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Farther and Fainter

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

John Tejada’s album has been inescapable in LA over the last couple months. There was an extremely painful time before the album’s release during which the leading single, Farther and Fainter, was played more than just a couple times each day by KCRW’s brilliant DJ’s, and not being able to get my hands on a copy for myself nearly drove this guy into insanity. But thankfully, as of this summer, the cravings are no longer left unsatisfied. Dive in to the latest from Kompakt Records, and experience what Tejada’s world of minimal, deep house has to offer. You shan’t be disappointed.

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John Tejada – Farther and Fainter

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George Lenton is back, and if you have expectations, they’re wrong.

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

I‘ve been following the UK-based producer for quite some time now, and I feel that after many years, and an incredible back-catalogue of tunes as brilliant as they are diverse, Lenton has finally found the niche that suits him most perfectly. Anyone can produce music, but only a few can do it well. And of those few who can do it well, there’s an even smaller few who have the thousand-hour patience and the relentless drive to stumble into the perfect genre, the one where the producer need not work to make his sounds become music, but where those sounds are merely stylistic additions to music that is somehow, already there. George Lenton is now among such few.

Lenton’s latest EP, entitled Inform, retains the genresurfing characteristic we’ve come to know from him, but though listening to it start to finish will give you everything from dubstep to electro, to hyperdub-esque garage, it’s all beautifully unified by the distinct sound of a producer who has truly found himself.

Inform EP is a coming of age tale with the happiest of endings. With highlights “Believe” and “RDD” playing off the dark energy of the UK dubstep sound (think Jakes and Joker meet 2000f and Lorn), this is a record you really, truly, cannot miss.

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George Lenton – RDD

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George Lenton – Believe

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Weird. Market Price is Usually Too Expensive For Me

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Everyone knows how great it feels to watch an artist you’ve long-known finally get the recognition they deserve–I remember when it happened with Classixx. In 2007, I somehow stumbled upon their first single, Cold Act Ill, and despite the fact that at the time they were almost unknown, I couldn’t help but feel humbled. They had that superstar effect; even though every single person I mentioned them to could only mutter, “who?” in response, I knew that they would have their day. Now, maybe I’ve got a little of the hometown hero thing going on, (one of the Classixx guys went to the same high school as me), but mostly, it’s simply that watching someone achieve something that they so clearly deserve feels really great.

Today, I’m happy to say that it’s happened again. Except this time it’s twice as cool, as the admired is among my closest of friends. DJ GOJ!RA, along with his partner in crime Valentino, make up the duo known as Market Price, and their latest release entitled Mark The Throne is among the most brilliantly executed introductions to Los Angeles I’ve ever known. There is arguably no better way to summarize what happens at night in this city than to simply listen to this release. It’s (perhaps obviously) built off of Watch the Throne, the joint venture between Kanye West and Jay-Z, and throughout its length it manages to cram in everything from dubstep to house to 07 electro to Los Angeles’s best: Moombahton. Best of all, it does so without ever being trite.

All intelligent criticism aside, though–hands down, my favorite thing about this album is how much this track reminds me of Royal Rumble. It’s either a brilliant homage or a lucky strike, but to be honest, at this point, I hardly care. God I miss those guys.

Like that one? Here’s the whole album!

Market Price x Jay-Z x Kanye West – Mark The Throne by Market Price

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Album Release Party At the Standard

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Now there’s no way that anyone who lives in Los Angeles could have failed to hear about this already (or so we like to think!), but for the sake of redundancy, tomorrow (Saturday August 26) is our album release party for Uh Oh Disco: Volume I at The Standard Hollywood. If you’re like the rest of us and get wait to get out into a night filled with incredible new music, this is one party you’re not going to want to miss!

uh oh disco: volume I release party at the standard hollywood

Free copies of the record will be given out all night long. Even better, the turntables will be manned by none other than Justin Faust + Fabian, Questions, and Manboy. So seriously, if you live in or near Los Angeles, you’ve been denied all excuses: let’s do this!

RSVP: www.uhohdisco.com/rsvp

Here’s a album teaser for you, though I do warn you: listening to just this one tune is likely to leave you restless and itching for more, and since the party isn’t until tomorrow night, being forced to wait could cause debilitating anxiety. It’s sort of a “once you pop” type thing.

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Treekeeper – Nashvillains

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It’s Been a While (Remember that Staind song?)

Friday, August 12th, 2011

In all seriousness though, it’s been quite some time since we got some drum n bass up on the old blog, which sort of bugs me, because if there’s anything that really needs to make a full on comeback, it’s drum n bass. And I know, some people will argue that it already has; a lot of the dubstep shows in LA these days will feature a dnb act or two, but most of the time is almost as a novelty. It’s not a drum n bass show, it’s a dubstep show with a party planner at the helm that walks around while the guy DJ’s going, “HA HA, remember when?”

And sure, there was that night we had Pendulum at Control, but claiming that as proof that dnb is back is like claiming classic rock is back because the Stones sold out the Hollywood Bowl. Not…so much.

What I’d like to see is a full on resurgence. That means there should be an underground scene that thrives equally as heartily as the mainstream one does. There should be hi-fi and lo-fi, and there should be that one crazy artist that is somehow just miles ahead of everyone else that takes it to the next level… like Eskmo to dubstep, or Gartner to electro. I wanna sit and listen to tracks that make me show my ‘O’ face and go, “I never would have thought of that!”

Drum n bass should come back man. Seriously. And it should bring Jungle and Garage with it. Yeahhh….. jungle, garage, and dnb…. #salivation

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Nero – Electron

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Roska & Untold – Long Range

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XXXY – You Always Start It

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FUNKTHEFRESH – Up All Night Dancing

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Need a Tuesday boost? I know I do.

If you’re looking for that midweek push, you can give your thanks to Uh Oh Disco’s own FUNKTHEFRESH who, along with our homies over at DANCEISM, has put together a high-functioning slew of tunes to keep you standing up straight for days.

Have a listen, and if you find yourself yearning for a bit more, make sure to make your way out to Uh Oh Disco’s Controversy! party at The Standard Hotel Purple Lounge in Hollywood. Every Saturday, always free with RSVP at www.uhohdisco.com/rsvp

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FUNKTHEFRESH – Up All Night Dancing (Podcast Episode)


Tracklist:
0. Intro
1. Light Year – Marcellus (Malente Remix)
2. Reset! – Calypsoul
3. TWR72 – Summer of 91 (Acid Version)
4. Bass Kleph & Filthy Rich – These Mornings
5. Codes – Ready Aim Fire
6. Le Petit Belge – Oooh (Hatiras Remix)
7. Popmuschi – Once Again
8. J Paul Getto – Space Disco
9. Retro/Grade – Mindfighter (Boy 8-bit remix)
10. Pacific! – Unspoken (Santiago & Bushido remix)
11. Dandyskills – My Generation (Justin Faust remix)
12. Rogerseventytwo – Take Me Higher
13. Scola Furano – Colorado Strings (Cassian Remix)
14. Rogerseventytwo – Future Funk
15. Birdee – Wants You
16. Dj Kue – Tell Me
17. Vega – No Reasons (Tensnake remix)
18. Alex Metric & Steve Angello – Open Your Eyes (Style of Eye Dub)
19. Shadow Dancer – Macid
20. Broke One – Go Go Go (Russ Chimes Gunman Remix)
21. Sam Young, Vanilla Ace – Fun Music
22. Shinichi Osawa & Supabeatz – Cyclone
23. Popmuschi – To The Sky (Hochanstaendig Remix)

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