Tag: electro

Concerto Rock – Le Couleur

Concerto Rock – Le Couleur

I feel like I may have seen Le Couleur in a Boreal Breweries induced drunken stupor in the summer of 2013  at the FME a when I was covering it for AUX so I’m excited to see their new analogue fantasy  video.  If you enjoy Montrealer 

Twin Shadow Can’t ‘Forget’ Musical Non-Acceptance Due to Race – Spinner

Twin Shadow Can’t ‘Forget’ Musical Non-Acceptance Due to Race – Spinner

Twin Shadow mastermind George Lewis Jr. reveals he’s quite the musical chameleon, having dabbled beyond the realms of moody synth-rock.

Justice Jock Jams: French Dance Duo Are Making Unlikely Sports Rock – Spinner

Justice Jock Jams: French Dance Duo Are Making Unlikely Sports Rock – Spinner

 

Mostly they appreciate the energy connected to sporting events.

“We are definitely making music to be on a soundtrack, or for a soccer match,” strong silent type Gaspard Auger told Spinner in a recent interview.

Xavier Rosnay agreed.

“We haven’t been watching the Olympics and we don’t love sports, but we love the simple and strong emotions related to them — like victory and excitement. It’s just like a fantasy,” says Rosnay.

Certainly athletic types are aware of Justice’s appeal. Last year Adidas used the song “Civilization” for their “Adidas is in all” commercial. The recently launched video for “New Lands,” directed by Canada, the Barcelona-based video production team, takes Justice’s music into even more sporting territory. The video depicts a mash up of various sports being played in a single game, ranging from lacrosse to football to roller derby, complete with robot laser targeting systems and pink glowing electrified balls.

According to Canada’s Luis Cerveró, “It was all about aesthetics and stylization: the ’70s sci-fi films of our childhood, with its gorgeous colors, gadgets and widescreen photography, and hints of Japanese anime, ’80s visual effects and sports films neuroticism.”

So yeah, exactly like sports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DgAfs4FutI

 

DJ Mehdi Dead at 34 – Spinner

DJ Mehdi Dead at 34 – Spinner

French hip-hop and electro-house fans are in shock after news that famed French-Tunisian DJ Mehdi (Mehdi Favéris-Essadi) has passed at age 34. He was reportedly killed in ‘accident’ Sept. 13.

Hennessy Artistry x KEYSNKRATES

Hennessy Artistry x KEYSNKRATES

I thought it was pretty damn cool when I got to interview Matisse and Jr. Flow for Spinner way back in 2010 for AOL Spinner at the time and other interactions right here on Shipwrckd back in 2008!  I knew they were crazy talented artists 

Daft Punk: Random Access Memories Box Set

Daft Punk: Random Access Memories Box Set

 

Just in time to for a post-Grammys victory sweep, the limited Daft Punk Random Access Memories Box Set is now available for order for a price just shy of 300 dollarydoos.

Here’s what’s included:

A. The Deluxe Box Set Edition is presented in a cloth-bound box (333mm x 333mm / 13” x 13”) stamped with the Random Access Memories logo in gold foil on the cover. All individual contents are separated by vellum dividers printed with a circuit pattern texture inspired by the gloves of the Daft Punk Robots.

B. A special edition 180 gram double vinyl with gold and silver foil labels. Includes an 8 page saddle stitched booklet containing album artwork, credits and lyric sheets.

C. A 56 page cloth-bound, hardcover photo book of images from the RAM recording sessions and film shoots, featuring a foreword by Paul Williams.

D. A special edition 10” collector’s vinyl containing an extended interview with Giorgio Moroder taken from the original session recordings for the song, “Giorgio by Moroder”.

E. Two sets of Robot helmet design schematics with individual components separated onto 8 layers of unbounded transparencies. Each set is contained in a clear presentation pouch.  

F. A pair of full body Robot design schematic posters (304mm x 608mm / 12” x 24”) printed on heavy weight matte finish poster paper.

G. A 70mm motion picture film strip containing 5 sequential frames from the “Lose Yourself to Dance” original production dailies, mounted in a heavy weight matte stock with an open back. Each film strip is one of a kind.

H. A pair of gold and silver plated, metal encased, reusable USB drives containing the following*:

AUDIO:

High-resolution digital audio files (88.2KHz / 24Bit) of the 13 original tracks on RAM plus the high-resolution audio files of the bonus track, Horizon and Daft Punk’s Get Lucky Remix.

