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BEgallery 2.0
I’m planning a new release in the new future. If you have request, please let me know and I will look into it.

Cleaning out the basement I found some Polaroids I made in China back in the days. Well, not really, but that was the idea for a photo series.

The photos were made during two trips I made to China in 2005 en 2009. Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tongli, Ping An and Yangzhou provided the scenery.

Updated to the new version of the blog engine. Most minor problems which you may have noticed in the last few days are now fixed. I will push some other patches this weekend.

To all BEgallery users. I will start working on a new version. To correct problems reported by some users I will change the datastore and used the default one, instead of the BEgallery store. Stay tuned in, more info coming soon.

I’m proud to present a new series in my mix compilations. Dj Go.star presents Sultan & Ned Shepard.

The presents series will feature releases from a certain group, dj or producer in one mix. The first compilation features 13 progressive tracks, produced or remixed by the Canadian producer/dj duo Sultan & Ned Shepard.
I’m following these guys for some time now, and it was obvious that there specific sound would do great in a full length mix album. The new series was born.

Tracklist:

01  Break My World – Dark Globe [Sultan Nubreed edit]
02  Asteroidz – DBN & Madita [Sultan & Ned Shepard remix]
03  You Can Be The One – Late Night Alumni [Sultan & Ned Shepard remix]
04  Fight For You – Morgan Page [Sultan & Ned Shepard remix dub]
05  This Is Our Night – Sander Kleinenberg [Sultan & Ned Shepard remix]
06  I Want You ft. DCLA – Dean Coleman [Sultan & Ned Shepard remix]
07  Pressure – Dirty Vegas [Sultan & Ned Shepard remix]
08  Closed Eyes – Chordian [Paul Kalkbrenner remix / Sultan Nubreed edit]
09  Crimson Sun – Sultan, Ned Shepard & Dirty Vegas
10  The Take – Paul Harris [Sultan & Ned Shepard dub mix]
11  Kitsch – Sultan & Ned Shepard
12  Jeopardy ft. Kuba Oms – Sultan & Ned Shepard
13  Chromatic – Ned Shepard

I’m thinking about future releases for this series featuring Underworld and Deep Dish. Any ideas on this, please let me know.

Dj Go.star presents Sultan & Ned Shepard is now ready for download at the dj Go.star website. To obtain a promotional code please mail me. 

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Burn this mp3 on an audio CD? No problem. Download the .cue file from the site and open the file in you burn software. (be sure the mp3 and cue file are in the same directory)

To further explore HDR photography I combined it with some urban exploring in a abandoned coal mine, washing plant and coking plant. This massive complex is called Zollverein located in Essen Germany. Well in fact it’s not really abandoned since it is now home of the Ruhr Museum.

The museum is located in the former washing plant, with many of the machinery still in place. The huge coking plant ceased operation in 1993 and didn’t change since. Nature is slowly retaking the plant, a great photo opportunity!

Staircase in Kohlenwäsche designed by Rem Koolhaas

Schacht 1/2/8

railroad switch

Coal train in front of cooling tower

Kokerei

Druckmaschine

Druckmaschine

Löschwagen

Entstaubung Koksausstoß

Schacht XII

Schacht 1/2/8

Yeah baby! It took a while, but here it is. The second compilation in the NuTech series.  

NuTech Countdown features 15 steaming techhouse tracks.
Stream it live:

NuTech Countdown Dj Go.star by Dj Go.star

Or download the track through the SkyLark Music site http://www.skylark-creative.com/dj/nutech.aspx Please send a message to obtain a promotional download code.

It took a little longer than expected, but it’s online, NuTech One!

As said in a previous post, I decided to start a new series, and this is the first release. Keyword for this new series is TechHouse and if you ask me, this is where the most exciting music is maid at this moment.

Download the track through the SkyLark Music site http://www.skylark-creative.com/dj/nutech.aspx Please send a message to obtain a promotional download code.

Welcome to the year of the Tiger. This weekend (14 February) the Chinese celebrated their new year, with the traditional dragons, fireworks and Mianju masks. One of the bigger celebrations in the Netherlands is held in The Hague. These photo’s were made on the 13th in the city’s China Town.

Chinese gate in The Hague, Netherlands

In an earlier post I reported about the invisible man Liu Bolin. He’s the master in camouflage photography.

Not everyone believes it, but the photographs are real, so no Photoshop filter! Liu is HANDPAINTED in al photo’s.

And what a treed, here is a new serie.
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To be honest, after 2 years of MixMax mix cd’s, I’m a little fat up with the progressive sound of today. Mostly remakes and no real innovations. My last MixMax compilation was released in September 2009 and it will be the last for now. (for now: never say never)

Time for a new sound, and I found it in Tech House. Many innovative sounds there! So I decided to start a new series of tech house mix cd’s with the working title: NuTech.

At the moment I’m mixing the first one, which will be released shortly. I’m not sure if it will be physical cd’s or mp3 mixes only. I’m also experimenting with streaming mixes on SoundCloud, so maybe I will release the NuTech mix there.

The tracklist for the first NuTech:
My Anthem – Martinez
Persuader – Mutant Clan
Daytona – Christian Smith & John Selway
Feelin – Pitto (Joris Voorn rmx)
Coma – Sasha (Gabe & Demitri Nakov rmx)
Spindizzy – Cari Lekebusch
Tylium – James Zabiela (Spooky rmx)
Air Miles – Christian Smith & Reset Robot (Madskillz rmx)
Body Language – Jay Lumen
The Raw Road – Layo & Bushwacka (Nic Fanciulli rmx)
Whole Life – Oxia
Strung Out – Scope (2009 rmx)
Lamur – Guy J (Henry Saiz rmx)

A really commercial mix, made for my local pub, is still online at SoundCloud.

Keep checking the blog for the release of NuTech.