why am i here?

saturday night....

2008-08-24T00:43:00.003Z

went to lovebox today. had fun at nerd. didn't have fun after that. read here.

i started work on a post-pukkelpop mix this weekend. i've a thirteen minute preview online. will completely redo, but that's where my thoughts are right now. TUUUUUUUUUNES!

never as tired as when i'm blogging

2008-08-22T12:50:00.004Z

i finished work yesterday. hurrah. i played soundcheck last night. not my best work, but some nice moments. sitwoc was a great idea in my head but i forgot how noisy it gets in the middle, and there was something bogus up with running up that hill - didn't sound good at all.

Feist - My Moon My Man
New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream
Hot Chip - Lights And Music
Róisín Murphy - Overpowered
Santogold - Les Artistes (XXXChange Remix)
Pase Rock - So Fucking Disco
Le Tigre - Deceptacon (DFA Remix)
CSS - Let's Make Love (Spank Rock Remix)
DJ Mehdi - I Am Somebody
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Bang
Franz Ferdinand - The Fallen (Ruined By Justice)
Daft Punk - Da Funk
N*E*R*D - Things Are Getting Better
Spank Rock - Backyard Betty
Justice - DANCE
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Mustapha 3000 - Kongo Thong
M.I.A. - Jimmy (Eli Remix)
Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control (Playgroup Remix)
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Ashley Beedle Remix)

in other news, pukkelpop was great. not as good as last year (they never are!) but definitely worth it. looking forward to electric picnic, though, after reading my thoughts on last year's festival, i'm a bit anxious about sound - especially for conor oberst, cut copy and wilco. i guess i'll just have to wait and see...

EPreview

2008-08-19T23:39:00.002Z

i just spent a long time trawling through myspaces so i could write a decent preview for the acts playing on sunday at electric picnic. it's a little over a week away! wahey!

those that really stood out are Jah Wobble’s Chinese Dub, Leila, Michael Franti & Spearhead, School Of Language, Wolfgang Haffner and Yacht. it will definitely be an interesting weekend.

party people!!!

2008-08-12T18:14:00.002Z

it's always nice to get a good mix to listen to on warm summer evenings. it's even better when the rain isn't at 78mm or whatever, but global warming is taking its course so there's nowt i can do... anyway, i'd never heard of Krudblog till a few moments ago, but now i have, as they have a curtis vodka mix up. it features the coldcut remix of paid in full, so it has to be good...

in other news, i'm heading to belgium for pukkelpop tomorrow, and i can't bleedin' wait. surkin followed by diplo followed by erol on friday will be nice. also looking forward to seeing lykke li quite a bit. what a lovely girl.

plug plug plug...

2008-08-06T22:28:00.001Z

FUN TIMES AHEAD!

another day another dj set...

2008-08-05T17:12:00.003Z

all bank holiday mondays should be like this. in dublin's bernard shaw last night, carnie played funk and hip-hop. quigo played electropoprock. i played what i wanted and banny played tunes. for further details on what i played, see below. stuck on repeat is a crowd pleaser. and i for one could play a set entirely comprised of xxxchange remixes. no question.

Mickey Moonlight – Interplanetary Music (Riton Remix)
Thom Yorke – The Eraser (XXXChange Remix)
Feist – Sealion (Chromeo Remix)
Little Boots – Stuck On Repeat
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone Extended Club Mix)
Yello – Bostich
The Count & Sinden ft Kid Sister – Beeper (A-Trak Remix)
Sammy Bananas – All The Girls
Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
MGMT – Kids
Dirty Vegas – Days Go By
Spank Rock – Rick Rubin (President Evil Remix ft Pase Rock)
Kanye West – Flashing Lights (Diplo Remix)
Wiley – Wearing My Rolex
The Chemical Brothers – Electronic Battle Weapon 8
Bonde Do Rolê – James Bonde
Best Fwends – M.Y.S.E.L.F. (XXXChange Remix)
Fully Fitted – 100 Million

peeled eyes necessary

2008-07-30T23:39:00.001Z

http://www.analoguemagazine.com/

in other news - i should have said jackson's d.a.n.c.e. remix was the best of last year. my moon my man is great and all, but, just, wow.

ONE HUNDRED!

2008-07-24T22:58:00.002Z

ta-dah! (i think) i played the following tunes tonight.

