I certainly hope not, otherwise you're probably all too familiar with:
Well, here's da REMIX, and it's actually pretty decent compared to the original:
Mad dIrty baSs yo.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Asi me gusta a mi (Remix)
Have you ever heard of Chimo Bayo?
I certainly hope not, otherwise you're probably all too familiar with:
Well, here's da REMIX, and it's actually pretty decent compared to the original:
Mad dIrty baSs yo.
I certainly hope not, otherwise you're probably all too familiar with:
Well, here's da REMIX, and it's actually pretty decent compared to the original:
Mad dIrty baSs yo.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Mehdi Mixmas 2009!
'Tis the season for the spirit of giving, and so Ed Banger standby DJ Mehdi prepared a nice little Christmas mix that, in his own words, "Starts quite smoothly and gets harder towards the end, just like I like it."Download it here, courtesy of my friend Brother Suarez.
And also be sure to check out Mehdi, Busy P, and - oh wait - Justice at the Ed Banger 7th Anniversary Party this coming February - I'm really starting to have second thoughts about this whole going to Spain business.
01. James Pants: “Seven Seals”
02. Burns: “So Many Nights”
03. Kid Sister & Green Velvet: “Everybody Wants”
04. Azari & Ill/Agayo Remix: “Hungry For The Power”
05. Le Le/Mercury Remix: “Disco Monster”
06. Feadz: “Get On Down”
07. Serge Santiago: “Atto D’ Armore”
08. Tony Senghore: “If You Came Here”
09. Boy-8-Bit: “Chapel Of Chouls”
10. Skunk Anansie/Michel Cleis Remix: “Because Of You”
11. Boris Dlugosh: “Bangkok”
12. Arveene & Misk: “Hells Bells”
13. Momma’s Boy/Kid Kaio Remix: “Wedouwedou”
14. Riton & Seiji/DIM & TAI Remix: “Computer Juice”
15. Philip & Lloyd: “Keep On Moving”
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Baby, you eat spaghetti?
Dispatches from around the internet, just in time for holiday funsgivings...
Regardless of whether you like his style, Carles over at Hipster Runoff has made an exhaustingly comphrehensive retrospective of the last decade in music. Dude has a lot of time on his hands, clearly.
And remember the biggest thing out of the Dominican Republic since "Pepe"? Como se dice, Watagatapitusberry, no?
Well, believe it or not, DJ Toy Selectah has a remix of it. Yes, this is serious:
Also, Nickelback is the top group of the decade? *NSYNC had the biggest album? WHAT??
Finally, just for shits, an old Animal Collective video, from their Feels days:
Peace.
Regardless of whether you like his style, Carles over at Hipster Runoff has made an exhaustingly comphrehensive retrospective of the last decade in music. Dude has a lot of time on his hands, clearly.
And remember the biggest thing out of the Dominican Republic since "Pepe"? Como se dice, Watagatapitusberry, no?
Well, believe it or not, DJ Toy Selectah has a remix of it. Yes, this is serious:
Also, Nickelback is the top group of the decade? *NSYNC had the biggest album? WHAT??
Finally, just for shits, an old Animal Collective video, from their Feels days:
Peace.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Songs of the week: 12/22/09
Merry Christmas-ing times, my laptop has been out of commission since about last Tuesday, so the updates have been pretty non-existent. Don't fret though, I've continued to search out some fun songs to help keep my sanity in tact.
My indefinitely running playlist continues.
*** songs of the week #30:
1. Fly Away Another Day - Pretty Lights (This song is fucking NUTS. If you are a fan of any electronic genre, there's a moment for you in the seven minute tour de force)
2. Where Is My Mind? - Bassnectar (Courtesy of Bassnectar themselves)
3. Graze - Animal Collective (PAN FLUTE)
4. Valhalla - Hostage (A little tacky, but it's so damn good!)
5. Hood Up! (Club Edit) - Stress x Wildlife (French rapping times)
My indefinitely running playlist continues.
