The best way to understand anything is through contrast and comparison. It applies to life, and it applies to music. You could say that’s why I played T. Rex next to Ty Segall, and the dreamy pop of Deserta alongside Curve. But I really felt like I learned something when playing James Blake directly next…
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UPDATE: We will only be DJing by the pool for this event — not at the Amigo Room on Saturday evening. Which means, of course, there’s more time for mischievousness. See you at the pool! What’s better than poolside jams in the warmth of the desert sun in December? Nothing, from what I can tell.…
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If the topic is Detroit music — in all its varied forms — it usually doesn’t take long for me to reach the outer limits. The deep soundtrack of techno from Moodymann and Carl Craig pair easily with the Motown grooves of Marvin Gaye. But I don’t stop there. Rock and roll hailing from the…
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Things get deep — from the deep south (or notions of it) and deep techno to deep space. And there’s always room for new(ish) Marvin Gaye, Ryuichi Sakamoto and a Radio Slave remix of Apparat. Oh, and I can’t forget my extra special guest telling us all about dublab’s 20th anniversary celebration, Mr. Kion Warner.…
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I also share the music of R. Elizabeth (artwork featured here) on the new Alternate Take. There’s Lusine, Jackie Wilson and a pre-Funkadelic Bootsy Collins project called House Guests. Let’s not forget the nearly lost collaboration between Grace Jones and A Certain Ratio, shared in all its scratch-track beauty. There are a ton of new…
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I was asked to DJ with actual records at Smorgasburg on a Sunday morning in DTLA. The first thing I asked was, Where’s the beer garden? It turns out that that’s where Clark Warner and I will be tomorrow from 10-1 with Beat Swapmeet and dublab. Come chill with us as we play tunes. Smorgasburg…
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And that’s not all. We’ll also listen to Ludavic Alarie (an artist from Quebec on Blonde Redhead’s record label, with Simone as guest) and Tomita’s “The Planets.” We can’t leave out the Brazilian outfit Boogarins, Isasa from Spain, the collected sounds of Sir David Attenborough, plus a lot more. You’ll find the latest edition of…
Read more…The new radio show features otherworldly new music from His Name Is Alive and Windy & Carl
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I can’t decide if I like the features or artwork more (and I love them both), but I do know that Evelyn McDonnell and I had a great time talking about the book “Women Who Rock” on dublab for “Alternate Take” this past Saturday. We also talked about the activist collective Turn It Up!, The…
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