Asian Dan

Great German on Aussie collab. Boys Noize has been showing his lighter more pop side on his past few remixes.

Cut Copy – Lights & Music (Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix)
Cheers, Hyperbole.

Clark is releasing a new album tomorrow in the UK on Warp Records entitled Turning Dragon. I am looking forward to this album big time after getting hold of his last release, Throttle Promoter EP. Clark is one of the most refreshing sounding artists on Warp, he has a very classic UK electronic sound but turned up to 11. From what I heard so far the album very different than Body Riddle, a favorite of mine.
Clark – Tuning Dragon Sampler Part IClark – Tuning Dragon Sampler Part II

Clark Site
Buy Clark’s Turning Dragon Here

Dj Daruma x Justice

DEXPISTOLS / LESSON.04 “Apple” (ROC TRAX)
This is all track official mix cd…

2008 February 9 in Store !!!

Track List :
01. Danger – 9h20
02. Busy P – Rainbow Man
03. Kavinsky – Wayfarer
04. Zero Cash – Planet Stories
05. Sparks – Tryouts For The Human Race
06. Crookers Feat. Mc Dandao – Soca Ali Baba
07. Bobmo – To The Bobmobile
08. Chad Jackson – Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked) (Remix)
09. M/A/R/R/S – Pump Up The Volume – Usa 12″ Mix
10. Chromeo – Fancy Footwork
11. Surkin – Ghetto Obsession 2006
12. Jean Nipon – Raw Deal
13. Riot In Belgium – La Musique (Sinden Remix)
14. The Music – The People
15. Boys Noize – Lava Lav
16. Outlander – The Vamp
17. Digiki – Kraftpunk (Dexpistols “Too Late” Remix)
18. Duke Dumont – Final Level
19. Think About Life – Paul Cries
20. The Lowbrows – Melody And Shudder (Dexpistols Hommage For “Roulé” Remix)
21. Thomas Bangalter – Spinal Beats
22. Ratatat – Lex
23. Sébastien Tellier – La Ritournelle

and ROC TRAX CREW works out soon!

Kidz By Colette Dex Pistols Interview

Drum Buddy.

You all know this kooky French duo for their heavy hitting dance tracks but did you know that theses gentlemen use to be graphic designers. Here is their major design debut for H&M, quite an interesting mashup. What do you think? It is straight up one of Gaspard’s outfits. I think they only agreed to do this cause Timbaland was on board this project.
H&M Collaborate with Timbaland, Rihanna, Justice and other artists to fight AIDS
Busy P reppin his boys new style-o in Japan. Roc Star Blog

Oh and Justice moved their MSG show to the smaller theatre at MSG, I knew that they wouldn’t be able to sell out the main arena. Silly Justice, you thought you were Daft Punk for a second.

Scissor Sisters – She’s My Man (Goose Remix)Heavy.

UBU Web – David Van Tieghem
Cheers Angel, from Sex Bunker for this find.

A Little Trip

Congrats to David on winning the Steve Aoki contest. Thanks everyone for entering, more contests to come.

Pharrell x Daft Punk
N.E.R.D – Everyone Nose Props to my Filipino brother, Chad Hugo, laying down the beats.

Don’t forget to enter the Steve Aoki contest!!! It ends tomorrow!! 1 Autographed CD and Poster!!! Steve Aoki Contest

New Crookers track that is going to be the first single off their soon to be released Knobbers EP. I dig the Redman sample. Justice spun this at the Fader 50 Party, and can be downloaded here.Crookers – Big Money Comin’
Bumpin’ minimix made for the Annie Mac show on Radio 1.Crookers
On The Phone And In The Mini Mix
Tracklisting:
Cousin Cole – ‘Let Me Clear My Throat’ (White Label)
Kis Cudi – ‘Day’n’night (Crookers Rmx)’ (White Label)
Crookers – ‘Purple Lens Game’ (Southern Fried)
Ac-Dc – ‘Thunder’ (EMI)
Crookers – ‘Untitled’ (Southern Fried)
Bonde Do Role – ‘Gasolina (Crookers Mix)’ (Mad Decent)
Adam Sky – ‘We’re All Prostitutes (Crookers Mix)’ (Exploited)
Bloody Beetroots – ‘FFA1985’ (Pixadelic)
Chemical Brothers – ‘Salmon Dance (Crookers Mix)’ (Virgin)
Azzido Da Bass – ‘Dooms Night (Crookers Bum Mix)’ (White Label)
Crookers – ‘Love To Edit’ (Southern Fried)
M.I.A. – ‘Down River’ (XL Recordings)
Don Rimini – ‘Let Me Back Up (Crookers Mix)’ (Rise)
Eagles Of Death Metal – ‘Stuck In The Metal’ (White Label)
Crookers – ‘Big Money Comin’ (Southern Fried)
Bumblebees – ‘Rio (Crookers Mix)’ (White Label)
Wink – ‘Freak’ (Ovum)
Boy 8 Bit – ‘The Suspense Is Killin Me’ (White Label)
Crookers – ‘My Penny’ (Southern Fried)
Underworld – ‘Boy Boy Boy” (Switch Mix)’ (Underworldlive.com)
Andy Kaufman – ‘One More Song For You’ (White Label)

