Banksy is a pseudonymous British graffiti artist. He is believed to be
a native of Yate, South Gloucestershire, near Bristol and to have
been born in 1974, but his identity is unknown. According to Tristan Manco,
Banksy "was born in 1974 and raised in Bristol, England".

The son of a photocopier technician, he trained as a butcher but became
involved in graffiti during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s.
"His artworks are often satirical pieces of art on topics such as politics, culture,
and ethics. His art has appeared in cities around the world. Banksy's work was
born out of the Bristol underground scene which involved collaborations
between artists and musicians. 

Banksy started as a freehand graffiti artist 1992–1994 as one of Bristol's
DryBreadZ Crew (DBZ), with Kato and Tes. He was inspired by local artists
and his work was part of the larger Bristol underground scene. From the start
he used stencils as elements of his freehand pieces, too. By 2000 he had turned
to the art of stenciling after realizing how much less time it took to complete
a piece.

He claims he changed to stenciling whilst he was hiding from the police under
a train carriage, when he noticed the stenciled serial number and by employing
this technique, he soon became more widely noticed for his art around Bristol
and London. Banksy's stencils feature striking and humorous images occasionally
combined with slogans. The message is usually anti-war, anti-capitalist or anti-
establishment. Subjects include rats, monkeys, policemen, soldiers, children and the elderly. 

Banksy has self-published several books that contain photographs of his work in various countries as well as some of his canvas work and exhibitions, accompanied by his own writings:

* Banksy, Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall (2001)
* Banksy, Existencilism (2002)
* Banksy, Cut it Out (2004)
* Banksy, Wall and Piece (2005)
* Banksy, Pictures of Walls (2005)

www.banksy.co.uk

90WATTS: THE SOUND OF AMSTERDAM

HEAR THE LIGHT /// SEE THE SOUND
BEATS FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER

10PM ATHENS TIME // 9PM AMSTERDAM TIME
MIXED BY JENS DE LANGER

Jens de Langer as been into music since he was born. He wrote his own songs when he was 8 years old and played drums for 7 years before he started dj-ing.
On his discovery journey into his musical identity, Jens is more and more fading the borders between the too many styles of electronic music, and has become something like a chameleon, that goes on an adventurous trip from deephouse and tech-house, via electro-tech and prog to a finish with funky bouncy techno.
Today, Jens works as a PR executive at one of the fastest rising tech-house labels in the Netherlands, 90watts records, based in Amsterdam.

http://myspace.com/jensdelanger
http://facebook.com/jensdelanger

Tracklist:

1. Future Mode – New World Order (Aki Bergen’s Remix / Ready Mix Records)
2. Uner – Hathor (Suruba)
3. PresetOne – Guilty Secret (El Mundo & Satori Remix / 90watts)
4. Hermanez – Soms (Leena Music)
5. El Mundo & Satori – Maghoodoo (Material Limited)
6. Ramon Tapia – Colorz (Great Stuff)
7. Solar Brotherhood feat Sherry Dyanne - Soul Survivor (Moog Mix / 90watts)
8. Kaiserdisco – Espandrillio (Okain Remix / Great Stuff)
9. Solomun – After Rain Comes Sun (Joris Voorn Dusty Dub Stab / Diynamic)
10. PrinsJan – Rituals Of Mu Mu (El Mundo & Satori Remix / 90watts)
11. Pirupa, Pigi – Sweet Devil (Noir Music)

Includes excerpts by Gordon Brown, Barack H. Obama, Terence McKenna and Dr. Acharya Yogeesh. Show host voice: Jeroen van Meeteren.

In 2002 Eduard Hartter, Richard Rotfu? aka Richard Liapin and Markus Liefke aka Liefko founded Afrilounge. With this, the three friendly djs and producers established a solid basis in order to bundle their creative energy and to share their predelection for electronic music. After two years of common producing in the studio, they contributed their first track, „The Dude”, to the Full Body Workout compilation of Berlin..s Label „GetPhysicalMusic”. In 2005 a cooperation with Patrick Chardronnet led to their first own EP „Phonix” and the compilation track „Just for a little peek”, both appearing on Steve Bug..s PokerFlat Recordings. Furthermore they remixed MANDY..s successful clubhit „Body Language” for „Get Physical Music“ and where also represented on „Full Body Workout 2“ with another track.

