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Post by J-Dawg on Jun 11, 2011 16:36:30 GMT -8
Oh geez, I guess that's the alcohol typing. My bad.
My favorite BT tracks, in the order I thought of them (with albums in parentheses) Rose of Jericho (These Hopeful Machines) The Emergency (These Hopeful Machines) Paris (Emotional Technology) Force of Gravity (Emotional Technology) Fibonacci Sequence (Rare & Remixed) The Antikythera Mechanism (This Binary Universe) Flaming June (ESCM) Solar Plexus (ESCM) Firewater (ESCM) Quark (Ima) Blue Skies (Ima) Ferris Wheel (Monster OST)
OK and the #1 BT Track in my books (this one is easy): Mercury and Solace (Movement in Still Life)
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Post by emptyfox on Jun 11, 2011 17:00:36 GMT -8
I didn't really like Mercury and Solace, but Fibonacci Sequence is fuckin' awesome!
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Post by Cbats on Jun 11, 2011 20:20:47 GMT -8
I only know BT because he had a song on the game amplitude and all this talk of him is making me want to dig out my ps2 and play it...
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Post by J-Dawg on Jun 16, 2011 18:37:39 GMT -8
So tonight I wanted to post a bit about Basement Jaxx. I'm not really a fan of their newer stuff but I thoroughly enjoy their first 3 albums. They generally produce fun, dancey house music.
The reason I first checked out Basement Jaxx was that I read an interview back in 1998 of another EDM producer (I don't even recall who it was now), and the response to the interview question of "so who are you listening to lately" included Basement Jaxx.
Thus I purchased Remedy, which is probably still my favorite Basement Jaxx album if I had to pick one.
Rooty had a bit more of an edge to it, but was still a lot of fun. There were a few duds on the album, and they went a bit too far with "Get Me Off" which could have been fun in the same way that Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" is fun, had it been better executed.
(Anyone who's ever danced with someone to the song Closer will know what I'm talking about)
Kish Kash was heading further into hit-or-miss territory for me, and subsequent Basement Jaxx albums haven't interested me enough to actually justify the purchase cost.
A brief list of tracks that still make me want to get up and dance, even a decade later (albums in parens):
Rendez-Vu (Remedy) Red Alert (Remedy) Romeo (Rooty) Where's Your Head At (Rooty) Good Luck (Kish Kash)
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Post by DeadPunk on Jun 19, 2011 10:45:11 GMT -8
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Post by mrlahey on Jun 19, 2011 10:52:26 GMT -8
Or don't consume more drugs than you can fucking handle(still hydrating is key here).
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Post by DeadPunk on Jun 19, 2011 13:14:14 GMT -8
EDC omgz I'm gonna triple drop those dank purple stars and do lines of ketamine all night! Then shove a pokeball up my ass right before skrillex!111!!!
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Post by Pea on Jun 19, 2011 14:04:17 GMT -8
Kids are really getting out of control with their droogs these days. Like mrlahey recently said, MDMA is taking over the world.
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Post by DeadPunk on Jun 19, 2011 14:18:30 GMT -8
If people were taught to be responsible with their high dro0gz I feel that this kind of stuff would happen less often. People will take drugs no matter what, might as well try and prevent them from killing themselves.
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Post by Pea on Jun 19, 2011 14:24:17 GMT -8
People will never be taught to be responsible with drugs because they are only taught not to do them. It's the same mindset as only teaching teens about abstinence instead of proper protection.
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Post by DeadPunk on Jun 19, 2011 14:38:44 GMT -8
Random drugs that are sold as mdma are taking over the world.
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Post by Fig on Jun 19, 2011 14:40:20 GMT -8
MDMA is one of the few sorts of drugs that you can actually enjoy with a fair bit of damage prevention. Testing kits are not that expensive and any mouth-breathing mongoloid could figure out how to use one.
