Filed under: Music | Tags: august, Brooklyn, casey spectacular, djs, free, friday, gothic beach party, jeffo!, lark, minimal synth, new wave, outpost lounge, punk, queer fun times, skittles, video
I took a little hiatus at Skittles last month to go to Penland School of Crafts. It feels great to be back in the city once again, especially because our insane little darkwave queer party Skittles is on this Friday night.
The theme this month: Goths in the Sun. Vaseline in the sand. Blood in the water. OMG, its a gothic beach party- who said black isn’t a summer color? Wear your smeared eyeliner and dark beachwear to The Outpost on August 7th!
We spin a lovely assortment of beloved and obscure new wave, synth and post-punk for your dancing pleasures.
Rad and freakish video projections all night by our host Casey Spectacular.
Come dance in the dark every first Friday of the month. We’ve got a gorgeous back yard, cheep beer, and no cover of course!
The Outpost @ 1014 Fulton St. Brooklyn NY 11238
9pm – Forever.
Filed under: Music | Tags: a certain ratio, ADN' Ckrystall, alphaville, bergheim 34, chris carter, download, electro-magnetism, epee du bois, experimental products, Goudron, in trance 95, minimal synth, mix, mndr, modeselektor, mp3, n.o.i.a., schleimer k, weltklang, xeno and staccato
This month I am going to make the jump to laptop DJing, I swear. Though every month I say that. And every month it doesn’t happen. But hopefully this will be the last mix with CDs and such. I have so much awesome music on my laptop that at this rate will never make it onto these mixes unless I use software to access them. I am attempting to admit to myself that iTunes has completley taken over the way I access and browse music and that I need to embrace it or be eternally frustrated by how archaic browsing physical music has started to feel to me.
I don’t want this to be the case, but it just is.
So there are a bunch of bands I’ve been really loving lately that I just couldn’t play on this mix because they were trapped inside my laptop and couldn’t get out. And that is a crime.
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Tracklist:
1. Experimental Products – Dreamworld (Live City Gardens 6/12/1983)
2. Alphaville – Romeos (Demo 1)
3. In Trance 95 – Brazilia
4. Epee du Bois – Exits
5. ADN’ Ckrystall – Ovanescent Nocturne
6. Chris Carter – Electrodub 2
7. Xeno and Staccato – Cara’s Kiss
8. Bergheim 34 – Oscillations
9. Schleimer K – On the Odd Again
10. A Certain Ratio – Back to the Start
11. Weltklang- VEB Heimat
12.Modeselektor – Sucker Pin
13.Goudron – Basmatine
14. MDNR – C.L.U.B. (Instrumental)
15. N.O.I.A. – True Love
Filed under: Music | Tags: Brooklyn, casey moran, casey spectacular, darkwave, Dirty Knees, DJ Jeffo, goth, lark, minimal synth, NYC, punk, queer, skittles, The Outpost
A little advanced notice never hurt anyone. I just finished this flyer…pretty happy about it. The June party’s theme is “painted babies” so I tried to work that in there. Something to do with the freakishness that is the pageant baby industry and Casey’s obsession with JonBenét Ramsey. I couldn’t bear the idea of using her face on the flyer, so well, I didn’t. Phew.
We spin a lovely assortment of beloved and obscure new wave, synth and post-punk for your dancing pleasures.
Rad and freakish video projections all night by our host Casey Spectacular.
Come dance in the dark every first Friday of the month. We’ve got a gorgeous back yard, cheep beer, and no cover of course!
The Outpost @ 1014 Fulton St. Brooklyn NY 11238
9pm – Forever.
Filed under: Music | Tags: Brooklyn, casey moran, casey spectacular, darkwave, Dirty Knees, DJ Jeffo, goth, lark, minimal synth, NYC, punk, queer, skittles, The Outpost
It’s time for another Skittles party! I’ll be playing all my favorite obscure dance tracks from the 80’s.
@The Outpost
1014 Fulton St. Brooklyn NY 11238
Our next party is May 1st
9pm- forever
Admission is FREE!
DJs Jeffo!, Lark and Dirty Knees
Video Projections Casey Spec
Filed under: Music | Tags: chris & cosey, download, duet emmo, electro-magnetism, electro-pop, i start counting, james figurine, linear movement, medio mutante, minimal synth, mix, mp3, opera, perspects, podcast, synth-pop, the future
Hello my beloved listeners where ever you may be. It’s been a minute here with the podcasts/mixes…Thanks for holding out! I have come through at last with a new little mix. It’s rather short, but I was running low on time so, well, there it is. I hope you enjoy it. I’ve had some awesome positive responses about the mixes and I really appreciate it! It makes me feel like someone is actually listening to them. And not only just listening to them, but enjoying them, hearing new things, old things, loved things. Thank you!
