Wasn’t totally sure about this, so a pleasant surprise that Zyntax Motor City No 7 is me again!
Demons and Dumb Beats and Furious Flames I love to bits, so glad to see them in the real world.

4 extra tracks by evil puppeteer The Ghost That Walks on vinyl.

1) Demons And Dumb Beats
2) Dreaming In Pain
3) Trick Of A Cold Heart
4) Furious Flames

This is all the news I have on it so far, I also got Record Of The Month on Interstellar Sounds for Zyntax Motor City No 6. Not bad at all…..

http://www.interstellarsounds.com/product.php?productid=4890&cat=0&page=1

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Just found out Zyntax Motor City have uploaded some videos on Youtube for my release, EDIT Now available in a Limited run of 200 from Clone. Zyntax Motorcity No 6

1. Day Of The Freaks
2. Escape the Curse
3. Crow Walker
4. Autoplasm

Vinyl from Clone
Vinyl from Interstellar Sounds

Also available for immediate download as FLAC or Mp3 from Zyntax Motor City’s Bandcamp

There were 8 tracks signed in all and they will probably do a digital tie in with the vinyl for the extra tracks, a pretty strong EP too, one of my best releases so far. Feels good to have a record out again after a long time, exciting stuff! Enjoy the videos…

All tracks Copyright of Zyntax Motor City Records 2012

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Welcome to the House of Danny Wolfers aka Legowelt.

Playing a big part in the history of Bunker Records, carving his way through more international clubs than you can name, remixing and recording for prestigious labels like Clone, Minimal Rome, Cocoon Recordings and his very own Strange Life label.

Step into the world of Mr Wolfers…

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You had a real education discovering Bunker records in your hometown in The Hague when you first started.
What did they teach you, and is there anything you learnt that you still carry with you even today?

Yeah basicly just to not give a fuck about what anyone thinks of you or what you are doing, to not bow to any peer pressure…that pretty much the whole “dance” music industry is just a facade of the dumbest and stupidest people imaginable and that its pretty easy to exploit all that haha!

You’ve been lucky enough to be successful early on, and keep a strong momentum going.
Is there anything you have picked up from your experiences that has really helped to boost that momentum.
Maybe something that you did where you really thought that was really incredible.

Well I can’t do much else…this whole music producing thing has been my job for more then 10 years now…i guess thats the most incredible thing in these times. I don’t think there is one particular thing that helps to boost the momentum, its all small and little things that add up together I guess.

Another part to that question, is there anything you have seen
other artists do that really blew you away,
that you really admired and wanted to emulate yourself?

Yeah that is pretty much the driving force of any artist I think? The
inspiration of other artists which is basically a fundamental need to imitate/copy their music but in the end will end up different cause you will always use different elements/colors or maybe it just sounds
different cause you’re technically incapable or lazy. But yeah there are so much artists that blew me away its too much to mention…starting from when I was young I wanted to be Underground Resistance, Aphex Twin, Orbital, Unit Moebius etc. all the usual suspects.

You’ve had a vast number of releases over the years through the 90′s, the last decade and beyond,
you clearly have a passion for it that is still burning bright.
What’s behind keeping you motivated for so long? Most people would be burnt out and jaded by now, how do you do it?

You’re extremely busy with writing, DJ mixes, releases,collaborations remixes and touring the US this month too. Does it feel like it has always been this way for you? Do you feel sometimes you want to stop and take a breath? How do you cope with it as it can be mentally very draining.

Well its not the hardest thing in the world, its all pretty dream-like and thats what it feels like I guess it doesn’t feel mentally draining at all, on the contrary its an extremely inspiring energetic job…i get to make music, travel the world be in all kinds of crazy adventures…i feel very privileged every second I am doing this cause I couldn’t have dreamed this when I started making music

Are there any mistakes you have made along the way that you wouldn’t want to wish on anyone else?

Hmm not really maybe I shouldn’t have sold my Oberheim Matrix 6

What are your thoughts on social media? Do you think it’s a valuable tool for musicians or something that’s just a passing phase that will be superseded. Maybe even go back to more physical and emotional experiences again. Hence maybe why festivals are getting bigger and bigger.

