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Bouncement @ Lava, Friday, May 15

Published by DJ C on April 27, 2009 in Bouncement Parties, Music and Video. 2 Comments

Mashit Presents

BOUNCEMENT Bass For Your Waist

a night of dubstep, lazer-bassline, glitch-hop, raggaclash, tropical, acid-crunk, mashup and more with:

Kingdom (Brooklyn, Club Vortex, Lower End Spasm)
Whoa-B (Brut Force, Sixpoint, Dented)
MC Zulu (Staubgold, Mashit, Ninjatune)
DJ C (Mashit, XL, Soul Jazz, Modular)

Friday, May 15 | 10pm – 2am @ Lava
1270 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL | 21+, $7

Check out this mix for Lower End Spasm and some tracks on RCRDLBL by our very special guest, Kingdom; wildly mashed-up sounds emanating from deep in the heart of Brooklyn, NY.

And here’s a video mini-mix by Whoa-B:

Bouncement @ Lava, Friday, April 17

Published by Mr. Mashit on March 28, 2009 in Bouncement Parties. 2 Comments

Mashit Presents
BOUNCEMENT Bass For Your Waist

a night of dubstep, lazer-bassline, glitch-hop, raggaclash, tropical, acid-crunk, mashup and more with:

Murderbot (Dead Homies, Sleazetnoe)
Cringer (Dubfront Records, PTS Radio)
MC Zulu (Staubgold, Mashit, Ninjatune)
DJ C (Mashit, XL, Soul Jazz, Modular)

Friday, April 17
10pm – 2am @ Lava
1270 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL
21+, $5

100 days, 100 songs, 100 locations, 100 dances, + Other SXSW Discoveries

Published by DJ C on March 17, 2009 in Art, Mashups / Remixes, Music and Video. 4 Comments

I’ve spent the past few days traversing the wilds of the SXSW Interactive conference. In the process my brain’s been filling up with way too much information.

Yesterday’s keynote conversation between Graffiti Research Labs‘ James Powderly and the New York Times’ Virginia Heffernan was a highlight which imparted tidbits of wisdom from Powderly like:

Technology, as it approaches, becomes a level of magic.

Transgression only works if there are only a few transgressors.

And that he only calles himself an “artist” when dealing with the cops. Otherwise he’s a “prankster.”

This morning I went to a panel called “New Threats to New Media: Fair Use On Trial” Durring which the following video was shown for us to ponder and discuss:

BOOMBOX: 100 days, 100 songs, 100 locations, 100 dances

Hilarious! This had the whole room laughing, which made it difficult for panelist Ben Sheffner (Special Counsel at John McCain 2008) to defend his side of the argument (this is not fair use of music). Actually, Sheffner even seemed to agree that the music in this video is protected as parody under fair use because it made everyone laugh.

This got everyone talking about issues around getting artists some of the revenue that’s being generated by ads and ISPs. How ’bout some cash for Ely Kim, the artist behind this video, in addition to Blondie, MIA and the other artists involved. Food for thought as I sit here listening to Wired editor Chris Anderson (The Long Tail) speak about why free ($0.00) is the future of business.

But I really just wanted to share that video with you ’cause it’s so awesome!

Baile Frik

Published by DJ C on February 13, 2009 in Free Tunes and Podcast. 2 Comments

The Frikstailers are a Cordoba Argentina based electronic music duo. 1/2 of the team, DJ Rafa Caivan, came through Chicago last year with the Zizek Records tour and I had the pleasure of spending a day showing him ’round the Chi.

They’ve got a new record out which features Mashit’s own MC Zulu on a couple of tracks, including a remix of “Ransom the Senator.” Here’s a teaser for ya:

Frikstailers “Baile Frick (Original Mix)” ->

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And here’s what the label has to say:

Revolt Into Style is a new UK based label with an international outlook. Our aim is to release quality music
across genre and style, releasing work by the freshest producers and bands from Argentina’s electronica scene and new talent from Europe. Our working relationship with Latin American label Pino Rec is the foundation on which the business is built. We plan initially to focus attention on the talented producers and artists on the Pino Rec roster, and ultimately to nurture creative collaborations between European and Latin American artists.

On our debut release, the ‘Baile Frik EP’ the Frikstailers come very correct with the title track, a breakbeat baile funk bomb, before remixing Chicago’s MC Zulu to stunning effect; Truthfully is a reggaeton-cumbia-hip hop hybrid, while Ransom The Senator is a glitchy dancehall banger. Also present is an electro booty remix from Peter Digital Orchestra (who releases twisted bleeding-edge hip hop under his Fulgeance moniker.)

Baile Frik EP vinyl is available at Juno Records (http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Revolt+Into+Style/)

Discontent on Pecheko, Cardopusher

Published by Mr. Mashit on February 12, 2009 in Hype and Music. 1 Comment

Australian blog, Discontent wrote up this nice little review of our recent release, ThisTroy by Cardopusher & Pacheko:

DJ C’s Mashit label has been going hard and not even considering going home throughout 2008 with releases from the label boss himself, alongside DJ Flack, Zulu, Bong Ra and Murderbot. Coming on like a bottom end Santa Claus, DJ C dropped some yultide cheer at the tail end of the year with a split release that went some way towards representing the new sound of Caracas – four tracks from the prolific producer Cardopusher (who recently dropped his Hyperdub debut), and three from new kid on the Venezuelan block, Pacheko. It’s not a particular surprise to find this pairing back to back – both seem entwined in each other’s back catalogue, with various remixes and mixtapes ricocheting between them. Pacheko also counts Starkey amongst his cohorts – with another recent split single (on Lo Dubs) and a remix from the Philadelphia producer.

