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Shahrokh Sound of K on YourSpins

2008-12-15T01:19:00.000-08:00

Remix "Leave Your Hat On"

Does any Iranian participate in the global dance circus?
Yep, they do: Deep Dish, Ali Dubfire and Shahrokh.
Born into the deep west impacted Shah-era, he passed his high school diploma in Teheran
and moved to Germany after the regime fall.
„Persians are melancholic people“, says Shahrokh, „with a huge appreciation for poetic.“
„His congenius partner Andreas Köhler looks back on long lasting stays as well.
But what does it have in common with House music?

The persian folk music, is based on house tempo from 120 to 126 bpm, even though persian folk music is more polyrhythmical, the melancholic melodies lord over these tempi.
The ethnic dances are very similar to Jackin – hydraulic Headnodding down to top dancing – quite contrary to the prevalent Rockin´ or Headnodding in the west (down top movements)
In the music of Shahrokh the Cello or pads displace the melancholic component.
And when you remember the original house of the late 80s/ early 90s you´ll find definitely plenty of melancholic. You just have to ask Robert Owens.

Since 1995 Shahrokh applies himself to the production of House Music furthermore he´s the most important interpreter for house and clubmusik events, first of all the best known DJ in Karlsruhe.
Karlsruhe is famous for its art college „center for art and mediatechnology“ (short ZKM).
Shahrokh´s organisations of the events for and with ZKM are such numerously –
it would go beyound the scope of listing them all right now.
In the context of these events Shahrokh collaborated with the following persons as well: Prof. Peter Weibel, Luigi Colani, Jose Wagna Garcia, Carl Craig, Hans Nieswandt.

His own Clubs - at first „Terra Cotta“, later „Mood Lounge“- enjoy cult status already.
There are house CD compilations fort he Mood Lounge, beside Shahrokh his closer friends Amé (Christian Beyer and Frank Wiedemann) are quasi Resident DJs there.
Apart from that the worldwide who is who of House Music shaked hands at the Moodlounge and Sahahrokh parties. There´s no big name who didn´t played there.
Everyone who met Shahrokh knows he´s a party and rave-animal from the very beginning –
somebody who can tell you spacy sories and as DJ and Clupper he experienced alomst everything

Shahrokh released his debut EP„Deff Punch / Roya“on Black Flame in 1997.
One year later follows „Phunk Communication“on Caus-N’-ff-ct - in the same year the english Label Miss Moneypeney’s licensed the tune exlusive.

You´ll find the follower „Yo Yomma“ (one more time for Caus-N’-ff-ct) on the soundtrack of Wolfgang Peterson’s Blockbuster „Stargate“. Beyond Shahrokh did productions and remixes for Caus-N’-ff-ct,
cover versions of Donna Summer´s „Hot Stuff“ and „Bad Girls and one remix for Gloria Gaynor „Last Night“fort he project „DJ Empire - A Tribute To Giorgio Moroder“ (Caus-N’-ff-ct/BMG Ariola)

His partner Andreas Köhler studied at the music academy in Basel and Karlsruhe cello and piano
is touring regularly worldwide with the SWR (one of the biggest german TV and Radio station).
Since 1999 Andreas Köhler plans and leads the musicworkshops at the ZKM – in these workshops he focus the computer as an instrument.

Beside the classical music he has always been much into electronic music,
he runs his own sound studio – where emerged releases for Harthouse, Glasgow Underground or
F-Communications (the label of Laurent Garnier).

After the first collective release on Compost Records Shahrokh and Sound Of K melt into the project
Shahrokh Sound Of K. His track „Owlflight“ got massive support from keyplayers like Rainer Trüby, Peter Kruder, Atjazz, Sasse and Àme.

The most component and matter that is nearest to their hearts is to bring back musical basic structures, arrangements, live elements and a little bit poetry to Housemusic.

A lot of the tracks result from jamming and free playing with the musical elements - contrary to the usual Techno preprogram of the beat and bassline.

The album is for Shahrokh Sound Of K. the Dripping Point, the distillate of large influences like
Garage, Afro, House, Jazz and Discofunk.

