000,000,000 Remix ) Was Not Was 12. Patrick Zigan - Navazza - Galaktika Records 13. Preocoop - Corazone - Baalsaal 14. Fausto Messina - Sib*ney ( Daniel Mehlhart Remix ) WIR 15. Matzak - Afican Roots - Boxer Sport 16. Martin Eyerer & Oliver Klein - Kornerfresser - Confused 17. **** Obama Speech ( Democratic Confession 2008 ) **** 18. Fairmont - Centre of Gravity

One of Argentina's most exceptional producers offers us a rich blend of classic sounds and deep grooves on AirPod's 13th Episode! Andres Zacco was born in Pergamino, Argentina. After spending a few years in Buenos Aires, it was in Cordoba that he decided to make his home. Since then, Andres has been preparing numerous superior releases that will see the light soon. His productions carry a strong heritage in underground dance music, Andres Zacco also follows the footsteps of his mentor and great friend Franco Cinelli. Combining subtle kinds of Techno sounds with classic patterns in House music, Andres creates a very natural mix that comes as pleasantly surprising in a country sometimes often dominated by over-the-top minimalistic approaches. Andres recently founded Greener Records. With a fantastic first release, receiving the collaboration of Lineas de Nazca and Kai-Maan and the remixing wonders of Franco Cinelli, Greener announces itself as extremely promising. Be on the lookout for the next release that features original productions by Lucas Mari and remixes by Andres himself. Also on the timetable, Andres' highly expected record on AIRDROP, coming in the early days of 2009... a singularly happy new year already announces itself!

It is time for a new Fase Miusic Sender Video! A couple months back we sent you through AirPod the first clip the Fase boys made for their track Missing Keyframes. You can now enjoy this new short delerium with Fase Miusic Sender's Lejano Oeste as soundtrack! For those of you who dont already know, Fase is currently on tour on the U.S continent, they will be playing at NYC's Annex on Saturday Sept. 27th, Miami's Pl0t party on October 3rd, as well as in Bar 13 in NYC on Thursday October 9th on the occasion of the AirDrop Argentine Re-Percussions party, both with w/ Dilo & Gurtz .

Since Connie's last episode on AirDrop's Podcast last March (AirPod Nº5 Connie - Matte on the Beach), the girl has been rocking many dancefloors worldwide. Well, first she came to get it down in Buenos Aires, where in the space of three days she played in three major spots "de la escena porteña", with Fase Miusic Sender, Sr. Replicante and Nico Purman! After Argentina, its in Canada that Connie went to lay down some beats in June on the occasion of the fabulous Piknic Electronik. Each year the Picnik, invites an amazing line up of artists to play on the week ends and in the warm summer open air. This year already featured appearances by Zip, Guillaume Coutu Dumont, Sety, Mathias Kaden, Thomas Melchior, Josh Wink, Loco Dice, Mathew Jonson and of course Connie! (Be on the look out, as Piknic goes on til the 28th of September with more goodness coming up - Jennifer Cardini, Pig & Dan, Tony Rohr... - and concludes on a huge fest with the man himself, Claude VonStroke and and and.... Kevin Saunderson ! ) In the middle of all her travels, Connie even finds some time to satisfy her NYC home public, like a couple days ago when she opened for Holger Zilske... But no wait ! No time ! She has to leave to Greece to play with Jeremy Caulfield, Miss Fitz & K.atou as part of her reSolute residency... Well I think we all got it by now, Connie is a busy busy lady ! In this edition of AirPod, she gives us a mix entitled Horny Music: an hour of the weird-sounds-filled, jumpy and funky mini-tech that only she has the secret. The mix is full of unreleased gems, some which apparently, might never see the light... Enjoy! Oh oh oh ! Wait ! I nearly forgot the most important !! We are honored, privileged, elated, walking on air, on a high (...) to officially announce that Connie's first production will be released as part of the new volume of our Extraction compilation series ! KEEP OUT, all I am allowed to say, is that this ish BURNS!

