Fully Fitted

been a while

2011-07-20T01:00:00.003-04:00

Man...We have been busy with family, albums, and tours and all that... You know who else has been busy? SPAMMERS! Man check this ol' post out, the comments are amazing!

OL' POST

NY SHOW THE 16th

2011-06-08T11:56:00.000-04:00

Banana Seat Bonus!

2011-06-06T16:51:00.007-04:00

Banana Seat's "Drop It In" EP has been jamming in iTunes for the past few weeks but we recently adjusted the release for some upcoming things we have in the works that we can't so much talk about right now. So you'll get one less song but but to make up for this lack of tunage we're sharing a free bootleg we did of Buddy Bye called Make Room for the Big Man. Hope this keeps you raving and stay tuned for more!

Make Room for the Big Man by Banana Seat

Tour Diary 2 and Bmore footy

2011-06-03T15:54:00.004-04:00

Part two tour shenanigans:

And some live footage shot by Miguel in Baltimore:

Enjoy.

The Death Set and Win Win U.S. Tour Diary Part One

2011-05-23T13:30:00.002-04:00

Part uno with more shenanigans to come!

Victim at Soundcheck ... Kiki and Ghostdad

2011-05-16T15:43:00.001-04:00

SAN FRANCISICO TONITE. AT THE RICKSHAW.

MIX/DVD tracklist

2011-05-10T13:45:00.001-04:00

WIN WIN DVD Mixtape Vol 1 Audio Portion

2011-05-09T00:50:00.002-04:00

this here is the audio from our new DVD mixtape project. Basically its an hour long mix with accompanying visuals, not necessarily music videos more like the video equivalent of our dj edits or something like that. ANYWAY come see us on tour to get one of these things..... or for now just listen to /download the audio and get one when they go up for sale on the Lab site (or at another fine bootleg disc provider near you.)

Win Win DVD Mixtape Volume 1 (audio portion) by xxxchange

WIN WIN OnThe Road: Buffalo. WTF

2011-05-06T12:06:00.015-04:00

"0 degrees be-low, its too damn cold and funky" - Rick James

GhostDad & Johnny Sierrrra:

Sound Check in Buffalo :

Buying Jameson @ The Booze Shop. EXCELLENT TARGET MARKETING:

The president of Buffalo makes a surprise appearance w/ The Death Set on "moving Forward":

Buffalo's own COCKETEER:

AND THE B BOY FROM BUFFALO:

THIS FRIDAY IN BKLYN, NY

2011-04-26T10:31:00.004-04:00

The Death Set/WIN WIN tour starts monday... This Friday we party one good last time in NY @ Public Assembly Loft along-side DJ Spankrock. Its the first installment of Mexican Radio...Expect beat. soul. psych. no-wave. ET AL. Freakout muisc to dance to...

rip :

Banana Seat + XXXChange in Boston

2011-04-20T17:56:00.003-04:00

If you're jamming to the Banana Seat mixtape come see us play Friday at our old stomping grounds in Boston. XXXChange is gonna play some chunes and deserves big thanks for mixing the Banana Seat EP tracks and getting them mastered and released. Part of this year's Together Festival where there's something fun happening every night this week. Don't burn out though Boston we're coming for ya!

FACEBOOK EVENT HERE

PHILLY TONITE :

2011-04-18T13:58:00.001-04:00

Banana Seat Mixtape Release!

2011-04-18T13:35:00.009-04:00

If you've been reading between the lines on this here blog you may have heard rumblings of a side project from me and Durkin called Banana seat. Durkin and I are sort of kindred spirits in that we're both named Ryan, we both grew up in the east coast suburbs, and we both listened to a lot of 90's big beat, house, and rave. You'll hear some of that influence in the songs on our soon to be released EP. This mixtape contains those tunes and some other Banana Seat edits and blends, plus tracks we love both new and old. Grab it from our Soundcloud and stay tuned for the EP drop!

Banana Tape by Banana Seat

Photo above by J-Bergs. Artwork by Sober. Logo by Alfredo. Thanks guys!

DEATH SET/WIN WIN TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED!

2011-04-14T13:16:00.005-04:00

Win Win is going across the country with homies The Death Set for evenings of psychedelic audio visual electro punk rock performance. Catch us opening the show in the following venues:

5/2 Boston, Ma Great Scott

5/3 Montreal, Qc Il Motore

5/6 Cleveland, Oh Grog Shop

5/8 Chicago, Il Empty Bottle

5/9 Minneapolis, Mn 7th Street Entry

5/12 Seattle, Wa Chop Suey

5/13 Vancouver, Bc Media Club

5/14 Portland, Or Branx

5/16 San Francisco, Ca Rickshaw Stop

5/17 Los Angeles, Ca Bootleg

5/18 Phoenix, Az Trunk Space

5/20 Austin, Tx Mohawk

5/21 Dallas, Tx Club Dada

5/22 Houston, Tx Fitzgerald’s

5/24 Atlanta, Ga 529

5/25 Chapel Hill, Nc Local 506

5/26 Washington Dc Red Palace

5/28 Baltimore, Md Windup Space

5/29 Philadelphia, Pa Kingfu Necktie

See you out there yall.

RUB RADIO winwinwinwiwninwin

2011-04-12T15:43:00.003-04:00

This mix was recorded during a weird day in January...We drank whiskey and talked about channeling with Cosmo, hung out with Prince Paul and crew, and recorded this:
RUB RADIO MIX

MIX MIX win win

2011-04-04T14:11:00.004-04:00

We did this mix and interview for Self Titled Magazine a few weeks back... It runs the gamut from brand new to old musics, and has some "esclusives".. It was recorded live using this set-up:

Here Is a link to the mix: LINK TO MIX

....and the full interview

TV On The Radio - Will Do (XXX¢hange Dancehall Remix)

2011-03-31T22:37:00.005-04:00

Alex remixed TVOTR and it's officially available on RCRD LBL. Graphic above courtesy of PRNC KLSN who put it best when he tumbled:

I have had the fortune to play this for well over a month now before it’s release, and it has definitely turned so many heads whilst doing so.

