My homeboys Adam Ratana and Preslav Lefterov (you may remember my mentioning them here) and I have been working together on a musical project for the past few months that we call Pittsburgh Track Authority. The first joints from this project will be seeing the light of day very soon through Uzuri Recordings, who have…

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As you probably know, this here blog kicked off waaaayyyyyy back in August 2007 when I posted up my interview with Omar-S, which was his first published interview. That shit kind of put us on the map immediately, and we’ve been doing the damn thing ever since. Ever since then, one of my goals has…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Apparently, Theo Parrish is pissing people off by charging more than the “standard” amount of money for some of his new “limited” records. This is something Moodymann has been criticized for in the past as well. In fact, I criticized DeepChord for similar practices in a post 3 years ago. I have to say that…

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Sean Hernandez, better known as Chicago Skyway, first appeared on everyone’s radar with last year’s “Bells” 12″ on Eargasmic. Since then, he has dropped EPs for M>O>S and Uzuri, and this past week has released his debut album “Wreckage” on Eargasmic (CD only right now, with vinyl coming up early in ’11!). There’s plenty of…

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I know this will make it three new records posts in a very short amount of time, but it needs to be done! There’s just so much good stuff coming out, and none of the things I am going to talk about have been mentioned on here before. I know this one might be long,…

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Our man Red D has been doing a syndicated radio show on Belgian national radio since September, and has offered to hook us up with the recordings of his shows from time to time. This one is his October show, on which he shows off the slower side of his style! A couple unreleased We…

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As some of you may remember, about a year ago we hosted a mix of all original tunes by some friends of mine who are making drum and bass music as Sight Unseen. They use some techno sounds in a very different framework (combined with dub and of course breaks and deep bass), but to…

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Sorry for the time off, it’s been a bit of a busy time for all of us at ISM this fall. You’ll be hearing some of the fruits of our labors soon enough, though! In the meantime, I’ve gotten a bunch of promos recently as well as a bunch of dope new and used records….

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So this Thursday will be the first time I’m playing records in Detroit. Facebook event page is here. For those not on FB, here is the info: Time: Thursday at 9:30pm – Friday at 2:00am Location: Pulse Detroit 156 Monroe st Detroit, MI Residents Todd Weston and Guy Lafleur have been out to Pittsburgh numerous…

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Yeah yeah yeah. I know, I’ve been promising this new records post for a hot minute. I get stuck in these cycles where I think “I’ll just wait till that next shipment comes in the mail before I do that write-up,” and by the time they show up there’s already another box in the mail…

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Summer is FINALLY winding down. The days are still warm, but the nights are starting to get that sharp coolness that I find so invigorating. Our man Lerosa knocked out this mix recently that captures these wistful moments as the days grow shorter and shorter, he calls it “Last of Summer”. Autumn officially begins this…

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I know it took WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY longer than I wanted it to, but the second release on my label Love What You Feel is going to be dropping very shortly. The test presses arrived last week and are currently making their way around the world to various hot deejays to bang out! As hinted at here…

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If you’re anywhere in the area of New York City (and let’s face it, I know there’s about 20 million people so a decent number of you must be ISM readers 😉 ), you want to be checking us out tonight at Bistrouge! Frank Glazer aka Count Zer0 and myself will be representing this here…

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My esteemed colleague Andrew Burger (AKA H.I.M. DJ Mr. Monkey MD), owner of the Harmony Society label that dropped its debut 7″ from Pittsburgh producer BusCrates last summer, has done up a new mix for us to celebrate the release of HSOC-02 by the funky Pittsburgh group Smooth Tutors! Mr. Burger has been a long-time…

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ISM troops are invading New York City next Friday, August 20th! At the invitation of our ally Bernardo over at Delicious Records, elite warriors Frank Glazer aka DJ Count Zer0 and Thomas Cox will touch down armed with heavy vinyl explosives. Expect all kinds of deep detonations sure to get that ass moving. You can…

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So I had intended to do a post-DEMF records post, but that never materialized. Then I got a ton of good stuff here in Pittsburgh, but that post never happened either. Last week, I made a quick but fruitful stop through NYC and picked up some good records, and now I will finally try to…

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