July 2010
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“Techno has for too long clung to its self-mythology: the unshakable idea that...”
– Fact magazine’s deputy editor Kiran Sande (Latest issue of Skrufff)
DJ Bricksta Mailing List →
Im starting a Mailing List so those are interested in keeping up with everything I am doing once a month in 2011 can do so. I will send one email in early august though so subscribers can get my two sided ‘European Adventure’ mix before it goes online, and you also get my track ‘Cold Soul’ as a 320kbps mp3 just for signing up. In other words, get down on it!
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Bricksta's European Adventure: Club Raw Mix...
One of the things I’ll be sharing in August when I leave is a two ‘side’ mix, recorded on the Stanton decks that started everything for me. However, if you want a chance to hear the ‘Sunny Side’ of the mix before then, tonight’s your chance.
Club Raw with Coombsie broadcasts from 8PM AEST on the Raw FM Radio Network which stretches from NSW down to Shepparton...
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Bricksta's European Adventure: This August...
Edit (2/07/10)- The new art for facebook is up! Check out www.listn.to/djbricksta to have a peek. All the content is coming together nicely too. A post to follow on what’s on the new site in the coming weeks!
It’s time to make it official!
In Mid August I am heading to Europe, and I honestly don’t know when I will be back, though I am guessing it will be sometime in...
June 2010
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July Gig Dates- up now! →
I have just put up all my dates at Academy for this month up, however this is one very special date to be announced. Stay tuned for more info on that one soon!
Bricksta Blogged on In The Room →
It was a pleasant surprise to find a writeup on two of my tracks on a blog with some great content and write ups, In The Room. Thanks guys!
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Steve Lind (AKA Spenda C) - Party & Bullshit... →
This is the best party mix I have ever heard. Check it out, this is what a party mix should be and this certainly gets me in the mood for clubbing.
Disco Disco Disco!
Disco/French Touch/Funky House/Indie-Dance. Its all gaining traction in Australia and not just from our local producers, but you have heard it a million times before so lets get into the tunes.
First off, Moonchild has released a new original, Girl, for free download at his SoundCloud. Stream and download it from the player.
Moonchild - Girl (Original Mix) by...
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Oyster- Fashion Crimes →
My cousin is currently doing an internship at Oyster and just got her first feature article posted on actual crimes in fashion. Got to support the family ;), congrats Jacinta!
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Exclusive: J Dilla- 2U4U (Beta Max Edit)
Gangsta Deep House never sounded so good.
Thanks to Dimitri Max, you can grab a copy of his J Dilla edit under his Beta Max moniker for a week, starting from now.
J Dilla- 2U4U (Beta Max Edit)
Edit: And thats it! Keep looking at Dimitri Max’s website for the release date of this track.
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Interview.
My mate Clancy Noakes asked me these questions as part of a Uni assignment. Decided to post it here as it gives you a good idea of where I am at with a lot of things.
What first inspired you to get into electronic music?
Though I had dealt with ‘big beat’ artists like Fatboy Slim and Moby which were borderline electronic, the biggest thing that made me fall in love with House...
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a new side project: collar. (+ ep preview)
Earlier this year I became obsessed with the ideas of ‘criminals’ with power. I also read and watched some trashy and not so trashy material which I found compelling like McDonalds. You know its rubbish but you keep coming back for more.
Overall I viewed Dexter Season 4, Mad Men Season 1-2, Underbelly Season 1, and read The Wolf Of Wall...
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Blog Bootys Baby
Two picks off the blogs that are doing my head in for two reasons, one’s insane, one’s a sign that the Duck Sauce EP is finally about to drop!
First one is care of this post at Potty Mouth Music profiling the man I consider head of the ‘fidget’ scene, Lee Mortimer. He’s done a bootleg of an old Funky House track by M&S called Sasoul...
May 2010
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Armand Van Helden: Back on Form
Has anybody noticed how all of Armand Van Helden’s production work has changed post Duck Sauce? I think its a sign that Armand’s ‘future’ tracks that harp back to the past are going to shape the funky sound taking over house yet again (Funky House 2.0 even ;)), whether its through disco, the cut up funk of Voodoo Chilli...
