Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Hits and Mrs




Oh I mean Hits and Misses and im referring to a list of DJ's and artists thAt could be coming to NZ this summer -- not Jake and Beth.
I've been prowling the blogs and forums to see what rumours are floating and also to see what artists are playing in Australia because DJ's and producers generally don't come to New Zealand without going to Aussie - and vice-versa ..

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

bIG DuRR oUt


the first line up for the 2010 Big Day Out::

Monday, September 28, 2009

Joe Goddard from Hot Chip releases Solo LP


Joe Goddard from Hot Chip (vocals, synthesizer, percussion) is to release a solo album in early November entitled Harvest Festival. The album will be released through Greco-Roman records, an imprint which Goddard co-founded. So apparently the album sounds like:: "winds from woozy ambience to the polyrhythms of London's clubland and back again, and has a strange fixation with fruit”… Nice, I think?

Tracklisting::
1. Apple Bobbing
2. Tinned Apricot
3. Pear-Shaped
4. Strawberry Jam
5. Go Bananas
6. Half-Time Oranges
7. Lemon & Lime (Home Time)
8. Tropical Punch
9. Sour Grapes
10. Pineapple Chunk
11. Mango Chutney
12. Coconut Shy

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

RA.173 Modeselektor Podcast

Soo I've only just posted about Modeselektor and their Body Language mix for the label Get Physical so I'm not going to go oon. But yeah, if you like Modeselektor and free podcasts you should download this.
Damn - just look at that tracklist::
Deadboy - If U Want Me
Untold - Just For You (Roska Remix)
Maurizio - M5
Zomby - Digital Flora
Untold - I Can't Stop This Feeling
Taz Buckfaster - Gold Tooth Grin
Mikkel Metal - Kenton (Marcel Dettmann Remix)
Headhunter - Prototype (Modeselektor's Broken Handbrake Remix)
Venom & Damage - Deeper
Second Phase - Mentasm
Modeselektor - Outro
Buraka Som Sistema - Skank & Move feat. Kano
Lil Silva - Different
Ramadanman - Revenue (Untold Remix)
Lil Silva - Funky Pulse
L-Vis 1990 - United Groove (MJ Cole Remix)
XxXy - Reflections
Headhunter - Sex at the Prom
Robert Hood - Museum
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
Gas – Koenigsforst -

music



Boys Noize ::: BBC Radio 1 Mixx 09/18/2009

Just 20mins but full of freashness.
Taken from Kissy Sell Out's radio show.
Nice.
TRACKLISTING:::
Boys Noize – ‘Kontact Me
Boys Noize – ‘Starter
Boys Noize – ‘Transmission
Noob & Brodinski – ‘Peanuts Club (Beatau Cue Remix)
Boys Noize – ‘Drummer
Boys Noize – ‘Jeffer (Modeselektor Remix)
Boys Noize – ‘Jeffer (Para One Remix)

Monday, September 21, 2009

Vinyl lovers thought CD's were bad - they're gonna hate this:::

CDJ-2000

I like the inter-connectivity of USB devices and i also like CDJS, so when I read about the features of Pioneer's new CDJ-2000's I was like "Yus!" :: Untill i saw the price tag and then i was like "Fuck!"


At €1799 (approx $5400 NZ) each, you probably wont be asking for a set of CDJ2000's this December and at that price I'd say the nightclub owners will not be rushing to upgrade.


Despite the off-putting price tags, the new features of these CDJ's are quite impressive::

Pioneer have developed a new data management system called Rekordbox. It is the intertexuality of the Rekordbox which is rather impressive, as it is able to play audio media from CD, DVD, SD and now USB. For me, this spells the end of the tedious job of burning disks and then having to write/ fit the track-listing on the front of the disk:: well it would if I could ever actually afford the CDJ2000’s.

It also has a 6.1-inch full colour LCD screen and a system called Pro DJ Link which gives users the ability to process files through the CDJ2000’s USB or SD outputs to other devices via LAN.

c00l?

