electronic (house, dub, dj mixes, blah..)

[9000]

earl grey,

i found a copy of the erol alkan "one louder" mix on ebay. at first it was a little "too clubbish" for my taste, but has grown on me. par-tay.

i've got my eyes on the taka taka mix next.

thanks for the recommendations.

[earl grey]

nice - glad you dig it. it took a little while for me too, but "girls on film" always gets me. "crazy girls make my heart go boom boom" (#5) is an awesome track as well. be warned, 'taka taka' gets pretty pricey on ebay ... i've tried a couple times but still have just my SLSK burn for now.

thanks for the 'smallville' recommendation as well. great stuff ... been listening to it a bunch. that and this triple R mix 'friends' have been my microhouse fix these days....

[9000]

have you heard the DFA dance to the underground mix? it is released by the same folks who did "one louder". a lot of the songs have showed up elsewhere already, but it is a nice showcase of DFA affiliated acts.

[earl grey]

yeah i have - that's the one that starts with the DFA mix of metro area's "orange alert" right? that's a great mix ... black dice into the morgan geist mix of "jealous lovers" is way cool. i didn't realize it was also a muzik mix.

the DFA really needs to release more material. i found this mix by them on SLSK called 'atjazz' or 'labresults' (can't tell) but it's pretty good. of course, i'd rather have murphy focus his efforts on a much-needed LCD full-length....

[9000]

yep, that's it and it's a muzik mix.

i have to imagine the LCD release is going to be bananas. i really don't think i've heard anything by the DFA that i haven't liked - a lot - especially the LCD soundsystem stuff.

have you downloaded the j.o.y. sun plus dfa single? catchy post-punk freakout-ish kind of sound, whatever that may mean. fluxblog had it up a while back and its floating around elsewhere now.

[earl grey]

yeah i've burned the 3 LCD 12 inches onto a CD and listen to it quite a bit. next best thing until we get an album. the b-sides, i think, are almost as good as the a-sides. incidentally, erol alkan started his set with "yeah" last time he came through NYC - the crowd went mental.

no i haven't heard that new DFA single yet - i should look for it. it had already been pulled down from fluxblog when i saw it. i just downloaded some cover of "losing my edge" on fluxblog that looks interesting - haven't listened yet.

[9000]

finally got around to getting a city rockers futurism mix (pink edition). really good stuff. kicking myself for not checking out it sooner.

[earl grey]

don't know city rockers - what do they sound like?

[tinobeat]

City Rockers is a UK label that does all sorts of crazy shit. I couldn't get their site to open, but more info (slightly) here:

http://www.forcedexposure.com/labels/city.rockers.uk.html

[9000]

yep, that's it. i guess i got volume 1 (the pink one).

by the way, i highly recommend the boggs record ("stitches") that city rockers released. it is NOT dance related, but is damn good stuff. one of last year's most slept on albums, in my opinion.

[9000]

Originally posted by earl grey
don't know city rockers - what do they sound like?

knowing a little about your taste, you'd like it. similar to trevor jackson style mixes - hodgepodge of styles - dance, punk, techno...good stuff.

[earl grey]

cool, i'll definitely check it out. looking the cover, i think i've seen it in stores before. i'm also curious about this new erlend oye DJ kicks - eclectic mix, plus he apparently sings over the songs. i am a little skeptical but the reviews seem good.

[9000]

how's the new superpitcher?

[Paul]

Originally posted by 9000
how's the new superpitcher? I'm still wrapping my head around it, but initial impressions are very good. Better still is the TimTim release from last fall which I just got ahold of.

[9000]

Originally posted by Paul
I'm still wrapping my head around it, but initial impressions are very good. Better still is the TimTim release from last fall which I just got ahold of.

are there lots of vocals? of those i've heard, i've prefered the sp tracks w/o them.

[Paul]

Originally posted by 9000
are there lots of vocals? of those i've heard, i've prefered the sp tracks w/o them.

Some, but not a lot (I can't recall the exact ratio at the moment). As soon as I make up my mind about it, I'm gonna have a review up at 75 or Less (http://www.75orless.com).

[9000]

when are you going to do the maloze review..? i kid. i check your reviews often.

have you heard the soul jazz konk release?

[earl grey]

i wasn't a huge fan of the superpitcher album at first, but it is growing on me quite a bit. the songs with vocals stand out the most, i think. the beats feel a little too straight-up to me at times, but the production is stellar and the songs are starting to all get stuck in my head.

i'm also really enjoying this mix by DJ language called 'new wave vs. negroclash' ... like hip-hop/funk over chill disco beats. only read about negroclash before, but i suppose that's what it is. reminds me of metro area a lot. (who incidentally have a non-LP track on the mix, right before "i zimbra" drops....)

[yovan]

I've been meaning to ask those "in the know"...

Is there any jungle/drum n' bass stuff that came out lately that you guys would recommend?

Haven't visited this arena in a couple years so I don't know who's who anymore...

[earl grey]

i used to be ALL about the drum n bass but have lost touch lately. i think the big names a couple years ago are still the big names now ... andy C, krust, and ed rush + optical being my favorites. but hospital records has put out a bunch of cool stuff recently. their style is more soulful and keyboard-heavy ... the 'plastic surgery' compilations (vols. 2-3 especially) are a great intro. i've also heard about some interesting stuff coming out of brazil, though i haven't heard much of it.

on the jungle front, this isn't especially new but the compilation 'toasted: massive ragga jungle' is as good as it gets in my book.

[9000]

yeah, i haven't picked up a d&b album in quite some time. i can only recommend going back and getting some of the stuff that was released 7 or 8 years ago during the height of the movement.

if you're really into the banging shit, go with "torque", which is a 2-disc set with lots of ed rush colloborations. if you want more mellow and soulful vibe, i'd highly recommend a guy called gerald's "black secret technology". i'm almost hesitant to call this a d&b album, as it really defies categorization. definitely one of my favorire"electronic" albums ever and something that i still listen to and enjoy, unlike a lot of the stuff from the same era.

[9000]

just picked up deadbeat "something borrowed, something blue". on the surface, i'm inclined to say he was going for a "pole 4" sound. definitely lots of influence. i need to listen to it a few more times.

[anagrama]

these days my taste in electronic is all about darkside and trance 'n bass.

for some darkside dnb, evil, heavy, very well produced stuff download some Concord Dawn. Mainly the tracks "morning light" "slinky" "take me away"

or John B for the dnb meets trance shit. Although I should point out its more jungle (sans mc-ing) than trance. So don't be scared away. Download "John B Live at Kiss FM" for a taste of what I'm talking about

[yovan]

or John B for the dnb meets trance shit. Although I should point out its more jungle (sans mc-ing) than trance. So don't be scared away. Download "John B Live at Kiss FM" for a taste of what I'm talking about
i do have "Visions" which i love, but I haven't heard anything else by him I liked--- certainly not the following album. I heard he produced some good stuff though.. Is it called exile or something?
I'll try and find it...

Thanks for the recommendations---i'll be on the lookout for the "plastic surgery" comps and "black secret technology" this weekend...

[earl grey]

the first song on the first disc of the john B 'visions' album is probably the best mix of jazz and drum n' bass i've ever heard.

[9000]

Originally posted by yovan
Thanks for the recommendations---i'll be on the lookout for the "plastic surgery" comps and "black secret technology" this weekend...

i don't believe black secret technology was ever released in the US, so it may be a little tough to find at this point. it's easier to pick up his essence lp release on k7, but black secret is the one you really need to get. i've seen it on ebay, so keep an eye out.

[9000]

just picked up vladislav delay, demo(n) tracks. thoroughly enjoying it so far. what's the story with this guy? i heard some of the luomo stuff that i think he produced, but didn't really get into it. his own album sounds nothing like it.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by 9000
just picked up vladislav delay, demo(n) tracks. thoroughly enjoying it so far. what's the story with this guy? i heard some of the luomo stuff that i think he produced, but didn't really get into it. his own album sounds nothing like it.

i kinda like the luomo album i know ('vocal city'), but yeah, the tune of his on the 'clicks and cuts' comp i have is totally different and awesome. know nothing beyond that.

[9000]

well, the demo(n) tracks album is all clicks and distortion. definitely recommended. maybe i'll give luomo another chance.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by 9000
well, the demo(n) tracks album is all clicks and distortion. definitely recommended. maybe i'll give luomo another chance.

luomo was a little too close to straight-up house for me initially, but it's grown on me a bunch. everything i read about vladislav delay, though, says the clicks/cuts stuff is ace.

[9000]

Originally posted by earl grey
i'm also curious about this new erlend oye DJ kicks - eclectic mix, plus he apparently sings over the songs. i am a little skeptical but the reviews seem good.

did you get to hear the erland oye mix yet? i'd say it is good, not great. it's pretty even keeled throughout, although it picks up a little momentum after the fifth or sixth song. it's more background loungy music than a dancefloor burner, if that's your thing.

[vesper]

I recently heard the Erland Oye mix and thought it was pretty good. I'm not any sort of authority on electronic music but this one was pleasant on the ears. He remixes stuff by The Rapture, The Smiths, and Phoenix (if memory serves, the Phoenix cut blazes).

[9000]

the phoenix track reminds me of jamiroquai. i can see how people would like it, but i don't.

on the mix, he doesn't tamper too much with the rapture song, save for a little karoke style intro. is there another remix?

[vesper]

He does "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" by The Smiths but I think that the name is different.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by 9000
the phoenix track reminds me of jamiroquai. i can see how people would like it, but i don't.


funny, i thought the exact same thing when i heard the phoenix track. i like it though.

as for the whole thing, i only listened to it once but it was alright. i expected to dislike his vocals, but i actually think they work well in spots. (especially that smiths cover, on top of a kickin' royksopp remix.) all in all it's kinda nonoffensive - not bad, but i wish it had more of an edge.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by 9000
if you want more mellow and soulful vibe, i'd highly recommend a guy called gerald's "black secret technology". i'm almost hesitant to call this a d&b album, as it really defies categorization. definitely one of my favorire"electronic" albums ever and something that i still listen to and enjoy, unlike a lot of the stuff from the same era.

i just got around to listening to this for the first time and it's quite good. great to work to. it's definitely got a jungle vibe, but much more ambient than most stuff. it reminds me of this series of comps called 'artcore' that react records put out around then.

i also stumbled onto a page of ragga jungle mixes - http://www.mashit.com/tour/ (MP3's are at the bottom). DJ C's junglist bashment mix is pretty awesome.

