While you wait for the site to get pretty and organized we’ve decided to throw in a new feature. Every week a different RC writer will post his top 5 for the week. This list will consist of what we
are obsessed with at the moment whether it be brand new tracks, new discoveries from the [...]
Happiness is an elusive concept that most struggle to attain but never do. This last year has probably been the unhappiest in my measly 21 years of life. So I decided to go all out and enjoy myself during the little break we got from med school. Usually when people in Dominican Republic take a [...]
Nightguy – Pretty Face [Kompakt; 2008] (d/l)
On Speicher 58, Nightguy overshadows Steadycam. The song is called Pretty Face, but the underlying tone is ominous. The sparkling effects seem to radiate beauty out of the dark like a diamond in the rough. This is a very interesting piece and another great Speicher release. It is very [...]
Lee Jones - Aria (Tiger Stripes Remix) [Aus Music; 2008] (d/l)
Lee Jones, who is 1/3 of the excellent My My, has something special here with Aria. It is a lasting track that won’t grow old after a mere month. People will still be reaching for this at the end of the year. Tiger Stripes was [...]
Head Nodding Society - Nudge Up [Paper Recordings; 1999] (d/l)
Ever since Joel posted that Efdemin live video I’ve been crushin’ on this track. It is just so seductive that I want to take off its dress. I don’t know much about Head Nodding Society, but after hearing this song I find their name to be [...]
With this track the DFA veteran, The Juan Maclean, provides a better route to innervating your eccrine glands. Instead of working you out like Muscles he plops you on the dance floor until you’re sweaty from head to toe with his extended version. This release doesn’t seem fitting for most of the world since it [...]
Here is a mix I made about a month ago that contains some tracks that have been posted on Random Circuits and my previous blog Trainspotter. After a terrible heartbreak and moving to a totally new country, I am still trying to figure out where I belong in this world. Random Circuits seems like it [...]
GTMK is Gregor Tresher & Monika Kruse. I don’t know much about either of them, but together they make a solid team. They have released a fantastic record on Intacto. The B-side ‘Mosquito’ is so good it makes you itch to listen to it over and over. It is fast-paced and tight with the intention [...]
Cadenza released the luscious Contemporary 0.1 and Classics last month as a 2 disc cd. Contemporary 0.1 has been mixed so beautifully by Luciano. The mix features Luciano himself, the Romanians who started Arpiar (Petre Inspirescu and Rhadoo), Argenis Brito, and Digitaline, and the Chilean Alejandro Vivanco among others. Cadenza is headed in the right [...]
OK enough brooding from me. It’s time to start dancing again. I need a cowbell and some clapping to get started. Wait, Matt Edwards has the remedy. He begins with the bell and the clapping but then an addictive six-note scale chimes in. After that you’ll be dancing all the way to bliss. If you [...]
Even though I’m still feeling down and I miss her for some reason, I still have plenty to be thankful for. I’d be lost without my family, friends, and music. I hope everyone has a happy thanksgiving. Matt’s feast looks delicious - here is what’s cooking in my kitchen (buy some of these records instead [...]
I recently received an album from Plastic Operator, who many have compared to Postal Service, that found me at a time where the album could resonate most effectively. It is called Different Places, but it seems that we are in fact in the same place - heartbreak. Mathiew Gendreau and Pieter Van Dessel seem to [...]
I can only assume that Basteroid is a combination of the words bastard and asteroid, which both have a grand significance in my life. Quick story: my parents had me about 4 years before their wedding - bastard; asteroid - the only game they had at the sub shop where they met in Chicago. [...]
Yellow jump suites, tea party, nude pictures, monkeys, chainsaw, chase in the woods, strobe lights, dance party! What? New Modeselektor Video - ‘Black Block’ - Directed by Christian Feldhusen:
Party starters The Toxic Avenger (Simon DeLacroix) and Franki Chan are coming to Florida. They are playing at PS14 in Miami tonight, at Club Firestone in Orlando on Thursday night, and at Czar Bar in Tampa on Friday night. It is the distortion wizard Simon’s first US tour so you don’t want to miss it. [...]