{"id":3798,"date":"2015-05-03T19:02:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T18:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/?p=3798"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:13:45","slug":"pearsall-presents-kowloon-nights-the-technasia-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/pearsall-presents-kowloon-nights-the-technasia-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearsall presents Kowloon Nights (The Technasia Sound)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/pearsall-presents-kowloon-nights-the-technasia-sound\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/mixes\/technasia\/Pearsall-KowloonNights(TechnasiaSound).jpg\" alt=\"Kowloon Nights\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mixes-upload.pearsall.workers.dev\/mixes\/technasia\/Pearsall-KowloonNights(TechnasiaSound).mp3\">Pearsall presents Kowloon Nights (The Technasia Sound)<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>right-click, save as to download this free mp3 mix<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/203739370&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>100% Vinyl!<br \/>\nMixed in Berlin, April 2015<br \/>\n(58:13, 133 MB, 320 kbps MP3)<\/p>\n<p>Cover image: Taken from Reddit user ansrali. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/itookapicture\/comments\/oj7nw\/itap_of_the_night_market_in_kowloon_hong_kong\/\">See here for the original<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mixes-upload.pearsall.workers.dev\/mixes\/technasia\/Pearsall-KowloonNights(TechnasiaSound).zip\">Zip file (split into separate tracks)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/mixes\/technasia\/Pearsall-KowloonNights(TechnasiaSound)BIG.jpg\">Big cover<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mixes-upload.pearsall.workers.dev\/mixes\/technasia\/Pearsall-KowloonNights(TechnasiaSound).cue\">Cue file<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Style: A tribute to the techno genius of Technasia<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Direct link to the mix:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mixes-upload.pearsall.workers.dev\/mixes\/technasia\/Pearsall-KowloonNights(TechnasiaSound).mp3\">https:\/\/mixes-upload.pearsall.workers.dev\/mixes\/technasia\/Pearsall-KowloonNights(TechnasiaSound).mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tracklisting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>01. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Force\/release\/3777\">Force (Reprise)<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n02. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Recr%C3%A9ations-Volume-4\/release\/73672\">Future Mix (Technasia Premonition Mix)<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n03. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Ghett-O-Freak\/release\/715478\">Ghett-O-Freak (Techn-O-Mix)<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n04. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Popsoda\/release\/735607\">The Steppin&#8217; Show (Extended) (With John Thomas)<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n05. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Recr%C3%A9ations-Volume-3\/release\/74295\">Evergreen (Technasia Remix)<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n06. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Evergreen\/release\/3771\">Evergreen I<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n07. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Fusin\/release\/186170\">More Fusin&#8217;<\/a> (Music Man)<br \/>\n08. Sound Of K &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Sound-Of-K-Silvery-Sounds-Technasia-Mixes\/release\/6208\">Silvery Sounds (Technasia Hard Mix)<\/a> (F Communications)<br \/>\n09. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Motion\/release\/3774\">The Awakening<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n10. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Popsoda\/release\/735607\">Final Quadrant (The Cosmic Beats)<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n11. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Genesis\/release\/5383\">Swarm<\/a> (Sino)<br \/>\n12. Static Drum &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Static-Drum-John-Thomas-Always-Trying-EP\/release\/188455\">External (Technasia Remix)<\/a> (Logistic)<br \/>\n13. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Hydra\/release\/3776\">Hydra (Re-Hydrated)<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n14. John Thomas &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/John-Thomas-Undisputed-Life-Technasia-Mixes\/release\/5385\">Undisputed Life (Technasia Mix 2)<\/a> (Sino)<br \/>\n15. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-2-The-Floor\/release\/654571\">2 The Floor (With DJ Nasty and Fletch Flex)<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n16. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Popsoda\/release\/735607\">Tropicalia 2<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n17. Joey Beltram &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Joey-Beltram-vs-Technasia-The-Start-It-Up-Remix\/release\/3929\">The Start It Up (Technasia Remix)<\/a> (Glass Splinters)<br \/>\n18. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-DJ-Skull-Passages-Vol-1\/release\/43814\">Acid Storm<\/a> (Sino)<br \/>\n19. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Hydra\/release\/3776\">Hydra (De-Hydrated)<\/a> (Technasia)<br \/>\n20. Technasia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-The-Declamation\/release\/3775\">Millenniums (The Unknown)<\/a> (Technasia)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/charlessiegling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/charlessiegling-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"charlessiegling\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/charlessiegling-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/charlessiegling-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2015 is clearly the year of tribute mixes from me. So far this year I&#8217;ve done tributes to <a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/pearsall-presents-original-basement-vibes-the-sound-of-chocis-chewns\/\">Choci&#8217;s Chewns<\/a>, <a hef=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/pearsall-in-berlin-my-tribute-to-mala-dubstep-legend\/\">Mala<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/pearsall-presents-surgical-sounds-the-doc-scott-tribute\/\">Doc Scott<\/a>, and now I am very proud to present my tribute mix to perhaps my favorite techno artist of them all &#8230; Technasia!<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;ve also done a tribute mix to hard trance geniuses Nuclear Hyde, and that will be posted in a few weeks time).<\/p>\n<p>Technasia was originally a collaboration between Frenchman Charles Siegling and Hong Konger Amil Khan (although it has been a Siegling solo project since 2008) &#8211; they hooked up in the late 90&#8217;s with the goal of putting South-East Asia on the global techno map, through radio shows, explosive dj sets (check out their legally released mixes like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Charles-Siegling-PLUS-Technasia-Charles-Siegling\/release\/3751794\">Plus Technasia Charles Siegling<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Fuse-Presents-Technasia\/release\/192689\">Fuse presents Technasia<\/a> for a taste), and, of course, great productions. And in this I think they succeeded quite nicely!<\/p>\n<p>My first exposure to Technasia was hearing &#8216;Crosswalk&#8217; on Dave Clarke&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Dave-Clarke-Electro-Boogie-Vol-2-The-Throwdown\/release\/1018\">Electro Boogie Vol. 2<\/a> mix. Cold vibes, robotic electro beats, sparkling synths &#8211; what was not to love? Clearly these were artists deserving of further investigation &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And this investigation led to a rich reward, as I discovered a dynamic duo who were carving out a very special niche for themselves with their club-friendly electro and techno beats, funky basslines, and ear for a melody (an under-rated commodity in techno, where too many artists seem to think a kick drum and some scraping metallic sounds can make up your entire sonic palette). From their first release up through their second album, 2006&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Technasia-Popsoda\/master\/43857\">Popsoda<\/a>, any Technasia release or remix was pretty much buy on sight for me. Listen to these fucking tunes, man! <i>So<\/i> good. <\/p>\n<p>Since becoming a solo project in 2008, the Technasia sound has shifted away from the high-energy style as showcased on this mix to a slower, more minimal rolling style of techno which isn&#8217;t quite as much to my taste. Hence why this mix features nothing later than Popsoda. I don&#8217;t blame Charles Siegling for changing his style &#8211; obviously as an artist your tastes change over time and you want to do different things and go in different directions musically. Speaking as a fan, though, I definitely prefer the earlier stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why this mix focuses on exactly those tunes &#8211; I&#8217;ve tried to cover the full spectrum of that classic Technasia sound, from the breaks and electro of the first few tunes through smooth and funky tech-house and on to peak-time techno bangers before ending on a more downtempo note. I&#8217;m very pleased with it and I hope you enjoy it too!<\/p>\n<p>One last thing to mention is that their aesthetic was also great, as shown by these covers:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA01.jpg\" alt=\"technasia-TA01\" width=\"587\" height=\"591\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA01.jpg 587w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA01-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA02.jpg\" alt=\"technasia-TA02\" width=\"563\" height=\"568\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA02.jpg 563w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA02-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA03.jpg\" alt=\"technasia-TA03\" width=\"566\" height=\"575\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA03.jpg 566w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA03-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA04.jpg\" alt=\"technasia-TA04\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA04.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA04-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA04-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA05.jpg\" alt=\"technasia-TA05\" width=\"566\" height=\"566\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA05.jpg 566w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA05-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-TA05-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-ta06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-ta06.jpg\" alt=\"technasia-ta06\" width=\"583\" height=\"589\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-ta06.jpg 583w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/technasia-ta06-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pearsall presents Kowloon Nights (The Technasia Sound) right-click, save as to download this free mp3 mix 100% Vinyl! Mixed in Berlin, April 2015 (58:13, 133 MB, 320 kbps MP3) Cover image: Taken from Reddit user ansrali. See here for the original. Zip file (split into separate tracks) Big cover Cue file Style: A tribute to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-3798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mixes","tag-techno"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3798"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6045,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798\/revisions\/6045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}