December 2011 Track List & Download

oo. Lemon8 – 8-Track Mind Prologue
01. Junitoshi – Reborn Of Eclipse (Loquai’s Strong Remix)
02. Arctic Night & Sergey Post ft Mixusha – Poison Love EP
03. Noa Romana & Deersky – Moonface (Toppy Remix)-Short
04. Fractal – Osen (Lemon8 edit)
05. Davide Giugliano – Mwak
06. Kramnik – Mongolium
07. Juan Deminicis – Dark Conscience
08. Shiloh – Primavera (Luke Chable’s Return of the 3AM Drop Remix)
09. Vadim Zhukov – Don’t Go Into The Forest Alone
10. Mindset – Olympus (Matao Remix)
11. Magnetic Brothers – Swimming In The Fog
12. Ricky Ryan – Mona Moon
13. Alfoa – My Destiny (Danny Lloyd Remix)
14. Simon Firth – Negative (Blusoul Remix)
15. Picx – Kind Of Situation (Mr. Bizz old School Rework)
16. Fiord – Amp (Kasey Taylor Threefold Fiord Edit)
17. Tolga Diler – Baby Feel So Good (Isaak Escamilla Remix)
18. Disco Bum – I like
19. Noa Romana & Deersky – Moonface (Toppy Remix)(Full)
20. La Camorra – Te Queiro (Classic 1993)
21. Lemon8 – 8-Track Mind Epilogue

Total Running Time: 1 Hour, 55 Minutes, 56 Seconds

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]]> http://reallemon8.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/lemon8-presents-8-track-mind-november-2011-2/feed/ 2 reallemon8 8TM December 2011 http://reallemon8.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/the-ides-of-march-movie-review/ http://reallemon8.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/the-ides-of-march-movie-review/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:38:39 +0000 reallemon8 http://reallemon8.wordpress.com/?p=369 ]]> A morality play with politics as a backdrop. Halfway during the movie it takes a turn which I think is a good continuation of personal drama while keeping the atmosphere tense. To have continued the first part of the story line would have just turned it into another political drama which it essentially isn’t.

Though not entirely original, the movie’s aesthetics stand out and leave much to the audiences imagination instead of spelling it all out for you. Clooney is an intelligent guy and it shows, as there’s no attempt to dumb you down or insult your intelligence whatsoever.

Ryan Gosling carries the lead well. And all other performances are good too. I have to admit though that when Paul Giamatti’s face came on I was like ‘Ugh it’s him again acting all natural”. And yes, Philip Seymour Hoffman was good, but I kept thinking that he was young only for a little while before turning grumpy, playing grumpy parts. What I mean is that the famous faces distract. I like Milos Forman’s approach to cast only memorable faces and performances in order to make the story shine. Of course George Clooney is no Milos Forman.
Marisa Tomei’s part lacked depth and couldn’t rise from its given one dimensional character however much she tried.

Surprisingly to me, yet not, was that the borrowed Ron Paul talk by Clooney was hit and miss and not entirely convincing. Another reason why, while starting out as a political drama and not ending like one, is actually a good thing.

At least for this film.

The Ides of March on IMDb

November 2011 Track List & Download

 00. Lemon8 – 8-Track Mind Prologue

01. Atlantis Ocean – Fuji

02. Bernie Allen – Anja

03. Deep Frog feat. Wi – Fear (Michael levan and Stiven Rivic Remix)

04. Pablo Acenso – Stop Thinking

05. Steve Menta – Lie Train 

06. Controlwerk & Cast Away – Eyes Closed (First edit)

07. Mindset – Yuu (VIF Remix)

08. Psychowsky – Beyond The Words Of Silence (F-Act Remix)

09. Chelahov – Cafe Creme (F-Act Remix)

10.Hypnotic Duo – Endorphine

11. Raxon – Into The Summer (Cid Inc Remix)

12. Relaunch – Suspense (Basil O’Glue Remix)

13. Tavo Mar – Caribe (Audio Junkies)

14. Steve Menta – Attraction

15. Spikers, Merlo & Steve Menta – Loose

16. Solead – Chicaboo (Arjun Vagale Remix)

17. Tash – I/5 (Luis Junior Remix)

18. Good Livin – Feels So Chilled*

19. Good Livin – Feels So Good

20. 8-Track Mind Epilogue

*contains excerpts of the poem “On The Pulse Of Morning” as written and recited by Maya Angelou

