solos........

XLR8R review of Samuel Max (Roche + CB Radio) "Rayne"

2011-10-25T16:10:00.000-07:00

Samuel Max "Rayne"

Words: Shawn Reynaldo

There's something really wonderful about two brothers working together to make music. San Francisco's Roche (a.k.a. Ben Winans) is an artist we've featured multiple times on XLR8R, but his big brother Bret (a.k.a. CB Radio) makes quality beats of his own out in Brooklyn. Why it took this long for the Winans boys (pictured above, sometime in the '90s) to properly collaborate remains a mystery, but "Rayne," created under the moniker Samuel Max, is a wonderful start. A house tune of the most relaxed variety, the song skates along mellow, clap-punctuated percussion while cooly rolling out breezy synth melodies and a plucky bassline. Yes, it's a little Balearic and more than a little retro, but it's all tastefully done and thoroughly enjoyable. Mama Winans should be proud.

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(320kps, 16.0MB)

Roche Live @ Haceteria SF

2011-10-17T09:39:00.000-07:00

Roche just played this awesome sf monthly Haceteria

Last Dance Oct 7th SF CB Radio/Bobby Browser/Pickpocket/Claws/BodySwap/Roche/Bookworms

2011-10-02T12:00:00.000-07:00

CB RADIO/BOBBY BROWSER/BODY SWAP/PICKPOCKET/ C.L.A.W.S./ROCHE/BOOKWORMS

Time	Friday, October 7 at 8:00pm - October 8 at 2:00am

Location	Li Po Lounge China Town San Francisco 916 Grant San Francisco, CA



	LI PO LOUNGE BASEMENT PARTIES ARE BACK!!! and Nik (Bookworms) is moving to New York.... last chance to dance to dance Live set from the one and only BOBBY BROWSER magnum dj: CB RADIO donuts dj: PICKPOCKET ok hole dj: C.L.A.W.S And the debut of BODY SWAP house dj's: BOOKWORMS / ROCHE this is going to be deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep $4

here is a dj dj mix frm cb radio who is going to b here frm ny city
http://soundcloud.com/cb_radio/magnum-sept-2011-mix
MAGNUM Sept 2011 Mix

Roche live PA @ O.K. BBQ (SF) Aug 6

2011-08-01T14:11:00.000-07:00

Roche "Love You Crazy (Livestyle Version)" XLR8R review and download

2011-06-24T14:44:00.000-07:00

Roche "Love You Crazy (Livestyle Version)"

Words: Derek Opperman

With an ever-expanding digital back catalog, Roche is a San Francisco-based artist that we've been following for some time now. The last we heard from him, he had remixed "Age" for Bay Area production duo Wav Dwgs. Since then he's been releasing a steady stream of tracks online, one of which is the excellent "Love You Crazy (Livestyle Version)." Moving through the claustrophobic and paranoid dreamscape of Detroit beatdown, Roche constructs tight deep house in the best sense of the word. The track has actually been sitting on his soundcloud page for more than six months, and we don't generally make a habit of posting older tracks on XLR8R.com, but given that it has less than 150 plays to date, we figured that the song is still new to 99.9% of the population and an exception to the rules was in order. For something fresher, check out the similarly well-crafted "The Morning After," which Roche only unveiled a couple of weeks back.

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2True monthly ft Bookworms and Roche LA 4/28

2011-04-25T11:58:00.000-07:00

WAV DWGS "Age" remix by Roche

2011-03-29T11:50:00.000-07:00

Wav Dwgs "Age (Roche Remix)"

From XLR8R.com....

"Last summer, we heard from the duo of Greg Zifack (formerly of the hyper-ravey Eats Tapes duo) and Bobby Browser, who were jointly operating as Global Warning. Now the duo has resurfaced under a new guise, Wav Dwgs, and have unveiled a handful of new tracks, including this remix from fellow San Francisco-based producer Roche. Where the original version of "Age" weaves elements in and out of its repeated synth stabs, Roche sends those stabs to the back of the line, instead focusing on a barrage of overdriven percussion, and bouncing, syncopated synth lines. Throw in a mechanically precise drum machine driving the whole affair and this one is sure to prove satisfying for even the most yearning of hardware-based techno fiends."
Words: Glenn Jackson
Label: Pacific Housing Authority

04 Age-Roche remix by WAV DWGS

Yao feature µix and Interview in TimeOut Magazine !!!

2011-02-02T21:14:00.000-08:00

TimeOut Hong Kong featured an interview and dope mix from our boi Yao, check it out below

Yao TimeOut feature

Download for the mix here

O.K. HOLE San Francisco

2011-01-26T12:31:00.000-08:00

Solos x Heavy Bass Extravaganza Hong Kong

2010-12-30T20:52:00.000-08:00

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!

