First came a post about ice cream, now just regular type..

You’ve probably by now heard a track called Cream by Frederico Franchi. It was one of the biggest jimjams of the Spring/Summer of ‘07 (I remember first hearing it on a video of a Busy P set; dude was wearing a necklace made of giant melon-sized shiny balls), and has been on heavy rotation ever since. In fact Pitbull just used the beat for a track featuring Lil Jon called Crazy. It’s pretty good.

Pitbull ft. Lil Jon - Crazy

BUT the main point of this post is that I just came across a remix of Joachim Garraud (perhaps most well known for remixing Love is Gone) which Franchi’s done. He put out a track called Pears a little while ago which I think was supposed to be Cream II, but I didn’t really hear much more than a hook to it. This one though, it’s got Franchi’s signature synth sound and BAAAAAAANGZ. I’m so hyped to hear this on a club system and I think you’ll like it a lot too.

Joachim Garraud - Back From Space (Frederico Franchi remix) (ysi)

While I’m perusing my RSS reader there’s one thing that makes me cringe and move to the next post faster than anything else—bloggers sounding like A&R pplz. Unless you’re a good writer it’s really easy to tell when someone’s feigning interest in something and that usually ends up giving me a worse impression of whatever subject is at hand than if I hadn’t even heard of it in the first place. I wish people would quit doing that!

Amongst the writers on which I can always count on for good, genuinely excited recommendations is Louisahhh!; a LA-via-NY DJ who’s half of Staccato and holds it down at Turntable Lab during those ungodly daylight hours. She’s way into house music and pretty much just posts stuff she’s crazy about. Which is great because she has impeccable taste (ie: pretty much the same as me) and is pretty funny too.

Over at her current home in blogtown Dream Big Dream Free she’s just posted a brilliant track from Chicago DJ/Producer Andre Harris called Ten Things Not to Say to a DJ. If you’re not a DJ, listen and learn. If you are, catch da lulz and be all “O MAN I HEARD THESE THINGS LIKE 8 TIEMS IN AN HOUR ONCE LOL”

Andre Harris - Ten Things Not to Say to a DJ (ysi)

About a year and a half ago, during some oddly warm days of late Winter/early Spring I was crashing at Jess Jubilee’s apartment in Williamsburg. I found it hilarious that pretty much at the very moment when it became short sleeve weather outside, the ice cream trucks began blaring down the streets as if they’d been impatiently idling in garages ever since late September. That afternoon I made a track called Softee’s Theme; a pretty simple Bmore edit of a popular ice cream truck song. This afternoon in Philly I heard one go by and thought about playing it out again.. which I may or may not do, but you should grab it if you want it!

Extra points if anyone can tell me where the vocals are sampled from..

Flufftronix - Softee’s Theme (ysi)

My favorite clothing label Mishka just put a mix of mine up! Woowoo.

1. Intro
2. Outrageous Cherry - If You Want Me
3. Acid Jacks - Brainss!
4. Jape - Floating (Bobmo remix)
5. DJ Big Red - Jakybodi
6. Caren Monique - Rock Me Tonight
7. DJ Falcon - Unplugged
8. Electronet - Funk Legacy
9. DJ Pumpkin Patch - Dooby Bras <— this track is fucking awesome
10. Boy 8-Bit - The Things That Freeks Are Made Of
11. MIA - World Town
12. SebastiAn - Dog (Choreo edit)
13. 1,000 brokenbeat Deejays - Supernaut
14. Destroy Disco - Fly or Bounce (Jokers of the Scene remix)
15. Flufftronix - Machines Don’t Come (MDC+K7)
16. 2 Pistols - She Got It (Instrumental)
17. Drop the Lime - Hear Me (Monster Mosh 4×4 dub)
18. Drop the Lime - NYC Massacre
19. DJ Godfather - What U Workin’ Wit
20. DJ Deeon - Ride This MF
21. Raziek - Shella Ju
22. DJ Godfather - Scooby Snacks
22. DJ Slugo - G.O.Y.K. & B.D.
23. DJ Venom - Slugz
24. Cadence Weapon - House Music (A1 Bassline remix)
25. Flufftronix - Flash Knights
26. Math Head - Get Hype
27. Brian Eno - Baby’s On Fire
28. Lenny De Ice - We Are I.E. (Drums of Death remix)
29. DJ Will Roc - The Piano Man
30. Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont reconstruction)
31. Lali Puna - Contratempo
32. Zegota - Sleepwalkers

