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This past weekend, Nate Manic and I talked about how Nicolas Jaar plays like an old-soul. Like he’s lived through the entire 20th Century. Also discussed- A giveaway for his Smartbar gig soo keep a lookout. Here’s his latest, a remix of When Saints Go Machine‘s track “Fail Forever” from their recent release on !K7.
MP3: When Saints Go Machine – Fail Forever (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
The other weekend, M.A.N.D.Y. burned Spybar to the ground with this one.
Star Slinger unleashed his Gold Panda “Marriage” remix today. The Marriage EP will be out March 1st on Ghostly International with further remixing by Forest Swords and Baths. Check that Forest Swords version here.
Here’s a new one from Dum Dum Girls‘ forthcoming, He Gets Me High EP, which will be out at the beginning of March. Big ups to LHB for the lookout.
Art Noveau & LOL Boys anticipated release, Air France, dropped today. Give this one a listen, and if you haven’t yet, peep that Gucci Vump remix.
This past weekend I found myself going back and listening to this The Soft Pack cover of “Fences” by Phoenix quite a lot. Really top-knotch work.
Tracklist:
01. Para One – Infinity Riser
02. Crystal Fighters – At Home (Fusty Delights Remix)
03. Dana Bergquist & Peder G – Can’t Get Enough (Midnight Savari Remix)
04. Synth Fiction – Disco Frisco
05. Nile Delta – Channel
06. Munk – Keep My Secret (Rory Phillips Dub)
07. Max Sedgley – Superstrong (Faze Action Remix)
08. Tobor Experiment Disco Experience – Guitar Voodoo
09. Casio Social Disco Club – The Running Man
10. The Heels of Love feat. Max Essa – Chain Gang (Foto Naive Dub)
11. Chromeo – Hot Mess (Oliver Remix)
12. Matt & Kim – Cameras (Gucci Vump Remix)
13. The Human League – Never Let Me Go (Aeroplane Remix)
Paxahau Presents Movement 2011 (DEMF 2011)
The first two rounds of artists performing have been announced for DEMF 2011, with 69 (Carl Craig), Fatboy Slim & Felix Da Housecat headlining, and special guest, Ricardo Villalobos added as a special guest. Tickets are still on sale, and hotels are not completely booked yet, so if you are looking for an unforgettable time in D-Town this Memorial Day, get your act together.
BUY: DEMF 2011 Tickets
LINK: Movement/DEMF 2011 Set Times
LINK: Movement/DEMF 2011 Afterparties
Sven Vath Live @ Time Warp 5/04/09
DEMF 2011 LINEUP
69 (Carl Craig), Al Ester, Beardyman (Live) Ben Klock, Claude Young, DJ Harvey, Dr. Atmo, DTM 5×5 (DJ Seoul, T.Linder, Neil V, Darkcube, DJ Psycho), Dubfire, Elliot Lipp (Live), Fatboy Slim, Felix Da Housecat, Franki Juncaj aka DJ 3000, Gaslamp Killer, Guti (Live), Hudson Mohawke (Live), James Zabiela, Kero (Live), Livio & Roby, Loco Dice, Martin Buttrich (Live), Matt Clarke, Metro Area, Mike Servito, Pulshar (Live), Ramadanman, Ryan Elliott, Steve Rachmad, Traversable Wormhole aka Adam X (Live), Adam Beyer, Ambivalent, Anthony Attalla, Aril Brikha – live, Ataxia – live, Aux 88 – live, B. Bravo, Boo Williams, Brian “Starski” Gillespie, Calvertron and Figure, Chuck Daniels, Clark Warner, Com Truise – live, Dabura, Daedalus – live, Delano Smith, Deniz Kurtel – live, District 909 – live, DJ Cent, DJ Godfather, DJ Three, DJ X-Change, Eric Johnson, Erika, Flying Lotus – live, Gaiser – live, Glenn Underground, Heartthrob – live, John Collins, JPLS – live, Justin Martin, Little Dragon – live, Marc Houle – live, Margaret Dygas, Mark Flash, Matthew Hawtin, Michael Geiger, Mike Brown, Minx, Monolake – live, N-Ter – live, Nospectacle with Markus Guentner – live, Paranormal Tek, Paul Kalkbrenner – live, Richard Devine – live, Richie Hawtin, Sammy Dee, Secrets – live, Space Dimension Controller – live, Space Time Continuum – live, Terrence Parker, The Siege – live/dj, Tortured Soul – live, Venetian Snares – live, Victor Calderone
I’ve got to run a whole shit load of errands today. Thank god I’ve got this to keep on repeat the entire time I’m out. Canblaster & Sam Tiba collide like comets on this Triple J Mixtape. Making my day just that much better.
