31. March 2008 by Emmett.

I just got back from a great weekend in Düsseldorf, where I managed to take in the best of the city in a hectic 2 days. After a hair-raising autobahn ride home, I’m now faced with the problem of how to spend my last few shekels…this month is just stacked with stuff to do. Zum Beispiel:

03.04: Portishead @ Columbia Halle

04.04: Laurent Garnier @ Weekend

04.04: Malente @ Icon

04.04: Ricardo Villalobos @ Panorama Bar

05.04: Andy C @ Maria

05.04: John Selway, Tiger Stripes @ Berghain

05.04: M.A.N.D.Y. @ Watergate

10.04: Tiefschwarz @ Weekend

11.04: Bonobo @ Icon

12.04: Steve Bug, Phonique, D’Julz @ Watergate

12.04: Gene Farris @ Tresor

12.04: DJ Pierre, Jesse Rose, Style of Eye, Renato Cohen @ Berghain

17.04: Sven Väth, Konrad Black @ Watergate

18.04: DJ Godfather @ Tresor

26.04: Junior Boys, Cassy, Konrad Black @ Berghain

30.04: Trentemoller @ 103 Club

30.04: Matthew Dear, Troy Pierce @ Watergate

30.04: A Guy Called Gerald @ Maria

Shit…I tried to narrow it down.

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28. March 2008 by Emmett.

Spring has sprung.

This is a short mix of stuff I’ve been feeling lately.

DJ Emmett - Spring Mini-Mix (download)

1. Radiohead - Videotape (AmpLive remix f. Del the Funky Homosapien)

2. SebastiAn - H.A.L.

3. Chemical Brothers - Keep My Composure (f. Spank Rock)

4. Feist - I Feel It All (Gonzales remix)

5. Big Boi - Royal Flush (f. Andre 3000 & Raekwon)

6. Al Green - Love and Happiness (Shoes re-edit)

7. Re-Up Gang - Real Niggas

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27. March 2008 by Emmett.

PNAU is an Australian group that makes catchy-as-hell electro pop, and music videos with dancing strawberries.

If you’re not into this, you probably get off on kicking puppies.
“Come Together” on their Myspace player is really good too.

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25. March 2008 by Emmett.

Some high tech vandalism took place in LA last week, with Skullphone getting his/her/its logo on 10 massive digital billboards.

I applaud any and all attempts at fucking with Clear Channel. Nicely done.

More pictures at Supertouch.

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21. March 2008 by Emmett.

Paul Ford decided to download and review all 763 of the promo tracks given out by performing bands before the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. He gives a tongue-in-cheek 6 word review of every one, with links to the track and band info.

I’m just amazed he followed through with it, considering the time required and the apparent shittiness of most of the bands.

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21. March 2008 by Emmett.

Maybe I’m out of it, but when I was a 15 or so, I remember Craze being this turntablist guy who also played jungle, and since then I really haven’t heard a lot from/about him.

Well he did a Fabric Live CD, and put out this preview mix beforehand, and it’s definitely not what I would have pictured. Rap, 80’s jams, mashups, club music, and some guilty pleasures, stitched together with some tasteful fader work.