[9000]

Originally posted by earl grey
i just got around to listening to this for the first time and it's quite good. great to work to. it's definitely got a jungle vibe, but much more ambient than most stuff. it reminds me of this series of comps called 'artcore' that react records put out around then.


cool. it's a little dated, but still holds up incredibly well. it one of those records that i can only really listen to late at night. great for zoning out.

[spacechurro]

I just picked up that Erland Oye and while I liked his voice, it irked me that he would sing a verse of the rapture and phoenix right before the lyrics kicked in. I liked the smith remix he did and I think he throws in some pet shop boys after that too.

anybody grab that Michael Mayer 'Fabric 13' that came out a while ago? It falls along similar lines and is pretty good too.

[9000]

Originally posted by spacechurro

anybody grab that Michael Mayer 'Fabric 13' that came out a while ago? It falls along similar lines and is pretty good too.

i have only heard snipits of fabric 13, but regularly listen to his immer mix, which is definitely worth getting (thanks to early grey's reco). fabric 13 has more pop oriented dance songs; i think eg wrote about it here a while ago.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by 9000
i have only heard snipits of fabric 13, but regularly listen to his immer mix, which is definitely worth getting (thanks to early grey's reco).

quite possibly the first time i have ever been early.

[9000]

i have never been to APT, but that may change. would like to hear ellen allien spin.

APT:
419 w. 13th Street (btwn. 9th & 10th Aves.)
New York, NY

May-04-04 Erelend Oye $5
May-18-04 Ellen Allien $5

[earl grey]

i like APT, but you'll find a lot of people who hate it. it's a bar, not a club, so no space to dance really. and the drinks are super expensive. the big cans of sapporo are the best deal by far. (they often do an open bar from 9-10 which is always worth it.) they always get fantastic DJ's though - more than a few times, i've gotten into someone and found out that they spun there a few months prior. (i.e. james murphy had a residency there for a while, michael mayer and akufen both spun last year, etc.)

[9000]

Originally posted by earl grey
i like APT, but you'll find a lot of people who hate it. it's a bar, not a club, so no space to dance really. and the drinks are super expensive. the big cans of sapporo are the best deal by far. (they often do an open bar from 9-10 which is always worth it.) they always get fantastic DJ's though - more than a few times, i've gotten into someone and found out that they spun there a few months prior. (i.e. james murphy had a residency there for a while, michael mayer and akufen both spun last year, etc.)

i used to live right over there and figured that the scene would be pretty obnoxious, as is most of the meat packing district now. i've heard the space is nice though, and i've been impressed with the names they attract; i've just never gotten over there to judge for myself.

does james murphy dj anywhere else now? i think i heard tonic, but i'm not too sure.

sapporo tall boys....mmmmmm.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by 9000
does james murphy dj anywhere else now? i think i heard tonic, but i'm not too sure.

sapporo tall boys....mmmmmm.

yeah i preferred the old meatpacking district too, but sapporo tall boys tend to make everything better. they always seem bottomless (in the best of ways).

i haven't heard about too many murphy DJ gigs - just a rapture afterparty at bar 13 in march, though it was a wed night and i think he went on real late. i would love to catch him live, though, obviously....

[9000]

listening to:

thomas brinkmann mix - tour de traum
crosstown rebels - rebel futurism
serie noire 2 - dark pop and new beat
ivan smagghe - death disco

the tour de traum mix is aces. death disco is good, but i really want to pick up smagghe's new mix.

recommendations?

[earl grey]

Originally posted by 9000
listening to:

thomas brinkmann mix - tour de traum
crosstown rebels - rebel futurism
serie noire 2 - dark pop and new beat
ivan smagghe - death disco

the tour de traum mix is aces. death disco is good, but i really want to pick up smagghe's new mix.

recommendations?

yeah i need to check out 'tour de traum' - been on my list. i think i heard about that smagghe too - 'suck my deck' or something like that. don't know him but an other music review caught my eye. i've been slacking on new stuff lately, i need to pick it up a bit. akufen is dropping a mix soon too, in the fabric series, which i am very curious to hear.

been listening to some older faves lately:

DJ language - new wave vs. negroclash
villalobos - alcachofa
daft punk - discovery
digital disco (vols 1 and 2)

took me a while to get into 'discovery', especially since 'homework' is so much more banging, but i soak it up now.

[9000]

earl g-unit,

i picked up kompakt 100. can't say i'm too crazy about it, which is surprising given the strength of most kompakt releases. the discs seem a bit flat.

the smagghe suck my deck mix is pretty good. did you get a chance to hear it yet?

[earl grey]

yeah i do love many of the songs on 'kompakt 100', but i think it'd be a killer single disc and even better if it was mixed. something about the sequencing feels a little off in spots. i still often get the urge to blast the justus kohncke version of "hot love" though.

i haven't gotten to 'suck my deck' yet ... lately i've been obsessed with daniel bell's mix 'the button-down mind strikes back!' ... sorta like a blippier take on michael mayer's fabric mix. damn, damn good. also enjoying jimmy edgar's EP 'access rhythm' though it's way too short ... a full-length is needed.

oh and somehow i managed to not hear a single orbital album until just last week. but 'orbital 2' is the shit.

[9000]

eg,

there's a used copy of the futurism double-cd mix going for $12 over at other music. i think it retails for about $25-30.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by 9000
eg,

there's a used copy of the futurism double-cd mix going for $12 over at other music. i think it retails for about $25-30.

thanks for the tip. i downloaded those discs and enjoy them, but the real thing is almost always better, especially with a mix.

yeah there's always great stuff in the OM used electronic section.

[vesper]

so what're the biggies and others from 2005? i feel like i must have a lot of catching up to do and/or some really obvious ones i'm missing.

optimo, psyche out
jena paradies, kunsterformen der natur
jena paradies, september
superpitcher, today
rnvg mx4 crazy rhythms

i've also listened to the first of those two italo derrugiero mixes, rvng mx3, and optimo's how to kill the dj pt 2 quite a bit this year, but they don't exactly count, do they. surprisingly, there are a lot of good mixes in this (http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=5357885) ILM thread.

[9000]

mixes?

you hit some good ones for the year. haven't heard the jena paradies ones. what are they like?

other stuff:

erol alkan - bugged out mix: bananas. disc one is dancefloor banger after banger. disc two is okay for when you want to kill yourself.

diplo - live from montreal: sweet mish-mash of soul, grime, hip-hop.

optimo mp3 mixes - just wow.

beatsinspace radio show mp3s- some real gems between sweeney and guests.

[vesper]

i'll have to search around for the diplo and erol alkan mixes. and i never seem to get those optimo mixes while they're available. (if any of faster people want to *ahem* send me an email or a private message, i'd love you.)

the two JP mixes i mentioned are pretty standard electro, microhouse mixes -- more pop than banger though. he has another called new identities, but the hard, tech stuff isn't my bag (one of the reasons i can't get into basement jaxx "technologic (kontrol mix)"). all three are available on his website (http://www.jenaparadies.com)'s audio section.

earl grey needs to get in here and tell me the name of that akufen mix (i think under his gov't name).

[earl grey]

the akufen record i think yr thinking of is 'musique pour 3 femmes enceintes,' under his own name marc leclair. not a mix but nine originals. it's really good, way more ambient/sedate than his tracks as akufen but with the same aesthetic. closer to burger/ink and gas, i think. thumbs up.

'psyche out,' 'MX4,' and 'today' are prob my favorites of the year. i like the paradies mix 'kunstformen der natur' a whole lot, never got to hear the others though. and that erol alkan mix never clicked with me like his last one. i feel like there's more i want to hear from this year, everything i've gotten really into has been older. i guess luomo's first record was reissued this year, that definitely matches up with anything that's come out new.

vesper - never heard the optimo mixes? oh, you're missing out. really good shit. i'll get em to you.

[Fiona]

If anyone's looking for something a bit different, there's an excellent dubstep mix on Blackdown's site, download here. (http://www.lilo.net/~martin/dusk_blackdown_keysound_radio.mp3)
Or if you still like Drum and Bass, Dublin based label Bassbin have a mix hosted by BBC at present, click here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/downloads/bassbinselection.mp3)

Finally, moving away from mixes, seeing as pretty much all the good ones have been covered, I'd highly recommend Corporate Crimewave by Hystereo on the Soma label. Absolutely banging synth-techno which should go down well with any fans of Daft Punk.

[apeshite]

Thought you guys might get a kick out of this guy's genealogy of electronic music: http://www.di.fm/edmguide/edmguide.html
As someone who enjoys electronic music but admittedly knows nothing about it, I found it amusing and resourceful.

[Fiona]

Btw Diplo's Fabric set is out next Friday. Tracklisting's fantastic - all over the place.

[9000]

dfa mix coming out in the uk:

1. Black Dice - Smiling Off (Dfa Mix/Luomo Mix)
2. Lcd Soundsystem - Too Much Love (Rub'n'tug Mix)
3. The Juan Maclean – Give Me Every Little Thing (Dub)
4. The Juan Maclean – Tito’s Way (Reverso 68 Mix/Lp Version/Booka Shade Mix)
5. The Juan Maclean – Give Me Every Little Thing (Cajmere Mix/Xpress 2 Bonus Beats/Putsch 79 Disco Dub)
6. Black Dice - Ada (LP Version)
7. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Track 5
8. Lcd Soundsystem - Tribulations (Tiga’s Out Of The Trance Closet Mix)
9. Lcd Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (Soulwax Shibuya

[Fiona]

8. Lcd Soundsystem - Tribulations (Tiga’s Out Of The Trance Closet Mix)

JG Wilkes on Friday: "It's just a shite dance track"

[earl grey]

from the kompakt release schedule:

JANUARY 2006

16.01.2006 KOM CD 46 – MICHAEL MAYER – IMMER 2 MIX CD

[9000]

from the kompakt release schedule:

JANUARY 2006

16.01.2006 KOM CD 46 – MICHAEL MAYER – IMMER 2 MIX CD

if it's anything like the first, well have a best of year mix very early in '06.

i'm feigning for something good and new--on the mix front--at the moment.