Total Running Time: 1 Hour, 57 Minutes, 26 Seconds

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Mix, Selection and Mastering by Harry Lemon for Lemon8 Productions 2011
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00. Lemon8 - 8TM Prologue
01. Chris Fresh - Possession**
02. Origene - Sanctuary (Ivan Gough Mix)
03. Lemon8 - The Only Way
04. Mike Duz - Situations
05. Deriwer feat. Niki Paley - Feel Like I am Flying (Club Mix)
06. Tune Off - La Playa
07. Verve - Hypnomod
08. Hypnotic Duo - Life Particles (Li-Polymer Remix)
09. Peter McGill - Sostenuto
10. Smak (aka Steve McCready) - Deundo
11. Akatishia vs Matthew Dekay - Time To Think*
12. Ivan Fernandez - The Blues (Wade Bennett Remix)
13. Yothu Yindi - Treaty (Peace Division Remix)*
14. Soul Penetrator aka Richie Santana - Tribal Pleasures*
15. Bullit - Cried To Dream (Casselle & Christopher's Ashtrax Mix)*
16. Soulwerk – Fraktals
17. Digital Mess - Nominal

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I’ve always been a DJ I guess. Since I was 8 years old I had monthly ‘disco’ at the kids club of a church. That whole thing was boring but I could DJ once a month. I remember blowing up many speakers and amplifiers… Got my dad very angry. I did that til I was 16 and then moved out to a youth center. I read an ad in the local paper that they were looking for DJ’s so I applied. It was the only job available as everything else was taken; from toilets to pouring beer. Back then you were just a guy playing music in a dark corner. Things changed…

Then I started doing acid and hip-house parties, mainly to get me noticed by the big guys. That worked and within 2 years I played for the biggest clubs and parties in Holland.

2. What alias did you use in the beginning and how did you choose “Lemon8”? I guess you’re a fan of lemonade or? ?

I started out as DJ Funkateer. Back then I played funk and hip-hop. And it became Lemon8 when I made my first record. My real name is Harry Lemon and I just made Model8. So I changed it into Lemon8. It looked good and it sounded good as well. It just made sense you know? I used to be addicted to coca cola for a while but that has nothing to do with it

3. On the topic of aliases, what is different in the music you produce under “Jack Russell”, “Harry Lemon” and “Lemon8”?

I took on the name Jack Russell in order to produce a different sound and also to release me from the pressure of releasing another Model8 or Bells Of Revolution. Those were big hits and various people were pressuring me to do the same thing over and over again. I tried that but it just didn’t work. I kinda liberated myself by creating a fictional person called Jack Russell who supposedly came from New York, made big fame, played only self produced tracks in 8 hour sets. It’s more of an alter ego than an alias. You can still here it’s me but even back then I didn’t want to conform to other people’s expectations. I changed it into Harry Lemon when I started Bandung with Armada. We all thought that would be more personal. I was more worried that I’d lose my 8 X 10 drink tickets that at times worked very well for Lemon8; Some promoters thought I was an 8 man group . But anyway, the differences in sound are minimal I guess. People always say I sound like only I can sound. I take it as a compliment

4. In 2003 you launched your own label – Bandung Recordings. How is it going?

Bandung Records is no more. But who knows; it might resurrect again the future one way or another. I know there are a lot of fans of the label.

5. An interesting but maybe not so well-known fact about your life is that you’ve worked with Tiesto in a record shop. At the beginning of the last decade he used to play some of your tracks like “New York, New York”. Do you two keep in touch and do you think that fame in general changes people in this industry drastically?

Tiesto and I worked in the Basic Beat record shop for about 3 or 4 years. It was in a street in Rotterdam famous for its record shops. All ‘n all there were like 12 shops just in one street. It was the meeting place for dj’s and producers. Many started out there; Ferry Corsten, Piet Bervoets, Famous local DJ’s, Tiesto, Michel de Hey, Jeroen Verhey, the creator of hardcore Paul Elstak and many more.

At the shop we were all friends. Every end of the week we ate Peking Duck, had drinks and then went separate ways to play in our club. We shared a lot. I hardly see him nowadays unless it’s on some airport. To me he didn’t change one bit. Yes people change when fame is involved but it’s mainly to protect oneself from people who want things from you all the time. It never ends. Fans want pictures and autographs, producers want to sell you their music, promoters want to show off, groupies want sex. That’s all fine occasionally but when it’s every day of the year you start protecting yourself and perhaps say ‘no’ more often. Anyway, I can’t speak for anyone else. Different people handle it differently I guess. When you’re an asshole in life, you’re probably an asshole as an artist as well. I know Tiesto and he’s a sensitive, shy, passionate guy.

