crookers, soulwax, mixhell:

anyone got the tim burgess collaboration yet please?

What’s Up folks!, Meu nome é Nereu J.  Sou mais um da nova safra de uploaders do blog. De mim vocês poderão esperar os posts mais Aleatórios possíveis.

Sou aspirante na área da produção musical, e com o meu projeto Ledhead,  estou me descobrindo com o Live,  e eu junto ao Kamei, iremos dar dicas de como entrar nesse mundo misterioso e desconhecido, em um futuro não muito distante.

Whatever, vou postar tracks que ando ouvindo e muito nos últimos tempos..

Essa primeira, quem escutou o The Tweltfh Hour, vai saber que track é essa.

● Patrick Alavi – Power

Essa track que deveria ter aparecido muito mais, seja pelo hypem, ou pelos outros blogs,  não tem o que dizer dela, é realmente muito boa.

Agora temos Soulwax, eles que estiveram sumidos esse ano, para tristeza geral.

●  Soulwax – Krack

Como eu disse que vocês podem esperar os posts mais aleatórios possíveis, ativei o Shuffle do Winamp, e…

..E deu na famosa cooperação que infelizmente não existe mais.

● Alan braxe & Fred Falke – Chrystal City

Após ter postado tudo o que eu não havia planejado, encerro o meu primeiro post no blog, para a felicidade de todos, e por fim, tenha um bom dia!

Essaaleatoriedadepodesersinônimodebipolaridade!rs

With Christmas just around the corner it is best to start the party mode early in order to build up stamina. With more guests incoming to the island and our own DJ’s set adrift on foreign shores bringing their sound to the masses….

SPLITOOP are one such act who are hot hot hot down under at the moment on a 9 date tour across Oz finishing up with a massive NEW YEARS EVE party in Melbourne which runs for 20 hours over 2 venues… now thats a party…. The boys also have 2 new releases about to come out that have been shaking the dancefloors worldwide in the live sets… Toast Club and Badman. www.myspace.com/splitloop

The Nightflight promoters may have narrowed their events at Dublin’s Button Factory to monthly occassions – but when they host an event they do it with quality –  Hamburgs Tensnake is over on the 11th December. Always reliable for his melodies and analogue synths, vocals and a twist of disco in there too… Top gig not to be missed…. www.myspace.com/tensnake for a taste of the party.

Iirish label FVF are doing the chaitable thing with Marc Ashken’s Movember EP special release and are giving 50% of all label profits directly to the men’s health charity, Movember, with whom the label is working with. See www.movember.com for more information.

The EP consists of three tracks by Marc Ashken and a remix by the Donk Boys. Donk Boys feature with a tech remix of The Second Mouse, perfect for those frenetic dancefloor moments.

RTE PULSE has its hands full with Adam Fogarty constantly activating various projects. Fogarty is about to launch ‘Breakdown Records’. A digital and 12″ vinyl label with international distribution for the 12″ and the obvious digital outlets such as Juno and Beatport for digital releases. The label’s focus will be nu funk and big beat mainly. With a focus on Irish and emerging talent, as well as developing our roster with UK talent – The first release is Johnny Pluse ‘Market Street EP’.  As always the show continues on DAB and online with Adam’s show Breakonomics Sunday 10 – 12 pm on RTE PULSE……

On Friday the 4th of December also on RTE PULSE -  celebrating 4 years of Ceoltronic Radio and 1 year of RTE Pulse being on the airwaves, DJ Will Kinsella will be doing a feature called “a Day with Minus“, based on Minus events at the ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event) in October of this year. Will had back stage access to all the artists and has some exclusive interviews on the show. Magda, Ambivalent, HOBO, JPLS, Fabrio Maurizi some of the Minus crew featured on the show…

If your thinking what do I buy him / her / granddad for Xmas than I am recommending MANDY – The Mix Collection – Renaissance – album currently out but with something on it for all the family at Xmas time! Artists include Claude Vonstroke & Christian Martin to Schneider TM & Kpt. Michi.gan, one classic track to catch on the album is Crowdpleaser & Ly Sander – Walking Home – great opener for all sets. It’s a complete journey with 44 tracks. You can catch Mandy at the Watergate Club in Berlin on the 12^th of December…

Clubs opening all over the place at the moment with Dara O Neil AKA DANCEPIG launching a new club in the very heart of BERLIN in Kreuzberg 4^th of December. With a capacity of 300, a void sound system and my favourite structure of a basement premises. The name of the club is to be Kleine Reise – which means Little Trip in German. The venture also has involvement from the 52 Funk crew now set up in Berlin. December 4^th sees Night guy [Kompakt – Stockholm) and introducing the Kleine Reise residents...Dara O'Neill, Peter Power, Patrick Reddy.  On the 26th Dec
Hoito [FVF - Dublin] is performing. Line ups look strong and reliable with a New Years Eve line up revealed next issue.

