Call For Entries: 2008 fair music Award

About the 2008 fair music Award: Recognition for best practice and special achievements about fairness in the music business (fair music prize trophy and certificates, the right to use the fair music seal, exposure to international press, promotion of the repertoires via the fair music website and public relation).

Who can be nominated: labels, publishers, initiatives and services providing the audience access to music.

Process of nomination: fans, listeners, musicians and composers enter nominees representing a good example of fair business practices in serving cultural diversity.

Criteria

The jury will use the following criteria to evaluate and rank nominees. Therefore, for each key factor listed below, describe in specific terms, the work or contribution that justifies the nomination.

• artistic freedom and freedom of expression: eg in the artistic process, partnership, expression, creativity
• fair terms for the creators (composers, musicians, artists): innovative business model, fair contracts, fair remuneration
• cultural diversity concerning repertoire, catalogue and sensitive promotion
• service for the consumer: guaranteed accessibility, availability, no technical protection measures
• easy access to all markets for musicians from developing countries

Nominee Information

• Name of label, publisher, initiative or service
• Full address
• Email
• Homepage

Submission Must Include:

• Basic information
• Project descriptions
• Explanatory statement

Submit Your Entry To:

• Mail: fair music initiative / mica – music austria, Stiftgasse 29, 1070 Vienna, Austria
• Phone: +43-1-52104-0
• Fax: +43-1-52104-59
• Electronically: fairmusic@musicaustria.at

Deadline:

The original nomination package must be received on Sunday, June 15, 2008.
All applicants will be notified of the decision until Friday, August 15, 2008.

How to Prepare and Submit Your Entry:

• There is no form to subscribe. Nominators should submit the nomination by the deadline.
• Electronic submittals are desirable.
• Please take care to ensure your nomination is complete and includes all the information requested. Do not submit several nominations at once – EACH nomination should be a stand-alone document.
• Electronic submissions should be ONE file, i.e. please do not send the description of biographical Sketch separate from the nominee’s name.
• Image format: jpg
• Audio format: mp3
• Nominations may be submitted electronically, by fax, or by mail.

Jury

• Klaus Ager, Austrian Composers Association, ÖKB and President of the he European Composers´ Forum, ECF
• David Ferguson, Spokesperson of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance, ECSA and Acting President of the British Academy of Composers and Authors, BACS
• Cornelia Kutterer, Senior Legal Advisor, European Consumers’ Organisation, BEUC
• Benoît Machuel, Secretary General of the International Music Federation, FIM
• Franz Patay, Geschäftsführer Joseph Haydn Burgenland GmbH
• Peter Rantasa, Executive Director of mica – music austria
• Walter Reicher, Intendant of Haydn Festspiele Eisenstadt / Haydn Jahr 2009
• Silja Fischer, Executive Officer, IMC – International Music Council, IMC

The fair music Award will be presented in September 2008 during the Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria.

More info: http://www.mica.at/mica_aktuell/detail_15118.html

Butter Party – Wriggle and Fidget (U and A Recordings)

Butter Party – Wriggle / Fidget (+ Zodiac Cartel Mixes) [UAA005]
OUT NOW :: Exclusively on Beatport

The fifth release on U&A Recordings sees a debut from red hot newcomer, Melbourne’s Butter Party (aka Michael Davies). Sure to be a name on everyone’s lips come the year’s end, label boss Elite Force so smitten with the maturity of sound and the adroitness of this youngster’s production work that he instantly snapped up these two tracks for the label, fitting perfectly in with the label’s tech-funk ethos with a style that nods towards the likes of Miles Dyson, D Ramirez and Cirez D. On remix duty, and fresh from having a huge hit with their remix of Elite Force’s ‘Used & Abused’ (which spent over 6 weeks in the Top 20 Electro House chart on Beatport shifting several thousand copies in the process), we welcome back the mighty Zodiac Cartel, with two exceptional, and very different remixes….. it’s no surprise then that DJ Support has been as exceptional & varied as it has.

Butter Party – Wriggle (Original Mix)
Butter Party – Fidget (Original Mix)
Butter Party – Wriggle (Zodiac Cartel’s Twisted as Hell Mix)
Butter Party – Wriggle (Zodiac Cartel’s Deep & Dirty Mix)

Two crackin Electro House tunes and the Zodiac Cartel`s Deep & Dirty Mix on top – yes. YES. YES.

Awarded with the Stiftung Berlintest quality brand:

Stiftung Berlintest is a trademark of the Berlin Mitte Institut für Bessere Elektronische Musik and has become an internationally recognized trademark for the professional rating and evaluation of electronic dance music since February 2007. Titles that have been awarded the Siegel Stiftung Berlintest are accredited for their high level of quality and aspiration.

This Seal of Quality is awarded to a selected release on a weekly basis.