[earl grey]

i'm feigning for something good and new--on the mix front--at the moment.

scott from other music has a mix coming out on RVNG soon - 'RVNG PRSNTS MX5,' i'm guessing. he's got great taste that covers a huge variety of stuff, so i'm really curious to see what's on it.

i was hitting the superpitcher beats in space mix pretty hard before my laptop went down ... haven't come across much new otherwise. but i'm really itching to hear the new dominik eulberg 2CD mix, just need to make it to a store. plus i've had triple R's 'flashback: MBF' on my list for ages - hoping to come across a used copy or something.

[vesper]

i just got the dfa holiday mix and it sounds pretty good so far. fiona sent an optimo mix and 2 erol alkan mixes my way, but i have yet to listen to them. i'm not sure if anything big is coming out before the new year, but (1) i'm willing to wait for mayer's and scott mou's and (2) the beats in space website keeps me busy.

[earl grey]

i picked up that dominik eulberg mix 'kreucht & fleucht' today, finally ... yet to listen to it but it looks great.

[Fiona]

Picked up Carl Craig's Fabric 25 mix yesterday, threw it earlier. Based on first listen, think it's pretty good - starts out quite funky/disco-like before hitting full-on dancefloor. If you'd heard that set in a club, you'd probably never have stopped for the night. Only gripe is the unnecessary interjections - can it, Carl!

[vesper]

earl, you need to delete some of the messages from your PM folder, cos i can't send you some appropriate linkage.

[earl grey]

earl, you need to delete some of the messages from your PM folder, cos i can't send you some appropriate linkage.

cleaned up.

[earl grey]

the ourdisco site (http://www.ourdisco.com/music/) has both a live set and DJ set up from lindstrom + prins thomas, both recorded on november 11. really good stuff.

(way better than when i saw them here in july, i think, but i ended up seeing their 'warm-up' show and not the megaset they did @ PS 1.)

[vesper]

whoah, sets from justice, alkan, optimo and chromeo too. nice.

[earl grey]

whoah, sets from justice, alkan, optimo and chromeo too. nice.

oh yeah, those too. :)

happened upon those a while ago so i didn't mention em, but they're quite good - the alkan and optimo sets especially, natch.

[Fiona]

Vesper, they're the ones I sent you already. I didn't realise they were the Our Disco sets at the time, duh.
Btw Villalobos is chalked in for a Fabric mix come March/April. Woo hoo!

[earl grey]

Btw Villalobos is chalked in for a Fabric mix come March/April. Woo hoo!

i think they've bumped this back a few times for one reason or another (licensing + his "extracurricular" improprieties both being in the mix), but yeah i can't wait to hear it whenever it's ready.

[Fiona]

I was hoping he'd show up at Electric City with Richie Hawtin last week, given they'd been spinning in Fabric the previous Friday (I think)but it was just Hawtin and Weatherall, no Villalobos.
Just have to make do with Optimo in Backlash next week *sigh*.

[earl grey]

I was hoping he'd show up at Electric City with Richie Hawtin last week, given they'd been spinning in Fabric the previous Friday (I think)but it was just Hawtin and Weatherall, no Villalobos.


yeah i don't even know when villalobos last played a north american gig, all the ones i've heard about (never NYC) seem to get cancelled last minute.

[9000]

Just have to make do with Optimo in Backlash next week *sigh*.

*grumble, grumble*

[earl grey]

*grumble, grumble*

yeah, i tried to ignore her there...

but we should have another optimo NYC night in february ... could be worse.

[Fiona]

yeah, i tried to ignore her there...

but we should have another optimo NYC night in february ... could be worse.
You can try...
Slamming set tonight, didn't stop, beginning to end. VERY micro/house heavy, with a couple of disco/dfa/pop interludes. Thought Twitch threw in slightly more lazy/easy/beat-laden - though bonus points for slipping in Prince. Wilkes was a bit more slick, made my night by lashing on "I Feel Space".

[earl grey]

You can try...
Slamming set tonight, didn't stop, beginning to end. VERY micro/house heavy, with a couple of disco/dfa/pop interludes. Thought Twitch threw in slightly more lazy/easy/beat-laden - though bonus points for slipping in Prince. Wilkes was a bit more slick, made my night by lashing on "I Feel Space".

nice, i'd love to hear them do a set like that. it as different as you can get, but the new 'tropicalia' mix up on their site is really great.

[vesper]

apparently soul jazz is coming out with a tropicalia mix. the liner notes alone will probaly be worth the price, which is good since most of the songs they chose are pretty visible anyway.

[earl grey]

apparently soul jazz is coming out with a tropicalia mix. the liner notes alone will probaly be worth the price, which is good since most of the songs they chose are pretty visible anyway.

yeah i think it's already out actually - i saw it on the other music website. tempting since i'm a novice with the stuff, but i dunno if it's $19 tempting.

[9000]

You can try...
Slamming set tonight, didn't stop, beginning to end. VERY micro/house heavy, with a couple of disco/dfa/pop interludes. Thought Twitch threw in slightly more lazy/easy/beat-laden - though bonus points for slipping in Prince. Wilkes was a bit more slick, made my night by lashing on "I Feel Space".

grrrrrr. nice one.

[9000]

yeah i think it's already out actually - i saw it on the other music website. tempting since i'm a novice with the stuff, but i dunno if it's $19 tempting.

yep, it's out. approx. 20 songs. may just settle for optimo web mix for now.

[earl grey]

rex the dog is gonna be spinning in NYC on new years ... a loft on 14th + 6th. a random place for his first north american appearance.

i still feel like i've read way more about him than i've actually heard. what i've heard is good, but i'm not convinced it warrants all the attention.

[vesper]

i might actually be in nyc at that time, so... (that's a big maybe.) did i send you his remix of the knife's "heartbeats?" that alone warrants all the attention he gets, i think.

[9000]

i'm not feelin' rex the dog.

vesper, thanks for those remixes. i started to work through them, but need to revisit again. some really good tracks and some not.

[earl grey]

i might actually be in nyc at that time, so... (that's a big maybe.) did i send you his remix of the knife's "heartbeats?" that alone warrants all the attention he gets, i think.

you did. i can't remember what i thought but i'll go back to it. but yeah, thanks for sending those, my faves were the andreas dorau and gwen stefani mixes. the rapture's annie remix is pretty sweet too.

[vesper]

i got a couple more, so maybe i'll zip 'em up after i get an amount comparable to the last one. i think my faves from the last stack are: royksopp twd mix; nin dfa mix; missy elliott jlc mix; m83 superpitcher mix; royksopp ewan pearson mix.

-edit-

and the dfa holiday mix is really growing on me. the juan maclean section (tracks 3-5, i think) absolutely kills. same with the lcd soundsystem section at the end.

[Fiona]

Yeah, I'm getting through these, so far my faves are Andreas Dorau/Vierzig Frauen and the Paul Epworth remix of Heartbeat. Actually all the Heartbeat remixes were pretty good. Thanks again.

[Fiona]

There's a new web mix up on the Optimo site - 14 track no-wave compilation.

Mars - 3E
DNA - You and You
Teenage Jesus and The Jerks - Freud In Flop
The Contortions - Contort Yourself
The Fire Engines - Get Up And Use Me
Blurt - Puppeteer
Tools You Can Trust - Show Your Teeth
Sonic Youth - Shaking Hell
8 Eyed Spy - Lazy In Love
Pulsallama - On The Rag
Arto/Neto - Pini, Pini
Y Pants - That's The Way Boys Are
ImpLOG - Breakfast
Jill Kroesen - Fay Shism Blues

[tinobeat]

sweet, thanks for the heads up!

[earl grey]

yeah, thanks for the tip! i love how these mixes keep on coming...

[9000]

thanks, indeed. surprised there hasn't been a backlash the way we girls carry on about optimo.

[Fiona]

Well it's not nice to pick on girls, is it?
Looks like there could be a few more of these more unusual type mixes on the way. Happy days.

[9000]

Well it's not nice to pick on girls, is it?


of course not, lady fi, of course not.

[tugboat willy]

i was hitting the superpitcher beats in space mix pretty hard before my laptop went down ...

hey, you wouldn't happen to know what the tracklisting is for that mix would you? i'd love to find out what some of those tunes are...

[earl grey]

hey, you wouldn't happen to know what the tracklisting is for that mix would you? i'd love to find out what some of those tunes are...

the tracklistings are all on the beats in space site, actually. (except for the carl craig mix, that is, which sucks b/c i think it's my new favorite.) here's what superpitcher played:

1. Superpitcher - Tell Me About It - Kompakt
2. DJ Koze - Hicc Up - Kompakt
3. Isolee - My Hi-Matic - Playhouse
4. Wighnomy Brothers - Frelekksemplar - Freude-am-Tanzen
5. Odyssey - Odyssey - My Best Friend
6. Baxendale - I Built This City (Michael Mayer Mix) - Kompakt
7. Justus Kohncke - Krieg - Kompakt
8. Trulz & Robin - Turn My Head - Planet Noise
9. Pom Pom - Pom Pom 21 - Pom Pom
10. Tocotronic - Pure Vernunft Darf Niemals Siegan (Superpitcher & Wasserman Maxi Mix) - Kompakt
11. Heiko Voss - Running Free - Firm

he totally writes the book on how to drop the mayer baxendale mix in a set. such a fantastic transition, coming out of that odyssey tune.

[tugboat willy]

the tracklistings are all on the beats in space site, actually

shit yeah! just noticed that! thanks anyway...

and yeah, the odyssey/baxendale ones are what i was wondering about - get me every time...i must give the carl craig mix a look - superpitcher's the only one i've got so far

cheers man

[earl grey]

i must give the carl craig mix a look - superpitcher's the only one i've got so far

definitely do, and don't stop there - that site is a goldmine...

