Monday, October 31, 2011

Magic Touch, Ital, Innergaze, and More Headline 100% Silk Tour


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Sunday, October 30, 2011

[MIXTAPE] DJ BILLEH OCEAN - 37:08


I put together this mixtape after attending 6 Halloween Parties in the past 2 days and its not even Halloween until tomorrow! Note: None of these songs on this mixtape where played at any of the parties I attended and don't have anything to do with Halloween. I hope you listen, its a good one I think.

01 Valeskja Valcav -  ...but rather to Escape the Pain
02 Octo Octa - Let Me See You
03 Eric Copeland - Wao Taor Condos
04 Wu Lyf - Dirt
05 Ex Cops - The Millionaire
06 Ford & Lopatin - Emergency Room (Gavin Russom Remix)
07 Absolute Body Control - Shake
08 John Maus - Believer
09 Acid Glasses - Jpeg Horder
10 Charleston - Piece by Piece

DWLD HERE

VIDEO: SELEBRITIES - MONSTER MASH

[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 10.29.2011

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

White Mystery / Pumpkin Cream / Blood & Venom
Beastie Boys / Funky Boss / Check Your Head Black
Devil Disco Club / Constantly No Respect / 28 After
Tim Maia / A Fim Del Voltar / Disco Club
Bobby Pickett / Monster Mash / Single
Acid Glasses / Jpeg Hoarder / Single
Neon Indian / Polish Girl / Era Extrada
In Trance 95 / Cities Of Steel And Neon / Single
Michael Jackson / Thriller / Thriller
Pretty Good Dance Moves / Demons Dancing / EP
Cults / Go Outside / Cults
David Bowie / Alabama Song / Single
M83 / Wait / Midnight City
Ruth / Roman - Polaroid - Photo / Roman - Polaroid - Photo
Smashing Pumpkins / Only Come Out at Night / Meloncollie & The Infinite Sadness
Harald Grosskopf / So Weit, So Gut / Synthesis
Shit Robot / Tuff Enough? / From The Cradle To The Rave
Ray Parker Jr / Ghostbusters / Ghostbusters OST
Gil Scott-Herron / Me And The Devil / Single
The Bird & The Bee / Maneater / Interpreting The Masters Vol. 1 Tribute to Hall And Oates
Lower Dens / Batman / Single
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / I Am Trying To Break Your Heart / Want More
Keep Shelly In Athens / Hauntin Me / Single
Archie Bronson Outfit / Dead Funny / Derdang Derdang
Ex Cops / The Millionaire / Single



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Thursday, October 27, 2011

KEEP SHELLY IN ATHENS DEBUTS DYI


New Lounge act Keep Shelly In Athens is set to release their new album titled Our Own Dream on the first day of their fall US tour via Forest Family Records, and today they share another track called “DIY” from that album. Grab the download below and see Keep Shelly In Athens on tour.

DWLD HERE

The Our Own Dream 12” EP is out 11/5 on Forest Family.

Tour dates:
11/05 – Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
11/09 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
11/11 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
11/12 – Vancouver, BC @ Waldorf Hotel $
11/14 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
11/16 – Toronto, ON @ Wrong Bar
11/17 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
11/18 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

VIDEO: SUMMER CAMP - DOWN

Monday, October 24, 2011

NEON INDIAN SECRET MIXTAPE


























A few lucky folks who bought deluxe editions of Neon Indian’s Era Extraña album also got a bonus disc that was labeled, simply, “Neon Indian Mixtape,” The mix times in at 48-minute and includes a whole lot of random, new wave and synthpop, much of it being French. Listen to it below.

Tracklist:

01. Liaisons Dangereuses – Etre Assis Ou Danset
02. Bill Nelson – Do you dream in Colour
03. Yellow Magic Orchestra – Focus
04. Neon Indian – Deadbeat Summer (Toro Y Moi remix)
05. Aviador Dro – Amor Industrial
06. ???
07. David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Bamboo Houses
08. Cocteau Twins – Pearly Dewdrops’ Drops
09. DAF – Liebe Auf Den Ersten Blick
10. Flesh – A split Second
11. Com Truise – Hyperlips
12. Lil B – I seen that Light

VIDEO: M83 - WAIT


M83 - Wait from Franck Deron on Vimeo.

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming LP is available now via MUTE from INSOUND HERE

VIDEO: IN TRANCE 95 - CITIES OF STEEL AND NEON



Cities of Steel LP from In Trance 95 is available via Minimal Wave HERE

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Saturday, October 15, 2011

[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 10.15.2011

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

Small Black / Camouflage / New Chain
Ford & Lopatin / Surrender [Remix Peaking Lights] / Channel Pressure Remixes
La Femme / Sur La Plache / Le Podium
Absolute Body Control / Shake / Absolute Body Control
Neon Indian / Fallout / Era Extrada
Justice / Civilization / Audio, Video, Disco
R.E.M. / Crushed With Eyeliner / 12" Single
Thom Yorke / The Hollowed Earth / 12" Single
Iron & Wine / Such Great Heights / Give Up
Jonny Rumble / Stumped / JR
Wu Lyf / Dirt / Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
Black Sabbath / Sweet Leaf / Best Of Black Sabbath
C Average / Dr Laura / C Average
Archie Bronson Outfit / Hoola / Sharks Tooth
Dum Dum Girls / Always Looking / Only In Dreams
Ramones / I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend / Ramones
Hovercraft / Thixotropic / Hovercraft
Philippe Laurent / Distortion 1985 / Hot Bip
LCD Soundsystem / Freak Out Starry Eyes / 45:33
Eric Copeland / Krankendudel / Waco Taco Combo
Lou Reed / Perfect Day / Transformer
Sonic Youth / Dirty Boots / Goo
The Horrors / I Can See Through You / Skying
Kurt Vile / Smoke Ring For My Halo / Smoke Ring For My Halo