SRSLY AWSM RMX FRM ALXCHNG HRE

Interleave Video!

2011-03-28T16:12:00.008-04:00

We enlisted Colin Devin Moore to direct an official video for Interleave and he did an amazing job. He took what was maybe 5 minutes of footage he was able to get with Alexis before our release party and turned it into this head trip of a multimedia masterpiece. You'll see tiny snippets from our live show worked in here but the brunt of it comes from Colin and his post production team. Here are the complete credits:

Directed by Colin Devin Moore

Visual Effects by Colin Devin Moore and Gil Amorin

shot by Colin Devin Moore and Brock Fetch

special thanks to Babyleg (Brian DeRan), Scion, Vice,

Ghostdad, XXXChange, Devlin, and Alexis.

Amazing work guys couldn't have turned out better. Thanks everyone who kept the moving parts in motion. Watch the video above!!!

Zombie Nation - Chickflick Video

2011-03-15T03:00:00.007-04:00

Here's an edit I cut together for Zombie Nation's "Chick Flick." He sent me some footage from the 70's BBC series "UFO," and I had my Win Win style way with it (thanks Klassen/Devlin/Alex for the input). The full single with remixes comes out on March 21st and by the looks of his website something big and album like is planned for September 3rd. Been really feeling Zombie Nation productions lately and this one's no different. Florian was really cool to work with too. He even does some live stream collabos with fans via his youtube page and Ustream. Pretty cool stuff. Can't wait to hear more!

WIN WIN REMIX #1

2011-03-09T13:27:00.003-05:00

Our first WIN WIN remix is up for free

GET IT HERE

Dj Set IN NY FRIDAY NITE

2011-03-03T01:09:00.004-05:00

Im playing with Cousin Cole at THE PANNNNNY RAID in BKLYN @ Public Assembly

Snap - The Power (Power Paws Moombahton Edit)

2011-02-28T12:11:00.004-05:00

New Fully Fitted music for free download!

This is coming from a new guy to join the ranks of Fully Fitted and we didn't stray too far from home on this one. Apparently XXXchanges family just spills out musical goodness and his little cousin is no exception. Power Paws sent us this Moombahton remix recently and we were kind of floored when we listened in studio.

Welcome Power Paws.

Snap - The Power (Power Paws Moombahton Edit)

Emergency Party this Saturday at Santos

2011-02-24T23:51:00.002-05:00

This Saturday our buds from Gang Gang Dance and Spencer Sweeney are throwing a party/live show/art installation in the downstairs bar at Santos. I'll be lending some visual assistance chopping up the usual deluge of source materials more free form than the Win Win sets. It's the return of the Emergency Party (see promo video below) but is also being called "Somebody Arted In Here" by the flyers on the wall. Come smell it Saturday night!

WIN WIN album is out . CELEBRATE WITH US TONITE NYC

2011-02-15T13:21:00.005-05:00

CHECK IT @ ITUNES 12 songs, 2 interludes, 4 pages of cover art, and Glen Beck ... ---> CLICK HERE

spankrock added to bill. and

MORE INFO : HERE

Little Jinder - Youth Blood (prince klassen edit)

2011-02-07T17:26:00.004-05:00

Here is a new old edit I am finally putting out for everyone. Trouble & Bass released this song in 2009 I believe and I have had this edit sitting in my computer for too long of a time. The idea was to have Circleface re sing it, but it never happened. I combined pieces of the original + the Thomas Anderson remix and this is the final dubby product.

It is a limited download on Soundcloud, so get it fast!

::DOWNLOAD + LISTEN::

Jinder - Youth Blood (prince klassen edit) (117) by princeklassen

WIN WIN "interleave" ft Alexis Taylor

2011-02-01T18:13:00.002-05:00

our new single called "interleave" (featuring Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip) came out today a.k.a. "leaked on the internet." check it out here at pitchfork

Nicky (Real-Jobs) Crabtops & His Carnitas Recipe

2011-01-31T10:01:00.001-05:00

Its cold here in the east, so when you can leave the oven on for a few hours to make delicious food, its generally a good idea to do so. Reformed (notorious) Baltimore party boi, Nicholas Crabtops, sent this Carnitas recipe to get you started.

CARNITAS:

Braising is my favorite way to cook meat.
Start with a shoulder

Break it down to good sized chunks and remove more or less fat and connective tissue

Save the scraps and make chicharrones (do that)

Season the meat with S&P, oregano, and cumin

Brown it in batches

If I don't have any home made stock I use a mix of chicken, beef, and veg, plus a jar of salsa verde, also add and onion, garlic, bay leaves, and some chilis

Cook low and slow with a tight lid at 215 for 3-4 hours

Don't look so percky anymore

Remove the meat and bust it up with forks use some braising liquid for lube, spread it on a baking sheet and roast for 15min at 350 to crisp it up. No pics i was too excited

Saute some brussel sprouts and steame with a little bit of that lube... serve with rice.

Add cilantro, onion, avacado, and pickled jalapenos, with some warm tortillas

Buenas Noches

Questions for Crabtops? ...he is HERE

Wha Happened Last Night

2011-01-28T16:54:00.004-05:00

Every time I play this song someone says, "yo, what the fuck is this?" ...Well it's an awesome club re-edit of Clipse's "What Happened To that Boy" by Amphibious.

WHAT HAPPENED? - AMPHIBIOUS

Check him HERE and HERE

Black Eyed Peas Remix

2011-01-20T17:11:00.006-05:00

I was kinda stoked they asked me to remix a song that I had actually heard on the radio, but it didn't get used for whatever reason.

You can download off my soundcloud if you like this kinda thing ;)

THE TIME xxxchange remix by xxxchange

Win Win - Release RPM

2011-01-18T22:06:00.004-05:00

As some of you already know, Fully Fitted got a new project going on called WIN WIN. XXXchange, Devlin, and Ghostdad run the WIN WIN show and the full length album is due to drop Feb 15th on Vice Records.

Lots of blogging been taking place for the leaks of the first single off the record, Release RPM, featuring Lizzie from Gang Gang Dance on vocals.

