Fall...

Another stunning fall day in Oregon. Brilliant light, a crispness to everything... Colors, fresh air, a sweetness, a sadness, a hum... Here are some chill tracks for the changing seasons-- 

Guinea Pig is a brand new one from longtime producer/DJ Ben Watt, of EBTG fame.  This track, released on Watt's own Buzzin' Fly records, is much more atmospheric than his usual work. Hypnotic echoes, glittering highhats, spare vocals.... Some of the finest vocal house I've heard in a long time...

Ben Watt- Guinea Pig (Vocal Variation Featuring Julia Biel)

Square Up (John Tejada Remix) ..... ooooh shit that bassline! Super simple but it works so well... Tejada's richly textured remix flows and pulses in just the right way. This track is pure, understated genius. 

Jimpster- Square Up (John Tejada Remix) 

Over The Ice, by the Field. Repetition in its finest form. Listen on headphones, or while driving... Transcendence. 

The Field- Over The Ice

Happy fall.

Let Me Do My Dance

Since becoming unemployed I've found that dj'ing at random parties and venues can lead to some interesting nights.


OH SNAP!! - Let Me Do My Dance



Djuma Soundsystem - Les Djinns (Trentemöller Mix)



Shantel - Bucovovina (Felix B Booty Mix)
Shantel - Şuşuleker


-let us dance.

Woolfy

Just found this on my computer. Don't know where I found it, but i dig it.

Woolfy - the Warehouse

Z-Trip Obama Mix

Z-Trip put his recent Obama themed mix online check it out HERE

Lucius

Posted a super nice mixtape from our friend Lucius ... new-ish DJ type (plays Saturdays at Bo) around here ... really sick indie electronica ... great grooves ... super nice beats ... tons of cutting edge pop. Essential.

HERE

Cobra Commander

the Teddybears - Cobrastyle



Robyn - Cobrastyle



I'm still digging the original more, something about the dancehall style vocals from Mad Cobra.

Robyn - Cobrastyle

Mud Music

Not only can you read pithy banter about music from Mr. Mud but you can also hear him play music. On a ... big ... sound system! Halloween.

Heartbreaker

I love me some sad bastard music. How can you go wrong with songs about girls breaking hearts? Beautiful video in my opinion.

Metronomy - Heartbreaker

A few more keystrokes for Kanye.

God lord! Could it be?!? Another blog post on the internet about Kanye West? Today he has once again given more reason to talk, with his debut of the video for Love Lockdown (below). I have said plenty of praise as well as some harsh criticism in the past, (rhyming "Klondike" with "blond dyke"? Seriously?) But I'm going to have to admit that Love Lockdown is pretty nice. I know auto-tune vocals are getting a bit overplayed, I really don't want to hear another T-Pain hook. But somehow this tune doesn't shut me off completely. It's been growing on me for the past few weeks, and I'm ready to accept that I totally dig it. When I break it down it's odd, 90's piano stabs, sparse 808 kicks on verse, and some nice tribal drums on the chorus. It's sparseness just makes it so clearly NOT intended for a dancefloor, but he went around this by releasing all the materials needed to remix it via his blog a while back. This led to many a remix hitting the blogs days later, some good, many not so good. But this sorta allowed him to write a song, rather than writing a dancefloor track. The concept is pretty cool. He can make the art and then let others Andy Warhol his shit and make it palatable for the floor. Pretty smart.
Who knows I very well might end up hating this tune in a months time though. It wouldn't be the first time that's happened to me with a Kanye tune.

Kanye West - Love Lockdown (Flufftronix edit)

when you look for trouble you find it.

Today while sitting in front of a coffee shop downtown with some friends, a reporter from the local paper comes by and asks us questions about how the economy is hitting us. We all said basically the same thing, that so far it's business as usual. He really wanted to hear us talk about how we lost our jobs and we were broke and desperate for work. Every attempt he made to coax that out of us failed. It just seems like people are looking for the devastation to some degree. We all want to focus on how fucked everything is. I pass a newspaper box and find a picture of a sad guy on the trading floor moments after this discussion with the reporter and I can only shake my head.

I found a blog of "Sad Guys on the Trading Floor". It's beautiful.

And a song to jam to:

Tigarah - Money (Speed Dub Remix)