<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dear Readers,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Back in December I was announcing that BiP_HOp had been nominated by Qwartz Awards In Electronic Music in the categories "Best compilation" (BiP_HOp Generation 8) & "Best song" (Same Actor) </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I was asking you to support and vote for us</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Over the WE took place the Qwartz ceremony and to my great surprise BiP_HOp Generation v.8 has been Qwartz-awarded best compilation in 2006</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">According to the organisers we won because their jury loved the record but most of everything because a large amount of people click-voted for us, so allow me to THANK those of you who did</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Staubgold was Qwartz-awarded best label in 2006 which pleased me as I consider it to be an amazing brand</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Synch (Greece) + Nuits Sonores (Lyon) got Qwartz-awarded best festivals in 2006, and again that is a much deserved distinction</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On Thursday I shared stage with Leafcutter John, Marsen Juhls... Also played over the WE Si-cut.db, Markus Detmer from Staubgold, FM3... and several others... </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">So as you could imagine that was a pleasant WE in Paris</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hav a nice week</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">philippe</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">www.bip-hop.com</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">PS: for those who might have forgotten...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><B>BiP_HOp Generation v. 8</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><B>[bleep 32]</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">79 minutes which illustrate perfectly the contemporary alliance of acoustic instruments and digital technologies in music</FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><B>MURCOF</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="American Typewriter" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">works primarily with orchestral samples, processing the sound sources into new textures and fusing them with microscopic sounds and rhythms. His music is published on Leaf records.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="American Typewriter" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><B>TENNIS</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="American Typewriter" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> is the occasional project of Ben Edwards (Benge) and Douglas Benford (si-cut.db).</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"> Their music is </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="American Typewriter" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">an amalgam of miniature rhythmic sounds and digitized processing.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="American Typewriter" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><B>MITCHELL AKIYAMA</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="American Typewriter" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> is a Montreal based composer, interested in unconventional ways of playing conventional instruments. He has recorded for Sub Rosa, Raster- Noton, Substractif, Staalplaat, and several others...</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><B>MINAMO</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"> is an electro-acoustic quartet from Tokyo, they have released music for 12K, Apestaartje, Cubic...</FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="American Typewriter" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><B>TU M'</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="American Typewriter" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> is a duo from central Italy, who chose their name from Marcel Duchamp's last painting. They have released records on labels such as Dekorder, Phthalo, ERS/Staalplaat, Fallt...</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><B>STRINGS OF CONSCIOUSNESS</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="American Typewriter" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">work on musical motifs that can evoke at times a stormy, cinematic, or contemporary atmosphere.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>