Now the official version of the single is out in all it's wonderful glory with an unreleased B-side sitting nicely next to that Moombahton remix from Nadastrom.

Go BUY the single from itunes now. Let's go!!!!

Strange Brew...

2011-01-17T15:59:00.005-05:00

This new Knife mix is great for running/PUMPING IRON. It really sounds like a set you would have heard from Knife at Shake em Down in the old Milky Way Lounge (RIP).

When he's not DJing, Knife is busy at Goodlife keeping the working DJs of Boston employed, as well as booking out-of-towners like Scottie B, Eleven, Stretch, Assault, and Prince Paul... Good work bud. What he's not doing is posting on his ol' blog (c'mon). Thankfully Sleazy Trees is keeping the laugh quotient high OVER THERE. That's what i say, heres what Knife says...

"Hey y'all! Here's a live mix of some old and new tracks I'm feeling
right now. Special shout out to Will C from Traffic for mastering this
bad larry. Please visit www.djknife.com when you get a chance. Thanks
for taking a listen and enjoy responsibly kids!"

Head to Souncloud to DL:
DJ Knife Presents: Strange Brew by d.j.knife

PS: If you missed Knife's Live at Home a few YEARS back dont worry the link is live...
Knife: Live at Home

RELEASERPM Nadastrom Moombaton Remix

2011-01-07T22:58:00.003-05:00

Nadastrom (aka originators of Moombahton) remixed our song RELEASERPM for the release of the upcoming single and we couldn't be more psyched! According to Nada himself this will be the first "Moombahton" track pressed to wax. Pretty neat! Grab both tracks over at Pitchfork or at Vice Records where you can also follow all the audio and video promos that have been dropping as of late. The 12" single comes out on the 18th!

Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (prince klassen 85 riddim blend)

2011-01-03T21:45:00.002-05:00

Here is a new blend I made yesterday. Hope this finds a nice home in your digital crates, pod pods, and playlists.

Happy New Year from yours truly.

::DOWNLOAD::
Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (prince klassen 85 riddim blend)

Prince Klassen Looking At Things

2011-01-02T17:44:00.003-05:00

Someone (don't know who) finally put Klassen's stately (possibly) asian man status on blast!

http://princeklassenlookingatthings.tumblr.com

Inspired by:

http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/

NEW WIN WIN VIDEO

2010-12-29T12:09:00.002-05:00

NEW VIDEO....

get the back story at me tumbla mate

Fall Music For Cloudplum 3

2010-12-27T12:41:00.004-05:00

Hello friends. The time has come and gone... kind of, for my annual Fall Music For Cloudplum mixtape. This marks the 3rd year in a row I have made a tape for my friends at Cloudplum and to share with you all.

The concept behind the mix series is based on music that reminds me of the Fall season. I would have to say the Fall is my favorite time of year no matter where I live, and my musical tastes tends to reflect that.

This year's mix is dedicated to Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse. He passed this Spring and the music world lost another genius.

So without further ado, here is FALL MUSIC FOR CLOUDPLUM 3!!!

::DOWNLOAD::
Prince Klassen - Fall Music For Cloudplum 3

Christmas in Capetown

2010-12-26T03:46:00.002-05:00

I always like to contemplate this Newman tune after the Christmas lights have dimmed. Sure its a bit schmaltzy but this one always gets to me for some reason. Maybe it's the slamming changes, incidentally loose inspiration for the DX7 chords in this number:

dub petite 3 by DEVLIN AND Ghostdad

Album Teasers pt. 1

2010-12-21T15:38:00.001-05:00

To follow up Chris's post here's the latest "teaser" for the upcoming Win Win full length. They're giving me alota credit but there are some animations from Alex and Chris in here as well. Klassen also helped us shoot the title animations in the first teaser and is behind the fisheye lense in the second. Here are the other two:

Thanks to everyone for the warm response on these. Doing videos is part of how I started working on music with these guys and now we're all sort of doing both which has been a lot of fun. Expect more music AND video output from us in the near future.

new video.

2010-12-20T18:56:00.003-05:00

in case you haven't been by in a few...

This is a new video/commercial/video/thing by Ghostdad for ‘ReleaseRPM’ … The song is the lead single from our (WIN WIN) record due out in FEB. on Vice. It features Lizzie Bougatsos of the grupo Gang Gang Dance. The vocals where originally recorded for another song on the record. Its a pretty heavy dance song called ‘Not Too Late’ with a vocal sample and a SICK Casio SK-1 dog yelp. After trying to get the vocals to fit without much luck, we went back to the drawing board and figured out some new parts, and in turn a new song. ’Release RPM’ is the result.

PS: Father Ghost is about to release the next installment of his video "ads" for the record in the next few days. He will post it here first. The music for that one is a real nice album cut worked out exclusively by xxxchange. Stay tuned...

Turntable Lab Radio: Prince Klassen

2010-12-18T14:23:00.002-05:00

The Lab put the post up late last night, and the show aired on Thursday morning pretty late or early depending on what kind of person you are. Either way I am so happy to have done this mix for them.

There are a lot of exclusives on the mix, as well as new tunes from mostly homies that I am really feeling.

You can expect a lot of percussive / jackin' / deep House tunes.

::listen::

Turntable Lab Radio featuring Prince Klassen

::tracklist::

Addison Groove - Footcrab (James Braun edit)
Vikter Duplaix - Electric Love (Prince Klassen Snare edit) (unreleased)
Bird Peterson- Funky For U (unreleased)
Florence and The Machine x The XX - YGTL (Renaissance Man edit)
Smalltown Romeo- Party Motion (Malente remix)
Mike Monday - Grace (Justin Martin remix)
Win win - RPM Release
Manare - Voodoo (French Fries remix)
Bambounou - Nappy Head (French Fries remix)
Bassanovva - Terrordactyl (Nacho Lovers remix)
Kingdom - Hottest in America Dub
Xxxchange - bbbounce (Eli Escobar remix) (unreleased)
Cubic Zirconia - Black N Blue (Bim Mark Rubber Dub)
Cubic Zirconia feat Dam Funk - I Got What You Need (unreleased)

BBC XMAS PARTAAAAAYSSSS!!

