Just one night, you got a hold on me, you got a hold on me

Hayoop.

The newly renamed "The Cheek" (mentioned in a post before) have got another song up on MySpace, it's pretty delicious, I can't stop listening to them.

The Cheek's MySpace page.

Now on to the lecky-lectro:

BOYS NOIZE.

He's pretty f*cking wicked. His debut album Oi Oi Oi was full of pure dark bass, the kind that makes the whole room thump like two Hummer-sized rabbits humping away while on a mixture of Ecstacy, Coke and Viagra.

4 points worth mentioning now:

1. His aforementioned album has got a remix version by some notable DJs (e.g. Para One, Proxy, Sinden) Can't wait to listen to it..
2. He's just posted (literally a day before this post) a 60-min mix out on his website/blog. Download it here.
3. He's just posted (literally a few hours before this post) a free track. (EDIT: It's just been taken off, there's only a video there, but they said they'll post it back up soon.)
4. His new album Power is out soon!! 

So that's some good German stuff to come soon.

SPEAKING BOUT ZE GERMANS.

The Sexinvaders.

A pair of hard, deep beat-lovers from Ze Muzzerland. They're growing popularity pretty quick it seems.

our "tiga - mind dimension" remix finaly found the way to london´s bbc radio one, into the bags of some really good djs and the way into kissy sell out´s charts (position 5 of unsigned tracks)!    - as quoted by themselves.

You can download their remix off the link above. (It's their Facebook page, if you like it join their group and show them some love)

I went to see them live once, they came down to KL to play with LapSap (remember those funky dudes?) and they really rocked it from what I remember. Played tonnes of stuff, from that really deep European minimal stuff, to the latest party-thumpers. Their really friendly guys too!

Also their vids from YouTube look cool. [Pretty cool tune!]

Lastly, anyone remember Zombie Nation? That wicked song called KERNKRAFT?! Well they've got a new sound now (as awesome as that tune is) and it's also sweet...

It's called Radio Controlled. And if that weren't sick enough, there's an even sicker remix by Hey Today!

Right that's it for today, hope you enjoy those tunes. Some sick shit out there.. but so little time.

Night all, 

Sian.

Welcome to my Room

Got a juicy little post for you guys today, been on a bit of a rampage the past few days so please feel free to place your mouths upon my music-teat my young ones!

vietNam: (wikipedia) VietNam is a rock, soul and blues band from Brooklyn, New York on Kemado Records.
The rest of the wikipedia article was edited by the band themselves haha. Sadly they released only one album in 2004 and then split up. If you're a fan of The Jesus and Mary Chain, then these guys are definitely living on the same street. Think Automatic but with a higher dosage of rhythm and blues. Even the vocalist sounds similar to Jim Reid.

Links:

• Summer in the City: This one's great, a lovely rhythm and story, an ode to summer. Sadly the only youtube video I could find is this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y3MnQPR5KU, it's the full song but the video is some guy's summer holiday.
• Welcome to my Room: This track's on fire, a tiny pinch of Kings of Leon, a splash of Status Quo, sprinklings of JAMC with all the momentum of BRMC's Heart and Soul. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIT9p7QdWpo

Next up, a Facebook exclusive!!

Homegrown Malaysian talent Nick Chia aka Ganjaguru (1/2 of BassAgents) released his Discotech mix yesterday:

here's the link http://www.mediafire.com/?zzhjym5mtjk

And here's the playlist:

DISCOTECH MIXED BY GURUGURU [1:17:28]

