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Philly representer, Nate Day, comes correct on his new “Everywhere LA is 30 Minutes” mix. Nate Day recently moved to LA and the title is a keen observation of life in a new place. Given this truth, the runtime of this mix is just perfect for the ride. It’s my current soundtrack for dancing in traffic. Get yr swerve on. It’s eclectic. It’s hectic. It’s dope.

Tracklist:

1. Hail Social – AM-FM (DJ Siyoung Remix)
2. Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor (Soulwax Dub)
3. Crookers – Knobbers
4. The Klaxons – Atlantis To Interzone (Destroy Disco Remix)
5. Fedde Le Grand – Put Your Hands Up For Detroit
6. Justice – Phantom Pt. II (Boyz Noise Remix)
7. Villains – Rock It
8. Treasure Fingers – Cross The Dancefloor
9. Steed Lord – Feel The Heat
10. Thieves Like Us – Drugs In My Body (Designer Drugs Remix)
11. M.I.A. – Boyz (The Twelves Remix)
12. Snoop Dogg – Sexual Eruption (Weird Science Remix)

MP3: Nate Day - Everywhere in LA is 30 Minutes Mix [33:43 | 77mb]

Philly kids will know Nate Day from his years sharing the bill with some of Drum & Bass and Bmore/Club’s biggest names. LA heads might know him from his LOOSE party alongside Wendy City. Strangers to DJ Nate Day can see him next Thursday in Los Angeles at Fever, located at Temporary Spaces and headed up by DJ C-Town of the Anthem Magazine posse. G’times.

Visit Nate Day on MySpace.

Rising Down Cover Arrives! via illRoots

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One of the more interesting compilation projects of last year was the Buffet Libre Verbena Selected mixtape. The idea was to take some of the larger up-and-coming electronic acts and ask them to contribute one of their favorite songs into a full length piece produced by Buffet Libre. 15,000 downloads within less than 3 months later, they started thinking that maybe it might be time for a follow-up. Today I was sent the second compilation in their series, with tracks courtesy from everyone from Cut Copy to The Glimmers to Girl Talk. It’s really interesting to see what some of these groups picked as their songs.

Buffet Libre DJs - Verbena Selected 2

For another experiment, we have us the Verbena Rewind project, where the Buffet Libre DJ’s went around requesting a whole bunch of bloggers, including Pardon My Freedom, Get Weird Turn Pro, IHeartComix, D Squared and a whole lot of great music sources (including me ;oP) a single 80’s track for another mix. And the results are great, each saying a lot about the individual people who participated and how early music influenced them. It’s all very reflective. I chose “Six Different Ways” for my single because I’m a huge Cure fan and because that song is totally awesome. Compiled into a two part mixtape, there are separate files and tracklistings. Enjoy.

Buffet Libre DJs - Verbena Rewind Part 1

Buffet Libre DJs - Verbena Rewind Part 2

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Flosstradamus  is at Sonotheque on Saturday night…Make sure to get there early if you want to get in…Always good vibes @ Sonotheque…

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Chicago, IL

Show Chicago some love…

In support of their successful pay-what-you-will digital album release, ‘In Rainbows’, last October, Radiohead have announced the first leg of their North America tour! And coincidentally our boy, N.Y.-come-L.A. Drum ‘n’ Bass producer Jo-S, has dropped this new ‘Weird Fishes’ remix on us. It’s true to the morose and “weird” nature of the original with just enough jump-up to get your neck workin’.

MP3: Radiohead - Weird Fishes (Jo-S Rmx)

Here’re the dates. Radiohead sells out everywhere so be punctual with your ticket purchases.

Tour dates:

• May 5 - Cruzan Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, Florida
• May 6 - Ford Amphitheatre - Tampa, Florida
• May 8 - Lakewood Amphitheatre - Atlanta, Georgia
• May 9 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, North Carolina
• May 11 - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge - Bristow, Virginia
• May 14 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - St Louis, Missouri
• May 17 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Houston, Texas
• May 18 - Superpages.com Center - Dallas, Texas

More dates to be announced. Tickets for the above dates go on pre-sale Valentines Day, February 14th, through the W.A.S.T.E. website and through other online channels beginning February 16th. Your lover doesn’t want candy & flowers, so give the gift of Radiohead! Radiohead is love.

