Videos of the Day – All Hail the 45 King!

Somehow I’ve just started getting into some of the sounds mixed and/or produced by Mark James, aka DJ Mark, aka the 45 King, and I am hooked!

I know I’m kind of late to the party, but I’m going to catch up by reading up and listening to all the stuff this guy makes using 45 rpm records.

This interview seems like a good start, and the following videos seem like an excellent follow-up:

8tracks Playlist – Random Oldies

Today’s a national holiday in France, most places are closed, Paris is deserted, and it’s cold outside. A perfect day to laze around at home, listen to new records, play videogames, watch movies, and compile some favorite old tunes.

Enjoy!

Playlist :

1. Gonzo’s Goofy Dancing Intro (Sampled from old school cartoon)
2. Shirley Ellis – The Name Game
3. Johnny Cymbal – Mr. Bass Man
4. 7-up – Dance The Slurp
5. Liz Brady – Palladium (The Hip)
6. Nino Ferrer – Les Cornichons
7. The Electro-Tones – Ghost Train
8. The Strangers – Caterpillar Crawl
9. The Bad Boys – Black Olives
10. Dr. John – (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away
11. Cookin’ On 3 Burners – Cook It (feat. Fallon Williams)
12. The Soul Snatchers – Sniffin’ and Snatchin’
13. Diana Ross & The Supremes – He’s My Sunny Boy
14. The Jacksons – Show You The Way To Go
15. Dave Barker – Funkey Funkey Reggay
16. Les Surfs – Scandale Dans la Famille
17. King Horror – Zion I
18. Deirdre Wilson Tabac – I Can’t Keep From Crying, Sometimes
19. Chris Montez – The Face I Love
20. Matt Monro – No Puedo Quitar Mis Ojos De Ti
21. Sam Cooke – Tennessee Waltz
22. Moondog – Bird’s Lament
23. Louis Armstrong – Sunrise Sunset

PS : The Goofy intro is sampled from this old-school cartoon I loved as a child

Gonzo – Live @ Escale (02-04-2010)

Here’s the live recording of the set I played last friday night at the bar l’Escale (Odéon). Even though the party was kind of improvised we got a nice turnout and people danced until 5 am.

Because people started arriving around midnight I was able to play some jazz tunes at the beginning of the set, something I don’t get to do very often since people usually arrive ready to dance. I then played some of my favorite funk songs, followed by some jazzy hip-hop. I also decided to get adventurous and play some Indian-influenced tracks, and I’m glad the sitar/bass/drum combo got people moving.

Enjoy!

[This time around I recorded the set using my brand new laptop, and I'm not very happy with how it came out...the recording seems to have a frequency defect, as if some flanger/phaser/echo effect had been on during the whole night, which wasn't the case. I'm thinking either the cable that links the laptop to the mixer was faulty, or my recording settings are weird. Either way, I did my best to fix some of the annoying effects, but next time I'll do some more thourough testing of the recording conditions.]

Video of the Day – Secondhand Sureshots

Here’s a cool little video by the good people at Dublab, which they describe as “an experiment in sound recycling”.

I like the idea of filming people in their search for interesting records because that’s what one of the things I do in my free time…Except I don’t use the records to create new beats, which just adds to the interestingness of things.

All hail Daedelus, J-Rocc, Nobody and Ras G!!

Sadly, it’s just a trailer for now, but I can’t wait for the real thing to be available!

8tracks Playlist – Hippity Hip Hop

Here’s yet another playlist I’ve prepared using some of my favorite hoppin’ boppin’ groovin’ hip hop tunes from yesterday and today.

Enjoy!

Playlist:

1. Wu-Tang Clan – Darkness (Intro)
2. DJ Krush – Song 1
3. Jazz Liberatorz – Backpackers (instrumental)
4. DJ Cam – Mad Blunted Jazz
5. Blockhead – Change
6. MF Doom – Licorice
7. Madlib – Toe Fat (Ghettozone)
8. The Herbaliser – The Hard Stuff
9. The Baby Namboos – Ancoats 2 Zambia (Geoff Barrow Mix)
10. Oxmo Puccino & The Jazzbastards – Quoi qu’il en soit
11. Black Eyed Peas – Joints & Jam (Instrumental)
12. The Wiseguys – We Be the Crew
13. Wax Tailor – Que Sera
14. Danay – Individual
15. Control Machete – Comprendes Mendes
16. Gangstarr – Deadly Habitz
17. Akhenaton – Entrer Dans la Légende
18. Shurik’n – Samurai
19. Busta Rhymes – Extinction Level
20. RJD2 – Ghostwriter
21. Jurassic 5 – Red Hot
22. Gift of Gab – The Writz
23. Skee-Lo – I Wish
24. OutKast – Mighty O
25. De La Soul – Rock Co.Kane Flow (feat. MF Doom)
26. Puppetmastaz – Midi Mighty Moe
27. Devin The Dude – Gettin’ Crazy (Feat. 14K)
28. DangerDoom – Benzi Box
29. KRS One – A Friend
30. MF Doom – Nausea
31. DJ Shadow – Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul Mix)
32. Ugress – Turning Wheel
33. The X-ecutioners – Pianos From Hell
34. Mr. Scruff – Fish