DanceCast Episode 31
Mike Hindle, from our UK office, returns with his latest Dirt and Grime mix. Its a wild ride of house, dubstep, and D&B.
Duration: 49:37
1. Will Bailey - The Dutty Clem (Aniki’s Will Loves The Bass Mix)
2. Gtronic - Iron Man
3. Foreign Beggers - Hit That Gash (DJ Primecuts Itchy Naaan Re-Rub)
4. Edison vs Bootyslapperz - Pump Repeat (Mowgli Remix)
5. Gigi Barocco - Pumping Up The Meeter
6. AC Slater - BanGer (B. Rich Remix)
7. Shock One - Adachigahara’s Theme
8. Shimon & Disazt - Lightspeed
9. Camo & Crooked - Get Funky
10. Kos & Tenchu - Toxic
11. Camo & Crooked - The Fear
12. Monoman - Dirty Games (G Dub Remix)
13. Burner Brothers ft Erik Kang - Police Raid
14. Dirtyphonics ft Tali - The Secret
So like i mentioned a few weeks ago, I sold my old 15 inch MacBook Pro on eBay. eBay, which essentially requires you to use its wholly owned subsidiary paypal, got 7.14% from the transaction. Now I’m not against eBay trying to make money, and the do provide a valuable service and should be compensated for it, but WTF. 7 percent! That’s loan shark prices. eBay will claim they only take 3 to 3.5 percent, but then they get the rest by making you use paypal. How about giving users a free paypal pass when selling on eBay? Maybe then I won’t have to start looking for alternatives…
MixVibes Cross Review
French company Mixvibes sent me a copy of there most recent product, and I reviewed it for DJ Tech Tools. You can check out the review here.
DanceCast Episode 30
Episode 30 of the DanceCast is now available. This mix is Mike Charles live from the White Party at Room 960 in Hartford, CT on 04/25/09
The White Party is the annual event in Hartford that I play with Kristina Sky and Randy Boyer. This is my opening set from that night.
Duration: 67:19
1. Don’t Call Me Baby [The Dronez / Madison Avenue
2. Tell U Y [Disco 09 Re-Flip] / ATFC
3. Dancing On The Stars [Paco Osuna Bass Edit] / Gimikk
4. Texi / Sharam
5. Seven Nation Army [House Mix] / White Stripes
6. Higher State of Consciousness / Josh Wink
7. Penthouse Bitch [12 Inch 80'S / Kid Dub & Dextress
8. Yin / Wolfgang Gartner & Francis Preve
9. Flash [Timo Maas' Dirty Dub] / Green Velvet
10. Wake Turbulence / Koen Groeneveld
11. Question / Adam K & Soha
12. Surface Reborn (Quivver Remix) / Jay Lumen Feat Panoptic
13. Unknown [Ricksick Mix] / Eric Laville & J.M. Sicky
Another New Addition…
Its no secret that I love Apple computers. For the last 1 1/2 years I’ve been faithfully using my 15 inch Macbook Pro, which has served me well. But last week Apple upped the ante by transforming their 13 inch offering into a Macbook Pro. I never owned a powerbook, but always figured it would have been sweet to have one of those fabled 12 inch models. Well this is the modern day equivilent.
The unibody degin was cool when it first came out, but the guts were esentially the same as before. Obviously I need a fairly powerful machine for perforing live with, and my 2.2 ghz MBP did that very well, but I have been wanting a smaller machine ever since I first bought my wife a 13 inch white macbook last year. Now i get the best of both worlds. At 2.26 ghz the entry level 13 inch MBP is actually faster than my current 15 incher. Firewire was brought back after a brief exile, which I love, and the non-removable battery shows crazy performance ungrades when compared with previous models.
I ordered one right way and let me tell you it is awesome. On day one I transfered all my stuff to the new one via time machine back up and cracked the case to install 4GB of Crucial ram. Apple still charges too much for ram, although the price isn’t as crazy as before, and I’ve always had good experiences with Crucial. Since then its been great.
