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Happy Friday Bitches....and may I mention that I am UBER excited for Season 5 of Breaking Bad, however it is still a LONG way off (sigh)...annnnnnd Ugly Americans is AWESOME, thank you Comedy Central. That being said, The Dead Set is also awesome, Zombies, gore, hopelessness...nice....SO much better than that crap Walking Dead mess....
AND, LASTLY, my FAVOURITE Scam so far, 10 out of 10 for originality:
Rev. Michael Chruchman 240 Bishop Avenue vertican city, roma
Compliments of the season to you and members of your family.
My name is Rev. Michael Chruchman a member of Pope Benedict XVI, Papal Visit to Chicago IL from 14th of January 2012 to 16th of January 2012. On board Lufthansa airlines, LH5335 on route Rome to London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare international airport. At Heathrow international airport, I meet a diplomat Mr. John Lopez with two truck boxes belonging to you And the diplomat was seeking for an assistance which we did by giving Him a papal tag which allowed him access to enter the United states of America with the two truck boxes with each weighing 32 Pounds valued 3,000,000USD (Three million dollars) each. But unfortunately, the Diplomat has lost your address and your nearest airport including your Telephone numbers, probably because of the pressure from the airport Authorities.
I personally assisted him to get his luggage out of the customs as He claimed that the two truck box has a papal tag. Could you please? Kindly contact Mr. John Lopez on email johnlopez02@rocketmail.com He is right there at the airport please contact him immediately for the delivery of this two truck boxes.
Note: your papal tag numbers are PT405ROME-IL and PT406ROME-IL.
Get back to me to confirm if you have received your two truck boxes.
Elite Force's latest in the 18 track odyssey of free awesomeness is available for Download HERE, be sure to get it asap
Our shop will be open again in the next few weeks, new bigger premises, exciting times up ahead, INCLUDING some EPIC and HUGE concerts. I promised a mixtape, I did one, wasn't happy with it, will re-mix it and post it asap...
Midnight Magic is a force to be reckoned with in the studio and on the dance floor. Anchored by former Hercules & Love Affair alumni Carter Yatusake, Morgan Wiley & W. Andrew Raposo, the disco collective is powered by the enormous vocals of chanteuse Tiffany Roth. Serving up a feast of funk, disco, electro and soul, the band has unleashed banger after banger including their dancefloor smash, “Beam Me Up.” The Drop Me A Line single which features remixes from Holy Ghost, Juan Maclean and more was released last October and today the band has released the “Drop Me A Line” (Holy Ghost Remix) MP3 Midnight Magic - Drop Me A Line (Holy Ghost Remix) They are touring Europe: 4/6: Brussels Belgium @ Beursschouwburg, Live 4/6: Brussels Belgium @ Maison Du People, DJ set 4/7: Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz, Lolita Party, Live 4/10: Rome, Italy @ L-Ektrica, Live 4/11: Milan, Italy @ Milano Rocket, Live 4/12: Tallinn, Estonia @ Club Jazz, Live 4/13: Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser, Live 4/14: Rotterdam, The Netherlands @ Worm, Live 4/19: Paris, France @ Chacha, Club DJ set 4/20: St Petersburg, Russia @ Dom Beat, DJ set 4/21: Moscow, Russia @ Solyanka, Live
Johannesburgs The Frown are playing at Golden Down Festival along with Lee Scratch Perry, Roots Manuva etc etc, such awesome news for them.
My friend Jordan Gin has done some mixtapes, it's HERE, check it, it's filthy:
I HAVE POSTED OVER 400 POSTINGS on this labour of love, thank you to EVERYONE who has contributed and stuff, it makes me all warm and tingly inside....
Mon Ami Greg Reves, the fantastic French producer of AWESOME and MAD insane bass has something new:
"This week we’re bringing you three tracks from the new Filewile remix album ‘Rewile’. Our friends in Switzerland, Mouthwatering Records, has put together an uncompromising package of remixes from great freinds and artists that Filewile has encountered over the last few years on tour. Our favorite mix is from Electric Blanket and it sounds like a huskier voiced Kate Bush lost in Italo-Disco-Landia. There’s a great video teaser as well which gives a glimpse of the whole package…Enjoy!!!" I DO of course LOVE you Low Life Inc…really, I do…and I KNOW you do too:
Slick Shoota, a producer from Trondheim, Norway bringing you more bass for your face, check what them press peeps are saying and then feat your ears on these: "Perfect release!" -Crookers (Fools Gold) “Finally!! Slick Shoota never fails!” -Munchi (Mad Decent / Enchufada) “I love melodies and sounds like this. Hot tracks!" -DJ Gant-Man (Dance Mania / Fools Gold) "This EP is Massive" -Mumdance (No Hats No Hoods / Mad Decent) "This EP made my day! These tunes are HOT!!!!" -Cardopusher (Frijsfo / Tigerbeat6 / Hyperdub)
One of my favorite labels, Astralwerks has a new release by Morning Parade who are currently touring with The Kooks, the EP is being released on the 13th March, here it is streaming in its FULL glory: Morning Parade EP Stream etc
A new album by Giant Giant Sand called "Tucson" is on the cards, yay!!