I don’t really think about those things, I got twitter I like that cause its fast and very fragmentary and pretty much doesn’t make sense at all…its not really that important to waste your brain cells thinking about. I stopped using Facebook cause its pretty fucked up in a way, becoming a kind of evil institution where people just give all their information and give up their privacy just like a bunch of mindless sheep. Apart from that for most people Facebook is just a thing to show off how cool and great you are…I guess twitter is all that too but kind of different I used to have a Legowelt Facebook thing but last year I just deleted it. There is still a Legowelt fan Facebook or something but I got nothing to
do with that its run by some weird fan but people think its me and mail that guy or something its kinda fucked up and scary.

What would you say to artists or labels starting now, as it is so hard to become established.
What have you learnt that you think could apply to people starting today in electronic music?

Just don’t give a fuck about anything and don’t expect anything I have no further advice

How do you think music will be consumed in the future? What’s the forecast for your productions and where do you see them ending up? I could easily imagine some cool product tie ins with a Legowelt soundtrack.

I have been thinking of that sometimes how music will be in the future, I think there will be new breakthroughs in how we perceive music…i dunno exactly what or how but there will be probably some scientific discoveries about frequencies and how they affect the brain or mind or whatever…
It will be a much more intense experience…either by just amplifying the frequencies in certain ways, new kinds of speakers/sounds/implants or whatever…not sure how but it will go this way as I have a feeling that sound/music is a very fundamental energy in the time space continuum. Then there will be a time when music will be taken much more seriously and become more sacred like it used to be in times of the dawn of man. I don’t think i will see this in this lifetime it will probably take another few hundred years before we get there.
As for my own productions I have no idea were I will take it thats all going to be a surprise for me and the listener

You can buy records from Legowelt at Clone Records and get updates from the official website Legowelt.

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Most of the time I find these things very boring ( watched a Ritchie Hawtin one and hurt my nose nodding off into the keyboard), but this man was just so cool, had to post it. Loved this , I would love to have the chance to play music like this as a DJ again one day. This is the way to do it, doesn’t matter if it’s vinyl, cd, digital, not perfectly mixed, just bang the party. Loved it, don’t just sit there, watch it!

I will watch a few more and post them if I like them.

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Positive Thinking – Surviving Negative Environments

In this video I’ll teach you how to deal with negative environments

You will find plenty of these wherever you go, simply because there are a lot of negative people around, so again a hazard you have to deal with regularly

1) Use Your Instincts
2) Keep Your Shields Up
3) Look Confident
4) Try To Change

1) Your instincts are your number one best guide, if you have a bad feeling about someone or a place, it is usually right. So if you get a feeling you shouldn’t go into that club, or bar, listen! Go somewhere else where you feel better about it.
If you feel like you need to walk or drive a different route today, do it.
Your instincts are trying to look after you, they don’t speak, they just try to tell you by feeling.

2) If you have to be in a negative place, like an office for example, many of us do, try to hang onto your energy and protect yourself as much as you can.
Very similar to dealing with negative people, be friendly, be pleasant, but don’t reveal too much, or anything personal that can be used to undermine you and gain power over you. Do what you need to do to survive, but don’t be a slave to it.

3) Look confident, don’t appear to get upset or get too emotional, it again appears as a weakness. Fine to do that when no one else is looking. Emotions are what make you more powerful than anyone else. But they’re used against you in negative situations. That’s why people who display fear are more likely to be victims, because people can instinctively read your fear, so mask it as much as you can.

4) Try to change negative places for more positive ones, you are in charge of where you go, what you do, so keep working on improving every aspect. Where you live, work, socialize. Upgrade them one by one.
Try to think of the end result of the great places you will be when you change, rather than focus on the bad situation you may be in, don’t focus on the obstacles, look ahead to the end result.

The electronic music in this video is owned, written and produced by Paul Bishop Aka The Ghost That Walks .

All music is Copyrighted at FutureCopyright.com :

I Came Back For You FC-4548476
Invader Of The Grid FC-22548476

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Learning how to deal with negative people can be really tough, but you can do it if you follow three rules.

1) Deflect
2) Stay Calm
3) Put It In Perspective

If you can deflect other peoples anger and frustration, and not be affected by it, then they can’t get to you or drag you where they are.

You are responsible for how you think and feel, not them. They are external to you, so why should they be able to control you? They shouldn’t!

Don’t allow people to rent space inside your own head, it’s yours to decide what’s in there, not other people.

Stay calm and you stay rational and can think straight, don’t get into a primal state and start reacting like a primate would.

Put things into the correct perspective, in the scheme of things, is it really important what they did or said? Focus on the good memories from the past and present, however small, use that as fuel to realize you have something to be grateful for.

