Spectral Sound , sister label of Ghostly International, recently announced a spankin' new multi-city residency called Death Is Nothing To Fear . The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based label will host bi-monthly events at various venues in major cities throughout the United States. Part 1 of the residency kicked off over the weekend in Portland featuring DJ sets by Matthew Dear aka Audion and includes a stop in New York City on February 16th at Subtonic. In addition, the label will release a 123 named after the residency on [...]

2006 sounded the death knell for the British institution that was 'Top of the Pops'. In recognition of this momentous occasion and in tribute to the show that lasted 42 years (count em) the ill-ec-tro-nic is paying tribute by publishing its very own Top 40. (This is mine, RAW and Bauer's to follow hopefully) The show first aired on January 1 1964 and the first act were The Rolling Stones, introduced by Sir Jimmy Saville (pictured). Incidentally Jimmy Saville was the first ever DJ to use two turntables and a microphone way back in 1946! so that he [...]
- AME - Rej
- APPARAT - Berlin
- Audion - Just A Man
- AUDION - Mouth To Mouth
- BOOKA SHADE - In White Rooms
- BUTTRICH, Martin - Full Clip
- Cio D'Or - Lichtblick
- COBBLESTONE JAZZ - Dump Truck
- Digitalism - Jupiter Room (Erol Alkan Edit)
- Ellen Allien & Apparat - Jet - Paul Kalkbrenner Remix
- FAKE, Nathan - Charlie's House
- FRANZ FERDINAND - The Fallen
- Gabriel Ananda - Dominik Eulberg Remix
- Gabriel Ananda - Doppelwhipper (Live) - Original Mix
- GONZALEZ, Delia & GAVIN RUSSOM - Relevee
- HOT CHIP - And I Was A Boy From School
- HOT CHIP - Over & Over
- JUSTICE - Waters Of Nazareth
- KLAXONS - Magick
- Klaxons - The Bouncer (South Central Bootleg)
- KNIFE, The - Like A Pen
- KNIFE, The - Silent Shout
- LAZY FAT PEOPLE - Shinjuku
- LOCO DICE - Seeing Through Shadows
- Minilogue - The Girl From Botany Bay
- MY ROBOT FRIEND - Dial Zero
- PARRISH, Theo - Falling Up
- Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
- Rekorder - Rekorder 7.1 - Original Mix
- RHYTHM & SOUND - Poor People Must Work
- Riton, Heidi - Vejer - Original Mix
- Shit Robot - Wrong Galaxy
- Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler
- SMASH TV - Yellow Asteroids
- Spank Rock - Bump (Switch Remix)
- UNDER, Alex - D
- VONSTROKE, Claude - The Whistler
- WOOLFORD, Paul presents BOB... - Erotic Discourse

photo: dirty dirty dancing Mercredi à lieu au Paris Paris une énième ipod battl e, et l'engouement semble toujours le même chez les kids parisiens. On ne vous donnera pas les techniques " comment rentrer dans un endroit exigu et select avec ma bande de couilles " parce que la recette change chaque semaine, mais vu que le ring du Paris Paris va voir s'affronter des équipes exclusivement féminines, on va prendre position pour faire gagner nos préférées à nous. [...]
Les disques de l'automne s'empilent sur le bureau mais d'une ambiance à l'autre, on a tous évité nos laptops cet été, alors l'année qui reprend commande des rattrapages : "salut, tu me prêtes tes notes ?" Parce qu'il y a deux types de music nerd : les autistes et les donneurs de leçon, et que je me demande à quoi peut bien servir la culture musicale à part à orchestrer des cours du soir approfondis, on appuie sur la machine à remonter dans le temps d'une seconde, d'une semaine, d'un mois, de deux. A. ABOUT ONE [...]

Life Saver Notice the lack of a sexy girl in the above photo, thats because this isn't Lazaro, though you would expect someone like me to pick some hot broad, but why be predictable right? Speaking of predictable, the new Audion record,Mouth to Mouth, is nothing like any of the other releases Matt Dear has put out under that pseudonym it may have something to do with (according to [...]

Matthew Dear is back again in his Audion guise, he sure is being prolific at the moment, what with his recent collaboration with Ellen Allien on the Man/Woman split 12" Phonica describes this release as "One of the defining tracks of the closing parties of the Ibiza clubs. A full on energy trip to the dancefloor and back 'Mouth To Mouth' is a pure hands-in-the-air anthemic monster that'll just demolish any dancefloor." Yep, I think I would wholeheartedly agree. I will be over in the white isle next week for a quick [...]

Mp3 Soundtrack: Audion (Mathew Dear) : My Place or Yours This Saturday evening, My friend and I went down to Brooklyn for Complacent Nation's * I Heart Danger * party @ 3rd Ward , in East Williamsburg. The party was held in a 20,000 square foot loft, on three levels, including the roof. It was advertised as a "12 hour exploration of art, indecency, and indelicate ideas". That's why we went. I was especially hoping to get [...]
This one just goes out to a special group of friends who, as I type, are partying at the other side of the world. Great talking to y'all tonight. Wish I was there guys- enjoy this tune and the rest of your night. :-) Download 10_nothing_can_stop_us.mp3 Cheers, X C P.S. For the more minimally minded out there. ;-) Download 04_your_place_or_mine.mp3