Yes I know it’s Saturday.
My friend and fellow bass freak Noisemaker is back on the West Coast after living in St Thomas & bringing the “darkstep” to the locals.
Mmmm…darkstep….
Now he brings us a mix from on the Virgin Islands, and I guarantee your girlfriend will love this mix, which is a happy dance up sing-slong let’s have another round and bump and grind mashup deluxe of hip hop, Top 40, glitch hop and dubstep. Start the prefunk and turn it up.
DJs, Producers, Live Mad Scientists, MCs, My Inspiration, you know…
In no order, and I am going to update this once a week.
Last year in between four straight days of partying and boarding a Tuesday morning flight to Thailand, I somehow wrote a review of the epic, amazing time I had at Seattle’s Decibel Festival.
A party like no other, Decibel is a city festival held in the clubs, bars, parks and museums of Seattle, an event for the people, by the people. I will be reposting my review from last year along with photos and links, in five parts: Intro, Day 1, Day 2….you get it.
Decibel Festival 2009 takes place September 24-27 and you can check the lineup and buy tickets here.
Saturday morning started with a trip to Seatac airport to pick up my very favorite producers in all of the universe- edIT and Boreta of the Glitch Mob. Sadly I missed a lot of Decibel in the Park but I heard that Noisemaker and Manahan laid it down proper, as usual. I rolled up in style with my precious cargo around 4PM just as Jacob London was finishing up and Truckasauras were getting set up with their Americanakitsch: gold Zelda cartridge, Uncle Sam hats and all. Who wants to bet that was Maker’s Mark in that plastic cup?
Truckasauras was good but I live for the Glitch Mob and now my dear children, you can see why. I think I personally called every single one of my friends and told them to go to this performance or I would kill them. And over a dozen of them came up and thanked me afterwards for the mind-blowing experience. edIT and Boreta (and Kraddy and OOah, the missing mobsters) create something new with each live show; you either get it or you don’t, and something tells me the mass of people dancing their asses off for an hour and a half GOT IT. Burner breaks, glitch hop, laser bass, Crunkedouthyphyfunkadelicpsybrokenwhomphopmusicforbasssluts or whatever you want to call it; the Glitch Mob pushes through boundaries like they aren’t even there (like the spoon) and they have a hell of a time doing it.
Great success! Decibel in the Park was mad fun, just like you knew it would be. The fact that the showcase was free added to the aesthetic and I know of at least one person who asserted that the Glitch Mob changed his life (me too). I hope to see more outdoor shows at Volunteer Park and of course, more freaks.
After a nap and a shower I headed over to Grey Gallery quickly to say hi to the Sweatbox and Knight Riders kids (I LOVE TECHNO) and then got myself to the Baltic Room where I made yet another exciting artist discovery at the Ghostly International Showcase: Deru, who was taking things on a dark and twisty turn there on the dance floor.
The dirty sounds got me all worked up which was just perfect because I hopped a cab up to Chop Suey where things were CRACK-EN’ in mad bottle rocket style. In the hot-as-hell side room Swank was ripping it up like a pirate and Sean Majors followed suite, keeping the energy ramped up, and over in the main room LA Riots started laying crazy on the crowd who flipping loved it.
Once again I was forced to pull myself away from the bRave New World Showcase and head to Neumos for Carl Craig; the end of Audion’s set had the people bursting in bubbles and then THE DETROIT LEGEND stepped up- and this is where I should stop writing. I danced for his entire set like a raving madwoman, like a lunatic with no lunch, like the insane devotee of the cult of dance that I am. I don’t know what tracks he played, I don’t know what he mixed in or how he did it, I don’t know his no-doubt long list of props, awards, and accolades. I was dripping, dripping with sweat; it was in my fat eyes and in my stupid smile which did not wear off all night (and is in fact still there right now).
This is what I live for. This is why I stay hours late into the night at my office writing for you, why I go out all the time in search of it, why I do what I do- so that I can have this divine experience, and it is no less than that. My brain stops working completely and the music takes me over and I experience something that I cannot find elsewhere- not from a person, not from a drug, not from anything else on earth. THIS IS WHY WE DANCE. THANK YOU CARL CRAIG. No really, I love techno.
After three days of dancing of course I wanted to dance more and headed to a friend’s afterparty first; the dubstep was sticky-icky but just not what I was searching for so I trolled down to the Church of Bass once again for yet another WOW experience and discovered yet another new favorite performer of the festival: Dixon. Oh. My. God. You would think the people on his dance floor had been sleeping for a thousand years instead of going for three days of Decibel. Taimur Agha kept it bangin’ as well and I left after several more hours of epic dance trance- a very very great day in the life, right?
