We finally had a chance to listen to all of the sets submitted to our “Origenes X” DJ competition. We were blown away by the response to this contest and the quality of the sets so we decided to pick 2 winners!

And the winners are…. Dan-Ni and Jhon Spark !!!

Have a listen to their sets and come see them next week at Origenes – “X”

http://soundcloud.com/dan-ni/dan-ni-mix-for-origenes-x-2012

http://soundcloud.com/jhonspark/beat-me-jhon-spark-17012012

Our thanks to everyone who submitted their sets to our contest – know that we did take the time to listen to every single entry, and keep up the great work. We’ll continue to do more DJ contests in the future that give you all an opportunity to expose your talent at our parties.

011 Origenes Podcast Alex Preda (You are not the thought, You are the awareness) by Origenes on Mixcloud

“We present you this month’s podcast by Alex Preda, one of our dj’s and producer’s.

Q: Alex, we heard you got big plans for 2012, tell us about it!
A: Yes, that is true. I’ve set some goals for this year and I want to achieve them. First of all I’d like to get more involved in music, make more releases and a debut album, play at more parties, collaborate as much as possible and of course, have fun.

Q: So what have you achieved so far since the beginning of the year?
A: It is a little bit early to say, but in big lines I have joined a booking agency “Trck Agency” with whom I’ll have a summer tour in Romania. And I have a big collab coming on. So yeah, that is promising.

Q: We know you are involved in the DJ duo ‘Sonocracy’, what plans do you guys have this year?
A: Well, we recently started making music together, which is very exciting. I am very happy with the result. We finished one track which is going to be released late spring on “Trick Track” Records on an EP together with productions from other Romanian producers.
Yeah, on the djing side things also start to get better, we got more bookings and more commitment.

Q: Very good! Tell us about this podcast.
A: This podcast is more of a reflection of how I feel, with tunes that at first make me vibrate inside, very melodic, uplifting, having in mind that unique feeling you get from a beach party while the sun goes down. I hope you will enjoy it!”

Imagine rocking out to our great crowd. Well now’s your chance. Thats right you, yes YOU, now have a shot to score a spot DJing at the Amsterdams finest underground techno party.

The contest is open to anyone at least 18 years of age, living in The Netherlands and willing to travel to Amsterdam. The winner will get to perform a 1 hour set at our upcoming party on March 30th @ Korsakoff in Amsterdam.

All you have to do to enter is upload your (at least 30 minutes) mix right here on SoundCloud and post it on the wall of our Facebook page (www.facebook.nl/origenesnl), we will make sure that you get all the feedback from Origenes fans and djs alike through Facebook, so make sure you ‘Like’ to get all the feedback realtime!

The Origenes crew will take a close listen and decide on March 20th who will be joining the line up. And all are welcome to join the party!

Peace!

All you have to do to enter is upload your (at least) 30 minutes (techno, tech house, electro) DJ Mix here:

Origenes DJ Competition Soundcloud group
The competition closes on March 20th 2012.

Evocative intoxicated full of distortion Electro-trash brand new mix tape from producer Lexander, including playlist favorites and exclusive previews of 2 new Determinators tracks. Enjoy LOUD!

We’ve spent a lot of time crafting the line up for this one, in an attempt to bring you some of the best DJ’s from Amsterdam’s underground scene:

Main floor area

sa.lomaonun.es (MIDI-club)
Nanog (Medulla Project)
Sonocracy (Origenes)
Mark Crow (Sleepwalkers)
Rebound
Determinators (Origenes)
Paul Williams (Origenes)

Second floor area

Lucrecio & His RoomBeat (Origenes)
Paolo (Club NL/The Incrowd)
Alexander Gaas (Highlands Music)
Cecco (Origenes)
MalFX (Waveblender)
Filipa Lazari aka the Golden Ratio (La Famiglia)

As always, the entrance is free and the unexpected awaits just behind the doors of Korsakoff.

rsvp Facebook here

On the 28th of October join us to celebrate the best free underground tech party in Amsterdam together with the ORIGENES crew and our well respected guest artists.

Line up:

Mainfloor area
(Beat me!) Daniela Haverbeck [CHL] vs Der Process [ES]
Determinators [VEN] | Sonocracy [RO]
Dual Overdrive [NL/VEN] | Filipa Lazary [PT]

Second floor area
Lucrecio & his roombeat [COL] | Cecco [IT]
Nanog [PT] | Loceria [NL]
Juan Zarco [ES]

As always and as all good things in life, the entrance is FREE

Don’t forget to R.S.P.V. our Facebook event

In the latest addition of our podcast, the Origenes crew presents Alex Preda. Here a Q&A with Alex.

Q: Alex, most of the Origenes fans would be used to seeing you alongside your partner in crime Dragos, but we all know there is another side of you that comes out in your own sets. What would you say the real difference is?

A: It is true that I have mostly been playing together with Dragos (aka Mentis Abutor) as Sonocracy, but we are both showing our individual identities as well. I tend to be more melodic, uplifting and sometimes dramatic, going through progressive and techno styles. I love those great melodic lines combined with hard base lines and beats. Sonocracy is blending many more styles with a different approach, in the end giving to techno a different twist, a cool one, of course!

Q: You’ve also been pretty busy with producing some awesome new tracks – what can we expect from you in this regard over the upcoming year?

A: Yeah, I have just released an EP called “Hell / Heaven” on “Minimo Records” together with a Romanian friend, Frantz. You can find this for download on Beatport here. This EP is expressing the contrast between my musical approach and Frantz’s. Have a listen to see what I mean.
Just a couple of days ago I signed another track (“Looking Around”) with the new label “Electric Music”. This will be released on the coming weeks. By the way, the owner of this label has invited Sonocracy to play at his party “Emerge” – don’t miss it! Check “Electric Amsterdam” on Facebook for details.
Furthermore, I am working on an album and an EP right now. These are expected to be released by the end of this year.

Q: The last Origenes party was a blast, with a massive turnout and another great night. Where do you see it going in the future?
A: I am every time surprised at Origenes parties, I see more people having fun and going crazy on our beats. Everybody seems to like our concept. I want to thank to all for making Origenes such a great place to be. I look forward to the next blast!

Q: Finally, any big plans for the next few months?

A: I want to dedicate more time on producing in order to release some rocking tracks. You will be soon hearing some hot new stuff from me, but as well from Sonocracy. I am also looking forward to collaborating with the guys from Origenes. So, it is going to be busy and fun!

Origenes June 2011 podcast by Alex Preda by origenes