DJ-Kicks

Gold Panda is currently gearing up for a dense (seven cities and seven days!) week long tour of the states, culminating with a performance at Moog Fest in Ashville, NC. Panda’s live sets, full of triggered samples and his keen ear for melody, are not to be missed. His DJ-Kicks mix comes out shortly after the tour, on November 8th. You can pre-order the mix now, via iTunes. Check out a video of Gold Panda’s live set-up from MTV Iggy after the jump.

10-24 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
10-25 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
10-26 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
10-27 Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig
10-28 Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle
10-29 New York, NY – Good Units
10-30 Asheville, NC – Moog Fest
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Given the extremely positive support we’ve gotten for the Motor City Drum Ensemble DJ-Kicks, we knew we’d have to do something really special for a remix package for the album’s exclusive track, L.O.V.E. We’re pretty sure you’ll agree that it would be hard to top a remix line-up like this! As one of the most notable young Detroit musicians of his generation, Kyle Hall was a perfect choice to take on MCDE’s tune. The L.O.V.E. EP will be out on vinyl, and digitally exclusively via Juno on August 8th (Sept 13th for the vinyl in the US), with a full digital release to follow. Hear Kyle’s amazing remix and check out the full tracklist below.

Motor City Drum Ensemble- L.O.V.E. – Kyle Hall Remix by !K7 Records

1. L.O.V.E. – Radio Edit
2. L.O.V.E. – Extended Version
3. L.O.V.E. – Kyle Hall Remix
4. L.O.V.E. – Wolfgang Voigt Remix
5. L.O.V.E. – Smallpeople Remix
6. Basement L.O.V.E. Read more… →

After the initial excitement, then the wondering about when it would materialize, and the eventual deflation, the reality of a Burial DJ-Kicks doesn’t seem to be any closer. So it was a bit of a mixed blessing to see this morning that Flying Lotus had posted a track he claimed was intended for the still-absent mix. It stings a bit to be reminded of the amazing potential such a mix would have, especially given the quality of a track like this. But of course the fact that we’re able to get a window into what could have been is pretty thrilling. Enjoy the music, and who knows, maybe someday there will be something to actually put into one of these empty bags…

Flying Lotus – buriedMIX2 //burial dj kicks??’08 by Flyinglotus Read more… →

While in NYC this Spring for their DJ-Kicks World Tour with Wolf + Lamb, the affable gents in Soulclap stopped by Dubspot NYC to share some words on their production philosophy & demonstrate their rather unique workflow approach. Charlie & Eli brought a beat in progress and worked with six Dubspot students on creating a new piece of music on the fly using Albeton. Check out a video of the workshop below, and download all of the stems from the Dubspot blog.

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Apparat has said that his initial intention with his DJ-Kicks mix was to create a roadmap of his favorite music and influences over the course of his life. That’s not the way the mix ended up turning out, but here’s an interview that give a picture of what that mix might have looked like.

http://pitchfork.com/news/40516-5-10-15-20-apparat/
The Berlin-based producer sat down with Pitchfork recently to speak about the music that influenced him most at five year intervals over the course of his life. If you’re familiar with Apparat’s music, some of the choices (Radiohead, Boards Of Canada) may not come as a huge surprise, but the vignettes about how he got into electronic music in general, the influence of the musical life of his father, and the scenes of life in East Germany make for an illuminating read. Check out the whole article here, and don’t forget to check out his amazing DJ-Kicks mix, which is out this week. Read more… →