El-P - Lazerface's Warning (RJD2 Remix)
Cadence Weapon - Black Hand
Boards of Canada - Kid For Today
MIA - The Turn
Leftfield - A Final Hit
MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
Neon Neon - I Lust You
Calvin Harris - Merrymaking At My Place (Mr Oizo Remix)
Crystal Castles - Good Times
Britney Spears - Gimme More (Eli/Grayson Remix ft Amanda Blank)
LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous!
Chromeo - Needy Girl
Santogold - Les Artistes (XXXChange Remix)
Daft Punk - Face To Face
Black Lips - Veni Vidi Vici (Diplo Remix)
UNKLE - Keys To The Kingdom
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rich
Bright Eyes - Coach Check Dream Song
Modest Mouse - Paper Thin Walls

check-ch-check-check-check-ch-check it out

2008-07-23T21:39:00.002Z

i've spent the last few thursday evenings at soundcheck in spy. cheap cocktails and great tunes - it's a winning combination. this thursday i'll be getting the proceedings proceeding myself. seven o clock. tunes. etc. i might try and play all of i will possess your heart, though i think i know where that will go...

ooh la la

2008-07-21T21:29:00.004Z

nearly at 100 posts. in two years. that's hardly a lot.

new young pony club are djing at transmission. a lot of people give out about bands djing - they're only getting the gig because they're famous, they can't mix, their tune selection is obvious etc. i've heard absolutely nothing about nypc's skills except that one person told me he had heard they weren't too bad. which is pretty much a seal of approval from the source in question.

anyways, competition for tickets over here.

HOW MANY HOW MANY

2008-07-15T20:13:00.002Z

this is beyond weird. i want the purple top and the watermelon hoodie. STAT.

download here

2008-07-07T16:50:00.003Z

so what does one do on a day off? stay in bed late, record and then upload a mix. what else?!

lightspeed champion - galaxy of the lost (bonde do rolê remix)
mia - sunshowers (surkin remix)
thomas bangalter - ventura
curtis vodka - hoochie ass
buy now - body crash (laidback luke remix)
rex the dog - circulate
kid color - phoenix bootay (daft punk vs bangers & cash)
young mc - bust a move (diplo remix)
armand van helden - a track called jack
ghostface killah - charlie brown (orgasmic remix)
dj dan - put the record back on (gutter brothers remix)
the chemical brothers/kings of tomorrow - electronic battle weapon 10/finally (acappella)

Aidan Hanratty - July 2008 LINK UPDATED

unreal

2008-07-02T18:24:00.002Z

there's been more unkle activity in the last twelve months than ever before, with war stories (and all of its singles), more stories, and the upcoming end titles. then in october lupe fiasco rapped over chemistry at vegoose, before putting the track hello/goodbye on his album the cool, and now, somewhat unexpectedly, josh homme has popped up on on chemical, available over at pitchfork. now, where's me promo...

UNKLE ft Josh Homme - Chemical

watch the first twenty seconds...

2008-06-29T12:27:00.001Z

so he can't (and doesn't) play guitar. and he can't really sing. but damn jay makes me laugh...

damn girl...

2008-06-24T20:35:00.000Z

further to the below post, and subsequent comments, a trak will not be djing with kid sister next week. as kid sister will not be playing next week. no official word, but apparently it's been put back to mid august.

deux choses

2008-06-23T23:30:00.002Z

first of all, there's a competition over at analogue for some ewan pearson freebies.

secondly, RA's latest podcast is from laurent garnier. now unlike a lot of people i really enjoyed his live set at electric picnic 2006 (though i believe his dj set in 2005 was light years ahead, but maybe that's a taste issue). either way, i reckon this mix could be special...

RA.107 Laurent Garnier

(this is not my first) OMG

2008-06-17T17:59:00.001Z

kid sister is playing dublin. that is all.

argument closed...

2008-06-09T18:33:00.001Z

just blaze keeps it real...

busy p, whut the...

2008-06-08T21:48:00.004Z

back from primavera, i got the chance to talk to ed banger head busy p. the interview will be published in the next issue of analogue, out next month, but there's a review of the show on the blog, where p played with the ever excitable dj mehdi. great fun, as always.

what i'm feeling

2008-05-26T23:26:00.002Z

the bake sale, surkin, the future of analogue, primavera, holy f*ck, two two-day weeks in a row, ableton live, the uc-33...

life is good y'all...

proper journalism like

2008-05-13T21:45:00.000Z

finally got this thing finished.

ugh

2008-05-08T23:37:00.002Z

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

2008-05-05T22:21:00.006Z

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...

2008-04-29T21:37:00.002Z

just check it out

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

get down

2008-04-21T21:56:00.000Z

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)...