why am i here?

so...

2009-04-09T00:29:00.001+01:00

it's been fun and everything, but i've migrated.

haidooo.wordpress.com

tiga essential mix

2009-04-07T10:30:00.001+01:00

listen here

or

download here

want...

2009-04-07T09:02:00.003+01:00

this so bad!

also lil jon has done a remix of sound of kuduro :/

always any time 24/7

2009-04-06T21:29:00.002+01:00

this is so cool!

aa247 sesame street edit from aaron meola on Vimeo.

errr ok

2009-04-03T11:58:00.003+01:00

so naboo's playing in dublin - awesome. in flagranti too. that's some easter sunday night.... methinks bernard shaw followed by crawdaddy. mmhmmm.

angry dj spits venom

2009-04-03T11:17:00.004+01:00

i've been reading the ttl blog lately, a lot of it is random ish i don't care for - bizarrely a lot about ronaldo and park ji-sung - but they've a great interview with us dj rocktacon. i can never find a myspaz for this dude, but he made this your bmore track which allegedly invented bmore. apparently. he has a new cd and a new money studies rekkid with eli and so he's venting his anger at ttl. entertaining and informative to say the least. check it out here.

Oh ASIA like I did Hong Kong and Taiwan... there you go, Americanized Asia the fucking PITS. WORST SHIT EVER. Feeling like a total failure at life traveling the world as a American dj and they want the worst fucking music ever and your just sitting up their praying some ones pulls the pug, When i djed in Hong Kong it fucking sucked so much dick, I was awful and I didn't give a fuck, I got kicked off by some English ex pat with his name on his laptop in diamonds, I couldn't have been more happy to run into a hating ass local dj... I went back to my room jacked off and finished reading Atonement... Japan was amazing and the Filipinos was really fun to, but that China shit worst ever...

meanwhile eli posted a stevie nicks remix from said money studies wax on his blog, so have a gander thataway.

back in (club) action

2009-04-03T08:52:00.006+01:00

played soundcheck last night as i'm back in dubland, good fun. arrived to hear some nice trippy electro, then aeroplane's paris remix, and then some tune i didn't know but was around 130bpm so i had to kick it off lively and bring it all back. i think it was a bit cheeky to play 8 minutes of the juan maclean, but i really do love that album, so it was worth it.

Tittsworth ft Pase Rock & Kid Sister - WTF (Eli Remix)
Dances With White Girls - Everyone's Got To Make A Living
Fully Fitted - 50 Ways
Eli - Papa
45 King vs. 4th Pyramid – P-Y-R-A-M-I-D (Sammy Bananas Remix)
Fully Fitted - Shake It
Goldfrapp - Happiness (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation)
Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning (Cut Copy Remix)
Chromeo - 100%
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Intro
Jesse Rose - Touch My Horn
Morgan Geist - Detroit
The Juan MacLean - Tonight
Holy Ghost! - Hold On (Mix 2/Instrumental)
Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation)
45 King v Wale - Roof (DJ Ayres Remix)

possibly going to catch quigo support bang gang on saturday, should be a hoot.

hehehe

2009-04-02T00:04:00.002+01:00

so this was a joke. anyways.

i've had a listen to trizzy's fabriclive cd. hmm. some great tunes but lacks a wow factor. except for skepta's sweet mother and the way he flips from the chase into paris that is. anyway infinity +1 is out and it seems much more coherent. in that he doesn't just try to jam everything in. he's still that dude anyway.

no links above because you've seen them all before...

nuuuuuuuuuu

2009-04-01T08:57:00.002+01:00

turbo is killing it recently, and tvp has just gone and set up a new forum.

it's in its infancy (with a load of erol spammers) so hit it up to be part of something beautiful!

Turbo Forum

de-de-de-de-de

2009-03-31T20:18:00.003+01:00

being an international jet set journalist (ha) can be exhausting - hence my lack of blogging... anyway so erol told me over twitter that fake blood's remix of sandstorm was killing it in miami... and here it is...

Darude - Sandstorm (Fake Fake Blood Remix)

setting the table

2009-03-24T23:15:00.003Z

i saw someone had used my knife today. and i'm currently reading twilight which is set in a place called forks. so i started thinking, why aren't there any songs about cutlery?! these are all i could find, and they're from the same freakin' album...

i'm not in love...

2009-03-18T18:51:00.004Z

working on a real paper and dealing with quite a commute right now, so haven't been very attentive to this part of the internet. for some reason i've only come across this song by sebastien tellier this week. wow. pretty amazing.

other things i've been digging include: gang gang dance - god's money; para one - naissance des pieuvres; fake blood's essential mix; duke dumont's short mix on kissy sellout's radio show, and especially his remix of lotp's bathroom gurgle.

also - the bbc is rocking my world today - north west tonight told a loltastic story of some rogue cows, the one show is talking about the genesis of 10cc's i'm not in love... awesome!

while i'm in the mood

2009-03-11T23:43:00.004Z

youtube is apparently taking down a load of music videos. till then, enjoy some turn-of-the-millennium funky house.

you blow my mind

2009-03-11T23:30:00.006Z

my boy thomas had a blog called questionable grammar a while back but the evil blogspot people shut it down. he's back with tonedeaf, where he's posting totally legit links to keep the man happy. these links are well worth checking out - this week he's blogged it up with iud, para one and kid sister. my kind of jams.

meanwhile i'm getting down with buffalo bunch and their mix from rotterdam c. 2003. some messy mixing but the quality of the tunes is unquestionable. solid goldberger has the goods - his is one of those blogs you can never fully appreciate at once. always worth more than a few visits, especially if you're a fan of all things roulé/crydamour. oh and in case you didn't get it the title of this post is a reference to modjo's chillin'...

p4k - changed utterly

2009-03-09T11:04:00.001Z

it's terrible, and not even a beauty. ok that's a bit harsh, but pitchfork's new look is all too bare for my liking. also it's now just pitchfork.com...

going home now

2009-03-06T16:11:00.001Z

heading to dublin for the weekend to take it easy and catch up with the fam.

keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to God
and keep your face to the risin' sun

peace

omg

2009-03-04T23:12:00.002Z

this is too much. and i thought ben gibbard and feist getting together to sing a vashti bunyan song was good. this will blow my mind. i just know it.

more whoa

2009-03-01T22:19:00.003Z

so trizzy's infinity +1 is on its way, and he's only gone and dropped an eight minute teaser over here. basically it's a whizz through the whole mix, but even so it's ace. hold on and pocket piano are a match made in heaven. excitement.

they hear the bass and they say whoa

2009-02-24T00:18:00.002Z

just saw the tracklist for trizzy's fabriclive cd over on bodytonic. looks pretty insane. wow.

check out this vocal, put together by calum stuart from trizzy's essential mix. interesting, could come in handy as a random overlay.

