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- silencer
Here's the Stuff Records mix for July, courtesy of DJ Shabu Shabu from Kyoto, Japan. (MP3 Download, 30 MB)
This really is an amazing mix. Any fans of electronic music of any sort should check this out.
http://www.stuffrecords.co.uk/au…
- lvl_130
i'm interested, but it seems as if that link is just stalling. is it right or do you have another?
thanks
- lvl_130
oh, nevermind my last post. it just came up : )
thanks.
- fate0
Ugh, that was terrible. And on top of the bad beats and poor structure, he totally took massive chunks of other people's works.
Hideki Naganuma or Latch Bros or David Seoul is much better at this. Check out the Jet Grind radio and Jet Set Radio Future soundtracks (available on your local P2P) for some really good examples.
- clint0
i quite like it, it's playing in the studio now.
but then, i don't know those other guys...
- silencer0
"he took massive chunks of other peopes work"
That why they call it a 'mix'. Like where someone plays other peoples records one after the other.
"bad beats and poor structure"
*pah
As for the guys you quoted who do it better...
I almost wet myself.
- lvl_130
""he took massive chunks of other peopes work"
That why they call it a 'mix'. Like where someone plays other peoples records one after the other."
that's what i was thinking. not sure if you have heard of it, but it's called a dj. not to be confused with a producer. make sense?
- fate0
If I wanted that I'd listen to the radio. At least that doesn't non-sensically change up every 5 seconds.
- silencer0
yup I think Fate's getting a wee bit confused. Never mind I still like him even tho he think the beats are wack.
here is something DJ Shabu Shabu produced himself, which ironically enough does sample heavily from a Sting record... Bear in mind this came out about 3 years ago before the tide of shite pop numbers bearing this sample.
- fate0
I don't think I'm confused persay but I just have different expectations of what music should be. The DJ functions purposelfully in a club, to keep the music seamlessly playing, but I wouldn't even dance to this crap which now lacks any goal other than musical masturbation.
- silencer0
"non-sensically"
I think you're kind of missing the point in the same manner as say an American may not fully understand sarcasm.
He played at our club in Glasgow last month and had 300 people dancing for around 2 hours with his non-sensical beats. He also had a toy trumpet and a pig which made funny noises when you squeeze it.
- silencer0
Music shouldn't "be" anything.
- fate0
Well excuse me if I don't care to find hidden ironies and secret philosophies in such a mish-mash of styles and beats.
- silencer0
Each to his own. I Guess we'll just agree to disagree.
I think I took too much acid as a child, that's why I like things which don't make sense.
As you were.
- lvl_130
let's just get along. music is music. if you don't like it; that's fine. but personally, i would rather have people post music than not. any new music is just that. new music to me (unless i have it already of course). just my opinion though.
oh, and check out http://www.dreamscape.com and http://www.paxahua.com
ooh, ooh, and there is a good dj krush live mix at http://www.sursumcorda.com (i sound like a damn broken record, but i am telling you....there is some good stuff at all of these)
- fate0
Well here, I feel compelled to review this:
80's synth, random distorted voice overs, sound effect, sound effect, record scratching, 80's guitar solo, another random ass quote.
Cheesy lyrics start again with 80's synth playing in bg, then the robot voice speaks with more record scratching at random. oh and then we get the a completely Steven Hawking-esque vocals which oddly enough has a good beat, but that's because DJ ShatShat didn't actually make it.
This continues for quite some time, with snoring and alarm interuppting. When the Zelda music starts, things at least make sense but then a bunch of robots have a shouting match until finally one takes over the mic yelling "COMPUTER COMPUTER"
Another good beat, presumably by a real artist, starts and it might have been good had the DJ not cut it up so that it would not flow. at 6:30, there is hope of a good beat that ebs and flows, BUT THEN IT GOES TO SHIT 30 seconds later when it sounds like one of the robots is being raped or some such robotic equivalent.
- lvl_130
well, i'll say it once and again. i type too damn slow and silencer beat me to the next post...but mine still has some relevance...i think : )
- fate0
Then someone starts yelling "CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG" and we go to 70's rap and funk which actually sounds good for a while. Except it changes up so often it's hard to appreciate any single one of the 5 songs. this mish-mash eventually degrades into random 1 second sound-bites among 20 different instruments and fades into more cheesy 80's music.
- lvl_130
well fate, i'm guessing that you listening to the music and me reading your last post is one in the same...i got about 1/3 of the way through it.
:) let's all just be friends
- silencer0
Good review! Honestly, I'll send it to him, I'm sure it'll make him laugh! I'm glad you spent so much time going through the mix Fate, thanks!
- silencer0
Cheers for the links lvl_13
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