5 kovaa (ja ilmaista) musafilua

Soitan ensi perjantaina vieraana Turun kovimpien kreba/dancehall/räp-deejiiden Double M:n ja Resupekan Funked Up Friday -klubilla, joten on aika listata parit kovat ja tuoreet biisit. Seulahan on mulla kova, joten paskoja biisejä nämä eivät ole.

Kyseessä muuten mitä luultavimmin viimeinen keikka suhteellisen pitkään aikaan, kun edessä on kohta polvileikkaus ja pari kuukautta kepeillä.

1. Alison Valentine - Peanut Butter (Moon Boots Remix)

Moon Boots on tuloaan tekevä tuottaja, jonka biisejä on soittanut mm. Aeroplane. Alison Valentinen kundi tapasi ilmeisesti keikalla, jolle Alison toi kukkia. Tapahtumasta syntyi tämä remixi; kivaa kesäistä kevyt-diskoa R'n'B-mausteilla. Soittaisin.

2. Jonas Rathsman - Since I Don't Have You

Myös ruotsalaistuottaja Jonas Rathsman julkaisee French Express -levymerkillä, mutta hänen tyylinsä eroaa aika lailla Moon Bootsista. Since I Don't Have You kumartaa modernin housen suuntaan. Voksua käytetään nätisti, ja biisin kliimaksi kahden ja puolen minsan tienoilla on mainio.

3. Serefe Soundsystem - Ota osasi

Suomalaista balkan-osaamista vissiin Helsingistä. Vasta kaksi ilmaisbiisiä julkaissut SS osaa pistää höngän päälle. Ottakaa riski ja soittakaa keikalla, instant kreba taattu.

4. Todd Terje 'Happy Together' (Edit)

Smile Recordings julkaisee nykyään Mindless Boogie -vinyylilafkan edittejä waveina, ilmaiseksi. Katalogista löytyy mm. tämä about jokaisen dj-keikan räjäyttävä Todd Terje -editointi Happy Togetheristä. Paa-paa-paa-paa, yhteislaulun paikka jos koskaan.

5. Lana Del Ray - Blue Jeans (Sophie Lloyd remix)

Tunnen vähän huonosti Lana Del Reytä, mutta tämä remixi toimii hyvin. Ei trance-nostoja tai muita turhia tehokeinoja, vaan hyvin tuettu alkuperäistä vokaaleja. Löytyy Feel My Bicepin blogista, jota kannattaa muutenkin seurata.

- Peffis

Italians do it better

Italians do it better is something more than just what used to read in Madonna's t-shirt in the 80's. It's also one of the most stylistic and focused indie "dance" labels around. Their bands were one of those new acts we all liked when we started DWTF in 2009.

A recent RA article talks with the label manager Mike Simonetti and goes a bit into the history of the label. I recommend you check that out for a quick recap of his story and musical taste.

Even more importantly, I recommend taking a look on Simonetti's and Glass Candy's Johnny Jewel's Soundcloud pages.

Mike has loads of edits he's done there for download in a hi-res format. None of the usual crappy disco mutilations that are called edits, but instead wisely picked songs that are given little edit qualities. Here's a sample one.

SPREAD YA WINGS - Mike Simonetti edit by mike simonetti

Johnny Jewel on the other hand gives out - I kinda wonder why - loads of IDIB instrumentals for free as WAV's. I have always had twofold attitude towards Glass Candy's lead singer, so these instrumentals really hit the spot for me. Just amazingly beautiful stuff, like this one:

CHROMATICS / RUNNING UP THAT HILL by JOHNNY JEWEL

Picture listening these while you're driving, at the moment when the night hits the town and the streets are all rainy and neon lights lit up. I really should play these more often.

- 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

Top 10's for next Wednesday

We'll be playing next Wednesday at the lovely and cozy atmosphere of Bar Kuka. You know the deal: good beer, kicker/fussball matches, great decoration, nice people and decent music, provided by us.

Here's an extra little sumthing sumthing. Last time we played there together I heard that half a dozen people where Shazaming what we we're playing. Nothing wrong with that, quite the opposite. After all, that's what we are there for; to bring unknown good music to new ears.

So, to encourage music discoveries, we are giving away beer/cider tickets to those who recognize first songs from our top 10's. Just come and say hi to the dj booth when you hear one of these ones and you've earned yourself a free beer/cider. Just one ticket per song and until they last, so better be quick.