[vesper]

earl grey, in case you don't see it on onelouder, do you know if wearemonster went OOP on the cd format?

i deposited a paycheck today and thought about throwing money down for ewan pearson's sci.fi.hi.fi. mix, but decided to wait. ugh, it's a bit pricey.

[9000]

earl grey, in case you don't see it on onelouder, do you know if wearemonster went OOP on the cd format?

i deposited a paycheck today and thought about throwing money down for ewan pearson's sci.fi.hi.fi. mix, but decided to wait. ugh, it's a bit pricey.

no crap? i'd imagine they'd press more given it's quasi-crossover popularity.

[earl grey]

earl grey, in case you don't see it on onelouder, do you know if wearemonster went OOP on the cd format?

i deposited a paycheck today and thought about throwing money down for ewan pearson's sci.fi.hi.fi. mix, but decided to wait. ugh, it's a bit pricey.

i responded there as well - don't know if it's OOP, but it's still available on the other music website. $17.99 though.

the list of electronic CD's i would own if they were each just $2 cheaper is endless.

[vesper]

i went ahead and ordered it from OM just in case they run out and don't get another shipment. and i (loosely) promised myself that i'd cut down on the expensive cds this year! oh well.

unrelated: out of curiosity, i searched endless boogie on the OM website and saw that the one LP which is still in print, stanton karma, went up about $6 since i ordered my copy of the same about 4 or 5 months ago. lucky me!

[9000]

have any mixes dropped yet this yr? immer 3 is in a few weeks, right?

[earl grey]

have any mixes dropped yet this yr? immer 3 is in a few weeks, right?

nothing big, as far as i know. 'immer 2' is slated for jan 16, i believe, but the lack of any details on it beyond the title makes me wonder how firm that is.

there are still a few '05 mixes i'm still keen on hearing, though - most notably M.A.N.D.Y.'s 'body language' (all i know is the title track with booka shade and it's the shit), triple R's 'flashback: MBF,' and john tejada's 'back to basics.'

[Fiona]

there are still a few '05 mixes i'm still keen on hearing, though - most notably M.A.N.D.Y.'s 'body language' (all i know is the title track with booka shade and it's the shit)'
I ordered this a couple of weeks ago, so hopefully should materialise by the end of the month, I'll fill you in when it does. Kompakt were out of it so I had to go through another German distributor (via a friend) which is great for oop stuff but kinda slow and pricey.

[vesper]

did anyone make a favorite remixes of the year list? i saw substantial song/album lists, but nothing re: remixes. mine, in rough, utterly predictable order.

1. royksopp - "what else is there? (thin white duke mix)"
2. NIN - "the hand that feeds (dfa mix)"
3. rinocerose - "bitch (jd twitch's optimo mix)"
4. silver city - "shiver (ewan pearson bari girl mix)"
5. missy elliott - "lose control (jacques lu cont mix)"
6. andreas dorau - "40 frauen (superpitcher mix)"
7. franz ferdinand - "the fallen (justice edit)"
8. royksopp - "49% (ewan pearson glass half empty mix)"
9. goldfrapp - "slide in (dfa mix)"
10. freeform five - "electromagnetic (tiefschwarz dub)"

[Fiona]

did anyone make a favorite remixes of the year list? i saw substantial song/album lists, but nothing re: remixes.
Vesper, I had a few in my top 50 so you can take it they're my top ones!

Btw: No excuse, boys. Or should that be ny excuse...

http://www.optimo.co.uk/ontour2006.htm

[vesper]

damn i would like to go to that NY show, but i doubt i can make it on a sunday. philadelphia, on the the other hand, could work.

[earl grey]

Btw: No excuse, boys. Or should that be ny excuse...

http://www.optimo.co.uk/ontour2006.htm

oh, no excuses will be given. i usually avoid motherfucker parties (variety of reasons, including the fact that the doorman is a complete jackass) but i am obviously throwing that rule out the window this time. it will be interesting to see how the NYC party goes off, motherfucker events are generally massive.

that friday party might end up being a making time event, that's the RVNG party in philly ... would be fun to check that out if so. i've heard they're always great.

[vesper]

damn, damn, damn, i really will have to make it up. my bandmate who should be going to terrastock 2006 with me wants to go back to philly, so maybe i can convince him to come (although the electronic stuff is the site where our taste diverges).

earl grey, i was going to be in nyc this weekend hoping to sign a lease, but some realtors told me they weren't interested in renting this early (i'm not moving up until mid-may, june). damn brokers and their misinformation.

[9000]

oh, no excuses will be given. i usually avoid motherfucker parties (variety of reasons, including the fact that the doorman is a complete jackass) but i am obviously throwing that rule out the window this time. it will be interesting to see how the NYC party goes off, motherfucker events are generally massive.

that friday party might end up being a making time event, that's the RVNG party in philly ... would be fun to check that out if so. i've heard they're always great.

i'm in. may have to take monday off this time.

what's the deal with mf'er parties? they've always seemed so toxic that i've steered clear of them entirely.

[earl grey]

earl grey, i was going to be in nyc this weekend hoping to sign a lease, but some realtors told me they weren't interested in renting this early (i'm not moving up until mid-may, june). damn brokers and their misinformation.

i didn't realize you were definitely moving up here ... cool. yeah, april is prolly the earliest you'd be able to sign something. though you might find some ppl on craigslist willing to do some more in advance.

[earl grey]

i'm in. may have to take monday off this time.

what's the deal with mf'er parties? they've always seemed so toxic that i've steered clear of them entirely.

best part - monday is president's day.

MF parties - music is usually indie dance type stuff, more rock than electronic, and they set a theme/dress code for each one. typically something annoying which, with the doorman situation, is partly why i've avoided them. but i've also heard they tend to not be too over-the-top in making sure people fit "the look." they're generally at the roxy or avalon or some place big.

[9000]

and they set a theme/dress code for each one. typically something annoying...

good fucking grief.

[earl grey]

good fucking grief.

yeah. the dress code for their last party: "elegant, ultra chic, big hair ... circa 1968 barbarella/valley of the dolls realness! anything turn of the century and/or victorian!"

it's ridiculous, but i have a hard time believing everyone plays along. though i've had to deal w/ their doorman a couple times at the tribeca grand. someone needs to kick that guy in the junk.

i really like how the optimo glasgow parties have no dresscode, no VIP lists, no velvet rope. (or something close.) kinda a mismatch with MF, it seems, but whatever, i'm not complaining...

[apeshite]

yeah. the dress code for their last party: "elegant, ultra chic, big hair ... circa 1968 barbarella/valley of the dolls realness! anything turn of the century and/or victorian!"

it's ridiculous, but i have a hard time believing everyone plays along.
and yet, some (http://www.lastnightsparty.com/fuckersld/index.html) really do (http://www.lastnightsparty.com/eveeve/index.html)

EDIT: some pics NSFW (thanks, vesper!)

[vesper]

haha, oh that's that club? i've been to that site a couple times, always as the punchline to some joke. mods should note: those links are NSFW.

-edit-

to bring this back around just a touch, this ilm thread (http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=5965112#unread), despite the title, has 7, 25 minute, 2006 year-end mix installments by one of the djs who hangs out there. i didn't realize that they were actually mixed until i got about half way through one of them. aside from his stunts, though, nothing is surprising or unheard; pretty normal run of ilm approved pop, but i can't complain about having it all in one spot.

[earl grey]

DFA posted the three radio mixes they put out late last year on their site ... two from james murphy, one from juan maclean. nothing amazing but still worth checking out...

http://www.dfarecords.com/radiomixes/

[9000]

DFA posted the three radio mixes they put out late last year on their site ... two from james murphy, one from juan maclean. nothing amazing but still worth checking out...


thanks for looking out. i like when juan maclean transitions from tuxedomoon to black flag. nice.

[vesper]

a 2005 one to emerge as really brilliant is dominik eulberg's "springborn 11.25.05" mix. jesus, it's just two hours of banger after banger after banger. i know nothing about most of these artists, but below is the tracklist.

1 Koerner & Treplec Bernd im Glück Milnormodern Records
2 Donato Dozzy & Exercise One People of Paprika Lan Muzic
3 Armando Gallop & Steve Poindexter Blackholes Muzique Records
4 Ben Parris Loose impediments Found Sound Records
5 Digitaline Belladona Cadenza
6 Tadeo Acido Lup Cyclical Tracks
7 Trentemøller Serenetti (Hemman & Kaden Remix)
8 Alter Ego Daktari (Matt John Remix) Klang Elektronik
9 Sweet n Candy Tacky Wakeup Raum…Musik
10 Pan-Pot Randy Ho Mobilee Records
11 Pheek Remedy (It got better doc) Leftroom
12 Zweikarakter My refresh Playtracks
13 Claude Vonstroke Deep throat Dirty Bird Records
14 Shane Berry Filtertet 2 Trapez ltd.
15 Richie Hawtin Twin Cities Nova Mute
16 Tim Xavier EP 1 LTD400
17 Rocco Branco Plätzen Platzhirsch Schallplatten
18 Adam Beyer A walking contradiction Plus 8
19 Erland Marckwort Quadrat of trian gular Chic Sounds
20 We are We are 2 We are Records
21 Ada I love asphalt Areal Records
22 Fairmont Gazebo Border Community
23 Gabriel Ananda Ihre persönliche Glücksmelodie Karmarouge Rec.
24 Wighnomy Bros. Robag’s Bobb 2005 für F. Mute
25 Dominik Eulberg Blüten sind dem großen Schillerfalter fremd Traumschallplatten
26 Âme Rej Sonar Kollektiv
27 I:Cube Edges of confusion Marketing Records

[9000]

a 2005 one to emerge as really brilliant is dominik eulberg's "springborn 11.25.05" mix. jesus, it's just two hours of banger after banger after banger. i know nothing about most of these artists, but below is the tracklist.


is this a web-available or a formal release mix?

[vesper]

i've only ever seen it available as an mp3. check yr PM soon.

[earl grey]

i've only ever seen it available as an mp3. check yr PM soon.

me too please!

[vesper]

boyakasha.