1. Coldplay - Viva La Vida [DiscoTech Remix]

2. Deadmau5 vs Salt n Pepa - Ghosts N' Stuff Pushing it

3. Metallica - Enter Sandman [Dirty Funker Dirty Dub Hole]

4. Hi Tack - Silence [DaBruck & Klien Remix]

5. Marc O Tool - The Musics Got Me [Frank Eikam Remix]

6. Lowrider - Cool [Ozi Remix]

7. Aquabeat - Cocaine, Pills and Extasy [Club Mix]

8. MC Mario Vs. Datdude - You Spin Me 'Round [Paul Random Disoriented Remix]

9. Lady Gaga - Just Dance [OUTsiders Remix 2009]

10. Guru Josh & Klass & Pink - Infinity so What?

11. Coldplay - Nobody Said it was Easy [Nils Van Zandt vs Tom Beyer Extended Mix]

12. Cumfiesta - SexyGuy [DJ Solovey Electro Remix]

13. David Guetta & Chris Willis - Tomorrow Can Wait [Tocadisco Evilmix]

14. The Prodigy - Thunder

15. Ganjaguru - Housefucker

16. Lady Gaga - Poker Face [Dave Aude Club Mix]

17. Kid Cudi Vs. Crookers - Day 'N' Nite [Mobin Master Remix]

18. Pam Pero - Supadisco [Supa Mix]

19. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By the Way [Ben Schmuel Remix]

20. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold [Innerpartysystem Remix]

21. Darude - Sandstorm [Ganjaguru's Electro-gressive Remix]

22. The Prodigy - Omen

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NEXT, another local artist, our favourite quirky and colourful dynamic duo, LapSap, has released their first single, and it's a double CD: Mangosteen and Durian and they're dropping a 4 hour set at barsonic@zouk this Saturday the 18th.

Here's the Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=156717020482&ref=mf

Go on! Give Blink and Xu a hug, before the party starts sweating.

Now; everyone knows and loves the Dandy Warhols, every teen movie/series from the late 90s and early 00s had Bohemian Like You playing during the party scene and on the soundtrack. And they are one of the best bands to get drunk to with your mates, so here's a few more tunes for you to peruse:

• Not if you were the last Junkie on Earth: "I never thought you'd be a junkie because heroin is so passe..." need I say more? Poppy guitars and synths makes this a good contender on one of your mixtapes.
• Sleep: One of the most mellow and relaxing and maybe even thought-provoking tunes to come out of an alternative band this side of the universal hourglass.
• Nietzsche: NOW, this tune's fucking brilliant. Philosophically and musically mind blowing, Nietzsche was infamous for being misquoted as saying "God is dead." So this track pays homage to him (I think the hammer sounds you hear 28 seconds in the song is a reference to his work "Twilight of the Idols: Or How to Philosophize with a Hammer") Anyway this isn't a philosophical lesson, if you want to learn more just search it up on the ole InterFishingNets. The song itself has a strong and powerful wall of sound, with a "Nazi" vibe emanating from it, which doesn't make it bad, y'know, far from it. If you've got a joint rolled up, play this one after Sleep and then load up Pink Floyd's DSOTM :) When I was a kid learning guitar I used to love the main riff and hook, and played it over and over again whilst watching TV, but it just didn't sound the same on an acoustic.
• Plan A: Great light, poppy tune!

Lastly, but not leastly [ :) ] click here for my photo album for the Oasis concert!!!

And click here for my Oasis video! It's only Part 1, the rest should be up when I'm bothered :)

Words can't describe the immensity or the monumentality (yes those are real words) of the concert..... so all I'll say is:

They did 5 encores - Noel did Live Forever acoustically, which made every girl cry.

Finished it off with I am the Walrus. (Which they haven't done since WTSMG or BHN tours I think)

Liam's twitter said the gig reminded him of the 90s and he'll be back in July, Oasis' twitter said it was the most stand-out gig of the South East Asian leg, and Noel's Myspace blog said "That gig in Seoul was truly amazing. The stand-out gig of the whole tour so far. Who'd have thought it? Not me, that's for sure. God bless them South Korean kids. " Little did he know that most of the noise was made by me.. haha

Speaking of Oasis that reminds me to go to their myspace and check out the Prodigy version of Falling Down as well as the Twiggy/Sardy mix.. unbelievable. There's also an equally impressive Chemical Brother's version floating around the internet somewhere, if you want any of the tracks I posted on here today, just contact me and we'll arrange something.

