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eMusic's Epic Fail

These are some of the "exciting new releases" that eMusic is offering in exchange for more than doubling their subscription price. They have joined the ranks of the piss poor music download sites. I'm one of their first users and they can kiss my ass goodbye!!!

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Added by Dave Wesley on July 20, 2009 at 11:13am — No Comments

Steve Reich Interview - Red Bull Academy

This looks cool.

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Added by Dave Wesley on March 20, 2009 at 6:49pm — 3 Comments

Kompakt MP3 Shuts Down?

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RIP. Man, that… Continue

Added by Dave Wesley on January 13, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

2009

My plans for 2009 are to really step up production output... I have over a thousand unfinished tracks, at lease a few of which are probably worth releasing... : ) Need to just run them through my dirty dub factory. I've been torn in 2008 between ultra-clean minimal tech/house and dirty dub techno, but I think I'm set on the idea that this upcoming year is going to be dedicated to dub techno and truly "out" productions. I'm also starting a house night (read moody… Continue

Added by Dave Wesley on January 2, 2009 at 12:01pm — 1 Comment

Push Gigs Recap - Fargo - September 12 and 13

Had a blast playing Push gigs in Fargo. Video was a pain in the arse, at the Plains Art Museaum, but thanks to Dan Reetz, finally got Resolume cooking and our murky set put me in a trance. Wired, the party the next night, was more up and stimulating and all DJs brought it. Nice to see MBR's Arv succeed on her maiden voyage. Thanks very much to Guy Jean.

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Added by Dave Wesley on September 15, 2008 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

David Byrne and Brian Eno Wrapping Up New Album

More here... Awesome. Looking very much forward to hearing it. Continue

Added by Dave Wesley on July 27, 2008 at 4:54pm — 3 Comments

Great Discussion on the State of "The Scene"

Stimulated by Philip Sherburne's latest installment of "This Month In Techno" - Pitchfork. You can read the original post and comments on mnml.nl. I felt compelled to chime in. Continue

Added by Dave Wesley on July 23, 2008 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

OMFG - My Track Mistaken for one of Ricardo Villalobos' Tracks

After watching the film about pop artist, Ray Johnson, "How to Draw a Bunny", I became very inspired to find a way to implement some form of Johnson's "correspondence art". I chose a method of naming my original tracks that incorporates the name of another person (well-known and… Continue

Added by Dave Wesley on July 3, 2008 at 12:00pm — 27 Comments

Generative Music on Your iPod or Mobile Phone

I think this is a fantastic idea... I've messed around with generative music software for a long time (Koan and now Noatikl. Would be nice to have a one-of-a-kind ambient… Continue

Added by Dave Wesley on June 11, 2008 at 8:18am — 2 Comments

Quad Core Glory

Dell XPS 630 Quad Core WinXP machine on the way... Hoping that my UAD-1 card will work in this bad boy... I've read nothing to the contrary in the forums. I've read discussions purporting practically unlimited plug-ins/channels in Ableton Live 7. Drool. For those of you thinking of buying… Continue

Added by Dave Wesley on May 6, 2008 at 3:05pm — 5 Comments

Tunecore - Highly Recommended

I joined Tunecore last week and my tracks are already for sale on Amazon mp3. Wo. Check it out. Highly recommended. Continue

Added by Dave Wesley on April 30, 2008 at 11:36am — No Comments

Matthew Dear's External Hard Drive Stolen During His Set

This is incredible. What's even weirder is that I played that club (Galapagos, NYC) with Marcos a couple years ago for the Philip Glass - Glass Cuts remix CD par… Continue

Added by Dave Wesley on April 12, 2008 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

The Month In Techno - April 2008

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Added by Dave Wesley on April 9, 2008 at 7:05pm — No Comments

DJs Need to Learn to Dance or Do Stupid Human Tricks

Check out the Pacemaker. People already complaining that notebook DJs look like they are checking their emails when laying down a deep mix... Well, folks, DJs had better start learning to dance. Won't be long until devices like the Pacemaker will be as cheap as iPods. Continue

Added by Dave Wesley on March 22, 2008 at 7:13pm — 6 Comments

New Portishead Release On The Horizon

Trip hop pre-cursor to minimal? Pitchfork serves it up.
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Added by Dave Wesley on February 9, 2008 at 1:02am — 3 Comments

Mental Contagion - Fantastic MSP Webzine

Mental Contagion - Been around for a long time and is still smoking. Credit due to founder and editor, Karen Kopacz. Continue

Added by Dave Wesley on February 4, 2008 at 10:04pm — No Comments

Intelligence - A Lack Thereof

Across the Universe by the Beatles will become the first song ever to be beamed directly into space next week, US space agency Nasa has announced.

Anyone else think that this diminishes a potential 21st Century alien impression of intelligence on Earth? I do. What about sending some Ornette Coleman or Ricardo Villalobos - or any of the fine productions from the MBR network?

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Added by Dave Wesley on February 2, 2008 at 2:03pm — 3 Comments