Oh, The Things You Say.

Anyone remember this track?



I never knew who the artist was until I found myself scrolling through their past songs, and came up on this gem. After some minor google expertise, the track The Things You Say is by a london based group, Cicada, and was released in 2006.

Might just be me, but 2006 seemed like a longs ways aways from todays....

anyway, hope you enjoyed the blast from the past, and Cicada has a new album out called Metroplis. check 'em OUT!

<3ey

p.s. apologize for the video, that beast got pg-13 real quick.

Edit: here's a molby track

Cicada - One Beat Away (Arno Cost remix)

When Geek's Leave the Basement

What's up everyone? Being a total geek, I find myself finding some of the geekiest things on the web and loving them. Make fun of my pocket protector, taped up glasses all you want but I'll still rep the geeks 24/7.

In my effort to promote everything that is geek I give you what I consider to be an amazing clip. This scratch deejay is a prime example that geeks never lose their roots. If you do not recognize the song then you need to get off your computer and pick a random guy to ask if you can borrow his star was collection. If your school is anything like mine, chances are he will give you the whole series.



-dbg

dance marathon —cancelled/postponed

edit 26.feb.2010: event cancelled.

Join the UCSD Student Foundation in raising money for student scholarships
and UCSD's own AIDS Research Institute.

Donation is only $25 and gets split evenly between both causes.
Get a team together and get ready to have some fun!

date & time: fri.26.feb.2010 8pm - sat.27.feb. 6am
venue: the Loft @UCSD, 2nd floor of price center east
tickets: $25

DVC DJs marathon!

more info: dance marathon website, facebook event page

doble poste de emergencia!

Mayer Love

Va Va Voom

<3eyx2

Breakbotik

I've been on this guy's en - you - teez for awhile now, and it's about time I rambled about his jam-tastic music.

and we're not talking about the game, or practice, we're talking about Breakbot.

Being a part of Ed Banger records, I've always overlooked this guy with his fellow Bangin' record mates Busy P, Dj Mehdi, & Justice. But with his Dance On Glass Mix 03, he got me on board and some.

For the most part, he ain't no club bangin' I wanna punch somebody in the face kinda guy. But if you want some chill music to walk to, have it in the background, or want that sensual dancing sound, this is your jam. Love the guy here's a youtube vid of his song "Baby I'm Yours."



Plus he's a disco lovin' frenchman. what's not to love?
Breakbot Myspace

<3ey

Let the Bass Kick

When one tries to define electronic music, it is easy to go with generalities (it's music composed with artificial instruments), landscape descriptions (unce unce unce), or artist associations (you know, like that Tiesto guy).

The Deconstructionist in me wants to analyze the elements of electronic music. Hi-hat. Hand clap. Snare drum. Bassline. Synth pad? Filters? Build-ups and Break-downs? What is required of electronic music so that someone listening to it says, "Yea. This is Electronic Music?"

The styles span many different moods and, consequently, different aural landscapes composed of various instruments. You have jungle: the fetishization of the Amen Break; or filtered house: a rehash of 70s and 80s disco and hi-nrg; or downtempo: music that if you were high enough you'd actually stay awake to it. In the grand Venn-Diagram of music, what common elements are even present? What can we even say is ubiquitous in all of electronic music?

I thought it'd be the kick drum. Like civilization is the fence to structure society, the kick drum is the skeleton of rhythm; it is the silhouette that allows you to differentiate whether you're looking at the shadow of a cat or a rapist. Even the two genres of breakbeat and electro-house are differentiated merely by the structure of the kicks.

The kick drum is the soul of electronic music.

However, through my mental self-diarrhea, I stumbled upon this little bugger:

No kick. No bass. Nothing. No rhythm? Hardly. No soul? I still like it. My whole world has been turned inside-out.

Thoughts?

ELECTROO!!!!

just kidding.

Here's a random song for a change of pace of the usual electronic music.

Released in 1965 "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (English: Doll of wax, doll of bran) was the winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1965. It was performed in French by French singer France Gall, representing Luxembourg.



Years after that, a band by the name of Arcade Fire did a cover of the song...



hope you enjoyed my lack of studying and my dedication to a blog that no one really reads.

buckle up for safety!

