D-Frost 20 Global Dance Warnings

You've been warned!! (cause they're global dance warnings - get it? ;))

"My name is Barbarella. I'm from planet earth." This is Sven Vath work from when he first started playing techno. Great story of his about how he built up clubs and developed himself in Frankfurt in the mid to late 80s. I was at Dorian Gray in 91.

I think side A of this cassette is a bit lame, but side 2 has a number of hits I've posted individually below. I particularly love the Dreams of Heaven, which was from an Australian one hit wonder, and rumored to play in the nightclub scenes of soap opera Neighbors.

Complete side B - listen streaming here

B01	West End	The Love I Lost
		Featuring - Sybil
B02	K.W.S.	The KWS Hitmix
B03	System 7	7:7 Expansion
B04	Naughty By Nature	Hip Hop Hooray
B05	Jump	Funkatarium
B06	Ground Level	Dreams Of Heaven
B07	Praga Khan Featuring Jade 4U	Phantasia Forever
B08	A Separate Reality	I'll Take You There
		Featuring - Shelley P
B09	Air Tattoo	Synaesthesia
B10	Barbarella	Barbarella 2 (sharebee) (direct link)

goodbye Michael - we'll miss you

As an indication of my admiration and respect for Michael Jackson I'm just doing a one off post to say goodbye. I don't care how weird you may seem to the mainstream - weirdness is usually what makes people extra special and successful.

Below is the remix of thriller made by Hampus Drake (I believe) which I used to play all the time and one of my favorite tunes of all time. And the vid above is probably one of my favorite for the way he dances.

G-Rock- Thriller

Live interviews with bloggers - Diesel U Music radio show

I did a radio show in Diesel U Music on Monday and interviewed bloggers from the following big blogs in between playing tracks they recommended and some of my own. We discussed lots about the blogging world, how it works, how they choose tracks, the music industry, etc.

PROGRAM

Ground level - Dreams of Heaven
No Name - Cosmic Rave (Aeroplane chart)

[interview with Lukas - WFMU blog]

Anne-James Chaton / Andy Moor - Dans le monde
Djemila - L'Homme a la Moto

[interview with Austen - Palmsout blog]

RGBs - STAR JUMPS (Urchins remix)
Duck Sauce - Anyway

[interview with Clive - ylow.blogspot.com]

Perry Ernest & The Afro Vibrations - Ozioma (Message)
Farce Majeure Team - Doe't Voor Het te Laat is
U K W - Sommersprossen

[interview with Amy - Trash Menagerie blog]

Black Box - I Don't Know (KINGDOM REMIX)
Blue Beat Allstars - Something Like That

[interview with Martin - discobelle.net blog]

L-vis 1990 - United Groove

Something for Your Mind - Speedy J

[interview with Stuart - 20jazzfunkgreats blog]

Ritalin (Taras3000 remix) - Twices

listen streaming below

Listen live NOW to other great programs on Diesel U Music here.

a.m.b.u.l.a.n.c.e. - pullover '92 Belgian techno acid mixtape

This is probably my favorite cassette I've posted on the blog right now.  It's such the sound I'm looking for.  I feel like disco is starting to get overplayed and  there are rarely new discoveries that are amazing that I don't know.  Electro bangers are fine, but that's been going on for a while now.  Pop-synth stuff is great, but there are few and far between tracks that are great.  So 1992 Belgian techno acid just sounds so fresh to me.  I am not as crazy about the big hardcore sound right now that I've previously posted on here, things like James Brown is Dead, etc.

I found this cassette in a thrift shop behind Hackney Central.  The Pullover side appears to be almost a duplicate of side 2 of the Serious Beats 4 cassette.  But I can't identify the tracks on the a.m.b.u.l.a.n.c.e. side so any track id tips would be lovely.

a.m.b.u.l.a.n.c.e. side (sharebee)

sample track from a.m.b.u.l.a.n.c.e. side ("I wanna be your finger")

Pullover side (sharebee)

(listen Pullover side streaming below)

Here are a few tracks from the PULLOVER side.  They are slightly different versions than in the  mix.

