Files Pump ftw

Going a little download crazy here.

U-Tern's Lifelike post...

...just made my day. Anyone that's generous enough to upload wavs of quality 12" rips gets my full endorsement.

Go there.

I'm Late...

I know I'm late with this, but forgive me, I've been knee deep into festival business and haven't had any time to spend on the blog really. Anyway... Bladerunners' interview with DJ Riz is essential reading so make sure to check it out. Also make sure to DL his classic Westwood Show mix from 1994 as it's still SICK.

King Of Swing

Matt Africa's I Wish You Would put me on to a mix with a tracklisting so impressive I had to post it while I'm still downloading. Go get it!

T.K. Classics

A solid selection over at Beat Electric. Something for everybody.

Disco Files pt2

Vince Aletti's Disco Files 1973-78 book definitely lived up to my expectations. Eli liked it so much that he had to go and record a Pre-76 Disco Mix in the middle of the night - go get it!

Club Music Month

Some dope Baltimore records from back in the day posted daily for a month over at 41YO. Solid write-ups too, go check them out. Thanks to homie Emynd for the tip.

New Eli Escobar Mix

New York homie Eli Escobar- who will be back in Helsinki later this month- just did a cool streamable mix and a nice little interview for Pacemaker. Check it out.
Also, look out for his dope Stevie Nicks remix, should be out soon on Money Studies.

Go get this mix

DJ mOma: Satisfy My Soul pt 2 via Outside Broadcast.

MJ Auction Catalog

Some cool things in there. The espresso machine especially is pretty damn hot.

Cosmo Baker!

I see some of my old records there lol...

Corporate Bloggin for '09

We'll not really, but I did just start a blog for our city's summer highlight, The Flow Festival. My Finnish speaking peoples check me out here and please leave feedback as well. It's mostly clips of last year's highlights for now, but as soon as we got some program info to publish it'll be off the hook. The rest of yous can check out the English version of the main site as well as start following us on on Twitter.

Diamonds In The Dust

AKA the new home of my man DJ B.Cause. Check him out, bookmark and subscribe (Yo Josh you can't be hiding the feed on the bottom of the page like that!).

Feelin This

Miss Banks: Gimme A Chance via Fader
Miss Banks Myspace

7 Solid Disco 12"s

Just posted by my man U-Tern over at Onedaylater, go get 'em.

A Brand New Blog

By our favorite frenchman, Arthur King. There'll be edits and stuff in the near future, but he promised to concentrate on "mostly stupid stuffs I think :-)"

It's About Time

OMG, Lil Jon on a club song, in a non-sampled form. Go get the brand new DJ Class I'm The Ish Remix from Crossfadedbacon and say what's up to Emynd and Bo while you're there...

The Best Inauguration Video

Right here.

Words Of Wisdom pt 2

This is the latest installment in D-Nice's excellent True Hip-Hop Stories series, if you missed the earlier episodes make sure to check them out as well.

discoedits.com

Tons of useful stuff here. The direct links make browsing a breeze too.

One Of My Favorite Blogs part 132

S/FJ, no doubt. Dude's end of the year list is solid too.

My HKI Peoples...

...read about one of my favorite songs, DJ Deeon's Everyday, here.

Bladerunners' 900 Number

Their useful edit of the 45 King classic as well as an interesting piece on the early days of The Source Magazine, up on the blog.

Shout outs to the Twitter crew

twitter.com/djanonymous

And now listen to some Midnight Star.

Words Of Wisdom

Eli Escobar:
"I was digitizing this 12 inch of this old Imagination song and just started djing while I was recording for about 38 minutes. The thing that always surprises me about vinyl is I can lock in two records in about 3 seconds, go make myself a frozen pizza, eat it, take a shit and come back 6 minutes later and they will still be perfectly in synch. Big difference from Serato (especially when you're djing in a club and the bass is making your green circles all fuzzy). I've been really struggling with the gayness of Serato recently and although I have no plans to stop using it, djing with records every once in a while is good therapy! So these are just old records I've had for years and years and still never get sick of hearing. Enjoy!"