[Fiona]

I have that Fairmont 12", Gazebo/Gazelle and it's great. I keep meaning to put a load of those 12"s on mp3 but it's such a pain in the arse. Will get my shit together and surprise ye one of these days.

[vesper]

9000, mr popular, could you free up some space in yr PM folder. ;)

[9000]

9000, mr popular, could you free up some space in yr PM folder. ;)

hardly! my matabox should be functioning again, sir.

[Fiona]

Vesper, you self-professed Ewan Pearson geek - the latest in Battle's originals/remixes series is Partial Arts vs. Tim Paris (originals), came out about two weeks ago.

[earl grey]

i can't remember if any of y'all have pimped it yet, but the new villalobos EP is pretty wicked. dude is clearly in his own world, but i'm not complaining.

[9000]

i can't remember if any of y'all have pimped it yet, but the new villalobos EP is pretty wicked. dude is clearly in his own world, but i'm not complaining.

yep, it's quite happening. thanks, vesper.

[Fiona]

i can't remember if any of y'all have pimped it yet, but the new villalobos EP is pretty wicked. dude is clearly in his own world, but i'm not complaining.
Have listened to this a few times now. I think it's fascinating how he manages to keep each track sounding so coherent despite the multitude of themes he progresses through. I suppose it's the consistent loopy beat over which everything else floats that keeps each track together. Not so minimal as I expected either.
Nice one, vesper.

[9000]

second nyc optimo date added(!):

Friday February 17th - New York Nighttime @ Don Hills

[Fiona]

Superpitcher's down NYC way next Thursday.
Thinking of going to Justus Koehncke at Electric City that night.

[earl grey]

Superpitcher's down NYC way next Thursday.


really? do you know where?

[Fiona]

really? do you know where?

I do, Canal Room.
Have you seen Koehncke spin?

[earl grey]

Have you seen Koehncke spin?

i haven't. i'm not even sure if he's ever played in the US. but i'm sure he plays a fun mix of stuff, probably a bit more eclectic than his labelmates.

[vesper]

i just thought i'd say that fiona rules. you know, for posterity.

[Fiona]

i haven't. i'm not even sure if he's ever played in the US. but i'm sure he plays a fun mix of stuff, probably a bit more eclectic than his labelmates.
Think I'll hop across town for it, it's got to be worth 10 notes. Going to another gig earlier that night so it'll boil down to whether I can drag myself in the opposite direction to home or not, I reckon.

Headed to Electric Shock last night, Ellen Allien and Alexander Robotnick were spinning. His set was pretty good, italo house etc. Lots of bouncing around. Her set was fantastic, really heavy and dark without being bang-bang-bang-punch-the-air knacker techno.

i just thought i'd say that fiona rules. you know, for posterity.
You wouldn't say that if you saw me dancing ;)

[earl grey]

Think I'll hop across town for it, it's got to be worth 10 notes. Going to another gig earlier that night so it'll boil down to whether I can drag myself in the opposite direction to home or not, I reckon.

Headed to Electric Shock last night, Ellen Allien and Alexander Robotnick were spinning. His set was pretty good, italo house etc. Lots of bouncing around. Her set was fantastic, really heavy and dark without being bang-bang-bang-punch-the-air knacker techno.


yeah, i'm sure justus is worth checking out. as was that party last night it seems ... your options across the pond never fail to impress. i'd never expect those two together, nor did i realize robotnick was even spinning much any more. eager to hear the new ellen allien album though, people seem to be digging it...

[earl grey]

not that this is much of a surprise, but optimo totally killed it last night. 9000 - did you make it to the end? that "how soon is now?" remix was wild! "kiss me again" was of course fantastic, and i was really pumped to hear "by the time i get to venus" (juan maclean) ... hadn't heard that song in ages. the stooges into sons and daughters was pretty hot too. great great set, can't wait for sunday...

oh BTW fiona - did you make it to justus a couple weeks ago?

[9000]

i checked out around 3:15. yeah, that was some shit. there were several songs i was curious about, although they're all a blur to me now. a pretty blistering set.

[earl grey]

they stopped around 4:20, but the crowd went *nuts* with the "one more tune" chant twice, so we got two more songs out of them. man, i'm really fucking jealous of the glaswegians that get to do this every week.

[Fiona]

they stopped around 4:20, but the crowd went *nuts* with the "one more tune" chant twice, so we got two more songs out of them. man, i'm really fucking jealous of the glaswegians that get to do this every week.

See this really gets my goat - 4.20?! Mid-week we're lucky to get past 2.30, and at weekends chucking out time's 3.00.

No, I didn't go to Justus Koehncke the other week. It was about 10 below and just way too cold to go walking across town. Such a lame excuse in retrospect.
Going to Tiga tonight tho. There are also mutterings that we might be in for Optimo at Backlash again next Thursday week, but I'm not holding my breath.

[9000]

is tiga spinning or performing? his new album is something: super-catchy and fun with just enough sleeze and campiness. a hot summer album out in february.

[earl grey]

See this really gets my goat - 4.20?! Mid-week we're lucky to get past 2.30, and at weekends chucking out time's 3.00.



really? my non-US clubbing experiences have been almost all in london, where shit runs till dawn. NYC is definitely good for late nights though - but sometimes places don't get crowded till 12-12:30 (if not later) as a result.

round II w/ optimo is tonight ... not sure how i'm gonna last.

[9000]

round II w/ optimo is tonight ... not sure how i'm gonna last.

hmmm, temptation.

[earl grey]

hmmm, temptation.

i know. logic, reason and my liver are saying no, but i feel like it has to be done.

[earl grey]

hmmm, temptation.

i don't think you made it in the end - it was actually possible to pick out all the folks there for optimo. weird party, never really got off the ground. they thought they sucked, but i think the crowd was more at fault. it was lots of electronic stuff from optimo, the crowd seemed more interested in hits (if that). in any event, not the right DJ set for the room. still an entertaining night though.

[Fiona]

really? my non-US clubbing experiences have been almost all in london, where shit runs till dawn. NYC is definitely good for late nights though - but sometimes places don't get crowded till 12-12:30 (if not later) as a result.

Yes, really. And places here don't get busy 'til at least 12.30 either. I don't bother in London, too messy getting home, but Manchester's pretty much the same as Dublin in terms of shutting up shop.

is tiga spinning or performing?
He was spinning (though being him there was an element of performance!). Set was good, built around album tracks. Dropped Louder Than a Bomb early, first part of set quite similar. Played a killer remix of Bloc Party's Banquet, which I hadn't heard before - maybe the Cornelius remix? That was the start of a long electro phase, got kind of disco-y then, You're Gonna Want Me got in there, then very tech-electro thud thud by the 90 minute mark. The place was heaving though, hard to get the room to dance. Everyone for themselves!

[9000]

as much as i would have liked to have seen optimo 2X in one weekend, i just didn't have it in me to deal with the MF thing. based on your comments, sounds like i picked the right night anyway.

i thought they played a heavy electronic set, with the occasional offbeat tracks, as a way to appease that crowd on friday. don't get me wrong: it was banging, but i would have liked to hear them mix it up a bit more.

i can reckon how you determined the optimo crowd... :-B

[earl grey]

as much as i would have liked to have seen optimo 2X in one weekend, i just didn't have it in me to deal with the MF thing. based on your comments, sounds like i picked the right night anyway.

i thought they played a heavy electronic set, with the occasional offbeat tracks, as a way to appease that crowd on friday. don't get me wrong: it was banging, but i would have liked to hear them mix it up a bit more.


the MF scene was actually less of a hassle than i expected. those parties are all hype though - really unimpressed with the vibe, considering how much attention they get.

the first half of friday's set was definitely electronic, but i think it got a lot more varied after you left. the last hour or so was all over the place.

[9000]

serves me right for trying to get home by 4am.

[earl grey]

twitch said last night that they might try to come back to NYC more often than once a year, so hopefully you'll get another chance soon.

[9000]

to cut to the chase, we should determine their going rate and promote a show ourselves.

[earl grey]

actually, i've already considered going down this route. there's a possibility we might do a one louder party at APT at some point. just need the right mix of DJ's, as well as the details lining up. maybe it'll happen next time they're around.

[Fiona]

If you can tear youselves away from Optimo-related matters for a second... my copy of M.A.N.D.Y.'s Body Language mix came in this weekend. On first listen thought the opening third was a little poorly strung together - great tracks, just not ones I'd put back-to-back. Getting much more into it now, but the closing half definitely trumps the opening.

[Fiona]

Oh, nearly forgot - Our Disco have a live set from Delia and Gavin on the Sound Snippets page.

[earl grey]

If you can tear youselves away from Optimo-related matters for a second... my copy of M.A.N.D.Y.'s Body Language mix came in this weekend. On first listen thought the opening third was a little poorly strung together - great tracks, just not ones I'd put back-to-back. Getting much more into it now, but the closing half definitely trumps the opening.

funny, i just started on 'body language' this past weekend myself. yeah, some of the mixing is a little heavy-handed - i.e. optimo did a far slicker job with "i feel space" not once but twice this wknd, tho that's me getting us back on optimo again - but overall i quite liked it. (and i'm thinking it's gonna continue to grow on me.)

how does one pronounce M.A.N.D.Y. anyway? is it "mandy" or "M-A-N-D-Y"? i ask because i just recently discovered i'd been pronouncing DJ koze incorrectly all this time. apparently it's something like "kot-zhay." damn germans.

[9000]

apparently it's something like "kot-zhay."

there's a bad joke there.

[earl grey]

i'm slow. what's the joke?

[vesper]

i thought that within the first couple seconds of "estrella" that a woman says something about a DJ "Cozy/Koze?"

[earl grey]

i thought that within the first couple seconds of "estrella" that a woman says something about a DJ "Cozy/Koze?"

that's a good point. maybe that's about "kosi" as in his album name? who knows. this person seemed to have it down though. i just tried to google the answer but no dice.

[Fiona]

i ask because i just recently discovered i'd been pronouncing DJ koze incorrectly all this time. apparently it's something like "kot-zhay." damn germans.

Silent 'h', Earl Grey ;)

Oh, did you go to Superpitcher the other week?

