D.I.M - Is You

There are few labels as consistent as Boys Noize Recordings when it comes to the straight ahead hard funk. BNR delivers once more with a stellar effort from one of it's homeboys, D.I.M.. This Hamburg resident is most likely in your play list, having remixed the likes of Chromeo, Midnight Juggernauts, the Presets, Teenage Bad Girl, Jape, and Kim. Previews of his new one, Is You have been circling for a couple months around the blogs, and notably last month when a MSTRKRFT remix of the song appeared. Some of you might remember previous D.I.M. efforts such as Airbus Baby, Frogger, Sysiphos and Noize all out on Tiga's label Turbo. The Is You release is backed by the Brodinski remix, which I have not heard, but suspect is equally as hard. The realease date has been kind of unclear, but it looks as if Juno.com has this shipping tomorrow. Beatport is the place to find this release digitally. Get it now!

D.I.M - Is You (preview)
D.I.M - Is You ( JFK MSTRKRFT remix)
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (D.I.M remix)

In other BNR news, it looks as if Boys Noize himself has some stellar remixes of his recent Oi! Oi! Oi! album dropping. Feadz ( of Ed Banger and Uffie production fame) and Para One hop on for Lava Lava and My Head remix duties. Definitely looking forward to these.

IHEARTCOMIX Remix contestsssssssss. plural.

The IHEARTCOMIX label is sponsoring a couple of remix contest for a couple future releases. Winners will have their tunes featured along side LA Riots, Treasure Fingers, Calvertron, Cryptonites, Toxic Avenger, Lazaro Casanova, CFCF and Brodinsky. Wow that was a mouthful. But as you can see, some top notch hot shots. Gotta love Ocelot, who has been responsible for some pretty keen remixes themselves as of recent. Check the directions below. Create. Submit. Destroy. veil gluck.

1) First contest is for OCELOT and is a remix of their smash Internet hit Lo Sforzo. The rules are simple: no outside samples and it must be submitted to contest@ocelotmrthrfckrs.com by December 3rd.

Parts can be downloaded here : http://www.ocelotmthrfckrs.com/contest

2) Second contest is for HEARTSREVOLUTION and is a remix of their smash Internet hit C.Y.O.A. The rules are simple: no outside samples and it must be submitted to franki@iheartcomix.com by December 10th.

Parts can be downloaded here : http://www.frankichan.com/remix/cyoa

Danger! Danger! Danger!

Every once in a while a really exciting artist comes along and blows peoples minds. It is without doubt, that I believe Danger! to be one of the best new talents. There have been little glimpses of Danger on the blogs as of recent, and the hype is no bullshit.

Several months ago, the brilliant French label Ekleroshock, known for it's great artist selection snatched up a fresh faced 23 year old Franck Rivoire only 3 weeks after posting his tunes to myspace. Rivoire, a graphic designer and illustrator by day, has an amazing amount of support through the label, while quickly climbing to wunder-kid status by already being playlisted by Kavinsky, Boys Noize, and Data (and of course me!!!!).

"Know this, we are proud of Danger, and confident that his talent is worthy of our ambitions for him. His music is a reflection of the feelings and sensations of the most extreme of our existence; ecstasy, anxiety, fear, the sublime, the agony. It is a question of life and death, victory, but in any case of defeat. You are warned."
- Ekleroshock



If you haven't heard Danger! yet, please please do yourself a favor. It's a rare treat these days to listen to a tune, let alone a whole host of tunes, that can kill a dancefloor yet keep you engaged in it's screen play. Rivoire's music is hard, funky, and dark while retaining an incredible amount of imagery, tonality, and plot. Danger is the definitely the freshest thing on the set right now. Lofty expectations for this such a young voice.


Danger's album First EP is in stores (check Ekleroshock's site) as of yesterday (19.11.07, notice track 4...neato.), and includes 11h30 (brilliant tune!!!!), the Data 11h30 remix, 14h54, and 19h11. In the mean time.. Discobelle posted the 14h54 tune for download, grab it below. I'm only keeping it up for one day. Else you'll just have to get the entire EP!

Danger! - 14h54

Boxon Records Interview with Julian Minet

Boxon Records hits the ground running this Monday, November 19th 2007, with it's first release, Boxon 001 the Drama Queen EP. The EP features two incredibly promising French producers, Tom Deluxx (also of the equally wicked Just a Band) and Julien Milan(Read the Trash Menagerie feature on Julien here). The pair bring a brilliant blend of hard electro glitch to help define an extremely promising sound for Boxon. The ep lays out 4 new tunes for the label Drama Queen and Mushion Heroe by Tom Deluxx, whose style is easily fitting into the uncontainable dance-floor sound likening to that of Boys Noize. Pony Plage and the Drama Queen remix are stellar examples of a cohesiveness that Boxon delivers through Julien Milan's hard elctro / punk sensibilities. I need be said however, that, one just can't pigeon hole these two artists as just another part of the French electro scenery. The sounds are fresh, sexy, and pack great musical intonality. Look out for these two, because their on their way up for sure.



I was quite excited to catch up with Label Head Julian Minet to discuss Boxon's home, releases, art, and future plans. You can find the first of Boxon's many great releases through Discograph. Also, digitally the begining of December, through iTunes and Beatport.

1) Tell me about you. Your background and how you came to form Boxon.

JM - I took business studies, before to get a master specialized in event management, what helped me to become trilingual. I have been deejaying for ten years, playing piano for 12 years, and listening music for more than 26 years! That was my destiny to create a label.

2) What's your vision for the Label in 2008?

