SummersRadio™ New Music + Classic! DJ Pierre - 'ACiD' (DJ Pierre's ACiD FACE Mix)/ Photon, Inc. featuring Paula Brion - 'Generate Power' (Wild Pitch Mix)
Chicago's Nathaniel Pierre Jones aka DJ Pierre has just released his latest EP on the BNR Trax label! The 'Acid'/ 'Jack The Groove' EP features four tracks - the title track, two versions of 'Jack The Groove', and 'Acid Beats'. This is his own orgasmic 'ACiD FACE Mix' of 'ACiD'... Enjoy!
Classic! DJ Pierre has been part of the Chicago acid house scene for 25 years! He was a member of Phuture who released what is largely regarded as the very first acid house recording - 1987's 'Acid Trax' EP.
Pierre has worked under many aliases including Photon, Inc. - who had their first hit in 1991 on the Strictly Rhythm label. This is the 'Wild Ptch Mix' of 'Generate Power' featuring the vocals of Paula Brion - and it's classic hypnotic bassline... Enjoy!
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Saturday, 31 March 2012
Friday, 30 March 2012
SummersRadio™ New Music! Tim Xavier!
SummersRadio™ New Music! Tim Xavier - 'Monolith Prime' (Joel Mull RAMA Remix)/ 'Romperraum' (Original Mix)
Berlin based Tim Xavier has just released his latest EP called 'Modus Operandi'! Hey wait a second - I just featured a new song from Tim Xavier just 23 days ago... I've never featured the same artist in the same month before with different new releases - but he's gone and released another stellar EP already!
You can check out the excellent 'Speeding Around The Universe' from his "Reconstructions II' EP released on Enemy Records just four weeks ago here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/03/summersradio-new-music-tim-xavier.html
The 'Modus Operandi' EP features six tracks (three originals plus three remixes of two of those songs) and is released on the German Kling Klong label. It's currently available exclusively on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/#release/modus-operandi-ep/883802
Xavier is clearly on a roll with creating some truly spacey tunes that are perfect for getting lost in - that also make one want to groove! First up we have 'Monolith Prime' which appears thrice on the EP - this is the 'Joel Mull RAMA Remix' (please note that these clips are edited - the full length of this remix is 6:59)... Enjoy!
This is the closing track on the 'Modus Operandi' EP - the 'Original Mix' of 'Romperraum' - I wonder if that might be a play on 'Romper Room'? Whatever it's about - you'd best prepare for the ride! :)
Fyi the full length of this track is 7:25... Enjoy!
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Berlin based Tim Xavier has just released his latest EP called 'Modus Operandi'! Hey wait a second - I just featured a new song from Tim Xavier just 23 days ago... I've never featured the same artist in the same month before with different new releases - but he's gone and released another stellar EP already!
You can check out the excellent 'Speeding Around The Universe' from his "Reconstructions II' EP released on Enemy Records just four weeks ago here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/03/summersradio-new-music-tim-xavier.html
The 'Modus Operandi' EP features six tracks (three originals plus three remixes of two of those songs) and is released on the German Kling Klong label. It's currently available exclusively on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/#release/modus-operandi-ep/883802
Xavier is clearly on a roll with creating some truly spacey tunes that are perfect for getting lost in - that also make one want to groove! First up we have 'Monolith Prime' which appears thrice on the EP - this is the 'Joel Mull RAMA Remix' (please note that these clips are edited - the full length of this remix is 6:59)... Enjoy!
This is the closing track on the 'Modus Operandi' EP - the 'Original Mix' of 'Romperraum' - I wonder if that might be a play on 'Romper Room'? Whatever it's about - you'd best prepare for the ride! :)
Fyi the full length of this track is 7:25... Enjoy!
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Thursday, 29 March 2012
SummersRadio™ New Video! Dum Dum Girls!
SummersRadio™ New Video! Dum Dum Girls - 'Coming Down' (video)
Dum Dum Girls have just released a new video online for their single 'Coming Down'! We first featured 'Coming Down' last July when it was released as a limited free download as a taster from their second album 'Only In Dreams' which came out in September http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2011/07/summersradio-new-music-free-download_22.html.
