It was about two years ago that a friend and I, suffering from some mid-20s angst, decided to rent a giant SUV, drive up to Point Reyes (pic above), get high on mushrooms and "figure things out." One thing we figured out is that Point Reyes is extremely cold. Another lesson was that driving giant, rented SUVs while high on mushrooms is kind of amazing (and maybe kind of dangerous, sooo... ummm....). The soundtrack for that day was Broadcast - Tender Buttons . If I were to do it again (and don't [...]
If there's one thing Americans love, it's 1st Century Roman-style orgies. It's that unique mixture of old world hygiene, sex slaves and exotic STDs that you just can't find at your typical contemporary "sugar party." No one understands this better than bicoastal production team Caligula , made up of sometime San Franciscan Vin Sol and weirdo production duo Skin & Bones . Their debut single "The Countdown" dropped on iTunes at the end of '09, and is now available all over the innertron. Buy here. Here's [...]
Oh hey, have you heard of these guys ?? Okay well.... a couple new remixes have come out of late that you can add to your collection and they're not bad. The first is a disco edit from Grand Theft - one half of Canada's bottle service duo Team Canada . Second is a simple edit of the melancholic "Stars" by Skinny Friedman of The Philadelphyinz . Who says dancing and crying can't coexist? The xx - [...]
LA-based and Grammy-nominated electropop act Shiny Toy Guns this past month released a remix album entitled "Girls Le Disko" that compiles the best of their remixes over the past few years, including reworkings by Boys Noize , Evol Intent and Kissy Sell Out , as well as trance names BT and Ferry Corsten. Nadastrom and Hervé have more recently jumped on the bandwagon and spread their vocals over some ear-splitting electro goodness. LA duo Classixx also goes in, this time abandoning their [...]
It was somewhere in the middle of my adolescence that I began to question why one of our most oft-played Christmas songs involved a child bearing witness to his mother's adultery. Especially baffling given my upbringing, was the child's naive conclusion that his father would react with good humor after seeing his mommy "tickling" Santa Claus. "Oh what a laugh it would have been if Daddy had only seen" Had this episode played out in my boyhood home, the room would likely erupt not with laughter but rather wild screaming and gun violence. [...]
LA's favorite big and tall DJ Them Jeans (Banana Split, Cinespace Tuesdays) today dropped this drummed up edit of one of my favorite recent tracks from Baltimore's Beach House . Perfect for a melancholic winter Sunday like today. Also included is his edit of "Shelter," which is my after-after party track of the year. Enjoy: Beach House - Zebra (Them Jeans edit) The xx - Shelter (Them Jeans edit) - White Mike [...]
This week marks the release of the final installment in what has been one of the most consistent and interesting remix series of the decade. Flipping the brand that he and Low Budget had built off of their legendary parties at the Ukie in Philadelphia, Diplo's vinyl (and now digi-) releases have featured an eye-popping roster of guest producers, including Buraka Som Sistema, Blaqstarr, A-Trak, Eli Escobar, Scotty B, and DJ Sega, and have helped expose the Chips and Beckies of the world to 21st century dance trends such as B-more Club, Baile Funk and massssh-ups. [...]
Choosing a DJ name can be hard. While first starting out as a DJ, selecting a name that will represent you while still sounding "cool" can seem of far greater import than learning anything related to the mixing of two songs. Many choose to assign themselves a name based on some abstract concept, a la "DJ Infiniti" or "DJ Solipsism." Others choose a handle related to their craft, such as "DJ Revolution" or "DJ Slipmat." Still others opt to simply use their real names, or names that sound like they might be their real names but are [...]
Sydney-born DJ Hook N Sling - having held residency at Ibiza's legendary club Space and released mixes commissioned by Ministry of Sound - is probably better known to the big room, festival crowd than to the average music blog reader . But despite these apparent knocks against his hipster cred, he seems to have a taste for the indie rock and has released a couple of solid cross-over remixes of which I am quite fond. Quite quite fond. Enjoy: La Roux [...]
Friends are always surprised when I tell them that hip-hop actually began in Minnesota. And even more surprised when I tell that that's not true and I just made it up. One man very familiar with hip-hop's alleged birthplace is Land O' Lakes resident, Mike the 2600 King . Coming off the success of the first two Do It To It records, Mike just released his first solo EP "Ready to Rock" this month and its packed with banging funk jams. You can buy the digi-EP here . [...]
Today we look at two new artists on the Mad Decent label. First, New York native Maluca should be making waves in 2010 with her unique blend of cumbia, juke, rap and club music. Her first single "Tigeraso" created a lot of excitement when it debuted this past summer and she has since been remixed by well-known artists Feadz , Sabo and Sticky K (the latter two have also been featured on this blog). Next, Mad [...]
As I mentioned before, this Friday is a Pre-Halloween Party with myself (BlaQwest) and my man White Mike in the mix. It's happening at Etiquette Lounge in the heart of beautiful San Francisco. Hit me up for the guestlist here: djblaqwest@gmail.com . As Mike put it, we'll be murdering the dancefloor and stabbing you in the ears with your favorite current and classic dance beats, along with some holiday treats! (No tricks, please.) If you're in San Fran on Friday, stop on by.
Described as "The Presets on crack", Unit 13's debut album 'thesexthedeaththedisco' is a loud, dirty, and throbbing journey into the club scene. It is the sweat, euphoria and desire of bodies on the dancefloor. It is the voice of the club kids, the deviants and femme fatales. Robert Finder and Ivan Teklic began collaborating as Unit 13 in early 2008. In January 2009, their album was complete. They signed a deal with Australian label Generation Entertainment, and 'thesexthedeaththedisco' is now available on Beatport (link below). Unit 13 - Fall Into Me [...]
My boy White Mike from out here in San Francisco has put together a very nice mix made strictly for dancing. In fact, it's called Dance Dance Dance. Check it out. By the way, we'll be spinning together on Friday October 30th here in San Fran at a party called "Something Wicked". I'll be posting the flyer up on the sidebar soon. Hit me up (BlaQwest) for the guestlist. For now, enjoy the mix. White Mike - Dance Dance Dance Tracks: 1. [...]
Ooh la la…. Its taken a while to piece my head back together after our first party down with the badformat crew… Donovan came through for me just in time with some inspired Parisian electro disco. Only the French can do it so well. The healing powers of these luscious tunes have steady my failing psyche. What's it done for yours? Catch Donovan on tour now with Vitalic. MP3 [...]
San Fran DJ White Mike sent over his recent Dance Dance Dance mix and kills it for sure. Check it out. White Mike - Dance Dance Dance (40 min mix) Tracks: 1. Toy Selectah - Brklyn Raverton Break 2. Busta Rhymes - Don't Touch Me (U-Tern remix) 3. Santigold - Shove It (Grandtheft remix) 4. Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance (Grandtheft remix) 5. SI2 - Way in My Brain 6. Miike Snow - Animal (Fake Blood remix) 7. Emynd [...]
This should have been up last week but Dreamhost kept me from posting it but here it is: YO! This is VonMarxen back with my second week of WE GOT MAIL. Once again, a bunch of great stuff came through the mailbox, but first I'm gonna shove some of my crap at ya. I threw together a mix a while ago, it's pretty energetic. I think you actually burn several hundred calories just sitting and listening to it. VonMarxen MiniMix (zShare) Moving on to stuff that is actually GOOD [...]
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