Imagination - This Means War (Dub)
Junior Byron - Dance To The Music
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go (Dub)
Warp 9 - Light Years Away (Dub)
Affinity - Don't Go Away
Affinity - Don't Go Away (Dub)
Peter Godwin - Emotional Disguise
Steve Arrington - Dancing In The Key Of Life (Timmy Regisford Remix)
Earons - Land Of Hunger (Dub)

DL here.

Gusto > Swagger

OMG. My favorite hiphop journalist and a man of extremely good musical taste, Chairman Mao, is getting into this here blog game. The rest of us might as well retire right now...

DJ Riz Live From Brooklyn 1999

I was just ripping one of my all time favorite mixes and was already planning to post it for all those who missed it back then, but turned out these dudes already did. The downloads still work too, so go get it!

The Life Archives

As most of you probably know, this was big news last week. I didn't have time to delve in until today, here's a few random shots I found fascinating.

Revisiting Deconstructing Biggie

This came up in a conversation last night so here we go.

Lord Sear Is My Hero

The Caucasian Drunk Mix - Shade 45 Radio November 17 2008
Highly recommended. Shout outs to Ayres for the tip.

Super 7 Mix

w/ Jayceeoh, Steve 1nder, B.Cause, Morse Code, Platurn, Benzi & DJ Eleven... nice!

A few words about Zshare

The older ones seem to be down for good. If anyone know why so abruptly, I'd like to know as well. I'm already getting a lot of requests and will most likely re-up at least some, but it's going to take some time. Bear with me.

A Little Something For My Finnish Speaking Friends...

A short report on our last London trip, courtesy of Basso TV.

Prince Videos

Hmmm.... this is fascinating, considering Youtube wasn't allowed to have any. Scroll down for the ones without the pop ups.

Hey Young World

Just testing MTV's new music video search. I'm defintely not mad. The quality's real good and the selection's not bad either.

Pen & Pixel covers

73 pages of them, via Cocaine Blunts

Deep Concentration

DJ Premier in RapPages' 1996 DJ issue, by Chairman Mao.

Blow Your Head

Eli's remix of Diplo's Blow Your Head, you know the song with the big JB's synth. Courtesy of Mad Decent.

On a related note, check Diplo's take on DJ Mujava's Township Funk as well. Looking forward to the full remix set, I doubt none will match the incredible original though.

What is your preferred bitrate?

I've been wondering about this for a while. Whether you're a regular or just passing by, please take a second to answer. You'll see the results after voting.

OMG

Cosmo Baker live @ The Do-Over via Outside Broadcast. I'll second everything Eli said about the party. And the deejay.

Heavenly Break

As simple as it is I think this is one of the very few timeless new things I found on the blogs ever. I kinda forgot about it too, until B.Cause played it last Saturday. Eli originally posted this in August '07, but the link is still up so here we go.

Ok so that Zshare wasn't co-operating, here's a re-up.
Eli Escobar: Heavenly Break (192)
(click to preview or right click save as to DL)

One Of My Favorite Blogs...

..and one of the few places where I dl mp3's AND go back for more, right here

Way Down In The Hole

The coolest thing I've learned today is that Blaq Starr and M.I.A. have recorded a cover of Way Down In The Hole. Now it might suck and it might not, either way I can not wait.

Fool's Gold Remixes

As you might have noticed I'm really feeling the recent Fool's Gold output and the remix comp especially. I'd have to say these 3 are my favorite tracks from it.

A-Trak: Say Whoa (DJ Spinna Remix)
Kid Sister: Pro Nails (Rusko Remix)
Treasure Fingers: Cross The Dancefloor (Chromeo Remix)

Make sure to check out the CD release tour too if you're in the area. The rest of the tracks you can grab over at Iheartcomix.