6. Talking about the beginning of the last decade, you played alongside another DJ #1 in the world – Armin van Buuren, namely in the live editions of A State of Trance (broadcast on ID&T back then). How did your relationship with Armada develop after that?

Armin and I worked great together and we had great tours every time we played. He’s always been a big fan and I enjoyed being around him. The Armada family was great too but I always felt like the odd man out. Over there it was very structural and business like. Which is good cause it brings success. So when you stick to the plan you can go a long way as they proved with Armin and Markus Schultz. The plan was to get me (and Markus) in to the top 10 of the DJ top 100. But I felt as if I was compromising myself too much. My sound changed and I found myself playing music and sometimes producing music that I didn’t feel comfortable with. To make a long story short; It wasn’t the right time, the right moment. I had a lot of personal issues going on and apart from that; Some things didn’t go as I had planned and that was mostly because of people attached to Armada, had their own interests as their number one goal. My tip for anyone starting a record label: Never hire people who want to make it in the music bizz. Leave it to the artists. If your goal is to put your own vision of sound out there you really don’t need an A&R manager. Leave that to the corporates with their ties and suits and their golf courses who don’t know anything about music. Anyway, Armin, Dave and Maykel – The core of Armada – are good guys and I love them.

7. Many people long for the old progressive sound, which you used to produce as well (tracks such as Tiga, remixes of Aira Force and Origene – Sanctuary). Other people say that this kind of melodic and yet club sound has run dry. What do you think? Actually, can some kind of music run dry or this is just an excuse for the lack of quality production nowadays?

Good music is good music. That’s all there is to it. And dance music, as part of youth culture, is always changing rapidly. And that’s how it should be. A generation of clubbers usually lasts for 3 or 4 years before life takes over; Study, relationships, work, and everything else. It’s roughly the same for producers. Producers who used to make that sound around 2002 are now doing different things. And one reason is that it doesn’t pay anymore. They all have nagging girlfriends asking for the next check or they’ll never raise a kid and buy the 3 dogs…;)

After the sound that you mentioned came Electro. And after that the big hype was Minimal. But from what I see both those styles are mostly over and compared to these styles, melodic Prog is still very much out there. But because of the transition we kinda lost connection with the people who were involved with progressive back then. So the new generation of producers are trying to reinvent a sound that’s been done so well already, taking the 4 year old Deadmau5 sound as the prog blueprint.

There’s still good stuff out there though. Producers like Cid Inc are basically showing the way. And remember; Progressive is a term invented by DJ mag. It’s never been a ‘sound. Progressive used to be about taking all styles from the history of house music and mix it all together. It is about diversity. I still do that in my sets and in the 8-Track Mind show. Why limit yourself? That’s regressive. Not progressive.

There’s a lot to say about it though. The term ‘progressive’ has been hijacked by trance too which gave it a bad rep. As soon as there was ‘progressive trance’ – which is a contradiction in terms- people in progressive moved away from it. But in all honesty: Styles come and go. It’s best not to name it and just focus on the dance floor and see what people react to. And stay true to yourself: Make what moves you.

8. Tell us something about your future plans? What can we expect from you production-wise, maybe a mixed CD compilation?

I don’t know about compilations. My 8TM show is like an album every month. What I do want is to finally release an artist album. It’s done in my head. All I have to do is finish it already. But for now I have a lot of stuff coming out on Hyline Music.

9. Talking about mixing, how is your DJ career going? Do you think that most big DJs invite only well-known names and doesn’t this prevent less famous but good artists from getting the exposure they deserve?

I’m in the process of disbanding the whole DJ concept and take it to a different level. Every DJ is competing for the same spot, the same gigs, the same clubs and they do it with the same sound. My vision is to go live and only play what I produced myself. And live to me is not staring at a computer screen and raise a hand up and down every 8 minutes. I’ve produced so much and still a lot to come, and people mainly want to hear my own stuff, so why not just do that instead? I’m very much looking forward to that.

So with the scene dominated by the DJ top 100 and all this competition going on I’d advise all new talent to think of a way what separates them from the rest. But then again; It’s always been like that in the music industry. What I do know is that people don’t like uninvolved, boring, prefab DJ’s who resemble a jukebox with pyrotechnics.

10. You’re a big fan of the disco music of the end of the 70s and the beginning of the 80s. Do you plan to release a mix compilation consisting of such tracks or to breathe new life into them using your own sound and release them, as a bootleg or officially? Or maybe you think what’s in the past should remain there?

