new year, new sets, new gigs

CRUSH does it again at Sunset, on January 15th: Myself and the legendary Davin ‘AFK’ Greenwell will be tagging from 10 to 0200, followed by…

2010: shows of the year

We could subtitle this one: “oh god, Berlin”, really. Sub:stance Two Year, Berghain / Panorama. Did you see that lineup? No, look again. Did you…

2010: concerts of the year

So much mind-shattering music: Janos Sandor – Orchestral Favorites When a concert has the finale of Beethoven 3 as the second piece on the program,…

2010: singles of the year

So much to talk about! Best Stuck-In-Your-Head-Vocals: KZSS – You & I The vocal was in my head from about March to July, nonstop, at…

2010: sets of the year

Fewer this year, oddly enough. Probably because I was at SoundCloud listening to that every day for four months. Makes it harder to keep track…

2010: albums of the year

Bethi Ferguson – NEWVEMBER SONGS Yeah, so my friend Bethi finished this song-a-day-recorded-into-Garage Band last November. Yes, the audio quality is often awful. Did I…

listen, please

We were discussing MP3 compression in my (amazing) recording class, and I got to thinking: has anyone ever made custom perceptual coding models? As in,…

the hush top 50

The secret project I’ve been working since January is ready! Meet the Hush Top 50. Since you asked, it’s a compilation of the fifty tracks…

i came to dance: track lengths part 2

In my previous post, I talked about track lengths from 1970 to 1990. Now let’s look at 1995 to the present, in a few different…

i came to dance: track lengths part 1

Really, I did. But I also came to do science, dammit. When I started DJing, tracks were 6 to 10 minutes long or so. Now…