2015-01-19

 

D.I.S.C.O. or Dance Interpretations of Skeptical Cultural Objects.

Trying to think of my favorite postmodern music, I came up with this list. Who better than Umberto Eco to describe it: 'I think of the postmodern attitude as that of a man who loves a very cultivated woman and knows he cannot say to her, "I love you madly", because he knows that she knows (and that she knows that he knows) that these words have already been written by Barbara Cartland. Still there is a solution. He can say, "As Barbara Cartland would put it, I love you madly."'

Someday with more time I will make a proper Mix out of it.... Authenticity in art is overrated.

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2014-11-03

 

Sunny

Last Friday we had a very special Halloween Riot Bootique, which doubled as the Mad Scientist Ball organized by the Informatics graduate students. What a blast! Great fun for everyone. Here is E-Trash's first set at Root Cellar Lounge. A cloudbusting ray of sunshine to feel good. DJ Angst and E-Trash, will return to our cybernetic DJing right after Thansgiving. Tracklist below. You can also access a higher quality file for Sunny on E-Trash's site (Username: apollo, Password: feelingfree).








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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 12:51 0 comments

2014-10-16

 

I go La La La

I'm covering my ears like a kid, When your words mean nothing, I go la la la. Meu bem, meu Zen. Music for catching up on work. Pior do que o meu canto, há de ser o meu silencio. There’s truth that lives, and truth that dies. I don’t know which So never mind. I live among you well disguised.I love myself (One day at the time, sun gon' shine).

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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 04:59 0 comments

2014-03-04

 

Don't Stop the Dance

As usual, here is a recording of E-Trash's first set on the last Riot Bootique, on the night of February 28 at Root Cellar Lounge. This set followed DJ Angst openning set; a funk/disco/club party. Podcast and tracklist at Don't Stop the Dance on E-Trash's site (Username: apollo, Password: feelingfree).






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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 00:48 0 comments

2014-02-01

 

Alive

As usual, here is a recording of E-Trash's sets on the last Riot Bootique, on the night of January 24 at Root Cellar Lounge. This contains the first set of the night plus a portion of E-Trash's second set. Starts mellow, plays homage to the Everly Brothers (alive and well), moving on to a funk/disco/club party; the second set (a bit towards the end) was a house and acid house affair. Tracklist below. You can also access a higher quality file for Alive on E-Trash's site (Username: apollo, Password: feelingfree).






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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 15:29 0 comments

2013-12-03

 

This City's local Disco DJ has kept my Zen again.

We finally submitted a paper that was in the works for, seriously, at least 6 years. This music on rotation in my player helped maintain the necessary Zen. This City's local Disco DJ has kept my Zen again. Good thing I am also that DJ once in a while: Hey City Zen!

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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 22:41 0 comments

2013-11-17

 

Prolonged Gratification Award: 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Vénus e Marte

Have not posted one of these in a while. I have not tired of this 1970's progressive rock album by José Cid, pretty much all my life---since my brother introduced me to it in 1978. The album is considered among the top five progressive rock albums of 1978 worldwide, and considered Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music by specialists in the genre. I have never been a fan of progressive rock, especially since in 1978 Punk and Disco were much more exciting, but this record is a dream for anyone into vintage keyboards and synths and I never tire of it. You can hear the whole thing on youtube, shown below.



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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 15:48 0 comments

2013-11-04

 

The last half hour

I have been enjoying a great deal the Riot Bootique DJ night we put together every month, but I have to say that the last half hour before the club closes can be weird as hell. The video below cracked me up because there is some truth to it, though I mostly get crazy ladies screaming for their song.

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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 18:00 0 comments

2013-10-28

 

Treasure

E-Trash's first set, from Riot Bootique, on the night of October 25 at Root Cellar Lounge. This was a follow-up set to DJ Angst starter set, so it starts banging moving on to a fun House/disco/club party. Podcast for Treasure on E-Trash's site (Username: apollo, Password: feelingfree). Tracklist below.






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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 17:39 0 comments

2013-05-11

 

Bowie ain't St. Sebastian


Bowie's new video above is supposedly causing a bit of a commotion for its depiction of Catholic imagery to emphasize the Church's hypocrisy, especially vis a vis the sexual scandals. Bowie is an amazing artist---my favorite artist---but, honestly, this video is not innovative at all. It is quite manipulative because it will make people (many of his fans, judging by the Facebook and Twitter comments) feel like they are edgy for playing with the "meanie" catholic church, when in truth it is all false edginess. It is so safe---and so cliche---to play with Catholics, that this feels like a super-studied MTV video awards show: studied faux edginess. Safe because no one is going to order a fatwa on your head, and cliche because it was already cliche when Madonna did it (with stigmata and all)... Sadly, the Stars (are out tonight) video was also a rip-off from The Eurythmics Savage video album... The Where are we now video was much more interesting. Don't get me wrong, I can see an artist (a painter at that) like Bowie being inspired by Catholic imagery, but the video is manipulative by seemingly trying to pinpoint the hypocrisy of the Church, while simultaneously being hypocritical itself by following, in addition to the safe/cliche faux edginess, the easy angle of linking sexuality to the catholic emphasis on the body and flesh. Honestly, if you can't top Mishima, don't do this...