Skitch & Stuff

Just messing around with Skitch. That's the first half of my 4 hour radio show this past Saturday. I felt like a real Fool's Gold fan boy after playing 6 songs from them. What can I say, they're steady putting out good stuff right now. Shout outs to my main man Nick.

Also shout outs to Sammy Bananas who played a dope set at 6. Linja later that night. Here's some footage from the last minutes before the lights went on, dude definitely knows what to play to keep my HKI peoples on the floor. Btw, check out the Braids & Fades EP out now.

Best of T.I.

Go get it.

Bobbito's News & Views

My Bladerunners peoples just posted a whole set of Bobbito's RapPages columns. Essential reading or re-reading if early- to mid-90's rap means anything to you. Btw... thanks for the Blue Jays jammy!

It's A Lowe Thing

And I see a bunch of familiar names there

Bobbito's Barber Shop

A few days back I was asking for Bobbito's old Rap Pages columns and I just found out there's a good one from August '93 up here. From what I hear more will be added soon too.

Mad Stretch & Bobbito shows

Just scroll down a bit... I wish I had the time to DL all of these.

Btw, if anyone knows where I can find Bobbito's old Barbershop columns for RapPages on the net please let me know.

Oh Well

So I missed the Discobelle party back home and I missed this. Go get it, it's my little updated edit of this.

And I'm going to miss the DJ Sega & DSJ night this weekend which really sucks too. All of my HKI peoples make sure to be there OK.
Have a fun wknd ya'll, I'm out to see what L.A.'s Little Tokyo has to offer.

UPDATE: Oh so the edit is here too. Eli's that dude.

UPDATE pt 2: Little Tokyo is just great. So many cool restaurants from sushi to ramen to shabu shabu to Korean BBQ. I also need to shout out last night's hosts Blu Jemz and Mike B, the funniest dudes in L.A.

APT Tomorrow!

Me an my main man Chairman Mao will be at APT tomorrow for his long running Grand Groove night. Come check us out if you're in NYC.

Also, last night, fresh off the plane, I did the Wax Poetics Record Rundown with my peoples Josh D & J.Kirby. The podcast is up on the EVR site now. My selections are not listed in the playlist, I have them here now though.

Whoa Indeed

You need to go over to Outside Broadcast to see Eli's Flow Festival video, not now but right now. It features the full Saturday nite line up of himself, Massive B & DJ Funk and cameos by Amir (of Kon & Amir), Alari, Flipperi & yours truly among others. Not to forget the incredible crowd we have over here.

Random mixes

So I'm suffering from this nasty summer flu and the only thing I could do all day was listen to mixes on the net. Not fun considering the weather is like perfect. Luckily I found some good ones.

Trackademics: The (Re)Mix Tape Vol 2

Nick Catchdubs' Slick over at Trash Menagerie

Club Queen DJ K-Swift (RIP) live at Club Choices, live on 92Q Baltimore

I'm looking to rip some records tomorrow if I'm any better. Let's see.

Daft Punk Essential Mix 1997

This was huuuuuge back in the day and is still referred to frequently. I happened to be listening to it again this morning and kinda just wanted to drop in and say that it's still worth the hype. Get it here...

I'm Back pt. II

So after a brief trip to Frankfurt- shout outs to my man DJ Katch there- I'm back home for a few days before going out on a tour with my Kovalevy peoples. I had something specific on my mind I wanted to post, but I'm on the wrong computer now so that'll have to wait.

Meanwhile, check out L.A. homie Mike B's brand new mix for Unruly Radio. Classics, new shit and "U Fine" by yours truly thrown in there as well.


Laters...

That's my man right there...

Right here.

Wax Poetics Digital

The site has been a while in the making and is finally online now. I didn't get a chance to purchase anything yet, but the site is looking good and the selection is interesting. Check it out for yourself.
Btw, they say that "tracks sold are encoded as performance quality 320kbps Non Variable Rate MPEG-1 Layer III (Mp3) files, with no DRM", so you should be good on that front.