Dripping Point includes vocal features by „the voice of house“ Robert Owens, Jamie Lyod (known from his solo projects on Future Classic), the swedish female singer Siri Svegler (collaboration with the top jazz pianist, conductor and arrangeur Christian Vaughan; sponsorship by Volkswagen Soundfoundation for Siri’s own songs – under the patronage of Seal as her goodfather) and Toyin Taylor.

You can look up to Shahrokh Sound of K live since 2006 –
there are two live versions: Laptop, Keyboard and E-Cello, depending on the amount of the gig
will be added bass, live percussion, vocalisten and horns..

"She Likes Me" competition winners!

2008-11-18T03:26:00.000-08:00

Dear Spinners
The winners of the competition sponsored by Compost Records
and Sepalot have been decided:
The winner of the unique vinyl edition, signed by Sepalot is nemesi
with remarkable spin Piano pain.

10 Runner ups who will receive Red Handed Snippet CDs mixed By DJ Unkut are:

MusicLuv2 I think she like me! Jazzy-Mix
vampdino she like me fea vampdino
Stephanie Page She's Ahead (In My Mind)
axlslave The Give It Anotha Go Mix
the ood she likes mix
gaetaneo THE MIX x
rabbiscuit She_likes_me bellydance remix
DJKonddor One Remix One
kangwa Move ya body
luvr1 move yo body

Congratulations!

New Competition: Sepalot&YourSpins&Compost Records

2008-09-26T01:04:00.000-07:00

"Ooh wee! 'She Likes Me' is a sweet pastry ready to be gobbled up!" -- Bobbito Garcia "This is definitely something I would love playlisting on the radio...very good track indeed." -- Laurent Garnier. Though Sepalot remains the producer and DJ of the pioneering German hip hop group Blumentopf, his time is now used to create his own sound as showcased on Red Handed. Distinctly European, Sepalot's style doesn't fit a specific formula, mixing all of his favorite genres into a melange of hip hop and related sounds, with a big piece of electro thrown in. From Sydney to Johannesburg and Moscow to his hometown Munich, Sepalot's DJ mixes have left turntables sizzling, and he's collected star-studded guests along the way for his debut solo album. The first single from Red Handed, "She Likes Me," featuring Frank Nitty (the Frank in Frank'n'Dank), sets the tone for what's in store and has created quite a buzz amongst DJs worldwide. With West Coast MC Blu the featured guest on the B-side, "Surrender," a track specifically chosen for its more hardcore approach, Sepalot showcases the strengths of this album and his ability to stand out from the flood of international albums. It is an homage to all his musical influences of yesterday, today and tomorrow. This is where the story ends and begins - Red Handed takes you on a journey to hip hop and beyond!

Enter Competition

Dario Boente & Huge in Japan

2008-08-19T04:19:00.000-07:00

The term "crossover artist" can mean many things. In the case of argentine pianist and composer Dario Boente, it means a musician who is equally at home performing romantic tango and jazz compositions on a grand piano, as he is programming world-beat electronica.

Dario's musical personality energetically bridges the Jazz-club and the Dance-club, and is a direct outgrowth of his own life. Having been brought up in Argentina and Spain, immersed in the culture of tango and Brazilian music, he pursued his formal studies at the Guildhall School of Music (London), Berklee School of Music (Boston) , the New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program (New York) and his social life in the dance/electronica scene of New York, Madrid, London and Ibiza .

In the early 90’s, Boente toured the Euro circuit playing “Big Joe Turner” as his keyboard player and musical director, with pop band Imagination, with spanish flamenco singer "Jose el Frances", making dance tracks, and performing in the major Jazz festivals.

In 1999, Dario moved to New York City. Since then, he has released three Cd’s as a leader, featuring well know Jazz musicians as drummer Antonio Sanchez (from Pat Metheny Group), drummer Victor Jones (Stan Getz, Chaka Khan), guitarist Ronny Jordan, Saxophonist Miguel Zenon, flutist Jorge Pardo (Paco de Lucia, Chick Corea), among others.

