I'm posting a mix. Its a pretty broad mix of funky party stuff, rather quick and definitely rough around the edges.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8339754f30c1e2/
Funke Frappacino Grande Mix - March 2008 70 Mins. (46 Tracks)
01) Outkast - SpottieOttieDopalicious 02) Munk - Mein Shcatzi (Zongamin Remix Bonus Beats) 03) Hot Streak - Body Work 04) Bart B More - Dubbin 05) Felli Fel (Get Buck in Here (Risk One Clap Clap Remix) 06) Ida Corr Vs. Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It (Micky Slim Remix) 07) Keyshia Cole - Shoulda Let You Go (Dstar's Bassline Remix) 08) Kazyo - Make Yeah 09) U-Tern - Set Your Flag On Fire 10) Alphabeat - Fascination (Muzzle Flash Remix) 11) LIPPS INC. - Funkytown 12) U-Tern - Give It Up 13) Sia - The Girl You Lost to Cocaine (Sander Van Doorn Remix) 14) The Subs - Substraktion 15) Boy 8-Bit - The Things That Freaks Are Made Of 16) Siriusmo - Diskozizin 17) LCD Soundsystem - Dafter Punk is Playing at My House (Soulwax Shibuya Re-Remix) 18) Daft Punk - Technologic (Copyflex Baile Beat Mashup) 19) Da Hool - Love Parade (Van Miert Remix) 20) Flufftronix - Le Hand Clap (Hurricane Chris + SebastiAn Blend) 21) Spank Rock (U-Tern Electro Boogie Remix) 22) George Clinton - Erotic City (Prince Cover) 23) MPG and SDS - New Jack (Steve Angello Mix) 24) Million Dollar Mano - Lady 25) PNAU - Baby (Breakbot Remix) 26) Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back 27) Riva Starr - Jack My Bell 28) Beauchamp - Same Frequency 29) En Masse - Lime 30) Kwest Tha Madd Lad - 101 Things To do While I'm With Your Girl 31) Stevie Wonder - I Wish (ATOM's Small Request Mix) 32) The Bulgarian - Listen Man 33) OH SNAP!! - Bill Cosby Sweater (Hostage Remix) 34) Midnight Star Vs. Miss Kittin - Boogie Wonderland (DJ Earworm) 35) UHM - House Ya (Bart B More Reinterpretation) 36) DVAS - Forever 37) Aquasky - Have a Good Time feat. Acafool 38) BLAMMA! BLAMMA! - Carry Me Home 39) Ali Love - Late Night Session (Phones Filter Fromage Dub) 40) Green Velvet ft. Walter Phillips - Shake and Pop 41) The Jacksons - State of Shock ft. Mick Jagger (Mike B's Shocking Edit) 42) Worthy - Irst_te (Claude's RU Thirsty Mix) 43) Janet Jackson - Feedback (Timbaland Remix) 44) Revolte - Unit 1 Lesson 2 45) Breakout - Planet Rock Part 1 (Afrika Bambaataa Cover) 46) Keith Sweat - Nobody
Ah, I'm not looking to break out in the DJ scene or anything. We're visualists first and freaking busy enough as it is with our mad plans anyway, but I enjoy a hot mix and am not hearing enough Tokyo DJs carrying off the kind of mix I really need to hear.
So I'm working on a mix to do some self-promotion and connect with some gigs out here locally, just for funs. If its good enough, I'll see what I can do to seed it and link it with track listings, etc.
Thus tracks and welcomed.
Mostly I'm going to include electro, disco, and house as a core, with touches of punk, glitch, italo-crunk, b-more, breaks, hip hop and party stuff.
If you have something that may want including, please drop a line. DDKZ Ben
I don't mind people using my GIFS so much. We make them to spread the love, give respect to friends and other artists, just to make flashy aesthetic statements, and to promote.
BUT, I do mind not being credited or worst, people taking credit for the work?! Believe it or not this happens.
Its all a derivative creative society these days, but its a fine line between sampling, homage and outright blatent plagierism. Hell, we're walking that line all the time as well, but when in doubt, credit where due.
If you use one of our GIFs, whether commisioned GIFs, non-commisioned GIFs, GIFs done for my friends, etc., make sure you link or at least credit the source. Thanks!!
DaDaKingZ Ben
I put some pics up from our recent trip to Latvia to participate in an art and fashion event there called "Moment." Some photos are now up at the following FLICKR LINK
Its the time of year again for the DJ Mag Top 20 VJ vote!!!
Personally, VJing as a "genre" holds very little interest for me. Too few are pushing things creatively or technically... and really, the reason I go to clubs is for the music, first and foremost. Its why I pay my money at the door and what gets me grinding and twitching in the front row and buying drinks for friends.
So why VJ?
I see a niche where video and music can come together to be an improvised, live experience, and VJing, at its best, can really boost the ambience of the venue. Our style is off the wall improvised pop-art video collage and live drawing-based, but we are also looking to collaborate with other live performers to truly stretch the potential of the "live experience." We still have a way to go, but in a short couple years have already garnered some strong supporters worldwide, and its been lovely so far.
However, VJs have precious few outlets for promotion. Unlike visual arts (graphic design, etc.), and unlike DJing and music media, VJs have EXTREMELY little support from media. That DJ Mag is doing this Top 20 every year is a precious, precious thing for us, as creators, and a precious rare motivator.
PLEASE vote. I'm not even saying to vote for us!
Think back to a VJ or VJ group who impressed you in the last year, who did something to set the bar a little higher, or perhaps set the bar too high, and maybe knocked it down on the way over. Why not? Or maybe the style wasn't that unusual, but everything "just worked?!"
COM.A @ SUPERDELUXE feat. DaDaKingZ:
If you see what we, "DaDaKingZ" are doing, and you like it, then vote for us too! But vote.
Next time you are at a club, thats right, YOU reading this now. You will dance!! 90% of the time. You will go with the intent of dancing and dance goddammit!!!
If the DJ isn't rocking the house, just dance. If no one else is dancing, just dance. If you're not drunk enough, just dance. If you're trying to make a good impression on your date, then just dance. If you're trying to make a good impression on someone you just met, then dance. If you had a bad day at work, dance. If you just quit smoking, then dance. If you ARE the DJ, you dance too! If you're a horny motherfucker, dance I tell you. If you've got any love in your heart, then dance.
If you are alive, then dance.
Who'd I leave out?
Use the other 10% for what you will... but dancing will do nicely as well. This has been a public service announcement.
DaDaKingZ has a close relationship with the Charlotte Ronson brand and have been tightly involved with a number of their events in Tokyo over the last year and a half or so. We've now been invited to exhibit with Charlotte Ronson at "LOCATION" a 6 day "fashion tribute" + art event at 21 Mercer in NYC. Location is curated by Tony Arcabascio of Alife and features luminaries such as Benjamin Cho, Susan Cianciolo, Libertine, Elise Overland, Ruffian, and Victoria Bartlett.
Our contribution video is from a live mix done at a Charlotte Ronson party earlier this year and will be on display in the Charlotte Ronson booth.
"LOCATION" press release: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-24-2007/0004595807&EDATE= 21 mercer street site: http://www.21mercerstreet.com/home.html
I put up some photos from our recent Dubai trip. I'm afraid its a bit of a boring travelogue, mostly shots of places, signs and backgrounds, and not so much people or events.
If anyone out there has some photos from our event please send me some!!!!
This seems to come up every year or so where someone wants info on promoting music in Japan and I end up spending hours doing research because I get distracted so easily. At any rate I ended up making a pretty good list and I thought it was worth making public and sharing.
Some Caveats and advice: 1) The following list was created with primarily club (crossover breaks) music in mind. Hip Hop artists especially would also be advised to look into "Woofin" and "Blast." Rock artists can probably use 90% or more of this info. 2) As of today the links are current 3) Most links and sites are in Japanese and most editors won't wade through your English promo material (assume none of them understand English). Get it translated and send it if you want any chance of getting put into print. If you've got an interesting back story non-music publications are more likely to give you the benefit of the doubt. 4) I doubt any publishers will know what to do with web releases and 9 out of 10 music magazines won't review singles. You're welcome to try but I recommend making a promotion push when you've got an album together. 5) If you can get a fashion magazine to review your album, you have the potential to connect to 10X the audience. 6) It goes without saying but getting licensed or picked up in Japan helps your chances to get published. I may make a list of Japanese publishers or promoters down the road someday. 7) Sorry no physical addresses are provided. Translating this will take me another few hours I don't have right now. If someone wants to send me $500 for a half-day of my time, I'll be glad to translate addresses. :) 8) If I can answer it with minimal effort I'll be glad to answer questions. Anything else that requires lots of research or translation... sorry. Can't do. Not for free.
Music Magazines: Bungeisha: (http://www.bungeisha.co.jp/bookinfo/remix/index.jsp) "Remix Magazine" (Club Music)
Extra Publishing (http://loud.jp/): "Loud Magazine" (Music Magazine, some club, a little "square" perhaps)
Blues Interactions: http://www.bls-act.co.jp/company/index.php "Cookie Scene" (Mostly Rock, esp. US Indies)
"Music Magazine" (yes thats the name) publisher is also "Music Magazine" (can't locate URL info)
Rittor Music: www.rittor-music.co.jp/ "Sound & Recording" (General Music Technique and Technology) "Groove" (Club Music)
Hip Lifestyle Magazines:
"Relax" (Magazine House) (for URL see below)
"Dazed & Confused Japan" and "NYLON Japan" (http://www.dazed.co.jp)
c/o KAERUMU KK TY Bldg 6F 3-6-18 Kamimeguro Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0051 Japan
T. +81 (0).. 5768 1207
"TOKION" (http://www.tokion.com/site/index.html) (Culture and General Interest)
Oota Shuppan: http://www.ohtabooks.com/ "Quick Japan" (Culture and General Interest)
INFAS Publishing: (http://www.infaspub.co.jp/): "Studio Voice" (Culture and General Interest)
Radio isn't that big here these days. Theres (Bryan Barton Lewis c/o) J-Wave / Inter-FM / ShibuyaFM / but I don't know if there would be any advantage to pursuing radio frankly.
You might also fish around on iTunes Japan for some local music podcasts that might fit although I don't know any stats on subscribers.
For when you release in packaged form:
Some DJs you might track down and send samples too. Toshiyoshi NKJ, Duck Rock, Mashmans, L?K?O, Nakanishi Toshio
Record Stores: There are some record stores you'd be advised to have supporting you. Jetset Kyoto, Warszawa, Ganban Records, Cisco Techno, Dance Music Records and of course Tower and HMV are huge here.
"Mezamashi Terebi" is basically Fuji TV's "Morning Program" and has not one but three horoscope corners to entertain and distract the early bird housewives and office ladies and anyone else awake at 6:58AM on a weekday. We had the pleasure of doing the motion graphic titles and backgrounds for this years version of the "Kyou no Uranai Countdown" (Today's Horoscope Countdown) featuring presenter Aya Takashima (AKA "Ayapan") who blessed us with a cheery personality and a great performance. (we're not going after oscars here, its a stylistic over the top performance, and she did it perfectly!)
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