Here's what is milling around in my playlist for tomorrow's show....
I'm excited to be able to shoot into the airwaves one of the tracks on Ghost's latest album, Remixes from the Edge, released FOR FREE (crazy man!) - I've just downloaded it myself and am sinking my music listening fangs into it as we speak... hopefully by tomorrow I will have decided which one to play you, although they are undoubtably all class from this delightfully versatile producer. I doubted that anyone could make an overplayed P-Money track, that had been rammed down throats nationwide, sound worthwhile, -but alas, the talented Ghost has achieved it.
From the Russian artisans of some damn fine experimentalicious electro (to give broad terms) comes an addictive track involving some mysterious sounding sitar, glitchy bits and awesome progression throughout the track... 8000 - Proxy is not to be missed. The Canadian Turbo Recordings has just released the track alongside a more thumpy sort of track, Who Are You, which is on their myspace page. I got gifted an electro clubby sorta mix (as I am slightly unfamiliar with the genre that will be all the description you are getting) from a couple of budding mixers I happen to know, which, although I wouldn't describe it as "banging" (perhaps because I'm more partial to more bass heavy stuff), it had some really tasty tunes involved, starting off with the Proxy track linked above. See what you think - Cotton Off Grey Mix.
So, Akil from the good old Jurassic 5 hit Double Happy on Friday night, giving the Christchurch hip hop kids a bit of a buzz. I wandered in by accident, waiting for Cotti and Tes La Rok to come on at Concrete, and found the show pretty fun and light hearted with a couple of tunes I knew and so forth. He brought out quite a fair amount of his own stuff and freestyles with no music for a while (reportedly due to a broken laptop), giving rise to a few complaints... However I found the show had a great upbeat, lighthearted and "interactive" atmosphere - a breath of fresh air from heavier music genres that usually go on at Double Happy/Drop (not saying heavy is bad though!). I'm going to give you a taster of Akil's newer stuff via his myspace page.
Next up for the night it was Cotti and Tes La Rok at Concrete Club. I was excited for a couple of months before these guys came, and I was not to be disappointed. Cotti was first up for an hour dropping some deliciously heavy chunes which got me dancing stupidly... felt the dubstep dance crunch in the back of my thighs the next day. Te La then got on the decks whilst Cotti MCed. Te La was great as expected, however Cotti's MCing left something to be desired... didn't seem like he was putting much effort into it.
However, an old but sturdy tune that started milling around inside my head at 8am the same morning (after 2 hours nap it was time for work) as I stumbled into the shower, I feel I must share with you...
Next up its some dubby dubstep, kinda old but a sweet track that I admittedly only downloaded last week - Soundguy is my target - Rusko ft. Lutan Fyah. On the same tip, I aquired a relaxing and summery dubby dubstep mix from Christchurch's LQue and JRed last week and the mix proved to be perfect to accompany a couple of drinks in the sun on my birthday! Here's the Christchurch Dubstep mix from the pair for you to enjoy.
My "delicate" and slightly pansy-ish track for the week has to be I Don't Feel It Anymore (George Raquet rmx) - William Fitzsimmons. Cute and kinda sad this song has an emotional tinge to it that is subtle, but still can be related to... William Fitzsimmons was raised by two blind parents and so from an early age music and sound was given an important place in his life, and it certainly shows through his work.
Thanks to Gomorrah who mixed on my birthday show last week - I have heard that lots of listeners enjoyed it... may have to get him in again when I've been drinking too much to choose reasonable music and press buttons!
More exciting tracks to come, plus tracklisting for the entire show tomorrow...
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