Trouble Vision Megamix No.3

Linky: http://www.zshare.net/audio/562151702306988b/

Tracklisting:
1. Mad All Over Again (DJ Sega Remix) – South Rakkas Crew
2. Showdown (Redlight Remix) - Pendulum
3. Is Everything Cool (Boog-A-Loo Crew Remix) - Foamo
4. No Turning Back (Mowgli & Solo Mix) – Elite Force
5. Bad Boy – The Boog-A-Loo Crew
6. Don't Let Go (Bryce/Photomachine Remix) – Yo Majesty
7. Afreaka – Solo
8. I Love NY (Baobinga's FuckUpLikeWoah Remix) – Drop The Lime
9. Manabadman (Andy George Re-Fix) – Toddla T
10. City View – The Boog-A-Loo Crew

(Trying to work out why I knew City View.. well it just samples that trance track Need to Feel Loved - Reflekt. Buff)
P.s LOL at Lamb's Anger teaser: http://www.vimeo.com/3349918

"Oizo Mr How Awesome You Are With Your Wonderful Shiny Beard I Just Ordered A SoMe T Shirt With You On It I Love This T Shirt Cant Wait To See This Movie"

Stephen Jones Launch Party at the V&A and Dubstep

As plus one of Bea, daughter of Erickson Beamon's creative director, we arrived by cab with a fashion photographer/former editor, design consultant/stylist Julian with Tank Mag feather mask, & Mia of EB posse/former 333 girl, whereupon landing on the steps I'm told "Dude, Roisin Murphy is behind us".. thus beginning the onslaught of head-adorned guests, spying Giles Deacon, Judy Blame, Katie Grand, Daphne Guinness, Jefferson Hack, Erin O'Connor, and Jacquetta Wheeler etc..

Spotted The P.I.X's Princess Julia spinning usual Blondiesque new wave pop tracks to the bombardment of champagne, parma ham wrapped truffle and lobster canapes, fresh oysters and patisserie corners filled with doughnuts, green tea chocolates, pistachio macaroons and florentines.


Then entering the mental exhibition filled from brillo pads to hoods and bonnets, Anna Piaggi posed perfectly with Manolo Blahnik, where I met that foreign girl who's always gorgeous in the Boombox pics leaving Bea to do her rounds conversing in pain (looking classy in her baby bonnet custom made by Stephen Jones) with Agent Provocateur's Joe Corres.

Later was introduced to Bruno Frisoni and Hervé van der Straten (wearing ACTUAL Poilane loaf) before bumping into Hannah Marshall and Dr Noki amongst more London based designers adorning outfits circa A-Trak at Disneyland.






Vogue coverage

Telegraph woz there

..Back in Norwich (missing lectures again), Caspa & Rusko play teeny club here tomorrow.
There's something about dubstep that irritates me and I want to say it's due to being sort of lowbrow.. but then again FIDGET was hardly the height of sophistication.

Action Man aka Herve and some Alarm Bells on Redthreat- http://redthreat.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/play-with-fire/

Postman Pat

At last something for Stephen Jones' launch party at the V&A next week.
Vintage turquoise VM taffeta + overweight Postman Pat hairband is the best one can do, when one doesn't 'do' hats, at the milliner of all milliner's exhibition.

Soundtrack to the journey:
Zombie Disco Squad - Eurovision off Teki's new sublabel.. Mmm, Sound Pellegrino.
www.myspace.com/soundpellegrino

High Rankin - Escape From the Hood/No Money For Guns
www.myspace.com/highrankin

Worthy - Crack-El (Justin Martin's Stoopit Crunk-Ill Hyphy Mix)
http://letouch.blogspot.com/2008/11/worthy-autumn-shakedown-days.html

and probably some erotic shit off Tiga's Ciao.

Suitable Hand Motions for DJ'ing

I honestly don't understand why there's so much gesticulation from DJ's during Faces'uch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV6-yYPClMY

Brodi, that's just the SONG (all the jolly brapbrap fingers are pre-Motherfucking Bass coming in).. I know you look more interesting with the jazzhands-headphone rapid on/off like your ears are itchy combos than when I stand there tweaking EQ's with a Microsoft-brand mouse but honestly, we know it's all a farce.

And if you didn't duck down for about 5 minutes during the mad pitch up we probably would have thought that was you too, maybe the best option is to stick to a simple nodding of the head, then as the night goes on begin some more intense bobbing up & down (note: IN time), before bringing out some sort of wild flagellation of the arm with which you consider of no further use.

WASHY WASHY WASHY WASHY

After my mini-rant re: Jesse Rose, I have to say I do like the lovely retro vocal samples vs generic retard noises in 'You're All Over My Head' on What Do you Do If You Don't?