1. Fly Away Another Day - Pretty Lights (This song is fucking NUTS. If you are a fan of any electronic genre, there's a moment for you in the seven minute tour de force)
2. Where Is My Mind? - Bassnectar (Courtesy of Bassnectar themselves)
3. Graze - Animal Collective (PAN FLUTE)
4. Valhalla - Hostage (A little tacky, but it's so damn good!)
5. Hood Up! (Club Edit) - Stress x Wildlife (French rapping times)
Monday, December 14, 2009
Top 20 Songs of 2009
It's mind boggling to think that another calendar year has elapsed. When I looked at my day planner and saw "Fly Home" written, it started to sink in that December was here, but what really hit me was when the first year-end lists started popping up in various publications.
In an attempt to not be biased by the opinions of others, I have refrained from reading what anybody else believes to be the best album, track, ______, as sometimes I will conveniently "remember" a release that had slipped my mind (often for good reason) in an attempt to appeal to others' taste - usually I have good success catching myself before I hype something undeservedly, but I'm sure it's happened before.
So here we go, my attempt at a clean, virgin list of my favorite 20 songs from 2009, hopefully as pure as the powder after the year's first Albany snowfall.
***
Surprising, right?
But come on, it's got Eminem's massive recovery from his, erm, Relapse, the most enjoyable verse Lil' Wayne's dropped since Tha Carter III, and the country's last positive memory of Kanye West before the VMAs.
Oh, how could I forget?
Last name: Ever.
First name: Greatest.
-Drake
La Roux has a great voice. She has great lyrics. And to the unsuspecting listener, it would follow that she then would have great songs. As an exercise to the reader, I encourage you to look up the original version of this song, because then you'll really understand just how terrible her music sounds.
Thank god Jack Beats were able to lend a hand that does her voice a wobbly justice.
Although released on last year's Chunk of Change EP, this track came to define the spring and summer of 2009 for many people after a mastered version was included on Passion Pit's debut full-length.
Its shrill vocals are certainly not for everyone, but if you're on board, then it's pretty damn beautiful.
This list seems, at least to me, dominated by bright, shiny, summertime house music - perhaps it's for good reason. The descending progression of a damped trumpet packs more punch than ten of Rick Ross's baddest boasts, conveys more heartache than the entire Norah Jones back catalog, without being heavy-handed or predictable in the least.
I guess DFA Records has stuck around for a reason, and The Juan MacLean has provided another stunning example.
The song in studio could never compare to its majesty live, but it's certainly worth pretending.
As previously noted, this is the march that Sousa never wrote, triumphant, electronic, and glorious.
I don't care who you are, where you are, or what state of mind you're in - this is Zen in a bottle, six minutes of instant nirvana.
Portuguese kuduro outfit Buraka Som Sistema crafted a beat that could be described as nothing but the musical soulmate of Lykke Li's shiver-inducing vocals, the epitome of chill.
Speaks for itself.
Is "The Churn of the Century" the dirtiest dubstep of the year?
No, that'd have to go to either "Swine Flu", or that last track, "Swagga". Its pomp and horns and massive beat are all well and good, but those other two songs are just downright filthy beyond belief.
But is it the best dubstep of the year? Yes. Emphatically, yes.
11.
'Nuff said.
Any DJ that drops this in their set has the power to render every other track irrelevant.
That its snare-n'-kick 4/4 is one of the most distinctive beats out there, the fact that the muted horns of its build are just the right mix of subdued and expressive, it just spells "hype" in all-caps, to the point that when the song arrives at "T-t-t-t-t-turn up the bass!", every man, woman and child is ready for it.
And then it drops. Holy shit, does it drop.
I knew this was the best song off of Merriweather Post Pavillion the first time I heard it. But it wasn't until I saw Animal Collective's Friday "Celebrate Brooklyn" show in Prospect Park this August that its true beauty clicked. The churning vibrato introduction that looped in and out of phase with itself seemed infinite in its length and depth; every chorus of "I want to walk around with you" dripped with more sincerity and longing at each repetition; the pulsing rhythm was embodied in a collectively swayed dance; that final, emphatic refrain, "Just you", was invicible, stretching, enduring, powering through the humid night air.