Visit Radiohead on MySpace and if you haven’t yet, visit and download ‘In Rainbows’ from the official site, Inrainbows.com.

More rare and classic Radiohead in our archives.

Gnarls Barkley, the eccentric powerhouse consisting of equal parts producer extraordinaire, Dangermouse and soulful rapper/singer Cee Lo are at it again. Surfacing last week, ‘Run’ is rumored to be a new recording that is among a few dozen handfuls in the running for the sophomore record, ‘The Odd Couple’, which is slated for a April release. We’ll see if this ends up on the finished record. If it doesn’t, it’s another testament to their talent that they can throw these kinds of tracks away.

Through the ’90s Cee-Lo got his start in the ATL rap group Goodie Mob, of which he is still a member (alhtough individual members are currently pursuing solo projects). For me, Goodie Mob really helped solidify ATL as a force to be reckoned with—in a time when far-reaching rap records were dominated by NY and LA. I ran these tracks into the ground on weekly basis for years. Goodie Mob is a very different animal to Gnarls Barkley, but that’s what makes Cee-Lo such a dynamic talent.

MP3: Goodie Mob - Cell Therapy (1995)

MP3: Goodie Mob - Free (1995)

Visit Gnarls Barkley on MySpace or the official site Gnarls Barkley.

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ZOO YORK VS. GHOSTFACE KILLAH

ZOO YORK COLLABORATION WITH GHOSTFACE KILLAH

The Zoo York Institute, in association with Def Jam and Cornerstone Promotion, is proud to announce an exclusive collaboration that celebrates the recent release of Ghostface Killah’s critically-acclaimed new album, “The Big Doe Rehab.”

This highly-anticipated collab features a co-branded skateboard deck and T-shirt adorned with custom graphics that pay homage to Ghost’s new album, as well as the abundance of AKA’s the hip-hop icon has adopted over the past fifteen years.

Limited to less than 500 promo-only pieces and slated to release in early February 2008, these co-op collectibles will be available exclusively through in-store and online promos from Def Jam, Cornerstone, and of course, the Zoo.

Find out more at: www.ghostfacekillah.com

Beat Boutique German Radio Show will be airing an exlusive 2 hour mix that Matt Rissi (aka DJ Sonar) and Mustafa put together between the hours of 6cst-10pm.

Stream it LIVE here:

http://www.shouted.fm/index.php?area=Electro

Download the mix for a limited time here:

http://download.yousendit.com/1977F8E4421EF6D9

Matt Rissi & Mustafa Avdic - BeatBoutiqueExclusive 31/01/08

Artist|Track|Label

1.) Avex Axiom ‘Tomato Juice Bath’(Matt Rissi & Mustafa Avdic Remix) Solar Cathedral Recordings
2.) Spicelab ‘Re:Start’ Harthouse
3.) Rekorder ‘10.3′ Rekorder
4.) Dustin Zahn ‘Black Roses’ Material
5.) Skoozbot ‘A Fistful Of Duckets’ Plus 8
6.) Piemont ‘Carbonot’ MBF
7.) Spicelab ‘Re:Break’ Harthouse
8.) Fergie ‘Snapper’ Craft Music
9.) Kaliber ‘12 B2′ Kaliber
10.) Kilowatts, Tanner Ross ‘Kruger Fingers’ Dirtybird
11.) Rekorder ‘7.2′ Rekorder
12.) Dejonka, Frederic Moering-Sack ‘Headcruise’(Phunklarique Remix) Klang Gymnastik
13.) Thomas Schumacher ‘Is Not’ Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten
14.) Gaiser ‘Withdrawl’ Minus
15.) Matt Rissi & Mustafa Avdic ‘Them Crocks’(Dustin Zahn’s Enemy Remix) Solar Cathedral Recordings
16.) Audiofly X ‘Below The Surface’ Get Physical Music
17.) Dusty Kid ‘Kore’ Boxer Recordings
18.) Format B ‘Vivian Wheeler’ Stil Vor Talent
19.) Richard Dinsdale ‘Too Much’ Toolroom
20.) System 7 ‘Space Bird’(Dubfire Remix) A Wave Records
21.) Eidolon ‘In Between’(Matt Rissi & Mustafa Avdic Remix) Solar Cathedral Recordings
22.) Funkagenda ‘What The Fuck’ Toolroom
23.) Namito ‘City Of Gods’ Great Stuff
24.) Alex Bau ‘Summer In Moncton’ CLR
25.) Axwell ‘I Found You’(Dubfire Remix) Vendetta Records
26.) Eidolon ‘Man On The Corner’ Enemy Records(Unreleased)

