kiterae
just one little side of me that happens to have a penchant for upfront electronic beats, whether they be techno, dubstep, electro or just plain old grubby house.
This latest installment in the Best of the Blogs series in some ways becomes a continuation of the recap of 2008 posts we’ve been running. Many of these tracks showed up on other blogs’ lists of the best of 2008. Maybe it’s because it’s winter and the days are short, maybe it’s because I have [...]
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The other big treat for me on a recent night out in Liverpool came in the shape of an anonymous-looking CD from fellow beat-mongerer Dax. We take the year-end as an excellent opportunity to exchange tunes that rocked our boat over the previous twelve months. It’s great for me to get some insight into the [...]
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XLR8R continues its excellent podcast series with a mix from techno veteran DJ Speedy J, aka Jochem Paap. Atmospheric would be the best way I can sum up this mix that is a lesson in creating interest around an ever-evolving beat. Reminiscent of Richie Hawtin’s Decks, EFX & 909, the mix is built vertically – [...]
So, once again managed to make my annual pilgrimage to Cream in Liverpool for the annual knees-up with migrant scouser Dax. Last year the Swedish Mafia rocked our boats, this year one of the highlights for me was Laidback Luke. Maybe because many of the other DJs are practically geriatric (John Digweed, John Kelly, Danny [...]
Back once again with another roundup of what’s been rocking my boat on the blog front. Big tracks this time from Santogold, Underworld (haven’t heard from them in a while) and the Get Physical crew, among others. So, as Thanksgiving and the holiday season approaches here’s some party numbers for you. The Black ghosts – [...]
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Popularmusicfront has started dishing out digitized versions of his old school house and hip hop collection. Look out for the odd vinyl pop among the gems that will appear on this blog over the coming months. Early tasters include Hardfloor’s driving acid classic remake of Yeke Yeke and the samba-inspired Give It Up by The [...]
Finally, back with a mix after a longer than expected hiatus from posting. A couple of reasons, really – making the transition from France to San Francisco took it’s toll (compounded by the interminable wait for our shipment) and my big idea of going all digital. Getting Ableton to play nicely with my USB soundcard [...]
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One of the early discoveries on coming to the US has been the wonderful muso-nerd mag Remix. The next discovery was that practically the whole magazine is online. This doesn’t help much for morning reading on the bog, but it does mean I can link to the bits I want to follow up on. Such [...]
i’m reading less and less on a regular basis, and today some phantom coffee has kicked in and left me running around doing nothing getting increasingly stressed. maybe the two things are related. maybe it’s the latent caffeine floating around in the french ether. either way, i’ve just found my cure. thank you d. strauss. [...]
so, what happens when you end up with a few choice house cuts from a friend in london and some new mixing software to try out? you can’t resist the temptation to marry one with the other. sometimes, as with when a new culinary creation goes in oven, you know that the results can be [...]
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