Brought the system over to campus for our bi-weekly TG (used to be “TGIF”, now we can drink whenever we want) sponsored by the Challenge 4 Charity club. Really cranked the party up a notch, and was a lot of fun. Highlight was definitely my classmates livening up the dancefloor to some sweet bhangra tunes!
I got things warmed up…
Out of Controller live @ C4C TG, 12/04/09
Track Listing:
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (Z-Trip remix)
Ice Cube - Who’s The Mack
Jurassic 5 - Future Sound
RJD2 - Final Frontier feat. Blueprint
Greyboy - Got to Be a Love feat. Sharon Jones (Paul Nice remix)
Clifford Gilberto - The 10th Victim
De La Soul - All Good? feat. Chaka Kahn
James Brown - The Payback
Kansas - Dust in the Wind (bonus beats)
Freddie Scott - (You) Got What I Need
Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack (C&J edit)
Vyle - Possible
Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money feat. Kelis
Cansei De Ser Sexy - Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
Snoop Dogg - 2001
I broke the curse of the epic OoC live set and remembered to hit record finally! A few tracks too late, but still. Rock and roll. We absolutely need to throw another party again soon — having twice as many subwoofers as necessary really did the trick.
Out of Controller - Live @ Dance Rinse Repeat, 10/03/09
Track Listing:
Theatre of Disco - YOA (The Twelves Remix)
Meterhead - Blue Monday Feat. Emma Lucia (New Order cover)
Phantoms - Shrimp And White Wine
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin Something [Acapella Chorus]
Toecutter - Best Party Ever (Jordan Light Year & Jimmy 2 Sox Remix)
< Oops, is this thing recording?? >
Phoenix - Lisztomania (DerDieDas Remix)
Tiga - Beep Beep Beep (Punks Jump Up Remix)
N.A.S.A. Feat. M.I.A. & Santogold - Whatchadoin’ (Villains Remix)
MSTRKRFT - Bounce feat. N.O.R.E.
MGMT - Kids (Soulwax remix)
B. Rich - Make Me Dance feat. Reese
The Police - Roxanne (DiscoTech Remix)
U-God - Ugodzilla (Yuksek Remix)
The Virgins - Rich Girls (Le Castle Vania Remix)
Sinden & Count of Monte Cristal - Beeper (Fake Blood Remix)
Madonna - Into The Groove (Sidechains Remix)
Calvin Harris - I’m Not Alone (extended mix) [OoC lazy edit]
Bloc Party - One More Chance (Alex Metric Remix)
Felix da Housecat - Radio (Shinichi Osawa Remix)
The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control (Soulwax Nite Version)
Man Like Me - London Town (Foamo Remix)
Frank Sinatra - New York New York (Chew Fu Fix)
Another year, another killer Five-Headed Birthday. Brian came up clutch and scored a sweet venue in Hollywood, perfect size and great layout. SnakPak was in full effect up on the VIP balcony, with Wonderwood and me raining down beats and B$ on the visuals. Great fun and great to see all the LA homies.
Was pretty pleased with the xponent and confirmed my feeling of reaching a new level on the digital mixing capabilities. Hardly even touched the jog wheels actually, and I could have totally used two more decks. So I think an Ableton adventure is indeed in my future. But, like any epic Out of Controller set, I didn’t record a second of it. Will have to be carried on in the oral tradition. Here is the playlist though.
Warmup:
Beck - Ghettochip Malfunction (Hell Yes) (8bit remix)
Vyle - Possible
Montell Jordan - This is How We Do It
Cansei De Ser Sexy - Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
Grand Popo Football Club - Men Are Not Nice Guys
Quannum feat. Lyrics Born & The Poet of Rhythm - I Changed My Mind
(Stereo MC’s remix)
MGMT - Electric Feel (Aeroplane remix)
Groove Armada - Groove Is On
Aerosmith & Run-DMC - Walk This Way
Chromeo - You’re So Gangsta
The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind (Kleerup remix)
Justin Timberlake - My Love (DFA mix)
Round 2:
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (Streetlab mix)
Golden Bug - Bisco
Chromeo - Tenderoni
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 (OoC club edit)
DJ DStar - Aerodynamic
[Daft Punk & Adam Freeland - AerOBAMA a cappella]
Madonna - My Baltimore Angel (Excelarator revisited mix)
Private - We’ve Got Some Breaking up to do (Zebo club edit)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams VS. Yazoo - Situation (12″ Mix)
The Twelves - Works For Me
Soulwax - NY Lipps
Christopher Just - Popper (Shinichi Osawa distortion disco edit)
[Lipps Inc. - Funky Town a cappella]
Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me (Shazam remix)
Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat (Cut Copy remix)
Kap10kurt & Original Hamster - Burning Down The Haus
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight (OoC club edit)
Round 3:
The Crystal Method - Busy Child VS. The Clash - Rock the Casbah
Calvin Harris - Vegas
Meterhead feat. Emma Lucia - Blue Monday
Matt & Kim - No More Long Years (Radioclit remix)
Heart - Barracuda (Fuse & Hiratzka remix)
Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (OoC club edit)
MGMT - Kids (Pet Shop Boys synthpop mix)
Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor (Lifelike remix)
Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light (DJ Donna Summer mix)
MSTRKRFT feat. NORE - Bounce (A-Trak remix)
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
[Justice - Phantom Pt. II a cappella]
The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control (Tronik Youth mix)
Phonat - Learn To Recycle (4 To The Floor mix)
The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers (Tenderlions remix)
Mystery Jets - Half In Love With Elizabeth (Delorean remix)
I hope the silly edits pop in your iTunes shuffle later and bring back memories of the awesome evening!
