...and now for something ELSE completely different... First off; thanks to everyone who has been providing this amazing cross-section of DJ skill and vision. Makes me proud to see all the boundaries being smashed down, and rebuilt so well.
Second; I wanted to share this part of my latest project, "B.P.M." It's a full color graphic novel about a girl DJ named Roxy making her way through the club world of NYC, and her hooking up with a burnt out former superstar DJ who becomes her "Yoda", teaching her the ways of deejaying.
I decided from the start that I wanted to make this project a truly multimedia comic experience, faced with the challenge of writing about music and having that make any sense. I decided to accomplish this by giving "B.P.M." a "soundtrack", meaning I would assign music to all the pages, not to be read along, but to use songs to evoke the moods in the story. Not having the resources to license all the music I wanted to use, I instead made iMixes on the iTunes site for the entire book,along with iMixes for each of the main DJ characters in the book, reflecting their personal tastes and fave picks for a set. These are all single songs, not continuous beatmixed mixes, but I was trying to emulate more the "Back to Mine" series of releases, that showed a DJ's personal stash of cool singles they loved.
The mixes and soundtrack to "B.P.M." are all linked at my main website: BPM IMIXES and you can also download CD covers for the 4 hours of soundtrack mixes BPM CD COVERS
You can also check out B.P.M. for free on my site, as I release the first two chapters of the book online, three new pages every Wednesday: BPM PREVIEW PAGES
Let me know what you think. This graphic novel is my love letter to DJ culture and dance music, and the hazards of pursuing your creative goals, so I'm really interested to hear what other music-heads think. You can comment directly on my BPM site (rather than clog up this cool thread!)
Thanks for listening, and thanks again for all the cool spins!
Life is so much better with Freak Angels in it...thanks to all the creators.
Who knew there were so many DJ's out there...I mix mostly progressive house and listen to dance music, house, trance, all of it, all the time. Great to see so many others.
If you want to check me out, go to rileysmile.com
I usually add a new mix every couple of weeks. I would love to hear from some of you.
Hi, i've been following the blog for a while and this is my first post on white chapel. i just completed my summer mix and wanted to share. there's lots of upbeat indie stuff on the mix. hope you guys enjoy!
Skream / Colourful Caspa / King George The Others / Fun House Skream / Oskillatah Benga / Twister MarkOne / Too Hard Caspa / Bread Get Bun Rustie / Jagz The Smack Skepta / Reggae Pan Cosefo AKA Spoonface / Jooker Coki / Spongebob Killamanjaro / Search & Destroy (white label) Plasticman / Death by Stereo Dizzee Rascall / Live-o Caspa / Dubwarz Benga / 26 Basslines Aquasky vs Masterblaster / Loko (Dub) Backdraft / Labrat Rusko / Jahova
while heading for the immigration office to try and get a new visa and stay in Japan, I was in a combative, nihilistic-yet-optimistic mood, I guess you could say. the GaiPod coughed up a selection of songs that somehow fit perfectly (#6 especially), so I turned them into a mix.
1. Resident Evil Main Theme (Edit) (3:18) 2. Dick Dale and the Del-Tones - Peter Gunn (3:31) 3. Richard Cheese - Gin & Juice (2:23) 4. MUCC - Fukuro no Yurikago (4:28) 5. Robert Rodriguez - Go Go Not Cry Cry (1:09) 6. Nine Inch Nails - My Violent Heart (4:09) 7. Akira Yamaoka - Real Solution (2:56) 8. Front 242 - Circling Overland (4:57) 9. Resident Evil OST - 09 - Seizure of Power (3:49) 10. Gorillaz - O Green World (4:31) 11. Talking Heads - 11 - Life During Wartime (3:41) 12. Faith No More - Land of Sunshine (3:44) 13. Butterfly Boucher - Busy (2:58)
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this one consists of random songs that didn't make it onto my last big mix (Balance of the Force). very odd selections, not fitting together in any way, and there are one or two repeats from "There Goes The Neighborhood" in there.
