click the image above to play this classic psychopathic halloween dj set. not so much DJing as “channeling the energy of the minds of many murderers via sound”.

i have returned, i guess? did this mix back in May, it was originally a playlist called “medium to hard bangs” but it ended up going some different directions in the end. i think you’ll enjoy. here’s the tracklist ya filthy commies

Whoism – the first in a series of posts dedicated to the (maybe relatively unsung) musical heroes that made us at Infinite State Machine who were are today. A quick five or so tracks per post: a classic, a lesser known tune, a recent release, etc. Sometimes it feels like people don’t really talk about…

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“If Santana works then the real shit is going to kill ’em!” -Francis Grasso, DJ at the Sanctuary NY, 1970, from Love Saves the Day. Did Carlos Santana get a bad rap? At the end of the 60s his band was obscure, then they played Woodstock and many said they were the highlight. But as…

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The first in a series of quick posts of “controversial” tunes. Eumir Deodato’s version of Also Sprach Zarathustra. Love it or hate it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDutVaWRzZk Personally, I unabashedly adore it. It’s seriously funky and ridiculously anthemic, and the production is brilliant. What’s not to love? If you hate it, suggest a tune that does what this…

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We been on some Tevo Howard shit at ISM for a hot minute. In 2009 Kenny deemed his records “buy on sight”. His tracks have been played in several ISM mixes over the years. After a while, though, some of us started to lament his overuse of the Roland TR-707 drum machine. Fortunately he’s back…

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I don’t have much to say other than to extend a huge thank you to Tom and Kenny for including me in the past several years of blogation. It was fun. Sorry I didn’t post more, hopefully this mix will make up for it. Right click the butler to download the mix. If you guys…

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Quick and dirty mix I did the other night, an hour of melodic techno followed by an hour of deep house. Download here. For the ravers. 01. Pittsburgh Track Authority – Strenf – unreleased 02. Amir Alexander – The Black Rain – Argot 03. Tony Ollivierra – Stiletto – Northside District 04. Echo 106 –…

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Two months ago I had the esteemed pleasure of playing for the peerless* internet radio site (for lack of a better word?) ultra wizard sword. I started at around 8 PM EST on a Friday night (standard UWS start time), and expected to play for a couple hours, three at most. I didn’t really have…

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While I was eating lunch just now (hence the name) I threw together a quick mix of tunes I want to be able to listen to in Detroit this weekend. This should be the rightlength to burn to a CD for those of you who might want to bump it in your ride. Download it…

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One day back in November I hit record on my laptop with the sole intention of encoding (for train iPod listening) some tunes that I had picked up late last year. Tom had been nice enough to pass along an extra “promo” copy of the 2010 Donato Dozzy double pack on Further and I wanted…

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If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, chances are you have already managed to hear this mix. I posted it back in July as a “secret” link shared directly only with Twitter followers, and then opened it up on my Facebook page later on. The idea behind this mix was to play mostly records…

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There’s been so much great music coming out lately and I haven’t written about records in a long time so I decided to do a Top 20 chart for March and April with some commentary on each one. Listed in alphabetical order because I couldn’t really rank them and besides, I don’t want anybody to…

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A decade ago in Pittsburgh, Pipecock and I got really tired of the rave scene, which was, you know, like, a really big deal at the time, right? Tom had heard about this fellow named MJ Cole, and played me “Sincere” one night at our crib. I have to admit, I wasn’t immediately enamored, but…

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instead of posting my entire top 50 records of 2010, I just want to call all you fools out on a bunch of records you – at your own peril – almost certainly did not pick up last year. i know i’ve mentioned most of these several times on here already but judging from the…

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Annnnnd, almost finally, here’s part three of my end of 2010 wrapup that picks up quite literally where the last mix left off. I’ll post a full chart sometime in 2012 I imagine. In case you missed them, the other mixes in this series are here and here, as well as a few other places…

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A few weeks ago I finally got around to compiling and mixing the first of what is turning out to be three Best of 2010 mixes. Yeah, it’s mid March and all the big techno blogs got their charts done in December. So? I’m not making excuses but I was actually waiting until just a…

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People have been rightfully hassling me to sum up the best tunes of 2010, which admittedly is part of my job as a member of the ISM community. So, by way of a very late year end chart I put together a quick mix (with a second forthcoming) of my remaining favorite records of last…

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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…

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As promised, here’s the tracklist to the mix I posted last week. 01. Anthony and the Camp – What I Like (Danceappella) – WB 02. Alex O Smith – Ultra Fine Two – FXHE Records 03. Marcello Napoletano – Raw As F*%k – Hour House Is Your Rush 04. Soulphiction Pres. Missing Linkx – Who…

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