French electro-pop composer Yuksek (aka Pierre-Alexander Busson) is EVERYWHERE all of a sudden, I suppose that's what you get for breaking in North America:
ANNNND, courtesy of Triple J, my favorite Australian Radio station in the history of veers, go to THIS PAGE for some wicked new free MP3's of new up and coming bands etc, join their Mailing list for more of the same, you won't be sorry!!
K, bummed I missed RAMfest yesterday, but by all accounts it was brilliant, one day I will have some money again to be able to go out...hahhaha. Till the next post, I hope the above tracks keep you entertained!!!
April 10 is the release date for Bassnectars new 11 track album called Gallically: Vava Voom. Here is a what they say about it: "Right off the bat, we want to let the ugliest kid ride first, because ugly is beautiful, and sometimes we like our music rugged, raw and berzerk. I teamed up with Amp Live and we created a little banger to express how much we love it when music gets nasty."
Track THREE in Elite Forces RVMPD2 weekly series is available HERE it's features Culprate, Elite Force and Muse. Be sure to get the previous two weeks on the same page.
Hey peoples, a post, FULL of freebies and non-freebies...
Happy weekend, I'm djing tonight at the usual, Bobs, I think it will be quiet as all the Hipsters will be at the free Two Door Cinema Club gig...anyhoo, AND then tomorrow night I am playing at my fiends Mike and Pam's wedding, PLUS potentially much later at The Woods, depends on a few things though.
This is a completely self promotional post. Myself and my good fiend Koos have been making music over the past few months, we have called ourselves MonoDestrukt and have so far done remixes for ULTERIOR, The Frown and The Wild Eyes and we have done some original work, just experimental at the moment, all unmastered but its DAMN fun!!!
The Wild Eyes - Vampire Radio
Ulterior - Sex War Sex Cars Sex
MonoDestrukt - Joburg Jungle
The Frown - This Is How The World Ends
MonoDestrukt - Thee Meestakn Randomiser (a three and a half minute drunken fuck around)
Destrukto - Dub Sex Mix (did this over 6 months ago, I will be posting more mixes soon)
We are about busy on two new tracks at the moment, I will post as soon as we have anything done, we have made the tracks pretty, now we have to fuck them up and make them sinister... Over and above this, we are FINALLY starting two remixes for Gosteffects and one for Nine Inch Nails.
The brilliant STRAGE played at AWARE this past weekend, launching their new EP THE FIRE IN HELL which is available for free download. It is also available for a nominal fee through digital distribution channels: Itunes, Nokia Music, Amazon, etc.
SHAX TRAX release of a Complextro/Electro/Dubstep compilation called" The Prophecy Into The Light, check it out on BEATPORT. (Click on the link)
Some R&S Records goodies:
Some ambient beauty for you:
A new Gold Panda track:
And to end off, a REALLY cool remake of The Primitives "Crash" by none other than Belle and Sebastian.
COOL, moving shops in the next few days, aaaaargh….
Go here for an AWESOME Elite Force release: 'RVMPD2' sees the likes of Primal Scream, Miles Dyson, Basement Jaxx, Missy Elliot, Skrillex, Chemical Brothers, Thomas Bangalter, and Adele, respectfully torn to pieces by Elite Force, and cleverly stitched back together to form a unique dancefloor patchwork.
With such diverse names as Joss Stone, Etienne de Crecy, Freestylers, Nero, Benny Benassi, Flux Pavilion, Muse, and Daft Punk thrown into Elite Force's brilliantly unforgiving blender, 'RVMPD2' is an electronic music album like no other.
We will be giving you a FREE DOWNLOAD of each track from RVMPD2, one per week, every Tuesday upto the 19th June 2012. "Spread the word!"
