Thursday, 13 November 2008

Vampire Week ends?


Ok, this is day four of DJ set creation. The last four days I've had off work I've done nothing but look for tracks for what's now being called "Kammo 2: return to disco". First day I looked up trendy indie club playlists and sourced the tracks I dug that I felt reflected what I'd like to bring to Kambar, and that I'd heard on dancefloors of London. NB: "sourced" means stole from internet, however tracking down tracks entails a lengthy process and four different utilities - an electronic heist more like! Day two was a Last.FM day, looking up artists like other artists. I also looked up who had new tracks coming out and "sourced" them. All the while I used my utilities to find other people who had folders of useful tracks - remix albums, folders of current playlists, mashups, compilations. Day three was a little wasted, as I spent the day looking for tracks which reflected the more classic side - but I realise that it wouldn't fit with the other tracks of my set so went in another direction on the fourth day: Indie remixes; indie remixes retain the classic while dragging it into the present. In doing this I discovered a few top producers of such work - such as Go Home Productions who make quality mashups and remixes you can actually use - also he's been active for a long time and so has over 11 bootlegs "available".

I look pasty, I've eaten too many peanut m & m's (the Neon Jeepster snack of choice) and I've not seen the sun in a week. My computer has given me the icy hue of an Internet vampire.

Would you believe that there's no money in this gig? It occurred to me when I was talking about how much "work" I had done that this was unpaid. Ah, but, once I gather these tunes it will be my launching pad for sets on the trendy indie dancefloors. I'll be fully up to speed on indie and can branch out.

Tracks of note and new found glory are: Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning (Peaches remix), Cribs - Men's Needs (CSS Remix)
Check those badboys out.

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