Sounds of Skegness

We've been in Skeggy since Tuesday and the place is quite frankly nuts. 'Fun Pubs' aka bars that don't charge for their discos, karaoke and are tolerant of children cover the sea side resort aggressively competing for punters. The music in this environment is pumping and brash.

To help you hear Skeggy I leave you with a local D.J.'s musical list of the top ten tracks dropped here this summer. This list is complied by Miles, a quiet unassuming and talented emerging DJ. I'm happy to report Miles launched our Seas Club on Thursday at the Marine Bar playing an energetic yet subtle set.



Sounds of Skeggy - Top 10

Steve Angello and Laidback Luke Ft Robin S - Show Me Love

David Guetta Ft Kelly Rowland (Laidback Luke Remix) - Love Takes Over

Dizzee Rascal (Laidback Luke Remix) - 'Holiday'

David Guetta ft Akon (Ricardo Mash Up) - Sexy Bitch & Day N' Night

Black Eyed Peas Vs Sydney Sampson - I Gotta Riverside

VV Brown (Dave Brown) - Game Over

DJ Asset & DJ Milovz - Just Dance

Lady Gaga - Eh Eh ft Willy William (Club mix)

Lady Gaga - (Jody Den Broeder Club Remix) Love Game

DJ Chuckie - Let the bass kick

Bendiks

DJ Mini Moist Aka Bendiks joined the club last night to accompany the gorgeous visuals from Restofen & Brun. Known for her love of all things Detroit / Korean Pop / Japanese Pop / Gothic this Tromso chick has got a style of her own.

Below is a taster of the tracks she played...

Blackbelt Anderson – Sandoz
Kinky Foxx – So Different
Theo Parnish – Going Downstairs
Stvdio – The Beach (Todd Terje Remix)
Oasis Collaborations – Oasis Thirteen (Shadow Ray)

SEAS club talks music in Tromso

Over the past couple of days we've been in the effortlessly cool youth centre Tvibit here in Tromso running a webcasting workshop. And here are the results! In our webcast presenters Erica Restoften and Deirdre Melvin discuss the Tromso music and cultural scene and interview local music professional Aneta, who runs the Insomnia electronic music festival, and dj Josef Bamma, who's currently busy remixing Royksopp.

Black/North SEAS Club discusses music in Tromso from Jenny Harris on Vimeo.

Live Music - Seas Club Wednesday

Wednesday night is Live Music night at Seas Club in Tromsø Kunstforening. Playing on the Black / North Seas theme we showcase two very different musicians both working on the periphery of Jazz and improv.
Turkish contra-tenor Nuri Harun Ateş fills his favourite songs with oriental soul will perform an intimate club set. This will be followed by Scorpio Killer (Øivind Nygård) an electronic musician from Tromsø, Norway. Øivind is also a member of an impro-drum and bass/electronica act together with musicians from the exellent Jazz-band DripP: Drummer Jon-Eirik Boska and bassist Torje Helland Graff.
Doors Open at 9pm

Seas Club...Tromso

In Victorian times Tromsø earned the moniker ‘Paris of the North’ but not for obvious reason of architecture, oh no, it was so called because the ladies of this artic circle outpost were wearing the latest fashions before the rest of Scandinavia. Today the adage still holds true and despite its diminutive size and remote location Tromsø oozes style and an eccentric musical palate.
This week Seas club is cohabiting in Kunstforenig with Anna Lise Steneth’s enlarged “The Kiss and Waste Project", the official festival information centre and the Seas Canteen & Bar. This neo-classical building was designed by Lars Solberg as a museum in 1894 and therefore can hold us all effortlessly. It’s a welcoming informal place and most importantly has extremely thick walls and is set back from the sea so we can make as much noise as we like! Tomorrow to lunch Seas Club we’ll be joined by Georgian VJ and film director Wato Tsereteli from Tbilisi and Tuesday of local VJ’s Elizabeth Brun & Erica Restoften will join us to sprinkle their magic over our eclectic playlist.