Speedy J - Something For Your Mind

DHS - House of God (Unholy version)

I also want to hype the UK Soundclash ipod competition coming up this Tuesday, the 9th. I've been invited to compete in a team with Matthew Stone.  Lots of other good djs competing with us such as Crookers, Girlcore, Nova and others.  I  think Matthew and I will go for the conceptual vote.  It's all about the popularity though so come down and scream for us to win.  Winners are measured by the loudness of the crowd.  Tickets here.

various news - live radio show - Diesel

Just a quick note to say that I just did a live radio show on Diesel radio with new music personally recommended by writers from Discobelle, WFMU, Palms Out Sounds, Big Stereo, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, Trash Menagerie and Ylow blog.  I also played some of my own favorite tracks including some classic house, rare italo and new beat.  You can listen here at 3-5 am Sunday morning the 17th (that's tomorrow morning) and also 9-11 pm on Sunday the 17th.  I will do another show at some point and this one will be posted here to download.

click on "radio" to hear the show here:  http://cult.diesel.com/radio

Also I'm djing tomorrow night at the Lock Tavern (Sunday evening, the 17th) for Kai's party (from Mystery Jets).  Details are the following.  I'm on from 9-11.

Madhouse Urban Jungle at the lock tavern, Sunday 17 May. Featuring: The Jacks, Is Tropical (ex Ratty Rat Rat) and Nick Mulvey (Portico   Quartet), with Dj sets from Madhouse Djs, Blonde Ambition and Special   guest Todd Hart (Dalston Oxfam Blog). Bands from 7 pm. Free entry +   Special Sunday Surprises

And last night we went to a local party Can't You Want To put on by various punk/garage friends with Pandora's Jukebox (Yasmin) djing.  It was fantastic music and the band Not Cool played live.  They were REALLY tight and a great live show. So keep an eye out for them - you can listen to tracks on their myspace but you should really hear them live to appreciate how tight they are.

Rough Trade C09 cassette

Rough Trade just put out a new limited edition cassette in the vein of other NME cassettes such as C86 from back in the day. So even though almost all the tracks have been widely blogged (check hypem.com) I simply had to cover it (considering all the similar cassettes that I've put up here) and Rough Trade had sent me a copy, and I like them :). The only track that appears to fairly exclusive is the Clark Kunt's remix of Micachu. In the end I couldn't extract a recording of the cassette that was quality enough (even though sometimes, such a with the african cassettes, the tapes sound fantastic) so I compiled the mp3s from other blogs.

All in all, the music on here is really good. My favorite track has to be (hands down) the Cure cover by the Mystery Jets. Such a good track. I dj'd with Will and Kai from the Mystery Jets in Ghent last weekend and they played a fantastic banging set (with excellent mixing skills). Will is going to come down and dj with me downstairs at Catch this Thursday at 22 Kingsland Road in Shoreditch. It's free if you want to come along.

[edit: I've put the Micachu track up now cause it's exclusive to this blog and this cassette]

A1 Jarvis - Angela
A2 Miracle Fortress - Have You Seen In Your Dreams
A3 Micachu - Lips (Clark Kunt's Heavy Mental Mix)
A4 Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - Whistle Past The Graveyard
A5 Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
A6 Little Joy - Brand New Start
A7 God Help The Girl - Musician, Please Take Heed
A8 The Decemberists - The Rake's Song

B1 Super Furry Animals - Inaugural Trams
B2 The Veils - Three Sisters
B3 Antony & The Johnsons - Shake That Devil
B4 Mystery Jets - In Between Days
B5 1990s - The Box
B6 The Hold Steady - Sequestered In Memphis
B7 British Sea Power - No Man Is An Archipelago

djng this week in Nottingham and Ghent, Belgium

I'm so lame that I've been so busy to actually post music, which is too bad.  Last weekend at the Land of Kings festival, Lou & Nova rocked it out, as did Rory Phillips and super special guest Disco 3000 (Erol Alkan).  I got lucky to play just before Erol so I tried to lay down a disco set. It was amazing to play for that kind of crowd and play whatever I wanted, which happened to be mostly new synth disco.

Anyway, tomorrow I'm playing for the Liar's Club 6th Birthday.   All around the lineup is fantastic, but I want to give a special mention to Maria & the Mirrors which is actually one of my favorite live acts right now.  I can't explain it other than I feel like they could have stepped out of Warhol's factory.  Read about them on my previous review here.

I'm also djing on Friday night, the 24th at the Make Up club for I Heart Niyi's party in Ghent, Belgium.  More details on the party's facebook page.

Luckily for both parties I've been told that anything goes.  It so happens that I'm crazy about this track right now.  I just kind of works, especially if you listen for a while.  I think one of the reasons I love Empire of the Sun so much is their very excellent production.  I think the songwriting is just very well done, but the production is out of this world.  I like this other track by Dream Academy, which is quite similar, which might also seem quite naff, just because the production is excellent.

Empire of the Sun - We Are the People (cagedbaby remix)

Dream Academy - Love Parade