A-Trak - Say Whoa (Calum Stuart's Robot Acapella DJ Tool)

laziest post ever

2009-02-23T23:37:00.002Z

i want to keep some semblance of effort here, even if it's just posting youtubes. sheer beauty follows.

also check out this youtube album - a user has gone through 23 idm tracks and reversed them. makes for interesting listening...

fathertronix

2009-02-20T23:51:00.006Z

low bee returns with, of all things, a britney remix. off key. what's up with that? damn. forthcoming work includes a track with spank rock and mia, as well as a remix of n.a.s.a.. they should be good. anyway i need to make some tunes of my own.

Britney Spears - Womanizer (Low Bee Remix)

incidentally, after watching so me's video for kid cudi i'm revisiting a kid named cudi, and i have to say wale definitely has the best voice right now.

Kid Cudi - A Kid Named Cudi (Produced by Plain Pat and Emile)

Mumdance interview

2009-02-19T18:14:00.006Z

Mumdance is making some serious noise right now, with remixes of the likes of Santogold, Black Lips and Evil Nine. I got to speak to him ahead of his show with partner in crime Jammer in Dublin's Twisted Pepper tomorrow.

AH: Everyone asks about your name... Have you developed a crazy back story for it yet?

MD: Haha no, I used to try to give a different story each time, but now I have given up... But I guess since you asked... It references an old custom in some parts of Wales where before asking out a young lady, a male suitor would have to prove himself to the girl’s mother through the medium of dance. If the dance was complex enough & met the mother’s standards, they were allowed to go out on dates together without a chaperone.

AH: I think it works because it's short enough not to be too complicated, but it's such an odd juxtaposition that it's easy to remember.

MD: Thanks! I have a real love / hate relationship with it, but to be honest I think that if you are putting out good music, people will think you have a good name no matter how awful it is...

AH: How did you first start producing?

MD: Same way everyone did, by downloading cracked software off the internet (although there is only so many times it can crash & you lose all your work before you bite the bullet and buy the software for real).

AH: When did you first hook up with Jammer?

MD: I’ve known him for a few years now, he used to come play my parties when I was a promoter, it just progressed from there really, we started doing music together & playing little shows to work out what worked and what didn’t. Now we are touring all over Europe with what I believe to be a pretty unique slant on the music we are into

AH: Do you consider yourself a DJ, a producer, or both? Or just an artist?

MD: Man, its hard to answer this question without sounding like a dick! I’m more a producer than a DJ, but I love both equally, DJing is a lot more fun, but you gotta be in the studio making beats if you want to make it as a DJ... Ahhh I’m confusing myself now... I’m gonna go with artist.

AH: Being asked to be part of Top Ranking (definitely one of my records of 2008) must have been pretty special. Have you any plans to work with Diplo or any of the Mad Decent crew?

MD: Yeah I was so happy to be a part of that, I am a massive fan of Diplo & the Mad Decent family and they have helped me out a lot. I think once I have my EP finished they are going to have first refusal on it.

AH: Obviously the internet has helped you get your work noticed - have you had any negative experiences online?

MD: It’s all been good for me so far, everyone has been really nice, strange as some other producers get a load of shit off people on forums and that but maybe that only comes when you step up a few rungs of the ladder!!

AH: You've a healthy presence on internet forums - for example Erol Alkan's in the UK and Low Bee's in the US - with such forums being flooded by wannabe bedroom producers do you think some real gems get lost?

MD: I’m a firm believer in the fact that if you make a good track it will find its way. I was one of the wannabe bedroom producers a year ago!!! The first track that made any impact was my Black Lips bootleg which I just sent out to a few DJs through Myspace, literally like 10 people. A week later it was being played on Radio 1 and was on about 10 different music blogs and had had about 10,000 downloads. I think I was lucky, but at the same time, people DO pay attention, you just got to bring something good to the table.

AH: It almost seems that just in the last week Twitter has completely exploded, with Erol and Tiga joining, and people across the internet raving about Diplo and ?uestlove's Grammy reports. Do you think this will take the mystery and excitement out of the celebrity culture that's built up around DJs, or will it simply humanise them?

MD: I guess it just helps you keep in touch with the people you are interested in. not sure if it takes any mystery away or not. It disintermediates the stream of information and allows you communicate directly with the person you are following, which I guess helps you to see them for who they really are. Haha in fact since I started using Twitter there has been a few people in the public eye who I have totally changed my opinion about through how mundane or ignorant their twittering is.

AH: What do you think will be the sound of 2009?

MD: GLOBAL BASS is the sound I’m trying to champion. Bass driven dance music which takes influence from all types of regional music from around the world.

AH: Is there anyone out there who's really impressing you but that hasn't really received due attention?

MD: C Gritz, Badness & Tempa T are three Grime MCs who bring a STUPID amount of energy to the dance. Check them both out. Also Tomb Crew smack it each and every [time].

AH: You're playing Dublin's Twisted Pepper tomorrow - what should the crowd expect?

MD: Just whatever music I’m feeling like playing on the day. I don’t plan these things or restrict myself with genres or musical boundaries, I’m just gonna go in there and play a lot of different types of dance music in quick succession. All genres all tempos.

AH: What else is in the pipeline for Mumdance this year?

MD: I’m working on original material FINALLY. I feel I have found my feet production wise so I’m knocking remixes on the head for a bit & concentrating on myself. I have also been doing collaborations with Radioclit, Brodinski & High Rankin. We’ve been making some pretty exciting sounds so keep your ears open!!!

Mumdance - Global Bass Mix for Mad Decent (Tracklist)

hmmph

2009-02-18T01:10:00.006Z

blogger took down my post which featured some 128kbps mp3s, none of which have come out in the last year. truly i am the scourge of the music industry. tut tut.

two things. first off check out crossfaded bacon for a blazing mix of outkast's back catalogue from bobby analog. awesome.

also, check out this car which i walk past every day. i finally took a picture of this awesome reg plate. woop woop!

this video doesn't want to be embedded...

since lent is coming up...

2009-02-17T21:33:00.002Z

this is interesting. obviously little alfie doesn't have enough music in his life...

in other news, my digital voice recorder is running low on battery, but for the past 24 hours it's been flashing "Lo" constantly. isn't that just wasting even more power?! ayo, i'm tired of using technology...

zomg pt ii

2009-02-12T15:56:00.005Z

last year i posted that daft punk had designed a tee for playboy. i kinda wanted it but didn't actually get it. this time i won't be so reticent. diplo's mad decent playboy tee is fiyah!!!!

ps röyksopp's is the one on the right...

something that's good for me

2009-02-12T02:03:00.003Z

i'm no producer, so i never post anything, but i regularly hit up the hollerboard for some fiyahh. just came across this seasonal mix - dude called dj mel aka mel cavaricci has put together some smooth as tracks for the special day coming up on saturday. check out... the motel mix...

