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Knopje is a Nijmegen based independent record label focusing on electronic music.

The label has grown considerably since its inception and continues to gain a reputation for unpredictable releases.
Knopje has slowly built up a roster it can not only be proud of, but also one genuinely envied by many of its contemporaries.

Artists of the label are Ricardo Tobar, Idiot Idols, Avus,
Angelo Battilani, Magic Panda, Van Did, Roi Koch.

Sometimes knopje will do an event.
Notable artists that have performed for knopje are Dominik Eulberg,
Petar Dundov, Luke Abbott, Ricardo Tobar, Max Cooper,
Fairmont, Margot, Ripperton, Ivan Smagghe, Magic Panda,
Ryan Davis, Spada, Mattheis and Max Farlane.

knopje 2.7 years
a night with Ivan Smagghe

knopje houdt van mooie muziek, van gedurfde combinaties,
lieflijke klanken en een flinke portie dansbaarheid.

2 mei is knopje 2.7 jaar!

Als speciale gast heeft knopje Ivan Smagghe uitgenodigd!

Ivan Smagghe stond al op Lowlands, 5 Days Off en in Club 11. De Fransman die jarenlang resident was van de Parijse clubavond ‘Kill the DJ’ is bekend geworden als de helft van de electro formatie Blackstrobe die naast sterke eigen producties als ‘Me and Madonna’ ook electro remixes verzorgde voor Rammstein en Fischerspooner. Smagghe wordt alom geroemd vanwege zijn platenkeuze en no nonsense attitude die hem inmiddels in de meest prestigieuze clubs ter wereld brachten. Van de Fabric in London tot Ibiza’s hotspots Space, Amnesia, DC 10 en Manumission, overal pakte hij het publiek in met zijn sprankelende DJ-sets die voor elk wat wils bieden.

Dolblij zijn we met de komst van Ivan Smagghe!

Ook kunnen natuurlijk Nijmeegse klankkunstenaars niet uit blijven.
Vaste waarden Roi Koch en Tha-D zullen niet ontbreken en te gast is de Nijmeegse DJ Muska.
Vj NoNo zal verantwoordelijk zijn voor het creëren van een visuele droomwereld.

Verwacht een avond vol vernieuwing, experimenten, vriendschap en warme speelse klanken!

De lage entreeprijs van tien euro moet tevens de laagdrempeligheid van de avond waarborgen.

2 mei 2014
knopje Gas 19
Vlaamsegas Nijmegen
Aanvang 23.00

Label Release knopje 003
Magic Panda – Life is Elsewhere E.P
(may 12' 2014)

Magic Panda – Life is Elsewhere
Magic Panda – The Floating World
Magic Panda – Maunsell Sea Forts
Magic Panda – Life is Elsewhere Roi Koch Remix
Magic Panda – The Floating World Van Did Remix

Label Release knopje 002
Idiot Idols – Settebello Express E.P

Idiot Idols – Officine Meccaniche
Idiot Idols – 2600 KW
Idiot Idols – Settebello Express
Idiot Idols – 2600 KW Avus Fuzzy Techno Mix
Idiot Idols – Officine Meccaniche Angelo Battilani Remix

The ep is inspired by the story of the Settebello, an italian train…ancestor of modern high speed trains.
His name was inspired by Scopa…that is an Italian card game, and one of the two major national card games in Italy.
In Scopa you have a card with seven coins… is called SETTEBELLO wich has an high value in the game.
Officine Meccaniche is ispired thinking about the construction fo the train in the factories, where there was machines cutting, melting (etc etc) steel to make the Train see the light officine meccaniche meens literaly: mechanical workshops.
2600kw insipred by the cranking of the train the engine has 2600kw power…this track is ispired by the first start of the engine, the first test of the train.
Settebello Express, the main track: the long run of the settebello express from milan to rome.. clearly inspired by the mix of techno and the sound of the Maestro Giorgio Moroder.

Label Release knopje 001
Ricardo Tobar – Betweener E.P

Ricardo Tobar – Betweener
Ricardo Tobar – Anne
Ricardo Tobar – Pequeñita

After several releases on Border Community and Traum Schallplatten, Chilean Ricardo Tobar comes back for our first installment here at Knopje Musik and proud we are as he has given us three of his neat next generation songs for us to dance to. Taking a short break from releasing in order to tour and compose, Ricardo has secured a part of his work for us and in return, we are giving birth to his new “Betweener EP”.
First song, Betweener, takes us back to classic Tobar work. Big chords with a hypnotic melody that, after a break, puts us on an arpeggio escalade with a mantric vocal loop, bringing our sensations to the high spheres of party madness.
Anne is a distorted synth affair, with a dream-pop-shoegaze style all fitting together thanks to a 4/4 beat and sidechain compression. Hypnotic and surprising at the same time, the song certainly reassures us about Ricardo’s hardworking search for noise.
Last one, Pequeñita closes the deal here. An ambient pop song with the word “fragile” all over place. This proves us that Ricardo’s delicate way of making tunes is the perfect example of music that can either bang dancefloors or make your thoughts fly away at home.