I fell in love with the song instantly and it landed in the top five of my Top 25 Rock & Indie songs of 2011 here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2011/12/summersradio-best-of-2011-countdowns_9901.html
'Coming Down' received a limited released on 7" vinyl in September but an official video has only been released this week - and it's directed by band member Malia James. It uses the 7" edited version of the song and it appears to be a tribute of sorts to a live performance art piece by Yoko Ono.
Yoko first performed 'Cut Piece' in 1964 in Japan where she sat kneeling on the stage wearing her best suit of clothing, with a pair of scissors placed on the floor in front of her. Audience members were invited to approach the stage one at a time, and cut a bit of her clothes off. They chose which part to cut - and they were allowed to keep their piece. Here's a photo from a 'Cut Piece' performance in 1965 in New York:
While I love this song - and Yoko Ono (you can check out my celebration of her birthday last month here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/02/summersradio-new-music-remixes-yoko-ono.html) I'm currently undecided as to how well this video fits with the song itself. I might just prefer the original non-official slide show video which can be seen in the first link above - particularly because the song is unedited there (over two minutes longer) but regardless this new video is still a fine opportunity to give this beautiful song another listen... Enjoy!
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Dum Dum Girls have just released a new video online for their single 'Coming Down'! We first featured 'Coming Down' last July when it was released as a limited free download as a taster from their second album 'Only In Dreams' which came out in September http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2011/07/summersradio-new-music-free-download_22.html.
I fell in love with the song instantly and it landed in the top five of my Top 25 Rock & Indie songs of 2011 here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2011/12/summersradio-best-of-2011-countdowns_9901.html
'Coming Down' received a limited released on 7" vinyl in September but an official video has only been released this week - and it's directed by band member Malia James. It uses the 7" edited version of the song and it appears to be a tribute of sorts to a live performance art piece by Yoko Ono.
Yoko first performed 'Cut Piece' in 1964 in Japan where she sat kneeling on the stage wearing her best suit of clothing, with a pair of scissors placed on the floor in front of her. Audience members were invited to approach the stage one at a time, and cut a bit of her clothes off. They chose which part to cut - and they were allowed to keep their piece. Here's a photo from a 'Cut Piece' performance in 1965 in New York:
While I love this song - and Yoko Ono (you can check out my celebration of her birthday last month here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/02/summersradio-new-music-remixes-yoko-ono.html) I'm currently undecided as to how well this video fits with the song itself. I might just prefer the original non-official slide show video which can be seen in the first link above - particularly because the song is unedited there (over two minutes longer) but regardless this new video is still a fine opportunity to give this beautiful song another listen... Enjoy!
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Wednesday, 28 March 2012
SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Radiohead!
SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Radiohead - 'Codex' (Party Ben Remix)
Party Ben has just released his latest remix online - of Radiohead's 'Codex'! Ben Gill aka Party Ben is a dj/ producer/ radio host based in San Francisco. We've previously featured a couple of his remixes - excellent mashups of Blur and Kasabian and Snow Patrol vs The Police - which you can check out/ revisit here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/02/summersradio-new-music-free-download_26.html
and m'here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/01/summersradio-concert-news-new-music-new.html
This is his latest remix - of 'Codex' from Radiohead's 'The King Of Limbs' album which was inspired by 'Nadastrom & Sabo's remix of Jamie xx, and, sort of, Gus Gus' - I definitely dig the Gus Gus 'Polydistortion' style keyboard influences here! If this remix is to your liking you can download a copy for free simply by clicking on the download icon below - you can also keep up with Party Ben on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/therealpartyben
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Party Ben has just released his latest remix online - of Radiohead's 'Codex'! Ben Gill aka Party Ben is a dj/ producer/ radio host based in San Francisco. We've previously featured a couple of his remixes - excellent mashups of Blur and Kasabian and Snow Patrol vs The Police - which you can check out/ revisit here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/02/summersradio-new-music-free-download_26.html
and m'here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/01/summersradio-concert-news-new-music-new.html
This is his latest remix - of 'Codex' from Radiohead's 'The King Of Limbs' album which was inspired by 'Nadastrom & Sabo's remix of Jamie xx, and, sort of, Gus Gus' - I definitely dig the Gus Gus 'Polydistortion' style keyboard influences here! If this remix is to your liking you can download a copy for free simply by clicking on the download icon below - you can also keep up with Party Ben on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/therealpartyben
Enjoy!
