Наконец-то, дождались, хоть и слушаем его миксы каждую в неделю, промо миксов Кисси днем с огнем. И никак не разочаровал, мощный, яркий, безумный микс из, как бы он сказал, hot-top-celeb треков. Mixmag своими миксами отмеряет эпохи клубной сцены. И этот микс тому подтверждение.
Конечно, про то, что Kissy Sell Out выпускает микс для Mixmag я говорил еще пару месяцев назад. Судя по треклисту, задержка налицо, у Mixmag’a все миксы такие, никаких новинок.

Mixmag Presents – Kissy Sell Out’s Xmas Blowout (alt)

01. Kissy Sell Out – Joanna
02. Skunk Anansie – Hedonism (Kissy Sell Out Remix)
03. Dub Pistols – I’m In Love (Foamo Remix) (alt)
04. SonicC – Stickin (Kissy Sell Out VIP Edit) (alt)
05. Dance Arena Feat Austin Boston – A/A/24/7 (XXXChange Edit)
06. Kissy Sell Out – Essex Boy (The Cheerz Remix)
07. Together – Hardcore Uproar 2009 (Lee Mortimer Remix/Kissy Edit) (alt)
08. Rainbow Arabia – Holidays In Congo (Myd Remix) (alt)
09. Hot Pink Delorean & Fantastadon – Party Favour (alt)
10. Kissy Sell Out – Garden Friends (Stereo Killaz Remix)
11. David Jones & Aqua Diva – Thriller (David Jones Mix) (alt)
12. TC – Deep (Jack Beats Remix)
13. Blake – What I Like (Knuckles Insomniac Remix) (alt)
14. Art Vs Science – Parlez Vous Francais? (alt)
15. George Frideric Handel – Zadok The Priest

KID SISTER ANNOUNCES ARRIVAL OF DEBUT ALBUM

THE NEWLY TITLED ULTRAVIOLET OUT NOVEMBER 17TH ON Downtown Records / Universal Republic
 
When Kid Sister (aka Melisa Young) turned in her album, originally titled Dream Date, in September of 2008, she pulled a daring move and asked Downtown to hold off on releasing it.
 
“There were a few things about the album that irked me…the album wasn’t cohesive”, Young told Pitchfork in an interview earlier this year. Downtown allowed her some time to make the album what she wanted, and she went back to work with executive producer A-Trak and the rest of the creative team behind Fool’s Gold. The result is Ultraviolet.  The album merges electronic music and club rap in ways that have never been done before.
 
The album includes production by some of the most sought after, cutting edge producers working today (including A-Trak, Rusko, Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso, Sinden, XXXChange, Brian Kennedy, Herve, Yuksek and DJ Gant-Man) who all seem to have recognized the talent and star power that also motivated Kanye West to collaborate with her on 2007’s Pro Nails single, helping in part to create the deafening buzz that surrounds her now. The album is 12 songs deep, with each track being mixed seamlessly into the next, creating a continuous mix of songs that contain an innovative approach to their perfectly honed pop sensibilities.  The final release of Kid Sister’s signature effervescent rapping style with these innovative producers will cement her debut release as one of the most talked about this year.

Kid Sister is also gearing up for a national tour that starts next week-
 
10/20 – Seattle, WA – Neumos*
10/21 – Portland, OR – Holocene*
10/22 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
10/23 – Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar*
10/24 – Los Angeles, CA – Ecchoplex*
11/04 – Salt Lake City, UT – W Lounge
11/06 – Columbia, MO – Jesse Auditorium
11/08 – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/21 – Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
11/25 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues*
11/27 – New York, NY – Webster Hall*

We have double passes available to anyone who emails us here at (soulofsydney@gmail.com) asking for them

Event Details:  Friday 16 October 11:30pm @ Oxford Art Factory (38 Oxford St Sydney)

Feat: Pase Rock (Spank Rock),+ Dangerous Dan, Tha Fizz, Mirror Mirror,Mik Menace,Cassettezz

Tickets: $16 @  Moshtix Info : E-mail : anita@onthefly.com.au Phone: (02) 9211-1610

Facebook: Event Link

PASE ROCK – Lindsay Lohan’s Revenge

DJ Am & Pase Rock – Digital  Lovee – LIVE @ LAX 2008

Spank Rock, Pase Rock ft. Amanda Blank (Live at McCarren Pool Brooklyn 2006)

Event Info + Bio

Dim Mak Party ft. Pase Rock (Spank Rock/NYC), Tickets $16 @ moshtix.com

More Links + Media

Pase Rock Interview @ Onthefly.com.au

Links:

Info @ Onthefly.com.au

Pase Rock @ Myspace

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lose the boredom, bring back the love!