Please support the official release of Jackpot EP by purchasing it:).
here's a bit of house from 21 year old producer LANCELOT (aka Lance Gurisik) from Sydney.
Dot Hacker has an awesome new EP imaginatively named Dot Hacker:
The music of Dot Hacker is architectural, built on a foundation of bold, manipulated tones and supported by lush eclectic textures and angular rhythm. The band’s enigmatic sound comes from the collaboration of friends and founding members, Josh Klinghoffer, Clint Walsh, Eric Gardner and Jonathan Hischke “…a majestic four-song triumph reminiscent of the Cocteau Twins and the Jesus and Mary Chain…most are densely layered, lush productions that make you want to just sit back and listen.“- The Owl Mag
Ducky, aka Morgan Neiman, has released her new EP, The Whether, here is Ducky - Overdose as a free download, what a nice girl she is!!!
LIMITED download of this one, for ONE WEEK ONLY, it is already day 2 so HURRY:
AND LAST, but not least, we at Deconstruction are VERY happy that LARK are back, they are doing a launch of their new video at The Assembly on Saturday, go HERE for the event. From the screen grabs online it looks like it will be spectacular. Inge and co have been EXTREMELY busy as of late, as is evident in the fact that they are ALSO appearing at Arcade Empire on Friday night along with Yesterday's Pupil, Oliver Twisted and DR. Khumalo. Go HERE for the event.
The AWESOME Spoek Mathambo on SUB POP has given away the first single from his upcoming album "Father Creeper", it's brilliant, but then that is what I expect from my friend. Check out this really cool interview about the new album:
Also, have a read through this awesome interview on Mahala of Sibot who was in Playdoe with Spoek. We had the pleasure of hosting them a few years back supporting (and in fact DESTROYING) Toxic Avenger. Check out his Soundcloud page Another former Spoek Collaborator (Sweat.X) and Sibot Collaborator (Constructus and Real Estate Agents) Markus Wormstorm has a new album out called "Not I, But A Friend" and it is spectacular. Go to the link and Download. Here is the beautiful and vaguely creepy video for Eve's Twin...hypnotic:
The next three videos have been out for a while but I haven't posted for a while so I feel they are worth posting as they are fucking awesome!!!
Check out this spectacular video of The Frown by Tristan Holmes:
This video by Double Adapter features myself and my girlfriend as Zombies, awesome work Stones:
And I am going to post this again as it is so amazing: Spoek Mathambo and Richard the Third's post-apocalyptic reworking of Joy Division's She's Lost Control
COOL, looking good that I will be playing at Oppikoppi this year...FUCK yeah...
I have neglected you, oh my blog, I am not even going to begin going far back, suffice it to say, I am back.
It has been an insane few months and I have been working VERY hard together with the Deconstruction Crew to get things back on track. It has been a long and hard road but ultimately it will be VERY rewarding.
Here are some things that have recently graced my inbox I will endeavor to get more stuff out to you guys as QUICKLY as I can.
This is my good friend Jades sister who resides in Japan...AWESOME
Panama - Magic (Midnight Magic Remix) Panama is a Sydney-based five piece founded by, Jarrah McCleary, a classically trained pianist from the age of six who grew up in the sticky heat of the Northern Territory. They’re coming out with their self-released debut single “Magic” (…nothing less than Magic!) worldwide on March 2nd. The single includes two remixes from Midnight Magic and Gavin Russom (Crystal Ark) which sound absolutely brilliant. Eric Broucek (DFA) mixed the tracks.
“Australia's really been whipping out the big guns lately with some artists on the rise. Sydney-based Panama is sure to be one of them.” – Filter
Through stream-of-consciousness aural atmospherics, Lance Herbstrong takes you on a trip, sustaining musical momentum with sonic layers propelling the rhythms. The result is music that is ethereal and organic, of the air and of the earth, and always moving. The nation’s most esteemed climate change scientists described their first Lance Herbstrong show as a ‘motherf---ing Fun Bomb that just goes off inside you.’
SOOOOOOO, we survived Oppikoppi, barely, it was SO insane…see the video below….
needless to say we are ALL still recovering, my girlfriend has been sick all week…so much dust!!!
NEXT year, I WILL play there.
I have started a new Friday night party night at Bob Rocks called: The Girls Can Hear Us together with my good fiend Keith aka The Klassikist, it promises to be cool, we kicking it old skool, so none of my usual dancey dubsteppy stuff.
PLUSSSSSSS, we are going to announce something AWESOME next week…..