Update:  So Gold sent over the mix, check it:

Kano - Im Ready (So Gold Rmx)
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Check out Minneapolis Artist/DJ “So Gold”. Just a heard a nice new remix of Kano’s track “I’m Ready.” Word is a new mix and a few new remixes will be dropping in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to the Myspace page to see what’s new….Big things in 2008 for So Gold

www.myspace.com/sogold

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Floostradamus @ The Underground - 56 W Illinois

Houston’s Hip-Hop Scene Picks Up the Pieces After Yet Another Death

HOUSTON — On Friday night here at Warehouse Live, 48 hours and 1,500 miles from the Grammy Awards, more than a thousand fans gathered for a different sort of musical celebration.

The concert was advertised as a solo show by Bun B, the Port Arthur, Tex., rapper who has been a defining figure in Houston hip-hop for more than 15 years. But the concert also functioned as a tribute to Pimp C, Bun B’s partner in the pioneering duo UGK, who was found dead in his West Hollywood, Calif., hotel room on Dec. 4. On Dec. 6 it was announced that, for the first time, the duo had been nominated for a Grammy. “Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You),” by UGK featuring OutKast, was up for best rap performance by a duo or group.

This was Bun B’s first show since then, and it was a tough, courageous one. In the crowd there were dozens of different varieties of “R.I.P. Pimp C” T-shirts, some homemade. And onstage Bun B was joined by a coterie of rappers and friends, including Pimp C’s mother, widely known as Mama Wes. She was easy to spot in a sporty red military shirt with “Mama” emblazoned on one pocket. And from time to time, if you looked closely, you could see her lips moving in time to the beat.

As he accepted one of many ovations, Bun B said he felt so good, “it don’t make no sense.” Later he delivered a different message: “I miss him.” Either way he was confirming fans’ hopes and fears. Yes, Bun B is still going strong. And yes, Pimp C, an illustrious rapper and producer and provocateur, is still gone.

Earlier last week the Los Angeles County coroner announced the cause of death: promethazine and codeine, key ingredients in prescription cough syrup, which may have combined with his sleep apnea to stop his breathing. This was especially grim news because it wasn’t entirely unexpected. Prescription cough syrup — sometimes diluted, and often called “drank” or “lean” or “purp” — is the recreational drug most closely associated with Houston’s fertile hip-hop scene.

Syrup often seems inextricable from the slow and sometimes psychedelic sound of Houston hip-hop. (This is a city where record stores sell cough-syrup-flavored air freshener.) DJ Screw became a local hero — and an inspiration to producers around the country — with his syrup-friendly slow-motion remixes; he died of an overdose in 2000. The Houston rapper Big Moe, whose output included a great 2000 album called, “City of Syrup,” died after a heart attack last October. On the back cover of a new Houston mixtape, “Keep On Stackin 3,” the rapper J-Dawg delivers a message: “R.I.P. Big Moe,” inscribed on a plastic-foam cup, the vessel of choice for syrup sippers.

It would be disingenuous — maybe even unfair — to pretend that Pimp C had no connection to syrup. (After all, his own rhymes were thrillingly unexpurgated.) One of UGK’s biggest hits was “Sippin’ on Some Syrup,” a brilliant and hallucinatory collaboration with Three 6 Mafia and Project Pat. One of his most recent solo singles was “Pourin’ Up,” from 2006. In a track from more than a decade ago, Pimp C claimed he was forsaking syrup in favor of Dom Pérignon. But last year, on UGK’s triumphant double-album, “Underground Kingz” (Jive/Zomba), Pimp C still mentioned “sippin’ drank.”

