Aw yeah, ain’t that fresh. All taken during my set. I was able to find pics of most of the people I described in an earlier post! Some of these are also up on my Myspace in the “Gigs” folder.
Bradley D in New York was kind enough to send me information…and tunes for a Valentine’s Day party this Friday in Brooklyn. The lineup is sweet, including Kill The Noise, AC Slater, Code D, Lismore, and Bradley D himself. If I were in Brooklyn, I would absolutely be there, but I’m in Chicago…so I’ll have to be content with the songs he sent me.
Saturday night was my night at KISSATLanta.com’s AFTERLIFE party in Atlanta, and it did not disappoint. I was able to play exactly how I wanted, and the crowd was bananas. Actually, I got the biggest compliment I could have hoped for - Preston himself (AFTERLIFE promoter/KISSATLanta.com founder) said I played the best set out of anyone they have had since the night’s inception. The crowd’s energy was infectious and several times I left the decks to pull people on stage, dance on the speakers and generally get sweaty and drunk. Aside from all the fist pumping and dance-your-ass-off action, here’s a rundown of the night’s highlights -
-Random girl pulling “Girls Gone Wild” stunt by pulling shirt down on the dancefloor and licking her boobs for the video camera.
-Guy running around with no pants all night.
-Two shirtless guys walking around together, one with “SL” painted on him, and the other with “UT”.
-Two guys wearing colonial powdered wigs.
-Group of girls stripping in the bathroom to show off tattoos.
Photos will be posted soon (today or tomorrow), but in the meantime, I thought I would share a couple of the tunes I played in my AFTERLIFE set. On a side note, I had a couple kids say they loved my style of “deep house” which I thought was really confusing. I realized that because they called blog/indie-electro music “electro,” they assumed anything else was deep, and even though most of what I played was very close to what they were used to anyway and they loved it, they didn’t know what to call it. For the record, THIS is deep house, and THIS, and THIS as well. What I played (below), is electro house…mostly (Crookers is pretty much just awesome, or fidget if you want to be particular).
Buy Now - For Sale (Felix Da Housecat Remix)
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EDU K - Gatas Gatas Gatas (Crookers Remix)
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D.I.M. - Is You
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Daft Punk - One More Time (The House Moguls 2007 Remix)
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Static Revenger, one of my favorite electro-banger producing artists, is releasing “Love Song Surprise” just in time for Valentine’s Day. It’s a compilation of downtempo love songs…which is obviously very, very different from what we’re used to hearing from him. Actually, the press release says “unapologetic downtempo love songs,” which leads me to believe he knows he might get flack but is going to say f**k you anyway.
Most actually don’t know that Static Revenger was in a major label band back in the 90s and had opening acts like Kid Rock when they toured around. This gets back to his roots in a sense, and I guess it’s been deemed successful - “Sweetest Day” (below) was actually chosen by Britney Spears as her wedding song when she had that trainwreck of a reality show.
If you want to buy the album, it’s being released on D-Dub Records digitally on April 15th, and physically on May 6th. Until then, here are a couple teasers and at the bottom, a more recent Static Revenger tune (with his usual electro sound).
Static Revenger - Sweetest Day (From Love Song Surprise)
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Static Revenger - Satellite (From Love Song Surprise)
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Static Revenger - Ooh La La
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That’s right, this weekend I’ll be flying down to Atlanta to play at KISSATLanta.com’s famed Decatur Social Club and AFTERLIFE! These parties pack it in every weekend and there seems to be an increasing number of chicks with their shirts off every time I see photos. Not too shabby. If you are in the Atlanta area, make sure to stop on by. I can’t wait to make my Atlanta debut. To give you a taste, here’s one of my favorite tunes of the moment.
London Calling - You Drive Me Crazy (Yellow Drill Remix)
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Why the hell didn’t I put this up yesterday so I could have beaten Discobelle to the punch? Oh yeah, because I was in a hit and run…fucker. Aside from a split lip that makes me look like I have bad Angelina-esque injections I’m ok, but the car is definitely going in the shop. Sigh.
In any case, Bryan Cox is the self-proclaimed “fidget master” from New York. Wether that title will ultimately prove passé in the next year or so remains to be seen, but in the meantime, hey, it works. “Where You At” is solid, with some definite throwback sounds and a dash of DJ Dan. Cox’s background on the likes of Eden Recordings is still very much apparent in all his tunes - hard disco with a bit of fidget - and makes him a nice crossover artist. Oh, and did I mention there are also two remixes by Gaetan and 3AIC? Sweet!
Bryan Cox - Where You At
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Bryan Cox - Where You At (Gaetan remix)
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Bryan Cox - Where You At (3IAC remix)
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Tittsworth is the party jam DJ known for hot bmore mash ups of everyone from Justice to the Four Tops, making him the name on everyone’s lips and blogs in recent months. With ten years of production under his belt, industry friends like Diplo and a nod from URB’s Next 100 list last year, it finally seems like this DJ’s time to shine. Currently in Hong Kong, I spoke with Jesse Tittsworth (yes, that’s his real name) about finally being on the radar, his upcoming album, and eating moth souffle.
* This is only a sample of what will eventually be printed in URB magazine in a couple months. I’ll post a notice when the issue comes out. To make up for the tease, please enjoy the Tittsworth tunes included at the end of the post 
