A big whassup from Brazil my peoples! I’ve been traveling for a little over a month now (well, if you don’t count the year I was living in La Paz as “traveling”) and have a major itching to share some dope new music with all of you. Expect a bunch of posts coming up, which could possibly include any of the following:
The new Holy Fuck
The new Tobacco
Wu-Tang Clan vs. The Beatles (It’s good! Really!)
The new RJD2
See I always stock up on new music before a long trip, especially if I’m traveling by myself. I’m never alone if my fav artists are keeping me company (^-^)v I’m at the point now where I’ve giving this new batch of music a good listening to, and there’s one album I keep coming back to, over and over: Lazerproof. I just can’t get enough. Read the rest of this entry »
Their record label calls them “Rio de Janeiro’s answer to Daft Punk”. I am not sure if I would go that far, but they certainly funkify everything they touch. Some of my favorite Indie Dance tracks in my collection are by these guys. Always top-notch work.
They really are one of the true success stories to come out of the Electro blog explosion, and they are on tour with Marc Romboy and John Tejada. Go see The Twelves!
The Scissor Sisters are back, and by back I mean back from that strange diversion through vaudeville they took with their last album, Tah-Dah. Back to the glitzy, polished, retro-but-fresh synth-pop that put them on the map in 2003. It’s good to have them back. Here’s the title song from their new album Night Work plus a couple more of my current favorite tracks. And because this is technically a dance music blog, I’ll throw in a Siriusmo remix of Invisible Light, the album’s final track. If you want to hear the original version, hit up the amazon link and buy this album. It’s a return to form.
Well folks, after a year year of living down here I’m on my way out of Bolivia. After some travels to Argentina and Brazil I’ll be back in the Bay around mid August. I just can not believe a year has gone by already, they just seem to fly by these days. And maybe not coincidentally this year has been chalk full of fantastic new experiences: new language, new food, new friends, new culture, a new love, new job, and maybe most relevant here, new music.
In “Bolivi’n It Up”* I tried to combine the music I’ve been playing down here, more easily accessible edm and pop-remixes, with the general vibe of living in La Paz: fast paced, energetic, a bit dirty and a lot of fun! We start of in a Bolivian bus station and just let the vibe flow from there. I thinks it’s a healthy fusion of styles, not veering too far into pop nor too deep into hard electro, and many of the tracks are pulled straight from my sets over the past year.
* Mad props out to my homie Bun Chan in Japan for inspiring that title. When are we gonna get you on the podcast Bun Chan??
If you enjoy the set half as much as I’ve enjoyed living in Bolivia I’ll have done something rite. Thanks for listening, and all my peoples in the Bay, I’ll see you soon!
Bueno amigos y amigas, me estoy yendo de Bolivia este fin de mes, después de haber estado por un año. No puedo creer que el tiempo hay pasado tan rápido! Tal vez una de las razones es es que ese año ha estado lleno de nuevas experiencias fantásticas: nuevo idioma, nueva comida, nuevos amigos, nuevo amor, nueva cultura, nuevo trabajo y nueva música también.
En “Bolivi’n It Up” he tratado de combinar música que he estado tocando aqui, sobretodo pox-remixes, con el ambiente general de vivir en La Paz: Ritmo rápido, energético, un poco sucio y muy divertido! Empezamos con en una estación de micros de bolivianos y dejamos que fluja el ambiente de ahí. Yo creoque es una fución saludable de estilos, no muy pop, no muy hard electro y muchas de las canciones son de mis sets de el último año.
Muchas gracias a todos mis amigos que colaboraron para que este año en Bolivia sea maravilloso; voy a extrañar Bolivia y a todos ustedes! Disfruten de esta mezcla!
I’ve had the new album from Spanish Dance-Pop group Delorean in my iTunes library for a few months now but I never gave it a fair shake until just this morning. They have a sound that is about as out-of-time as their namesake, and all my casual skimming revealed was chintzy electric pianos and drum loops that remind me exactly why I can’t stand most dance music from the 80’s, especially the European variety. Primal Scream? Happy Mondays? Ugh. I’d rather listen to nothing than those tambourines.
And yet, when allowed to make their case, Delorean transcends their retro foundation and manages to crank out some really catchy, sunny, modern pop songs. They’d fit well in a playlist of gauzy electro groups like M83, Hot Chip, and Ulrich Schnauss.