AND, our Monodestrukt remix for The Wild Eyes track "Vampire Radio" drops next week, it's going to be AWESOME!!!!
soooo, this weekend my lovely girlfriend has convinced me that I need to go to Oppikoppi, I am very excited actually, a) to get away and b).....you make up your mind:)
This is the new new band page for mine and my fiend Koos's new project called: MonoDestrukt, we are busy with a few remixes, already having completed one for The Frown. We are busy on one for the awesome The Wild Eyes, when that is done then we are doing one for U L T E R I O R and then two for the awesome !Trash Yourself and also for Gosteffects both with the fantastic John Bourke, who needs no introduction to regular readers of this blog. We are also working on one for the fantastic Shadowclub as well as SA's favourite indie pop-rockers Zebra & Giraffe
PLUS, this is a taste of what to expect from us, it is unfinished and I warn you now, beware the Bass, it is FUCKING brutal: Ladies and gentlemen, I give you MonoDestrukt:
Also our remix of the Disco Fries & Clinton Sparks' new record is out now on Central Station Australia! Beatport
For those who missed my latest mix grab that here: MIXTAPE
1. Oliver $ - Doin' Ya Thang 2. Artistic Raw - B-More Bass 3. Craze feat. Wrekonize - Dance Alone (Codes Remix) 4. WhiteNoize - Le Bounce 5. Sandy Turnbull - Camino 6. Evil Nine feat. EL-P - Stay Up 7. Origin Unknown - Valley Of The Shadows (The Living Graham Bond Remix) 8. Disco Fries feat. Clinton Sparks - Killer (Tommie Sunshine & Codes Remix) 9. Piet Van Dongen feat. Patchy - She Can't Stop This 10. Ron Carroll & The RC Project - The Sermon (Fred Pellichero & Laurent Pepper Remix) 11. Dr. Gonzo feat. Lazy Ants, His Majesty & Andre - Carcola 12. Chuckie & Mastiksoul feat. TOK - Body Move 13. Kill The Noise - My World (Torro Torro Remix) 14. Deviance - 93 Million Miles (D Nash Remix) 15. Mattie Safer feat. Ninjasonik - That Your Girl (Skeet Skeet Remix) 16. Solomun - Love Recycled 1 17. Julio Bashmore - Battle For Middle You 18. Myomi - Sun In My Eyes (Wax Motif & Neoteric Remix) 19. Slap In The Bass - Egypt (Hostage Remix) 20. Codes - What You Gonna Do (Gameface Remix) 21. Bro Safari - Da Worm 22. Swizz Beatz - Everyday (Coolin') (Codes Remix) 23. Codes - World Rulin' 24. Between The Sheets Outro
VHS or Beta’s upcoming fourth album, Diamonds & Death, is a journey full of thrilling moments and unexpected turns. The album’s electronic foundation is a byproduct of the many nights VHS OR BETA DJs have manned the decks and remixes they have done in the last few years. The self-produced album travels spectacular heights to gut-wrenching plunges and is an emotional rollercoaster. The songs unfold and mutate in unpredictable ways that will transfix dance floors and bedrooms alike. The two main creative engines behind VHS OR BETA’s decade-long career, Craig Pfunder and Mark Palgy, relocated to Brooklyn from Louisville over the last two years VHS or Beta - Breaking Bones
In addition to the band’s “Blood In My Eyes” video, Atari Teenage Riot is also asking their fans to participate in the video for the band’s upcoming single "Black Flags" (feat. Boots Riley of The Coup), which will be released on September 6th. You can hear “Black Flags” and read the lyrics HERE. They are calling their fans and others who support song’s ideals to make a video statement in front of a black flag, or any black surface to be included in the band’s final video. “Black Flags.” Fans are also invited to incorporate “Corpsing” into their video. Drawn from an idea the band had while “planking” at a Southern European airport, “Corpsing” is the act of laying down in a public location, covered in a black flag to represent those that have died as result of corporate greed. The band invites anyone to film themselves lip-synching to the “Black Flags” lyrics in front of a black flag or corpsing and send in their video to be included in the “Black Flags” video. All entries should be submitted to blackflags@atari-teenage-riot.net. Read the band’s full concept for the video below:
Acclaimed singer, songwriter and actress, Grace Jones was a fixture on the international club scene and was often seen at New York City’s famed nightclub Studio 54. She also became a muse to Andy Warhol who photographed her extensively and created a series of iconic portraits of her. Now, Grace Jones is preparing to release Hurricane, a new album of original material, in the U.S. on September 6 via [PIAS] America. Produced by Jones and Ivor Guest, Hurricane has received widespread praise in the U.K. and Europe where it was released in 2009. The tracks “Williams’ Blood” and “Corporate Cannibal” have emerged as hits as has the video for “Corporate Cannibal” directed by Nick Hooker. The release will also include a brand new bonus disc dub version of the entire album. Grace Jones - Sunset Sunrise