Currently, Dario leads his own bands "huge in Japan" and "Projecto Sur" plays with percussionist Luis Quintero and works in the studio with R&B multi grammy award winner Joshua Thompson (George Benson. Luther Vandross, Alicia Keys).

As a side man, Dario has played and/or recorded with guitarrist Ronny Jordan, Grammy winning Louie Vega’s “Elements of Life”, Ximo Tebar,Pablo Aslan, Mino Cinelu, John Benitez, Alex Blake, Alex Forster, Abdou Mboup, Craig Handy, Mark Eagan, Frank Lacy’s “13 Piece Band”, Victor Jones’s “Culturversy.” and with Djs Little Louie Vega, Ananda Project and MR. V, to name a few. He performed piano duets with Dave Kikoski and Richie Beirach, and played keyboards on Big Joe Turner’s European tour.

Dario has performed in more than 19 countries worldwide and his compositions have been included in several albums and compilations. Dario resides in New York City.

Visit Dario site
or
check his myspace

Sepalot for YourSpins

2008-06-26T03:24:00.000-07:00

„Hip hop and beyond“ is the best way to describe the nightly DJ escapades of SEPALOT – a player known for taking his crowd on a journey from hiphop and rare grooves to break beats and electro music. Being an in demand DJ he gets bookings in the capitals all over the world like Johannesburg, Sydney to Moscow but also keeps spinning records as a resident DJ in his hometown Munich.

This is definitely something i would love playlisting on the radio - frank N Dank is the maaannn - very good track indeed
Laurent Garnier

Yeah. Surrender is da 1 4 me !!!!!!!
dope ass beat - need 2 rinse that shhhhhhhhh
Simbad

Ooh wee! ‘she likes me’ is a sweet pastry ready to be gobbled up! Would love to play it at my gigs.
Bobbito Garcia (The Barber)

love the production on first 2 tracks especially track 2-not feeling the raps so much though they sound fairly commercial but musically track 2 is on point 2 me peace
Rob Birch (Stereo MCs)

great tracks for the radio !
Markus ‚Makossa’ Wagner (FM4 Head of Music)

liking these tracks... She Likes Me is a great mix of old school soul with a big squelchy bassline - I will definitely give them a spin on my show!
Kev Beadle (Solar Radio)

Yeah Rap music, 2008!!!! Funky tracks to rock the club, with fatsynth beats and raps like they should be!! good productions, as always by mr.sepalot!!! big up!!!
DJ Malik (Clueso)

I am just back from LA where the real scene is the underground street rap...
i can say this is where its at... great beats, lyrical masterpiece!
Tim Faberge

Great stuff here, glad to hear some hip hop coming out on Compost! Can’t wait to hear the whole album of Sebastian! My favourite beat here is SHUT THE FUCK UP and SHE LIKES ME – both vocal and instrumental versions. But will play all 3 tracks. Bounce baby, bounce baby, bounce baby, come on! Indeed: It’s The Real Hip Hop!
Matthias Westerweller (Ongaku/ Playhouse/ Klang)

Now this is more my speed!!! Boom Bap all the way!!!
This is some dirty shit!!! Truly dope production here!
"She likes me" is going to be in my head all day!
"And I'm gonna smoke until my eyes is Asian"-Frank Nitty
It gets better!!! Surrender s insane!!! Perfect track for Blu's flow!
"Shut the Fuck Up" has a true Detroit sound... Perhaps even better! Shhhhh.....
Stereo 77

yeah this is awesome music . real hip hop for your soul baby!
im feeling this big time and I want to play those tunes on my radioshow!! groovy!
Alex Attias

i love these tracks!! jerky good fun.. alternative tempo to what i would usually play but i think the phatness of the rhythms will work. favourite are the first 2 and for me the instrumental
versions of she likes me and surrender!
Danielle (Crazy Penis)

Natalie Walker & Dorado & "Over and Under"

2008-05-08T03:51:00.000-07:00

The great Natalie Walker is back courtesy of Dorado Records who have helped get the latest release "Over and Under" here for you to enjoy and mix.

