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HRO EXCLUSIVE OPINION: Is technology ruining music?

Carles — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:59:00 +0000

I saw this photograph of Simian Mobile Disco playing live. It made me wonder if technology is ruining music. Both the way it is made and the way it is performed live. I know technology can be cool when it comes to stuff like blogs, digital pets, and iPhones, but it might be ruining music and the way that we buy CDs.

I am worried that former switchboard operators will have the upperhand in the future of music, as opposed to the people who truly care about making innovative music and other genres of intelligent-core electronic dance & trance-house music.

Most days, I’ll just rely on making sillie comments about sillie people, but I’m going to do my best to provide more exclusive opinions, and new ways to think about issues that people haven’t thought of yet.

[Photo by Half Alive Photos]

Remember the dancing bloghouse skank that loved SMD a lot?
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/03/lately-ive-been-really-into-girls-who.html

Lately I’ve been really into girls who just want to dance to electronic music

Carles — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:15:00 +0000

[HIGHLY RECCD VIDEO]

Watch this video of Simian Mobile Disco performing “It’s the Beat.” Don’t watch it to see SMD turning knobs and using Ableton, but instead to see some hot sluttt dancing the whole way through, even though it’s in a radio station, and no one else is dancing. I feel like it’s probably one of the best documented unintentional-comedy moments in blog house history.

It’s really mesmerizing. It sort the sort of thing that makes you wish you were there so you could grind your junk into her backside, and use the pickup line “Have you heard the Teenagers remix of this song?”

Lately I’ve been really into girls who just want to dance to electronic music

Carles — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:15:00 +0000

Party Time 2000 Creates new Mixtape

Carles — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:18:00 +0000

Party Time 2000’s latest mixtape is worth taking over the blogosphere in the days leading up to Halloween.
We’re all looking for something appropriate to play at our Halloween bashes, or when you are handing out candy to spoiled kids in your suburban neighborhood. Party Time’s Mixtape is the ultimate Halloween solution. Fresh and Spooky.

Party Time Says:

The process was creating a deeper darker sound, somehow using pitch shifting and tempo dropping to create a sense of slowed/quickened time. I was trying to create the scariest jams.

TRICK OR BEATS is an exciting listen, with the right balance of of blog house tracks and certified pop hits. Highlights of the mix are Phil Collins vs Vitalic, and the Boyz Noize Feist Remix transition into the CFCF Remix of Health’s “Triceratops.” It’s one of the more successful mixtapes out there.

Don’t let your mom play a CD of Spooky Sounds that she bought at Wal Mart. Show you that you love her by burning her a copy of Party Time 2000’s “Trick or Beats.”

Download the mixtape in continuous form, or with separated tracks.

[MP3s via Zshare]
Party Time 2000 – Trick or Beats Mix Tape (one long MP3)
Party Time 2000 – Trick or Beats Mix Tape (Separated Tracks) [HIGHLY REC'CD]

Track List:
1. Intro (RATATAT + MARTY G)
2. MSTRKRFT – Paris
3. Simian Mobile Disco – I Got This Down
4. Phil Collins + Vitalic = In the Repair Machines Tonight
5. Le Tigre – I’m So Excited
6. t.A.t.U. – Y Shosla S Uma
7. Feist – My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)
8. Health – Triceratops (CFCF Remix)
9. The Blow – Love That I Crave (Strategy Remix)
10. Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence
11. Kiss – I Was Made For Lovin’ You
12. Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend (Party Time 2000) [MP3]
13. Crime Mob – Stilettos (Party Time 2000 Remix)
14. Big Tymers – #1 Stunna
15. Dear Nora + Casiotone For The Painfully Alone – Hot Boyz

Visit Party Time’s Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/partytime2000

More Party Time remixes.
[MP3s]
Slim Thug & Mike Jones Still Tippin (Party Time 2000 Remix)
Nelly Furtado Say it Right (Party Time 2000 Remix

Simian Mobile Disco Invades USA

Carles — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:37:00 +0000

Well, it’s not really invading the United States. Does INVADING mean playing the big cities like New York, Chicago, or LA? At what point can you call it an INVASION? When they have 25+ dates, including Jacksonville, FL, Baton Rouge, LA, and Marfa, TX?

Anyways, check out these mp3. A lot of people are introduced to Simian Mobile Disco with “Hustler,” but here are some alternative beats.

MP3: Simian Mobile Disco – Clock
MP3: Simian Mobile Disco – It’s the Beat (TEENAGERS REMIX) HIGHLY REC’CD

North American Dates:
09-14 Boston, MA – Avalon !
09-15 New York, NY – The Gramercy Theater $
09-16 Montreal, Quebec – La Sala Rossa $
09-17 Toronto, Ontario – The Mod Club $
09-18 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle $
09-20 Seattle, WA – Neumos &
09-21 San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine $
09-22 Los Angeles, CA – The Standard (dj set)
09-22 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex $%
09-23 San Diego, CA – Street Scene Fest

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