OMGui Boratto. A long-time favorite of sQuare productions is coming to town this Monday night and we’re pretty stoked. The man is playing live and direct at the Great Scott venue (click above for $10 advance tickets, or pick them up at the venue), where just a week ago our friends at Basstown blew the block away.

The last time we saw Gui it was live at Nitsa Club outside the Sonar 2006 main campus. The Kompakt party featured him front and center, and for good reason. His live set is a climbing, euphoric set of neu-trance, with breakdowns and build-ups flying around like rocketships. It was so electric Kompakt label chief Wolfgang Voigt bounded on stage and embraced the man as if he were his long lost brother. It was nothing short of epic.

From the latest in the Kompakt Speicher series (#55!), Boratto’s “Matryoshka,” is a bubbling waveform of a track that weaves its way further and further down your spine.

Gui Boratto - Matryoshka

Opening the night are the Basstown DJs (Etan, DJ Die Young and new resident Volvox, who, as it turns out, is Brazilian) and special guest DJ DRI.K. DRI.K email Basstown and volunteered to open. She’s played with Senhor Boratto before. From her site, here’s a mix of her playing mainly Boratto’s tunes.

DJ DRI.K - Plays Gui Boratto

Tim Haslett 1966-2008

We’re pleased to announce that Speaking in Code will be officially dedicated to Tim Haslett, who passed away a few weeks ago. From director Amy Grill:

“Speaking in Code is a feature length documentary about people who get lost in music. I followed a handful of music obsessed, music lovers for over 2 years all over the world. The common bond that the characters share is that they all live for electronic music. Tim turned us on to a lot of the artists and music featured in the film. David worked at Other Music in Cambridge, where as you know Tim was a buyer. At the time David and I were married and we spent a lot of time with Tim at the store (both NY and Boston-since we moved up to Boston so David could open the store in Cambridge). Tim we will surely never forget. Tim made me laugh until my insides hurt. I was always excited to learn more from him and excited to hear what he might say next.”

Tim was a scholar above all, but to us he was music visionary, telling us about labels like Kompakt (hence: Gui Boratto) . For evidence, look no further than his Hardwired program for local radio station WZBC (who still massively supports electronic music). Benny Blanco has put two of Hardwired programs from 1992 up at his blog. Check them out.

Thank you Tim, one more time. You were an inspiration to everyone.

 

 Gui Boratto - Matryoshka: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 DRI.K plays Gui Boratto: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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