With hot weather just around the corner, the upcoming collaboration between Nas and Damien Marley is poised to be my album of the summer. Both of the teaser tracks (below) just scream sunny day road trip.
Nas & Damien Marley featuring Lil Wayne and Joss Stone – My Generation by Hypetrak
Crooked Disco’s really hard to explain sometimes… its house, its breakbeat, its dub reggae, its electro… its really whatever we’re feeling at the time. So I wanted to start doing this sort of “Roots of Crooked Disco” series to sort of explain where it all came from. I can’t think of a better way to kick it off with the Charles Fields (aka Charles Feelgood aka DJ Feelgood) side of Fever Vol. 1.
The Fever parties beginning in 1992 are known up and down the east coast as landmark events introducing the masses to electronic dance music. During the course of their seven year run, hosts Scott Henry and Charles Fields produced 8 mix tapes that were distributed to the first 100 people at on select nights. This tape is DJ Feelgood’s side of the very first one handed out in Fall of 1994!
This is some classic house not in the way it relates back to disco but in the way house and techno used to be married together. It’s hard hitting, eclectic, and a totally infectious 45 minutes of classic samples, uplifting rhythms and mixed up beats. I still play a lot of these songs - in one form or another - today. “In the beginning there was jack…”
Amazing things happen when you dig through the old crates. Classic!
Do you remember the spitz at the bottom of the class, the guy who left you the high notes and kept good the meufs? Bah it is of return. And before your girlfriend does not wonder whether you know this young rappor of Bordeaux about which his preferred magazine speaks this week, I advise you to learn some a little more on CHARLY GREANE. (thanks for the sweet translation Babelfish)
What can I tell you about Charly Greane… its sort of like a a hybrid of west coast hip hop, booty bass and house beats. That sounds like it makes no sense but leave it to a man from Bordeaux, France to bring it all together in a big ole’ party time vibe. Check the vid above for Gossip Girl, the debut off his debut EP, as well as the two sweet remixes below from Low Club and Ymee. And be sure to catch his US Debut Saturday at our Play Date party!
So Art Battles was a blast last night… dope artists, great crowd, big thanks to everyone that came out. To continue the hip hop vibe - but in a very Crooked Disco way - here’s an electro-fied bootleg of the Dre party classic Next Episode the mix comes 90% from Will Power with some additional drum work from Rico Tubbs. Bangin’… enjoy!
(via Bass Music Blog)
Continuing my chip-tune obsession as of late come Kind of Bloop an 8-bit reworking of the Miles Davis classic Kind of Blues. The brainchild of Portland-based programmer Andy Baio, the album features the talents of four Nintendo-loving artists - ast0r, Sergeeo, Virt, Shnabubula, and Disasterpeace - who have taken the whole think on track by track. The result is some kind of wonderful and worth a listen. Check the samples below, more on the project here, and you can buy online for a mere $5.
Les Paul passed today at the proper age of 94. Inventor of the electric guitar (yes, the first one), Les has had an overwhelming influence on American music. He played along contemporaries such as Frank Sinatra, Sam Cook, and Bing Crosby as well as putting forth several albums with his Les Paul Trio and wife Mary Ford.
Les was rock and roll through and through, but he was also a key element the American Songbook and jazz movements. He held a long-standing residency here in NYC at the Iridium until very recently and will be sadly, sadly missed as one of America’s greatest musicians.
So big things are going down for the wobbly electro duo, Mightyfools, They’ve just broke number one over at RCRDLBL with their Fall Out Boy remix co-produced with Tommy Sunshine, have just wrapped up a huge Australian tour, and are blazing their way through the European festival scene. If you like your electro a bit rugged, with some nice hip hop elements, then look no further. We’ve got two classic remixes - one of Kelis’ Milkshake and the other of DMX’s Up in Here - for you to grab which have both been staples in our digital record bag for some time. Many more tracks and mixtapes up on their soundcloud page here.
So let’s talk about Juno What?, the live synth-funk trio out of Boulder, Colorado. These boys walk a thin like between late night electronic and traditional jam band. There are elements of improvisation (a good thing if you are, after all, a band) but lots of sycopated rhythms and infectious keys to keep you dancing. It fits in there nicely with contemporaries such as Boombox and Pnuma Trio. It’s a refreshing change as dance music starts taking a turn for the hyper-syncopation of techno and assorted deep rhythms.
Juno What? is giving their entire album out for free on their myspace so go grab that and they have a ton of live stuff over on Archive.org if you like your music a little more freeform.
Here it is. The much awaited Remix After All album. A collection of ten Daft Punk favorites, remixed by ten of todays hottest produces, currated by ten of today’s best blogs. Download, listen, and remember how good it feels to be a french robot. (FYI, I’m feelin’ the Disco Villains and Dirty Disco Youth mixes but they’re all winners)
REMIX AFTER ALL Tracklist
1. Human After All (The Disco Villains Remix) Presented by Disco Demons
2. The Prime Time Of Your Life (Tits & Clits Remix) Presented by Data Sapiens
3. Robot Rock (Immuzikation Remix) Presented by The Cold Cut
4. Steam Machine (The Company Kang Remix) Presented by CreamTeam
5. Make Love (Chew Fu and Substantial Small Room Sax Fix) Presented by Sheena Beaston
6. The Brainwasher (Melee Beats Remix) Presented by Danger! Danger!
7. On/Off (The Noizy Kidz Daft Zapping Remix) Presented by The Lemur Blog
8. Television Rules The Nation (Dirty Disco Youth Remix) Presented by Noise Porn
9. Technologic (Kids At The Bar Remix) Presented by Pretty Much Amazing
10. Emotion (Werewolf By Night Remix) Presented by Binary
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