2010-10-10T14:41:00.000-07:00

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 !

2010-09-20T09:08:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-01T13:36:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-05T12:32:00.000-07:00

"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

2010-06-24T10:36:00.000-07:00

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

2010-06-14T19:15:00.000-07:00

Exclusive: DJ Mini-Mix From Bookworms

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

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

2010-05-27T15:43:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-05-27T14:19:00.000-07:00

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

2010-05-19T19:32:00.000-07:00

LA YAO

2010-05-07T15:17:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-30T11:38:00.000-07:00

Blondes In Chinatown

2010-04-09T12:34:00.000-07:00

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!!!

2010-03-24T19:53:00.000-07:00

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" ??!!??

2010-03-22T09:23:00.000-07:00

from time out hong kong last week:

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

2010-03-18T09:29:00.000-07:00

Warriors come out to plaaaaaaayeyeyyeyyyyeyee

The Private Lives Vol II – Live Mix

2010-03-18T09:06:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-02-26T08:46:00.001-08:00

Snack and Cmish
CB Radio

Tandem Bar
236 Troutman
Brooklyn, NY

2010-02-24T17:56:00.000-08:00

Bookworms SF Tues Feb 23

2010-02-11T11:14:00.000-08:00

Solos X Heavy Hong Kong Presents MTR Feb 6

2010-01-26T08:37:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-26T07:00:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-23T10:23:00.000-08:00

Bookworms was in West Oakland last night

2010-01-23T10:18:00.000-08:00

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

Tonight Brooklyn!

2009-12-19T07:02:00.000-08:00

LLOYDSKI (Da Hardy Boyz, Turntable Lab Editions)

CMISH (Turntable Lab Radio, Supra)

CB RADIO (Turntable Lab, Solos)

FREE FREE FREE!

Saturday December 19 10pm - 4am

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

Space Blue

2009-11-10T19:49:00.000-08:00

Space Blue Pt1 by rochesolos

Space Blue Pt 2 by rochesolos

Space Blue (CB Radio Remix) by rochesolos

Roche delivers the latest installment in Solos Records digital release
series. Poised between two of the mighty legacies of Detroit, 'Space
Blue' takes the Dilla touch to an extended, 3 Chairs style house
meditation on rhythm modulation, making Gottsching cumulii shower
synth shards.

Space Blue: the title is a hint, a certain cold outerspace melancholy
which perforates the warmth of a shifting upright bass sample that
underpins the track. Cosmic jazz tones for mental therapy. Or, maybe
it's it's the trace of blue light in a club that catches the trails of
smoky wonderment wafting upwards.

The flipside to this stunning piece is a remix by CB Radio, who strips
away the A-side's gaseous atmospheres for a physical disco-house
flex'n'bump refix that's suitable for riding the back alleys of the
city of the future.

The haze permeates, still we know this much; Space is the Place.

Roche - Practice Tape 09

2009-10-10T22:01:00.000-07:00

Live Practice Tape from Roche

Practice Tape 09 by rochesolos

1 Nirvana
2 Myohmy
3 You Girl
4 I Walk Away
5 Stairing At The Lazers
6 Jumpin Jack Kano
7 She Got The Power (in her)
8 Dreadnot HollerDaze
9 DCP
10 Tropical Italiano

Bookworms gets the Focus treatment

2009-09-22T12:28:00.000-07:00

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Check out the recent Bookworms feature over at HeadsHigh Music, where they give an in depth evolution of this mythical musician we know and love as Bookworms.

And dont sleep on the exclusive podcast Bookworms blessed them with.

African Rhythms (Yao Rmx)

2009-08-27T10:30:00.000-07:00

YAO

African Rhythms

2009-08-22T09:14:00.000-07:00

Our first digital single is now available on itunes and tons of other online stores; Bookworms' "African Rhythms"

By the time something drifts to california, it's always undone, pulled apart by the sunlight: The broken rhythmic tic of UK bass musics washed up clues on the shore for Bookworms, whose re-imagining (not remix) of Mi Ami's 'African Rhythms' is what he describes as a 'an open ended question or love letter' to the musics he loves.
Delayed chants that sound lifted or remembered from Bill Gunn's 1972 avant-garde blaxploitation classic Ganja and Hess, which gradually reveal a lover's rock refrain, weave over breaks reminiscent of prime IG Culture and melancholy, foggy synth drifts. Like Gunn's film, 'African Rhythms' shares a delirious fever state that collapses past and present, the street and inner space.
In the mix are traces of garage, broken beat, and funky, but this is not reverent bass nostalgia: 'African Rhythms' pushes past fashion to wire a new set of rhythmic histories and spaces: the track sounds equally tuned to solitary late night rollage and body-dense warehouses.
The A side of this digital single is backed by two remixes: a 4x4 tuff melancholy Theo Parrish-style banger by Yao, and an ambient, abstracted daydream by Fat Transfer, whose disorienting EQ and filter work take the original even further out.

