EDIT: As has been mentioned in the comments, I referenced the wrong publication – it was Jockey Slut, not Muzik, which used the blindfold gimmick. It’s all just a haze . . . . Back in the late 1990s, there existed a British dance music magazine called Muzik, which was supposed to be more ‘high…
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My Mix Archive
Greetings to all at ISM. Been a while since I posted. I moved all my mixes from the last 5 years or so into one spot over the weekend: here There’s 70 mixes in total, which adds up to about 85 hours of music. There’s bound to be a few y’all didn’t check yet. Hopefully…
Some Bread and Cheese and Fine White Wine
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…
track IDs?
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…
A little Boogie action…
Kindly hosted over at Uzuri towers, last mix from me this year…. Disco & Boogie for the heart and soul… Happy Christmas one and all, here’s to another great year for music, friends and the finer things in life… Grab the mix here Tracklist: The Whatnauts – Help Is On The Way (Instrumental) – Harlem…
Ethiopian Jazz & Grooves Mix
More African goodies for you all, this time we travel to East Africa, Ethiopia to be precise. Legendary Ethiopian musician and composer/arranger Mulatu Astatke studied music in England and the USA in the 60s and started fusing jazz, funk and latin music with traditional Ethiopian music. He then took what he learned back to his…
Some Random Things Plus Some Pittsburgh Gigs
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…
Unsound 2010 Part 1 (+ some gig action)
It’s been a couple of weeks now but with one thing and another I haven’t gotten around to sitting down properly to re-collect my thoughts on the Unsound festival which took place over the last weekend of October in Krakow, over in Poland. And before I go into that just gonna give a heads up…
Nigeria Go Survive
Here’s a link to a mix I did for FattyFattyMusic showcasing Nigerian club music between around 1979 and 1989. Covers disco, boogie, funk, electro-funk and other club traxxxx. http://fattyfattymusic.com/2010/11/07/nigeria-go-survive/
Rahaan streaming live from my bedroom
Right now! http://www.stickam.com/rahaanmuzik