So tonight is the big night! Me & one of my favortite 518 DJs L-RAD are taking over the Fuze Box in Albany to throw a free party to celebrate the 1st release on Massive Audio as a record label. NO COVER? Cheap assed drinks? 2 hour long turntable sets? Fuck yes mon ami.... Giddy up!
Well, there goes the neighborhood. I've gone and decided to resurrect the name of our legendary record store, Massive Audio, and launch a record label. We're a little late to the party, but it was worth the wait.
As new releases come out on Massive Audio we'll be posting them here with free limited time downloads and even some remix competitions to keep things interesting.
The Opener EP is four tracks with an amalgamtion of sounds from acid, techno, breaks, and tech house. You can get a preview right here!
For more information you can follow me on twitter or call the hotline: 1 (518) 212-PLAY
Up next for Massive Audio? Ryan Kick's producing under a new pseudonym 'Pescado' and he's letting a MOSTER out with his latest "Night Release". Remixers include myself, Lazer, and the one and only Sleazy McQueen! Stay tuned!
This dude knows how to partySpring is definatelty in the mother fucking air! Birds are chirping, snow has finally god damned melted, and you know what that means...... TIME FOR A GOD DAMNED BOAT PARTY!
Today the presale tickets for Rumble on the Hudson 2 officially go on sale! There will be a very limited amount of spots on the cruise this year and we're starting it early since last year we sold the whole thing out. Don't sleep on this one! Get extras! Bring a life jacket & bail money 'cause its gonna be bigger and badder than last year. We're keeping the lineup a bit of a secret for right now, but don't woryy. We've got a couple of tricks up our sleeves for this years' shindig. Seriously, buy the tickets RIGHT now!
ONLINE PRESALES ARE CLOSED! BETTER CALL THE HOTLINE OR BE THERE EARLY!~ 518-212-PLAY
Spring is definatelty in the mother fucking air! Birds are chiping,
So I know I haven't made a lot of noise about it on here, but I've been working on a little project for the last few months and it's finally done! May I present to you: The DF8 EP.
Although I didn't know it at the time, this project started with a remix of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" that I did well over a year ago at this point. I ended up receiving so much positive feedback on it, and it got so many more downloads than anything else I've made available online, that I decided, "Hey, why not do a whole EP of material like this?"
This is the result. A remaster of the "Superstition" remix along with four new remixes of essential disco, funk, and 80s artists. They include "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant, "Once In A Lifetime" by The Talking Heads, "Shake" by The Gap Band, and "Sunshine Hotel" by Richard T. Bear.
The best part? It's available as a free download for you and all your friends here: http://bit.ly/gnasx7. So what are you waiting for? Go get it and be sure to share the link with your friends too!!
Well, that's right gentle readers. The day of reckoning that I said would never come has in fact landed right on our fucking doorstep. Resident Advisor (a website I respect even though they don't answer support emails {fuckers]) broke with an update on the status of the Technics 1200s as the cornerstone of DJ life as we know it. WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!
Ok maybe not, but according to the very short and seemingly in-denial attitude of RA, crucial part shortages are to blame. My favorite quote: "We cannot help discontinuing production in advance in order to avoid the worst case scenario." WHAT IS THE FUCKING WORST CASE SCENARIO? You stop making the turntable that was the cornerstone of the entire DJ culture or that any new 1200s will be sentient Transformers and rise up to enslave humanity? I don't fucking think so. We have THE TECHNO VIKING!
If anyone can save us (mostly me) its the Techno Viking! Wait though.... this. can't be? I thought this was the year of multitouch was coming to save our lives? I thought I would be burning my mixer & 1200s (fuck that old bullshit!) and DJing on sleek touchscreens?
Nope. After 5 years of being the most forward thinking (and one of the most expensive) tools in the modern musicians arsenal, the Jazzmutant Lemur is being discontinued. The Lemur is essentially at 10" touchscreen that was in the public's hands before the iPhone was even a glint in Steve Job's eye. Basicallly a user, and the rather large community behind it can program insane physics based touchscreen systems and use them as MIDI or OSC controllers. Maybe you've seen these guys. See that thing they're tapping in the video? Yup, it a Lemur. And I bet because they are both French, it was free!
The Lemur is insane. Its so far ahead of its time. Its fully customizable. It has its own processor and can accept WAY more inputs than a shitty iPad. Well, fuck it its dead too...... Can somebody just keep making the same shit, or at least make it better! The funny thing about the Lemur is that I can't find any AWESOME videos of it in action. Its just weird science nerds and You Tube creepers trying to show it off and failing. Well, that and these guys called THE MOTHER FUCKING GLITCH MOB.
R.I.P Jazzmutant Lemur & The Technics 1200. Now somebody pass me my Glenfiddich.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 6:40PM 
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