Since the early 1990s UGK has been a force in Houston and throughout the South, helping lay the groundwork for this decade’s Southern hip-hop explosion. After a string of excellent underground CDs, the duo had a brush with pop success in 1999, when both members appeared on Jay-Z’s hit single “Big Pimpin’.” (That song was nominated for a Grammy and lost; this year was the first time UGK was nominated as the principal performer.) After “Big Pimpin’,” UGK was on the verge of a commercial breakthrough that never came. And by 2002 Pimp C was in jail, serving a sentence stemming from an aggravated assault charge.

While Pimp C was locked up, Bun B became his most vocal advocate, and also a reluctant solo star; he single-handedly turned “Free Pimp C” into a hip-hop catchphrase. Backstage before the concert Bun B said, “We didn’t understand what ‘Free Pimp C’ really meant.” Pimp C was released on Dec. 30, 2005, and he had less than two years to enjoy his new life.

Now Bun B is on his own again, reprising the solo career he began while Pimp C was in prison; in a sense that ordeal was a rehearsal for this one. “I’m not sure if I would have been able to come back so soon, if it hadn’t been for that,” he said. His second solo album, “II Trill” (Rap-A-Lot/Asylum), is due out on April 1. And he is scheduled to perform at this year’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex.; that performance is to be the start of a national tour.

As Friday’s concert demonstrated, Bun B isn’t just Pimp C’s bereaved musical partner. He’s a scarily precise rapper, known for his hard enunciation, his fluctuating line lengths and his thoughtful lyrics. He emerged onstage delivering “Bun,” a brash exposition on the ethics and aesthetics of street life. As he made his way through his — and UGK’s — greatest hits, he was joined by a handful of Houston rappers: Slim Thug for “3 Kings,” Mike Jones for “My 64,” Z-Ro for “Get Throwed.”

Near the end of the set Bun B led audience members in rap-along renditions of some of Pimp C’s rhymes. (It was odd — and quite moving — to hear Bun B’s rat-a-tat voice trying to fill the spaces left by Pimp C’s long, braying vowels.) During a verse from “Hi-Life” streetwise swagger gave way to piety: “What you gon’ do when the devil poke you with his fork?” In deference to Pimp C that last word was pronounced, “folk.”

When it finally came time for “One Day,” one of the duo’s best-loved tracks, the club got a little bit quieter. Bun B asked, “H-Town, y’all got my back?” And soon everyone was reciting one of Pimp C’s most memorable verses, a clear-eyed appraisal of crime and jail and death. It ends with a plea: “If you got kids, show ’em you love ’em, ’cause God just might call ’em home/’Cause one day they here, and baby, the next day they gone.” Bun B had sunk to the floor. “This is UGK for life,” he said. “Don’t leave me now. I need you bad.”

It’s a cardinal rule of tribute concerts and memorial services and newspaper articles about great musicians who die too young: You’re supposed to emphasize the good, saying something comforting about a spirit living on, forever unforgotten. And it’s true: Pimp C’s brash voice will echo for a long time, in music old and new; Bun B says a new album of unreleased UGK music is on the way.

But on Friday night it was hard not to be overwhelmed by what’s gone. Houston’s sad roll call keeps getting longer: not just Pimp C and Big Moe and DJ Screw, but also Fat Pat, H.A.W.K., Big Steve, Big Mello and others. A few years ago Houston hip-hop was exploding; now the boom has come and gone, leaving the survivors to plot their next moves. Backstage Bun B said, “We had a good run, now it’s time to knuckle down.” No doubt he’s right. But it won’t be the same.

Photos from: Clayton Hauck Photography www.claytonhauck.com/

FLOSSTRADAMUS @ Sonotheque - January 12, 2008

Definitely be @ this show….

Doors open 9pm
$3 PBR’s
$7 cover

FLOSSTRADAMUS:

2 DJs, 3 turntables, and lots of people getting buck on the dancefloor. Forget what you think you know about spinning records. In 2005, DJs no longer need be characterized by n arrow labels like “hip hop,” ghetto tech,” or “house.” Jocks can sweep across all of those genres, mash them up together, and create something wholly new–something that can’t be easily pigeonholed.

