Thanks for the weekend

Phew, two very different nights in a row.

The first one we held the line at Turku UG site and partied till six in the morning with Nam Shub of Enki, DKSTR, Fossa and Dj Puliukkonen. At five o'clock the place was packed with smoke, pretty much everyone left were us, the organizers and dj's starting pumping gabber. Just then someone came there from a Halloween party, dressed up as a bunny or something. He had - for some unknown reason - a saxophone with him, so he was quickly put next to an open mic and made to play with the even quickening hardcore techno sounds of Atte Häkkinen. I passed by him when I went home and he played on his way home, too.

Good times.

The next evening we played some quirky punk, Finnish obscurities and AOR at cozy Bar Kuka. Lots of people said they liked the selection and asked what we played to know it better. It always makes me very happy. Enjoyed both nights very much, thanks for everyone involved.

For bonus: here's all JS666 albums re-released. The incredible JS666 was one the first artists we brought to Turku warehouse parties and some of his songs just got played at five o'clock last Friday morning, so it's quite fitting his albums got re-released just now in tune the weekend afterglow. Let's call it destiny.

Have a good weekend,
- Peffis

Ruisrock afterparty tomorrow - 5 downloadable rockers

Woof, woof! 5 good quality rockers handpicked from the vast internet?

Sure thing. Here's a five freely distributed songs I've been feeling lately. 320 or more, so they're good to go if you have your dj licenses set up.

1. Spottie Ottie (Dj Apt One edit)
An instrumental edit of a classic rap track.

2. Lasertom & Blast Crew - Heavens in the Backseat
A robo-polished cover version of Hot Chocolate. Kinda reminds me of DFA and Tiga.

3. Starks & Nacey - The Flip
"I'm known for that flip the kokaina". Don't know how to categorize this one... nu-house, club music, moonbahton? Whatever, I dig the texture and vocal sample.

4. JS666 - Close to the Edge
I generally don't like mashups that much, but this one's a winner. It's The Message with U2 and Specials, I guess.

*** Ruisrock SPECIAL ***
5. Robyn - Hang With Me (Drop Out Orchestra Rework)
Drop Out Orchestra is a winning new remix/production team from Sweden and here they remix Robyn who is one of the few Ruisrock stars. I think Drop Out Orchestra play real bass on their records and on their gigs.

Just to remind, we'll join Kimito Diskotek - who has a new mix up - tomorrow on the Ruisrock official afterparty. Free fun, starting from 10 at Klubi.

See you tomorrow,
- Peffis