R. Kelly - Sex Me
Jodeci - Forever My Lady
Whitehead Bros. - Your Love Is A 187
H-Town - Knockin' Da Boots
Silk - Freak Me
R. Kelly - Honey Love
Bar-Kays - Anticipation
Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight
Bobby Brown - Roni
Johnny Gill - My, My, My
Bobby Brown - Rock Wit'cha
Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers
Roger - I Wanna Be Your Man
Zapp - Computer Love
Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets
Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever
Jodeci - Come & Talk To Me (Bad Boy Remix)
SWV feat. Missy Elliott - Can We
Al B. Sure - Nite & Day
Eugene Wilde - Gotta Get You Home Tonight
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity (Warm & Sensitive Mix)

Mel Cav - The Motel Mix

when i dress real square it makes me cool!

2009-02-10T22:43:00.004Z

ok so some dude on some forum somewhere posted something about spank rock performing some new tracks at philly's jang house. one of them was produced by drop the lime, and apparently it "goes from ghetto house to bassline to italo-style synth work and it fits." wow. well in the mean time here's a reminder of how good naeem can be.

Interview with Rory Phillips and Alex Egan (Skull Juice)

2009-02-10T01:56:00.007Z

Back in September Rory Phillips and Alex Egan of Skull Juice took to the stage in Dublin’s The Button Factory. Performing at Night Flight, a collaborative effort between some of Dublin’s best promoters (Shock, Space Camp, Downtown Sounds and The Winter Olympics), the two London DJs brought their own distinct styles to the night. I know it's a few months back, and there have been a number of reasons why this hasn't gone online until now. Better late than never I say...

I spoke to Shock’s Jon Averill about the two DJs. Having first heard him at the now defunct Trash, Jon felt that the music Rory was playing “was really in line with what I was trying to do at time.” Jon booked him for Backlash, his baby, and “even now he still fits in with the ethos of what I want to do at Shock so I'd still see him as a regular guest for us at the club, sort of like an international resident!” Skull Juice on the other hand, have less of a reputation, but he sees them as “musically kindred spirits.” While their profile is low at the moment, “I know they'll get a bigger following over here every time they play just because of the quality of the music they play.”

After ten years of riotous parties, Erol Alkan’s Trash night, at which Rory was resident, closed its doors in early 2007. In its wake grew Durrr, a Monday night event at London’s The End where Rory is the resident DJ. The ghosts of Trash still hang around, but the new night, which should not be seen as merely a replacement, has a lot to offer. “As far as the people who actually come to Durrr it’s really become its own thing and music wise it’s in its own place,” says Rory, who is delighted with the direction the night has taken. “It’s a lot dancier than Trash was, but at the same time there’s a distinct lack of good guitar bands you can dance to, so it’s more to do with the musical climate than any kind of direction change.”

[It should be noted that since this interview was written The End, home of Durrr, has closed. Durrr has not finished, however, but has become a nomadic night, with upcoming shows in Paris and Camden, as well as a taking part in Bugged Out!'s 15th birthday party this April.]

Always busy, Rory plays or has played at several other nights across the UK in recent times, among them Our Disco, which recently threw its last party – “one of the co-promoters of Our Disco, he was moving to Sweden” – and Say Yes, where he plays a mixed bag of disco house. Playing such a variety of styles might suggest a certain kind of schizophrenia, but sees in this a positive challenge “It’s almost like dogme DJing. It’s very easy in the current climate to be overly eclectic, it’s good to have some kind of focus in what you’re doing.”

When it comes to international DJing, he combines all of his different musical brains for what might be called his ‘tour hat.’ “The way that I tilt the hat, it kind of depends on where I’m playing, the crowd, things like that.” Being a resident DJ affords him the luxury of getting to know a crowd, but with one off sets it gets a little bit more complicated. “With a tour you really have to think on your feet. Just read the crowd and do your own thing.” In moments of dire necessity, he reaches for what he calls his JICDs, “the Just In Case Discs. Anyone who knows me knows that when they hear certain songs they know that I’m struggling.” Despite some pressing, he would not reveal what features on these discs. “That’d be telling, wouldn’t it?”

One of the most intriguing aspects of Rory’s character as a DJ is that he uses a telephone instead of standard headphones. While this may seem like a gimmick, it is simply the way he learned. “The first DJ I ever saw, when I was about 13 years old, he had a telephone headphone, I’m by no means the first person to do it.” Another DJ who uses a telephone is the mysterious Dr Lektroluv, who Rory has not yet seen play, so given the choice “I’d rather go head to head with Mark Moore.” As for the origins of the phone, he picked it up at a flea market in Birmingham, for use as a microphone while he was making “a lot of really bad experimental noise music.” After years of DJing and remixes and edits for artists such as Robyn, Gossip and Chromeo, he is returning to the studio (“basically a big white room with all my equipment that I’ve gathered over the years”) to make his own music. “I’m really enamoured by the idea of making music that sits together as an album, rather than eight 12” singles.” He cites the likes of Giorgio Moroder, Phil Spector and Joe Meek as influences, so it is clear that this is not simply music for banging out at 3am.

Egged on by Analogue writer Ailbhe Malone, my final question for Rory was about who he would remix given the choice: Sugababes or Girls Aloud. “Girls Aloud by a mile. If only for the chance to meet Nicola Roberts. I love her. She’s like a porcelain doll from the back of the innovations catalogue or something.”

Skull Juice are part of a new breed of DJs, DJs who are as comfortable talking about the music they play as they are playing it. Alex and Ben, who make up Skull Juice, first met at in school, where they “ended up just buying records and making noise in music tech.” having lost contact, they found each other again at art college and started DJing at house parties. “We couldn’t think of a name so we had people saying you need a name for the flyer. We just couldn’t think of anything and we just picked names out of a hat.”

As for their residency at London’s Sunday afternoon gig Blogger’s Delight, Casper C of the Fluokids saw their blog, knew that they DJed as well, and asked them to play. The first event was a low key affair, but when Casper started working at the Lock Tavern (now the home of Blogger’s Delight) things picked up again. “We had Justice at the first one.” A monthly occurrence, it kicks off on Sunday at three in the afternoon. “Early on it’s really mellow, like the DJs just sit down in the chair and play stuff that people can listen to stuff, and it kind of gradually picks up.”

