NEW RECORD FROM FESTIVAL AMBIENT KINGPINS TEENGIRL FANTASY. WENT ON TOUR WITH THESE NUTTERS IN 2K9 AND IT WAS A REAL WILD TIME NO DOUBT! THIS NEW ONE RAISES THE STAKES AND TAKES YOU ON A RIDE THRU DANCE MUSIC PAST AND PRESENT IN A WAY THAT FEELS GREAT.

THE LAST TWO TRACKS ON THIS RECORD ELEVATE THINGS TO BASEMENT JAXX LEVELS OF POP DANCE BEAUTY, EVEN ENLISTING THE LEGENDARY ROMANTHONY ON “DO IT”. WE ARE TALKING THEE ROMANTHONY HERE PEOPLE!

TEENGIRL FANTASY: COMING TO A FIELD IN EUROPE NEAR YOU.
JUICEBOY APPROVED DANCE MUSIC FOR 2K12.

LISTEN TO IT RIGHT HERE AT NPR.

BONUS: CHECK OUT THE REMIX TEENGIRL FANTASY DID OF MY TRACK WITH DRE SKULL “CENTER STAGE” ON MY MIXTAPE “THUNDER ZONE VOLUME ONE” RIGHT HERE.

I MET MY FRIEND SPANK ROCK IN THE SUMMER OF 2K5 IN PHILLY WHEN I PLAYED A SHOW AT SPACE 1026. OVER THE PAST 6 YEARS I HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN RAPPIN’ AND HANGIN’ WITH THE MAN, HE IS A GREAT PERFORMER AND AN EVER BETTER HUMAN BEING. RECENTLY I GOT TO GO SEE HIM OPEN UP FOR KE$HA AND LMFAO AND IT RULED; THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE GOT ME FEELING REALLY POSITIVE ABOUT POPULAR MUSIC IN AMERICA.

SPANK ROCK HAS A NEW LONG-AWAITED RECORD OUT TODAY CALLED EVERYTHING IS BORING AND EVERYONE IS A FUCKING LIAR AND IT IS DA SHIT. STYLES RANGE FROM TRANCED OUT SUPERPOP TO FUTURISTIC TECHNO RAP TO BLOWN OUT LO-FI INSANITY AND EVERY SONG IS DELIVERED WITH A LOT OF ENERGY. I FEEL LIKE SPANK ROCK IS THE TRUE UNSUNG HERO OF MODERN CLUB RAP SO IT’S GOOD TO SEE HIM GO ALL OUT ON THIS RECORD. YOU CAN STREAM IT ON ROLLING STONE’S WEBSITE RIGHT HERE. GIVE IT UP FOR MOTHERFUCKING SPANK ROCK!

spank rock is also featured on my 2010 mixtape THUNDER ZONE VOLUME ONE

MY HOMETOWN OF MILWAUKEE HAS A STORIED HISTORY WHEN IT COMES TO AGGRESSIVE HARDCORE TECHNO. WHAT STARTED IN THE 90′S WITH THE FABLED DROP BASS NETWORK CONTINUED ON INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM THROUGH MORE EXPERIMENTAL LABELS LIKE ADDICT AND ZOD, PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF RAVE MUSIC AND CULTURE THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH.

ALTHOUGH THE SALAD DAYS OF THIS MOVEMENT ARE OVER, LOCAL MILWAUKEE LABEL RADIO GRAFFITI IS KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE WITH A CONSTANT BARRAGE OF REALLY SICK RECORDS. STYLES RANGE FROM LO-FI GABBER TO CHIPTUNE TO ACID TO BREAKCORE, BUT A HIGH QUALITY CONTROL AND FOCUS RUNS THROUGHOUT THE LABEL’S ENTIRE CATALOG.

OWNER TYLER ST CLAIR MAKES MUSIC UNDER THE STAGEDIVER AND DISPYZ HANDLES AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE LABEL’S BEST RELEASES. THIS SHIT WILL ALWAYS HOLD A PLACE IN MY HEART AND I’M PSYCHED TO SEE KIDS DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. NEVER STOP RAVING AND RAGING PEOPLE!