We are very happy to celebrate our Tenth AirPod with a special guest: Lunatik has been creating and interpreting electronic music for over a decade. Whether via energetic and diverse DJ sets, or his eclectic live show, the elements of sound and space are translated into a unique sonic signature. Hailing from the indie-music mecca of Omaha, Aaron utilizes the ethos of independence in relation to his techno compositions. Whether by building custom synth patches or embarking on quests for field recordings, Lunatik's work can embody concept while maintaining dancefloor functionality. With a host of releases on forward thinking labels such as Leftroom, Kassette, and Communique along with maintaining his label Wreckless, Lunatik has managed to maintain a constant state of engagement. The culmination of his 2008 work will be released as his first artist album on Leftroom sub-label Leftout. The color of sound : vibrant and subdued. Analog vintage digital intangibles. Minimal axioms reflection of maximums. Sound found and creations created. Reality debated participation abated. In favor of myriad sonic flavours. And we are also happy to announce that Lunatik will be playing at our next function! Its called AIRDROP WARNING SIGN and will be happening on August 8th, at Bar 13 in NYC. Check the flyer below, rsvp, and come listen to one of the most promising and talented artist this northern part of the continent has to offer. New York City's Memek will be accompanying Lunatik as well as AirDrop residents Sergio and Paulo. AIRPOD 10 - LUNATIK PLAYLIST christoph schindling - redelight - eintakt rone - spanish breakfast - in fine bruno pronsato - same faces different names - hello repeat seuil - detroit candies(lee curtiss remix) - eklo ricardo villalobos - enfants(tambours) paul kalkbrenner - bingo bongo - bpitch control ezio - rivoli - cmyk sis - orgsa - cecille todd bodine - back to back - mothership channel x - dirty laugh(lunatik remix) - kassette bloddy mary vs sierra sam - black jack - einmaleins loco dice - tight laces - desolat marco carola - jackpot - plus8 moritz piske - slipless in seattle(matt stars slipfunk in scattle mashup) - opsm paco osuna - transheet- plus8 jona - swamp - fumakilla johnny d - orbitalife- oslo schneider , galluzzi, schirmacher -albertino - cadenza andomat 3000 - vertical smile - cecille broombeck - the clapper - opsm berovic & leicher - bananerama bar - international freakshow marco carola - contortionist - plus8 lunatik - alexander supertramp - leftout suokas - cocktail juice(doudou malicious remix) - multi vitamins jean claude ades & vincent thomas - shingaling(martin eyerer remix) - great stuff stimming & h.o.s.h. - radar -dynamic donk boys -doozer - frankie sebo k - far out - mobilee bukaddor & fishbeck - live is life - my best friend channel x - freaky pilot - kassette frankie - stoic - frankie

Now everyone, listen carefully: this is a very special mix we prepared just for you. Our great friend Clip is one of these rare artists that keep their head on their shoulders, remain humble and discreet ... but will turn the spot upside-down with perfect selections, flawless style and personal vision. Clip has been DJing for the last 9 years, he still regularly plays and has opened for some acts such as Superpitcher or Barem in his homeland of Buenos Aires. His productions merge Tech-House with Minimal, creating original, funny and funky grooves, sometimes including dub structures. After appearing on our Extraction Compilation as Peter Pan Project, Clip will be presenting 'Dub Etnic' in a few weeks, it will be his first release on AirDrop Records and features a very special remix act! Be on the lookout for the very special 10th AirPod episode! Playlist 1. Sossa - Pinansa 2. Butane - Mute Solo 3. Mike Wall - Hacienda (Niko Schwind Remix) 4. Fusiphorm - Green chocolate (Koljah Remix) 5. Sossa - Jurassik (Davide Squillace Remix) 6. Mathew Johnson - Marionette (Adam Beyer Remix) 7. Matteo Spedicati - Let Agata Talk 8. Smith & Selway - Total Departure 9. Clip - Uiytkiii

AirDrop Quack Party die Ente Release feat. Soulclap & Tanner Ross w/ Sergio Santos & Pat Fontes AD 002 Soulclap - die Ente w/ Tanner Ross Remix on 12" only.