Peace and Love,

P.O.K

You Should Feel What I Feel; You Should Take What I Take

[Xu]

[Left to Right: Frenchy, Brimley, Rustpuss, PrayonKid]

[Mmm.. :)]

[Greenshirt]

[Atif caught me coming back from the bar]

[The omnipresent LapSap effigy]

Friday, 10th October, 11 p.m: We've been sitting downstairs at P.P for about 30 mins now. Conversation is subdued and my knee wont stop jerking up and down under the table. My friends are reluctant to go upstairs because, well frankly, they're abit lame.

11.01 p.m: I tell them I'll see them upstairs, I head inside, squeezing past a few bodies. I reach the stairs, expecting to have my name queried by the lady like last time, however who do I see there? Xu and Lau in the flesh. They ask me to stick my arm out to be stamped. Confused, I asked them "You not gonna ask me for my name?" Lau pressed the stamp on my arm and said "Go up, we recognise you." Guess all that FaceBooking work paid off!

I head upstairs and all I see is a throng of bodies mashed together. The 'Press' were armed with their SLR cameras in one hand, and wireless external flash devices in the other, squeezing past sweaty bodies and taking skilled photos at every opportune moment. Poses were being striked left, right and center. The dancing was very much still subdued, only a few alcohol-fuelled bodies were moving about on the spot. The more energetic and daring of them were gravitating towards the front where the DJ stand is usually set up. So what do you do when there's a gravitational pull? Well you just do what Neil Armstrong did and do a little leap for mankind. In this case, I did several little leaps for music kind. I immediately made a beeline for the DJ stand, the familiar Pioneer CDJ's and Mixers were set up and operational. On the deck was a man in a green shirt, whom I can only deduce was 1/4 of the infamous Twilight Action Girl. He was playing a boring little Kaiser Chiefs song that everyone was stark raving mad for. Anyway, I positioned myself more or less in the center, between the Left and Right speakers (the acoustics of the room aren't that brilliant) and started to bob my head a little, painfully aware that people were looking at me and I was alone.

All of a sudden, the noise stopped, and a familiar bone-stringed guitar intro came on. I was confused, my mind was reeling, for some reason the names Little Richard and Chuck Berry sprang to mind, it was only when I heard "So shake.." that my mind instantly screamed BEATLES. He played Twist and Shout!!!!!!! Fucking Mega it was... I think that was the point in the night when "Me and Them" transmogrified into "We and Us". I melded in completely with everyone else, there was spiritual harmony, the chi was balanced. After Twist and Shout ended, he played a CHINESE MANDARIN cover of Can't Buy Me Love. This seemed to put everyone a little off colour and Greenshirt immediately sensed it, though I quite liked it, grinning like an idiot. Greenshirt scrambled through his Pocket of CDs and stuck another disc on. Immediately I felt a hand on my shoulder and I turned to see my 3 friends who decided to take a visit to Upstairsland. I felt a bit better I wasn't alone anymore, then I felt a LOT better when the infamous drum intro for The Stroke's "Reptilia" came on. I waited for the blinding rush of guitar, and threw my arms in the air, shredding my air guitar. I saw other air-Stratocasters, air-Epiphones and air-Les Pauls being played as well.

After about 30 mins more, I found myself suddenly getting further and further away from the front as people continued to push by me. I turned my head around and found that the before-dead behind crowd was now swathing around like the front crowd. This party had just kicked off.

My eyes cut to my left and a tall figure with long hair and a motorbike helmet was following a shorter long-haired character to the DJ stand with remarkable speed. Realising it was Xu and Lau, I reached out and tapped the top of his helmet. I don't know why. I found a before-buried store of energy released as I realised; LapSap are here!! It was time for the elektro-cution.

Lau jumped on a stool behind the DJ stand and seduced the crowd with his energy, he shouted and screamed like a Gospel Preacher with his hands in the air, signalling he wanted more from Us. So We gave it to him. After a finish up from TAG, the pair donned their cans (that's headphones for you and me) and kicked the real party off with the BoysNoize remix of Feist's My Moon My Man.