JM - It is programmed that the Boxon team will get bigger in 2008. I have already got gigs set-up for January, February and March. Then I hope to get booked in order to organize more Boxon Parties during the rest of the year. The ideal would be that these dates could be in accordance with the artists’ ambitions of my label, as well as keeping satisfying the interest from the organizations and from my contacts’ network about this project. I am just hoping that the 2008 vintage of Boxon Records will be as good as Bordeaux wines next year

3) Tell me about Bordeaux, how is the scene there?

JM - Bordeaux’s artistic scene is full of outstanding bands and dj’s, but some improvements could be done concerning the communication about the parties to go for example. Otherwise Bordeaux is quite alive at night. There are really cool places to have good dinner, to go out, and to drink good wine ;-).



4) I think people are really excited about this label, having heard some of the cuts. Tell us about the Boxon 001 Drama Queen Ep. Tell me about the process you went through in deciding on Boxon 001. Was it an easy choice featuring Tom and Julien? And How did you meet?

JM - Boxon 001 Drama Queen ep has been created in July 2007, following the first meeting we had between Tom Deluxx, Julien Milan, Anem (our graphic designer) and I. Then it has been really simple and logical that we made this project become true.

5) Is Boxon 001 just a teaser for Tom and Julien? Can we expect full- length albums from either of these two?

JM - Tom and Julien are on this “ep” because I believe in their talent.
The BoxonRec002 will be the first Ep 4 tracks of Tom Deluxx. It will be release on February 18th.

6) It must be tough dropping your first release in France when there are so many top notch labels right in your back yard, Ed Banger, Kitsune', Archibell, Ekler-o-shock, Institubes... etc. How do you feel Boxon stands out differently from labels like these?

JM - I have not created Boxon because of the existence of any label. I have just followed my intuition and I listened to the will I had to concretize some of my artistic ideas.

7) Talent wise, who else can we be expecting to appear on Boxon?

JM - We have some ideas concerning some upcoming Boxon artists, but I prefer not to say anything at the moment. Let’s see what happens… Box is On ;)

8) Another aspect of the label that stands out with Boxon is the Anem art. Tell us about how the two of you came together for the visual presentation of your first EP.


JM - Since the beginning, I have always trusted Anem. I have always been a big fan of her, and I am now very satisfied with the artwork she delivered to Boxon Records.


9) Tell me about your Boxon 001 release parties in Toulouse, Paris and Madrid. And why Madrid? Are there connections there?


JM -We have got these gig dates in order to promote the BoxonRec001. We’ll also play in Dormund and Leipzig in Germany in January 2008.
Why Madrid? Because I have lived there for two years, that’s one of my favorite cities, and I have got some good friends there.

10) Where can we find Boxon Releases? And where and when can Americans pick up Boxon 001?


JM - From November 19th, you will be able to find the BoxonRec001, with Tom Deluxx and Julien Milan, at Virgin, Fnac, and all the independent shops that order to our dear distributor, Discograph.
As well, you will be able to buy digitally our releases on iTunes and Beatport, etc. from the beginning of December.


11) Who should we be looking out for in 2008? Any favorite new Boxon talent?


JM - Just follow us, and you will know about it! Go on: www.myspace.com/boxonrecords

Boxon Recordings - Julian Minet's November Top 10

01. Danger - 11h30
02. Danger - 14h54
03. Digitalism - Pogo (Mentalism Version)
04. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Let’s Make Out
05. Timbaland - Miscommunication (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
06. Thieves Like Us - Drugs In My Body (Just A Band Remix)
07. Boys Noize - Lava Lava
08. Tom Deluxx - Mushion Heroe
09. Julien Milan - Poney Plage
10. End-Jy - Sitaro (Dimitri Andreas Rmx)


Here's a Julien Milan mix posted recently for the excellent Trash Menagerie Blog:

Julien Milan - Take it Easy Mix

The Bad Porno

Sexy people, hello.

Yeah, so when does a 9 man tag-team not sound like the plot of a bad porno?!!!


oohhlala..macho boy gets some love between equals action when he takes evan scott to ian roland's house of chinn for a milkshake some k-frey's and to have his tires re-tread. Will evan figure out macho's true identity?call the medic! it's soooo dirty it's clean....a man-venture.

So ladies please come out tonight for the men of Hot Shots.. er.. which sounds like the making of a bad calendar from the Big Lots store. So basically the theme of Hot Shots 3 is....

THAT'S A LOT OF SAUSAGE!

notice that I'm talking very loudly by my all caps ultra big typing.
As per usual this event is

FREE

(more yelling), and brought to you by me and my porno penetrating moisture missle dj homeboys. Thats a - l - o - t of sausage.
You bring the penis butter, Swedish joy jelly, and inflatable sheep.

Clique Lounge (no haters)
6-8 w. Pike St.
Covington, KY




Ok, it's that time again for two more great events in Cincinnati, Ohio. So break out your pink fur-lined jockstrap, put on your dunks, wayfarers and tight pants cause it's another weekend of Juke and Hot Shots. Yes, you can expect another evening of way too late drinking and dancing and over the top sexual advances from the one dude that doesn't have to get up and be at work in the morning. So make sure you come to Clique Lounge tonight and tomorrow. nuff said.

Fixmer / McCarthy meet The Hacker

Hello all, dj empirical here.

I was looking for something in my closet this weekend and ran across a stash of cds with archived mp3s on them. Amongst the stuff I wouldn't normally mention (Steve Vai bootlegs, weird 60s sex ed LPs) were an album and single by Fixmer/McCarthy, a collaboration between Terrence Fixmer and ex-Nitzer Ebb vocalist Douglas McCarthy.

The single, "Freefall" isn't bad, but the remix by The Hacker is pretty pretty good. Here it is for your listening pleasure:

Fixmer/McCarthy - "Freefall (remix by The Hacker)"