P.S LOL at Norwich locals going mental to Decoy last night.

Bugged Out At Fire: The End Of The End

Is Fire honestly a decent substitute for The End?
http://www.endclub.com/closingvideo - Bit of a boring video but sums up 'nuff stuff.
I am surprisingly as upset as the rest when I realise too late I will never be able to comfortably take the 25 the TWO stops down the road to lie in the back corner in the main room in prep before non-stop blindly going mental for the next 3 hours.
Fire on the other hand was a goddamn MESS. We were constantly losing each other, off our silly faces, wondering why the HELL we were in these endless labyrinthine dark rooms, in SOUTH LONDON.

Is Erol going to DIE during his 6 hour set?
Maybe we should help him as dedicated fans to stay awake by delivering tangible obstacles along the lines of really sharp flaming ladyfingers.

Er.. isn't Daniel Steinberg a bit of a messy man?
Can he smarten up before he plays with Style of Eye, Worthy, and what was it RIVA Starr at Egg?

I know this is bit older in Proxy radio mixes 'n such but it's just SO GOOD:

Volatile- Faces of War
http://www.zshare.net/audio/50835843af50fe71/

xx

x GOLDEN TRAXE x

YAY Golden Traxe leaked before 23rd Feb. (Sorry Mr Record Companies but like HOW long have we been waiting for this? Favourite track apart from released Poke/Soap/etc will have to be Drivetime.)

But also in good news: Octet- Euro vs dollar (Pilooski Edit): http://www.zshare.net/audio/53838199689b46fc/

BTW how upsetting is 'Touch My Horn'. I should've guessed from the title but it's really a bit fucking shit.

How can you make a song SO boring with a plethora of unsuspecting horn noises. I remember a time when I loved him, holding onto tables for dear life when Jesse Rose and his wonky ways came on.. But something dire's happened to him since that time he made Hot Chip chant his name like a douche who touches himself in AA underwear with matching socks and has Hitler fantasies during sex.

Something Quite Nice, Quite Vice

For a snow day today, try www.myspace.com/peterbenisch on Turbo.
Way Swedish.

Fashion editors at Vice must be like yeeaah we're well 'high fashion' when we TRY.. well done on the shitty lighting/direction getting in Annabel Mehran (always a bit off/unbalanced levels of quality vs pretension). NICE ONE.
Funny how it's the one post no one has an opinion on, average 'ironic' readers probably despondent at lack of titties/dead cats stapled on some puke.

Zomby x Kate Moross

Zomby's enjoyably titled Fuck Mixing, Let's Dance/Where were you in '92? etc rave messes worry me. But the artwork kinda makes me want to live in a packet of Toblerone.

http://www.myspace.com/zombyproductions
(Aaw, look at his 'Registered' symbol. LOL.)

Hello my name is Sinden and I wear really stupid fucking clothes

Are you serious?
WHAT is going on.
Don't get me wrong, I think he's worked hard with a million billion remixes, decent recent Fabric mix release and it's all like 47.5% ok but everyone's sick of Beeper and everyone's sick of baseball caps.
Oh and kudos to the 'Supreme' style font on his Myspace for attempt at a logo.

Tomb Crew Custard Pie Mix

"Err. You know what?.."

R.I.P £2 thick knit cardigan w/ oversized buttons from Oxfam or somesuch.

Tomb Crew Mix: http://sharebee.com/32b8be62

Begins with sirens.
Yeah.

Tracklisting:
1. Mantronix - King of the Beats (Tomb Crew edit)
2. Rusko - Moaners
3. Rod Lee - Understand Me
4. Evil 9 - All The Cash (Mumdance remix)
5. Chase and Status - Eastern Jam
6. Buraka Som Sistema - Sound Of Kuduro ft MIA
7. Roots Manuva - Let the Spirit (Toddla T and Ross Orton remix)
8. DZ - Old Timers
9. Bart Bmore - Make Some Noise
10. Mala - Lean Forward
11. Santogold - Creator (Mumdance edit ft Jammer)
12. TC - Where's my Money (Caspa remix)
13. HK119 - C'est La Vie (Rusko masher)
14. Synkro - Hold Tight
15. Baobinga - State Of Ghetto Jackin ft DJ Nasty (TRG's Brooklyn to Bucharest remix)
16. Lil Jinder - Polyhedron (Supra1 remix)
17. Buraka Som Sistema ft Kano - Skank and Move
18. The Prodigy - Breathe (Number Nin6 remix)
19. Benga - 26 Basslines (Chesus and Rodski 26 Waistlines remix)
20. D Malice - Gabryelle Refix

+ DJ Manaia's Re-Edit of TC's Where's My Money? - (Caspa Remix)
Like the original, cut-up with usual Manaia bongos thrown about.