available streamin at mishkanyc.com or for download at zshare

A few months ago I was up at Flossy Manor and the dudes Josh and Curt were putting the finishing touches on this remix. It has some big room elements and some bmore style swing beats peppered here and there. Pretty versatile track, could work well at the end of an opening set or at peak time as well. Pretty proud of J+C on this one; definitely showing they’re just as capable with Logic and some midi controllers are they are behind the decks. Get’em! (Photo by EveryoneIsFamous)

Bloc Party - Mercury (Flosstradamus Remix) (ysi)

I’m loving the different directions the Bmore peeps are taking things. There’s vocal-driven tracks from Say Wut, DJ Sega and the Brick Bandits crew are killin it with crazy drum programming and mad “what!”’s, and DJ King Tutt’s exploring the area between electro and techno with a distinctly club feel to it. DJ Will Roc’s latest stuff hasn’t really fit into any particular camp; his stuff has been a lot more light (not that this is bad, check my Mishka mix for his track Piano Man). He just posted up a track called The Definition of Bounce, which takes a page from King Tutt’s book but synthesizes things with Will Roc’s more melodic approach for a real nice track. It’s a bit more of a DJ tool than it is a song but hey, that’s not bad either!

DJ Will Roc ft. Dallas Austin - The Definition of Bounce (ysi)

Hey all! A few months ago I put together a remix of Cross the Dancefloor which I’ve been playing out pretty regularly, and has been heard on BBC Radio 1 a couple times. I’ve always planned on giving it away, but have been holding out on release until the day the Treasure Fingers EP comes out to spread it around. So since the EP’s finally up on digital download sites (support ‘em!) here’s my mix in full 320kbps glory:

Treasure Fingers - Cross the Dancefloor (Flufftronix remix) (ysi)

Also, I’m moving out to Philly this weekend! So so so psyched. This will of course mean many more East Coast appearances (and easier flights over oceans.. hint hint Europeeps!); I even have a few gigs coming up as I head out there:

8/7 - Band in a Hat II @ Rachel’s Café, Bloomington IN (I’m playing drums and drum machines in a band with members randomly chosen a month ago)
8/8 - Rad Summer Dance Party @ Bloomington Playwrights Project (with Localhero from Chicago, Trash Menagerie and Noise/Floor Crew; Everything Continues, Figure, and Ready T)
8/15 - Crescendolls @ Barbary, Philadelphia PA w/Lauren Flax, JHN RDN, and Gregg Foreman
8/16 - U.N.I.T.Y @ Hugs w/Lauren Flax and JD Samson

Often times when I’m working on new tracks I’ll layer another track underneath to get a good structure and concept down, and then eventually take them out and replace hooks, basslines etc. with original stuff. I did that last week with a track that’s going to be called Get On the Floor—it started out as an edit of the song on the trailer for The Watchmen; an old Smashing Pumpkins song. Thought it might work as a dark club track.. but now that the original track is done I’m not sure if I’ll ever use it. Maybe?

Also up is my Treasure Fingers remix; full quality download coming as soon as that EP gets released. Sooner or later I’m sure!

But ya. Tracks up on that myspace. Check em out.

I woke up this morning to the news that K-Swift, one of Baltimore Club’s most preeminent figures, had passed away over the weekend. I never met her nor saw her spin, but listened to her mix shows on 92Q as often as I could via their frustratingly difficult to access stream. I don’t have much to say that others haven’t already said, but she’ll be remembered and missed. Rest in peace.

I stumbled across a Moulinex remix of Come On by Pineapples (thx Markus) this afternoon, and but a few clicks later discovered some Spanish dudes called Buffetlibre DJs released an online* remix compilation called Rewind. It’s all 80s remixes by current electro and indie outfits. You can check out all the tracks individually on the site, cop the mixtape, or download the ~450mb .zip. All for free! Streaming mp3s and a video after the jump