Happy Birthday to TP Towers – the Twisted Pepper who made it to 1! Looking forward to many more years of it….

More local clubbing and The Good Bits in Dublin formerly Radio City which plays host to a new night called PUNCH on Saturdays featuring Arveene and new kid under his wing Josh Josh Josh – say what? Guests include Lorcan Mak whose tracks have been play listed all over the world by the likes of Laidback Luke, Brodinski and Sinden. He has just finished a remix for Kitsuné and his debut EP will be available on Anabatic Records very soon. One to watch! www.myspace.com/lorcanmak

December 17^th in Belfast sees SOULWAX performing at the Ulster Hall for a SOULWAXMAS! With support sets to be announced but normally some of their friends Erol Alkan or Justice make an appearance. Oh what a life!

It’s all safe on the dance floors for another edition….

CATCH CLAIRE ON www.powerfm.org Friday nights for DECKS AND THE CITY

Stimulate your ear drums with these fine tracks my friends:

*Highly Recommend

ENJOY

When he isn’t pounding rhythms behind the drumkit for Belgian indie crossover band Soulwax, Ghentbased artist Steve Slingeneyer is quite likely to be mixing tunes, slipping beats and raising the roof at some venue around the world.

Under the name of One Man Party, Slingeneyer has been putting together the most awkward of musical mash-ups in a manner that eludes categorisation, let alone description.

Do bear in mind, however, that one of his influences is Animal from The Muppet Show, which could explain it all. If still in doubt log on to OMP’s MySpace page and download his free DJ mix.

He’s shared bills with the likes of 2manydj’s, Justice, MixHell, Busy P, Vitalic, Klaxons, and many others, and on November 21, he will be bringing his soaring electro-fied music to Malta when he performs at Tattingers in Rabat for the ‘The Beat that shakes the Mothership’ event, the last of four events that Don Disko ( www.dondisko.com) have staged with the collaboration of The Devil Digs Rave this summer.

The three previous editions, held at different venues, featured different local DJs and artists and were a huge success. Apart from One Man Party, the line-up for the last leg of the tour will also include Mathematikal, who are currently working on their debut album, as well as DJ sets from Squeak and Kenji.

Tickets are available from Exit, Fact, Dr Juice, Ryans and Chequers or by sending an e-mail to info@dondisko.com.

Interview with Steve Slingeneyer

(One Man Party)

How did you first get involved in music and then in bands?

My father is a musician; my whole family is musical. We would dance in the living room to Earth, Wind and Fire and rock out to AC/DC. I got into music at an early age. I was 13 or so when I picked up the guitar and then got into drums, formed a punk/hardcore band and that was it. It just grew from there.

Apart from the Soulwax connection, what gave you the urge to set up your one man party alter ego, and when?

In the early Soulwax days, Stephen Dewaele (of 2manydjs) and I used to DJ for fun, mixing anything from disco and funk to rock and electronic stuff. Then I moved to New York for seven years. When I came back to Belgium, I steadily started DJ-ing more and more; from the bar to the local clubs to international places.

The name One Man Party came from James Murphy (of LCD Soundsytem) because I was known for dancing and partying hard on tour and at parties. It seemed perfect to use as a DJ name.

Eclectic setlists are becoming more and more popular. Why do you think have clubbers become more receptive to such diversity on the dancefloor?

Being eclectic is completely natural to me. I get bored hearing or playing just one style of music. I think people in general have broad tastes. One has to cater for that.

It’s also a real challenge to make different styles of music work together. You can mix by tempo but also by key, finding little bridges between tracks is what excites me.

Although clubbers tend to follow ‘styles’ a lot it’s nice to tease or surprise them with a track they wouldn’t normally dance to. A DJ should just want to make as many people dance as possible and hypnotise them with his selections, but it’s also a lot of fun to shock sometimes; throw somebody off. By the way, I never rehearse a set.

Any particular people you’d care to mention who have had a major musical influence on you as a musician and as a DJ?  

There are loads and it’s mostly because they’ve taken me on a trip… Maurice Fulton, Carl Craig, 2manydjs of course, Riton, James Murphy and Pat Mahoney, Erol Alkan, Justice.

Ghent seems to be quite big on groovy tunes and clubbing, but also for alternative music.

Ghent has been producing some good music lately. My favourite new band is called Teddiedrum; a two-piece band that plays electronics, a ‘teddybear’ drum, guitar, keys… they sound like a cross between Hot Chip and Devo.