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The 2009 Decibel Festival takes place September 24-27 in Seattle; for tickets and more information please click here.
Photos by Sudapop of Rockit Science and Tap Tap of Tap Tap Productions.
DJs, Producers, Live Mad Scientists, MCs, Anomalies, you know…
In no order, and I am going to update this once a week.
I love it when a mix surprises me and makes me smile. Noisemaker, THE pioneer of the Seattle glitch hop/midetmpo scene, has a knack for doing just that.
Noisemaker’s new mix, Red Light Green Light, just made my morning. Download it here.
Photo by Andy Gardner
DJs, Producers, Live Mad Scientists, MCs, Manimals, you know…
In no order, and I am going to update this once a week.
Noisemaker rocks the best DJ booth EVA!
DJs, Producers, Live Mad Scientists, MCs, Sasquatches, you know…
In no order, and I am going to update this once a week.
Could the Day Out Of Time Festival, happening July 24-26 in southern Washington, possibly have more of my friends on the lineup?
Wow. Five stages of glitch, drum and bass, dubstep, breaks, house, techno, downtempo, live reggae, and more, all brought to you by the awesome Emerald City Events, Midnight Sons, Buddhaful, LiveNLove, Booty Resin, Covert Ops, and Atmospheric InfernOasis. AKA my people.
Check it:
Aaron Simpson
Nikon
Dowlz
Geno Cochino
novaTRON
Northstar
Noisemaker
Loki
Dirty
PrEssHa
Grym
Aksion
Sonny Chiba
Richie Spoonz
Randall Glen
Mendicants
B-Fly
Nyx
Mickey Procon
Dig Dug
NAHA Army (HOLY SHIT)
Bryan J. Furious
Danger
Let’s Go Outside
Von Dewey
Ben Shelton
Lovevirus
Flave
Adlib
Kadeejah Streets
Jeromy Nail
Lloyd Tatum
Dev J
Ctrl_Alt_Dlt
Packy
Rhines
Milkplant
Awggie
Pantycontrol
Goner
Creepy Tom
Gel-Sol
Electrosect
Skoi Sirius
Hendrik
PLUS hella hella hella other DJs that I do not personally know. Perhaps a trip to Seatown in late July is in my future? I could stick around for the Glitch Mob, Daddy Kev and Nosaj Thing show on the 28th…hmm…
If you are in Seattle, do not miss this festival. Tickets are $60 before July 1st, $75 after. Holy Day Out of Time.
Photo by Arkku.
Those super slutty bass lovers over at RockitScience.com have a sweet new whompcast for you, this time by Loki, another member of the quickly growing midtempo scene in Seatown.
I’ve had some really great times listening to this DJ- besides the photo below which was taken around 8AM at a river party when everyone’s third wind was kicking in, my favorite memory is when Loki, Noisemaker, some crazy bartender and I locked the doors and pulled the curtains on a certain club after the 2AM closing time and proceed to rock our faces off for several more hours.
Mad props to Loki and to all the Seattle midtempo peeps who could not possibly be more passionate about this music. You filthy bitches, oh how I love you!
Download Loki’s whompcast for free right here.
Note to readers:
Root Beer + Vodka for breakfast = Not as bad as it sounds!
Yesterday I experienced one of the best nights of music since I moved to LA dancing to CLP and Deru in a tiny little hole of bar that I have now fallen in love with with. Thank you. Thank you!
Hollywood is just ten minutes from my apartment and I arrived last night early, around 10, and DJ Howie was getting things started. I never mind being the only one on the dance floor, because that means the DJ is playing for you. People need to hire me out to start their parties, I swear.
The Vine Bar’s dance floor is tiny. Miniscule. It’s really just a bar where they turned the back room into a little stage with space for decks/laptops and a few standing speakers. But as long as there is room at the front of the dance floor for me, and there always is, I don’t give a shit.
So I start rocking out, and soon Deru goes on and the dance floor fills up. Last night Deru restored my faith in LA. Not that I had lost it, per se, but I had begun to wonder as of late: where is the music that I love? Where are my people? Where are the sounds that do it for me, that have me screaming “yeah” like a fiend, that make my eyes roll around in my skull and sweat drip from my elbows?
I found all of them last night. Deru was awesome. His music was smart AND very dance friendly, like me. I love meeting people out who know me only from this blog, and I get to watch the gears turn in their heads as they try to reconcile the fact that this blond chick going nuts on the dance floor is also a writer. What? I love busting up stereotypes.