The legendary ex-raver, DJ, producer, Midweek Techno host, NuNo Recordings founder, reconverted raver, Pat Fontes has graced us with his latest mix for our new AirPod episode. When Pat gave me the only copy burnt of this mix, he quickly jotted down "Dripples #1" on the CD, and the name could not be more appropriate. As usual Pat knows techno, you know, the dark addicting melodies type techno, but hey, don't take my word, listen for yourselves. The mix features a few of AirDrop's tracks, some which you already heard, like Franco Cinelli's banging version of Soulclap's The Giraffe, and others that you never have... yet! For example, there is Tanner Ross' remix of die Ente (another Soulclap original production, coming out this month on 12"), there is also Night Patrol a raw Techno groove produced by 19 years old Frenchman Louis Encontre. Like the true Techno Mixmaster that he is, Pat blends them with some of the most powerful and trapping tracks of the moment. Opening his mix up with an unreleased track by Japanese producer Den, remixed by Sarah Goldfarb on Mark Henning's label, Clever Music. The tune is so dirty and bluesy at the same time, it comes right out of the catacombs and I would easily imagine Damian Lazarus going crazy with it. Pat also includes Smash TV-member Holger Zilske's amazing tune The Birds, which appears on Playhouse's second to last release. WARNING Some disruptions in your daily routine might occur when listening to the closing of Mr. Techno's mix... Enjoy your new break! Thank you Pat for all the good beats and energy you deliver. Techno Activism still exists and Mr. Techno was, is and will always be part of it. PLAYLIST 1. Den - Basement ( Sarah Goldfarb remix ) - Clever Music 2. Butane - I Didn’t Know - Alphahouse 3. Soul Clap - die Ente ( Tanner Ross remix ) - AirDrop 4. Soul Clap - Giraffe ( Franco Cinelli remix ) AirDrop 5. Axel Bartsch & Alex Niggemann - Assign Me - Sport Club 6. Louis Encontre - Night Patrol - AirDrop 7. Adultnapper - Brandy McLeod - Audiomatique 8. Unkown - Unknown - Unkown 9. Maetrik - The Light - Treibstoff 10. Holger Ziske - The Birds - Playhouse 11. Harada - Conscoius Movement - MICRO|FON 12. Trentemoller - Miss You ( Pascal FEOS edit ) - Audiomatique 13. Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Eskapade - Diynamic

This is a very special episode, paying honour to Fase Miusic Sender, the Buenos Aires audio-visual quatuor. For this AirPod N°7, we are very happy to present you with two parts, a visual Part 1 with the video clip for Fase's Missing Keyframes, which appears on our Extraction compilation. And an audio Part 2 with an exclusive live set from Fase: Disaster! Not to mention that we are dying to officially announce our next digital release! Guess who?? Fase M.S of course, accompanied by a Sr. Replicante remix! How amazing is that... you'll tell us very soon!! Behind Fase are: Gustavo Gagliardo, Leandro Waisbord, Pedro Perelman and Martin Tibabuzo. Fase is a collective founded in the year 2000, that is active in Buenos Aires and works on both end of the audio-visual spectrum. From musical production to visual animation and street-art to VJing, Fase finalizes all-inclusive projects and shows, which create a truly complete realm, allowing it to fully expressing their vision. On the musical side, even if experimentation surrounds a Techno essence, some sounds have been surviving since the very foundation of Fase: Aquatic sounds, clicks and glitches, video-gaming bleeps. Fase keeps the groove as main purpose, using kicks and basses to create melodies coming right from the under layers of the earth, factory sounds and darkness. Detroit Underground and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work can stand as referents to the universe they perpetually share. Fase Miusic Sender plans its live sets to build climates and organically evolving structures. The video sequencing that comes to complete Fase’s world, is solely dependent of, and exclusively adapting to the evolution of the music. Exploring the graphic language, Fase keeps fantasy, synthesis, abstraction and powerful colors as main visual focus. Music expressing visuals, visuals expressing music… The circle is now complete. www.mundofase.com MySpace.com/FaseMiusicSender

