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Esco

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About Me

I'm wasting my time travelling between Belgium, Germany & Czech Republic. I'm a writer/researcher in two very different fields (pop & politics). Or in other words: i like diversity. In everything. And in the meantime I'm interviewing people and writing nonsense for VICE, Kindamuzik, State and my blog (http://circusbeckman.blogspot.com).

My Interests

Pop-politics-people.

I'd like to meet:

Anybody who is able to let me know some decent music I probably like. However, I can't meet Moldovan girls. Orders from my girlfriend. Sorry girls!

Music:

House is a feeling: The Field, Ellen Allien (& Apparat), James Holden & everything on Border Community (Nathan Fake, Petter, Fairmont, The MFA..), Gui Boratto, Ada, Carl Craig, Ame, Booka Shade, Richie Hawtin, Paul Kalkbrenner, Chelonis R. Jones, Kelley Polar, Pier Bucci, Mikkel Metal, Mathew Jonson...
Think in labels, not in artists! MOTOWN!, Bpitch, Kompakt (and 75% of their offspring), Minus, Wagon Repair, Crosstown Rebels, Goodlooking, Compost, Get Physical, Areal, Mo'Wax, Uncle Howie, Blue Note. Big up to N.E.W.S. and Lowlands distribution!
Hiphop 'till you don't stop: Opgezwolle, Clipse, Madlib, Digable Planets, Dr. Dre, Nas, DJ Shadow, Vakill, Ill Bill, Non Phixion, The Game, RJD2, Cunninlynguists, Pete Rock, Kanye West, Wax Tailor, Common, Neptunes productions, 9th Wonder, Dr. Octagon, MF Doom, DJ Muggs vs GZA
Rock on! At the Drive In, Pixies, Bloc Party, Hard Fi, Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, Blur, Death From Above 1979, Evil Superstars, Millionaire, Foo Fighters, Nick Cave, Refused
True Legends Miles Davis, Prince, Massive Attack, Portishead, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Lonnie Liston Smith, The Black Dog, Serge Gainsbourg, Herbert, Kruder & Dorfmeister, LTJ Bukem.
Girl Power Feist, Cat Power, Dani Siciliano, Erykah Badu, Missy Elliot, Aretha Franklin, Jill Scott
Space is the place Italians Do it Better, Chromatics, Farah, Professor Genius, I-F, Prins Thomas, Studio
Drum'n'bass LTJ Bukem, Calibre/Intalex/Soul:R, D-Bridge, Adam F before he started Breakbeat Kaos, Klute, old Headz, DJ Flight
If you don't like these albums I can't be your friend. Really.:
1. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
2. Aphex Twin - A Richard D. James Album
3. Pixies - Bossanova

Movies:

Festen, Solaris, Apocalypse Now, A Clockwork Orange, Scarface, Reconstruction, Planet of The Apes, After Life, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, Seven, 12 Monkeys, The Truman Show, Groundhog Day

Television:

Twin Peaks, Sex and the City, Lost, National Geographic

Books:

Fiction Philip Roth - I Married A communist, Aldous Huxley - Brave New World, Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections, Paulo Coelho - Veronica decides to die.
Unfortunately non-fiction Samantha Power - A problem from Hell, Philip Gourevitch - We wish to inform you..., Josheph Nye - The paradox of American Power,

My Blog

Italians do it better

This summer it's all about ITALO ladies and gents! Read the recommendations here: http://circusbeckman.blogspot.com/
Posted by Esco on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:53:00 PST

The 52 Best Albums of 2006

1. Opgezwolle  Eigen Wereld2. Burial - Burial3. Ellen Allien & Apparat  Orchestra of Bubbles4. Kiki  Boogy Bytes Vol. 015. Justin Timberlake  Futuresex/Lovesounds6. Junior boys  So this is go...
Posted by Esco on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:01:00 PST

A random sundaynight

Why not diving in this whole myspace-thing? On first sight it's quite handy. Anyway, things i'm enjoying lately are: - kastany-chocolate (chocolate in the Czech Republic can even live up to Belgian e...
Posted by Esco on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:33:00 PST