Thurs Feb 24th - MARCO CAROLA [M-nus] at The Twisted Pepper

Subject

Subject present:
In association w/ Mr Jones & Factory

MARCO CAROLA [M-nus]
Thursday February 24th
at The Twisted Pepper
Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1

Stage [Techno]:
Subject
MARCO CAROLA [M-nus - Napoli]
Lee Kelly [Subject]

Basement [Electro & Bass]:
Mr Jones
Mr Jones Soundsystem

Mezz [Dubstep]:
Factory
AV Kid
Kilbrew
Archetype
Emmo

Doors 10:30pm / Advance tickets e12: www.tickets.ie / City Discs & Plugd / www.bodytonicmusic.com

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Marco Carola - An introduction...

Marco Carola is the recognized global ambassador of Italian techno. It's a position he treats with the utmost care and respect—and one that stands him among the hallowed company of contemporary techno's leading practitioners. Hailing from Napoli in the south of the country, Marco was among a small group of DJs and promoters who quite literally built the city's scene from scratch back in the early-'90s. In 1995's First Planet EP he became the first Neopolitan artist to commit techno to vinyl, paving the way for an entire generation of producers. These days Marco is a mainstay of Richie Hawtin's Minus and Plus 8 labels, who, much like Marco himself, are one of the driving forces behind techno's permeation of the worldwide dance scene.

Napoli, 1993, and the enduring flame of the Italo house sound had begun to smolder. The young DJ Marco Carola had at this point been spinning house music for a number of years— but as commercial club music began to assert a stranglehold over Italy, and the hopelessly insular media of the country's north continues to shun the south, a change is afoot. Fuelled by a groundswell of local DJs, clubbers and promoters; visits from DJs like Richie Hawtin and Jeff Mills; and Napoli's long held propensity for underground music, the city's techno scene enters into its embryonic stage. Marco along with friends Davide Squillace, Gaetano Parisio, Danilo Vigorito, Rino Cerrone and Random Noize are at the vanguard of this early movement, and with no one outside of the city to take cues from, the Neopolitan scene becomes a force unto itself.

If they're doing their job properly every DJ will have a calling card, and as Marco puts it, he was "born" with a three-deck style of mixing. This fast and furious approach also lent itself to use of a sampler, which would later provide the grounding for Marco's work as a producer. By 1995 he had amassed a considerable body of music, but with no indigenous labels to put-out his creations, Marco was forced to take matters into his own hands. Design Music was set up with a humble aim: for people to experience the music of Marco Carola. But as sales on its initial release, First Planet, entered into the tens of thousands and Sven Vath became an ardent early supporter, it was clear Design, and by extension Carola, were set for far bigger things.

Aiding this ascent was Marco's concise approach to the release of music. The remainder of the '90s saw him establish the Zenit, Question and One Thousand labels—all with a clear musical aim, and, in the case of the latter, a defined number of releases. In 1998 he relocated to Frankfurt in order to further his advancement in the burgeoning techno scene. This new home base unlocked myriad opportunities for him to export his now famous three-deck style to clubs across the globe, although by 2001 he was already seeking a fresh challenge and thusly moved on to the electronic music stronghold of London. In retrospect the year proved to be pivotal. Marco released his second album, Open System (following on from 1998's The 1000 Collection), to widespread critical acclaim. Key German publication Groove deemed its multifarious, texturally rich approach to broken beats, techno and electronica worthy of their album of the year accolade.

Renewal: for a 20-year veteran such as Marco, shedding your creative skin and following your instincts are fundamental means of remaining relevant. By 2004 he had reached a plateau of sorts, and was torn. The harder techno sound he'd been pushing for so many years had elevated him to the scene's top tier, but inside he harboured a burning desire for musical upheaval; a lust for refinement, to slow things down and get back to the groove. Now residing back in Napoli, Marco began a process of reinvention, starting with a focus on bookings at smaller clubs with more underground sensibilities that better suited his new, more considered style and offered the opportunity to hone it over the course of longer, extended sessions. Domestic Minimal Noise was set-up as a bridge between the Marco Carola of old and new, evidenced by the label's pacey yet undoubtedly funk-fuelled output.

The encapsulation of this transformation came a couple of years later, however, as Marco reneged on his stance of not recording mix CDs (he always felt his three-deck, club-ready style was inappropriate for the form) and agreed to contribute to London club fabric's seminal mix series. Fabric 31 was a lesson in sleek, future-facing minimalism. The disc introduced Marco to an entirely new audience and clearly illustrated an artist revelling in a fresh creative perspective.

2007's Apena would also prove to be hugely significant. The release heralded his first collaboration with Richie Hawtin's Plus 8/Minus stable. This family environment has since established a platform from which Marco has been encouraged to express himself with unbridled creative freedom. The most widely recognized example of this was 2008's undeniable earworm "Bloody Cash" which garnered Plus 8 with one of that year's biggest techno tracks. Both Minus and Plus 8 have continued to host his 12-inch productions at regular intervals (Plus One, Plus Two and Walking Dog to name a few), and in 2M Marco has been granted his own sub-label (strictly limited to 2000 copies per release) to curate as he sees fit.

Ibiza has become more and more of a key destination for Marco through the years, and in 2010 this was solidified by his residency at Cocoon's Monday night Amnesia sessions. Party ringleader Sven Vath showed further faith in Marco by asking him to mix Cocoon's Party Animals CD alongside Nick Curly, building on the foundations laid down by Marco's double-disc Time Warp 2009 mix, which married the deeper house end of his range with his now trademark groove-ridden techno.

