Saturday, March 21, 2009

Spring Is Here, Come Out of Hibernation

It has been a long time since my last post, SORRY. Work has been a bit mad lately. This week I bring to you some music, a DJ documentary and a couple resources to find new tunes. I hope you enjoy- feedback, questions and/or requests are always welcome.

A lot of friends and visitors to my blog have asked me where I get a lot of my music. I buy half of my music from itunes.com and most if all the underground mixes/music from beatport.com and Rock N Soul records located in midtown Manhattan. If you are music enthusiast you can always sign up for a free account at djforums.com. This website has a ton of great remixes and DJ compilations.

One mix I strongly recommend you download was created by DJ Jay Free. The two hour audio montage includes hip-hop, rock and 80's mash-ups. This is a great mix to entertain people with this weekend.

In addition to some new music, I suggest you check out Scratch the feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing aka turntablism. From the South Bronx in the 1970s to San Francisco now, the world's best scratchers, beat-diggers, party-rockers, and producers wax poetic on beats, breaks, battles, and the infinite possibilities of vinyl. Lucky for you, I found a full length copy of the film on Youtube.

STAY TUNED... I'm almost done with a new mix inspired by the soundtrack of Slumdog Millionaire. A majority of the music on this mix contains Indian sounding instruments or vocals such as Night Rider - Jay Z ft. Punjabi MC, React - Eric Sermon and Issac - Madonna. I am super psyched to share this with you soon.

Ipod Tracks

  1. DJ Jay Free - Crush Lounge Live Set - download this mash-up of 80's, rock and hip-hop beats.
  2. Wale - W.A.L.E.F.R.I.E.N.D.S. (BONUS)
  3. The Killers - Human
  4. Busta Rhymes - Arab Money
  5. A.R. Rahman - Jai Ho
  6. M.I.A - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)
  7. Ludacris f/ Chris Brown - What Them Girls Like
  8. Calvin Harris - Acceptable in the 80s
  9. Madonna - Candy Shop (Sticky And Sweet Edit)
  10. Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death

Scratch is a feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing, otherwise known as turntablism. From the South Bronx in the 1970s to San Francisco now, the world's best scratchers, beat-diggers, party-rockers, and producers wax poetic on beats, breaks, battles, and the infinite possibilities of vinyl. Click Here to Watch.