John Bourke New Years Eve...... an edit pour toi, because I care, and so does he...

This is where John Bourke will be tonight PLUS and exclusive edit he has just done for y'all



John has just did a quick edit for tonights NYE party...

prince - 2009

Prince Edit 2009

have a great nye!

Eartha Kitt Dies from Cancer, aged 81:(

This woman was a REAL character, larger than life and twice as sultry. The world is a sadder place today without her in it. She did live large however and was loved by generations of fans:

Eartha Kitt, the sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died. Skip related content
Related photos / videos Eartha Kitt dies after cancer fight Family friend Andrew Freedman said Kitt, 81, died of colon cancer. She was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York.

Kitt, a self-proclaimed "sex kitten" famous for her catlike purr, was one of America's most versatile performers, winning two Emmys and a third nomination. She also was nominated for several Tonys and two Grammys.

Her career spanned six decades, from her start as a dancer with the famed Katherine Dunham troupe to cabarets and acting and singing on stage, in movies and on television.


She persevered through an unhappy childhood as a mixed-race daughter of the southern US and made headlines in the 1960s for denouncing the Vietnam War during a visit to the White House. Through the years, Kitt remained a picture of vitality and attracted fans less than half her age even as she neared 80.

When her book Rejuvenate, a guide to staying physically fit, was published in 2001, Kitt was featured on the cover in a long, curve-hugging black dress with a figure that some 20-year-old women would envy. She also wrote three autobiographies.


Once dubbed the "most exciting woman in the world" by Orson Welles, she spent much of her life single, though brief romances with the rich and famous peppered her younger years.

After becoming a hit singing Monotonous in the Broadway revue New Faces of 1952, Kitt appeared in Mrs Patterson in 1954-55. Some references say she earned a Tony nomination for Mrs Patterson, but only winners were publicly announced at that time.

Her first album, RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt, came out in 1954, featuring such songs as I Want to Be Evil, C'est Si Bon and the saucy gold digger's theme song Santa Baby.

Kitt also acted in movies, playing the lead female role opposite Nat King Cole in St Louis Blues in 1958 and more recently appearing in Boomerang and Harriet The Spy in the 1990s. On television, she was the sexy Catwoman on the popular Batman series in 1967-68, replacing Julie Newmar who originated the role.

New Years Eve parties

Prepmode will be playing here on New Years Eve with Ocelot etc, check it out,



Kliktrak and methinks Klassikist (Keith, what a lovely lad:)) will be amongst the performers at this NYE party in Durban area, check it out for the coolest in KZN electronica
Amafullthrottle facebook event

Featuring two dancefloors with 20 of KZN's finest electronic DJ's & performers, and only 45 kms south of Durban on the N2 at Ifafa, you now have an official reason to get the hell outta dodge city over the New Year period.

I mean, would you rather be nailed in a roadblock after a night spent scrumming with muppets for high-priced drinks?
OR
Would prefer to be chilling with your guzzies at a lakeside venue listening to deadly beats?
We've got 24 hours of tunes on two dancefloors.
We've got hot showers.
We've got clean toilets.
There's food on sale
And our bar runs 24 hours, non-stop.
So if your idea of an amadeadly New Year jol is to kiss goodbye to 2008 in style at a lakeside venue featuring your favourite line-up of kickass electronic music, please
INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!!!
AmaFullThrottle New Years Festival - In The Name Of The Jol, The Whole Jol And Nothing But The Jol!

If you are Cape Town side, I am sure you are spoiled for choice and inundated with us Vaalies and MANY German tourists, try this one out, however, I am sure there is a PLETHORA of choice for said evening

The VERY LAST ROCKY HORROR DRESSUP PARTY OF THE YEAR. Rocky Horror Picture Movie will be showing for early arrivals (STARTS 8.00pm SHARP!) Party pack includes a comemorative engraved champayne glass, PLUS PARTY PACK,PLUS A DINKY BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE PER PERSON at midnight, plus all the associated mayhem. Tickets PURCHASED at decoDANCE UNDERGROUND ANY Fri/Sat night from Fri 12th Dec. ONLY R100 p/p prebooked. Limited to 200 tickets - 1st come 1st served. Book NOW!!
decoDANCE underground NYE Party Facebook Event Page

Joburg has this, at the CCHQ, check it......
Cellardoor New Years Eve Facebook Event Page
Yes Indeedy The Cellardoor will be open on New Years Eve.. Yes, come get your Thursday thrills, but on a Wednesday.. What better way to say hello to 2009 than by bowing down at the feet of a 2 foot high wooden rabbit and getting down to some damn fine music in the finest venue ever!!!!