Look out for the new album which is now completed and will be released on July 22nd...

The Philadelphia Weekly said ‘An artist like Natalie Walker comes along only once in a great while'...

...we've now had her THREE times, so thanks Natalie, thanks Dorado, and enjoy!

Operahouse Remix Competition

2008-04-22T07:02:00.000-07:00

We are proud to announce Operahouse "Born a Boy" Remix Competition

Prizes:

* The hottest remix will picked by the band themselves Operahouse ( on YOURS ( referees) recommendations)
* Winner will receive £40 worth of itunes vouchers
* Plus the winner's remix will go up on the bands website/myspace.
* If all of that wasn't enough, 3 runners up will also win £20 worth of itunes vouchers
Rules:

* Go and mix

Referees:

Since YourSpins is YOUR community - you should decide about winners.
Our 5 referees will submit their choices each Monday here in forum.
They will listen, comment and rank on your mixes.
At the end they will post their choices and we will end up with 5 best mixes each week.
From all of their posts they will select 4 TOP best and we will send it to Operahouse for final mark.

Referees are:

* TroisNyxEtienne
* singingforthelonely
* jameerica
* Renate
* dj iceman

The Girl You Lost

2008-04-17T01:41:00.000-07:00

YouTube phenomenon, internationally renowned and Grammy-nominated singer, introvert and extravert, Sia Furler is many things, but first and foremost she is a remarkable and unique artist.

You now have the opportunity to not only remix her new UK single, 'The Girl You Lost', but also to win prizes if your remix is voted the best by YourSpins users. Each week, the remix with the most votes will be placed on Sia's MySpace at www.myspace.com/siamusic, and the remixer will also win a signed CD of 'The Girl You Lost'.

At the end of the competition, an overall winner will be chosen and will win a signed copy of Sia's new album 'some people have REAL problems', along with a t-shirt and a copy of the 12" remix vinyl for 'The Girl You Lost' (featuring remixes by Stonebridge and Sander Van Doorn, as played on Radio 1).

Competition ends May 9th, 2008.

Don't forget to send your remixes to your friends by using the 'send an e-card' option.

Get mixing!

13000+

2008-03-19T11:19:00.000-07:00

In November 2007 we had 10,000 members.
Today we passed 13,000.
Recently we announced 3 great remix competitions which are ongoing.
There is more to come. We hope to keep bringing you more and more music, and more and more fun.
Spread the word…
We’ve got 63 artists, some good new ones to come. Plus there will be a collaboration between one of our artists and one of our members (hopefully!).

So please keep tuned in!

Remix Tigarah to win EA Games!

2008-03-07T11:55:00.001-08:00

Tigarah, EA Games and MRD are looking for the best remix of "Tokyo Cool Kids"
Grand Prize Winner receives :
(Chosen by Tigarah & MRD)

* FIFA '08 + EA Game of their choice
* "Tigarah EP" CD + 2 Tigarah limited edition pins

Second Prize Winner receives:
(Chosen by Tigarah & MRD)

* FIFA '08 EA Game
* "Tigarah EP" CD + 2 Tigarah limited edition pins

8 Runner ups will receive:
(Most listened mixes)

* "Tigarah EP" CD + 2 Tigarah limited edition pins

Competition starts 7th March - ends 7th April 2008.

Two Hot Artist & Two Hot Competitions!

2008-03-03T08:53:00.000-08:00

T-Pain's 'Church' Remix competition!

T-Pain is one of the biggest artists on the urban scene and is back with 'Church', a hypnotic dance track that looks set to be a massive hit of 2008.

Featuring Teddy Verseti, and taken from the movie Step Up 2, 'Church' is a snappin' mixture of R&B and Rap and showcases T-Pain's signature brand of risk-taking music.

Remix T-Pain's "Church" for the chance to win an amazing prize!

* Winner will receive a personal call from T-Pain
* Plus a Remix Competition award disc from SonyBMG

The hottest remix, picked by the man himself T-Pain

Competition starts 29th February and ends 31st March 2008 0:00hr GMT.

