Hellraiser came to most peoples attention in 2007 with a release on Digitals legendary Timeless Recordings label. He is from Puglia in sunny South Italy. Now under the new alias “HLZ” he is back in London and has taken the time to do an exclusive interview for FD and give us a taster of his next release ! PAEBAC caught up with the badman for this one …

FD :  so, you are back in London then ..... what has brought you back man ? Is it the pizza ?

HLZ:  well i have some friends into the mafia here ,and i guess that you can get good deals in London

FD: Haha, very good, let’s get straight onto the music then ..

HLZ: yeah !

FD: Lets start with your sound, as you know I’ve followed your music but it may be new to some of our readers here. You have a very “techy” style which is very much dancefloor orientated with a lot of energy, are you still pushing this sound with your new material or have you finally chilled the f**k out ?

HLZ: Well in the past , yes, that has been true. At the moment I admit that I’m more focused on the deeper stuff, but I always love the old tech-step sounds. I don’t exclude that in the future I could be doing the techy tracks again though. For example, I'm really into the last C4C track “World Unknown” and I’m feeling like I’d like to try something like this. By the way, I’m not really focused on one type of dnb.

FD: Yeh, I’ve noticed that , your styles are varied. What happened with your tracks Lockmaster and Punchball, I ask this because I saw a lot of people rocking to these at parties …

HLZ: Well both Lock and Punchball were my first releases. Lock came out on Caution Recordings and Punchball came out on Timeless Recordings as a promo release. I’m proud of these tunes and the best advice I got from Digital was to have patience with music, he helped me a lot. Some of my recent tunes have got the same Punchball vibe, with the amen break and heavy basslines.

FD: I’ve gotta admit they are personal favourites of mine, I missed that Timeless promo too ! It is more criminal than the mafia that these have’nt got out to more people ! Do you think they will become available digitally ?

 HLZ: Well , I have never thought about this, I should talk with Caution and Timeless first, but the main point is that even if you get a release on a very legendary label like Timeless, it is just the first step.There’s no point feeling safe cos’ you got just one tune on a big label. Actually after the Timeless release it took me a bit of time to make good tunes again , even when I moved to London. Basically you always have to be trying to make good tunes and I like to try making different styles too.

FD: cool, so, what’s next for Hellraiser then , obviously you are a man with a plan ..

HLZ: Well first of all I have changed my name to HLZ , cos there are so many Hellraisers around !  Next steps are some tracks for 31 Records, some tracks for 36 Hertz, (DJ Vapour’s label), some tracks for Sonorous Music and Influenza Recs, an upcoming French label that is getting a good profile.

FD: and tell us about the audio you have given us for this feature …

HLZ: Well these are two unreleased dubs. Braindead and Spore. Braindead is a techy tune and Spore is a deep rolling track.

FD:  excellent, cheers for those ! Final question then, as you are Italian (and Italians are known for good food) can you give a recipe for our UK and Belgian readers as in  Belgium they don’t eat, just drink beer .. and in the UK everybody just relies on microwaves ..

HLZ: haha ! That’s why I am a good chef …. you’ll have to ask DJ Vapour about my food ! Haha

FD: Ok we will get onto that ! Well thankyou very much for taking the time to share the filthy tunes !

HLZ: You’re welcome ! Thanks for the interview and big up FD !!!

HLZ:Spore

HLZ:Braindead

You can check out HLZ on myspace …….  http://www.myspace.com/hlzdnb

When you think of South America you can’t help but think of sun and samba. Minimal techno may not spring straight to mind but as FD has discovered a scene is emerging and it’s sounding pretty damn good ……..FD caught up with minimal producer Paulice from Buenos Aires on a chilled out Sunday evening to find out more ..

FD: Hola Paulice, tell us about the music scene over there ?

Paulice:  Hola ! Well, mainly the minimal scene is pretty underground,  since about  2005, more or less, there have been  a lot of new producers coming up from here.

FD: Cool, we are loving your music, how would you describe your sound ? You make minimal techno yeh ?

P: it’s a fusion of everything non electronic influenced too, and  i would say its minimal with a tendency to tech house.

FD: How did you come about making this kind of style ? What would you say has influenced you ?

P:  Well the minimal concept has been in music almost forever from classical to the most contemporary alternative rock but i also have my own philosophy, even when I make club music,  for me it is like when you are dancing to something like minimal, 50% of it you hear and 50% you imagine but it all sums up in one  music piece. Personally I’m against the judgement about e-music being mechanic and repetitive, i think music should be dynamic and tell a story.

