Chapel Hill, NC-based Apple Juce Kid sent me his remix of Van Halen’s 1984 classic Jump a while back. He said I should feel free to re-remix it if I felt so inclined so I did. Well, actually I didn’t do much to it but lay the Supremes You Keep Me Hangin’ On acapella on top. Here’s what it sounds…
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DJ C in Boston Fri., Montreal Sat.
I’m on a super-mini tour out east this weekend. Friday I’ll be in Boston to play at Bouncement 3 with my home-slices Ripley (out from Oakland, CA) and DJ Flack (my bredren in Beat Research). Then Saturday it’s up to Montreal to rock it with Khiasma, Masala, and Jay Watts at the second anniversary of their global-ghetto-tech party, Baile MTL.…
Mashit Release: DJ Flack; “Rock to the Rhythm”
DJ Flack is back with two hot new bounce-step numbers to blow your speaker-holes. Amazing! – Rob Da Bank, BBC Radio 1 Rock to the Rhythm with its infectious beat, wubby bass, muted guitar riffs, and theremin-esque melodies is a rockin’ rhythm indeed. Meanwhile, on the “B side”, the sweeping bassline of Rub-A-Dub Bounce rides a B-More inspired “Think Break”…
DJ Mix: Hanuman vs. El Kano; “Soundcrash”
Our friends El Kano from London’s Adverse Camber crew and Hanuman of Bristol’s Monkey Steak have faced off in the ultimate sound-crash and below you can hear the outcome: 50 minutes of global wreckage for your sound-system. once you’ve consumed this mix make sure to check out some of the other wicked mixes by these two: El Kano – >…
“Blazin'” Video + Free Remixes
New video for Ghislain Poirier’s Blazin’: [youtube s_ztSjuToWs] Free Blazin’ remix MP3s DJ C’s Blazin’ Hurts remix -> Starkey’s remix -> DJ Flack’s remix ->
Warehouse Party in Chicago Saturday
Zulu and I are takin’ over the sound-system at this mega-warehouse party on Saturday. We’ll be performing from 11pm to midnight and there’s tons more on the agenda too, including sets by NYC’s Subswara crew, Searchl1te, Jeekoos, RadioHiro, DJ Warp, and many more. It all takes place in 3 large spaces, each with it’s own Funktion One sound-system, in addition…
Track of the Week: Steak House Bodywork Bassline Mashup
In keeping with our last Track of the Week we bring you another bassline-house mashup, this time by Bristol, UK-based Steak House crew. This is also a teaser of sorts for the upcoming DJ C & Zulu Gods & Robots mixtape which will feature an original Atki2 (of Steak House) production with Zulu. A couple months back we posted a…
This Week in Grindin’: Dizzee Rascal, Bun B, and IL plate #115 0430
First up, for all who haven’t seen this: Google Maps Drug Deal! Right here in beautiful Chicago, Illinois. There’s a license plate number and everything. Here’s a screen shot, for when Google eventually gets this removed. There are all sorts of webbernets nerds buzzing about this pic and how it relates to our PRIVACY and PERSONAL FREEDOM and OMGZ GOOGLE…
This Is My Jam
My friends over at The Echo Nest have done it again. This time they’ve got a wacky new web 2.0 music app called “This Is My Jam.” It’s still in beta, actually I think it may still be in alpha but they’ve given me the go ahead to share it with y’all. Here’s how it works: Use the search box…
DJ Mix: Squincy Jones; “Nintendub”
This is crunkstep if I ever heard it. Houston, TX based Squincy Jones is on that screwed-dubstep-nintendo shit that you’ve heard in your dreams but you didn’t consciously realize existed yet. In his words: I worked on this bad jackson for about 2-3 weeks. I had a couple beta versions I worked on and slowly kept adding to it. I’m…