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it’s bloody hot in this apartment. we need an air conditioner bad. this track attempts to capture some of the ideas i’ve really gotten into recently while listening to a few mixes i’ve received from a friend: a mix by omar s, the detroit house / minimal producer and one by john tejada, one of my all time favorite djs and producers have both offered up some delicious grooves. with omar s, the minimal jacky but very smooth groove harkening back to early days of house music production in detroit and chicago though clearly aware of the minimal patterning of more recent trends in house music.

from john tejada, just more smooth, warm melodic synths and the abstraction of melodic snippets, turning them into robotic, reptilian components. recorded in one shot on Live using 909, some synth pads and my trusty midi controller. --d shirai june 5 2010

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dj fauzi live in brooklyn - live video from sat. may 22 2010 - 4:40 - 20mb

on my way to the subway yesterday i ran into this scene here and was able to capture some of it on my iphone. this guy dj fauzi was laying down a sick set of soul house and funk on this breezy spring afternoon and it made for a sweet moment. even some of the kids hanging out nearby couldn’t hold back the groove. love brooklyn!

and here is fauzi’s web site: http://web.me.com/djfauzi/DJ_Fauzi/

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chicagotrax - dj mix - may 9 2010 - 29:30min - 40mb

these are are among some of my favorite house tracks ever made, and i was happy to be able to bring them together in a somewhat cohesive order. unfortunately the mixing is on the rough side, but if you want a nice little flashback to the mid to late 1990s, when chicago’s house machine was cranking out golden hits at full steam, this is one place to look/listen. enjoy!

1 / boo williams / chinese warfare / thera jaz ep / nepenta / 1999

2 / l. townseil, r. miller, d. king /energy / chicago underground council / peace frog / 1996

3 / tim harper / sabrina's dance / reincarnation / nite life collective 009 / dust traxx / 1999

4 / boo williams / anger / guidance 37 / 1997

5 / bmc / disco juice ep / house party / nite life collective / 1998

6 / armando/ which way is up / one world one future / radikal fear 023 / 1996

7 / dj sneak / manos que tocan - deep mix / sneak essentials v. 2 / strictly rhythm / 1995

8 / casey hogan / bounce the lights / bounce the lights / mac 003a / 2001

9 / j.t. donaldson / down to the sound / east side sampler / obm 001 / 1998

10 / dj sneak / in da clouds - original dub / sneak essentials vol. 1 / strictly rhythm / 1995

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page turn - ambient electro - december 31 2009 - 73:30min - 72mb

in this final mix of 2009, i’ve compiled some mostly old and some new ambient / electro tracks, with heavy synths, clean melody lines and drums, and atmospherics. the idea is to create a stream of calming textures to enable a smooth, and reflective transition into the new year. 2009 offered up its share of curve balls and pleasant surprises, and as we turn the pages of the calendar, it’s time to take stock of where we stand today, and of the challenges we face in the coming 12 months, in addition to all that we have to look forward to. i hope you enjoy the mix, and a very happy new year to all my family and friends, with special wishes for good health and good luck in 2010!

nb: this was mixed and recorded using the djay software mixing platform.

nb 2: nYtolbooth is andrei laptev’s IDM project on Turbo

1 / 0:00 / sascha funke / summer rain / mango / 2008

2 / 4:40 / l'usine / upcgriqr / kaihoisa part 3 / eat this records / 2002

3 / 8:20 / operator / tisch / benbecula / 2004

4 / 13:00 / frog pocket / hey hope / benbecula / 2003

5 / 17:50 / luomo / make believe / paper tigers / 2006

6 / 20:40 / dinky / amalia / music for children / 2003

7 / 23: 30 / nYtolbooth / orange / turbo / best of...

8 / 27:00 / nYtolbooth / namura / turbo / 1999

9 / 33:30 / scanner / a clearing between earth and air / 2009

10 / 37:00 / brian eno / sombre reptiles (2004 remaster)

11 / 39:30 / brian eno / in dark trees (2004 remaster)

12 / 41:50 / nYtolbooth / abyss / best of... / turbo / 1999

13 / 45:00 / eyvind kang / circle of fair karm / the story of iceland

14 / 46:30 / operator / for a whale / benbecula / 2004

15 / 51:00 / skein / tor / live at the haywire sessions / 2002

16 / 53:10 / console / marina /

17 / 56:30 / console para.lel (funicular Mix)

