DPC Does DEMF - Festival Preview

     This weekend, DPC will be heading to Detroit to experience one of the best electronic music festivals on the planet.  I am talking about Movement Electronic Music Festival, also known as Detroit Electronic Music Festival.  It is sure to be a weekend of whiskey fueled debauchery and dance parties.  To say we're excited would be an understatement.  The lineup this year is absolutely incredible, featuring some of the most renowned DJs and producers in the world.  Although Detroit is hailed as the birthplace of techno music, the festival features an eclectic mix of Techno, House, Disco, and even some Hip Hop.

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Drop Out Orchestra- Winter Sunshine MiniMix

Its no secret.  Winter is by far my least favorite season.  Its cold, it gets dark early, snow makes people drive like morons (more so than normal), and everyone is sick.  Like me.  I've been sick since Monday but have been too busy at work to stay home or go see a doctor.  Well its either that or the fact that I hate going to the doctor and thought I could beat it on my own.  The thing that ticks me off is, I actually took it easy this weekend and rested.  Of course the one weekend I decide to be healthy and responsible, I end up getting ill.  I guess that's the way she goes.

Any-who, last night Drop Out Orchestra put out a Winter Sunshine MiniMix that helped shine through the gray clouds of winter and warm me right up.  Its only a half hour long but contains some really good material.  It kicks off with DOO's remix of Lou Teti's new track "Shake."  I really like the original track, but as usual, I end up liking Drop Outs' remix even more.  I really enjoyed the 5th track on the mix, which was Gigamesh's remix of  "City Full Of Lights" by Alexander Holland.  The next track on the mix made me laugh.  It is titled "I Was Made to Norse."  I knew immediately it was going to be some sort of remix of Todd Terje's "Insepector Norse."  After all, it has been on every single mix I have listened to since it was released. When I heard the familiar analog synth licks at the beginning of the song, my suspicions were confirmed.  What happens next is what made me laugh.  The track isn't really a remix, but rather the original track with samples from Kiss's "I Was Made for Loving You" dubbed over. Some people may consider this the equivalent of electronic music heresy (because lets be honest, its impossible to improve upon this song), but I thought it was humorous and creative.  The last track "Dirty Diana" made me think we were going to get a DOO touch on the Michael Jackson song.  However it turned out to be a mix between Oliver's new track "Dirty Talk" and Diana Ross's classic song "Upside Down." This was definitely interesting and unexpected. What this mix lacks in length, it certainly makes up for in originality. 

Winter Sunshine MiniMix by Drop Out Orchestra
Tracklist:
01. Lou Teti - Shake (Drop Out Orchestra Reloaded)
02. Late Nite Tuff Guy - I Don't Like Acid
03. This Is a Recording - Southern Neon Lights (Gazeebo's Northern Funk Remix)
04. Mike Salta - Escape From Rico Bay (Drop Out Orchestra Club Cut)
05. Alexander Holland - City Full Of Lights (Gigamesh Remix)
06. I Was Made To Norse
07. Rodion and Khan - Discoteca Romana (feat. Andrea) (The C90s remix)
08. Dirty Diana

RA.098 - Todd Terje Mix for Resident Advisor

Todd Terje is a Norwegian mix master, and he is DPC-approved. He has countless reworks of artists that are featured on tons of mixes out there in the DDP world.

This is one of my favorites of his:



And sorry I'm not sorry, but it's Friday - which means we're that much closer to the weekend, and I want to be lazy.

(Though I have a feeling you're like, "Thank god there's not a huge long post about cupcakes, whiskey, and stupid shit Becca does, cause I just wanna listen to the music anyway...")

So let's let this mix just do the talking for me, shall we?

RA.098 - Todd Terje mix for Resident Advisor by future classic

01. M.I.A. – Paper Planes (DFA Mix)
02. Sly & Robbie – Triplets
03. Chaz Jankel & Laura Weymouth – Whisper
04. !!! – Must Be The Moon (Emperor Machine Mix)
05. Armand Van Helden – Je T’aime (Simian Mobile Disco Mix)
06. Broke – We Ain’t Got It
07. Mathias Kaden – Rhythma
08. Class Action – Weekend
09. Cole Medina – Red Hot
10. Tron Scott’s Freaks in Space – Prog Rocks And Moon Jocks
11. Mirror Boys – See The Music
12. The Temptations – Law Of The Land (Iskra Edit)
13. Konk – Percussion Jam
14. Mr. Raoul K – Le Cercle Peul
15. Sueno Latino – Luxuria (Cutmaster-G Techno Age Mix)
16. Bruce Springsteen – I’m On Fire (Cousin Cole Mix)

PS - I really, really love 12 minutes in and 14.30 makes me feel like I'm in a space odyssey.