So join Martin, Ian, Craig and David for a night of Northern Soul, Indie toss, 80's trollop and nothing pretentious thrown in for good measure.

That is all for now, should there be any other cool parties I will post them, I am sure there will be. If not, I hope you all have an AWESOME festive season whatever your personal belief systems are, drive safely, love your loved ones and look after each other. It has been an honour to share my music and thoughts with you all over the past year, thanks for reading and lsitening and thanks to those who have contributed and said many kind words, you are all my friend:)
Peace and Prosperity for ALL

Tonight John Bourke of TRASH YOURSELF! w/ Jeremy Dawson of Shiny Toy Guns (OKC, OK)

Hey peeps, if any of you are in Oklahoma tonight you will DEFINATELTY want to check John Bourke of Trash Yourself who will be DJing along side the rest of the Dance Robots, Dance! DJs!!
Wish I was there, but I won't be, dinner with fiends, hahahhahah



Here is a little video from last Wednesday @ Robotic, sound quality aint too great but you get the picture:)The DJ quality more than makes up for it....




And, whilst you are at it, check out this AWESOME interview with Prepmode aka Simple Simon on INTERVIEW

German Dance, German Football, ne'er the twain SHOULD meet...here's why.....

OMFG!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAAH, Don't ask, I don't know, but this could ONLY happen in Germany!!! ROTFL!!!! Some snazzy moves.............

The Shows

1st Hour of Show


2nd Hour of Show

Tonights VERY Australian show features Bumblebeez, Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!, Fuck Buttons, Holy Fuck, Grafton Primary, The Death Set, Susumu Yokota

The Presets – This Boys in Love (Lifelike Remix)
Awesome remix from the special Ltd Edition copy of Apocalypso, has some WAY cool remixes and also has links to other cool stuff. Check out Modular's online store ModShop
Grafton Primary – Records for the righteous
Grafton Primary are brothers Josh and Ben Garden from Sydney. From their very cool new album Eon on Resolution Music.
Ladyhawke – My Delerium
The crowd went off at Nevereverland in Melbourne when she played this track, I think it was her last track of her set, she's like a blonde Joan Jett, only from New Zealand, and indie, and stuff. Rock Chick, yeah
Van She – Memory Man
Sydney's Van She with a cool track from their new album, they were great live despite the fact that they opened up proceedings to only a few hundred people, a pity because they played a blinder of a set
Tame Impala – Desire Be Desire Go
I was SOOO bummed that they were bumped off the set for Melbourne, would have loved to see them, this is from their new EP, check the ModShop link above to get this as well as Ladyhawke etc:)
The Bumblebeez – Vampires
Another band that was bumped off the Nevereverland set list for the Melbourne leg, HUGE pity, was REALLY looking forward to seeing them. This is from their Red Printz EP, Vila's in tha house yo!!
Holy Fuck – Royal Gregory
Saw these Toronto based guys live at the Corner in Richmond (I think thats correct) fucking AWESOME, and if I may say so myself, what a FANTASTIC name for a track, Royal Gregory, indeed!!
Fuck Buttons – Bright Tomorrow
This magnificent wall of sound that the J@MC would be proud of, is from their latest album Street Horrrsing
Gossip – Listen Up! (MSTRKRFT Remix)
SEXY and driving remix by Canada's genius MSTRKRFT. Gossip is awesome, LOVE her voice, the chorus alwasy make me think of J&MC's Who Do You Love?
Susumu Yokota – Golden Years
Lord Bowie covered, this is from a cool album I picked up in Polyester Records on Brunswick Street. It's calledLife Beyond Mars Bowie Covered, it features the likes of Au Revoir Simone, Heartbreak, Paper Jones, Joakim and Disco etc, VERY cool to hear Bowie reinvented
Maps – Don’t Fear (Fantastic Mr Fox Remix)
Lovely remix by the Fantastic Mr Fox of Mute's Maps, giving it a bit of a Hip Hop Trip Hop Turntablist flava,
Matthew Dear – Sound And Vision
Another great track from the Bowie Uncovered CD, it's Matthew Dear, can ONLY be good

