Eriq Johnson, Rock on

2010/01/04 //

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!

My buddy Eriq has produced a dirty, gritty remix of Polymorphic’s “Rock On”.

This producer has been featured on THAT DISCO SHIT before, and hopefully will be gracing my blog with his music many more times in the future!

want it fo’ free?

Rock On (Eriq Johnson Remix).mp3

This guy’s rockin’ hard. show him love here..

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eriq-Johnson/231040260728

http://www.myspace.com/eriqjohnson

Keep it deadly,

Phantom

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Pictureplane

2009/12/31 //

Hi!

It’s the last day of the decade, and the 83rd post for THAT DISCO SHIT. For my last post of 2009, I talked with Pictureplane, an inspiring artist from Denver, Colorado. Thank you to everyone who has supported the blog, told their friends, and hopefully, found some good music!

Hello 2010..

http://www.myspace.com/pictureplane

Phantom

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We Like It Funky, We Give You Funky!

2009/12/23 //

R1 Ryders, based in London, introduced me to Funkitek…Check it out!

The Count And Sinden, Strange Things (R1 Ryders Funkitek Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/v/WSN9IssF7qM&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Major Lazer, Pon De Floor (R1 Ryder’s Funkitek Mix)

http://www.youtube.com/v/Pk3w5GycPnc&hl=en_US&fs=1&

La Roux, I’m Not Your Toy (R1 Ryders Funkitek Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/v/KgR42sSvoLc&hl=en_US&fs=1&

They have been kind enough to answer a few questions for THAT DISCO SHIT!

INTERVIEW.

1. Your most recent collaborations include remixes of La Roux, Major Lazer and The Count And Sinden, what have you enjoyed most about putting these together?

Well we were feeling what these artists were coming with and felt that we could work with the tracks we remixed. Injecting our sound into these works was a new challenge for us and a lot of fun but playing these remixes out and seeing ravers skank and enjoy themselves to Funkitek is the most enjoyable part of it all!

2. Karnak originated the style known as Funkitek, combining House, Hardcore, Jungle and Rave..in these genres, who are some artists that most inspire you?

Thats a very hard question to answer but if we had to pick three The Prodigy, Hype and Todd Edwards.

3. Best show you saw in 2009?

We saw Mala from Digital Mystiks play a wicked dubstep classics set at DMZ Corsica Studios London during the summer. There was so much vibes and energy going on!

4. What’s in the works for R1 Ryders in 2010?

More Funkitek! We have the Full Throttle EP landing soon which features four tracks that have been featuring in our sets, Hydraulic, Karni4, Karni4 Refix and Intellitek. We also have some vocal projects in the pipeline as well as DJ bookings… Keep it locked to www.r1ryders.com for all the latest info!

5. What would you say to any upcoming artists who are interested in being progressive and interesting?

Do your research, be yourself and keep your music REAL! Remember there are no rules…

http://www.myspace.com/r1ryders

Phantom

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Fresh Espresso

2009/12/21 //

Fresh Espresso is one of the most enjoyable things I have heard in so long..After hearing “The Lazerbeams” on KEXP, I’ve been needing my fix of their wonderful music every.single.day.

3. Your lyrics feel “unconventional” in that they seem to move within the frameworks you guys create, very free and breezy. What most influences your lyrical style?

What most influences my lyrical style? WOMEN… Ha! Just kidding (not really).

Um.. but, I feel like on glamour one of the key themes is portraying our grimey, poverteous lives in there own kind of elegance and style. Like if your eating Ramen everyday, you kinda have to create this fantasy world where the grimey side of life is romanticized.

When we were writing our first album we were very poor. I was homeless. Rik was mostly un-employed… and to escape that reality we wrote tunes about living large and living the glamour life.

That may not always be a central theme in our future tunes, but on our last record it certainly was.

4. What’s Fresh Espresso most excited to work on in 2010? Any individual projects in the works?

There are some wonderful oppurtunities for colaboration in 2010… we are also working on our next record. We definatly have some surprises up our sleves for 2010, just you wait.

http://www.myspace.com/freshespresso

Watch out for those lazerbeams.

Phantom

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Burning Up In Here!

2009/12/20 //

Rubix is in the house.

Baiser Sur La Disco (Rubix Refix).mp3

Burning Up In Here (Rubix Remix).mp3

INTERVIEW.

1. You’re the second artist from Amsterdam I’ve featured on THAT DISCO SHIT (the other being The Century), both of you guys have this strong sense of freedom and energy in your music..how does the area you live in help shape your musical creativity?

I make music everywhere… I always take my laptop with me, sometimes in a quite environment helps we getting my tracks right. Sometimes I just go to a coffee shop, which is very crowded, and make some music.