Notice:

Hi anyone who likes/dislikes/wants to come throw things at NCAK.

Big Chill's hosting a Blog Party with yours truly repping Nobody Cares About Kitsune & Dazed Digital (Slutty Fringe will be Tony/John, woop) on Fri 2nd April.

On at 12.45am:
Expect LOUD NOISES.

Everyone Knows

About my rather indiscrete love of Nicolas Jaar.

Mauled him recently on a couple of interviews, this one for Dazed Digital.
Clown & Sunset label feature to come...

Do check out his Get The Curse mix from a while back if you haven't yet.

Photo: Amy Gwatkin

Happy Please

First post up on Brandon Sek's Happy Please aka Curb Crawlers 2.
2020 Vision niceness.

Shining Deacon

Lighthouse (Youandewan Dub) - dOP

This would be incredibly generic and avoidable were it not for the groovey brass and awesome claps. A deeper take on the actually kinda boring original. Sshh.

Dan Deacon's rant about lighthouses.
"You don't like the lighthouse, you suck."

On & On & On...

Am back at what appears to be an office after spending twenty hours over the last two days at Fabric's 30 hr non-stop event seeing Onur Ozer, Gadi W+L, Seth Troxler's 1 million sets, Dinky, and Konrad Black (again), etc. HELP ME.

Here's the Soul Clap Great White Hope mix (kicking off with some much-loved Jaar) in homage to missing their set last night due to... actually I still don't know quite know what happened there.

Highlights included:

• Stalking Seth Troxler and
  
• Going mental.

Mm, Danish

So it's been the various Fashion Weeks and a Copenhagen trip to meet le Tartelet boys & Kasper Bjorke where during the days we talked accidental pornos and at night got wasted and played gems like Kenton Slash Demons' new record 'Sun' (literally breathtaking) and Danish trance (think I was supposed to stay quiet about that).

But having had a day to gather my tech-house marbles, I bring some Downtown Party Network - Days Like These. Laidback disco with feel-good synths.
And their Danish ventures from the pretty tight release package alongside remixes from Zombie Disco Squad and Jimpster:

Kasper Bjørke: Alcatraz (Kenton Slash Demon Remix) by S-E-N

Dolly La Parton

Not another Backwards Barbie but the alias of Alex Under of CMYK via BeMySheep making eerie dischordant-scat driving-tech 'dancefloor choons'. If the dancefloor was full of people looking like they were having a bit of a spaz.

It's Just a Thing (128) / Cornbread, Fish & Collard Greens

(Re: pic - Do you dress like the 11 yo girls in this pic? Congratulations, you are 'trendy'.)

Talking Jazz On The Telephone

Moodymann - Telephone Blue (Franklin De Costa Tool Edit) by franklindecosta
(d/l)
Vs
Talking All That Jazz (Patrick Lindsey & M.in Remix) - Marc Romboy

The De Costa remix of Moodymann feats some creepy pitched down vocals that wouldn't seem out of place on a Spectral release kicking in amongst the moody (no shit) deep house which lightens up towards the end, whilst Marc Romboy talking some jazz gets re-jigged by Patrick Lindsey & M.in.

Sei Ace

I know I make this bold statement at my own risk but.. someone made me like a Beatles song?
Yay for Sei A's magic touch; also appreciating his remix of Moodymanc & Paul Hardy's Sizzler which is exactly that, adding an extra euphoric edge to the 'Josh Wink circa Banana-esque' tech-yness, definitely wait till the half-way mark.

The Beatles - A Day in the Life (Unknown Mix) by Sei A
The Beatles - A Day In The Life (unknown mix) by Sei A

d/l here

Casanova

YES to old photos and buying a Holga that's held together with a piece of cardboard from a dodgy jumble lady in a polka dot dress. Expect a series.

And similarly effervescent approval for Mario Basanov who I'm guessing is a pretty slick fella.
French house vocals x tropical deep disco for getting into your car and getting out of my dreams to.

Mario Basanov - A2 - Caribbean Girl (Ilya Santana Mix)
Mario Basanov - A2 - Caribbean Girl (Ilya Santana Mix)
From Under the Shade.