The Presets – Cookie
From their first EP called Blow Up, it offers hints towards the awesomeness that they would become. They were unbelievable live!!
The Presets – Anywhere (Still Going! Remix)
Another track from the Apocalypso Special edition, lovely
Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! – War Coward (The Waterslides Rainbow Legs Remix)
New band from the City of Churches (Adelaide), their best kept secret. "irresistable Synthpop grooves" Faster Louder, "a highly combustible package that, upon explosion, you can't help but dance to." whotthehell.net , just some of the reviews of thsi cool band fronted by the awesome voice of Caitlin Duff.
Bumblebeez – Clubb Clubb
This is from their 2007 offering on Modular "Prince Umberto and the Sister od Ill" I WANT these people to take over the world!! Please?
Juan Maclean – AD 2003
This is from 2005's "Less than Human" great slice of DFA Electronica
Simian Mobile Disco – Hotdog (Cosmo Vitelli Rmx)
This understated masterpiece is from the Remix album of SMD's Attack.... album, their are some absolute STOMPERS on it
Shit Robot - Chasm
This is from the SMD Fabriclive.41 CD, Electro from heaven
The Death Set – Listen to this collision
Smash and grab wall of sound from the Death Set, makes me happy, noise, who DOESN'T love noise, I do
Test Icicles – Boa vs Python
Who would win between a Boa and a Python?......hmmmmm, I wonder, yon Icicles try to find out,
Pop Will Eat Itself – Ich Bien Ein Auschlander
CLASSIC track from the 90's, when them Grebos' went to Interscope and onto Trent Reznors label, came from the "Dos Dedos Mes Amigos" album, still a floor filler
Cazals – To Cut A Long Story Short (Vicarious Bliss Mellotron mix)
Orchestral and chilled remake of the Spandau Ballets New Wave/Romantic classic from the very early 80's, when they wore their Kilts, The Cazals do the track justice
Ratatat – Shiller
From their latest album, another brilliant instrumental psyche hop album, great!
Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya – Fuck Friend (CSS Remix)
Kitsunes Bitchee all mixed up by them lovely Brazillians, could it get any better?
Bomb The Bass – Butterfingers (Adam Sky Ravebummer Mix)
Bomb The Bass are back, Mr Simenon with his warped beats n pieces, this is from the new album Future Chaos, the limited edition package has all these awesome remixes and this is one of them. The world is a better place when BtB is in it!
autoKratz – Pardon Garcon
Also from Kitsunes Maison Compilation 5 CD, brilliant
Grafton Primary , Ladyhawke , The Presets , Van She , Juan Maclean , Tame Impala , Bomb the Bass , Susumu Yokota , Matthew Dear , Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya , Cazals , autoKratz , Ratatat , Pop will Eat Itself , Holy Fuck , The Death Set , Test Icicles , The Bumblebeez , Maps , Shit Robot , Simian Mobile Disco , Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! , Gossip

MEANWHILE, check out this cool interview of Prepmodes Simon, wicked cool dude that he is on: INTERVIEW

DUCK BUSH DUCK!!!

Can't say I am unimpressed with Bush's reaction time!

The Presets announce their North American Tour 2009!

The Presets - North American Tour on-sale Wednesday
Today at 10:53
The Presets announce North American tour - on sale Wednesday

Australian duo The Presets soar to even greater heights after two sold out nationwide tours in the US and a slew of prestigious awards around the world.

Once again they're setting their sights on America and will return for more headlining shows this Spring 2009.

Fri-Mar 27, 09 Tallahassee FL Club Downunder 18+

Sat-Mar 28, 09 Miami FL Ultra Music Festival

Sun-Mar 29, 09 Gainesville FL Common Grounds 18+

Mon-Mar 30, 09 Atlanta GA Masquerade (Hell Stage) All Ages

Tue-Mar 31, 09 Carrboro NC Cats Cradle 18+

Wed-Apr 01, 09 Washington DC 9:30 Club All Ages

Fri-Apr 03, 09 New York NY Webster Hall 18+

Sat-Apr 04, 09 Boston MA Paradise 18+

Sun-Apr 05, 09 Montreal QC Studio Juste Pour Rire 18+

Mon-Apr 06, 09 Toronto ON The Mod Club 19+

Tue-Apr 07, 09 Cleveland Heights OH Grog Shop All Ages

Wed-Apr 08, 09 Chicago IL Metro 18+

Thu-Apr 09, 09 Kansas City MO The Record Bar 18+

Fri-Apr 10, 09 Denver CO Bluebird Theater 16+

Sat-Apr 11, 09 Murray UT Murray Theater All Ages

Mon-Apr 13, 09 Vancouver BC Commodore Ballroom 19+

Tue-Apr 14, 09 Seattle WA Neumos 21+

Wed-Apr 15, 09 Portland OR Hawthorne Theater All Ages

Thu-Apr 16, 09 San Francisco CA Mezzanine 21+

Mon-Apr 20, 09 Pomona CA The Glass House All Ages

Tickets will go on-sale this Wednesday.

