Solos x Heavy Bass Extravaganza Hong Kong

Dec 31st •••Hong Kong warehouse bass bash presented by Solos Records and Heavy

featuring:



DJ ENSO and YAO
Just Charlie + MC Kafe Hu
Johnny Kon vs Synaptic
Jeez vs. Swazigold
Asayo vs N1D vs BloodDunza
@ Hidden Agenda, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Dont' zzzzzzzz!!!

"Degage" Out Now!

We are proud to present our newest release "Degage" by Roche

here's some words about the release from www.turntablelab.com

"Trying to define what kind of music Roche makes is a little difficult, but you usually land somewhere between proto house and some sort of post weed sleep. Tracks like Ice Job and My House Is A Dark House bring a certain level of repetitive intensity and hypnotic focus. They seem to fit within the spectrum defined by Larry Heard‘s Time and the instrumental to Theo Parrish’s Soul Control. A lo-fi vibe is heavily present throughout Degage and it’s brought to the forefront on SK Rhythm. 808 percussion is built-up around a dubbed out keyboard sample until a female voice subtly whispers some onomatopoeia you’ll never understand. From there it all breaks down into the relaxed hazy atmosphere that defines Degage."

Y∆O opening for Kode 9 in Hong Kong !

This Saturday, our friends over at Kongkrete Bass will be hosting the mighty Kode 9 in Hong Kong and having our very own Yao opening alongside DJ's Wash, Blood Dunza and Elemiz.

Prepare, its gonna be a bassy night!

As a bonus, make sure you check out the mix Kode 9 and Burial made for Mary Anne Hobbs BBC final send off show last week. Its proper!!

Kode 9 * Burial Final Mix for Mary Anne Hobbs

CB Radio featured on Money Studies (TTL) Secret Hangout Vol.2 compilation

CB Radio was recently featured on the Money Studies (TTL) Secret Hangout Vol.2 compilation release alongside the likes of Blu Jemz, Michna, Cosmo Baker, and DJ Ayres. Its a TTL love affair and is avaiable below for free, enjoy!

Secret Hangout Vol. 2

Ice Job

"Ice Job" is the first track on Roche's new EP "Degage" due for release early this fall.

DJ Enso "On Some Lifestyle Shit" 2010 Mixtape Promo Snippets

DJ Enso "On Some Lifestyle Shit" Full Mixtape Out Summer 2010. Don't zzzzz on the free download:
www.solosrecords.com
www.pimpinainteasy.hk
www.myspace.com/djenso

SFWEEKLY DJ Mini-Mix From Bookworms

Exclusive: DJ Mini-Mix From Bookworms

By Patric Fallon, Monday, Jun. 14 2010 @ 2:13PM

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Nicholas Dawson has been hard at work for over five years on the musical project Bookworms. In that time, Dawson has churned out a couple of EPs and the full-length LP The Hidden Staircase on Solos Records, in addition to remixing local favorites Mi Ami and Lemonade. His style is hard to pin down. Each song is more a less a tribute to the DJ/producer's favorite records, as each plays so differently depending the sampled source material. It's obvious in his beat-heavy work that Dawson is very much into vinyl and the great samplers of our time (J. Dilla, Madlib, and such), so asking him to contribute a mix to our ongoing series felt right. He hooked us up with some old-school classics and unfamiliar tunes that are sure to become new favorites. And don't miss Bookworms this Friday, June 18 when he plays Li Po Lounge with a bevy of our city's most interesting producers. Full track list after the jump...

1. Brian Eno - "No One Receiving"

My uncle Michael gave me this record (and all his records) when he passed away a few years ago, and it still has a sticker with his old address on the back cover. He was a DJ in the Bay Area during his life, and when I play records he gave me it makes me feel like he is still here in a way. My dad gave me a copy of the same record, but I'm not sure where it is. This is my favorite Eno jam by far. With Phil Collins on drums and Rhett Davies on a gong and stick, you can't go wrong. I hate to quote Bono, but ,"we didnt got to art school, we went to Eno."