The term blog house has come in for some criticism, itself a comment on the fact that the music that makes up the genre is disseminated through blogs and heard mostly through computer speakers. How does this impact on the event? “I can’t really take blog house seriously as a term. You’d have to ask Casper about that one. I think the name Blogger’s Delight, it doesn’t really mean anything anymore. We’ve been talking about altering the name but now people know it.” As for the music the duo play, they’re wilfully eclectic. “Ben started playing house and techno and deep house, and I was like IDM, and Warp [Alex then pointed to the Warp tee he was wearing at the time], DJ Shadow, moody stuff. We’re into a bit of everything really. If we’re playing a peak time slot we’ll play Justice, we still love them.” Playing on his own in Dublin, Alex kept it interesting. “I try and force myself to play awkward records.” When asked about his favourite blogs however, he was stumped. “It’s been so long since I’ve looked at a blog. 20 Jazz Funk Greats is my favourite, I’ll say that. That’s the one I always check first. The Love Fingers mp3 blog is good. I can’t even think of any.”

Jon Averill, Live at Night Flight, 5 September 2008
Rory Phillips, Live at Night Flight, 5 September 2008

Photography by Orla Graham

DAYUM!!!

2009-02-09T19:26:00.003Z

say what you will about kanye's frullet, this is the business...

as you'll surely agree, this must easily have been the best thing about the grammys, i mean you can't argue with a pregnant m.i.a. sharing a stage with a besuited ye, jay, wayne and t.i. now can you. just look at t.i. throw off his jacket while wayne sits down on the stops. it's like he's screaming I'M SO GOOD I AIN'T GOTS TO STAND MUFUKKAZ!!!! again - damn.

breakin' it up...

2009-02-08T22:08:00.003Z

as mentioned previously, a mix of mine will be played on adam f's breakonomics show tonight. my mix, which features tracks from artists like 2562, rusko and mumdance (watch this space for an interview with the man), will be played alongside a 60 minute good groove records showcase mixed by featurecast. full details of that mix can be found here.

it all kicks off at 11pm on rté pulse. listen live or catch the podcast tomorrow.

saturday night

2009-02-07T21:40:00.002Z

just staying watching some doovdés with m'lady. i want to link a video of sam cooke's another saturday night but it's not forthcoming... someone in the pub today asked me what the best song ever was and i said a change is gonna come... but let's keep it chirpy!

credit crunchie...

2009-02-06T16:28:00.004Z

it's friday, and i'm sitting here banging my head against a quark-shaped wall. fun times. i'm listening to some mixes by pablo clements, of unkle and the psychonauts. marvelous stuff - full of delightful gems, all 60s influenced indie-dream-pop. one such track is caribou's eli. i've tried to listen to caribou before, but he's just one of those dudes i don't get. this track, in the middle of a delightful barrage of happiness, is just the sort of thing i need on a dreary friday afternoon like this one. happy times. check out this video made by some randomer on youtube.

here's another one...

2009-02-05T13:58:00.003Z

another great interview today - this time xxxchange gets grilled by the fool's gold team. very interesting.

...up until a couple of years ago I wasn’t really thinking about making the remixes work on the dancefloor or anything, I was just trying to have fun and be creative, treating the remix more as if someone had asked me to produce that song in the first place, like “this is what I would have done!” Lately though I’ve been DJing a lot more and I just want to make bangers! All my principles went out the window!

ayres innaviews diplo

2009-02-04T23:40:00.002Z

short but sweet. check it out on the brooklyn radio website. major point - major lazers finally due in may. right...

absence makes the heart grow fonder...

2009-02-04T23:07:00.003Z

since opening last autumn bodytonic's twisted pepper venture has attracted a huge number of big and upcoming names, so it's been almost painful reading their lineups, living as i do in the north of england. this season continues in a similar vein, and i'm more than a bit miffed that i'm missing some of these gigs.

this friday santogold's tour dj martelo is playing at mud, downstairs in the pepper. it's a bit of a disservice to refer to him solely as santi's dj, just like trizzy is more than yeezy's dj. but hey, it's all about context. dude did a mental eurostar remix of creator a few months back, which made its way into my first ever dubstep/ghettotech mix (unreleased).

as for his mixing skills, what better demonstration than his mix for the bodytonic podcast. racing through 130+ bpms, with tracks from the likes of boy 8-bit, buraka som sistema and dance area, it's sure to bring a smile to your face. anyway, make sure you check him out. nic james on the warm-up is always worth a watch too.

Santogold - Creator (Martelo's Eurostar Mix)

Bodytonic Podcast 028 : Martelo

back with a vengeance...

2009-02-03T23:36:00.012Z

i haven't blogged in a while. there are a few reasons - i haven't been in the mood (personal reasons) and i simply haven't had the time. that's going to change - dammit i'll make time.

today i was going to blog about a-trak's new mix infinity +1 (april 14). it was mentioned on both his own and the fool's gold blogs, and i was typing up my thoughts when i was called away "on business" - newspaper debriefs, an interview with a clairvoyant, a talk from the Daily Telegraph's Mark Skipworth... so by the time i got back to a computer i figured it was already old news, in internet terms. well anyway, i've some thoughts on the matter. the tracklist features a few gems (trizzy's remix of sébastien tellier's kilometer, a new kid sis jam) and a few tracks i've never heard of. it looks like a straight up mix album, so not exactly on the same lines as dirty south dance. so who knows what it'll turn out like... that said when i saw read the collision of joakim's pocket piano remix and midnight juggernauts' shadows i heard the two slide seamlessly together in my head. that i dig. who knows what his fabriclive mix will turn out like (also april, says their site)?!

i did a mix for my friend dj adam f's show breakanomics which will be broadcast this sunday between 11pm and 1am. lots of other breaks-related goodies to watch out for too. to be honest i'm not that familiar with the breaks scene, beyond a few stanton warriors cds, so i decided to make a short dub/ghetto mix, with snatches of european and american scenes. and more. while i'm on the subject, the show has been nominated for a breakspoll award, so get over there and get votin'.

i'm twittering like mad these days, loving it a little bit too much i think...

picked up a load of new cds lately - diplo's comp (at last - must say i'm not happy about the 128kbps mp3s that come with), steinski's retrospective, that crazy in order to dance cd, an awesome mix from psycho pab, the unkle redux cd (of course!) and, at last, the blade runner triple soundtrack. having been busy and not well and whatnot i haven't had a chance to take everything in. so it's with great pleasure that i can say that this third disc, of music composed by vangelis for BR's 25th anniversary, is both warm and fuzzy.

having mentioned joakim earlier i feel it's only right that i mention his set, featured on the shock podcast. i haven't had a chance to listen to it yet (see above) but i imagine it's a banger.