Then there’s a good indie band called Wallace Vanborn and others such as Hong Kong Dong, Das Pop, Drums are for Parades, Waldorf, Mascotte and many others. There’s a lot of diversity and many of the younger bands are often quite experimental, which is always good.

On the dance front there’s Nid and Sancy, The Glimmers, Ultravid, Sound of Stereo, Disco Drunkards, Hermanos Inglesos… a lot of bands. Ghent has been a real source for dance music but there’s a lot of live action too thanks to clubs and bars such as Charlatan, Make-up, Vooruit, Culture Club, Video and Roerkuip.

Your top five tracks at the moment are…

High Together by Siriusmo, Ghost Girl (Blatta and Inesha Remix) by Telepopmusik, The Dozens by Fake Blood, Simple Things (Work it Out) by Shitrobot and the 12” remix of Gino Soccio’s Remember

You’re playing at the last leg of DonDisko’s ‘the Beat that Shakes the Mothership’ tour. What are you cooking up for the occasion?

DonDisko will drop the funk and I bring on the rave…

Any expectations on your part from Malta and its clubbing scene?

Sadly, I don’t know the clubbing scene in Malta but I can imagine it’s an easy atmosphere – what with all the sun you get! I am definitely interested in the history of Malta and I’ve heard about the ancient Megalithic temples, which I hope to visit… depending on how the clubnight goes of course (laughs).

www.myspace.com/onemanpartyisadj

Written by Michael Bugeja

article was published on 8 November in The Sunday Times.

we’ve been listening to soundhog for “actual” years now – we’ve faded in and out like a long (/short?) wave radio but always been there, waiting for the next thing.  it’s his attention to detail, the little things put in behind, the extra little break or cowbell, the fact its in tune,  the amount of times you go “fuck, he’s put that track in there” that do it here – there’s so much in each production that rewards repeated listening; the depth.  perhaps gone a little bit “cue the music” with mike mansfield but you get the drift…

unexpectedly stumbling across his recent remix of a current favourite was a delight; the phenomenal handclap band, 15-20 (soundhog’s extended remix).

so, with a blog (this one, yes) now in our batman utility belt we thought we’d be brave enough to drop him a line, see if he fancied a quick chat about, well, stuff.  and he’s done our mix of the year  - radio soundhog 7  - (link below)

oh yes, he did.  and we very much enjoyed what he had to say;  ladies and gentlemen, we give you – soundhog.  what a nice chap:

1) Soundhog’s been around for a good few years now, what have been the most important/useful tech developments to you since you started?

Yes, it’s all changed a fair bit since I started doing what I do ’now’. I’ve used lots of things along the way, starting with a 4 track portastudio and Cool Edit V1, then early versions of Sonic Foundry’s Acid once I had a computer that was capable of running it.  Ableton Live kicked the door down for me. I do absolutely everything with it, whether chopping up other people’s stuff or making my own with VSTis and whatnot. I’m still using version 5, it does everything I need, combined with a £20 Hercules soundcard I bought in 1998.

Electronics were meant to have democratised music making in the early 1980s, but it’s only in the last 9 or 10 years, with the massive increase in the power of the home computer, that it’s truly happened… Of course, it’s turned out to be a very double edged sword, but that’s another matter for another time.

2) The new RsH7 is, frankly, astonishingly good. the production, tracks – sounds fantastic and it’s just become our favourite mix of the year. Who would you consider your peers? Who do you rate (and not rate, if you like)? Which mixes have appealed to you this year?

*blush* Thanks very much! Peers as far as long mixes go, you mean?  Liam Howlett’s Dirtchamber Sessions. That was the first thing I heard  that really had any sort of vision and scope, as well as being technically excellent. Obviously then you’ve got the Dewaele’s original Radio Soulwax sets for Studio Brussel, which were like bloody gold dust back around the start of the decade. They showed me that everything is fair game, as long as it’s damned good and done well…and yes, the RsH title is a ‘homage’ stroke ‘rip-off’, it seemed like a good idea at the time. I’d also have to mention Frenchbloke & Son’s  ”We Are Back” mix, a really good set which went over the heads of most of the novelty-obsessed bootleg fans in 2002ish, and probably the one which made me think “I could/should be doing this sort of thing”.  Worth tracking down, it should have got a lot more attention at the time. I’m not on commission, by the way.  To be honest (…why do people say that? Do we all go around naturally lying about everything? Ah, yes.) I’ve not heard a great deal this year mix wise. There seems to be some sort of competition to get the most number of songs into a given time, to obtain WORLD RECORD BEATING STATUS, and it almost always sounds a fucking mess. I know everyone’s supposed to be suffering from A.D.D. these days, but I personally like to hear more than 10 seconds of a song. If I’d have put RsH7 out this time last year (when it was finished, but not actually ‘finished’) and was typing this then, I could have chosen a couple of things. That Deutsche Musik mix that Riton did last year was good, and I still listen to it in the car, 14 months on.

