― scott seward, Saturday, 7 April 2007 01:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon, Saturday, 7 April 2007 02:46 (seventeen years ago) link
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― dan selzer, Sunday, 8 April 2007 06:42 (seventeen years ago) link
late to to teh party m8s, but here are my two #####. there's no mood anymore because people aren't looking for magic, an experience, a transcendant kinda thing (despite the whole "cosmic" motif these days, no one's doing any of that 'open ur mind + heart' shit). people want the coke, bat-shit out of your minds kinda experience, or the "I'm so cool cuz I'm here" - so, you get "UP UP UP", corny gimmicks, horribly lame underground clothing label-type mixes, etc.
When psychotropic drugs and that social atmosphere come back into fashion (if ever, and maybe they have somewhere cooler than me), then you'll probably get people favoring music that's a little weirder and moodier. But, 2007 = lindsey lohan, obsessive materialism, narcissism, cocaine, internet-age ADHD, etc. - so it's what u get.
― uhrrrrrrr10, Monday, 4 June 2007 04:11 (sixteen years ago) link
are you saying its hard to enjoy disco music on coke?
― g®▲đұ, Monday, 4 June 2007 04:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I get those emails too, the Can one is probably the worst one. I like the JJ Cale, Frankie Valli, Human Beinz the best.
― haitch, Monday, 4 June 2007 04:24 (sixteen years ago) link
2007 = lindsey lohan, obsessive materialism, narcissism, cocaine, internet-age ADHD
this and this
you get "UP UP UP", corny gimmicks, horribly lame underground clothing label-type mixes, etc.
is OTM, but you're making a mistake conflating the disco edit movement with this. if anything, that movement is about decreasing the energy - cutting out all the fun bits and only keeping the dull, "tasteful" parts. worst idea ever, i say.
i'm quite fond of the idea of Diplo as our generation's Jive Bunny, i must say.
― Jeb, Monday, 4 June 2007 04:37 (sixteen years ago) link
No, it's hard to enjoy disco when everyone else is on coke and your quad-dipped tabs are starting to come on and the guy next to you with the lava lamp for a face just won't shut up...
― DJ Logan5, Monday, 4 June 2007 06:02 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm still not understanding the point of edits like this edit of the turtles 'happy together' by Todd Terje. sounds like he looped the intro once, pumped up the bass and added a bit of effects towards the end. what'd that take him, 10 minutes?
http://americanathlete.blogspot.com/2007/06/introducing-wade-nichols.html
― jaxon, Monday, 4 June 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
But that's often the point of an "edit" as opposed to a "remix". And they often take 10 minutes.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 4 June 2007 19:00 (sixteen years ago) link
it's for people who would do mashups but don't have the talent, basically ;)
― never acid again, Monday, 4 June 2007 19:17 (sixteen years ago) link
naaah edits generally don't fuck with the originals too much, just make them more "deejay-able" - ie a bit more intro, bass and effects
― jaime, Monday, 4 June 2007 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Exactly, nowadays it can be as simple as just running a live drum based song through ableton to set the tempo perfectly.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 4 June 2007 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
boring
― jaxon, Monday, 4 June 2007 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
like putting stabilisers on your bike
― never acid again, Monday, 4 June 2007 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Eh, works for me.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 4 June 2007 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
no one here is taking a purist "all edits are bad" stance, right?
we can all agree that there are good ones and bad ones, however different that may be defined.
― g®▲đұ, Monday, 4 June 2007 20:51 (sixteen years ago) link
anyone who says all edits are bad has obv never heard anything by beatconductor or tangoterje
― The Macallan 18 Year, Monday, 4 June 2007 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
well i think the thing that should be questioned is whether or not they should be pressed and offered for sale. altho of course it'd be impossible to make that kind of judgement, the impression i've always gotten is that dj's would make em for personal use, personalized for their own sets. i mean, if you're a budding producer or whatever it's probably a nice way to learn stuff but i don't know about building a whole reputation on edits.
― jaime, Monday, 4 June 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, I'm speaking purely in terms of edits as a DJ tool. Occasionally, an edit is worth releasing, but it's rare.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 4 June 2007 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
nothing wrong with stars on 45 is there?
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 4 June 2007 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Love the Tangoterje edit of Paul Simon's "Diamonds on the Souls of her Shoes". It ends up halfway between Studio and Arthur Russell's "In The Light of the Miracle".
― Tim F, Monday, 4 June 2007 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
If they are using Ableton/Audacity/Whatever to tighten up the beats on these edits they need to do a lot better job cause I still have to warp the shit outta them!
― The Macallan 18 Year, Monday, 4 June 2007 23:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Rune Lindbaek's Afrika I'm looking at you here.
Geraldo Pine - Heavy Heavy Heavy (Catch & Release Heavy Lifting Edit)
― The Macallan 18 Year, Thursday, 14 June 2007 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link
I am obsessed with Peter Visti's remix of Dolly Parton's "Jolene". Amazing.
― Tim F, Saturday, 23 June 2007 23:47 (sixteen years ago) link
how do you all feel about bands doing covers a la mountain of one "can't be serious"
Who/ what is this a cover of? It's cool.
― Iain Macdonald, Monday, 24 September 2007 11:31 (sixteen years ago) link
it's by Ginny. http://www.flexx.be/distro/items.php?id=flexx004
got big on the DJ Harvey Sarcastic Disco mix.
― jaxon, Monday, 24 September 2007 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
surely the irony is that AMO's cover version is totally serious and straight faced.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 24 September 2007 23:20 (sixteen years ago) link
holy crap -
http://discoedits.com/
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 12 January 2009 11:30 (fifteen years ago) link
ahhathis one is one of the best out there...
http://sci-fi-pogo.blogspot.com/
― kaiser, Monday, 12 January 2009 12:41 (fifteen years ago) link
this just in: disco edits are still 99% retarded. that said, hearing Mike Dunn play disco records in Chicago sort of changed how i look at edits.
― pipecock, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 05:11 (fourteen years ago) link
thank god ILX is ok until end of june
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.grahamphillips.net/Ark/Ark_2_files/moses_with_tablets.jpg
― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:31 (fourteen years ago) link
best edit i have heard lately is the dr. dunks' 'keep it cheap', nice echoey looping business as heard on rub n tug's beats in space mix.
― juniper jazz (haitch), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 04:22 (fourteen years ago) link
yellow cards? are we playing soccer here?
― pipecock, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 14:10 (fourteen years ago) link
the yellowcard is ILXs own way of calling you retarded, bro
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 14:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Soccer? What's that then? I
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ RIP us / europe zinger
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Is pipecock banned again already or something? If not, I'm interested in hearing more about the Mike Dunn set and in what way it changed your view.
― matt2, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4662/img00036v.jpg
― jaxon, Monday, 5 October 2009 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
no wai
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Monday, 5 October 2009 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
wai
― fleetwood (max), Monday, 5 October 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
that wasn't even at a nerdy record store. was just at your run of the mill hipster haberdashery
― jaxon, Monday, 5 October 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link