Friday, September 18, 2009

guess who i bumped into down the road


i rode by bike down to Mairangi Bay shops to get some ciggis this morning, and i bumped into these guys outside a cafe :::
honest

L-Vis 1990 & BOK BOK miXXX


one of my fave producers a.t.m L-Vis 1990 have teamed up with the awesomely named BOK BOK to give the fine citizens of the interhood an aural treat::
a podcast entitiled Night Slugs Dubplate Mix.
1 – BOK BOK – Ripe Banana [Dress 2 Sweat]
02 – Buraka Som SIstema – Generale (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Fabric]
03 – Royal T – Beat Fighter (BOK BOK remix) [No Hats No Hoods]
04 – Hardhead – Toothbrush Country (L-VIS 1990 edit)
05 – BOK BOK – Citizens Of The City Dub
06 – L-VIS 1990 – Zahonda [Sound Pelegrino]
07 – Little Jinder – Youth Blood (BOK BOK remix) [Trouble & Bass]
08 – L-VIS 1990 – Compass [Sound Pelegrino]
09 – Untold – Stop What You’re Doing (BOK BOK edit)
10 – BOK BOK & L-VIS 1990 – Wake Up Early [White]
11 – L-VIS 1990 – Hide [Dress 2 Sweat]
12 – Riton & Primary 1 – Who’s There (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Phantasy]
13 – Egyptrixx- Just Say Really (BOK BOK remix) [Idiot House]
14 – Kingdom ft Shyvonne – Mind Reader (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Fools Gold]
15 – L-VIS 1990 – Changes
16 – Secret Agent Gel – Crew (BOK BOK dub) [Bass Tourist]
17 – Gucci Vump – Sha, Shtil! (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Sound Pelegrino]

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Aoki - Ok


STEVE AOKI {} STUDIO {} OCT TwentyTwo
Supported by: Daniel Farley, Maya & Vanya



Yes Steve Aoki is returning to Auckland to play at the Studio this October.


I made a big effort to see him play earlier this year, but unfortunatly he played at Summadayze (ooh dear).
My girlfriend and I (thanks Nerdy Frames for my one) had tickets to see Eric Prydz, Calvin Harris, Boys Noize and Steve Aoki, something I was very excited about. However, Eric Prydz pulled out acouple weeks before the gig, but I thought 'oh well', I had just been to Rhythm & Vines and Prydz is abit cheese anyway - it's not too bad.
Boy was i wrong... When we got to the venue there as a printed out piece of paper stuck to the wall next to the toilets saying::

Calvin Harris will not be performing tonight.
New Set List:
TIM PHIN
POT BELLEEZ
BOYS NOIZE
UTAH SAINTS
STEVE AOKI

We were like WTF!? whopps, the promoter must have forgotten to tell us all about the major shake up. I now had to stand/ lean through a couple hours of shit music (Tim Phin & the Pot Belleez) just to get to see Boys Noize (who totally owned b.t.w). but even worse, we now had the prospect of waiting for the Utah Saints to play before Steve Aoki would eventually take to the decks in the early hours.. [we went home]
I was informed a couple days later that Aoki played a killer set.

So it makes me happy to know that ill be able to see him play in a couple of weeks up on K'RD.

Go to the Studio for tickets & more inmofo:::

check out Steve's blog ::here::

download Autoerotique -Gladiator (Steve Aoki & DJ AM remix)

ED Bang Rec



FrEsHnE$$ FROM ED BANG REC




Ed Banger's DSL have just released their latest material entitiled :::
"STUPID BITCHES" EP
PEDRO SEZ { The title track «Stupid Bitches» doesn’t sound like a love song, but trust me, it’s DSL’s way to say I love you to ladies. A pure zoukadisco tune, get your platform sneakers on! }Remixes are provided by DatA && Rynecologist


Download DSL's latest MiXX right HERE





Ed Banger & Warp Records are having a party. So if your in Paris on Friday night (i know, i know - your not) get down to Grande Halle de la Villette to check sets from::

MR OIZO - CLARK - SEBASTIAN - JACKSON - BUSY P - HUDSON MOHAWKE - KRAZY BALDHEAD - RUSTIE

ed over to Le Coolcats Blog for daily posts from Busy P, DJ Mehdi, So Me, Fafi & Lamjc Michael