2010-12-13T18:14:00.004-05:00

Well it's that time of year again, and I so stoked to finally be here for these ragers!

Baltimore Bass Connection is holding their annual Christmas parties, and this year looks to be double awesome!

DC and BALTIMORE you are warned! Buy your tickets!!!

SEE YOU THERE!!!!

This weekend with Prince Klassen

2010-12-08T22:30:00.005-05:00

Yo,

East Coast folks can catch me playing a couple of different times, if at all interested. I am pretty excited about all these gigs too, so looking forward to seeing some friends out.

First on Friday I will be DJing with two homies, Michna of Ghostly International fame + Them Jeans of Dim Mak fame. The party will be at The Cove in Williamsburg and should be a blast. Also down the street at Public Assembly Natalie Storm will be headlining Flashing Lights, so kill two birds and hop around.

Then on Saturday I will be heading to Philly to play alongside Dj Apt one of The Philadelphyinz. I have heard nothing about their parties in Philly and am so glad to be able to make it out. The theme for the night is Sex Machine apparently, so I hope that means we are getting funky.

ALBUM TEASER pt.1

2010-12-06T16:02:00.000-05:00

Bookmark

2010-12-02T19:35:00.002-05:00

Money Makin Mexicano

Death Set MixTape

2010-11-29T13:22:00.004-05:00

DL the new Death Set Mixtape HERE!!!!!

WIN WIN RELEASERPM

2010-11-23T12:57:00.005-05:00

me and Chris and Ryan(ghostdad) just started our new super-group called WIN WIN. our new single is up for free download-----> download it here at the fader website it features Lizzie Bougatsos (gang gang dance) on vocals. the LP is coming in a couple months (on vice records) and features Lizzie, Blaqstarr, Alexis Taylor (hot chip), Andrew WK, Matt Sweeney, Spankrock, and Douglas Armour.

edit: you can listen to the mastered version here

Durkin Live @ Goodlife

2010-11-22T20:46:00.004-05:00

If there was ever a person who was overdue for a Live At Home it's Ryan Durkin. Can't blame the man since he's been super busy working with Black El on their recent self release as well as some new Banana Seat tracks (stay tuned for the later). Durk and Black El recently curated a night at the Good Life where they did a few live numbers and played some good rap jams and Durk recorded his DJ set. I like how he plays old and new and weird stuff but doesn't go too far out in any one direction and keeps a tight set. A great listen if you're just not ready to get on this Kanye bandwagon. From Durkin himself (Soundcloud link below):

DJ set recorded 100% LIVE at Good Life in Boston, MA. I was playing upstairs during the BASSIC dubstep party, so I went kinda left field and decided to play a bunch of new music that is influencing me these days. New school raps, wonky instrumentals, future beats and a little boom bap. Cheers.

Durkin - Live @ Good Life by durkinmusic

Acid Yazz

2010-11-15T19:14:00.003-05:00

I haven't made a mixtape in forever. So here's a mixtape I made in the wee hours of the morning between working on all the slew of stuff that's about to hit the fan. I put it together from some of the finer moments in my Serato and record ripping history. Threw in remixes and production from some of the FF fam. It ended up being super long so I broke it up into pieces and made a website for it where you can stream it in sections, or download it all via this virtual trading post.

ACID YAZZ

Use this modern day barter system to download it to your Zune or iZod:

http://acidyazz.com/tweet/

Peace,

-Ghostdrab

DEATHSET!

2010-11-14T10:58:00.003-05:00

the first single from the new Deathset album that I produced is up for free download on the pitchfork website

Live at Home 31: Bennett4Senate

2010-11-08T22:35:00.014-05:00

Continuing the Brookline to Brooklyn Fully Fitted connect, Bennett4Senate submitted this entry to the live at home archives. At above thirty we're forging into our pearl years (or diamond?) and no better way to do it then with one of WFMU's finest! This from Bennett:

::LISTEN HERE::

::DOWNLOAD HERE::
Bennett4Senate - Live at Home pt 31

I know this mix series is supposed to be "things I can't play live," but mine ended up being kind of backwards. I've been doing my show on WFMU for the past six months or so, where freeform is the norm, so the weirder the better, and I've barely stepped into a club in that time. I think everything on here I've played on the show, but when I'm in there I'm not beat matching or anything, so my Sunday afternoon vibe is actually a chance to dust off the Serato and try to get a more proper continuous mix going.

I'm pleased with how this came out, its a lot like what I'm aiming for with my show, but pared down for more focused consumption. Both beat-heavy sections and synth pad scenic atmospheres, a mix of old records and new WAV files (lossless son!). Sounds like lots of synths of course, library music, vocoder Neil Young, acid techno ragas, a couple soundtrack cuts, 90s Lion King feel good vibe house, ambient album cuts from disco LPs, a splash of r&b... also a bunch of new material, which has been the refreshing surprise of being on a radio station that gets tons of new independent music every week. The record industry may be a big ? right now but contemporary music is still inspiring. So this mix has some new Detroit house, "chillwave," even some autotune.

Thanks for letting me be a part of this. I've really enjoyed listening to the rest of the Live at Home series, y'all are deep!!

- Bennett4Senate

Photo above form Bennett's flickr. See more of his art at bennettwilliamson.com and hear him on WFMU Thursdays from 3 to 6 am plus out in the Brooklyn area. On a personal note Bennett has been a big influence on me from both his radio playlists and trading mpfrees on thumb drives. Thanks for this mix dude!

Nickel Snacks & Paper Stacks

2010-11-08T21:44:00.009-05:00

Mr. AOK checks in from Brooklyn (by way of Brookline) with his newest mixtape for Famous Class. Chock full of edits with dope artwork from Sober. Here's the breakdown from Marko:

I made Nickel Snacks & Paper Stacks as part of my ongoing mix series with brooklyn DIY label Famous Class Records. It consists of 12 tracks, 10 of them are brand new original edits. I guess part of the reason I did it this way was to force myself back into more production. But I also wanted to share some of my favorite rap songs and artists with kids that wouldn't normally give them a chance because of the production / scene / whatever. It sounds like strawberry lemonade 4Loko and a Backwood full of hi grade in the back of a show early on in the night. It plays a little like an EP but with tempo mixing and it has the best rap tunes that i've been listening to mixed with the best other tunes I've been hearing. You can't go wrong.