Check out some quotes for the band's last US tour.

Miss this at your peril!!!!

"For only two people, they throw one hell of a hot party" - Metro Pop

"...Anthems for husky straight dudes who aren't ashamed to dance" - SPIN

"The Presets jump back on the dancefloor and aim for the cosmos with their latest. "Yippyo-yay' and "My People" will light up the night" - XLR8R

"Presets don't just make electronic dance music... They throw a lot of heavy musical content into the stew, seemingly at times to convey that they're capable of being "serious" musicians- not that that kills the joy..." - LA WEEKLY

"(The Presets) throw down fists full of bouncing beats... Shiny as silver ink, tracks such as 'Kicking and Screaming' and 'My People' celebrate diversity and dancing." - Chicago Free Press

"I've seen plenty of concerts in my 36 years on earth - and my 21 years as a music writer - so please forgive my sincere hyperbole here: Last night I may very well have experienced the hottest show of my life." - Just Out

"The Presets revel in the darker, more cosmic realm of dance music while still having fun and involuntarily getting people in the mood to move. There's also punk and new wave elements, but just don't call them "indietronica". - Rolling Stone

"Apocalypse WOW! - a sold-out sea of fist-pumping, the music off of the Presets' most recent album Apocalypso inspiring dance moves from the most complacent of hipsters." - Blackbook

"Compelling evidence that their famed live act translates to the recorded medium. The Presets are beaut." - MIX MAG

"An electrifying set... The crowd's frivolous dancing and singalong was no shock in this case: absurdly catchy tracks extracted from the duo's latest album Apocalypso intensified as well as delighted." - Big Shot

"...fist pumping, bass throbbing set that coerced the crowd into gleeful, pseudo-violent dancing." -
The Eagle.

"Apocalypso could thrust The Presets to mainstream success" - The Edge

"Imagine Depeche Mode circa Violator with a twist of Pet Shop Boys' pop purity" - Anthem

"The Presets lead the wave of Aussie dance music" - AM New York

"Apocalypso is not lacking in singles, led by the lush and gorgeous "this Boy's In Love", the shades-of-Devopodium-pounding of "My People" and the rocker "Talk Like That" - Minneapolis Tribune.

"Having created major inroads in their homeland, The Presets are poised to gain similar recognition Stateside and beyond..." AOL Music

"The best sound set-up we've ever experienced!" - DC-ist.

"The Presets had a strong outing, with a minimalist drums-and-synth setup providing a big return on party noir." LA Times.

"Their set wonderfully straddles the line between a traditional rock show and DJ set... the entire venue dashed and jumped around like, well, ravers in a friendly mosh pit." URB

The Shows

1st Hour of Show


2nd Hour of Show

Tonights show featuring TRUMP DISCO, Dj Mujava, We Are Wolves, Hostage, Santogold, Techjio, Johnny Cash

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow
“would you please turn on that telephone we’re under fifteen feet of pure white snow…..” Nick at his menacing best…
The Cramps – Dopefiend Boogie
Speaking of menacing The Cramps have to be the sexiest, grimiest, craziest bunch of nutcases out there, ever, LOVE them
We are Wolves – Coconut 155
From Montreal this is a cool indie punk romp
Streetlife DJ’s – We love the Disco Sound (radio edit)
London’s Streetlife Dj’s sampling the Pop Will Eat Itself and the burning it up
Kap10Kurt vs Original Hamster – Burning Down The Haus
Then New York’s Kap10Kurt together with the Original Hamster do the coolest take on the Talking Head’s 80’s classic, electrode and funked up
The Young Punx – Fire (Electro Rock Version)
From their recent Debut Your Music is Killing Me these are tireless workers and party animals headed up by maverick multi instrumentalist Hal Ritson ably assisted by Cameron Saunders and Nathan Taylor they steam up any dance-floor they inflict themselves upon, in a good way…
Santogold – Creator (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Rmx)
The Chewy’s making Santogold sound even more awesome, an electro stomper. Santi White ALWAYS delivers, The Chewy’s ALWAYS make it even better
Grosvenor – Drive Your Car (Hot Chip Remix)
EXTREMELY naff track, not sure why I played it, I will not again, dreadful, what were them Chippies thinking??
Johnny Cash – Get Rhythm (Tomboy Rmx)
Johnny Cash all remixed and funked up, stays faithful to the original, I dropped this on saterday afternoon at a lounge bar I was playing at in a kinda chilled type setting, people got up and danced, it was cool
Crystal Castles – Vanished (Mr Vega Rmx)
This remix builds up and delivers, spectacular take on a spectacular song by a spectacular band
Datarock – I used to dance with my daddy (Metal on Metal Rework)
ALWAYS loved this song, Skint’s Metal on Metal rework is stellar, takes it to a new level
Trumpdisco – Depraved (Remastered)
Australias Trump Disco, AWESOME slow builder, dark and brooding, kicks in nicely halfway through, definitely ones to watch. Two Girls making SUCH great music to shake your soul to
Metal on Metal – No Front Teeth
Check out their history on their myspace page, remixers extraordinaire, with an extraordinarily crazy original, nice!

