Upitup.com 2013

What's the difference between a drumroll and a snare rush? How does blue cheese sound? Is there really no note between "E" and "F"? Are you sure?

TRICKS doesn't have any answers to these questions, instead we have lots of theories on how popular music is built and where its back door is located. Symbolically speaking. As in "I really dig this show!" because you really can't dig a show. Unless it's an art show which requires its visitors to dig a hole in the ground to enter. But then you still wouldn't dig the show itself, you'd merely dig its entry.

Modern pop music is a problem we all know. Why doesn't anybody solve this problem, you might wonder. Maybe we need to rewind the story a bit in order to understand. Maybe need to understand the story in order to rewind. Maybe people are too busy digging tunnels to art shows and they can't hear the lovely sound of blue cheese or the secret note between E and F.

I was hired to write a text here. Only 268 more characters to go. I haven't even seen this show, so what. Imagine yourself into a saxophone. Yup, that's right: a saxophone. Would you be a republican or a democrat? I know a band named The White Blacula. How cool is that? Certainly cooler than the guy next to me, he is talking about a logo. What kind of people talk about logos?

Watch Tricks on ARTE Creative. New episode every week! Here's the soundtrack.

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Upitup is already 10, and it feels amazing.

When we founded Upitup 10 years ago we started out as a bunch of friends sharing their homemade tracks having great fun doing so. Looking at it today, I guess we're proud to say Upitup still is the same thing – just with a whole lot more friends.

Even though a lot has changed since we started in the spring of 2003 ( the web still kinda looked like this  and releasing free music felt pioneering) we soon wondered whether something like "underground" culture existed on the internet – or whether it's all equal. We really strived to keep up the homebrew spirit that guided us through all these years, keeping it fun while at it. We hope we've inspired you to look at music as more than a commodity, and to think beyond the definitions of established vs. DIY culture. In a sense that has always been our true mission, and we're doing our best to keep the original spirit alive.

So here we are, ten years later. We'd like to say a big THANKS! to all the amazing artists that have shared their music with us. Thanks for all the demos we've received. Thanks for all the free beers, the nice emails, the dancing and shouting, the articles & press, the inspiring talks, the fb likes, and the love.

Your support has been our fuel. Or something.

Enjoy our Upitup 10th Anniversary compilation ...

and come celebrate with us our 10th anniversary in Liverpool this weekend!!!

21 March 2013: Mello Mello

Ergo Phizmiz presents "Gargantua - an excessive entertainment"
The Wyrding Module
P.p. Roy
Chiz Turnross
Kepla

22 March 2013: The Kazimier

Ceephax Acid Crew
VHS Head
Datassette
Agt Rave Cru
Tony Loco+Oddbwar
Captain Johnson
Acrobat

23 March 2013: Drop The Dumbells

Global Goon
Tracky Birthday
Roglok
Benjamin Jackson
Jonas The Plugexpert
JFrank
Büromaschinen
White Mask
Pierlo
Big Effigy
The Courier
Dj Rosela Comb
Isocore
Jacques Malchance

WOW.

Also check what's the buzz about in Liverpool on:

-Bay Tv interview to Isocore and Jacques Malchance.
-Get Into This Upitup feature + Mix by Jacques Malchance.
-Article about Upitup by Joseph Viney on Bido Lito (March issue page 10).
-Full feature about Ergo Phizmiz's Gargantua on The Wire Magazine.
-And check our new Upitup 10 tumblr page.
-And Upitup merseyside twitter page.

Cheers!!!

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Only two days from the last news, what happened to us? well, get used to it!
Upitup is in berserk mode.

Mandy Mozart from Austria teamed up with K-Pop star Jiin Ko to craft some of the finest and scariest piano jams. There's something that The Wolfgang forgot tho: the Base Drum (and some Snares). And this is fully proven and documented in incredible tracks like "Art Of Anatomy" and the apocalyptic "Kaffee Universe".

This is the new Sachertorte!

This 9 tracks album is now available to you for free download as Upitup Free release number 54 (aka upfree54).

Make a good use of it, and spread the ♥!

Check the video for the single "Wishful Cheer" Hic et Nunc:



And download the release here!

GIGNEWS: TOMORROW!

Pierlo, JFrank, Meze (aka Kido) and Inicolabug will play at 30 Formiche, Rome at "4 Gatti al 30 Formiche, Live Electronics for the Funky (and Deaf)", show your face and your dance moves!

And perfectly a week away from now, if you happen to be in the British Isles, get some sort of vehicle or walk to this:

UPITUP 10TH WEEKENDER:
21 March 2013: Mello Mello
22 March 2013: The Kazimier
23 March 2013: Drop The Dumbells

TEN MEANS TEN

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