Fabric 17 - Akufen

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FABRIC 17 MIXED BY AKUFEN.

TRACKLIST:

01 Philippe Cam - LFO Drive - Traum
02 Matthew Dear - Dog Days [Pantytec Mix] - Spectral/Ghostly Int.
03 Cabanne - Karasmik - Katapult
04 Krikor - 1968 [Ark Mix] - Dialect
05 Pantytec - Alabaster - Perlon
06 Kalabrese - Set Me Free - Perlon
07 The Rip Off Artist - Little Tiny Eight Inch Jack - Vertical Form
08 Senor Coconut - Smoke On The Water - Multicolor
09 Dub.E. Us - Blood Red [Demarkus Lewis Lyin‚ Beats Mix] - Fairpark
10 Wighnomy Brothers and Robag Wruhme - Bobb - Freude Am Tanzen
11 FYM & S/MAX - Red Fibreglass - 7th City
12 Ultrakurt - McGell - Telegraph
13 Herbert - Close To Me - K7
14 Freaks - Instrument [Soul Capsule On It Remix] - Music for Freaks
15 Crackhaus - Ample Slacks - Onitor
16 Mossa - Bucolik - Circus Company
17 Luciano et Serafin - Yaki Soba - Telegraph
18 Soul Center - Funky Sterling - Mute
19 Horror Inc. - Siamese Twins [Mike Shannon Mix] - Revolver
20 Jeff Milligan - In My Life - Background
21 Steve Beaupre - My Old Lady - Musique Risquee

― nader (nader), Monday, 21 June 2004 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link

are promos out already?

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 21 June 2004 13:28 (nineteen years ago) link

oh this looks good.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 21 June 2004 13:47 (nineteen years ago) link

it is

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:09 (nineteen years ago) link

i hope my friend gets a promo of this soon and passes it along to moi-même!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:10 (nineteen years ago) link

tiny 8 inch jack! NICE

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Is it akin to any mix we've heard of late (e.g. The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back?

― nader (nader), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:13 (nineteen years ago) link

of course i will never hear it since there's no way i'm spending 30 dollars on it

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:15 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah, thank god for my special generous friend!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:16 (nineteen years ago) link

(he's giving me his promo 12inch version of the new felix album too, dear friend i love you)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:16 (nineteen years ago) link

haha you know, with the amount of writing i do, i REALLY need to get on some promo lists

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:17 (nineteen years ago) link

you so should! get on the right distributors' lists and your cup will totally runneth over

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:19 (nineteen years ago) link

the fabric people dont like me though

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:20 (nineteen years ago) link

go around them and find their us distributor! (maybe that will work)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link

why not jess? you get stuff from them direct?

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:22 (nineteen years ago) link

no because i dissed the packaging and concept of the series in my mayer/bugz review and someone from the label wrote a pissy email to matos.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link

weird. oh well, it aint like you'll have to wait long for it anyway.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:26 (nineteen years ago) link

anyone know if/how i can get my hands on this canukistan¿

― dyson (dyson), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link

i agree that the fabric series is too expensive. each release is usually around $22 US in my little corner of the world. this annoyance is further compounded by the fact my copy of fabric 13 was stolen not too long ago (along with 30 other cds and my car stereo). anyway, this looks really good.

― tricky disco, Monday, 21 June 2004 14:46 (nineteen years ago) link

what don't you like about the packaging/concept strongo?

― tricky disco, Monday, 21 June 2004 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link

it's too expensive, the packaging is overdesigned (and often ugly) and ends up scratching the CD's (just like the chain reaction packaging) and they're really middlebrow (on the fabric side...the fabriclive side is just boring neo-dnb).

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 21 June 2004 14:50 (nineteen years ago) link

i always thought the high cost was due to lack of u.s. distribution. i guess middlebrow fits, but maybe that's the intent or middlebrow isn't as damning as it initially sounds.