FD: So do you think of music like a soundtrack when you work on it ?

P: Sometimes i do, i try to imagine a whole scenario or a little orchestra and other times, I just let it flow and experience the sound coming out.

FD: You say you don’t like the idea of electronic music being mechanic, software can sometimes be limiting in that way, how do you try to get around that with your production ? Do you use hardware as well as software ?

P:Well, you need to appeal to all resources, software has developed a lot through the last few years, and there’s a lot of good plug-ins, fx and emulators, and I love old machines too. I cant quit going back to old TR 303 sounds, I kinda was born in this scene with that... I have also built up a little home studio where i sample some instruments of my own and sometimes, with the collaboration of other musicians. Being creative is all about trying to sound unique , that is the main purpose.

 FD: good stuff ,  controversial question time …….   is it true that you dislike dnb ?

P: Ok, haha ! Lets see….  no. I don’t dislike any type of music. I just don’t feel comfortable with dnb that is too fast and with such thick bass-lines that it can hurt my head sometimes ! Even if it is full of nice old school sounds ! I love other styles that are a bit slower, like dubstep and breakbeat. I’ve been experimenting a bit around those sounds, and the truth is ..my perfect swing is 126bpm, it is the exact rhythm that my hips respond to ! Haha !

FD: Interesting, so we could be hearing some Paulice dubstep soon then ?

P: we hope that !

FD: Tell us about the track we are featuring here on FD…

P: This is released soon on the art and net label Silicate which is based in Paris. It is a 2 step mainbase, full of dub sound and acoustic atmospherics.

FD:Nice one ! Thankyou for spending the time to do this for FD

P: Anytime ! You have my full support

So there you have it, you can check out Paulice at myspace and soundcloud

Brand-new panzer track: a combination of off-kilter breakbeat, 8-bit, dubstep and evil wobbly bass… If you wonder how it sounds, check it out !

This is a very highly reommended techno mix from Dementure and Boozebuster. A rocking set full of atmosphere, sick tunes and random samples, produced with a combination of live decks and ableton live.  Turn it up !

Grab it here for now !

Amos Keato aka Shaxe was the DJ for the first official FD mix (back in the day). In 2009 he's making techy drumnbass rollers like this piece of filth ..

 
original member of the BMH youth firm bringing the techno vibes

A mix of old and new tracks by Panzer Kunst. Hip hop and experimental breakbeat vibes for your ears.

Playlist:
1. Blunt
2. Blunt (Ghost In The Engine remix)
3. Atechnologie (Spartako edit)
4. The Arsonist
5. Eating one's own cat food
6. Music Machines - Secret Day (Panzer Kunst remix)
7. The Death Of Simon Belmont
8. Fallait pas nous inviter
9. Organically Wrong
10. Warder of my own cell
11. Untitled Spartatrack
12. Decade
13. I also have no clue my dear (Killer Signal remix)
14. I have no clue my dear
15. Chirurgie Lyrique
16. Say suppose think
17. Third from the sun
18. Belle journee (Billy&Jimmy Lee instrumental edit)
19. Postiche - feat double M & Pannekoek

 
(photo from left to right: Boozebuster,Animal)

Tracklisting :
1. "welcome to the boozy show"
2. Boards Of Canada - Geogadi
3. Konflict - Messiah (Boozebuster extended arppegior)
4. Twisted Individual - Rusty Sheriffs Badge / PAEBAC - You Cant Take This
5. )EIB( & Trace - Tumpa (Flashback)
6. Q Bit - Picturing Things
7. Hive & Echo - Elsian Park
8. Digital & Spirit - Falling
9. STA & Paul B - Kill The Mutants
10. Panzer Kunst - Syntax Terror
11. PAEBAC - Under Attack / The herbaliser - Jamaican English/ PAEBAC - Syntax Error / DJ Krust Warhead 2000 loop/ Coops - Psychology
12. PAEBAC - No Longer This
13. Krust - Coded Language
14. Keaton & Hive - The Plague
15. Dom n Optical - Quadrant 6 / Paebac - You Cant Take This
16. Concord Dawn & Friction - Autopsy
17. Paul B & Dissident - Technedrum / Capital J - Evil Streets
19. Giana Brothers - Crossed Roots
20. Akira - Fast Forward
21. Coops - Psychology
22. The Enemy - Your Demons
Samples ;
Withnail & I
Roger Waters
Joy Division
Freq Disturbance
Laurant Garnier
Dj Krust