Åpningsfest i festivalsenteret.Foto: SEAS Tromsø/Arthur Arnesen/fotofilm.no

Heading North

We flew into Tromso yesterday over some of the most stunning mountain scenery I've ever seen - all jagged, jutting rock, islands and water, water everywhere. We got the guided tour from the taxi driver on the way to the hotel, which is the first I've stayed in with a stuffed polar bear in the lobby! Then it was out to see the Turkish theatre company Tiyatro Oyunevi row into the port with their atmospheric performance of Waiting and onto a bar for catching up with the SEAS crew and sipping (eye-wateringly expensive) beer very slowly indeed.

SEAS Club kicks off on Monday so we've had time to find out a bit more about our latest location today. Surrounded by mountains, Tromso bills itself as the gateway to the Arctic and you certainly get the feeling of being very north indeed. The sound of the ships' fog horns punctuates the overall quiet and calm. The sun disappears on November the 20th for a couple of months and apparently children get time of school during deep winter as it's so difficult to get up in the mornings.

We visited the Polar Research Centre today, watched a great panoramic film about Svalbard, sat in a pregnant polar bear's lair and read lots of depressing facts about pollution and global warming. The Inuit people of the Polar region have one of the most toxic diets in the world through no fault of their own; toxins are stored in fat tissue and most of their diet is made up of fatty mammals and fish.

Tromso is a student town so there are lots of very cool bars and cafes, although we'll probably need to take out a mortgage to do any kind of bar crawl while we're here. But we get the impression that the Norwegians like to party so all bodes well for SEAS Club!

Photos from SEAS Gothenburg

It's been a fantastic week for SEAS in Gothenburg. As part of the Club we started a collection of images related to SEAS - see above.

If you like to add some of yours, simply tag your flickr images with "blacknorthseas" - the cloud is sorting all the rest...

Music Makes The World Go Round

Sister Goteborg ruled Pustervik this week floating between the different rooms and showcasing their versatile set styles as they did so.

To provide a bigger flavour of the sounds we enjoyed we’ve posted Tracklistings below for you.

FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST

DJ WITCH PRINCESS
Black & White, Alex Under remix.
Confronted, Pan Pot.
Stamppot, Steve Rachmad, Heiko Laux.
Go, Ellen Allien, Marcel Dettmann Remix.'
Delirante, No Hay Camino, Tadeo Remix.
Innocente Falling In Love, Deep Dish Gladiator Remix.

DJ MAYKA (MAJA EDELBRING)

Familjen - Det Shurrar i Min Skalle
The Knife - Is It Medicine

Cut Copy - Light's & Music

Calvin Harris - Born in the 80's

Depeche Mode - Just Can't Enough

DJ LORD BYRON
Jimmy James - Fashionista

Party Monster Soundtrack - #4 (2)

Benny Benassi - Saxo

Amanda Lepore - My hair looks fierce

Informal - From Paris To Berlin

SATURDAY AUG 22nd

DJ PAULA

Dillema - Shinedoe

Fanfare Of Life - Cafe del Mar & Leftfield

Gebrunn Gebrunn - Paul Kalkbrenner

Sandstorms - Carl Craig

Anti-War Dub - Digital Mystikz

Saturday's Music Menu at Pustervik

SEAS Göteborg och Alingsås 13-22 augusti
Saturday, 22 August
Tonight at Pustervik

22:00 NIGHT SCENE
METRO_BOULOT_DODO (UK)

En kvinna på resa går in på en bar i Göteborg, vad som helst kan hända. En film spelas in och du är med i inspelningen och på premiärvisningen samma kväll, på SEAS club, Pustervik.


21:00 – 03:00 SEAS CLUB

UPSTAIRS
LISA NORDSTRÖM - live
SISTER DJ COLLECTIVE with Dj Lord Byron, j Paula Casablaca and Dj JEANETTE

DOWNSTAIRS
SISTER DJ COLLECTIVE with Dj Paula Casablaca, DEIRDRE and special guests

SEAS Club Workshops

Thanks a lot to all coming to the SEAS Club workshops. Deirdre and I enjoyed 2 days of active and engaged exchanges around the fields of international collaborations, podcasting and digital music publishing.

