It’s podcast time again, and this time it’s some windows down, system up Springtime tunes! So grab a pair of sunglasses and get a mason jar so you can pour yourself the audio version of lemonade or perhaps some sweet tea!
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1, Coyote Kisses - Galactic Love Song
2. J Scott G, Imprintz & Khloe - Return of the King
3. TJR - Funky Vodka
4. Hot Pink Delorean - Very Good
5. Hostage - Dutty Horn
6. Fenech-Soler - Demons (I Killed Kenny remix)
7. Utah Saints - What Can You Do For Me (Ill Blue remix)
8. Nero - Must Be the Feeling (Brookes Brothers remix)
9. DJ Friction - Led Astray
10. Joker - Slaughter House (TC remix)
11. Mayday Parade - Under the Stairs (Wilkinson remix)
12. Kove - Stellar
13. Youngman - Who Knows (Drumsound & Bassline Smith remix)
14. Danny Freakazoid, Strobe - Follow Me (KG remix)
15. Claire Macguire - The Shield & The Sword (Dexcell remix)
1. Marco Del Horno & Swerve ft. Blacks & Lady Chann) - Just Rewind (Woz remix) 2. Mz. Bratt - Selecta (Royal T remix) 3. Udachi - Animal Haus 4. Noisses ft. Serocee - The Don (Hostage remix) 5. Zinc - Sprung 6. J-Sweet - Can’t Stop My Grime (Kaiser remix) 7. Kingdom - Let U No 8. RacknRuin - Midnight Loving (HeavyFeet remix) 9. Swindle & Roses Gabor - Spend Is Dough (Royal T remix) 10. Udachi - Shaolin Slum 2000 11. Warrior One ft. Ayah Marar - Fyah 12. Redlight & Roses Gabor - Stupid 13. Snap! - Rhythm is a Dancer (Rico Tubbs 2011 remix) 14. Big Sean ft. Chris Brown - My Last (AC Slater remix) 15. Porter Robinson - Unison (Knife Party remix) 16. Nero - Must Be the Feeling (Delta Heavy remix) 17. Nick Thayer - Totalitaria 18. Math Hoffa ft. Method Man - Double Barrel (Udachi remix) 19. Nick Thayer - Like Boom
Pretty, pretty please spread this like cream cheese on the greatest goddamn bagel you’ve ever eaten! <3 <3 <3
As a youth, my brother-in-law received a handbook on how to be a gentleman. It was quickly forgotten until one Sunday dinner when it was derided as a sub-par birthday gift on the level of a globe with moon attachment. I, knowing how uncouth I came off at the time, claimed the book as my own, devoured its wisdom and came out the other end with 95 minutes of heavy electro, house and electronic madness.
The year was 2008 and I feel like it never got the audience that it deserved.
Click here to download the MP3 (right-click save-as) and remember what it was like to be a genteel electro warrior in pre-War Europe!
Tracklisting:
01 - Robyn - Be Mine (Ocelot Remix) 02 - Dizzee Rascal - Flex (Dave Spoon Mix) 03 - Pomomofo - Back at the Club (Boy 8 Bit Remix) 04 - Deekline & Wizard vs Jack Beatz - Golddigga (Breakfastaz Mix) 05 - The Black Ghosts - Any Way (Fake Blood Mix) 06 - Sizzla - Chat Up Dem Mouth 07 - Bramma & Einstein - How Dem Fi 08 - Bunji Garlin & Norris Man - Deeper 09 - Sultex 3000 - Gangsta Dance 10 - Adam Tensta - My Cool 11 - Trash Yourself - Touch 12 - Daft Punk - Around The World (Villains’ More Cowbell DJ Edit) 13 - The Similou - All This Love (The Young Punx Club Mix) 14 - Numéro# - Chewing-Gum Fraise (ft. Omnikrom) 15 - The Prodigy - Charly (Skunk Charly Sez Jack Remix) - DJ Khaled & Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Baby & Lil Wayne - We Takin Over (Acapella) 16 - Kap10kurt - Dangerseekers (TEPR Highspeed on the Highway Remix) 17 - Adam Tensta - They Wanna Know 18 - Altern-8 - Armageddon (Cosmo Remix) 19 - Pryda - Pjanoo 20 - Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella (Jody Den Broeder Electric Club Remix) 21 - Criminal Mindz - Baptised By Dub (Original Mix) 22 - Criminal Mindz - Baptised By Dub (Slipmatt Mix) 23 - Monotek - Alive (PH Electro Remix) 24 - AC Slater - Bassline Time 25 - Numéro# - Hit Pop 26 - Omnikrom - Prend Une Photo Avec Moi (Le Matos Mauviette Remix) 27 - Gotye - Heart’s A Mess (Ocelot Remix) 28 - Hail Social - Heaven (Designer Drugs Remix) 29 - TEPR - Minuit Jacuzzi (DatA Remix) 30 - Kid Sister - Pro Nails (Bag Raiders Remix)