I’ve even put the old one up on ebay. If you are in the market for a lovingly used 15 inch MBP, you can check it out here.
Selective Saturdays
As promised, here is the info on the new gig I’ve been working on for the summer. Starting this Saturday, June 6th I will be playing twice a month at the new Windsor’s Lounge @ the Bradley Hotel in Windsor Locks. The Club, which is 10 min north of Hartford, has been remodeled from the ground up and I’ve been brought in to complete the experience at the new elite club in the area. I want everyone to come and check out my new digs, so I’ve worked with the management to secure a bunch of promotions to sweeten the deal:
No Cover Charge - Free entry for everyone!
Half Price on All Top Shelf Liquor.
Half Price on All Bottle Services.
$89 Dollar Hotel Room for Everyone who comes - No having driving home!
VIP packages available including bottle and a hotel room.
A Large, Safe, Free parking lot.
… and just in case that isn’t enough, I’m bring Kyle Rayner, winner of this year’s Connecticut DJ competition, with me to open up the decks.
Walter Charles
Meet Walter, the newest addition to the Charles clan. I adopted Walter from the local SPCA in Monroe, CT. He is approximately 2 years, but we don’t know for sure. He’s a Sato, which is apparently a Puerto Rican term, meaning “street dog”. I’m not sure what exactly he is, but he appears to be a good ‘ol fashioned mutt. He is 42 pounds, and all brown except for a white chest and paws that are spotted. He’s also a big softie with a great heart. He’s much more well behaved then I was expecting, but we got a few thing to work on. He’s super cool, and everybody loves him.
There are lots of dogs out there in need of good homes. All the animals I’ve ever had were adopted. If you are thinking about getting a pet, adopt. Give a poor animal a good home. It’ll boost your karma a few points. More picture after the jump.
DanceCast Episode 29
This mix is Mike Charles’ fifth for KISS 95.7 out of Hartford, CT
This one originally aired 04/18/09 on Randy Boyer’s BUZZ radio. Its mainly progressive house and is probably full of more “new” tracks than anything I’ve done in a long time.
Duration: 50:55
1. Take The E-Train / Tigerskin
2. Teleskop / Alter Breed
3. Shnorkel [Dousk Remix] / Ido Ophir & Miki Litvak
4. Lilith [Jerome Isma-Ae Remix] / Gai Barone
5. Wake Turbulence / Koen Groeneveld
6. Surface Reborn (Quivver Remix) / Jay Lumen Feat Panoptic
7. With Me Or Against Me (Tocadisco’s Instrumental Mix) / D. Ramirez
8. Yin / Wolfgang Gartner & Francis Preve
So according to the AP, CNN, and a whole slew of others, California is bankrupt and apparently screwed. Being from Connecticut, I don’t always understand what going on out on the left coast [oh ya I said left coast, I’m old school baby] but this is just wild. Apparently voters there shot down 5 of 6 measures designed to reduced the 21 billion dollar deficit. Of course even if all 6 passed, it would have only shrunken the deficit to 15 billion so big f*n deal right? The one that passed was a measure which bars state officials from getting a raise when there is a deficit. Good for you California voters!
How does a state so big that if it were a country it would have the world eight largest economy go bankrupt? After the jump are some highlights I think we need to discuss:
DJ Bites Headphones in Half!
On Saturday, April 25th, 2009 Room 960 in Hartford, CT played host to the annual club event known as the White Party. For one night, club-goers get dressed in white from head to toe and gather to dance to the music of Randy Boyer, Kristina Sky, and Mike Charles. Mike kicked off the night with a 2 1/2 hour set that slowly rose to a boil, before cooling to a simmer and handing the decks off to Mr. Boyer. It was during the boiling point of his set that madman Mike Charles chose to further instigate the already anxious dancefloor by biting his headphones in half [pictured above] right at the peak of one of his signature house tracks. The crowd responded with frenzied excitement after witnessing the sacrifice to the dance gods and the tone was set for evening. Mike had to finish his set using Randy’s headphones which met a much more humane end. After the night had ended Randy headphones were released back into the wild.