04 January 2010
Videodrome #12354:Tippen Ein
Crap on these kids all you want, but my high school had the same audio/visual equipment, and I never made anything as awesome as this video.
(Thanks Alex)
02 January 2010
2010: The Year We Made Contact
It’s 2010, and once again music has become ghettoized. Rock is rock, House is house, Noise is noise, Pop is pap and Hip-Hop was garbage this year.
In the early part of the decade, I had high hopes that the word “genre” would be eliminated from the dictionary, and for a brief couple of years, it seemed as though it had been. The good news is that we have another early part of a decade upon us. As someone once said at another beginning of another decade, “Let’s Push Things Forward”.
16 December 2009
RA podcast: Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts
The ex-pat Canadian Guillaume, now living in Berlin (heard this story 1000 times?) is the latest to take a spin on the Resident Advisor podcast. Interestingly enough, Guillaume is not a DJ in the traditional sense, and usally only performs his own songs in live sets. This being a wonderful exception. Check out a very interesting look into his roots as a electronic house/techno producer.
RA.185 Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Night in Kage MP3
via (Curb Crawlers)
11 December 2009
Dré-Bans: Outsider Mix
In anticipation for Saturday’s More Proof party, here’s a little mix from Dré-Bans.
Download here:
Dré-Bans — Outsider Mix MP3
Tracklist:
CFCF - Letters Home
The Clash - The Call Up
Trus’me - W.A.R. Dub
Cazals - Life is Boring (Runaway Remix)
Spoon - Don’t You Evah (Dré-bans edit)
Soundhack - Plage
Bronnt Industries Kapital - Objects & Purpose (M.A.N.D.Y. & Booka Shade Remix)
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
DJ. T - Dis (Solomun remix)
Flora Cruz - Let the Sun Shine out (vocal dub)
Fred Falke - Chicago
Eli Escobar - Glass House
04 December 2009
Creative Use: Beam Me Up
Let me be real for a second: I’m kind of a bad blogger ‘cause up until now, I’ve been saving all my best tunes for myself to DJ. Well, maybe it’s just the holiday season, but I feel like being less of a Hoarder from now on. Here’s an edit of Raymond Scott that came out early in the year on the tiny Creative Use edit label release thing. Look forward to more stuff from me in the new year.
25 November 2009
Laberge: True Love Video
Canadian boy Laberge does it with this little viral clip for True Love featuring chipmunk vocals and a smooth groovin’ dancing chipmunk duo. W2G
Bonus:
MEMBERSONLY
23 November 2009
MEMBERSONLY - Down-Tempos before Dis-Tempers
MEMBERSONLY just released volume 6 of the Transmission mix series by the boutique clothing shop Old Gold.
Download it here.
Wait for The Boss, it’s incredible.
Rolly's Garage
05 November 2009
Saving Rolly’s Garage
Rolly’s Garage is the definition of community. This old car garage turned multi-use cultural gallery and performance space has embodied the spirt of creativity in Toronto. It’s played host to some of my favorite Toronto bands like Bonjay and Syrofoam Ones, in addition to countless art shows.
But despite all the great things Rolly’s has brought to the Ossington strip in Toronto, it needs help in order to keep operating as this artist space.
Take a few moments and vote for Rolly’s Garage to recieve help from the Aviva Community Fund - here.
Smith prefers his beans finely ground
28 October 2009
Instant Nif-D: Fine Grind
Toronto producer Matt Smith aka Nifty/Prince Nifty/Nif-Dee recently released the first of many volumes to come in his Instant Nif-D series. “Fine Grind”, calling to mind the counterpuntal phrasing of Steve Reich, and the polyphonic complexity of the pygmies, spans a quarter of an hour but somehow leaves you wanting more.
