The re-appearance of Modeselektor (as part of Moderat) in Boston was very impressive. The trio played mostly songs off the new album, and less of their own solo material, but the presentation was shockingly cool. In front of huge three video screens, Szary, Gernot and Sascha stood equally apart, as the masterful visuals of BPitch partner Pfadfinderei glowed behind them, and almost 3-D visual presentation of the music. The crowd, perhaps caught off guard by the lack of recognizable tunes, was all the same swooning at the show.

Speaking in Code was screened just before the show in the Paradise front room, thanks to some interest from LiveNation who facilitated the viewing. It started late, as Modeselektor’s flight was delayed, but nearly everyone got to view the whole thing. A third public screening of the movie.

Perhaps the most rewarding thing to have happened, aside from the chance to have Modeselektor themselves see the movie, was the emergence of a few very thoughtful reviews.

Open Letters is a literary review blog which published a “microreview” of the film on June 1.

“Fittingly, Grill places her interview subjects off-center, counterpointed by stray graffiti or AV cables. There is an off-and-on color rhythm as schemes alternate between the pale light of northern mornings and the powdery dark of clubs.”

Santana Photo blog saw the movie at the Paradise, and published this review on May 27:

“Speaking in Code is a documentary shot over the past 3 years about a couple from Boston who beautifully capture the high and lows of being incredibly passionate about techno music.”

While June 10 saw another thoughtful review from cinetrix at the film blog, pullquote:

“Code evangelizes for electronic dance music, specifically techno, examining its spread from its origins in African-American clubs in the midwest to the huge festival circuit in Europe and trying to figure out why it fails to thrive on that scale in its home country.”

It’s great to see people put so much thought into the film, which seems to get more interesting as people input their perspective. After you’ve spent so long living with a project, you really have no idea how people will react.

“Jason and I are on a roll here with the DVD extras,” says director Amy Grill from the New Jersey shore, as she and editor Jason Blanchard finish with the added content for the forthcoming DVD (outtakes, separate mini-stories, live footage, etc.).

This weekend I’ve got to work on the media kit which will go to the European festivals in the fall and winter of 2009.

Musically, Moderat is getting a lot of attention, including a big-room remix from Booka Shade:

Moderat - Rusty Nails (Booka Shade Remix)

And our friend Apparat was called to tackle a remix for the unassuming king of dance music, Moby:

Moby - Pale Horses (Apparat Remix)

In Boston, Basstown was recently mentioned in an Australian article about Passion Pit while local talents like Coralcola are getting attention from Turkish Hungarian blogs:

Crystal Castles - She Fell Out (Coralcola Remix)

I’m partial to this Frightened Rabbit remix from Basstown’s own DJ Die Young (who opened for Moderat):

Frightened Rabbit - The Twist (DJ Die Young Dub Edit)

And, in celebration of the 200th post here at sQuar3.com, Luomo still sounds great with “Tessio.” A new set of remixes puts a nice Ibizian shine on the whole track:

Luomo - Tessio (Butch Dub)

The Speaking in Code second screening was another success and another indication that we are in ownership of a film that has tremendous worldwide potential (it is screening again in China this weekend).

Very special thank you to the Wighnomy Brothers, Soren and Gabor, who not only were able to share in the film with us, but played for the first time ever in America at the after-party at Make It New. Words simply cannot describe how much such a confluence of events impacted my life. I am truly at a loss.

But now, only 4 days later, events appear to be repeating.

Modeselektor is playing Boston on Sunday, May 24th and by special request we are screening the film in the hours before their show at the Paradise Rock Club in the front room of the club.

It’s somewhat poignant that the movie which shows Modeselektor playing at the very small Enormous Room to around 85 people is screening before their show at the Paradise, which describes itself as “Boston’s Legendary Rock Club: Celebrating 30 Years of Rock.” The movie screens at 6:30pm, Sunday, May 24th at 969 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston. View the Facebook invite here.

They are playing as Moderat with their good friend and BPitch counterpart Apparat. As of this posting tickets are still available. We posted about Apparat a few months back but he remains a vital cog in the new music machine. And as a collaborator, whether with Ellen Allien or Modeselektor, he appears to be inscrutable.

