Wighnomy Brothers

Robag Wruhme and Soren Bodner have been making music together for 17 years and it shows. Their sets last for hours and never exhaust with bottomless creativity. They are definitely my favorite of the Kompact techno tribe. I had they pleasure of being at their US debut last year and it was easily the best night I've ever had at Middlesex. They really know how to work the crowd on the dancefloor with a control that must come from their European experience and can be hard to come by in local acts. Plus they look like Ewoks. You know you're not going to get a conventional set when see these two get up. They approach music with a pensive if not spiritual respect. Robag produces most of what they play but it's telling that Soren produces as well and doesn't release it to anyone, not even Robag! I'm sure I'm not the only one dying to hear what he's been up to that's too sacred to share.

Here's one great recording of a set they did in Athens 2007:
Wighnomy Bros - Athens 7/07

There's an interview with Robag here for more info.

Orelha Negra - "Orelha Negra"

Some of the most positively upbeat and funky tracks I've heard in a good long time. Don't know too much about this band except they're from Portugal and sound dope, nothing particularly groundbreaking I guess but constantly engaging and moving. Really, really feel-good funky instrumental vibes here, was especially feelin' "Forca da Razao" and "Entre", but everything flows nicely. Definitely don't sleep on this album.

Download it here

Leviathan Jones - "Barracude Style"

Barracuda style by Leviathan Jones

Recent DJ set I recorded live, no editing.

Pfadfinderei & Modeselektor - "Construction Desert"

Via Boomkat:
Absolutely immense DVD package from acclaimed Berlin design house Pfadfinderei, the people responsible for Bpitch Control’s graphic design and, in particular, working closely with the unstoppable Modeselektor. ‘Labland’ features over an hour of completely exclusive music from Modeselektor - a visual music album pioneering a tight combination of music, film & graphic design in mindboggling ways. The emphasis here, of course, is on tight edits – both in terms of visual and audio editing, squashed rhythms, bass, shapes & colours, inventing a new kind of synchronicity. Pfadfinderei distort, twist and warp space in response to Modeselektor’s mashed-up samples and low-end heavy backdrops, an absolutely deadly mix. Easily the best DVD we’ve seen of its kind – for all intents and purposes a brand new Modeselektor album given an extra dimension or two, all recorded in beautifully crisp 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound. A massive recommendation!!!!

Buy the full DVD here

Cocorosie and Ramona Falls music videos

A couple of really interesting, bizarre, highly creative music videos. I don't usually listen to music like this but the videos are dope.

CocoRosie - Lemonade from Souterrain Transmissions on Vimeo.

Ramona Falls - Russia from Souterrain Transmissions on Vimeo.

Scratch Session w/ Dj Qbert, The Gaslamp Killer, Free the Robots, and Nosaj Thing

4 of my favorite DJ's together in the same room. Ohhh yeah..