DJ Craze - Fabric Live promo mix 

01. Beanie Sigel - You Ain’t Ready For Me 0:00 - 1:17
02. Swizz Beats - Money In The Bank 1:18 - 1:46
03. Khaled - Holla At Me (insrumental) 1:47 - 2:24
04. Freeway - Lights Get Low 2:24 - 3:30
05. Lil Wayne - M.I.A. 3:30 - 4:48
06. Breakwater - Release The Beast 4:48 - 5:39
07. Gaz - Sing Sing 5:39 - 6:04
08. Pitbull - Go Girl 6:04 - 7:18
09. Connie - Funky Little Beat 7:18 - 8:39
10. Freez - I.O.U 8:39 - 10:21
11. Freez - I.O.U (Dyce Freestyle’s Death RMX) 10:21 - 12:10
12. Shannon - Give Me Tonight 12:10 - 13:30
13. Siedah Garrett - Do You Want It Right Now 13:30 - 15:02
14. Armand Van Helden - I Want Your Soul (Crookers RMX) 15:02 - 16:40
15. Sexual Eruption Sounds Better With You….. 16:40 - 17:25
16. One More Rainforest ….. 17:25 - 19:47
17. Treasure Fingers - Come True Tonight 19:47 - 21:16
18. M.I.A. - Come Around (ELI RMX) 21:16 - 23:08
19. The Get Funky Crew - Shake Them Titties 23:08 -25:23
20. Blaqstarr - Shake To The Ground (Claude Von Stroke RMX) 25:23 - 26:37
21. Shala - The Geat Chicago Winter (Zebo RMX) 26:37 - 28:36
22. Basement Jaxx - Nifty 28:36 - 30:50
23. Craze - Roc Bass 30:50 - 32:04
24. ? - Danca Potranca 32:04 - 32:34
25. Timmy T - Time After Time 32:34 - 34:34
26. Chromeo - Needy Girl (Boy 8-Bit’s Talk Box Dub) 34:34 - 36:33
27. Blaqstarr - All The Girls Around The World (KLEVER SO SO DEATH RMX) 36:33 - 38:47
28. Ocelot - This is Our Time (Treasure Fingers RMX) 38:47 - 40:31
29. Usher - Dat Girl Right There (instrumental) 40:31 - 42:00
30. Timbaland - Bounce (Let Me See Them Titties Craze dub 42:00 - 44:12
31. Green Velvet - Shake and Pop (Hydroz RMX) 44:12 - 45:10
32. Magic Mike - Drop That Bass 45:10 - 47:40
33. MC Shy D - Tearin It Up 47:40 - 49:23
34. Cool Kids - Miami Beach 49:23 - 52:26
35. KP & Envyi - Shorty Swing My Way 52:26 - 54:44
36. A1 Bassline - Girl Thing 54:44 - 57:01
37. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss (ELI ESCOBAR + Doug Grayson RMX) feat. WALE 57:01 - 60:00

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19. March 2008 by Emmett.

After checking out some music U-Tern posted at One Day Later, one track in particular really grabbed me, and sounded like it needed a quick edit.

Beefed up, DJ friendly, 120 bpm. Leave a comment if you’re feeling it.

Jerome Prister - Say You’ll Be (DJ Emmett edit) - direct download

P.S. Go buy U-Tern’s new EP!

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17. March 2008 by Emmett.

The disco steamroller that is Matt “Neighbour” Dauncey has a new record out on US imprint Agave…

Four tracks, ranging from deep house to electro funk. You can check out sound samples on the Homebreakin Records website and then buy the thing over at Primal (coming soon to Juno as well).

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16. March 2008 by Emmett.

I arrived in Germany with a pathetically limited knowledge of local music (producers, trends, labels), and this is one guy I regret not finding out about sooner.

Koze is from Hamburg, and is part of a band called International Pony- they make bouncy synthy pop music, kinda reminiscent of Chromeo:
International Pony - Gothic Girl

The solo production work by Koze is really exceptional though. Have a listen through his Myspace player (with remixes of Alter Ego and Matthew Dear) and it becomes clear the guy makes heavy electronic music, but doesn’t fit into the plip-plop minimal image of so many of his peers. Odd harmonies, pitched vocal samples, and rough noises lurch forward in a Carl Craig cadence.

This is a remix of a track he did with Sid Le Rock, on the Cereal/Killers label. You can buy it- along with most of Koze’s other productions- at Beatport.

Naked - DJ Koze remix

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13. March 2008 by Emmett.

Palms Out Sounds just got a jaw-dropping mix from Kid Fresh, who is a German dude living in Shanghai…the mix is short but dense, and super eclectic. My kinda shit. You can download it here.

Check out the original post for the (really long) tracklisting and a short interview.

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