Here’s a tripped out video that was made from found footage mixed with some live video from Hawke performing at Shooting Stars and Flamenco Guitars at the Kava Lounge in San Diego.
Rahmeen Shary, Ray Mathews and I performed live nurturing new material that would become the foundation of the +++ album.
I’ve been fishing around for some strange and interesting sounds to use on a forthcoming official mix CD which will be released this summer and I came across this piece of interesting fruit.
An amazing groove that has peculiar parts that I can play over and over again. Honest to God, I chipped my tooth earlier this morning and figure that this song is to blame. Thanks Biblio. Thanks a lot.
Here’s a new DJ mix that is featured on the Cosmic Disco Blog with a short interview.
Tracklist
1. How Why – #9
2. Kaoru Inoue – The Secret Field (Todd Terje Remix)
3. Sleezy McQueen Ft. Anne Montoro – Anna Due (Cole Mix)
4. Simply Yes (Magik Tagik Remix)
5. Candy Dealers – Street Delight
6. Greg Campbell feat Ms Audry – Deep Inside (JPhlips Dirtybird Remix)
7. Ozy – One Way Jesus (Afterhours Mix)
8. Eriella Mangelt – Sugar Nights (original)
9. Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses (Beyond The Wizard of The Sleeve Mix)
10. Luomo – Tessio
11. Leo Tignino – Into The World
12. Rodriguez Jr – Lila
13. Klimouts – Down To Earth (MyMy Monterrey Wash Remix 1)
14. Marbert Rocel – Beats Like Birds
Bang Bang are a self-described “live electronic outfit” based in Cape Town, South Africa. Four members make up Bang Bang: Reuben John on vocals; Matt Prehn on decks, keys, and effects; Matthew Loots on the guitars; and Sterra Lucas on percussion. Their forte is writing and performing deep, disco house as well as forays into their own newly created genre “saloon funktronica”.
I had the opportunity to remix their new single “Bikini” creating a genre hopping version that owes as much to Bollywood as it does to Syntharama.
Bang Bang – Bikini Days (Eighth Dimension Records – 8TH028D) by Eighth Dimension
Last century, Freaky Chakra and Hawke spent one evening in the studio in the Lower Haight in San Francisco. We worked on a remix for local Dub band Dub Addxx. A remix album was slotted to be released on Sunburn Records but it never saw the light of day.
Dom and I had a good time playing with the analog echoes and this version came together very quickly.
Freaky Chakra has been freaking chakras since 1993. Back then, there were like 5 people making electronic music in San Francisco. He is one of my enigmatic favorites.
I asked my favorite artists to listen to the new Hawke album and make works of art inspired by the music.
The following artists contributed paintings, photos, sculptures and mixed media artwork
The collection includes works by Felipe Merida, Fernando Apodaca, Handiedan, Duser, Ursula X. Young, Pure Evil, Owen Maigret, Robert Ogden, Evan Venegas, Trina Merry, Gina Bieber, Joe B, Justin Young, Dave Washer, Briejock Joslyn Lawrence and Brian Kuhlman and Araceli Santos de Bieber.
Here’s a video of the opening night at Project One Gallery in San Francisco.
One of the unexpected themes of the collection was a thread of creations that used natural elements. Fernando Apodaca, who has produced music videos for Pearl Jam, Chris Cornell and The New York Dolls constructed a piece using his own hair to build three iconic plus signs. Dave Washer created a water fountain within an intricate rock garden, Justin Young built a cloud installation including projections and a fish tank with a mermaid’s garden, and I make a plus sign sculpture fashioned from marijuana embedded in a plastic resin.
This is a 2hr+ sordid affair recorded on Halloween in San Diego in 2005 with chicks and beer and indie-electro-funk. Featuring tracks by !!!, Gang of Four, Tom Vek, DFA, Out Hud, Isolee, Royksopp, Franz Ferdinand, Lindstrom and Felix The Housecat.
Wish I had a full track listing but you know how that goes!!
The mix is available for download from Soundcloud. Just hit the button down there that says “gavin hardkiss.” They may want you to register but its well worth it!!
gavin hardkiss – halloween 2005 & my panties are dripping by gavin hardkiss
I’m jazzed about this song. It’s on the new album +++.
Earlier this year, I had been listening to a lot of African records. With a pretty decent 12″ collection of my own, my thirst for African music was quenched when I was turned on to a great website called Voodoo Funk which has an amazing collection of dj sets from Africa.
I grew up with a lot of these sounds playing live in the backyard of my house in Johannesburg – guitar driven odes to everyday life.
“Inside Job” joins songs like Janes Addictions’ “Been Caught Stealin’ and The Smiths “Shoplifters of the World Unite” in taking on the great topic of theft – the unholy seventh commandment. Watch out!!
FACT: This remix was done for Bay Area singer/songwriter Kenon Chen, and was released on limited edition 12″ vinyl in 2002. Kenon also supplied vocals for the song “The Hardest Kiss” on the Love Won Another LP.
FACT: Today is 09/09/09 and 9 is my lucky number. What happened at 9:09am? A guy shows up to clean the heating ducts in the house. I recognized his accent. He is Israeli. He walks up to the door and , when seeing that the mezuzah on my front door is attached inappropriately, he offers to help me place it correctly. In Ancient Egypt, the Jews marked there doors with blood to ward off evil. With hammer in hand, together we reattach the mezuzah 2/3 up the doorpost leaning in to the house. This will seal the house from harm.
What happened at 9:09pm? I bought a piece of art made by Merkely??? for my Canadian friend at the Project One Gallery.
The next time I have a day as lucky as this I will be 131 years old.
How’s your Balearic summer going?
We all struggle with the harsh awakening of a Monday morning. So I wrote a song about it. It’s one of my favorite tracks from my new Hawke album which will be released on Eighth Dimension Records in late September.
Last night we set sail with the Sunset Crew and together with 400 birds-of-a-feather, danced beneath the Golden Gate Bridge to the new disco sound of San Francisco. Epic party.
But its back on the horse on this Monday.
NEWS: You can now purchase music directly from here.
MORE NEWS: I've asked some of my favorite artists to create art pieces inspired by the new album +++. The group show of paintings, sculptures and mixed media was exhibited at the Project One Gallery in San Francisco from October 6 thru October 18.
The art collection traveled to Orlando FL for and was also featured in the Loft at Create:Fixate's 8th anniversary in downtown LA on December 6, 2009.
Check out hilarious photos from the +++ photobooth here
Dayve Hawk is making all this incredible music under names like Memory Tapes and Weird Tapes and I can't stop listing to the album Seek Magic. Get other mp3s here here.
Sleazy gets on the Novacaine disco tip with this sexy joint remixed by Cole with sultry vocals by Anne Montone. Keep an eye out for Sleazy - take my word, he's coming on strong with fine releases on Moodclub Music and Bear. Find out more here.
I'm soft at heart and I find syrupy camaraderie with these guys from Gothenburg, Sweden. Wikipedia says that they glorify violence and I laughed when I read that. I think they are the finest purveyors of silly melodic nonsense since Wham!. Find out more here.
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