Consider this extended track with Luomo which was put up by Rayna at Modifyer Modifying (we’ll get to a mix for you, Rayna, promise!):

Luomo Feat. Apparat - “Process Part 2 (Love You More)”

There’s even his collaboration from beyond the grave with Johnny Cash:

Johnny Cash - “I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow (Apparat Remix)”

Buy Apparat music at Beatport here.

When such a force joins up with bounce-enthusiasts Modeselektor expect crazy sparks, as represented in both of Boston’s weekly publications: The Dig and the Phoenix.

Updates on movie developments will come fast and furious as director Amy Grill is taking the month of June to work on submitting to the film festival circuit.

Keep staying tuned!

We are happy to report that the tickets for the second screening of Speaking in Code are now on sale. You can buy them here. The screening will take place Thursday, May 21st at 7pm. But the best part is yet to come.

As we pursue premieres in all corners of the world, especially film festivals in Europe, the UK and America, the one place we know we can screen the film, without regard to film festival entry rules, is right here in Boston. Being that the world premiere already happened at the Somerville Theatre, we can show the film around town at will. And the Brattle is a special place to have it, to be sure.

Since arriving in Boston, the Brattle Theatre has supported the underground. And, as we all know, everything starts in the underground. There were a few months when the Brattle may have gone away. But no more. Last year, the Brattle hosted the Boston premiere of Daft Punk’s Electroma, and now we rejoin with them for Speaking in Code.

The best part: A ticket stub from Speaking in Code gets you to the front of the line that night to see the Wighnomy Brothers at Make It New. This will be their US debut. You don’t want to miss it. Buy your tickets now.

Music-wise the now Berlin-based Dj and producer Philip Sherburne is one of the people featured in the film. He wrote about the experience at his popular and long-running blog a few weeks back. Comments to the post include “how can i see it if i’m in the uk?” and “hope I will be able see it in France …” We hope so too!

He recently recorded an excellent mix for Time To Express and the Fairtilizer community, but we’re rehosting it to be sure all fans of the movie can hear his aesthetic and talent. Of course, he includes a track from Robert Henke (free downloads of his music are here), also in Speaking in Code and Andy Stott, whom we met at the screening in Boulder, CO.

“The tracklist came together in fits and starts,” he tells the blog, “over the span of several weeks. There’s no explicit theme; rather, the set arose out of the attempt to fix a certain kind of sound in place, one that had been flitting around my head for some time.”

The tracklisting:

His Name Is Alive: As We Could Ever (4AD)
Lukid: Raise High the Roof Beam (Werk)
Robert Henke: Quad Planar (Imbalance Computer Music)
Dorian Concept: Mesh Beam Splitter (Kindred Spirits)
Wasteland: Enticer (Transparent)
Anstam: Brom B (Anstam)
Andy Stott: Drippin (Modern Love)
Untold: I Can’t Stop this Feeling (Hessle)
Scuba: Klinik (Hotflush)
Ramadanman: Good Feelin (2nd Drop)
Digital Mystikz: Ancient Memories (DMZ)
Scuba: Tense (Hotshore)
Ramadanman: Offal (Soul Jazz)
Mala: Left Leg Out (DMZ)
Jan Driver: Rat Alert Dub (Made to Play)
Untold: Bones (Hemlock)
Ghost: The Spooks (Ghost)
Untold: Dante (Hotflush)
Synkro: My Own World (Mindset)
Echologist feat. The Space Ape: The Mercy Beat (Philip Sherburne’s Triple Bypass Dub) (Resopal Red)
Peverelist: Gather (Punch Drunk)
Simian Mobile Disco: Hustler (Shackleton Remix) (Wichita)
Scuba: Hard Boiled (SCB Edit) (Hotflush)
Andrea: Gunshot (Stripped) (Daphne)

Philip Sherburne - Mayday Mix Timecast 02

A whole mess of different worlds collide on May 21st when Speaking in Code stars the Wighnomy Brothers make their US debut at Make It New. For years, the Wighnomy Brothers (aka Robag Whrume and Monkey Maffia) have released excellent, funky, minimal grooves from their home base in Jena, Germany, but an appearance on the North America continent was always rare indeed.

So the Wighnomy Bros. have never played the US. They have played Montreal (as seen in the film) and they have come close to playing the Detroit Movement Festival, but we’re proud to say they will first step on US soil at Logan International Airport in Boston.