3) We watch an awful lot of uktvfood here (and do actually cook), and we’re planning some food features soon. Any good restaurant recommendations locally or from your travels?

Erm, there’s not a lot ’round here that I could mention. Ruthin (for ’tis where I live, a small sized town in north Wales) is fairly average for eating out, and in most other respects too. There’s very little of anything here, unless you want to pay over the odds for a  fancy haircut. I’ve had some nice stuff in a place here called ‘The Picture House’, which opened fairly recently. It’s called that because the building it’s in used to be a cinema. Since they stopped showing films in the early 1970s, the place has been a dance workshop, a junk shop, and most notably a VG ’supermarket’ which I remember being incredibly grotty, and due to the sloping floor, if you dropped a tin of beans it’d be down the other end of the shop before you had a  chance to grab it.

If you want to do the normal tourist thing, there’s the Castle option.  I can’t vouch for it as I’ve not been there for years, but you could do worse. I wouldn’t bother with the ‘authentic’ medieval banquets they hold, unless you’ve got aspirations to appear in ‘panto’. TV’s  Russell Grant went to one of those, and I think he put some sort of astrological curse on the Meade. You’ll normally find me having chips and beans in a cafe on the industrial estate. I’m quite basic like that. I’ve heard good things about an Italian restaurant in Mold, which is nearby, but I can’t remember what it’s called.

Similarly, when I was doing the international superstar DJ thing for about… ooh, twenty minutes, I just used to go for the pizza option (being a veggie, I found it the best way of avoiding embarrassing surprises). Best pizza I had was in Zurich, I think, absolutely spot on. We were supposed to be going to a cheese fondue party but my hosts (hi, Reeto!) decided it was a bit warm for that sort of thing.

I felt slightly cheated, but life’s too short to dwell on such things,  I suppose. Bah.

4) Do you cook at all – what’s the Soundhog Signature Dish? What’s your Death Row, pre-needle meal (not that we’re suggesting you’ve done anything to deserve it)?

I’m a complete disaster in the kitchen. I’m so lazy that I even eat  ’Special K’ out of the packet by the handful, just can’t be bothered to open the fridge for milk most of the time. The freezer is my best  mate. I have been known to make a very ace cheese on toast though.  It must be something to do with being Welsh. It’s an area of my life that I intend to address in 2010, however. I know a couple of chef  types, so I’ll swap their knowledge of cookery, for my knowledge of…er, well I’ll think of something.

Final nosh-up? Again, I’d be ridiculously down to earth, and go for a properly big cauliflower cheese, using Collier’s Welsh cheddar (fuckin’ awesome stuff), an extra large layer of breadcrumb mix on the top and some Cauldron veggie sausages mixed in along the way. And some chips with mayonnaise on them, a habit I picked up in Belgium. Then a very large blackberry crumble with cream… and I think that’d be enough. No point in not being able to finish it all, even if it is going to end up down my shirt and in my undies as the drugs take effect. Plus I need room for at least two large mugs of tea. Co-Op fair trade Indian Prince leaf, metal pot, semi-skimmed goats milk, at approx. nuclear reactor core temperatures. I’m not known as ‘asbestosgob’ for nothing. I’d have to insist on making it myself, I’m very fussy about tea. Then, kettle of water in the executioner’s face, overpower the guards, daring escape, become an underground hero and seize control of the state through a combination of revolutionary politics and violence, soundtracked by the Stereolab back catalogue.

I’ve got it all planned.

5) Still djing a bit? Where’s the best place you’ve played?

I hardly ever take to the wheels of ABS plastic these days. It’s a long time since I had my name on a poster, but I did do a one-off inWarsaw earlier in 2009. That was almost like the good old days, and almost like starting from scratch, both at the same time. I think it went down quite well, and I was very pleased to be asked to do it.   Unfortunately I think that the little chink in the armour of the up-it’s-own-arse DJing world – which the early bastard pop movement, and thus people like myself, managed to exploit for a short while - seems to have been welded up. I’d be very surprised if I managed to find a way in again which didn’t involve whoring myself to fuck, and doing things I don’t want to do, y’know? But never say never, I suppose.  I always found that the smaller clubs made for the best experiences,  almost without exception, so going on that basis I’d have to say it was my first visit to Budapest (a place called ‘Trafó Bár Tango’, I think) which provided the most enjoyable DJing memories, everybody up for it even though they didn’t know what the hell they were hearing most of the time. And of course, the gone but never to be forgotten ’Asylum’ in London… maybe someday someone’ll write a book about that place. Nobody’ll believe it. Give me a small room full of enthusiastic people and a good PA, and I’m in my element.

