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Here’s a mix I did a while ago for my friends Brad and...

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:45:00 -0400

Here’s a mix I did a while ago for my friends Brad and Laura on the occasion of their wedding. Tracklist available here.

Here’s my full set from Beat Research last night. Thanks...

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:49:00 -0400

Here’s my full set from Beat Research last night. Thanks to Wayne & Wax and DJ Flack for having me, and to all the people who showed up and made it a party.

Tracklist:

0:00:00 - Are You Hung Up? / Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
0:00:18 - K.O. Debout / dÉbruit
0:04:22 - Sweet Cream on It / Jel
0:05:43 - Get Ur Freak On / Missy Elliot
0:08:11 - Skulltaste / Mux Mool
0:11:49 - The National Anthem / Yoshida Brothers
0:15:32 - Climing up the Walls / Easy Star All-Stars
0:19:29 - Koonut Kaliffee / Venetian Snares
0:21:52 - Reflections / Antipop Consortium
0:23:53 - RE: DEFinition / Mos Def & Talib Kweli
0:27:14 - Que Sera / Wax Tailor
0:29:53 - Öngyilkos Vasárnap / Venetian Snares
0:33:03 - Levitation / Michna
0:35:54 - Dear John Bounce / DJ C
0:37:39 - Ready or Not / The Fugees
0:40:45 - Black is the Color / Nina Simone & Jaffa
0:44:20 - Somersault (feat. MF Doom) / Danger Mouse
0:47:24 - The Hop / Radio Citizen
0:49:52 - Clearcut (feat. Bomb the Bass) / Lali Puna
0:53:14 - Thunder Bay / Hudson Mohawke
0:56:29 - Fake Patois / Das Racist
1:00:21 - Creator / Santogold
1:03:18 - Big-gyptian / Wayne & Wax
1:06:05 - Jogi / Panjabi MC
1:09:20 - Wandering Star / Kid Beyond
1:12:57 - Just (feat. Alex Greenwald) / Mark Ronson
1:16:05 - Sound of Da Police / KRS-One
1:19:36 - Shake Your Rump / Beastie Boys
1:22:24 - Rill Rill / Sleigh Bells
1:26:08 - Can You Get to That / Funkadelic
1:28:33 - Steve Biko / Tribe Called Quest
1:31:47 - Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)* / Dr. Dre
1:33:55 - Ms. Jackson / Outkast
1:37:43 - Wylin’ Out (feat. Mos Def and Diverse) / RJD2
1:39:56 - Ms. Fat Booty / Mos Def
1:43:32 - Bluegrass Stain’d / Mark Ronson
1:47:41 - Stakes is High (Panzah Zandahz remix) / De La Soul
1:51:40 - F.D / Dummy Rain
1:52:51 - The Funky Drummer* / James Brown

* Request

To follow that last mix: an even shorter mix! Clocking in at a...

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:51:02 -0400

To follow that last mix: an even shorter mix! Clocking in at a whopping 25:53, this is wildly different. Lots more guitars, more songs, not quite as fast, still a bit of grit, and still a bit left of center. I hope there are some new sounds in here for ya – these are some of my favorites.

Stutter / She Keeps Bees
Crossin’ Fingers / Kid Dakota
Sun on 5 at 152 / Matmos
I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground / Charlie Parr
Temecula Sunrise / Dirty Projectors
Spoon / Can
Big in Japan / Tom Waits
Razorblade / The Broken Keys

I’ve always wanted to do a mix that was just hard core...

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:39:32 -0500

I’ve always wanted to do a mix that was just hard core digital insanity all the way through.

This is that mix.

It’s only 35 minutes long, but that should be plenty.

Deutschland (Has Gotta Die!) / CTRLer
Beats, Bombs, Bass, Weapons / The Bug
Wafflecore / Mochipet
Cozza Frenzy / Bassnectar
Murder You / Bong-Ra
Gentleman / Venetian Snares
Lion V.I.P. / Vex’d
Vatstep DSP / Hrvatski
Ghostchase / Atari Teenage Riot
Epic Act - Awful Way to Go / Lesser
Rebel Girl / Kid606
Hoodz in Belgium / Mix Master Mike
Make Ronnie Rocket / Venetian Snares

Here’s another wax-only new purchases mix. It’s...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:16:08 -0500

Here’s another wax-only new purchases mix. It’s probably the weirdest yet, featuring Madlib, Dosh, MF Doom, Soviet Funk, Frank Zappa, A Reggae Interpretation of Kind of Blue, Oh No, and Four Tet. No pre-planning on this one. (In fact, I hadn’t even listened to the new Madlib record yet. Guilty Simpson gets a little raunchier than I’d like on some of those. Plug your ears if necessary.)

This being New Year’s Day, I figured it was a good time...

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:07:45 -0500

This being New Year’s Day, I figured it was a good time for a bit of a retrospective.

I’m not that interested in creating Best Of lists, but I did want to take the time to make a mix that traces a bit of my listening history over the last 10 years or so. Not every track was released in that time frame (I’m looking at you, Tricky), but most were.

We start in Minnesota, land of Carleton, and home to Atmosphere, Heiruspecs, and Lateduster, who all played at The Cave my freshman year. (Yes, I went to Minnesota for college. No, I wasn’t in search of Paul Bunyan.) P.O.S. is from there, too, but I didn’t catch him until later.