1 Joe and Will Ask? – Fabric Of Win (ft. SaintSaviour)
2 Young Edits – Radio Tokyo
3 Florence + The Machine – Drumming Song (Boy 8 Bit Remix)
4 Telephoned – Pop Champagne
5 Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
6 Cubic Zirconia – Fuck Work (Dances With White Girls Remix)
7 Rainbow Arabia – Holidays In Congo (Myd Remix)
8 Eli Escobar – Glass House (XXXChange’s Yoga Mom In A Blender Mix)
9 Major Lazer – When You Hear The Bassline (ft Ms. Thing)
10 Daniel Wang – Like Some Dream I Can’t Stop Dreaming

in case you haven’t noticed i try and include at least one semi “classic” jam each week, either something i’m really feeling from way back when or something i’ve only just discovered. it doesn’t really make a difference which one it is, but they’re always tracks i think deserve (more) attention.

1 Crystal Fighters – Xtatic Truth (L-Vis 1990 Remix)
2 Diplo – Wassup Wassup (Samim Remix)
3 Mr. Oizo – Gay Dentist (Straight Gyno Edit by Arveene & Misk)
4 Matty C – Wiggly Crow
5 Duck Sauce – aNYway
6 Ricardo Villalobos feat. Los Updates – Baile
7 Black Moth Super Rainbow – Happy Melted City
8 Dance Area – AA24-7 (XXXChange Edit)
9 Major Lazer – Keep It Going Louder (Tom Stevens Remix)
10 Daft Punk – Digital Love (Boris Dlugosch Remix)

i was shocked last night when xxxchange dropped jaydee’s plastic dreams and people around me didn’t recognise it. i always thought it was some sort of classic. it’s been around donkeys years (it first appeared in 1992) and it seems to get remixed or re-released every other year. i first came across it as late as 2003 on steve lawler’s lights out compilation vol 2, not a great set of mixes but it introduced me to this classic piece of percussive house music. it’s dark, swirling and hypnotic, and i really think everyone should hear it. what i’ve posted is a rip from that lawler mix, but it recently appeared on the awesome r&s compilation in order to dance, both in its original incarnation and remixed by audion.

Jaydee – Plastic Dreams (Future 2003 Mix)(Lawler Nip ‘N Tuck Edit)

To say I’m excited about XXXChange’s upcoming show at Transmission would be a massive understatement. Over the last few years, few other DJs and producers have impressed me as much as this man, as he effortlessly switches genres and styles without ever suffering a drop in quality. He first came to my attention as the producer in chief for Spank Rock’s Yoyoyoyoyo in 2006, and since then his remixes have been a permanent fixture in any of my sets or mixes. Disco remixes of Pase Rock and Thom Yorke (his own personal favourite); funky reworkings of Björk and CSS; full on rave banger remixes of The Virgins, Bloc Party and Panda Bear. Not to mention his collection of re-edits with buddies Devlin and Darko as part of the Fully Fitted crew.

As a DJ he first caught my attention with the riotous Spank Rock contribution to the Fabriclive series, but it was his guest spot on Tim Sweeney’s Beats In Space show that truly showed his versatility and willingness to eschew any sense of genrefication. While DJs like Diplo and A-Trak explore genres and throw together hip-hop and electro, XXXChange is more likely to look for some 70s disco or 80s punk. See Voila, his mix with Chris Rockswell. Featuring tracks from ESG and Led Zeppelin alongside Destiny’s Child and, of course, Spank Rock, it is a musical journey unlike any other. Alex himself cites this, alongside Couche Tard, another mix done with Chris, has his favourite mix project. “Hopefully we’ll do another one of these soon. The Fabric one was a royal pain in the butt because you have to license all the songs and we usually like to be pretty free and unrestricted about what material we use, and also we really like to put in a ton of records, which the licensing process doesn’t allow for.”