Take it from Flosstradamus, the newly formed but already dynamic DJ duo comprised of Josh Young (J2K) and Curt Cameruci (Autobot). Like the emerging generation of post-millennium dancefloor crashers of the same ilk (see: Major Taylor, locally, and Diplo and Low Budget of Hollertronix nationally), Flosstradamus are more interested in getting the crowd moving–and grinding and sweating and bumping and shaking–than impressing any music elitists in the audience. They cut through genres indiscriminately, likely to play during any given half-hour: Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon,” Killer Mike’s “My Chrome” and the Cure’s “Lovesong”–perhaps sequentially, if you’re lucky.

With two men, a three-turntable setup, and an impressive catalogue of sounds (Young and Cameruci use programs called Serato and Final Scratch, respectively, which allows them to transfer all of their vinyl–at least 20 crates’ worth–to MP3s and treat them as records on the turntables).

http://www.flosstradamus.com

http://www.myspace.com/thepaserock

http://www.myspace.com/kidsister

This is by no means an advertisment for sonotheque or flosstradamus - just a recomendation for a good night

Last night went to Flosstradamus & Pase Rock at the Abbey Pub. I’d caught a set @ Sonotheque a few weeks back and loved the crowd…Once again I was excited to be packed into a space with so many rad ass people…Everyone dancing - having fun…The night couldn’t have been better and then in walks Kid Sister for a killer live performance!!!

Thank you Flosstradamus, Pase Rock (even though I almost took you out when I slipped down the stairs)….& Kid Sister….

Photos:

http://www.everyoneisfamous.com/pizza/122707/1.html

video from a set @ Fabric

Chicago mixmasters Flosstradamus bring the party to Abbey Pub for a night of hip-hop, house, electro and indie rock remixes, along with Spank Rock’s DJ/producer, Pase Rock.

Flosstradamus are back, this time with Pase Rock for a post-Christmas holiday party! Buy your tickets right here for only $3! I hope to see all of you out!

Cost: $3

http://www.flosstradamus.com

http://www.myspace.com/thepaserock

http://www.myspace.com/kidsister

FLOSSTRADAMUS @ Sonotheque - January 12, 2008

Definitely be @ this show….

Doors open 9pm
$3 PBR’s
$7 cover

FLOSSTRADAMUS:

2 DJs, 3 turntables, and lots of people getting buck on the dancefloor. Forget what you think you know about spinning records. In 2005, DJs no longer need be characterized by n arrow labels like “hip hop,” ghetto tech,” or “house.” Jocks can sweep across all of those genres, mash them up together, and create something wholly new–something that can’t be easily pigeonholed.

Take it from Flosstradamus, the newly formed but already dynamic DJ duo comprised of Josh Young (J2K) and Curt Cameruci (Autobot). Like the emerging generation of post-millennium dancefloor crashers of the same ilk (see: Major Taylor, locally, and Diplo and Low Budget of Hollertronix nationally), Flosstradamus are more interested in getting the crowd moving–and grinding and sweating and bumping and shaking–than impressing any music elitists in the audience. They cut through genres indiscriminately, likely to play during any given half-hour: Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon,” Killer Mike’s “My Chrome” and the Cure’s “Lovesong”–perhaps sequentially, if you’re lucky.

With two men, a three-turntable setup, and an impressive catalogue of sounds (Young and Cameruci use programs called Serato and Final Scratch, respectively, which allows them to transfer all of their vinyl–at least 20 crates’ worth–to MP3s and treat them as records on the turntables).

Juke All Night, Play All Day :: Chicago’s rainbow colored party scene blew up big in 2007, led by Flosstradamus and Kid Sister. Now it’s the whole city’s turn to shine.