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

M E T R O N O M Y


i can't wait for this::: Metronomy live in Auckland on October 6th at the Montecristo. i missed their gig with The Teenagers here last January (i had to choose between Boys Noize and Metronomy), but this time i'll def be there.


they are playing with Moron Says What!?! and it's all ages, so the kids can dance too.

my fav Metronomy tracks are Holiday and Heatbreaker. what is yours?

if you dont have one yet, try one of these:::



nice one!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Daft Punk is Playing at My House

This whole 'Hero' series is abit weird for me. Is it ok to like it? My flatmate had Gutar Hero and I must admit that drunkenly strumming out to Bloc Party's Helicopter and hearing the fake crowd go nuts for me was pretty sweet.

But then South Park ripped it to pieces and suddenly it wasn't so cool to be standing in the lounge rocking out with a plastic gutar, thinking that the rest of the party thought your talented.

Now DJ Hero is about to hit the market and I'm feeling even more dubious about this version than its predecessor . I guess it is an interesting idea, and Activision have got some good DJ's/ producers onboard, but I feel that the game play doesn't correlate to actual DJing (i.e the green, red and blue buttons).

According to the all-knowing Wikipedia the game play goes something like this:::

Notes will travel in an arc across a spinning record on screen, and the player will hold down one of the 3 stream buttons to play notes; two buttons reflect the two songs used in that particular mix, and the third represents samples to add to the mix which can be adjusted with the effects dial.
The player must also constantly adjust the crossfader to match onscreen symbols. Certain tracks will be shown on screen as a series of up or down arrow, representing scratching sections, requiring the player to turn the turntable in the direction of the arrows while holding down the button to score points.
"Euphoria" is equivalent to Guitar Hero's Star Power, collected by successfully completing specific phrases in the song mix, and can be released by pressing the Euphoria button, doubling the player's current multiplier.

There is also a "Rewind" meter that builds through consistent successful playing, and once full, allows the player to rewind the song to fix errors in their performance. The player must continue to perform well or their performance meter will drop and they will fail the song.

- Got it?

- Sweet, now your pretty much Daft Punk..

In fact, and quite shockingly you can 'mix' as Daft Punk , with both Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo being playable characters. I just hope they are doing this as abit of a hype-gen for a possible new album (pleeease!).

Aswell as Daft Punk, there is material from N.A.S.A., Queen, Justice, DJ Yoda, DJ AM, Grandmaster Flash, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Shadow and David Bowie.

DJ Hero will be out in late October.
Daft Punk DJ Hero tracklisting:
Daft Punk "Around the World" vs. Young MC "Bust A Move"
Daft Punk "Da Funk" vs. N.A.S.A. "Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB and Fatlip"
Daft Punk "Da Funk" vs. Queen "Another One Bites the Dust"
Daft Punk "Robot Rock" vs. Hashim "Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)" – Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts
Daft Punk "Robot Rock" vs. Queen "We Will Rock You"
Daft Punk "Short Circuit" vs. Boogie Down Productions "Jack Of Spades"
Daft Punk "Technologic" vs. Gary Numan "Cars"
Daft Punk "Television Rules The Nation" vs. No Doubt "Hella Good"

Monday, September 14, 2009

The Beast With Three Backs

OCTOBER 1ST - STUDIO
OCTOBER 2ND - COHERENT

OCTOBER 3RD - ZEN


i think i'll have a quite one that weekend


Thursday, September 10, 2009

RA.171 mixed by Erol Alkan


As his alter ego Disco 3000, Erol Alkan last week droped his Resident Advisor podcast.

Alkan has not supplied a tracklisting with the podcast but if his previous work is anything to go by, this should be a totally sweet mixxx.

What I mean by previous work::: Remixes for the likes of :
Mylo, Death from Above 1979, The Chemical Brothers, Bloc Party, Mystery Jets, Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip, Daft Punk, Riton, Klaxons, Justice, Scissor Sisters, Klaxons, Digitalism, Interpol, ZZT, SebastiAn and Yeah Yeah Yeahs to name a few….

