A great little documentary from film maker Wing-Yee Wu, following Mad Decent head honcho and one half of Major Lazer, Diplo, at the Philadelphia Mad Decent block party. He talks about being a big deal DJ, traveling the world, working, the music industry, what he did before and where he would be if he wasn’t Diplo.
Great quote from Diplo on Mad Decent: “We are still very broke, but we are a lot cooler than everyone else”
This is a special edition of the Mix of the Month series. Special because you can only get this mix free for the next 5 days. After that you can go buy it (I think), but it would pay to get in quick and get this gratis.
Ninja Tune is celebrating 20 years of being at the forefront of amazing electronic music. In a genre that is often guilty of producing throw-away, trendy, meaningless music they have released some of the most enduring, interesting and meaningful music of any genre.
Matt Black & Jonathan More are the people behind the label, and together they also make up one of electronic musics must enduring and interesting acts, Coldcut.
To celebrate 20 years of Ninja Tune they have put a 2002 re-edit of their seminal 1996 Journeys By DJ (JDJ) mixtape up for a limited time as a free (registration required) download. You can pick it up over at www.ninjatunexx.com/
With the current trend back toward multi-genre DJ sets it is nice to know that these guys were rocking that sound almost 15 years ago, and doing it in style. They move effortlessly through techno, jungle, house, hip-hop and a few other interesting bits to craft a mixtape that is a real musical journey. It still sounds super fresh today.
Coldcut – Journeys By DJ
Philorene – Bola
The Truper – Street Beats Vol 2
Junior Reid – One Blood
Newcleus – Jam On Revenge
2 Player – Extreme Possibilities (Wagon Christ Mix)
Funki Porcini – King Ashabanapal (Dillinger Mix)
Jedi Knights – Noddy Holder
Plasticman – Fuk
Coldcut – Mo Beats
Bedouin Ascent – Manganese In Deep Violet
Bob Holroyd- African Drug
Leftfield – Original Jam
PART 2 — Coldcut – JDJ special
Ini Kamoze – Here Comes The Hot Stepper
Coldcut – Beats And Pieces
Coldcut – Greedy Beat
Coldcut – Music Maker
Coldcut – Find A Way (acapella)
Mantronix – King Of The Beats
Gescom – Mag
Masters At Work – Blood Vibes
Raphael Corderdos – Trumpet Riff
Luke Slater’s 7th Plain – Grace
Joanna Law – First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Harold Budd – Balthus Bemused By Colour
Hookian Minds – Freshmess (Bandulu Mix)
Jello Biafra – Message From Our Sponser
Pressure Drop – Unify
Love Lee – Again Son
Red Snapper – Hot Flush
Ron Granier – Theme From Doctor Who
Moody Boys – Free
Coldcut – People Hold On
Go pick it up for yourself from www.ninjatunexx.com, but only for the next 5 days!
Choi + Shine Architects recently picked up the Boston Society of Architects award for this project re-imagining high voltage pylons. Unfortunately the Icelandic folk who were running the competition in which they were entered didn’t like them enough to run out and build them. I would love to see these carrying the national grid here in NZ, imagine these set against the rugged central plateau landscape. (via designboom)
This multi-touch DJ interface, a senior degree project from Greg Werk, looks pretty neat. Think he may be overstating the problem a little (given any club worth its salt has gear already – never have I seen a DJ have to do a full gear set up while another plays), but still nice to see people pushing the boundaries a little.
If you are a marketing-or-advertising-type-person then you should read this letter, laugh, then actually sit down and think about it. If you aren’t, just read it, nod sagely, and feel free to point and laugh at us marketers.
This image is awesome. I wish I could find out who is responsible for it, but haven’t been able to figure it out. That is all. (via Feltron)
Telephoneme is a hybrid live-action/animated short film about the alphabet carrying secret meanings, based on ‘The Alphabet Conspiracy’ an educational film from the 60′s. Head over to the Telephoneme website and download the press kit to get the full background, or just check the super stylish film itself below.
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