Nacho Lovers Australian Tour + JJJ Mix
Nacho Lovers just recorded an exclusive radio mix for JJJ in Australia to promote their upcoming tour, kicking off this Friday! The mix aired this past weekend, and you can grab it (along with tracklist + tourdates) after the jump.
Loco Dice - Pimp Jackson is Talking Now!!! (Luciano gets Loco remix)
Till Von Sein - Ovas (Catz N Dogz FX remix)
M.In - Work That Body
Rolling - Untitled
Solo - Congaloid (Minimow remix)
Livio & Roby and George G - We Got E’s f. Hipo
2000 and One - Spanish Fly
Steve Lawler - Kalimba (Dub mix)
Thunderheist - Nothing 2 Step 2 (Idiotproof remix)
Tomboy & Fredski - Where Tom & Fred Live (Let’s Go There Pt. 2)
Tony Lionni - Found A Place
Lily Allen - The Fear (Duke Dumont Remix) - Duke Intro Edit
Tour Dates:
24-APR SYDNEY @ SUGARMILL
25-APR GOLDCOAST @ RUBY TRAMP
01-MAY BRISBANE @ MONASTARY
02-MAY PERTH @ SHAPEBAR
PIVOT on tour in Europe, Spring 2009
In the wake of last years critically revered debut album for Warp, "O Soundtrack My Heart", Australia's post-glitch-wave heroes PIVOT return to Europe for a short run of dates around the first big Warp 20th anniversary celebration in Paris in May. They hit London on the 14th of May (Hoxton Bar Kitchen), via Germany, Benelux and even Eastern Europe. You can refresh your memory of their heavy live show with this video of the albums title track performed at a French festival last summer:
The band have recently been back in
Also last year the band supported Yellow Magic Orchestra at Massive Attack's Meltdown, and opened for Sigur Ros on their Australian tour.
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Heaps Sammy
When I was Down Under a few weeks ago, I had the great pleasure to spend an afternoon volunteering with Heaps Decent, the Aussie music outreach organization set up by Diplo and run by Andrew Levins and Nina Agzarian. Heaps has been involved in a number of projects over the past two years and one of their current focuses is a weekly class at Key College in Sydney, a high school run by the organization Youth Off the Streets. Click through for the full story and to hear what me made!
Levins and I arrived as the school day was winding down and set up my laptop, an mbox and speakers in the music room. We all introduced ourselves when the small class of 5 sat down and I launched into my lesson. Actually, I had no idea what I was doing or going to talk about and was super nervous! It quickly became apparent that I should go with something that I know in my bones, and that of course is The Mashup (shout to Certified Bananas!)
I started explaining the process of matching an acapella to an instrumental when a student named B looked up from playing with her phone and chimed in “Is that like that really terrible song that has Cream with Soulja Boy on it? I hate that one!” Levins and I immediately burst into laughter, knowing the inimitable Dave Nada to be the author of that mashup. After we told B about this, she said “Tell him he’s a disgrace!” Dave, you’re not a disgrace.
Once we got things under control again, Josh (who proudly was rocking a healthy amount of makeup, “It’s Estee Lauder” he said) asked if I had the acapella for “Finally” by CC Penniston. Everyone agreed that this was a good choice, and we started looking for a beat to match with it. I’m sorry to say that my instrumental game is not what it once was, but after talking about what artists we liked, the group settled on Rihanna’s “Disturbia”, mostly because they didn’t like her vocals.
I worked in Pro Tools to construct this idea while explaining the basics of what I was doing. It was clear that Josh and B were the most interested and though I tried to involve the whole group, eventually they left to do something else. Almost as expected in this magical world of pop music, “Finally” and “Disturbia” turn out to be in the same key and are almost the same speed as well. I took cues from the two musicians on timing and layout of the song, and soon enough we had something that might just be good enough to fit into A-Trak’s infamous “Bottle Service Electro” playlist! B had been playing hardstyle and gabber selections off her phone during the workshop, and suggested that we make a version of the song for those fans as well. Through a little time compression wizardry, we got it.
In order to be an internet success these days you need more than just a hot song, so we quickly came up with a catchy name for Josh and B’s crew and took a promo photo of the two artists with their producer. For some reason there was a pamphlet on the table advertising a waxing combo deal, and the two suggested Sac N’ Crak. B suggested we change it to SKNKRK (”so that is was like MSTRKRFT”).
So without further ado, here is the debut from SNKNKRK “Finally Disturbed” in both the House and Gabber versions.
SKNKRK - Finally Disturbed (House Mix)
SKNKRK - Finally Distrubed (Gabber Edit)
Sammy Bananas Oz Tour
Things you might not know about Sammy Bananas: he has a rather large collection of 90s independent rap vinyl (L Da Head Toucha!) and composes for jazz flute. Things you already know (and love) about Sammy Bananas: he is one damn clever DJ!