He has also produced albums with Late Of The Pier and the Mystery Jets and a few weeks ago released material in a colab with Boys Noize

Sold yet??

Jump over to Resident Advisor for a quick Q&A with Mr Alkan and to download the mixxx

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Modeselektor Practice Their Body Language





Body Language, a mix series from the massive tech / minimal label Get Physical (M.A.N.D.Y, Bookashade, DJ T ...) is about to release volume 8 and it’s mixed by Modeselektor. These guys have only just blown my mind with their collaboration with Apparat as Moderat but now they have gone a step further with an impressive intermingling track list that is sure to get your ears wet.

Although I haven’t heard the mix yet, Body Language Vol. 8 appears to have managed to blend material from varying genres (e.g. Boys Noize, Animal Collective, Major Lazer, Busta Rhymes, Rustie and Modeselektor) without trying to go for the often attempted, rarely succeeded “lets do what 2manydjs do” mash up mix.

Body Language Vol. 8, mixed and compiled by Modeselektor will be released through Get Physical Records on September 29 2009. Oh Yeah***


TRACK LIST:::

01. Outro
02. Rustie - Zig-Zag
03. Missy Elliott - Lick Shots (Instrumental)
04. Osborne - The Count
05. Boy 8 Bit - The Cricket Scores
06. Felix Da Housecat - Kickdrum
07. Alex Cortex - Huyendo Part 2
08. G-Man - Quo Vadis
09. Norman Nodge - NN 8.0
10. Benga - Emotions
11. Peverelist - Clunk Click Every Trip
12. Untold - Anaconda
13. MOVES!!! - All Skate
14. Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More (Amended Version)
15. Joker & Rustie - Play Doe
16. Mark Pritchard & Om’mas Keith - Wind It Up
17. Djedjotronic - Dirty & Hard (feat. Spoek) vs Dorian Concept - Trilingual Dance Sexperience
18. Horsepower Productions - Let’s Dance (Club Mix)
19. Robert Hood - Unix
20. Major Lazer - Pon De Floor
21. Boys Noize - Easyjet
22. Siriusmo - Nights Off
23. Modeselektor - The Black Block (Marcel Dettman Redifinition)
24. Scuba - Klinik
25. Animal Collective - My Girls
26. Modeselektor - Fill #1
27. Siriusmo - Breath
28. Si Begg vs Juice Aleem - Rock My Hologram (Original Instrumental)
29. Moderat - A New Error

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

F4KE BL()()D - essentual miXXX


As I've posted previously radio mixes & podcast are a great way to source new tunes. This Fake Blood Essential Mix is 6 months old but it still holds 'ounst' in terms of freshness. There is alot of Fake Blood tunes in the mix which is good for a start, plus just scanning through the tracklist there is material from Simain Mobile Disco, LCD Soundsystem and Diplo (sweet).

Now some words from the man himself::

"Rather than just bang it out for 2 hours (yawn) I thought I would split it into 2 distinct halves, and show a wider range of music I love. Plus it makes it more interesting to put together, and to listen to hopefully".


"The 1st hour represents THE CLUB, and is the kind of stuff I am playing out. A bit heavier for that apex of the night. But the 2nd hour is THE AFTER PARTY, and is me playing other stuff I love, but goes a bit deeper, stripped back, melodic and unusual. Music to watch the night turn into morning."


"It’ll definitely throw a few people, but that was kind of the intention."