Before they spin their always soulful, technoid, house-i-fied DJ set, they will watch the movie at the Brattle Theatre. You are invited to join them. And then join us at the Middlesex Lounge later that night to watch them spin records.

It’s such a perfect meeting of the two worlds it’s hard to put it into words. As you can tell by this ill-designed post.

Tickets for the movie will be available soon. Tickets for the DJ set at Make It New will be $10 at the door. So for under $20 you’ll have the chance to see the movie and then spend the night dancing away with the Wighnomy Brothers. It’s perfect.

As far as the film goes, it’s scheduled screening at the first-ever Chinese electronic music festival has all sorts of Chinese blogs and discussion groups going strong. Since its premiere in Boston on April 23rd, it’s been written about in Russia, Poland, Australia and many more. Keep track of the worldwide buzz through the Facebook group.

It’s certainly an honor to be considered a part of the techno community to the point we are participating in this historic event. The two other films included in the festival are Berlin Calling and We Call It Techno.

May 23rd sees three artists in particular cross the border into Beijing. Chris Leibing is a long-time hard-techno genius who can rock any crowd of any size with ripping, razor-sharp grooves. His own tracks are much the same:

Chris Liebing - “Bangpop”

We were lucky to spend some time sightseeing in San Francisco with the Italoboyz before their hugely popular tracks like “Zinga,” “Viktor Casanova” and “Bahia (Party Swing)” blew up (they’ve also become accustomed to visiting us here in Boston at Soulclap’s MWT night). We also took some pictures of them back in the day. Their “Drama Dub” is a manipulative fun time.

Italoboyz - “Zinga (Drama Dub)”

While M.A.N.D.Y. are part owners of Get Physical, perhaps the most well-respected label in the club these days. They’ve reworked all sorts of class acts, but we’ll highlight their remix of Rockers Hi Fi’s “Push Push,” one of the most iconic songs in techno history:

Rockers Hi Fi - “Push Push (M.A.N.D.Y. Remix)”

“We can surely turn the tide
We can push the tempest by”

Rockers Hi Fi - “Push Push (Rainer Weichhold Birthday Remix)”

Finally, tickets for the Boston show featuring Modeselektor & Apparat (as Moderat), plus Make It New resident DJ Die Young and Speaking in Code character Baltimoroder are on sale now.

“If you ever have it available for purchase or there’s another showing, LET ME KNOW.”

“I’m working on some ways to get you guys hooked up with Japan (no joke!).”

“great movie. great SOUNDTRACK!”

“we both really liked it. really brought techno to life in a way no other film has.”

“Loved the music, the interviews, and the camerawork.”

“It captivated us from beginning to end!”

“really loved the movie. I wouldn’t say this if it wasn’t true, but it was incredibly well done and I thought the story was fantastic.”

“just wanted to say, i enjoyed the movie a lot.”

“I thought the movie last night was incredible. I cannot thank you guys enough for putting this together, it’s a true piece of art.”

“I would very much like to own it so please give me info when it becomes available.”

This is just a sampling of the enormous feedback we got, either via email or from Facebook postings or MySpace messages or elsewhere, about the premiere screening of Speaking in Code.

Two weeks ago, the wonderful Communikey Festival, in the mountain college town of Boulder, Colorado, hosted director Amy Grill and I for a special sneak peek of Speaking in Code, and the result was very much the same.

We were overwhelmed not just with congratulations on a job well done, but with numerous people who were emotionally moved by the movie, some even to tears. See some photos of the festival at the Flickr account, or via Seze Devres of Beyond Booking.

It has been an eventful two weeks to be sure. A few things have proven true:

1. Speaking in Code is a historical film–in that it gives a look into the lives of electronic musicians, producers and devotees that is more intimate and interesting than any movie that has come before. I even overheard it being compared favorably to DA Pennebaker’s Don’t Look Back.

2. Even those unfamiliar with electronic music or it’s “scene” found it compelling. “You don’t even have to like or care about techno music,” said one viewer, “to be truly captured by the movie.”

3. The music that we picked still sounds great as it did when it was released years ago, and the artists who we profiled, specifically Modeselektor and the Wighnomy Brothers, are more relevant today than ever.