Robert Owens & Compost Record's 'Now I Know' remix competition

Robert's latest musical offering is an incredibly cohesive collection of collaborations with some of contemporary house music's biggest and most respected names. Combined with Robert's famous voice, make this one of the most exciting and anticipated dance records of 2008!

Remix the hot new Robert Owens single 'Now I Know' for the chance to win an incredible prize

Winner receives:

* Copy of Robert Owens' latest album 'Night Time Stories'
* Get the chance to have your remix featured on the next Robert Owens 12" release by Compost records

Winner to be selected by label.

Competition starts 29th February - ends 17th March 2008

Result - Futon winners

2008-02-20T09:01:00.000-08:00

It's been two long months of waiting and finally we can celebrate the winners of the 'Massive' futon remix competition...

WINNERS:

1st PRIZE: Harley Mix by singingforthelonely

2nd PRIZE: Rock On Futon by Stephanie.std

3rd PRIZE: Ride or Die Yeah! By tr34t

4th PRIZE: Motorbike 1 by E

For a reminder of the prizes click here

RUNNER UPS:

1.Fubunkiie by Fubunkiie

2. 250 km per hour mix - by briano06

3. motrbik_smg_rmx - by smingnoi

4. Too Many Sebastians Mix - by cosmonaut_zero

5. Sleepless mix - by neon zebra

6. Mortorbike (Scottie's One Flat Tire Mix) - by Badfish

7. Spaceship - by starocker

8. Full throttle - byscottyf88

9. DOUBLE CYCLONE - by armijo

10. STRUTTER STALKER MIX - by gaetaneo

11. Armijos Silver - by Alarm

12. Motorbike -rabbiscuit remix - by rabbiscuit

13. fanky drummer mix - by 2k

14. motorbike remix - by isidora

YourSpins would like to congratulate the winners and all those who took part in this Massive competition - we would also like to apologise for the time it has taken to announce the winners and commend you for your patients... All winners will contacted separately by their emails entered at registration.

Theserpico comes on Fire

2008-02-07T01:09:00.000-08:00

The kingpin of theserpico is Mr Han, who works with a number of talented musicians across a range of styles, from soul to house and inspired by his epic record collection. "Fire" marries drum and bass percussion to lush strings, the beautiful voice of Sarah Winton and the funky horn of Mrs Flint.
Mix it now!

2008 New Features

2008-01-09T05:05:00.000-08:00

What new features would you like to see at YourSpins for 2008?

Do you have any ideas for great new features on YourSpins? whether it be pimp your profile, photos, videos to music jukeboxes. Whatever you like! Let us know by posting your ideas in the forum

Walking Dream

2007-12-24T03:03:00.000-08:00

Walking Dream - another dream classic by the much loved Natalie Walker, the maker of previous YourSpins favourite Quicksand. A great piece of song writing a well balanced composition for you to funk with until your little hands & hearts are content.

Have pleasure my fellow spinners...

Lil Mama Remix Winner!

2007-12-11T07:57:00.000-08:00

Baby-gurl-1995 is the supreme winner of the Lip Gloss remix competition with her fantastic mix - 'Lil Mama-Lipgloss Remix'

I say, this remix is popping, this remix is cool, so if haven't already you know what to do! 'Listen' you know that it's worth it...

We've had confirmation form the label (SonyBMG) that Baby-gurl-1995 will receive a RCA goodie bag pack with loads of fun stuff.

The YourSpins team would like to congratulate and thank all players that participated in the competition with all those damn good mixes.

Latest Widgets (what’s going on!)

2007-11-20T05:24:00.000-08:00

Want to keep up to date with the latest happening on your favourite site? Well, why not download our latest news widget rss feeder. Get instant news on the latest blogs, tracks and forum chats as they happen right to your desktop or MySpace profile.

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How long does it take to be a DJ on the web? A few minutes...
Create your own mix of your favorite artists, post it on your page and let others hear it. Join www.yourspins.com, a community of soul mates and turn one song into thousands. Musicians send us your songs and get remixed by thousands of members!