Hour One: The Club

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip “Look For The Woman” (Fake Blood Mix)
Hatiras “The New Jam”VV Brown “Leave!” (Style Of Eye Mix)
Knuckles “Loading”
Underworld “Ring Road” (Fake Blood Mix)
Touche “Vampires”– w/ Frankie Bones & Lennie Dee “Just As Long As I Got You” Acapella
F#M “Riptide”
EDX “Casa Grande” (Robbie Rivera Mix)
Hot Chip “Touch Too Much” (Fake Blood Mix)
Mustard Pimp “Oh La La Satan” (Jay Robinson Mix)– w/ Josh Wink “Superfreak” Acapella
Hatiras & Jelo “Donkey Punch”
Boy 8-Bit “Baltic Pine”
Walter Murphy “A 5th Of Beethoven” (Soulwax Edit)– w/ A+ “Enjoy Yourself” Acapella
Malente & Daniel Dexter “Hyperactive”– w/ Trick Daddy “Shut Up” Acapella
The Kills “Cheap And Cheerful” (Fake Blood Mix)
DJ Zinc “Blunt Edge”– w/ Plez “I Can’t Stop” Acapella
Lazy Jay “Float My Boat”
Ink & Needle “Tattoo 3″– w/
Scenario Rock “Skitzo Dancer” Acapella
Little Boots “Stuck On Repeat” (Fake Blood Mix)
Joachim Garraud “Are U Ready” (Roman Salzger Mix)
Vektorkat “End Run”– w/ Daft Punk “Revolution 909″ (Roger Sanchez Mix) Acapella
Fake Blood “Mars” (Original / R!M!E Mix / Hatchmatik Mixes)
Electric Light Orchestra “Mr. Blue Sky” (Fake Edit)– w/ Green Velvet “La La Land” Acapella

Hour Two: The Afterparty

Chateau Flight “Baroque”
Mike Monday “I Am Plankton”
Touche “Spectres”
Butch “Amelie”
Caro, Dapyk & Padberg “Island” feat. Caro (Noze Mix)
Simian Mobile Disco “Run Theme”
Lucio Aquilina “Magic M”Monochrome “Pearl”
Whomadewho “The Plot” (Noze Mix)
Can “A Spectacle”
In Flagranti “Business Acumen” (Holy Ghost! cover version)
Stephan Bodzin and Marc Romboy “Puck”– w/ X-Press 2 “Smoke Machine” Acapella
Touche “Zombies”
Giorgio “From Here To Eternity”
Pylon “Cool”– w/ LCD Soundsystem “Yeah” Acapella
Knuckles “Targus”
Lorenz Rhode “Antidote”
Battle Sequencer “Fish Fingers Part II”
Radiohead “Reckoner” (Diplo Mix)
Seventeen Evergreen “Music Is The Wine” (Joakim Dub)
Bent “To Be Loved”
Fad Gadget “Coitus Interruptus”
David Rubato “Circuit”

Monday, September 7, 2009

Dub Step As Bro

Dubstep? It's a genre undertaking a semi takeover on the dub /drum n bass scene here in Auckland and i got a feeling things could be simular down south. It may not be a total take over but its now aparent that its big 'wooding' bass has a special appeal to the masses. The style is now even crossing over to the electro scene, with new tags popping up such as electro-dubstep and the cool sounding 'laserbass'.

AC Slater and Jack Beats are at the forefront of the crossover sound, combining the traditional sounds of electro with massive dubstep basslines.
Some tunes you might wana check ::
AC Slater - Calm Down
AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats remix)
AC Slater - Hello
Drop The Lime - Hear Me (AC Slater remix)
La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (Jack Beats remix)
Project Bassline - Drop The Pressure (Jack Beats remix)
Diplo & Blaqstarr - Get Off (Jack Beats remix)
Jack Beats -Get Down
Click on this pic for a link to a whole bunch of Jack Beats downloads::>>

Check out AC Slater's August mix here.