By Jen Boyles Photography by Keith Claunch
<!– –>They call Chicago the “City Of Big Shoulders,” but when it comes to hip-hop, the only thing clinging to the Windy’s brawny frame has been a big ol’ chip. Despite a legendary house scene and recent nesting of noteworthy indie-rockers, Chicago’s rap artists have only to gaze up at the loosely connected and hard-road successes of Common, Twista, Lupe Fiasco and obvious golden boy Kanye West, who’s made passable attempts to raise all of them up at one point or another. The only overnight celebrities made seem to have been Daft Punk as far as ’Ye’s concerned, so what’s really to blame for this long-standing disconnect? Self-hindering over-competitiveness, maybe? Perhaps that unshakable Second City complex radiating from big brother New York? Whatever the reason, thankfully things are changing for this blue-collar crossroads city, often called Haterville by even its own players. There’s indeed something brewing deep within the city’s bowels, and it’s not due to compounded years of “red hots,” gyros and Giordano’s. Nope—Chicago’s dusting off and popping its collective collar, and in true Gangland fashion, it’s being anything but quiet about it.

PARTY ALL THE TIME
“What’s going on, Chicago?” Curt Cameruci, aka Autobot, yells into a crackling mic from a shoddy DJ booth at the Wicker Park bar Subterranean. Along with the other half in his wildly popular DJ duo, Flosstradamus, Cameruci and Josh Young (J2K) are playing to a hyped crowd of loyal fans in the upstairs of the venue that’s about 50 times bigger than the Town Hall Pub, where their now-infamous first “Floss parties” were held just last year. Autobot smartly drops in a treat for the younger crowd on this 18-and-up Wednesday: A trivial departure from their usual juke-meets-mainstream, rap-meets-electrified-indie-rock tracks, Daft Punk’s “One More Time” peels away layers of clothes like it was, well, the First Time. And looking around at the youngsters, maybe it is? A packed house is always to be expected for Flosstradamus, but this isn’t the only party popping tonight. Just one neighborhood away, another duo—one of many local acts Floss has helped hoist into the public eye—is tearing it up as well. At Schuba’s on the North Side, a slightly older, nearly sold-out crowd is blowing the Cool Kids’ minds. continue reading

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Grooverider busted in Dubai for pot, porn

According to British tabloid the Sunday Mirror, drum and bass pioneer Grooverider was arrested after pot and porn DVDs were found in his record bag as he arrived to play a show in Dubai.

If these charges are true, the legendary DJ could be in a sizable spot of trouble as the drug laws in Dubai are notoriously strict.

This summer Canadian Bert Tatham was given four years in jail after being caught with less than .6 grams of hash and two poppy bulbs during a layover at the Dubai airport. Tatham was on his way home from Afghanistan where he’d been advising farmers on alternative crops to the opium poppy and according to reports, the bulbs were old, dried and completely inert.

There’s a Free Bert Web site up to promote his cause, but could we be in need of a Free Grooverider site soon if he can’t find a way out of these charges.

Shepard Fairey website

via Wooster:

As was the case last year, December is shaping up to be an amazing month of shows in New York.

This weekend, there are two shows that you won’t want to miss.

On Friday night, WK launches a rare solo show in Brooklyn (see below). And then on Saturday night, Blek le Rat, Blu, Bo130, D*Face, Microbo and Space Invader will all be showing new work as part of “The Streets of Europe: A Survey of European Street Art” opening at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in Chelsea.

More on both shows later in the week.

Really looking forward to this album, I caught a set by Mr Aoki about 3 weeks ago and I was dancing my ass off….

This album artwork is amazing too…I first saw the imagery on a poster and was in awe staring at all the details…Due to limitations of this blog I can’t increase the size of this image so make sure to go to his website to see all the details

http://www.steveaoki.com

STEVE AOKI ENCAPSULATES THE INDIE/ELECTRO MOVEMENT OF 2007 BY JOINING FORCES WITH THRIVE RECORDS & RELEASING HIS DEBUT MIX ALBUM FOR THE MASSES THIS JANUARY

PILLOWFACE & HIS AIRPLANE CHRONICLES

JAN 22nd 2008

Aoki & friends collaborate & contribute exclusive mix album out this fall (Thrive Records / Dim Mak).