Sublime. Unreal. Transcendent.
Mos Def is most definitely back, the Ecstatic makes that much perfectly clear. And what better way to cap such an emphatic comeback than with a finale that breezes through everything that made hip-hop great during the golden age.
Don't doubt Def, he's Bed-Stuy forever.
During any other year, I think this would be, hands down, song of the year. It has that saccharine refrain that reaches above and beyond the limits of the word "catchy", not so much sung as it is sighed, wistful June nostalgia filling every breath.
That it's not is nothing but a testament to the other 19 tracks present.
So, yeah, I know - this is not the song that defined the summer for as many people as "Pon De Floor" or "Hold the Line", but does that make it any worse?
It is pretty interesting that of all the tracks on the dub/electro/dance hall tour-de-force Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do, "Can't Stop Now" is the straightest reggae to be found. And yet, it has the most massive, overwhelming, and engulfing bassline, one that simply drowns out the fidget house hook on "Pon de Floor" and club-ready bomb (in the worst sense possible) of "Keep It Goin' Louder".
I be lovin' it more every day.
Easily the least known and most under appreciated song on this list.
Simply epic.
I guess it's a bit of a cliche now, but do you remember the first time you heard it, poss in your bedroom sometime in July? Do you remember just knowing in your gut that this would absolutely blow up in New York, from the Five Boroughs to Fredonia, and every place in between?
Because I do, and it was marvelous. Jay Z, at the top of his game.
Dynamic to the core, this song stops and starts and shifts and morphs through all of the tropes of indie pop, pitch perfect in execution, before arriving at a driving waltz that is the sing-along moment of 2009.
This might be my favorite dance song of all time, and that's really saying something. Just make sure that you get the version off of the Starter EP, as the album mix amputates the year's most recognizable 32 bars from the intro, essentially neutering the track.
It's a word that gets thrown around a lot, but it's never been more true: flawless.
Animal Collective had an unbelievable year, with a slew of tracks that blew everything else out of the water. So, yes, "Brother Sport" is exuberant, "Summertime Clothes" timeless, "Graze" jaw-dropping, and "My Girls" simply transcendent.
But "What Would I Want? Sky" is flawless.
In an attempt to not be biased by the opinions of others, I have refrained from reading what anybody else believes to be the best album, track, ______, as sometimes I will conveniently "remember" a release that had slipped my mind (often for good reason) in an attempt to appeal to others' taste - usually I have good success catching myself before I hype something undeservedly, but I'm sure it's happened before.
So here we go, my attempt at a clean, virgin list of my favorite 20 songs from 2009, hopefully as pure as the powder after the year's first Albany snowfall.
20.Forever
Drake
Surprising, right?But come on, it's got Eminem's massive recovery from his, erm, Relapse, the most enjoyable verse Lil' Wayne's dropped since Tha Carter III, and the country's last positive memory of Kanye West before the VMAs.
Oh, how could I forget?
First name: Greatest.
-Drake
19.I'm Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix)
La Roux
La Roux has a great voice. She has great lyrics. And to the unsuspecting listener, it would follow that she then would have great songs. As an exercise to the reader, I encourage you to look up the original version of this song, because then you'll really understand just how terrible her music sounds.Thank god Jack Beats were able to lend a hand that does her voice a wobbly justice.
18.Sleepyhead
Passion Pit
Although released on last year's Chunk of Change EP, this track came to define the spring and summer of 2009 for many people after a mastered version was included on Passion Pit's debut full-length.Its shrill vocals are certainly not for everyone, but if you're on board, then it's pretty damn beautiful.
17.Tonight
The Juan MacLean
This list seems, at least to me, dominated by bright, shiny, summertime house music - perhaps it's for good reason. The descending progression of a damped trumpet packs more punch than ten of Rick Ross's baddest boasts, conveys more heartache than the entire Norah Jones back catalog, without being heavy-handed or predictable in the least.I guess DFA Records has stuck around for a reason, and The Juan MacLean has provided another stunning example.
