I’m back on the decks! I guess I knew it would happen. I’ve been a DJ for years, and in a variety of settings outside of radio, including on hotel rooftops, at a swim club in the desert, on a float in the middle of a pond, at museums, galleries, clubs, lounges, and an opera…
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The (almost) in-studio interview with ADULT. is featured on the latest edition of Alternate Take on dublab. It’s been several years since we talked on an official level about their music, but it felt like we hadn’t missed a beat. The overriding topic was about perception, in keeping with the name of their new record,…
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One thing I’ve learned over the years is that music is not a one-stop station. It’s a journey. There are artists that are masters at the craft, and simply watching (or listening to) their varied evolutions can be a learning experience in itself. And there are artists that are newer to the scene. They soak…
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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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