Shock Podcast 020 - Joakim Live @ The Button Factory

finally check out some funky oddness from mr. devlin. it features my girls which, like every other blogger in the world, i absolutely ADORE..

Mr. Devlin - Bicicleta Mix

back soon with what will become regular features...

mumdance mumdance - vip!

2009-01-20T17:40:00.001Z

top mix from mumdance over on the mad decent blog. everything i've heard from mumdance is top notch so check this out.

Mumdance - Global Bass Mix (courtesy of Mad Decent)

proper blog with thoughts etc will follow sometime soon...

intriguing...

2009-01-13T01:08:00.004Z

saw this over on bodytonic. techno label get physical are about to release final song, an album of pieces chosen by musicians to, well, i think they sum it up better than i can.

Coming in February 2009, 'Final Song' goes to the very heart of music's spiritual dimension by asking a number of musicians to select their ideal last song, either to serenade their final moments or to memorialize them after the fact.

The participating artists deserve to be commended for their openness: they're responding to one of the most personal questions one could ask. (Several of those approached declined to take part; taboos are taboos, after all.)

this is tracklist, taken from bodytonic. personally, i don't know what i'd pick. part of my thinks unkle's lonely soul, but that's a bit morbid. another part of me thinks all of boards of canada's beautiful in a beautiful place out in the country, but then again, i've listened to that so often i feel i might be neglecting something else out there. at the end of the day, who knows? it's not like any of us will really have a choice!

Erik Satie - 1. Gymnopédie – selected by DJ T
Rob Gallagher – Little One – selected by Gilles Peterson
Photek – Modus Operandi – selected by Storm
The Stranglers – Golden Brown – selected by DJ Hell
Cerrone – Supernature – selected by Kevin Saunderson
Radiohead – Sit Down Stand Up – selected by Laurent Garnier
Chloé – Paradise – selected by Chloé
The Beach Boys – 'Til I Die – selected by David Holmes
Peggy Lee – Is That All There Is? – selected by Ewan Pearson
Inti Illimani - Caramba, Yo Soy Dueno del Baron – selected by Ricardo Villalobos
Link – Amenity – selected by Richie Hawtin
Pharoah Sanders – Astral Travelling – selected by Francois K
Brian Eno – An Ending (Ascent) – selected by Coldcut

this just in...

2009-01-11T02:23:00.002Z

from lyrics born towers

This Tuesday the latest episode of LBTV will feature a sneak preview of the brand new single from Lyrics Born off of his upcoming new album due in the fall. The song is called "Funky Hit Records".

In the upcoming LBTV episode Lyrics Born discusses his involvement with the song "It's A Beautiful Day" from Australian Hip-Hop Artist Al Bino that has been getting massive attention and airplay.

it's a beautiful day is pretty funny. and the vid is nuts...

look what i found!

2009-01-10T20:17:00.003Z

i don't want to open it though...

meanwhile check out this weird track from diplo - it's called either "sushi chop or bounce on that yoshi.. i dunno yet . u can title it"

dude

2009-01-08T22:40:00.001Z

check out this dude

interesting stuff

oh my

2009-01-08T00:57:00.006Z

fool's gold and rcrl lbl are really spoiling us. the fool's gold blog tells us that nacho lovers' genre-bending remix of pase rock's get money kids is up on rcrd lbl, as well as a remix of miike snow by treasure fingers.

in other news, check out the latest bodytonic podcast - it's a live recording from nathan fake at dublin's twisted pepper. i finally hit up this spot over christmas, and it's exactly what you want from a club. dark and dirty (though with very little actual dirt to be found). worth a visit. and then some.

BodytonicLive 11 : Nathan Fake

tidings of great joy

2009-01-05T15:05:00.003Z

last month röyksopp came back to us with a free download of their new song happy birthday, at various turns dark and uplifting. and in 3/4. well now with the new year they bring news of their new album, 'junior'. it's out on march 23rd, and the first single, happy up here (also track one on the album), will be available on march 9th. let the excitement build!

oh and here's the text from their site. typos ahoy!

Hello world!

Phil Lynott once so eloquently said "The boys are back in town", and never before have those words felt more accurate than now – for us at least. Every once in a while we surface to share our music and shed some light in an otherwise bleak reality. And that time is soon upon us, Ladies & Gents. Our third installment, called "Junior", will be out on the 23rd of March 2009.

Sounds self centered and pompous, you say? Yes indeed! We're so confident because this time around we've worked with the likes of Robyn and Lykke Li, as well as old time friends Anneli Drecker and Karin Dreijer - hence our enthusiasm!

Below you'll find an intriguing tracklist over the songs featured on the new album. Oh, and make sure to get our new song "Happy Birthday" (for free) - a fun little piece we've made in shameless celebration of ourselves (our birthday was on the 15th of December).

Until then, dear friends...

Best,
Señor B + Señor B
Röysopp 'Junior' tracklist:

1. Happy Up Here
2. The Girl And The Robot
3. Vision One
4. This Must Be It
5. Röysopp Forever
6. Miss It So Much
7. Tricky Tricky
8. You Don't Have A Clue
9. Silver Cruiser
10. True To Life
11. It's What I Want

Happy Up Here, the first single to be taken from 'Junior' will be out on 9th March 2009.

dayum

2009-01-02T14:07:00.002Z

this ish makes me want to give up blogging. but then again it makes me want to go harder in 09.

also a milli was my favourite song last year.

and i'm back!

2009-01-01T00:54:00.004Z

cousin cole first came to my attention for his mind-blowing remix of timbaland's way i are last year. taking the main riff from marva whitney's unwind yourself, he gave the brooding, almost sinister track a completely new meaning. one of straight up FUNK. then recently he turned his hand to kanye's love lockdown, turning another brooding warble-fest into a disco anthem (check it on his myspace), before revisting champion from 2007's graduation, giving it an acid house slant, both slow and fast.

now he's back, tackling the lonely island's jizz in my pants. you might know this song from the hilarious snl sketch. i don't pay much attention to youtube, but this got the most laughs out of me all year, and the song is pretty catchy too. just don't sing it round your mum. anyway, he's given it a proper house makeover, so it'll fit in better with proper club music. enjoy. and if i don't hear this blowing up spots in 09, i won't be happy.

The Lonely Island - Jizz In My Pants (Cousin Cole House Edit)

see you next year...

