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• Culture, General, Music, Records

  More new records and ISM on the Wireless

  06.12.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  A few records I’ve picked up recently that tom didn’t mention in his last post. First off there’s the new Reggie Dokes on one of the new Clone labels, Loft Supreme. Reggie’s a big fav here at ISM, of course, and this is another fantastic example why. 2 quality deep house tracks, more dancefloor friendly [...]

• Culture, DEMF 09, Music

  Jeff Mills: In Detroit, he’s still The Wizard

  06.10.09 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  DEMF wasn’t as happening of a weekend for me as it was for my ISM compatriots. However, I did catch most of Derrick May’s closing set at the main stage, and, most importantly, I was there to witness an excellent Wizard-style performance by Jeff Mills at the Mixworks party–replete with self-made edits, multi-layered blends, [...]

• Culture, General

  A couple of things

  05.15.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  What with the imminent arrival of Tom’s new label it’s also good to hear that he’s not the only one out there applying a DIY aesthetic to putting out new wax. Featured recently on this here site; William Burnett aka Speculator has also recently launched a new label which he is selling directly to the [...]

• Culture

  Some Observations from Domu

  05.05.09 | Permalink | 34 Comments

  Domu is one of those bad-ass deejays in the style that we love here at ISM. I can remember when he played in Pittsburgh back in early ‘04 he was dropping James Brown, classic disco, Amp Dog Knights’ “I’m Doing Fine”, broken beats, and jazz records all over the place in a fresh style. Then [...]

• Culture, Music

  This Friday, in SF

  04.30.09 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  For those of you in the San Francisco bay area that would like to hear some of the music we write about on this blog, I’ll be playing this Friday, May 1st, at Swig (561 Geary St. @ Taylor), alongside Dave Siska of Sonic Sunset fame.  Expect to hear Italo disco, Brit-tech (such as B12, [...]

• Culture, Music

  Arpadys

  04.30.09 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  I meant to write something sooner about this, but to follow on from Tom’s last post about the launch of DJHistory’s first book ‘The Disco Files’ there is a book launch party tonight (30th April) in London. To celebrate the launch of the book Bill Brewster has convinced the legendary French underground disco group Arpadys [...]

• Culture, Mixes, Music

  Dream Machine w/ Tako and Miles Simpson 11/04/09

  04.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Lineup: Tako (Ambassador’s Reception, Salon des Amateurs, NL), Miles Simpson (Controllata/Faith), Rick Hopkins, Jonny 5, Meschi, Auton Love, Eff Bentos

• Culture, General, Music, Records

  Local pride

  03.20.09 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  Just a few words on my opinion of what’s going on in Ireland at the moment. I had intended on writing something like this for a while now, but I guess, given it was Paddy’s Day this week, that now is an appropriate time to post it.
  Things seem to be quite healthy regarding Irish electronic [...]

• Culture, General

  Interview: David Vunk, Moustache Records

  03.09.09 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  David Vunk’s Moustache Records has only been running since 2007 but in it’s short life has clocked up some stellar releases featuring the talents of producers such as Alden Tyrell and Sneak Thief with the influential collector Flemming Dalum and legendary Italo Disco singer Fred Ventura also appearing. David has been around for a little [...]

• Culture, General, Music, Nonsense

  techno as composition-the antidote to the “soul-less” charge

  02.18.09 | Permalink | 28 Comments

  Aside from the question of aesthetics and personal preference, few casual listeners realize that techno, unlike its more straightforward verse-chorus-verse-structured musical peers, does not rely on a recording of a performance, but on a recording of sound directly from the sheets of musical notation, as MIDI data performs the function of sheet music, in the [...]

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