2. David Van Tieghem - "Number One"

This is a guy I had never really heard of until I went to see my friend Jeff, who works at Green St. Music in North Beach and showed me the David Van Tieghem record These Things Happen. It's a mid-'80s percussive electronic score to a Twyla Tharp piece. Random, I know, but when I took it home and Wikipedia-ed David, I saw that he had played drums with Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Pink Floyd, Steve Nicks, Nona Hendryx, Peter Gordon and the Love of Life Orchestra, Arthur Russell, Howard Shore, Robert Fripp, Deborah Harry & Chris Stein of Blondie! And he played on some records I already owned and loved, like My Life in The Bush of Ghosts and Speaking in Tongues.

3. Beautiful Swimmers - "Horizon"

This track came out on a compilation by a label from Maryland called Future Times. I think the dudes in Beautiful Swimmers run the label as well. They also put out some stuff by this dude I met in S.F. who goes by Steve Summers (or Rhythm Based Lovers or a bunch of other names). Steve put me up on some cool music stuff when he was living here.

4. Yellow Magic Orchestra - "Mad Pierrot"

This is another record that I got a copy of from both my dad and my uncle. I always looked at Yellow Magic as the Japanese Kraftwerk. The vocals are so vocoded, I'm not sure what this song is about. I can't understand it at all. It just sounds like a robot wailing about, partying and dancing to me, with the chunky arpeggios going behind the vocals and that late-'70s drum machine sputtering away.

5. Steve Wonder - "Race Babbling"

Another one of my uncle Michael's records (thanks Michael), this is the most bugged-out Stevie Wonder joint I have ever heard! For the most part, it features as much vocoder as the Yellow Magic song before it, and the drum machine that gives this track its rhythm sounds even older. The piece is so robotic, but still so full of soul.

6. Sun Ra - "Moonship Journey"

This is from one of the first records my dad gave me when I was still in high school, and it is still my favorite record. I always look at high-priced Sun Ra albums at record stores and pass on them. Then I come home, put this on, and mellow out. Nice.

CIPHER presents BIG CITY, BRIGHT LIGHTS feat. Yao & DJ Enso

Here is a project from Hong Kong based sneaker/ urban brand, CIPHER where they enlist 10 artists to create a 10 minute mini mix based on their experience living in Hong Kong.

Check out the respective mixes from Yao and DJ Enso for listen and download.

MAGNUM!

This Friday night

DJs
Rhythm Based Lovers (confusedhouse.org)
Frantz Barosy (newtownradio.com)
CB Radio (TTL, Solos)

Visuals by Aurora

Tandem Bar
236 Troutman
Brooklyn

10 til close

FREE!!!

Frantz's Merely For Amusement on Newtown Radio
Interview with Rhythm Based Lovers on the TTL Blog

Li Po June 18th

LA YAO

Roche and Bookworms play Knitworks @ Koko's May 5th

Blondes In Chinatown

4/23 @ LI PO LOUNGE
in the heart of CHINATOWN

ONLY $4!

********LIVE! ********

Blondes (Merok, NYC)
www.myspace.com/blondeblondeblondes

Party Effects
www.partyeffects.biz

Bookworms (Solos)
www.myspace.com/bookwormsf

Roche (Solos)
www.myspace.com/rocheone

********DJs********

Disco Shawn
www.myspace.com/bersadiscos

DJ Pickpocket
http://donutsparty.com

Damon P
Jonas Reinhardt, Mi Ami

FRIDAY!!!

Magnum!

Disco Italo House Boogie

SNACK & CMISH
(Turntable Lab Radio, Supra)

CB RADIO
(Turntable Lab, Solos)

FREE FREE FREE!

Friday March 26th 10pm - 4am

TANDEM BAR
236 Troutman Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237
www.tandembar.net

"Music Maven" ??!!??

from time out hong kong last week:

Volar: 19/03/10 : Kid Fresh x Enso x Yao

Warriors come out to plaaaaaaayeyeyyeyyyyeyee

The Private Lives Vol II – Live Mix

Be sure to check out the Private Lives Vol 2 mixes straight out of Hong Kong from Kid Fresh, Rafik, Enso and Yao.

Brooklyn Tonight!

Snack and Cmish
CB Radio

Tandem Bar
236 Troutman
Brooklyn, NY

Bookworms SF Tues Feb 23

Solos X Heavy Hong Kong Presents ***MTR*** Feb 6

RSVP to the Facebook event here.

New Solos Podcast #32: The Private Lives Vol 1 - Kid Fresh / Yao / Enso Live @ Yumla , Hong Kong, 09.01.2010

Subscribe now to the Solos Podcast....

Kid Fresh / Yao / Enso Live @ Yumla , Hong Kong, 09.01.2010 (right-click for download)

Quoted from the entertaining Kid Fresh Blog:

This is what it sounds like when you squash two San Franciscans, one balkan-blooded German, two turntables and ridic amounts of booze together into a charming, tiny bar in the heart of Hong Kong equipped with a dangerously booming sound system on a packed Saturday night, and make them play whatever the fuck they want to play.

The amount of given fuck from our side about pleasing the crowd by playing hits was shockingly low, yet the level of positive feedback from the audience turned out quite grand! Much to y’all lucky bastards’ delight, we recorded all that shit. Here’s 30 randomly picked minutes from each one of our sets, squeezed into a 90 minute package for the sake of your earholes’ blissfulness. To be continued.

0:30 – 31:05: Kid Fresh
T.I. – What You Know (Jesse Tugboat 8 bit version)
Dawn Penn – No No No
Major Lazer ft Mr Vegas & Jovi Rockwell – Can’t Stop Now
Lily Allen – LDN (Radioclit remix)
Postal Service – Brand New Colony
DJ Shadow – Changeling
Lily Allen – The Fear (Duke Dumont remix)
Manu Chao – Me Gustas Tu
Hudson Mohawke – No One Could Ever
Pizzicato Five – Twiggy
Fressh Kidd – I Miss Michael Jackson
The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Dee Dee Sharp – Easy Money
Hujiko Pro – End Of The War
Etienne De Crecy – Morpheus
Roche – People Make Ecstasy
Jovian – Grenadine Girl
Modeselektor – Dark Side Of The Sun (instrumental)
The Knife – You Make Me Like Charity
Health – Die Slow (Tobacco remix)
White Town – Your Woman
Coldcut ft Roots Manuva – True Skool
Mirwais – Disco Science
Javelin – Mossy Woodland

31:05 – 1:00:35: Enso
Hard House Banton – Sirens
Jamie George / Roska – Wonderful Day
Wiley – Never Be Your Woman (feat. Emeli Sandé)
Zed Bias feat. McRumpus & Nicky Prince – Neighbourhood 09 (Roska Remix)
Gramaphonedzie – Why Don’t You (GreenMoney’s Gramaphountzied Remix)
Chelley – Took the night (Alvaro Mix)
Trevor Loveys – Organ Grinder (GreenMoney’s Lighter Remix)
Radiohead – Idioteque
The Heavy – How You Like Me Now (Joker Remix)

1:00:35 – 1:30:00: Yao
Martyn – Hear Me
Flying Lotus – Roberta Flack (Martyn heartbeat mix)
2562 – Flashback
Flying Lotus – Grippit
Daft Punk – Harder Better Faster Stronger (Neptunes Remix)
Vikter Duplaix – Looking for Love (Bugz in the Attic remix)
Afronaught – Vital Ingredient
DJ Rels – Diggin In Brownswood
DJ Zinc – Blunt EdgeMoodymann – Freeki Mutha Fcker
Theo Parrish – Fear
Geeneus – Ultrafunkula

More on Yumla here. Enjoy.

Flying Late with Yao

Bookworms was in West Oakland last night

Bookworms Played an amazing show last night,
the whole lineup was awesome. Good vibes, good music, good times.