Hostage – Lighter
LOVELY old school type track yet it is current enough to get me interested, builds and builds to a blissful trajectory, beautifully crafted track
Digitalism – Taken Away (Lalory’s Modern Romance RMX)
One of the many remixes of this track. Digitalism recently had an online remix competition for this track, this is one of the results, me likes!

Rhys – Hot Summer (Trumpdisco Rmx)
Another corker of a remix from Victorias Trump Disco, starts off neither here nor there, lulling you into a false sense of security but then it absolutely kicks off and gets low down and dirty in the hardest of ways, spectacular
We Have Band – Oh! (Dessous Chic’s Oh La La Rmx)
Another great remix of We Have Band’s Oh!
Techjio – Olivia
What is it about Canada and Montreal that keeps churning out more and more awesome acts, this is another fantastic one with a track called Olivia, Olivia is ASTOUNDINGLY beautiful, yes she is….even though she likes Arsenal….obscure, yes?
Pantera – Walk (Techjio Rmx)
Astounding electro remix of mosh inducing grindcore Pantera, SOOO unbelievable
Fake Blood – Mars (Trumpdisco Rmx)
Them Trumpies, doing it again, fucking AWESOME!!!
Benga – 26 Basslines (Cheus & Rodski 26 Waistlines rmx)
Jungly breaky techy remix of Croydens Dubstep maestro Benga
Benga – The Cut
Benga gets busy with the churning and grinding dubheavy basslines to sooth and disturb the soul in equal measure
The Pixies – Hey (Diplo Devil Mix)
That naughty naughty Diplo fellow, making Alternative Indie Rock Gods all dancefloor friendly, fiendish boy, devilishly good! Wesley you devil!!
Tiga – Mind Dimension (Mansion Rmx)
Driving soundscape, yet another mix of Tiga’s Mind Dimension, this time by Mansion
DJ Mujava – Township Funk (Sinden Rmx)
I LOVE this, the man started off supplying tracks from his Pretoria base to Taxi’s, amazing story, seriously talented kid, from the heart of a South African township making music to escape crime and poverty, now he is being remixed by the likes of Sinden, how mad and fantastic is that?

Nick Cave, The Cramps , We Are Wolves , Streetlife Dj’s , kap10kurt , Young Punx , Santogold , Chewy Chocolate Cookies , Crystal Castles , Datarock , metal on metal, trump disco , hostage - lighter, Hostage -Lighter , Rhys , We Have Band , Techjio , pantera , Fake Blood , Benga , The Pixies , Diplo , Mujava , Township Funk

2700 stash of Cannabis found in grave in the Gobi Desert, STILL GREEN

CRIKEY, I saw this this morning and had to share it with you all, and it was STILL green, must have been some powerful shit:


Stash for the afterlife: A photograph of a stash of cannabis found in the 2,700-year-old grave of a man in the Gobi Desert. Scientists are unsure if the marijuana was grown for more spiritual or medical purposes, but it's evident that the man was buried with a lot of it.
By Jennifer Viegas

updated 1:19 p.m. ET Dec. 3, 2008
Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany.
A barrage of tests proves the marijuana possessed potent psychoactive properties and casts doubt on the theory that the ancients only grew the plant for hemp in order to make clothing, rope and other objects.
They apparently were getting high too.
Lead author Ethan Russo told Discovery News that the marijuana "is quite similar" to what's grown today.
"We know from both the chemical analysis and genetics that it could produce THC (tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase, the main psychoactive chemical in the plant)," he explained, adding that no one could feel its effects today, due to decomposition over the millennia.
Russo served as a visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany while conducting the study. He and his international team analyzed the cannabis, which was excavated at the Yanghai Tombs near Turpan, China. It was found lightly pounded in a wooden bowl in a leather basket near the head of a blue-eyed Caucasian man who died when he was about 45.
"This individual was buried with an unusual number of high value, rare items," Russo said, mentioning that the objects included a make-up bag, bridles, pots, archery equipment and a kongou harp. The researchers believe the individual was a shaman from the Gushi people, who spoke a now-extinct language called Tocharian that was similar to Celtic.
Scientists originally thought the plant material in the grave was coriander, but microscopic botanical analysis of the bowl contents, along with genetic testing, revealed that it was cannabis.

The size of seeds mixed in with the leaves, along with their color and other characteristics, indicate the marijuana came from a cultivated strain. Before the burial, someone had carefully picked out all of the male plant parts, which are less psychoactive, so Russo and his team believe there is little doubt as to why the cannabis was grown.
What is in question, however, is how the marijuana was administered, since no pipes or other objects associated with smoking were found in the grave.
"Perhaps it was ingested orally," Russo said. "It might also have been fumigated, as the Scythian tribes to the north did subsequently."
Although other cultures in the area used hemp to make various goods as early as 7,000 years ago, additional tomb finds indicate the Gushi fabricated their clothing from wool and made their rope out of reed fibers. The scientists are unsure if the marijuana was grown for more spiritual or medical purposes, but it's evident that the blue-eyed man was buried with a lot of it.

"As with other grave goods, it was traditional to place items needed for the afterlife in the tomb with the departed," Russo said.
The ancient marijuana stash is now housed at Turpan Museum in China. In the future, Russo hopes to conduct further research at the Yanghai site, which has 2,000 other tombs.

Design Is A Good Idea

Hey peeps, I have been wanting to post this for a while but keep forgetting, hahaha, (it's been an insane year) this is a Facebook Group set up by my Fiend Bruce Cowie, a genius designer and all round Good Bloke. Myself and my then girlfriend used to take him and his then girlfiend clubbing at (their) tender age of 14 and they used to stay at our place in Hillbrow on weekends, I used to sell him Einsterzende Neubauten and Nick Cave vinyl back in 1990 when I used to be the resident black clad dude at Hillbrow Records. Always back then this extremely intelligent boy (now a man) always looked to push the boundries, to question and to most importantly listen to the Universe. He ventured into music and DJ'ing and was startlingly brilliant at both. As good as his Design, and as you can see, his Design is pretty damn amazing:


Bruce Cowie © Design is a good idea
Dear Design Is A Good Idea member.

The Coming Soon splash pages are now online at HERE

The pages will load randomly every time you visit the site, so if you want to see more you can just click the 'refresh' button.

Submissions are still welcome, please feel free to keep adding. Thank you very much to everyone involved for constant support, and for sending us great things. Stay tuned for new projects soon.


Love

Design is a good idea.


Featured artists:
Designed by: Lara Hamman (South Africa)© Design is a good idea

Ronel van Heerden (South Africa)
Bruce Cowie (South Africa)
Renée Rossouw (South Africa)
Antony Kitson (UK)
Judith Hoogenboom (USA)
Will Alexander Taylor (South Africa)
Terry Cronje (South Africa)
Aristides Karantonis (Greece)
Benedikt Sebastian (South Africa)
The Cupcake Academy (Japan/South Africa/UK)
Ultraglow™ (Japan)
Black Light District (Norway)
Disobey® (Worldwide)
The Heavenbound Gun Company (South Africa/USA)
Mike Remote (Japan)
Lisa Verbatim (Sweden)
You've Been Warned (South Africa)
Kult™ Industries (Secret)
Pointdexter (China)

Love on Rollerskates live at EVOL 12 Dec 2008, SWEAT.X at 88 in Norwood 5 Dec 08

Hey Cape Town Party People, and all the imports that will be in Cape Town in December, of which there will be about a Gazillion, check out my Fiends LOVE ON ROLLERSKATES FIRST EVER gig in Cape Town at the legendary EVOL on the 12th December starting at 9pm ending when your mom picks you up:


This is the first performance the up and coming JHB based band Love On Rollerskates will be doing in Cape Town.