2008-12-31T21:19:00.004Z

so it's the end of 2008. cue boring list of stuff from this year...

heroes:

aeroplane, for some amazing remixes (esp paris and now 'til 69)
kid sister, for generally being amazing, but also for family reunion and wtf
pase rock, also for wtf, but then for get money kids, so f*cking disco, that roll it remix and his hilarious appearance on east village radio in august
the whole fully fitted crew, for keeping things funky and entertaining - esp xxxchange and eli
a-trak, for being the most talkative interviewee i've had in my short career thus far, for his beeper remix, for running man, for playing shake it down into white knight two, for his better-than-serial-blogger blogs
diplo (as always) for being diplo

these are my favourite gigs and shows this year

Ewan Pearson @ Shock, Crawdaddy
Apparat @ Pogo Live, Crawdaddy
Edan, The Tivoli
Busy P & DJ Mehdi @ Transmission, The Button Factory
NERD @ Lovebox, Marlay Park
A-Trak @ Electric Picnic
Hercules and Love Affair @ Electric Picnic
Portishead @ Primavera
El Guincho @ Primavera
DJ Assault & DJ Funk @ Primavera
Lightspeed Champion @ Primavera
Para One @ Primavera
Girl Talk @ Pukkelpop
Hot Chip @ Pukkelpop
Lykke Li @ Pukkelpop
MaxNormal.tv @ Pukkelpop
Róisín Murphy @ Pukkelpop
Santogold @ Pukkelpop
Erol/Diplo/Switch @ Warehouse Project

and here's a wee map i made of all the gigs i went to! the internet is fun!

View Larger Map

see ya next year for some home made mixes and stuff. now to go sleep or something.

badmeaningood

2008-12-05T00:39:00.003Z

more emynd-related badness. so some of his stuff has been a little over my head, but this is like whoa. you know that song reach out? four tops? yeah you do. well here it is, b-more-fied. and it works like hell. oh yeah. the blog and emynd's words on it are here, but here's a link yo. also an old mad decent podcast from e.

Emynd - Reach Out

Mad Decent Worldwide Radio 30: Emynd - Bounce It (Words)

real talk

2008-12-02T22:23:00.003Z

so pase rock finally released get money kids/so f*cking disco today. these two tracks have been floating around for some time, so it's nice that they're finally properly officially out there. it's got remixes from xxxchange and, a man who's only recently come to my attention, emynd. the latter is pretty much a dj tool, taking the "get money ge-ge-get money" line from gmk, while xxxchange slows down so f*cking disco so it's just that. so. f*cking. disco. it's in the same vein as his eraser remix, which is sweet because i like to play that alongside the original sfd and chromeo's feist remix.

anyway. in other other news, nick catchdubs posted a super sweet treasure fingers remix of meddle by little boots over here. fool's gold are on fiyaaaah!

and finally, i didn't win these shoes, like i'd hoped...

silly thing

2008-12-02T10:47:00.002Z

i had to put together a short clip for class, so i decided to make a slideshow of me wearing some cool tee-shirts in such cool places as dublin, belgium and barcelona. check it out.

thoughts for Thanksgiving

2008-11-27T19:05:00.004Z

this is of course an American holiday, but Saul Williams has sent some wise words to his myspace followers. on a day when many people across the world are fearful for friends and relatives, it's important to remember the good in the world. only light can defeat the darkness.

Do not bow your head. Do not close your eyes.

Let us look deeply within one another.

TODAY, I give thanks for the light that exists within each one of you.

TODAY, I acknowledge that your quest for light beyond shadow, your desire to defeat your own cynicism, your work at believing the impossible possible, your faith in change and the ability of humankind to transcend past transgressions and overcome the shortsightedness of ignorance and fear, and our collective effort at stretching the boundaries of reality, has enabled us to achieve the dream that is TODAY.

TODAY, I acknowledge that even my own success is a simple spoke in the wheel of our collective success, and that our collective success is in response to all of the individual effort that we have put forward in our individual lives, in private moments, in private struggles against our lesser selves.

Some of us worked on being more honest.
Some of us worked on being more kind.
Some of us worked on not hiding our emotions.
Some of us worked on becoming less angry.
Some of us worked on becoming better listeners.
Some of us worked on facing our fears.
Some of us worked on remembering to say thank you.
Some of us worked on trusting our loved ones.
Some of us worked on having more faith.
Some of us worked on detoxifying our environment.
Some of us worked on detoxifying our minds.
Some of us worked on monitoring our diets.
Some of us worked on strengthening our discipline.
Some of us worked on broadening our skills.
Some of us worked on learning new languages.
Some of us worked on becoming better parents.
Some of us worked on becoming better friends.
Some of us worked on remembering our dreams.
Some of us worked on forgiving the past.
Some of us worked on strengthening our bodies.
Some of us worked on sharing and giving back.
Some of us worked on taking on greater responsibility.
Some of us worked on our art.

As a result of all of the work that has been done quietly in our individual lives, we have collectively contributed to the blossoming understanding and simplest expression of what God is. God is our good, and even the good we do for our self counts. Each fully blossomed flower on the hillside of our destiny adds to the broadened spectrum of our being. And together, we create more than beauty, more than fate; we evolve the depth and scope of the All-Seeing.

We may never see it reported through the media, but there is more good happening in this world than evil. There are more children smiling in this moment than any single one of us could fathom… and someone just fell in love, and someone just helped a stranger, and someone just scored a goal, and someone got their hearing back, and someone’s joking with their co-worker, and someone’s sitting in the kitchen, while the rest of the household sleeps, writing a poem.

Today, I give thanks for all of the good that has gone unrewarded, for every kind word, action, or deed. Today, I gave thanks for the God that is within each and every one of you, that is us, when we claim who we are.

um

2008-11-18T14:47:00.002Z

i'm all for a 90s revival, but i'm not down with the sash! love. i can hear la primavera playing on someone's ipod right now. not cool. here's a video!

in hindsight i liked stay. but in a guilty way. and there really are far more worthy guilty pleasures out there.

so you won't confuse it with just rap music...

2008-11-10T21:14:00.003Z

i've been listening to shedloads of bmore over the past week, trying to put something together to introduce someone to what i think are the best bits. over on the hollerboard i found this track, produced by emynd and featuring former roc-a-fella artist young chris. i almost didn't believe it was the same young chris who featured on blueprint 2, but sure enough it is. it's nice to hear a rapper live on top of a club track like this, rather than just a blend or a bootleg. nice work dudes.

Emynd featuring Young Chris - We Don't Give A...

EDIT: i just noticed emynd namechecks frederic jameson and theodor adorno on his myspace. holla!

i like this

2008-11-05T00:34:00.001Z

waaaaaaaaaaant

2008-11-04T22:02:00.003Z

i know it's irresponsible to talk about commodities at a time like this (NOT THE RECESSION) but i want mad decent stuff. like this sticker. i love my MD hoodie, but i want moar...

breaking news: wilco do something...

