COOL IT DOWN

A music program heavily influenced by the beat digging aesthetics of hip hop. From the sounds of the boogie down Bronx 1979 to the disco edits of today’s blog scene to the experimental sounds of LA’s Future Beat scene of today. From early Detroit and Chicago house to the deeper dubbed out electro sounds of today’s Dubstep and B- more club. Blended with Funk, Soul, Reggae, Brazilian, Afro and Latin breaks from the dusty crates of presenters Lo-D, Sage One, Size 13 and Sandro.

Every Tuesday 3-4pm on 2SER FM 107.3 or streaming on www.2ser.com

So this is whats been taking up my time of late. Were' up to episode 8 and podcasts should be up really soon.
Mean while check the blog site for track lists and you can stream the show from the 7/09/10 below

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Shades Of Green

As summer rolls in what better way to spend a lazy Sunday than listening to DJs, drinkin beer and playing bare foot lawn bowls.
Every second sunday at Petersham Bowling Club. Kicks off this sunday

Shades Of Green

Just Blaze At Tone

Just Blaze, The legendary DJ/Producer who has worked with everyone from Jay Electronic to Jigga hits Tone this friday in a sneak attack on Sydney's shore. Supports come from the UK's Sarah Love, Josie Styles and Cyberthief.

Back In The Day

I was reminiscing the other day about bands we used to see back in the day and i found a bunch of clips on youtube.
The Hard Ons were the first band i ever saw live. I think i was 14 and it was on at the local PCYC. It would have been 94 or maybe earlier im not sure. I don't remember much about the show aside from the drummer vomiting on stage. Im pretty sure The Dream Killers supported and The Cosmic Psychos could have been there too.



Lawnsmell was the best band i'd ever seen play. They had two bass players and were heavy as fusk why managing to maintain a pop sensibility without being corny. I had the biggest crush on the bass player (Gina?) for years. Its funny i was at this show that the video is showing. Some great gigs at the Manning Bar in the late 90s.



One Inch Punch changed there name to Mid Youth Crisis for some reason that escapes me. Another great band that i was very happy to be able to catch live a few times. They had a seriously heavy live show. Their debut album was on constant rotation for years.



Gilgamesh was a punk/ska band from the late 90's. The video is from them doing a reunion show with a bunch of other bands like Blitz Babiez. I have fond memories of seeing them play at gigs at the Phoenician Club before Bob Carr and Anna Wood fucked it all up.

RIP Aaron Carl

I was shocked to find out that Aaron Carl one of the legends of Detroit electronic music lost his battle with cancer.
Its weird as i was just pulling out a bunch of Aaron Carl records to listen to, Only to read the news in the music press today.
Mentored by Mad Mike Banks from UR and Ron Murphy from NSC, Aaron was able to effortlessly move between deep house techno, and electro funk. His music was deep, soulful and slamming moving dance floors across the world
You will be missed RIP to a Detroit legend.

Set The Tone

Next Friday I'll be spinning at the night Set The Tone. There will be a an exhibition B-Boy battle, a live set from the jazz/hip hop group 5 Coffees and DJ Sets from Sage One, D-Lect and myself and the Swat DJs. So if your down with the jazz, funk, disco boogie and old school hip hop sounds get on down.

Ghost

So i just picked up the new album from UK producer Ghost. Its his third album and limited to 300 copies available from his bandcamp site and a select few stores in NZ where he now resides.
Im not sure what they put in the water in NZ but it seems to agree with overseas producers who move there.
Postcards From The Edge (Which incidentally is also the title of Carrie Fishers autobiography) is a radical departure from Ghosts previous work on labels such as Breakin Bread. Gone are the jazz samples and the swinging organic drums. Also most of the vocals as well as only three of the thirteen tracks feature Mcs.
Instead they are replaced by dark and sweeping synths that create rich soundscapes akin to something that could have been put out on Warp Records in the late 90s. Hearts and Minds remind me of something Autechre or Black Dog would have produced.
This is not so say Postcards sound derivative, far from it. Ghost has crafted a dark yet uplifting album that conjures up blade Runner like images of the future.