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!
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.
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.