Don’t forget to enter the Steve Aoki contest!!! It ends tomorrow!! 1 Autographed CD and Poster!!! Steve Aoki Contest

Exclusive Asian Dan Interview with Luck On Strike:
– Have you two been involved in any bands/musical projects previous to Luck On Strike?
Gauthier : I played rock and funk before going to electronic music.
Bertrand : I’ve been in several bands before, but it was such a pain to handle egos, delays, etc.
I currently have an electro pop project named Computerpop for which Gauthier helps me too. We have lots of songs in progress for it, but it’s a side project since we are very busy with Luck on Strike.

– What instruments do you guys play?
Gauthier : I play guitar, bass, I sing, and I program synths.
Bertrand : I’m not a musician in the classical sense since I don’t know musical theory. But I learned keyboard and music composing on my own. I’m more a synth/sampler/software programmer. Maybe one day I’ll find time to learn musical theory, I could open new perspectives to me.

– I don’t know if you guys are familiar with Jon Brion the producer/songwriter/film scorer who produced all of Fiona Apple’s albums and produced Kanye’s album Late Registration but he says that “He can never escape the Beatles”. What artist do you feel that you can never escape or always look to for inspiration? Musical or otherwise.
Bertrand : I know Jon Brion for being the music scorer for Eternal Sunshine (Gondry) or Magnolia. Score Music is what I listen to most. It’s hard to list what influences us since it’s quite wide and numerous. But I don’t feel trapped by a sound or a band because I love too many different kinds of them.
Gauthier : Well, Daft Punk made electronic music a mainstream genre, and I think that we cannot escape them in the same way rock cannot escapes blues : the genre evolves, but the roots remains. This doesn’t prevent from writing good songs and find your own way and sound.

– What are your three of favorite songs/albums right now?
Bertrand :
1. The Buggles – Video kill the radio star (the production is incredible)
2. Daft Punk – Discovery (It showed that it was possible to make a true electronic music album very popular. It opened another door after Homework).
3. Vangelis – Blade Runner OST (Incredible analog synthesis)

Gauthier :
What I’m listening to today :
1. Zoot Woman – We won’t break (track)
2. Pearl Jam – Vitalogy (album)
3. King Crimson – In the court of the Crimson King (album)

– What is your favorite piece of studio equipment?
Bertrand : We work apart most often, so we each have a home studio plus a third one for the vocal takes. At home I love my mac book, my Virus and my Juno 106.
Gauthier : My hand made vocal booth in studio B (studio A is home…). Great microphones and great preamps are useless without a good place to make the takes.

– What software/hardware do you use?
Bertrand : Cubase SX3, Kontakt for my drums kits and a bunch of freewares. Gauthier is teaching me Ableton Live.
Gauthier : I’ve tried some different kinds of software, and achieved the same sound on the output. So I came back to SX3 to exchange works in progress with Bertrand easily, but software don’t matter that much to me. Hardware is something else : I’m mad about vintage/modern guitar pedals, I love my Juno 106, etc. These are irreplaceable.

– I see that you guys use Ableton Live in a very “musical” way like DJ Falcon, by creating mashups of loops and grooves.
Gauthier : Yes, Bertrand and I are preparing a kind of live mashup where we play against each other, to raise the pressure. Live is like a video game to me. We have controllers so we touch our laptops as least as we can.

– Any shows/DJ sets coming up? Any releases coming up?
Gauthier : We’ve been busy with production until now, but we’re going back to the stage soon. We’re in discussion with several records labels, so we cannot talk about releases now.

– I saw that you guys are fans of anime, what are your thoughts on the live action Dragonball movie they are making?
Bertrand : I’m not mad about manga, but I like it. I’m a bit skeptical about this project. It’s gonna be hard to translate such a popular and recognisable anime. I think that cinema has still technical limitations while anime doesn’t, even with the best effects. But I hope it’s gonna be a good surprise.

I am in love with this track, download and listen now!Luck on Strike vs. Jackson & His Computer Band – Arpeggio
Luck on Strike 3 Song Demo sampler
Luck On Strike Myspace