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Monday, 26 March 2012
SummersRadio™ New Music! Sigur Rós!
SummersRadio™ New Music! Sigur Rós - 'Ekki Múkk'
Iceland's Sigur Rós have just released a new song online called 'Ekki Múkk'! The song is the first single and video from their forthcoming new studio album (their sixth) called 'Valtari'. 'Valtari' will feature eight new songs and is set for release on May 28th - here's the album cover art and full tracklisting with all the accents in place :)
Valtari:
0 1 Êg Anda
0 2 Ekki Múkk
03 Varúð
04 Rembihnûtur
0 5 Dauðalogn
0 6 Varðeldur
0 7 Valtari
08 Fjögur Píanó
The album's title 'Valtari' means 'Steamroller' - in an interview with Q Magazine singer Jónsi Birgisson says that "the music kind of just rolls over you" (but) "in a good way." If there's such a thing as an afterlife I would imagine that the music playing upon one's arrival would sound something like this - this is 'Ekki Múkk'... Enjoy!
Sigur Rós - Ekki múkk from Sigur Rós on Vimeo.
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Iceland's Sigur Rós have just released a new song online called 'Ekki Múkk'! The song is the first single and video from their forthcoming new studio album (their sixth) called 'Valtari'. 'Valtari' will feature eight new songs and is set for release on May 28th - here's the album cover art and full tracklisting with all the accents in place :)
Valtari:
0 1 Êg Anda
0 2 Ekki Múkk
03 Varúð
04 Rembihnûtur
0 5 Dauðalogn
0 6 Varðeldur
0 7 Valtari
08 Fjögur Píanó
The album's title 'Valtari' means 'Steamroller' - in an interview with Q Magazine singer Jónsi Birgisson says that "the music kind of just rolls over you" (but) "in a good way." If there's such a thing as an afterlife I would imagine that the music playing upon one's arrival would sound something like this - this is 'Ekki Múkk'... Enjoy!
Sigur Rós - Ekki múkk from Sigur Rós on Vimeo.
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SummersRadio™ New Compilation! Bedrock's The Underground Sound Of Miami!
SummersRadio™ New Compilation! Bedrock Records - 'The Underground Sound Of Miami' Maher Daniel & Casa (aka Mike Casa) - 'Music, Machines & Life' (Original Mix)/ Mark Reeve, Dean Demanuele, Pig & Dan - 'Machines' (Original Mix)/ Robert Babicz - 'Echo From The Past' (Original Mix)
Today marks the final day of this year's Winter Music Conference - which has been held annually each March in Miami since 1985! This year marks this first year that Bedrock Records (the label started by John Digweed and Nick Muir in 1999) has released their own label sampler for the event. 'The Underground Sound Of Miami' features ten exclusive new tracks (unmixed) and is currently available exclusively on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/#release/underground-sound-of-miami/876736
I've chosen three standout tracks to feature - two spacey techno numbers involving machines, and an uplifting echo from the past. First up we have the sixth track on the compilation from Maher Daniel and Casa (aka Mike Casa) called 'Music, Machines & Life'... Enjoy!
This is the eighth track on the compilation from Mark Reeve, Dean Demanuele, and Pig & Dan - with another trippy tune about music an machines - this one is simply called 'Machines'... Enjoy!
This is the third track on the compilation - a new uplifting progressive house tune from Germany's Robert Babicz called 'Echo From The Past'... Enjoy!
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Today marks the final day of this year's Winter Music Conference - which has been held annually each March in Miami since 1985! This year marks this first year that Bedrock Records (the label started by John Digweed and Nick Muir in 1999) has released their own label sampler for the event. 'The Underground Sound Of Miami' features ten exclusive new tracks (unmixed) and is currently available exclusively on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/#release/underground-sound-of-miami/876736
I've chosen three standout tracks to feature - two spacey techno numbers involving machines, and an uplifting echo from the past. First up we have the sixth track on the compilation from Maher Daniel and Casa (aka Mike Casa) called 'Music, Machines & Life'... Enjoy!