Course documents:
International Collaborations - slides
How to set up a netlabel - slides
How to set up a netlabel - links

Friday's Music Menu at Pustervik

SEAS Göteborg och Alingsås 13-22 augusti
Friday 21 August
Tonight at Pustervik

22:00 NIGHT SCENE
METRO_BOULOT_DODO (UK)

En kvinna på resa går in på en bar i Göteborg, vad som helst kan hända. En film spelas in och du är med i inspelningen och på premiärvisningen samma kväll, på SEAS club, Pustervik.


21:00 – 03:00 SEAS CLUB

UPSTAIRS
MAG - live
SISTER DJ COLLECTIVE with Dj Lord Byron, Dj Mayka and Dj JEANETTE

DOWNSTAIRS
SISTER DJ COLLECTIVE with Dj Sara B Lion and Dj Mayka

Thursday's Music Menu at Pustervik

SEAS Göteborg och Alingsås 13-22 augusti
Thursday 20th August
Here's a little peak at what's on the Seas Club Menu tonight at Pustervik

22.00 BEER TOURIST
Two foul-mouthed British football fans on a cheap drinking holiday in Eastern Europe. Through a stream of abuse, prejudice and insults they offer their own verdict on the “European project”. Energetic, funny and thought-provoking, the show plays with national stereotypes with sometimes shocking bluntness.
Wunderbaum (NL)

23:00 – 02:00 SEAS SOCIAL CLUB
BLACK SEA SOUNDS

DJ – DOGUS BITECIK, (NEWTIMESROMAN) ISTANBUL

AGRIN - LIVE

8 Piece Agrin is a band with guys from Gothenburg that plays party music from Turkey, the Middle East and the Balkans. The band started up as a onetime-project for playing in the streets during Göteborgskalaset ´05 selling demo cd´s. They had really enjoyed playing together during the recording sessions and they wanted to give it a try after all. Now their sound has grown bigger and groovier and they have shown proof of being

ONE HELL OF A PARTYBAND!

Denzier - LIVE

Ferhat Deniz Fors:Electronics and percussion.
Ruhi Deniz Erdogan:Trumpet.

Venue info:http://www.pustervik.goteborg.se/

Times & Tickets:

9pm-10pm and 11pm-2am SEAS Club - Free

10pm-11pm: Beer Tourist by Wunderbaum - 150/110SEK

TOMORROW FRIDAY AUGUST 21st AT PUSTERVIK

NIGHT SCENE – METRO_BOULOT_DODO (UK)
MAG LIVE PERFORMANCE (SE)
SISTER GOTEBORG PRESENTS DJ Lord Byron, MAJA, & JEANETTE

SEAS Club launches tonight at Pustervik

SEAS Club launches tonight at Pustervik (just over the bridge from the Riverton hotel) with an Open Deck Mash Up. After Wunderbaum’s Beer Tourist performance Sister, Gothenburgs female DJ Collective is hosting an Open Deck Mash Up Party.

We’d like you to play your music alongside our Swedish Sisters!

To take part, bring 3 of your favourite party tracks to Pustervik. We can use any format MP3 walkman, iPod, laptop, CD etc… so don’t worry about the technical side The Sisters and Deirdre & Andi will be there to guide you. One thing is for definite Wednesday night will be an evening of eclectic Black/North SEAS Sounds!

Venue info:
http://www.pustervik.goteborg.se/

Times & Tickets:
9pm-10pm and 11pm-2am SEAS Club - Free
10pm-11pm: Beer Tourist by Wunderbaum - 150/110SEK

Nytt datum Dj workshop

Pga att många inte kan dom tiderna då Dj workshopen skulle hållas så har vi bestämt att ändra tid, dag och plats. Vi vill ju så klart ha med så många som möjligt.
Den nya tiden för workshopen är:
Fre 21 augusti: http://www.facebook.com/l/;18.00-21.00Lör 22 augusti: http://www.facebook.com/l/;17.00-21.00
Priset är fortfarande 350kr.
Plats: Gallerian (gamla skivhuggets lokal) Masthuggstorget 2.Karta: http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.hitta.se/LargeMap.aspx?var=masthuggstorget+2
Anmäl dig till workshopen genom att skicka ett mail till info@sister-gbg.se
Osa oss snarast om du är intresserad av att gå!

