(313) the circle of trends

2008-07-02 Thread kent williams
This is an interesting topic. Interesting enought that I feel compelled to pull some completely ungrounded theorizing out of my tuchis. I think what drives these cycles at it's root is that people are like ducks -- they form their deepest emotional attachment to the music they hear when they're yo

Re: (313) the circle of trends

2008-07-02 Thread kent williams
I think a couple years ago the Rephlex crew were throwing parties where they played all sorts of early rave music. Trying to bring back the feeling of that first E, or something. Forget it guys, those receptors are blown. I do an abbreviated version of that when I drop Bomb Scare and Mr Kirk's n

Re: (313) Minitek? (OT) 313 in the nyc?

2008-07-03 Thread kent williams
New York City is a tough place to book shows. I have huge respect for Bryan Kasenic who has put on events for years that, even if they're not Detroit-centric, are always respectable line-ups of artists who would interest members of this list. But there's always a hundred things going on every nigh

(313) My newest mix...

2008-07-11 Thread kent williams
... can be had from here: http://infinitestatemachine.com/2008/07/10/guest-mix-chaircrusher Done with Ableton Live, but it's one take, no tweaks. I won't duplicate my verbiage there, but here's the track listing: 1. Ectomorph - Lost Angles (Manyangles Version) 2. Adult - Nightlife 3. ESG - Danc

Re: (313) My newest mix...

2008-07-11 Thread kent williams
It's exactly like that ;-) I know Dave and Roland the Bastard because they've played in Iowa City a couple of times. Not Detroit techno by any means, and not normally my sort of thing, but I have a lot of respect for their working class, unpretentious dedication to their craft. That and their d

Re: (313) My newest mix...

2008-07-11 Thread kent williams
they both have an ear for the tweaky minimal funk. As opposed to the tweaky, funkless mnml. On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Matt Kane's Brain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom let you post a mix with John Tejada? He's gettin' soft :) > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:04 AM

Re: (313) My newest mix...

2008-07-11 Thread kent williams
I think it was allowed because there are a couple of almost vinylistic mistakes ;-) I love vinyl but 1) I'm old and have a herniated disc in my back and I'm not crazy about lugging a record box. 2) I have too much going on in my life to practice with turntables enough to get beyond the mechanics

(313) Hercules and Love Affair vs Inner City

2008-07-11 Thread kent williams
Herculese and Love Affair is the new hot topic in hipster pop music -- they do a pretty decent job of recycling late disco/early house sounds for kids who were still in diapers the first time around. And they got Anthony Hegarty to sing on some of the tracks and I love his voice. But they totally

(313) Re: [idm] My newest mix...

2008-07-13 Thread kent williams
I'll have to do more as time goes by. I'm still working on my 'DJ'ing' with Ableton Live. In the meantime... http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/cornwarning2002mixcd.mp3 -- back when I took the 'record label' thing seriously I put together a mix of tracks made by me and the other people who ha

(313) Raiders of the Dark "Beyond The Dark" Remixes

2008-07-18 Thread kent williams
I think this release is brilliant: http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=65270 The original is lush, but the remixes are by Galaxy2Galaxy and DJ S2, and bring the Detroit funk. In perusing the 313 archives (so I don't look like a complete chump) -- the S2 remix has been around since Santiago put it

(313) Fabrice Lig/Soul Designer Evolutionism

2008-07-23 Thread kent williams
Fabrice has some the tracks on Soundcloud from the upcoming/imminent Evolutionism Part 2 and if "Children From Galapagos" isn't an instant classic, I'll eat my hat. Original, lush disco-house -- with no samples of old records. Live slap bass, lush strings, You can hear the whole track h

(313) not so terribly Off Topic: A Guy Called Gerald "Black Secret Technology" Remastered, Re-released.

2008-07-25 Thread kent williams
Sure, A Guy Called Gerald is British, but he's always been a Detroit Techno 'fellow traveler.' This album was crucial back in the day, and if the hype about the remastering job in the Boomkat e-mail has any validity, it's time to party like it's 1995 ...