1. Knife Party - Destroy Them with Lazers 2. Eddie K. & Millions Like Us - Sonar 3. DJ Fei Long - Body Heat (Utku S. remix) 4. Miles Dyson - Trackster 5. Jaxta & Split - Roulette (Le Castle Vania remix) 6. Felguk - Bassive 7. SHM & Knife Party - Antidote 8. Dan Sena - Damage Control 9. Zedd - Slam the Door 10. Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone (Laidback Luke remix) 11. Tommy Trash - The End 12. Wolfgang Gartner - The Way It Was 13. Avicii - Levels (Cazzette remix) 14. Hellfire Machina ft. Infuze - Good Love (Soundkeepers mix) 15. Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks (DJ Kue remix) 16. Figure - Cut Throat (Faust & Shortee remix) 17. Imprintz & Kloe - Humanoid 18. Sander Van Doorn & Laidback Luke - Who’s Wearin the Cap (A-Trak mix) 19. DJ Chick & Pipe Cruz - Just Let It Go (Electric Soulside mix) 20. Volta Bureau - Alley Cat
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Track list in case you’re scared to click the link:
1. Far Too Loud - Ready for the Stomping 2. Jan Waterman - Right Track 3. Dallask - Front to Back 4. Spencer & Hill - Dance 5. Wolfgang Gartner - Shrunken Heads 6. Hot Pink Delorean - I Surrender 7. Kizzo & Bloodline - This Time (Sidney Samson remix) 8. Cold Blank - Die Famous 9. Zedd - Shave It 10. Rrump - Chubby Decker (Le Castle Vania & Street Lurkin remix) 11. Porter Robinson - Unison (Knife Party remix) 12. Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah - Earthquake (Noisia remix) 13. Misanthrop - Hammerfaust 14. Josh Money - Let Go With Me 15. Cutline - Shrink Wrap 16. Playma & MC Kyla - We Can Live Forever 17. Delta Heavy - Hold Me 18. Ali Love - Diminishing Returns (Alvin Risk remix) 19. Gemini - Vision 20. 501 - Timeout 21. Camo & Krooked ft. TC - Make the Call (dubstep mix) 22. Camo & Krooked ft. TC - Make the Call (dnb mix) 23. The Prototypes - Your Future 24. L Plus - Time Travel 25. Raw Theory - Headrush 26. Prolix - Visualize 27. Trei - Mumbo Jumbo 28. Upbeats & Trei - Raiders 29. State of Mind - Ronald Reagan 30. Ram Trilogy - No Reality (Noisia remix) 31. Friction - Flip the Page 32. Ill Skillz & Fourward - Gangsters 33. TC - Tap Ho 34. Delta Heavy - Overkill 35. DJ Fresh - Louder (Drumsound & Bassline Smith remix)
Spread the cheer! HAPPY HOLIDAYS & ALL THAT SHIT! :) <3
Last one was all drum & bass, so this one is all dubstep. Next one will be something else, like throat singing or something. Till then, enjoy!
1. Reso - Ishimura 2. KOAN Sound - Meanwhile, In the Future 3. 501 - VM3000 4. SpekrFreks - Voyager 5. Eddie K & Statix - Blinded 6. Wolfgang Gartner ft. Will.I.Am - Forever (Plastician & Kutz remix) 7. Flux Pavilion, Skism - Jump Back ft. Foreign Beggars 8. Excision & Downlink - Crowd Control 9. Calvertron & Downlink - Pistons 10. Cutline - Runnin VIP 11. Eddie K & Statix - Anymore ft. Astronaut 12. Gemini - Elevate 13. Ill Skills - Gold Streams Ft. Thomas Azier 14. Bare Noize - Twilight Zone 15. Kill the Noise - Talk To Me 16. Dirtyphonics - Oakwood 17. Dan Sena - Song of Siren (Dirtyphonics remix) 18. Shock One - Relapse 19. Furlonge - All You Ever Knew 20. Zedd - Shave It (501 Remix) 21. Sigma - Do You Love (Subscape remix) 22. Rustie - Ultra Thizz
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Like I always say, if you like it, PRETTY FUCKING PLEASE share it with everyone! I LOVE YOU! HOLIDAYS & SHIT!
