play list - 03/25/2010 - Ultra Music Festival artists

today all the music i played (with one exception) was either preformed or remixed by artists performing at the ultra music festival in miami, florida. the festival is over 100 electronic music artists with just a few hip hop acts, like dj qbert. i'd been wanting to do this special show for a few weeks, but actually today was probably the right day to do it because the festival starts tomorrow.

also of note is that i played a few things that can be downloaded for free. the song i started with was the exception to the ultra artits, but it seemed like the perfect opening track for the show, so i had to play it. the track is "rad anthem" and can be downloaded for free on the rad omen site. and you can see the awesome video there too, which is maybe not quite safe for work.

the other free download is the pretty lights ep from the pretty lights web site. he's coming to lawrence, ks in april. i'm looking forward to seeing that.

one artist that i didn't play because i'd never heard of him before i started looking at the ultra site is deadmau5. there was a short video of his 2009 performance and it looked really cool:

Deadmau5 - Ultra Music Festival 2009 from Richard Milstein on Vimeo.

Track , Artist , Album , Label
-- rad anthem , rad omen , single , self-released
-- sinnerman (felix da housecat remix) , nina simone , verve remixed 2 , verve
-- California Soul (diplo/mad decent remix) , Marlena Shaw , verve remixed 4 , verve
-- Keep It Goin' Louder (ft. Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze) , major lazer , Guns Don't Kill People....Lazers Do , Downtown
-- pon de floor , major lazer , Guns Don't Kill People....Lazers Do , Downtown
-- paper romance , groove armada , black light , om
-- time & space , groove armada , black light , om
-- starry eyed surprise , Oakenfold , bunkka , maverick
-- now that the love has gone , We in Music , felix da housecat - excursions , obsessive
-- 9pm , atb , trance classics , moonshine
-- I Created Disco , calvin harris , I Created Disco , Almost Gold
-- o.c.b. , timo maas , loud , Kinetic Records
-- satisfaction , Benny Benassi , electroclash , moonshine
-- inner space dental commander , dj qbert , wave twisters , Galactic Butt Hair
-- road to zion , damian marley feat. nas , welcome to jamrock , universal
-- sexy chick , david guetta feat. akon , euro hit 40 2009 , radio nederlands
-- when love takes over , david guetta feat. kelly rowland , euro hit 40 2009 , radio nederlands
-- i can see it in your face , pretty lights , making up a changing mind , self-released
-- total fascination , pretty lights , making up a changing mind , self-released
-- fancy footwork (crookers remix) , chromeo , Fancy Footwork , Vice
-- the box , orbital , mtv's amp , astralwerks
-- waving not drowning , orbital , the altogether , ffrr

play list - 03/18/2010 - band auction 2

whoops, i'm noticing a week later that i never posted my play list to the blog last week. i guess i was distracted last week by the start of the ncaa basketball tournament and a related web site i was working on.

it was my second band auction show. great guests. first was barclay martin. he was a super nice guy, had some great songs, and just worked on the soundtrack for a movie in the philippines. next band was "just a taste of jazz", which i was told meant that they were a funk band with just a taste of jazz. i'd say that was true, they had a good funk sound going. 3 guys -- one on drums, one on keyboards, and one on saxophone. i liked them so much that i opened up the bidding, but after a couple back and forth rounds with someone, i let it go. was a good time though.

played some latin jazz and jazz remixes after that, and a couple other things

Track , Artist , Album , Label
-- take five , The Specials , Today's Specials , virgin
-- cantaloupe island , yeska , skafrocubanjazz , aztlan
-- ruperta / puede ser , nova lima , coba coba , cumbancha
-- Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? (rae and christian remix) , Dinah Washington , Verve Remixed , verve
-- Leave It (feat Dionne Charles) , wax tailor , In the Mood for Life , le plan
-- history repeating (feat. miss shirley bassey) , Propellarheads , Decksanddrumsandrockandroll , dreamworks
-- hoop + wire , Boy Eats Drum Machine , hoop + wire , Tender Loving Empire
-- mr. train , Boy Eats Drum Machine , hoop + wire , Tender Loving Empire
-- nonsensical (uproot andy remix) , forro in the dark , remixes , nublu
-- de donde vengo yo , choc quib town , oro , nacional
-- somos pacificos , choc quib town , oro , nacional
-- The End of Biters - international , prefuse 73 , One Word Extinguisher , warp
-- choking you , prefuse 73 , One Word Extinguisher , warp
-- sweet smoke , mr. scruff , trouser jazz , ninja tune

play list - 03/11/2010 - band auction

fairly stressful start to the show today. had 2 bands on the show for the band auction. the first band was a rap group called "blunt rap". they said they edited their tracks for language, but in my opinion it was not sufficient. some of the edited words were barely edited and they left in lots of stuff that should've been edited out. so the first half hour of the show involved a whole lot of live editing using the volume slider and hitting delete on the seven second delay. second band was much easier, just a mellow rock and blues band. so that left me with an hour to play music.