-Oeyi

009 Sound System - Dreamscape

not sure if anyone's heard this, but i really dig the opening

would love to hear it at a live event

–issie

I LOVE CATS

I think this video would have been a good contender for the Boys Noize sweepstakes a few months ago:

Anyway, I bring this up not only because I Love Cats, but because my main man Alex and his label released some really gritty remixes of "Transmission" in the release RMX PT1 and RMX PT2. I wonder how it would sound in a club.. the Oizo remix reminds me of a scene from the movie Irréversible (which the one and only Thomas Bangalter composed the score [NSFW] [SPOILERS]).

J out

Chilla in My Mindnilla

I'm not a dubstep expert by any means. *emphasis on NOT an expert*. I would say that I know of a couple artists and a couple of tracks. One of those artists is a duo from London consisting of Saul Milton and Will Kennard...better known as Chase & Status.

Chase & Status has been around since 2004, producing tracks under the label Mercury Records and falling under the genres of drum and bass, dubstep, grime and electronic.

My first encounter of the duo was for their "massive" dubstep track Eastern Jams, which was also my first taste of dubstep. The reason for this blog post was not only to introduce a possible new artist, but also a (re)introduction to the genre of dubstep. White Lies - "Death" (Chase & Status remix) is a good example where a song doesn't have that trademark wobble that sometimes overtakes a dubstep track. Take a listen, and check out their myspace while you're at it. Not a hater of the wobble, just enjoy artists' creativity.

Here's a link to the Dubstep Club on the UCSD campus if your interest exceeds solitary enjoyment by computer.

Enjoy.

-Oey



Chase & Status Myspace

srtv

DVC is now broadcasting weekly on
SRTV (student-run television)!

We're on every Friday night, starting at 5 or 8pm until whenever.

Great, easy way to pre-party, or straight-up party.
Turn on the tube to channel 18 if you live on campus.
If you don't live on campus, too bad. Or just swing by our office and watch us spin f'real. (SRTV is still working on online streaming.)

I'm an 80kid(z)

Instead of reading what I have to say about the topic, Here is a summary of what I would have said.

"80kidz emerged from the borderless youth culture of Japan.
However, their music makes it seem that it may not even matter that they are actually from Japan. They’ve already performed with the likes of Justice, Busy P, Boys Noize, Teenage Bad Girl, Hot Chip, and Bobmo. And, Isn’t it more interesting to be witness to where their music is going to take you and where they are already going with their music?

They began their activities making music as a three-piece DJ unit in early 2007 when releasing their own limited bootleg mix CD “The KidzAre Alnight No. 1” in February of 2007. This mix sold-out rapidly and requests for DJ appearances quickly followed.
“The Kidz Are Alnight No.2” continued things further forward for them. By the time they announce their unofficial remixes on their Myspace website in the Summer various music blog websites such as Kidz By Colette begin to pick up on them and these remixes and their music begins to get blogged, discussed, and circulate around the world. This attention builds even further with their posting an original track “Disdrive” which followed in the form of official remix requests pouring in from the Shoes, Quiero Club, When Saints Go Machine, The Glammers, and Futurecop. Even their remix of Yelle that they did for fun featured seventh place in the “Ce Jeu” remix contest on her blog website.

Now, they are releasing their very first 12-inch single “Disdrive ep” in March of 2008. “Disdrive” has already been charted by various DJs as being one of their favorite songs of 2007 and the single will also feature the already popular track “Fxxk Fox” which Autokraz has even been playing out a lot."

In addition to this novel of a description, the group released the album This is My Shit in 2009, and I also heard that 80kidz lost one of their members. The group is still producing tracks and have a new EP out called Voice.

have fun. hun.

80kidz - Miss Mars



80kidz MySpace

-Oey

Canada: Not Quite America, Not Quite France

Big Boss Tiga and his powerhouse label Turbo Recordings have come out with a new release today: Sex O'Clock Remixes!

It's what I'd imagine being forced into sex trafficking in an underground prison for high-security terrorists would sound like. With fog machines, sequins, stilettos, and leather pants.

Be sure to check out Jamie Lidell's interpretation. Or if you want a preview, hit the youtube link below. TICK TOCK, IT'S SEX O'CLOCK.

BE GENTLE, TIGA. BE GENTLE :(

From 1999....

