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The Astros
good day,
today we wanted to share a teaser for a beautiful documentary by Rene Eckert from Germany about surfing the Black Sea. Rene has a great eye for the beauty of pure nature and the essence of boardspoarts. definately not one of those documentaries about surfing that you have seen too many times in your life. come try a new angle on this sport. this is the world´s first surf movie that was funded by crowdfunding!
please make sure to check out his website http://www.blickinsfreie.de
be good and have a blessed week!
Kabanjak & Dogu
Happy Birthday Bob Marley!
Robert Nesta Marley will never be forgotten. His messages, poetry, voice and music is timeless as timeless can be.
One Love
“Wishcraft” by Kabanjak in new Pirate Log #10
hey fellas,
winter is still in full effect (or less, depends where you are and if you have snow) and our friends from Pirate Movie Production continue to travel the world to rip the dopest kickers and mountains they can find. this time they were in Riksgränsen/Sweden which was blessed with fresh powder and sunshine.
what do you think? doesn´t the tune “Wishcraft” by Kabanjak totally fit to these moves? 🙂
Pirate Log #10 Riksgränsen from Pirate Movie Production on Vimeo.
peace, love & snow
Ancient Astronauts
dope video from DJ Brace
hey fellas,
our good friend and collegue DJ Brace from Canada just released a new video for his latest album “Synesthasia”. watch it and see him do some musical magic on the wheels of steel:
big up,
Ancient Astronauts
2012 Update
hey fellas,
happy new year to everyone!!! we hope you had a great start into 2012.
it´s been a while since our last blog post. lots of things to take care of with the new office in cologne, Kabanjak moving into a new house and studio and Dogu having a knee operation shortly after our Switchstance Recordings Xmas party. but here we are back again.
2012 will be a positive year. we can feel it. there´s gonna be a lot of changes in the world. political regimes will change, internet will see a new law system as it looks like, governments won´t stop lying to their people, occupy wall street will continue their quest justice, and so much more. things have to change and we believe that there´s gonna be a lot of positive changes. so let´s all stay positive and passionate about what we do and happy about what we have. spread love!
in march we will release a remix album called “The Orion Nebula Remixes” on ESL Music with heavy remixes by Maker, Subatomic Sound System, Kabanjak, Deela, J-Boogie, DJ Brace, Second Sky & Thomas Blondet and more. we contacted some of our favorite producer friends in the world of music and the result is really dope. we will keep you updated on the exact release details.
and by the end of new year we will release our third Ancient Astronauts album. no further news on this yet but you can expect more future reggae, funk and hip hop from us. we are really looking forward to this and we have a good plan.
so before we leave you we want to share our new Ancient Astronauts Soundcloud account with you. in the future we will upload our new dj mixes here or share FREE download tunes with you. so make sure you follow us there. we´re gonna have some beat-heavy goodies for ya 😉
this is our latest DJ Mix called “In These Times” that showcases are uptempo Funk and Breakbeat side. most of these tunes are from our label Switchstance Recordings. we hope you dig it!
2012 is also a year where we´re gonna focus on our live performance and touring. so hopefully see you soon in your area.
peace & love !!!
Kabanjak & Dogu
Global Etnies Artists
Brothers & Sisters,
sorry for the lack of communication from our side. The last months were really hectic for us. We had to finish remixes for See-I (Fort Knox Recordings) and Subatomic Sound System feat. Anthony B, moved our Switchstance office to Cologne, did some touring in Croatia and Greece plus our party events Family Affairs and Trix & Flix were happening in Cologne.
Summer is definitely over in Germany and we are heading towards the more grey and rainy time of the year. So what? Sunshine is always in our hearts and we´ve got some heat for you coming up soon. We recently released the “Best of Switchstance: A Decade of Dope Beats” – label compilation on Switchstance Recordings which highlights the best tunes from the past 10 years of Switchstance. Yes people, 10 years of Switchstance Recordings is what we are celebrating. We already had the release of our “Best of Ancient Astronauts” – album and last friday saw the release of the “Best of Protassov” – album. Those of you who know our label for a while now are aware of Protassov´s beat and groove skills. This brother was always a big influence for us and we are happy to celebrate 10 years of Switchstance with him.
And speaking of celebration, we are really proud to be part of the global Etnies family and were just announced as global Etnies artists:
http://etnies.com/blog/2011/11/03/ancient-astronauts-etnies-worldwide/
so to celebrate 25 years of ETNIES and 10 years of Switchstance we put together a FREE compilation with music by Ancient Astronauts, Protassov, Deela, Kabanjak, Aeronautix, Raashan Ahmad and Azeem. If you feel this compilation then please feel free to share this with all your friends and loved ones. It is FREE for every positive soul on this planet:
So what´s next from us? In early 2012 we will a remix album on ESL Music with remixes by Subatomic Sound System, Maker, DJ Brace, J-Boogie, Deela, Second Sky & Thomas Blondet, Timewarp Inc and us. Definitely some dancefloor heat on this one to keep you cozy and warm during the cold days.
We also finished remixing tracks from Kabanjak´s “Tree Of Mystery” album and did some heavy Dub remixes of “Rhythm (feat. Azeem)” and “I Don´t Want To Work Today” which will be out on ESL Music in early 2012 as well.
This is it for now. We hope you all had a great summer and are prepared for the club season again. We will keep you updated on all things Ancient Astronauts and Switchstance Recordings.
Peace & Love,
Ancient Astronauts
Deela – We Dance To Forget EP
good day,
Kabanjak´s other solo moniker Deela on Switchstance Recordings has a dope new release coming up. We waited for this too long already and are very happy that the time has come. The “We Dance To Forget EP” will be out on the 29th of july and it features heavy trademark Deela riddims. You can expect forward stomping breakbeats full of live instruments. Uptempo tunes for the Funk loving and groove-addicted dancers out there. Our old UK friend Diesler saupports the release with a killer remix which makes this EP pure dancefloor fire.
Order your copy here:
Shake what ya got!!!
Out now: Best Of 2001 – 2011
Greetings fellow astronauts,
it sounds crazy for us but it´s been 10 years already since we released our first release on Switchstance Recordings. Time past by very fast when you travel the cosmos of music life and here we are now. even more motivated and forward thinking than ever before. For us the first 10 years feel like the beginning that formed our skills and sounds. Now we are equipped with fine knowledge about music, production techniques and music biz and feel highly energetic and strong to continue our quest for timeless music and grooves.
We are sending out a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped and supported us over the last years. There is nothing more precious in life than your family and friends and artists without fans and supporters are worth nothing. Our music is dedicated to a conscious and oneminded crowd all over the world that supports the positive things in life and helps making this world a better place. We are all one family. Music is life!
Buy here:
Stay good, stay positive and have a wonderful summer!!!
Dogu & Kabanjak
Interview with Bunch.tv
Greetings fellow astronauts,
on the 15th of april, after returning from our latest US tour, we celebrated the release of our album “Into Bass And Time” at the beautiful Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld in Cologne. Our release party was part of the monthly Global Player night by radio station Funkhaus Europa and we had the honor that our friend and fellow astronaut DJ Brace from Canada as well as Akua Naru joined us that night. And it was a big blast!
The great people of Cologne based tv station Bunch.tv did an interview with us that night and filmed during the party. And we just received the finished interview and video to share it with. Please have a look. You will see they did a great job. Sorry that this is in German only. But still worth a view 😉
http://www.bunch.tv/video/01-ancient-astronauts-interview-2011-teil1
Peace & Love!
Ancient Astronauts
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