CLP went on- I don’t know which one was CL and which was P, but they killed. That tiny little dance floor was going nuts, people falling down and shit. Screaming. Smacking people in the face with their flailing arms. What kind of music were they playing? I don’t know. GOOD music. Slamming, dance-crazy beats. When I have a hard time finding words to describe someone’s music- that means it’s good. If I can sum up an hour long mix in a three-second sentence, guess what? It sucks.
CLP did not suck, and I really don’t think the CLP mix that was posted on my Myspace profile fifteen times (and which you can find here) does them justice. The Factory Fresh mix is good, but their hybrid set last night rocked the stars and the Vine Bar, which was packed with good people. I did not meet a single asshole last night, and I was in Hollywood for the love of God. Also in the crowd- one Justin Boreta. It was one of those nights when 2AM hits and you are just like, what? Seriously? It’s over? Already?
I am inspired anew this morning through my hash browns and hangover, and have realized that although there is not the same sense of community in LA around the type of music that I love, there will be. That is why I am here.
SEATTLE! Get your asses to Nectar Lounge tonight to hear CLP! And get there early because my boys Noisemaker and PrEssHa are opening up with a tag set. That shit WILL be going off.
I was having WAY to much fun dancing my face off last night to take any pictures except this one of my new friend Olivia fucking with the “Federal Protective Service: Homeland Security,” who were just cruising around protecting things. Enjoy. And turn the music UP!
I have been a giant fan of Noisemaker‘s glitched-out midtempo crunk since he was the only one in Seattle playing it and I was the only one listening!
Here’s his new mix, EXTRA crunchy, super hard, and REEKING of Noisemaker- just the way you want it and the way you GOTS to have it!
Download Noisemaker’s whompcast here.
Noisemaker chills in Camp Don’t Be Jealous @ Operation Apex 2008
DJs DO love me!
Once again, thank you RockitScience.com!
CLP, otherwise known as Chris de Luca vs. Phon.o are hitting up the West Coast straight pimp-style with their live audio and video performance, reeking of funky electro hip hop and dropping dirty bass all over the goddamn place.
If you haven’t heard the duo, listen to the mix below and then get your funky bass freak loving self to one of these West Coast shows:
Click on the image below to download Factory Fresh Mix
Tracklist:
1. Lil’ Mama – Lip Gloss
2. 50 Cent – I Got Money (Lazer Sword Remix)
3. L.L. Cool J – Come And Party With Me
4. V.I.C. ft. Frank Ski & The Package Store – Wobble
5. CLP ft. Zion I & Data MC – Rockin’ Wiz Us
6. Nicki Minaj – Beam Me Up Scotty & Boy 8-Bit – Fog Bank (MashUp)
7. EPMD – Run It (Duke Dumont Remix)
8. The Cool Kids – Pump Up The Volume
9. Pussycat Dolls ft. Snoop Dogg & Kardinal Offishall – Bottle Pop
10. CLP ft. Kovas – Dip Shorty (Unsportsmanlike Remix)
11. Common ft. Pharrell – Universal Mind Control
12. Kid Kaio – We Don’t Give A
13. Polka Shit vs Bitches – Mr. Licious (Bootleg)
14. Le Le – Breakfast Beesmunt (Baltiflage Edit)
15. Stuffa & Andy ft. Mapei – Pretty Girls (Krazy Fiesta Remix)
16. Dj Madcom – Put Your Drinks Up
17. Mikix The Cat – Freeze
18. CLP ft. Kovas – Dip Shorty (Bugati Force A Rabiata Mix)
19. The Death Set – Listen To This Collision (G.L.O.V.E.S. Remix)
20. Dj Mujava – Township Funk (Dj Rob3 Remix)
21. LFO – Freak
22. Monsieur Monsieur – Gambler (Rave Re-Edit)
23. Dj Edjotronic – Turn Off
24. Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize (Cold Blank Remix)
25. Trackadamicks – Enjoy What You Do (Shadow Dancer Remix)
26. Mr. Patron – Give It Up
27. Killa Queenz – Sweaty Wet
28. N.E.R.D.S. – Rockstars (Disco Villians Remix)
29. Robb G – 12
GOD I LOVE THIS PHOTO by Matsuda: Noisemaker is opening Decibel in the Park at 1PM on Saturday afternoon, while most people are still sleeping off the INSANE Deadmau5 show at Neumos the night before. Not Mike B, who is straight reppin’ the 206, holding down the dance floor as per usual, mau5 ears intact. He came to get down.