18 / 60:50 / skein / freedom for all / live at the haywire sessions / 2002

19 / 65:20 / operator / closed circle / benbecula 2004 /

20 / 68:30 / dan shirai / goodbye pcv / first seasonings / 2009

21 / 73:40 / stinkworx / A2 / drexion caves / 2003

sandblaster - hor

sandblaster - still

two perfect pop tracks from our early days as musicians. rodrigo’s band sandblaster, based in jabaquara, SP, produced these tracks which were nothing short of smashing hits, in my book, at least, despite the funny english and occasionally flat vocals. dave lustick, pedro and pablo caldas, tony, steve, roy, tohko, julia beirao, and those of you who were there to listen and dance, you know who you are. these precious progressions digitized on december 5, 2009.

“you’re standing too soon, you let your heart go too fast

i couldn’t catch up, now i’m longing to last

i’m still looking for you, you still stand alone”

techno 1999 - radio dj mix - august 28 2009 - 31:45 - 42mb

celebrating the musical life of christian morgenstern (1975-2003). and commemorating the 10-year anniversary of 1999, an incredible year for electronic music.

1/ christian morgenstern / skit / lydia ep / forte / 1999 --- intro

2 / christian morgenstern / lydia on the edge of panic / lydia ep / forte / 1999 --- break

3 / the sense / dazzle drums / demo tracks 1 / tresor 135 / 1999 ---- break

4 / restructured / revival / demo tracks 1 / tresor 135 / 1999

5 / christian morgenstern / welcome to camp crystal lake / lydia ep / forte / 1999

6 / christian morgenstern / return to the living deaf / lydia ep / forte / 1999

7 / christian morgenstern / little green apples / lydia ep / forte / 1999

8 / christian morgenstern / ok we’re wrong! / lydia ep / forte / 1999

9 / christian morgenstern / baxter’s mind / lydia ep / forte / 1999

10 / christian morgenstern / tonight you’re mine baby / lydia ep / forte / 1999 ---- outro

11 / christian morgenstern / skit / lydia ep / forte / 1999

konya to san telmo - soundscape mix - august 26 2009 - 10:50 - 14.5mb

august 26, 2009

this short mix employs a basic concept: using two (virtual) turntables to mix a handful of samples collected on my digital audio recorder on trips we’ve taken over the past two years. the samples are arranged in some sort of reverse chronological order and reflect some basic application of principles in dj mixing. volume fade, timing, layering, fade in / fade out and narrative. i while i admit it was not entirely planned, between 1:14 and 2:04 we achieve an incredible harmonization of two separate recordings of calls to prayer, recorded at different times in different parts of konya, turkey. an uncanny coincidence made possible by tecmology, chance and a touch of arrangement. below are the samples listed in order and their recording locations. photos of these trips can be seen here.

1/ rain - bogota, colombia

2 / call to prayer 4 - konya, turkey

3 / call to prayer 3 - konya, turkey

4 / call to prayer 5 - cappadoccia, turkey

5 / thunder roll 2 - sao paulo

6 / rain - bogota, colombia

7 / party in street - istanbul, turkey

8 / boleros and drum - san telmo, argentina

9 / amistad - la boca, argentina

10 / hay que poner mas huevo - la boca, argentina

11 / street tango - san telmo, argentina

12 / guitarras fussion, el boogie live - san telmo, argentina

13 / street and subway, nyc

14 / thunder clap 2 - sao paulo

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goodbye, PCV

august 4, 2009

i think this track captures some of my favorite influences at the moment and articulates well some of the musical ideas that have been running through my head in the past weeks. i wanted to make something that used the loud reverb snare drum found in many songs produced in the 80s - from early electronic dancefloor tracks, to rock, to commercial / cheesy tunes (top gun?). whether we like it or not, these are part of my generation’s collective musical reference section. i also wanted to use aggressive and zany synthesizer melodies in the way artists like dan curtin, legowelt, and so many others have done. the goal is to allow the synths and melody lines to be their own structural components of the music instead of serving peripheral / decorative functions. the easier way to say all that is: i want to make rhythmic, melodic walls of sublime sound that make heads bounce and booties shake. so, just listen...and don’t think think too much.