This is a very special episode, paying honour to Fase Miusic Sender, the Buenos Aires audio-visual quatuor. For this AirPod N°7, we are very happy to present you with two parts, a visual Part 1 with the video clip for Fase's Missing Keyframes, which appears on our Extraction compilation. And an audio Part 2 with an exclusive live set from Fase: Disaster! Not to mention that we are dying to officially announce our next digital release! Guess who?? Fase M.S of course, accompanied by a Sr. Replicante remix! How amazing is that... you'll tell us very soon!! Behind Fase are: Gustavo Gagliardo, Leandro Waisbord, Pedro Perelman and Martin Tibabuzo. Fase is a collective founded in the year 2000, that is active in Buenos Aires and works on both end of the audio-visual spectrum. From musical production to visual animation and street-art to VJing, Fase finalizes all-inclusive projects and shows, which create a truly complete realm, allowing it to fully expressing their vision. On the musical side, even if experimentation surrounds a Techno essence, some sounds have been surviving since the very foundation of Fase: Aquatic sounds, clicks and glitches, video-gaming bleeps. Fase keeps the groove as main purpose, using kicks and basses to create melodies coming right from the under layers of the earth, factory sounds and darkness. Detroit Underground and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work can stand as referents to the universe they perpetually share. Fase Miusic Sender plans its live sets to build climates and organically evolving structures. The video sequencing that comes to complete Fase’s world, is solely dependent of, and exclusively adapting to the evolution of the music. Exploring the graphic language, Fase keeps fantasy, synthesis, abstraction and powerful colors as main visual focus. Music expressing visuals, visuals expressing music… The circle is now complete. www.mundofase.com MySpace.com/FaseMiusicSender

DJ Connie is just one of those DJs you should know, follow and respect, just like we do. From being one of the first DJs at minimoo to a residency with the ReSolute parties, she spins around the world and with top names like Guy Gerber, Trentmöller or even at the Sunday School of Degenerates during WMC! Connie is now based in NYC and has spun at every notable electronic music event and venue. We love her rolling minimal-tech-house-party music and have booked her at the Bâton parties in December and January at the Galapagos Art Space. She will be at the WMC spinning at PS14 on the 27th and Blue on the 28th so definitely check her out. Our praises don't come without a little music ;) So here it is, for AirPod N°5 Connie has generously provided us with one of her mixes that we thought would be just right for our podcast. The mix titled "Matte on the Beach" fits us perfectly sipping on our mattes in Argentina. Connie will actually be joining us early April in Buenos Aires...

Last Thursday I was asked to play at an Artists' Performance. Basically this means that they needed me to bring a musical vibe into their visual and ethereal world; music and art: the most essential and natural enhancement. Nowadays a party can't be imagined to be organised without a VJ of some sorts. But playing especially for artists is quite a different feel. Just like a VJ has to adapt his visuals to the DJ's music, there I had to adapt my music to the vibe of the artists, painting and creating, who in turn were themselves receiving the different sonic waves I was sending them for 6 hours in a row. One of the performing artists even dropped his own recorded sounds of doors creaking, trains passing by, and kids singing on the streets of Buenos Aires over the music. Remember that it's summer here in Argentina, and the feel is more than tropical (although it has been raining for a week now!) and mixing Microhouse with African Percussions, Peruvian Flutes and Bolivian instruments seemed the most instinctive to do. Playlist 1. Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Salaat Linkuere 2. Roxy Music - India 3. Lawrence - Lady Grey 4. Sian - Apple (Efdemin Remix) 5. Dominik Eulberg - Stelldichein Des Westerwalder Vogelchores 6. Bruno Pronsato - What They Want 7. Kolla Marka - Pachamama 8. Rancho Relaxo Allstars - Cajosiza 9. Kadebostan - Spirit Soldiers 10. Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Mederico 11. Jesus Chillon Infante - Alabado 12. Kid Loco - She's My Lover (Bang Bang Remix) 13. Kaito - One Hundred Million Light Years

The man in charge is Lindsay Welsh, who with all his talent and Ableton homework, builds crazy levels of energy where he plays. Lindsay was born and lives in Buenos Aires and only appears on certain rare occasions. Lindsay plays all kinds of styles, but one thing is for sure: the man makes one with his machine! This episode was recorded during one of his precious appearances, and a very special one on top of that: Pato's Birthday! Enjoy the vibe, the old classics, the house bumpers... eveything!