To that end, both are coming to America in May, the Wighnomy Brothers for the very first time. The former will make their US debut after a second Boston screening of the movie, May 21st at the Brattle Theatre. The Wighnomies will play a special set at Make It New.

Modeselektor is coming to Boston four days later, on May 24th, with fellow BPitch artist Apparat. Both will also play as Moderat at the legendary Paradise Rock club. This is four years after we brought them to the Enormous Room, an event that is featured in the film.

Needless to say, the world premiere Thursday night confirmed a thought we have been saying for years: Speaking in Code is a very special movie.

Much more to come, including more pictures from Boulder and the IFFBoston premiere and the news of more screenings to come. Including the Chinese premiere of Speaking in Code, where it will screen alongside We Call It Techno and Berlin Calling, starring Paul Kalkbrenner.

The closer the premiere of Speaking in Code gets, the further away it seems. Or, rather, the more unreal it seems.

We’re happy to say tickets are available now.

Click here or the image below to purchase tickets to the premiere.

As it turns out, this premiere is a test, in a way. The faster we can sell tickets the better it looks to new potential friends of the film and bodes well for other screenings both at the festival and elsewhere. So we encourage you to buy tickets as quickly as you can.

Click here to purchase tickets.

Besides, there is a very real chance this screening will sell out. Already on the Facebook event there is a series of comments

wooooow, it looks amazing, guys!
Looks pretty hawt! I am interested in this big time! : )
sounds cool!
looks dope! can’t wait
super psyched!!!!
wow congrats, this looks amazing
im gonna b there b4 they even open.
yes. definitely. I mean it this time. I’m coming!
i’ll be in paris. but will buy the mofo when it comes out.

Thank you very much.

So be one of the first 900 people in the world to see the official premiere of the first documentary which peaks inside the world of people lost in music … and from the inside out.

Finally the wait is over.

After four years in the making, sQuare productions is proud to announce the world premiere of its feature-length documentary, Speaking in Code, will happen right here where it got its feet–in Boston.

Independent Film Festival Boston is the the city’s biggest and best film festival. Now in its seventh year, its hostedt some of the biggest names in the business and this year it expands its venue list to include the Institute of Contemporary Art, Coolidge Corner Theatre, the Brattle Theatre and the Davis Square’s historic Somerville Theatre.

Speaking in Code will premiere Thursday, April 23rd at 7pm in the big theatre at the Somerville Theatre. Individual tickets go on sale in early April and we’ll obviously tell you the instant those tickets are available, but the $180 full film pass is available right now. The pass not only gets you into see Speaking in Code, but any of the over 50 other films that will screen this year. Buy your film pass here.

It’s an honor to not only be a part of a great festival, but to have a world premiere in the city where much of our support has come from. There are literally hundreds of people who have helped us along the way, and we sincerely hope you can all make it to Davis Square on April 23rd. This is the same theatre where U2 recently played, so it should be able to fit everyone.

After-party to follow at Make It New with DJs Billy Kiely, Six Million Dollar Dan, Baltimoroder and David Day.

Stay tuned to this blog for more information regarding individual tickets. Sign up for the IFFBoston email list here, or find out the second tickets go on sale by following co-producer David Day on Twitter. He’ll surely let you know.

Of course, we’ll never blog without some music, so here’s a few songs and mixes from people who are in the movie.

Sascha Funke - A Mango Cookie (DJ Koze’s Pink Moon Remix)

DJ Koze rocked our socks off at Total 6, where we were the honored guests of the Kompakt family. With a room full to the brim with smoke machine fog, Koze nearly brought the house down. Here’s one of his recently heralded remixes.

Triola - Leuchtturmm (Wighnomy’s Polarzipper Remxi)

A classic from the Kompakt catalog sees the Wighnomy Brothers, one of the most beloved DJ duos in the world, take their scalpel to Triola, one of the ambient wizards the Koln label.

Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - They Only Come Out at Night (Horror Inc Remix)

Guillaume was a friend of the film, but Akufen literally named it. Here he is returning under his Horror Inc. guise to remix Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, a project only getting started in 2005, now a farily big deal. Guillaume also has a much-loved remix from our consulting producer, Philip Sherburne.

Akufen - Live at the Bunker, New York City

A DJ set from Akufen recorded livein Brooklyn last year at Bryan Kasenic’s Bunker night. Bryan helped us out a lot and Akufen, well, you know.