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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 23:53 0 comments

2013-04-30

 

Play Rave Riot

The latest E-Trash sets, from Riot Bootique, on the night of April 26 at Root Cellar Lounge. Here are both sets I played. The first set is a playful, disco-club party. The second set, which was done without any preparation, is a rave that goes from techno-hip hop to acid to disco. Hey, we had the glow sticks out... Tracklists below. You can also access higher quality files for Play and Rave is the new Riot on E-Trash's site (Username: apollo, Password: feelingfree).









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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 03:58 0 comments

2013-04-01

 

Miami Dive

The latest E-Trash mix, from Riot Bootique, on the night of March 22 at Root Cellar Lounge. This is mostly the starter set (re-recorded after the event due to glitches at the event) plus a portion of the second set (played live). This is one of the most melodic mixes I have made, and I really like the result: sexy horizontal disco all the way to the party. BTW, since this was a starter set, it is always curious to me at which track people actually start dancing seriously; in this case it was between tracks 9 and 10---disco and and actual verbal command ("you can dance if you want to") seems to do the trick every time... Tracklist below. You can also access a higher quality file on E-Trash's site (Username: apollo, Password: feelingfree).




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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 18:56 0 comments

2012-11-15

 

Blue velvet on the dancefloor

The latest E-Trash mix, from Riot Bootique, last Saturday at the Farm Root Cellar. I forgot to record it live, but here I re-recorded a combination of the two sets I played minus a few tracks. Blue Velvet on the dance floor---means a trip from Disco to Acid from the eyes of a cracked actor. Tracklist below. You can access a high quality file on E-Trash's site (Username: apollo, Password: feelingfree).



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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 07:14 0 comments

2012-09-17

 

Freeky Dancing Machine

Here is my latest mix. Played, as E-Trash, live last Friday at the Farm Root Cellar. Hesitated about posting this, with all the natural errors and all. But since several people asked about the set list, here it is. As you can see, still very much into Scandinavian disco, Nicolas Jaar, and plain dancing fun. You can access a higher quality file on E-Trash's site (Username: apollo, Password: feelingfree).



01 - When Saints Go Machine - fail forever (nicolas jaar remix)
02 - Duran Duran - Girls On Film (16 Millimetre Mix)
03 - Missy Elliot - work it (Nicolas Jaar Bluwave edit)
Frank Ocean - thinkin bout you
04 - AlunaGeorge - Just A Touch
05 - George Clinton &The P-funk Allstars - Paradigm (featuring Prince)
06 - Imagination - just an illusion (lindstrom vs todd terje dub)
07 - M - pop muzik (todd terje remix)
08 - The Jackson Five - dancing machine (henrik schwarz b side remix)
09 - Giorgio Moroder - i wanna rock you
10 - LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations (Lindstrom mix)
11 - Bee Gees - you should be dancing (todd terje re-edit)
12 - Chic - Everybody Dance (Zimmer Rework)
Peaches - shake yer dix (tiga's where were you in '92 remix)
Die Antwoord - i fink u freeky
13 - Maroon 5 Feat Wiz Khalifa -Payphone (Cutmore_remix)
14 - Knife Party - internet friends
15 - Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (Hex Hector Mix)

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2011-10-11

 

Energy

It was a lot of Fun DJing last Friday night at the Farm RootCellar. I prepared a rough subset, a backbone, of the mix I played. The mix is available to download in high quality (Username: apollo, Password: feelingfree).




Tracklist:
01 - LV - don't judge (Feat. Errol Bellot)
02 - Nina Hagen - African Reggae
03- Sly & Robbie - Billie Jean
04 -The dynamics - music
05 - Minos Pour Main Basse (Sur La Ville) - le patron est devenu fou
06 - Louie Austen - disco dancer
07 - fuckpony - it's only music
08 - Goldfrapp - ride a white horse (ewan pearson disco odyssey parts 1 and 2)
09 - Lindstrøm - another station (todd terje remix). Mixed with Freestyle - don't stop the rock
10 - Spank Rock - energy (disko version). Mixed with Spank Rock - energy (jan driver remix)
11 - Locussolus - i want it (lindstrom & prins thomas remix)
12 -Lindstrøm - De Javu
13 - Pigbag - papa's got a brand new pigbag (12' remix)
14 - Buraka Som Sistema - hangover (bababa)
15 - sneaky sound system -hip hop hooray (poxymusic handstand remix)
16 - Chromeo - hot mess (feat. elly jackson) (duck sauce remix)
17 - MSTRKRFT - work on you
18 - Billie Ray Martin - sweet suburban disco (severino dub mix)
19 - 7 Samurai - brothers
20 - Midnight Magic - beam me up (jacques renault remix)
21 - Michael Jackson - get on the floor (holy ghost edit)
22 - Claudja Berry - sweet dynamite (todd terje edit)
23 - Erodiscotique - I Love New York
24 - Kasper Bjørke - Nico