CHIC VS CHAV

Given the rise of 'indie kids' wearing garments formerly associated with chavs, there seems to be debate on your fashion credibility in the wrong eyes.

GUYS.
Is the only way to avoid looking Lynxed up out on the merk in Bromley to button up your Fred Perry polo shirt?

GIRLS.
Is the popularity of sportswear a la neon American Apparel bordering on comfort levels reserved for tracksuit territory?
Surely the Ann Sofie-Back/Comme des Garcons/Raf Simons collaborations with Fred Perry would shrug off any notions of chav?
Though maybe someone like Devvo wouldn't get the difference, regarding such foreign jibberjabber as 'like, a bit posher innit?'
And the staff changes over the last couple years have shown a gradual decline in 'snobby edgyness' of AA employees to more generic shaped folk who don't know a receipt when they see one. Are logos getting bigger? Colours getting brighter? Fabrics SHINIER?

Dear God.

DISCO DISCO:
<3 The Lowbrows - Dream in the Desert x Tough Alliance's Neo Violence Shazamed via Bang Gang DJ's.
and some Justus Kohncke:
www.zshare.net/download/5418713362db877a
(bits of SuperMayer/Mickey Moonlight but hey it's not anywhere anymore ANYway)

P.S: Drums of Death last week at Cargo at full capacity wtf?
He plays at Matter tomorrow w/ Fred Falke and Friendly Fires btw.

NEW SEASON NEW SEASON

After TWO boring fucking seasons, most things.. EVERYthing.. is gorgeous.
First thing's first:
S/S '09 BAG: Luella
Pale pink leather with sidebow and bikechain at £1,295 I might cry.


S/S '09 DRESS: Alexander McQueen


S/S '09 SHOE: Chloe:
Actually her entire collection is cute but the tri-colour patent sandal with bow = LOVE

BEST SHOW:
Karl Lagerfeld's lifesize reconstruction of Chanel's legendary No 31 building on Rue Cambon to the soundtrack of Madness' Our House, complete with fake pavement. CHANELLO.


P.S Christian Lacroix statement necklaces


And thank GOD Miuccia is over her 2-3 shit seasons with beautifully rumpled washed silk matching bra tops and below the knee pencil skirts:



Mini-rant re: OH DEAR GOD bumping into Surkin at The National Portrait Gallery before his set with Erol et al. at Fire Club on NYE = HOT.
+ Religion remix of Bruce Willis Is Dead.
Who does he think he is? Proxy?
This isn't RAVEN.
That ship has FLOWN.
Why did Caspa remix Bushido sampling gentle theme of House of Flying Daggers?
http://hypem.com/search/bushido%20caspa
"San Fran you DUN NO. You was eating pancakes this morning, you're about to get ASSAULTED"?

What a scary man.

GET GET GET

Xmas is MESSY. Why is there a queue AROUND THE BLOCK at Durrr for a Peaches DJ SET? And HOW smart it is to go shopping everyday in Oxford st since boxing day when everyone is elbowing everyone towards end of season reject cocktail dresses. That half-price £1300 handbag isn't FREE, stupid bitch.
The credit crunch only adversely affects companies (LOL at Vice's shitty new paper visibly reduced in size) not individuals, you forget the recession when you're in Prada.
And unless the photos were flipped and maybe I'm being anal.. but why are Londonpaper favs Alexa Chung and Halfhead Dellal wearing their headphones mid-seriously-cool-DJ-face-pose THE WRONG WAY?
P.s Though DJ's Sara and Ryusei have been scratching since 8 and 5, producers also get younger.
Forget Surkin and Bobmo, le High Powered Boys were remixed by two 16 yr old Mexicans.
Meh:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5348092810c67a6f/
Hoes get down again. Krylon Remix.

London Lunching on Christmas Eve

Oh dear, coffee'ed at Princi after Belgo Centraal today..
That guy on the internet was RIGHT, those taps are a MIND FUCK in addition to the square toilets that confused my American friends. However the mini pizzas at £2.50 a pop were pretty cute and ofc the whole place stunk of Alan Yau.
'Grats on his interesting take on 'trendy' Italian take-out being the owner of so many 'trendy' East-Asian establishments (Wagamama, Yauatcha, Hakkasan, etc) and being Soho, every gay man named Roxy seemed to know every other gay man wielding Comme des Garcons bags which I nearly jumped into, echoing my days of sorting their stock at Dover Street Market, part-time aged 16 with an enchanted expression.