― tricky disco, Monday, 21 June 2004 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.chopinhaguen.com/new-data/img-art/57681.jpg
http://www.chopinhaguen.com/new-data/img-art/54734.jpg
http://www.chopinhaguen.com/new-data/img-art/58804.jpg
if this is what you're talking about - i can't see much wrong with the layout.

― dyson (dyson), Monday, 21 June 2004 15:01 (nineteen years ago) link

What are Akufen's DJ credentials?

― JoB (JoB), Monday, 21 June 2004 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link

i think the packaging/graphic design is great most of the time...

― tricky disco, Monday, 21 June 2004 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link

i agree with strongo, the metal packaging is totally annoying and the cds rattle around and get totally scuffed up

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 21 June 2004 15:16 (nineteen years ago) link

akufens dj cred = none?

how is senor coconut going to be 'mixed'?

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 21 June 2004 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link

i had a feeling this was going to be mixed digitally

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 21 June 2004 15:20 (nineteen years ago) link

What are Akufen's DJ credentials?

One of being an absolutely shit hot producer who runs a pretty great label (so far)...

(xpost)

Strongo - I wouldn't be surprised at all if it was digital.

― ___ (___), Monday, 21 June 2004 15:23 (nineteen years ago) link

they're very cheap in england and are after all english releases for the english market. akufen can dj.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 21 June 2004 15:31 (nineteen years ago) link

pretty well and has put some storming tracks out, also with traktor etc, it's harder to draw the line between djing and live performance anyway

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 21 June 2004 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link

ok, akufen might be able to play but "One of being an absolutely shit hot producer who runs a pretty great label" is in no way a good inidcator of being a decent dj, and hundreds of bored/disappointed nights that i have spent are testament to that....

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 21 June 2004 15:48 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah but the fact that he can might help and also this isn't a live thing anyway, so it makes no odds whether he could cut it live or not. personally i couldn't give an arse about the "authenticity" of this and am happy to report it's a good set of tunes.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 21 June 2004 15:58 (nineteen years ago) link

thisis a totally insane cover - i have just blown my load all over the place this thing be grebt¡
http://www.fabriclondon.com/previews/fabric17/packshot.jpg

― dyson (dyson), Monday, 21 June 2004 16:06 (nineteen years ago) link

WHAT is THAT

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 21 June 2004 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link

That cover rocks.

I've heard Akufen DJ, he was good but there was nothing remarkable about it.

It looks like the tracklisting just about meets Canadian Content regulations!

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 21 June 2004 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link

The Fabric packaging is annoying - I usually put the CD in one of those case logic single liners so it doesnt get all scratched by the tin.

This mix (as well as the cover) looks pretty tasty though.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 21 June 2004 16:44 (nineteen years ago) link

middle brow?

That sounds a bit elitest. Its not like these are ministry of sound comps.

― hector (hector), Monday, 21 June 2004 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Ha ha promo copies in Australia come in boring blank card slipcases with no illustrations so that critics can't complain about the design!

It has been getting much better though since they got rid of the awful grey men meme.The Akufen cover is great, and I really like the cover with the gryphon too.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 01:23 (nineteen years ago) link

promo copies come like that everywhere, I assure you.

the cover looks more like one of those em:t records from c. '96 that looked real good in shops but somehow never made me the slightest bit interested in buying/listening to

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 01:35 (nineteen years ago) link

and I am obv. very interested in hearing this one. what no Todd Edwards?! ;-)

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 01:36 (nineteen years ago) link

The last few Fabric releases have reused graphics from their flyers. A friend grabbed a bunch of flyers on his trip to London last year and I believe he has the one with this image framed on his wall. I think whatever design firm does them was in xlr8r or some other dead tree publication lately.

― mike h. (mike h.), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 01:58 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm guessing he's getting tired of Todd Edward comparisons - You have only yourself to blame Matos if Akufen's next album sounds nothing like "My Way".

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 02:33 (nineteen years ago) link

That tracklist is almost exactly what I've heard John Tejada play the last few times I've seen him this year, and Tejada is a smoking hot dj.