STREAM IT ON BANDCAMP

DOWNLOAD DIRECT

FOR THE DJ'S (no drops, mixing or anything, straight edits for your serato box)

HOUSE CLEANING!

2010-11-05T16:08:00.004-04:00

I'm quitting music.

sike! just cleaning out my racks to make room for some new stuff
here's the ebays if any of y'all are into buying recording gear:

SSL G SERIES BUS COMPRESSOR. USED THIS ON PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING FOR THE LAST 2-3 YEARS. its bangin'. gonna switch flavors now is all. time to move on. here's the ebay

THERMIONIC CULTURE VULTURE. TUBE DISTORTION/OVERDRIVE. use this on synths a lot also bass sounds. with the overdrive off it tightens up the low end in a nice way
here's the ebay link

DIGI 002 rack. nice cheap firewire interface. 8ins/8outs. I used this on the kills "midnight boom" LP. not much else as i prefer working in logic. here's the ebay

Podcast

2010-10-30T11:37:00.005-04:00

New Podcast from the Hongkongdragon
CLICK HERE

†r@cklis†:
Welcome To The Machine intro ft.DB
Moonage Daydream - David Bowie
Pom Pom - The Impossible
Destroy All Music - The Wierdos
They Dont Want Me - Wall of Voodoo
REGALOS DE CHICO SONIDO 1
NO PUEDO SHARE LOS TITLES 2
The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too - The Clash
Love Me Girl (hongkongdragon RMX) - Yeasayer
Alien Beach Party - The Delinquents
Half Full Glass of Wine - Tame Impala
Meshkalina - Traffic sound
Gare Du Norde - Carte Blanche
Shadows on My Wall - The Poppy Family
East Over Wives (hongkongdragon RMX) - Dent May

One More Tomb with XXXchange!!!

2010-10-27T21:15:00.002-04:00

ONE MORE TOMB
w/ XXXChange + RCMP + Skinny Friedman + Pumpkin Patch
FREE!

A very spooky One More Time for Halloween.

"XXXChange is the musical brain behind Spankrock and Amanda Blank, and has been tapped to remix Yeasayer, Santogold, Kylie Minogue, Charlotte Gainsbourg and a grip of other dudes. Dude is the man behind the awesome Fully Fitted collective and is setting up to drop a record on Vice with his new project Win/Win. This is not something you want to miss."

Friday Night!

2010-10-27T00:47:00.002-04:00

ATTN BOSTON / CAMBRIDGE MASS: If 7L's mix has got you in the mood to step out in costume come to Zuzu this Friday for the official release! 7L scaring it up, Klassen in from NY, my first time playing in Boston in a while, NOT TO BE MISSED!

http://mideastclub.com/zuzu/index.html

Dj 7L - Music To Be Murdered By

2010-10-25T17:54:00.004-04:00

Earlier this month we posted 7L's amazingly great yacht/smooth/AM rock mix, Step Into The AM. If you are enjoying this amazing East Coast Fall as much as I am, you should definitely grab that mix. Put it in the pod pod and take a ferry across the water to make it that much more special.

Now our Bladerunner main man has taken the Halloween mix into the next level. With all respect to our very own Darko, this mix is my new favorite "holiday" mix.

7L mixed a grip of horror movie scores and film samples together for your listening pleasure. This is definitely good for handing out candy to kids and maybe the goth that got into Hip Hop via Necro and Non-Phixion (this mix contains none of these artists, thank god).

Added Bonus: Mike 2600 on the design tip for this.

So without further ado, I bid you MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY!!!!

::DOWNLOAD HERE::

DJ 7L - Music To Be Murdered By

Speaker Project Relaxation Mix

2010-10-21T02:18:00.010-04:00

A few years ago my Boston roommate for life Benny and I participated in Juan Angel Chavez's speaker project at Mass Art. Chavez's giant "speakers" turned gallery into a bunch of makeshift accoustic spaces and chillout rooms using scrap wood and metal found on the streets of Boston and local artists were invited to perform daily. Benny and I both did solo sets but we also wanted to collab on a DJ set in the space. We were really into the New Age records and tapes that kept turning up at the local second hand so decided to do a proper New Age mix. Dug up the recording the other day and have been relaxing hard to it. We did this mix using vinyl, Serato, tapes at variable speeds, and some basic effects in Max/MSP. This is a direct recording so you won't hear what it sounded like from inside the giant speaker but the resonance of the wood and metal was supposed to make it all the more interesting. Hope you enjoy it in your own acoustic environment. Partial track list in the comments below (tapes may be hard to track down).

Speaker Project Relaxation Mix by Ghostdad

For more on Ben check out his distro and this interview he did with Rare Frequency last year.

Check out this globe article for more on the speaker project and photos at the Speaker Project website.

Panorama above snapped by our friend Egan using his iPhone thanks dude!

Club Music Dj Tools

2010-10-18T17:09:00.008-04:00

I was going through records last week getting ready for a night I was doing with Scottie B. I wanted to play some old Club songs and do some mixing like I used to hear on the radio in Baltimore in the 90's. I quickly found that most all of my old weird club records are scratched to shit, so I started recording them into the ol' DAW . Then I started fucking around and doing some quick,choppy editing. Here's one of them:

Clubshorts record Blend #1

sideeyenote: I did the jungle brothers a capella live in the club, but i figured i would edit it in because it seems like a handy DJ tool. If anyone wants the track without it leave a message after the beep.

Maximum Balloon feat David Byrne - Apartment Wrestling (prince klassen edit)

2010-10-16T11:57:00.005-04:00

This was posted last week without a DL link. I let the Djs have a week to play with it, now I can release it for everyone else to bump!

This tune is off of David Sitek's Maximum Balloon side project. Sitek being from TV on The Radio enlisted band members as well as a whose who of indie pop stars for guest spots. Apartment Wrestling features David Byrne and I must say it sounds way more Byrne than it does Sitek.