(Belgo however = FAIL)

Rave on repeat: Project Bassline- Jack Beats 'Rinsed Out Rave' REReReREEEmix, besides Zomby's Rave Mixtape at http://www.dazeddigital.com/Music/article/1583/1/ZOMBY_Exclusive_Back_to_92_mixtape_download
Oh and 'Shine Shine's been Shadow Dancered, unfortunately at 256 kbps:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/532212402d8fe6c7/

Annual EB Party minus Alexander McQueen/Stephen Jones

Well the Erickson Beamon Christmas party was wholesome as usual.. meaning our production manager dancing to Steps with the Central Saint Martin's graduate interns whilst I eyeball-rolled, swirling my mulled wine after being scolded for paying that full two-thirty-five for a Bracher Emden clutch by his ex-girlfriend until Pro Nails came on.
Something's happened in the family after launching additional shows since Tranoi and doing a capsule collection for Urban Outfitters and Kurt Geiger.. I.e: STRESS, but thank god there's a place in the world where people laugh when I walk into the room and explain "Mm, my NYE was mad, dude was in Gareth PUGH"
albeit following dialogue was:
"What's Surkin?"
"Ooh, ooh he's a DJ who's playing at the thingy we're going to on-"
"That's very nice sweetie."
London is visually tiring after one day back, realising the older generation have a thing for animal garments after seeing far too many grandmas in leopard print and why did my mother buy me a vintage over-size button faux fur coat but THANKS?

Probably better to miss POPOF/MATT WALSH/OLIVER KOLETZKI et al at Egg for HERVE/TREVOR LOVEYS/BOY 8-BIT/ZOMBY tomorrow
-Video: http://www.friedmylittlebrain.com/2008/12/22/video-herve-big-fat-trouble-corsica-studios-20122008/

Instead I'm going to collapse in a pile of toy trains and these fucking-

REALISTIC MY ASS.

HYPE HYPE

What the hell is happening to Hypemachine? It's been 3 weeks of Kid Cudi - Crookers Remix and Canadian soft rock.

Btw Drums of Death fucked up an escort tune:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/52444542af0d5206/


But I think he also fucked up his face.

Indie or Institution?

I notice as the patients get on the bus in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Billy Bibbits's wearing a vintage sweater with a Chelsea cut, McMurphy's in a leather jacket and another's in tartan.

Is this a mental asylum or White Heat?

Wintour and Wastegash in the same sentence?

Word on the 'street' (yeah, Sloane St maybe) that Anna Wintour after receiving her OBE, is stepping down from her chief editorial position at American Vogue, stirring up considerable excitement from amongst the bigwigs of fashion houses, to budding CSM/LCF grads and shamelessly self-promotional Hoxton trannies alike (*cough* Lismore).

Further rumours that Carine Roitfeld, Parisian editor is to fill her place seem an implausible joke but who really would be able to replace the scariest lady in fashion?
Known as the most important figure in the last two decades of fashion, her reputation as an intimidating bitch seems to have helped secure such international high regard.
In the same veins, it seems everyone at or near the top is pissed.
To quote 10 Magazine, "We write about fashion darling, we hate EVERYTHING."
Where questions of attending the opening shows of European Cruise collections are based around disgust like, "This ain't new season. This ain't Milan. What the FUCK am I doing here."
It seems anger and genuine incredulity at front row outfits make more sense than blind approval by feigned clapping from the latest fuckwit '/'er.
One frown from Wintour will send the rest of your 'career' down the LFW tent toilets Mr quirky sustainable so-and-so who thinks he's the new JCDC. Nobody WANTS your shitty mermaid tail cartoon tee-dress, FO Dr Noki.

Along with her perma-bob and constant sunglasses at night that would put Tiga to shame, Wintour's groomed yet somewhat dismal clothes suit a London/New York lady in her 50's. She may be ripped on for being a cunt, i.e The Devil Wears Prada FFS, but at least nobody can call her a wastegash in such tasteful Chanel skirt suits.

'Pow'

Finally someone in Norwich understands some Popof and plays Tiga's Mind Dimension to finish off his set, albeit much to the bewilderment of 'pretentious' students dressed in chunky gold chains and OLD MAN sweater ensembles, or painful to behold body-stocking faux Herve Leger dresses at £49.99 on local escorts with businessmen who have wandered past the not-so-strict door policy at the Mustard Lounge.
Moment of relief then that another 'DJ' with a glow in the dark Institubes tee turns up to cheer on my inadvertant request of Raven and cocktails go flying as we go INSANE (this is the best it gets up north).
I didn't think my 2-tone violet open-toed heels were going to cut it but 2am slot Student CDJ with geek-SHIT glasses coming on meant Cyndi Lauper was my cue off the dancefloor.
Sigh. And just when I thought it was getting good..

Tiga- Mind Dimension (Youth Attack 'Kill the Rhythm' Remix):
http://www.zshare.net/audio/52170953e13a1d35/