6) We’re loving your Phenomenal Handclap remix – which artists have  grabbed you this year?

Thanks again! The original is one of my records of ‘09, although it’s probably not trendy to like it now, or trendy to not like it now.  I don’t care either way. What else? Erm… I’ve had a fairly un-music-y 2009, really, and have probably missed tons of good stuff.

C minus, must try harder. Den Haan, Get The Blessing, The Yellow Moon Band, Wolf People, Gallops. Also some new work from old hands, especially the last (and last..?) Super Furry Animals album, which is the best thing they’ve done since the Creation days, and Richard X’s reworking of St. Etienne’s Foxbase Alpha, which is just bloody perfect. Everything else I was going to mention turns out to have been from 2008. Or 2007. Years just seem to be dropping like ninepins.

7) Finally – the 5 most influential music “things” to have affected your sound over the years – albums, tracks, artists, events etc

1- Hearing the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s output on the TV throughout the late ’70s and early ’80s. Not seen as their ‘golden age’, and I much prefer the early stuff these days, but those sounds are stillimprinted on my eardrums.

2- The League Unlimited Orchestra – Love & Dancing. Revolutionary stuff. Still sounds fresh. I started making up my own edits of records using the pause button on my cassette recorder as soon as I realised what was going on here.

3- The 6581 SID chip in the Commodore 64. My first synthesizer. LDA#$0F. STA $D418. This was when I first started making my own (admittedly rubbish) music, and some lunatics even paid me the odd fifty quid to use it in a game, occasionally. Don’t go looking for it, please.

4- ‘Hardcore’ dance. 1990 to 1992, before it went all gabba and happy and shit. Discarded analogue synths and wholesale sample plundering without a care in the world. Urban Shakedown having a hit record, using nothing more than two CBM Amigas and some free tracker software, was quite an eye opener.

5- The two Girls On Top 7″s. Hearing them was one of those definite points where your life could go either of two ways. I’m still not sure if it was the right way, but I certainly wouldn’t be typing this out now if I’d never stumbled across ‘Being Scrubbed’.

so hurry up kids – he’s done a new (and final?) mix and it turns out it’s our absolute favourite of the year – radiosoundhog7. amazing.

(ps -and he did a superb funk mix, perfect for your upcoming house  joint – funk 625 mix.) there’s plenty more too – just go to the soundhog site and gorge.)

ben – thanks again man – above and beyond x

soundhog site

soundhog myspace

I remember when my partner and I did the Scandinavian Radio Soulwax Tour with Soulwax & 2MANYDJSs Stephen saying to me – tearfully – after years of touring their albums, and upon start of the Scandinavian leg: “I really can’t take this anymore – I SO wanted to stay at home…!”.

I guess touring Hell can get to the best of us, but it seems like the tireless Belgiums haven’t stopped touring since, and are heading out yet again for another round of Soulwaxmas dates around Europe leading up to the silly season.

Which is probably why this Mixhell edit of Soulwax’s alter ego – Samantha Fu – and the rocking “Theme From Discotheque” is currently being seeded by Mixhell since they will appear on the tour alongside the usual suspects like Soulwax themselves, 2MANYDJs, Erol Alkan, Aeroplane and string of other bright lights.

There will be carnage in Christmas grotto – for sure!

No point in explaining “Theme From Discotheque” – it does exactly what you’ve come to expect from Soulwax and Mixhell, and in combined strength it does exactly what it says on the tin:

“Pounding Techno Music…….”!

Strap yourselves down – the silly season is upon us – soon!

Mp3: Samantha Fu (Soulwax) – Theme From Discotheque (Mixhell Edit)

Siguiendo con Soulwax/2 Many DJ’s hay un documental sobre la gira de su disco NITE VERSIONS donde no solo te explican la diferencia sobre Soulwax, Radio Soulwax, Nite Versions y 2Many DJ’s, tambien contiene escenas en vivo de sus presentaciones, pero para que dar una reseña poco objetiva, dale clik aqui y vela!!!

La candidata mas fuerte a la fiesta del año, fue el aniversario de REACTOR 105, que en compañia de SICARIO y 8106, armaron la fiestota con TOY SELECTAH, BURAKA SOM SYSTEM y los belgas 2 Many DJ’s.

Cuando algo te gusta siempre quieres mas, pues aqui unas rolitas de los 2 Many DJ’s que pues si no son las mas dificiles de conseguir tampoco es sencillo.

