January 2011

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Mixes
Guest Mix: Bill Converse Live @ Backspin Records 12-17-10
01.31.11 | Permalink | 11 Comments

Sometimes I think our never-ending series of mixes here at ISM get less hype than other sites’ simply because we don’t concentrate on “name” deejays, and we don’t have a clever name followed by the word “podcast” because I think that word is stupid. You can’t get our shit on iTunes or whatever, you have [...]
Music
Some Bread and Cheese and Fine White Wine
01.28.11 | Permalink | 15 Comments

It’s kind of trite to say it, but A Number of Names’ “Sharevari” is one of the first techno tracks to come from Detroit. It is also one of the hottest, and that is really saying something considering the tunes that have come since then from the motor city. A number of artists have attempted [...]
Nonsense
ISM Crew on Twitter
01.28.11 | Permalink | Comment?

While we may not be the most regular posters in the realm of dance blogging, a bunch of us are now on Twitter talking shit on each other and everyone/everything else 24/7. It really is a pretty entertaining thing to do on your phone when stuck in traffic, waiting on the bus, etc. Anyway, if [...]
Mixes
Guest Mix: DJ Red D – Switch Januari
01.20.11 | Permalink | 6 Comments

ISM’s Belgian homie Red D has hooked it up once again, breaking us off with this recording of his Belgian national radio show from January. The selections here are inspired by old Laurent Garnier sets from the 90s, but with a couple modern treats that maintain that feel thrown in and mixed up inna Red [...]
Mixes
Mix – Bleep43 Podcast
01.11.11 | Permalink | 14 Comments

May as well kick off a new year for me here at ISM with my latest mix, which has kindly been hosted by the Bleep43 crew in London. I’ve mentioned them on here before – as well as having Toby from the crew guest mix for us before – as they’ve thrown many an excellent [...]
Mixes, Music
track IDs?
01.01.11 | Permalink | 12 Comments

Happy New Year intrepid ISM readers! I thought I’d start the new year off with something I hope to make a lot more time for this year, and that’s bugging all you techno geniuses for track IDs. I’ve been trying to identify these two particular jams for quite some time. The first is a cut [...]