16.Nothing Pure Can Stay
Audrye Sessions
The song in studio could never compare to its majesty live, but it's certainly worth pretending.
15.Stand Up
The Prodigy
As previously noted, this is the march that Sousa never wrote, triumphant, electronic, and glorious.
14.Dance Dance Dance (Buraka Som Sistema Remix)
Lykke Li
I don't care who you are, where you are, or what state of mind you're in - this is Zen in a bottle, six minutes of instant nirvana.Portuguese kuduro outfit Buraka Som Sistema crafted a beat that could be described as nothing but the musical soulmate of Lykke Li's shiver-inducing vocals, the epitome of chill.
13.Swagga
Excision & Datsik
Speaks for itself.
12.The Churn of the Century
Bassnectar
Is "The Churn of the Century" the dirtiest dubstep of the year?No, that'd have to go to either "Swine Flu", or that last track, "Swagga". Its pomp and horns and massive beat are all well and good, but those other two songs are just downright filthy beyond belief.
But is it the best dubstep of the year? Yes. Emphatically, yes.
11.
Pon De Floor
Major Lazer
'Nuff said.
10.Moombah (Afrojack Remix)
Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie
Any DJ that drops this in their set has the power to render every other track irrelevant.That its snare-n'-kick 4/4 is one of the most distinctive beats out there, the fact that the muted horns of its build are just the right mix of subdued and expressive, it just spells "hype" in all-caps, to the point that when the song arrives at "T-t-t-t-t-turn up the bass!", every man, woman and child is ready for it.
And then it drops. Holy shit, does it drop.
9.Summertime Clothes
Animal Collective
I knew this was the best song off of Merriweather Post Pavillion the first time I heard it. But it wasn't until I saw Animal Collective's Friday "Celebrate Brooklyn" show in Prospect Park this August that its true beauty clicked. The churning vibrato introduction that looped in and out of phase with itself seemed infinite in its length and depth; every chorus of "I want to walk around with you" dripped with more sincerity and longing at each repetition; the pulsing rhythm was embodied in a collectively swayed dance; that final, emphatic refrain, "Just you", was invicible, stretching, enduring, powering through the humid night air.Sublime. Unreal. Transcendent.
8.Casa Bey
Mos Def
Mos Def is most definitely back, the Ecstatic makes that much perfectly clear. And what better way to cap such an emphatic comeback than with a finale that breezes through everything that made hip-hop great during the golden age.Don't doubt Def, he's Bed-Stuy forever.
7.French Navy
Camera Obscura
During any other year, I think this would be, hands down, song of the year. It has that saccharine refrain that reaches above and beyond the limits of the word "catchy", not so much sung as it is sighed, wistful June nostalgia filling every breath.That it's not is nothing but a testament to the other 19 tracks present.
6.Can't Stop Now
Major Lazer
So, yeah, I know - this is not the song that defined the summer for as many people as "Pon De Floor" or "Hold the Line", but does that make it any worse?It is pretty interesting that of all the tracks on the dub/electro/dance hall tour-de-force Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do, "Can't Stop Now" is the straightest reggae to be found. And yet, it has the most massive, overwhelming, and engulfing bassline, one that simply drowns out the fidget house hook on "Pon de Floor" and club-ready bomb (in the worst sense possible) of "Keep It Goin' Louder".
I be lovin' it more every day.
5.King Beetle On A Coconut Estate
mewithoutYou
Easily the least known and most under appreciated song on this list.Simply epic.
4.Empire State of Mind
Jay-Z
I guess it's a bit of a cliche now, but do you remember the first time you heard it, poss in your bedroom sometime in July? Do you remember just knowing in your gut that this would absolutely blow up in New York, from the Five Boroughs to Fredonia, and every place in between?Because I do, and it was marvelous. Jay Z, at the top of his game.
3.At Least I'm Not As Sad As I Used To Be
fun.
Dynamic to the core, this song stops and starts and shifts and morphs through all of the tropes of indie pop, pitch perfect in execution, before arriving at a driving waltz that is the sing-along moment of 2009.
