31. July 2008 by Emmett.

Last weekend I was invited down to the CJSW studios to play a set on Mike Zajko’s Sound Champion Showcase…

I brought my laptop and laid down a fun little Ableton set of rap, house, and techno, with lots of edits.

Right-click to download: DJ Emmett - Live on CJSW 90.9

0. Intro - Peter, what’s a bumbaclot?
1. Busta Rhymes - I Got Bass
+ Dead Prez - Hip Hop (acapella)
2. Lil Wayne - A Millie (DJ DStar edit)
3. Lil Wayne - A Millie (Ghislain Poirier edit)
4. Lil Wayne - A Millie (Say Wut edit)
5. DJ Emmett - Stilettos
6. All Star Cashville Prince - Grey Goose (Diplo remix)
7. M83 vs. Style Of Eye - The Midnight Kazoo (Emmett edit)
+ Blaqstarr f. Rye Rye- Shake It To The Ground (acapella)
8. Daft Punk - Indo Silver Club (Emmett edit)
9. MIA - XR2 (Emmett edit)
10. South Rakkas Crew - Mad Again (DJ Sega remix)
11. Kid Cudi - Day N Nite (Crookers remix)
12. Claude Von Stroke - Chimps (Jochen Trappe remix)
13. Boy 8-Bit - Fog Bank
14. Mike Monday - Ummyjig

I really like that Busta Rhymes/Dead Prez blend, I think I’m going to work on that a bit more and upload it by itself.

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27. July 2008 by Emmett.

Blueprint for a great low-budget music video: cute blonde + slow-mo + good editing + something weird.

Oh yeah, and a good song helps. This is Thunderheist - “Jerk It”. The video was actually done as part of a contest.

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25. July 2008 by Emmett.

I banged these out on Ableton right after getting home from BC…both are tracks that I love to play out, but the structure of the song makes it tough. 2 extended edits, with some new beats and effects.

Right-click to download: MIA - XR2 (edit)

Right-click to download: Daft Punk - Indo Silver Club (edit)

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25. July 2008 by Emmett.

I just got back from Vancouver Island, where I’ll be moving at the end of August. The place is amazing, it’s a totally worthwhile trip to make without leaving the country (although it kinda feels like you did).

The Island (specifically Victoria) has an impressive music scene, and I ran into a lot of local DJ’s and producers at Soundwave, where house and techno dominated the stages. The Danksoul crew (spread across Western Canada) were there in full force, and managed to impress me both with their music and their alcohol tolerance.

The party is spread across 5 stages, where live artists and DJ’s share the timeslots. Standout acts for me were Tigerskin (live), Nino Moschella (live band on Ubiquity), Marc Schneider (DJ), Longwalkshortdock (live), and Neighbour & Trever (dj/live).

Very mature-sounding music, for the most part, and the satisfied crowd didn’t get out-of-control-rowdy (despite the 4+ bars and intoxication everywhere). I could have honestly stayed there a few more days.

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14. July 2008 by Emmett.

NYC electro pioneer and club legend Larry Tee is coming to Calgary for a show at the Warehouse on August 3rd, along with In Order To Danse, Neighbour, DJ Gryphon, and Cameron Sinclair. I’ll have the pleasure of opening for him that night, so mark your calendars.

If you’d like a preview, I ended my last mix with a remix of his track “I Love U.”

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9. July 2008 by Emmett.

Next week will be my first time at the Soundwave Music Festival, on a beach at the west end of Vancouver Island. The festival was never really on my radar screen until this year, but a slew of Albertans are making the trip this time around.

The lineup is pretty eclectic but has a ton of solid west coast and international acts on it….Dirt Crew, Brett Johnson, Marcus Intalex, Rithma, Hipp-E, Jacob London, T Power, Matthew Jonson, and many more. Go check the website for the full list.

I’ll be lugging around copies of a new promo disc as well, which will have remastered and freshly edited versions of stuff I’ve been posting on the blog… including this freestle joint I cooked up on the weekend.

Right-click to download: DJ Emmett - Alien From Another Planet

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9. July 2008 by Emmett.

I mostly edited this track together from Style Of Eye’s “The Big Kazoo” and Jackson’s remix of M83’s “Run Into Flowers”.

After the huge ominous breakdown, Jackson’s chopped-up synths and percussion take over. I can picture this really going off at the right time.

Right-click to download:  M83 vs. Style Of Eye - The Midnight Kazoo (Emmett Edit) 

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1. July 2008 by Emmett.

Being stuck in my quaint little hometown with no TV, phone, or internet (I’m in a starbucks), the next logical step was to make a little reggaeton/disco jam. Summer will pass you by, unless you sit outside in the sun and listen to stuff like this.

Click here to download (320 kbps)

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