1. Robert Rodriguez - Grindhouse (Main Titles) (3:30) 2. Richard Cheese - Gin & Juice (2:23) 3. Tenacious D - Dude (I Totally Miss You) (2:53) 4. DarkMateria - The Picard Song (4:40) 5. Voltaire (Oh My Goth!) - The USS Make Sh*t Up (4:04) 6. The Grim Reaper - The Roof Is On Fire (Shockwave Edit) (3:07) 7. Cansei De Ser Sexy - Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex (3:06) 8. Frou Frou - Close Up (4:21) 9. Godhead - Your End Of Days (4:26) 10. Megadeth - Almost Honest (4:04)
11. Miss Cyberpink - Strangeword (6:08) <---an 80's mashup of "Strangelove" and "Word Up," from a Second Life DJ 12. MUCC - Fukuro no Yurikago (4:28) 13. Muse - Knights of Cydonia (6:06) 14. Guns 'N Roses - Godfather Theme (3:17) 15. Nine Inch Nails - Capital G (3:49) 16. public enemy vs. crystal method - you're gonna get yours boom remix (2skidoos mashup remix) (4:32) 17. Recoil - Chrome (7:08) 18. Thom Yorke - Black Swan (4:49) 19. Grindhouse - Chingon - Cherry's Dance Of Death (3:26) 20. !!! - There's No Fucking Rules, Dude (8:50)
01. Brazillian Girls - Good Time :: New York City, 2008 02. Polvo - Fast Canoe :: Exploded Drawing, 1996 03. Spoon - Claws Tracking :: Telephono, 1996 04. Beck - Hotwax :: Odelay, 1996 05. Radiohead - The Bends :: The Bends, 1995 06. Belle and Sebastian - Electronic Renaissance :: Tigermilk, 1996 07. Garbage - My Lover's Box :: Garbage, 1995 08. Gershwin / Anne Brown - Overture / Summertime :: Porgy and Bess: Original Cast, 1949 09. Stereolab - The Noise of Carpet :: Emperor Tomato Ketchup, 1996 10. Mercury Rev - Sudden Ray of Hope :: See You on the Other Side, 1995 11. Komeda - More Is More :: The Genius of Komeda, 1996 12. Weezer - Falling for You :: Pinkerton, 1996 13. Throwing Muses - Snakeface :: University, 1995 14. Modest Mouse - Tundra / Desert :: Long Drive, 1996 15. Crystal Castles - Good Time :: Crystal Castles, 2008 length: 60:45
DETHLAB mashup: The Producers: "Keep it Gay" vs. Homotronic: "U Look Like a Gay" Rude 66: "The Strings of Death" Lowfish: "Domination Ver. 2" Josh Dahlberg: "Interloop" Kiko: "Slave of My Mind" Sascha Funke: "Kuschelrock" Apparat - "Arcadia (Telefon Tel Aviv RMX)" The Reflecting Skin: "Traffickers" Das Bierbeben: "Sturm Bricht Los" Deutsche Amerikanishe Freundschaft: "Tanz Mit Mir" Adriano Canzian: "You Excites Me So Much!" The Presets: "My People" Tomas Andersson: "Washing Up - Ttim Deluxe Mix" SebastiAn: "Smoking Kills" Synapse: "Dust-Mite (Edit)" DETHLAB mashup: Ambivalent: "R U OK" vs. Gershon Kingsley: "Popcorn" Zoo Brazil: "Face" Richard Bartz: "Symphonies of Midnight" DETHLAB mashup outro: "The Producers: "Keep it Gay" vs. Homotronic: "U Look Like a Gay"
tracklist 01. Mathew Leutwyler - Jovencitas 02. Das Glow - Cathedrale 03. Daniel Wilhelm - Alster Dream 04. Markus Lange - Ruhestorung Plattenbau (Oxia Remix) 05. Alex D'Elia - Biancaluna 06. Namito + Martin Eyerer - Quipa (Etienne De Crecy Remix) 07. Savas Pascalidis - Boccaccio Life 08. Dibaba - In Your Face is the Place 09. Cirez D - Tigerstyle 10. Lutzenkirchen - A View To the Sea 11. Fergie - Up & Over 12. Gui Boratto - Tipologia (Lucy Remix) 13. The Shock - Manhattan (Einmusik Remix) 14. Stephan Bodzin, Swoop - Superlicious 15. Kardinal, Lowkey - Zombie's Night 16. Etienne De Crecy - Funk
Btw, this is my first "real" post aside from a silly picture. xx
Do webcasts count as mixes? If so, two new mixes as Connexion Bizarre comes back to life after a one month hiatus...