Sascha Funke - Live at Beta Lounge, Hamburg

Recorded only 12 days ago, our friend Sascha Funke plays in a slow, mellow techno style that is just the thing we dig. Amongst 10 other cities, Hamburg was one locale Speaking in Code stopped into.

Excuse the dormancy on the long-running sQuare productions blog. Once our official festival debut is announced, you can be sure the updates will be more fast more furious.

There are two “sneak peeks” of the film that we can let you in on, however. Each on different sides of the world.

The first will be Thursday, April 2nd in Mannheim, Germany as part of the 15th anniversary of Time Warp, a festival which continues to support techno in a very real way. For their seminars, last year they featured a panel on distribution featuring SiC friend Jon Berry of Kompakt.

This year, they have already confirmed the following to DJ: Sven Väth, Richie Hawtin, Ricardo Villalobos, DJ Koze, Loco Dice, Luciano, Magda and more, while Laurent Garnier, Anthony Rother, Joris Voorn, SIS and others play live. Wow.

The second comes from Communikey’s CMKY Festival in Boulder, CO. Communikey is a cooperative of like-minded individuals who also had the opportunity to book Modeselektor back on their first visit to the USA. Since, as you well know, they’ve gone on to open for Radiohead in Japan and, most recently, packed the Bowery Ballroom in New York City.

An early adopter of Speaking in Code, Communikey will screen the movie and have guest DJ sets from some interested individuals, including Bryan Kasenic from Bunker and Beyond Booking in NYC and me, David Day.

The film will screen twice on Friday, April 17th, at 4:30pm and 7:00pm. It will take place on the Colorado University campus in the Film Studies Theatre.

Either way, it will be seen by more than just the sQuare productions family and we’re very excited to share the project with two groups who, like us, have come together to promote the music we love.

Music-wise, the techno community is rapidly expanding worldwide at a considerable clip. Between new blogs like mnml ssgs, Little White Earbuds and, here in Boston, Soulclap.us, there is no shortage of DJ sets and thoughtful words on the music we know and love. Palms Out Sounds, one of the first and most influencial MP3 blogs, recently called Make It New “Boston’s premiere Techno party” and posted DJ sets from Baltimoroder and DJ Volvox.

On the surface, entities like Beatport and Resident Advisor have done nothing but expand. The former relaunched its site just last week.

These days, techno fans don’t need to swap the hot tracks and new mp3s ad much as share entire DJ sets from some of their favorite artists. Here are a few that have caught our ear.

Eli Verveine - Carebear

This mix has become legend. Entirely 5 years old, it still captivates with its subtlety and sensuality. I have seen its effect in person. Playing it in my office one day, an indie-oriented intern emailed me about what was “that mix that sounds what Postal Service would sound like if he was DJing.”

Pan Pot - Sunday Night Sleaze

Pan Pot has mastered the idea of minimal breakdowns, filled with fuzz and tension and fright-house technique. They blew through Boston a few years back, and this mix brings me back to that night of Black Magic.

Matthew Dear - Body Language Vol. 7

Dear is best known as Audion, the remix king who makes any track his own with a stuttering techno funk and wicked clean style. As I said in a “Top 10 of 2008″ blog post on the Weekly Dig website:

Quite obviously, there were many kinds of DJ sets, mix CDs and MediaFire-enabled 8-hour workouts to choose from. But for me, the fact that Matthew Dear, the golden boy of American techno, a wanna-be rockstar and the limitless producer called Audion went to the techno elite for his mix showed that all ears turned to the techno being made by some of my favorite producers. Dear includes DJ Koze and Sascha Dive *twice*, both of whom make luscious, understated tunes. He also translates the name of the mix series into sound, incorporating “body” and “language” to great effect. Ultimately, this is one of the few long mixes I did not delete off my over-taxed hard drive, and, really, this whole list is what I didn’t delete.

And finally, our friend Tim Haslett passed away in 2008, but his memory remains with us, and with thousands of people, in a very real way. We received a mix tape of one of his HardWired radio shows from 1992. A techno stalwart for life, his early radio shows represent some very hard tracks, but his voice and knowledge makes them easy to digest.