Top 10's

Ripatti TOP 10:

Autolux – Transit Transit
The Walkmen – Blue as Your Blood
Deerhoof – The Merry Barracks
Wire – Please Take
bob hund – Tvångstankar
Destroyer - Chinatown
Matthew Dear – Little People (Black City)
Ilija Rudman – Prisoner of Passion
Bot’Ox – Slow Burn
Isolée – Journey’s End

Peffis TOP 10:

Paul Martin - Le troublant témoignage de Paul Martin
The The - Giant
Seija Simola - Juna Turkuun
Sam Amidon - Relief
Hird - Getting Closer
Meanderthals - Bugges room
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Junior Boys - ep
Odyssey - Who
The Pool - Jamaica Running

Have a good midsummer's eve, keep safe.

- Peffis

Next Saturday: Diskotusneuvottelut + loads of shoutouts!

Man, how amazing was last Friday? I've never had so much positive feedback as I got from Diskoluistel-U. Just random people, joggers and such, came up and said we should do it every Friday. It's a surprising reaction to people just putting up a soundsystem next to a roller skate park and blasting away pretty rare-ish disco, house and chiptune.

I just wanna say I'm very happy that we did it, now I can cross that off my personal "to do list for life".

Here's one photo of the event. Check the FB page or here for more good photos of happy people. We even got on the news:

This week we have something good for store also. We are going back to Dynamo upstairs after a long while. No guests, just me and Ripatti going deep with our selections. We've dubbed the night as Diskotusneuvottelut, after the political farce we are just going through. FB is also up and top 10's from both of us are coming up soon. I think we'll lean on our disco records and spice it up with newer favorites.

If you'd rather listen to best house available on Saturday, I heartily recommend Sheikki Sheikki's party. The boys have an anniversary coming up and they have done an excellent job with their club for three years.

And if rap selection is you thing, go ahead to So Damn Tuff Open mic. Very recommended. They have become quickly one of the best rap clubs around.

At least three excellent clubs on one night, that's Turku nightlife nowadays.


And also big thanks for Heikki Sillanpää aka DKSTR for updating our old discus thrower logo to space age. It's soooo cooooll :D

Ps. Here's a new house remix of a Classixx track for everyone who read all the way here. 320, so it's ready to go.

- Peffis

Happy international R. Kelly Day

Dunno, why it is today, but Facebook says so.



Man, can't even begin to describe all the things R. Kelly means to me. I actually got to review his latest album - which has been sort of a lifelong dream -, shame it was a bit of lame effort. We all know how bat shit amazing some of his songs are, and we all know about the "age ain't nuttin but a number" suspicions and accusations.

Here's three good ways to celebrate the day:

1. Listen to these two mixtapes of his songs by Vic Crezée: The first one. The second. Both of them are made just the way mixtapes should be made: good selection, great mixing, funny sound clips in between.

2. Read Mountain Goats' John Darnielle's 100 reasons why Ignition remix is "so damned great". Possibly while listening to Ignition remix on repeat.



3. Cop the old Real Talk bmore edit here. How dope can a very simple edit be, kudos to F*skars.

- Peffis

5 downloadable freebies + Mixcloud opening

Ah, the sweet smell of FREE music. Now that's something we can all bond upon. Anyways, don't want to get into talking about what freely downloadable music does to listening experience or the value of music.

Here are my five picks from the vast internets. They are all 320 kbps or over, so you can blast them in your gigs (if you're a dj). Wouldn't play anything less, I get really annoyed if I hear distortion on files played. And yeah, they all went to distribution because their authors wanted.

Wizardz - Boogie Slyde (BlackLodge Synth Refix)
Nice and funky 80's jam with dope rhythms and bass. Lovingly refixed by BlackLodge who you should follow on Soundcloud for more goodness. BPM: 115.

Rodion + GoldenBug: Washing Machine (Bottin's Spin Cycle Edit)
Our favorite Venice dj is back with a rolling edit. I didn't like this at first, but then I got into the LOOP and DISCOvered it. Would guess this works well on a dance floor. Also BPM: 115

Maxwell - Bad Habits (Dave Nada Club mix)
This one's an older one. I guess bmore sounds are a bit year 2009, but this one still retains it's coolness. It's basically a slow jam, really stylistically spiced up for the dance floor. BPM: 128.

Shine 2009 - New Rules (Remix)
Not shamed to admit that I think Shine 2009 are the best new band around. They released this new remix a while back, it takes the sun-and-wind-like original to more danceable tempo and feel. BPM: 119.

Tahiti 80 - Darlin' (John Talabot's Oscuro Baile Remix)
John Talabot is one hell of a promising dj/producer from Barcelona. I really dig his way of doing these heavy, rhythmic songs that really aren't that fast. Check this interview with him for more insights. I have no idea about the original, but this remix is a winner. BPM: 114.

And yeah, in other news: I've put all the interviews I did with my Diskonservatorio show in Mixcloud. I also uploaded my old solo mix there since Soundcloud ran out of time.

Cheers,
- Peffis