2008-10-31T15:48:00.004Z

i recently commented on the proliferation of a-trak/diplo/spank rock/xxxchange posts lately, reasoning that, among others, wilco haven't done anything since last year's sky blue sky. well now they have a new song! performing on the comedy central's the colbert report, in a particularly self-referential mood, jeff and co sang "Wilco will love you, baby." well isn't that lovely.

thanks to pitchfork and, by extension, minneapolis fucking rocks.

hopefully this means that they'll do a real song or ten sometime soon.

why i love maya arulpragasam

2008-10-29T11:59:00.005Z

more at p4k

deeper than you think

2008-10-29T00:14:00.002Z

i had heard the name lyrics born in connection to the bay area hip-hop scene, quannum and all that, but you could say i first got him at lollapalooza in 2006. dude is titchy, but he's got some presence. wordplay doesn't come close, and if i hadn't seen blackalicious on the same stage later that day his would have gone down as one of the best hip-hop performances i'd ever seen (i'm generally disappointed by live hip-hop, it was a good day). to be honest, i haven't paid him enough attention over the past two years since that show, but i have a passing interest in what he's doing.

i caught a myspace bulletin asking for bloggers to get in touch, so i threw my name out there. of course this is just a promotional exercise, and in other situations i mightn't think much of it, but this is special. his new track Whispers is one of those tracks about the death of a close friend, in this case one with whom the speaker has lost touch. it's a bit like a more eloquent version of dre's the message. an interesting choice of single, it's nothing like a lot of the self-aggrandising verbosity by which he made his name. it's definitely worth a listen, and if nothing else i know i'm going to go and revisit the man's work.

Lyrics Born - Whispers

what a surprise...

2008-10-28T23:54:00.003Z

another diplo post.

pitchfork tells of a forthcoming diplo compilation, it's not till january but it'll be a beaut. obviously... i'm particularly excited about Smash a Kangaroo, which was released as part of an itunes only package last year. i first heard that particular track when diplo was speaking on australia's triple j in early 07, but apart from ripping the track from the shoddy audio i haven't been able to get my hands on it properly. also of note is the official title of the work is never over track. not a kanye remix after all bloggers... and then of course there's 200. whassa? maybe he'll play it at whp...

01 Diplo: "Newsflash [ft. Sandra Melody]"
02 Daft Punk: "Harder Better Faster Stronger (Diplo Work Is Never Over Remix)"
03 M.I.A.: "Paper Planes (Diplo Remix)"
04 Spank Rock: "Put That Pussy on Me (Diplo Tonite Remix)"
05 Kano: "Reload It"
06 Diplo: "200"
07 Bloc Party: "Where Is Home? (Diplo Remix)"
08 CSS: "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above (Diplo Remix)"
09 Bonde do Rolê: "Solta o Frango"
10 Samim: "Heater (Diplo Extended Edit)"
11 Hot Chip: "Shake a Fist (Diplo Remix)"
12 Diplo: "Way More Brazil"
13 Black Lips: "Veni Vidi Vici (Diplo Remix)"
14 Claude VonStroke: "The Whistlerz (Diplo Remix)"
15 Diplo: "Smash a Kangaroo"
16 Peter Bjorn and John: "Young Folks (Diplo Youngest Folks Remix)"

the stress of it all.

2008-10-21T23:48:00.002+01:00

i've too many blogs to worry about. it's three now.

in the last week i've tried to work out all the tracks in spank rock's voila mix. i've done all i can with it, some of them are just impossible to track down. but if you can, listen, download, buy it. it's just awesome. you can get it in urban outfitters like. that's where i bought it. you won't regret it.

i think i may talk about a-trak, diplo, spank rock and xxxchange a little bit too much. probably because wilco and boards of canada haven't released anything in a while. and where's sufjan?!

a-trak hates on irish airline!

2008-10-14T14:58:00.002+01:00

a-trak has taken his super blogging to new heights over on the fader, as he details his globetrotting adventures for the excellent website. i guess michael o'leary will have a laugh at this anyway.

"I flew to Paris with a connection in Dublin on the sub-par Irish airline with the unfortunate name of Air Lingus. They didn't even give you your own TV on a 10 hour journey!!"

i can see why he was disappointed, but i'm not impressed that he didn't spell aer lingus right... tut tut mr macklovitch...

what next, the end of the world?!

2008-10-09T20:30:00.002+01:00

chinese democracy has been given a release date. november 23. i guess that means detox must be out soon too...

wow

2008-10-08T19:18:00.003+01:00

this pretty much looks like the best thing ever. also i finally got around to listening to ladyhawke's album today. it's great, in an 80s-tastic way but not in a cheesy 80s way, more of a melodic non-hair-metal hair-metal-sung-by-a-sexy-blonde way. if that makes any sense at all.

inconsistency in a world gone mad

2008-10-07T18:26:00.003+01:00

i write for analogue every monday. well, by every monday i mean before i go to bed in the am of every tuesday. it's a bad habit, but there is some consistency to it, unfortunate or otherwise. so i figured i'd write here every tuesday. at least. i just need good content dammit.

i've been trying to do a mix these past few days, along with a host of other commitments. i always find it hard to do a mix when i have other commitments, it's so much easier to do them when you can literally spend hours deliberating over what tracks to play together, even to the finer details of what bar to introduce the enxt track and at what level - banging from the start, slow fade in or somewhere in between? i tried to do a momentous two hour mix a few months ago, working at it night by night and piecing it all together. i got to an hour and fifteen minutes before i got angry and gave up. i've reached a stage where the best mixes i do are just under an hour - any longer and they lose focus and i lose interest.

the other week i put up two mixes but blogger took them down. boourns. so i doubt there'll be much of an outlet on the internet for such things other than through email and facebook messages. ho-hum. anyway, some of the tracks floating my boat right now are as follows: a-trak's remix of bounce. dj rob 3's the chase. laidback luke's rave edit of be. actually that one deserves a special mention. i heard be months ago, then i heard the sega version, which i loved, but then, when i belatedly started listening to ayres' wmc mix, more drugs, i heard this rave edit. and sat so perfectly in the mix, just coming in at the wonky fade-out part of surkin's white knight two, that i couldn't help but love it. there was another track in that mix that's been getting a lot of love from myself, larry heard's the sun can't compare. it's just beautiful, there's no other way of describing it. the same can be said for the supermayer remix of hot chip's one pure though - they isolate the bassline of this pumping tune and turn it into a languid, delicate masterpiece.

and i guess that is all. check out the rub (and their history of hip-hop mixtape series), mad decent and pitchfork, from whence i shamelessly stole some links.

this is just too much

2008-09-25T20:30:00.004+01:00

i pretty much love kid sister even though she still hasn't released an album and she cancels every time i have a chance to see her. the fool's gold part of rcrd lbl has just made her new track family reunion available for download, and all i can say is wow. produced by diplo and featuring david banner, it's making my jaw drop with shock and amazement. it's a world away from the breakneck juke of switch board or even the wonky bassline of her verse on beeper, but it's all the better for it. alas it's just too late for the summatime, but hey, the weather is freakishly warm at the moment (where i am anyway), so this is unseasonably appropriate!

