Its been a long night out, Francois K, Juan Atkins, Damian Lazarus, Three, Patrick from Mandy, couldn’t ask for a better night BUT, I came home and found this hot as hell Will.I.Am tune in my inbox, I couldn’t wait until tomorrow to get it up, so, here it is.
Sorry, no fancy imaging to accompany the track, but ya know what, f!@#$ that nonsense, paint your own image. more often than not, the music speaks for itself and you don’t need anything else. Close your eyes and enjoy the groove.
Big love to Will and his slice of dancefloor goodness.
After hearing living legend Laurent Garnier play a mind blowing set Saturday night at Cielo, then make the trek to the after party, where Damian Lazarus and M.A.N.D.Y. had everyone dancing well into the daylight, (Laurent included) I didn’t think I had much left in me. HOWEVER, when I heard Laurent was playing an unannounced set at APT the following night, how could I not go? As expected, his set was stellar, he played Pepe Braddock - Deep Burnt, Inner City - Good Life, and a million other amazing tracks until 7am this morning. I was exhausted by the time it was all over. Like, WMC exhausted. All I can say is, I’ve never seen or heard a DJ as skilled as Laurent, and I’ve heard more than my fair share of DJ’s. The man is simply untouchable. When I left APT early this morning, he told me he was playing AGAIN while he’s here in NYC. Tonight, Monday, at Cielo. Alongside Francois K and Juan Atkins. At the time, I thought there was no way I was going to be able to make it. But my goodness, all these legends in one room, its like a mini DEMF or something.
So, um, yeah, I’m going to muster up a third wind and make my way over. Three nights in a row is a pretty rare occurrence for me, but a night like this something special.
Cielo
18 Little West 12th Street
New York, NY
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Visit our friends at Brooklyn Vegan for more Laurent mixes and tracks
The Bangers, made up of Nik At Nite, Rok One & DJ Jaclyn play dance music without boundaries or restrictions. Funk, New Wave, Synth Pop, Soul Classics, Post Punk, Punk, Italo Disco, Disco, House, Techno, Freestyle, Electro, Miami Bass, Baltimore Club, Baile Funk, Metal, Ghetto Tech, Grime, Hip Hop, Crunk, Electronica, Industrial, Goth, Cold Wave, Classic Rock, Dub…
The Bangers have shared the decks with some of the best DJ’s and performers in the game including Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandwizard Theodore, DJ Assault, Diplo, Z-Trip, Cut Chemist, A-Trak, Prince Paul, Lupe Fiasco, Lady Sovereign, The Rapture, The Faint, Bonde Do Role, Teddybears, Matt & Kim, Crystal Castles, Juiceboxxx, Chromeo, Kid Sister, Flosstradamus, Kavinsky, Joakim, Girltalk, Escort, Patrick Wolf, The Glimmers, Santogold, Spank Rock, MSTRKRFT, Yo Majesty, The Noisettes, Battles, CSS, Fluokids and the list goes on.
They like to mix it up and stray from one singular sound as much as possible, while still rocking the party with a cohesive sound. To quote the late great Big L, if you think we “can’t f*ck with whoever, put your money up/ put your car, naw f*ck it, put your honey up/ Put your raggedy house up/ punk, or keep your mouth shut…”
DJ JACLYN/ THE ALL GIRL MIX
1. New York, New York/ Nina Hagen
2. Self Control/ Laura Branigan
3. Silikon/ Modeselector fest. Sacha Perera
4. A Simple Edge/ DJ Roctakon mix/ Stevie Nicks
5. Good Beat/ Deee-Lite
6. Bad Girls Go To Hell/ Hakan Libido
7. Me and U (Eli’s Pure Energy Mix)/ Cassie
8. It’s All True (Escort Extended Remix) / Tracy Thorn
9. Lets Make Love (Spank Rock remix)/ CSS
10. Crazy on You / Heart
11. Walkman/ SSQ
12. Wish I Didn’t Miss You/ Angie Stone
13. Two Of Purple Hearts/ Purple Crush
14. Club Action (By Product Remix)/ Yo Magesty
15. Alfie (CSS Remix)/ Lily Allen
16. Pro Nails/ Kid Sister
17. Tir Aux Pigeons/ The Prototypes
18. You’re Out (Frank Music Remix)/ Dead Disco
19. Superfreak/ Amanda Blank
20. The Bomb/ New Young Pony Club
21. Sex (I’m A…)/ Berlin
22. Love is the Drug / Grace Jones
23. Rehab (Hot Chip Remix) / Amy Winehouse
24. You’ll Find A Way (Switch & Sinden Remix) / Santogold
We’ve made some friends in Spain, Buffet Libre.