Z - o - m - b - i - e N - a - t - i - o - n

If you asked me the question, "what is electronic music" in 1999, I would have responded with either Darude's Sandstorm or Zombie Nation's Kernkraft 400. Ashamed?

negatory...I was definitely fist pumping in my Reebok pumps to those tracks.

As of now, Zombie Nation has a new album Zombielicious which was released in 2009 and there are already tracks remixed by artists such as Proxy, Hey Today!, and Shadow Dancer.

Here is the track Worth It remixed by Arveene & Misk



If that enticed your interest, here is a link to his myspace [CLICK] where you can find his original tracks and ones where others have remixed.

enjoooy.

-Oey

Zombie Nation - Shottieville (Proxy Remix)

Italy on Fire

...not literally, of course.

I normally don't glean from the Beatport Top 10, but this shit comes in HOT, and hopefully it comes out EVEN SPICIER:

It's a straight-up revival (or ripoff, depending on how much you like it) of an 80s classic:



Enjoy it before your less-than-cool friends start to enjoy it themselves. You know what I'm saying. Yea? Yea.

J out

Two Scoops Ice Cream, One Scoop Deadmau5

...but i guess we all know where Patrick Trinh's carrot came from.

If you don't get it, don't worry about it.

I Request The Requesters

Yo Yo Ma Ya'll.

Don't know too much about The Requesters other than their region of origin (which is Barcelona, Spain.)

Stumbled upon them awhile back, and now I'm here to introduce them to you all if you haven't heard them before.

Here is the track Warriors :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9urBuN7fBk

And their myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/therequesters

Until next time.

<3ey

Van She on a Rampage

Remember the Van She remix of Utah Saint's "Something Good"? If you don't, here is a link:

Van She is an electro-pop powerhouse from Australia (I'm guessing? Most of their stuff is released by Modular). Anyway, Michael Di Francesco aka Arithmatix!, the lead synth/keyboardist of Van She, put out this sicktacular remix of Dragonette's "Pick Up the Phone", released four days ago on Beatport. Unfortunately, it seems to be territory-restricted (damn you Australia!) but for now, the HQ youtube link should suffice:

Embrace the "indie"-electro! Chances are I will get sick of this song in a week, but that's just the way the cookie crumbles.

J out

etd.pop 2010: The Dream

The tickets go on sale on Monday at 10am, the first 1,000 tickets will be $40, so be ready and waiting at the computer to make sure you get those cheap tickets!when those sell out, they will go up to $50, then $60, and finally $70.
TICKETS WILL BE $85 AT THE DOOR, so plan ahead.

TRANCE, HOUSE, ELECTRO + PSY TRANCE/ROCK!!!

Cow Palace in Daly City (south of SF)

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

DVC trip to the Bay Area! :)

I used to listen to Trance too

I too listened to a lot of Trance like Jawsomo, when I was younger and first got into electronic music. Actually, the artist that really got me into EDM and wanting to learn how to DJ was none other than the German DJ/Producer ATB (Andre Tanneberger). That was back when he still did mostly Trance, but then he drifted to other types of electronic music, not necessarily your typical EDM stuff. I too have mostly moved on (to House), but don't mind putting on a few Trance tracks from time to time.

i used to listen to a lot of trance

and now i don't.

it's kind of bittersweet when you realize how much life has changed.

That Brazilian Hype

Brazil is coming in hot. Producing artists such as Cansei de Ser Sexy and The Twelves into the music scene, there is now another to add to the list.

Gui Boratto might have been active since 2004, but it was his album Take My Breath Away (2009) under the label Kompakt which caught my attention. Focusing on a mix of House, Progressive, Techno, and Minimal genres, Gui's style is exactly what holds my interests and is exactly what i was waiting to hear.

*But don't take my word for it*

http://www.myspace.com/guiboratto

–Take a listen to the track Azzurra

<3ey

dvc blog is up!

Hi guys,

This is the new DVC blog. I made it as a back-up in case our web server is ever down, and as a place where we can share music and events and anything blog-worthy.

Events and news from the DVC website will be posted here, too. But the artists page and photos will not be here, because I'm not going to transfer all those photos to any off-site server.

So yeah, post cool new musics to share here and make this blog hella tight.

–Dianne