I’ve got a new release out today on Beatport with my longtime music collaborator and business partner DJ Spesh. I don’t ask for donations or have a “tip jar” on this blog, but I always appreciate track purchases. Many thanks!
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Top 12 of 2012 (on 12-12-12)
A quick post to let you know about what I’ve been up to over at Loƶq Records. Every year we listen to every single track we’ve released and come up with a “best-of-the-best” compilation. It’s available exclusively on Beatport at the moment, and if you buy it (or even just buy one track) you’re eligible to enter the Loƶq Records contest.
If you have no interest in electronic music, then read no further. But if that 808 kick gives you that special feeling, I promise you’ll find something you like on this collection. Some of my own work is on it (Jondi & Spesh, Momu, Yellowcake) but my favorite tracks this year are from RND().
Contest rules and prize details are right here. I’ll say this much — everyone is a winner!
Porter Robinson’s first music video is fantastic — check it out:
Porter Robinson is a young producer from North Carolina. Among his musical influences he lists the Japanese version of Dance Dance Revolution. A large number of the Konami DDR tracks were written by Jondi & Spesh, so I’ll take a little credit for influencing the next generation of U.S. electronic music artists. š
Sometimes life just pulls you into things, and you’re happy to go there.
A raver offering up her boobies to John Digweed.
In 1994, when I was just a 24-year-old fool, I was invited to join an electronic music collective operating under the alias Trip ‘n Spin.Ā The “initiation,” as I remember it, consisted of me playing a few self-produced dance tracks (recorded on cassette) to Sam Urton (alias Novabass), Greg Lindberg (alias The G), and Stephen Kay (alias DJ Special K or Spesh).
Click here if you want to go straight to the free music.
Spesh and I have been running Loƶq Records for 12 years (since our distortion-heavy techno-house debut album Tube Drivers in 1998).Ā What started out as a hobby has become an important part of my identity, not to mention an occasional source of significant income.Ā If you’re interested in more background, I’ve written a bit about the history of the label here (Angles of Estrangement post), and the business side of things here (Business Advice for Young Artists post).Ā I’ve also written about why I dropped out of DJ’ing to focus on producing music, running Loƶq Records, and other creative pursuits (like writing) here.Ā Today I’m just going to mention what’s going on currently, and give a preview of what we’ve got planned for the rest of this quarter and the first part of 2011.