Re: (313) not so terribly Off Topic: A Guy Called Gerald "Black Secret Technology" Remastered, Re-released.

2008-07-25 Thread kent williams
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Odeluga, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cheers Kent. > > I never owned this, always had to beg my younger brother to hear his > copy. > > I'm sure many others don't have this seminal piece either, so a > re-release is very welcome. > > Hope 're-mastered' doesn't=

Re: (313) OT: Burial, revealed.....

2008-08-07 Thread kent williams
I don't really think it's here nor there. I'm a fan of the music, and getting too caught up in the 'legend' gets in the way, which from his blog post, was precisely why he gave it up. Drexciya's identity was kept under wraps for two reasons -- the people that knew were asked to keep quiet and did

Re: (313) August Chartage

2008-08-20 Thread kent williams
Sounds great -- run us out a mix of these, innit? ;-) On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. DJ Bone - No Sleep - Sect > 2. Los Hermanos - Traditions & Concepts - Submerge > 3. Gas - Nah Und Fern - Kompact > 4. X102 - Titan EP - Tresor > 5. Plej - Home Is Wher

Re: (313) August Chartage

2008-08-20 Thread kent williams
with England? > > >> -----Original Message- >> From: kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 20 August 2008 16:41 >> To: Martin Dust >> Cc: Three-One-Three 313 >> Subject: Re: (313) August Chartage >> >> Sounds great -- run us out a mix of these, innit? ;-) > >

Re: (313) ca trip: sf to la

2008-08-20 Thread kent williams
My friend Orion Meyer (from Iowa City, known him since he was in kindergarten!) is the hip hop buyer for the Hollywood store, so at least that end of the business is sorted! On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:27 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know if he still does but Mike BEE used to run the da

(313) announcement: 313techknow producer's mailing list

2008-08-20 Thread kent williams
313techknow had a golden age and then kind of disappeared a while back. I just added a google group for 313techknow: http://groups.google.com/group/313techknow So if you're a producer and want to talk to other producers about producing, synths, and the best way to oontz, go to that link.

(313) How to configure mail clients to send plain text:

2008-08-21 Thread kent williams
http://home.earthlink.net/~bobbau/email/avoiding-html/ Despite the circa-1996-grade HTML formatting, this is a nearly comprehensive page on the subject. Remember plain text good, HTML bad. At least with respect to this mailing list. Not open to debate either. Everyplace I go on the Internets whe

(313) OT: My son Sean in Dave Stewart (Eurhythmics) Obama video

2008-08-22 Thread kent williams
Hee, bad admin, OT post http://chaircrusher.livejournal.com/350765.html -- my live journal post about it... BTW 313-ers hit me back private if you're on Livejournal. It's just like blogging, only lamer!

Re: (313) How to configure mail clients to send plain text:

2008-08-25 Thread kent williams
If you wish to post your decks of punch cards to me, I have access to a reader, and can forward your posts to the list. I also accept illuminated vellum messages. EBCDIC would be a great track title. Baffle the youngsters. On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 4:56 AM, Klaas-Jan Jongsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: (313) Old-school question: Spacetime Continuum "Speaking In Tongues"

2008-08-25 Thread kent williams
http://www.myspace.com/jonahsharp -- he even has a website for reflective records, but it's just a placeholder for now. On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:36 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what the hell happened to Spacetime anyway? what's Mr Sharp been up to? > > MEK > >

Re: (313) Carl Craig & Moritz Von Oswald - Recomposed Vol. 3

2008-09-04 Thread kent williams
I feel really strange listening to this. I have a half dozen different vinyl recordings of Le Sacre (as my composer mother & conductor dad called it around the house) at least 3 CDs and a battered cassette of my dad conducting it with the Cedar Rapids Symphony. That was the first piece of classica

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-05 Thread kent williams
I've learned a lot about DJ'ing from watching DJs play. Especially watching Terrence Parker -- but of course when I try and do the things he does it doesn't come out quite so great. On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For sure but I love the geekery. We played