DOWNLOAD + STREAM
Maximum Balloon - Apartment Wrestling (prince klassen edit) (114) by princeklassen

Can You Moombahton

2010-10-10T01:05:00.004-04:00

There may be detractors of the Moombah hype (looking at you Ryan Durkin) but Klassen has made me a believer. Hearing him chop up Moombahton with cumbia and reggaeton breaks made me want to finish this moombah edit I started a while ago. This Mr. Fingers OG clocks in at around mooba bpm so I thought I'd add some hton to it. Henjoy.

Can You Feel It (Ghostdad Moombahton Mix) by Ghostdad

Thanks again to Klassen for the insight. We roommates now yall try and stop us now!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PASE ROCK

2010-10-07T17:38:00.001-04:00

I KNOW DUDE THAT KNOWS DUDE.

Dj 7L - Step Into The Am

2010-10-05T15:12:00.004-04:00

One of the nicest DJs I know sent over his new mixes last week, but with the move taking place I am just now getting to them.

Dj 7L of 7L & Esoteric & more currently of The Bladerunners is a solid DJ, good dude, and has a record collection to die for. As many of us are familiar with the stream of Yacht rock that can be heard on the AM dial, 7 went ahead and channeled his inner Michael Mcdonald and put together this great mix of just that. Solid gold blue eyed/ captain’s hat soul!

The homie OZ from Canvas took care of the design side of the project. The very special + limited Step Into The AM pack can be purchased exclusively at Uncle Pete’s in Boston which includes the mix cd, a print, + t shirt. 7L went all out on this and the mix is just ridiculously good without a hint of irony.

You can, however, download the mix for free (if you are one of those people).

To download the mix, you must learn.

4:3

2010-09-27T21:43:00.004-04:00

New vimeos I like that retain and embrace the 4:3 aspect ratio respectively:

Extreme Animals "Questions Of The Ages" from Audio Dregs Recordings on Vimeo.

El Guincho - Bombay from CANADA on Vimeo.

Eyebeam Mixer Saturday

2010-09-22T14:31:00.002-04:00

I'll be chopping up some videos alongside the homey Bennett4Senate this Saturday at NY technology/art mainstay Eyebeam. Performances from Extreme Animals and DAM-FUNK!!! Check the event page at Eyebeam for details!

Prefix Mag presents: XXXchange's Replay

2010-09-17T18:53:00.004-04:00

Mr. Armani XXXchange did a nice little interview with the fine folks at Prefix Magazine talking about his favorite or most played songs in iTunes.

Read more about it here.

The Force Five - Yeah, I'm Waiting (prince klassen edit)

2010-09-14T19:14:00.002-04:00

Thanks to HONGKONGDRAGON's incredible Live At Home I learned about a new tune that was dying for a little editing.

This is just great raw garage soul music.

::DOWNLOAD HERE::
The Force Five - Yeah, I'm Waiting (prince klassen edit)

Live @ Home #30 ... HONGKONGDRAGON

2010-08-16T19:05:00.006-04:00

Installment 30 from collaborator and pen-pal, HONGKONGDRAGON.

HKD:

"this mix was recorded live with an echo pedal and a little sampler... and the tracklist will be revealed when the mix is posted "

FLOSS YOUR TEETH (LIVE AT HOME 30) - HONGKONGDRAGON

Tracklist in comments soon !

Black El + Durkin

2010-08-13T14:06:00.003-04:00

Milf & Cookies from Black EL & Durkin on Vimeo.

Poised and ready to pounce like a cheetah Black El + Durkin are leaking a slow drip of content before they rip your face off on August 31st with El's new album "Color Commentary." It started with leaks not featured on the full length but today brings the first of the album cuts to float around the internet "Hi(GH)". I cut together the above video for one of em and played some instruments on a few songs. Grab Milf and Cookies, Rush, and Clockwise from Black El or Durk's blogues. See if you can pick out the ghost keys.

Drop the Lime - Sex Sax (ghostdad bootleg)

2010-08-09T17:49:00.007-04:00

On the heels of the Vuvuzela beat I whipped up some more tropical(ish) riddims to put under Drop the Lime's sexual saxophone.

Not thiiiis Sex Sax. THIIIIS SEX SAX. Lots of awesome Sexy Saxes on the internets, glad to add to the pile.

Peep the soundcloud with link below for download:

Sex Sax bootleg by Ghostdad

::DOWNLOAD LINK::

Gtronic - Suckerpunch (prince klassen nihonmahton remix)

2010-08-07T15:54:00.007-04:00

What up party people?!

Here is a new remix I have been sitting on that I am ready to send out. I hope this finds a home in your digital crates, boomin system jeeps, and pod pods.
GTRONIC - Sucker Punch (prince klassen nihonmahton remix) (109) by princeklassen

RIP

2010-08-04T19:39:00.002-04:00

thanks for the tip off nancy...

Bobby Hebb - Sunny

Roombahton

2010-08-03T01:48:00.006-04:00

Also: Where is everybody?

'FMU and EIT

2010-07-21T15:27:00.009-04:00

Tonight/tomorrow morning I'll be appearing alongside good old Bennett4$enate on his summer WFMU slot Awesome New Place. Excited to kick it radio style again in good company and on the station I grew up listening to. I'll play plenty of weird records, some Fully Fitted exclusives, and maybe some video chops sans video for your imagination to run wild. We'll be talking about video on the radio in prep for this:

UPDATE: Listen to the streaming audio here!

On Thursday night Bennett and I will tag team a DJ set complete with not yet viral videos from the internet at the Everything is Terrible after party at Public Assembly. Stop by for the show and stay for the jams.

Then it's up to Boston for a few nights. Hope to see you somewhere between.

-Ghostdad

Gonzo's Baltimoreux

2010-07-17T16:41:00.010-04:00

"For cookout time...make it Live at home # 29 time"

Great man, and no stranger to a great cookout, (wether its at his house or the family Devlin's) Adam Gonzo brings the dog-day delivery with his Live at Home.

