skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Occasional readers of the blog will notice that I like to jump from genre to genre. Its something that Iv been doing a lot of lately, exploring new sounds and hearing new music. I usually find myself reverting back to the norm though after brief flirtations with foreign sounds. I think its important to try new things but at the same time stay true to your roots so thats why I always keep a healthy slab of electro close by. Today's music comes in the form of a new Detroit Grand Pubahs track, a classic Anthony Rother cut and 2 dj sets from Dj Stingray.
If the sets tickle your fancy theres an interview and a new mix from the balaclava'd one over on RA right now.
Detroit Grand Pubahs feat Dynamix II - Doctor Booty Grabber (mr os Miami remix)
Anthony Rother - Dont Stop The Beat
Dj Stingray 313 & Egyptian Lover live @ The Caid Detroit
Dj Stingray live @ ?
When I started getting into Dj'ing my Dad would come into my room and play his old Buddy Holly records to see if they sounded better on my 1210's. He reffered to the music I was into at the time as "noise", listening to a lot of Otto Von Shirach lately I can begin to understand where my Dad was coming from. His latest album is full of tracks with colourful names such as, Spine Serpants of Sprem Island and in my own opinion is the audio equivialnt of a badly dubbed kung fu movie. Your either going to love it or wonder who rubber stamped this one. Posting my favourite cut, nice electro beats under a dark vocal.
Otto Von Shirach - Her Blood Is Poison
Good friend and all round top bloke Cryo from Syntonics just sent over his new mix. Its a mega mix showcasing a lot of his own productions and its seriously good. You can get it here and if you like the tracks you can find them here. Also Syntonics have just released their new single, Back 2D Jungle/Flip It Out which comes backed with a bumper pack of remixes from the likes of Kanji Kinetic, Edu K and Merk Meny. You can cop that here and its highly recommended. Stay tuned for more info on Intellegenix releases here soon.
Its been a while since I got a cd compilation and felt that I had to hunt down every single track on it. I used to love getting the vinyl companion to cd comps a few years back. To me they represented the only way of getting the tracks featured when you lived in Dublin. This was before Juno or download sites, the only way you could get something that was outside of the mainstream was to pay triple the price ordering it into HMV or take a punt on Billy in Abbey Discs, next tuesday mate. On a few occasions I even went over to London just to buy vinyl. The track below was featured on Radioactive man's brilliant Fabric cd from a few years back, I remember going to visit my Sister in Seattle and listening to the mix constantly on repeat for the whole trip.I havent really heard or seen a good compilation in any shop in a good while, prob due to the fact that you can go onto a blog and download an up to the minute mix from just about anyone in a matter of minutes, its also a sign of the times when I Pod accesories inhabit the floor space once reserved for vinyl in HMV aswel. I suppose lately, buying second hand vinyl is what excites me. Finding the gem that you cannot believe someone thought they could do without. Im sure everyone has that list committed to memory and when you find one thats on it, theres no better feeling.
I don't know what to make of acts that just pop up,put out some quality stuff then disappear just as quick. Whether you think that a small back catalogue adds to the mystique or just when they stopped before they over-stayed their welcome. France Copland are an act I really wished would have put out more of the same before deciding to hang up the boots. 2002's Pute & Mac white label was followed with the 2006 release of The Great French Institute Swindle on Omerta. Since then,not a peep. The track below is a rework of NWA's Dopeman, really love this track. You'l excuse the quality of the vinyl rip, just played it out that much its down to the bones.
Iv been revisiting a lot of my old records and cd's lately. Old Aux 88 and Dave Clarke mixes,Anthony Rother remixes, the good stuff. Electro, not the type played by 20 somethings with trendy barnetts, is prob my favourite genre and its a shame that there isnt a great deal of interest in it here in Dublin. Sure, theres people playing it, making it and promoting it but not to the level where you could go to a regular electro night week in week out. Might have to look into changing that. Rediscovered this track there yesterday, most people would remember I-F from their huge track, space invaders are smoking grass. This is a track of their album Fucking Consumer and listening back to the whole thing nearly every track on it is good, its hard to believe that its over 10 years old now, but like I said in my previous post, quality always stands the test of time.
I-F - Cry