When it came to following up Open System Marco knew it must be with something exceptional. "I've been working like crazy on Play It Loud," he says on the travail behind his latest full-length. "I've never been working like this, not even when I was a kid and I wanted to be known!" The resulting album is the perfect amalgamation of Marco's DJ and production sensibilities. Play It Loud's 18 tracks are presented in mix form and explore what proved for Marco to be a highly fertile middle-ground between home listening and the dancefloor—a reduced tempo and complete creative license from Minus allowed Marco to burrow deeper into his sound than ever before. "I always try to do something new," he says. "When I produce, or when I DJ, I don't really think about where I want to go musically, I just start to feel."

Links:
Facebook Event Page: http://on.fb.me/f9Owli
http://www.discogs.com/artist/marco+carola
http://www.myspace.com/subjectevents
http://www.myspace.com/marcocarola
http://www.thetwistedpepper.com/
http://www.subjectevents.com/
http://www.m-nus.com/

Subject

Marco Carola - Advance tickets e12 available from:

Online:
www.tickets.ie
www.bodytonicmusic.com
www.residentadvisor.net
www.ticketmaster.ie

Shops:
City Discs, Dublin
Plugd, Cork
and usual outlets [Full list: http://bit.ly/geJVlb]

Subject

Linoge

Looks like a great night - pity its on a Thurs though

Badhabit

HOLY ****. MARCO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :O HUGE HUGE HUGE NIGHT.

IM THERE FOR DEFO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FAIR PLAY TO YOU MR JONES

BIG RESPECT FOR THAT BOOKING. I HEARD CAROLA BACK HOME MAYBY 10 YEARS AGO. MASSIVE !!!

ps. love and peace

yoda

My gig tomorrowe if anybody fancy some proper drum and bass and dubstep from dubstep dublin lads smashing crawdaddy 28.01 UNITED DRUMZ / FUTUREBOUND / METRIK / SYZE / SECT / THOUGHT / MC FIVEALIVE / MC MEKAR

http://www.facebook.com/update_security_info.php?wizard=1#!/event.php?eid=110101809063216

Subject

Marco Carola - Essential Mix, BBC Radio 1 this Saturday. Details: http://bbc.in/hNSPYz

Marco Carola 'Play It Loud' RA album interview: http://bit.ly/ep6mDB

Marco Carola - Advance tickets e12 available from:

Online:
www.tickets.ie
www.bodytonicmusic.com
www.residentadvisor.net
www.ticketmaster.ie

Shops:
City Discs, Dublin
Plugd, Cork
and usual outlets [ Full list: http://bit.ly/geJVlb ]

phily0702

this man is savage live seen him last year in the uk at creamfields
played a great set cant wait for this one well done lads

MuPpItJoCkEy

This lad is the business and looking forward to seeing him again myself. Anyone else heading into this?

djhaxman

Would have gone if it had been a weekend night

Subject

Marco Carola - Essential Mix D/load Link: http://bit.ly/hxDwpE

Marco Carola - Play It Loud! Album: http://on.fb.me/hTZg2h

Marco Carola - Advance tickets e12 available from:

Online:
www.tickets.ie
www.bodytonicmusic.com
www.residentadvisor.net
www.ticketmaster.ie

Shops:
City Discs, Dublin
Plugd, Cork
and usual outlets [ Full list: http://bit.ly/geJVlb ]

More at: Facebook Event Page: http://on.fb.me/f9Owli

Subject

Competition //

We have 5 x double passes up for grabs for Marco Carola - Album Tour next Thursday [February 24th] at the Twisted Pepper. You can enter the competition by:

1: Posting/sharing the Facebook Event Page: http://on.fb.me/f9Owli on your Facebook wall. We will do a Facebook search next Wednesday and pick winners.

and/or

2: Answering this question... What is the name of Marco Carola's new album? Answers to: info[at]subjectevents[dot]com - Winners will be emailed next Wednesday.

Good luck!

scribe1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLljAh-X2bQ
looking forward to PLAY IT LOUD !

Subject

Update: Marco Carola plays a 3 hour set this Thursday...

Promo video: http://bit.ly/fIRKOT

redman85

Subject wrote: »

Update: Marco Carola plays a 3 hour set this Thursday...

Promo video: http://bit.ly/fIRKOT

Whats the name of the track in the vid?

scribe1

TONIGHT !

milltown

How much is it at the door?

Heading along tonight but €1.50 booking fee for a €12 ticket that I print myself is a bit nuts. I'd sooner pay €14 on the door that would go straight to the venue/talent.

milltown

NVM, €14 on the door it was.
Marco rocked the place but there were far, far too many people let in. Spoiled the enjoyment a bit

T-rev

yeah definitely agree. greed got the better of them. maybe a bigger venue would have halped as there was hardly any people downstairs. good night tho pity about the sardines factor.

Lucyx

milltown wrote: »

NVM, €14 on the door it was.
Marco rocked the place but there were far, far too many people let in. Spoiled the enjoyment a bit

The set was unreal but the crowds were way too much. Did my head in. Tripod would have been brilliant. He's a fantastic DJ. Really enjoyed the tunes.

milltown

T-rev wrote: »

yeah definitely agree. greed got the better of them. maybe a bigger venue would have halped as there was hardly any people downstairs. good night tho pity about the sardines factor.

Be interested to hear Subject's opinion on this. Must shoot them a PM/Mail.

milltown

I emailed late last night and had a response in my inbox at 8am this morning. Hard to argue with the response time!

The jist was:
Happy to get feedback, positive or negative.
Sorry enjoyment was impacted.
Venue was never over capacity, just that 99.9% of punters wanted to be in the one room, which wasn't big enough.
In future the solution might be to limit numbers, meaning a higher entrance fee and/or no drinks promos (don't mention it).

My faith has been restored. Good to feel your comments are heeded and kudos to TP/Bodytonic for decent customer relations.