Wow. Big up to the Redlight Music blog. They unearthed this Armand Van Helden mixtape from 1993 entitled “Rise, Vol. 1″. It’s a perfect slice of time, taking you back to early 90’s house music.
Download here (right-click, save as)
Check the original post for tracklisting and back story too.
Here’s the video for “aNYway” by Jeremie Rozan of Surface To Air:
The song is also licensed to Ministry Of Sound for the UK. Here’s the video for their release:
Ok so I imagine most of the people who visit my blog have heard of Duck Sauce in some way, shape or form but I never made an official announcement. Duck Sauce is me and Armand Van Helden. It’s our project together, just making house tracks and hollering at ducks. We made a 4 track EP which is slated for a September release, but we’re actually putting the 2 main tracks “aNYway” and “You’re Nasty” on Beatport tomorrow as an advance release for DJs. The support from DJs has already been overwhelming, I can’t wait to see how this one grows!
Here’s our first ever interview:
Dizzee’s new single is produced by the one and only Armand Van Helden and it’s really grown on me… It’s pretty clear from the video that the label is reaching for the kids with this one, but I f*cks with it.
As posted on the fab Fader blog.
I stayed in New York for most of last week and I went out on the town way more than I usually do. I’m usually a hermit caged away in my laboratory but I guess the tiger got out of said cage, so to speak.
As posted on the fab Fader blog.
When I wrote last Monday, it was the last day of my 6 week stay in Paris. On that evening I went to have dinner at Guy-Man’s crib. Of course I don’t have any pics… Duh, who has pictures of Daft Punk? It was ill though, and pardon my selfishness but I don’t even really feel little telling stories. I’m too much of a fan, I gotta keep this one in my little mental cabinet. Dude is mad cool and he remembers seeing me DJ at WMC in 1998 when I was 16.
As posted on the fab Fader blog.
Last week I finally arrived in Paris to settle in for my six week stay here. I’m doing a house swap with the DJ Mehdi & Fafi household. They’ve already been living at my spot in BK for a few weeks while I was finishing up these tours, which made me homeless for a hot second. Right as I landed from Japan I got an invitation to dinner with my favorite living-dead (and new neighbor) Kavinsky, permanent dresser-in-black Sebastian and their respective female companions. A swift reminder that Parisians are prone to social meals and, as the food was served, that this is a great destination for a fine palate like myself. I walked home seemingly ready for a good night’s rest after essentially circling the globe. Hah. I guess I underestimated the formidable power of jetlag. 6am monday morning, I was up.