This is the eighth track on the compilation from Mark Reeve, Dean Demanuele, and Pig & Dan - with another trippy tune about music an machines - this one is simply called 'Machines'... Enjoy!
This is the third track on the compilation - a new uplifting progressive house tune from Germany's Robert Babicz called 'Echo From The Past'... Enjoy!
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Sunday, 25 March 2012
SummersRadio™ New Music! Laurent Garnier!
SummersRadio™ New Music! Laurent Garnier featuring The L.B.S. Crew - 'Our Futur' (Detroit Mix)
France's techno legend Laurent Garnier is releasing a new EP called 'Timeless' on April 1st! 'Timeless' is a three track EP featuring 'Jacques In The Box' and two remixes of 'Our Futur' - the 'Loud Disco Mix' and the 'Detroit Mix' - and it's out on the Ed Banger Records label.
The full EP will be available on itunes on April 1st, but Beatport has an exclusive advance release of this 'Detroit Mix' of 'Our Futur' available now: http://www.beatport.com/#release/timeless/885419
The feel of this song fits in well with the EP's name - as it certainly has a timeless quality to it. On one hand it seems a bit familiar - with it's Giorgio Moroder and early Detroit techno influences - musically speaking it sounds like it could be from some classic sci-fi film soundtrack. But it also sounds current - with the robotic vocal bits featuring positive lyrics about our future. It clocks in at over nine minutes long and suggests to me that the future could very well be quite the epic journey... :) Enjoy!
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France's techno legend Laurent Garnier is releasing a new EP called 'Timeless' on April 1st! 'Timeless' is a three track EP featuring 'Jacques In The Box' and two remixes of 'Our Futur' - the 'Loud Disco Mix' and the 'Detroit Mix' - and it's out on the Ed Banger Records label.
The full EP will be available on itunes on April 1st, but Beatport has an exclusive advance release of this 'Detroit Mix' of 'Our Futur' available now: http://www.beatport.com/#release/timeless/885419
The feel of this song fits in well with the EP's name - as it certainly has a timeless quality to it. On one hand it seems a bit familiar - with it's Giorgio Moroder and early Detroit techno influences - musically speaking it sounds like it could be from some classic sci-fi film soundtrack. But it also sounds current - with the robotic vocal bits featuring positive lyrics about our future. It clocks in at over nine minutes long and suggests to me that the future could very well be quite the epic journey... :) Enjoy!
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Friday, 23 March 2012
SummersRadio™ Rare Remix! E.L.O.!
SummersRadio™ Rare Remix! Electric Light Orchestra - 'Last Train To London' (House de la Funk Remix)
As noted in yesterday's Chemical Brothers post it seems that people are bringing E.L.O. back - from Boston's Magnetic Fields to Manchester's Coronation Street - or at least some people in their respective crews are :) So I thought I'd do my part for Canada by posting a rare remix of their song 'Last Train To London' from their number one album from 1979 called 'Discovery'.
E.L.O. were from Birmingham England and were pretty cool back in the day - they used both keyboards and an orchestra prominently - and they even later toured with a spaceship stage complete with lasers! 'Last Train To London' was released as a double A-side single coupled with 'Confusion' and it reached the top 10 in the U.K. at the end of 1979 and it scraped into the top 40 in North American at the start of 1980.
This is a rare remix by House de la Funk - a one man project from Pereira Colombia. This is his house remix from 2009 - although quite frankly he didn't have to change too much as it was already a great dance tune with an awesome bassline and massive keyboard hooks... Enjoy!
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As noted in yesterday's Chemical Brothers post it seems that people are bringing E.L.O. back - from Boston's Magnetic Fields to Manchester's Coronation Street - or at least some people in their respective crews are :) So I thought I'd do my part for Canada by posting a rare remix of their song 'Last Train To London' from their number one album from 1979 called 'Discovery'.
E.L.O. were from Birmingham England and were pretty cool back in the day - they used both keyboards and an orchestra prominently - and they even later toured with a spaceship stage complete with lasers! 'Last Train To London' was released as a double A-side single coupled with 'Confusion' and it reached the top 10 in the U.K. at the end of 1979 and it scraped into the top 40 in North American at the start of 1980.
