Archive for November, 2007
Tool “Vicarious” DVD just announced
If you know me at all, you know that I am a serious Tool fan. I just got an email from a guy I know at Sony/BMG about them releasing a DVD. Here’s what the email said:
Tool - Vicarious
DVD in stores December 18, 2007
The long awaited video from the platinum album 10,000 Days
DVD includes a documentary that takes you through the history of Adam
Jones’ visual effects work, and the process and people involved in the
creation of the groundbreaking all CGI video “Vicarious.”
Audio commentary on the video by comedian David Cross.
A tour of Alex Grey’s CoSM.
and more……
Below is a still image from the DVD and the cover art.
Entire Mix from Gabriel and Dresden
Dave Dresden posted the entire set from Nov. 15th including my set, Francis Preve’s and G&D’s.
Download the mix here |Stream the mix here.
Here’s what he had to say
Texas is the place
for those who missed the toronto set
the entire night at sky, austin 2 nights earlier
hour 1: jesse breede
hour 2: francis preve
hours, 3 and 4, 53 minutes: gabriel & dresdenit was an incredible night of music from each dj love how jesse started with the timbaland vs peter gabriel mashup.
http://jessebrede.com/mixes/2007-11-15-GabrielDresden%40SKY.mp3
- dave
One guy responded and even took the time to tracklist G&D’s set:
01 dirty south - let it go (axwell dub mix)
02 james holden - a brek in the clouds / turn on the lights pella
03 ID
04 the doors - this is the end (dirty south remix)
05 d.ramirez & mark knight - columbian soul (g&d recon)
06 tiesto - in the dark (dirty south rmx - g&d mashup)
07 monochrome - pearl (g&d remix)
08 g&d feat. jfos - arcadia is what you want
09 deadmau5 - not exactly
10 rachel starr - till there was you (g&d rmx)
11 sultan & ned shepard - together we rise
12 rex mundi vs. ronski speed - the perspective space (markus mashup)
13 g&d + markus - without you near
14 ID
15 the killers - read my mind (fonzerelli + g&d rmx)
16 ID
17 coldplay - white shadows (g&d bootleg) <- F*CKIN’ BOOOMB!!! 
18 g&d - ttd (wippenberg 128bpm mix)
19 ID
20 plastikman - spastik
21 mark knight & dirty south vs. the police - black spot on the sun
22 dubfire - roadkill
23 g&d - eleven
24 peter gelderblom - waiting 4
25 josh gabriel - summit
26 g&d - dangerous power
27 g&d + armin - zocalo
28 grrr, dave.. why cant we hear the new andain track? 
I have to say Dave and Josh played extremely well and were very down to earth. It was cool to see both Francis and G&D play and entire Abelton Live set at club and rock the place.
Politics for a new Mix(ture)
I’m insanely political right now; the war, the environment, 49 million uninsured americans, the housing market, the falling dollar, torture, Jena Six, raped Saudi women being flogged and Iran’s nukes have my head spinning with worry and frustration with our current administration. Traditionally, electronic music seems to steer clear of politics but I’d be happy to see more promoters and DJs voicing their opinions and using their platform to at least bring issues to light. A good example of this was the Involved event that I played in September which raised over 5k for Unicef. I’d love to see more events being put on with a focus on education and nonprofit fund raising rather just for people to get drugged and drunk. That being said, nothing in this mix has anything political to say, but I thought I would get started by just writing down my thoughts. This mix will air on Proton on Nov. 23 from 2-4 CST.
1 Dirt Cew - Manoeuvres - Motorcitysoul Remix [Kling Klang]
2 Far East Band - The Call Up Feat. Suzie (Klee) - Martin Buttrich Rework [Four Music]
3 Federico Molinari - Enerverende - Damian Schwartz Remix [Oslo]
4 Marcel Janovsky - Okay - Original Mix [Treibstoff]
5 Kamisshake - Dark Beat - Deadmau5 Vocal Mix [Azuli]
6 Johnny Fiasco - Hijacked - Audiojack Remix [Control Recordings]
7 Federico Molinari - Takk Brett - Original Mix [Oslo]
8 D.O.N.S., Dbn - The Nighttrain Feat. Kadoc - Original Mix [Kingdom Kome Cuts]
9 Dusty Kid - Mantrakoma - Original Mix [Kling Klong]
10 Layo & Bushwacka - Saudade Remix Feat. Jesse Monroe - Original Mix [Olmeto Records]
11 Bs As Deep, K-Pax - Portable Fingers - Joy Marquez Remix [Display Recordings]
12 Gui Boratto - U-Bahn - Original Mix [Audiomatique Recordings]
13 Pan-Pot - Faces Feat. Vincenzo - Original Mix [Mobilee Records]
Adam Freeland’s Back to Mine
I picked up a copy of Adam Freeland’s Back to Mine yesterday and I have to say….I was blown away. Its a mix of mostly indie rock tracks from last year. The mix starts out with a smooth intro and then crashes into You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead’s - Will You Smile for Me Again. It starts to smooth out and ends in a mellow chilled out state. I like the flow and wish more djs would take unique approaches to the timing and energy flow of their mixes rather than the standard arching flow that Digweed and Sasha made so famous.
