Last nite my new mixxx aired on Stomping Grounds Radio, the show on Dublab by Teflon Dons’ Aaron Paar. He always plays great music from funk and jazz to deep house and garage and more and I listen often, so maybe that’s what put me in the zone when I was recording this mix. As…
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Spring Is In The Air
The weather is starting to warm up and the vaccine is rolling out quickly in the US, giving hope for a summer that will feel a bit more lively than last. My little outdoor party squad with Eric Justin and Jwan Allen is starting to get things ready for the season, providing an alternative to…
Bandcamp: Gimme All Your Lovin’
I take a look at Bandcamp’s new crowd-sourced record pressing operation, and the implications of it and their business model on independent music. In a 12 months behest with relentless negativity, one of the few shining stars to emerge from the malaise that is Covid-19 is Bandcamp. Prior to 2020 the platform had already become…
Early 2021 Record Round-Up
Thanks to the pandemic, shipping records from Europe to the US has taken on a large level of unpredictability in arrival time, so some of these records were actually released in December. But these are the new jams that have been doing it for me since I wrote my year end post about six weeks…
January Feathers on DDR + The last of 2020
Straight out the gap 2021 has had less than a stellar start, plague rave djs making arses out of themselves, washed up old house producers going “all vinyl” and being a tit about it, Djs lawyering up against each other (MAYBE) and thats before we even acknowledge the shit show that has been the actual…
Music 2020
Shackleton / Zimpel – Primal Forms [Cosmo Rhythmatic] Best 15 minute+ pagan jazz workouts. Mario Acquaviva – Notturno Italiano (Ron Trent dub) [Mother Tongue] Best little-known Italian boogie record re-worked by a deep house maestro. Mario Acquaviva – Notturno Italiano Reworks (Daniel Maunick & Alex Malheiros/Ron Trent Mixes) by Mother Tongue records First Touch –…
Eric’s First New Records Post
I’d like to introduce everybody to my friend Eric Justin. He’s been DJing house, techno, disco, and more in Pittsburgh for over 25 years and has quite a record collection. His specialty is New Jersey garage but he loves all the dope shit. He and I have done parties together for over a decade in…
New Year’s Eve Streaming Party
I teamed up with ISM contributor Vincent to put together a NYE streaming party to help see 2020 head off into the rear-view mirror. We hollered at some of our favorite DJs, including some whose music was a big part of this year for ISM, and thankfully we were able to convince them to spend…
Records of 2020 According to Pipecock
So yeah, this year was pretty stupid. Everybody is probably aware of this by now, I’d like to think. So I’m not gonna spend time summing that up. Thankfully music was still here to get us through. Obviously my experience with hearing these jams was mostly in my house, but a few outdoor parties in…
Samhain Special mixxx / DDR – Show Recordings
For the last couple of years I have been co-hosting, alongside Shane O’Meara, Feathers Glued To Your Face, Bringing Firepower, a 2hr, monthly radio show on Dublin Digital Radio (DDR). In a Dublin that has seen better times, DDR has grown to become an essential community within the city, and further afield. Many people feel…