Shout outs to my man Josh D over at WP.

She Can't Love You

Still amazing...
Chemise: She Can't Love You (1982)

Btw, those who can't stand a little crackle might as well skip this. The 12"s been PLAYED.

UPDATE: shout outs to Breakneck who hipped me to the Beat Electric blog. They got a cleaner rip of Chemise and a very nice blog over all. I can definitely respect their archiving deck #2 steez.

New club ish...

Check the new Say Wut and King Tutt digi-EP's over at Unruly.com, as well as the Sexy Time EP previews over at Top Billin Myspace. Big Dancin has been a local hit for more than 6 monts now, Fuck N Tell is a new uptempo 704 Boys remix by my partner J Laini, Shoulda Let You Go is the smooth Keyshia Cole remix by DJ Eli and the track called U Fine is a brand new Romanthony remix by yours truly.

Brown Sugar - R & B mix

DJ Sal Paradise of The Hydeout just posted a real cool R&B mix that kinda made my morning complete...

Get to downloading by clicking the Divshare logo, find the full tracklisting over at The Hydeout.

A word from our sponsors

Just playing, but I do have to shout out some of my peoples who are putting in good work for the Red Bull Music Academy. This year's application is in process as we speak and runs until May 5th. Things are looking promising as always so check the site and get on it. Like Ashford & Simpson, don't cost you nothing...

South Rakkas Mad Again DJ Sega Remix

Get your Friday night started right, over at Mad Decent.

Cocaine Blunts & Hip Hop Tapes Appreciation

Still the best rap blog out there.

The Black Chiney Show Volume 8.9

Strictly specials and remixes over your favorite rap beats. Recommmmnendeded... Get it for free at www.blackchiney.com.

False Alarm Mix

I did a guest mix for Josh Dunn's super smooth 100 Limousines site and it's up now. You'll find it here. Enjoy...

Btw, my computing problems are fixed which means this blog will be back in gear asap. Stay tuned.

Just a little heads-up

Might be slow around here for a few days as I'm getting my Macbook fixed, as soon as that's done I'll be back with something major to celebrate this blog's 300th post AND it's first anniversary. Until then... peace!

Koooool DJ Red Alert live on 98.7 KISS FM / August 1989

A true hip hop radio legend if there ever was one, over at the Good Records NYC blog.

Oslo Nerd Army

A cool blog with some interesting stuff for your Ipod, check it out... The writing's in Norwegian, but don't let that bother you. Just be thankful for what you got: a bunch of useful Zshare links and some nice photos.

I Wish You Would

Wow... a blog with great music AND great writing, courtesy of Oakland's very own Matt Africa. Recommended!

A note about Drop.io links

Just yesterday I realized Drop.io automagically converts files to 128kbps. Oh well, just when I found a service I liked. Kwanzaa Posse below is now re-upped on Zshare and seems like that's what we'll have to live with for the time being.

Shoulda Let You Go

Eli's new Keyshia Cole remix is what's up. I've had the Zshare on repeat for 15 minutes and it sounds better every time.

I dunno how I missed this...

DJ Sega & The Brick Bandits podcast over at Mad Decent Radio. In case you did too, make sure to check it out.

A bunch of blogs

Just a few music blogs you should check out... not a comprehensive list by any means.

Musicmustgobeyonditself
Brand new HKI blog by three of the scene's most active DJ's. The name puzzles me, the content looks promising.
Mike B VS Dickie G
An educational mix of house and hip hop, with some of the most entertaining write-ups.
Beer And Rap
A little slow at times, still one of the top hip hop blogs. The Bass post is seriously off the hook.
100 Limousines
Got a make over recently and is looking stylish as hell now. No rips, but quality mixes for days. My favorite soul & disco blog, bar none.
Outside Broadcast
Now with Johnny Cocco on board Outside Broadcast seems to be moving twice as fast. Best overall selection of dance music anywhere.
Nerd Network
Another HKI blog by local DJ legend K2. Quality vinyl rips across the board.