YouTube is good for a lot of things--especially cat videos. They Might be Giants have a different kind of video in mind. We are having a contest for our song “Can't Keep Johnny Down”. TMBG is inviting creative visual people to make a stylish, smart rock video for the song. It can be live action, motion graphics, animation, stop motion. It can be people jumping around in capes, but they should be very stylish people in very stylish capes or you will not win the contest. Videos are to be uploaded to YouTube and posted on the official TMBG Facebook page. All videos linked there will be voted on by the Facebook friends of TMBG, but the winner will be judged by Judge John Hodgman and Hodgman alone. Submission deadline is July 15. - Winner will receive $1000 bucks and a pizza from the pizzeria of their choice. The video will be posted on tmbg's you tube channel as well as posted on TMBG’s podcast -- so lots of people will celebrate your efforts. - Select runners up will also receive the pizza of their choice.They Might Be Giants - Can't Keep Johnny Down
FOLKS, that's all, HOWEVER, I DO have TWO more things for you I have done a Remix for my GOOD friends THE FROWN, and when I say I, I mean that myself and moon ami Koos, or The K Boss, as he wants to be known and as WE WILL BE KNOWN FROM NOW ON: MonoDestrukt. It';s still unmastered, BUT, here it is:
Some good fiends of mine are raising money for a movie they are making, go to their page and help where you can, they are awesome people and deserve whatever they can get: Shady Valley Fan Page
PLUS, if you do not know U L T E R I O R by now, an awesome band who were on Disc Error but are now releasing their own label called Speed Records which is affiliated to Disc Error, they have remixed Micron 63, plus a brand new soon to be released official Tom Vek remix for the new album, they have also played alongside bands such as The Horrors, A Place To Bury Strangers, and have supported the likes of Sisters of Mercy, White Rose Movement, ROMANCE etc, then you should listen up, these Post Punk Noize/Grindcore Dark Electronic Experimental Industro-Goth are poised to go GLOBAL.
They have a new album out called Wild In Wildlfe which we at AWARE are honored to be the only people in South Africa to have it in store.
Here they are live at the fantastic HOXTONS in London:
here's an interview with them from a while back on Lastfm:
Look out for some awesome news coming up SOON.
COOL, so this weekend is Town Hall's 1st BIRTHDAY Party I'll be going, even though I should be playing at this party!!!! PLUS, our Suicide Tuesday and Artfag Thursday has officially been joined by SUNDAY BEST, this past weekend we had the fantastic Gil Hockman and Shortstraw. This coming weekend we have Shotgun Tori et al, it's more a folk vibe, giving voice to the disaffected lone guitar player with a lonely voice warming you up with their despair, come, you will like it, it's at The Place Previously Known As Bob Rocks which has the coolest music played by the coolest Dj's, and the cheapest drinks served by the prettiest bar ladies.
Labrinto - Anatema free LP download “Epic, dark post-rock is at the core of Sao Paulo-based band Labirinto, whose first full-length album is already one of the best Brazilian releases of the year and is also remarkable due to its gorgeous artwork….” The Guardian
Awesome new band called AUSTERLITZ making waves in France but now hitting the rest of the universe, give them some love, here's two free downloads:
I think I am not going past my birthday, or else this bilge will be WAY to big, I think I'll do another one with all the older stuff. It's already a massive post anyway, and there's some AWESOME stuff here. Our shop AWARE is doing well, we have been featured in HEAT (Thanks the fantastic Jo-Anne King she is ALSO a Flamenco Dancer and has some awesome Dance shows coming up, you should make friends with her, she's cool), Mail & Guardian (thanks Lisa) as well as up and coming features in GQ and Marie-Claire.
Thanks Hapi for the cool comment, I only saw it now:), it's a labour of love.
RIGHT, time to stop now, work and stuff, but before I go, next week, Pelussje is here with Haezer courtesy of GRIET, check the event out HERE it promises to be awesome and apparently the Lazer show will make you wet your panties...