Seas Club Workshops...details announced

Workshops and Panel Discussions Seas Club Pustervik

Seas Club will be conducting a series of workshops and panel discussions during the day at Pustervik which will be of interest to both those already working within the music industry and to those wishing to get started in this area. Andi Studer, Cenatus Music Projects/The Hub (UK) will be leading the sessions and you can find out more about his work here http://cenatus.org

Booking for participation in the workshops is essential. Please contact malin.schiller@gmail.com, to reserve your place.


DJ WORKSHOPS
Ever fancied yourself as a DJ? Have a great collection of music you’d want to share with the world but don’t know how? Or are you a bedroom DJ who is ready to graduate onto the club floor? If the answer is yes to any of these questions then this is the place for you. DJ Collective Sisters will mentor you through the process and teach you all you need to progress in DJ-ing.

There will also be an opportunity for new stars coming through this workshop to showcase themselves a short set during Seas Club Pustervik.

Pustervik Tuesday 7pm-9pm , Wednesday 11am – 2pm Hosted by DJ Collective ‘Sisters’
http://sister-gbg.se/




PODCASTING
The term comes from a combination of the word ipod (the ubitiquitous digital audio player made by Apple) and broadcasting. Even though the term is derived from the iPod, you don't need an iPod to listen to a podcast. You can use virtually any media player, your mobile phone or your computer. Currently the iTunes Store alone offers more than 100000 free podcasts from the likes of NME, Guardian Music Weekly & Rolling Stone Magazine.
In this workshop we will outline the technical and media skills you need to create and upload a successful podcast. Please this workshop has two sittings you must be able to attend both sittings to be eligible to attend. No prior media experience is necessary.

Pustervik Wednesday 19th Part One 3pm- 4:30pm
Pustervik Thursday 20th Part Two 3pm – 4:30pm

International Networking with Andi Studer Cenatus Music Projects.
Cenatus Music Projects, a not-for-profit organization set up in 2005, aims to promote new music, to develop artists and enable wider public use of new digital technologies for creativity. Cenatus works in the fields of live events, sonic arts installations, online media projects and digital communication consultancy. Netaudio London, the UK's foremost festival dedicated to the musical sounds of the Internet is Cenatus' flagship project. Andi Studer, independent London based producer is the founder Cenatus Music Projects. With Cenatus, Andi created a tool to achieve his own ambitions in the field of new music as well a platform for collaborating with like-minded people. Within his work as a producer, Andi is particularly interested in music that makes use of emerging technologies and performance that experiments in audience interaction. Besides running Cenatus, Andi is also working with the hub and with the Serpentine Gallery.
In this discussion Studer will cover distribution and networking opportunities for your creative industries.
Pustervik Wednesday 19th 5:00pm -6:00pm

How to Create a Digital Record Label Thursday 21st Andi Studer Cenatus Music Projects.
London based Music Producer Andi Studer outlines how to create a digital record label sharing how he built his own successful label Netaudio London and it’s context within the music industry as a whole.
Pustervik Thursday 20th 5:00pm -6:00pm

Please be aware Seas Club reserve the right to amend workshop times and venues. You will be notified of any such changes to programming by e-mail only if you have registered for your place at the workshop.

Gothenburg Parties

From Tuesday 18th – August 22nd Pustervik becomes the Headquarters of the Black/North Seas Arts festival social club – Seas Club.

Local Gothenburg heroes MAG, Lisa Nordstrom, Agrin, Denizer and the ever growing phenomenon that is the DJ Collective ‘Sisters’ will collide with specially commissioned interactive installation clubbing pieces from the Metro Boudlet Dodo (UK) & Wunderbaum (Netherlands). Electro-Gypsy rhythms will flood the space courtesy of beats from DJ Doğuş Bitecik Istanbul and there’ll be a dollop of Indie Clashes from DJ Deirdre (Ireland)


And for those wishing to dig a little deeper the Seas Club has workshops and industry panel discussions at the venue during the day. These workshops are being lead by Andi Studer, Cenatus Music Projects, (UK) http://www.seas.se/

More information on all these acts coming soon....