“GO TO THE CLUB ALONE” IS A DJ MIX I MADE A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT I HAVE BEEN SITTING ON UNTIL NOW. UPTEMPO MUSIC TRYING TO TELL A LIL’ STORY ABOUT HEADING EAST AND WEST FROM THE HEARTLAND IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING. NOTHING REALLY TOO OBSCURE OR NEW OR OLD OR COOL OR UNCOOL AND A LITTLE BIT BLOWN OUT. MAYBE SOME SICK “BLENDS” I DON’T FUCKING KNOW. THIS THING IS REALLY LONG AND YOU KNOW IT ALWAYS RULES WHEN DJS TALK ABOUT “TAKING YOU ON A JOURNEY” BUT WHAT ELSE CAN ANYONE REALLY SAY? THIS MUSIC SHIT IS A JOURNEY PEOPLE.

DON’T BE AFRAID, GO TO THE CLUB ALONE.

DOWNLOAD 320 MP3 HERE

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THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT TIMES ARE TOUGH RIGHT NOW IN THE HEARTLAND AND DETROIT HAS BEEN HIT HARD, BUT THE MOTOR CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MUSIC TOWN AND DESPITE SETBACKS CONTINUES TO INNOVATE. FOR THE SECOND INSTALLMENT IN THEIR ALREADY EXCELLENT “REAL SCENES” SERIES, THE WEBSITE RESIDENT ADVISOR TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE DETROIT ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE.

FILLED WITH A LOT OF IMPORTANT INTERVIEWS AND INSPIRING LANDSCAPE SHOTS, THIS THING IS A BOTH A GOOD PARTIAL HISTORY AND STRONG DOCUMENT OF THE PRESENT. SO MUCH AMAZING AMERICAN MUSIC HAS BEEN MADE IN DETROIT AND I’M GLAD TO SEE THAT DESPITE HARD TIMES THERE ARE KIDS KEEPING THAT TRADITION ALIVE. THE MUSIC WORK THAT MIKE HUCKABY IS DOING AT YOUTHVILLE IS INSPIRING TO SAY THE LEAST. MUSIC IS A FORCE THAT CAN CUT THROUGH THE DARKNESS, THINGS ARE FUCKED UP BUT IN PLACES LIKE DETROIT THERE IS A STRONG SPIRIT THAT REFUSES TO DIE.

SFV ACID IS ONE OF THE SICKEST IN LA, NO QUESTION. CREATIVE ACID VIBES – SWAGGED OUT AND AT TIMES XPERI-MENTAL. THIS GUY KNOWS HIS ROOTS BUT HAS AN EYE FOR THE FUTURE. WHEN I RAN INTO HIM IN LINE AT AN OMAR S SHOW IT WAS THEN THAT I KNEW HE WASN’T FUCKING AROUND. SFV ACID IS HOLDING IT DOWN 4 THE LEFT COAST. CHECK OUT SOUNDS @ THE DOT COM.

B96 1992 — i call these “special vibes” … i can’t explain certain things.

2ND DETROIT POST IN A ROW! JEFF MILLS IS OF COURSE ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY HEADS IN DETROIT TECHNO HISTORY. THIS WEBSITE POSTED 7 MINDSHATTERING MIXES DONE BY THE WIZARD HIMSELF ON DETROIT RADIO BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1986 AND 1989. RUNNING BETWEEN GENRES IN A SERIOUSLY SICK FAST AND FURIOUS TURNTABLISM STYLE, THESE WERE ALL DONE LIVE ON THE RADIO AND ARE PRETTY MUCH “AS GOOD AS IT GETS”. I GET INSPIRED LISTENING TO THESE AND I HOPE YOU DO TOO!

THIS YOUTUBE PAGE HAS AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF DETROIT PUBLIC ACCESS DANCE SHOWS FROM THE 80S AND 90S. THIS STUFF HAS ALMOST MOVED ME TO TEARS ON MANY OCCASIONS. VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTATION OF PURE AMERICAN ENERGY. ALSO: THE MUSIC. FROM SOUL TO FUNK TO ELECTRO TO TECHNO TO GHETTOTECH, DETROIT HAS ALWAYS PUSHED IT FORWARD. SEEING THESE KIDS FREAK OUT TO SOME TRULY WEIRD SOUNDS IS AN INSPIRATION IN ITSELF.