This is a rare remix by House de la Funk - a one man project from Pereira Colombia. This is his house remix from 2009 - although quite frankly he didn't have to change too much as it was already a great dance tune with an awesome bassline and massive keyboard hooks... Enjoy!
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Thursday, 22 March 2012
SummersRadio™ New Videos! The Chemical Brothers!
SummersRadio™ New Videos! The Chemical Brothers - 'Star Guitar' (Live In Japan)/ 'Don't Think' (Live In Japan)
The Chemical Brothers have just released two new videos online! Both are from their new live film called 'Don't Think: A Film By Adam Smith' which had a limited theatrical release last month, and is released for sale on March 26th. It will be released in three different formats - a cd/ dvd combo, a cd/ blu-ray combo, and there's also a limited edition 10" book format featuring exclusive images - that also includes the cd and dvd. You can pre-order them here: http://widgets.platform.emi.com/landing/64aa63cf3e5a44c2a20b9276045b719d.html
(Just as a side note... I usually try to do a new post everyday - but I missed doing one yesterday as I was kept busy with a trip to suburbia to the Red Robinson Theatre in Coquitlam to meet and greet William Roache - who plays Ken Barlow on the legendary British soap Coronation Street. Yes, I'm a massive Corrie fan! :) For those who don't know the show takes place in the fictional town of Weatherfield - which is based on the city of Salford - a suburb of Manchester - which is where The Chemical Brothers hail from, so it seems fitting to be featuring them today!
Here's an interesting bit of synchronicity for you - I saw the Magnetic Fields in concert on Sunday - and the first song they played over the speakers at the end of the show was E.L.O's 'Mr. Blue Sky' - and at the William Roache show last night they started his show off with a ten minute video featuring highlights from the first 52 years (!) of Coronation Street - and one of the three songs used to soundtrack it was 'Mr. Blue Sky'!)
Ok, back to The Chems...
The film has received rave reviews - here are a few quotes... Mixmag gives it five out of five stars and calls it 'the cinematic even of the decade', The Word calls it 'Phenomenally exciting - could well be the most thrilling live movie ever', and The Sunday Telegraph calls it 'An astonishing, celluloid rush of blood to the head'. So, it's good then? :)
Having seen The Chemical Brothers live (and met them - more on that below) I can certainly vouch for their mind blowing live shows. It's not just their music that has made them both pioneers and masters of electronica music - it's also been their live shows featuring their amazing visuals and light shows. Here's a clip from their new film 'Don't Think' - this is 'Star Guitar' (Live In Japan)... Enjoy!
The dvd/ blu-ray features 20 tracks and the cd features 10 - here are the full tracklistings...
"Don't Think" DVD Tracklisting
I brought the cd cover with me (as I usually do to any concert - just in case - although this meeting was pre-arranged) for them to sign. I got to chat with Tom first for a while and then I asked him if he'd sign my cd - he said that he'd have to get a marker first. I replied that I had one as I like to be prepared. He then went on to say how that was the original title of that album - they originally intended to call it 'Be Prepared'. It was 1999 after all with it's pre-millennium tensions and uncertainty about what the future and the year 2000 would hold - Y2K was a genuine fear at the time. However after further thought they decided to go the totally opposite route and call it 'Surrender' instead - true story!
Needless to say their show that night was amazing and was one of the best concerts I've ever seen. So I'm looking forward to the cd/ dvd release of 'Don't Think' on Monday - this is the video for the title track from the film... Enjoy!
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The Chemical Brothers have just released two new videos online! Both are from their new live film called 'Don't Think: A Film By Adam Smith' which had a limited theatrical release last month, and is released for sale on March 26th. It will be released in three different formats - a cd/ dvd combo, a cd/ blu-ray combo, and there's also a limited edition 10" book format featuring exclusive images - that also includes the cd and dvd. You can pre-order them here: http://widgets.platform.emi.com/landing/64aa63cf3e5a44c2a20b9276045b719d.html
(Just as a side note... I usually try to do a new post everyday - but I missed doing one yesterday as I was kept busy with a trip to suburbia to the Red Robinson Theatre in Coquitlam to meet and greet William Roache - who plays Ken Barlow on the legendary British soap Coronation Street. Yes, I'm a massive Corrie fan! :) For those who don't know the show takes place in the fictional town of Weatherfield - which is based on the city of Salford - a suburb of Manchester - which is where The Chemical Brothers hail from, so it seems fitting to be featuring them today!