They have a fun site full of great music and a cool remix project. The music buffet currently offers you the opportunity to whip up your own beats collaborating with artists such as Pomomofo, Voxtrot, Dragonette, The Go! Team, Shitdisco, X-Wife, Mendetz, and Brakes to name a few.
They also sent over their most recent mix, Verbena 3.
check it and feast your ears on all you can eat beats!
BUFFET LIBRE DJ’S “VERBENA NO.3
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1. Sintonia Buffetlibre
2. Calvin Harris – Merrymaking At My Place (Kissy Sell Out Remix)
3. Sidechain – Turn Your Body On
4. Nico Vega – Cocaine Cooked The Brain (Guns’n Bombs Remix)
5. Cobra Dukes – Leave The Light On (Knightlife Remix)
6. Moving Units – Crash ‘n Burn Victims
7. Timbaland - Miscommunication (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
8. Sneaky Sound System – I Love It (Bag Raiders Remix)
9. Kissy Sell Out – Her
10. Justice feat. Uffie – The Party (LA Riots Remix)
11. Chromeo – Tenderoni (MSTRKRFT Remix)
12. Bag Raiders – Fun Punch
13. IDC – Akai Elvis
14. Lifelike – So Electric
15. Boys Noize - & Down (Extended Mix)
16. Elektrons – Get Up (Herve Gets Down Remix)
17. Felix Da Housecat – Like Something 4 Porno (Teenage Bad Girl Remix)
18. Soho Dolls – Trash The Rental (Crystal Castles Remix)
I know what you’re thinking. It’s September 11th and there’s a picture of a guy who looks like he’s just emerged from a 48-hour flight from Tazmania just to get home. Don’t be fooled by appearances.
Sam Hell is Jim Holland, an edgy enigmatic northern breaks DJ who’s recently been signed to UK breaks label Sinister Recordings. Jim is scarily talented: his debut single on Sinister, ‘Stay Out All Night’, which was released in July 2007, has already received much accolade from the industry, attracting fans such as Soul of Man, Dreadzone, Crystal Method, Elite Force and Annie Nightingale.
Although it’s early days for Sam Hell, in the past couple of months he’s remixed “Alright DJ” by Idiotbox for emerging US house label Hardplace Records and “The Lords of Eldorand” by Beat Monkeys for Brighton Breaks (released this month).
In real life, Jim is a pretty unassuming, very cute guy with a quiet intensity that is striking. However, he’s hardly the spawn of Satan as the picture or the name suggests. I first met Jim this summer, in the most unlikely of places: in a barn, in the middle of a field, in the middle of nowhere at a secret festival organised by some mutual friends. I was quickly impressed with Jim’s shit-hot set that included a strategic mixture of everything dancy – breaks, techy house, electro. It wasn’t even dark outside and the place was heaving. Hands down, it was one of the best, if not the best, sets of the weekend.
After buying Jim a drink, I learned that he hails from a place called Preston, which I originally thought was Scotland (and kept saying all night –oops) – I stand corrected, it’s actually somewhere far up north of England, parallel to the Yorkshires and just northwest of Manchester. Although he reckons that being from up north doesn’t have much bearing on his music, I disagree. His tracks are moody and raw, and after listening to the mix he made especially for Trash Menagerie, my ears felt raped. Jim’s mix for TM is very different in style and atmosphere to the set I saw him do earlier this summer. He’s a diverse DJ, I like his sensibilities a lot, and from what I can see, I think he’s made a nice little dent in the breaks scene for sure.
As per normal, I had to ask all the dumb questions, just because I can and ‘cuz I wanted to know.
Amy Riley: Enquiring minds want to know: what gives with the photo? That doesn’t even *look* like you. (But who am I to say?) Is there a story there?
Sam Hell: It’s me without glasses and a bit more hair…
Amy Riley: How long have you been making music?
Sam Hell: Been making music for about 8 years, breaks (properly) for about 2.
Amy Riley: What got you into breaks?
Sam Hell: I guess people like Adam Freeland, the Prodigy and BT’s “Movement in Still Life” got me into breaks.
Amy Riley: What music were you making or into before that?
Sam Hell: Was in a rock band playing bass. (very cool)
Sam Hell’s follow up to “Stay Out All Night” is “Bone Snow”, which is released on Sinister Recordings in November and features a remix from Dopamine (on the TM mix). Although Jim keeps it on the down low, I reckon he’s got a lot more up his sleeve. You know what to do.
