An all time favorite of mine. And the vid is quite brilliant, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xhdy9zBEws
I’m not jumping on the RIP bandwagon every time someone public bites the dust. But this one.. This one’s really touching me. Adam Goldstein was one of the very few A-list DJs who lived up to their status by being truly skilled, soulful and genuine behind the decks. Nicole Ritchie this, Hollywood that, but Adam was not just a bubble. No dues left unpaid. He intensely influenced an entire generation of DJs, i...Read more
(Totally unrelated Thai LP artwork via lpcoverlover.com)
Wherever I’m at anywhere in Asia, there’s 5 different types of taxi drivers.
*The silence loving dude
*The talkative conversationalist
*The bluetooth talker
*The sports channel bro
*The musical chap, list...Read more
My fave Bay Area label SOLOS is back on the track with their first digital release:
In the mix are traces of garage, broken beat, and funky, but this is not reverent bass nostalgia: 'African Rhythms' pushes past fashion to wire a new set of rhythmic histories and spaces: the track sounds equally tuned to so...Read more
As a big admirer of Brazilian Baile Funk plus being a dude who is holding a German passport after all, I couldn’t help but letting the term ‘Bayre Funk’ ( Bayre as in Bayrisch, meaning Bavarian in German) pop in upside my brain while hearing a good olde Bavarian folk tune a while back, imagining the horns and acc...Read more
Hell, I haven’t written shit in decades. All you get to see from me these days is flyer artwork and party pictures from the gazillions of raves I’m throwing (via Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy). Y’all, my heart is beating and I’m fine. Good times, bad times, we had ‘em all. My life these days is, let’s say, interesting. So why not constantly share stuff so I can be able to say “wanna know what I’m up to – read my blog, bitches”, I figured lately. Jeez, I sound like a fucking sociopath. But y’all w...Read more