The original version of the track below,”Green Bull”, features on the Mashit single, “This Troy”, however this sprightly bleep’n'bass version is released as a non-EP teaser. It’s a fair reflection of Pacheko’s output thus far – a producer with a cheeky spring in his dubstep, unafraid to rub electro melodies and pop-skank rhythms with his heavy bass treatments. Buy the release at mashit.com.

You can download a version of Pacheko’s track Green Bull over at the Dicontent post ->

Get to the Truth

Published by DJ C on February 12, 2009 in Art, Music, Reviews and Video. 5 Comments

Remeber that dude Zebbler who came to international attention for getting arrested during the Boston Mooninite “Bomb” scare? Curious what he’s been up to? He sent over this kind of amazing music video recently. The music is like epoch-jungle-trance and the video has naked people! It’s really well put together and pushes some boundries:

Zebbler Encanti Experience “Get to the Truth” Video:

Get To The Truth was created by Zebbler Encanti Experience, a Boston-based audio-visual immersive performance duo. We are generally known to use heavy a/v effects in our performances, which makes this piece remarkably restrained. Get To The Truth instead uses human body and nature as its central focus. The video itself reflects on the magnetic effects of human culture/flesh to our individual psyche and the perennial attempt to reach beyond the box we are confined to.

It was shot in various spots in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, with the final mountain shot taking place on the morning of the US presidential election (Nov 4th, 2008).

BOUNCEMENT: Starkey, MC Zulu, DJ C, Timid @ Lava

Published by Mr. Mashit on January 27, 2009 in Bouncement Parties, Free Tunes and Video. 2 Comments

Aight, folks! Starkey‘s comin’ in to make his Chicago debut on Friday and we thought you might like a taste of what to expect at this sure-to-be-blazin’ party.

Video: Starkey Live Mix on Mary Anne Hobbs’ BBC Radio 1 “Generation Bass”:

cranking out a steady stream of his own remixes, bootlegs, and 12″ tracks. This past year saw the release of his full-length debut Ephemeral Exhibits (Planet Mu), as well as the appearance of [Starkey's] more club-bumpin’ tracks under his Moves!!! aliasâ€¦ [He] tops the roster at Lava on Friday, taking the headlining slot for what marks his Chicago debut. The opening sets belong to Timid and DJ C — the latter of whom will be performing with Chicago dancehall mic-masher MC Zulu.

- Graham Sanford; Gapers Block – Read more ->

Here are some free MP3s by Starkey plus Bouncemnt party-mates DJ-C & MC Zulu to wet your wistle:

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Joystyxx Radio tonight!

Published by Murderbot on January 26, 2009 in Joystyxx Radio and Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Tonight (Jan 26), Chrissy Murderbot & Mica are back in the studio for another Joystyxx Radio show!

You can check us out every other Monday evening from 8 to 10 pm on WLUW, 88.7 FM in Chicago and on the web at www.wluw.org.

www.joystyxx.com ->

Farewell, ’08. I’ll Miss Your Music

Published by DJ C on January 15, 2009 in Free Tunes, Mashups / Remixes and Podcast. 3 Comments

Well, here we are in 2009. The turn of the century is almost over. The Oh-Ohs have been too NAUGHTy. It’s time for change; Lets get some ones in our two thousands!

But that’s for next year. Right now I’d like to take a look back at last year. I was asked by the 88 Music Blog to submit one of those top 10 lists that everyone seems to do around the new year, and here’s what I cam up with:

DJ C’s Top 10 Tracks Most Dropped in a 2008 DJ Set
(in no particular order, with links to buy or find out more)

Speaking of DJ Elected (mentioned in the list above), he’s got a couple awesome new mashups out. Here’s one:

Modeselektor Vs. The Fugees “Ready or da Macca” ->

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You can get the other one — Strategy Vs. Beyonce & Sean Paul “Strategy Bwoy” — at Elected’s Sirkus Recordings site ->

Notice a theme? That’s right, they’re both instrumentals from the Shockout catalog:

Sirkus Recordings Presents Shockout Mashups

Sirkus mashed up two favorite Shockout Beats and put some
easy lyrics on them. Dancefloor ready uhban digestive.

Happy new year folks. Here’s looking toward the teens!

Rainbo Video on Joystyxx Radio

Published by DJ C on January 12, 2009 in Joystyxx Radio. 0 Comments

On Monday, Jan. 12 we featured a very special guest on the Joystyxx Radio show who performed a live on-air set.

Rainbo Video makes bangin’ electo-club mashups and performs them live with his laptop/MIDI controllers. I haven’t seen his live show yet but I hear when it happens out in the club the tunes are accompanied by live video also comin’ straight outta’ said labptop. Dude’s got a fun music blog too.

Grab some Rainbo Video MPfrees @ Forever Awesome ->

Joystyxx Radio: Every other Monday evening from 8 to 10 pm we kick it old-school, new-school, and everything in between-school over the airwaves of Loyola University’s WLUW, 88.7 FM in Chicago and on the web at www.wluw.org.