stimming

Martin Stimming has to be one of the most talented and interesting electronic musicians today. His live sets are short (just over an hour) but epic and emotional. I saw him play live twice this year and both times i was floored. But i have come to realize that with stimming, the nights lineup is key. Both times i saw him he was slotted inbetween dj's that play nothing like him (and poor in general) thus jarring the audience, and in my opinion, creating an awkward on stage scene. It seems to me that he is an hilariously impossible act to follow.
The first show at M.I.K.S. he absolutely killed it and the crowd was into it and so was he. I had nearly a religious experience and was, like most in the audience gutted and surprised when after 1 hour he finished and some dimwit came on the turntables and without any foreplay, began beating us with compressed high hats and a fury of cheezy synth stabs. That moment in time and the crowds reaction was priceless. even the dj himself couldnt hide his consciousness of the awful situation.
I went directly home to find if someone had uploaded a recording of a recent live set, and was ecstatic to find a good quality recording of a set performed a month earlier in which he played almost the same songs

Stimming Live PA - Phonanza FM - 15-01-2010 by R_co

The first song (i discovered by rushing to him and asking in the first minute) is a new track called 'fell forever' that still, sadly, doesn't have a release date. Regardless i used it as the opening track in my spring promo mix (which i will plug and spam you with later :)
The second show at maria was great music-wise, but the crowd didnt get it. I think mostly because they came expecting the usual mindless tech or minimal house and no idea who was actually in the line up. I managed to talk with him both before and after the show, and both times i could see that he wasnt happy this night. After the show he even said to me that he had prepared 3 more tracks to play, but cut his set short because the people werent into it. It pained me to hear that, but i understood.
That night he didnt open with 'fell forever', but a more upbeat and housey jam. The highlight was his then-unreleased remix of the new Ost & Kjex single 'continental lover', a track that appeared last year at the end of the mostly boring Panorama Bar vol 2 compilation mixed by Tama Sumo. The Ost & Kjex continental lover ep came out a few days ago, on Diynamic, and the Stimming remix is just as rad as i remembered it from the show. (i will be doing a full Ost & Kjex post in the next week to bring you up to date with their unique brand of awesomeness.)
I'm too tired to steer you through Stimming's past releases and relay the importance of his productions, so I will just tease you with some huge jams in trust that you will do the leg work yourselves and discover this genius on your own terms.
Una Pena is a massive track sampling famous chilean singer Violeta Parra's song 'Arauco Tiene Una Pena'. i really love them both!





In february Stimming and Ben Watt released 'Bright Star' featuring Julia Biel, in 2 flavours, sunset and sunrise..
I prefer the sunset:

Stimming, Ben Watt & Julia Biel \ 'Bright Star' (Sunset Mix) (Extract) by buzzinfly


In 2009 he released 'Reflections' a very coherent and intelligent full length album with not many standout tracks, but that nonetheless managed to be a standout album. My favourite song there, for sure, is 'silver surfer'. sweet sweet guitar sounds/samples


Littlewhiteearbuds.com is hosting the mp3 - right click here


'Melodica' is super sweet too, though not on the album

Melodica by stimming

Stimming keeps his myspace and a soundcloud up to date
He will be playing this evening at Bar25 - a venue that will, i am sure, welcome him warmly. See you there! oder if you cant make it, tune in to the show on bar25 radio