The rest of the night was a big blur, throughout the course of the night I met a couple of my brother's friends, an old schoolmate (who unnnervingly winked at me) and a recurring scenester whom I abhor who decided to share my spot.

For the most part, I was in a deep trance, my feet, hands and neck would not stop moving. I didn't leave the dancefloor except for a quick bathroom break and a cold beer on the way back. One of the highpoints of the night was when LapSap played Armand van Helden's heavy, bass-laden mix of Shinichi Osawa's cover of The Chemical Brother's (phew that's alot of of's) legendary "Star Guitar". Another highlight was when Lapsap played a track unbeknownst to me, but it was an ABSOLUTE STOMPER. I have to assimilate that track into my music library. The best bit was when Digitalism's aptly named Pogo was roaring at full-pace [YES THEY FINALLY PLAYED DIGITALISM!!], with LapSap touching the song up in all the right places, and as I was jumping and chanting along "WE COULD GET SO WASTED, IF YOU WOULD'VE COME!" with the song, another hand squeezed me on the shoulder (a common greeting it seems) and I saw another familiar face, Henry! I pointed him at the direction of the bar and continued to abuse my lungs and throat, and it dawned on me that I was wishing someone special came tonight with me :)

By the time I felt a little worse for wear, I noticed it was 2 a.m. "Three hours I've been on the dancefloor" I thought to myself, I think it's time to get home. Full of sweat, my head swimming with daze and a feeling of happiness flowing through my body, I cut through the heathing mass of flesh and sweat, and descended the stairs to an entirely different world. I realised I'd gone half deaf and everything sounded like I was in an astronaut's suit. My mind had shrunk and my body had become the Yellow Submarine. I met up with my mates outside, grabbed a well deserved drink, and finally made my way home.

All in all, We sang when We were meant to, and We danced when We were meant to, what a bloody good night.

Will try and get some photos up soon (I wish I had a camera),
Love; the Prayon Kid.

Edit: Photos are up! Find more here!

T-t-t-t-his is the DJ

Reporting from this invisible cubicle called my existence, time is currently 17:33 (+0800 GMT) and I canNOT get this song to stop playing on my iTunes.


AC Slater - Banger


It is exactly as it implies, a 6 minute long head-shakin', foot stomping, life questioning, soul consuming anthem. It sounds like God gave Daft Punk the holy grail of Bass in exchange for them to stop being French for one track, and to sample their vocals from the land of robots. Who is this AC Slater? Is it my long-lost cousin Jesus reincarnated as a DJ?? I've got to find out more.

What do you get when you get two men traversing Nevada to cover a Mint Royale race with a carboot full of mescaline, lsd blotters, cocaine, weed, uppers, downers and a bottle full of amyl nitrate? Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. But in this case, I'm talking about Death in Vegas. This trip-hop, big beat-ish electronica duo from England are an interesting pair, they were meant to produce Oasis' Don't Believe The Truth but things went astray I guess. Anyway give them a lookie, wookie. The song I'm listening to now by them is called "Song For Penny", it sounds like it would fit right in with Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2's game music, Morse Code bleeping + Red Alert type talk (DESTROY ALL SYSTEMS, DESTROY ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS) with added mellotrons. I hope this track will be Red Alert 3 :)

Death in Vegas on HypeMachine

Anyway, on Facebook today, got an invite to LapSap vs. Twilight Action Girl (the poster made me laugh) so will write about that soon. 10/10/2008!!

Chaosers Bowsers

Love, Prayon Kid

we got invaded!!! by who??

The SEX INVADERS, of course. Lapsap (what happened to the other half? :O) & Sex Invaders. I wasn't there for too long, but Palate Palette, small though the space was, was having a blast. Again; I can't really describe electro beats properly with words -- so how bout some pictures instead? (19th September 2008)

the night shitdisco spun at zouk

Well; words are futile when we try and describe the wild night that was SHITDISCO (UK) vs LAPSAP (KL). So we just brought out the camera, every time Darren jumped into the crowd. Enjoy! The night was immense. (12th July 2008)