Sam Hell’s mix for Trash Menagerie — 11th September 2007
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Sam Hell - Bone Snow (Dopamine Remix)
Uberzone - 4 Bit
Hi-Fi Bugs - Don’t Die, Don’t Kill Anyone
the Beat Monkeys - Steelz Loves the Cock (Nectarios Remix)
Chris Lake - To The Point (BSOD Remix)
Matt Rock - What U Feel (Deadmau5 remix)
D. Ramirez - La Discotek (Darren Emerson Remix)
Stanton Warriors - Shake It Up (Hook n Sling Remix)
Digitalism - Idealistic
the Gossip - Listen Up (Punks Jump Up Remix)
Freeform Five - No More Conversations (Switch Remix)
A special thanks to Marek Richter, owner of Brighton Fusion, who hosted the mix at the last minute when I was too busy being an idiot savant.
Photo: BasenI heard Shir Khan’s BBC One Radio Mix about a year ago and was instantly hooked. Ironically, the same night I heard his mix, I also checked out my first Trouble & Bass party at Boogaloo where I met the ever so talented crew and homie, Luca Venezia aka Drop The Lime/Curses! (More on that later - hint, Shir Khan’s BBC One Radio Mix about a year ago and was instantly hooked. Ironically, the same night I heard his mix, I also checked out my first Trouble & Bass party at Boogaloo where I met the ever so talented crew and homie, Luca Venezia aka Drop The Lime/Curses! (More on that later - hint, Institubes tour!)
Anyway, seems things are coming along nicely for Shir Khan and deservedly so!
Shir Khan is regarded as Berlin’s Premier DJ outfit in the discothèque and electro scene. He has been trashing dancefloors all over Europe. Shir Khan has played on the bill with the whole Ed Banger Party Crew, Yuksek, Simian Mobile Disco, Tomboy, Bonde do Role, Munk, Radioclit, Snax, Khan, Mocky, Erlend Oye and many other artists.
After two 12″s from Surkin and Adam Sky, SHIR KHAN - MAXIMIZE! will be the first Double Mix-Cd on Exploited.
SHIR KHAN – MAXIMIZE! is straddling the lines between Electro, Baile Funk, New Wave, Techno and Punk. It’s all the mess & mayhem of nightlife packaged into a double disc of never-ending strobing bliss. And it is also a collection of tracks from friends, Shir Khan has dj’d with in the past.
49 Tracks with Exclusives from Simian Mobile Disco, Sirius Mo, Adam Sky vs Mark Stewart (The Popgroup), Munk vs Mocky, Justice vs Spektrum, Sergej Auto vs Edu K, Captain Comatose, Free Blood, Sinden. Plus Remixes from Jesse Rose, Surkin, Switch, and Digitalism.
In The News
Recently included on the URB Next 100 List (2007), Shir Khan is making waves far outside Germany with his unconventional, uncompromising blend of dance-music style. Mainly spread through the Internet, Shir Khan has become a key tastemaker DJ and jack-of-all-trades. Right now, Shir Khan must be one of the busiest Djs in Berlin. Besides constantly dropping cutting edge Dj mixes for Fabric (members area), Ministry of Sound, BBC Radio 1, XFM, he has also started his own imprint Exploited, with artists such as Surkin, Adam Sky vs Mark Stewart, Sirius Mo, Chris de Luca vs Phon.o and is currently a remixer in demand for the ones of Brazilian Baile Funk-Trio Bonde do Role (Domino), New Yorks New Young Pony Club support Act Holy Hail (ACTH Recordings) or The Jai-Alai Savant (City Slang) of Major Taylor-Fame (the man that invented the Hollertronix-parties around Diplo from M.I.A.).
Bonde do Role - “Office Boy”
At a time when even Minimal-DJs and -fans are opening up to Dubstep and Bassline House it becomes evident that more and more clubbers and music-lovers are looking for a brand new sound, for thrillingly exotic line-up combinations and exciting up-to-date performances. Just listen to Simian Mobile Disco, the Klaxons, Justice, Uffie&Feadz, Switch, Sinden, Herve, Lady Sovereign or TTC and you’ll know what we are talking about - not to forget the media hype called “Nu Rave”. London, Berlin and many more places around the world are dancing already to a new wave of ecleticism and dancefloor-power and it keeps on spreading.
Shir Khan did a new mix for swedish musicblog DISCOBELLE as well as for Jonty Skruffs show on MINISTRY OF SOUND. Furthermore, Berlin new rave/ mash-up maestro Shir Khan chatted to Skrufff this week (8 June 2007 Skrufff-E #313) about the state of Berlin’s club scene and said that minimal techno continues to dominate the city’s musical landscape.
“It’s funny because everyone from the techno-minimal scene tells me that they hate minimal and they don’t want to hear it any more, then you go to those clubs like Arena Bar or Panorama Bar, maybe not so much Panorama, it’s not quite so minimal, but all those places that claim not to be minimal, when you go there it’s all minimal,” he laughed.