― tylero (tylero), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 03:24 (nineteen years ago) link

I want him to make more gorgeous dream-pop stuff like "Train to Panama", "Little Hop of Horrors" and the first track on My Way - ie. still Edwards-ish (although Akufen's hardly Tuff Jam is he?) but not quite so manic and rigorously "fun".

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 03:48 (nineteen years ago) link

not quite so manic and rigorously "fun"

what an excellent way of phrasing why i don't really like akufen as much as i could. i think the insistence on rigorous "deepness" is why i prefer craig richards or tyler stadius to michael mayer.

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 04:03 (nineteen years ago) link

Do you mean Craig Richards is rigorously deep or Michael Mayer?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 05:14 (nineteen years ago) link

I've always thought Akufen sense of humour had more to do with pretentious smart arse humour of Mike Patton, Ween or Zappa (ie lots of derivative, but technically proficient musical ability being put to the use of trying prove zany things. Not as overbearing though as I still enjoy listening to Akufen.

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 06:18 (nineteen years ago) link

um i mean michael mayer is too rigorously deep.

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 06:23 (nineteen years ago) link

though it looks like i've misread your point. AARGH. maybe i have mad cow disease or something

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 06:28 (nineteen years ago) link

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x-posto

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 13:14 (nineteen years ago) link

but it doesn't have to be, ambrose, and bodily functions really isn't. it's just a good album, made to be listened to as an album. herbert's remixes are a lot tougher, because they are made for clubs. his albums are made for the home or the headphones, same to a certain extent w/ akufen.
btw, re akufen, can i just say that i'm really really bored hearing akufen continually compared (mainly unflatteringly) to todd edwards, yes, parts of his programming are quite similar (pat yourselves on the back, you are all very clever, but he does admit this debt and always has done so he kinda stole that thunder) and there is easily as much difference as similarity between the two.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 13:23 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah the main difference is Akufen has more than one idea. unlike todd "self parody" edwardzzzzzzzzzz...

― martin (martin), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 13:28 (nineteen years ago) link

i love todd edwards, btw, but don't see him as being someone who continually, and rather lazily, *has* to be dredged up as soon as akufen is mentioned.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 13:30 (nineteen years ago) link

And the mix he did (of pretty much all his own stuff, as per policy) for the recent Pure Garage 'Four To The Floor' comp is ace

glad to hear this as i've been meaning to pick it up. the last time i went to tower i had it in my hands, but i bought something else instead (they had those depeche mode singles boxsets on sale).

the edwards christian thing is completely overt, but i can't think of music that is more flat-out euphoric.

― tricky disco, Wednesday, 23 June 2004 13:30 (nineteen years ago) link

also, not that anyone is disputing this, i think herberts dj-ing is vastly different than akufen's. track selection alone will tell you that.

― tricky disco, Wednesday, 23 June 2004 13:35 (nineteen years ago) link

er dave.. "house music to me" = "what i want out of house music", not "house music IS". but yeah its linear quality just doesnt do it for me. i like bodily functions and my way but i just get frustrated by both artists seeming (ie the way it seems to me, not an indisputable fact) to dedicate all their concentration on the sounds they use that flesh out their tracks, rather than the percussive bare bones of the tunes. i'm just not into such (what i regard as) myopic micro-processing at the expense of an overall groove.

re todd edwards. im not that familiar, but it does seem as though he has a 12" out every few weeks, and i find it hard to distinguish between all his prolific output. As a result I decided to buy 'shut the door' (this is the classic, right?) and be done with it.

― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link

ambrose, i understand that - our opinions differ. there's no problem. i sometimes like to take a less functionalist approach to house music, as this way i get to enjoy a lot of different stuff without thinking "it's not going to go bang-up in a club, ergo it's not what i want". i like different things at different times!!! still this is a more interesting way for this thread to go than the usual format for threads mentioning akufen, so keep it up by all means.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 13:53 (nineteen years ago) link

AKUFEN!!!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 13:54 (nineteen years ago) link

TODD EDWARDS!!!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 13:54 (nineteen years ago) link

ZZZZZZZZZ!!!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 13:54 (nineteen years ago) link

isnt akufen playing at fabric sometime? he played paris coupla weekends ago, maybe hes over for a bit.

― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 14:11 (nineteen years ago) link

he's over in the very near future ... can't remember when

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 14:11 (nineteen years ago) link

yo martin you really should be pushing for a target fabric mix

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:00 (nineteen years ago) link

I must stress here that I don't think ALL of Akufen's stuff is particularly Edwardsy, just My Way and some of the Perlon stuff. Battaglia OTM re: Akufen live--that performance was pretty acidy w/o actually sounding like acid, if that makes any sense. And I can see some Herbert comparison but not as much as other people. Anyway, my sense is that My Way was a phase and that his next record will sound much different, if that show as anything to go by.

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:45 (nineteen years ago) link

i almost always prefer akufen remixing someone else to his own productions

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:53 (nineteen years ago) link

I need to hear more Akufen remixes of other people, obviously. strongo, what do you recommend?

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:54 (nineteen years ago) link

the craig david ("what's your flavor") remix is like dem 2 after snorting a couple pixie sticks, and the massive attack remix ("special cases") is surprisingly subdued. i have a soft spot for the "nag nag nag" remix, but it's pretty gimmicky.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:55 (nineteen years ago) link

"i almost always prefer akufen remixing someone else to his own productions
-- strongo hulkington (dubplatestyl...), June 23rd, 2004.

Why you always gotta be the turd in the punchbowl?

― Julio down by the schoolyard (Da ve Segal), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 23:31 (nineteen years ago) link

"er dave.. "house music to me" = "what i want out of house music", not "house music IS". but yeah its linear quality just doesnt do it for me. i like bodily functions and my way but i just get frustrated by both artists seeming (ie the way it seems to me, not an indisputable fact) to dedicate all their concentration on the sounds they use that flesh out their tracks, rather than the percussive bare bones of the tunes. i'm just not into such (what i regard as) myopic micro-processing at the expense of an overall groove."

but akufen usually does (except for some wankier remix tracks) balance the micro sampling with groove and most of the time he uses funk bass lines.

― twelve, Thursday, 24 June 2004 00:10 (nineteen years ago) link

haha yeah sorry guy i've never seen here before i will do my best to adjust my tastes accordingly for you

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 24 June 2004 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link

xpost, if it matters

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 24 June 2004 00:20 (nineteen years ago) link

Wise strategy, Wrongo.

― Julio down by the schoolyard (Da ve Segal), Thursday, 24 June 2004 01:45 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah but isn't it annoying how all the funk basslines on My Way sound identical???

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 24 June 2004 06:29 (nineteen years ago) link

they don't!!!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 24 June 2004 08:09 (nineteen years ago) link

you should also check his stuff as anna kaufen - he's done some wicked, admittedly skippy, but seriously bouncy tracks that work like a dream in club sets, precisely *because* they're so punchy and propulsive - and yeah jess, they do mix fantastically with dem 2 et al.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 24 June 2004 08:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah Anna Kaufen stuff is more club-friendly.

All the basslines on the "Deck The House"-ish tracks on the album sound like they were played on the same bass preset.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 24 June 2004 08:30 (nineteen years ago) link

"nd that his next record will sound much different, if that show as anything to go by."

uh oh if his next record is anythign like the last live show I saw of his, then we are in trouble. granted, that was in a tate lecture room, and we were all sitting down, but it was limpid rubbish, just a lot of wishy washy ambient preset noises, and some dead cheesy water running samples and those silly jungle bird calls last heard on Enigma and every Bukem tune ever. IT was meant to be music for hsi friends unborn child, lets hope he keeps it on a private basis....

and dave yeah i second the anna kaufen idea. that are like the 'club' akufen. well the one 12" i have is decent.

and well, if when you are talking about the 'funk bassline', you mean 'deck the house', then that is the most pussy bassline ever. i remember everyone on ILM raving about it when it came out, but it is totally lame. like, it would be ok, but its so polite. Pump it up man, you released it on 12", you want it played in a club so just tweak the levels or something! i mean, honestly. maybe he shoudl have released it as anna kaufen ,then he would have had license to properly beef it up.