Since Yoyoyoyoyo his work with Spank Rock has calmed down, as Naeem (Spank Rock’s hyperactive frontman) branched out and worked with Benny Blanco on the 2 Live Crew-influenced Bangers and Cash EP: “I don’t travel with them on tour anymore but I’m still helping out in the studio. Naeem wanted to retain a little more creative control over the project for this album so I’m just trying to help him out whenever he gets stuck.” Which I guess means there’s a new Spank Rock album in the mix – something to look forward to. As for his own solo work, it’s also on the way. “I’m working on a solo LP right now except I seem to be constantly in the studio working on other people’s stuff. so I think it might take quite a while to finish it up.” As well as that there’s a 12” due this summer on Turntable Lab, and if it’s anything like his production work to date it’s something worth waiting for.

While his own work hits the blogs on a regular basis, there’s an abundance of material splattered across the internet almost every day. How is it possible to separate the wheat from the chaff when there’s so much to get through? “I think the amount of stuff that’s worth checking out is about the same as it’s always been. Since most of us find out about music from the internet the absolute glut of information can be overwhelming. I find it’s a bit easier to just wait a few months and see what rises to the top, see what people are still talking about. Obviously with DJing you need to be on top of new music so it’s nice to find a few good sources to filter the information for you, there’s a few good music blogs and also you can look at different DJ’s playlists, whose taste you trust, to find out about new stuff too.”

Surely someone like XXXChange will be a little but more discerning than most: “As far as what it takes to impress me it’s just when you hear someone doing something original and taking risks etc. I’m not really interested in scenes.”

When it comes to his own DJ sets, Alex takes each night as it comes. “Usually I just try and play stuff that I’m feeling at the moment! But of course it depends on who’s in the room. In Europe I usually end up playing more electro and house type stuff which you can’t always do in the US.” So I guess that means that come Saturday, we’ll be hearing more rave than slow-burning disco. And you know, who ever said that was a bad thing.

Meanwhile, check out these XXXChange mixes, one put together just this month, and another live in the mix on Authentic Shit, enjoy the laughs from Eli, Pasey Pase and angry man Rocktacon.

XXXChange Live In The Mix on Authentic Shit, East Village Radio 2008-08-01
XXXChange – Quickie Mix 2009-06-05

i know i mainly talk about music here, but i’m a huge film fan too. i just read something crazy in yesterday’s the ticket: john turturro was due to play éamon de valera in neil jordan’s michael collins! i mean alan rickman was perfect, but that would have been very interesting… in other news, turturro is keen for the coens to put together a sequel to the big lebowski. i don’t know how i feel about that, would it dampen the spirit of the original film?

anyway, i talked about it before, but have a listen to xxxchange’s excellent we make it good mix, which kicks off with a song from that most brilliant film. and don’t forget he’s playing transmission next week – miss at your peril.

oh, and NSFW on this video…

Santigold is definitely one of the fastest rising stars in the indie/dance/hip hop game. It’s hard to pull cred in all those circles, but she’s done it. All this despite the fact that she’s had to change her name from Santogold to Santigold because of some C class DJ who’s been calling himself Santogold for some time now. A brooklyn DJ just dropped the new mixtape Southerngold which pairs Santi’s songs with verses from southern rappers. Her propper LP was one of the best albums released last year, and her colab mixtape with Diplo, Top Ranking, is easily my favorite mixtape released in a long while. All this and the countless remixes and guest spots are propelling her to the top fast.

Santigold

Southerngold Mixtape

Still Tippin’ It (Ft. Slim Thug & Mike Jones)

Fire Superman (Ft. Lil’ Wayne)

You’ll Go Crazy (Ft. Young Jeezy)

Santogold

Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub

I’m A Lady (Diplo Mix Ft Amanda Blank)

L.E.S. Artistes ft. Movado (XXXchange Mix)

Get It Up ft. M.I.A. & Gorilla Zoe (Radioclit Mix)

Santogold

Self Titled LP

L.E.S. Artistes

Shove It (feat. Spank Rock)

Lights Out

Santogold

Your Voice EP

Your Voice

Santigold -Unstoppable (feat. Lil Wayne & Drake)

Jay Z – Brooklyn Go Hard ft. Santigold

And then there’s this amazing video from Santigold’s set at this spring’s Sasquatch festival. Be sure to watch it all the way through. “How did he do that!?”