Indie Electro Power-Dance Glock-Pop

The band will be followed by everyones favourite Lets All Make Mistakes and newcomer Midas Goldstein.

Bob Shebang™

@ EVOL
69 Hope Street
Gardens
Cape Town
South Africa


SWEAT.X IN JHB THIS WKND
PARTY LIKE A WEREWOLF

THIS FRIDAY

88 IN NORWOOD, Jozi

SWEAT.X
RICHARD THE 3RD
BLUNTED STUNTMAN

---SPOEK IS DJING ON THURSDAY NIGHT AT GOGO BAR,
COME GET STUPID, LAUGH AND THROW STUFF---

Prepmode live footage:)

You can check out some live footage from Prepmodes set at Beauty Bar in Austin, TX this past Saturday night on Prepmodes myspace site.


just in case you missed it.
Give Simon some love

John Bourke of !TRASH YOURSELF upcoming DJ dates

Austin, Kansas City, Columbia, Houston, OKC, Fayetteville
Body: All of the below are John Bourke of Trash Yourself DJ dates.


December 3rd in OKC :: Robotic @ Electro Lounge w/ Jesse Jamz (Louisville, KY)

December 4th in OKC :: RokBar w/ VHS or BETA

December 6th Austin ::



December 12th in Columbia, MO ::



December 13th in Kansas City :: @ Botnet warehouse party.

Location TBA.. for more info check out myspace. com/botnetkc

December 20th in Houston :: @ Boondocks

December 31st in Louisville :: Them Shitz NYE Party w/ Designer Drugs & Jesse Jamz

Some SA Electronica Disco Mashup Madness for you Richard the Third, Kliktrak, Dirtyolddisco

I promised another post about Richard the Third, this is part one, I will do one on the album later, however, here's two tracks from the album, the Bride Reunion is an earlier version pre Album. Dancing with the Dj's Girlfriend is the wicked opening track of the album Third World from the Sun and it sets the tone for an awesome sometimes leftfield space disco electro romp of an album moving through all the emotions from low down and dirty to uplifted bliss.
The next lot is from the mind of Richard Anthony Smith aka Kliktrak
I have also included a relatively recent mashup my friend Rick Disco and his partner in grime Themba did of Chromeo vs Digitalism

Richard the Third - Dancing With The DJ's Girl (Ft Tutus)
Richard the Third feat Bride Reunion - How Can You Tell

Kliktrak - C.U.B.U.
Kliktrak - Coresce
Kliktrak - Chikpea
Chromeo vs Digitalism - Fancy Pogowork (dirtyoldman bootleg)

In the meantime, don't forget Richard the Third is on tour with MtKidU, Jacob Israel VJ Chinxxx and fellow reprobates coming to a town near you check HERE for details if you have allready forgotten

Richard the Third also kindly gave me this mix he recently did on 5FM
Bi-Polar Molecule Mix

Tracklisting:

1. Fire through the Window – Just Like you Are (Richard the Third Remix)
2. MGMT - Electric Feel (James Rutledge Remix)
3. Holy Ghost! – Hold On
4. The Ting Tings – Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix)
5. Desmond and the Tutus – Kiss You On the Cheek (King of Town Remix)
6. The Presets - Talk Like That (Miami Horror Remix)
7. Bloc Party - Biko

The Shows

1st Hour of Show


2nd Hour of Show

Tonights Show featuring Richard the Third, Kliktrak, MtKidU, Krink, Trackademics, Mystery Jets, We Have Band, Tame Impala

