Some Fun Cartel Love

Posted on December 25, 2009 by habitat419

Our buddies The Fun Cartel have sent us some music for you all to enjoy. The first mix is from El Guapo which contains a segment of his set from the Steve Aoki show – check out the pictures from the night on the Fun Cartel’s blog. It roars like a lion.

12 Dec Mix – El Guapo

The next is a compilation of winter themed bangers to warm your heart. Somewhere on the westside of Chicago El Guapo is enjoying this mix with a warm cup of Sparks which will warm any soul. Enjoy.

‘Hollerday’ – Matt Forrest

Track Listing:

Warm Heart of Africa (Architecture in Helsinki Remix) – The Very Best

xR2 – MIA

Dance No More (Monkey Safari Remix) – Ed. ORable w/ Spoek

Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes (Reset! Trouble Remix) – Cassius

Bulletproof (FAMUEL Remix) – La Roux

On The Floor – Louis La Roche

Everybody Wants – Green Velvet w/ Kid Sister

Coconut – French Fries

Freshman – Hollywood Holt

Grifter – Calvertron + Itchy Feet

Feel the Bass – The RadioAktives

ANYway – Duck Sauce

Gay Dentists (JFK Edit) – Mr. Ozio

Love Song – Tim Dolla

Woo Hah – DJ Sega

Pon de Floor (Elmo is Dead Remix) – Major Lazer

Sleepyhead – Passion Pit

Steve Aoki | 12 December

Posted on October 20, 2009 by habitat419

Steve Aoki

12 December

Majestic Theatre

Presented by WUD Music and iQ

Tickets on sale this Friday

Big Things Poppin: Madison Hype Initiatve

Posted on October 8, 2009 by habitat419

So where have we come from several months ago when the Madison Hype Initiative was born? Where has the hype gone? What have we achieved?

Well there have been things. More gutter basement messes with the arrival of the Ghetto Division in Madison for the FMF ’09 secret afterparty scene. Oh and don’t worry, there will be more to come from them next weekend. We may have even spawned our own movement to keep the shit hype…if you know what I’m talking about.

We had some good times this summer too. Part III of Dan Deacon came through to beat the terrace up for a little while. More and more indie music seems to dominate the scene and the now infamous Matt and Kim hit the scene…since they are a big deal now. Church.

Our friends Nigel and M$M came through once again and even LA Riots made the trip to our borough in southern WI.

From La Ville Apartments to Bangerville.

From Asian Kitchen to Wongz Wok.

Moves have been made. Things have been done. More is to be done though. Let’s see your hype. We will bring it. And bring it hard next week. You do your part in the meantime.

church,

WUD Music

-matt forrest

Fist of God

Posted on February 21, 2009 by gabrielherrera

I haven’t seen an album cover that obnoxious in a long time (oh, wait…)

MSTRKRFT’s (pronounced master-kraft) sophomore effort Fist of God ultimately aims to construct a bridge between two audiences: On one hand, the album caters to an indie electronic music community already accustomed to the Canadian DJ duo’s distinctively banging beats. On the other, a more mainstream audience unfamiliar with their work could presumably be drawn in by the multitude of guest vocalists on the album, including E-40, Ghostface Killah, and John Legend. Group members Jesse Keeler (JFK) and Andy Gowans (Al-P) relish once again in the hard, driving synths and frenetic tempo that characterized their first full-length release The Looks and their extensive remix discography. The new track “VUVUVU,” for instance, was inadvertently titled so by Justice member Xavier de Rosnay, who made the noise while trying to describe the sound of their music in his thick Parisian accent. It’s fitting: the track is suffused with exhilarating electricity that has made it a dancefloor killer in their live sets for some time now.

While all the songs on Fist of God share a familiar, almost overbearing vitality that saturates the entire album, the parallel between the tracks with vocals and those without is a major point of contention against its cohesion. MSTRKRFT’s unwillingness to innovate, however, makes it easy for each track to adhere to one of these two styles and deliver accordingly. “Word Up” would be a conceivably much weaker electro-house anthem without Ghostface Killah’s repeated cries of “do it hard” and “eat that shit up” juxtaposed against blaring sirens and crashing cymbal loops. Conversely, “1000 Cigarettes” would undoubtedly be diminished of an epic, final-showdown feel if its snare/cowbell/synthesizer climaxes and nadirs were clouded by the rhymes of some famous rapper. By making small, calculated modifications to their already successful formula, MSTRKRFT will hopefully be able to bring their trademark sound to an entirely new range of listeners.

Rating: 7.9/10

-Gabriel Herrera