RIP DJ AM
A lot of the media coverage of the sad passing of DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) have talked about his celebrity girlfriends and his high profile gigs at parties for famous people (and featured some sordid speculation on how he died, which is just sick), but bottom line, he knew how to rock a party - check this video, as he does a mean demo on Serato.
I watched on Twitter as the news spread on saturday morning (NZT), with his DJ friends expressing their grief.
DJ A-Trak; "What the fuck what the fuck what the fuck my bro just called me I'm in an isolated house in france. Is this for real????????I'm really really really really really sad. I guess it's true. RIP to my man DJ AM. An amazing DJ and one of the kindest people I've known.Dj am was the first guy that was a big deal that believed in me, and gave me props... Here's my last random thoughts on DJ am ... http://bit.ly/aznGx
He was down here in NZ last June to play at Serato's tenth anniversary party...
“
Jazzy Jeff and DJ Sizzahandz were the first to tell me about Serato [Scratch LIVE]. I had seen DJ Solomon on Final Scratch and it sucked. I tried it and the latency was so bad I said, ‘I will never be a Digital DJ,’ just like I passed on the corny ass CDJs when they came out. I have Technics tattooed on my wrist as my only tattoo. I love the turntable. Once I saw, felt and heard how amazing SSL sounded, I was hooked. I said it before and I will say it again: SSL is the best thing to happen to DJing since the turntable. I love it.
” Link.
UPDATED via @harryallen Police detail DJ AM's last day alive http://twurl.nl/q5fpyu
TMZ - DJ AM's death not a suicide
@urbmag: URB's Last Interview With DJ AM (video): http://url4.eu/LTZH
@djencybrown: "I put together a couple of links to some DJ AM mixes and what some of his homies had to say about him" http://tinyurl.com/nyzxhw
Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Ring The Alarm playlist, BaseFM, Aug29
Alice Russell - Hurry on now (Boub remix)
Jackie Mittoo - Totally together
Lightning head - NPG
Quantic and his combo barbaro - Mas pan (off tradition in transition)
Pharoahs -Black enuff
Plumstead radical club - I shot the sheriff
Oddisee feat Muhsinah - That day
Barrington Levy - Don't fuss nor fight
The survivors - Rawhide
Jo Jo Bennett -Canteloupe rock
Unitone hifi - Sneeze off
Fulgence -Sour socca
Fatback band - Wicky wacky
Larry Young's fuel -Turn off the lights
Beat conductor - Caribbean path
Joe Quijano and his conjunto cachana - Fun city Shingaling
Lefties soul connection feat Flomega - Have love, will travel
Mark Ronson feat Domino -No one knows
Nextmen feat Betty Steeles - Whisper up
E'S E -Scratch's skank
Major lazer - Can't stop now
Mike de Vellis - Funkalicious (Diesler remix)
Breakestra -Get it right
DJ Day and Aloe Blacc - Closer
JPeriod and K'Naan - Lets start (Fela tribute)
J Rawls - The Lee Morgan story
Dennis Bovell - None jahjah children
Lovejoys and Wackies riddim force - Gimme back pt2
Sister Nancy - One two
Alice Russell - Hurry on now (Boub remix)
Jackie Mittoo - Totally together
Lightning head - NPG
Quantic and his combo barbaro - Mas pan (off tradition in transition)
Pharoahs -Black enuff
Plumstead radical club - I shot the sheriff
Oddisee feat Muhsinah - That day
Barrington Levy - Don't fuss nor fight
The survivors - Rawhide
Jo Jo Bennett -Canteloupe rock
Unitone hifi - Sneeze off
Fulgence -Sour socca
Fatback band - Wicky wacky
Larry Young's fuel -Turn off the lights
Beat conductor - Caribbean path
Joe Quijano and his conjunto cachana - Fun city Shingaling
Lefties soul connection feat Flomega - Have love, will travel
Mark Ronson feat Domino -No one knows
Nextmen feat Betty Steeles - Whisper up
E'S E -Scratch's skank
Major lazer - Can't stop now
Mike de Vellis - Funkalicious (Diesler remix)
Breakestra -Get it right
DJ Day and Aloe Blacc - Closer
JPeriod and K'Naan - Lets start (Fela tribute)
J Rawls - The Lee Morgan story
Dennis Bovell - None jahjah children
Lovejoys and Wackies riddim force - Gimme back pt2
Sister Nancy - One two
Friday, August 28, 2009
Breakestra get back
Stand by for some funk goodness from Los Angeles crew Breakestra, check the sample below.