The electronic music in this video is owned, written and produced by Paul Bishop Aka The Ghost That Walks .

All music is Copyrighted at FutureCopyright.com :

Reflections Of Yourself  FC-32548476
Princess Fortress  FC-28548476
The Red Dawn FC-33548476

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Shout outs and welcome to all new subscribers:

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The electronic music in this video is owned, written and produced by Paul Bishop Aka The Ghost That Walks .

All music is Copyrighted at FutureCopyright.com :

The Scorpion & The Frog  FC-34548476

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The Fool – The first card in Tarot, and the beginning of The Fool’s journey.

Upright it signifies a leap into the unknown, a fresh start, the start of an adventure, childlike wonder.

You’re about to enter a new phase in life, a new unexpected opportunity , a new relationship. Take a risk with childlike optimism.

Reversed it signifies risk, poor judgement, poor decisions, head in the clouds.

You or someone around you may be making foolish decisions, don’t take risks without carefully thinking things through first.

The electronic music in this video is owned, written and produced by Paul Bishop Aka The Ghost That Walks .

All music is Copyrighted at FutureCopyright.com :

Melting Lies FC-6548476

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Learning how to change your way of thinking from negative to positive is extremely hard.

I’ve been there and been at rock bottom in a negative state of mind for over 20 years, now everything has changed, and in this video I’ll teach you how to make a basic and small start to feeling more positive.

It’s not easy and it takes a lot of work, but if you persevere then you can do it, if I can manage it so can many other people.

Try to do something you really enjoy or something stupid like a dance in the morning, and roughly 9 hours later, you will feel a little lift. If you can keep forcing positive thought in your mind you will gradually start to feel better.

If you can do that through the day, and take a break somewhere green or with positive people if possible, that will be a big help if you’re in a negative environment, like many places are.

I’ll teach you how to deal with that in another lesson. Stay positive!

If you want to ask me anything, or need some tips about your own situation, leave or comment or go to my website to contact me there.
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The music in this video is owned, written & produced by Paul Bishop aka The Ghost That Walks. Copyrighted at Future Copyright Steel & Stealth (FC-31548476), A Thousand Miles Of Night (FC-9548476). The outro is free from Splasheo with permission.

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Shout outs and thanks to all the newly Infected who signed up for the newsletter, and any new followers.
A few thoughts about the things learned so far, about The Exaltics and how he is juggling home life, work, and trying to keep everything balanced so as not to destroy his music.

Track in the background is Steel & Stealth by The Ghost That Walks (copyrighted at Future Copyright FC-31548476.)

Welcome to new Infected members :

Dan
Johannes Klint
Theodore
Alejandro Aguilar

On Soundcloud

Sjoerd Krikken
Shadowbunny
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Nico Jagiella (from Solar One Music)
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With a constant stream of dark uncompromising releases on Bunker, Creme, Last Known Trajectory, Transient Force and Solar One Music, you wonder how it all happens and how they arrived.

Their leader explains …..

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I really like the way The Exaltics name instantly conjures up an image of a dark band of royal superior beings, yet it’s one person!
Did you plan to do that to create some mystique? What’s the story behind the name?

I feel the same way when I look on that project from the outside. The people of the Exaltics are a dark band with no rules on how many they are or how they look. That gives me a great mystique and strange feel , I love that. The name was created around the word „exalt“. This word works best for he story of a superior alien population who takes care on our planet earth. It takes months to get this name complete. I really like a story behind the music so your imagination is more focused on it. That’s very important to me. Also it’s very interesting for people when they don´t know much about an artist. They want to look behind the mystique and that makes it more interesting. People are in general „curious“ and want to uncover „secrets“.

A lot of what The Exaltics do is quite dark, and it’s never held you back from being successful.
Why do you think that people embrace dark music, or is it just part of a cycle of fashion that comes and goes?

I don´t think dark music is fashion. Either you feel it or not. I prefer dark and intense stuff because I get a much stronger feeling then hearing „happy“ music. I think the scene around record collectors is that they don´t only consume music. They want the interesting original and deep stuff which touches their souls, where they can dive into another world. Please don´t get me wrong there is also interesting „happy“ music but I think dark and intense music gives the much stronger feel. It’s like this for me!

