Viral Radio

Suspect name: William G. Killer. Status: apprehended

The Gaslamp Killer has finally been caged.

The Gaslamp Killer resisted arrest at Rush Hour record store in Amsterdam, while officer Cinnaman lurked in the back.

On Monday 20 July 2009, reported trouble maker William G. Killer was apprehended by local authorities at Rush Hour record store, a known viral radio ’cell’ within the beat dimension. The suspect was taken to the city’s red light district for further investigation today. The result will surface at 3voor12 and Red Bull Music Academy later today as a one hour enhanced interrogation technique (streamed online and available as podcast).

This entry was written by Juha, posted on July 21, 2009 at 10:52 am, filed under 3voor12, Beat Dimensions, Viral Radio and tagged , , , , , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Beat Dimensions surprises with allstar line up


To celebrate our international friends from L.A., Vienna and Glasgow, we have decided to spontaneously organise a Beat Dimensions special at the Flexbar tonight. From 10 to 3 you can hear the most imaginative music from the electronic realm. As epic as it gets, we are as privileged all of the artists are participating in this allstar line up: Hudson Mohawke, Gaslamp Killer, Dorian Concept, The Colonius, Mamiko Motto, Aardvarck and Juha & Cinnaman. We hope to see you all tonight to look back on a memorable 5 days off festival.

This entry was written by Juha, posted on July 19, 2009 at 4:28 pm, filed under Beat Dimensions, Event and tagged , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Viral Radio Festival Day 2: bleep bleep woooooosh

Viral Radio invited CDR to kick off the Viral Radio Festival 2009

Viral Radio invited CDR to kick off the Viral Radio Festival 2009

The first night of the Viral Radio Festival 2009 was a modest, albeit incredibly inspiring, success. An intimate crowd of producers, DJs and family and friends visited the first CDR night at De Verdieping. Thanks to everyone for their support, and Gavin, Tony, Mamiko, Hudson Mohawke and Icarus for their involvement. We look forward to the next one, which will most likely take place in August.

The second day of the festival will take place at the Bimhuis tonight, with Icarus hailing from London and Melbourne to bring electronic music by the guidelines of the International Standards for Jungle Music: 175 BPM straight for 12 years now, engineering their hyperrhythmic speed beats with MAX/MSP like scientists at the CERN Hadron Collider. They will be joined by another electroacoustic duo from the UK, Furt. ‘One of the most blisteringly energetic and experimental partnerships over the past twenty years.’ (The Guardian). In the cafe around the concerts we will hear Mrs. Mohawke herself, the ubiquitous Mamiko Motto (Samurai FM/Kindred Spirits).

Mind you, readers of our site get a 5 euro discount tonight. Just comment to this post with your name and correct e-mail address and we’ll put your name down.

As always, we look forward to seeing you tonight.

This entry was written by Juha, posted on July 2, 2009 at 1:10 pm, filed under 3voor12, Bimhuis, Viral Radio, Viral Radio Festival 2009 and tagged , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Viral Radio Festival Day 1: CDR at De Verdieping

CDR

Air strike one. Tony on the alley.

UK clubnight CDR takes its successful innovative format overseas with the premiere of a new bi-monthly session at De Verdieping in the basement of TrouwAmsterdam. Joining CDR’s Tony Nwachukwu and Gavin Alexander will be local Dutch deejays and producers Cinnaman (Beat Dimensions/Viral Radio) and Juha (Viral Radio/Beat Dimensions), plus special guest Hudson Mohawke (LuckyMe/Warp) bringing his distinct head-moving electronics.

CDR’s open session invites music producers to bring their tracks along on CD, giving those in attendance the opportunity to hear works-in-progress. In addition the night will begin with a conversation with Hudson Mohawke and Cinnaman about their beat-making ways, plus tales from Tony and Gavin about CDR and the burntprogress story so far. Taking over the booth to close the occasion Beat Dimensions and Red Bull Music Academy alumni Hudson Mohawke and Cinnaman join forces showcasing their crowd-pleasing record selecting skills.

Building on CDR London and Midlands residencies (plus past nights in Paris, Berlin and Sydney!) these new Amsterdam sessions will begin a burntprogress partnership between the UK and Netherlands, with local musical artists crossing the North Sea to check out their neighbours. With free entry for all, get set to savour a taste of underground sounds like no other: crossing genres, changing tempos and inspiring all.

Furthermore, Hepcat Radio host Mamiko Motto will present the Friday artists of the Viral Radio Festival from 8-10 PM at Rooms of Redbull. She will play the best tracks of the CDR night, and host exclusive sets by the guests of the festival. The line up of the Viral Radio Festival consists of Daedelus, Hudson Mohawke, Icarus, Furt, Bullion, the Blessings, Cinnaman and Juha.



About Viral Radio
What started as a dubstep programme on Dutch public radio station Lijn5 (NPS) late in 2006, has evolved into a network of music events in clubs, online and some time soon in print. This has culminated in a festival in June 2008, that marked the only collaboration between 11 and the Bimhuis in their combined histories.

Viral Radio acts as transmitter of experimental beats and bass music, creating an autonomous network of carriers of all kinds of mutations of electronic music, from dubstep to wonky, and from hyperdub to aquacrunk. Viral Radio on 3voor12 will be presented by Juha in collaboration with Yuri Boselie (Cinnaman), with the inaudible infection by Michiel. A monthly club night will start on 6 March at Trouw, every first Friday of the month. The Viral Radio logo has been designed by Vincent van de Waal.
What started as a dubstep programme on Dutch public radio station Lijn5 (NPS) late in 2006, has evolved into a network of music events in clubs, online and some time soon in print. This has culminated in a festival in June 2008, that marked the only collaboration between 11 and the Bimhuis in their combined histories.
Viral Radio acts as transmitter of experimental beats and bass music, creating an autonomous network of carriers of all kinds of mutations of electronic music, from dubstep to wonky, and from hyperdub to aquacrunk. Viral Radio on 3voor12 will be presented by Juha in collaboration with Yuri Boselie (Cinnaman). Every first Friday of the month, the network takes over TrouwAmsterdam with an international line up of scene defining producers and DJs.

Follow Viral Radio on Twitter, 3voor12 and MySpace.

This entry was written by Juha, posted on July 1, 2009 at 4:47 pm, filed under 3voor12, Festival, Trouw, Viral Radio, Viral Radio Festival 2009, beats, dubstep and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.