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-05 Thread kent williams
Watching Claude work records, trigger loops, and joke around with people around him at same time, will make you want to hang it up altogether ;-) On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 5 Sep 2008, at 16:50, kent williams wrote: > >> I&#

Re: (313) Carl Craig & Moritz Von Oswald - Recomposed Vol. 3

2008-09-07 Thread kent williams
It hasn't been released, so where are you listening to it? On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:41 AM, P.A. Keur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don`t know what the original sounds like since I have never listened > to Ravel. In my opinion Carl Craig & Moritz Von Oswald - Recomposed > Vol. 3 is a very poor re

(313) 53 messages and counting about Richie Hawtin and Traktor...

2008-09-08 Thread kent williams
Man, Richie Hawtin is 313's third rail. I don't have anything to add, really, except to say that the best DJ sets I've seen were done with two turntables and a mixer without effects. If you play the right records, in the right order, and mix them right, magic happens. No reason not to experiment

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-08 Thread kent williams
Can we invoke Godwin's Law now and declare this thread finished? ;-) > Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/08/2008 03:59:46 PM: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > 'Technolgystolemyvinyl' >> > >> > >> > >> OK, lets tip the balance... >> >> Hitler is a M_nus fan! >> http://www.youtube.com/wa

(313) Chaircrusher's Sep 2008 VOTE OBAMA Mix

2008-09-09 Thread kent williams
Not that the mix has anything to do with politics, but for real, lets avoid another nightmare of historical proportions and elect Obama. Y'all in Michigan need to be out pounding doors and making calls, because Michigan is going to be crucial. And I had the boys at moodmat announce it first so go

(313) Internet E-Mail Etiquette, my version

2008-09-09 Thread kent williams
Let threads die without going all meta on them. And Frank, I can delete entire threads with one mouse click. What is it you're doing?

Re: (313) OT: earbud recommendations?

2008-09-14 Thread kent williams
Err the Koss earbuds: http://www.amazon.com/Koss-SPARKPLUG-Stereo-Ear-Plugs/dp/B00081A2DQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1221442341&sr=1-1 On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 8:31 PM, kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried earbuds, and the ones that were the be

Re: (313) OT: earbud recommendations?

2008-09-14 Thread kent williams
I've tried earbuds, and the ones that were the best balance between price, sound, and comfort for me were the dirt cheap Koss: But earbuds in general bug me -- I haven't found any that were comfortable or held an acoustically valid seal in my ear canals, so my vote goes to these: http://www.amazon

(313) Model 500 "Starlight" releases

2008-09-18 Thread kent williams
Curse you, Beatport, with your e-mails about irresistable releases: http://tinyurl.com/3f8ql8 Model 500 "Starlight" with remixes by Deepchord, Echospace, Sean Deason, Mike Huckaby, and Phase 90. It seems like I have hours and hours of Deepchord/Echospace & related material. They need to slack o

(313) new acid junkies -- Crane Dance EP

2008-09-18 Thread kent williams
I got a note on facebook from Stefan about this, and grabbed it immediately from Beatport, where it appears to be cheapest (in the US). You can probably do better in Europe with http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/products/1345664-02.htm Stefan's stuff as Florence, Sierra Romeo, etc is a little more

(313) martyn -- more

2008-09-25 Thread kent williams
Velvet -- http://www.discogs.com/release/1166341 -- sound samples http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=102443 The B side (24) wears Martyn's Detroit love on it's sleeve -- it's all about those minor+major 7 chords. The A side (Velvet) sounds like Martyn had his Black Dog with his toast every mornin

(313) free idea for academic paper in Musicology....

