Hardwax turns 20!

After Hyperdub and Ableton, here's another anniversary/birthday coming up that'll surely make for an amazing party, quite possibly the biggest of the lot. Berlin's legendary Hard Wax record store - one of the world's leading dealers of electronic music vinyls - turns 20 years of age this winter and to celebrate this accordingly, they've rented out the famous WMF club for a 3-level birthday bash with an armada of A-list DJ's on Dec 5th. If you happen to be around, DO NOT MISS IT!!! Seriously.
The Killasan Floor (main DJ floor) is named after the Killasan sound system that drives it. This behemoth of sound was passed on to Hard Wax by its owner, some japanese guy, who I guess couldn't make use of it in his living room.
Berghain resident Marcel Dettmann, Modeselektor, René Löwe, Errorsmith, Shed and Anthony "Shake" Shakir will be providing the ear candy among many others. Hardwax employees, all DJ's themselves of course, will also be showing off their skills behind the decks. Paul St. Hilaire, whom you might know from his collaborations with Mdslktr, will be on the mic alongside some friends during reggae/dub sets from Honest Jon's record shop co-founder Mark Ainley and Hard Wax owner Mark Ernestus, who'll be playing some of the early sets of the night.


A brief tour of Hardwax


Scuba - From Within (Marcel Dettmann Remix)

Modeselektor - Black Block (Rustie Remix)

Errorsmith - Near Disco Dawn (live)

Zombie Disco Squad

Here's another dynamic duo to keep your eyes on and ears open for: Zombie Disco Squad. These two London gentlemen have quickly established themselves, fusing hip-hop and (tropical) house to create an own signature sound. And do they know how to throw a party. Currently they're spinning around the globe, spreading their love, stopping by Berlin on their "Made to Play" tour for a gig at the Panorama Bar on Nov 28th, and on to NYC Dec 8th. If neither of these cities is anywhere close to you, be sure to check out further tour dates on myspace, cuz these guys are out and about a looooot.
As an extra lil tidbit, Zombie Disco Squad recently released a Mix for the XLR8R podcast, free for y'all to download!

Find all ZDS releases on Beatport!

Zombie Disco Squad - Vie!

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Zombie Disco Squad - Dance


(DL) Hess is More - Ssshhhh (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)

DOWNLOAD Zombie Disco Squad XLR8R Podcast Mix

Thomas Heckmann's Synth Museum

Here's some footage that will make every circuit nerd cream his pants. German techno producer Thomas Heckmann gives a tour of his studio, packed with synthesizers that he collected over the years. Some impressive stuff.
Thomas Heckmann has been around since the very early stages of techno in Germany, releasing his first record in 1991. He has founded 4 labels since then and worked under many aliases on countless productions, however without ever reaching any serious mainstream success.
Much of the audio is German with subtitles.

Part I


Part II

Happy Birthday Ableton!

Almighty Ableton is celebrating its 10th birthday! And we get the presents!!!

The Berlin based company's revolutionary flagship product "LIVE" quickly advanced from a smart concept to the industry standard in electronic music production, becoming one of today's most popular digital audio workstations. It's very hard to imagine electronic music today without this fine piece of software. But also rockbands like Garbage can't go without it anymore in their production process. Many big name artists have tried it for production, (re)mixing or live performance purposes. Most of them stick with it.

To celebrate this anniversary, Ableton has assembled a bunch of goodies for their users:

Free Live packs!
- 10 artists, including Apparat and Múm, provided LIVE packs to one or more of their songs for you to download and screw around with. Tweak and remix as much as you like (but remember dem copyright laws, so don't try to sell that shit!)

Sweeeet discounts
- up to 20% off Suite 8 and Live 8

Free upgrades
- for Live Lite and LE users

NEW PRODUCTS!!!
- Live Intro - not all of the functions, but for way less $$$

- Max for Live - interesting tool kit for creating instruments, effects or extensions; sounds very cool indeed. If you're already a licensed Live 8 user, you can join the Beta testing here. Set to hit stores Nov 23rd.

Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk on Ableton Live:

"I use Live anywhere, anyhow. I use it on my laptop as a notepad for remembering and experimenting with musical ideas, and as a personal-computer game—because I have more fun with it than most video games...Live is one of the most transparent and creative softwares I have ever used. The whole process is easy, simple and fun, yet with accessible sophistication and professional results."

Four Tet announces new album

Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet recently revealed the details to his 5th studio album - his first in over four years - which is to hit the stores January 25th. "There Is Love In You" will comprise nine new tracks - eight exclusives along with his current single "Love Cry", which will be released as part of a remix package later this month, complete with remixes by Joy Orbison and Roska.

Along with his album comes a 7-date mini tour of the UK that will kick off mid February. Joy Orbison will be joining in for the London gig. Here are the dates:

Feb 12 - O2 Arena, London
Mar 11 - Manchester Academy 1, Manchester
Mar 12 - TJ's Woodhouse Club, Leeds
Mar 13 - Bongo Club, Edinburgh
Mar 18 - Concorde 2, Brighton
Mar 19 - Custard Factory Arts Complex, Birmingham
Mar 20 - Fiddlers, Bristol

Four Tet - Love Cry

Five Years Of Hyperdub

The prestigious London label turns five! As a treat, Hyperdub released "5: Five Years Of Hyperdub" end of last month, a 2-Disc Compilation of their finest bits. With it, Hyperdub takes a look back at the past years in which they have largely contributed to shaping the dubstep scene, while giving a glimpse of the future, where the label will undoubtedly increase their influence on the genre.
Disc 1 compiles exclusive, unreleased tracks by Burial, Kode 9 and Zomby among others. Five of these tracks are said to be released as singles. Disc 2 is a bundle of Hyperdub's most popular releases. Online record stores like Boomkat can't keep up with the sales and are out of stock.
I've listened to it and am impressed by the wide range and unique vibe. It's packed with all the big names and many big tunes of the label and genre, so there's no way of going wrong. Burial delivers strong as usual with a new and exclusive track "Fostercare" as well as two - "South London Boroughs" and "Distant Lights" - re-mastered. I won't say I looooove all songs on the record, but I can't remember a handful of albums where that was ever the case. 7.5/10 from me.

Buy "5: Five Years Of Hyperdub" here.

Here's my selection of favorites old and new:

Burial - Fostercare

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Flying Lotus - Discoballs


Darkstar - Aidy's Girl's A Computer


Joker & Ginz - Stash


Zomby - Kaliko


Kode 9 & Spaceape - 9 Samurai



Along with all this, Kode 9 recently contributed a half-hour mix made up of UK Garage and 2-step from the years 1999-2002 to the XLR8R podcast.

Download Kode 9's Bubble 'N' Squeak Mix

11.21.09 NYC - Trouble & Bass DJs host JOKER, NOMAD, L-VIS 1990 & BOK BOK!!!

This one is going to be huge. Every DJ is worth seeing. $10 @ Santos Party House in NYC (tix here). You must go. Seeing Joker will be like seeing...a moose in the wild!

DRINKMUSIK VII

BACK and at it again, DRINKMUSIK is continuing the stream of the best local talent with the one special guest, the ONLY special guest: dub_bub

If u don't KNOW, he will be spinning tunes to make you go CRA-CY! Dubstep bangaz, and the best of electro/hipHop/WONK

YES&NO spinning the usual fire. let me hear you say uh ohhh in ur best Ja Rule voice

AND, as always, Boston's NUMBER ONE VJ, V.Ka$h is providing the eye candy visuals that will change the way you see music...literally.

Thump-a-thump go the speakerz and bump-a-bump goes ur BOOTY!

BE PREPARED TO BE SMOTE ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE

Beat Dimensions Vol 2

Beat Dimensions is a perfect name for this comp because it's like an alternate beat reality. I guess people have been saying that about the Wonky style for a while now (wtf is everyone's problem with the word wonky, anyway??), but seriously, check out these tunes below and tell me you've heard something like them before.

My personal fav is Ras G's because it's funny, but all of them are heavyweight works.