"Breakstra's second full length album of original material is due at the end of September, and serves as a tribute to DJ Dusk, Miles' DJ partner at L.A.'s Rootdown party, whose life was tragically taken in a road accident in 2007. "
Breakestra- "Get It Right" (zshare) (mediafire)
Stand by for some funk goodness from Los Angeles crew Breakestra, check the sample below.
"Breakstra's second full length album of original material is due at the end of September, and serves as a tribute to DJ Dusk, Miles' DJ partner at L.A.'s Rootdown party, whose life was tragically taken in a road accident in 2007. "
Breakestra- "Get It Right" (zshare) (mediafire)
From From Dusk Till Dawn (September 29th, Strut)
Sunday, August 23, 2009
New Marc Mac (4Hero) feat Phonte
From Diff Kitchen, get it now. Track comes from Marc's In Between The Lines EP
From Diff Kitchen, get it now. Track comes from Marc's In Between The Lines EP
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Ring The Alarm playlist, BaseFM, Aug22
Wajeed - Jeedo suave
Grace Jones - My Jamaican guy
Sir Jarvis - Stubborn son of Marvin
Aim - Northwest
Unknown - Got to be at that party
Lovejoys and Phillip James - It aint easy
Cooly G - Love dub
Acusmatic group - The fixer (Solo moderna remix)
Fulgence - Tribute to Masekela
KO - Chicago
Lefties soul connection - Organ donor (Hawkeye hyphy edit)
Unitone hifi -Sneeze off
Manasseh and Johnny Osborne - Rise up
Sound dimension - Time is tight
Hakan Lidbo -Trinity
Dandy Livingstone and Rico - Message to you Rudy
Last poets - Shalom (Mad Professor dub)
Rebel MC - Wickedest sound (Don Gorgon mix)
Invisible Spike aka Keith Le Blanc - Eat this dub
Beverley road allstars - I'm still in love
Chancha via circuito - Dancehall
John Edwards singers - New burying ground
Fred Wesley and the JBs - Blow your head
Open souls - Love turns wild
Isaac Aesili - Freedom cry
Wajeed - Jeedo suave
Grace Jones - My Jamaican guy
Sir Jarvis - Stubborn son of Marvin
Aim - Northwest
Unknown - Got to be at that party
Lovejoys and Phillip James - It aint easy
Cooly G - Love dub
Acusmatic group - The fixer (Solo moderna remix)
Fulgence - Tribute to Masekela
KO - Chicago
Lefties soul connection - Organ donor (Hawkeye hyphy edit)
Unitone hifi -Sneeze off
Manasseh and Johnny Osborne - Rise up
Sound dimension - Time is tight
Hakan Lidbo -Trinity
Dandy Livingstone and Rico - Message to you Rudy
Last poets - Shalom (Mad Professor dub)
Rebel MC - Wickedest sound (Don Gorgon mix)
Invisible Spike aka Keith Le Blanc - Eat this dub
Beverley road allstars - I'm still in love
Chancha via circuito - Dancehall
John Edwards singers - New burying ground
Fred Wesley and the JBs - Blow your head
Open souls - Love turns wild
Isaac Aesili - Freedom cry
Friday, August 21, 2009
Strummerday
Annual celebration dedicated to the memory of the late Joe Strummer. On at the Kings Arms this evening, 8pm kickoff.. see Mukuna for details...
Featuring...
The Clampdown
Black Chrome
Dick Dynamite & the Dopplegangers
Vicious Rumour
Atsushi & the Moisties
DJ Dubhead
Annual celebration dedicated to the memory of the late Joe Strummer. On at the Kings Arms this evening, 8pm kickoff.. see Mukuna for details...
Featuring...
