my friends... and whatever Brian Eno, Broadcast, Asobi Seksu, StereoLab, Chromatics, LiquidLiquid, ESG, Human League, Visage, Ultravox, Duran Duran, Tears For Fears, Grace Jones, New Order, Front 242, Depeche Mode, Laserdance, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Gang Of Four, Vince Clarke, The Cure, The Clash, Pulp, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, John Carpenter, Patrick Cowley, Daniele Baldelli, DFA, TheRapture, Delta 5, A Certain Ratio, Grauzone, Simple Minds, Nina Hagen, Gina X Performance, Smoosh, WhoMadeWho, Isolée, Danny Krivit, Morgan Geist, Metro Area, Junior Boys, Dottores Kranky Disco Band, Tokyo Police Club, People Press Play, Air, Steve Reich, Robert Rich, Chris&Cosey, CutCopy, Zongamin, Goldfrapp, Uwe Schmidt, Idjut Boys, Daft Punk, Daniel Wang, Purple Flash, Pierre Perpall, Ray Mang, Snowden, Riton, Sukaba, Shakes, Dat Politics, Shout Out Out Out Out, Cajuan, Black Devil Disco Club, Clor, Professor X, Gentlemen Drivers, Final Fantasy, Arcade Fire, Au Revoir Simone, Crystal Castles, The Teenagers The Rakes, Two Lone Swordsmen, Shakes, Alden Tyrell, Todd Terje, Lindstrom, Woolfy, Thieves Like Us, Melomanics, Lee Douglas, Force Of Nature, Steeple Remove, Dondolo, Soft Rocks, Manmade Science, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Wolfmother, Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah, Ultrawave, !!! (chk chk chk), Neonbirds, Le Sport, Chris Huelsbeck, Casco, Giorgio Moroder, Gary Numan, Nu-Groove, Aardvarck, Ben Cook & DJ Spun, Rong Music, DJ Harvey, Love Fingers, U.B's, Creatures, Paul Hardcastle, Boytronic, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Shalamar, Shakatak, Osunlade, DJ Deep, Pépé Bradock, Charles Webster, Basic Channel, Chain Reaction, Soulphiction, G.A.M.M, Nicola Conte, Gerardo Frisina, Beatfanatic, Nick Holder, Vince Watson, Adam Beyer, Oliver Ho, Mr C, DJ Hell, Carl Craig, Jeff Mills, I:Cube, Château Flight, Moritz von Oswald, Moodymann, Mike Huckaby, Rick Wilhite, Theo Parrish, Hanna, Âme, Patchworks, Atjazz, Next Evidence, Larry Heard, Abicah Soul, Dixon, Faze Action, David Alvarado, Mind Over MIDI, Bugge Wesseltoft, Compost, Rainy City Music, Luca Trevisi, John Beltran, Gotan Project, Blaze, Kerri Chandler, Ron Trent, Madlib, J Dilla, A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Spinna, Kenny Dope, Joe Claussell, Koop, Röyksopp, Mr Bongo, Antibalas, Fela Kuti, Aldemaro Romero, George Duke, Deodato, João Gilberto, Elis Regina, Sergio Mendes, Stan Getz, Roberto Menescal, Clarke-Boland Band, Salsoul Orchestra, Vincent Montana, Tom Moulton, David Mancuso, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Cal Tjader, Roy Ayers, Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Santana, Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall, Françoise Hardy, Manitoba
tracklist:
Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
Zero 7 Feat Jose Gonzales - Futures (Al Usher Instrumental Mix)
Husky Rescue - Diamonds In The Sky (Emperor Machine Remix)
Casco - Cybernetic Love
Polygamy Boys - Firenze (Gladiator Mix)
Michoacan - Ambiente
Antena - Camino Del Sol (Joakim Remix)
Phonogenic - Syntine
Phonique - For The Time Being (Alexkid's Cold Mix)
Ricardo Villalobos - What You Say Is More Than I Can Say (Isolée Remix)
Emperor Machine - Seka Wants Your VCS3 (A White Light Circus Mix)
!!! - Hello? Is This Thing On?
Cansei De Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above (Spank Rock Remix)
Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee (DFA Remix)
Zongamin - Bongo Song
Woolfy - Oh Missy
ESG - Dance
Ruffy & Tuffy - The Pound Of Rock
Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries
tracklist:
Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle
The Broadcast - Man Is Not A Bird
Atjazz Feat. Clara Hill - Nowhere (I Can Go)
Herb LF - Jam 2 Tha Mother (Soulphiction Remix)
Soulphiction - Transistor Slugs
Kalabrese - Aufm Klo
Don Cash - Stardust
Lee Douglas - Same Changes
Âme - Sarari
Mindless Boogie - Balearic 33
Morgan Geist - Most Of All
Undo - Believe Me
Annie - The Wedding (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix)
Franz Ferdinand - Outsiders (Isolée Remix)
Kelley Polar Quartet - Here In The Night
Stereolab - Excursions Into "Oh, A Oh"
Biography
Lauri Soini has a creative and musical background. Although at the same time when his mother wanted him to take violin lessons, he was more interested in computers. Meanwhile he also managed to study in an art school.
“When dad was listening his Stevie Wonder or Talking Heads records, I bet he didn’t expect to see me playing the very same vinyl years after in a club to young people”.
The real passion for electronic music hit Lauri in the year 1990 when he heard house mixes for the first time.
“Those new sounds took me quickly into different electronic styles from deep to more intense stuff. Thanks to Gilles Peterson’s “A Thing Called Jazz” –radio program back then I became also familiar with all kinds of fresh music influenced strongly by jazz and soul. “
Somewhere in the mid-nineties Lauri started to produce his own material and also began Dj’ing more seriously. At that time his selection included mainly techno, but also deep house records.
“Chain Reaction and Maurizio -style techno had a great impact on me then and they still inspire me a lot.”
Since then Lauri has been playing records at various events all around. Apart from DJ’ing you could find his DJ-sets and tracks being played by national radio stations. Recently Lauri did come up with a few very appreciated solo live performances. Lauri has also compiled and arranged soundtracks for fashion events.
Lauri's musical style as a DJ can be shortly described as deep dance music with influences from everything. He did gain some respect with house mixes before, but shortly after 2002 he moved more into jazz and bossa –material that turned out to be very refreshing change for dance floors.
“Besides my versatile musical style, places where I like to perform vary from cozy lounge rooms and clubs to trashy bars and sometimes quite heavy underground events and outdoor festivals. “
Currently Lauri spends his time collecting records and performing in various locations besides working in the studio and having busy time in a day job.
“As a DJ my personal challenge, which sometimes might seem never ending, is to surprisingly dig out all good records in the world.”
Colleague DJ Ender runs his monthly club Remix in Helsinki with Lauri.
“Remix is considered to be fun on the dance floor yet serious when it comes to music that we play.”
Basically they have as many different styles as possible with a certain flow to keep everybody interested.
“Recently in Remix we have been focusing more on punk disco and edits mixed up with house, boogie, classic synth pop and some indie rock.”