2008-09-25 Thread kent williams
When I defended my Master's Project I promised myself never to go back to school. After nearly 30 years of schooling I realized that I'm a terrible student. Ironically my work now is in an Academic department of the College of Medicine. I work with and for professors and grad students. But I just

(313) Let's not be hating (CC Beatport chart)

2008-09-25 Thread kent williams
Cari Craig's Beatport chart: http://tinyurl.com/4w84vq It's funny to think that 10 year ago, Carl Craig really wasn't thought of as a DJ. Now, that's how he makes a living -- I doubt Planet E clears that much, what with the overhead of staff and pressing vinyl. Now he's definitely a DJ -- in Eu

Re: (313) brief survey

2008-09-25 Thread kent williams
2 dueling Thingamakits I built. http://bleeplabs.com/thingamakit/ On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:04 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What are you all listening to right at this second? Please include format. > (LP, CD, streaming mp3, podcast, etc) > > Thanks! > > m50 > >

Re: (313) free idea for academic paper in Musicology....

2008-09-25 Thread kent williams
a sentence with a >> coordinating conjunction because their grammar teachers in grade school >> discouraged them from doing so. Yet such a rule is completely >> unjustifiable." >> >> ;-) >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> >

(313) PLEASE SEND PLAIN TEXT PLEASE

2008-09-26 Thread kent williams
There was a blizzard of bounces in my inbox this morning because of people sending rich text/html/multipart mime messages. Usually I email everyone individually to remind them to send messages plain text. Not up for it today. SET YOUR MAIL CLIENT TO PLAIN TEXT FOR 313 EMAILS. Don't know how? Goo

Re: (313) x-102

2008-09-26 Thread kent williams
I have no use for DJs who try to 'fit in.' It's harder getting gigs if you don't 'fit in' but in the long run, why not find your own way? The simple answer to your question is 'no,' any X102 tracks aren't going to be at the same musical or emotional temperature as 'modern minimal tech house.' On

Re: (313) PLEASE SEND PLAIN TEXT PLEASE

2008-09-26 Thread kent williams
Not gonna happen, and the reasons why also available by emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Williams, Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kent, > > Just enable HTML, and save yourself the Heartache... :-) >

Re: (313) Morgan Geist interview

2008-09-26 Thread kent williams
His stuff is also on Beatport.com and Boomkat.com. Friends don't let friends use ITunes. On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:17 AM, robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suspect this is especially annoying as MG has made his stuff available on > iTunes. I mean you can't get any easier to buy than that. >

Re: (313) Morgan Geist interview

2008-09-26 Thread kent williams
This isn't the place to debate it, obviously, but the fact is that high-bitrate MP3s can't be distinguished from CDs in blind listening tests. You can argue that vinyl is superior to both those formats, but in the majority of listening situations the difference in sound between the formats is swamp

(313) The MP3 VS Uncompressed Audio test.

2008-09-27 Thread kent williams
Sean Deason was kind enough to send me a CD of the Model 500 'Starlight' mixes, which I'd already bought in MP3 form from Boomkat. After the discussion yesterday about how MP3s are noticeable on a good sound system, this seemed like a golden opportunity to challenge the golden ears amongst you to a

Re: (313) The MP3 VS Uncompressed Audio test.

2008-09-27 Thread kent williams
OK that was just a test. Try this link: http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/m500-starlight-blindfold test.wav On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 11:54 AM, kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sean Deason was kind enough to send me a CD of the Model 500 > 'Starlight' mixes, which I&#

(313) Vive La Difference! (Re: (313) The MP3 VS Uncompressed Audio test.)

2008-09-27 Thread kent williams
OK I did a second thing that might be of some interest. I took the two samples, edited the starting point very carefully to get them exactly in phase, and then subtracted one from the other. In other words, I made a new sample that was just what was different between the two versions. This produce

Re: (313) The MP3 VS Uncompressed Audio test.

2008-09-28 Thread kent williams
Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this would be more useful if you could download it rather than playing > it in browser. because the link doesn't work because of the space > it's impossible to right click and save as > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM, kent williams &l

Re: (313) Morgan Geist interview

2008-09-29 Thread kent williams
Do you ever take this as a 'teaching moment' and tell them why that is a horrible way to view things? Of course, this just goes to show what everyone's probably noticed: 99% of DJs are complete wankers. Present company excepted off course. On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 5:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMA

(313) wtf -- 32768th 'Good Life' Rip Off?

