My guest mix for Roy Dank (aka My Cousin Roy / Wurst Edits) goes out tonight on his Apocalypse Wow show. And if you miss it just download it tomorrow!!

http://www.eastvillageradio.com/modules.php?name=evrshow&showid=35

Plus the new Thisisnotanexit mix will be up on the official site next week. Expect some exclusives forthcoming on the label.

Soundtrack to my head:

James Yorkston - Woozy With Cider (Quiet Village Remix)
Beck - Black Tambourine
Random Factor - Digitize (Emperor Machine Remix)
Bebel Gilberto - Bring Back The Love (Mungolian Jetset / Prins Thomas Remixes)
Mountain Machine - Mountain Machine
Dust Galaxy - Come Hear The Trumpets (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation)

I'll post up what I played at The Lock Tavern over the weekend if I can remember. I was a bit woozy with cider to say the least.

A date for the diary people - a last minute DJ gig for myself and Mr. Soft from the wonderful TAPE blog. Anyway next Thursday 15th March upstairs @ The Lock Tavern from 8pm until we get dragged off. Its free and we'll be playing the best psychadelic disco, techno and whatever else we like...come on down. We've got some right treats in store.

www.tape-club.com

www.lock-tavern.co.uk

In other news the mix I have done for Roy Danks APOCALYPSE WOW show will be broadcast on March 20th. For those not in the US it'll be available to download the day afterwards. Here's the link:

http://www.eastvillageradio.com/modules.php?name=evrshow&showid=35

They Came From The Stars I Saw Them are over in Ireland for the next few days on tour supporting The Unstoppable Kite EP which comes out on March 26th. The next single SIGNALS will be out in the summer and will feature a remix from hotter than hot Emperor Machine. Really excited about this one - but you'll just have to wait until the summer to hear it! In the meantime listen to some Emperor Machine here:

http://www.myspace.com/emperormachine

Worth hunting out this week on the old trusty black plastic is the new Kaos track PANOPEEPS as it features a bleeptastic remix from one of my favourite producers / remixers Shit Robot (or Poop Robot as he's sometimes known). It sounds like mid 90s techno but updated for 2007 and sounding as fresh as you like.

Also worth hunting out is the Junior Boys promo 12" with a Carl Craig remix on it - supadoopa limited but worth it. Similarly Domino are also bang on it with the new Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid promo 12" which features a remix from Holden. Total wonky brilliance. And the Carl Craig remix of Faze Action is finally available to buy from juno - totally aces this, the strings in the second half of the track are immense.

Over and out.

Ahoy. There's alot of great music out there at the moment so here's a little lowdown on what I'll be listening to this weekend....

1. Zwicker - I get my kicks at nighttime (Lexx Dub)

I missed this when it first came out (shame on me!) but got turned onto this earlier this week on a mix I heard. Headed straight over to the friendly Kompakt mp3 store and made the purchase and feel much better for spending my €1.39 on this little bass led funker.

2. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life

Whilst I was at the Kompakt store I picked up this little beauty too. The Gui Boratto album Chromophobia is picking up ahuge amount of hype (album of 20o7 already apparently) but my tastebuds were whet by this Flaming Lips / My Bloody Valentine houser of a track. I almost bought the LP just to own this on vinyl (but went against it as there was quite a few other bits out I wanted....). Search this one out though, its great and epic and is really quite life affirming.

3. Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice (Spiritualized Reversion)

All the post punk has gone. And instead all is left is a Spiritualized drone. I'm still not completely cold on this yet but we'll see....

4. Villalobos - Smokes Magical Passes

Shout out to 20JFG for this one the other week but have really become a massive fan of Villalobos recently (again - sorry - I'm late as always) but this, and his remixes of Depeche Mode and Beck really are something else.

5. Hatchback - White Diamond (Prins Thomas Remix)

Noone else has got this as it's on Thisisnotanexit Records! Prins has given me his rough mix and this is something else - nearly 18 minutes long and is so EPIC it hurts. If this isn't played all summer long I'll eat my summer hat as its so so so good. And don't sleep on the original when we put it out either - its a 10 minute balearic disco gem.