You’ve had a lot of releases on different labels, Bunker, Last Known Trajectory, Creme, Transient Force and your own Solar One Music.
Do you think that the only chance electronic musicians have of getting established is to always have something current out, and how do you manage to juggle that kind of schedule!

I´m also a passionate 12“ collector and all these labels are favourites of mine.
I had a great wish to release music with them. Also every label has it’s own fan base besides the regular scene. So you can reach more people and that’s good to get your stuff out in the world. I work very hard for my passion, my music, the label SOM (Solar One Music) which I run with best friend Nico.
Music is my life, pain, and sin to be on this earth.
I´m so happy to read words from people all over the world who feel my music! That’s the best payment I can get. And yes I think because they are so many artists out there you have to work much harder to establish your music and name. I don´t want to be popular personally. I want to reach out with The Exaltics to people’s souls.
I want to make music that people want to hear many years from now. That’s my mission on earth!. So the quality can´t go down. You have to surprise people. That’s the main thing to establish yourself as an artist. 10 bad records a year are not better than 2 great ones! All these things are connected with a lot of work and will. I have a regular job beside the music but I hope someday that will change.

How do you feel about the artist/DJ life of constant travel and touring to earn money? It’s really tough to have a personal and home life if you are always on the road.
Do you have a plan to restrict that or balance it so you don’t have to sacrifice that side of life completely for your music?

That’s a theme in my head for some time. I get many offers for playing live and I´m really happy about this. I have a regular job so touring at the weekend would not be so easy at the moment because on the weekend I have to charge my batteries from my regular job and also my music and label thing. I´m also in a relationship and I want to take care of this. So I think when I play live then I can only play a few gigs in the beginning so I don´t burn myself out. I´m a perfectionist. I´m compulsive and want to make things to my own personal high standard. That’s not easy for me to do when playing live because I put my self under too much pressure. So at the moment I´m still in the planning stage because I haven´t come up with the perfect idea for a good live set for my taste and my compulsive perfections.
In general the best would be a good balance between „normal“ life (studio,home) and „road“ life. You have to be a good balanced person to not drift away with alcohol, no sleep etc.. I know a little bit this life from 96´-2003. I was a Dj and always on fire. That lays behind me. Today I need a normal life for my own personal balance. I´m too compulsive in my world, to have another gig every weekend. I´m more the man for the studio.

The Internet explosion has had a devastating effect on music. If something is sold digitally it’s usually on a torrent site in hours.
I even read a stat that it’s the tip of the iceberg as nearly double the amount are swapping hard drive collections offline.
What do you think happened to make people decide music has little or no value, or is it up to the artist to make people value music again?

They are always people who only „consume“ music, and others who „love and feel“ music and want to support artists and labels. Sadly today the evolution of technology means that most media things will be taken for free rather than paid for. When people (not all!!!) get things for free than they take it. So they have more money for other things (that’s the thought behind it). That’s the problem of modern civilization. „More,more“ nothing has any worth. Everything runs fast, life , relationships etc.. Everybody wants the newest hippest shit and nobody looks behind and asks „What about the people who make all these things“. It’s difficult to describe but I think everybody knows what I mean.. But again not all people live this way and for those of you who care for the people who put a lot of time, work and love into the things you consume I give my full respect. Most people also don´t understand that quality has it’s price. If they knew that most labels don´t earn much money and only break even, maybe they would buy 1 more mp3 or 1 more 12“. One day the labels can´t make a profit and they will stop. There will be less and less music over time. I don´t want to judge anyone out there but maybe think about what will happen in the future before you upload a new torrent. We are not all rich rock stars!

You’ve worked with a lot of labels in different parts of the world, is there anything that you’ve spotted that really blows you away about how they work?
Have you then learnt from that and applied it to Solar One Music?

I´m happy to say that I always had good experiences with the labels I work with. They all worked differently but all were cool in their own special way. Everybody has their own working flow. Some are more transparent than others. I prefer to know how the release grows up and all the stuff. We at SOM make it this way. Everybody is different in such things..but it’s always an interesting process.

I remember on Myspace years ago when you were selling tracks on a USB drive, which was a very different thing to do back then!
What kind of strategy have you had to get yourself from that point to the point you’re at now?