as the title suggests, this track is also a farewell to our apartment, 7 Peter Cooper Road, MF, in Peter Cooper Village, New York. it’s been our home for a year and a half, and my home alongside my roommates for more than three years before that. thanks to some luck and a lot of generosity, patience and goodwill from the descendants of perry and christine ausschnitt, this home has been woven deep into the tapestry of my life here in the city, and of our lives as a couple. thank you, you know who you are. the thought of leaving this place has been on our mind a lot lately, and i think all would agree that it’s a bit of a sad event, though one that inevitably reminds us of how lucky we’ve been and all the great things that we’ve done here. adios pcv, and onward we go. --dan shirai

exit strategy - dj mix - recorded sept 2003 - 22 min - 25mb

june 28, 2009 -- despite its short run time, i was quite happy with this mix for a few reasons. it captured in a pretty consistent way some of the better (in my opinion) examples of tech house and new dance music that was being produced at the time it was recorded. with the exception of bmc, whose track comes last in the mix, i’ve had a chance to at least meet, if not spend some time with all of the artists that produced these tracks and they’ve each had a huge influence on my experience with electronic music.

1 / ricardo Villalobos / what you say is more than i can say / halma / playhouse 62

2 / nu alliance / vexel bros ep / klenzd 02

3 / casey hogan / on the run / bounce the lights / macintosh 03

4 / john tejada / music for doubles / palette 12

5 / wulf-n-bear / raptures of the deep / dj kicks - stacey pullen / !k7

6 / bmc / preach the word / disco juice / nite life collective 03

punk rock - radio show - june 6 2009 - 51:50 - 47mb

bad religion / sorrow / process of belief / 2002

bad religion cover / the handshake

descendents / everything sucks / everything sucks / 1996

descendents / hope / milo goes to college / 1982

the clash / i'm so bored with the usa / the clash / 1977

ramones / i wanna be sedated / road to ruin / 1978

sex pistols / anarchy in the uk / never mind the bollocks, here’s the sex pistols / 1977

bad religion / punk rock song / the gray race / 1996

dead kennedys / too drunk to fuck / give me convenience or give me death / 1981

dead kennedys / viva las vegas / fresh fruit for rotting vegetables / 1980

rancid / time bomb / and out come the wolves / 1995

operation ivy / freeze up / energy / 1989

sublime / seed / sublime / 1996

sublime / burritos / sublime / 1996

green day / she / dookie / 1994

the offspring / gotta get away / smash / 1994

bad religion / pity the dead / the gray race / 1996

tom petty / won't back down / 1989

batusamba - radio show - may 11 2009 - 25:36 - 35mb

grupo especial / grande rio / ao vivo no sapucai

fantastica bateria / curticao no morro / bateria nota 1000

batucada brasileira / portinho / batucada brasileira

deni mancha / samba bom da paz / star records

samba no terreiro

olodum / raca negra

portela velha guarda / voce me abandonou

ze keti / ascender as velas / sucessos de ze keti

minor guitar radio show - may 5 2009 - 52:07 - 48mb

alice in chains / got me wrong / sap / 1995

jimi hendrix / the wind cries mary / 1967

mutantes / el justiciero / technicolor / 1970

smashing pumpkins / landslide / 1994

the doors / spanish caravan / waiting for the sun / 1968

the beatles / norweigian wood / rubber soul / 1965

rajasthani musicians / gorbandh /

bob dylan / i want you / 1966

django reinhardt / minor swing / 1937-1951

edu lobo / zum zum / cantiga de longe / 1970

gypsy kings / moorea / best of / 1995

jimi hendrix / all along the watchtower / 1968

guns n roses / one in a million / lies / 1988

neil young / heart of gold / harvest / 1972

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clave

saturday may 2 2009

the clave, represented by the clap instrument in this track, is the pattern that underpins most salsa music. while it gets somewhat lost in the stream of drum and synth loops the dominate this track’s character, it serves to add a smidgeon of syncopation and accelerate the rhythmic pattern. when i first began laying down these loops in november i was listening to a lot of salsa (we were living in bogota between oct-dec 2008) as well as to, among other things, plastikman’s 1998 album ‘consumed.’

glam rock - radio show - april 23 2009 - 44:39 - 61mb

alliance / forevermore /

white lion / little fighter / 1989

europe / open your heart / out of this world / 1988

alliance / broken promises /

quiet riot / cum on feel the noize / 1983

poison / fallen angel / open up and say ... ah / 1988

poison / talk dirty to me / look what the cat dragged in / 1986

bon jovi / born to be my baby / new jersey / 1988

guns n roses / rocket queen / appetite for destruction / 1987

legowelt - radio show - april 22 2009 - 33:17 - 31mb

legowelt / the hague's disco elite / wirtschaftswunder / bunker / 2000