Killer Robot presents KR02 with Jeremy Caulfield

KILLER ROBOT: 2 YEARS

2 years in the lifetime of a club in Cape Town is a long time. 2 years in the lifetime of a club night is even longer, but then Killer Robot is about more than just a club night. Since its humble beginnings at Fiction in 2006, Killer Robot has devoted itself singlemindedly to the promotion of underground electronic music culture in South Africa through its support of local djs, both up and coming and established, to its staging of some of the worlds most cutting edge techno producers and djs. Its three residents, Ivan, Bruno Morphet and AK47 have performed at influential events and festivals throughout South Africa and abroad, alongside some of the biggest names the scene has to offer, all while continuing to hone their craft every Friday in front of undoubtedly the most up for it audience in the country.

From Butane to Bodycode, Kompakt to M_Nus, Killer Robot has become South Africa’s open channel to the international underground, giving clubbers the opportunity to experience artists they would usually have to travel overseas to see. KR has also provided a platform for local artists and djs to reach and consolidate an audience of committed listeners through its relationships with Johannesburg’s Digital Rockit and Durban’s Seake. The Robots pioneering work on electronic stages at previously niche outdoor events has won over new fans to the music and their commitment to showcasing new names has seen a wide roster of artists playing sets with them at their Fiction HQ.

Killer Robot celebrates two years of sonic conquest on Friday 29th August at Fiction in Cape Town. Joining them on the night will be the one and only Jeremy P Caulfield, dj extraordinaire and label boss of Dumb Unit recordings, one of the most influential and underground techno labels out there today. Make a date and celebrate 2 years of music, magic and mayhem with the mighty Robot!

JEREMY P CAULFIELD : DUMB-UNIT / BERLIN / TORONTO

At a time when so much techno feels like endless variations on a played-out theme, it’s heartening to know that there are still a handful of artists, labels and DJs who can combine experience, skill and forward-looking ideals in style. Step forward Jeremy P. Caulfield, who amply ticks all of the above boxes.

As proprietor of leading neuro-minimal imprint Dumb-Unit, DJ of widely-acclaimed repute, and occasional producer of stripped-back, ominous dancefloor bombs, Jeremy has emerged from his early days on the Canadian techno circuit to become a leading light of today’s underground club scene. Using his fifteen years of DJing experience as a springboard, Jeremy has utilised Dumb-Unit as a pivotal platform for the blossoming careers of artists including Butane, Lee Curtiss, Sweet N’ Candy and Seph, loosely defining a hinterland micro-scene of murky, intricate sounds that play with the darkest recesses of the mind while remaining firmly attached the propulsive drive of the dance-floor.

It’s an ambiguous definition best articulated by his series of Detached:Works mix tapes and CDs, which over the course of three volumes and 10 years neatly plots Jeremy’s evolution from sparky underground enthusiast to undisputed connoisseur of finely-tuned contemporary techno. From early residencies at Toronto’s legendary Blue and Fukhouse parties (where he knocked around with like-minded local jocks Adam Marshall, Ian Guthrie and Jeff Milligan, while playing alongside techno deities like Richie Hawtin, Derrick May and Jeff Mills), Jeremy’s established himself as one of North America’s finest DJs. In 2008 alone, alongside his residency at Watergate, (in his adopted home of Berlin) Jeremy has played nearly every weekend across the globe, including gigs at renown clubs and festivals such as Fabric, Fuse, Mutek, and the Sonne Mond Sterne Festival and tours of Japan, Australia and South America

Meanwhile, his rare but intricate rocking live shows surface every once in a while to remind us that his darkly-tinged, boiled-down beats and distantly unsettling grooves are one of the most precious jewels in the jagged DU crown. Check his killer releases Dumb-Unit, Trapez and WMF if you need any proof.

Somewhere between his smart, re-edit heavy sets, his vigorously spiky artist releases, and his scandalously consistent label, there lurks the charred, elusive heart of Jeremy P. Caulfield. The fun part is trying to find it.

Philip Sherburne writes an uncharacteristically laconic post mortem of the Love Parade tragedy:
http://www.beatportal.com/feed/it...

hello boys!

been a while, what's doing?

checked out robert hood a couple weeks back, super!

how's the party-scene being over the WC? I know my little cousin was trying to sneak into a few venues around there...

