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Back on the Grind this Saturday, July 4th

A Contemporary Fix

Great clip from Lindstrom’s recent appearance in San Francisco. It looks like a brilliant night! Check out the whole set of videos here.

Backwards is the only way forward, baby

My listening habits took a serious left turn last year. I barely followed proper house and techno, instead spending much of my time exploring various strands of old musics: disco, balearic, funk, italo, boogie, soul, and psychedelic rock. Perhaps I really am turning into a cranky old man. Don’t mind me, I’ll be out on [...]

VMAs in a perfect world

Fiddling while Rome burns

The world is falling apart, and all can do is watch…

Rumors of a new AVALANCHES album have my heart racing, and the jams are dropping left and right. What, me worry?

Really Feeling…

I am all about this DJ Koze remix, a brilliant send-up of a track that simultaneously cheers on, and pokes fun at, the Great Minimal Backlash of ‘08. The track itself is whip-smart disco dub: anchored by a chunky, rubbery groove, draped in a silky organ drone, and punctuated with sharp kitchen-pot percussion sounds that [...]

I need a disco computer

Maybe if I treated it nicely, it would complete the pile of work on my desk and free me up up to focus on things like setting up my new DMX rig!

Versatile has a Posse

Versatile Records started a blog! Well, in May at least, but it’s just now news to me.
Versatile has been a favorite label of mine for many years. With a roster that includes Fabrice Lig, Joakim, I:Cube, Chateau Flight, Etienne Jaumet and others, they’re too cool for school, smart and funny to boot. They’ve single-handedly released [...]

Red Herring Disco

I’ve been stealing free minutes here and there all week, digging through my music library in an effort to put together some semblance of a cohesive set for The Kitchen on Saturday. Although the patio party is billed as a disco affair, my early set is shaping up to be something more like brown-leather, sweat [...]