LINK: Canblaster & Sam Tiba Triple J Mix (Zshare Link)
Jori Hulkkonen shares his new material via Turbo Recordings.
Zomby put up a few new tracks on his youtube channel
I recorded “The Sound” back in 1987 and released it on my own KMS Records label. It was a massive hit at New York’s Paradise Garage and in Chicago and of course Detroit. Once it hit the UK it became one of the earliest Detroit anthems right acround Europe, a huge underground record across the globe – a true desert island techno track. It is such a special record to me because it was one of my first really successful productions and I hope that you all will enjoy this free, fresh digital download of my original 1987 version.
The reason I have decided to give this track away for free is because of a situation that recently developed involving the unauthorized sampling of “The Sound” by Italian producers Giacomo Godi & Emiliano Nencioni (Supernova) in their release “Beat Me Back” on Nirvana Recordings. It came to my attention that they are licensing and selling, with considerable success, this track which is nothing more than a continuous loop of the main hook from “The Sound.”
For me to hear ‘Supernova’ taking an extended loop of “The Sound” and claiming that this is their own original composition and production is both dishonest and disrespectful. My first thought was that they were perhaps naïve, but as they have apparently been recording together since 2002 this seems unlikely. In any event this is completely unacceptable, we cannot continue to let this kind of wholesale rip off go unchallenged and tolerate “artists” who completely sample recordings, add nothing of their own and then release the results as their own work.
I have a huge affection for sampling, it’s how some of the most inspiring and ground breaking tracks of our times were created. We’ve pretty much all sampled records at some time, and cleared the sample so we can use it on our releases, but it is just not cool to take someone else’s music, create a big old loop of it and then put your name on it and try to have success entirely off the back of another artist’s efforts. This really has got to stop. For this reason, I have uploaded the Godi/Nencioni version of “The Sound” to Soundcloud so that you all can download this for free if you so wish. These producers and their record label should not be profiting from my back catalogue… this is not their track to sell.
-Kevin Saunderson
Well this is something exciting to wake up to. A Jacques Greene/Kingdom combo that I’ll be jamming to all week. Oh, and did you hear yet? Temper is bringing NIGHT SLUGS to Chicago 3/10: Bok Bok, Girl Unit & Kingdom all in one night. Mark the calendar & hop on that FB Event and RSVP quickfast. (<3 RCRDLBL)
New one from Mosca Verde. He draws inspiration from baile funk, tropicalism, kuduro and dubstep to compose sets he likes to define as “bastard pop”. This time it’s a remix of Manu Chao that ought to set a party off right.
Seiji‘s much-anticipated More Of You/Sticks will be available digitally on Monday, February 21st. As for now, this mix should tide us over until then.
Tracklist:
01. Tortured Soul – Did You Miss Me (Mdcl’s Keyapella)
02. Julio Bashmore – Battle For Middle You
03. Xxxy – Ordinary Things
04. Point 9 – Wild Forest
05. Eddy Meets Yannah – Runnin
06. Terrible Shock – Good Foundation
07. Greenmoney – Heat It Up
08. Martyn – Left Hander
09. Ig – Tpower
10. Jackal Youth – Bruk
11. Terri Walker – Heartbeat (Mosca Remix)
12. Spoek Mathambo – Mshini Wam (Canblaster Remix)
13. Velour – Booty Slammer
14. Wildlife – Nocturnal World (French Fries Remix)
15. Sandra St. Victor- F.M.A.O (Seiji Garage Mix)
16. Seiji – Straylight VIP Dub
17. Kelis – Brave (Darksky Remix)
18. Seiji – More Of You
19. Ethix – Breaking Bad
20. Seiji – Sticks
21. Seiji – Yesman
22. Seiji – Buzzcut
23. Mark Pritchard – Boingy Re Edit
24. Compound One – Back Off
25. Jack Sparrow – Loveless
26. F – Phantom
27. Jamie Grind – Balloon
28. Naifian – Blue Snow
“Mike recently made this kind of dub edit of one of our favorite Madonna songs ‘Lucky Star’. Its been working pretty well in some of our recent DJ sets and some people have asked us for it so we thought we’d throw it up for y’all.” -Classixx
Matthew Dear was featured this week on the Beats In Space Radio Show. What a busy guy. Does Matthew Dear even sleep? What’s this guy’s secret? Also, there’s a Notorious BIG remix of his he threw in there! Now that’s just crazy.
MP3: Matthew Dear – Beats In Space Radio Show 1/2 [2/2] [Tracklist]
Shows In Chicago
01/25 DJ Heather, Blue J, Julian Pena, Sevron, Stephen P @ Smartbar