More to come from Bookworms and the rest of the Solos crew.....

DJ Enso Top 5 - June 2009

2009-08-12T20:49:00.000-07:00

This was supposed to run in Time Out Hong Kong a couple (few?) months ago but they been halfsteppin... so of course it'll be outta date when it comes time to publish! All love to Time Out but you know how that is.. So we figured we'd at least post it somewhere while it was only a few months outta date ;)

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DJ ENSO (Solos Records (San Francisco), Pimpin Ain't Easy (Hong Kong)
www.solosrecords.com www.pimpinainteasy.hk

ARTIST - TRACK - ALBUM - LABEL

1. Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (ft. Vybz Cartel) - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazer Do (Diplo & Switch) - Downtown Records

There's been major hype for a long time around this project. It's obvious why... Diplo and Switch head to Jamaica, along with lots of their friends, to make a dancehall project. This is Diplo, whose Mad Decent label has brought so many forms of international music into mainstream clubs over the years, and Switch, whose heavy-hitting production has put "electro," "fidget-house," and "dubstep" genre boundaries under increased pressure. Production spots from Crookers and Afro-Jack. Many, many guest vocalists such as Vybz Cartel, Santigold, Turbulence, Mr Vegas. I remember first hearing "Pon De Floor" on a youtube video a couple months back -- some DJ was rocking it in some school auditorium or something.. and the video footage was horrible. But you get it at 320k and it's FIRE. The whole project is not to be missed.

2. Toddla T - Sound Tape Killin (ft. Serocee) - Skanky Skanky - 1965

Toddla T is a young producer from Sheffield, UK -- greatly influenced by dancehall, grime, and bass music. This track is from his debut full-length, and is by far the most "electro" of the bunch. The heavy bass synth and vocals chops make it club primetime-friendly.

3. Mos Def - Quiet Dog - The Ecstatic - Downtown Records

Mos is back!!! The whole new album ain't bad, start to finish. "Quiet Dog's" driving rhythm, extended structure, and laid-back flow reminds me a bit of "Sex, Love & Money," my favorite track on his 2004 "The New Danger" release.

4. Joker/2000F - You Don't Know What Love Is (ft. J Kamata) - You Don't Know What Love Is 12" - Hyperdub

The b-side of "Digidesign" (a classic nu-dubstep track), "You Don't Know What Love Is" has some of the same elements, but is also G-FUNKED THE FUCK OUT. Major props to DJ Kiat (Singapore) for dropping this in the middle of his set a couple months back at a Kongkrete Bass party at Backstage in Hong Kong.

5. 12th Planet - Control (Skream Remix) - Control 12" - Basshead Music

WICKED bass-heavy dubstep remix of this excellent 12th Planet dub track. Love the synth-interpolation of the original theme. Well-rooted in the original dub, but still clearly Skream. CONTROL! CONTROLLLLLL!!!!

Javelin down for the bikes

2009-08-12T07:42:00.001-07:00

Check out this video put together by the great people at GOOD magazine featuring a track by our homies Javelin, who happen to currently be on tour, check their myspace for dates, sweet!

LA MANITA DE FAUNA REMIXES – FREE DOWNLOAD

2009-07-17T10:09:00.000-07:00

01- Fauna - Gauchito Gil (Black Mandingo Bass Mix)
02 - Fauna - El Zombie (DisqueDJ Remix)
03 - Fauna - Las Mil Caras (Un Mono Azul Remix)
04 - Fauna - (Adrian Giordano Remix)
05 - Zurita - Llega Fauna (bmore Skank mix)
06 - Fauna - Las Mil Caras (Lagartijeando remix)
07 - Fauna - El 04 (Brujjas Remix)
08 - Fauna - Las Mil Caras (Searchl1te rmx)
09 - Fauna - El 04 (Senorina Remix)
10 - Fauna - Las Mil Caras (Roche Remix)

LA MANITA DE FAUNA REMIXES – FREE DOWNLOAD

Fauna just released this collection of remixes. Roche's remix of "Las Mil Caras" is the final track. Big ups to ZZK!!!!!