Dr Dre: 86 In The Mix

Courtesy of DJ Soul's Mic Check. So Necessary.

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life w/ DJ Eli TONITE!!!!

Yours truly together with Lifesaver Records HKI and Ricu Flair proudly present DJ, remixer & blog dude extraordinaire, Eli Escobar, in Helsinki for the first time ever. The venue is Redrum and the date is Friday November 23th, one day before the long anticipated Devin The Dude show. The weekend is already called the "superweekend" around town. Better not miss it....

Btw, check out Eli's bangin club take on Chris Brown & T-Pain's smash hit Kiss Kiss. Hawwwwwttttt!!!

UPDATE: The night was sold out and like expected Eli murdered it...... THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP!!!!!!!

American Nights #5

My man Josh aka Fox 50 from Detroit just finished the fifth volume in his American Nights mix series. Quality stuff as always, take a listen!

Damn man! You gotta love the innernets...

Johannesburg, Riyadh, Istanbul, Albuquergue, Anchorage, Adelaide.... those are just some of the far away places dotted in my new visitor map on the bottom of the page. And I only had that thing up for a day, without any major updates even. I can definitely respect that.

Here are a few very random (but very good) songs talking about the "world"...

The Team: Top Of The World (209 vbr)
Bangin album track from 2005's World Premiere.
Anita Baker: No One In The World (New Orleans Bounce Mix) (160)
I love me some bounce, but stuff is hard to get if you're not in NOLA... Anyone wanna help me out?
Daft Punk: Around The World
Possibly their finest moment, for me at least.

Btw, stay tuned as there will be a lot of things going on over the next few weeks... some mixes maybe, and something special to celebrate my 200th post. After that I just might have to keep a low profile for a while as I will be travelling in Argentina and Japan.

Disco Devil blog

I was minding my business, reading the comments to my Noel Williams post when I somehow ended on this super cool blog based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Obviously I didn't understand much of the writing, but the musical selection appealed to me right away. Best believe I'll be going back... Ya'll should check it out, too.

That Real Schitt Blog

Everyone's favorite crate digger super star Phil Most aka The Soulman is back in the blog game. Check out That Real Schitt!

U-Tern's killing it

Vancouver's DJ U-Tern, the man responsible for the killer Marvin Gaye remix featured on my Midsummer mix, just posted a 100 minute Prince mix on his Onedaylater blog. "Unreleased tracks, demos, alternate versions, related songs and the HITS!". What could possibly be better than that? That's right, NOTHING, so go get it!

DJ K2 blog

Local DJ legend K-K-K-K2 has a blog now. No music yet, but love for Casio watches and rants about Norton Antivirus. Check it out!

Just Blaze blog

The superstar producer has his own blog now where he talks about such universally important topics as cellphone technology, Google maps, Main Source demos (like we here) and his recent acquisition of the hiphopmusic.com domain.

Highly recommended.

Oh yeah, there's a forum too.

JR Prints Podcast

Tsekkaa mielenkiintoinen Jay-Z-radiohaastattelu vuodelta 2000, keskeltä Nas VS Jay-Z-beeffiä. Saitilla myös asialliset radiomiksaukset Evil Deeltä ja K-Defiltä sekä freestylejä 90-luvulta. Linkki.

Outside Broadcast

DJ Fisu mehusti muutama päivä sitten DJ Elin (Cloudkickers, Fondle Em jne) uudehkoa Outside Broadcast-blogia ja damn right totta tosiaan asiallinen onkin. Paljon hyvää musaa työpäivän tuhlaamiseksi, pääosin old school hip hop-, new wave- & dise-linjoilla. Myös muutamat kovat editit ja miksaukset Eliltä itseltään. Ja sama default-tausta kuin meitsillä.