A definitive master of hiphop beat artistry, DJ Krush has been rippin it up since I was a young one. I remember buying his psychedelic, low-key mixes as a college student and being transported to far out realms… Most likely a big influence on anyone who considers themselves a turntablist, be sure to come check Krush out if you’re in town.
This guy is a living legend without hyperbole, this show is not to be missed!
Aloha folks, and once again here we are, finding ourselves gazing into the cyberspace ether we call teh internets, in yet another new year. Let’s face it: the internet is not only where its at, but where it will be even more in the future.. That’s why we here at the Institute are resolving this year to be more committed to archiving and documenting electronic music treasures and knowledge for future generations to enjoy, or at least learn something from.
Welcome people of the future! At the beginning of 2012, this was some of the music that was more or less popular in certain circles, and in some ways, defined the gist of a movement – however non-encompassing, however temporary – it rocked good. Without much further wordage, I present to you a mix of some of my favorite tracks at the moment, many I think represent the direction that future music will perhaps go. Was I at all right future people? Is there a Techno 3.0 yet? Alright, enough with the prognosticating…
that dapper chap behind the decks is none other than BBC DJ John Peel
You can download an mp3 version of the mix here (right-click and “save as”).
1. Gethsemane – Peter Gabriel
2. Autumn Leaves - Enoch Light
3. Champion Sound - Jaylib
4. Get Money - Notorious BIG
5. Glow - Lunice
6. Rising 5 - Hudson Mohawke
7. After Light (Draper Mix) - Rustie
8. Back In The Day (Kahn Mix) - Joker
9. Corner Dance - Dj Madd
10. New York City - Silkie
11. Horizons (Unidentified Dubstep Mix) - LTJ Bukem
12. Bloom (Blawan Mix) - Radiohead
13. Gotta Let Me Know – Dj Sneak Mix - Justin Drake
14. Moon Shadow - Bassfort
15. Ultramarine - Lone
16. Brownsville Turnaround On The Tex-Mex Border – The KLF
The Daily Bruin is UCLA‘s newspaper, which I wrote for from 1999-2001, the tail end of my time as an undergrad. I applied to go to graduate school there afterwards, but they didn’t accept me. Dicks.
In any case, I do have to give them props for archiving pretty much every article I wrote on their site, and I wouldn’t trade my education I received there for anything in the world, except for maybe immortality. A couple of my favorite courses were The History of Rock ‘n Roll, and the class from which I received most of my relevant knowledge, The History of Electronic Dance Music. One time I even saw one of my ex-professors on VH1 talking about Metallica. God, I hope they still exist.
Here are some of the better or more relevant articles I wrote at the time, some of which foreshadowed dark events to come in the music industry. Others are humorous and a few are downright silly, but there’s no doubt I love using odd concoctions of words. To the archives!
History of DJing exhibits possibilities of evolution (1/01)
If you enhance your rave experience, do so safely (4/01)
Genius of Radiohead highlights years at UCLA (5/01)
Cannabis aids creation, appreciation of music (4/01)
Industry’s future reveals commercialization’s evils (4/01)
Last Thursday, soundscape enthusiast, genre pioneer and inspiration to millions, Brian Eno stopped by the Colbert Report to sing an a capella rendition of Bill Withers’ Lean on Me, with REM’s Michael Stipe and Stephen Colbert.
Eno was also the main guest of the evening, and talked about his experience designing 80+ different Windows 95 chimes, getting laid a lot even after Roxy Music, and his involvement in new, thought-intensive performance/art installation pieces, such as The Clock of the Long Now.
In case you hadn’t heard, Eno is largely credited to giving birth to the term ambient music, now widely used to describe music played in airports, elevators or other public spaces in order to provide a sense of calm that could perhaps make an otherwise frustrating journey a bit more pleasant (this form of music is sometimes less passionately referred to as muzak). From his formula- and gravity-defying studio album masterpieces in the mid 70s to his 1-track albums of never-repeating swaths of gentle instrumentation in the 80s and 90s, Eno is considered something of a legend in the electronic music world (not to mention the production world, too), and perhaps most famous for his notion of taking the beat out of the equation entirely, which frequently led to fantastic and mind-altering results.
Below is a clip of Eno explaining the concept behind the idea of this “10,000 year” clock, which’s chimes are not set to repeat their melodies for 10,000 years (a mechanism designed by Eno, of course). From my understanding of the foundation’s project, the message is basically that our lives are short and time is long, so lets start thinking long-term as a civilization if we want to stick around.
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