The definition of the word “local” has been augmented by today’s scene kids to mean something almost derogatory. Time and time again I hear things like “Eh, he’s local, I can catch him whenever” or “It’s just a group of local DJs” or “He’s local, how good can he be?” Does anyone ever stop for a second and realize that everybody has to be from somewhere? Literally every human being is local to some place.
It used to mean a person from the area. A native. Apply that to the music or entertainment industry and it suddenly becomes synonymous with adjectives like “sub-par.” I obviously can’t speak for every city, but in a good majority of the ones I’ve been in and the people I talk to agree.
I don’t know if the average listener (aka the expert critic) knows this or not: describing someone as local does something to that person’s brain. It sort of alters them. They may not know exactly when, or how, but it does happen. These homegrown DJs (and I use DJ because that’s my background, I’m certain you can replace that with band) go to a gig at a bar or club with at best a fair turnout, at worst they show up with just their friends and a handful of other seemingly uninterested people standing around. This can be disheartening. The DJ may start having thoughts like “Oh this is just some ‘local’ thing, I’m playing mostly for my friends.” I feel like that’s when they don’t give it their all. Not only do they feel it’s not worth it because of the lack of audience, but also because it’s “local” and it’ll happen again (no big deal). This is when the DJ just sort of stands there, looking almost upset & bored that he has to do this and the audience gets the human equivalent of paint drying.
I genuinely feel like DJs and other musicians feel held back by the word local. It’s as if people who paint them with that word assume they’ll never go anywhere else. Where’s the faith? The love? The pride in your city? While we’re at it, what does it take to become more than a local? I’ve played all over the country but I still live somewhere, so when I play in my home city I’m “just a local.” When does that title vanish? Plenty of other DJs from my city have played in other necks of the woods as well. You hear things like “At first she didn’t want it, now I made it and she’s asking me to take it!” in nearly every rap song (I just made that up by the way, I should rap!) Then there’s the whole other topic of “making it”, but even then said made person has to live somewhere. He’s local to NYC or LA or wherever.
I guess what it boils down to is show some love to your city’s artists. They work hard. They want to show you what they can do and they want to entertain you (and you want to be entertained, right?). You may be surprised at what “just a local” can do. Some of us have been around the block and learned a thing or two. We all come from somewhere, but it’s where we go that really matters to me. Don’t you want to be a part of that? Isn’t it one of the coolest feelings in the world to say “Oh THAT DJ?! I was hanging out with him at dirty $5 shows a long time ago!” You never know, we might just up and move away, giving a totally new group of people to call us locals. You don’t want that, do you?
I know it’s been several weeks since the last podcast, and for that I’m sorry. A whole big bunch has happened since then, but now I’m back on track and should be able to deliver these bad mf’ers at least semi-regularly now!
T99 - Anastasia (Blame remix) Jayline - Spirit of Kings Moby - After (Drumsound & Bassline Smith mix) Trei - Mumbo Jumbo Eddie Sanchez - It’s Not Over Danbwoy - From ‘93 With Love Danny Byrd Ft. Tomahawk - Hot Fuzz Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (Blame Remix) Magical Gravity - Best Of Friends Fourward - Nova Eddie Sanchez - Demons Skream ft. Sam Frank - Anticipate (Netsky remix) Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica (Loadstar Remix) Sub Jams - Ricochet (Drumsound remix) Erbalist, Locked - Inventory Camo & Krooked - Cryptkeeper Genetic Bros. - Every Day of My Life Artificial Intelligence - Uprising (Dillinja remix) Rollz - Soul Calibur Sigma ft. a bunch of dudes - Night & Day Metrik ft. Kathy Brown - I See You Breezeblock & Synkro - Too Late Camo & Krooked - Cross the Line (Metrik remix) London Elektricity - Meteorites (Danny Byrd remix)
Gurn through the heavens HERE HERE HERE! (remember to right click > save target as!)
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A few months ago, I hosted a Japanese exchange student for a couple of weeks. It was an interesting experience because I went out of my way to find a bunch of current J-pop and dance music for her to listen to, only to find out that she just wanted to jam to some Taylor Swift. Go figure.
The result is that I’ve had the land of the rising sun on my brain for a while and decided I needed to come correct with a studio mix inspired by whiskey, babes and culture clashes.
For relaxing times, make it Suntory Time!