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Gig: Fresh Blood @ Academy (May 28th)
A late addition to my May gig lineup, Fresh Blood is showcasing younger DJ’s in Canberra. I’ll be joining Peking DuK, Ben Colin, Cheese, Yohan Strauss, Aeon, and the Uh-Oh DJs.
Get all the details from the facebook event here.
Set Times:
9-10 Uh Oh! 10-11 Yohan Strausse 11-12 DJ Bricksta 12-1 Cheese 1-2 Peking DuK 2-3 Ben Colin 3-5 Aeon
Cover charge for the night is $5. Get down on...
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Team Wing with a Block Rockin' Remix
Just got sent this from Team Wing and it’s a bloody beauty. Premiering here, their remix of this Chemical Brothers classic is a perfect rework for modern dancefloor’s and again cements the boys stellar, straight up production values. Massive.
The Chemical Brothers- Block Rockin Beats (Team Wing Remix)
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A-Trak- Dirty South Dance 2 →
Every blog has been posting this so I won’t go on about it except to say the props from everyone are worth it. The fact that the album is free is even better, get on it!
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Artist Feature: Dimitri Max
Straight up. Dimitri Max is the most exciting man in house music today for me. Most people would think I would pick someone more established and acclaimed by the music press suck as Motor City Drum Ensemble, Riva Starr, or even someone with amazing career longevity like Armand Van Helden. However, there’s something remarkable about this relativity unknown ...
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3 Massive Tracks of the Moment
To celebrate the release of open WiFi from my neighbor’s house while I wait for the net to be hooked up at home, here’s some super hot tunes: one local, one national, one international. All world class.
Karton- We Bleed (via This Is Breaks)
- Karton are a Canberra Breaks group, and their forthcoming LP on Sound Of Habib is going to be massive. One of the biggest breaks albums of the...
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Album Review: Flying Lotus- Cosmogramma
Local rapper Roshambo was the person who told me about Flying Lotus. At the time, I had just got back into hip hop and had also just discovered Warp Records artist Aphex Twin. The result was me purchasing Flying Lotus’ first album on Warp, Los Angeles, which I bought in winter of 2009.
I’ll never forget the first time I listened to the album. I was on...
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Hype Me- I Need Your Support
Props to the boys at Groove City for recently doing a write up on my funky house tracks.
More than ever this means I need your support on The Hype Machine so more people can find out about these tunes. Below is the links to the tracks from the blog post on The Hype Machine. If you can love, tweet, or even just check out the tunes if you haven’t I would...
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Straight Outta Canberra
..with more tracks than you can throw a cease & desist at.
I’m back with some tunes coming out of the hottest producer’s studio’s in our fair town and god there’s some good stuff around. I’ll put an upcoming label release from me on the bottom for good measure too. These tracks are either recent releases or exclusives so sink your teeth in to some freshness!
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5 Albums That Changed My Life
There’s quite a few albums that have had a life changing effect on me, these are just a short sharp collection of a few recent ones and a few from the past with a little bit of a write up in each. The selections are from Aphex Twin, DJ Hell, Outkast, Fatboy Slim & Flying Lotus. Read more about them after the jump.
Aphex Twin- Come To Daddy EP (Warp, 1997)
I was given a copy of this...
April 2010
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DJ Bricksta @ Warehouse: Set Times + Promo Mix
This weekend I have the pleasure of playing at Warehouse, so here’s the extended info regarding my set times and a promo mix. The full map and set times can be downloaded here.
First up, I am opening the outdoor stage, ‘The Terrace’, playing from 12:00-12:30pm. That set is obviously extremly brief and right at the start, so I know it’s not going to be gangbusters in there....
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May Gig Dates
This month I have the pleasure of playing at a large festival, headlining my own saturday night at Academy, and supporting a fidget mainplayer Adam Bozetto. I’m excited to say the least.
As per last month’s event’s that fell towards the end of the month, I will update the Bozetto facebook event link when it gets posted, but for now theres my usual Thursday night dates + the...
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New Bricksta Music
I’m back with new tracks. Lets get straight into it.
The Family Table is my latest track as The Sneak, my hip hop and dubstep alias. I took a sample from a jazz track and went from there. Later on I incorporated a recording of my extended family sitting down to dinner and from there I had concept which allowed me to build the whole beat. Looking forward to sharing more of the hip...