“Everyone’s telling me ‘minimal sucks’-you see T shirts saying ‘Kill Minimal’ it’s quite trendy to say minimal is out but it’s still actually really big.”
Carving out his own niche as a mash-up, then electroclash and now neu rave DJ, Khan is currently riding high on the white hot baile funk/ electro crossover, courtesy of his stunningly good remix of Bonde Do Role’s new single Office Boy, though stressed Berlin has still to catch up.
“Everyone talks about neu rave but I don’t think we actually have a scene in Berlin. You get parties where they try and imitate this style but I don’t think it’s really working out; you get parties with glow sticks and the new rave fashion side but people are really just trying to imitate it.
“In the intellectual press here new rave gets a lot of disrespect,” he added, “Its either just starting or maybe it’s even already been killed by the media because they’re saying the big fuss about neu rave has already gone, particularly in the UK.”
Shir Khan’s first official double-mix CD MAXIMIZE! is out September 14th on EXPLOITED.
PITCHFORKMEDIA: “It’s like everything good thats happening in dance culture right this second.“
BPM: “If you enjoy the montage of sounds coming from DJs like Optimo, Glimmers and 2Many Djs, Berlin’s DJ Shir Khan will treat you right. Shir Khan’s repertoire spans an impressive amount of space.”
XLR8R: “SHIR KHAN is one of Berlin’s hardest working and most entertaining djs in any of the dozen genres he plays in.”
With the July release of their debut album through Rough Trade Records, 1990s have already left a giant impression. Jackie, Jaimie, and Michael have been wowing ‘em at the UK festivals and at a few much buzzed about New York and Los Angeles shows.
1990s Tour Dates
Sun - Oct 07 @ First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA w/ Voxtrot
Tue - Oct 09 @ The Mod Club, Toronto, ON w/ Voxtrot
Wed - Oct 10 @ Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, ON w/ Voxtrot
Thu - Oct 11 @ La Sala Rossa, Montreal, QC w/ Voxtrot
Fri - Oct 12 @ Pearl Street, Northampton, MA w/ Voxtrot
Sat - Oct 13 @ Middle East, Cambridge, MA w/ Voxtrot
Sun - Oct 14 @ Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
Mon - Oct 15 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY w/ Voxtrot
Wed - Oct 17 @ The Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington D
Fri - Oct 19 @ Bug Jar, Rochester, NY
Sat - Oct 20 @ Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
Sun - Oct 21 @ Southgate House, Newport, KY
Wed - Oct 24 @ Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
Sat - Oct 27 @ Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
Sun - Oct 28 @ El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA w/ Roky Erickson
Wed - Oct 31 @ Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA w/ Roky Erickson
Fri - Nov 02 @ Richard’s On Richards, Vancouver BC w/ Long Blondes
Sat - Nov 03 @ Dante’s, Portland, OR
Sun - Nov 04 @ Hi-Dive, Seattle, WA
Wed - Nov 07 @ 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN
Thu - Nov 08 @ Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Fri - Nov 09 @ The Basement, Columbus, OH
Sat - Nov 10 @ St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI w/ Electric Six
Tue - Nov 13 @ Granada, Lawrence, KS w/ Hold Steady, Art Brut
Wed - Nov 14 @ The Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX w/ Hold Steady, Art Brut
Thu - Nov 15 @ La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX w/ Hold Steady, Art Brut
Sat - Nov 17 @ Bottle Tree Annex, Birmingham, AL w/ Hold Steady, Art Brut
Sun - Nov 18 @ Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA w/ Hold Steady, Art Brut
Mon - Nov 19 @ Toad’s Place, Richmond, VA 2/ Hold Steady, Art Brut
Tue - Nov 20 @ 9:30 Club, Washington DC w/ Hold Steady, Art Brut
Wed - Nov 21 @ Terminal 5, New York, NY w/ Hold Steady, Art Brut
Praise for 1990s “1990s…pursue their ridiculous CBGB punk fantasies with almost religious devotion, resulting in the some of the most hilariously brilliant singles of the past year.” - 4 of 5 star review - ROLLING STONE
“No they’re not a grunge tribute act. Rather, they’re a three-piece from Glasgow whose effervescent British Invasion sing-alongs got them signed after only six months” - SPIN
“The CD We’re Totally Gay For… They have so much fun playing hot rock stars, it’s almost better than the real thing” - BLENDER
“… bringing the classic rock and roll party back to your living room” - NME
“Good time rock and roll with wit, tunes and charm to burn” - MOJO
“Three Scottish lads who’ll nip you faster than a snapping turtle should you even think of marring their moniker with definite articles or apostrophes.” - PITCHFORK