2008-09-29 Thread kent williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCgOsgyVt1Y Manalive on Bush. This is some complete BS in my book. KMS should sue -- Bush is a high enough profile label that they should know better. I heard this because I was listening to the top sellers on Beatport. Which is mostly a reminder, yet again, of wha

Re: (313) Morgan Geist interview

2008-09-29 Thread kent williams
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:15 AM, JT Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Policing the internet seems like an impossible task, I think it's impossible to exhaustively police the Internet, but an hour or two a week spent with google and the torrent search sites would at least give you some places t

Re: (313) The MP3 VS Uncompressed Audio test.

2008-09-30 Thread kent williams
o DJing with wave files and I've heard the > difference in the club. generally it depends on the quality and depth > of the sound production, of course the more dynamic, spacey stuff gets > affected more than,let's say, plink-plonky-3-element song when you > compress to mp3. >

Re: (313) The MP3 VS Uncompressed Audio test.

2008-09-30 Thread kent williams
By all means play uncompressed WAV files. No matter what you play, if you care at all you'll get more out of a system if you spend a little more for proper Digital to Analog conversion. I've been using an RME Hammerfall DSP for several years now. I found some TRS 1/4" to Male XLR cables, so I'm

Re: (313) techno / producers blogs - rehash

2008-10-01 Thread kent williams
Especially good as a place where Tom Cox sounds off without getting into skirmishes with people on this list. And if you want to get into skirmishes with him still, you can do it in comments on the blog. On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:46 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An obvious choice would be: > w

Re: (313) New things.

2008-10-04 Thread kent williams
What is blowing me away today is Bitone Troupe from Uganda. Not techno but who can resist African children singing? http://www.myspace.com/bitonetroupe It's actually difficult to purchase the CD a guy named Grant Buhr made -- you have to call or e-mail New High (M)art -- http://www.newhighmart.co

(313) Electrofunk.com

2008-10-06 Thread kent williams
I got the announcement today of Electrofunk.com, which combines the on line UR vinyl/CD catalog with DetroitDigitalVinyl.com. Two things are a little strange about the site: 1. The Catalog -- particularly the download section -- is nowhere near as extensive as DDV was. 2. There's apparently a new

Re: (313) Amsterdam Dance Event

2008-10-06 Thread kent williams
According to a Berlin friend 'Tresor is the club where people go when they can't get into Watergate or Berghain.' I think that Tresor's original cohort of fans has aged out of all night clubbing, and despite being legendary, the prime clubbing demographic of 18-25 weren't out of diapers during the

Re: (313) New Music

2008-10-08 Thread kent williams
Detroit Beatdown Vol 2 (all EPs) have been out for a while -- I played 3 tracks from it in my most recent mix, announced here a while back. Third Ear does a really good job and I feel like their compilations do what others often don't - get artists to give them a track off their top shelf. Amazing

Re: (313) New Music

2008-10-09 Thread kent williams
http://www.mail-archive.com/313@hyperreal.org/ Mail-archive was going to pull in stuff before last May but never got around to it apparently. But since May it's comprehensive. No idea what's up with Resynthesize. Last time I checked they were on top of things. On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:26 AM, [E

Re: (313) SPAM: records for sale

2008-10-20 Thread kent williams
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Jeffrey Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do we really need a public peanut gallery on the price Frank is charging for > his records? If you have issues with his prices take it up offline...sheez > We don't.

Re: (313) New Rolando on Delsin

2008-10-20 Thread kent williams
>From the soundbytes I'd say that it would work in the club, but it's a bit 'by the numbers' Detroit techno, not amazing. It's not that I don't like it, but it doesn't really rise above, and I'm trying to only buy music that I can't live without. I loved this review of it on the Delsin site: "We

Re: (313) Moriz von Oswald

2008-10-21 Thread kent williams
I liked how the audience had a lot of people either getting jittery on redbull, or looking like a lot of KB got burned before everyone sat down. On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 3:51 PM, senslo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm on the digest, so forgive me if this has already been posted . . . but > Moriz v

(313) Moritz Von Oswald Health Rumors?