Here’s the tracklisting:
1. Trail of the Dead – Will you Smile Again for Me.
2. Autobus – Turnstile Blues
3. Interpol – Untitled
4. TV on the Radio – Staring at the Sun
5. Ambulance LTD – Yoga means Union
6. The Beta Band – It’s not too beautiful
7. Jape – Floating
8. EL-P – constellation Recall
9. Elliot Smith – Needle in the Hay
10. PJ Harvey – The Slow Drug
11. Funkadelik – Maggot Brain
12. Dyke House – Sandy Strip
13. M83 – Lower Your eyes to Die with the Sun
14. Trans Am – A Single Ray of Light on an other wise cloudy Day
15. Boards of Canada – Zoetrope
Kudos to Adam for being included in this series and I can say personally that he is one of the coolest and most grounded DJs in the business at his level.
A first look at Pioneer’s SVM-1000
Beatportal reports that Sander Kleinenberg was involved in the development of the SVM-1000. I love Pioneer’s approach to getting big name DJs to help design their products. Its smart both on a marketing and R&D angle.
The SVM-1000 has an impressive range of effects and 96 khz/24 bit studio sound quality similar to the DJM-800 and also boosts a 11″ touchscreen LCD screen.
Pioneer’s patented Multiple Video Blending Technology makes it possible to mix four channels of synchronized audio and video at once. Beatportal reports that the SVM-1000 is the first four channel AV mixer, but this is incorrect. Create Digital Motion got it right and listed the AVM02 as the first four channel Audio/Video mixer.
Having done some VJing back in the day, my favorite new feature on this board is the AV Touch Effects which allow users to touch and affect visuals directly, as they appear on the panel. The mixer has 12 patterns of Touch Effects including ripple, spot, radiation, twist and cube. The drawback is there is no support for DV or HDMI and that Vegas Video is a much better tool for live video mixing. The ideal setup that I would like to see would be two people, one VJ, one DJ, with one person doing the music and one user running Vegas Video and other sources into the SVM. With that type of setup and the assignable midi knobs of the SVM, some truly amazing performances could be made.
Overall, I don’t think this mixer is going to sell well or really bring VJing to the forefront of clubbing experience, but its nice to see the concept being explored. The kicker, the SVM-1000 will cost you $5400.
With all that in mind, I’d like to recount one of my favorite past VJ experiences. I was lucky enough to see Z-Trip, Aceyalone and Gift of Gab at the Fox Theater in Boulder, CO this summer the same weekend that Daft Punk killed it at Red Rocks. Z-Trip had a full visual setup being run on side stage and Z-Trip, being Z-Trip, played his usual non-stop mashup mixture of hip hop, rock, and even some country (Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire). Every track he dropped was accompanied by its music video and as he made his mixes, the VJ mixed in the incoming music video. Some of the videos were super old and I had to laugh, but some really went well together.
Read More on Pioneer’s SVM-1000:
QUIVER aka John Graham - Dec. 1st @ SKY - Slow Motion Music Xmas 2007
I’d would like to invite you to a very special night at Sky with an electronic music legend, John Graham (also known as Quivver and Stoneproof). John was one of the 1st DJs that Slow Motion Music broke in Austin in 2000. Since then, we become good friends and it’s always a party when John comes to town. Please join us for a special Christmas and Holiday celebration!
For more on John Graham
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graham_(producer)
We appreciate your support and please spread the word!!!Thank you,
Lance, Jesse, Toddy B and the whole Slow Motion Music family
Beatport Sync - killing Itunes and bringing djing to the masses
I just read this article on create digital music and thought I would repost it. The big thing to me is that it beats the pants off of Itunes. I use Itunes for its organizational aspect but I also have a work computer, home computer and laptop and its impossible to keep them synced. Also, Itunes is a huge memory hog on PCs and runs terribly slow even on a diesel machine. Here’s to hoping Beatport takes over the world.
Below is the main gist of the article from create digital music:
Beaport Sync is a free, DJ-friendly music player / librarian / mixing app for Windows and Mac. On its surface, it looks like a hook for online music store Beatport and a beginner-friendly DJ mixer (two tracks, auto tempo detection and time stretching, pitch control) — and it is that.
But aside from the ability to mix and cross-fade, Beatport Sync has some features Apple’s iTunes lacks, which makes it potentially worth a download for just about anyone. First, it has real file format support: MP3 / MP4 / AAC / WMA / WAV / AIFF / FLAC / OGG (plus audio CDs, of course). WMA, FLAC, and OGG are all missing in iTunes. Second, it has advanced meta-data editing and file browsing, making it useful for organizing your music collection. What I really like: not only can you backup your library to external media, but you can browse external media, too. It’s a reminder that iTunes remains pretty primitive for listening and organization — it’s added some decent features, but not so much for the desktop listening experience.
Features include:
- Two-deck mixer with manual/automatic crossfader
- Pitch control
- Time-stretching and tempo detection, for smooth crossfades even if you don’t know what you’re doing (or you’re, say, folding laundry or cleaning your studio and want the software to DJ for you — it happens)
- Rip and burn CDs
- Access external devices for browsing and backup
- iTunes library integration (no playback support for DRMed tracks, though meta-data will appear)
Kerri Chandler rocks Britian with a reel-to-reel dj set
Originally reported on Beatportal. Kerri Chandler took things as old skool as they can get this weekend at Britain’s annual Southport Weekender last weekend when he played his entire set off three reel-to-reel tape recorders.Check out the clips below!It should go as a point to the “Vinyl is King” argument that it doesn’t matter what you are playing on and more what and how you are playing it. CDJ, Laptop, Turntable, reel-to-reel, its all good as long as the DJ is comfortable with it and is playing the tunes the crowd wants to hear. Same goes for the Digital versusAnalog film argument.
Toddy B and Slow Motion Music on Austin Nights Tv
The interview is a little akward but its cool to see Slow Motion Music getting some hype.
Maynard and Patton interview each other
Two of my favorite artists sit down to talk about their recent projects.