Here's an interesting bit of synchronicity for you - I saw the Magnetic Fields in concert on Sunday - and the first song they played over the speakers at the end of the show was E.L.O's 'Mr. Blue Sky' - and at the William Roache show last night they started his show off with a ten minute video featuring highlights from the first 52 years (!) of Coronation Street - and one of the three songs used to soundtrack it was 'Mr. Blue Sky'!)
Ok, back to The Chems...
The film has received rave reviews - here are a few quotes... Mixmag gives it five out of five stars and calls it 'the cinematic even of the decade', The Word calls it 'Phenomenally exciting - could well be the most thrilling live movie ever', and The Sunday Telegraph calls it 'An astonishing, celluloid rush of blood to the head'. So, it's good then? :)
Having seen The Chemical Brothers live (and met them - more on that below) I can certainly vouch for their mind blowing live shows. It's not just their music that has made them both pioneers and masters of electronica music - it's also been their live shows featuring their amazing visuals and light shows. Here's a clip from their new film 'Don't Think' - this is 'Star Guitar' (Live In Japan)... Enjoy!
The dvd/ blu-ray features 20 tracks and the cd features 10 - here are the full tracklistings...
"Don't Think" DVD Tracklisting
- Tomorrow Never Knows (intro) - Junior Parker
- Another World
- Do it Again
- Get Yourself High
- Horse Power
- Chemical Beats
- Swoon
- Star Guitar
- Three Little Birdies Down Beats
- Hey Boy Hey Girl
- Don't Think
- Out of Control
- Setting Sun
- It Doesn't Matter
- Saturate
- Believe
- Escape Velocity/ The Golden Path
- Superflash
- Leave Home / Galvanize
- Block Rockin' Beats/ Das Spiegel
- Another World/ Do It Again/ Get Yourself High
- Horse Power/ Chemical Beats
- Swoon/ Star Guitar
- Three Little Birdies Down Beats/ Hey Boy Hey Girl
- Don't Think/ Out of Control/ Setting Sun/ Saturate
- Believe
- Escape Velocity/ The Golden Path
- Superflash
- Leave Home/ Galvanize
- Block Rockin' Beats
Before I post the next video released from 'Don't Think' (Live In Japan) I'll tell you an interesting anecdote from when I met The Chemical Brothers. It was on the tour for their third album 'Surrender' in 1999. They were performing at The Forum here in Vancouver and DJ Shadow was opening. Shadow was amazing as always but mid way through his set we had to go to an office at the side of the venue to meet Tom and Ed.
I brought the cd cover with me (as I usually do to any concert - just in case - although this meeting was pre-arranged) for them to sign. I got to chat with Tom first for a while and then I asked him if he'd sign my cd - he said that he'd have to get a marker first. I replied that I had one as I like to be prepared. He then went on to say how that was the original title of that album - they originally intended to call it 'Be Prepared'. It was 1999 after all with it's pre-millennium tensions and uncertainty about what the future and the year 2000 would hold - Y2K was a genuine fear at the time. However after further thought they decided to go the totally opposite route and call it 'Surrender' instead - true story!
Needless to say their show that night was amazing and was one of the best concerts I've ever seen. So I'm looking forward to the cd/ dvd release of 'Don't Think' on Monday - this is the video for the title track from the film... Enjoy!
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Wednesday, 21 March 2012
SummersRadio™ New Music + Concert News! Jack White!