We wanted something special for the first release with SOM and The Exaltics. The USB thing was technical and fits perfectly with The Exaltics story. The „key“ to the mother ship. It was a very interesting and cool project, it was fresh, but not everybody likes these excursions, because all want vinyl in general. We were a little bit frustrated at the time. We didn’t have enough money to press vinyl, but we wanted to do a label and continue with our work in doing CD releases with original packaging.
It’s one of our trademarks today. The theme around SOM and The Exaltics is always to be „something different,something special“. That’s our way of life! We wanted that people could see that we made this stuff from the heart. And it works. We sold better and better from release to release. We contacted every distributor for a long time with no results. But we didn´t give up. One day we got a message from Clone Rotterdam. They ordered our whole SOM back catalogue. A marathon of burning and stamping Cds’ began. But we were in business from this day. Today we press also vinyl and look back on 20 releases. We always believe in the things we do and I think people see this!

If you could start again at this point in time, given how much things have changed even in the last 5 years, what would you do differently?
Are there any points where you knew you’d made a big mistake, or where you really knew you’d struck gold?

I would do it all again this way. All mistakes turn to good things someday. You are learning by doing. Mistakes are good to teach you what to do differently the next time.
My great turning point in my musical life was after I got a message from Guy Tavares that he wants to make a Bunker release with me. My heart was beating like an air hammer after I read his message. I think i was drinking 3 beers after another to calm down and realize what was happening. Definitely the greatest day of my life!

Social media and marketing has become something electronic musicians must do, you could literally spend all day working on it. How do you feel about it?
Do you think that maybe it could implode and we’ll all head back to more of the physical and personal word of mouth?

I think Social Media is very important for artists labels and all media things for spreading the word. Nearly everybody has an account on such sites, and it’s getting bigger and bigger. I think in the future, there will be more sites. For some years it was Myspace today it’s Facebook and Twitter and in some years there will be new platforms. Maybe someday nobody has their own homepage anymore. Everything will happen via personal Social Media sites. I can imagine such a scenario.
No question it’s perfect for some promo for some words etc. But we should not lose ourselves there! That’s the big problem. We are individuals not only a Facebook account for example..Many forget this. Modern Technology is a curse and a mercy. It’s important how we handle it and don´t forget real life.

Have you ever thought about teaching what you know to up and coming artists, a bit like an Exaltics boot camp. You get trained in sonic weaponry, shore up your defences, then release them to spread the word? What would be on your class schedule to teach your students?

Be honest, be true, be yourself, be the hardest working person, don´t give up and believe in your vision and everything will be open to you. I thought such words were crap before I had 1 record released, but these words are true and the only way to move ahead.

You can find Exaltics records at Clone, Solar One Music and Bandcamp

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Shout outs and thanks to all the newly Infected who signed up for the newsletter, and any new followers.

Sums up what’s coming in The Infected Newsletter No 1, including a round up of interviews so far, favourite mixes and selected articles, as well as an exclusive john Carpenter mix only available to members who’ve signed up with email.

Welcome to new Infected members :

Chris Spotta Hawkins
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Dj Mad Wax
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Will I ever learn to leave dark forces alone? Not likely….

Another tarot reading with the celtic cross, to see where music is going to take me in the future. Looks pretty good, but as always pretty tough to get there, lots of obstacles.

Looks like I will be suffering for my art, as per usual.
The celtic cross is about the past, the recent pass, the near future, what your options are, any obstacles. It also tells you what the atmosphere is from your point of view, and how others see the situation.

Lastly, hopes and fears, and the likely outcome. As always , you are the master of your own destiny, and can change and alter anything and everything in life.

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Shout outs to some of the people that have made the effort to follow or like what I’m doing on things like Facebook, Youtube, Soundcloud. Sorry if I’ve missed anyone, please let me know and I’ll include you next time.

If there is anything you have happening, a record, show or event you are doing or know about that you think people might like, please let me know and I’ll include it in the next one.

Included are West Coast Sound of Holland (FB), Weapons Of Bass Destruction ( Soundcloud), Chris Spotta Hawkins (FB), Lubine Adema (FB), Julia Pe (Soundcloud), and lastly Renaat from R&S for a great interview, very inspiring, please go and watch it.

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Talked about how to get to this point in parts 1-5, and now back with the results of the experiment of removing borders and boundaries, to just let the creative mind do what it wants or feels.

The results are ok, you can hear them in the background, Nitrous Engine Upgrades ,but I think I can do better, it’s a good start, I’ll continue on with it and see where it goes.

I get the feeling it will take a little while for the creative spirit to get used to having a freer role after being more disciplined for a year and a half.

I’ll get back to you soon with what comes next!

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