Part 1 - Click here to stream or right-click to download ("August 2008" with music selection by DJ Razor*Grrrl) Detritus - Desolate (5-Htp Mix) [Fractured - Ad Noiseam Records] Datach' i - No Servant[V/A - Imaginary Friends - Sublight Records] Hecq - 0008 (Coniine Calm Remix By Mad EP) [0000 (cd 2) - Hymen Records] AZ-Rotator - Treeble Component [Anticaking for Zinc Sulphate - Digital Enemy Records] Lapsed & Nonnon - Surge [The Death Of Convenience - Ad Noiseam Records] Otto Von Schirach - Magnetic Rave Headache [Oozing Bass Spasms - Cock Rock Disco] Prhizzm - Bending Light Toward The Shadows [Prhizzm EP - Benbecula Records] Stendeck - Behind Waterfalls [Faces - Geska Records] prOmetheus buRning - Squelch [Beyond Repair - Hive Records] Not Breathing - The Final Night [V/A - Imaginary Friends - Sublight Records] Vorpal - Crash up against the inevitable (Tatu on the Sun Cardopusher remix) [V/A - Cock Rock Disco 2006 Free Compilation - Cock Rock Disco] Terminal 11 - Counter Clockwise Chant Pattern [V/A - Cock Rock Disco 2006 Free Compilation - Cock Rock Disco] Mad EP - Acid Jig [Not Afraid Of Spiders - Ad Noiseam] Snog - The Prisoner (Featuring The Nam Shub Of Enki) [The Last Days Of Rome (EP) - Metropolis Records]
Part 2 - Click here to stream or right-click to download ("Fiscal year 2008-2009 (step one)" with music selection by M.) Flint Glass - Connexion Bizarre Webcast identifier [exclusive] AZ-Rotator - Truly Modified [Indefinable Sugar Cube - Lovethechaos] 4-D Mode-1 - ???? [Rekonnekted - 4-D Label] Teatro Satanico - Hymn To Lucifer [Steinklang Industries IV 2007-2008 - Steinklang Records] November Növelet - My Fairy Places [Magic - Galakthorrö] Lowe - Dice Roller [Kino International - Megahype] Exillon - Stomper [It's OK To Dance - Ad Noiseam] JISM - H.T.-L. (feat. Propulsion) [rH - Alfa Matrix] Ganymede - Deeds Not Words [Operation Ganymede - Cohaagen] The Weathermen - Your Town [V/A - Machines Against Hunger - SigSaly] Autoclav1.1 - All Long Black Spirals [Love No Longer Lives Here - Tympanik Audio] Integral - Doors [Rise - Tympanik Audio] Lucidstatic - Defiance (feat. Iammynewt) [Gravedigger - Tympanik Audio] Endif - Surgery Of The Soul [Carbon - Tympanik Audio]
Part one by guest Canadian DJ Razor*Grrrl, part two by yours truly and something of a mixed bag in terms of styles. Hope you like it!
Caspa - Scared of the Unknown Riskotheque - Dreamstate Coki - The End Shackleton - Naked Nero - Bad Trip Caspa & The Others - Well 'Ard Kromestar - Dysekta Benga - Drumz West Nero - This Way Kode 9 - Magnetic City Riskotheque - Just You Slaughter Mob - Creaky Door Caspa - Terminator Skream - Make Me Caspa - Cockney Violins