[earl grey]

Oh, did you go to Superpitcher the other week?

no, no superpitcher for me. can't remember what i had going on but it was probably something school-related. i have really bad luck with his DJ gigs here, he seems to make it here surprisingly often and i almost always miss out.

i just saw that the glimmers are gonna be in NYC on 3/25. i already have tix for animal collective that night but that could be a nice double bill.

[pabost]

Any idea where to start w/ this guy? The little I've heard, I enjoy.

[vesper]

i would probably start with the collaboration he did with roisin murphy, ruby blue. good stuff. he has another album coming out soon that is supposed to be even better.

[9000]

Any idea where to start w/ this guy? The little I've heard, I enjoy.

bodily functions has some good tunes on it.

[earl grey]

yeah, i recommend 'bodily functions' as well. it's a little long but pretty solid. i also remember the compilation of all the singles he did as doctor rockit as being pretty good.

[Fiona]

Anyone heard Chromeo's 'Un Joli Mix Pour Toi' on Eskimo? In the 'new release (?!)' section in Carbon, but I didn't have time to give it a listen this afternoon, the guy in the shop described as very 80's and cheesy but not tacky... So none the wiser really.

[earl grey]

twitch + tim sweeney are spinning live right now on this stream of a SF radio station:

http://69.72.212.238:8000/listen.pls

[9000]

twitch + tim sweeney are spinning live right now on this stream of a SF radio station:

http://69.72.212.238:8000/listen.pls


they're doing beats in space together this week too.

[earl grey]

they're doing beats in space together this week too.

i think it's just wilkes that's doing BIS this week w/ sweeney which is cool, i'm not sure i've ever heard a straight wilkes set beyond the first half of HTKTDJ.

that stream last night was great, sweeney was playing this tripped-out disco stuff and twitch was dropping lots of dub + reggae.

[anagrama]

Two of the most prolific, respected and incedently popular drum and bass producers in the world right now are Pendulum and Sub Focus.

Here's a Pendulum Vs. Sub Focus mix
http://www.thehubnet.co.uk/production/mixes/Pendulum_vs_Sub_Focus.mp3

Sub Focus - Live on BBC's Breezebrock (love this set)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=223UZ50G

and then there are hundreds of drum and bass / breaks / electronica / dubstep / grime / etc etc mixes here: http://spaces.msn.com/instramental/

[9000]

the other day, i dusted off some old d&b cds, which aged as well as a kraft cheese slice stuffed under a couch pillow for a few years. is there really anything worth revisiting?

[anagrama]

to me, drum and bass in the last 3 years is better than it has been in any period.

when I hear old school jungle stuff from 1994 it just sounds incredibly redundant and dull.

a lot of new stuff is a lot more musically accomplished, melodic, and well-crafted, while still incredibly catchy.

[earl grey]

the only new drum 'n bass from the last 3 years that's grabbed my attention has come out on hospital ... i admittedly haven't been looking very hard, but whatever i do hear tends to seem really flat, very dn'b by the numbers. and i was *all* about dn'b for quite a while, it's really what got me into electronic music. but too much of what i hear sounds just the same as when i got into it. somewhat ironic seeing as i got into dn'b b/c i thought all house sounded the same, and now i think the exact reverse.

(i'll still stand up for those old dn'b records though, there were some real classics.)

[anagrama]

As for as Hospital Records stuff, ie. the stuff that is quite eclectic, very musically varied, lots of different electronica influences, but still with a nice drum and bass sound.

look out for High Contrast - High Society.
trust me, its a fantastic album. here's a track from the album...
High Contrast - Twilight's Last Gleaming (http://www.sendspace.com/file/slazlc)

[earl grey]

'high society' is v good but i actually much prefer 'true colors,' the one he did before it. the london electricity stuff i've heard on hospital is also great, less soulful than high contrast but jazzier.

[anagrama]

do you like any of the darker/melodic dnb stuff?
or just the lighter liquid stuff like high contrast/london elektricity?

ever heard of Klute? he put out a double CD in 2005 called "No One's Listening Anymore" and its a mix of softer, more melodic electronica stuff, and also a disc of drum and bass.

check this track out, you might like it.
Klute - Savior (http://www.sendspace.com/file/vg90t4)

[earl grey]

klute's alright, never blew me away though. the one i think i have is 'lie cheat & steal.' i was already moving away from dn'b when i got it though. the dark stuff was my favorite back when i was really into it. andy C was my fave DJ - tho nothing he's released has done him justice - and i really loved ed rush and optical too. i also loved the classic jungle ... DJ hype, the ganja kru, etc.

the dn'b i listen to most now, actually, is ragga jungle. soundmurderer will always have a permanent spot on my ipod.

[anagrama]

I've never really been into ragga. I always gravitated to the more technical, melodic, dark, dirty kind of dnb sound, rather that the happy, party, ragga, junglist stuff.

but dude, trust me, download that Klute track, let me know what you think. It's not really dark, its just soulful and goddamn great.

[vesper]

other corners of the internet have been hating on it, but i really like the fairmont remix of nathan fake's "long sunny." probably even more than "the sky was pink (holden remix)" which, i dunno, just doesn't seem any more or less floor friendly than what fairmont does. i think they're both great for home consumption.

[9000]

what's that first song on the optimo fergie mix?! that song completely f'ed up my head when they dropped it around 3am the last time here.

[earl grey]

what's that first song on the optimo fergie mix?! that song completely f'ed up my head when they dropped it around 3am the last time here.

the synths are almost definitely from delia + gavin's "revelee" so i think that's the carl craig remix of it. not 100% sure though - that mix hasn't been released yet and i haven't heard it anywhere else. (i think sweeney has played it on beats in space though.)

edit: tho, knowing them, it could just as well be something off the cuff with "revelee."

[9000]

the synths are almost definitely from delia + gavin's "revelee" so i think that's the carl craig remix of it. not 100% sure though - that mix hasn't been released yet and i haven't heard it anywhere else. (i think sweeney has played it on beats in space though.)

that ran through my mind, because i remember loving the revelee remix the few times i've heard it. i've been searching high and low for a leak of that remix (was going to try to work it into my mix...). shit, i'll have to check the original version in the interim. thanks.

[earl grey]

other corners of the internet have been hating on it, but i really like the fairmont remix of nathan fake's "long sunny." probably even more than "the sky was pink (holden remix)" which, i dunno, just doesn't seem any more or less floor friendly than what fairmont does. i think they're both great for home consumption.

i dunno, the fairmont mix has a really nice sound but i wish it did more ... holds steady for a little too long for me. i could see it being used to great effect in a mix though...

[vesper]

yeah, true. the first 3 or 4 minutes could be great to mix into the middle of another song as a counter-beat or something, then just let the last 2 or 3 minutes ride on their own. (i'm already thinking of a certain arthur russell song that i may try to work it into if i can get my program up and running in time for the mixtrade mail out.) ultimately, the sounds probably have more to do with nathan fake's awesomeness than fairmont's though.

[anagrama]

what the hell are you people talking about?

tell me its not house, or minimalist techno, or whatever varients of crap electronic music I find in my indie rockers iPod's these days.

[Fiona]

what the hell are you people talking about?

tell me its not house, or minimalist techno, or whatever varients of crap electronic music I find in my indie rockers iPod's these days.
Spot the thread title?

[Fiona]

other corners of the internet have been hating on it, but i really like the fairmont remix of nathan fake's "long sunny." probably even more than "the sky was pink (holden remix)" which, i dunno, just doesn't seem any more or less floor friendly than what fairmont does. i think they're both great for home consumption.
Vesper, did you pick up the "Drowning In A Sea Of Remixes" ep? I haven't heard the Fairmont take or the other three - left it as any commentary I came across was fairly perfunctory and took this to be a poor sign. What are the others like?

[Fiona]

what's that first song on the optimo fergie mix?! that song completely f'ed up my head when they dropped it around 3am the last time here.
Here's the tracklisting for the set:

Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom feat. Timothy Leary- 'Revelee' (Carl Craig Mix) (White)
Up!- 'Spiritual High' (White)
Kraftwerk- 'Metal On Metal' (Kling Klang)
Raze- 'Jack The Groove' (White)
Sleazy D- 'I've Lost Control' (White)
DBX- 'Losing Control' (White)
Ravebusters- 'Mi-Trax' (White)
Sub Level One- 'Scream & Shout' (White)
Can- 'Mother Sky' (White)
KC Flightt- 'Voices' (White)
The Lift Boys- 'Liftvouyzzz' (White)

I heard earlier this evening that not only are they going to be spinning in the Music Centre on April 15, Juan Maclean is on the bill too. And Tim Sweeney's going to be spinning in one of my local bars the following day, and David Holmes the day after...
Feeling just a little psyched!

[vesper]

i haven't even seen the drowning ep, i've only heard an mp3 copy of the fairmont remix.

[Fiona]

Not long in from Michael Mayer and M.A.N.D.Y... probably best described as a minor let down as I'd hyped it up to myself over the last couple of weeks. It was fine, maybe expected too much. Major talking point that set contined 'til 3.45am! Curious as to how Tiefschwarz and Loco Dice went down across town (ie next to home!). Keeping positive over upcoming sets from Padded Cell, Autechre, Carl Craig, Optimo etc.

[anagrama]

Spot the thread title?

ahh yes, because house and dub, is incredibly descriptive.

[vesper]

we're indie rockers on a message board. you can still expect to find "varients [sic] of crap electronic music." (and, to be fair, you did say, "tell me it's not house, or minimalist techno...")

[9000]

i'll broaden the title to include dnb and hip-house for the vanguard of the scene.

[anagrama]

I doubt it, but is anyone from the board attending WMC next weekend in Miami?

WMC = Winter Music Conference = World's Biggest Electronic Music festival.

Lineup for one of the events:
https://www.ultramusicfestival.com/hi/images/stories/umf8/artist_lineup.jpg

[Fiona]

Kaito's new album, "Hundred Million Light Years" landed in today's mail and I don't think there's going to be a more blissful record released this year. It's a gorgeous trance/house hybrid. Think of the track on Total 6, and if that appealed to you then the album as a whole should.

