where's the luv?

This past weekend I had the great pleasure of hearing for the sixth (i think..?) time the man I, as of now consider to be the best example of a DJ who knows his crowd, knows his music and knows how to properly entertain. Danny Tenaglia played at Toronto's (in)famous Guvernment nightclub for the last time as the club will be closing after a very successful run. A night of hard techno, progressive, tribal and many old classics. I won't go into how TERRIBLE the Guv really is because theres no point. its closing. A friend of mine pointed out that its closing will sadly have a trickle down to the venues we really love and bring all the people that Guv drew to these other places and possibly making them now places we don't love. I hope that doesn't happen. I want to think that the way my friends and I enjoy ourselves might rub off on a few of these people and they'll learn how to respect people at clubs and not be an annoying wanker... but we'll see.

Danny's sets are always full of musical gems. Most of the time you can't ascertain what they are because he's tweaked around with them so much and is playing 3 other tracks at the same time but every now and then he plays the whole song. Its usually a pretty special track that sort of changes the atmosphere in the room and sets you heading in a new direction. on Sunday morning there were a few of these... notably Dubtribe Sound System's "Do It Now". wow. people went off. and justifiably so.... but we all know that one. Then there was this little nugget. This artist has been featured on the blog before, and Im really regretting not making it out to see him at Panorama Bar in Berlin.

Kasper Bjørke feat.Sísý Ey - Apart (Michael Mayer Remix)

And this little beauty got dropped at the after party I was at... LOVE it!!

Theophilus London - Wine & Chocolates (Andhim Remix Radio Version)

hoping for some mighty efficient machines

I cannot stop listening to this album. Every spare second I have had for 2 days has been spent with this as my musical backdrop.  The album is about a year old, released last February by a producer from Denmark named Kasper Bjørke.  Its called Sitting On Top Of Utopia, and what a fucking marvelous view it is from the top! Hot damn.  Theres elements of disco, dark menacing electronia, indie pop and even parts of it that remind me of Muse and strangely it doesn't feel scattered.  This will be my soundtrack while im sitting in the hospital tomorrow recovering from ACL reconstructive surgery on my left knee, giddy'up!
These are my early two favourites from the album:

Kasper Bjørke - Efficient Machine

Kasper Bjørke - Fido & The Friendly Ghost