Walter Murphy The Big Apple Band – A Fifth Of Beethoven Soulwax Remix

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Felix Da Housecat – Rocket Ride Soulwax Remix

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Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl Soulwax Remix

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Thursday, November 5 saw the Cardiff journalism post-graduates welcome the charismatic and fascinating Dan Meadows.

In 1973 he set off in a double-decker bus – JRR404 – which quickly became known as the Free Photographic Omnibus.

He travelled the county taking photos of people, and has since retraced them and found out the story of how his subjects moved on after a quarter of a century.

This was Mr Meadows’ first step into journalism and since then he has worked for Granada television, as a lecturer and the BBC, though it was his discovery in America of digital storytelling which engaged the audience put in front of him.

Digital storytelling is a different way of getting a message across.

Mr Meadows describes them as:

Short, personal, multimedia scraps of TV that people can make for themselves.

They’re ‘mini-movies’. Desktop computers enabled with video editing software are used to synchronise recorded spoken narratives with scans of personal photographs.

Quote taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/audiovideo/sites/about/pages/introduction.shtml

Old photos found by scratching around in the house can be given a new lease of life, and bought very much into the twenty-first century or Digital Britain for use of another catchphrase.

Below are three examples:

1 - The first is from the BBC’s project Capture Wales which was launched with Dan Meadows at the spearhead of it, and demonstrates an average person’s ability to utilise this tool. This example is Paula Richards’ experience of the Welsh Miners Strike.

2 - The second shows how they can be used in news reporting as David Reynolds illustrates Lyndon B. Johnson’s final days in the Oval Office (click on the picture to be taken to the BBC website)

3 - The final example is taken from a documentary – Part of the Weekend Never Dies – and utilises animation to get a point across in a similar vein to those in Capture Wales.

Nu disco, nu wave, nu rave, 80’s, remixes, electro, no se hable más, a bailar.

PD: La última rola sonara un poco fresa, pero el coro no tiene madres. Otro de esos que te dan ganas de agarrar un minivan con la banda y aventarte en carretara por la playa. Enjoy!

Chromeo – Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)

John Roman – Ready For This

Yelle – Ce Jeu (The Twelves Remix)

IFever Ray – Seven (The Twelves Remix)

Nigtwaves – Fascination

NightWaves – Fascination (ODahl Remix)

Florence and the Machine – Rabbit Heart (SLOF MAN Dubstep Remix)

Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor (Soulwax Dub)

TEPR – Minuit Jacuzzi (Data Remix)

Deadmau5 – Ghosts N Da Ayre (Donald Glaude and Ross.FM’s Mashup)

The Hood Internet – Anyway You Want (Consequence vs Duck Sauce)

Duck Sauce – You’re Nasty

Mediafire: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Track remix)

+Bonus track:

Brazilian Girls – Pussy

After critical acclaim…*cough*… from the head of RBI, Adam Tinworth, I am now returning to lyrical debate.

One of my musical loves is dance music; electro, techno and most things in between. One of the pioneering forces in this genre is, without a doubt, Soulwax. What a phenomenal band. For those of you not in the know, Soulwax were/are a band who produced a rock-esque album called ‘Any Minute Now’. Then in a moment of brilliance, they decided to remix their own album and so now we have ‘Nite Versions’. This is one of the most iconic dance albums of all time.

The creativity that goes into remixing then mixing your own tracks is massive. There is not one weak track on the album and if you have not heard it I suggest you go out and buy it. This is still a lyrical blog; there are not many dance tracks that warrant lyrical discussion but Soulwax’s ‘E Talking’ does.

The hauntingly emotive lyrics of;

It’s not you, it’s the E talking

evoke feelings of not only some frenzied night out, but also the worries of drug use. The lyrics suggest a conversation of disbelief – out in the cold, outside the club, music filtering through the chilled air – only with a slightly melancholy edge. It’s emo in electro. Perfect.

Not much more analysis is needed. If you’re going out tonight, listen to this, drink, dance;

Part of the weekend never dies

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to our final Hubie Sounds show on Brap FM, we hope you enjoyed it.

For those of you who would like to listen again, you can download the show from the Brap FM archives RIGHT HERE!