Curses

If groovy French x Spektre-esque tech is what you're pining for, head over to Get the Curse for Olibusta who joined forces with Clement Meyer for an EP on the new GTC label.

Check out his remix of this Brrr-ap house track. (And no this isn't in reference to yet another made-up genre devised by plebs, just some amusing vox in there)
Qoso - Brrr (Olibusta remix) by olibusta

Browns

No this is nothing about the South Molton Street boutique ladies, calm the f down. This is dug out from the 'so deep I'm drowning in slap bass' funky/soulful house producer's 'The Early Years'. Circa 2008.

Trus'me - Brown's

Contrary to Popular Belief, Best of Lists are HARD OK?

A bit difficult to do 'Best of '09' considering the blog's only been running for a year and furthermore I have the musical (and otherwise) attention span of a thimble. But here goes...

Best/Lol Moments of 2009:

-Telling Riva Starr to collaborate with my mum
-Fucking up Ellen Allien's room w/ a gaggle of girls
-Having Heidi laugh inappropriately at someone's broken arm on the phone
-Giving Keytars/Violins my balloon when he inevitably was too wasted to give it any love or care
-Being asked to interview Kitsune in Paris & being taken to lunch by their lovely press guy
-Making it in Curb Crawlers' Top 5 Blogs of 2009 list for NCAK & Slutty Fringe

Best Tracks?
No. I'm not doing that, it's as near impossible as 'a girl sticking an octopus up her genitals' (See Running Ponies).

Best Labels?
Sorry Turbo, after years of my enduring love and devotion I think you've been topped by Wolf + Lamb, Sound Pellegrino and Tartelet this year and woop at the newer Get Physical stuff

Best Album/Compilations:
Jamie Jones innit, and le Dixon Temporary Secretary Edits were super

Best Remix:

Um.. maybe Alland Byallo's Gold Daytons remix of Soul Clap. So good.

/rant

If You Muffle Your Ears Slightly It Almost Sounds Like 'Jingle Bells'

...when you listen to Inxec - Alright from the Matt 90's house Tolfrey and Inxec EP 'Even in Hollywood'. Y'know.. all the same key elements of upbeat (Chicago) festiveness are there.

And even more so for an aptly named A Black Elf by Lucio Aquilina with tinkling bells aplenty for CHRISTMAS DAY.

A blog is for life, not just for 364 days of the year.

Bootsy

Ever since his vocals were used in the wonkier-than-thou Claude VonStroke tracks I haven't been able to get him out of my mind-

Bush Doctors vs Bootsy Collins - Disciples of Funk
Because aren't we all.

BUSH DOCTORS V BOOTSY COLLINS by Bush Doctors

Crap..

I'm playing tomorrow apparently?

Temp

Ame - Setsa is a wonderful clangy number, like a string quartet stumbling into a cowshed.
Dixon dunna edit of it in his Temporary Secretary Mix, though you may want to check out the B-side Ensor.

And if you want to get freaked out by a grinning one-eyed loon a bit too close to those fucking freaky things in the Vauxhall advert - check out the video for the French creative collective Masomenos' Juhuu.

Raining Catz 'n' Dogz

Kasper sent me some nice stuff a while back w/ a lot of epic percussion and "bwoo, bwoo, bwoo, bwoo- WOOP-WOOP" bits. Definitive.

Here's the Catz 'n' Dogz & Pol On Skandal remix of his techno-er project 'Kasper Bjorke & His Friendly Ghost's The Great Derangement, a bit more upbeat than their Afera one. At one time I was obsessed with their remix of Freaky Motherfucker and put it in every one of my sets and yelled "Freaky Mofo" at people all the time. Due to various restraining orders, I think this phase has passed.

Afrika Bambaataa

The Paranormal (Maetrik Remix) - Voodeux

This won't give you shitting nightmares like the original.

and

Interafrica - Mihalis Safras

Friggin' excellent - Check out his new super homo-house Rubber EP. W/ Hugo mix.

T BAR

Holy vin diesel, I'm playing T Bar tomorrow night. Come over at 10.30pm for free frolics. Here's a new mix over at Flammette as a non-preparation for the night//