DMX Krew closes out his 3-part history lesson focusing on tracks he tried to learn on his keyboard growing up. This is what podcasting is all about… a personal archive from an inspiring artist… enjoy!!

love from the frozen wasteland of Montreal,

Thomas Von Party

DMX Krew is back with the second installment in his “83-92″ selections. He’s got a great radio voice and he presents his tracks with a personal touch and an aura of authority that comes from being completely real since 1983. Lessons from a true master. For free!  Enjoy!

thanks!

T

Von Party puts together a mix of cosmic disco joy. Space out and enjoy.

Due to popular demand, we’ll now be including the tracklists, but
again, we remind you that the .m4a file contains not only the
tracklist but chapter markers and artwork for each song… don’t miss
out!

COSMOSIS

1. Grackle - Jungle (T. Keeler & Capablanca Rework) - Disco Uno
2. Sapan Jagmohan, Salma Agha - Sote Sote Adhi Raat (from Siskeyan -
1983)
3. Brian Briggs - Aeo (Pt.1 & 2) - Sonar Kollektiv
4. Culture Club Feat. Captain Crucial - Murder Rap Trap - Amarkord
5. The Pool - Jamaica Running - Amarkord
6. Williams - Confused Arp Disco - Love Triangle Music
7. Chateau Flight - La Roquette - Versatile
8. Mihalis Safras - Interamerica - Trapez Ltd.
9. The Chemical Brothers - No Path to Follow - Virgin
10. Fred Gianelli - The Acid Didj3 - PSI
11. Droids - Interspace - Star Peace
12. Mr. James Barth - For the Lords (Unreleased Acapella) - Turbo
Recordings
13. Q - The Voice of Q - Philly World Records
14. Cut Copy - Far Away (Hercules & Love Affair Remix) - Modular
15. Apollo Sunshine - Singing to the Earth (Mickey Moonlight Remix) -
Headless Heroes
16. OUTRO - Bernard Fevre - Pendulum - L’Illustration Musicale
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DMX Krew presents the music that has influenced him, from Kraftwerk to LL Cool J, from fusion jazz to hardcore rave, it’s a chronological journey from a unique voice in electronic music.

DMX Krew’s ‘Bass Drop EP’, Turbo 057, will be released in December. Here’s the press release for that to give a bit more background:

We at Turbo are longtime fans of DMX Krew, so it’s a real honor to work with him again 6 years after his last contribution to our now defunct sub-label ‘White Leather’. We don’t normally trace an artist’s history or include much biography in our press releases, but we feel the need in this case to pay our respects to a long and brilliant career. With all the crap that gets paraded around nowadays it’s easy to forget who the real masters are… ED DMX is one of them.

I’ve always held a soft spot for Ed, he was one of my favorite producers in the proto-electro heyday. Hearing his live version of the Knight Rider theme at Sona (Tiga’s club circa ‘96) was (believe it or not) a revelation. Of all the artists I’d met up until then, he was the coolest: he could play synths better than anyone I’d ever heard, he had the balls to do vocals in his live-set, but he was a sweet, soft-spoken, and super funny guy.

For reasons I’ve never understood, Ed’s pop side didn’t seem to take off and for awhile things took a distinctly experimental turn… interesting stuff, but a departure from the bright immediacy I loved in his earlier records. I was starting to put him into that category of genius artist that pissed me off because they weren’t making the music I wanted them to make, but were on some brain-trip doing things I didn’t understand (think Aphex Twin, Prince, Jori Hulkkonen…). So I let him fall off my radar… And THEN…

2007 rolls around and his alias 101 Force drops ” ‘Tha Return’, followed shortly thereafter by ‘SH101 Triggers MS10′, easily two of my favorite records of the year and some of the best acid house ever made. Buy them now. I could blather on and on about how incredible those records are, but the important thing is that we took action and signed ‘The Bass Drop.’

This EP doesn’t reference or pay homage to Acid House so much as it embodies it. This is the real deal.

It is with great pride that we bring you DMX Krew, same as he ever was, the analog don back to school all you blog-turds in the art of the acid groove.

I asked Zombie if he wanted to do a podcast for us and he replied: “What a coincidence. I hate doing dj mixes, and I never did one in the last 3 years until today.” So here you have it…

While the Munich based producer is best known for his NHL-anthem ‘Kernkraft 400′, he’s hardly a commercial dance act, having produced darker, gritty techno both under ‘Zombie Nation’, his alias ‘John Starlight’, and as one half of ZZT along with Tiga. He’s one of the best performer’s in live techno, foregoing the ubiquitous Ableton setup in favor of an oldschool approach centered around the classic MPC. He’s got incredible stage presence, mixing control with chaos in just the right proportion, with enough novelty (masks, fake blood, head banging) to keep crowds staring in awe.

John Starlight’s ‘Road Rage’ has just been given an incredible remix by Popof, and the new ZZT record ‘The Worm’ is set to drop in October on Turbo Recordings.

love from mtl

Thomas Von Party

I don’t know too much about Max Pask, except that he has a mightier afro than me, speaks French, and lives in NY. I played with him one time at Paris’ Social Club and it was an awesome night which left me with a very favorable impression of the man. He’s just done a cool new remix for Cut Copy and seems to be on the rise with his productions, but he’s already in that rare category of artist who is respected firstly as a DJ.

Enjoy this nearly 2 hour mix: ‘Escape From Planet Max Pask’.

Love from MTL

Thomas Von Party

http://www.myspace.com/maxpask

Today we celebrate the rerelease of ‘Sunglasses at Night’, Tiga & Zyntherius’ era-defining electroclash anthem, back for 2008 with an incredible pack of remixes from Alter Ego, D.I.M., Popof, Konrad Black, Black Devil Disco Club, and more…Zyntherius is none other than our resident podcaster Jori Hullkkonen, Finnish synth god and gentleman of the highest order…He has cooked up a brand new episode to mark the occasion… as usual it’s top quality edutainment… enjoy! • jorihulkkonen.com

• Sunglasses At Night is released August 27 on iTunes and Beatport

Sid Loves Turbo has been mincing around with a lot of disco and pop lately, so this time around we go back to the source with an all-Turbo tribute. I was sent this mix by a guy called Duff, a Spanish DJ who writes an impressive looking music blog. I can’t read Spanish, but it’s nice to see someone writing pages about music with no free download links.

He’s a big fan of the label and he paid his respects with a great retrospective.

The mix is a bit rough around the edges… but I thought it was a well chosen selection of some of Turbo’s finest moments, and deserved to get some extra exposure. Hope you enjoy it!

Check out this excellent interview on his site from Jori Hulkkonen (this one is in English):
http://www.djsanroman.com/jori-hullkkonen-interview/

Julien Plaisir De returns with a podcast dedicated to ’summer love’, Parisian style. Please note that if you’re not French, you’ll still enjoy most of this mix but there’ll be a few that you’ll be biologically forced to skip. The A&R police at Turbo were able to forgive the obvious indulgences because we ARE true romantics at heart (even if OUR idea of romance is a six hour 303 symphony). I’ve recently had the pleasure of staying with Julien in his adorable apartment in Paris and I’m pleased to report that this mix legitimately sounds a lot like his life feels – like a cross between a Wes Anderson and Eric Rohmer film. Enjoy!

Matt Walsh returns with funk therapy and a new haircut. Disco and acid are the flavor of the day along with sneak preview tracks from Matt’s ‘Clouded Vision’ project.