Hey Guys,
This mix is all about peaks and valleys, strikes and gutters. Because, you know, sometimes you eat the bar, and, well, sometimes it eats you. I tried to put a little bit of something for everyone in this one-- 80's divorce rock, dream pop, cosmic disco, and, of course, Michael Jackson. I wanted to give this a summertime vibe, perfect for BBQs and trips to the beach. I hope the kids dig it. Anyway, I am super honored to have the opportunity to contribute to the fully fitted live at home mix series; the roster of DJs who have contributed so far is amazing.

I am currently working on my dissertation for a PhD in political theory at Johns Hopkins University. The dissertation is (tentatively) titled Race and Vision: Rethinking the Tragic, and it engages a number of intellectual traditions and thinkers, including Sophocles, Nietzsche, Frantz Fanon, Cornel West, C. L. R. James, Immanuel Kant, Johann Herder, Gilles Deleuze, W. E. B. Du Bois, and some other folks as well. I am also teaching an undergrad seminar in the fall titled "Black Political Thought and the Enlightenment" that I am really excited about. Hopefully one day I can change my DJ name to 'Dr. Adam Gonzo'.

All the best from balmy Baltimore,
Adam Gonzo

Live at Home 29 - Adam Gonzo
TRACKLIST IN COMMENTS AND EMBEDDED IN MP3

RIP Tuli Kupferberg

2010-07-15T01:35:00.003-04:00

Staying in the psych vain wanted to pay tribute to Tuli Kupferberg a true Bohemian and Fug till the end. From The Fugs website:

The oi is oi-ing in the Great Oi!

This fugs tune always stuck in my mind, maybe cuz of the Timothy Leary cameo, or maybe cuz it's one of the more melodic Fugs tunes. Have the full length floating around at my folks house somewhere but here's the only copy I could find on the nets for now:

Turn on, tune in, drop out

Hocus Pocus

2010-07-12T19:20:00.009-04:00

Congrats Spain. World cup had a lot of funny memes and moments attached. Thought it was pretty cool this Focus song got a lot of burn due to the much talked about Nike ad. Looks like some members of Focus are still at it and enjoying some time on the (European) charts again. Wonder if Thijs can still hit the high notes.

Hocus Pocus

Douche Chiiiilllllllllllllllllll

2010-07-08T01:05:00.002-04:00

Church Sale Record Digs

2010-07-03T19:55:00.009-04:00

This past holiday weekend I went back to the place I started buying weird records as a kid. This massive church sale in my home town is pretty much endless piles of clothes, records, electronics, and housewares packed into the the bottom floors of the local Methodist. Record piles have been slimming out in favor of VHS tapes and CD's over the years but still managed to grab a few choice pieces.

Religious music and sermon test pressings:

Useful 12"s and flute prog:

Ethnic music and filmstrip soundtracks:

All in all a good trip. And of course a chance to hear Sir Anthony:

Sir Anthony runs the music sales. He keeps a close eye on the classical section and performs a program of material from the stacks. He's an odd guys, sometimes speaks with a transelvania accent, but his tenor game in on point. Wouldn't be summer in a stuffy church basement without him. Merry Christmas in July everyone:

Sir Anthony by Ghostdad

I'll be putting in a guest spot over at WFMU with Bennett next week so stay tuned to hear some of the above cuts and then some.

Vuvuzelas!

2010-06-17T19:29:00.004-04:00

Brrrrrbrbrbrbrrrrbrbrbrrrrr

Vuvuzela Beat by Ghostdad

UPDATE: DOWNLOAD HERE!

XXXchange + Kele Okereke

2010-06-10T17:28:00.007-04:00

Exciting Fully Fitted news.

As you may or may not know, our very own XXXchange executive produced the new solo record, The Boxer, from Kele Okereke of Bloc Party fame. That should be hitting the streets June 21st.

The lead single, Tenderoni, hit the internet awhile back.

To get a little more insight on the album and Kele's process working with XXXchange, run to your bookstore and pick up the new Nylon music issue with someone named M.I.A. on the cover.

::Peep Game::
Kele Okereke - Tenderoni (XXXchange dub)

Kele okereke - Tenderoni (XXXChange Dub) by xxxchange

New Sober and A1

2010-06-10T15:22:00.002-04:00

A few days late on the release of this summer mix from the homies Sober and A1, but it's still fresh for the downloading. Features a double shot of Fully Fitted Faculty with Better Than You and Nights among other summertime slammers. Tracklist (and ass) below.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE!

Sheeeeeeit. kylie!

2010-06-08T01:11:00.005-04:00

I guess somebody at parlophone leaked my remix of kylie minogue "all the lovers" because it's all over the internets. the hi quality one will hopefully be available for sale on june 15th, until then here's a download link

Kylie Minogue "all the lovers" (xxxchange remixery) by xxxchange

Anglo-Latino Wild West Surf

2010-06-07T12:33:00.010-04:00

I was getting songs together for a show this past weekend. It was The Kominas,of Islam Punk fame, and Sunny Ali and the Kid (really great) with special guests. I was to be the in between DJ guy, so I gathered up a bunch of garage, punk, post punk, ska and psych tunes to fit the vibe. If I could DJ that shit till I died, and not too much else, I'd be OK with that, but I digress...

In going through records, Mp3s, and blogz, I found this old Surf Compilation I bought a few years ago...and since alot of surf is pretty much garage (no UK prefix) and alot of times has cool intros, I thought it was a good fit as well.

Here's one from the Nocturnes off that comp. It's spacey and weird. The short bio on the band is cool and the whole compilation is pretty nice.

Journey To The Stars - Nocturnes

me and my board last summer :

Verano Bummer

2010-06-04T15:03:00.009-04:00

... helpful for summer bummers and remixing:

I Just Wasn't Made for these Times (Bullion rmx) - Beach Boys
Bummer in The Summer - Love
and yes,
Sit on My FAce Stevie Nix - The Rotters
(via kbdrecords.com)

also the XXX yeasayer RMX

Getting Older

2010-06-02T11:38:00.008-04:00

Means more weddings...

