Restless

Things happen when you get older.... like you throw your back out so bad you can't really move for three days doing really nothing at all.  The upside of which means I get to clear out my gmail inbox from the past 5 days, and get on the hunt for some new tunes since the only thing that feels normal is sitting in my computer chair.

I'm always a sucker for a good sample from a classic oldie and two of these have just that. and the other is from a fun new Stereo Productions sampler via DJ Chus called Ibiza Syrup - 100% Balearic Jam.  

A nice sunny day jam with a lil Simon & Garfunkel to keep things honest

Samu.l - Restless Dreams (Original Mix)

The excellent Umami return to the blog..

Umami - Sunny (Original Mix)

Stereo Productions chief selecta' DJ Chus has a new label comp and this one jumped out at me.

Marcelo Castelli - Check Out Guitar George (Original Mix)

love me like a clown

Thank you Annie Mac, for introducing me to this lil beauty from the adorable Ben Pearce. Ya apparently he's also pretty darn cute on top of being a great producer... BONUS! This is an edit of an old Quincy Jones track "Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me", only renamed with a much more entertaining title. It should help warm things up on this absolutely CHILLY Monday in Toronto... I thought things were supposed to be getting hotter on this planet, seems like they're just getting weirder!

Ben Pearce - Patticakes(edit)

and why not keep it English today?  We all know how I feel (and you should too) about Matthew Dear.. well I came across this remix of one of the tracks off his last album by Birmingham's own, the fantastic Mark E.

Matthew Dear - Little People (Black City) (Mark E Remix)

joker to thief.

Today feels officially like summer in Toronto. Thank fuck for that cuz If I get one more chilly rainy breezy day I'm going to freak out.
This song has ALWAYS been a favourite of mine... and its been covered about a thousand times. None of those came anywhere close to the original Jimi Hendrix song. That was until I came across this lil ditty this morning. She's on repeat!

Barbara Keith - All Along The Watch Tower (Rayko Edit)

Its been a while since I mentioned some of the stuff I get on the mixes my buddy Josh does for me... well this one came on a birthday mix a few months back.  Jamie Jones, Ali Love and whoever else makes up Hot Natured  really can DO NO WRONG. See?

Hot Natured feat. Ali Love - Benediction

dropping the boom

I heard this song... and I had no idea how to categorize it other than awesome. Its got a little bit of an old school house vibe with this super funky hard bass line. So I did a little diggin'. Turns out the fella that churned this puppy out used to be into all manner of Hard Dance stuff, then UK Garage, and now (for the past 10 years) House. Its pretty fun tracing someones musical lineage and then actually really hearing it in their productions... or maybe I'm a geek. 

Hope you hear what I hear!

Huxley - Bellywedge

Get Lost

Stumbled upon this pretty eclectic album selected by Acid Pauli called Get Lost V. The whole thing is pretty cool and really really long.. theres 40 some tracks, including a continuous Dj mix by Pauli.  I should really get on with checking out I through IV too I guess.... 

I'm a sucker for interesting reinterpretations of a song you know so well, that when you hear it done differently you aren't even exactly sure what it is but you're there singing along. These are both those kinda songs.

Sitting on the streetcar on my way to a hockey game this song comes on and I'm going through the lyrics in my head but for some reason can't place what it is until I pull my phone out of my pocket to see.. D'UH! Radiohead's Idioteque.

Calico Horse - Idioteque

And then this one. I was thinking it was Genesis, or Phil Collins... well close enough... Mike & The Mechanics.  If you weren't around when this song was the first time.. or want to see a weird ass 80s video: go check this out . Alternatively, you could boogie to the one I was listening to... I recommend BOTH!

Amirali - Hear Me

Now go get those Easter eggs!

these boots were made for postin'

Maybe its the beautiful Spring day outside. Maybe its the Kombucha I just drank. Maybe even its the poking from a few select friends about not posting anything. I'm just going to skip the mumbo jumbo and get to some choons.

The Players Union are a collective of guys in Manchester that I seriously recommend checking out! They have all kinds of cool productions and a fantastic mix on their soundcloud titled "Gold". Pretty damn appropriate, too. Cuz its a deep soulful disco set that is pretty much Solid Gold. Here's what introduced me to them.  You really can't go wrong paying respect to Bill Withers.  And what better way to do so than in song.

The Players Union - Respect To Bill (Vocal Mix)

You know those tracks where theres just an endless lists of the who's who being listed as inspirations. Daft Punk and ummm some other French act who skips my mind are the most notable ones I can think of. Anyway it happens in this track, so if that bugs you I appologize. Usually it bothers me but I just love the crackling of the vinyl at the beginning of this track and the fun jazzy riffs through the whole thing. Reminds me of the old days in Halifax, with some Mark Farina playin' on the Hi-Fi on South Park St...

 Jacob Korn & Kelli Hand - Dance Away (Original Mix)

On a recent musical pilgrimage on the old tinternet I found a bunch of artists I didn't know about.  And these guys are my favourite "new to me" find. They're fantastic! I love the sound, the energy and everything I've heard from them so far.  This track likely being my favourite, asks some very good questions that I'm sure we all know the answer to (and choose to ignore most of the time, thankfully). Umami in Space or Umami for short are a duo from Germany that've been producing together for a couple years. I highly recommend checking out their 2 Year Anniversary mix on soundcloud where they feature a selection of their original productions and remixes they've done over that time into one pretty dope set.

Umami - Not To (Original Mix)

Go Back To The Zoo

Its a beautiful snowy day here in Toronto. Like super snowy. I've just been given the day off work.  I guess there are worse things one could get up to on a snow day.. like shoveling. But I'll skip that in-lieu of a blog post of some sweet tunes to warm things up a bit.


Not sure if others operate like this, and I'm sure I mentioned it before in a post about reggae & dub, but I can generally only tolerate music that reminds me of hot climates when its totally shitty out. This first post is a perfect example of snow-day music for me.  It comes courtesy the DEATHPROOF sound track. As always Tarantino curates this soundtrack perfectly.  If that film thing doesn't work out he should start DJing at indie clubs. or in my livingroom. So, hot damn! I'll put a couple up off that soundtrack.

The Coasters - Down In Mexico

T Rex - Jeepster

And just in case T Rex didn't get you to boogie, which it really should've.  Sander Kleinenberg is here to save the day.

Go Back To The Zoo - Fire In The Streets (Sander Kleinenberg Remix)