The young lad is headed down to Australia for a few shows next month and put together an enjoyably funky new tour mix that leans heavy on tracks from the red continent. Listen close for the surprises!
Sammy Bananas “Aussie Tour Mix” [mp3]
Tracklist and tour dates after the jump. You can also party with Sammy stateside this weekend in Chicago and Wisconsin, all that info’s after the jump too.
TRACKLIST:
La Mode - Song A
Mr. Oizo - Two Takes It
Architecture in Helsinki - That Beep (Kasper Vandergraff mix)
Cut Copy - Far Away (Hercules and Love Affair)
Yo Majesty - Don’t Let Go (Greenmoney mix)
Basement Jaxx - Jump ‘n Shout
AC Slater - Party Like Us
Sammy Banans - Stryke
Bizzare Inc - I’m Gonna Get You Baby (Drastik/NDN mix)
The Tough Alliance - Neo Violence (Shazam mix)
Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream (Treasure Fingers Mix)
Muscles - Chocolate Rasberry Lemon & Lime
OZ TOUR DATES:
Friday 2/6 BRISBANE at Empire Hotel
Saturday 2/7 MELBOURNE at Wow
Friday 2/13 SYDNEY at Bandits
Saturday 2/14 ADELAIDE at DJs Ain’t Rockstars
US EVENTS THIS WEEKEND:
Thursday January 29th
FLY BY NIGHT
w/ Willy Joy, Zebo
Debonair Social Club
1575 N. Milwuakee Ave
Chicago
Friday January 30th
Discotech!
w/ Willy Joy and OCD Automatic
Majestic Theatre
115 King St.
Madison WI
Saturday January 31st
Spaced Out
w/ Diamonds and OCD Automatic
at MOCT
250 E Pittsburgh Ave
Milwuakee WI
DOWNLOAD: Witch Hats - Pepperman + Stupid Arrangements
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Photo by: Ben Butcher
A bit of history: New South Wales, Australia was settled in 1770 and the transportation of convicts to the colony started almost immediately and continued until 1848. Van Diemen's Land, now known as Tasmania, was settled in 1803. In 2005, four lads emerged from the Tasmanian undergrowth, sounding more like convicts given guitars then nice boys trying to make girls dance, or get girls to pay attention, or even trying to get laid. Witch Hats are a violently sludgey, darkly churning group of misfits. Images of the band feature them in their underwear covered in unknown blood, sneering at the camera covered in their own blood and live surrounded by screaming lights and hazy smog.
Witch Hats are more than the visuals and more than the initial assault of dangerously pounding bass and slurringly jagged vocals. There's a wicked humor to be found above the stabbing guitars and somehow the band manages to cover both the Breeders and Spacemen 3 convincingly. So convincingly in fact, the original Birthday Party drummer, Phil Calvert, became a convert and produced their first 7"s and EP. America - prepare for the invasion. Beginning tomorrow in Portland, Witch Hats are bringing their dark magic over here, snaking around the country playing with everyone from the Vivian Girls to Heavy Trash and ending up at the F-Yeah Fest in LA. I won't get to see them til they come to Chicago on the 27th, but I'd imagine missing the show would qualify you for deportation.
Sounds like: Vivian Girls, Daily Void, Titus Andronicus, Tyrades
Download: Witch Hats - Pepperman
Kid Sister in Australia
Our good friends at Hobogestapo.com hooked us up with some great shots of Kid Sister from her mini-tour in Australia. She's really been turning things up, and it's about time you had a look.
We just had to share.
Photos after the jump.
New Modular Band: GHOSTWOOD!!!
Posted 12/14/2007 2:33 PM by modular
Tags: ghostwood, modular, red version, sydney, australia, indie, rock
YEAHHHHH!! New Modular band for 2008!
Check out our new band Ghostwood. It's a bit more "rock" than "dance" than our usual fare, but just as sweet.
Their self-titled EP comes out digitally in the US on January 15.
Download the single "Red Version" right here on RCRD LBL and let us know what you think!
The first single to be released from Sydney 4 piece GHOSTWOOD’s self-titled EP RED VERSION bleeds with unresolved optimism. It’s beautifully sweeping simplicity carries you through an everlasting journey stimulating the deepest emotional beams of your heart. It’s a clear example of the what has left so many of their fans craving for more and more.
The band that has been blowing the ears off unsuspecting listeners with their age defying talent and blistering sonic’s has prodused a track that swerves from the blissfull melancholy to the vigorous brooding, reminiscent of bands like Ride, My Bloody Valentine and early U2.
Ghostwood (formerly known as Ghosts) are Gab Navidzadeh, Paddy Harrowsmith, James West and Tom Crandles – a discontented trip of a band set upon endless nights of timewarp jamming and lost forays into the world of the will. After playing shows with the likes of Klaxons, The Valentinos, Howling Bells, Van She, Mercy and Damn Arms, a 5 track self-titled EP has been created.
Watch the video for "Red Version" here:
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