Guest vocals by

Amanda Blank

Har Mar Superstar

Kid Sister

Pase Rock

Santogold

Spank Rock

Steve from Hot Hot Heat

Todd from The Faint

Uffie

Fanatic of foe, you cannot deny how instrumental Steve has been in helping define the emerging music and nightlife culture in the US today. By blurring the lines that once separated hoards of indie kids from the urban or electro fans, and divided the VIPS from the not so VIPS, what this man has created under the guise of a DJ/Party enthusiast is a lifestyle and media empire for youth today.

Dim Mak, his LA based record label has signed and released EPs & LPs for a fine feast of bands including Bloc Party, The Mystery Jets, Klaxons, The Rakes, Scanners, The Deadly Syndrome, Icarus Lines, Oh No! Oh My!, The Kills, Sean Na Na, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Whitey, Pony Up and Foreign Born to name but a few, helping acts to develop a strong and steady fan base with the MySpace hopping generation in America.

Weird Science is the name both Aoki and production partner Blake Miller from Moving Units work under; remixing tracks and reshaping them for the dance floor. Mixes you’ve likely heard would be those of The Teddybears, Peaches, The Rakes, Bloc Party, Young Love, Under The Influence of Giants and The Charlatans (UK). Some of the above you will hear on this compilation.

Dim Mak clothing is booming, with a merchandise line already making waves at key boutique stores and its ubiquitous Dino-print hoodie adorning fans and celebrities around the world… It’s clear that Steve is on to something big here in the industry. Most importantly, he “gets it” hence why so many are eager to work and collaborate on his many projects.

A cornerstone to Aoki’s success has been the ability to bridge the A-list young celebrity world with the indie hipster scene with effortless ease. For instance his now legendary Tuesday night at Cinespace in Hollywood are covered religiously by partner in crime The Cobrasnake and have hosted debut performances from Bloc Party, Lady Sovereign, She Wants Revenge, Wolfmother, Kaiser Chiefs, Editors, Spank Rock, The Bavery, Uffie and more.

Punks, freaks, indie snobs, fashionistas and black Amex-carrying NY/Hollywood “royalty” have all found homes at Aoki’s events and major publications such as GQ, Vanity Fair, People, Complex, The LA Times, LA Weekly, BPM, Paper, and Flaunt have already favorably reported on the scene and alcohol fueled debauchery that often goes hand in hand when the above are involved.

And what of the music? In a nutshell, Pillowface & His Airplane Chronicles is a mix album that captures the current wave of electro and Nu Rave sounds that in spirit and attitude have bridged the gap between punk and electro. It’s interesting to note that this emerging sound has not drawn its biggest fanfare from the traditional dance club audience; rather it’s a new wave of young, fashionable, indie-leaning music fans that are eating up these tunes. And if you’ve been to a night like Aoki’s Cinespace Tuesdays as of late, you know how energetic, exciting and debaucherous this scene is getting. The lack of punk attitude that has plagued electronic music over the last 15 years has now finally been injected, and it’s DJs like Steve Aoki who are leading the way.

Big players in this budding movement are represented on Pillowface…, from the heavily distorted disco of France’s recent heroes Justice, to the raved up Soulwax remix of the Klaxons, to the first ever US appearance of Does It Offend, Yeah?’s UK phenom (and appropriately titled), “We Are Rockstars.” Aoki contributes with the Weird Science remixes of Peaches and Bloc Party, and hidden gems from Goose and Yelle also make the cut. And just when you thought this was going to be just another mix CD, the vocals kick in. With help from his expensive rolodex of creative types whom he counts as amigos, Aoki was able to assemble an impressive list of guest vocals which are layered expertly over the mix. Todd Fink from The Faint, Steve Bays from Hot Hot Heat, Mickey Avalon, Kid Sister and a host of other uber-hip mic fiends all lend a hand to Pillowface…, making this album a true family affair. Just who says what, over what tracks and when? You’ll have to hear it to be privy to this unique collaboration, folks.