[earl grey]

I doubt it, but is anyone from the board attending WMC next weekend in Miami?

WMC = Winter Music Conference = World's Biggest Electronic Music festival.

Lineup for one of the events:
https://www.ultramusicfestival.com/hi/images/stories/umf8/artist_lineup.jpg

not me. i wanna go at some point, but i hear lukewarm reviews from so many people - DJ's and fans both - that i reckon i'd be better off spending the money on a trip to go clubbing in london or berlin. (or, actually, glasgow.)

[Fiona]

The Optimo "First Hour" mix is up on the site. Play this followed by the Our Disco mix, and pretend it's a Sunday night at the Sub Club...

Conrad Schnitzler - Gelb (No.8)
Monte Cazazza - Mary Bell
Barbara Buchholz - (from) Theramin Russia with Love
Odetta - All the Pretty Little Horses
Like a Tim and Gina V. D'Orio - I only have Eyes for You
The Leather Nun - Slow Death
Blurt - Who Says: Money Doesn't Grow on Trees
Misty in Roots - Mankind (Live at the Counter Eurovision 79)
I Royals - Coronation Street
Byron Lee and The Dragonair - Apache
Zoviet France - Ram
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Castor Pollux - Gimme Love
La Revolucion De Emiliano Zapata - Nasty Sex
Paul Weller - Kosmos (Lynch Mob bonus beats)
Castor Pollux - Voodoo
Jellies - Jive Baby On A Saturday Night

[earl grey]

The Optimo "First Hour" mix is up on the site. Play this followed by the Our Disco mix, and pretend it's a Sunday night at the Sub Club...


thanks for the tip! having read the intro on their site, i'm psyched to hear it.

i haven't checked this out yet but there's a 3 part michael mayer set available here (http://www.residentadvisor.net/forum_read.asp?id=13453).

[Fiona]

I just love how they manage to dig out all that interesting stuff. The amount of time they must spend rifling through second-hand shops and then actually listening through it all. I suppose there are worse ways to spend your days.

Went to Todd Terje at Discotonic last night, set was super - disco, funk, cosmic with a bit of house thrown in near the end. The place went mental when he dropped Eurodans. Some poor fella managed to dislocate his knee on the dancefloor, and the paramedics had to carry him up the stairs on a chair. Mortification....

[anagrama]

Maybe I should post reviews for every electronic based club event I attend, just to ruin this thread.

Going to see Hive and Dylan this Thursday. It is not minimalist house or latin fusion jazz funk electro or any degree therein. It is hard, dark, warped and quite violent drum and bass. It is basically the antithesis of the happier end of the rave rainbow. Oh well, drinks are cheap, mayhem will ensue.

happy trails.

[9000]

erol alkan coming to town next month. sweeeet.

[Fiona]

the synths are almost definitely from delia + gavin's "revelee" so i think that's the carl craig remix of it. not 100% sure though - that mix hasn't been released yet and i haven't heard it anywhere else. (i think sweeney has played it on beats in space though.)

edit: tho, knowing them, it could just as well be something off the cuff with "revelee."

that ran through my mind, because i remember loving the revelee remix the few times i've heard it. i've been searching high and low for a leak of that remix (was going to try to work it into my mix...). shit, i'll have to check the original version in the interim. thanks.
Relevee's getting the double 12" treatment, to include the Carl Craig rmx, due out next month. Haven't heard who the other mixes are by, presuming that's how it's to be packaged, but hurrah for that one track seeing an official release.

[9000]

Relevee's getting the double 12" treatment, to include the Carl Craig rmx, due out next month. Haven't heard who the other mixes are by, presuming that's how it's to be packaged, but hurrah for that one track seeing an official release.

i believe the others are dfa and baby ford. not sure how anything will top the CC version.

[earl grey]

i don't know much about lee curtiss but this mix of his is awesome:

http://redsoulrecords.com/lee.curtiss.live.pa.@.beatstreet.berlin.3.2006.mp3

recorded on march 26 in berlin. a bit like villalobos, but with less blips and more thump.

[9000]

ps1 2006 warm up schedule announced. yeah.

July 1
Body & SOUL Ten-Year Reunion with Danny Krivit, François K. and Joe Claussell

July 8
The Idjut Boys (U-Star, Cottage, Tirk, London)
Phil South (No Ordinary Monkey, NYC)

July 15
Todd Terje (Full Pupp, Oslo, Norway)
Kudu “live” (Nublu, NYC) Citizen Kane (APT, NYC)

July 22
A Guy Called Gerald “live”(Sugoi, U.K. Berlin)
San Serac “live” (Output, Boston) Derek Plaslaiko (Ghostly, NYC)

July 29
The Juan Maclean “live” (DFA)
Adam X “live” (Sonic Groove, NYC)
Jeffrey Sfire (Ghostly, NYC)

Aug 5
agnès b. Presents…

Aug 12
Rub-N-Tug (Eskimo, aNYthing)
Escort “live” (NYC)

Aug 19
Mathew Johnson “live” (Wagon Repair, Vancouver B.C.)
Beppe Loda (Afro-Cosmic, Italy)
Lee Douglas (Rong Music)
Jeremy Campbell (Tropical Computer System)

Aug 26
The Glimmers (Eskimo, Belgium)
+ a special guest

Sept 2
Carl Craig (Planet E, Detroit)
Gamal Awad
+ a special guest

[9000]

so, five months later, the relevee ep is finally out, and i think the carl craig version is still my top song of the year. i've heard bits of the other remixes--need to pick up the ep to fully digest. i'm sure at least one of you has heard them all by now.

[earl grey]

so, five months later, the relevee ep is finally out, and i think the carl craig version is still my top song of the year. i've heard bits of the other remixes--need to pick up the ep to fully digest. i'm sure at least one of you has heard them all by now.

i still haven't heard any of it, actually! this is what happens w/o the YSI thread on ILM, i guess. i gotta get on that.

interesting (and very brief) comment in sherburne's villalobos review on pitchfork today about how the general obsession with kompakt may be a thing of the past. he might be right ... i haven't been keeping up with their singles but they don't seem to own my listening as much as they once did.

the 'salvador' EP that was the subject of the review is tremendous. the villalobos mix of senor coconut's "electrolatino" is one of my favorite things he's done.

[9000]

<obligatory disparaging pitchfork comment> the kaito and mikkel metal albums are solid kompakt showings this year, plus it's only june, ya know.

[earl grey]

<obligatory disparaging pitchfork comment> the kaito and mikkel metal albums are solid kompakt showings this year, plus it's only june, ya know.

solid but nothing too special, methinks. i should listen to 'victimizer' more but it's yet to grab me as a whole. the kaito album was nice, but just nice. i need to hear 'pop ambient 2006' still as well, and yeah it's just june. i'm not blowing the whistle yet, just holding my finger to the wind...

(incidentally, i think PFM's electronic coverage is generally quite good. they've done a good job getting writers that know their shit.)

[9000]

kompakt hasn't dropped a thumper in a while, but that will change at some point.

kaito has grown on me a bunch. i'm surprised i like the lp as much as i do.

in regard to pf: i can barely make it through their reviews--usually just look to see what's out and the scores, and attempt to glean a few points of interest. my general feeling is that they really don't cover all that much in the electronic space.

[Fiona]

so, five months later, the relevee ep is finally out, and i think the carl craig version is still my top song of the year. i've heard bits of the other remixes--need to pick up the ep to fully digest. i'm sure at least one of you has heard them all by now.
The 2x12" appeared in shops here last week, but I'm being cheap and trying to track down the cd (half the price) which has so far proved a fruitless exercise. Double vinyl it is by the look of it.
All the comments I've heard so far have been all over the DFA remix in preference to the Carl Craig rework, so it must be outstanding.

Re the Kaito album, I just got it straight away; loved it from the off and still do. The Mikkel Metal album is one I always enjoy when I throw it on - when I remember to. Between those two, and releases from Klimek and The Orb, Kompakt's full length output this year has been relatively one-track. They appear to be reserving the quality goods for vinyl slabs as far as I can tell. The last I picked up were Axel Bartsch's "Light In The Dark" 12" and the Kosi Comes Around remixes - all good.

[earl grey]

in regard to pf: i can barely make it through their reviews--usually just look to see what's out and the scores, and attempt to glean a few points of interest. my general feeling is that they really don't cover all that much in the electronic space.

i basically agree, but they seem to be doing more w/ electronic stuff lately (just the past few weeks). good regular columns as well.

my favorite kaito moment is the spectacular erlend oye mash-up with "release your body" at the start of tobias thomas's 'smallville' - one of my fave moments on any mix, period.

[vesper]

couldn't kompakt's one-track path this year be explained by all this attention they're giving to K2, or whatever that branched off electrohouse label is that they started? i haven't heard anything from (or any good press) about that label at all, though.

-edit-

i still need to hear those kaito and mikkel metal albums. granted, i'm not curious enough to run for the stores now, but i guess i'll pick them up one day.

[9000]

move kids: new optimo mix up.

[earl grey]

move kids: new optimo mix up.

oh snap. thx for the heads up!

[Fiona]

oh snap. thx for the heads up!
Ditto. Front 242 - excellent!

I caved and went for the Relevee 2x12". I completely get the fuss over the DFA remix, it's a stretched out twinkling disco classic. As a standalone track, the Carl Craig sounds grand, but just a bit monotonous imo.

[9000]

I caved and went for the Relevee 2x12". I completely get the fuss over the DFA remix, it's a stretched out twinkling disco classic. As a standalone track, the Carl Craig sounds grand, but just a bit monotonous imo.

the dfa remix is entirely disco boot worthy, fi. that and the alternate version leading into the carl craig remix are something special, for sure. the CC version is still my favorite though. shit, even the bady ford remix is solid, although it's gets lost in the hubbub surrounding those other takes. those synths on the CC version though...whewwwwwweeee.

[9000]

i got a mix itch. anyone hear these yet?

Crowdpleaser & St-Plomb
Get Lost: Damian Lazarus & Matthew Styles
Boogy Bytes Vol. 2 mixed by Sascha Funke

[earl grey]

i got a mix itch. anyone hear these yet?