Go to Saturday, July 12 on your calendars. Write “GET CRAZY AND DANCE”. We’re returning to 14 Below in Santa Monica to do just that, folks!
If you thought FHBD was fun, this party is going to be all that and then some. Wonderwood and I will be rocking the spot with hip hop, electro, funk, indie, dancehall, house and everything in between. Drinks will be cheap and stiff. Cover will be zero. Good times will be had.
And if you even needed another reason to come–I’m moving away this summer! So at least come buy me a drink, and we can laugh about all the fun memories we’ve had in LA. Not to mention start scheduling trips to Seattle…
PARTY DETAILS:
Saturday, July 12 — 9:00 pm
14 Below in Santa Monica
I flew up to SF to spin at the San Francisco Art Institute commencement reception last weekend. It was a glorious day (so glorious that I got the first sunburn I have ever had in the city), and a lot of fun. I knew this would be a different gig from prior parties, and creating ambiance would be just as important as getting people to move their feet. So I wanted to work in more disco, 80s and non-electronic tracks in order to resonate with as much of the multi-generational crowd as possible.
The three hour set gradually built from mellow and groovy while people were strolling in to the regular OoC indie bangers once the event was in full swing (to whatever I felt like by the end once there were only a few of us left). I felt good about my efforts to match the tunes to the reception atmosphere, and at least a handful of people were dancing pretty much throughout the event. Gave out some cards to peeps who were especially digging it, too.
It was also good to spin for such an extended period. The macbook has weeks worth of music on it (most of which I’ve spent the last year picking track by track), but for some reason I used worry about running out of songs to play. Quite the opposite in reality, as the tracks/genres progress and evolve fluidly over the course of things. I could have played for another three hours…
The only downside of the gorgeous vista views of the bay from the campus was when the winds picked up and started actually blowing the needles off the records. So there are a few screw ups from ill-timed gusts, but front row seats to the fog rolling in and swallowing Alcatraz was well worth a few environmental hurdles.
Big thanks to Byron for setting it up and Cryptic for making it happen!
Track Listing:
Feist - Inside & Out (Sumo remix)
Grand Master Flash & Furious Five - The Message (Datashat remix)
Simply Red - Sunshine (remix)
Laura Branigan - Self Control
Chromeo - Gangsta (Playgroup remix)
Mark Ronson - Just (remix)
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
Bakazou - Snake Hip Shuffle
U-Tern - Gwen Guthrie vs. Daft Punk (club version)
Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night
Waldorf - You’re My Disco
Daft Punk - Face to Face
Human League - Don’t You Want Me
The Rapture - Get Myself Into It
Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Xavier - Give Me the Night (ATOC remix)
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (extended dance mix)
Coconut Records - Nighttiming (RAC remix)
Gorillaz - DARE (Junior Sanchez remix)
Blur - Girls & Boys
Shitake Mushroom - I’m Gonna Take U Home (The Glass remix)
The Gossip - Listen Up! (MSTRKRFT remix)
Daft Punk - Around the World
Roisin Murphy - I Know You Better (Nightmoves remix)
Klaxons - As Above, So Below (Justice remix)
Heads We Dance - My Heart is Set on You (Combo remix)
Death from Above 1979 - Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT edit)
Treasure Fingers - Cross the Dancefloor
The Ting Tings - Great DJ (Calvin Harris remix)
Calvin Harris - Acceptable in the 80s
Animotion vs. Tabledancers - Obsession (Stan remix)
Villains - Rock It
Vandalism - Never Say Never
Datarock - Fa-fa-fa (Skateboard remix)
Guns N Roses - Sweet Assed Child O’ Mine (DJ Donna Summer remix)
Digitalism - Pogo (Shinichi Osawa remix)
Dirty Secrets - 5 Feet Snow (Miami Horror remix)
Rihanna - Don’t Stop the Music (LAZRtag club remix)
MSTRKRFT - Bounce
Hot Pink Delorean - Badonkadonk
Kid Sister vs. The Outrunners - Pro Nails (Them Jeans blend)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Chew Fu refix)
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (Chew Fu Big Room refix)
Black Star - Definition
Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money feat. Kelis
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Benny Blanco mix feat. Mos Def)
Unlike most prior gigs, I actually remembered to record this one. Here it is in its unadulterated three hours of glory. iTunes is set to remember playback position for your listening convenience.