I first got into Wonky thru Boomkat's 14 Tracks compilation series (highly recommended) back in December of '08 when they put out a Wonky comp that featured some tracks from the first Beat Dimension comp (Tom Trago, Cinnaman). This second compilation is much better though in my opinion. Here's some samples, you decide:


Zo Aka La Chauve-Souris - The Peacock Revolution


Ras G - Crazy Alien


Samiyam - Swamp Tarts


P.U.D.G.E. - Reign Dancing With the Stars


Nosaj Thing - Fwd


Mono Poly - Distant From


Mike Slott - Cadeting


Low Limit - Turf Day


Dorian Concept - Be Tween


Dizz1 - Konotakosuke Yaro


Dimlite - Ravemond's Young Problems


Exile - Super Robot



Pick it up here, or any of your other favorite stores

DJ HERO

As a DJ, I see this and immediately think it's going to suck. But like Rockband and Guitar Hero, I will most likely learn to love it like crack cocaine. In the same vein as those and other "musicians" games, DJ Hero will certainly be a smash success and entice even more yoo-hoos to join the spinning circuit. And like its predecessors, the veteran DJ will inevitably suck at first. I've played drums for years and when I first sat down to the padset on Rockband, I failed miserably.

As far as I can tell, this is more focused on hip-hop oriented, scratch DJ techniques than beat-matched, long + seamless sets. Fortunately, they have incorporated songs and artists that span hip-hop, electro and rock. Daft Punk avatars are available for use along with the likenesses of DJ Shadow, Z-Trip, DJ AM (R.I.P.), Cut Chemist, Grandmaster Flash and others. The controller includes a rotatable turntable and three "stream" buttons, a crossfader, effects dial, and Euphoria button (excited to see what that does).
Even cooler, you can plug your Guitar Hero controller in and play in tandem with a virtual guitar -- each track on the game has its corresponding guitar "score" as well.


You can find a list of tracks used here.

It was released yesterday (10/27) in the States and will be available on Friday (10/30) in Europe for Wii, XBOX, Playstation 2 + 3. GO BUY IT!!!

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This Turdsday the 29th @ REDLINE in Harvard SQ:

*MEMBERS ONLY * HALLOWEEN EDITION*

HIPHOP | DISCO | HOUSE | FUNK | SOUL

Featuring Resident DJs Mistaker and Voltran, and Special Guest YES&NO.

DRESS UP NOW! HERD?!?

Best costume gets free tickets to Thunderdome coming up this Friday nite.

I recently heard a hilarious rumor that among general city populations Cambridge has the highest percentage of geniuses in the world. USE THOSE FREAKY DEAKY SMARTZ AND CHANNEL IT INTO A FUCKING WEIRD SOMETHING AND WEAR IT!

POWWWW

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D21NKMU51K 0KT08E2FE5T Episode Four: FutureSound Mix

The next in line for the D21NKMU51K 0KT08E2FE5T mix series is a collection of works that are incredibly unique and experimental, while still carrying enough rhythmic weight to be dancefloor friendly. Many of the artists showcased here are on a highly creative bent, weaseling out of the dubstep genre and into new realms of electronic composition. It'ss only proper that there be included a Zomby tribute smack in the middle.

Sit down with this mix for a refreshing compilation of what's on the horizon for electronic dance music.

D21NKMU51K 0KT08E2FE5T Episode Four: FutureSound Mix

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Tracklist:

01 Rustie - Bad Science
02 Neil Landstrumm - 6 at Le Mans
03 Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason - Bleep Show
04 Mount Kimbie - Sketch On Glass
05 Pinch - Attack of the Giant Robot Spiders!
06 Martyn - Natural Selection [Flying Lotus cleanse remix]
07 Ramadanman - Revenue
08 Ramadanman - Revenue [Untold remix]
09 Truth - Revelation
10 Ikonika - Please
11 Helixir - Helicraft
12 FaltyDL - Bravery
13 James Blake - Air & Lack Thereof
14 Clouds - You Go To My Head [CHOPPED]
15 Neil Landstrumm - How Do You Feel?
16 Zomby - Mesculine Cola
17 Zomby - Helter Skelter
18 Zomby - Kaliko
19 Zomby - Aquafresh
20 Zomby - Rumours and Revolutions
21 Zomby - Digital Fauna
22 Zomby - Firefly Finale
23 Toasty - Angel [TUNE DOWN ALMOST A 1/2 STEP]
24 Nathan Fake - Grandfathered
25 Modeselektor - Black Block [Rustie remix]
26 Gemmy - Rainbow Rd.
27 Joy Orbison - Wet Look
28 Shortstuff - Progression
29 Untold - Bones
30 October - Elephants
31 Brackles - LHC
32 2562 - Love In Outer Space