... and I recently DJ'd a wedding. It was kind of a marriage of people AND cultures, with a Franco-American bride and a Mexican-American groom. The mariachi band killed. The Banda music I downloaded, along with some secret Cumbias from the one and only Chico Sonido, also went over like Gangbusterz. I can't share those secretas, but Raul did update the awesome (and incredibly useful) Psychumbia® version of Rye Rye's Shake it to the Ground

Shake it to the Ground (Chico Sonido Rmx) - Rye Rye

What also killed it was "I got a feeing" into "Sexy Bitch" oof ... Also the Cupid Shuffle and Cha-Cha Slide. The teens/tweens at the wedding went OFF to these.

hip hop and rnb gifs

2010-05-23T11:53:00.005-04:00

great website. here are my two:

Live @ Home part 28 ... Simon Phoenix

2010-05-20T11:20:00.022-04:00

This mix is just in time for all your summer trips. It's a really nice mix of oddities and obscurities. Suitable for: a nice afternoon, a window down drive, or the morning after a long morning.

Simon:
"Most people know me as the dj/promoter guy from Tax Lo, but during the work week in addition to all the Tax Lo stuff, I'm the manager of Wayside Music, a music mailorder and distributor that specializes in avant, experimental, off-beat, progressive and rehearsal intensive rock, jazz and contemporary music, (the ever so popular) Krautrock, the Nurse With Wound list, space rock, fusion, psych, and plenty of undefinable musics from across the globe. I've been doing this for 11 years now, so most of these tracks were ones I discovered at work. This is by no means an overview of what we do, just a short mix of some stuff I've been feeling lately. Unlike the stuff I play at Tax Lo, there is no dance music on this mix"

DOWNLOAD(right/optionclick)/LISTEN:
Live @ Home 28 - Simon Phoenix

note: Simon Djs regularly at Tax Lo (big party) in Baltimore....I could go on about Tax Lo and Simon and Cullen's contributions to Baltimore nightlyfe and youth culture.. but that would bore. They have done a pretty swell job over the years of keeping it fresh and moving forward. Big shouts to Chris O, Dan, and Mikey Mayhem and all the art school girls of Tax Lo, from Good Love to Sonar.

Tracklist in comments and embedded for your MP3 pleasurE

Kele Okereke Remix

2010-05-15T22:22:00.006-04:00

produced the O.G. of this which you can find pretty much anywhere but check out this remix too. I think it turned out especially well. big thanks to chris for helping out on this one...... Kylie Minogue remix coming in a couple weeks =)

Kele - Tenderoni (XXXChange Dub) by xxxchange

u can download here

Stuff that never got released pt.6 "Fairy Tales"

2010-05-09T09:59:00.007-04:00

Here is a remix i did for a group called Hypernova. The remix never made it out due to a lack of chorus/vocals...but I was pretty happy with the way this wierd little thing ended up. You can grab it here or at Self Titled Magazine where they have posted this remix along with a new mix I did for their "needle exchange" series. The mix has alot of punky disco stuff, edits, and some new experimantal sounds I've been working on. Hope it's worth your time.

Fairy Tales(chris devlin remix) - Hypernova

Needle Exchange mix (assited by Matt Walter)

Brek.One - 7PM Pacific Time

2010-04-29T23:58:00.005-04:00

Brekeuno's mixtape has landed and the internets are going nuts. Features a few remixes from XXXchange and even one from me Ghostdad. Uptempo and soulful at times, think west coast evenings for this one. Long time readers should be familiar with Brek. If not then you'll be seeing his name in lights soon as dude is able to shut down pretty much any kinda party.

7 pm Pacific Time - SOUNDCLOUD

7 pm Pacific Time - MEDIA FIRE

http://brekone.com/

TONIGHT IN BK LAST FULLY FITTED AT COCO 66!

2010-04-24T20:06:00.004-04:00

It wont be boring I promise!

MEGAPOST

2010-04-21T23:51:00.006-04:00

well just double post i guess but it doesn't have the same ring does it.
first up here's a new mix from our good buddy roger yamaha in tokyo called "house of roger" as you might expect, there's some house music on there.

ALSO my remix of Charlotte Gainsbourg's "time of the assassins" is up on beatport and probably elsewhere too. big shout out to ghostdad for helping me out on this one

How many times did we listen to this...RIP

2010-04-21T10:48:00.000-04:00

West Coast Thang Thang

2010-04-20T11:12:00.001-04:00

Hi West Coast. I will be up & down your coast in the next two weeks. Come join me.

Deleted scene from They Live

2010-04-17T18:57:00.003-04:00

Yo got a sneak preview on some deleted scenes from the special edition DVD coming out!

Suite #1

2010-04-15T13:31:00.007-04:00

Installment 1 of some short mixes from Matt Walter.
SUITE #1

TRackList in comments and on the MP3

Nosferocktu

2010-04-13T17:41:00.004-04:00

Since moving to NY I've been testing all kinds of video crap as is perhaps evident from prior posts. A lot of it is staying under wraps awaiting a larger project, but this Friday I'll be messing with some different material in a collaboration with our old pal Skinny Friedman for five short minutes at Nosferocktu. Nosferocktu is a film festival that matches up silent films with live musicians. We're flipping the concept a little but this will serve as the latest field test (dare I saw debut) of my max/msp visual patch "Dadeo" (something I hope to offer in the future). If you've been to the FF nights at Coco you've seen it in action, if not come to crash mansion this Friday for a greatly abreviated Wiimote whirlwhind. More info at Loose World.

AWESOME HIPPY STUFF

2010-04-10T23:26:00.002-04:00

I heard this the other day on the radio and remembered it from some time in childhood on parent radio. It's pretty great

Ten Years After - I'd Love to Change the World

"NIGHTS" PASE ROCK

2010-04-06T20:50:00.003-04:00

PASE ROCK "NIGHTS" from PASE ROCK on Vimeo.

PRODUCED BY XXXCHANGE, REMIXES BY DJ SPIDER AND NADASTROM

DOWNLOAD MY NEW SINGLE HERE

or peep the post at the fader here...

RIP Arthur Russell

2010-04-04T15:58:00.005-04:00

Arthur Russell May 21st 1951 - April 4th 1992

Since Ustream can't get its shit together, I can't embed my radio show on here. If you would like to listen to it, go here.