Speaking in Code is now officially on Facebook. Become a fan here.

As we all know, Facebook is becoming a social network tool of mammoth proportions. Unlike MySpace, which was poorly designed for rapid expansion, Facebook seems equipped to bring on all persons with internet, including moms, long-lost classmates and different characters from the film. We’ll certainly update our page as much as possible.

The movie may well see a film festival debut soon, so sign up for the email list (on the right) to get word of where you can see the first movie that puts a human face on machine music.

The newest official trailer is also now on YouTube. It’s featured at speakingincode.com of course.

Consulting producer, journalist and SiC character Philip Sherburne has been busy of late. His excellent DJ mix “Light in August” can be downloaded via new music website Fairtilizer:

DJ Koze, “Cecily” (Philpot)
Shinedoe, “The Peacemaker (Deetron Remix)” (100% Pure)
Channel X, “Burning Train” (Upon You)
JC Freaks, “The Rock” (Wandering)
Knowing Looks, “1100=moon” (Musique Risquée)
Vera, “People’s House” (Cargo Edition)
Goldwill, “Motion Team” (Musik Gewinnt Freunde)
Recloose, “Can’t Take It (Carl Craig Remix)” (Planet E)
Ra.H, “The Fall of Justice” (Morphine)
Motorcitysoul, “Change You (Shur-I-Kan Remix)” (Simple)
Crustation, “Flame (Mood II Swing Borderline Insanity Dub)” (Jive)
Blaze, “Lovely Dae (Friends Experiment Remix)” (Playhouse)

Philip Sherburne - “Light in August” (Fairtilizer)

And his own productions are getting noticed as well, coming from Berlin-based Lan Muzic, the label of Mobilee Records recording artist Exercise One. His newest B-Side, “Milk & Honey” has touches of Field shard-pop, BPitch electro and Luciano glint:

Philip Sherburne - “Milk & Honey” (RCRD LBL)

Buy them at Beatport or at a new digital download purveyor, cleverly named Zero Inch (0″).

NYC’s The Bunker, run by our friend Bryan Kasenic, has also been ramping up operations, including a move to a bigger space and a podcast service. They have been nothing short of instrumental in bringing techno to the US. There have even been a few Boston friends who’ve moved to be closer to the phenomenon, much like an emigration to Berlin.

One name that they jumped on was Jan Krueger, perhaps Berlin’s hottest DJ right now. His Bunker podcast shows why:

Jan Krueger - “Bunker Podcast”

In Boston, Make It New has been partnering with Bryan, the Bunker and Beyond to chain-link a two-date tour for visiting DJs (Jeff Samuel, Shed). We’re all hoping to bring Irish DJ/Producer Sian soon, who recently sent us this new mix.

Sian - “Altro Mondo Mix”

He sent it to us using … Facebook. Of course.

 

 Jan Krueger - Bunker Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Sian - Altro Mondo: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

As we come closer to the release of Speaking in Code, interest is picking up in some far-flung places. It seems club music reaches far and wide. In fact, electronic music can be seen as a kind of international folk music (and recent DJ sets from the likes of the Italoboyz are even bringing more traditional folk music under its beat). Its thump can be heard in clubs from Vancouver to Tel Aviv.

We see it in the blog posts that link to the film, from Spain to Romania, from the Netherlands to Slovenia:

There’s also input from the legendary Andres B blog (”sounds really interesting“) and recent words from Off Notes Notes (”I’d like to see this“) and Colective Futuro (”We are definitely looking forward to checking this out!“) plus many, many more.

Thanks for all the support. The new trailer can be found here. Screenshots of our blog friends can be found at the MySpace account as well.

We also maintain the MySpace account, which is filled with good wishes from most corners of the world. Although, for certain, much of the comments and friend requests we have come from the United States. There is still much interest in the movie right here at home.

Kompakt Total 9 is coming soon. We feature Kompakt Total 6 in Speaking in Code. Here’s one of the many excellent tracks on this year’s annual compilation:

The Rice Twins - The Signifier (Kompakt-MP3.net)

And of course Modeselektor continues its climb into the realms of the electronic elite with their latest single. Here’s a remix of thier track with Thom Yorke of Radiohead (one of their biggest fans) from the master of the remix, Trentemoller:

Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke - The White Flash (Trentemoller Remix) (Beatport.com)

The live component of electronic music is an underappreciated one. BPitch’s Apparat, one of many musicians who makes an appearance in Speaking in Code, is particularly adept at playing his productions in a live setting (there’s a clip of he and Ellen Allien playing in the newest trailer). Here’s a recent set recorded live in Utrecht, Netherlands:

Apparat - Live at Bar Weinig

And a bonus MP3 we found from Argentina while looking over the SiC links from around the world. It’s a really trancey remix of Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek.” Sorry about the trance.

Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (Randy Boyer and Eric Tadla Remix)

See you soon.

 

 The Rice Twins - The Signifier: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Modeselektor - The White Flash feat Thom Yorke (Trentemoller Remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Apparat - Live at Bar Weinig: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (Randy Boyer and Eric Tadla): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download