SummersRadio™ New Music + Concert News! Jack White - 'Sixteen Saltines'
Jack White has just released his new single online today AND a new tour has been announced that will see him perform in Vancouver in May! 'Sixteen Saltines' is the second single released from White's forthcoming debut solo album 'Blunderbuss' which is set for release on April 23rd - and the follow up to the album's first single 'Love Interruption' which you can check out/ revisit here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/01/summersradio-new-music-bonus-track-jack.html
The first dates of his spring/ summer tour have also just been announced - which includes a show here in Vancouver on May 27th at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre - tickets go on sale this Friday. Here are the other dates announced on the tour thus far:
5-15-16 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
5-18 Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Music Fest
5-19 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
5-21-22 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom
5-24 Detroit, MI – Scottish Rite Theater
5-26 George, WA – Sasquatch! Music Festival
5-27 Vancouver, British Columbia – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
5-28 Eugene, OR – Hult Center for the Performing Arts (Silva Concert Hall)
5-30-31 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
6-22 London, England – Hammersmith Apollo
6-23-24 London, England – Radio 1′s Hackney Weekend
6-25 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Heineken Music Hall
6-26 Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
6-27 Cologne, Germany – E-Werk
6-29 Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
7-1 Belfort, France – Les Eurockeennes
7-2 Paris, France – L’Olympia
7-5 Hamburg, Germany – Docks
7-27-29 Niigata, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival
The new single 'Sixteen Saltines' is quite different from 'Love Interruption' - 'Love Interruption' was a pretty laid back affair - but this new single (available on itunes as of today) rocks in the typical White Stripes meets Led Zeppelin style... Enjoy!
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Jack White has just released his new single online today AND a new tour has been announced that will see him perform in Vancouver in May! 'Sixteen Saltines' is the second single released from White's forthcoming debut solo album 'Blunderbuss' which is set for release on April 23rd - and the follow up to the album's first single 'Love Interruption' which you can check out/ revisit here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/01/summersradio-new-music-bonus-track-jack.html
The first dates of his spring/ summer tour have also just been announced - which includes a show here in Vancouver on May 27th at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre - tickets go on sale this Friday. Here are the other dates announced on the tour thus far:
5-15-16 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
5-18 Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Music Fest
5-19 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
5-21-22 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom
5-24 Detroit, MI – Scottish Rite Theater
5-26 George, WA – Sasquatch! Music Festival
5-27 Vancouver, British Columbia – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
5-28 Eugene, OR – Hult Center for the Performing Arts (Silva Concert Hall)
5-30-31 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
6-22 London, England – Hammersmith Apollo
6-23-24 London, England – Radio 1′s Hackney Weekend
6-25 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Heineken Music Hall
6-26 Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
6-27 Cologne, Germany – E-Werk
6-29 Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
7-1 Belfort, France – Les Eurockeennes
7-2 Paris, France – L’Olympia
7-5 Hamburg, Germany – Docks
7-27-29 Niigata, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival
The new single 'Sixteen Saltines' is quite different from 'Love Interruption' - 'Love Interruption' was a pretty laid back affair - but this new single (available on itunes as of today) rocks in the typical White Stripes meets Led Zeppelin style... Enjoy!
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Monday, 19 March 2012
SummersRadio™ New Music! Green Velvet & Harvard Bass!
SummersRadio™ New Music! Green Velvet & Harvard Bass - 'Kickin It' (Original Mix)
Chicago electronica/ techno legend Curtis Jones aka Green Velvet (among other monikers) has teamed up with San Diego dj/ producer Victor Ramos aka Harvard Bass for his newest release! The pair have just released the two track 'Jumbo Mumbo' EP on the Relief Records label featuring the original mixes of the title track - and a song called 'Kickin It' - and it's currently available exclusively on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/#release/jumbo-mumbo-ep/877475
I'm not a big fan of the vocal sample on the title track - I actually think they should have called this the 'Kickin It' EP - as it's the b-side that's the real standout here. The song is a classic disco/ house/ techno hybrid - think Giorgio Moroder style backing synths with classic Green Velvet soul filled vocals. The only thing I wish were different about this track was that it was twice as long - ten minutes instead of five (this video is edited slightly) because it's that awesome! Enjoy...!
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Chicago electronica/ techno legend Curtis Jones aka Green Velvet (among other monikers) has teamed up with San Diego dj/ producer Victor Ramos aka Harvard Bass for his newest release! The pair have just released the two track 'Jumbo Mumbo' EP on the Relief Records label featuring the original mixes of the title track - and a song called 'Kickin It' - and it's currently available exclusively on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/#release/jumbo-mumbo-ep/877475
I'm not a big fan of the vocal sample on the title track - I actually think they should have called this the 'Kickin It' EP - as it's the b-side that's the real standout here. The song is a classic disco/ house/ techno hybrid - think Giorgio Moroder style backing synths with classic Green Velvet soul filled vocals. The only thing I wish were different about this track was that it was twice as long - ten minutes instead of five (this video is edited slightly) because it's that awesome! Enjoy...!