VIDEO:

High-definition, Apple Pro Res 422 (1920×1080) video files of:  the full length video for “Lose Yourself to Dance”; the original RAM TV campaign spots; the extended Coachella version of the “Get Lucky” promo featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers

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Q&A: DJ Maxim explores life beyond the Prodigy – AUX Magazine – 2013 Year-end Issue

Q&A: DJ Maxim explores life beyond the Prodigy – AUX Magazine – 2013 Year-end Issue

  December 19, 2013 Jesse Ship   The Prodigy have had massive influences on the field of dance music, but what set them apart from the handful of emerging groups in the mid-‘90s was not just their use of a hypnotic female vocalist, but a proper 

RAPT (live) – Gingy & Starving Yet Full (of Azari & III) – BOILER ROOM TORONTO

RAPT (live) – Gingy & Starving Yet Full (of Azari & III) – BOILER ROOM TORONTO

Boiler Room touched down on our first frigid Monday night of the season for a surprise show hosted by the inimitable Fritz Helder (Bathurst Bus Route reprezent!) featuring Egyptrixx, Basic Soul Unit, Nautiluss, Kevin McPhee, Bruce Trail and headlined by Martyn going back to back 

DJ Shintaro wins $25K at World’s Biggest DJ Battle – BlogTO

DJ Shintaro wins $25K at World’s Biggest DJ Battle – BlogTO

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Red Bull Thre3style 2013
After a week of consistently busting at the seams and sold out shows at some of Toronto’s best live venues, the Red Bull Thre3style World Championship touched down at The Kool Haus Saturday night for an all-out DJ Hero-styled battle to determine whose beats reigned supreme.
Red Bull Thre3style 2013
Four crowned finalists from far-flung corners of the world DJ Byte: Chile, DJ Trentino: US, Eskei83: Germany, DJ Marquinhos Espinosa: Brazil, were chosen to compete, along with two extra wild cards DJ Shintaro: Japan(DJ Bazooka: Switzerland, picked at the esteemed judges discretion. And what judges. The deciding jury that sat within an inner cordoned off podium or “sanctuary” was made up of a top class turntable and hip-hop legends who need little to no introduction like DJ Jazzy Jeff, Canadian cut-master prodigy, Kid Koala, Toronto’s Skratch Bastid, Montreal’s Grandtheft and Brooklyn’s Jubilee.
After six years, it really feels like Thre3style is coming into its own as the global barometer for battle DJ talent and innovation, surpassing the old guard DMC Turntable Championships, founded in the late 80s. While the DMCs are focused on specific tricks and all that you can do with a turntable, Red Bull’s tourney allows a generous 15 minutes of mad scientist-caliber experimentation incorporating tools, software, keyboards, props (shout out to Brazil for the hand drum) focusing loosely on three genres of music.
Genres covered by competitors across the board ranged from expected bass heavy styles like hip-hop, dancehall, big room EDM anthems, fidgety trap beats, jungle/drum & bass, and then even some left field choices like retro pop, The Beatles (South Korea’s DJ Acorn!), movie soundtracks, or straight up crafted custom vocal samples (yes, Eskei83, you are one the best! Slick Beanie Man shout outs!)
Red Bull Thre3style 2013
After six intense back-to-back battle segments peppered with pithy commentary from the week’s MCs, DJ “I see what you did there” Flipout and Rap City’s T-RexXx, Japan’s unexpected underdog DJ Shintaro was crowned victorious for his prowess but also creativity and 8-bit tributes like his opening Tetris theme remix, and an extended Super Mario Brothers theme scratch routine. Stunned and beside himself, the 24 year old mustered a polite “thank you” before getting over the shock and taking a hearty swig of champagne (or was it Red Bull?) loaded trophy as he was presented with a turntable plaque, a copper-plated championship Rane 62 mixer, thousand dollar Sennheiser headphones, and a cash prize of $25,000
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Along with world class competing turntablists, the evening’s entertainment was supported by an all Canadian cast of DJs including Thugli, Grandtheft, AutoerotiqueKeys N Krates (who’ve mostly dropped the live remix band formula and are now moving towards a live trap/bass set up, and the fast-rising Native Canadian DJ threesome, A Tribe Called Red, who performed with a trippy video show borrowing clips of their ancestors, which also served as a cartoon history lesson using scenes from Bravestarr, Silverhawks, Captain Planet and others, synced to their custom Electric Pow Wow, or Moombahwow, beats.
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Maxim Reality of The Prodigy DJ Tour & Mix

Maxim Reality of The Prodigy DJ Tour & Mix

The first time I saw Maxim Reality DJ was on New Years Eve 2007 in Taipei at an ice skating arena called The Egg.  It was a little let down that it wasn’t The Prodigy but it was still an epic time, (and then there