DOWNLOAD HERE (click to stream, or right-click-and-save-as to download the MP3)
Tracklisting: 01. Example - Last Ones Standing 02. Markus Binapfl aka Big World - Renegade Master (Pallada Remix) - Tag Team - Whoomp! (There It Is)! 03. Porter Robinson - Say My Name (Original Mix) - Birdman ft. Lil Wayne & Drake - Money to Burn - Three-6 Mafia - Feel It 04. Sharkslayer - Cold As Ice 05. Okkervil River - Your Past Life as a Blast (AC Slater Remix) - Three-6 Mafia - Feel It 06. Kocky - 4-Ever Juvenile (Start The Violence! Kramex Remix) 07. Example - Won’t Go Quietly (Wideboys Stadium Remix) 08. Kicks Like A Mule - Number One (Rockers Mix Edit) - Mystikal - Uh Oh 09. Fireworkz - Limb By Limb (Feat. Bounty Killer Ghetts Shystie And Trilla) 10. AC Slater & Xaphoon Jones - Believe Me (Original Mix) - Bun-B & Sean Kingston - That’s Gangsta 11. Zomboy - Dirty Disco 12. High Rankin - Digital Sex - LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennet & Goon Rock - DJ Khaled - Welcome To My Hood Ft. Rick Ross, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Plies & Pastor Troy 13. Shurwayne Winchester - Wine On It 14. Beenie Man - Let’s Go 15. Davina Burn ft. Macka Diamond - U Like It 16. NAPT, Lucian X - Perfect Day (B Rich Remix) 17. CSS - Hits Me Like A Rock (Dillon Francis Remix) 18. Dillon Francis - Beautician 2.0 (Original Mix) - UNK - Wiggle 19. Chase & Status - Hitz (Dillon Francis Remix) - Slim Thug, T.I. & Bun B - 3 Kings 20. NAPT, Lucian X - Perfect Day (B Rich Remix) 21. Swedish House Mafia - Save The World (Style Of Eye & Carli Remix) 22. Swedish House Mafia - Save The World (Knife Party Remix) 23. Afasi & Filthy - Jobb (Phatzoo remix) 24. Johnny Love - Sonora (Udachi Remix) 25. London Elektricity - ロンドンは夜8時 (LON 8PM <-> TYO 4AM) featuring AMWE (TeddyLoid Remix) 26. きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ – PONPONPON (Submerse Moe Garage Remix) 27. Ayumi Hamasaki - Greatful Days (Para One Remix)
DOWNLOAD HERE (click to stream, or right-click-and-save-as to download the MP3)
We all loved back in 2000/2001 when 2step was that hot shit you cranked on a sunny day to get you in the drinkin’ mood. If you weren’t a part of it you’re probably a big ass dork. Or just young. Needless to say I’m pleased as punch to see such a resurgence of this baller ass shit so I whipped up a little mix to show off some of my favorite things about what we’re calling “Future Garage” Crank dat shit and sip dat shit!
1. MJ Cole ft. Digga - Gotta Have It 2. Royal T - Whistle Song 3. Tim Berg - Seek Bromance (Danny Dubbz remix) 4. Yasmin - Finish Line (Mike Delinquent remix) 5. Wideboys ft. Sway & McLean - Shopaholic (Future Garage remix) 6. Kry Wolf - Prototype 7. Alex Gaudino ft. Kelly Rowland - What A Feeling (Sunship remix) 8. J. Majik & Wickaman ft. Dee Freer - In Pieces (Mike Delinquent remix) 9. Redlight - Source 16 10. Wiley - It’s Wiley (Royal T remix) 11. Swindle & Roses Gabor - Spend Is Dough (Royal T remix) 12. Aquasky - Take Me There (Jay Robinson remix) 13. Hostage - Energise 14. Katy B - Easy Please Me (Caspa remix) 15. Submerse - Shukka 16. Malente & Azzido Da Bass - Hunting (Slap In the Bass remix) 17. Rico Tubbs - Madness (Submerse remix) 18. Terror Danjah ft. Ruby Lee Ryder - Full Attention 19. Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team - Bass Face 20. Girl Unit - Wut (Claude Von Stroke remix) 21. Dark Sky - Neon 22. Example - Changed the Way You Kissed Me (Submerse remix)
I (SMiRK, duh!) will be playing at SOUNDLAB in Buffalo, NY this coming Saturday, August 20th. Come have a drink, cop a feel, feel a drink, and drink a cop. No buttholes allowed.
A hefty slice of relentless, neurofunk drum & bass with a nice piece of custom artwork by Portland, Oregon artist Yo Mutsu! This one is “for the heads” as they say, so crank it only if you’re ready to get your Blade Runner on!