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YourSpins Facebook App – For extra comfort you can now add the YourSpins’ widget to your Facebook profile, this funky new app allows you to listen to all your favourite and fabulous songs!

Click here to add it!

A man and his guitar!

2007-11-14T02:45:00.000-08:00

A beautiful classic acoustic composition with folk singing vocals that blends ever so well with modern techniques. Almost Flew the acoustic guitar driven track by the independent solo artist Jeff Caylor from Colorado USA.

Enjoy yourself...

Universe of Music

2007-11-14T02:41:00.000-08:00

Alex Bluesound the independent solo artist has travelled beyond the obvious realms of music and discovered bleeps and buzzes and a collection of funky beats to create a wall of sound that would impress most.

Have fun and spin Universe of Music

Massive YourSpins competition!

2007-11-02T07:47:00.000-07:00

Futon - “Motorbike” Remix Competition!

Remix Futon’s “Motorbike” and win incredible prizes!

* Band will choose the winner and reward them with a Limited Edition FUTON JACKET.

* The creator of the remix with the highest number of votes will get the fantastic 2nd Prize Package.

* The creator of the most listened remix will get a 3rd Prize Package

* The creator of the most commented remix will win 4th Prize Package.

* 14 runner ups for best voted mixes will receive goods from Giveaway Package.

Competition ends midnight 2nd December 2007.

New Look YourSpins!

2007-10-17T02:37:00.000-07:00

Hey YourSpinners, from Ommipotent Grand Overlord to noobs, welcome to the new site we’ve been working on for you guys. We’ve a fantastic new layout and many amazing songs for you to remix, from some great artists; Ciara, Faithless, Lil Chris and many more…

As some of you Serious Spinhead’s may already know, we’re constantly working away in the background keeping YourSpins fresh, so we thought we’d make this one a surprise!

Have fun and enjoy – share your thoughts with us, visit our forum and post your comments about the new site!

YourSpins forever!

Mierda Y Besos

2007-10-02T07:07:00.000-07:00

Shit and kisses we have the winners for the Rash remix competition 'Mierda Y Besos' for all them incredible prizes. Wow, these winners have managed earn themselves enough votes on their remixes to get themselves fantastic prizes.

Winner:
Singingforthelonely

To receive P27 M34 player by Blusens (1 GB capacity, 2,4’’ TFT-LCD screen, reproduces audio, video and pictures, FM radio included, 51 grams weight…)

Runners –Up:

To receive signed T-shirts by Rash.

M_T_V_K

Gaetaneo

Stefanie.std

Kangwa

kantamelade

All winners will contacted individually by Rash’s records label to their registered email address at YourSpins.

YourSpins team would like to congratulate the winners and thank all those that took part.

Tigarah the Japanese queen of hip hop!

2007-10-01T09:09:00.000-07:00

TIGARAH is a female MC who raps in Japanese and English. Heralded as a pioneer in international rap, her songs--produced with production partner MR. D--are inspired by many different styles found around the globe: electro, baile funk, Baltimore club, pop and hip-hop, topped with her clever rhymes covering such topics as culture clash, fake people and defending your own style, all elements of creativity from a self-confident woman.

Hear Japanese Queen & Girl Fight first here and create your own version.

New WinAmp di Plug-in

2007-09-10T07:31:00.000-07:00

The WinAmp Plug-In offers the highest quality audio experience and also allows you to make mixes whilst not online.

WINAMP di Plug-In works with WINAMP 5.34+ (feel free to try with older versions of Winamp). You will also need to download a .di track to enjoy the interactive music experience.

Download here!

Just Jack remix winners announced!

2007-09-04T06:09:00.000-07:00

Just Jack is out of hibernation and says 'No Time' (his latest release) is the reason for the long awaited announcement... Many apologies to all remix who have waited patiently and taken the time to create a remix and enjoyed the song from Jack and his label.

WINNER:

Vicky..x

Runners-up

Yvonne

Pianoanne

Bepfanharry

Eline

All winners will be contacted individually by email sent to their registered address at YourSpins.com.