villa kamogawa artist residency

stefan goldmann will be artist in residence in 2012 at villa kamogawa in kyoto, japan. residency events will be announced soon.

three commissions

stefan goldmann, three commissions, four first performances.

march 27: arosa musik festival, arosa,  switzerland. with casalQuartett – new work for live electronics.

march 30th: basf kulturprogramm / jetztmusikfestival, ludwigshafen, germany. with casalQuartett – two new works for live electronics.

april 19th: podium festival in stuttgart/esslingen, germany. solo electronic performance – new work for live electronics

berghain column: the club of the future

january’s column for berghain‘s flyer:

read the english translation here

 

covered and remixed: new schoolmap 7″

stefan goldmann meets russian synth pioneer sergey rodionov on a special 7″ vinyl release for milan-based label schoolmap. rodionov has produced a cover version of the bribe, while goldmann remixed the main theme from the 1988 film score to solis ardor.

mail order here

quality is overrated: new essay for LWE

subtitled “the mechanics of excellence in music”, a new essay for little white earbuds examines how psychosocial factors influence what we listen to.  limits of attention, snowballing effects, category positioning, cultural crystallization, time factors and other relevant concepts are discussed in depth.  read it here:

part 1 — part 2

download the pdf ebook for free here

the berghain column

for berghain‘s program flyer, stefan goldmann will write a new bi-monthly column, starting with the november issue. the first edition addresses tracks (as opposed to songs).

vinylism compilation

vinyl sound for digital djs: with the beatport-exclusive vinylism compilation, derived from the tracks used in the macrospective mixes, we cover some new ground again. read what this is about:

Macrospective – Vinylism enables digital DJs to play the key tracks of Macro with the sound of vinyl without actually having to carry a box of records around. All vinyl versions are direct transfers from mint vinyl copies of Macro’s carefully mastered and cut records. This allows for mixing digital files with real vinyl without huge set offs in sound caused by switching between formats, granting DJs a new tool for enhanced performance and ultimate freedom of choosing and combining their tools.

The vinyl effect is often misunderstood: vinyl doesnt have better resolution or dynamics than high end digital formats, but rather colours the sound in a specific way. Due to the mechanic interaction of needle and record, geometric distortions add harmonics to the spectrum, causing a more brilliant high end and an artificially enhanced stereo image. In addition, the low end is set to mono, often delivering a solidified bass foundation. Decreasing resolution from the outer side of the record to the inner end lets a new track mixed in by the DJ shine with greater high end reproduction, adding perceived freshness with every new track coming in.

These effects are built in in Macro’s Vinyl Versions: played back on Technics decks with Ortofon needles and recorded using premium pre-amplification and AD conversion, they hold exactly the sound features you would get in a typical club set up. Hi Fi needles and studio turntables have explicitly been avoided in order to enable ultimate sound compatibility with vinyl in a club setting. With WAV files and high end conversion, the DJ has never been so close to the classic vinyl sound of the great club music tradition without actually being restricted by the record. This way the additional tools provided by cutting edge DJ software become conveniently available to those who prefer the vinyl sound over clean digitally mastered tracks.

vinylism features tracks and remixes by: elektro guzzi, santiago salazar, peter kruder, raudive, kink, oni ayhun, pépé bradock, stefan goldmann and many others.

Available at BEATPORT.

macrospective

the macrospective double mix cd by stefan goldmann & finn johannsen is out now. selected from the macro catalogue, both cds will feature the same tracks, exposing the individual contribution of the dj to mixed music. the “vinyl only” mixes include tracks by macro artists elektro guzzi, raudive, peter kruder, santiago salazar, tuomi, patrick cowley & jorge socarras and stefan goldmann, as well as remixes by ricardo villalobos, kink, pépé bradock and oni ayhun.

an in-depth review by textura’s ron schepper – read here

buy here:

amazon: de – uk – usa – ca – fr – it- jp

independent stores: hardwax – decks – juno

japan:  technique – disk union – hmv

basement sessions interview

extensive 40 minutes interview by christopher tubbs in all saints’ basement session music series.

watch here.

time warp debut

on april 2nd, stefan goldmann will play his debut appearance at time warp festival, mannheim.

also coming up:

panorama bar berlin, nublu new york, martina ibiza, bullit munich, lokee london, pratersauna vienna.