2006 was a mindblowing year for Afrilounge since the release of the „Pin & Fko EP“ on Alexander Flitsch..s new founded label Connaisseur Recordings gained massive attention in the club scene. „Afrilounge..s Visionary Remix” for Nick Curly..s “Another Tearjerker” on 8Bit Records hit the closing ceremony of this years Love Parade in Berlin like a bomb.2007 is a very buisy year for Afrilounge. Till now, they dropped EP’S and remixes for 8bit records, Connaisseur Recordings, Kassette and Playmate. From Minimal to Techno, but always funky and groovy. Afrilounge is not afraid to get in touch with various styles of music. Besides long nights in the studio they have been touring the international club scene, leaving behind musical traces in such notable clubs like Tresor and Watergate (Berlin), Ultraschall (Munich), M1 (Stuttgart), Loft (Ludwigshaven) and Supermarket (Zurich), only to name a few.

In 2009 finally the three Afrilounge Guys did what so many of us expected: they released music ... and these three talented South German guys so far released only bombs. Still eveyone around knows Lux Dementia on Connaisseur or Phoenix on Poker flat. Bottomline these are Classics. Evergreens for the Techno and House Heads worldwide... It seems that in the last 6 months they released more stuff then in the last 6 years before ;) Especially their Remix Schedule was really impressive. Whether its for classic Labels like Compost or Soma or the biggest Labels around these days like 8 Bit, Systematic or Audioflys very own Supernature: All these guys do is that well known Afrilounge Sound..proper deep groovy Tech House Sound that makes your booty shake after the first bar and make you feel like in your own world. Besides all that Remix works they did lately it was also time to work on some solo releases. Liapin was the first to step in the ring. His Releases on Connaissuer and Darkroom Dubs were pretty impressive and soon after that he received a lot of own Remix requests . Next will be Liefko and after the first stuff we heard from him we are really looking forward to listen to more. Hopefully their will be soon a new Afrilounge Ep.You never know, these guys are full of mysteries.
http://www.myspace.com/afrilounge

HEAR THE LIGHT, SEE THE SOUND.
SATURDAY NIGHT 10:00pm ATHENS TIME >< 9:00pm AMSTERDAM TIME.
This week: Van Meeteren & Hyde (Mixed by Hyde)

Van Meeteren & Hyde:
Jeroen van Meeteren was known as dj JVM in the 90ties and started 90wattsrecords in 1996, After several housemusic collaborations, he met Bart Heideman (aka Hyde) and they start making music in 1999 , Inspired by Kruder & Dorfmeister, they start making triphop and their own downbeat style. After a few years they refound their passion for housemusic again. In 2005 they made a restart of 90wattsrecords. The last few years "Van Meeteren & Hyde" have been searching for a sound of their own, and that has resulted in a couple of smashing releases till so far. You can describe their music as a mixture between Deephouse and Tech-house...lets call it "Deep-Tech"! They use the initials "VMH" when they produce tracks for other artists. 

http://vanmeeterenhyde.com

Tracklist:
1.    Pezzner - Brooklyn New York (Justin Martin Remix / Freerange Records)
2.    Nivek Tsoy – I Can’t Take It Baby (I Records)
3.    Solar Brothers feat. Sherry Dyanne – Soul Survivor (PQM’s Kiss FM Pass / 90watts)
4.    Livio & Roby – Tucedo Band (Fumakilla)
5.    Santorini – Hold It Down (Recycle Records)
6.    NiCe7 – Elisa (Pirupa Remix / Noir Music)
7.    Matthias Meyer – Tenor (Do Easy Records)
8.    Niko Schwind – Hang Over (Stil Vor Talent)
9.    Daniele Papini, Riccardo Ferri – Fragments (Martin Eyerer Remix / Alchemy)
10.    Paul Ritch – Crazy Madness (Luca Bacchetti Remix / SCI+TEC)
11.    Umek, Jay Lumen – Sinful Ladies (Great Stuff)
12.    Tiefschwarz feat Seth Troxler - Trust (Tim Green Remix / Souvenir)
13.    Groove Junkies – Midnight 2010 (Stuttering Munx Tough Love Dub / Morehouse Records)

Intro includes excerpt by Eckhart Tolle, host voice by Jeroen van Meeteren.