Balkansky - ElectroWorld

Posted on 13/7/2015, 15:52 by: Luca EW

Balkansky - Graviton
(Abstrakt Reflections)

Tracklist
01. Zero Gravity
02. Gravitons
03. Attraction
04. Gravity
05. Deleted Scene

Release Date
23rd July 2015

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Balkansky - Graviton

Press Release
What happens to us when we become infatuated with a person or an idea? Should we resist the powerful attraction and the change that the contact with something outside of ourselves inevitably brings?
Every day we are faced with the changing world around us that pulls us in different directions, lures us into new temptations, provokes us and often puts us in a dangerous environment that may hurt our sense of freedom. This project aims to examine this ongoing tension between our awareness of the impossibility to remain untouched and distant from the world surrounding us and our innate desire for belonging and sharing that forces to adapt and change.
I use gravitation as a concept to examine this problem. Gravitation affects space and matter in a way that (de)forms the initial status quo and places objects (and subjects) in a state of interdependence. I view gravitation as a dialectical contradiction and energy that is both fatal and creative. Gravitation alters the passive existence of autonomous objects/bodies by giving them new direction and connecting them to other objects/bodies in a symbiosis that is both stable and powerful.
The movement depicts two different realities. One, of the passive and uneventful existence as a form of absolute freedom (freedom of external influences and stimuli) that makes one feel weightless, ephemeral and calm, but also without a purpose and direction; and the other, the pull of gravitation that is full of interactions, provocations, temptations, and attractions, which places individuals in a new state of dependency and motivates them to change. The movement illustrates the interactions between the objects/bodies and the transformation that is the result of their connecting to one another.
Graviton is a contemporary dance performance, choreographed by Petya Mukova, created and performed at Derida Dance Center on March 22nd 2015.

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Last Post by: Luca EW (13/7/2015, 15:52)

DJ Hidden & Broken Note / Niveau Zero & Balkansky - Existence / Obey

Posted on 11/12/2011, 21:41 by: Luca EW

DJ Hidden & Broken Note / Niveau Zero & Balkansky - Existence / Obey
(Ad Noiseam)

Tracklist
A. DJ Hidden & Broken Note "Existence"
B. Niveau Zero & Balkansky "Obey"

Release Date
23rd January 2012

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DJ Hidden & Broken Note / Niveau Zero & Balkansky - Existence / Obey

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DJ Hidden & Broken Note / Niveau Zero & Balkansky - Existence / Obey

Press Release
Four confirmed, veteran Ad Noiseam artists and a myriad of versions, edits and corrections ping-ponged between all of them. "Existence" and "Obey" are the carefully laid-out, detailled and fresh results of musicians having fun with each other's material and proving how at ease they are with both dubstep and drum'n'bass. DJ Hidden's sharpness, Broken Note's epic proportions, Niveau Zero's clever open-mindedness and Balkansky's meticulousness: yes they managed to pack all of this in these two highly cohesive tracks. A must-have for anybody into any of these acts.
Four artists, two tracks, and two pairings of some of the most insidious and powerful dubstep and drum'n'bass gathered on one record.
The meeting-up of two high profile but very distinct producers, "Existence" is, by any standard, a beats of a track. Combining the clinically sharp and melodic drum'n'bass of DJ Hidden with the organic basses and monstrously detailed sound assemblage of Broken Note was a tour-de-force for both parties. Here is a tune that went through countless versions, the artists ping-ponging with beats, drops and low frequencies. The result paid off, as "Existence" is almost a genre in itself, from its hypnotic intros to the staccato oscillations of its bassline. Played out by both DJ Hidden and Broken Note at recent concerts, the fruit of this long alchemical process has proven to be an exhilarating, deadly one.
On the flip side, Balkansky & Niveau Zero's collaboration is ...

