ATLectro is going on hiatus, but we will return with regular updates and a new site design in the not-so-distant future. In the meantime, check out A Brooklyn Life Radio for weekly mix fixes from Bethany, Jon G., Adam Smith, and other special guests.
’till then,
ATLectro, signing off!
Subscribe to the A Brooklyn Life Radio Podcast or visit A Brooklyn Life to download Apocalyptic Well-Being, featuring a laid back mix of classics from Raw Silk, edits by Greg Wilson, Chicago house classics by ESP and Rickster, dreamy disco from Hott City and chilly deep techno from Swedish masters Cari Lekebusch as Mr. James Barth, Jesper Dahlbäck and Sebastian Ahrenberg as Sunday Brunch, and Jesper Dahlbäck and John Dahlbäck together as Hugg and Pepp.
Every track from Fram’s Unnatural High to Mr. James Barth’s Music is the Key puts me in that dreamy state of well-being that the mix title refers to. Try not to let your disbelief that Alexander Robotnick’s Dark Side of the Spoon was actually written and recorded in 1983 disrupt your musical high, and keep an eye out for more Svek on the A Brooklyn Life Radio horizon - rumor has it that two of the DJs have an all-Svek series up their collective sleeves.
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And, in order to make this post a little less boring, check out the latest issue of Discopia magazine, featuring tasty interviews with Tim Sweeney, I-F, Alexander Robotnick and Danny Krivit.
When my pals at A Brooklyn Life asked me to make a mix for their new podcast, I couldn’t resist mixing in a little nod to my dearly missed New Yorker and soon-to-be New Yorker friends. Maybe it’s a little cheesy, but certainly no worse than working our beloved hometown’s airport code into the title. Subscribe to the A Brooklyn Life Radio Podcast or visit A Brooklyn Life to download ATLien In My Pocket, featuring tracks and edits by Roboterwerke, Todd Terje, Vera, Azoto, Terrace, Faze Action, Idjut Boys, Lindstrøm, Lindbaek, and more.
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Cleaning up the Dirty South presents: James F!@#$%^ Friedman w/ 1-800-DISENFRANCHISED - Tonight @The Mark. Who’s this DJ with the symbol-ridden middle name and why should you attend? Tony Ware at Creative Loafing has all the answers, yes he does.
Entry is $7 and things get started at 10. The Mark, 79 Poplar St.
If you can’t make the Mark tonight (March 9), rumor has it James will also be gracing Trashed Dance Party with his robo-funking presence tomorrow night (Friday, March 10) at Lenny’s.
• Heady, elegant new mix from former Atlantan Jena Paradies, featuring a surprising mid-mix appearance by Salamandos, Legowelt’s dirty Chi-town alias:
[download - Last Nacht - mixed by Jena Paradies - .mp3]
• Fantasticly titled fun new electrohouse and party rock mix from Atlanta’s own Jon G. I wish any listeners luck keeping the first track from taking up permanent residence inside their heads:
[ download - Mr. Fantastic Still Dances - mixed by Jon G. - .mp3]
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Berlin’s Michel Morin, aka Sneak Thief, seems to have found the magic formula for rocking a party with his funky, live-fast-die-young synthy electro, demonstrated here in a live set recorded last November in Ireland. Morin’s clever use of samples and “all-synth, no-vinyl & no-laptop” performance is impressive and most importantly, ass-shaking. Morin is also half of Polygamy Boys, along with Stephan Busche (aka DJ Gitano). Some of the Boy’s best tracks are those featuring Lindsay-J, who’s lovely vocals often channel great female Italo vocalists of the past. Keep an eye out for the trio’s forthcoming EP on Mighty Robot UK.
[ download - Sneak-Thief aka Polygamy Boys Live in Cork Ireland 11/27/05 .mp3 ]
• Richie Hawtin composes music for 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies in Torino, Italy (via Protien)
• Three great mixes from DFA’s Juan McLean and James Murphy, available for a limited time only at DFArecords.com
• Four Four reviews highlights of the the 2006 CBS Top 100, which is available for download at Elektrosonik
• Yet another compelling reason to try digital: Submerge opens Detroit Digital Vinyl offering digital versions of Submerge-distributed releases
• Download Todd Terje’s Iron Kukkuru mix courtesy of Bear Entertainment
• Excellent new mix by Seattle’s DJ Misha - download Chance of Snow
• Busy-ish week at ATLectro: Cleaning Up the Dirty South @ Bazzaar on Thursday and Lovegun @ Vinyl Saturday
Discopia Magazine, now in it’s 6th issue, features interviews, charts, event reviews, history and editorials covering all things disco with a little funk, post-punk, electro, and italo on the side. Issue 6 focuses on Gay disco with Top 10 Gay Record Sleeves and Daniel Wang’s explicit and possibly NSFW account of his introduction to disco in 1990s San Francisco; Issue 5, Disco-Europe Express, features interviews with robot disco favorites Bangkok Impact, Idjut Boys, Serge of Clone, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, and Marco Passarani.
[ Discopia Webzine ]
Innovating DJ, pioneer of the ‘quick-cut’ edit method, music historian and producer Greg Wilson retired from DJing in 1984 after a career in clubs and radio that some credit with introducing electronic music to the UK. He has since returned to DJing and has released Credit to the Edit (tracklisting), an anthology of his favorite re-edits.
Download:
[ Greg Wilson- Live @ Electric Chair pt 1 .mp3 ]
[ Greg Wilson- Live @ Electric Chair pt 2 .mp3 ]
Recommended reading:
When Punk Met Funk by Greg Wilson @ discostyle.com
What Did It All Mean? by Greg Wilson @ discomusic.com
Credit to the Edit is available now on CD and Vinyl, along with I Was a Teenage DJ, a limited-edition 12″ containing four of Wilson’s recent cut-ups and disco edits.
update: Greg himself wrote ATLectro with a couple of corrections: the mixes above are not from APT in October as previously reported, and they were not recorded on a reel-to-reel. Rather, a reel-to-reel was used as medium in the making of the live set. I also took the liberty of copying the sets to ATLectro’s webserver. Thanks again to Colin Nagy for hosting them originally, and to Greg, looking forward to the APT set!
