Showing posts with label DJ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DJ. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

DIGITALISM VS MSTRKRFT

So it looks like I am going to have to make the tough choice of choosing between seeing MSTRKRFT or Digitalism Saturday down in Austin for SXSW.

ROUND ONE: Coachella

Well I know MSTRKRFT is fun live....



Digitalism doesn't look too bad either...

But I think I will have to give round one to MSTRKRFT


ROUND TWO: I Love Techno

Digitalism 'Live' and with an awesome background


MSTRKRFT with awesome overhead lights...

Hmm tough to decide this round because it was such a bitch trying to find good videos from I love Techno. I'll consider it a draw.

ROUND THREE: SXSW?????

I guess we will just have to see because they are scheduled to play at the same time down in Austin. I think I am going to choose MSTRKRFT eventhough I have seen them before because Z-Trip is on before them and that man has some real DJ skills.

Some other Videos:
Haha it's hard not to laugh at the great German accent
MSTRKRFT INTERVIEW (kind of slow but it has its moments)
DIGITALISM INTERVIEW
Z-Trip spinning live

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Sasha and John Digweed


Sasha and John Digweed are legendary DJs with decades of experience behind the turntables. They have played at everywhere warehouse and club known to man, and are one of the few DJs to stand the test of time and not fade out of the scene like so many artists from their time. They are booked to play a set at Coachella this year before an even more legendary group, and the pioneers of the electronic genre, Kraftwerk. The reason they have remained in the game for so long is because of their ability to pick timeless tracks for their mixes. There most renown mix/album being Renaissance: The Mix Collection which dates all the way back to 1994. Yes that’s right, the year OJ Simpson lead police on that infamous chase in his white Ford Bronco. Also the year when kids tried to embrace “2 more days of peace and music” by slinging mud, at the now corporate megastars Green Day, at the 1994 Woodstock music festival. However, Sasha and Digweed’s Renaissance is aimed at a more peaceful audience more in tune to the ideals of the old Woodstock. The 3 disc Mix Collection is jam packed with old school, but ageless, Trance and House tracks. Disc one is heavy on trance and disc two more house. My favorite mix is probably disc 3. It has more of club/rave feel to it. Unity 3’s “Age of Love” (which must have influenced the Field) transitioned into EMF’s “They’re Here” is just fucking amazing! The crowd must have been in heaven when they heard it. For one of the first mixes ever put to CD, you can’t help but be impressed by their track list and mixing skills. No wonder they decided to put out a 10th anniversary reissue with better audio quality thanks to new technology that was not at their use back in the 90’s.