Pillowface & His Airplane Chronicles

Thrive Records / Dim Mak

JAN 22nd 2008

Tracklisting:

1. Refused - New Noise

2. Justice - Waters of Nazereth (Erol Alkan’s Durr Durrrrrr Re-Edit) w/ Pase Rock’s Guest Drop

3. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - We Are Rockstars w/ Spank Rock & Amanda Blank’s Guest Drop

4. Services - Element of Danger (MSTRKRFT Remix) w/ Har Mar Superstar’s Guest Drop

5. Goose - Bring It On w/ Todd Fink’s Guest Drop

6. Larry Tee & Princess Superstar - Licky (Work It Out) [Herve Goes Low Remix] w/Santogold Guest Drop

7. Green Velvet - Shake and Pop w/ Kid Sister’s Guest Drop

8. Klaxons - Gravity’s Rainbow (Soulwax Remix)

9. The Mystery Jets - The Boy Who Ran Away (Riton Re-Dub)

10. Peaches - Boys Wanna Be Her (Weird Science Remix)

11. Datarock - Fa-Fa-Fa w/ Steve Bays’ Guest Drop

12. Yelle - Je Veux Te Voir

13. Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To (Erol Alkan’s Glam Racket Remix)

14. KIM - Wet ‘N Wild w/ Mickey Avalon’s Guest Drop

15. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (MSTRKRFT Remix)

17. Scanners - Low Life (L.A. Riots Remix) w/ Uffie’s Guest Drop

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gracenote music map

a popularity map showing snapshots of current top artists & album charts by geographical location. based on Gracenote’s “Media Database” (the database that provides the album information for ripped CDs), the interactive map illustrates the latest artists & album lookups in states, regions, countries & continents around the world.

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sound chair data sculpture via information aesthetics

a sound that is precisely crafted to form the physical shape of a normal chair when visualized as a 3-dimensional object using a volume, time, frequency line plot. the life-size chair is an exact replica of the soundwave graph so that the result is a product with dual existence as both a “sound” & a “chair”.

an original approach to data-driven physical artifacts or “data sculptures”.

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Be sure to catch Wilco’s 2007 Austin City Limits performance tomorrow on PBS. We were there, and it was full on, as was their gig at Voodoo Festival last weekend in New Orleans. Here is a sample clip of the band performing “Impossible Germany” from the September taping.

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Working in the shadows of a prominent music figure can have both its perks and disadvantages. While such an environment could provide for a bountiful amount of experience and visionary knowledge, it can also create unavoidable comparisons that are imminent to appear in the occasional case of a singular future career. Until her solo career took flight in 2003, Martina Topley-Bird was widely considered to be nothing more than a featured vocalist in the albums of legendary British trip-hop and electronica artist Tricky (Adrian Thaws). continue reading…

Resident Artists are very excited to present OUT OF PRINT, a collection of local artists all working within a printmaking medium or print related theme.

RESIDENT ARTISTS : OUT OF PRINT

In the first US trial to challenge the illegal downloading of music on the internet, a single mother from Minnesota was ordered to pay $US220,000 ($247,549) for sharing 24 songs online.

Jammie Thomas, 30, was the first among more than 26,000 people sued by the world’s most powerful recording companies to refuse a settlement after being slapped with a lawsuit by the Recording Industry of America and six major music labels.

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3 Mixtapes put together by Chicago’s SINcere….

Battle: Vinyl War

Four years, three painstakingly-detailed sets, 28 sassy characters, a head-shaking 10,000 photos later and Terpins Greco, the 40-member Brazilian team responsible for producing Battle: The Vinyl War, is finally seeing the juicy fruits of their labor. This month and next their stop-motion animation will be shown on Brazil’s Cartoon Network channel in a four-part weekly series.

The shorts, which clock in at a brief five minutes each, follow the story of a vinyl shakedown between two DJs set in the favelas of São Paulo. Though all fictional, it’s the classic story of the established versus the newcomer. DJ Black Jahmantha, a man who needs no introduction, faces DJ Air, a new up-and-comer, while DJ Thiade oversees the battle. Staying true to real life scenes found in Brazilian street and hip-hop culture, famous underground hip-hop DJs King and Cia were recruited to be the voices and music behind the main characters and Thiade got to cameo as himself.

The successive shorts, which began last Friday, 21 September 2007, will air over the next few Fridays at midnight on the Brazilian cable network. The rest of us will have to wait for their plans to expand the broadcast to all of Latin America and eventually land in the U.S. at a future undetermined date. For now, check out the trailer here.