We want to sing a big shout to U.S., and to all ravers in the world! And to
Westbam,
Marusha,
Steve Mason, The Mystic Man,
DJ Dick,
Carl Cox,
The Hooligan, Cosmic,
Kid Paul,
Dag,
Mijk van Dijk,
Jens Lissat,
Lenny D.,
Sven Vath,
Mark Spoon,
Marco Zaffarano,
Hell,
Paul Elstak,
Mate Galic,
Roland Casper, Sylvie,
Miss Djax,
Jens Mahlstedt,
Tanith,
Laurent Garnier, Special,
Pascal F.E.O.S.,
Gary D.,
Scotty,
Gizmo,... and to all DJs all over the world!
posted by filthy light thief
on Jan 19, 2012 -
15 comments
DJ Assault (born Craig De Sean Adams, aka
Craig Diamonds "The Street Narrator") is a Detroit-based music producer, who was part of a movement to bring
ghetto-tech, aka booty house,
from the urban streets of Detroit to the suburban club circuit. With his
Jefferson Ave. label, he's bringing it directly to you, via the internet,
for free.
Four albums,
22 EPs,
11 DJ mixes, and
three bonus collections of rap and "accelerated funk", all streaming and downloadable. [Warning: most music is NSFW or those sensitive to repetitive, crude lyrics]
posted by filthy light thief
on Dec 13, 2010 -
25 comments
Dommune is a fairly new nightclub in Tokyo. It's only open Sunday through Thursday night and they close at midnight. The room only holds 50 people. Nevertheless, the place attracts top-flight talent; Jeff Mills, Derrick May, Claude Young, Prosumer, and Shed have all performed. What's the gimmick?
Every party is streamed live. (from
mnml ssgs)
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posted by mkb
on Aug 11, 2010 -
20 comments
Often ignored when critics talk about the history of electronic dance music - "booty music" has long played an important role.
Raw,
bass-heavy,
hyper-sexualized, its the exact opposite of the androgynous, slick techno and house that gets most of the attention. (all links NSFW, probably)
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posted by empath
on Apr 12, 2010 -
52 comments
On February 3, 2010,
Autechre celebrated the month-early release of their new album
Oversteps with a 12-hour netradio broadcast.
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posted by mkb
on Mar 18, 2010 -
42 comments
"
Trance music" is not a new phenomenon. The ability for music to drive dancers into ecstatic frenzies has been known at least since
Euripides.
The Shakers got their name from the ecstatic behavior they exhibited when dancing to their
simple, repetitive hymns.
Voodoo rituals are built around
complex, trance-inducing rhythms. It was well known that trance-dancing can produce ecstastic states, but until the later part of the 20th century, and the invention of the 'extended dance remix', it was rare for commercial music to reach for it.
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posted by empath
on Feb 1, 2010 -
86 comments
Canadian DJ bloke Tiga has a new album called Ciao.
He's made a spoof documentary to promote it.
It's really funny, even if you don't know about dance music - A bit like
Nathan Barley by the ever wonderful Chris Morris.
Part 1
Part 2
posted by debord
on Jun 4, 2009 -
20 comments
blog to the oldskool, collecting obscure & long forgotten 91-95 oldschool hardcore/jungle gems, live sets, and
more oldies from the golden era of jungle .
posted by geos
on Jan 18, 2009 -
43 comments
Muslimgauze was the sound of an angry Middle East, a prolific source of music
dark,
spacious and
smothering. Tension was a constant theme not only in the music but in the packaging. (For example,
Betrayal shows the hands of Yassir Arafat and Yitzak Rabin, and guns, knives, and news photos of an Arab world at war were a common motif in titles and sleeve art.) However, the music wasn't the usual agitprop fare: Music meant to rile a public to a cause isn't normally pigeonholed as
ambient,
electronica or
musique concrete. But the band, hidden from public view, was rumored to donate proceeds to Palestinian terrorists, and that they were eventually silenced by Mossad.
Despite the prodigious output -- issuing almost a hundred EPs and albums between 1983 and 1998, over a hundred more since -- limited distribution and perpetual obscurity ensured the rumors were easier to find than the music. While the facts about Muslimgauze have little in common with the fictions, they are, if anything, stranger...
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posted by ardgedee
on Dec 22, 2008 -
48 comments
The
25 Greatest
Electronic Albums of the 20th Century. From the
instrument that was created by
Leon Theremin, to the
Moog Guitar that's been named after the legendary
Bob Moog (the inventor of the
Moog Synthesizer),
Electronic music has come a
long way since
its early days. YouTube [
a,
b,
(extreme caution advised: graphic images of death, destruction and 9/11 c),
d,
e,
f,
g,
h,
i,
j,
k,
l,
m,
n,
o,
p,
q,
r,
s,
t,
u,
v,
w,
x,
y]
(Previously mentioned here, here, here, here, here and here)
posted by hadjiboy
on Jun 29, 2008 -
84 comments
Nothing but short Flash animations, all with the most awesome or annoying techno/8bit soundtracks ever.
Crazy techno monster
,
fingers from craters
,
sometimes it doesn't pay to get up
,
not quite an oomp lompaa
,
furies need exercise too
,
happy at my day job,
all downhill from here,
lunch with my little brother
,
looking for tps reports
,
cardboardobots transform!,
more fingers in crators ,
dive into happy hell
,
mario, wtf?!,
hey kitty
,
dance with me you big bear
and finally,
something to calm you down
Found via
this AskMe question.
posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Apr 8, 2008 -
18 comments
Berliner Trance. A 1993 documentary tracing the origins of modern trance music in East Berlin. Featuring interviews with many of the biggest names in trance, including a very young
Paul Van Dyk, now currently
ranked as the #1 DJ in the world.
posted by empath
on Apr 7, 2007 -
49 comments
The Rising Suns PV I found this techno PV (Japanese for 'promotion video') by Takkyu Ishino (of the band Denki Groove) to be pretty impressive (assuming the people are real & not CG).
[youtube]
posted by Heywood Mogroot
on Jan 3, 2007 -
11 comments
WaxDJ.com - an excellent source for free downloads and streams of original electronic music mixes of all sorts, from seasoned pros to beginning bedroom amatuers, all told numbering in the hundreds or thousands. My current brand new favorite is the very diverse and well-versed Detriot/Chicago techno stylings of DJ
Rubsilent. Recomended mix: Future Funk 23:
(Direct MP3 link) (Streaming mp3 link) But don't let me divert you - search for your favorite local DJ or browse for new ones.
posted by loquacious
on Oct 11, 2006 -
19 comments
The Orb, known as one of the principal architects of
ambient house, have receded into relative obscurity since the popular heyday of the electronic music movement in the US. Despite changes in the lineup - the group now consists of a duo featuring founding member Dr (Duncan Robert) Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann.
Paterson's DJ sets are the stuff of legend and I was pleased as punch that they've just put together a podcast (actually a
50.8mb .zip file containing an mp3) that's available through their
minimal website.
posted by beaucoupkevin
on Sep 7, 2006 -
36 comments