Roche- Beat Tape Volume One Get Stoned

2009-07-12T23:03:00.001-07:00

Here's the tracklist...

Intro
Climbing
Tater Tots
Getting Stoned
Party party
Addicted to the game
Waiting in Vain
Sooo Coool
Nautilus
Listen To Your Heart
5th Dimensia
Nightmare Seven
Ono band
Computer Ashes
Ooh Ahh
People Make Ecstasy
Magic
1981
Strange Company
Hustlin
Who Knows...Outro

zshare download

mediafire download

Roche - Beat Tape Volume One Get Stoned

Bookworms Live @ Li Po Lounge 07.06.09

2009-07-09T00:20:00.000-07:00

Bookworms Live @ Lipo 07/06/09 from Solos Records on Vimeo.

Music Scene @ Amnesia July 23rd

2009-07-08T07:51:00.000-07:00

MJ: may he rest in peace

2009-06-26T12:03:00.000-07:00

CB Radio Visit / Bookworms Beats

2009-06-23T13:34:00.000-07:00

B of CB Radio came to the Bay Area this last weekend to pay homage to his homeland. He dj'd some party's and raised spirts all around.

Bookworms made a great beat/mixtape. here are both sides, check it out!!!

01 side one by bookworms

02 side two by bookworms

Bookworms Live @ Retox (SF, CA) 05/29/09

2009-05-30T14:58:00.000-07:00

Bookworms half hour set from last night @ the Retox lounge in San Francisco. Bookworms having just got back in town from NY shows us his own disco and minimal techno stylings - give thanks and praises for the first 22 seconds before strapping yourself in for the journey.

Bookworms Live @ Retox

nik on first class con air coming back from NY

VIDEO: Bookworms Live @ House of Shields (SF) April 11th, 2009

2009-05-24T12:09:00.000-07:00

**Apologies the video has some minor audio glitches.**

Bookworms Live @ House of Shields (April 11th 2009) from Solos Records on Vimeo.

Bookworms Live Set May 1st Music Seen

2009-05-19T14:33:00.000-07:00

The first 7 min of Bookworms set at Li Po May 1st
Good stuff
It gets a little louder after the talking

Yao Live @ Home Mix

2009-05-17T16:32:00.000-07:00

Yao(sers) at home recording straight from his MPC to a half broken iriver reording device (so expect some mal- equed moments), this mix is dutty yall, one take, at the house styles, no editting with "mistakes", all recent yao productions/ ideas.

Yao(sers) Live @ Home

Interview with Yao (Yaosers)

2009-05-16T13:03:00.000-07:00

interview with Yao from or friends over at eso meliae, check it out

Solos May 1st Show Aftershots

2009-05-07T12:30:00.001-07:00

Yao played beats off his mpc and also hosted the event

Jib Kidder played guitar into a delay peddle and then played drums and sang melodies over the live guitar loops

Fat Transfer performed songs with her laptop as the soundsource and mic

Bookworms played a live set off his 303

Roche played records

Thanks to everyone who came out, it was a fun night!!

Keeping Vinyl Alive!!!

2009-05-05T19:00:00.000-07:00

Check out this cool clip of Theo Parrish in Detroit @ Archer Record Pressing, Detroits last vinyl pressing plant, where they are still keeping the vinyl alive. Hallelujah!

May 1st Solos Show

2009-04-27T11:55:00.000-07:00

Fat Transfer
Jib Kidder

checkout Roche's remix of Javelin's "Africadabra"

Stevie Wonder (Live) "People Make the World Go Round"

2009-04-23T08:47:00.001-07:00

and this is why Stevie is a living legend...

Yao on Grown Kids Radio

2009-04-21T18:54:00.000-07:00

Check out our homie E da Boss and his co horts at Grown Kids Radio as they drop an unreleased Yao track in their new mix along with some great tunes from Mike Slott and Dibiase.

ORO11 on NPR

2009-04-10T10:52:00.000-07:00

Our brethren ORO11(Gavin Burnett) and Zizek crew getting some shine on NPR....check it out here

Jovian's New World Water

2009-03-22T13:23:00.000-07:00

Check out Jovian's "Life Changes" track from SIS used excellently for this GOOD Magazine segment on water...

ZZK Mixtape

2009-03-16T21:18:00.000-07:00

Check out this great free mix from ZZK by Douster

Douster is on a crazy tour right now along with fellow ZZK members Fauna and DJ Eli G

Artist Portraits: Yao

2009-02-28T12:49:00.001-08:00

Peep photos of Yao in Bay Area photographer David Bornfriend's artist photo profiles where he got great snaps of local and national artists...

