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The Stepkids have re-kindled my love for all things fusion and funk stirred in with some amazing songwriting and musicianship, after seeing their stellar performance down at SXSW. Not to mention that they were also the chillest dudes to interview and hangout with. Be on the look out for an interview I did with them for KarmaLoop TV

The gentlemen of the Stepkids were kind enough to put together a mixtape for one my favorite blogs around these days, Yours Truly. It is a mix dedicated to their neighbor, Mike Faust who gave them advice and support, acting as the bands “father”. I must say he did a good job “raising” these gents into the band we hear today.

Download the mixtape over @ Yours Truly: The Stepkids – Other People’s Poetry Mix

Here is my favorite cut off the mixtape, a track that Jay-Z sampled for “Dear Summer”:

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Weldon Irving – Morning Sunrise

For all you who couldn’t catch The Stepkids in SXSW come out to Littlefield in NYC to see them play with Emil & Friends.

The Stepkids + Emil & Friends @ Littlefield – Brooklyn, NY – 4.2.2011

Oh it feels like the good ol’ bloghaus/electro days. All the blog greats are back at it 🙂

SebastiAn channels his Dam Funk, west coast boogie side with his first single off of “Total” entitled “Embody”.

This amazing collaboration has finally happened. This is what “The King of Limbs” wanted to be. May tears of joy run down your face…

Thom Yorke x Burial x Four Tet – Mirror

Thom Yorke x Burial x Four Tet – Ego

A proper mix of proper club music care of the High Powered Boys duo. This is some serious House/Garage/UK club music, a perfect direction for electronic/dance music to go. I am a big fan of their latest release “Work/Udon” which is out this Monday in Beatport and on March 28 everywhere else via Sound Pellegrino.

Download: HIGH POWERED BOYS : Rippin’ Off Canvas mix

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The lovely folks over at NETWORK AWESOME site were kind enough to let me take over their airwaves (bandwidth/wi-fi?) for the day for their “Live Music Show”. I picked some of of my fav live music moments on YouTube as well as some other Youtube gems such as “James Brown Miso” and “The Johnny Cash Machine”. Let me know what you think and enjoy!

NETWORK AWESOME “The Live Music Show” Guest Curated by Asian Dan

I know that April 2, 2011 in NYC is a big day for indie music, for it is the final farewell to the indie synth gods LCD Soundsystem. But for those of you who did not get tickets (duh) or don’t care for James Murphy and co, make your way over to Littlefield in Brooklyn to witness a great pairing of acts, The Stepkids and Emil & Friends. There will be lasers, guitar solos, synths and dancing. So please join us.

Follow @ASIANDAN and retweet the following:

“RT to win 2 tix toThe Stepkids + Emil & Friends at @littlefieldnyc – BK – Sat 4.2.2011 http://bit.ly/eu4Gz1 @thestepkids @emilandfriends ”

The winner will be picked on Friday at 5 pm. RT RT RT!

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The Stepkids – Legend in My Own Mind

Brought to you by Sweet Touch Records, Littlefield, and Asian Dan.

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Erol Alkan has been pumping out some amazing quality remixes lately. First with that fantastic remix of Tame Impalaand now this psychedelic journey of a remix for Connan Mockasin. I guess it is always a hit when Erol remixes an Aussie or Kiwi rock band.

Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love (Erol Alkan Rework) (Phantasy) by Erol Alkan