Here’s the show tracklist…

**Toasty Beats mixed by Hubie**

* Nick Thayer – Get Up (Bombstrikes)
* Yo Majesty – Club Action – Stanton Warriors Remix (Domino)
* Aquasky feat. Acafool – Have A Good Time – The Count Of Monte Cristal & Sinden Remix (Passenger)
* Haggstrom feat. Terri Walker – Be My Baby – Peo de Pitte Remix (Flat Out)
* Elite Force – I Don’t Think So (Lot49)
* Fil Ok – Wink Wink – Blende Remix – Hubie Re-edit (OK Music)
* Justice – Phantom Pt.II – Soulwax Remix (Ed Banger)
* Bassbin Twins – Woppa (Cool And Deadly)
* Rico Tubbs – Knuckle Sandwich – Big Monster Remix (Menu Music)
* The Chemical Brothers – Saturate (Freestyle Dust)

* The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows (Apple / EMI)
* Flight Of The Conchords – Au Revoir (Sub Pop)

This is the last Hubie Sounds show on Brap FM. Hubie Sounds is moving to a new station – keep an eye on this site for updates coming very soon!

I’ll be back!

Hubie x

Here’s a mixtape from One Man Party… its only 30 mins but it will give you an idea of what to expect from the King of Beats.

Oh yeah… Tickets are out now at €15 and can be purchased from Dr. Juice, Fact, White Arrow, Ryans and Exit.

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One of the best things you can do in any company is use the products you create, or eat your own dog food. After, all, if you don’t, then why should anyone else?

For me, last Saturday night was a perfect example. I’m at home, working on Psonar and my girlfriend is out partying at a friend’s house. The only problem is, she txts me, the music leaves something to be desired.

So, I quickly log into the Psonar site, whip up an appropriate playlist: Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood remix) a selection of Soulwax, Freeland / Justice & Orbital, a couple of High Contrast remixes plus a host of others. Finally I throw a couple of jokers into the pack (some classic house tunes) for when the punch has got to work on the guests’ inhibitions.

She logs in to her account and in less than 5 minutes, the party’s definitely moved up a gear or two and all the guests are rather impressed. And iTunes goes home early.

Haven’t done one of these in a while. As usual I can’t sleep– and the hits keep on coming. I survived my first round of layoffs at work, and had my hours cut. I’m probably going to be applying for food stamps sometime this week, as I qualify and I’ve decided to move past my pride, and accept things for what they are. I foresee eating better than I do now in my future and becoming somewhat of a food stamp foodie.

So there’s that. Here’s what I’ve been listening to the last month and a half or so. Rest assured there will be an October, and a Halloween music dump to follow soon.

Moloko’s “The Time is Now”.

Takako Minekawa’s “Fantastic Cat”.

Soulwax’s “NY Excuse”.
There’s been a lot of 90s nostalgia resurfacing in my music lately. Followed by more slower, psych-rock/metal. Judging by my taste in music, you’d think I was a huge pothead– but no — I just happen to really like a lot of downtempo stoner rock. I need constant white noise that I can headbang softly too, and that just happens to fit the bill. Also my taste in metal is doing its usual seasonal shift where I transition from really yelpy, heavy on the falsettos type of metal to sludge and then it hits full on black metal during winter time.

Dead Meadow’s “What Needs Must Be.”

Sleep’s “Holy Mountain.”

Weedeater’s “Bull”.

Miike Snow’s “Animal.”
So infectious! And it’s kind of scary how dark some of the lyrics are: “I change shapes to hide in this place/but I’m still an animal”.

Opal’s “Rocket Machine”.

Royksopp’s “Sparks”.
This just makes me think of driving my car out of the suburbs and onto the highway during the fall.

Imogen Heap’s “Come Here Boy”.
And the O.C.

Lovage’s “Stroker Ace”.

French Kicks “Close to Modern”.

Escort’s “All Thorough the Night”.

The Zombies’ “She’s Not There”.
Seriously, The Zombies need to stop sound all hot and sexy–

Wham’s “Everything She Wants”.
I think I drive my roommate nuts with the amount of Wham that I listen to on a weekly basis.

Arthur Conley’s “Sweet Soul Music”.
The dance that he does in the beginning of the video? Killer.

Enter here.

01. The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl (Soulwax Remix Edit)
02. Zombie Nation – Forza
03. Tame Impala – Half Full Glass Of Wine
04. Tiga – Mind Dimension 2 (Ghent Version)
05. Mr Oizo – Pourriture 7 (Soulwax Edit)
06. Esser – Headlock
07. In Flagranti – Business Acumen
08. Flairs – Truckers Delight
09. MGMT – Kids (Soulwax Remix)
10. Das Pop – Fool For Love
11. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Feurprobe (Rory Phillips Remix)
12. Mickey Moonlight – Interplanetary Melodies
13. Late Of The Pier – Random Firl
14. Ali Renault – Our World Is

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The Soulwax Remix to Justice’s Phantom Pt. II is awesome, download it HERE.

Venturing outward is where it’s at … enjoy…

“Free Me” – Joss Stone. OHHHHHHH MANNNNN … I LOVE YOU, JOSS STONE.

“Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses” – Thom Yorke. Eerie? Yes, please. I love his sound … never fails me.