It was at Carleton that I was introduced to electronic music and a whole new breed of sample based music. Sure, I’d heard radio hip hop, but Tricky was something else entirely (thanks, Brady!). And Lev lent me Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives a few years later, which blew me away – sounds I’d never heard. Lucas got me a prerelease copy of Amnesiac about the same time. (Their label organized listening parties before the official release date, and Lucas talked the guy into letting him record it.)

Meanwhile, Mike was getting me caught up on Mos Def, and MF Doom followed. (Not to be missed: Mos going nuts over Doom’s rhymes.) I’m not sure how I stumbled upon that Mark Ronson track, but the production is impeccable – a skill he applied a few years later on Amy Winehouse’s albums.

The Grey Album isn’t likely to be new to anyone, but it was a big enough milestone to earn its place here.

The next phase was really fueled by Mashit and Beat Research. That’s where all that crazy jungly mashup insanity springs from, so thanks to that crew and DJ C and Ripley in particular for driving that sound to my ears.

As for 2010+, who knows…

Tracklist

00:00 - 3.2 Red Dog / Atmosphere / Headshots : Se7en
02:06 - Meters / Heiruspecs / Small Steps
06:06 - Gare de Lyon / Lateduster / Lateduster
10:00 - Meth-Head vs. McNugget / P.O.S. / Ipecac Neat
13:47 - Unspoken / Four Tet / Rounds
17:09 - Makes Me Wanna Die / Tricky / Pre-Millenium Tension
21:06 - Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors / Radiohead / Amnesiac
24:07 - Nuno / Prefuse 73 / Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
26:23 - Ms. Fat Booty / Mos Def / Black on Both Sides
30:04 - Bluegrass Stain’d / Mark Ronson / Here Comes the Fuzz
34:15 - Gazillion Ear / MF Doom / Born Like This.
38:21 - December 4th / Jay-Z and Danger Mouse / The Grey Album
41:45 - Fi You VIP / Murderbot / Ruff in the Bunny Fizness
47:01 - Billy Jungle / DJ C / Mas Hits
52:21 - Bingo / M.I.A. / Arular

Ok, here it is, the real deal: a live set in front of actual...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:46:00 -0500

Ok, here it is, the real deal: a live set in front of actual people.

The location? This crazy party. The theme? Space.

This is only the first hour and a half, which was my set. The mayhem continued long past that, including John, Joey, and the occasional fader flipping of yours truly. The full set is here.

Many thanks to the Tolvas for hosting the party, and to John for letting me wreck havoc. And for renting a Kaoss pad.

(I abused the preamps a little bit. Sorry if it sounds crunchy at times.)

Tracklist

0:00 - T.R.O.Y / Mr. Chop / For Pete’s Sake

4:39 - Birds / Radio Citizen / Berlin Serengetiit

8:59 - Don’t Front / Joe Beats / Diverse Recourse

12:19 - Akaire / DJ Food / A Dub Plate of Food

14:26 - Metrorail Thru Space / Cut Chemist / The Audience’s Listening

18:13 - Utopia / Jackson and His Computer Band / Smash

23:22 - Crush Mode / The Glitch Mob

27:49 - Just A Test / The Beastie Boys / Hello Nasty

29:45 - High Roller / The Crystal Method / Vegas

33:13 - Portishead / Wandering Star / Dummy

34:32 - Ghostwriter / RJD2 / Deadringer

37:32 - Raw Ingrediets / The Quantic Soul Orchestra / Stampede

39:54 - Creator / Santogold / Santogold

43:11 - Cozza Frenzy / Bassnectar / Cozza Frenzy

46:16 - Clearcut (bomb the bass) / Lali Puna / I Thought I Was Over That

49:09 - Lonely Soul / U.N.K.L.E. / Psyence Fiction

51:25 - The Premise / Wagon Christ / Musipal

54:37 - Sophisticated Honky / Orgone / The Killion Floor

57:28 - Arecibo Message / Boxcutter / Arecibo Message

1:00:16 - The Walk (Infusion Remix) / The Cure / Future Retro

1:05:40 - Are We Here? (Industry Standard Version) / Orbital / Work 1989-2002

1:08:27 - Telephasic Workshop / Boards of Canada / Music Has the Right To Children

1:09:34 - Man on the Moon / The Flight of Apollo 11

1:14:09 - Trip Like I Do / The Crystal Method / Vegas

1:20:33 - The Horror / RJD2 / Deadringer

1:23:38 - Black is the Color / Nina Simone and Jaffa / Verve Remixed 2

1:25:56 - Ready or Not / The Fugees / The Score

1:29:20 - Come Around / M.I.A. / Kala

Before the party. Not even a semblance of a plan…

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:13:37 -0500

Before the party. Not even a semblance of a plan…

30(ish) Minutes of (Mostly) Soul or Respect Yourself or Thanks...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:59:55 -0500

30(ish) Minutes of (Mostly) Soul

Respect Yourself

Thanks for the Records, Dad

The fruits of a trip to Sonic Boom. New purchases only.

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:08:36 -0500

The fruits of a trip to Sonic Boom. New purchases only.

[Historical: Jan 2008] New Year’s mix. track listing

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:30:25 -0500

[Historical: Jan 2008] New Year’s mix. track listing

[Historical: Jan 2009] Celebrating the inauguration. track...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:30:21 -0500

[Historical: Jan 2009] Celebrating the inauguration. track listing

Recorded Nov 10 2009. All wax, no plan.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:41:00 -0500

Recorded Nov 10 2009. All wax, no plan.