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…
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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…
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…
Forza! Sorta. Some new and new(ish) records
This week here in Ireland a winter ahead with covid has really started to kick in. Cases have doubled in the last week and restrictions are tightening, with a full lockdown looking all but imminent. In ye olde “dance music” world things have also been especially fraught with tension with the news of both Resident…
Quarantine Record Acquisitions
Stolen from interwebs It’s been a minute! Last time I posted about new music was just after everything shut down back in March. I won’t bore everybody with rehashing how poorly things have gone here in the States since then, but thankfully Pittsburgh has mostly dodged the worst of the virus thus far. I’ve been…
2020 Thus Far
Stolen from the interwebs Yeah, this has been a fucking weird one. I’m not even going to get into it here, really, because I’m over all the bullshit. I spent the first couple months of the year holed up in the studio, knocking out what will be my first solo record forthcoming on my new…
2019 According to Pipecock
Yeah, so here it is. My year end wrap up. 2019 has been a weird one. I’ve been mostly off FB and Tw*tter, and even before that I had blocked most dance music media and any hipster or trash DJs/producers/fans. So I’ve just been damn near completely oblivious to anything popular, which was refreshing. At…
One Last New Records Post for 2019 (NOT MY YEAR END WRAP UP!)
There may be a few more things I pick up but any noteworthy joints will just have to appear in my year end post which will be coming in just a few weeks. For now, check these out…. Theo Parrish with Maurissa Rose – “This Is For You” – Sound Signature When I wrote about…
WEST COAST HAPPENINGS AND THINGS
Can anyone tell me how the game of DJing has become a popularity contest? I am noticing lots of New Jacks expecting to headline events, and demanding respect without putting in any work. I am not going to put this solely on technology, but this generation’s need for instant gratification is disheartening. In my view…