dj nyc

I’ve never been that into house or trance music, except for the occasional hit by bands like Faithless or Gravity.  It’s the club culture with guys in addidas jumpsuits jogging to drum n’ bass tracks that I never could relate to. Partially it’s the culture and mostly it’s the music. Since we dj-ed the Fashion show in December one of our friends there showed us some great music I hadn’t heard before, and for whatever reason I started listening to more electronica/ ambient with a little trance here and there.  Part of it is with djing if you have a couple long gigs in a row you just get tired of listening to music, so it’s a nice break from some of the stuff we normally spin.  Jason Bentley’s Metropolis on KCRW is the only show I’ve found that consistently plays the type of electronic music I like, and this morning he played a great track by Deadmaus5 called Not Exactly. 

Since it’s a sunny Friday in New York City and we’re all waiting for the weekend, here’s a sample of an appropriate track, Nice up – The Virgo. You can hear the same sample used in Lily Allen’s LDN.

Pulled from the dusty record vaults is this very nice 7" track by the Diplomettes called Plenty Nasty.
Which is just a great name for a song.