track list:::
1. Toxic Avenger - "Toxic is Dead" (Drop the Lime Remix)
2. The Count & Sinden - "Mega"
3. B. Rich - "Make Me Dance" (Autoerotique's Hey White Girl Remix)
4. MJ Cole - "AO" (MJ's Open Your Gob dubb)
5. Autoerotique - "Gladiator" (AC Slater Remix)
6. Adam Freeland - "Only a Fool" (AC Slater Remix)
7. Z-Kat feat. Sanna Hartfield - "Under Your Kilt" (HeavyFeet Remix)
8. Plastic Gangsters - "Rock to the Rhythm"
9. Miss Issa - Stay Up" (DJ Influence Remix)
10. Hostage - "Rudeboy"
11. Rico Tubbs - "Respect"
12. Gunstab - "Guts"
13. Prodigy - "Take Me to the Hospital" (Rusko Remix)
14. BOLTAN - "Nine to Five" (DZ Remix)
15. Tempa T - "Next Hype"
16. Newham Generals feat DIzzee Rascal - "Pepper" (AC Slater Remix)
17. B. Rich "It'll Be Alright" feat. Domonique
18. Digital Manges - "Manges" (Sharkslayer Dubmix)
19. Hockey - "Song Away" (Jack Beat's 'Anger Management' Remix)
20. Detboi - "Whine Ya Body"
21. Udachi & Jubilee - "Smoke Rings"
22. Juiceboxxx - "100MPH" (AC Slater Remix)
23. Krause - "Can't Shut Me Up" (AC Slater Remix)

Thursday, September 3, 2009

mix albums are great, along with radio shows and pod/blogcasts, a good mix album is the best way to find fresh tunes.. come across a DJ that plays sweet tunes, get a copy of one of their latest mixes and copy all their best tunes haha. no. well yeah, it is a smart idea. i am always downloading radio shows and podcasts like Sinden's from Kiss FM to hear what freashness is been dropped.

back on the mix album tip, what's even better that a straight mix album is a double disk release - one cd mixed, the other unmixed. this way you can appreciate the structure/ journey of the music which the DJ has assembled, listen out for those sweet tracks and then just grab the other disk, rather than hunting them down in some record store or in the interhood.


Herve and the Bang Gang DJ's have done just that, with the release of Cheap Thrills Vol. 1 & Bang Gang 12 Inches: A Radicool Compilation.


Herve [pronounced Hervay], aka The Count of Monte Cristal is to release his first compilation for his new record label Cheap Thrills on 5th October. Cheap Thrills has been established by the Producer/DJ to not only release his own tracks/remixes but to also "nurture new, fresh and exciting production talent".


Cheap Thrills Vol. 1 features production from Jack Beats, Fake Blood, Project Bassline, Kissy Sell Out , His Majesty André, Bloody Beetroots, Glamour & Detboi. pretty bloody impressive!


Bang Gang 12 Inches: A Radicool Compilation, is to be released later this year (nicely timed so that we can hype ourselves up before seeing them play at Rhythm & Vines). Released through the Modular Records, this compilation coinsides with the news that Modular and Bang Gang 12 Inches are to become official partners.

A Radicool Compilation features tues form Bag Raiders, Shazam, Cassian, G.L.O.V.E.S, Dangerous Dan, Breakbot, Knightlife, Death Set &Lost Valentinos. nice

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

R.I.P.D.J.A.M

Legendary DJ / Producer DJ AM, whose real name in Adam Goldstein was found dead in his New York apartment last Friday. Having been off the drugs for about ten years, AM had supposably been using again after he was involved in a serious aeroplane crash last year September.

AM and Travis Barker were the sole survivors of a Learjet plane crash in which four other people died. The pair received extensive burns and it was reported that Goldstein was using medication to deal with his injuries and post traumatic stress. According to TMZ drug paraphernalia and prescription pills were found in his apartment.

DJ AM rose to fame through his success as a genre blending DJ and talented producer. He was a member of the rock band Crazy Town and mixed/scratched on albums for the likes of Will Smith, Madonna and Papa Roach. Goldstein was also a favorite among celebrities, DJing at parties for Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Carrey, Jessica Simpson, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore and Ben Stiller - to name a few. Most recently AM had been working on a live project with Travis Barker as TRVSDJ-AM.

His final twitter comment, made last Tuesday was a quote from Grandmaster Flash’s song New York, New York ::::
New York, New York. Big city of dreams,
but everything in New York aint always what it seems…

You can download their latest mixtapes Fix Your Face Vol.1 and Fix Your Face Vol.2: Live At Coachella 09 for free here….





welcome to birkenHood. i dont actually live in a castle but if my house was a castle and was made on MS Paint it would definitely look like this. and yes, that is Hurricane Spencer's boat from Thunder in Paradise [1994 had some amazing television].