Crowdpleaser & St-Plomb


i think i'm getting this one in the mail soon, don't know the others...

[Fiona]

Get Lost: Damian Lazarus & Matthew Styles

Came across this one at the weekend. A few tracks grabbed me, but I want to hear a first hand account before making my mind up - not come across any discussion/comment so far.

I've Four Tet - DJ Kicks on order, really like the look of it. He mixes Syclops into Curtis Mayfield, Akufen into Animal Collective and Quickspace (my favourite track - Superplus) into Cabaret Voltaire. I have to hear those transitions!
Other prospective highlights are Stereolab, Model 500 and Autechre. I'm pretty damn excited about hearing this. Will report back when it arrives!

There's a double header of Andrew Weatherall and Alexander Robotnick here on Thurs night which I'm hoping to get to. Hate it when a line-up like that pops up on a school night.

[vesper]

i can't keep up with you 3. where do you buy mixes in the city, earl and 9000? i was slumming around OM today waiting for something to catch my eye, but i only grabbed the "relevee" remix single.

[9000]

i can't keep up with you 3. where do you buy mixes in the city, earl and 9000? i was slumming around OM today waiting for something to catch my eye, but i only grabbed the "relevee" remix single.

all three of those are at OM. i usually go there or the online route when it comes to the mixes.

[earl grey]

I have to hear those transitions!


i've heard the transitions on that four tet mix are actually nothing special - apparently it's not much more than him pushing play. this is like third- or fourth-hand info now though...

[earl grey]

i can't keep up with you 3. where do you buy mixes in the city, earl and 9000? i was slumming around OM today waiting for something to catch my eye, but i only grabbed the "relevee" remix single.

yeah OM or kim's in the city. kim's will sometimes have new stuff well-priced, and their used section can be great, but OM is still my go-to. i still get a lot of stuff online though (half.com can be great), and sometimes i can get stuff from labels. (but P2P is of course in the mix too. almost a must w/ all these imports.)

[Fiona]

i've heard the transitions on that four tet mix are actually nothing special - apparently it's not much more than him pushing play. this is like third- or fourth-hand info now though...
Well I sincerely hope your sources are off! I ordered solely on the basis of the tracklisting, then read somewhere that the transition from "Mom, The Video Broke" into "If I Were Only A Child Again" was pretty special. Anyway, if nothing else it's a good compilation.

I almost forgot, Moodymann has released a mix. I'm interested but it's horribly expensive. Any feedback on it to aid the decision-making process appreciated.

[earl grey]

Well I sincerely hope your sources are off!

well, given how drastically four tet messes w/ his songs live, i wouldn't be surprised.

[Fiona]

well, given how drastically four tet messes w/ his songs live, i wouldn't be surprised.
Here's hoping!

Another I forgot to mention - Superlongevity 4 came out a little while ago.

[earl grey]

Another I forgot to mention - Superlongevity 4 came out a little while ago.

yeah i really want to hear this. vols. 2 + 3 (especially 2) are great.

kompakt total 7 (2 CD's) drops in august...

----

edit: and here's the tracklisting. pretty much all new to me since i don't keep up with the singles.

CD 1

01. Kontrast - Grey Skies
02. Triola - Polarzipper (Wighnomy Bros remix)
03. Gui Boratto - Arquipelago
04. Justus Köhncke - Love and Dancing
05. Thomas/Mayer - Sweet Harmony
06. The Modernist - Pearly Spencer
07. SCSI 9 - When She Said Goodbye
08. Superpitcher - Tonite
09. DJ Koze - Getreidephunk
10. Wighnomy Bros - Wombat
11. Mikkel Metal - Ulyt
12. The Rice Twins - For Penny and Alexander

CD 2

01. Gui Boratto - Like You (Supermayer remix)
02. Wassermann - In Tyrannis 2006
03. Robert Babicz - Sonntag
04. Steadycam - Knock-Kneed
05. Jurgen Paape - Take That
06. Hug - The Happy Monster
07. Axel Bartsch - Redlight
08. Reinhard Voigt - Tranceformation
09. Thomas Fehlmann - Saft
10. The Field - Over the Ice
11. Oxia - Domino
12. Jonas Bering - Melanie

[Fiona]

03. Gui Boratto - Arquipelago

Oooh, Arquipélago is an incredible track. I've only heard it a couple of times, but it's a hypnotic monster. It's on DJ T's Body Language, Vol 2 comp.

The only other one I know is Axel Bartsch - Redlight, pretty good.
The Thomas/Mayer track is hardly a cover of The Beloved?! I wonder, after Mayer and Matias Aguayo did the Kylie cover...

[earl grey]

The Thomas/Mayer track is hardly a cover of The Beloved?! I wonder, after Mayer and Matias Aguayo did the Kylie cover...

yeah, i think it is actually! should be fun.

[Fiona]

I got Four Tet's DJ Kicks mix today; earl grey, pleased to say it's a little more than him pressing play.

On first listen, there are a couple of iffy transitions: from Curtis Mayfield to Heiner Stadler, and Cabaret Voltaire to Gong, but the rest more than makes up for them.
The first three tracks - David Behrman "Leapday Night (Scene 1)"/Syclops "Mom, The Video Broke"/Curtis Mayfield "If I Were Only A Child Again" - in particular 2 + 3, are virtually seamless and had me thinking "wooaaaaah, genius!". Most articulate, but that was my reaction. Plus wishing I could do that.

[earl grey]

I got Four Tet's DJ Kicks mix today; earl grey, pleased to say it's a little more than him pressing play.


cool, glad to hear it. yeah, i have a hard time thinking the dj kicks people would let something so slack slide through.

[dola]

get a room you two.

[earl grey]

hey, anyone else into the beats is more than welcome to join...

just got the new 'kill the DJ' comp in the mail - 'the dysfunctional family' by chloe and ivan smagghe. sweet packaging! looking forward to hearing it but first i'll need to somehow get 'the button down mind of daniel bell' out of my CD player...

[9000]

<enters the room kool keith style...>

i'd be curious about the verdict on the newest kill the dj mix. had no idea one was even out.

[Fiona]

I spotted that Kill The DJ mix in a mail-out last week, but didn't really pass too much regard. Not a fan of Blackstrobe at all, and didn't enjoy them or Smagghe alone when I caught them.

It's been a long time though, so yup earl grey, fill us in.

[9000]

anyone checkout that burial cd? lots of rave reviews. listened to a little online and wasn't really sold.

[Fiona]

anyone checkout that burial cd? lots of rave reviews. listened to a little online and wasn't really sold.
The grime/dubstep thing doesn't do it for me at all. For all the press music of that ilk gets round these parts, I'm not convinced it has the following to back it. Least in Ireland anyway.

Next up on my list, Tiefschwarz do Fabric 29.

Plus Recloose and Optimo next Thursday. Wooo!

[Fiona]

Holy shit! Twitch managed to combine the best parts of the Our Disco set from '04 that's available for download, and last year's BIS set. Awesome. I jumped up and down for Ireland for 2 hours straight.
But had to call the cops because someone's having a snooze on the pavement outside my house.
Calling the police at 4am isn't fun when you've guzzled a bottle of wine, a sixer of corona, and have danced like a loo-laa since midnight and are very self conscious of same.
And I have to get up for work in less than 2 and a half hours... Here's to Friday productivity, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

EDIT: clearly the internet is not idiot-proof :o

[earl grey]

just noticed these on the optimo website:

Thursday October 19th - Boston TBC
Friday October 20th - New York Nighttime @ Don Hills

nice!

[tinobeat]

*rubs eyes*

did I see Boston there? wha?

[vesper]

it took me halfway through the song to really embrace it, but this (http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/player.php?fileID=811&action=listen&list=artist) remix of junior boys would probably appeal to you three instantly. i love it all up and down at this point.

-edit-

i just noticed that this mix is on the b-side to the "in the morning" single (also ft. mouse on mars' andi toma, another nice connection), so has anyone heard the alex smoke mix on the a-side? pretty amazing that junior boys has managed to get such great remixers (i include fennesz here, but not so much caribou).

i'm listening to so this is goodbye right now and it is out and out great! i don't like it quite as much as last exit as a whole product, but at least this one doesn't have duds like "under the sun" and "three words."

[Fiona]

it took me halfway through the song to really embrace it, but this (http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/player.php?fileID=811&action=listen&list=artist) remix of junior boys would probably appeal to you three instantly. i love it all up and down at this point.

-edit-

i just noticed that this mix is on the b-side to the "in the morning" single (also ft. mouse on mars' andi toma, another nice connection), so has anyone heard the alex smoke mix on the a-side? pretty amazing that junior boys has managed to get such great remixers (i include fennesz here, but not so much caribou).

i'm listening to so this is goodbye right now and it is out and out great! i don't like it quite as much as last exit as a whole product, but at least this one doesn't have duds like "under the sun" and "three words."

I do like the Morgan Geist remix, but got to say I prefer the Alex Smoke mix - which I see you mention in yr edit. Haven't picked it up but caught it a few times on the radio. It's in keeping with his style - minimal and pared down, recommended.

Another worth checking out is Justus Köhncke's remix of Lo-Fi-Fnk's "Wake Up"; great tune to start off with but the added disco elements make the track.

[earl grey]

i'm listening to so this is goodbye right now and it is out and out great! i don't like it quite as much as last exit as a whole product, but at least this one doesn't have duds like "under the sun" and "three words."

"three words" is definitely just happy to be along for the ride, but "under the sun" is not even close to a dud! the new album is awesome tho, i'm with you on that...

[Fiona]

I've just listened to the Major Swellings remix of Malkmus's "Kindling For The Master" and it's ACE.

Prins Thomas remixing Stephen Malkmus... came very close to going in the wtf thread.

[9000]

while we're on this note, and at risk of losing any little mbb cred, i'll add that i recently put together that fischerspooner's "the 15th" is a wire cover. no fuckin' wonder it's so good.

[earl grey]

saw the glimmers on saturday, at long last ... good times. not as heavy on the hits as i would've expected, but they had a great indie/disco thing going. and they started with frankie knuckles' "your love," which never fails to rule.