“Go Jetsetter” – The Postmarks.  Gentle with a touch of resistance, if that makes sense. In other words, I like.

“Come Back Clean” – The Crystal Method feat. Emily Haines. I’m a definite fan of this track.

“Boom” – Anjulie. This song is hot. I like Anjulie’s style, musically … I’m looking out for this one fer sure.

“Between Two Lungs” – Florence + The Machine. What’s NOT to like about Florence + The Machine? … Experimental, dreamy, emotional, fun and awkward all at the same time.

“DARE (Soulwax Remix)” – Gorillaz. Perfect for oooozing into a nice puddle of chill.

“Boat Behind” – Kings of Convenience. I enjoy these boys. Seriously. Every song is chill like this. Good stuff.

“Young Wild Hearts” – The Noisettes. I’d compare The Noisettes with Mizz Winehouse buut, I just can’t. I love Amy. and I love the Noisettes. So, we’ll just leave it at that.

“Black & Blue (Tiga Remix)” – Miike Snow. DUUUUUUUUUUUDE … Miike Snow is THE SHIT!!! Thta’s all I have to say about that.

“1901 (Acoustic version) – Phoenix. As I’ve mentioned before, since “Alphabetical”,  I was hooked. Go ahead and pull me in, Phoenix. Go right ahead. You make me happy.

respect.

-sah

 ONE MAN PARTY IS A DJ…

One Man Party is Steve Slingeneyer. After having been witnessed going berzerk on the dancefl oor by his band/DJ mates for the umpteenth time, he was aff ectionately nicknamed ‘One Man Party’ by James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem. He is known for both his skills as a DJ, as well as his skills as a drummer in the band Soulwax. He has, to date, shared the stage with the likes of 2manydjs, Justice, Mixhell, Busy P, and Vitalic. He is especially known for throwing and mashing many genres of music into his DJ sets, and also for being one of the few DJs who can actually dance.

Given all this, we all know there could be no better DJ to close ‘The Beat That Shakes The Mothership’ Tour for ‘09…

So let this king of beats join us, in bidding the Mothership goodbye.

also on the night: Mathematikal / Squeak! / Kenji

TICKETS OUT NOW AT €15
Fact, Exit, Ryan’s, Chequers, White Arrow (Junior College) and selected runners

Hey guys, so i came across this tune and Soulwax a while ago and always meant to put something of theirs up at some point. So here it is a fantastic remix of MGMT’s Kids, don’t think i’ve heard any bad Soulwax material, anyone who reads this and hasn’t listened to any of the two brother’s stuff should defo give them a go.

And it comes with a crraaazzzy video.

what you think?

cyaaa

Bien longtemps que je ne me suis pas penché sur How To Be Obnoxious! Aujourd’hui, au programme, ce sera documentaire et musique. Je vais parler de Soulwax, ce groupe Rock / Electro de Ghent en Belgique, composé des 2 frères Dewaele et de Stefaan Van Leuven et Steve Slingeneyer. Pour tout ce qui est Biographie, discographie, ca se passe ici et ici.

Je veux vous parler du documentaire qu’ils ont fait en 2008 qui s’intitule Part Of the Week End Never Dies. Ce film retrace  le quotidien de la tournée de ces 4 musiciens. Je veux plus m’atarder sur une analyse filmographique de ce documentaire. Le réalisateur a choisi une forme bien particulière de filmer. La caméra balaye constamment de gauche à droite et de droite à gauche le contexte. Il y a quelques plans fixes mais ils se font rares!! N’ayant pas fait d’études de Cinéma, je me doute que cette façon de filmer n’est pas une invention en soi, mais je trouve ca impressionnant et ça donne un effet de style super sympa qui nous permet d’avoir un maximum d’informations sur la scène filmée.
D’autre part, c’est une des premières fois que je vois dans un documentaire musical une tel ironie d’un point de vue du montage. Lorsque la personne en voix off parle de pression insupportable, on voit un des deux frères assis tranquille, en train de se siroter un verre a une terrasse. Lorsqu’une personne dit qu’elle n’a jamais pris de drogue, on voit a l’écran un drogué en train de danser. Un gros décalage entre ce qu’on entend (audio) et ce qu’on voit (video).
Rien que ces 2 ingrédients font vraiment de ce documentaire une petite réussite. Je ne vous cache pas que j’ai un gros faible pour ce groupe, mais ce documentaire vient confirmer le fait que ces mecs ont un train d’avance.

Quand même pour les crédits, le Réalisateur (Avec un Grand “R”) est Saam Farahmand

Pour se faire plaisir aux oreilles, c’est par la

Sur ce Kampaï!