Ira Oksman's Tempo Session V2 Playlist Ozy - Sugar - Sutemos - 2005 Dilo vs Gurtz - Moscovitas (Dapayk rmx) - Einmaleins - 2007 Marc & Oliver Hain - Laid Back - Logical - 2007 Bvoice & Khz - Hippopotanzen (Pheek Remix) - Alley P.M - 2005 Sarah Goldfarb - Where's Didier Lambing ? - Treibstoff - 2006 Gaiser - Breathe Here - M_nus - 2006 Pan-Pot - Lancelot Von Camelot (Barem Remix) - Einmaleins - 2007 Digitaline - Flocon Fraicheur - Cadenza - 2007 Bruno Pronsato - Our Holiday Clothes - Hello - 2006 Receptor - Siete Vidas ([A]pendics.Shuffle Mis Vidas Locas Remix) - Adjunct - 2006 Polder - Numbgum - Remote - 2006 Pheek - Magda Had A Little Troll (Gurtz Remix) - Clever - 2006 Barem - Cilindro - Foundsound - 2006 Nicholas Sauser & Ditch - Of All Of These (VS. Ira Oksman - Bitabruno) - Minlove - 2006 Franco Cinelli - f2 (Bruno Remix) - Adjunct - 2007 Dominik Eulberg - Ein Stelldichein des Westerwälders Vogelchores (from Heimische Gefilde) - Traum Schallpplaten - 2007 --- Ira Oksman's first DJ gig was in the age of 15 performing a drum'n'bass dj-set to a small crowd in the place called "Territory" (Moscow). She had then continued playing in various Moscow clubs on a weekly basis mainly spinning jungle/drum'n'bass/liquid funk. A year later she joins a leading promoting crew called "Storm Crew" alongside with the widely known Russian DJ's: Groove and Dan. Following by few gigs she then gets a resident spot with their drum'n'bass monthly event. She had opened a variety of sets for a luminary names of jungle/drum'n'bass music such as John B, Brian G, Loxy, Nicky Blackmarket, Ray Keith, etc A couple of years down she becomes a regular resident in one of the oldest clubs in Moscow "Garage" and performs there on weekly basis. At that point she also starts moving towards a straight 4x4 beats with increased interest to a house music. As her knowledge of house music evolves, she starts moving towards more artist-like minimalist sounding going through the stages of disco soulful house -> deep house -> tribal -> progressive house -> tech house electro -> minimal techno/micro house. Ever since moving to Toronto, Canada, Ira have had various of gigs around the city in spots like Insomnia, Labyrinth lounge, Chinadoll, Chelsea lounge, etc etc etc At this point, however, her prime consideration is falling towards the music production/development. As Ira note, her prime goal at this point would be a development of a new concept in electronic music (particularly in minimal techno) which would hopefully make a difference in todays electronic music scene. --- www.iraoksman.com www.tempo416.com

Playlist 1. John Tejada - Genetical Love - deFocus - 2001 2. Dante & Dhula - The Basics (Smokin' Posties Remix) - Itiswhatitis - 2007 3. Matthew Dear - Neighborhoods - Ghostly International - 2007 4. Mouse on Mars - Pinwheel Herman - Thrill Jockey - 1999 5. Pole - Achterbahn (Shackleton Remix) - scape - 2007 6. Autechre - Slip - Warp - 1994 7. Till Von Sein - Gestern - Morris Audio Citysport Edition - 2007 8. Louis Encontre - Ocean in the Space - AirDrop White - 2008 9. Thomas Fehlmann - With Oil - Kompakt - 2004 10. Lephtee - So Far Back (Nova Dream Sequence Remix) - Buzzin' Fly - 2006 11. Dapayk & Padberg - Black Beauty (Dapayk's Afterhour Edit) - Mo's Ferry Prod. - 2007 12. Agnès & Ripperton - Deep Force - Sthlmaudio - 2007 13. Chelonis R. Jones - I Don't Know (Lopazz Remix) - Get Physical - 2004 14. Tobias Thomas/ Michael Mayer - Über Wiesen - Kompakt - 2007