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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 02:52 0 comments

2010-08-03

 

Echo Beach: On my radio 75-85

As I get near my travel date back to the US, after a long sabbatical in Lisbon, I am enjoying greatly the things I miss most when on the other side: the Ocean and Family. Having my old vinyl collection for this time and listening to it near the Ocean, made me of course go down memory lane. Interesting that some of the things that echo back to mind from the past are not necessarily the things I did most when younger. These echos are what I had in mind when I prepared this long mix. These are sounds that echoed this year back to my mind from the years between 75 and 85. The point was not at all to catalog those years, as I ended up not including artists and tracks that meant a lot to me back then and still do (Miles Davis, Eurythmics, Prince, etc, etc.) But these echoed back, and here they are. I am going to miss this life.






Track Listing:
01 - The Selecter - On My Radio
02 - New Adventures - Come on
03 - The Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
04 - Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
05 - Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
06 - David Bowie - Fascination
07 - Pointer Sisters - How Long (betcha' got a woman on the side)?
08 - McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
09 - Amanda Lear - Fashion Pack
10 - Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
11 - The Dukes (Bugatty & Musker) - Thank you for the party
12 - Giorgio Moroder - Utopia
13 - Space - Just Blue
14 - Patrick Cowley - Tech No Logical World
15 - Freeez - I.O.U
16 - Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
17 - The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)
18 - Yazoo - Sweet Thing
19 - The Tubes - Turn Me On
20 - Blondie - Eat to the Beat
21 - The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
22 - Hazel O'Connor - Big Brother
23 - Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
24 - Toyah - Be Proud, Be Loud, Be Heard
25 - Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short (Long Mix)
26 - Classix Nouveaux - Never Again (The Days Time Erased)
27 - Duran Duran - Girls On Film (Night Mix)
28 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (Annihilation Mix)
29 - ABC - How to be a Zillionaire (Wall St. Mix)
30 - Nina Hagen - Ich Weiss Es Wird Einmal Ein Wunder Geschehen
31 - Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'till You Get Enough (12'' Edit)
32 - France Joli - Gonna Get Over You
33 - Cliff Richard - We don't talk anymore
34 - The Rolling Stones - Miss You (Dance Version)
35 - Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach
36 - The Police - So Lonely
37 - Echo And The Bunneymen - Never Stop (Discotheque)
38 - John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street
39 - New Order - Every little counts

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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 13:44 0 comments

2010-06-29

 

Gira-discos: prolonged gratification award

Estou finalmente com o setup optimizado para ouvir os meus discos de vinil em Lisboa. Que prazer! Deixo aqui duas das minha faixas favoritas do fantástico último album dos Heróis do Mar, o IV: "D.F.S." e "Dor de Cabeça". Tão esquecido que este album é, que penso que nem existe em CD? Nunca me canso de o ouvir, e daí o prolonged gratification award.





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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 12:43 0 comments

2010-02-23

 

Still trancing after all these years

So BT's new album is not a complete stream of great tracks, like his earlier stuff used to be. But there are some awesome tracks on the latest "These Hopeful Machines" (listen to album on myspace). My current favorite to go for my usual jog along the Atlantic ocean from Carcavelos to Oeiras is "Le Notcturne de Lumiere (youtube link)". I mean, if in the middle of this track you don't have the urge to jump on the biggest loudspeaker you can find, waving your arms to Gaia armed with glow sticks and all, there is something wrong with you. Another great track below.


BT - The Rose of Jericho (video)

BT | MySpace Music Videos

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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 23:40 0 comments

2009-10-22

 

Riding on the dynamics of the system

'One of Eno's favorite quotes, from the managerial-cybernetics theorist Stafford Beer, would become a fundamental guiding principle for his work: ''Instead of trying to specify it in full detail," Beer wrote in his book The Brain of the Firm, "you specify it only somewhat. You then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you want to go."' Full article "Brian Eno, Peter Schmidt, and Cybernetics" @ Rhizone

Brian Eno definitely deserves the "oblique strategy" prolonged gratification award. His hands have been breaking the frame of so many musicians and artists in the last decades, and in so doing generating amazing (cybernetic) art.









Thank you Artemy for the link.

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# posted by Luis Rocha @ 14:58 0 comments

2009-05-24

 

Late night soundtrack (Updated May 24, 2009)

Another late night working, a few new tracks. The mood is to be filed somewhere, somehow, under the theme of Love likes Disco, Glitches and all. Tiga and Peaches on high rotation.

Much to write here, but very little time with the impending move to Lisbon for the whole year! Will try again later.

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latest tracks on my player week by week.

NOTE: If some of the tracks play only 30 seconds, log on to IMEEM and link to this list. All tracks are there in full.


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