2008-10-27 Thread kent williams
I'm not going to state what I heard, so as not to spread possible misinformation, but: Does anyone know -- first hand -- if Moritz appeared at the DEAF festival in Dublin, and if he is still in good health?

Re: (313) Waxpoetics vs In The Basement magazines

2008-11-09 Thread kent williams
I don't say this to start a debate, because 'disco only lasted 10-15 years at best' is nominally correct. But I can't really pinpoint the death of Disco, especially since deep house has been plowing the same row since ... forever. Disco as a mass phenomenon in the United States was really brief,

(313) standing in the shadows of motown...

2008-11-11 Thread kent williams
HDNet showed "Standing In The Shadows Of Motown" Sunday Night. I remember it being discussed on the list when it first came out, but I just have to say what deep emotions it brought up in me to finally hear a little of the story of those guys, and to see the survivors perform together. Surprising

(313) Detroit & The Auto Industry

2008-11-12 Thread kent williams
I got to talk briefly with Terrence Parker when he played here Halloween night, and when I asked him about how things were in Detroit, he didn't talk about music or musicians -- he talked about the problems with the automotive industry. Now without getting into an off topic discussion on the econo

Re: (313) Jeff Mills - Le Futurisme a Paris - Critical Arrangement

2008-11-14 Thread kent williams
What with all the time Mills spends in France, and the fact that his long-time manager is French, and the French predilection for banging techno*... don't they already refer to him as 'notre Jeff Mills?' For a country that's made an art form of 'Le Cynicisme' the French do like their heroes. On

Re: (313) Jeff Mills - Le Futurisme a Paris - Critical Arrangement

2008-11-17 Thread kent williams
Taboo for 313 or taboo in general? I've met Frederic, briefly in Paris, and back when I tried to do such things, had some exchanges via E-Mail with him about booking Jeff Mills to play in Iowa City. Jeff Mills has not appeared in Iowa City, so I can't say those exchanges were satisfactory from my

(313) The Sincerest Form of Flattery

2008-11-20 Thread kent williams
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=609125765#/pages/Dutch-Resistance/46587712256 I suppose any san-serif bold logo is going to echo Underground Resistance (and Detroit Techno Militia), but this looks like a conscious homage. Though the name 'Dutch Resistance' goes back to World War II http:/

Re: (313) The Sincerest Form of Flattery

2008-11-20 Thread kent williams
sly like a graphic homage to Maxell UR cassetes to me ;-) On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Odeluga, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More to the point, what are they 'resisting'? Something other than The > State maybe > > -----Original Message- > From: kent

Re: (313) Santiago Salazar in SF 11/28

2008-11-25 Thread kent williams
The UR DJs do not get booked enough in the US. I know that there are more than a few people who haven't really been feeling the UR output for the past few years. I'm not one of them, but I can see how some people might not be getting it. But every time I've seen a UR DJ, I've been completely dem

Re: (313) Santiago Salazar in SF 11/28

2008-11-26 Thread kent williams
If this is the case, I want to know why. Who have you seen, how did they disappoint you? On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Never been impressed with any of them >

Re: (313) Santiago Salazar in SF 11/28

2008-11-26 Thread kent williams
lass half full/empty of water? > > m > > On 26 Nov 2008, at 14:55, kent williams wrote: > >> If this is the case, I want to know why. Who have you seen, how did >> they disappoint you? >> >> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: (313) Santiago Salazar in SF 11/28

2008-11-26 Thread kent williams
My sympathies. My experience has been completely the opposite, but I've always seen them in Iowa City or Detroit or Chicago. In those places they definitely have something different to prove. Buzz playing in Iowa City (fun fact: his gf Kelleigh went to the University of Iowa and was a DJ here be

Re: (313) Santiago Salazar in SF 11/28

2008-11-26 Thread kent williams
Buzz asked that we not do that. Me and a few friends have copies, and the rest of y'all will just have to cope. Or book Buzz yourself, and tell him "Don't play one of those sets that cheeses off Robert Taylor." On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:48 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: (313) Re: Rob Hood this Friday?