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Gig News
Hey guys,
So a heap of stuff is coming up (and so are the facebook hookups!).
Tonight (Thursday) you can catch me at Freshly Baked Biscuits 2 @ Transit Bar from 8:30-10.
Tomorrow (Friday), you can catch me supporting The Freestylers @ Academy from 10-11:30.
Saturday, you can catch me supporting Chris Fraser for the Raw FM Tour @ Academy from 10-11:30.
Also, I really haven’t hyped it up...
An Update on Content / Cease & Desist
Hey guys,
So I am sure people who check here from time to time have noticed that there has been no new stuff for a while, now I can explain why.
Last week, I received a Cease & Desist document from an Australian dance music label. If they pursue cases such as mine in future I am sure they will become known but I believe there’s no reason to name them publicly at this time. The document was...
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Tim Deluxe- Freedom
I lost hope the last couple...
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3 Tracks for Monday
I know this should fall on a Sunday but consider this a kick start to the working week
Herbie Hancock has a new album coming out in June and I am very excited for its release. The Imagine Project was an idea Hancock had to basically collaborate with top artists from all around the world to create some music.
I am heavily inspired by Hancock because he has always embraced innovation and change in...
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3 Tracks for Sunday
Plump DJs- Be Good (mp3, 320kbps)
Given away for free from the Plump DJs to launch their label Grand Hotel Records (you can still sign up to the newsletter and get it here), this track was easily in my top 5 of 2009. Funky sample, dirty lead and Plump drums. Get down on it.
Aretha Franklin- Respect (TwoShoes Edit) (mp3, 320kbps)
Canberra producer Ben Gough, a.k.a twoshoes put this on...
March 2010
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April Gig Dates
This month at Academy I have the pleasure of supporting a few influences of mine, Burns and the Freestylers, as well as Sydney DJ/Producer’s Tommy Trash and Chris Fraser. I also am continuing on with my Thursday nights slots which I am enjoying playing heaps, thanks to all that have been at those dates the last couple of month’s and have been giving me feedback.
Here’s the...
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Flight Facilities- Mid Flight Mixtape
Mid Flight Mixtape by flightfacilities
Flight Facilities have stormed onto the disco scene with their debut release Crave You (Beatport) out now on Bang Gang 12”. I know I just covered the label’s previous release yesterday but this is another release that’s going to turn more than a few heads.
The mix above is a stellar...
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Review: Light Year- Night / Vision (EP)
The problem with dance music at the moment is it’s all about quantity. It’s all about one average single and having 10 remixes to back it up, each as shit as the next. You never get releases like ‘Night / Vision’ anymore, so when this hit my inbox from Bang Gang 12” and I hit play on the title track, I couldn’t help but...
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Artist Feature: Opiuo
Opiuo is going to do some amazing stuff in 2010. When I first heard him earlier this year on Triple J Mixup, I was losing my mind in the car at how perfect yet unique Opiuo’s music is. Opiuo’s sound to me is a mix of hip hop, funk, and a glitchy, frantic UK influence from the bass fueled Dubstep/Fidget/Breaks scene.
Basically, you need to hear this. I believe this genre of...
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Tom Piper & Daniel Farley- Airbag
I never support Australian stuff just because it’s Australian. Its got to be quality, and Airbag is quality the whole way through.
If you have heard any of Tom Piper’s 2010 stuff you would be expecting high pitched leads with bass heavy drum’s but when this hit my inbox I couldn’t be more surprised by how deep and rhythmic this record was, perfect to start...
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Tommie Sunshine Presents Brooklyn Fire Bootlegs –... →
I am not a huge fan of Tommie Sunshine’s own bootlegs that much. This collection however, of world-class producers remixes and edits of a whole host of tracks, all in 320kbps mp3, is required listening. The collection has been released to hype up Tommie’s new label, Brooklyn Fire. I will be bringing more WMC stuff to this blog as I find the gems!
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Damon Albarn (Gorillaz) talks about Plastic Beach... →
Worth looking at if you read my review to understand the concepts, who’s been involved in the project this time, etc.