March 2008: Berlin Mitte Institut`s Favourite Music

Alexi Delano – The Path of Least Resistance EP (Clink 12)
Maetrik – Polygon Bug Rmxs (Ironbox 21.5)
Virus J + DJ Sun – Eyepopper, Andrea Lai rmx (Drag N Drop 002)
Lucio Aquilina – Disco Bus, Roland M. Dill Rmx (Trapez LTD 63)
Glimpse – 100% Shiraz, Undo Remix (Glimpse Music)
Azzido Da Bass – Doom`s Night, Radio Slave rmx (Kontor 650)
Butter Party – Wriggle and Fidget (Used and Abused 005)
Ben Klock – Similarity (Bpitch Control 165)
Mikdat vs. Afrilounge – Maria (Kassette Digital 001)
SLG – Bleep Bleep (Trapez 85)

Do you want your music to be played, and charted too? Contact us!

Diverse photos of shows

Richie Hawtin and Ricardo Villalobos

(Author unknown)

07.03.08: Party – DJs zum Anfassen @ Lux, Berlin

Synopsis:
Seit langem engagieren sich das Berlin Mitte Institut und die Schallfront-Crew energisch für den Weltfrieden und soziale Gerechtigkeit in Schwellenländern. Das ist für die geneigte Leserschaft sicherlich keine Neuigkeit. Aber nicht nur im Großen müssen die Menschen wieder zueinander finden, sondern eben auch da, wo Kommunikation auf zwischenmenschlichem Niveau möglich ist: in der flirrenden Atmosphäre zwischen pumpender Clubmusik und wilden Getränkemixen.

Daher laden Schallfront und das Berlin Mitte Institut am 07. März zur Veranstaltung „DJs zum Anfassen“ ins Lux. Die Einladung darf wörtlich genommen werden, denn im Sinne von Völkerfreundschaft freuen wir uns darauf die Gäste persönlich zu begrüssen sowie mit ihnen bei Bio-Luchs-Bier die Leber gesund zu saufen.

Flyer:

Deine ganz persönliche Videoeinladung:

Entertainer zum Anfassen:
# Fresh Meat
# Kandel
# Grooveticket
# Softrusher

Musikalischer Rahmen:
# Powerpop
# House
# Techno
# Breaks

Location:
Lux
Schlesische Strasse 41
Berlin-Kreuzberg
U1 Schlesisches Tor

Eintritt:
Drei Euro

09.05.08: Party – Kandel & Fresh Meat @ 1 Year movin.tunes @ Ministerium für Entspannung, Berlin

Freitag 09.05.2008 / 23Uhr / 5 EUR 
Ministerium für Entspannung
Laskerstraße 5 Ecke Markgrafendamm
nahe S-Bhf. Ostkreuz in Berlin Friedrichshain

Elektro&Minimal

Kandel & Fresh Meat Berlin Mitte Institut
(Playing the afterhour from 6am!)
Grooveticket  Schallfront
Kevin Klamt  Schallfront
Talentfrei Klub Kreutziger
Softrusher Schallfront

Drum&Bass

DJ Trece la chusma / 13 Night / Badmood 
Bymski elektrolounge / bymmusic
Yoru  Capital Steppaz
Cyrilla
Fraktal  Capital Steppaz
Mr.Jay  Capital Steppaz
MC Rollin G Capital Steppaz
Rollin MC Capital Steppaz, TFA-System

12.04.08: Party – Berlin Mitte Institut w. Audiomassive @ VCF Club, Berlin

(Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_EjBN0Tx_E)

Drum & Bass Floor (16000 Watt Soundsystem)

Plasma, HNS, Scary, Bad Matter, Mo

House & Techno Floor

Fresh Meat + Kandel (All night long)

Visuals by Fallout-Boy

VCF Club, Corner Rochstr/Dircksenstr, S-Bhf Hackescher Markt, Berlin, 5 euro

Milkshake – Minibar Label Compilation (CD + 2×12″)

Lay back and groove a the funky compilation of Minibar`s releases. All tunes fit perfectly into a warm-up or afterhour set and are substantial down-to-the-earth club music without any ambition to sound like 3-week-hits. Buy these either as a CD or on two 12″. Very solid label.

Check their blog for more info and pre-listening.

Awarded with the Stiftung Berlintest quality brand:

Stiftung Berlintest is a trademark of the Berlin Mitte Institut für Bessere Elektronische Musik and has become an internationally recognized trademark for the professional rating and evaluation of electronic dance music since February 2007. Titles that have been awarded the Siegel Stiftung Berlintest are accredited for their high level of quality and aspiration.

This Seal of Quality is awarded to a selected release on a weekly basis.

Kandel – Dorfpunks / Nil (pnr0010)

PNR0010

Mp3 Audio Snippets Kandel – Dorfpunks, Kandel – Nil

Youtube http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=akkHYQBbez4

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