Asian Dan

What a weird and twisted band. I love it. Psycho-delic 🙂Late Of The Pier – Fantasy Black Channel out 8.11.2008 on Parlophone RecordsLate Of The Pier Myspace

Mickey Moonlight – Interplanetary Music
So Ed Banger Records signed a new artist a few weeks ago, a not French DJ/Producer, Mickey Moonlight from the UK. He is like no one else on Ed Banger and brings a level of intellecualism to the label. Mickey Moonlight’s first single is a cover of Sun Ra’s “Interplanetary Music” with the help of Zongamin, think spacey funk with sprinkles of 70s Krautrock. Late of the Pier says this is one of the best tracks to come out in the last few years.

Mickey Moonlight Myspace

INTERPLANETARY MUSIC 12″
Coming soon with remixes by Riton, Zongamin and S.P.A.

NT89 June 2008 Mix
Tracklist:
shinichi osawa – song for the roots
johnny cash – the wanderer
trentemoller – the very last resort
the velvet underground – the murder mistery
bloc party – i still remember (music box & tears remix)
ricardo villalobos – enfants (chants)
murcof – urano
booka shade – duke
cassius – la notte
jackson & his computer band – hard tits
justice – valentine
lorn – control 3
danger feat vyle – 00h00
superstella – arcadia
symbol one – love juice
daft punk – one more time

Amazing mix. This is not your typical mix, even though you see Justice and Daft Punk in the tracklist, ha, so get ready. I love how NT89 mixes in Johnny Cash.

NT89 Myspace

ALP x Luca C. of Cazals

Fantastic b-side from the Somebody, Somewhere single. Such a catchy pop tune. It will definitely put you in a good mood. They are definitely my fav band of 2008.

Cheers to Hyberbole for this find.

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Cazals – Success

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Asian Dan Presents Jean Nipon’s “No Sex Last Nite Mix” – 5 Minute Minimix

Tracklist:
Kate Perry – Use Your Love
Sedat – The Turkish Avenger
Surkin – Next of Kin (Laidback Luke remix)
DJ Rob 3 – The Chase (Nipon edit)
CZR – Groove to This
DJ PJ – Too Much Monkey
Billie Idol – Eyes Without a Face

Asian Dan Interviews: Jean Nipon

1. Who is Jean Nipon? What is your background? What is it like to be part of the Institubes family?
I’m a DJ, producer, and omelette eater.
I used to be drummer for some straight edge bands, then more emo or noise.
Institubes is such a great team, cuz we’re all different but we share the same love for ghetto music and shitty F.M. music. Its like: we do mainstream music but for specific people 🙂

2. What are your influences, musical or otherwise?
My main influence is girls, how you get them and how they throw you away. Then its a mix between Descendents, Technotronic, Don Caballerro, Prince, Johnnie to, Minor threat, Knut Hamsun, Saul Steinberg, Céline, KRS one, Tyree Cooper and some Joe Walsh. The best if you want to do some house music its to listen the complete opposite; like this you have more chance to create something original.

3. What is your DJ philosophy? Your production style?
When I play I always try to avoid playing the obvious stuff. The challenge is to entertain the crowd with some obscure gems. Like an old piano house track or maybe throw some 70’s hard rock. Anyway if the girls keep jumpin’ its all good. So whatever I play I must please the ladies. When I produce I think “Can I play this tune without thinking” so its often a matter of reduction. Less hi hat, less synth, less breaks. Tryin’ to obtain the core of a good dance track. It never come easy.

4. What are your top 5 songs that make you want to dance?
Oh boy! Ok so for this moment it would be:

1-Gemini- Stand Up
2-Prince – Pop Life
3-Jess and Crabbe- In Your Ear
4-James Gang – Walk Away
5-Beatles- Twist and fuckin’ Shout

5. What are you listening to right now that you can’t get enough of? What is the next big thing?
Well right now I don’t know . Everyday I discover some old electro disco jams with some crazy sounds into, so I’m not excited about a lot of new things; but wait oh yeah I’m into hardhouse again !! Dudes like DJ Trajic or Less Furious CZR. For me this music from the past is still the next future. Now the glam electro pop and guitar stuff are on the top, but I think the answer will come from the ghetto music.

6. Future plans?
Next will be the “Eurogirls go Baltimore” Vol. 2 with DJ Orgasmic and many guests? It will be hugely stoopid? And on September my ep “Wild at Heart” on Institubes.

Jean Nipon MyspaceArtwork by frnkcois

Pacific! – Sunset Boulevard (Lord Skywave Remix)
Lord Skywave is Simon Lord from Simian and Black Ghosts.

The album, ‘Reveries’, is out on Half Machine Records on 11th August, with the 12″ and download of ‘Sunset Blvd’ (including remixes by frYars, Popular Computer and Traingles) out a week before. myspace.com/musicpacific myspace.com/halfmachinerecords

Lord Skywave’s debut album is out now on This Is Music. Lord Skywave Myspace and Pacfic! Myspacefor more details.