Franki Chan and the IHEARTCOMIX crew have announced their SXSW showcase. Quite a lineup he has put together. After party action planned with the MAD DECENT family. Sure to be some of the best in Austin.
Mr. Chan recently did an exclusive mix, best of 2008 playlist, and interview for the good folks at Fairtilizer as well.
A letter from the Phoenix boys on their beautiful new website. They have graciously provided their first single off the forthcoming ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix’ due May 25th.
Kris Menace has announced a monster three disc (26 original tracks + 11 remixes) release due in April on Compuphonic/New State Music.
Disc 1
01: Discopolis (w/ Lifelike)
02: Fairlight pt.1 & pt.2 (w/Fred Falke)
03: Jupiter
04: Lumberjack (w/ Alan Braxe)
05: Artificial (w/ Felix Da Housecat)
06: Stereophonic (w/ Spooky)
07: Voyage
08: Metropolis
09: Invaders (w/ Hexstatic)
10: Idiosyncrasy
11: Steamroller
12: Snapshot
13: Scaler
Disc 2
01: Sensuality
02: Micropacer
03: Borderline
04: Affinity
05: Poesie
06: Lightning
07: Challenger (w/ Douze)
08: Midnight
09: Dreamsequence
10: Enamoured (w / Fred Falke)
11: Cybernatic
12: Vanity
13: Electricity (w/ Fred Falke)
Disc 3 (Remixes)
01: LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum Remix
02: Tracey Thorn - It’s All True Remix
03: Roisin Murphy - Overpowered Remix
04: Air - Mer Du Japon Remix
05: Winona - Without You Remix
06: The Presets - My People Remix
07: Robbie Williams - She’s Madonna Remix
08: Felix Da Housecat - Something 4 Porno Remix
09: Metronomy - Heartbreaker Remix
10: Moby - Oh Yeah Remix
11: Underworld - Ring Road Remix
Jess & Crabbe….hard to put into words how influential they were on us. Their sound reached beyond the frontiers of house music. Inspired by hip-hop, reggae, Chicago house, with a punk attitude. A little background for those who may not be familiar:
Jess experimented in punk, reggae sound systems and raves before diving into Chicago house while Crabbe was into rap, hip hop, and jungle. They formed “Hometown”, a DJ collective that rocked clubs such as the infamous Rex Club in Paris. Shortly after Crabbe worked with Daft Punk on ‘Oh Yeah’ off of the historic “Homework” album, they bought some machines and started to produce tracks. After releasing ten epic 12’’s together, they unfortunately went their separate ways.
Amongst the the original material on the legendary Fiat Lux Recordings label and remixes Jess & Crabbe blessed us with between 1999 and 2001 they put together a series of four mixtapes (yes, actual tapes…and we have all of them) called the “Demolition Tapes.” Our friends at Flou Kids gave us a heads up that they not only did a DJ date together in January but are reviving the mixtape series and we couldn’t be happier. Christmas has come early!
Jess & Crabbe - Demolition Tape 5
BONUS!!!
‘Jungle Steppers’ is taken from Hervé’s inaugural mix compilation ‘Ghetto Bass‘ released this week. It features a slew of his remixes, original tracks under The Count & Sinden name as well as Hervé’s other alter egos (Action Man, Young Lovers, Dead Soul Brothers and Voodoo Chilli). The guy just keeps pumping out project after project. Mr. Harvey has a busy 2009 ahead of him with The Count & Sinden album being released through Domino and a second Machines Don’t Care album in the pipeline.
The Count Of Monte Cristal & Hervé - Jungle Steppers
BUY THE ENTIRE ‘GHETTO BASS’ MIX HERE!!!!
Here is a video of the man himself talking about the release:
Appears to have been a successful scam pulled off in Shanghai, China surrounding a “secret” Daft Punk concert that was schedule for February 13th. 3800 people apparently bought tickets over the course of a couple of days at 500 RMB a pop ($70-80). A Facebook group has popped up recently dedicated to the issue. The photographs below were taken by surveillance camera at the ticket office the scammers rented.
Daft Punk have issued an official response:
“DENIAL. Daft Punk is not playing in Shangri. The band are not touring this year, and at no point were they approached for this show, and at no point was there ever a possibility that they would do such a show.
The band and those around them were made aware of the scam in the last day or so, and are very upset that there are crooks out there trying to rip off the bands loyal fans.
All Daft Punk shows are announced on the bands official MySpace site, and we urge fans to check the site before purchasing tickets for shows.
The bands representatives are currently looking into what future action can be taken regarding the fraudsters responsible for the current scam. Daft Punk are looking forward to visiting and performing in China as part of their next world tour, in 2010 or 2011.”
So while we are saddened by this event we are excited that they are in the studio working on material and planning on hitting the road again to promote it. For our fellow Daft Punk fans and to the folks who were duped by this scam we give you a couple of recordings to keep us going.
Daft Punk Live @ Vegoose Las Vegas 10/27/07
Daft Punk Essential Mix - 12/24/1997
Tracklist
Daft Punk - Essential Info (Daft Trax)
Paul Johnson - Summer Heat (Peacefrog)
Armand Van Helden - Funk Phenomena (Henry Street)
CZR - Chicago Southside (1HR)
Artist Unknown - Git Down Saturday (Dance 6)
Remix Delux #1 - Dee’s Knots [Remix] (Delux)
Parris Mitchell - Ghetto Shout Out (Dance Mania)
Daft Punk - Teachers (Daft Trax/Virgin)
Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream (20th Century)
The Godson EP - Drum Patterns & Memories (K.D.J)
Jammin Gerald - Get The Ho’94 (Dance Mania)
DJ Attack - Da Way U Work (U.C.)
Thomas Bangalter - Spinal Scratch (Roule)
Tha West Siders - Waxscratch Trax (Dance Mania)
Fantom - Faithful (Source)
I.Cube - Disco Cubizm (Versatile)
Daft Punk - Rock ‘n’ Roll (Daft Trax/Virgin)
Cajmere - Only 4 U (Cajual)
Trankilou - Champagne (Kif S.A.)
Artist Unknown - And Da Beat Goes On (Dance 6)
DJ Funk & Gerald - Hold Up (Universal Funk)
Ween - Freedom Of ‘76 (Flying Nun)
Zdar & Boombass - Foxy Lady (Cassius)
Gusto - Disco’s Revenge (Bumble Beats)
DJ Deeon - Deeon Doez Disco (Dance Mania)
Sweet - Somebody’s Watching (White)
Da Mongoloids - Spark Da Meth (Strickly Rhythm)
Roller Rink 2000 - Stining (Kumba)
Roy Davies Jr - Gabrielle (Large)
Robert J Hairston - Preacher Man
Daft Punk - Around The World (Daft Trax/Virgin)
Kenny Dixon Jr - U Can Dance If U Want 2 (K.D.J)
Norwegian Casiokids are releasing a series of double A sided 7″ vinyl EP’s over the course of the year. ‘Fot I Hose’ is just one of those dance-indie-pop tunes that you cant get out of your head after hearing it for the first time. Lots of European radio play and extensive touring are helping to fuel the buzz. The EP will be released on Moshi Moshi on March 2nd.
Congratulations to Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo for two well deserved GRAMMY awards.
Best Electronic/Dance Album: Alive 2007, Daft Punk
Best Dance Recording: Harder Better Faster Stronger, Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers
A-Trak’s mix CD ‘Infinity +1′ is dropping on April 14th on Thrive Records with a tour to promote it. Sinden and DJ Mehdi will be supporting on a few of the dates.
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