6. They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - The Unstoppable Kite EP

Test pressings arrived yesterday - and it sounds AMAZING. Its released on March 26th so get out there and buy it - seriously worth it. A record in this day and age of copycat-ism that sounds truly unique. The Unstoppable Kite has the bassline of the year by the way.

7. Padded Cell - Face Of The Forest

As good as the a-side Moon Menace don't forget to flip the 12" for the b-side Face Of The Forest and a skronking sax-tastic James & The Contortions-esque track that apparently has been played by JD Twitch for the past 2 months. And what better recommendation than that, eh?

8. Force of Nature - To The Brain (Prins Thomas Remixes)

This isn't out until 20th April on Mule Musiq but managed to snag a copy in my local second hand store for a baragin £4! Also forthcoming on Mule is a nice little Optimo Walkabout 12" sampler with exclusive Naum and Twitch edits (ker-ching!) and a 12" from Tim Sweeney and Tim Goldsworthy under the name TNT featuring two tracks called Don't Stop and Endless Flight. Out in May so watch out for that,

9. Partial Arts - Trauermusik

Slow on this one too but purchased FINALLY today - great track, and all about the original mix for me. Deep and emotive techno.

10. Hercules & Love Affair - Classique / Athene

Forthcoming on DFA I can't stop listening to these two tracks - even if it is through the annoying myspace link. Check 'em out. Probably won't be out for 6 months so you'll just have to do what I do and keep the link in your favourites. Great tracks, seriously.

http://www.myspace.com/herculesandloveaffair

Finally, the mix I've done for East Village Radio will be broadcast on March 20th - make sure you listen in:

http://www.eastvillageradio.com/modules.php?name=evrshow&showid=35

Neu-pish

Things that annoy me:





1. Anyone DJing using Ableton and who doesn't actually do anything inventive with it. You know mixing some Ed Banger B-sides and some Kitsune tracks at the push of a button is quite literally F*CKING BORING. Ableton allows you to do some really incredible and interesting things - and guess what you can play tracks with LIVE drums in Ableton with a bit of warping - who'd have thought!?! Lazy djing is back in vogue.



2. Neu-rave. Justice. The Klaxons. Ed Banger. Simian Mobile Disco. Kitsune. Just because. Oh and because the kids are wearing "Crazy dayglo outfits on the streets of East London".......

......all I have to say to that is I remember the kids wearing crazy day glo outfits and dancing to big synth sounding music at Gatecrasher in Sheffield a few years ago ( I didn't go - but I read about it).

Neu-rave = trance. Not good.

3. Having flu.

4. People on ebay not sending me the things I've bought - the last two things! And both had loads of positive feedback!

Over and out - this week I'm mainly listening to the new Emperor Machine 12"s, the new Carl Craig remix on Planet E, the Padded Cell mix from Beatsinspace, the BTWS remix of Findlay Brown, The Lotterboys Naum Gabo remix, Max Mohr - Trickmixers Revenge and They Came From The Stars - The Unstoppable Kite; so good even Tim Goldsworthy and Carl Craig like it.

David Lynch

A couple of weeks ago there was a screening of Inland Empire with a Q&A with David Lynch at the NFT - I missed out on tickets but you can read the transcription of the Q&A here:

http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,2011369,00.html

Engrave March 9th into your arm with a compass as thats when Inland Empire will finally hit UK screens...

I

cannot

wait

Gucci Soundsystem - Acarpenter (Joakim Remix) on Death From Abroad. How good is this?! The best remix from Joakim, like, EVER!

This weekend I will finally be finishing the mix for Roy Danks show - have put together a couple of exclusive edits for it so it'll be worth the wait!

Soundtrack to this weekend:
Beck - Cellphones Dead (Villalobos Remix)
Switches - Lay Down The Law (Naum Gabo remix)
They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - Signals
John Forde - Stardance
Psychic Ills - Dins
OOIOO - Uma (EY3 Remix)
Link Wray - New Studio Blues
Sculpture - Flossy

And whatever I pick up from the record shop on the way home!