2.Jeffer
Boys Noize
This might be my favorite dance song of all time, and that's really saying something. Just make sure that you get the version off of the Starter EP, as the album mix amputates the year's most recognizable 32 bars from the intro, essentially neutering the track.
1.What Would I Want? Sky
Animal Collective
It's a word that gets thrown around a lot, but it's never been more true: flawless.Animal Collective had an unbelievable year, with a slew of tracks that blew everything else out of the water. So, yes, "Brother Sport" is exuberant, "Summertime Clothes" timeless, "Graze" jaw-dropping, and "My Girls" simply transcendent.
But "What Would I Want? Sky" is flawless.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Songs of the week: 12/11/09
So we're finally here - the end of another semester, another year, another decade.
Este enero, me voy a Espana para estudiar. And so I don't know how regular this blog will be. But before then, we have a few more nice random posts, and then a countdown of the top 100 albums of the last 10 years.
Exciting!
*** songs of the week #29:
1. You And I (The Juan MacLean Remix) - The Disco Biscuits (Thanks cold e-mailing, and RCRDLBL)
2. Expialidocious - Pogo (Sublime)
3. Now You See It (Afrojack Remix) - Honorebel (Yes, I know - it starts off just like "Moombah" - also with Pitbull)
4. I Think I Can - Animal Collective :)
5. Fabric Live 49 - Buraka Som Sistema (CHECK IT OUT - Google, isohunt, whatevs, just get it!)
Este enero, me voy a Espana para estudiar. And so I don't know how regular this blog will be. But before then, we have a few more nice random posts, and then a countdown of the top 100 albums of the last 10 years.
Exciting!
1. You And I (The Juan MacLean Remix) - The Disco Biscuits (Thanks cold e-mailing, and RCRDLBL)
2. Expialidocious - Pogo (Sublime)
3. Now You See It (Afrojack Remix) - Honorebel (Yes, I know - it starts off just like "Moombah" - also with Pitbull)
4. I Think I Can - Animal Collective :)
5. Fabric Live 49 - Buraka Som Sistema (CHECK IT OUT - Google, isohunt, whatevs, just get it!)
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Hard NYC - 4/3/2010
So...yeah.Hardfest is coming back to Terminal 5 in New York City this spring, just in time for me to go to Spain - this is the second time now that I'll have missed the Hard party, and with this kind of line-up, I couldn't be more bummed:
MAJOR LAZER
BOYS NOIZE
THE PROXY
BURAKA SOM SISTEMA
What the hell man?! It's gonna be a great time, and it's apparently Proxy's US debut. Be sure to check out Terminal 5's website for more info, and tell me how it was!
Dance Dance Dance (Buraka Som Sistema Remix) - Lyyke Li
Raven (Crookers Remix) - The Proxy
Jeffer (Para One Remix) - Boys Noize
Monday, November 30, 2009
Mash-up: Excision vs. Designer Drugs
Been awhile, but I'm back with a quick mash-up.In a couple of recent DJ sets, I've been toying with the idea of taking a dubstep track, slowing it down, and throwing it over a house beat. From this idea was born the fusion between the disco/house/techno slayers of Designer Drugs and the dirty dubstep basslines of Excision.
I'd love to know what you think.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
KW Griff - The Force
I was listening to the Crookers Essential Mix from last summer this morning (I know, it's been over a year since it was released, cut me some slack), and I heard what might be the coolest novelty track ever.Think Star Wars, but with dirty fucking house beats.
Yeah.
So here it is, "The Force", by KW Griff. Enjoi pls?
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Ill Hip-Hop Mix
Yeah, I'm not dead...yet.
Here's a fucking ill hip-hop mix done by DJ K-Oz an alumnus of SUNY Albany (where I go). I'm working on a tracklist at the moment, but until then, just enjoy.
October 2009 Hip Hop Mix - DJ K-Oz
Here's a fucking ill hip-hop mix done by DJ K-Oz an alumnus of SUNY Albany (where I go). I'm working on a tracklist at the moment, but until then, just enjoy.
October 2009 Hip Hop Mix - DJ K-Oz
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