Santiago Salazar aka DJ S2 (of Underground Resistance) has always blended house and techno in his productions. This time around, he raises the bar with Your Club Went Hollywood a sensual, soulful groove that dares to ask what we've all been wondering: What happened to the Underground? If the original version asks the question, Detroit producer Aaron‐Carl provides the answer with a dark, winding remix that commands the dancefloor. ...

Early live TV performance by Tom Jones:

Today I want to show you some pieces of the new Bloodbath spring collection called "Eternal Gatekeeper". Again they show us some strong shirt designs with nostalgic touch and a range of simple basic woven shirts. These are set to drop in late February. Link: Bloodbath project

I am currently working on a list with the hottest (house) tracks from 2009. But before completing this, I have to declare "Versager ohne Zukunft" an album by Austrian Hip Hop duo Kamp & Whizz Vienna as my personal album of the year. Although it's one of the very very few longplayers I bought this year, this album is outstanding. And due to the fact that Austrian hip ...

Already in 2009 I came across this book (original title: "Hinter den Bergen") with photos shot by Lois Hechenblaikner, in which he makes mass-tourism in Austria a subject of discussion. From the english description: "Off Piste" is a very funny and powerful satire. It looks at the enormous changes to Austria's alpine region, the Tyrol, over recent decades. It juxtaposes images from two very different worlds - the old, ...

We are happy to announce that House music legend Chez Damier comes to Vienna on January 29th. He will play @ Roxy Vienna together with some of the Deephousemafia's finest Dj's. This is the first gig in Austria for a long long time (I think 8 years) and it will definitely be an early 2010 highlight for Austrian House enthusiasts. Link: Chez Damier Link: Deephousemafia

Real interesting story behind this small city in Czech Republic... I just summed up some of the info I found on the web... From the official website of Zlin: "Zlín, the administrative center of the Zlín region, lies along the river Dřevnice in a mild climatic area of southeastern Moravia. It is also a crossroad for the ethnographic boundaries of the Wallachian, Hana and Moravian Slovak regions. ...