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Last Post by: Luca EW (31/1/2012, 21:56)

Balkansky & Loop Stepwalker - Adhesion

Posted on 7/11/2011, 11:57 by: Luca EW

Balkansky & Loop Stepwalker - Adhesion
(Ad Noiseam)

Tracklist
01. 8.9
02. Kora
03. Spot the Light
04. Fire
05. Bass Surgery
06. Niveau Zero: I Believe In (Loop Stepwalker Remix)
07. Tales from the Crypt
08. Cicatriz
09. Tornado
10. Sopharma
11. The End of the Journey

Release Date
1st November 2011

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Balkansky & Loop Stepwalker - Adhesion

Press Release
Gathering the tracks from the "Fraktals" and "Simetría" EPs as well as two exclusive new tracks and a remix of a Niveau Zero original, "Adhesion" is the crowning release of Balkansky and Loop Stepwalker's collaboration. A tour de force in precision, strength and toughness, this full length album unfolds its massive low end, efficient beats and larger-than-life basslines with insolent talent, catchiness and bold weight. A new essential albums demonstrating the strength of well written, imaginative and original hard dubstep.
The full length album "Adhesion" is the crowning and closing volume of the first chapther in the collaboration between Balkansky and Loop Stepwalker. Featuring all the tracks from the previously released "Fraktals" and "Simetría" EP, plus three tunes exclusive to this release, it gathers the music written by these two very distinct musician in a rich, detailled and compact whole.
Though they share the exact same birthday, Balkansky and Loop Stepwalker escape the clichés of so many press release, in the sense that they were not really made to meet and work together. On the one side, Ivan Shopov is probably the best known Bulgarian musician of the moment, very prolific under both the Balkansky and Cooh monikers, and has been producing tracks after tracks for the best part of the 2000's, releasing on a multitude of labels and playing all over the world. On the other side, Jordi Calvin (Loop Stepwalker) was until this year unknown to the electronic scene, more active with his local Mallorca's metal one.
It's therefore by chance that the two met (to be more precise, when Cooh played in Mallorca), clicked and started writing the material which would end up being "Adhesion". If their own personal history were far apart, this album's title is particularly fitting. Glueing together elements from each and coming up with something which is more than the sum of their solo outputs, this album brings more elements together than one might believe at first, and is ...

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Balkansky & Loop Stepwalker - Simetría

Posted on 19/9/2011, 20:39 by: Luca EW

Balkansky & Loop Stepwalker - Simetría
(Ad Noiseam)

Tracklist
A1. Spot the Light
A2. Cicatriz
B1. Sopharma
B2. The End of the Journey

Release Date
19th September 2011

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Balkansky & Loop Stepwalker - Simetría

Press Release
A new salvo of anthemic, harder-than-life dubstep from the Bulgarian and Spanish phenomenons that are Balkansky (a.k.a. Cooh) and Loop Stepwalker. This follow-up to their "Fraktals" EP shows how these two manage to write heavy and distorted tunes without ever falling in the current pitfalls of the genre. Free of "wobbly" or "filthy" clichés, here comes a record which will pack dancefloors, surprise delighted fans and once again affirms what a driving force these two musicians have become.
Half a year and ten catalog numbers later, Balkansky and Loop Stepwalker present a second volume of their collaboration. A sequel to "Fraktals" (adn142), "Simetría" features four new tracks brewed in their Bulgarian and Spanish studios, and everything in between, and prefaces the release of these two musicians' full length album, "Adhesion" (adn153), to come out on Ad Noiseam in the Fall of 2011.
These have been some six very busy and productive months for both artists involved in this release. If "Fraktals" was his first release, Loop Stepwalker is now reaching far outside of his home-base of Mallorca, playing both with Balkansky and solo all across Europe, releasing his tracks on such labels as Wicky Lindows or Section8 and writing tunes together with Counterstrike, Sinister Souls and others. On his end, Ivan Shopov is shooting for the title of most productive artist of the moment, 2011 having been received with a salvo of both new releases from his two projects, Balkansky and Cooh and constant touring. There doesn't seem to be a day without him playing a show, opening an exhibit of his graphic art or finishing drum'n'bass, dubstep or techno tracks for labels worldwide.
For "Simetría", Balkansky and Loop Stepwalker managed to sit down and spend time together to come up with tracks which contain both their own trademark sounds but also go further and create something which is more than the sum of their solo productions. While tunes such as "Spot The Light" and "The End Of The Journey" revolve around Balkansky's anthemic melodies and "Cicatriz" features Loop Stepwalker's merciless drum wo...

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