2008-11-27 Thread kent williams
Is that really Rolando and his girl? The physical description matches ;-) On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Greg Earle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> I must of [sic] missed the original post. >> Can I gather: >> Rob Hood >> In L.A. >> On Friday? >> Where? >> Cause

Re: (313) Re: Rob Hood this Friday?

2008-11-28 Thread kent williams
The person who posted that ocean cruise review is Rolando's manager/girlfriend.I met her briefly at DEMF in 2004. She seemed a nice person, and I'm a sucker for girls with Scottish accents anyway. Amazing green eyes as well. Not to focus on her looks, per se, because she is a successful, intellige

Re: (313) Re: Rob Hood this Friday?

2008-11-29 Thread kent williams
Don't pass judgement on Margaret until you try and book gigs for a DJ for a living. It's a never ending comedy of errors. While there are really good people who book clubs and promote parties, it does seem to be a profession that attracts the incompetent, the criminal minded, and the insane. It

Re: (313) Re: Metro Area, John Tejada on Fabric

2008-11-29 Thread kent williams
It's kind of awesome to see Justin Maxwell coming up. I can remember him from Analog Heaven 12 years ago when he was 'Stupid Octave Cat' and still in high school. Lord how we loved to make fun of him!

(313) self-promotion -- attention Labels, Publicists, lend me your ears!

2008-12-01 Thread kent williams
This is a one time post, I hope you'll indulge me. I am trying to get a small business going doing promotional writing for record labels -- one sheets, web verbiage etc. I have been writing reviews for years, for publications such as Groove Magazine, Alternative Press (before they started sucking

(313) Detroit Techno Pioneer Kanye West

2008-12-02 Thread kent williams
You see the subject line, and you think 'how ridiculous.' Exactly. PS Cheese and Metro Area. Cheesy music is just emotionally effective music that people relate to immediately. Only it's gone way over the line into bathos and pandering. There's a whole lot of awesome that happens when someone t

(313) Louis Haiman IS THE DUBULATOR

2008-12-09 Thread kent williams
http://fwdthought.blogspot.com/ Download the Dubulator EP. So deep it's infrared.

Re: (313) Kanye's New LP

2008-12-10 Thread kent williams
Since Kanye West could support nearly every musician in Detroit out of his sunglasses budget, I don't think we need to talk about him any more. On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Gil Yaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am I the only one who feels this album is a huge ode to the first few Phil > Col

Re: (313) Mills in Chicago this Friday (12-12)

2008-12-11 Thread kent williams
We brought Ken & Karl both to Iowa City once, and we got the added bonus of them finishing each other's sentences.

Re: (313) New Derrick May Release was Re: (313) Rob Hood in da Grey Area Mix and other new tunes!

2008-12-11 Thread kent williams
I prefer he release nothing than release something disappointing. Maybe he's just until he has some tracks that are good enough to make us forget the classics. Maybe he found out he could make a living without putting his reputation on the line. Oh wait, he did! On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:30 PM,

Re: (313) so where do you buy your music (again!)?

2008-12-12 Thread kent williams
I make a point of ordering CDs and the occasional 12" from the local record store, because the owner is a friend. He lets me look at the distributor faxes so I can order things I like. When I order digital my favorite sites are Juno and Boomkat. I have ordered from Beatport, but I find browsing o

(313) move d + benjamin "songs from the beehive"

2008-12-15 Thread kent williams
This CD strikes me as stupid good. where by 'stupid' I mean intelligent, warm, subtle, varied, funky. In particular the track "Honey" is a long form masterpiece -- the sort of thing I wish Carl Craig was still doing. It starts out with a looped, syncopated 4 bar loop that is instantly memorable,

(313) I can host mixes (within reason)

2008-12-18 Thread kent williams
I really hate MegaUpload, RapidShare, FileFelch -- all those sites. If you have a mix you want to share and you don't have a real site you can put it on, drop me a line. I already host a bunch of InfiniteStateMachine mixes. This is an offer subject to personal whim, and I will delete files on a f

(313) Prisencolinensinainciusol?