The stars were aligned on Friday at the fifth annual Five Headed Birthday, and the biggest FHBD to date was a smashing success. I took the lead (with G-Unit’s help) on moving it out of the apartment living rooms of prior years and into a real venue since I wanted to really rock that shit. 14 Below worked out perfectly–the party people filled the space well without feeling crowded and the stage/lights/PA/dance area made for arguably the best dance party to date. Mission accomplished. (pics from the evening)
It was all-around awesome party in general for Ted the birthday boy. Saw a lot of old friends and did the social butterfly thing. Major props to my homey and partner, DJ Wonderwood, for handling the beats half the time so that I could hang out as well as getting the party warmed up with his stone-cold funk. A real alley oop for when I hopped on afterward.
As for Out of Controller, I think it’s safe to say that I hunted the lion and became a man in the eyes of the village. Just an incredible night behind the decks. The dancefloor was packed and hopping from the first track to the last. Everyone was loving it, but probably not as much as I was. I was killing the bass and pumping my fists–looking out over the sea of dancing heads is still so crystal clear in my mind.
I forgot to hit record with the pre-set trepidation (doh!), but here is the Track Listing for both rounds. Will re-record soon as podcast. Brendan jokingly commented that playing five Daft songs in a row is kind of cheating. Right you are, Ken…
“Main Event”
Villains - Rock It
Calvin Harris - Disco Heat
Thieves Like Us - Drugs in My Body (Designer Drugs remix)
Chromeo - Needy Girl (Dolby Anol remix)
LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
Republica - Ready to Go
Buddy Akai - Cut Me Up (Villains remix)
Beastie Boys - Fight for Your Right to Party (Junkie XL remix)
The Black Ghosts - Any Way You Choose to Give It (Boy 8-Bit remix)
Nicky Van She & Dangerous Dan - Around the World
Daft Punk - Robot Rock (DJ B-Stee remix)
Daft Punk - Aerodynamic (Johnatron remix)
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing at my House (Soulwax remix)
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (Shinichi Osawa remix)
Digitalism - Pogo (Shinichi Osawa remix)
Prince - 1999 (B. Rich NYE remix)
Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (JoolsMF remix)
Kid Sister vs. Outrunners - Pro Nails / Cool Feeling
Tegan and Sara - Back in Your Head (Tyler Fedchuck remix)
“Encore”
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (Bertie P remix)
The Rapture - Get Myself Into It
Gorillaz - DARE (Junior Sanchez remix)
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (extended mix)
INXS - Need You Tonight (Streetlab remix)
Blur - Girls & Boys
Rockaton - Your Bmore, Singing Study Mix
Chromeo - Tenderoni (MSTRKRFT remix)
Fiasco - Happy Hour (The Scar remix)
Matt & Kim - Yeah Yeah (Flosstradamus remix)
Treasure Fingers - Cross the Dancefloor
Muscles - Sweaty
AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Tittsworth remix)
Bil Bev Devoe - Poison (Tittsworth remix)
Once it was decided to go the house party route for NYE instead of going downtown for the Giant Village (aka giant clusterfuck), I volunteered the services of DJ Cryptic and Out of Controller to rock the house. (pics from the night)
Mike and I had tried to practice a tag-team, 2 Many DJs approach for the evening at the first Bombshelter Session, but ultimately decided that the back and forth style didn’t allow either of us to really get in the zone. So we split up the night with DJ Cryptic getting the party started, me taking second shift and handling the midnight mayhem and DJ iPod closing out the evening once Mike and I both felt like mingling.
The plan was for Mike to get things going and he most certainly did. Up to that point people were sitting around and playing Rock Band, but his funky beats turned the gathering into a party and welcomed the newcomers as they arrived. He busted a Tegan & Sara remix that had everyone talking, too.
I felt good about my set as well, though I was battling the limits of Brian’s stereo system a bit and I had peeps all up in my shit since the apartment was stuffed. I wanted the set to be a testing ground for which tracks worked well in mixtapes, and which actually got people moving. For better or worse, I decided to drop One More Time by Daft Punk when the ball dropped. The majority of the people felt it, but I did hear a few groans. To be expected since the track is a bit tired.
It did kind of suck to look out at all the people kissing at midnight while I was behind the decks, but I had a job to do; and for the next hour or so I had people moving their feet. Then I threw on a mix and hit the coors light cans with a vengeance. Wrestled with Mike a bit before crashing out and then enjoyed some delectable breakfast sandwiches with Brian and Jessica in the morning. Happy 2008!