Saturday, April 25, 2009

Modeselektor: Awesome or incredible?















The answer to that question: BOTH. They are a group about whom I can make the very rare claim that I have yet to hear a song theirs which I don't adore, and I challenge anyone who downloads these songs to refute my claim that they are the coolest motherfuckers on the planet. Seriously, look at that picture. Are you telling me you WOULDN'T want them DJing your party? 

These tracks aren't nearly as dirty as the tracks from the last post... Modeselektor's appeal lies in their polished sound. Where someone like MSTRKRFT or the Bloody Beetroots seem to want noisy bass for the sake of noisy bass (which I have no problem with, understand), the guys in Modeselektor are very good at tweaking and perfecting until their synths and drums etc. are perfect for whatever it is they are writing... perfectly appropriate and tasteful parts are the order of the day. And those that remix them (particularly Siriusmo) seem to understand that and reflect that in their remixes.





Monday, April 20, 2009

BIG DIRTY BEATS

My first post goes out to Steve Aoki, so congratulations Steve, 
on being the first shout out on an unknown blog deriving from 
the cultural hotspot known as Calgary, Alberta. His show was 
the perfect bangin' dirty bassline electro show, which is 
thankfully becoming more and more common these days in 
Calgary. The crowd was initially only alright, as there were lots 
of drunk-as-fuck people stumbling only partially in time with 
the music, but Steve was the perfect remedy for that, as he 
brought the noise massively and the crowd loved every second. 
So to thank Steve I would like to make available the centerpiece 
of the show, WARP 1.9, featuring Steve Aoki as well as the 
Bloody Beetroots.

This track is massive, filthy, noisy, loud, and most of all,
fucking awesome. In fact it was so cool that he played it twice,
possibly even three times depending on how bad my memory 
fromthe night was. Be warned, it is best played in the middle 
of a massive night.



Steve Aoki's label, Dim Mak, has quite a few decent DJs gracing 
its roster, including Armand Van Helden, Felix Cartal, Shinichi 
Osawa, and Canada's dirty beat kings MSTRKRFT. While their 
newest album, Fist of God, is only decent, A-Trak, another 
legendary Canadian, put out a pretty unreal remix of the lead 
single Bounce. It retains the dirty roots of the original but gives 
it a bit more groove and subtlety. ENJOY BITCHES