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Tracklist:
1. Perspects – The Accumulators
2. James Figurine – Stop
3. Opera – Emotion
4. I Start Counting – Still Smiling
5. Duet Emmo – Or So It Seems
6. The Future – Blank Clocks
7. Medio Mutante – Another Land
8. Chris & Cosey – Talk to Me
9. Duet Emmo – Friano
10. Linear Movement – The Linear Way
(Title explanation– I mentioned I was low on time. And then Audacity decided to get all buggy on my ass and cost me another hour. Me wants to smashy smashy with annoyance!)
Filed under: Music | Tags: April 3rd, Brooklyn, casey spectacular, dancing, DJ, doom wave, electro, friday, goth, jeffo!, lark, minimal synth, new wave, Outpost, punk, queer, skittles, spec
I’ll be DJing at this new party in Brooklyn. DJ Jeffo! will be spinning as well, which I am quite excited about. He spins at the Wierd party and a bunch of other good things. Should be a blast! Cheep beer and people (as Casey put it). Flyer by yours truly.
Skittles -
dancing. new wave. doom wave. minimal synth. punk. and queers.
with DJ Jeffo! and Lark
Video projections by Casey Spec
First friday of every month
April 3rd 9pm to forever
@ the Outpost
1014 Fulton st
btw Classon and Grand
Filed under: Music | Tags: cabaret voltaire, D.A.F., der plan, download, einzelgänger, electro-magnetism, electronic music, jan hammer, klein and M.B.O., linear movement, minimal synth, minimal wave, mix, mp3, pankow, stereo, tinfoil teakettle
My my what a lovely assortment of tunes this afternoon! It is simply gorgeous out and here I go working in my room all day – at least I’ve got the window open and the 55 degree winds of warmth and freshness blowing in.
And yes, I totally spaced on doing last week’s mix. Bad me, bad me. My friend Joe called me out on it and deservedly so!
Anyways, one of my favorite tracks of the moment is “Somewhere In The Night” by French band Stereo from 1982. Minimal Wave has recently re-released their album of the same name and it looks fabulous!
Check out the re-release here.
There are a couple D.A.F. tracks from the “Absolute Body Control” 12″…though I’m sad to say that the wonderfully funky song of the same name at the end of this mix came out sounding horrible. My apologies!
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Tracklist:
1. Jan Hammer – Crockett’s Theme
2. Einzelgänger – Einzelgänger
3. Der Plan – Ich bin ein Computer
4. Pankow – Das Vodkalied
5. D.A.F.- 1st Step to Heaven (Instrumental)
6. Turqoise Days – Blurred
7. Linear Movement – Synthesize
8. Stereo – Somewhere In The Night
9. Klein and M.B.O. – Dirty Talk (Original 12″ Instrumental Mix)
10. Tinfoil Teakettle – Think Like Us
11. Cabaret Voltaire – Kino
12. D.A.F. – Absolute Body Control (sound quality sucks!! Sorry)
Filed under: Music | Tags: alphaville, arms of someone new, download, electro, electro-magnetism, experimental products, force dimension, front 242, gang of four, human league, legendary pink dots, Martial Canterel, minimal synth, mix, mp3, Music, secession, second decay, silent ambition, skinny puppy, synthpop, xymox
Mostly oldies but goodies in this week’s episode of Electro-Magnetism. Track 11 is a mystery- if you know the name of it or who its by please let me know. It was on this incredible compilation that a friend gave me that had no track listings. Over the years I’ve been figuring out all the tracks…its like a fun little game.
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Tracklist:
1. The Legendary Pink Dots – Casting the Runes
2. Skinny Puppy – A.M./ Meat Flavour
3. Martial Canterel – Refuge Underneath
4. Second Decay – Close My Heart
5. Secession – Touch (Pt. 3)
6. Alexander Robotnick – Les Grands Voyages de l’Amour
7. The Human League – Dance Like a Star
8. The Force Dimension – Algorythm (Cocktail MIx)
9. Front 242 – Quite Unusual (12″ version)
10. Prothese – Couteau
11- ? (if you know who this is, I’d be greatful if you’d let me know!)