Yeah I love that sound but only as an inspiration. And also to integrate it into my music. What I love about it is the organic feel and that is what I also try to accomplish in my own music. It flows, it has a natural groove. It’s not perfect and it’s not super tight. I have a lot of respect for the producers who made that. Back then you had to hire a studio, all kinds of musicians, A symphony orchestra for the strings. And basically tell people to do the very same thing for 8 to 16 minutes in order to get the groove. In my music you will hear hints of that. I don’t want percussion to sound as if it came straight out of a box and where you can actually see someone press the keys on a keyboard. Should old sounds remain in the past? Yes. I think so. Not by DJ’s. That’s what we have DJ’s for. Producers should just leave it alone. It will never be better than the original. But you can make yourself better when used as an inspiration. I sound like I sound because of people like Giorgio Moroder, Patrick Cowley and Quincy Jones to name a few.

11. You have been around for a long time, you’ve seen many things in the electronic scene. According to you, how can a club scene and culture be developed in a country such as Bulgaria where the music culture as a whole and culture in itself is not very high? Who should take the initiative – more fans to educate themselves or club owners and promoters to invite different and quality names?

It’s very tough. I know. I would say; Keep at it. Don’t give up. It always starts with a small scene so it might look daunting. But when you go from 10 inspirational people to a hundred and from there to 300 and so on, you got yourself a scene. The best way is to get yourself a Bulgarian version of Tiesto or Armin or Anthony Pappa or Saha or Digweed. As long as there’s somebody out there who carries the flag. I often went to countries where the scene was very small, but by inviting me and others they strengthened their scene. When I went to Istanbul the first time, the scene was very small, and no one knew of any Turkish producers, but that all changed in a few years. So they didn’t need me or other headliners anymore and they put their own dj’s out there. I’ve seen it happen many times. So that’s just my two cents. It’s always very hard to overcome cultural barriers.

12. Many people consider your remix of Origene – Sanctuary your best work to date. Do you have a personal favorite among your productions or you don’t like making comparisons?

Well, it always takes a few years before I really hear what I did in order to judge it. Or even appreciate it. I have a few favorites though. My remix of ‘Cages’ by Girl Nobody is definitely in the top 3 as well as Greed’s Strange World. I personally think that Ivan Gough’s original remix of Sanctuary is still the better one. I borrowed all his elements and just added some Lemon flavor. So if it’s good it’s because Ivan Gough did such a good job in the first place. Both versions are classics though. Of my own productions I’d have to go with New York, New York. There’s magic in there that I just can’t explain. It’s still powerful. Yeah, I think that’s my number one.

13. What have you learned about the scene so far and what advice would you give young talents? What to do and what not to do, judging by your experience?

Music is just like life. I say follow your bliss and you’ll get where you want to be eventually. And if not you’ll end up where you should be. Be critical of your own work. I’ve been too critical and I still am, but I say it’s a good thing. Don’t do stuff that’s been done before, either with DJ-ing or producing. And take advice from those that know. Listen to as much music as possible and analyze it. Take the track apart, focus on different elements. Business wise it’s tough but it’s always been tough in the music bizz. For what it’s worth: Passion goes a long way. The people that did make it -in music or another art form- always had passion. And yes, there’s always the risk of ending up like Vincent van Gogh but there’s risk in everything right?

14. You have said back in the days (about 3-4 years ago) that you produce using an old Windows 98 SE. Have you upgraded your OS? ? Overall, what kind of hardware and software do you use and do you think one needs to be musically trained to produce quality electronic music or one should follow their senses and intuition?

You don’t have to be musically trained. Or read notes. DJ culture started with non musicians. Remember the chant ‘House Music is A Feeling’? That’s all it is. Sometimes when I hear producers talk, they either sound like computer nerds or symphony maestro’s and neither of them can’t put down a good Kick drum. In the end it’s all about the boom and the clap What goes in between is just décor. But if the beat ain’t right no one cares about fancy string arrangements or 24 bits. One technical bit of advice: Create space. Let people use their own imagination. You don’t have to spell everything out. Create tension and fantasy. If people come up to you and say ‘why not put this in the track?’ you’ve succeeded cause you made them hear it inside their own head. And I do wish producers would pay more attention to the arrangement; Don’t give everything away in the first 2 minutes. Expand… get a percussive surprise in there after 6 minutes. Break the rules.

