Ok, This one deserves re-post. Since upgrading my Mac OS X to 10.3.2 (and now also 10.3.3) I cannot recognise the DJM-2000 Nexus (affects also the DJM-2000) as an input device on my computer, which[…]
Author: Gert Johnsen
Tune of the week #27
This week I bring to you Theo Parrish, a Chicago born DJ and Producer. I have some really cool stuff from this guy, but lately I heard this track by him – “Footwork” – and[…]
The new PioneerDJ DJM-REC – Recording app
So PioneerDJ has now also release a recording app for us all to be able to record our DJ-sets. To me it seems more useful in a live situation – at home I would run[…]
Sexy Friday #5
This times sexy tune is a little bit different to my normal sexy Friday recommendations. In my opinion it is a true classic by Armand Van helden. It is from the “2Future4U” album released in 1999. “Entra mi casa”[…]
Tune of the week #26
Just stumbled over this weeks underground marvel of a tune. It is basically a 4/4 deep house version of “Crave you” by Fight facilities. A lovely cute kind of tune featuring Giselle. Hush hush has[…]
Tune of the week #25
A little bit of Jacking House for variation this time around, and it comes in the for of Samo. The tunes name is “Straight on“, it is delivered in the form of the Original Mix, and[…]
Payday Mixtape January 2018 – Cassius
For this months preparation of SALARY-IS-IN-LET-US-SPEND-ALL-OUR-MONEY-AT-BOOSE weekend, we shall bring back a classic of all Essential mixes (as aired on BBC Radio 1). If you have not heard this one by the french due CASSIUS,[…]
Tune of the week #24
This week I would like to recommend a tune which took me a while to track down. I heard DJ Dez, aka Andres, play this lovely Disco gem in a set and I just fell[…]
Last night a DJ saved my life
I want to follow op on a post I did a couple of weeks ago about Genres in dance music (check it here) by bringing up a book titled “Last night a DJ saved my[…]
Tune of the week #23
So, “Where’r those pieces?” is a lovely 110 BPM Brazil funk tune featured by K54 on the K54 EDITS release. Listen to the tune at Juno. It was released back in 2009, so laying your hands on[…]
My customised Technics SL1200
Technics SL1200/1210, the turntable of choice for all DJ. Or is it? Well in my opinion, it is not a very nice turntable to play on. I particularly do not like the border of the[…]
Sexy Friday #4
The Northern Tropics EP by Bubbadog the sexy release for this time. I do not know much about Bubbadog at all. But one thing is clear, this is a killer of an E.P. and I[…]
The Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music
In a world where music styles never stop evolving, and new genres, or rather sub genres, are created faster that one can say, “we have a new sub-genre on our necks”. May I introduce to[…]
Tune of the week #22
First post of the new year for me, so Merry New year of 2018! Hope your holidays have been exquisite! This weeks tune of the week is featured on the Edit Service Special Delivery 002.[…]
New Year Eve Music plate of goodies (MixTape) – Midori Aoyama
We have something special for the transition into the new year of 2018, Midori Aoyama. The mix is from Mix Block that aired on Block.fm 2016.01.22, and since Midori is midori, we can expect a[…]
Tune of the week #21
This Berlin born but Amsterdam based marvel of an artist, Hunee, fits right into the DJ-world of Amsterdam, a style I call a “Rush Mix”. More commonly than you might think, in Amsterdam at least,[…]
Tune of the week #20
Tune of the week this time is EPIC. Believe me, it is unusual for a house music nerd like myself to say so about a techno track. But “Epika” by Guy Mantzur and Roy RosenfelD is[…]
Sexy Friday #3
Sexy Friday episode 3 offers another sexy release, the “Bedroom disco 2” [SCR020] on Smokecloud records. Smokecloud is an amazing vinyl only records label for reworks, which is exactly what you find on this release.[…]