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Post by DeadPunk on Jun 19, 2011 15:02:53 GMT -8
Exactly. They are super simple to use and they are not that expensive. Definitely worth it in my opinion and I've only done mdma 3 times. But I am a naturally paranoid person so I would never try that shit without it being tested beforehand anyways.
Back on topic, anyone hear pretty lights new track? I dig it...
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Post by J-Dawg on Jun 19, 2011 15:16:02 GMT -8
Even back when I used to rave, I never did high drugs. EDM always has and always will be about my connection with the music, the performer / DJ, and the crowd, without any enhancers. When it's off it's off, but when it's on, HOLY CRAP IS IT ON.
If others choose to alter their experience with high drugs, that's their business and I'm the last person who will judge, but for me it's not about that.
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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on Jun 19, 2011 16:33:41 GMT -8
People will never be taught to be responsible with drugs because they are only taught not to do them. It's the same mindset as only teaching teens about abstinence instead of proper protection. 10 years ago I used to help run a "harm reduction" group focused around raves and club drugs. We used to set up a table at raves and distributed proper information about drugs etc. We didn't say "No don't do derrrrrrgz!". We just presented information about what people can expect, what not to mix it with, what to be careful of etc etc. We even tried doing pill testing but the city and police were right quick about making us not do that. I don't know if there are still groups out there that do that kind of thing, but our main supplier was www.dancesafe.org and their site is still up. I still listen to the music even though I don't do chemicals anymore. When I stopped, my taste in the kind of EDM I liked sure changed though. I do plan on contributing my musical journey through the genres over the last 15+ years. Just haven't been able to make time for it yet.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Jun 20, 2011 8:37:01 GMT -8
People will never be taught to be responsible with drugs because they are only taught not to do them. It's the same mindset as only teaching teens about abstinence instead of proper protection. This is specifically why D.A.R.E. does not work and in fact is harmful. I am a graduate of D.A.R.E. as a matter of fact. When you equate alcohol with marijuana with heroin, once a kid tries something and sees that they like it and they are fine then they think it is going to be ok to do more things. I believe that is the only reason for any gateway drugs. If we teach kids the truth about these substances then they can at least they can make smarter decisions.
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Post by J-Dawg on Jun 21, 2011 20:41:31 GMT -8
Nick Warren and Jody Wisternoff each have solo careers, and they collaborate together under the name Way Out West and produce progressive house music.
My first encounter with Way Out West was due to Tiesto's inclusion of a remix of the song Mindcircus on In Search of Sunrise 3. I thoroughly enjoyed the remix (although I have to give more credit to the remixers, Gabriel & Dresden, than to Nick and Jody for that particular track). Although I didn't much care for the orignal recorded version of Mindcircus, I bought Way Out West's second album, Intensify, anyways.
Intensify as an album sounded different from what I would have expected from Nick Warren, and I really enjoyed it. I recall listening to it at least once per week, usually while studying or doing homework in university.
Their next two albums, Don't Look Now and We Love Machine, are also good, and somehow feel different than either of their solo efforts. I still listen to all 3 of these albums with some frequency.
I have yet to track down their original self-titled release, and I think I'll skip the We Love Machine remixes to be honest.
My favorite Way out West tracks (albums): Everyday (Don't Look Now) Pulse of Life (Don't Look Now / B Side) The Fall (Intensify) Call Me (Intensify) Survival (We Love Machine) One Bright Night (We Love Machine)
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Post by sagesquatch on Jun 22, 2011 9:07:21 GMT -8
Going to see Diplo vs Switch tomorrow night in SF WOOT!
That is all.
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Post by mrlahey on Jun 22, 2011 14:21:06 GMT -8
Back on topic, anyone hear pretty lights new track? I dig it... I am so FUCKING excited for IDFest.
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Post by Drew on Jun 22, 2011 15:30:20 GMT -8
Going to see Diplo vs Switch tomorrow night in SF WOOT! That is all. Wicked
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