Really? Really?
This got more coverage than the guy interrupting the President.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! during a formal speech.
Wow. Did Taylor Swift get punched in the face?
Did Kanye interrupt her Nobel Prize speech? Oscar or even a Grammy?
C’mon it was the freakin MTV video awards.
MTV has completely jumped the shark in not playing videos and are so hypocritical in kicking him out because they were suppose to be the “maverick” awards show.
Not like the stuffy Grammys.
Well they are about as “maverick” as Sarah Palin about now.

THIS IS NOT NEWS YOU ZOMBIES!
Turn off Entertainment Tonight and How I Met Your Mother
Pay more attention to Health Care Reform, the litter in your neighborhood, and your kids’ education

Now here is trk 1 off the Redux Edition of the (freakin classic) Furnace album from DownLoad

I place this album about as important as Metal Box by P.I.L.

The special 2nd disc in the Redux Edition contains the jams of some of the songs that the initial release were based on

Get out of the house and go buy those 2 records
your brain will thank you

-k-

Download - ReDux Part1

Check the YouTube Channel for more videos

STHIL - Stop the Sun From Rising from Kusser on Vimeo.

ATX MPC & Sampler Club’s 6th meeting

When: Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Where: Gruv (101 W 5th St Austin, TX 78701)

Time: 6-10PM (5PM Load-in)

Free and open to the public.

www.myspace.com/austinmpc

JUST BACK OFF THE ROAD FROM NOLA NOIZEFEST 2009 & PAIN TRIBE @ THE HI HO (AWESOME SHOWS BOTH) NOW I’M HEADING TO DALLAS FOR AN AWESOME SHOW WITH SOME FRIENDS @ THE HOUSE OF BLUES IN DALLAS. BELOW IS THE PRESS THINGY CHECK IT!!!

SEE-I, BURNING BOWL RECORDS HEAD Architektur, & I(JOHNGOMI)beatimprint.com will be playing @ House of Blues in Dallas this Thur.14th, SEE-I with Architektur will be @ Antone’s in Austin on the 15th & Houston on the 16th(not sure of location) anyway if you get a chance make it one of these three show’s i’m including flyers for the austin & dallas date & some See-I video. enjoy. jg

THURSDAY MAY 14th DALLAS @ HOUSE OF BLUES

House of Blues
www.houseofblues.com

2200 N Lamar St
Dallas, TX 75202
(214) 978-2583

FRIDAY the 14th@ANTONE’S IN AUSTIN

COME PLUG IN & HANG OUT…

THIS IS A DUPLICATE POST FROM www.thefifthgalleryaustin.com
Plug and Play Open Jam Session for DJ’s, MC’s and beatmakers. BYOB. FREE.

Come jam out with Beat Imprint’s John Gomi who is fresh from SxSW and WMC music festivals, as well as Joel, the man with the plan….If you have any questions. Contact Marc here.

OFFICIAL “HATERZ & ROBOTZ” LISTENING PARTY
WITH DJ/LIVE MUSICIAN OPEN HIP HOP JAM
LIVE HIP HOP JAM SESSION
featuring
ZEALE
JOHNGOMI
JOEL IRDBISA
MORE GUESTS T.B.A.

+ COMPLIMENTARY BEVERAGES

JOEL POSTED THIS TRACK ON GOMIHEARTELECTRIC.COM THIS IS FROM THE FRIDAY SESSIONS @ THE 5TH. I LIKE IT ALOT SO I POSTED IT HERE TOO. ENJOY.

FIVE CORNER- DISCO HOSPITAL VS. JOHNGOMI

Kusser - Wind Dem Up (Test 53)

Cool shows Eastside Austin Texas this weekend, i’m sure H will post

-k-

THIS WEEK WE RESUME OUR WEEKLY FRIDAY LIVE MUSIC, DJ, ART,JAZZ, HIP HOP, EXPERIMENTAL, WHATEVER. RETURNING TO THE MIX WE HAVE IRDBISA, & ANATAN ON EFFECTATIONS & PERCUSSION, & RETURNING GUEST LIVE DRAWING/ARTIST SKZA. COME OUT!!!

ok not really a picture of him!

Maga Bo is a DJ/producer working with an international collision of styles, sounds, location recordings from all continents and beats that have yet to be classified. A study in the digital contortions of hip hop, ragga, breakbeat and jungle drum ‘n’ bass, his sound is a divine (s)mashup of batucada, rai, capoeira, bhangra, and skewed electronic beats in a borderless conundrum of gritty street sounds, found and modified rhythms and melodies from Brazil, Morocco, Senegal, India and beyond. DJing and producing tracks with a portable laptop studio, he has worked and performed in North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

01-maga-bo-nakhil-feat-k-libre.mp3

02-maga-bo-saye-mbott-feat-alif.mp3

HEY I’M GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS A BIT WITH THIS ONE. ART JAZZ HIP HOP HEADZ HOUSE & GLOBAL GROOVES EVERY FRIDAY @ THE FIFTH GALLERY FEATURING ART BY THE STAY BUSY CREW. LIVE PERCUSSION, POETS, & PAINTERS ROUND OUT THIS JAZZ DANCE WEEKLY

9pm-12midnight. FREE

artist: heights of abraham genre: space groove

once again, i hear this on somafm all the time. the songs strength rides on the bass synth, its by far the loudest thing in the track, until the drums kick in at 3:45. this is old, like from the early nineties, an eon in electronic music. i guess it proves that musical minimal electronic tracks have the ability to stand the test of time. for such a seemingly disposable genre, this one sticks around nicely.

heights of abraham - the cleric

fred said he dug the last show at the parish. here is the bassnectar evil myspace presence.

i will say this, the sound at the parish is great. this time it will be antones, where the sound is not so great, but i’m sure that won’t stop plenty of people from coming out. tickets are on sale at frontgatetickets. it should be noted that antones has had quite a few electronic acts over the past couple years.

i didn’t realize how much this guy tours. he must compose while in the van.

DJ Manny and BigFace open.

more info here.

WHO:
Upstairs: DJ Dirk Diggla (Austin), DJ Matt Nice (UK), DJ Snake Eyes (UK),
Downstairs: C-Mon & Kypski (Amsterdam), Sousa Operator (Austin), Fat Tony (Houston), + Very Special Guests

WHAT:

Austin’s Only River Jam Cruise
WHEN:
Wed March 13th
6pm-9pm (Load time 5:30)

WHERE:
Walsh Landing (past Hula Hut) on Lake Austin Blvd

More info at www.myspace.com/mashupatx
21+ show up early if possible–only room for 200, super secret amazing special guest
Please send RSVP with name and email address to: partymashup@hotmail.com

artist: Exponential label comp genre: melodic idm and downtempo

cool cover btw. i was not aware that there was an indie electronic idm downtempo record label in san antonio named Exponential.

FACT i) the founder (ernest gonzales) sent me an email last night stating that they do indeed exist and they are releasing a compilation. i’m listening to a preview right now. ernest also is The Theory of Everything, whom i have seen spin / perform in austin.

OPINION i) which tracks are best? who is to say, all i know is that i’m adding these to radio rotation. i’d like to post more than two songs but i’ll limit myself. Actually i listened to the entire thing two times through now, it is quite good but i have to pick just two so, when it gets released officially i’d like to do another post from some of the other artists.

SONG i) ok ok i’m a bit biased. i love this type of stuff when i’m programming. when the bass line kicks in it feels like afternoon delight, and there is a jazz flute. badass. Rae Davis myspace. well ok it looks like he is an austinite.
rae davis - pyramids

SONG ii) this from the label founder ernest gonzales, i like when IDMers add anything besides keys to their stuff, in this case a guitar is used (i hear a slight bernard sumner influence, especially on his other myspace tracks).
Ernest Gonzales - Caviar Cigarettes Dynamite Laser Beams

OPINION ii) you know, what this CD ain’t bad. i’d definitely download it. i’ll admit i get very worried when i hear the term texas and electronic in the same 15 minutes. i guess it is a bit of a weird reaction because all the people that contribute to this blog are electronic musicians living in texas and i like all their personal studio creations.

FACT ii) from my previous posts i hope it is evident that i loathe record reviews. this is exactly why blogs are so great in a futuristic way. i don’t need to talk that much about it, i can just link to it.

FACT iii) actually these words are for the spiders. if you like Groove Salad or Secret Agent on SomaFM, Baby Mammoth, Dabyre, Prefuse, Aphex Twin, old U-ziq then you will find tracks on this disc you will like. If you like melodic IDM and jazz inspired downtempo then you’ll like this stuff. No drone machine music here, which is ok. advice for Exponention, send this to SomaFM.

FACT iv) i’ve never been motivated to by a comp CD because it was regional, even though a lot of the comp CDs i have bought in my youth were in fact very regional (factory = manchester, nettwerk = vancouver, wax trax = chicago, world serpent = england or something). i just didn’t really know they were regional at the time of purchase. no offense to all the texas electronic musicians out there (i’m one of them) but texas comps typically conjure up music with lots of guitars and not in the norwegian metal fashion.

anywayz, go to Exponential and take look at all the artists myspace pages. if you like what you hear then pick up the CD when it gets released.

After listening to the entire CD i realized that someone took the time to actually layout the songs in a very flowing order.

artist: dj koze genre: downtempo techno

umm… it is a sprawling track. best just listen to it all the way thru.

DJ Koze - Cicely

Everyone’s favorite freak, DJ Dirk Diggla will be killin it softly at Karma Lounge (119 W. 8th St) from 10PM-2AM Friday Dec 14th!
FREE entry for 21+

Come early for the smooth-smooth melodies of instrumental hiphop, stay late for trash 80s/90s and other drunk-fest jams!
PASS ON THE GOOD WORD!

PEACE & LUV!

THIS WED, DEC 5th (FREE) AT THE PARISH WITH:

DJ DIRK DIGGLA, DJ DIGGS and SOUNDFOUNDER!

GREAT DRINK SPECIALS, LIVE ART AND ENTERTAINMENT ALL NIGHT! WERRRRRRD!

ATX MPC CLUB/Collective Sunday Dec. 2nd
@ Music Lab Oltorf
Room #15
8-11PM

www.myspace.com/austinmpc

FREE & BYOB

http://virb.com/parson

click the link to see the site & hear the music, i refuse to review it, because i won’t do it justice.

artist: susumu yokota genre: idm, ambient, downtempo

seems like something a younger u-ziq would do. the album this is off the skintone collection. good stuff. its a departure from his hard disco house stuff.  ok back to opeth.

susumu yokota - kodomotachi

susumo yokota - purple rose minuet

Some new shiz i’m workin on. vocals and guitar done by a Austin local. this is my self indulgent, non dance floor, non radio mix.

Comments welcome

-k-

Its Not Over(Adam-KusserDirty MixB2)

MPC Club is slated for Sept 15th (Saturday) 7pm-10pm.
Music Lab on Oltorf Room #15

Hope u can make it!
BYOB as usual… Donations for the room are graciously accepted.

I’m getting some stickers done for MPC Club, so I hope they will be ready by then…
Also gonna try and see if one of SoundFounder’s friends can record the audio…

Laptops with trigger fingers are welcome.Vintage and custom built samplers are welcome.
Please bring extra media for sample swapping if desired (100mb zip, floppy or flash card) …I got some new drums recently if anyone wants a crack at em…

Please pass this on if you know of anyone that might be interested…

www.myspace.com/austinmpc

GotDammit!!!!!!!

I want to out this hot chick up before goin to the VMAs

Amy Winehouse and Lilly Allen aren’t going to be there!

anyone want to go to the VMA’s?

-k-

Come check the mellow sounds of Dirk Diggla the instrumentalist!

WHO: Dirk Diggla and DJ Hora 

WHAT: HAPPY HOUR SHOW 6-8PM

WHEN: TOMORROW! Tuesday the 14!

WHERE: Mohawk on Red River 

COST: FREE FREE FREE 

 www.dirkdiggla.com

What:
Austin MPC Club and Collective 1st Meeting

When:
Friday July 27th

Where:
Music Lab (Oltorf) Room #15 from 9pm-midnight-ish

Who:
Free of cost. Open to the public.
This event is intended as a meeting place for local and visiting MPC users and enthusiasts. It is encouraged that you bring your MPC as there will be a large mixing board of everyone to plug into. Other samplers are welcome, but the focus is on Akai MPC models. Please bring samples and blank storage devices (external scsi drive, zip, flash card, floppy, etc) for sample sharing and swapping.

Updates available at www.myspace.com/austinmpc

ELECTRONICAUSTIN.com & johngomi present

DIRK DIGGLA’ INSTORE MPC MADNESS @ GOMI 233 W.2nd street

THIS SATURDAY JUNE 23 SPECIAL SATUDAY SHOW

WITH EAC ALLSTARS & THE BUILDER 7-10PM (goes much later, on fridays maybe same on sat) COME BY CHECK IT OUT SHOULD BE GREAT.I’LL ADD A POSTER AS SOON AS MY CONNECTION GET BETTER. I’M CURRENTLY ON LOCK DOWN IN A CHEAP MOTEL IN NOLA. see you on SAT.

JG