Minimal Techno with Magda for Hivefest Afterwork
Introducing "Berlin" DJane Magda - what is correct?
I think these sounds come closer to the expectation by @edje what minimal Techno is about - let me know your thoughts. I was listening for 4 hours (during Hivefest where I had no tone anyway) to her gigs - not that shabby - a minimal style I have to say, the beats are good, the mixing is nice. Even I like a bit more volume, fats beats and a more trancy sound I still kind of like it - but I need more sessions I think to fall in love with her sound.
About Magda
Actually I am wrong - she is not a Berlin DJ, but she played there often even as a resident DJ but her roots are interesting indeed. Did she really play Berlin? Anyone saw her live?
An excerpt on her praise (ok this is just PR but still.....) on Resident Advisor:
Magda's realm as an artist spans far beyond the typical role played by DJs and producers. With an open mind, Magda will try her hand at whatever feels right: from producing high-quality Tequila to tech collaborations, fashion and art, Magda has created a truly unique, multifaceted expression of herself.
Born in Poland and raised in Detroit, Magda has soaked up the various characteristics of her surroundings, resulting in a widely-cultured perspective, tuned to see beauty and potential in the most derelict and depressed of places. As a teenager partying in Detroit, it wasn't long until Magda was fully immersed in the city's underground scene. In 1998, she was dropped straight into the deep end; she joined Minus and began touring the world as Richie Hawtin's opening DJ. Whilst this was a perfect platform for Magda to show off her talents and develop a fanbase, it brought with it the constraints of an established reputation. Magda was defined as a DJ under the Minus umbrella, but since has forged her own path.
Magda's touring schedule is amongst the most high-profile and demanding around, with regular bookings at many of the world's very best house/techno clubs and festivals. She's proved herself as a consistent, adventurous and top-quality performer, with a knack for bringing tracks together in unexpected ways. As well as notable accolades such as a BBC 1 Essential Mix and playing at Timewarp's live streamed 20th anniversary, Magda has been behind some stand-out commercial mixes. 'She's A Dancing Machine', released in 2006 through Hawtin's label, was truly seminal. It intricately layered 70 tracks into 16 sections and displayed an almost unprecedented level of energy for a minimal DJ mix. She was later invited to record a mix for Fabric esteemed CD series, and adopted a similar patchwork approach to brilliant effect. Her latest, two-disc mix compilation, out through the Balance series in February, gives equal measure to the experimental and club-focused aspects of her DJing. Incorporating music from the likes of Shackleton, Murat Tepeli and Marcel Dettmann, Magda takes the listener on a thrillingly unpredictable listen.
Though solo Magda releases are relatively rare, there's no doubt her ability extends beyond the booth to the studio. In the fall of 2010, Magda revealed her debut on Minus, 'From The Fallen Page'. It combined her love for Italian horror composition, Detroit techno futurism and straight-forward dancefloor functionality into a quality body of work that still sounds fresh today. She has also remixed the likes of Plastikman and Depeche Mode.
Collaboration has become a vital part of Magda's studio work. Cornerbred is the project she shares with partner Daniela Huerta. Offering a respite from normal DJ sets, it revels in avant-garde and real-life concepts, utilising a broad sound pallet and lending itself to live performance. The pair have recorded mixes on Soundcloud and sites such as Oki-ni, the hour-long sessions covering a wide array of styles, sounds and periods, from 80s electro to more atonal works. DTR (Define The Relationship) is Magda's edits venture with Nyma, dedicated to 'reshaping, reintroducing and reviving early influences as a homage to the past, present and future'. So far, LL Cool J, Chaka Khan and Jody Watley have been under the DTR microscope with fascinating results.
On top of all this, Magda has proved herself as a label boss, running the long-standing and successful Items & Things imprint with Marc Houle and Troy Pierce. The label thrives on the off-kilter and the uncommon, unearthing new artists and sounds that push boundaries. Thirty releases in and Items & Things proudly count the likes of Jimmy Edgar and Rework amongst its roster.
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I enjoyed it it's nice not so heavy
Magda kenn ich auch, die hat auch mal einen Track für Ableton gemacht. Als Beispiel wie man mit Ableton Live arbeitet, da war alles noch veränderbar und einzeln vorhanden. Da hab ich dann auch mal mit rumgespielt:
Hahaha ok ok, minimal techno or not, thats the question 🤣
You listened the whole set, so you may know better than I 🙃 Skipped a bit back and fort. Not sure to be honest what to call this. Mixture of house, some minimal techno tracks, heared also some acid-ish track. The vibe the Barcelona recording gives me is one popular for a long time on Ibiza. The second recording in your post, is one for Circo Loco. They have their own night at Ibiza. Similar style as the Barcelona one, maybe a little less housy.
Magda definately played in Berlin. She is one of those artists playing all over the globe. Long-ish time ago see played frequently with Richie Hawtin, one of the artists that made the more modern slow minimal techno big (not that I like his style, as well as the style of Magda). Maybe she lives in Berlin, or lived for some time in Berlin? In theses styles and related styles, quite a few artists from USA and Canada live in Europe, from Amsterdam, to Barcelona, to Berlin and who knows where (I think mostly in the cities I mentioned). For some to more, it was and is about travel times, and maybe also the atmosphere in the music scene. And if they dont live in Europe, they spend a lot of time in Europe. Many more gigs in Europe than in Americas.
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