Filed under: News , Exclusive , Pop Culture , I Freakin' Love This Song , Music Appreciation Fox Searchlight The London Olympics and their Paul McCartney- fronted opening ceremonies are over, and we're now deep into the actual competition (Have you watched handball yet?). And while montages set to the "Chariots of Fire" theme may be the first image that comes to mind in times like these (and perhaps [...]

Defcee - Reasons Why Defcee - The Herb in Suburban Defcee - Postcard (My Summer in London, 2009) Hailing from the Burbs of Chicago "Defcee" is a Hip-Hop artist and published poet originally from River Forest, Illinois, and now based in Madison, Wisconsin, where he attends the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a member of the First Wave Spoken Word and Urban Arts Learning Community. His influences include everyone from Rakim and OutKast to Roger Robinson and Kevin Coval. As a performer, [...]

iTunes shuffle and showering: one of my favorite activities. Like the radio, you can hear some dull song OR you can hear one of your favorite songs from childhood!! Since I randomly landed on Walkin' on the Sun (released in 1997!) last week, I have started my iTunes shuffle shower experience every morning with it. Take a listen: great song. You don’t have to actually be naked to enjoy it again (but it is [...]
Tweet Look out Girl Talk - Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake and The Roots are about to make it big! Their "History of Rap Part 13 went viral, so of course, it was time for an encore performance. I've been pleasantly surprised with the show's selection of music performances and Jimmy Fallon's own musical talents (who else can mock Dave Matthews and sound better than the he?). And their "History of Rap Part 23 is just as fun and entertaining. Maybe [...]
Lorcan Mak introduced me to Dj Kool Dek a little while ago, he's fast becoming one of my favourite artists at the moment. Heavily influenced by Old Skool Hip-Hop and Jackin' House, he makes music with very clever samples.

Techno Tuesday: Brought To You By Mr. Disick’s Matching Ability Actually, the Lambo doesn’t match you, you match the Lambo. This is a glorious TT by the way, every one of these is guaranteed to keep your rave going well into the morning. All of them have some truly epic drops and some of the mashup choices are nothing short of epic. So go ahead, rage your face off. We’ll be here, puttin’ in work. DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My [...]
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DJ Kool x Chilly Gonzales x Fare Soldi - Let Me Clear My Throat (Dave Wrangler Mix) by Dave Wrangler

This is funky, dope, hot, ill, cool, groovy, killer and hype all rolled into one. DJ Kool x Chilly Gonzales x Fare Soldi - Let Me Clear My Throat (Dave Wrangler Mix) by Dave Wrangler
One's a Wu-Tang Clan member and one might be , and despite the hip hop outfit's plans for a winter tour , both Ghostface Killah and Redman are gearing up for new studio albums. What's that say about RZA then ? Anyhow, Redman's record will come first on December 7th. It's titled Reggie (like what's his Mama calls him) and will feature collaborations with Bun B, DJ Kool, and longtime collaborator Method Man. Ghostface's ninth studio album, Apollo Kids , will follow on December 14th. As Rap Radar [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Ben Hider, Getty Images Had Matt and Kim not headlined the Village Voice's 10th annual Siren Music Festival , held Saturday at Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY, they probably couldn't have played at all. The twosome took the stage at around 7:45PM, by which time the sun had mercifully begun to set and the temperatures to dip into the mid 80s. The weather was as right for a dance party as [...]

Not a lot to write about this week. I did enjoy some Strauss at the symphony tonight, but I already wrote about Strauss three weeks ago. Plus, I’m pretty sure Chris is going to hit you up with some classical tomorrow. So this week, instead of Strauss, I turn to the next best thing. How about some 90s throwbacks up in this heezy? I did some digging through my iTunes, and came up with a couple of tracks that were bumpin’ on the radio back in the mid 90s. Maybe you enjoyed them at a middle [...]

Det är låten som lärjungarna länge har frågat sig varför ingen har fkkat up än, och svaret har hela tiden varit tämligen logiskt; för att det är en legendarisk banger och ingen har lixom vågat. Men! Nu har Bart B-More och våra vardagshjältar Nadastrom samlat sitt brösthår i en stor hög och rusat med huvudet före rakt in i detta stycke kulturhistoria. Och det är fett. Såklart. Pastorn bjuder upp till dans. Bart B-more vs DJ Kool - Make Some Noise (Nadastrom edit)

It's Sunday again, and that means headaches all around. So I figured I slow things down and toss up some awesome tracks that all have those awesome middle sections where the track slows down to a hip-hop beat then speeds right back up. Basically, guaranteed bombs for your DJ sets. Also gonna start a new little convention, you'll probably catch it. -M Play That Next Episode (Original Mix) - Avicii (The Golden Banana) I mean, you get both an awesome Avicii House track AND fuckin Dr. Dre [...]

Time for some Electro. We all love it, it's what got a lot of us into this music anyways. I've got a pretty random selection here, but I promise they're all great. -M 3 Little Words (Monsieur Adi Remix) - Frankmusik This song is absolutely incredible. It's gotta be one of the best remixes I've heard in some time. That's all there really is to say, it's just amazing. Reminiscent of Justice in some ways. Rapper's Delight (Van She Tech Remix) [...]

When you talk about club classics, Benny Benassi's "Satisfaction" is always on top of the list. The song is up there with the likes of Kernkraft 400. Its one of those hits that everyone likes, even the suckas that don't like techno. Wink! Anyhow, here are three tight ass mash ups pulled directly from my crate. These are short and to the point with no extra fluff, so you can get these and play them in the club tonight. One is a VBR so don't let the small file size fool you. One is what I like [...]

For those who have not joined in the Friday Five here is all you need to know; each Friday I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five and drop a little knowledge and insight for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, sometimes there isn't. Sometimes we have guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The more the merrier! [...]
[This weekly feature is a snapshot of what the Stranger Dance staff can't get out of our collective head each week. On any given week, we might be digging a new local act, an old jazz chestnut, the newest Japanese electro-folk or whatever else we've got on the turntable/iPod that week.] We're apparently in a "now" kind of mood around here this week as all of our picks come from 2008 releases (we normally have at least one cut from the archives each week), with songs from A.C. Newman , Girl Talk [...]

So lets start with a classic cut. DJ Kool doin the "klllphphphph...kkllllppphpph. ..." tryin to get that lil piece of lettuce or popcorn kernel out of his throat. hate that. This has been manipulated by Robin Da Hood and it's pretty tight. Love the dubby wah wah bassline killrrrr.... Dj Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat (Robin Da Hood) And the allmighty Cut Copy gets a re-rub rubby dub by ddpesh . I've been a fan of ddpesh [...]

Oh guys, I admit: There're kids out there, that ship us mails very rare, but constant. And there're guys, whose names do magic to our faces and pulses. Preppy Prepmode is one of those guys who handles both effects by shipping some flips. His submissions are not more than one in 3 months, but everytime he knows how to suprise us. Today he let Dj Kool feel Prepmode's full effect and oily gleaming muscles by crashing "Bmore Kool" through the boombox. All eyes on me with my soundsystem and this track on the marketplace. And in [...]