Tracklist for Tuesday July 7, 2009

Phontaine - Nonsense (Disaster)
BSOD - This is the Hook
Deadmau5 - Dr. Frankenstein
Pete Samples - And All the Kids Smile
Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning
The New Cities - Modern Ghost
Holy Fuck - Super Inuit
Eleazer vs. John - Of Age
Gunstar - The Dream Machine
Gunstar - Death Star Disco
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up
Junior Boys - In the Morning
Caribou - Desiree
Placebo - Post Blue
Bright Eyes - Gold Mine Gutted
Wisp - Keeper of the Hills
Vibrasphere - Breathing Place

Tracklist for Tuesday June 30, 2009

Eleazer vs. John - Of Age
Deadmau5 - Vanishing Point
Bonnie Pope + Micah - In Limbo
Phontaine - Nonsense (Disaster)
Goldfrapp - A&E
John Legend & Andre 3000 - Green Light (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Armin van Buuren - A State of Trance 2009
Jordan Aguirre - G-Storm
Jordan Aguirre + Jan Van Valberg - Brinstar
Shinjuku Zulu - That Groove
Thavius Beck - Will I Ever
Tim Hecker - Borderlands
Rebotini - Un Cheval d'Orgueil
Boys Noize - Jeffer
La Roux - Fascination

The Shoeshine Factory

The man, the legend. Master DJ and trance music producer Armin van Buuren never ceases to amaze with respect to any project he takes on. In particular, his radio show entitled A State of Trance, which has been on air for over 300 weekly episodes is a groundbreaking 2 hour mix every week. He showcases trance music of different genres and styles from around the world in a relentless fashion that is listener friendly from start to finish. He also promotes featured tracks from artists he believes are up and coming in the world of trance and a track from the past he believes to be a show stopper.

Another cool element of the show is a listener poll, allowing fans to vote on specific tracks that hold more talent or power, which is demonstrative of artists' popularity. Since March 2001, the show has been broadcasted in over 29 countries and has an average of 30,000,000 (yes, million) listeners every week.


Starting in 2004, Buuren began to release two hour mix albums spanning two discs of his favourites from the show. This year's A State of Trance 2009 is a staple in the series with an all-star artist line-up with tracks that rend your soul and move your emotions. It is available now in hard copy and on iTunes. If you've never given trance an opportunity, now's the time to do it.

Tracklist for Tuesday June 23, 2009

The Field - I Have the Moon, You Have the Internet
MSTRKRFT - Bounce
MGMT - Time to Pretend
Pony Pony Run Run - Walking on a Line
Tiga - Turn the Night On
Moderat - Rusty Nails
Amon Tobin - The Killer's Vanilla
Team Teamwork - Lollipop (M83 Remix)
Bomb the Bass - Bug Powder Dust (Chemical Brothers Remix)
Phoenix - 1901
Christer - How You Like It
Metric - Help I'm Alive
Junior Boys - Hazel
Remute - Grand Glam
Cicada - One Beat Away
Montag - Best Boy Electric
Bitrate - Ecstatic Exchange

Support

Over the period that I've been doing the show, I've had a lot of support from a ton of great people involved not only at CJAM, but also other students at the University of Windsor. So this afternoon I put together a montage of pictures from the past year or so of just shit going on and the people who, essentially, are awesome to have around and help motivate me in doing what I do.

Note: Yes the Daft Punk helmets I made were a fuckin' bitch

Tracklist for Tuesday June 16, 2009

All female show.


Beast - Devil
I'm Not a Band - Electrolin
Peaches - Lose You (Yuksek & Brodinski Remix)
Stars - Sleep Tonight (Junior Boys Remix)
Crystal Castles - She Fell Out (Coralcola Remix)
Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive (Armand Van Helden Remix)
Cicada - Falling Rockets
Ellen Allien - Come
Dragonette - Fixin' to Thrill
Christer - Cadaver (Body Parts Remix)
La Roux - Bulletproof (Foamo Remix)
Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line (Dub Remix)
Metric - Police and the Private
The Knife - Girls' Night Out
Little Boots - Meddle
Ladytron - Predict the Day
Fever Ray - Keep the Streets Empty for Me

Bulletproof

In the next coming months there will be an influx in releases of female-driven acts. Too my chagrin, artists like the ever popular, yet terrible, Lady Gaga have left a permanent stain on the image of what these women are capable of and are aiming to achieve within the genre. Though, I have higher hopes now that I've seen some of the new/newer work of a few notable outfits.

The new single from Canadian group Dragonette entitled "Fixin' to Thrill" is a dynamo of super-heavy grinding synth effects with catchy, yet not cheesy, vocals. The quartet's initial release, "Galore" was a milestone for Canadian and female artists of the genre, melting away the lets-get-drunk-and-party stereotype that artists like Gaga imprinted in people's minds.

Another brand new release from British artist Little Boots, entitled "Hands", is a sixteen track, strobe-lit express, packed with danceable tracks like "New in Town" and "Remedy". However, the upcoming album from fellow Brit La Roux (pictured above) is stealing the show (in my opinion at the very least). Her intensely electric vocal effort in her work is captivating and enthralling. I'm extremely partial to the track "Bulletproof" which has been released via EP along with remixes by a handful of artists including Just a Band. And if that doesn't get your dance-engine revving, you're clearly in a coma.