subdialectic blog in it's original form is coming to an end after more than 3 years. you might have realized the small number of posts for some time now. the reason is simple: a massive lack of time. for me (the admin & founder) it's time to fully concentrate first and foremost on my music, but also the publishing & marketing affairs. (i.e. for motivic records) the mental ...

Legendary DJ / Producer Aaron-Carl from Detroit is coming to Austria in October. Two gigs are planned, the first is hosted by Motivic Records as part of Danube Rave 2010 (October 9), a big electronic festival in Linz (Austria). For the first time Aaron-Carl comes to "Steel City" and follows some great acts already played @ Danube (Nick Holder, Kevin Saunderson, etc...)

This is a short docu about the Invitations, one of my favourite soul-groups of all time... They where responsible for songs / hits like "What's wrong with you baby", "Skiing in the snow" and especially "We don't allow (no sitting down in here)". The latter was released on Gregory Carmichael Red Greg label in 1977 and absolutely blew my mind, especially the b-side song "funky road". Check out ...

Last week we had the opportunity to watch the whole documentary "Cycles of the mental machine" by Jacqueline Caux about the Techno music roots in Detroit. Essential for every single lover of electronic music. The Cycles of the Mental Machine chronicles the musical legacy of Detroit, Michigan’s ravaged Motorcity where the great tradition of blues, gospel, jazz and Motown R&B has never died. It also tells the destiny of ...

Motivic Records just unlocked the download option for 2 Motivic tracks for a few days. The first is Discjackson's "Strawam" and "Glance" by Stephan Hoellermann. Thanks to all supporters and motivators for hearing, reading, downloading, following & sharing from the very beginning of our label-project! You can download the tracks on the Motivic Soundcloud Profile. Enjoy!

Purchased some years ago from a Dj situated in New York, I`d like to present the holy grail of my personal recordcollection, and reconstruct its origin and history. 2002 or 2003 I came across this Acetate (an acetate is a pre- pressing of a final record ), while I was searching for the "Sunshine Sound" acetates from the disco-era. learn more about acetates Back then the seller didn`t even ...

Some days ago Austrian artist Ferdinand Johannes presented his latest masterpiece, the so called Ferdinand GT3 RS. It's a handcrafted Porsche 911 Bike-Replica made of plastic pipes and scotch tape. Beside the extremely precise realization (watch construction pics) of the car itself, I just love the usual car-poster-aestethic of the promo photographs available for purchase. The following video shows the bike-car in action: You can now see this car ...

Our friends from the Deephousemafia managed to bring Joey Negro's Sunburst Band to Vienna. Their debut here in Austria. This was the first time for me as well. A true inspirational evening with some dope new Disco inpretations... I'd like to share some videos a friend of mine took there. s