there have been a veritable tonne of great new records this year, and as seems to happen every year, i will only actually hear some new releases after i've posted this, and then i'll want to revise. nevertheless i am willing to commit to these releases as my best of aught-eight. here they are in alphabetical order: Booka Shade ~ The Sun and The Neon Light i am expecting that this record will turn up on beat-sensitive best-of-the-year lists online, on the air, in print, and all over the damn [...]
i pulled this from the promo version of the 2008 Time Warp compilation, which is by no means a new release, but i think is worth visiting for those of you who may be less inclined to dig for somewhat rarer releases. the official Time Warp comp, mixed by DJ Rush, maintains a BPM that is a little higher than my preferred cruising velocity but i would recommend it nonetheless to fans of high-impact 4AM styles techno. anyway the present offering is about as minimal as it gets, and has a real playfulness to it while still maintaining that certain [...]
Ever wonder what all of those animals hovering on either edge of the endangered list get up to while we are not there to destroy their habitats or plain, ol' run them over on the TCH ? Wonder no more. Informed and inspired by a certain celebrity gossip blog, Them Weekly trains its prying eyes on the filthy foibles of our fave forest friends. Hilarious nonsense.
Remind Me In 3 Days, the debut record from this New-Orleans-via-LA duo has some hot rhymes, some real catchy hooks, and plenty of good party feelings all around. (and i'm sure i wouldn't be the first to say they remind me at times of Outkast.) but i must admit that by the time i get past a certain number of the songs i become tired of the witty back-and-forth, the 'we're hot bachelors and we're gettin laid' hype of it. there are some tracks which are certain killers but overall i'm just not sold. anyway Cappuccino was probably a hit [...]
i looked for this record, originally recorded for Prestige Records in 1961, for many years, having had it loaned to me by a professor of mine while at school. between that prof and a harp-blowing friend i made during my brief residence in Ottawa, i was introduced to the whole world of the blues. all of the tapes i made of those records were long ago played right out, or left in a box of obsolete technologies. eventually i gave up the active search and was overjoyed last night to discover it all zipped up and ready for download at [...]
quick one today to send you into the weekend. hells if Diplo needs any intro. DJ Eli for his part holds it down in NYC. now stop reading and get your moog on with this funked-up remix. DOWNLOAD Diplo ~ Blow Your Head (DJ Eli Remix) VISIT maddecent.com/blog/ and myspace.com/diplo and outsidebroadcast.blogspot.com/ and myspace.com/djeliesco BUY the Blow Your Head EP at beatport.com
for several weeks now i have been mixing a musical at the theatre - You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown - which is both a lot of fun and, as always happens when i mix a show like this 8 or 9 times a week, a daily infusion of songs stuck in my head. the mitigating factor has been my iPod which i have lately been using not for beats and bleeps but for songs with words in them in order to have something different - and far less showtuney - in mind. so i will probably be sharing some [...]
this is some delicious cerebral-ambient space techno to feed your groove.. a new project from our comrade Phantom Cosmonaut featuring samples of highly classified Soviet ops.. the truth is out.. uh. i mean, Phantom Cosmonaut doesn't exist. anyway save yourself a trip to Alpha Centauri and come check out Phantom Cosmonaut's debut live PA this Saturday 29 November @ The Abbey, 989 College St @ Rusholme, 5 bucks [with others; more details on myspace ] DOWNLOAD Phantom Cosmonaut ~ Gas Giant Flyover VISIT myspace.com/phantomcosmonaut
here is some hot glitchy electro from Brazil.. i always have room for this kind of thing in my headphones. this is the sound of my ears smiling because they have a secret that nobody else knows.. it's so secret that it's not even something you can share in words. unless the words are chchz dooda gk doogk murumt tk googch chdoo dadoo dkdoo bvvrevre doo ch tiko gghhghghh. falar electro como um nativo? DOWNLOAD Database - Wetbleee VISIT myspace.com/databasetrax BUY Database tracks from [...]
i think maybe Señor Coconut is some kind of total maniac. only he has a so much awesomeness that you can't really tell, or maybe you just think it's funny or neat or trivial or novelty or something, but COME ON! you cannot possibly tell me that this is not some very good times right here. i'm practically freaking out this is so fun. DOWNLOAD Señor Coconut ~ Around The World VISIT senor-coconut.com/ and myspace.com/senorcoconutuk BUY Around The World at beatport.com
okay so as you may have figured i am getting right back into the minimal these days after a long time with thick and fuzzy electro.. techno is my rock though; i always return to it and feel revived. Ellen Allien has always been a princess of techno to me and last spring's BPM release Sool delivers it in tiny irresistable packages. this is the kind of music that made the heads ever drop the vowels: this my friends is the real mnml. DOWNLOAD Ellen Allien ~ Ondu VISIT ellenallien.de/ [...]
oh what? ..i can't tell if this track is delightfully old school house or terrifyingly see-the-future. either way it is not what i have come to expect from Tiga and i say that enjoying all the starts and stops and old tricks and new twists all the way through.. DOWNLOAD Tiga ~ Mind Dimension 2 VISIT tiga.com and myspace.com/officialtiga for more hot electro. BUY Mind Dimension when it comes out December 1, and meantime buy sweet Tiga stuff at his store .
It has been a while since I have posted any of my dj sets but this one was epic in scale and a lot of fun to put together so I decided to re-record my set from the party at Todo on Oct 25th. This mix has a lot of jems mostly in a mid-tempo / indy / disco / electro funk and 80s steeze. Download, listen and enjoy. Set list to follow! DOWNLOAD SET HERE it is pretty big.. 1.45 mins so give it a chance to download.
this cover of the Hot Chip song was sent out as part of the band's own mailout while Max Tundra opened for them on some recent tour dates.. DOWNLOAD Max Tundra ~ Playboy VISIT maxtundra.com and myspace.com/maxtundra BUY Max Tundra releases direct from Domino Records
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last summer when i heard it, i really wasn't too hot on Bruce Willis Is Dead, the first track to appear off the forthcoming record, Lamb's Anger. it made me a little wary of the direction Mr. Oizo might have taken in the years we'd heard so little from him.. too trancy for my ears. but boy i am pleased to be proven wrong. Lamb's Anger is a killer record and this track is where groovy's at right now. DOWNLOAD Mr. Oizo ~ Jo VISIT myspace.com/oizo3000 BUY Lamb's [...]
just a quick one today as it is very busy times putting in our next show at the theatre, but it is certainly worth flagging the fact that there is a new Matthew Herbert Big Band record out this week, There's Me And There's You. there is plenty to read about it at Stereogum and Pitchfork so i won't rehash old material, but this is a real nice smoky blues bedroom-jazz version of The Story off the record. DOWNLOAD Matthew Herbert Big Band ~ The Story (Edit) VISIT [...]
i must admit it took me some time to warm up to of Montreal when i started hearing Hissing Fauna... but then one day i hit this certain mood which was FRIG YES! NOW I GET IT!! and now i get it even more because Tuesday was the official release date for of Montreal's new record Skeletal Lamping, and if you don't already have it you should get it, chum. DOWNLOAD of Montreal ~ Id Engager VISIT ofmontreal.net/ and myspace.com/ofmontreal BUY Skeletal Lamping at [...]
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