started with a columbian hip-hop-electro band whose stuff i'm liking quite a bit, but keep getting confused which is the band name and which is the album name. i hope i announced it right on the air. this isn't the song i played, but it gives you the idea. i think i'll play this one next week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMS4J6Gp6e4


also next week i'm going to play music from artists who will be at the ultra music festival in miami in two weeks. its a very impressive dj and electronic music lineup

Track , Artist , Album , Label
-- somos pacifico , choc quib town , oro , nacional
-- el bombo , choc quib town , oro , nacional
-- runnin around in my head , urban legend , tropical techniques , blind lemon
-- dias de prosperidad , banda de turistas , magical radiophonic heart , nacional
-- la maquina favorita , banda de turistas , magical radiophonic heart , nacional
-- miss you , Mirwais , fabric live 09 - jacques lu cont , fabric
-- eastern palace , risan , fabric live 09 - jacques lu cont , fabric
-- nitemoves , grovesnor , hot chip DJ KICKS , !k7
-- i got a man , positive K , hot chip DJ KICKS , !k7
-- perro loco (solo remix) , Forro In The Dark , remixes , nublu
-- nonsensical (uproot andy remix) , Forro In The Dark , remixes , nublu
-- smoke , cornelius , point , matador
-- mo lovin , chris joss , monomaniacs vol 1 , esl
-- blow your head , fred wesley and the JB's , single , universal motown

play list - 03/04/2010

the new groove armada album came out this week! i was excited to get it and was looking forward to playing it on the show... until i listened to it. its okay, but definitely different than what they've done before. and in my opinion, not as good. i did find an interview with them that confirmed that:

the band has taken their songwriting in an unexpected and original direction. "We could've knocked out an album of reggae-influenced house bangers and a couple of chill-out tunes, and that would've been a much easier life," explains Andy. "But we needed a new challenge. Neither of us was interested in just repeating ourselves."

so anyway, like i said, its still okay. here is the video for what i think is considered the leading single on the cd. i guess its really the vocals that annoy me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74cQF2ebgOM


i played funk instrumentals almost the whole second hour. i may have overdone that. but i like them. also played from 2 fabriclive cds and 2 dj kicks cds.

Track , Artist , Album , Label
-- shameless , groove armada , black light , om
-- paper romance , groove armada , black light , om
-- Our Father, Our King , Subatomic Sound System , turntables on the hudson, 10th anniversary , esl
-- estan llamando , chico mann , turntables on the hudson 10th anniversary , esl
-- the flow , quiero club , nueva america , nacional
-- showtime , quiero club , nueva america , nacional
-- akai 47 , Nortec Collective , Tijuana Sound Machine , nacional
-- el huracan , urban legend , tropical techniques , blind lemon
-- intro , john peel , fabric live 07 - john peel , fabric
-- break em on down , the soledad bros , fabric live 07 - john peel , fabric
-- thru the door , krafty kuts , fabric live 34 - krafty kuts , fabric
-- at night , dave spoon , fabric live 34 - krafty kuts , fabric
-- short road , wax stag , hot chip DJ KICKS , !k7
-- bizarre love triangle , new order , hot chip DJ KICKS , !k7
-- sequencer , lifelike , chromeo DJ KICKS , !k7
-- time to move , carmen , chromeo DJ KICKS , !k7
-- re-volt , chris joss , monomaniacs, vol 1 , esl
-- ford mustard cutter , chris joss , monomaniacs, vol 1 , esl
-- hippy skippy moonstrut , the mighty show-stoppers , black feeling , freestyle
-- fi-yi dance , soul ful two , because you're funky , lo recordings
-- soulin , sir stan and the counts , because you're funky , lo recordings
-- Sitar Beat , Klaus Doldinger , Sitar Beat! , Guerilla Reissues
-- aa dekhen jara , r.d. burman w/ asha bhosle & kishore kumar , Sitar Beat! , guerilla reissues
-- heavy soup , Cornershop , Handcream For A Generation , Wiija
-- satisfaction , Incredible Bongo Band , bongo rock , Mr. Bongo
-- wipeout , Incredible Bongo Band , bongo rock , mr. bongo