1. Karton ft. Fraksha - Bang (Royalston remix) - DZ - In the Cut 2. Jade - Audio Hypnosis 3. Disaszt ft. Chris SU - Transference 4. Engage - Wire Lead 5. Disaszt, Tenchu, Kos - Ultimate Win 6. Hyperlogic - Only Me (Hamilton remix) 7. Futurebound & Insideinfo - Mermaids 8. Body & Soul - Warned 9. Jade & State of Mind - Here We Go 10. Culture Shock - Machine 11. Royalston ft. Mark Berry - All My Life 12. The Prototypes - Subterrestrial 13. Mindscape & Ryme Tyme - Sickness (Zero Method remix) 14. Rregula - Sludge Tunnel (Optiv remix) 15. Blokhe4d - Gutter Queen 16. Telekinesis & Neurotech - Filth 17. Skrillex - Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites (Dirtyphonics remix) 18. Shock One & Phetsta - Crucify Me 19. Shock One & Phetsta - Crucify Me (Dubstep mix) 20. Fourward - Temptations 21. The End Is Part of the Dance ft. Lex One - No Place For Us (Blokhe4d remix) 22. Foreign Beggars ft. Black Sun Empire - Solace One 23. Emalkay - The World (Trolleysnatcha remix) 24. Emalkay - The World (Teebee remix) 25. Future Signal - Antimatter 26. N.Phect - The Unquiet 27. Rregula & Dementia ft. Smooth - Obfuscate 28. Hedj & Neonlight - Joker 29. Disaszt, Tenchu, Kos - Move 30. Silver & Virus Syndicate - Breathe 31. DJ Hazard - Proteus 32. Disaszt - Red Agent 33. Rregula & Dementia ft. Trei - Black Friday 34. Royalston - Heisenberg 35. Ill Skillz - Bowser
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Yo Mutsu’s artwork can be seen in a variety of galleries throughout Portland. He and his wife have a new mural on display for the next month on NW 5th and Couch in Portland. He can be contacted at pukegalore@gmail.com
Hello gang, it’s been a little bit since I’ve done a podcast, what with Kevin doing the last one and us having the David Banjela interview and all. Since each of those had different tastes of gnarly house music, I decided to add my own taste to the group with some disco-centric jams. Get fuckin’ busy!!
1. Codes - Ready Aim Fire 2. Gramaphonedzie - No Sugar 3. Pink Fluid - So Much Love (Crazibiza remix) 4. Rogerseventytwo - You Take Me Higher 5. Reset! - Calypso 6. Jonny Love - Sonora (Udachi remix) 7. Kry Wolf - 3001 8. Feed Me - To the Stars 9. Human Life - In It Together (Cassian remix) 10. Reset!, Nom De Strip - I Can See Boobies 11. Florence + The Machine - You Got The Love (Mark Knight remix) 12. Raze - Break 4 Love (Matt Lamont & Scott Diaz mix) 13. Slice & Soda, Para One - Year of the Dragon (Villa Redub) 14. Bingo Players - Cry (Just A Little) 15. When Harry Met Sally - For Your Love (Hitmeister D remix) 16. Broke One - Go Go Go (Russ Chimes remix) 17. Fred Falke, Burns - YSLM (Treasure Fingers remix) 18. F. Physical ft. Sax P - Spring Sax 19. Electric Tango - Sax Story (Dino’s mix)
EJ and I have long since been huge fans of our old friend David Banjela, from LA. He would be like “bitch, don’t call me old on the internet!” and I’d be all “step off, Rayanne Graff” and then he would serve me with the kind of spicy Latino face usually reserved for underage chorizo at the Roxy wearing last season’s Prada.
He plays just about every style of dance music that you can vogue to, and he’s also a talented up-and-coming fashion designer with his label BANJELA. He agreed to let us interview him and also gave a super-bomb house mix to offer to all you lovely people to either kick off HARD SUMMER weekend on the west coast, or International Beer Day everywhere else.
1. Chez Damier - Can U Feel It (MK DUB) 2. White Label - “MOVE SISTER” 3. Nightcrawlers - “Push the Feeling On” (Dub of Doom Dub) 4. Oliver $ - “Doin Ya Thang” 5. White Label - “THE HOUSE CALL” 6. The 2 Bears - Be Strong 7. HardHead - Toothbrush Country 8. Skunk Anansie - Selling Jesus (Riva Starr Loves the skunk Rmx) 9. South Of Roosevelt - Over Me 10. Nightriders - Get Hooked 11. Biboulakes - If Only Alarms Didn’t Ring (David Jones Remix) 12. Honey Dijon & Sebastian Manuel - Tonight (Nonfiction Rmx) 13. Olav Basoski & Erick E - Don’t Turn Your Back (Stefano Noferini Remix) 14. Green Velvet - Answering Machine (Santiago and Bushido rmx) 15. White Label - Give It Up 16. Stars On 45 - Stars on 45 (Addy Van Der Zwan Remix) 17. Codes - Dying