The Clampdown
Black Chrome
Dick Dynamite & the Dopplegangers
Vicious Rumour
Atsushi & the Moisties
DJ Dubhead
The Night James Brown Saved Boston
This is a the title of a fantastic documentary covering a momentous concert in Boston, the night after Martin Luther King Jr's assassination. I wrote a bit about it a while back, and managed to score a copy off Amazon a few months back. It's an riveting tale recalled by the people who were there, and now it has come out on local release here in NZ, with a bonus disc of the Boston concert included. And it's only $25. Go get it immediately.
The blurb sez "April 5th, 1968 - the morning after one of the most catastrophic moments in American history: the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. America’s inner cities are imploding and in Boston there is a fragile peace.
The Mayor of Boston is about to cancel a long-scheduled James Brown concert to avoid confrontation, a potentially incendiary move, but after warnings [from the only black City Councillor] he has a change of heart and asks, “Is there something James Brown can do to help?”
Directed by award-winning writer-producer David Leaf ("Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and The Story of SMiLE" and "The U.S. Vs. John Lennon"), "The Night James Brown Saved Boston" tells the story of that amazing night, this DVD also features rarely seen footage of the Godfather of Soul’s concert, plus personal reminiscences from those in attendance. The second disc includes the Boston concert in its entirety – James Brown in his absolute prime!
As Oliver Wang says, "I think there's a conventional wisdom that Brown was a shrewd opportunist - which he was - but in an era of such remarkable strife in America, Brown also tried to step up in the social realm as well and while he certainly wasn't the most consistent of activists (see: endorsing Nixon, oof!), is complexities help make him a richer character study; something this documentary drives how very, very well. To boot, it has superior production values and some incredible footage of the time."
From VH1's synopsis.. "Mayor White wants to know if JB will encourage his fans to stay home and watch the concert on television. In so many words, the mayor is saying, "If you'll allow this concert to be on TV tonight, your fans in Boston (code for ghetto class African-Americans) will stay home and the night will be peaceful."
Watch another excerpt from the film below...
This is a the title of a fantastic documentary covering a momentous concert in Boston, the night after Martin Luther King Jr's assassination. I wrote a bit about it a while back, and managed to score a copy off Amazon a few months back. It's an riveting tale recalled by the people who were there, and now it has come out on local release here in NZ, with a bonus disc of the Boston concert included. And it's only $25. Go get it immediately.
The blurb sez "April 5th, 1968 - the morning after one of the most catastrophic moments in American history: the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. America’s inner cities are imploding and in Boston there is a fragile peace.
The Mayor of Boston is about to cancel a long-scheduled James Brown concert to avoid confrontation, a potentially incendiary move, but after warnings [from the only black City Councillor] he has a change of heart and asks, “Is there something James Brown can do to help?”
Directed by award-winning writer-producer David Leaf ("Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and The Story of SMiLE" and "The U.S. Vs. John Lennon"), "The Night James Brown Saved Boston" tells the story of that amazing night, this DVD also features rarely seen footage of the Godfather of Soul’s concert, plus personal reminiscences from those in attendance. The second disc includes the Boston concert in its entirety – James Brown in his absolute prime!
As Oliver Wang says, "I think there's a conventional wisdom that Brown was a shrewd opportunist - which he was - but in an era of such remarkable strife in America, Brown also tried to step up in the social realm as well and while he certainly wasn't the most consistent of activists (see: endorsing Nixon, oof!), is complexities help make him a richer character study; something this documentary drives how very, very well. To boot, it has superior production values and some incredible footage of the time."
From VH1's synopsis.. "Mayor White wants to know if JB will encourage his fans to stay home and watch the concert on television. In so many words, the mayor is saying, "If you'll allow this concert to be on TV tonight, your fans in Boston (code for ghetto class African-Americans) will stay home and the night will be peaceful."
Watch another excerpt from the film below...
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Get liquored up, kids
"After 13 long years, 14 studios and a gazillion dollars [kid thinks he's Axel Rose] the highly anticipated first EP from St Liquor-ish, formerly and simultaneously Jellphonic, is ripe.
St Liquor-ish first solo EP - "The Lick" smashes jagged beats with sacred subjects such as sex and hating with subtle undertones of grace and pornography.
Collaborations for the EP include the smooth vocals of Lisa Preston on "The Junk" and the Electron Don, Zackey Force Funk on "Money Sack".