Tim Haslett’s HardWired 6.9.92 Side A

Tim Haslett’s HardWired 6.9.92 Side B

Our friends at Communikey and TimeWarp would make fast friends with Tim. His dedication is at the end of the film.

More to come, including the announcement of the world premiere of Speaking In Code.

Bit of a delay in the updates at sQuare productions continues to shop the documentary, Speaking in Code, to film festivals throughout the world. Ideally, the movie will premiere at a festival, and the process to distribute the film all over the world can soon follow.

But a new trend in the film world is giving us extra confidence the film is more relevant than ever.

Berlin Calling, a fictional film starring Paul Kalkbrenner is starting to promote itself around the world. Their Facebook group is here. It’s screening this month in places like Sao Paolo, Rejkjavik, Tokyo and Toronto.

Kalkbrenner’s home record label is BPitch Control, the same label as Speaking in Code subjects Modeselektor and Ellen Allien. The film is a hyper-realistic look at the nightlife in Berlin, which drives Kalkbrenner’s character, DJ Ickarus, to madness.

Another film is a severely intimate documentary of Berlin club culture:

Released in 2006, Don’t Forget to Go Home (or Feiern) flew under the radar of film-dom, perhaps for its subject matter: the use of drugs in clubbing. This film features up-close and personal interviews with the likes of Ewan Pearson, Luciano and the elusive Ricard Villalobos. the DVD also includes a dynamite soundtrack.

Further up the mainstream, dance music is catching on. New York’s DFA Records is featured heavily in Part of the Weekend Never Dies:

Predominantly about the Belgian Soulwax production team,  the documentary debuted in the US at the Montalbán Theatre in Los Angeles last Monday. It also features Erol Alkan, Tiga, Peaches and Busy P, who recently designed some shoes for Nike.

And at the top of the hype heap sit Justice:

The cleverly-titled A Cross the Universe is getting love from much of the blog world, mainly because it features Justice, the hip dance duo from France who’ve gone as far as Cadillac ads.

Speaking in Code is different from all of these films, because it peeks behind the veil of club culture, the people and performers that make electronic music their lives. While these others take a broad look and show an unparalleled amount of the party culture, Speaking in Code is more personal about the music.

Paul Kalkbrenner, however, is a different animal. For sure the man is one of the foremost producers in techno today, taking an intelligent tact when dealing with beats. There are fewer breakdowns and more complex structures. Take this live set we found on the B-Log:

Paul Kalkbrenner - Piknic Electronik Podcast #07

The tracklisting shows the depth of his production skills:

1. Paul Kalkbrenner — Gia 2000
2. Paul Kalkbrenner — Treibsand
3. Pig & Dan — Smack (Weave)
4. Paul Kalkbrenner — Far Away
5. Paul Kalkbrenner — Mein Zipperlein
6. Paul Kalkbrenner — Ick Muss Aus Dit Milieu Heraus
7. The Touch — Heart In The City (Pig & Dan Remix) (Trunkfunk Records)
8. Paul Kalkbrenner — Krank
9. Ellen Alien & Apparat — Jet (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)
10. Paul Kalkbrenner — Seaquest

Little did we know, running into Herr Kalkbrenner during the filming of our film, he would become a movie star, although his charisma should have tipped us off.

Robag Wruhme, another character in Speaking in Code, keeps on his hectic production schedule. Most recently, he was spotted putting his signature sound on Laurie Anderson’s epic “O Superman” for Get Physical:

M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade feat Laurie Anderson - O Superman (Robag’s Pumper Nikkel Remix)

Lately the musical exchange has been two-way. Boston’s own DJ Volvox spent time in the capital city Berlin while Jan Kruger and Shed, Panorama regulars, recently hit Boston for Make It New. The night celebrates a 4-year anniversary this week.

And of course, Berliners Modeselektor, also a subject of Speaking in Code, continue to climb the world’s rankings as producers, recently being called on by Björk. Shared by our friends at the Ill-ec-tro-nic:

Björk - Dull Flame of Desire (Modeselektor ‘For Girls’ Mix)

Meanwhile, Make It New has their eyes set on another star producer from the Kapital City, Marcel Dettman:

Scuba - From Within (Marcel Dettman Remix)

Godspeed to all the filmmakers, directors and subjects of the new breed of techno movies. Soon enough, Speaking in Code will be on your schedule.

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.