Improvisation & DJ tools...
http://www.beatportal.com/feed/it...

sa beats have been getting lots of attention around these parts lately

http://www.factmag.com/2010/07/09...

The cached link to the job ad if you're interested :)

http://bit.ly/cVWzhM

If you're an angry white male in your late 20's into metal, a band is looking for a singer.

The brief:

You:
25-35, good sense of humour, lank charisma, must drink beer and hard tack, must look the part, must tune lank, have strong opinions, must prefer the old south africa, must have own transport, must be angry, must be white, english or afrikaans, must be a total mental metal head to the core. Must like, listen to, be able to sing: Slayer, The Haunted, Snot, At The Gates, Lamb of God, Pantera, etc. No death/black metal.

We:
36, 37, 41, we laugh a lot, we have loads of charisma, we drink beer and cider mixed together and we drink tack mixed with anything or on it's own, we have strong opinions and we tune lank kak, we are english white people and we prefer the old south africa, we listen to Slayer, The Haunted, At The Gates, Lamb of God, The Refused, Faith No More, Machine Head, Billy Talent, Pantera, Carnal Forge, Snot, Alexisonfire, Deftones, Tool, Gallows, you get the picture.

We have access to the best studio and award winning producer in the country and will record our second full length album next year. Other than that we have nothing planned.
So if you think you can hack it and work with us, we will certainly give you a try and let's rock out.
e mail us your story if you are keen, and if you don't fit the description - don't bother us.
Metal \m/

Anyone know when LLMoog is opening again? Or whats going on there? Seems quite sad just as it was hitting its stride.

hahah what the heck is going on here....ridiculous...lol

anyway hope you all have great weekend, although i wouldn't mind going to Ibiza....

well just to break the silence from the dumbest robot ever hogging e-vent - BLEH

actually, it kinda sounds like william burroughs stuff to me...

check out the origin of tape loops by him.

@b. Skynet has become self-aware? If so, oh crap.

Bot poetry...a new genre?

"Listening to music for real airports in a real airport would make me want to punch somebody, I think." - tBd

http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/2010/...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/m...

a truly hilarious quote from dinkys hype / blurb / blah when describing how her broad range of sounds come together:

''something like a sun-dappled clearing in the woods''

ok then.

that would be 'undervalued'

now, now, Navs, i'll have no dissing of Mr Richards round here, ta.

if anything hes unervalued. it takes quite a bit of talent to hold down a residency at a place like fabric for a couple years...

wow, navs i think you need big cup of stfu, what is your town anyway?

I wish we had a club like that to complain about..

Someone fell into the cauldron of Hater-Ade when they were a baby!

Good riddance they booked the same overpriced djs who with there narrow minded thinking tend to not think beyond their’s and their mates record labels when playing, incest that ran the same gauntlet forever, recurring on an annual basis. residents Terry Francis, Richards anyone???...pretty overrated huh. Change is good; no one club should dominate the landscape. I hope to god this happens to an unORIGINal club in my town…with the winds of change blowing briskly into the sails it’s already starting to happen.

Long live Berghain with their dominant music policy and indestructible residents.

ditto - some of the best nights out ever!

tragic. some of my best club experiences ever at that place. Looks like Matter completely backfired on them. they had to pump millions into it to keep it alive and now its taken them down with it.

http://www.residentadvisor.net/ne...

great tunes but how utterly railed do the 2 of them look?!

this is absolutely sensational.gem.

http://www.getthecurse.com/2010/0...

and to all those that play cheesy funk/y/electro/house listen to this and take notes.

Incredible Kevin Gorman mix on ssgs. http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/

Peroxide is officially hip:
http://www.astoreisgood.com/blog/...

All roads lead to Apache
http://soul-sides.com/2005/04/all...

musical necrophilia..awesome.

fuck yeah, that kenny g rant is epic! love it

Pat Metheny on Kenny G

A must read and too long to post the full content here :)

Hilarious

http://www.jazzoasis.com/methenyo...

shot main man.

navs: nice mix...relentless pace

mix contribution from me:

http://soundcloud.com/user2670215...

stripped-down stuff for the sweat rooms.

F^*(&(ing hilarious actually :D

yes, soooooo utterly hilarious.

please.