The man behind St Liquor-ish, Mr Jellphonic funk, original rapper for New Zealand band The Shades and beat maker with a 7" release on Japanese label Wonderful Noise.
Check out: http://stliqour-ish.bandcamp.
It's a bag fulla bent electro funk shapes and oddball beats. Now off ya go.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Knaan mix bizznizz
The Messengers Mix Tape - J.Period and K'NAAN with Bob Dylan, Bob Marley and Fela Kuti - first 3 tracks - Download here: www.jperiod.com/knaan
"...Acclaimed DJ/Producer, J.Period, and rising Somali-born MC, K’NAAN, are pleased to announce a unique and powerful remix project, paying tribute to the lasting legacy of these musical giants. Weaving afro-beat, reggae, ska, folk music and rock into this genre-bending musical experience... [and] remixing the classic work of Fela, Marley and Dylan, The Messengers captures the timelessness of their sounds and the continued urgency of their messages. "
The Messengers Mix Tape - J.Period and K'NAAN with Bob Dylan, Bob Marley and Fela Kuti - first 3 tracks - Download here: www.jperiod.com/knaan
"...Acclaimed DJ/Producer, J.Period, and rising Somali-born MC, K’NAAN, are pleased to announce a unique and powerful remix project, paying tribute to the lasting legacy of these musical giants. Weaving afro-beat, reggae, ska, folk music and rock into this genre-bending musical experience... [and] remixing the classic work of Fela, Marley and Dylan, The Messengers captures the timelessness of their sounds and the continued urgency of their messages. "
New Jahdaan Blakkamoore mixtape
Jahdan Blakkamoore- Bazooka Shot mixed by DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek
Grab it here; (zhare) (mediafire)
Jahdan Blakkamoore- Bazooka Shot mixed by DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek
Grab it here; (zhare) (mediafire)
"She Said" (produced by and featuring 77Klash) digital single out now
Buzzrock Warrior album out September 15th on Gold Dust / Dutty Artz
Tracklisting...
1. Jahdan Blakkamoore- More Life (All The Above instrumental)
2. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Walkie Talkie Freestyle (Digidesign riddim)
3. Jahdan Blakkamoore- The Best I Ever Had ft. 77 Klash
4. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Dem Nuh Like It ft. 77 Klash and Spoek Mathambo (produced by Matt Shadetek)
5. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Turn The Other Way (Flo Rida 'Shone instrumental')
6. Noble Society- Forgiveness
7. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Never Gonna Stop (produced by DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek)
8. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Like This (Reggae Got Soul Riddim)
9. Major Lazer feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Cash Flow (Dutty Artz Move It Refix)
10. Jahdan Blakkamoore - How We Gonna Get There (produced by Ova Ground)
11. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Dubplate For Moonraker (skit)
12. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Bad News (Rockin' That Shit riddim)
13. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Cali Field feat. 77 Klash
14. Lee Scratch Perry & Dubblestandart- Blackboard Jungle (Subatomic Sound System Remix feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore)
15. Nate Mars feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Above & Beyond Dem
Tracklisting...
1. Jahdan Blakkamoore- More Life (All The Above instrumental)
2. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Walkie Talkie Freestyle (Digidesign riddim)
3. Jahdan Blakkamoore- The Best I Ever Had ft. 77 Klash
4. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Dem Nuh Like It ft. 77 Klash and Spoek Mathambo (produced by Matt Shadetek)
5. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Turn The Other Way (Flo Rida 'Shone instrumental')
6. Noble Society- Forgiveness
7. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Never Gonna Stop (produced by DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek)
8. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Like This (Reggae Got Soul Riddim)
9. Major Lazer feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Cash Flow (Dutty Artz Move It Refix)
10. Jahdan Blakkamoore - How We Gonna Get There (produced by Ova Ground)
11. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Dubplate For Moonraker (skit)
12. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Bad News (Rockin' That Shit riddim)
13. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Cali Field feat. 77 Klash
14. Lee Scratch Perry & Dubblestandart- Blackboard Jungle (Subatomic Sound System Remix feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore)
15. Nate Mars feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Above & Beyond Dem
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