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Sunday, 18 March 2012
SummersRadio™ New Music! The Magnetic Fields!
SummersRadio™ New Music! The Magnetic Fields - 'The Horrible Party'/ 'God Wants Us To Wait'/ 'Andrew In Drag' (video)
Boston's Magnetic Fields are performing in Vancouver tonight! When I last posted The Magnetic Fields it was in December to announce this show - but there wasn't any new music available at the time, so instead I posted three of my favorites from the band which you can check out here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2011/12/summersradio-concert-news-magnetic.html
Their new album 'Love At The Bottom Of The Sea' was released on March 6th on Merge Records. The 15 track album is available on download, as well as on cd and vinyl. Now I wanted to post my favorite song from it first - 'The Horrible Party' - as it seemed most fitting for an ironic post St. Patrick's Day post - and not only for the song title itself - both the musical backing and singer Claudia Gonson's delivery sound almost Irish.
But alas, 'The Horrible Party' is not available for sharing anywhere. I tried to upload it to Soundcloud (with the download function disabled - as always) but it was blocked by EMI Australia. I must say that it's a sad state of affiars with all the modern technology we have, that you can't simply play a song for someone - unless you use illegal file sharing sites - which I've never endorsed. All I want to do is allow people to hear it - not steal it - just listen to it in hopes that they'll like it, and consider buying it. I'm having a deja-vu here - you can check out my recent rant against UMG and the new Arcade Fire track here if you missed it: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/03/summersradio-new-music-arcade-fire.html
*UPDATE* 'The Horrible Party'! The last line of the song is the clincher... Enjoy!
So - on to my next favorite track on the new album then - which is available to share on Youtube - for now anyway!
This is the album's opening song called 'God Wants Us To Wait'... Enjoy!
'Andrew In Drag' is the first official single - and video - from the new album. It features some catchy lyrics - although I've never been a fan of the f-bomb - and I don't mean fuck :) 'Andrew In Drag' is also available as a 7" vinyl single - I like the slight variation on the album's covert art for it's artwork:
This is the video for their latest single 'Andrew In Drag'... Enjoy!
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Boston's Magnetic Fields are performing in Vancouver tonight! When I last posted The Magnetic Fields it was in December to announce this show - but there wasn't any new music available at the time, so instead I posted three of my favorites from the band which you can check out here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2011/12/summersradio-concert-news-magnetic.html
Their new album 'Love At The Bottom Of The Sea' was released on March 6th on Merge Records. The 15 track album is available on download, as well as on cd and vinyl. Now I wanted to post my favorite song from it first - 'The Horrible Party' - as it seemed most fitting for an ironic post St. Patrick's Day post - and not only for the song title itself - both the musical backing and singer Claudia Gonson's delivery sound almost Irish.
But alas, 'The Horrible Party' is not available for sharing anywhere. I tried to upload it to Soundcloud (with the download function disabled - as always) but it was blocked by EMI Australia. I must say that it's a sad state of affiars with all the modern technology we have, that you can't simply play a song for someone - unless you use illegal file sharing sites - which I've never endorsed. All I want to do is allow people to hear it - not steal it - just listen to it in hopes that they'll like it, and consider buying it. I'm having a deja-vu here - you can check out my recent rant against UMG and the new Arcade Fire track here if you missed it: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/03/summersradio-new-music-arcade-fire.html
*UPDATE* 'The Horrible Party'! The last line of the song is the clincher... Enjoy!
So - on to my next favorite track on the new album then - which is available to share on Youtube - for now anyway!
This is the album's opening song called 'God Wants Us To Wait'... Enjoy!
'Andrew In Drag' is the first official single - and video - from the new album. It features some catchy lyrics - although I've never been a fan of the f-bomb - and I don't mean fuck :) 'Andrew In Drag' is also available as a 7" vinyl single - I like the slight variation on the album's covert art for it's artwork:
This is the video for their latest single 'Andrew In Drag'... Enjoy!
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