i’ve been completely slacking on my blog this week, but hey i took some time off after exams and then had to pack up a year of my life and get the flock out of preston. so i have to re-up on my innanet game, forgive me. i just got this banging joe and will ask? remix of milke, it’s a huge summery synthy monster that will probably go down a treat at festivals across europe this summer. check it out here. i know i said i’d have the interview i did with these guys up a while back but everything seems to have gotten in the way – tomorrow! for definite.

there are so many good gigs coming up in dublin, it’s insane – probably not a good time for me to come back if i want to be in any way productive, but oh well. it’s looking like this (and i can’t even make all of these):

june 5 – shadow dancer (live), kennedy’s
june 5 – kormac and dj yoda @ mud, the twisted pepper
june 5 – style of eye, think tank
june 6 – jokers of the scene @ transmission, the button factory
june 6 – jesse rose @ pogo, the twisted pepper
june 12 – dj falcon @ drop, wax/spy
june 13 – optimo & shock all day party @ toejam, the bernard shaw (free!)
june 13 – joe and will ask? @ transmission, the button factory
june 13 – optimo @ pogo, the twisted pepper
june 20 – âme @ pogo, the twisted pepper
june 27 – xxxchange @ transmission, the button factory

i just can’t deal with all of this. i guess it all comes down to who will give me guestlist also major props to shock aka jon averill who has a major hand in many of the above gigs. what a dude.

ps go out and vote tomorrow!

Uno de los posts más vistos de este blog desde que nació, es el que escribí el año pasado sobre el Off Sònar y el Anti-Sònar en Barcelona, el cual lleva casi dos mil visitas lo que me parece bastante fuerte y absurdo a la vez. Lo que deduí por las llegadas vía Google es que no hay información sobre el Anti Sònar ya que todo el mundo llegaba buscando lo mismo…y yo paso de ser la página oficial del evento, porqué ya dije lo que pensaba de él. El tema es que el próximo mes, empieza otra edición del Sònar, y los clubs de ciudad volverán a volcarse para tener la mejor oferta. Nosotros nos quedamos con la del Razzmatazz, porqué es la que normalmente nos gusta más, porqué mezcla chunda chunda con el pop y porqué cada año hay sorpresa y cartelón. Bajo el nombre de This Is Hardcore hay todo un fin de semana de sesiones y conciertos, y algunos no tienen desperdicio. Ahí va lo más destacado por el blog….

El jueves 18 empieza, con Filthy Dukes, James Holden, Aeroplane (que fuerte, no puedo ir) y Mendetz Dj’s. El viernes 19 estarán Fischerspooner, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Surkin, Klaus & Kinski y Annie pinchando en el que me parece el cartelazo del fin de semana. Y para terminar, el sábado 20 estarán Krazy Baldhead de Ed Banger, Jake Shears y Sammy Jo de Scissors Sisters y para terminar XXXChange. Más, aquí.

i love checking out the we make it good series – some of the key players in everything that’s good in electronic ghetto music have done one so far, like xxxchange and blaqstarr. the latest comes from new york band free blood, and it looks quite interesting. in that i’ve never heard of anyone involved before really. so check it out!

In the spirit of our occasional “non-dj” twist on the WMIG mix series, our buddy John from Brooklyn’s FREE BLOOD was kind enough to make us this awesome mixtape of influences, inspirations, and springtime newyorkness. Eddie Kendricks, Kid Creole, Freddie Mas; this “tape” harkens back to the high school days of yore when our mixtapes were top to bottom all full of awesome! Embrace the roughly polished sheen of FREE BLOOD and get to listenin at the listenin place! Be sure to download and be sure to check out theFADER.com.

No.  I did not try to write Exchange and fuck it all up.  I was randomly looking around on Hype Machine (http://www.hypem.com) and I randomly started looking up XXXChange’s stuff.  He is a guy that is mostly known for remixing songs of artists such as Spank Rock, Santigold, Amanda Blank, and Diplo.  I’ve been kinda sorta following him every so often because he is one of the guys at a Spank Rock show that is at the back of the stage with the headphones on, grooving while spinning the shit that goes behind Spank Rock while he raps.  And, well–he is good at it.  That whole Philly group really is a tight clique.

So anyway, I started listening to a remix he did of Santigold’s “Les Artistes“, and I liked it.  But what really got me was the production work he did on the Amanda Blank song that I posted below.  Fuck, I love it.  Yum.  It’s called “I Might Like You Better“.  I ain’t no Amanda Blank stalker or anything but if I was a lesbian she might just be my #1 love.  She even has a hilarious blog… http://littleamandablank.blogspot.com/.