― ambrose (ambrose), Thursday, 24 June 2004 08:43 (nineteen years ago) link

the senor coconut track is embarassing

― benito mussolinington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 01:06 (nineteen years ago) link

why do some people just have to be wacky?

― benito mussolinington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 01:06 (nineteen years ago) link

that's a hell of a question to ask here!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 02:08 (nineteen years ago) link

you don't have to be crazy to post here--but it helps!!! smile

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 02:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Actually this is a really good cd. It flows nicely. And tiny little 8 inch jack is genius.

― Jacob (Jacob), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 04:09 (nineteen years ago) link

i really like that sr coconut track (well, the sieg uber die sonne mix), but it's really out of place on this disc, especially the placement it's given. akufen is actually a very good dj, but the way the coconut track comes in makes it sound like this mix is in fact digital.

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Why this huge persistence on what isn't right on My Way, when the three Psychometry twelves are all brilliant, and the Quebec Whorehouse possibly the greatest microhouse track?!

― ___ (___), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:25 (nineteen years ago) link

otm about that perlon release. also "the unexpected guest" = one of my favorite moments about superlongevity 2

― tricky disco, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link

but the way the coconut track comes in makes it sound like this mix is in fact digital

i heard he did it in traktor somewhere. in fact i think it was a bit of promo copy for the cd but now i can't find it.

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 16:16 (nineteen years ago) link

why do some people just have to be wacky?

This is Akufen for me. Maybe I'll get this mix though, and give him a chance.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 17:27 (nineteen years ago) link

and the Quebec Whorehouse possibly the greatest microhouse track?!

that ep for me defines the whole genre and negates any arguements about akufen tracks not working in clubs. no bassline and yet the whole ep TOTALLY causes it on the dancefloor every time. i'm on my third copy.

― stirmonster, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 17:49 (nineteen years ago) link

oh i guess i should have mentioned that despite this glaring error, i loved this mix.

― benito mussolinington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 19:58 (nineteen years ago) link

when i saw that in the tracklist it was reminiscent of avenue d in that erlend oye dj kicks mix

― tricky disco, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link

Okay, so the "whorehouse" e.p. I have is a double pack with red and yellow graphics all over it, one track to a side, and no labelling apart from different colours on the typefaces. Is that the one you refer to as "Quebec Whorehouse"?

Because yeah, it's the greatest micro track ever.

― Jacob (Jacob), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 00:06 (nineteen years ago) link

yup, that's the one - the perlon doublepack with 'whorehouse new process' and 'quebec nightclub'.

― stirmonster, Wednesday, 30 June 2004 00:12 (nineteen years ago) link

I luv luv luv "The Unexpected Guest". I think the biggest problem with My Way is that it didn't have more tracks like this or "Quebec Nightclub" on it to balance the zaniness.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 00:37 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

yeah this cd is pretty good! even senor cocount is ok?! mixed in really crummily but hell. i like this better than the michael mayer one

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 16 July 2004 12:14 (nineteen years ago) link

i hate all you people. i have to wait untill sept to get it here in my little corner of the planet.

― dyson (dyson), Friday, 16 July 2004 13:34 (nineteen years ago) link

two years pass...

been listening to this alot recently: herbert > soul capsule mix of freaks > crackhaus is just fucking obscene

― creme1, Saturday, 2 June 2007 02:26 (sixteen years ago) link

this is what the jesse rose body language should've sounded like

― creme1, Saturday, 2 June 2007 02:27 (sixteen years ago) link

fourteen years pass...

*removes 08 Senor Coconut - Smoke On The Water*

ah, perfect

― missingNO, Friday, 15 October 2021 05:20 (two years ago) link

Had completely forgotten about this mix. The tracklist certainly captures a moment in time.

― MikoMcha, Friday, 15 October 2021 08:39 (two years ago) link

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