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Friday, October 14, 2011

SUCH A SCENE: DUM DUM GIRLS


Dum Dum Girls Live at Reckless Records - Chicago, IL 10.14.2011

Sunday, October 9, 2011

[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 10.08.2011

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

Disappears / New Fast / Guider
Horrors / Jack The Ripper /
Wilco / Art Of Almost / The Whole Love
Lana Del Rey / Video Games (Jaimie Woon Remix) /
Yeasayer / Ambling Alp / Odd Blood
Snowy Red / Lies In Your Eyes / The Right To Die
James Blake / Fall Creek Boys / Enough Thunder
Loyal Divide / Vision Vision / Bodice Ripper
Octo Octa / Let Me See You / Let Me See You
Cut Copy / Blink And You'll Will Miss A Revolution / Zonoscope
Jimi Hendrix / Are You Experienced? / Are You Experienced?
Wooden Shjips / For So Long / Dos
Wesley Willis / Rock N Roll McDonald's / Greatest Hits
The Bird & The Bee / Rich Girl / Interpreting The Masters Vol. 1
Love Inks / Black eye / ESP
Throw Me The Statue / Lolita / Moonbeams
Keep Shelly In Athens / Our Own Dream / Our Own Dream (Single)
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / I Can See Everything / Want More
White Mystery / Toxic Sugar / Toxic Sugar
Iron Curtain / Miami Beach / 12"
Blonde / Tide Is High / Sight & Sound: Greatest Hits
Miike Snow / Animal / Miike Snow

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Friday, October 7, 2011

[REMIX] JAMIE WOON x LANA DEL REY


Lana Del Rey - Video Games - Jamie Woon Remix by Woon

VIDEO: MALVOEAUX - SUNSETS

MALVOEAUX - SUNSETS teaser from 100% Silk on Vimeo.

[MIXTAPE] DJ JIMMY KAPS - 50:26


DWLD HERE

01. Only Fools & Horses - Spectacle Wins (Holy Ghost! Remix)
02. Laidback - Cocaine Cool
03. Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Household Goods (Justin Martin Vocal Remix)
04. Walter Jones - Living Without Your Love
05. Atmosfear - Dancing In Outer Space The Revenge Rework
06. Relation - Your Tiny Mind Lifelike Remix
07. Skinnerbox - Illustrated Blowjob-Guide For Intermediates
08. Tanner Ross - Goodbye Summer
09. Jimmy Kaps - City Traffic (Unreleased Mix)
10. Shonky - Les Shonkettes
11. Silver City - Polytechnics
12. Faze Action - I wanna Dancer
13. Sebastien Tellier - Kilometer
14. Footprintz - Utopia


Thursday, October 6, 2011

[LISTEN UP] WHITE MYSTERY - TOXIC SUGAR

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

STEVE JOBS 1955-2011

"Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

-- STEVE JOBS

Sunday, October 2, 2011

SUCH A SCENE: STAR DEATH & WHITE DWARFS







Star Death & White Dwarfs Live at Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL 09.30.2011

[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 10.01.2011

ARTIST / ALBUM / TRACK

Peaking Lights / Wedding Song / Imaginary Falcons
Twin Shadow / Forget / Forget
Benoit & Sergio / Midnight People [Technasia Dub 2 Remix] / Single
Philippe Laurent / Systeme Claire / Hot Bip
Body Language / Social Studies / Social Studies
Cut Copy / Take Me Out / Zonoscope
La Vampires Goes Ital / Streetwise / Streetwise
Pretty Good Dance Moves / Alive Tonight / Pretty Good Dance Moves
John Maus  / Beiliver / We Must Become The Pitiless Cencors Of Ourselves
Eric Copeland / Krankendudel / Waco Taco Combo
Charlestons / Piece By Piece / Single
The Holiday Crowd / Never Speak of It Again / Single
Joy Division / She's Lost Control / Closer
Wu Lyf / Dirt / Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
Peter Bjorn & John / School Of Kraut / Seaside Rock
Rob Lawrence + Mark Phillips / Computer Bank / The Hidden Tapes
Chrisma / C Rock / Chinese Restaurant
Tame Impala / I Don't Really Mind / Innerspeaker
Star Death And White Dwarfs / New Heat / The Birth
Teddybears / Ahead Of My Time [Ft. Daddy Boastin'] / Soft Machine
Shout Out Louds / Man On The Moon / REM Tribute Stereogum
Neon Indian / Fallout / Era Extrada
Plane / Save The Lost Past / I See Love In The Future

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