Bookworms On BBC Radio 1 ((once again))

2009-02-20T12:02:00.000-08:00

Big ups to Mary Anne Hobbs of BBC Radio 1's Experimental Show!!

"Mary Anne Hobbs has been showing a lot of luv to the west coast during her experimental show on BBC-Radio 1. Last night she made me blush(again) by playing a remix i did of Brookhaven's 'static in the valley'. it is an honor to have my music played by her on that station. Thank you again to Mary Anne Hobbs :-) and Lemonade for alerting her to my music or whatever.thanks yall!..yesss" -Bookworms

Wednesday 18 February

0200
Zinc feat Foreign Beggars - 'Move' from the 'Killa Sound EP' (Bingo Bass)
Flying Lotus - 'Parisian Goldfish' [TAKE Rmx] (Warp)
Pinch - 'Teleport' (Planet Mu)
Legion Of Two - 'And Now We Wait' (Planet Mu)
F - 'Epilogue' [Ramadanman Rerub] (7even)
Samiyam - 'Bricks' (Dubpate)
Floating Points - 'Esthian Three' (Dubplate)
The Scarlet Harlots feat Shiftee Moova - 'Backlash' [Raffertie's Bigger Bass Remix] (Dubplate)
Harry Craze & Silkie - 'French Knickers' (Break The Habit)
Teebs - 'WLTA' (Dubplate)
Joker - 'Psychedelic Runway' (Kapsize)
Exile - 'Your Summer Song' from the LP 'Radio' (Plug Research)
Ras G - 'Speaker Smash!!!!!!!!!!!' (Dubplate)
Beat Pharmacy - 'Nuclear Race' [Komonazmuk & Appleblim mix] (Dubplate)
Martyn - 'Elden St' from the LP 'Great Lengths' (3024)

Ben Klock in the Mix
Ben Klock – ‘Grip’ (Ostgut Ton)
Levon Vincent – ‘Six Figures’ (Novel Sound)
Steffan Linzatti – ‘See’ (Stockholm LTD)
Steve Stoll – ‘Run in it - B1’ (Proper)
Norman Nodge – ‘Rush’ (MDR)
Telefon Tel Aviv – ‘Immolate Yourself’ [Ben Klock Remix] (BPitchcontrol)
Roman Lindau – ‘Simplicity’ (Fachwerk)

0300
Bookworms – ‘Static In The Valley – Brookhaven’ (Dubplate)
Mono/Poly - 'The Beatles' (Dubplate)
Bullion - 'Young Heartache' (One Handed Music)
EPROM - '64 Bytes' [Boreta Remix] (Additech)
Commodo - 'Querky' (Dubplate)
Truth - 'Stolen Children' (Deep Medi)
Computer Jay - 'Maintain' [Mike Slott Rewerk] (Ramp Recordings)
Robert Logan - 'Acurate Spit Boy' (Slowfoot)
The Woods - 'Anatomy Of A Leak' (Plug Research)
Glasser - 'Apply' [Lemonade mix] (Dubplate)
Sh** Mat – ‘White Label Unity’ from the album ‘One Foot In The Rave’ (Planet Mu)

Lemonade Remixtape-Free Download@RCD LBL

2009-02-13T13:07:00.000-08:00

RCD LBL recently posted Lemonade's Remixtape, with remixes by Solos Records artists Yao, Roche and Bookworms, as well as some other folks; C.L.A.W.S., Lazer Sword, Shades, Ghosts on Tape, Soft Thing, Delorean, Stay High and Mashpest.
It's Free!!!

Bookworms On BBC Radio 1

2009-02-12T11:03:00.000-08:00

Shout out to Mary Anne Hobbs for playing Bookworms "How Can I" (remix of MI AMI) On her latest BBC Radio 1's Experimental Show "WEST COAST ROCKS"

DJ Enso highlighted in Time Out Hong Kong

2009-01-27T23:40:00.000-08:00

Hit the pic to read the full article.

NYE with YAO

2008-12-17T12:26:00.000-08:00

Yao will be performing NYE in the SFC alongside our good friends Disco Shawn and Oro11 of Bersa Discos, it should prove to be a wonderful evening full of lost memories and new found hope!!

BTW

Bookworms has a great new track on his myspace page "African Rhythms".

Roche has two new beats up on his myspace page.

Enso Article in Re:spect Magazine -- MAD DECENT

2008-12-11T07:50:00.000-08:00

enso has been writing occasional articles on international dance music for hong kong's RE:SPECT magazine... a nice little project. he writes in english and they translate to chinese. good deal!!! we'll try to share them here from time to time...

see the large image here

No Summer Or Winter

2008-12-09T17:10:00.000-08:00

About a year ago Roche was introduced to Agnes Szelag via CB Radio. She gave him a CD. After first listen of her EP "No Summer Or Winter" he was inspired to remix the songs. The end result being "No Summer Or Winter (Roche Remixes)"

Here is a link to one of the remixes.

