Archive for the ‘Chatter’ Category

Def Con 19 – I got a set!

Posted: 6th June 2011 by Dave in Chatter, Shows

News came early this morning that I’ve been selected to play some music and perform during Def Con 19. It’s going to be a lot of fun, and challenging also, but I am already making some initial preparations. Not sure what kind of equipment I am going to use, but it can be as simple [...]

Short Hiatus

Posted: 1st June 2011 by Dave in Chatter

I was out of town, in the Bay Area, last week. I am back, and listening to some cool remixes of Depeche Mode tracks. Good stuff. I did not get to the Sub Swara show. It was a matter of financial consideration, because a taxi from The Fillmore to Burlingame would have paid for a [...]

Stuff

Posted: 2nd May 2011 by Dave in Chatter, Mixtapes

I’ve spent some time over the past month and a half figuring out which records, and tracks thereupon, to play at the wedding for a coworker. Small affair, with 20-22 people, and Jazz was the requested format. No problem, got it covered. Just wish I’d remembered where I put that single RCA barrel connector to [...]

XLR8R 195 – Shigeto

Posted: 26th April 2011 by Dave in Chatter

This guy is one of my favorite artists over the last 18 months. His release, Full Circle, stuck around on the Nerd Show playlist for months. The follow-up remix album was just recently bumped off the list, but there’s always something more around the corner. He drops a mix for the XLR8R Podcast and you [...]

ESL Music sale

Posted: 25th April 2011 by Dave in Chatter

I caught a fortunate tweet by ESL Music on Twitter, @ESLmusicDC, that they were having a spring sale. Most notably there were very good deals on vinyl, which I’m a big fan of. Shop ESL Music I took the opportunity to pick up a handful of singles and an album. Very excited to play these: [...]

Burial – Burial

Posted: 21st April 2011 by Dave in Albums, Chatter

Got this one on eBay recently, and though I won’t be playing it on the show tonight, it’s something I’ll play in the near future:

Gold Panda – NPR

Posted: 19th April 2011 by Dave in Chatter

An interesting interview with one of my favorite artists, Gold Panda: When I first encountered the music of British producer Gold Panda on an episode of All Songs Considered, I loved what I heard. However, I had little to no idea what I was hearing or where the sounds came from. When it comes to [...]

Is there a correct key to write dance music in?

Posted: 12th April 2011 by Dave in Chatter

The short answer is yes. When you’re bashing out (composing) your next dance floor smasher, should you be concerned with what key it is in? The answer is yes, and for more than one reason. You have to consider two things, firstly: Read more HERE

Not enough time…

Posted: 7th April 2011 by Dave in Chatter

In the past I’ve sometimes had a hard time filling a three-hour show with music. Adding a turntable helped, but then I started to hit a crunch point where it was hard to split the show between the two, so I went to a 2/1 split, with 2/3rds of the music being new, digital stuff, [...]

A long mix from King Cannibal, DJ extraordinaire, from years past: ZILLA (King Cannibal) – WarpVision Night Pt. 3, Budapest, RO 2004-09-30 by +dB