Richard the IIIrd – Blast em into Orbit
First of three tracks from Richard's brilliant new album on African Dope Records, I will review it within the next few days, its REALLY fantastic
MtKidU – Robo Baas
Speaking of fantastic this cool track from MtKidU is a slice of electronica from Jozi, if you haven't yet, go to Electrotrash to the download section and pick this track as well as many others including some Richard the third, Kliktrak featured below as well as Phonje etc, don't say I don't give you things
Kliktrak – Electrospheric edit 11
Durban's own electronica genius Richard with this epic piece of coolness
Frittenbude – Pandabar
From new label Audiolith from Berlin, very cool strange electro track from possibly one of the coolest cities on the planet
The Killers – Human (Ocelot rmx Alternative Live Edit)
Wicked remix of their new single all Vocoded and electrified, sounds very Faint-like, the original I still maintain is actually Alphaville in disguise, honest
Krink – 01:00am
Another awe inspiringly great track from Berlins cool new label Audiolith Audiolith, thanks to B-Electro for the tracks, head over to the left of the screen, click on B-Electro and go look for these tracks, well worth the effort
Trackademics – Enjoy what you do (Shadow Dancer rmx)
Magic track from Trackademics with the Wham lyric cleverly deployed for maximum danceability and amusement
Mystery Jets – Half in love with Elizabeth (Foamo Rmx)
very cool Foamo remix of the Mystery Jets, nice and subtle re-working
Tame Impala – Half full glass of wine (Canyons Drunken Rage rmx)
Leave me no choice but to plot my revenge, psyche rock heaven
Wild Beasts – Vigil For a Fuddy Duddy
Smithsesque band from Leeds via Kendal the Lake District as their mySpace page says, reminds me of another band I used to listen to in the 80’s, struggling to remember their name, I think it was The Assembly, also operatic type falsetto vocals
, also brings to mind Alladin Sane era Bowie at his most theatrical, with a bit of Brett Anderson thrown in for good measure
We Have Band – Oh! (Andrew Friendly Fires Remix)
From Kitsune's latest compilation, vol 6, three Londoners with this cool Friendly
Fires remix, there are qquite a few mixes of this floating around the blogosphere

Richard the Third – Dancing with the DJ’s Girl (Richard vs the Tutus)
Another great track from Richard the Third together with Joburg Indie gods Desmond and the Tutu's,

Maki Rocker – Hello Powerface
Oslo based band, nice! Band Members: Martin the Maki Rocker
BUT!!!! Sometimes The Buttharp, Miss Rebel, Ill.St.M or Mr. Mushkile help out!
Influences: Ray Smuckles and fried duck with peanut sauce
Sounds Like: A death rattle you can dance to
Record Label: Betu Records

Richard the Third – Soul Trader feat Themba January
Yip, another brilliant track from Richard, he wants to look more gangsta but fears he is too Emo
Division Kent – In the Headlights (Melnyk is behind the wheel rmx)
Depeche Modish type remix of Division Kents In the Headlights. Long and blissful
Cabaret Voltaire – Sensoria (Bloody Beetroots vs Sir Billy Experience Rmx)
I played this a while back and was going through some old tracks and rediscovered this one,
autoKratz – Stay the Same (You Love her Coz She’s Dead Remix)
Kitsune's autoKratz YLHCSD treatment
Sia – Buttons (CSS Remix)
This wasn't on the first release of her latest album but the original has been included on later pressings, its all CSS'd here,
CSS – Move (Cut Copy Remix)
This mix wouldn't sound out of place on a DFA compilation,
George Lenton vs King Blues – Come Fi Di Youth Rmx)
Awesome dubby track from Mr Lenton vs the Reggae punk kings
Tiga and Zyntherius – Sunglasses at Night (Black Devil Dub)
And old favourite, can't say more about this, love it and always will
Egotronic – Es muss stets hell fur Gottes Auge sein
Another wicked track from the Berlin label Audiolith, see below for info on the label
Panico – Illumination (Jackson Remix)
Mad industrial NIN style insane track, ripped and shredded by Jackson

Richard the Third , MtKidU , Electrolove , Frittenbude , Krink , Trackademics , Mystery Jets , Tame Impala , Wild Beasts , We Have Band , Maki Rocker , Desmond and the Tutus , Division Kent , Richard the First Facebook , autoKratz , Cabaret Voltaire , Sia , Cansei Deser Sexy , George Lenton , The King Blues , Tiga , Egotronics , Panico

Got this from B-Electro:
Who is Audiolith?
We are a record label, like many others are, but we're a whole lot more than that. We are the baby of Lars Lewerenz, who began to release our music, the music of his friends, his adopted family, in 2003. Which was a good decision, we've celebrated ourselves for this everywhere in the meantime. Cuz Audiolith Youth is everywhere. And we're there with it and down with it. We're coming to your town, and we're listening to what you have to say, and we'll see each other in the streets and we'll be wearing the same t-shirt. Your style is important to us, cause you like our mix. So you become part of it, cause everything fun and authentic goes, cause we're don't dig getting in trouble but rather get on parking lots. On which we rave. We drink our beer. But don't close our heads. We dance and sing songs. Cause we're way hotter than the crap they try to flog at you in Discounterland. Don't listen to them. Loosen up. Blow your mind with good music