12. Silent Ambition – I Remember
13. Experimental Products – Clear Image
14. Alphaville – Romeos (Demo)
15. Clan of Xymox – Masquerade
16. The Arms of Someone New – Every Seventh Wave
17. Gang of Four – Anthrax
And this is just fantastic. Must Find Copy ASAP.
Filed under: Music | Tags: ADN' Ckrystall, download, electronic, experimental, french, minimal, minimal synth, mp3, Music
There are so many great new things today that are simultaneously creepy yet wondrous and beautiful. One of them is that fact that it’s going to be almost 70 degrees here in NYC. The other is the band ADN’ Ckrystall whom I recently discovered. I had heard a few songs here and there but had never really sat down and listened to them at length. I just found the collection “Collected Works” and it has seriously blown my mind. I haven’t stopped listening to it in weeks.
I try to listen to other music, try to tear myself away, but I just keep coming back. I was at my parents’ house for the holidays trying to find excuses to sneak off and listen to it. I went to the mall, partially so I could get some art supplies, but also so I could rock out to it on my parents’ sweet car stereo.
ADN’ Ckrystall is French musician Erick Moncollin who has been creating really unique fantastical minimal electronic music since 1977.
“Collected Works” was produced in 2004 as a two disc set and has been out of print ever since as far as I can tell. According to Discogs only 100 copies were produced by MetaWaveClassix out of Germany, a sub-label of
MetaWaveMusic that specializes in re-releasing out-of-print minimal electronic and electronic avant garde music.
The albums included on the collection are the incredible Jazz Mad LP, In-Edit 7″, Museum EP and sessions, L’Appel du Vent tape, Rock Noire 10″, and studio outtakes.
Anna Logue Records just released the new ADN’ Ckrystall LP “Minilab” this past year.
The Jazz Mad album is available for download on the wonderful blogs Systems of Romance and Mutant Sounds.
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Sample Songs
Puckie’s Power
Haschisch T’es Pas Cap
Ovanescent Nocturne
So here it is, a holiday gift to the world. Its available for download in four parts since its quite sizable. Enjoy!
Collected Works: CD 1
Part 1
Part 2
Collected Works: CD 2
Part 1
Part 2
CD1:
Tracks 01-08 from Jazz Mad LP 1982
Tracks 09-10 from In-Edit 7″ 1984
Tracks 11-15 from Museum EP 1987
CD2:
Tracks 01-03 rooting in L’Appel du Vent tape 1991 (record ‘87-’90)
Tracks 04-06,09,12 from unreleased Rock Noire 10″ ca. 1985
Tracks 07,08,10,11,13 studio-outtakes ca. 1986-1989
Tracks 14,15 from Museum EP sessions ca. 1987
Tracks 16,17 studio-outtakes ca. 1991
Filed under: Music | Tags: electro, electro-magnetism, electronic music, gothic, industrial, minimal synth, minimal wave, mp3 download, radio
Hello Faithful Readers who keep checking back on my blog every 6 months and notice nothing has changed. I greet you.
And I welcome you to a new fantastic change that you might enjoy. I am very excited to announce that, in the spirit of my old radio show Electro-Magnetism on WUAG, R.I.P., I will be posting a fresh new one-hour long music mix up on this blog weekly.
I am going to try my damndest to post it on Fridays so you can rock out to it all weekend long. That’s the goal. It will be available here to be streamed live and downloaded for my wonderful friends who have no access to the glorious interwebz at their houses. You know who you are, bless your hearts. Keep up the good work!
And now without further adieu, The First Mix. Enjoy!
Tracklist:
1. Monty Cantsin- Blood and Gold
2. Informatics- Underlife
3. The Actor- Waehlerisch
4. Absolute Body Control- Touch Your Skin
5. Einstürzende Neubauten- Tanz Debil
6. Vice Versa- Camille
7. Throbbing Gristle- See You Are (Live Manchester 1979)
8. Cybotron- R9
9. Kraftwerk- Tour de France (12″Extended)
10. Phonique Ft. Erlend Oye- For The Time Being (Alexkid Cold Mix)
11. Transparent Sound- Fade To Grey
12. Dome- Cruel When Complete
13. Wermut- Complainte du Galgo Noir
14. Die Gesunden- Baby Love
15. Bakterielle Infektion- Taster II
16. Solvent- Power Failure (Cem Blex Remix)
