Holy muther eff! Shout Out Out Out Out played last night, my ears are still ringing, I haven’t danced so hard in a long time, and I can’t wait to see them again. With six people in their version of an electro-rock-dance-party the band fills the air with thick squelchy analogue synth powered by 2 drummers, 2 bass guitars, vocoder filters, and a collection of (I think) 8 drum machines and synthesizers.

Halloween helped with the WEEEEEEE-OOOOOOOOOOOOO partyfuntime. Loads of people in great costumes dancing and dancing and dancing. Huge shout outs go to the robot trio – whoever you are.

For those who missed it,

SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT – Forever Indebted [Mocky Remix].mp3

Shout Out Out Out Out’s space

A girl at school was looking at photos on people.com and came across the image below. I asked her to forward the link to me and she called me a perv.

I won’t deny that she’s a good looking girl but she’s nothing to obsess over. It’s strange that she’s “djing” though. If you look closely, the tonearm on the deck infront of her isn’t even on the record and she’s adjusting the level for the other channel. I’ve never heard her play, or of her playing even, so this is all difficult to swallow.

Here are a few tracks I found credited to Lidsay Lohan too.

Lindsey Lohan – I Want You To Want Me.mp3

Lindsay Lohan – Rumors [Eddie Baez mix].mp3

Lindsay Lohan – Confessions of a Broken Heart [Dave Aude Radio mix].mp3

The Advertising students at school asked me to play at their Halloween social tomorrow. It should be a good time – if people dance this time. Gonna have to change the game plan a bit, but hopefully it will go better than the last.

Tickets are $5, and go towards a good cause, plus you’ll get to hear techno sleaze, robotdisco, bootlegs, mashups, bastard pop, etc.

Sorry for not posting in a while but school’s getting me down and well, lisa’s outa town. This made me smile though.

I have a shit-tonne more to say/share but for now this is all I can leave you with. By the way, I found this on headphonesex.

This is nuts. It’s so aweful I had to share. Leslie and the LY’s is the worst music mockery I’ve ever seen but I still think we can all learn a few lessons.

Halloween is my favourite holiday. It acts as the explanation point in the sentances of our socially acceptable identities. It’s an excuse to show a side of yourself few ever see. Halloween highlights people’s personalities simply to have a good time and share a few laughs.

Remixes (and mashups) are perfect Halloween songs too – they take what’s familiar, dress it up, and sometimes transform it into something almost unrecognizable. Former bassist and producer from Death From Above 1979, JFK and Al-P respectively, take their knob-twiddling magic and release some of the best viscous and filthy dance music ever. Like costumes accentuating people’s personas, MSTRKRFT’s remix work radiates neon apocalypse throughout any of the original material they touch.

For those who prefer rock and are scared to cross the techno threshold, check out the MSTRKRFT remix of Metric’s “Monster Hospital.” This tune is far from a new release but it’s one that freaks out dance floors world wide. The remix keeps the original song’s pop sugariness but adds a sticky layer of crunchy synthesizer that’s thick enough to chew. The metamorphosis takes pop music and dresses it for a night of ghoulishly sweaty, hands-in-the-air dancing.
http://www.mstrkrft.com/
http://www.myspace.com/mstrkrft

metric – monster hospital (mstrkrft remix).mp3

Last year a supergroup of indie-minded musicians including:

• Win & Regine [Arcade Fire]
• Beck
• Buck 65
• Feist
• Syd Butler [Les Savy Fav’s]
• Peaches
• Chris Murphy [Sloan]
• Thurston Moore [Sonic Youth]
• Anna Waronker [That Dog]
• Karen O [Yeah Yeah Yeahs]
• and many more

… got together and formed the North American Halloween Prevention Initiative. The group released a song called “Do They Know It’s Hallowee’en,” where all proceeds of the song are donated to UNICEF. The song parodies the “misguided, somewhat patronizing attitude, and Western-centric worldview” of other benefits such as Band Aid and Live Aid.

The group satirically calls for the banning of Halloween – to end the scariest and most terrorizing night of the year. The social commentary behind the lyrics laughs at the current climate of fear smothering North America. At the same time, the song also raises awareness for the annual UNICEF Trick-Or-Treat tradition where kids help kids. Buying the single is a fun, easy, and a rewarding way to make a donation to a worthwhile cause. After all, Halloween is all about the sugar highs, candy overdoses, and rotten-toothed smiles.

http://www.vice-recordings.com/halloween/
http://www.myspace.com/nahpi

Do They Know It’s Halloween [Original Edit].mp3
Do They Know It’s Halloween [Disco D Remix].mp3

He thar y’all. Here’s a site to look at happy people who look like they find magical robotdisco parties hosted by the Wizard of Oz. They could be carebears dancing down the yellow brick road.

manalogue.

Le Castle Vania can cut shit up. Dylan is a robotdisco samuri-laser-warrior slicing you with the phat-est basslines.

This shit is dirty, grimey, and wet with dancefloor sweat. The first time I played it I stopped everything I was doing, got up and danced in front of my desk. It’s deadly. Synth and basslines pierce and shake me like a ninja with a lightsaber. Tigerton is perfect for small enclosed dancefloors where it’s impossible to dance without rubbing into everyone and no one minds. Party music plain and simple.

Le Castle Vania – Trouble in Daylight (feat Factory Aire). mp3
Le Castle Vania – Tigertron (feat Factory Aire)