2008-12-19 Thread kent williams
I happened on this on Idolator, and it sounds like a Theo Parrish track with Italians spouting gibberish over it. Greg Wilson's 'Ruff Edit' of it turns up the bass and adds some crazy business at the end... and it's a bit like Velvet Underground in the bargain. http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/adr

Re: (313) Prisencolinensinainciusol?

2008-12-21 Thread kent williams
Andrew Duke [mailto:and...@andrew-duke.com] > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:59 PM > To: kent williams; list 313 > Subject: Re: (313) Prisencolinensinainciusol? > > kent williams wrote: >> I happened on this on Idolator, and it sounds like a Theo Parrish >> track w

(313) Raymond Scott "Toy Typewriter" Chaircrusher Remix

2008-12-29 Thread kent williams
Now that Andrew has premeired my remix of "Toy Typewriter" in his radio show/podcast/dj mix, I can let the rest of you in on it. This is a completely unauthorized remix, where I use Raymond Scott's piece in it's entirety. 14 minutes of uncleared sample may be a new record. But anyway, my work on i

(313) impaired admin

2009-01-06 Thread kent williams
i had my right elbow operated on new years day,wn and so my internet experience is a one handed affair, so you're mostly on your own for the next few weeks. so remember to send plain text messages free from obscenity. and if you're having problems receiving messages, .just unsub and resub.

Re: (313) for those who use Beatport

2009-01-06 Thread kent williams
yeah, well your suggestions are bang on. unfortunately, i'm afraid that beatprt has been infected with the pretentious,grandiose, and ultimately ridiculous bullsh1t that minus has been doing the past few years. Beatport affecting your sense of taste? STFU. Beatport's built their business by impres

Re: (313) Quit complaining about DEMF and fix it yourself

2009-01-09 Thread kent williams
haha BURN! Ialways thought of michael as mild mannered, but this is the best one liner of the new year. well played! On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Michael Kuszynski wrote: > they all look like Ghostly International record covers. > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:51 PM, U&I Design > wrote: >> Wo

(313) tony allen 'lagos shake'

2009-01-10 Thread kent williams
this came out in may (and earlier on different 12") and comprises a series of remixes of songs by nigerian drummer tony allen. it features the best carl craig remix ive heard in a long time plus maurizio and mark ernestus dubs. though my favorite might be the opening track 'san kofa' which is all

(313) oh no! i've killed kenny!

2009-01-11 Thread kent williams
Kenny Black has been 86éd from the 313 list. sorry about that -- I'd have killed his subscription sooner but that message went straight to my spam folder.

Re: (313) Andrew Duke is really f*cking p*ssed off

2009-01-19 Thread kent williams
I dont remember him being dumped, actually, when I look at the archives. He may have left in a huff. There were occasions when T*m C*x was actually a positive influence on 313 ;-) On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Odeluga, Ken wrote: > As many of us know only too well, he used to be on here, befo

Re: (313) Closure of the Clone record label

2009-01-21 Thread kent williams
It should be mentioned as well that on my one visit to Rotterdam, Serge and the other Clone guys made me feel very welcome. Great guys, very professional, and straight shooters. It isn't always the case that great music is made by nice people, but in this case they couldn't be nicer.

Re: (313) Pioneer, Technics, Pacemaker, Laptop ?

2009-01-21 Thread kent williams
I think it's kind of down to you to decide how you do what you do. 1. If you're comfortable with records, and want to go digital, the vinyl controlling a laptop thing is fully mature. The friends I know that DJ this way seem to like Serato the best. Traktor Scratch is a lot fancier -- 4 decks! E

Re: (313) Pioneer, Technics, Pacemaker, Laptop ?

2009-01-21 Thread kent williams
I'm of the philosophy that you should never go to a gig without everything you need to plug directly into any sound system you might encounter. In my case that means I have a pair of 1/4" to XLR Male cables, so I can plug directly into the stage plug box, plus a stereo RCA cable and RCA->1/4" adap

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