Oh, and yes I did change my gear. All I use now is Propellerhead Reason on my laptop and a little Akai keyboard. It was like love at first sight. I love it. I’m still trying to find my way but it felt good right from the start. That’s all that counts; from your head, in the quickest possible way, translated into music.

Thanks a lot for your time and good luck in the future!

Thank you for the great questions. It’s been a pleasure

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September 1, 2011
Birthday Classic Progressive Special

Cake!

00. Lemon8 – 8-Track Mind Proloque
01. PQM – The Flying Song (Markus Schultz Renaissance Dub)
02. Shuffle Inc. – Remember New York (Lexicon Avenue’s for the house heads mix)
03. Pete Lazenby – Sacred Cycles (Medway Mix)
04. Halo Varga – Future!
05. Trancesetters – Roaches (Peace Division Remix)
06. Medway – Release (Lexicon Avenue Remix)
07. Gainer & Rogers – Futurenature
08. Slacker – A Million Dreams
09. Peter Martin – Coda
10. Psalt – Promo (Loöq 21)
11. Powerplant – Blame (Luke Chable Remix)
12. Bluephaze – What Is Music (Quest Remix)
13. Leftfield featuring Djum Djum – Afro Ride
14. Evolution feat. Jayn Hanna – Walking On Fire
15. Northface – Entity (Yekuana Remix)
16. Cass & Slide – Perception
17. John Creamer & Stephane K feat. Oliver Twisted – I Love You

Mix and Selection by Harry Lemon for Lemon8 Productions

The Classic Progressive Special contains tracks from the period
1999 to 2004. It was recorded from vinyl and mixed digitally with Ableton live.

Mastered by Harry Lemon for Lemon8 Productions 2011
Aired by friskyradio.com on Harry Lemon’s Birthday September 1, 2011

 
I WANNA PLAY IT ALREADY!

Sir Josiah Stamp (1880-1941) President of the Bank of England in the 1920′s, the second richest man in Britain.

I urge everyone to watch this video documentary made in the 1990′s, addressing its history and the current state of the monetary system that fails, enslaves and robs us of our money and freedom for hundreds of years now. It concludes with a way out and presents a solution and hope. Don’t get entangled in mainstream media’s fake and silly discussions about what the Greek or the Irish or Democrats or Republicans are doing to your wallet. We are all in this together. When we educate ourselves and stand united we can get out of this together.

http://youtu.be/JXt1cayx0hs

If or when you’ve seen this whole 3,5 hr film you’re a true trooper. Here is a 2010 film dealing with the same subject, made by the same people, but snappier like we like it in the 21st century. Less detailed though. Which one you might choose, they’re both factual and above all… clear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkq2E8mswI

August 2011 Track List & Download

Lemon8 presents 8-Track Mind

 00. Lemon8 – 8-Track Mind Prologue

01. Teana and Tiida – Australia Blood Groove (Kikis Remix)

02. Thankyou City – huntsmann (original_mix)

03. Camroc – It begins again (Original Mix)

04. Roger Martinez – Discovery (Luke Chable Remix)

05. Roby Mannarini – Take This Beat (Original Mix)

06. Sergey Franc – Morning

07. Labtracks – Robotic Love (Emil Gallier Remix)

08. Mizar B – M31

09. Eitan Carmi – For Your Love (Cristian Poow Remix)

10.Kasey Taylor – Similarity (Barry Jamieson Remix)

11. Lanvary – Loko Sonar (Hypnotic Duo Remix)

12. Sebastian Garuti & Matias Chilano – Lucia

13. Kasey Taylor and Chris Meehan – Simplicity (Fiord Remix)

14. Derek Howell – Weightless (Derek S microClub Dub)

15. ? – Staples In The Maples – (Alfa Rhythm Boys Remix)

16. Arnauld Stengel & tschoum – Feverish Turtles

17. Aeshi Takeshi – On The Ledge (Spikers Remix)

18. Florian Meindl – The Theorem (Mexico Edit)

19. Faithless – We Come One (The Control Freakz Bootleg)

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Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost….

Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator

The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men – cries out for universal brotherhood – for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world – millions of despairing men, women, and little children – victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.

To those who can hear me, I say – do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed – the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. …..

Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes – men who despise you – enslave you – who regiment your lives – tell you what to do – what to think and what to feel! Who drill you – diet you – treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men – machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate – the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!

In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” – not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power – the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.

Then – in the name of democracy – let us use that power – let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world – a decent world that will give men a chance to work – that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will!

Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world – to do away with national barriers – to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!

http://www.charliechaplin.com/

http://youtu.be/5IvPIWzQcUY