A Place For Fiends
Wow! This is the same guy who recorded early Bob Marley & The Wailers tracks before reggae even existed yet, and then went on to help define reggae and dub throughout the ’60s and ’70s with his band the Upsetters.
Lee “Scratch” Perry now continues to transcend age and genre with this new crunked-up, ragga-club-rap number co-produced by Andrew W.K..
Watch: Lee Scratch Perry; Pum Pum
Our fave electronic musical instrument blog, Music Thing posted a tribute to today’s date that doubles as a tribute to the boominist drum machine around, Roland’s vintage TR-808 Rhythm Composer. The machine became so ubiquitous in certain musical circles that it’s been referenced in song lyrics, song titles, and even band names. Check out Music Thing’s list: Today is 808 Day ->
The list includes one of DJ Flack’s fave tracks, Boom Like an 808 by Blaque:
Hi folks, got a new mix of all my fave up-to-the-minute juke - bassline - ghetto - step - sleaze - rave - core nonsense. Lots of exclusive / upfront stuff from myself, my label-mates, and some other assorted pals. (PS to said label-mates & pals–thanks!)
Oh, and this is really, profoundly not-safe-for-work in a couple of parts, so be forewarned.
Download: Chrissy Murderbot August 2008 Mixtape ->
Tracklist after the break: Continue reading ‘New Chrissy Murderbot Mixtape!’ ->
Hi everybody! I’ve been away for a LONG, LONG time…sorry about that.
Anyway, I just picked up this new Cocoa Tea 7″ called “Barack Obama”, and it’s pretty adorable. To be honest, I am kind of really tired of the Obama sales bonanza that I see going on in my demographic–I mean, I love the guy and fully intend to vote for him, but when I walk into Urban Outfitters (my first mistake) and see no fewer than FOUR different Barack Obama t-shirt designs for sale, I shudder a little bit.
NEVERTHELESS, I thought this nifty Obama-themed steppers joint from dancehall legend Cocoa Tea was cute as hell. Enjoy.
Cocoa Tea; Barack Obama (VP Records)
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DJ Flack is back with a bass-heavy mix for Spannered. It’s dope and you should check it:
More info @ Spannered ->
Tracklist: Continue reading ‘Flack Attack’ ->
This McCain attack ad equating Obama with Britney Spears and Paris Hiltion is hilarious!
First of all, I don’t know about Paris, but Britney was a Bush supporter. Is the ad trying to say Obama is a stupid blond bimbo like the one who voted for Bush before? Wow!
Second, the ad is practically an endorsement of Obama. I mean they’re saying he’s the most popular guy in the world and then questioning whether he’s ready to lead. It’s quite obvious from the images in the ad that he’s already leading.
The one infuriating part of the ad is the claim that Obama will increase our dependence on foreign oil. That’s a classic Republican attack machine lie.
Right now we could increase the fuel efficiency of our cars to 43 miles a gallon, and if we increased the fuel efficiency of our cars to 43 miles a gallon then we would have to import zero oil from the middle east. That is something that we could do right now.
- Barak Obama (Barak TV | Environment ->)
McCain attack ad; “Celeb”:
Barak; “Clean Energy Future”:
Some of you may have noticed I’ve been using Twitter to micro-blog during my mini-tour, but in case you missed that, here’s a reca
p of my tour in the form of a tweet log.
09:38 AM July 18
DJ C tour kicks off tonight @ the Enormous Room in Cambridge @ Pan Am w. Baltimoroder (Heartthrob)
11:31 AM July 18
On the bus having a chat with a woman who migrated from Jamaica in ‘68 about mili’s “my boy lollypop.”
06:46 PM July 18
Ah! Central square in the summer! Its good to be back.
03:46 AM July 19
Enormous room is my fave club/lounge/bar in the world. Good peoples! Big up to baltimoroder for hosting and rockin’ the house.
04:54 PM July 19
Watching outdoor roller derby in providence.
08:37 PM July 19
Most diverse crowd ever! Providence, RI.
10:05 AM July 20
The Water’s on Fire! Party in the tunnel at Indie Arts Fest in Providence went off last night. Good sweaty fun!
I’m getting ready to head out to Baltimore tomorrow for a visit with my man Gregzinho (of Beat Diaspora fame) before my gig in Silver Spring, MD on Friday night. I normally couldn’t be around B’more without ruminating on that city’s club music which has been such an influence.
Now I won’t be able to be there without thinking of B’more’s club queen, DJ K-Swift. She died Monday after a swimming pool accident and the Baltimore club scene is reeling. She’s been a mainstay in the the scene since the early days, and for the past 10 years had been spreading the B’more gospel as a high profile radio personality on Baltimore’s Q92 station.
As a female DJ, K-Swift was rare in the male-dominated scene she loved. She took club music’s raw and raunchy attitude by the horns and worked it. In honor of her life, I’ve made this little remix using an acapella from one her Club Queen albums. Club on, queen!
MP3 Download:
DJ C; This My Juce (ft. K-Swift) ->
K Swift CD Promo Video:
The Jump Off Vol. 10 - Baltimore Club
BASS FOR YOUR WAIST!!!!
Beat producer & party scientist DJ C spreads his fiercely eclectic gospel of bass-heavy, bounced-up dancefloor-blends across the land.
The Heat Wave crew in London just sent over this new mix of “Half an hour of jump-up Caribbean rave music.”
the UK sounds of garage, bassline, funky and jungle filtered through the tasty carnival vibes of bashment and soca.
It’s a companion to their new Immediate Sounds club night which will feature heavy doses of said tunes.
Listen:
Gabriel Heatwave and Ben Dubstar; Immediate Sounds Vol 1
Download @ The Heat Wave site ->
Tracklist:
If you need a sweatshirt, a thong, a wall clock, or a lunch box, and at the same time would like to support the Mashit brand, this is just the place to feed two birds with one scone. ->
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