VIDEO -- Siriusmo - "Die Rockwurst"

Think Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat but...BERLINIZED

Die Rockwurst - Siriusmo

EXCAVATE - 10/20/09 @ The Milky Way JP

Tonight! The Weekly Dig and Karmaloop present:

EXCAVATE
9PM-1AM
The NEW Milky Way
284 Amory Street, Jamaica Plain
Questions? email: drinkmusik@gmail.com
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We're going deep into Boston's now epic DJ scene and selecting a group of DJs, genres be damned, to give our audience an unmatched collection of beatmakers and beatmixers.

THIS EDITION

DJ KNIFE (Fresh Produce) Everyone knows Knife for his wit and wisdom and, more importantly, Fresh Produce, the best hip-hop party in the city. Respect!

MISTAKER (Thunderdome) Huge DJ magazine Mixmag UK recently announced plans for a gargantuan mega-party where every guest will get 3-D glasses. Sound familiar?

YES AND NO (Drink Musik) New to the scene, but not new to our hearts, the Yes & No duo has been upsetting neighbors in JP since they turned 21.

DOC KLAW (Members Only) Popping up at Enormous Room, Good Life and bigger one-offs all over, Doc Klaw does not fuck about when it comes to making a party jump.

KARMALOOP will also be on hand to give out prizes and free stuff all night. Everyone that comes through the door will get a $10 gift certificate with bigger prizes raffled off throughout the night. If you don't know Karmaloop, we wonder where you've been?

EXCAVATE will go down at different venues with different people at different times. A perfect way to see a new spot, a stratum of quality styles and one brilliant party.

D21NKMU51K 0KT08E2FE5T Episode Three: Freezeland Mix

The next installment of DrinkMusik's 0KT08E2FE5T Mix Series brings you a freezing distillation of dubstep-meets-techno tracks, all coming out of Europe as far as I can tell. Each one of these producers are capable of spinning out some really interesting beats, while keeping an arctic melodic core. Turn your speakers/headphones up loud and throw on a hoodie!

D21NKMU51K 0KT08E2FE5T Episode Three: Freezeland Mix

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Tracklist:

A Made Up Sound - Next
Martyn - Velvet
Moderat - Seamonkey
F - Icon
Pangaea - Bear Witness
Reso & I.D. - Torvus
Aquadrop - Dub of the Old Fat Man
Ekelon - Freezeland
JSL - Fight Dub
Kode9 vs. Badawi - Den of Drumz
Mala - Left Leg Out
RSD - Pretty Bright Light
Geiom - Reminissin' [feat Marita] [Geiomix]
Ramadanman & Appleblim - Justify
Spherix & Sigha - Lesser People
DatA - Leaves
Untold - Discipline
Shortstuff - "A"
Hyetal - We Should Light a Fire
Bar 9 - Distant Roots
Ramadanman - Carla
2562 - Techno Dread
Pangaea - Memories
Likhan - Quiet Riot
Moderat - Nasty Silence

ART & CASH

New MDSLKTR video (cred: Pfadfinderei) for some newwww tunessss man these guys just know how to do shit

MODESELEKTOR - ART&CASH OFFICIAL VIDEO from Pfadfinderei on Vimeo.

retrospecto

Part 2 of 2 of Mary Anne Hobbs' videoblog of her American Tour. You'll see highlights from her set at Dub War in NYC. Big ups to Joe Nice and the Dub War crew for making it happen - epic night!

D21NKMU51K 0KT08E2FE5T Vol. II

IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
SO ACT LIKE IT

Here is our second addition to DRINKMUSIK's 0KT08E2FE5T series. It's a salute to birthdays come and gone, nodding to some older, underplayed tracks that we have come to miss.