Kid Sister - Family Reunion (ft David Banner)

WTF!

2008-09-25T20:11:00.003+01:00

pitchfork tells me that lil wayne is blogging about sports. i guess he's watching espn in this chair...

harumph

2008-09-12T01:14:00.000+01:00

moving this week. nothing to talk about. no gigs like. dayum. done some mixes but can't post em. yet. will.

guten morgen

2008-09-04T14:42:00.002+01:00

electric picnic has come and gone, sob sob sob. i'll talk about it over the weekend or something. next on the list is Shock's London Calling night, featuring Rory Phillips and Skull Juice. should be a great night, at least if it's anything like Rory's set in Kennedy's last year. while we're on the subject, i don't know why i've never talked about Shock here before. promoter of some great nights, proprietor of an always-interesting blog, and a nice guy to boot, Jon Averill is the main man behind Shock. etc.

twas the night before the picnic...

2008-08-29T00:42:00.002+01:00

well the picnic is upon us, so off we head into a weekend of fun times. while last year's wasn't as enjoyable as that of 06, i go into this year's with little expectation, so i should have what can only be described as a deadly buzz.

played a very diverse set at sound check tonight - tried to keep it all picnic artists, but strayed a tad here and there. a few repetitions artist-wise, but quality is quality. i even managed to fit in some irish acts!

Conor Oberst - Souled Out
Wilco - A Shot In The Arm
Santogold - Lights Out
Midnight Juggernauts - Shadows
Tiga - You Gonna Want Me
Cut Copy - So Haunted
CSS - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above (Spank Rock)
Diplo - Gold Cassie
Chromeo - My Girl Is Calling Me (A Liar)
Kormac - Jubilee
Dark Meat - Success (Diplo's Unsuccessful Space Jam)
Jape - Floating
Lily Allen - Smile (XXXChange Remix)
The Roots - In The Music
Feist - Sealion (Chromeo Remix)
Santogold - Les Artistes (XXXChange Remix)
Para One - Midnight Swim

saturday night....

2008-08-24T01:43:00.003+01:00

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

2008-08-22T13:50:00.004+01:00

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

2008-08-20T00:39:00.002+01:00

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!!!

2008-08-12T19:14:00.002+01:00

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...

2008-08-06T23:28:00.001+01:00

FUN TIMES AHEAD!

another day another dj set...

2008-08-05T18:12:00.003+01:00

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

2008-07-31T00:39:00.001+01:00

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!

2008-07-24T23:58:00.002+01:00

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

2008-07-23T22:39:00.002+01:00

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

2008-07-21T22:29:00.004+01:00

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

2008-07-15T21:13:00.002+01:00

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

download here

2008-07-07T17:50:00.003+01:00

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

2008-07-02T19:24:00.002+01:00

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...

2008-06-29T13:27:00.001+01:00

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

damn girl...

2008-06-24T21:35:00.000+01:00

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

2008-06-24T00:30:00.002+01:00

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

2008-06-17T18:59:00.001+01:00

kid sister is playing dublin. that is all.

argument closed...

2008-06-09T19:33:00.001+01:00

just blaze keeps it real...

busy p, whut the...

2008-06-08T22:48:00.004+01:00

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

2008-05-27T00:26:00.002+01:00

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

2008-05-13T22:45:00.000+01:00

finally got this thing finished.

ugh

2008-05-09T00:37:00.002+01:00

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

2008-05-05T23:21:00.006+01:00

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...

2008-04-29T22:37:00.002+01:00

just check it out

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

get down

2008-04-21T22:56:00.000+01:00

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

2008-04-10T22:10:00.002+01:00

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.

2008-03-23T12:12:00.001Z

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

JUMP ON IT!

2008-03-18T22:07:00.001Z

one of the good things in the hard sell show was hearing apache looped live. like a dope, i hadn't copped that nas' made you look sampled one simple bar from the famous break. here is the original in all its glory...

Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Apache

this is just weird...

2008-03-17T23:43:00.002Z

i love boys noize. his set at pukkelpop was awesome. his remix of feist is beautiful. oioioi is marvelous. his new snoop dogg remix is headmeltingly good. but this, taken from his new suck my deck offering, is just odd. i don't know how else to describe it...

Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Boys Noize's Teaching How To Dance Accapella)

thank god for staff intranet buy & sell pages...

2008-03-13T21:52:00.002Z

got me two tickets to dj shadow and cut chemist's the hard sell show. could be mindblowing, could be a big overindulgent mess. at the very least kid koala is supporting. and then there's edan saturday night. highlights of a long weekend that is beginning to look quite dull.

i hate being a fanboy...

2008-03-11T22:10:00.003Z

well i love it really. last time my brother went to japan i asked him to pick these up for me. awesome. then for christmas my girlfriend got me the now unavailable special quadruple vinyl edition of unkle's war stories. lovely. so, off my brother went to japan again, and once more i sent him on a mission. again, he succeeded. more stories is mine...

UNKLE - Heaven

omg lol...

2008-03-09T18:05:00.004Z

he's done it again. thanks to That DJ for the edit.

steve angello, seb ingrosso, axwell, eric prydz, john dahlback, dada life, seb leger, roger sanchez, dave spoon, mark knight, dave armstrong, shlomi aber, dizzee rascal, audio bullys, chemical brothers, dirty south, fedde le grand is in the house, rené amesz is in the house, bart b more is in the house, erick morillo's in the house...

chocolate puma, 2001, cost & dorey, david guetta, joachim garraud, bob sinclair, alter ego, robbie rivera, tocadisco, cassius, timbaland, dennis ferrer, kerri chandler, booka shade, trentemøller, dubfire, ed banger's in the house, justice is in the house, boys noize is in the house, 2manydjs in the house,

deadmau5, paul woolford, dj dlg, redroche, tiga and felix, serge santiago, erol alkan, junior sanchez, switch & sinden's in the house, hervé & diplo's in the house, pete tong is in the house, daft punk is in the house, yeah... daft punk is in the house, daft punk is in the house, yeah... daft punk is in the house...

Daft Punk - Teachers (Laidback Luke Edit)(taken from the Laidback Luke Essential Mix)