And the tracklist..

1. Lato Intro
2. Inside and Out of This World
3. Man-Made laws made man lost
4. Lato Outro

Roche will be making a few cd-r's with all 4 tracks. More info later....

Yao Attends The Tables

2008-11-18T20:00:00.000-08:00

What's Yao been up to? This past Saturday he played a rambunctious set at Anu in San Francisco. Sharing the decks with Refusenik (a connection made via the Argentina homies). Apperently he has been working on some tracks too, we look forward to hearing those.

Roche & Bookworms play music in a cave

2008-10-26T11:19:00.000-07:00

Roche & Bookworms play music in a cave, this footage was recently found and is probably from the pre historic neanderthal days.

UPDATE: Many may perhaps see the Barack Obama pins (at the video's end) as a reflection of the political leanings of Roche and Bookworms, but these items and their placement in the video are merely a representation of pics of the event and the night's partygoers and in no way reflect the opinions of Roche and Bookworms or Solos Records.

It should be also stated that Yao and Enso do openly support Barack Obama and his presidential run.

Solos crew remixes Lemonade

2008-10-21T07:56:00.000-07:00

Lemonade, bay area hometown heroes, who have just relocated to NY are releasing their excellent debut album on True Panther Sounds today actually!! If you order it here, you will receive an exclusive remix CD featuring many incredible reworkings of the hot tracks from the album. Solos crew came out in full force, as Bookworms, Roche and Yao jumped at the opportunity to remix some of their friends great material. Don't sleep!

A Night With Yao

2008-10-01T17:40:00.000-07:00

Yao played Beat House Rock at Club 6 in San Francisco. It was a fun night. Mr. Dibiase was the headliner but we had to cut out earlier to catch the last Tormenta Tropical at 222 hyde. It was a blast. It's too bad that little spot had to close, we had some great shows there.

customs check...

2008-09-17T19:19:00.000-07:00

this is on american soil...watch out for a musical shot....

Solos In Stereo II SF Release Party

2008-09-03T22:47:00.000-07:00

SOLOS IN STEREO II SAN FRANCISCO RELEASE PARTY LI PO LOUNGE SATURDAY AUG 30TH

High Time was the opening dj. Pure gems.

Bookworms played a live set, it was crazy.

Shane King had the kids dancing, I think that's been said in a few blogs already.

Steve Summers (performing as Malvoeaux) played some really big filters and tweaked knobs, it sounded awesome.

Disco Shawn closed the night like a true hero, enough said.

Thomas Bates provided visuals throughout the evening. It was hi-tech and sci-fi amazingtripness.

Bookworms and Roche on KALX

2008-08-26T18:52:00.000-07:00

Monday (the 25th of August) Eddy Bauer (of KALX Berkeley 90.7) was kind enough to have Bookworms and Roche come thru and play a bunch of random music.
Here's the playlist and some pics, we will try to get some audio up

Sweet Road (Yao Rmx) - Animal Collective - Unreleased
Grateful Alice - JRK - Limited release vinyl
Vibrations - Javelin - Unreleased
Ayo Technology (Instr) - 50 Cent ft JT - Curtis
Muevete (Roche Rmx) - CB Radio - Unreleased
Will To Joy - Animal Collective - Unreleased
Since I Met You (Yao Rmx) - Bookworms - The Hidden Staircase
Izus - Aphex Twin - Richard D. James
Flip Flap - Jib Kidder - All On Ya'll Mixtape
Bro's - Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Golden Diva - Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Riot Radio - Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
African Rhythms (Bookworms Rmx) - Mi Ami - Mi Ami Remixes CD-R
Merry Making At My Place (Mr. Oizo Rmx) - Calvin Harris - Merry Making At My Place
Metabolic - Ecru - Sons of Winded Armies
Static In The Valley (Bookworms Rmx) - Brookhaven - Unreleased
Sizzle - Roche and Louis - Claiming Space EP
Baby's On Fire - Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
Soda Popinski - Javelin - Unreleased
Walk On By - Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
Grenadine Girl (CB Radio Rmx) - Jovian - Unreleased

This is what we were talking about....

Records.. Vinyl... Acetate.. Wax!!!

2008-08-18T17:04:00.000-07:00

We love records, so we got big respect for homeboy right here, very impressive...

