Please take immediate action!

Hi, this is the one and only one time I will put a non-music related political post up on this blog.

The House has recently passed a FISA bill which will grant retroactive immunity to telecommunication companies who illegally spied on American Citizens. I feel extremely strongly that the people should have the recourse of the courts, and what those courts decide should stand. This bill strips that away. Even though the House of Representatives has passed it, it still has to go to the Senate. Only 41 senators have to oppose the bill to filibuster it (or prevent its passage). NOW is a critical time for our nation as the Senate is set to consider the bill next week.

We can make a difference, public outrage over the bill has prevented its passage in the past. If are an American citizen or live in the United States, please contact your Senators and let them know this matters to you.

There is more then enough time to rally support. The bill passed the house, but there is still a weekend before the Senate takes it up. The good news is in the senate you only need 41 senators to block a bill, so we can all make a difference. It's really simple to get in touch with your two senators, and make an impact.

http://senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

That link will bring you to a page, which will let you contact your senators. It's as easy as posting a comment on a blog. All you have to do is click on your state, and at the bottom of your senators information is a send a comment link. Its super easy. your message doesn't have to be long just let them know that you oppose the bill and that you will appreciate their support of any measure to block its passage.

If you're not a citizen or a resident, there isn't a lot you can do. There are several organizations on the web which are working to popularize this issue. Please search them out and show them your love. I'm thinking of the political wing of the blogosphere, websites like Dailykos, and Huffington post.

Thank you for your indulgence.
Now let's get this over with so we can get back to the music.

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Cof Cof - Spanish Fusion

My apologies for the delay in posting. I've had it written for weeks, but I've been busy with a variety of other tasks. However, with those issues being resolved I am proud to bring you Cof Cof.

Cof Cof is the Spanish duo of ANA ANALÓGICA(Guitar, Bass, Lead Vocals), and ÁLEX CUADRADO (Knob Twister, Drum Robots, and Backup Vocals). Their sound is a dystopic union of Vampire Weekend and Bonde Do Role. From that tension comes an amazing fusion of modern Indy rock, and 8-bit party music. Each song has a distinct combination of stylistic elements that nestle up besides each other, like a tile mosaic made from divergent pieces of marble. The results are captivating, unique, and groovable.

Check out:
Cof Cof - Dirty Tricks (via Zshare)-
In this song the forces that shape Cof Cof combine into a fascinating song about dysfunctional love. The robotic forces form a background that is electro ala Goldfrapp, while the guitar forces strum in with a wicked guitar lick that hooks your soul immediately.

Cof Cof - Caribbean boy (via Zshare)-
In this song the Guitar takes center stage, forming a light airy hook along which the rest of the piece progresses. An added Xylophone and Clap line makes this song great for any summer party and/or barbeque.


You can get the entire EP Who Said Party? here. My favorite track off the album is Forbidden Cocktail.

Best,
DJB

Dance music in the oddest places.

You find the oddest music popping up sometimes when you watch TV. The video above is the Kitty Halftime show from the 2007 Puppy Bowl from Animal Planet (a cable TV channel). It has this crazy disco music in the back ground (although it soon goes from that sounds maybe cool, to lame). I can't help it sharing it.

I am hooked on cuteness now, and must spread the misery. I'm like a crack addict. I can't help going back for more, and collecting shinny objects.

Also check this out! It has a weird Italio soundtrack, and a bunny running around a Golden Lab.

Yay?!

More Non-EDM Music

A friend of mine changed her profile music the other day on her myspace page. I of course, being the mystalker that I am, clicked to hear the new piece. Rasputina was the music of my speakers. Rasputina is pretty cool (and hot). They're a cello rock group out of New York, New York. Listening to them reminded me of one of the best concerts I have ever been to, Apocolyptica. They have an amazing new album out that takes them to the next level by adding drums, vocals, and altering their style a bit more for a main stream audiance. The concert was really sweet. It's pretty awesome to see people moshing to Hall of the Mountain King. It was the most packed I had ever seen that venue. They added a drummer into the mix, which gave their music an added punch, and they had a really great European sense of humor.


I was going to post an apocolyptica video down at the bottom of the post, but the embed feature has been disabled. Check out the apocolyptica video channel over at youtube, they have 'em all up there.

House Music United - Yes We Can (Origional Mix)

To be fair, I jacked this off a post on the ishboard. Anyway, I was listening to it, and it's really pretty good. I am a huge Obama Fan, but am generally skeptical of OBAMARAMAMANIA. I was presently surprised after listening to the this track though. Its really well done. I would describe it as very classic deephouse remix of the Yes we can speech. Very apropriate given the fact that Obama lives in Chicago. Sit back, enjoy, and be inspired.

Best,
DJB

Seattles Best Wednesday Night - Studio!

There is a night where the dead prowl the dance floor. Rising from their graves to haunt the living with their horrific visages.

The place is Club Havana, a regal bar in Seattle's Capital Hill neighborhood. With its demure feel Club Havana is a perfect place for the evenings Dr. Frankenstein to perform experiments from his perch above the dance floor. TJ Gorton with his Igor, DJ HMA in tow, cobbles together the night with spare parts and found gems. Their morbid explorations sound forth into the streets of Capital Hill and bring out the faithful.

As the night progressed and the liquor flowed, an assortment of hipsters, drunks, revivalists, and passers by gathered under Havana's vaulted ceilings. While the crew was motley, the floor bumped like it was 1978. For those moments we worshipped the beat, the melody, and the witch doctors who brought it all together. Merrily, we danced, oblivious to the crack in time that we had fallen through and become lost in. We, for an instant, enjoyed the hedonism of living in the moment.

You don't need a flux capacitor to enjoy Studio, just $3 (for now). Doors are at 9 typically. The whole ghoulish language was a metaphor for the awesomeness that happens there every wednesday. The people there are really very nice and classy, and the bartenders are great. I'll be headed there next week, and you should too.

Oh, and check out TJ's great blog monster American Athlete.

Much love,
DJ Bubbles

DJ Bubbles - Better/Harder pt. 2 - Harder

When I came up with the concept for Better/Harder, the idea was to make two mixes reflective of the first two words in the Daft Punk song BETTER, HARDER, FASTER, STRONGER. One mix that was funky fresh, and another mix that was a killer hard romp on the dance floor. Where Better failed, Harder delivers. I can honestly say, I am superduper proud of Harder. So, I invite you to download and enjoy.

Get DJ BUBBLES - Harder Via Megaupload (link down)

Harder Track List

The Dirty Secrets - 5 Feet of Snow (Miami Horror Remix
jape - I was a man (phones Remix)
Party Shank - Penis vs. Vagina (Shanks Killer Mix)
The Wombats - Back Fire at the disco (South Central Remix
Turbo Weekend - Just to Get down with you (Eater and Le-T-Coupage mix)
Diplo - Dip Hop
Fagget Faries - Samo Ti (AC SLATER RMX
Donovan - Yo
Hot Pink Dalorian Feat. Fantastidon - Played Out
Fantastidon - Can't help it
Trash your self and the Toxic Avenger - Song 2

Better/Harder: Part 1

I finished the first part of a mix series I am calling Better/Harder. I should have Harder finished up tomorrow, once I get back from work. Better was an attempt to resurrect French House. Unfortunately, its like a cream filled Danish, where French House is the filling, but there is normal House on the outside too. Maybe its more like a Quiche? Which, is also super awesome, but not what I was ultimately hoping for.

It starts out with a song from Oh! Snap! which is sorta my theme song. Definitely stick around for the second track. Boy Girl Surrender is gonna be the first floor killer of the summer, its up on Discodust right now. Moulinex's song Leisure Suit is probably my favorite on the mix, but he's not consistent in bringing that level of funk. I guess La Roche is bringing back some of the sweet French style right now with his stuff. Kid's only 17. To sum up what I am trying to say, there is loads of good stuff on this mix, so enjoy!

Oh yeah, shout out to Hamburg!

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Better Track List
1. Oh Snap! - I'm to fat to be a hipster
2. Pony Pony Run Run - Boy Girl Surrender (Summer Edit)
3. Mondo - Alive (PH Electro Mix)
4. Hot Pink Delorian - Miami Snatch
5. Moulinex - Break Chops
6. Mercuriust - When you Go Out (FM Disco Love mix)
7. Moulinex - Leisure Suit
8. Louis La Roche - Love
9. Louis La Roche - Do you Remember
10. Gonzales - Working Together (Boyz Noize Vox Mix)
11. Sinusmo - Lizi
12. T2 feat. Jodie Aysha -Heart Broken (WAWA mix)

Filter Freq!

Fliter Freq is one of the better producers that you've never heard of. He's only done a few high profile remixes, so he's still under a lot of people's radar. His production work is solid though and givin' some more time and exposure I think he'll be at the top of the game. He's probably one of the few people doing what it is that he does, which is produce house music that's striaght outta the chi-town school with a classic twist. It's all about that Chicago House.

Below I've posted a video.




Fliter Freq is keeping house alive, check out Knotrast Records for more info.

I don't care, I love this stuff anyway.

This post is very un-house related. Its not even about EDM, its about another sort of dance music, post-punk/folk dance rock. That's right, stuff like Devotchka, and Gogol Bordello. Specifically, I can't get this track from Jason Webley out of my head. I've seen Webley play live before, and it is a show. I've posted a video below of one of his performances.

Webley's performances are really off the hook.It's like Captain Jack Sparrow, backed by some of the people I went to school with at Fairhaven(some of them might actually be part of his band when he plays with one). He goes out of his way to get the audience as involved as possible. That sort of art doesn't happen all that often. Artist enjoy a comfortable anonymity within a consumer model of artist/audience relations but Webley goes the extra-mile in his shows.



I really got into some of the gypsy jazz that was popularized in the wake of the big band/ska revival in the mid 90's. There's even a great band I won't write about here other then a name drop called Bar Tabac that you should all check out. This stuff feels different though. Instead of a revival it feels like Django Reinhardt got in a fight with Junior Senior. I think that's more entertaining then anything WWE can come up with. As a added bonus, most of the performers are legendary. Gogol Bordello has a reputation similar to Iggy Pop and/or the stooges at their height.



This cover of Venus in Furs by Devotchka has a great almost break beat feel to it.

Of course the masters of this type of music is Gogol Bordello. Um... they rock.



I'll leave you with the word's of David Bowie.

"Let's Dance."

Tito-Tito - Radical Fresh Thoughts

I've already written about Tito-Tito, and what a talented musician/producer he is. You can re-read those posts, here, here, and here. Today he's hooked us up with a new house track.

Tito was tellin' me about his recent attendance at a folk festival , and it led to discussion of his newest jungle track . I found this on his myspace page looking at his tracks. When I first heard it I just about crapped in my pants. While my pant's thankfully remained clean, I did get out of my chair and do the running man a bit. Radical Fresh Thoughts isn't typical fair for Tito, but he pulls off House style phenomenally well.

Tito's Jungle leanings are evident in the tracks slight tinging of speed garage, and the stripped down melody lines. While keeping it spare and dirty, Tito remains faithful to House's dancibility. That makes his track right at home with some of the more industrial influenced tech stuff coming out of corners of Europe these days. If you're into the darker more spare house music Radical Fresh Thoughts is for you.

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Back in my day we had flat beats

I really wanted to post this video. Mr. Oizo is still around producing tech-break things today, but this was one of the first songs that got me into electronic music.

Long befor I knew what a DJ really did, or the theory and structure of most electronic songs, videos like this inspired me to tap my feat. Later when I went to college music like Flat Beat inspired me to seek out DJ's and learn from them. It was video's like the one post above, and the video for Around the World that got me to buy the albums, find the radio stations, and yes, illegally download the music.

Below I have posted two one more Mr. Oizo video's. Check them it out, and keep it locked. I know I keep promising new mixes. I will get them/it up eventually.

Much love,
DJB

MC Flipside, Joey Seminara & Danny Nagels - Just The Tip

This is the cheesiest video ever. The song is so banging I had to put it up anyway. These guys are always sending me Facebook stuff, and this came to me this weekend. Its pretty bangin'. But it hasn't been edited down for mass consumption so you can see the entire thing before you head over to Beatport.

Check out the Hatiras RMX

Galactic Nights

I haven't had a chance to really listen to this song yet, but the video looks awesome and the songs got a wicked hook. To check out Galactic Nights rippin' it up; turn up your speakers, and rock out.

That mix I promised is forth coming.


So after giving this track an extended listen, I can say 100% its awesome. Which, Seems a bit weak when I think about it, but the emotions stirred up in my soul by this song are a bit hard to express within the limited bounds of the English language. So limited, I resort to awesome.

Awesome is a great word for this track because it leaves me filled with awe. The fan video is pretty sweet too. I like the anime style. I'm not familiar with what anime it is exactly. If any one could let me know that would be sweet, 'cause I'd like to add it to my netflix cue.

Back From the Dead With Ghosthustler

So, I took a bit of break to deal with some things like; work, grad school applications and World of Warcraft. But now that those things have been dealt with I am back to blogging.


Check out that Ghosthustlter video. Its mad fly! I found out about these guys over at Discodust, which is probably my favorite Electro blog right now. Its got snazzy writing, and well... Pretty much just rocks face.

The other day I also got caught up with an equally amazing blog, that is impossible to pigeonhole, 20 Jazz Funk Greats. Its important when popping over there to read the posts in addition to jacking the MP3s because the writing is crazy amazing. As in it is crazy, and amazing. I would excerpt some stuff but i don't want those fellows coming after me. Something tells me lost of cutting would be involved, and I am to fat to be a hipster.

I am going to try and get a mix up this week, as well as persue some contacts I made while I was galavanting around. So, keep it locked... or whatever the internet appropriate phraze is.