Anyway, I <3 the two of them.  Here are the songs.

Les Artistes by Santigold and remixed by XXXChange

Might Look Like You Better by Amanda Blank and produced by XXXChange

i’m really loving this album from thunderheist. i keep thinking spank rock only female. isis = naeem, grahm = xxxchange. they first came to my attention through eli’s remix of sweet 16, or was it the nacho lovers remix of jerk it, either way, the album is really sweet. funky, glitchy, nasty, it’s all good. i’m hearing references and allusions to dead prez, nelly (remember him?), all sorts of hip-hop across the spectrum, but it’s got that poppy electro sound that’s bound to get heads nodding and feet tapping.

Thunderheist – LBG (Little Booty Girl)

There’s not enough Spanish language music represented in today’s hipster blogosphere, so I’m pleased to be able to share this new song from Ceci Bastida (produced by XXXChange) with you today. “Controlar” is a blippy little electronic number featuring angsty vocals from Tijuana based Ceci. Maybe this is a lame comparison, but her voice actually reminds me of Julieta Venegas (while the song itself sounds nothing like her). Hey, they’re both from Tijuana, right?

Download Ceci Bastida + XXXChange: Controlar via The Fader

-Jackie Cous

Philly’s female misogynist, Amanda Blank, is nothing short of amazing. Her solo tracks, which have been produced by the likes of Spank Rock and Pace Rock are urban but playful, her collabs with queens of all things cool, M.I.A. and Santogold redefine the role of women in the hipster-hop and her style, well look at her. I’ve not yet seen her live but hope to grab the chance when she hits either the MTL or TO stage with Santogold in early June. Blank’s debut album I Love Youdrops July 14th and is produced by the sensational Diplo, Switch and XXXChange!

Amanda Blank – Might like you better
Britney Spears – Gimme More (Eli/Grayson Mix feat Amanda Blank)
Santogold – I’m a lady (Diplo Rmx feat. Amanda Blank)
Paul Simon – 50 Ways feat. Amanda Blank (Chipset & Devlin Rmx)

For all you Ottawa folk, rumours are flying that Paul Simonis slated to play this year’s Cisco Bluesfest!!!!

I’m noticing a trend. Two straight Philly artists… There must be something wrong here being that I am a proud New York sports fan, it’s pretty much not allowed that I acknowledge anything out of the Illadelph. I guess today’s a good day for rule-breaking especially since thanks to the fine people at Urb, word comes that finally the first fruits of Lady Guttermouth herself, Amanda Blank, is finally upon us. If you haven’t gotten of her collabs with Spank Rock and Pase Rock then get ready. The first single Might Like You Better is making the rounds and I must say it’s pretty fun. Produced by XXXchange and chock full of sexual innuendos to make Jenna Jameson blush, this one should be a big hit to keep you all hot and bothered until the debut record I Love You finally hits 19 July via Downtown. So what do we think, heads? Kiss it or diss it? Check it out below…

“Might Like You Better”, taken from the forthcoming Downtown release, “I Love You”

Blank at SXSW in 2008

…I keep that shit nasty.  Wait—what?  Oh, that is one of my favorite lines from the song “Bump” which features Amanda Blank on Spank Rock’s cd Yoyoyoyoyo.  I will never think of Kelly Bundy the same.  Anywho, is Amanda (the gold hoop rockin’, stiletto wearin’, cat claw nail wearing) Blank ever going to stop being featured on other artist’s CD’s and instead put out her own?  Lord knows that when she enters the stage everyone starts going wild–just think of all the Spank Rock shows.

Well the answer is yes.  Pitchfork interviewed Diplo 2 years ago and he said that he’d, “really like to help her develop her style, she’s not making so much music because I think she’s afraid to fail.”Well, she has finally mustered up the courage and is releasing a CD on Downtown Records that is set to hit stores July 14th.  The Cd, titled I Love You, features hit makers such as: Spank Rock, Lykke Li, The Cool Kids, Xxxchange, Santigold, and yes—Diplo.  Basically all the artists that know how to make your ass shake.

I can honestly say that I am excited!!!

The Diplo remix of Santigold’s I’m a Lady which features Amanda Blank.

Below:  you thought i was kidding about the claws for nails and big ass hoops, eh?!  i tell the TRUTH!  see?