The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

via Nahright

RIP Isaac Hayes

2008-08-11T17:18:00.000-07:00

Damn. Big love to the Black Moses.

SISII Release Party(s)

2008-08-09T02:21:00.000-07:00

SAN FRANCISCO

HONG KONG

Muevete

2008-07-23T14:43:00.000-07:00

Roche has done a remix of CB Radio's "Muevete" (off our new comp).
It's on his myspace page along with a bunch of other remixes.

Solos In Stereo II available soon.....

New tracks from the entire Solos roster and special guests!!

One Mo Gin' (again)

2008-07-14T20:11:00.000-07:00

We put a Jonesy post up about a month ago, remember.......

Jonesy is a rapper/musician/partyanimal.

Jonesy and Bookworms made some songs together. The first to drop is "One Mo Gin'" on our next release "Solos In Stereo II" available this July.

You can hear a version of "One Mo Gin'" on Jonesy's myspace.

Checkout Bookworms myspace for another track featuring Jonesy.

Now you can also checkout Roche's myspace for a remix of "One Mo Gin'"

Suenes

2008-07-09T17:13:00.000-07:00

Seems like a long time ago....
"Plantain Is Public" had just dropped.
Yao just got back from Argentina and got a cool/wierd spot near Alamo Square.
One day he shared this video with us. His friend Sean Selva, who Yao met in Argentina, made the video.

Solos in URB

2008-07-05T02:49:00.000-07:00

URB had some good things to say about our new comp.
BTW they got some info wrong, sorry Jovian and Bookworms don't rap.
However any press is good press and these guys gave us 4 stars out of 5 so we can't be mad.

Zizek coast to coast July tour

2008-07-03T11:35:00.000-07:00

Stevie aint the only one who is hotter than July. Our homies from the Zizek posse of Buenos Aires are also hotter than July, and will be on a USA invasion tour during that same July that they are hotter than! They are even going to Canada, now thats North America love right there, and Mexico City- wow!!! This is so sinserious, this tour right hurrr. Im sure they are going to be killing it, so go out and celebrate.

Check em at a town near you!

DJ Enso track on Time.com

2008-07-02T21:00:00.000-07:00

Time Magazine was in HK a few weeks back, and they made a nice little video about Parkour artists there. Our friend Govad was featured, and they ended up using an old DJ Enso beat called "Groupie Love" for the intro and throughout the first half.... represent y'all....

check it out here

Maybe one day solos crew will get to make a new theme song for CNN's "The Situation Room"....

Solos Records Presents Fake Cake Gallery's Last Party Ever

2008-07-01T01:12:00.000-07:00

Solos Records Presents Fake Cake Gallery's Last Party Ever

Here is some footage and sound from Fake Cake Gallery's last show on June 13th 2008. Unfortunately the dancefloor was dark so most of this footage is from the lively behind the scenes area (the kitchen). Enjoy.

I've seen many strange things

2008-07-01T00:07:00.000-07:00

the cover art for our new compilation "Solos In Stereo"

a flyer for a show we had a few months ago

we put these flyers in all the stores on Haight Street in SF, including Villains Vault, who apparently liked our design so much they choose to........

hmmmm........cool but........

biters

Only When I Dream

2008-06-21T01:42:00.000-07:00

Chicago's Pugslee Atomz is a dope mc and an all around good person. We met him while on tour in Chicago. He was nice enough to play some of our music on his radio show. Since then we have all been playing more shows and making more music.

With that said, here's another preview of our new compilation "Solos In Stereo II". It's a song produced by Roche featuring Pugslee and his homie Wes Restless.

Only When I Dream-Roche ft Pugslee Atomz and Wes Restless

Blog Love....

Rockthedub

FakeShoreDrive

KonstantRevolution

One Mo Gin'

2008-06-16T20:41:00.000-07:00

Jonesy is a rapper/singer/musician of sorts. When we first heard his stuff, we liked it. Some songs kinda sounded like Charisma meets the Biz at recess and some didn't....at all, but in a good way.

Jonesy and Bookworms made some songs together. The first to drop is "One Mo Gin'" on our next release "Solos In Stereo II" available this July.

You can hear a version of "One Mo Gin'" on Jonesy's myspace.

Checkout Bookworms myspace for another track featuring Jonesy.

CB Radio Gets More Love

2008-06-11T13:01:00.000-07:00

XLR8R have posted CB Radio's "Muevete" on their mp3's page. You can now download the track off their website.

Better Propaganda have also posted "Muevete" along with CB Radio's "Blue Skies". They also somehow got a picture of the (soon to be released) "Solos In Stereo II" coverart. It looks something like this....

