proper journalism like

finally got this thing finished.

ugh

so i interviewed a trak last sunday for analogue. and i've been so busy that i've only finished transcribing it tonight. and that's before adding any punctuation. man. plus in the background all i can here is this ace set from flosstradamus that i would love to have seen. but hey, i was chilling backstage with trizzy... it's the life we chose.

showing some love

this is long overdue, but i've added some more links down to side to the right there. these are some of my favourite blogs, they're both entertaining and enriching, with hilarious and enlightening anecdotes, and some seriously good quality tracks made available for download. they are as follows:

# Fools Gold - founded by a-trak and nick catchdubs, fools gold is all about eclecticism. peep the mission statement here.

# Fully Fitted - basically spank rock minus naeem, fully fitted is composed of Alexxxchange, Pasey Pase, Lord Darko, Chipset and Christopher Rockswell. their blog has some random thoughts as well as unreleased gems like the recently posted lily allen remix.

# Mad Decent - set up by diplo and home to acts such as bonde do rolê (who?!), dj blaqstarr, and south rakkas crew, this blog is regularly updated by paul devro, whose taste in music is as ethnocentric as diplo's. also available are sinden's kiss fm shows.

# Outside Broadcast - run by new york dj eli escobar, this is home to such posts as BEST SONG OF ALL TIME MONDAYS, RE-EDIT WEDNESDAYS and OLD SCHOOL R&B FRIDAYS. always worth a look.

AND OF COURSE

how could i forget analogue?!

def with the rekkid...

just check it out

Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full (Coldcut's 7 Minutes of Madness Remix)

get down

this is awesome news. curtis vodka, a young dude from anchorage, alaska, has been making amazing tracks and remixes over the last year, he's like 22 and lives in the middle of nowhere. killer tracks all the same. and now he has a blog. awesome. i haven't been able to check out what he's got up there, as my internet is beyond bogus right now. my laptop is acting crazy too, but that's another matter. next time both are working harmoniously, i will link some CV goodness (at 128)...

wow

it's been a while. not much to report of late, but gig season really kicks off this weekend - tomorrow it's digitalism and erol alkan (with support from local heroes jon averill and arveene) and then trentemøller on sunday. will definitely be worth it i think.

wahey.

finally, a mix i don't mind other people actually hearing. i wanted to challenge myself and do a mix only with tracks i actually own - because of that it does mean it's maybe not as cutting edge and hip as it could be, but whatever. booya. or something.

01 San Serac - Tyrant
02 Avril - The Date
03 DJ Mehdi - Wee Bounce
04 Hot Chip - Shake A Fist (Diplo's Noise of Art Remix)
05 Kissy Sell Out - Get Busy Tropicana
06 Shakedown - Lovegames
07 UNKLE - Hold My Hand (Buckley Boland 'Even Better Days' Remix)
08 Trentemøller - Chameleon
09 Armand van Helden - Je T'aime (Switch Remix)
10 Jon Ciafone - Everyday (DJ Grégory Mix)
11 Panda Bear - Good Girl
12 Coldcut - Walk A Mile In My Shoes (Tiga Remix)
13 DJ Mehdi - Leave It Alone (Edit)
14 Simian Mobile Disco - It's The Eat

Aidan Hanratty - Easter 2008