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Tracklist:
1. Eddie Bo - From This Day On
2. Audion - Kisses
3. 50 Cent - In Da Club Acapella
4. The Hood Internet - We Are Mikey! We Are Rock! (Cool Kids vs. Le Loup)
5. Aphex Twin - Outside Kick Ass Violin Solo
6. The Bug feat. Daddy Freddy - Politicians & Paedophiles
7. Aphrodite - Superman Theme
8. Dead Prez - Hip Hop Acapella
9. Apparat - Fractales (Part II)
10. Four Tet - Smile Around The Face
11. Ellen Allien - Sehnsucht
12. Lil Wayne - Go DJ Acapella
13. Asian Dub Foundation - Buzzin'
14. Yoshimoto - Do What U Do (Trentemoller Remix)
15. Ellen Allien & Apparat - Metric
16. Lil Wayne - Where U At Acapella
17. Avenue D - Do I Look Like A Slut?
18. Lexy & K-Paul feat. Colee - We Like That
19. M.I.A. - Bucky Done Gun
20. Benny Benassi - California Dreamin' (2004 Remix)
21. Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
22. Daft Punk - Revolution 909
23. Miss Kittin - Requiem For A Hit
24. Siriusmo - Urlaub In Berlin
25. ODB - Shimmy Shimmy Ya Acapella

ENJOY!

Announcing: D21NKMU51K 0KT08E2FE5T

Hello world.

We here at DrinkMusik would like to provide you with a series of live and/or prepared mixes over the course of 0KT08E2. We proudly introduce to you: the D21NKMU51K 0KT08E2FE5T Mix series. Episode 1 will cover bpm's 70-99, aka pure WONK! Download below and crank:

D21NKMU51K 0KT08E2FE5T Episode One: FutureHop Mix

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Tracklist:

01 Dorian Concept - You Used To Sing or Are You Used To You Singing?
02 Jamie Vex'd - Saturn's Reply
03 Milanese - The End
04 Rustie - Shadow Enter
05 Rustie - Soapy Tits
06 Neil Landstrumm - Schlump Funk
07 Lil Wayne - A Milli [Flying Lotus robo tussin remix]
08 Mount Kimbie - Serged
09 Dorian Concept - Two Hour Power
10 Akira Kiteshi - No Glitch (Part 1 & 2)
11 Food for Animals - Mutumbo [Raffertie bigger bass remake]
12 Hudson Mohawke - Spotted
13 Samiyan - Moon Shoes
14 Tranqill - Payroll [Paul White clean dub]
15 Slugabed - Let's Go Swimming
16 Modeselektor - Fake Emotion [feat Paul St. Hilaire] [Dabrye remix]
17 Tom Trago - Fluor Green Legged Gangster
18 Mike Slott - Knock Knock
19 Teebs - WLTA
20 Ad Bourke - Flight Deck
21 Nosaj Thing - 1685/Bach
22 Flying Lotus - Pet Monster Shotglass
23 Mike Slott - Flunky
24 Dorian Concept - We Smell Plastic
25 Nosaj Thing - Light #2
26 Little Dragon - After the Rain [Floating Points remix]
27 Architeq - Sleeping Bear Lament [Take remix]
28 Nosaj Thing - IOIO
29 Nosaj Thing - Light #1

BLAST FROM THE PAST -- Ms. Dynamite

If you don't remember Ms. Dynamite, then check this. Back in 2002, she came out with a few semi-hits that rocked UK and European pop charts and resonated loudly in the up and coming UK garage scene. Here is the hit that grew highest on the charts:

Ms. Dynamite - Miss Dy-Na-Mi-Tee


She continued to make music with the garage scene including these two dope tracks with Sticky:

Sticky feat. Ms. Dynamite - Boo


Sticky feat. Ms. Dynamite - Bad Gyal (Radio Rip)


Later, she encountered some legal trouble in 2006 and kind of disappeared from the limelight for a while (except for some TV appearances). That was, until I saw this:



Now after some research it seems as if she's venturing into the dubstep world, and I wouldn't be surprised to see her featured with some of the best in the near future ;)

The Nextmen feat. Ms. Dynamite & Andy Cato - Lion's Den