Hot Jamz Of Javelin

2008-06-09T18:42:00.000-07:00

Our friends Javelin have a great video for their track "Education!"
It was made by Bennett Williamson of the GRL

You can hear more of Javelin on our next release "Solos In Stereo II".

Grenadine Girl

2008-06-08T21:08:00.000-07:00

Jovian recently put up a slightly different version of "Grenadine Girl" on his myspace page.

Grenadine Girl-Jovian

Also checkout CB Radio's remix :

Grenadine Girl (CB Radio remix)

"Grenadine Girl" is cut off our next release "Solos In Stereo II" due for release this July. It's a compilation featuring all our resident artists as well as guest artists Javelin, Pugslee Atomz, Wes Restless and Jonesy.

CB Radio and Yao(Yaosers) @ Fake Cake Studios

2008-06-07T21:35:00.000-07:00

The Fake Cake Studios is soon to be closed which makes us really sad, so these Grey Poupon Brothers are putting in extra work there, spending 25 hours a day in there, eating in there,dancing, drinking beers up in there, having cough syrup binges in there, and even CB Radio giving Yao mini music theory lessons on the piano. Such is the legacy that the smoldering ashes of the Fake Cake studios will have as the recking ball smashes into it and construction converting it into a parking lot begins....okay, kididing, that would be too cliché... its really going to be turned into a Chuck E Cheese
So here is some recent footage of them working on some music there:

Tormenta Tropical

2008-06-07T13:42:00.000-07:00

CB Radio will play two last Bay Area shows before heading out to New York.
We'll be there tonight.

This show will be the last FakeCake Gallery show.

If you are in the SF Bay Area don't sleep on these shows.

Bookworms Folks

2008-06-06T00:27:00.000-07:00

Bookworms recently self-released a five song collection of remixes. There were only twentyfive copies, each wrapped in a handsewn fabric sleeve made by Shadi. There might be plans for a second run, so if you happen to see Bookworms at a show in the Bay Area you betta axe about it.

Tracklisting....

Folks: Remixes By Bookworms

1. Mi Ami - How Can I
2. Brookhaven - Static In The Valley
3. Finest Dearest - Slow Going
4. CB Radio - Blue Skies
5. Brookhaven - Something Must Remain Of Us

222 Club

2008-05-31T15:19:00.000-07:00

Partytime with Curtis Vodka, Disco Shawn, Oro11 and CB Radio

Bookworms was a party animal. He also stood on the dancefloor with his eyes closed for about 15 minutes.

Battle Of The Year

2008-05-11T21:11:00.000-07:00

Unity Recordings of China have a new release featuring none other than Solos Records eastern star producer Jovian. Be on the lookout for his track "Grenadine Girl" on our new comp "Solos In Stereo II" (coming out this July!).

This just in...

2008-05-01T20:24:00.000-07:00

Some girl with a newsies hat(who i'd usually ignore) had a lil birdie on her shoulder who told me this earlier today...

"EXTRA EXTRA, stickers are like the new condoms, all the guys are wearing them"

I was baffled, then the bird told me he was visiting from Hong Kong where DJ Enso djed the other night (pics), where indeed all the fellas where in fact rocking their stickers, like the back of DJ Enso (which said SOLOS IN STEREO 2- CD RELEASE SUMMER 2008- which is a good look as I know alot of people have been wondering about that) as well as this guy and his girl who look like swing dancers straight from the 30s/40s updated a bit(I'm really feelin that pic btw) rocking the Solos Records sticker. a big rrrrrespect goes out to the swinger man for blessing the arm. seen.

watch out we may start making condoms

solos recommends: Samiyam ~ Portishead ~ C.R.A.C.

2008-05-01T19:38:00.000-07:00

So alot of good music coming out right now that i'd like to recommend-

first off, check for SamiYam, Rap Beats vol. 1 instrumental CD, he is killing it on the beats here with his own distinct style.

Portishead is back, as reported a couple mos. ago here, and I just finished my second listen and am liking it. They did not fall to the junior josh (a la sophomore slump), so dont be scurred.

and lastly, Blu, one of my fav new emcees has teamed up with Ta' Raach to form C.R.A.C.(pronounced crass, go figure) and there new album the Piece Talks is really really good- its really fun and loose and Ta'Raach comes nice on the beats. It is unlike anything I've heard before.

thats it for now... theres plenty more i can name, but yo i wont put em to use, anyways, i love music my man

real rappers

2008-04-22T19:40:00.000-07:00

what do you gotta do?

2008-04-18T11:46:00.000-07:00

so our boy Obizzey had something to do and say after that sorry excuse for a debate the other night, check it out: