23 May 2010 | /span

Flying Sparks 2010-05-13: Ascension

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Ascension. The trip starts in Argentina, we stay over in Damascus, make a detour to Berlin, then we travel along the Eastern highway. The journey ends on a strawberry field where we together with Zoe meet very closely the levitating president. The music on our trip? Cumbia, Arabic and Indian sounds between jazz and electronics, German pop, bass-driven music between drum’n’bass and dubstep as well as Beatles sounds from Mumbai, Istanbul and Washington. Remark: I ran riot during the Headhunter & Djunya vs. Indigo‘s tracks. As already mentionend in the Flying Sparks post before, here now both the Milanese [...]

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23 March 2010 | /span

Flying Sparks 2009 Review, Part 3: Global Beats

Iskra - Funkenflug 2009: Review Teil3 [thumb]

We leave the Dubstep world by this set and slow down under 140bpm. The feeling keeps faster. Here some of my highlights between Tango, Baile Funk, Cumbia, Balkan, Asian Beats, Pop, Funk and Electro. What I like to call Global Beats. Here the links for a listening @ Mixcloud: Flying Sparks 2009 Review, Part 3a: Global Beats by Iskra on Mixcloud Flying Sparks 2009 Review, Part 3b: Global Beats by Iskra on Mixcloud [...]

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