Delay Is the Way

We’ve got the one DJ Delay — aka Brian May, aka Beam Up, aka Sonical — in the house at Beat Research tomorrow night. I’ve been into his dub-drenched beats for a minute now, linking to one project (of gritty, bassy Balkan remixes) way back when, e.g. — After Junior Rodigan’s stunningly sweet set last […]

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Listening Log #425963

A few recent projects of note landed in my inbox last week. And though I don’t have the time to really give them the write-ups they deserve (and don’t get me started on the backlog of projects I need to big-up), they each grabbed my attention — a remarkable feat in this age of info-glut […]

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Making the World Safe

I suspect some dear readers out there, much as they like me, are getting sick of seeing my bristly face when they load the page, so I figured I’d get something else up here at the top, though I don’t have time for a proper post right now. One thing about those beard shots — […]

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Acid Washed Genes

I’m thrilled that Joro-Boro is due to join us tonight for a little Beat Research. A few months ago, I received a fortuitous email from him, linking me to a new mix he’d put together, full of what he called his “favorite local dirty sounds” — a familiar if distinctive melange of polyrhythmic electronic dance […]

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Beat Research :: DJ Gaetano Fabri

@ Beat Research, Monday, April 14 >> Balkan Beats w/ DJ Gaetano Fabri Based in Belgium and Paris, DJ Gaetano Fabri will be stopping by BR as part of his world tour. He is known for mixing dancefloor beats with the traditional music from the Tzigane or ’Gypsy’ culture. The sounds of East European brass […]

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MixxThink #5736: Yip Yip Yip, Uh-huh Uh-huh

muzikmix.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) :: http://www.myspace.com/deejayrasputin “a new 45 min DJ Rasputin mixset with the latest selection of trubaci, chalga, albanian pop, türkish rhythms and gypsy frenzy!” (via blentwell) (tags: mix turkey albania gypsy balkan europea) dj_nron_the_collaborator.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) new mix from comrade n-ron: wide-ranging electro bizniz (tags: mix hip-hop dubstep electro electronic orientalism) videyoga ::

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linkthink #95363: Color Guard

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) PALAOA – Livestream streaming sound from the antarctic ocean (via bldblg) (tags: audio science sound soundscape nature antarctica) Canyon Cody el canyonazo, studying music in grenada via fulbright, promises to live-blog the making of an al-andulus inspired album, w/ such collaborators as gnotes, over the month […]

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