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Music Mondays:iPad Busking of the Future

Not much I can say about this one other than, people probably are still pissed that you have an iPad and they dont, so you may not make tips . . .

The First iPad Street Musician? from Alex Shpil on Vimeo.

Edited: September 28th, 2010

Music Mondays: The Techno Police are Coming to Lay a Beat Down!

You best be in line, because in this short (less than one minute) video the Techno Police are laying down the law. Although I’m having some hard times picking a better song than last week’s unreleased gem “Cthulu Sleeps by deadmau5.”

Techno Parade from Kidiwi on Vimeo.

Edited: September 27th, 2010

Music Mondays: Cthulhu Sleeps – deadmau5

This is a high quality, clear sounding version that was recorded from a uStream DJ session I believe.

Really nice part around 3:20, then it gets even dirtier for the second half!

Edited: September 20th, 2010

New deadmau5 track/s? Raise Your Weapon with dubstep ending, Awesome!

This starts slow and could have been weak . . . Then it picks up and gets awesome.

By the time the dubstep drops your mind is fully engaged, thats all I’ll say!

Edited: September 20th, 2010

A City in Florida – deadmau5 – download – (originally Orlando Voorn remix)

: Image via Wikipedia

Finally the bonus track has been released!

This song was included for free when you purchase a ticket to one of deadmau5′s upcoming live shows; as if having tickets to see deadmau5 wasn’t awesome enough! Now you also get A City In Florida (Orlando) which first hit my ears at the end if 2009 as a remix to Orlando Voorn’s Paco Di Bango’s World.

Too bad that Orlando guy had a hissy fit and couldn’t get this track licensed, its going to be a banger now!

Watch “A City In Florida” by deadmau5 on YouTube here:

Download “A City In Florida” by deadmau5 here.

This is basically the same track as the remix but with the vocal cut out. Thankfully. It leaves behind the only good part of the “remix,” the deadmau5 part.

YOU WANT SOMETHING TO BANG YOUR HEAD ON?! HOW ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS!

Check the original remix deadmau5 made here:
Orlando Voorn – Paco di Bango’s World:

Edited: September 18th, 2010

Pryda – The End

If this song is called “The End” I can only imagine it’s because Eric Prydz probably finished the song, listened to it, and said: “this is the best song I will ever produce; this is the end.”

With a hypnotic repeating 8 bar loop just barely audible in the opening, this song manages to work its way into your ear after first listen. The rest of the production is pretty standard Eric Prydz stuff, which is to say, its totally insanely awesome.

Edited: September 13th, 2010

Killer Synth: How I lost four knobs on my brand new DSI Mopho

June 7, 2009

This story begins with three elements.

First, I live in quite a lively part of downtown Ottawa, the ByWard Market. Home to countless restaurants, bars, a strip-club and many homeless people.

Second, I also work late very frequently when events run late at the art gallery.

Finally, I have just recently got a DSI Mopho synth that I was jamming around with, this thing sure sounds bad-ass! It’s like a single voice from a Prophet-08, sweet!

Last Friday I was walking home from work at 11 pm when I passed a group of about six people on both sides of me. Generally there are people waiting around here every night having a smoke outside the clubs, but this group was looking for something more. Just as I passed the group I saw one of them come up quickly from behind.

As I turned my head I saw him swing for my head. My first reaction was to duck and cover my head but I was holding both a pizza box and my synth. I freed one arm by dropping the pizza box, and with I swung my synth in self-defence.

Suddenly I felt another of the gang grab my laptop bag by the handle near my neck, but my reflexes led me to get out almost instantly as I dropped my weight to a crouching position. Obviously he wasn’t able to hold on, and I quickly turned so nobody was attacking me from behind, but the group was already running away.

The Mopho is by no means a heavy instrument. It’s compact, hand held and durably enclosed in a very sturdy case. It is however well enough made to do some serious damage in my angry hands. I guess I was swinging this “Killer Synth” around so much that I lost 4 knobs in the process, but on the upside the mob that attacked me backed away from my angry stance, preferring to keep their teeth that evening.

UPDATE: After emailing Dave Smith Instruments about my experience they were kind enough to mail me some replacement knobs for my synth. This is officially the best synth company ever!

Edited: September 7th, 2010