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BEAMS in Concert 8 p.m. Slosberg Music Center The Brandeis Electro-Acoustic Music Studio presents new work by grad and undergrad composers from Brandeis and Brown University. The program includes installation and dj pieces from classic tape/instrument compositions to interactive performances. My own contribution: “Nico Concreto (0-3 Months)”
Read More →@ Beat Research, Monday, April 21 >> Refusenik just got back from Buenos Aires, Argentina where he had been living for the past several months. He brought down his killer collection of dance cuts which drove the people crazy when he played at all the clubs and parties, but now he is bringing back a […]
Read More →@ 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 […]
Read More →@ Beat Research, Thursday, April 3 >> Our ol fren DJ /rupture will be in town and, along w/ DJ Flack, we’ll be throwing down, low-key style: cumbia, dub, loping hip-hop beats, and other treats. Should be a vibes. … Thursday, April 3 @ Enormous Room 567 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 9pm to 1am, 21 […]
Read More →@ Beat Research, Monday, April 7 >> DJ BC is Boston’s premier mashup mastermind, having brought the world The Beastles, Glass Breaks, and other mashy delights. His latest, Strictly Mixed and Mashed, remixes local faves Big D and the Kids Table with a hefty dose of Boston Jerk acapellas and other sonic goodies. Recently, BC […]
Read More →Join Flack & I & Brian Coleman & friends as we pay tribute to the too too soon departed local music man, Tim Haslett, “one of the unsung heroes of the Boston scene,” former buyer for Other Music’s Hahvid Sq branch, Twisted Villager, true champion of underground music, rap-techno-electro lover (oh and house too), and […]
Read More →@ Beat Research on March 31 >> Maga Bo’s sound is a divine (s)mashup of batucada, rai, capoeira, bhangra, and skewed electronic beats in a borderless conundrum of gritty street sounds, found and modified rhythms and melodies from Brazil, Morocco, Senegal, India and beyond. DJing and producing tracks with a portable laptop studio, he has […]
Read More →DJ Tigerbeatz will be making a special trip to the mainland from her home on Martha’s Vineyard for another awesome set here in Cambridge. She mixes up mad styles and will keep the place hopping with her worldy beat driven psychedelic sounds including: electrogypsy . balkan beat . bollybreaks . arabic bumps . asian freakbeat […]
Read More →Monsieur Poirier needs no introduction. Our favorite MTLien has been steadily blowing up the world with his slamming beats for a minute, and now that he is signed to Ninja Tune there is really no stopping him. http://www.ghislainpoirier.com/ DJ Thick (Toronto by way of Puerto Rico, Miami, and DC) fuses years of experience with percussion […]
Read More →Yeah, yeah, we know. Carnaval officially dropped early this year. But wait — não chore mais! KidDid & Os Santos returns to BR to revel in the excesses of carnaval yet one more time! KDOS is the musical alliance of local producer / multi instrumentalist Daniel D’Errico with Brazilian percussion phenom Marcus Santos. Last time […]
Read More →I’m not so good about keeping this page updated, which is why I link to the Beat Research site over on the sidebar there>> At any rate, we’ve got some great guests lined up for the next month. Here they are, descriptions snipped&chopped from the BR website — Jan 14 :: DJ Paul Dailey and […]
Read More →As usual, DJ Flack & i&i & special guests will be conducting some weekly Beat Research over at the Enormous Room. Here’s our schedule for the month of October — Oct 1 :: Brian Coleman For anyone interested in hip-hop history Brian Coleman needs no introduction, he is the author of Check the Technique: Liner […]
Read More →If you roll like a philanthropist (i.e., $50-and-up for tix), come schmooze with me and the people behind Global Schoolhouse on Thursday, September 27, at 120 Walker Street in Chinatown, NYC. I’ll be playing lots of whirled music in support of this global education initiative. More details available here.
Read More →As usual, DJ Flack & i&i & special guests will be conducting some weekly Beat Research over at the Enormous Room. Here’s our line up for the month of September — Sept 3 :: Eggplant Xanadu For this Labor Day we thought we would bring in party DJ Eggplant Xanadu to help keep those free-wheeling […]
Read More →I’ll be dropping some mashy potatoes alongside DJ BC and Lenlow at their biweekly Mash Ave gig over at the Indo in Union Square.
Read More →DJ Flack and I will be moving our Beat Research labs over to the Milky Way in Jamaica Plain to rock the house with DJ Lone Wolf at his recently inaugurated Todo Mundo night. TODO MUNDO Week 0: Lone Wolf hosts Beat Researchers DJ Flack and Wayne&Wax ! Thursday Sept 13, 10pm 403-405 Centre St., […]
Read More →As per usual (as of this summer), I’ll be holding down residential duties at Beat Research alongside DJ Flack. Here’s our smashing line-up for the month of August. Come and join the experimental party! Aug 6 :: 5dots Craig Davis (aka 5dots) began making music because it seemed like a good idea. Early experimental noise […]
Read More →BOUNCEMENT 2 Featuring: DJ /rupture (Decks n EFX) Wayne and Wax (Beats and Rhymes) Baltimoroder (DJ Set) w/ DJ Flack (DJ Set) & Daviday (DJ Set) Visuals by Bonk & Zyler @ Great Scott 1222 Commonwealth Ave, Allston, MA 02134 MBTA Access: Harvard Ave. Green Line “B” Saturday July 28th, 2007 9pm-2am 21+ $5
Read More →After running my “Zunguzung” paper through the ringer at EMP the week before, I’ll be offering a slightly different (and no doubt revised) version at the annual US meeting of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (or “yaspum,” as we say it). The conference takes place at Northeastern University from April 26-29; […]
Read More →From April 19-22, I’ll be participating in this year’s EMP conference in Seattle, an annual convergence of music writers (journalists and academics alike). My own presentation is on that ol “Zunguzung” meme and will follow the zigzagging melody from Yellowman to Jin, with plenty of stops along the way, examining how such a musical figure […]
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