writers connection

Hip Hop Appreciation Week – May 13-19, 2012

http://www.mixcloud.com/thx/hip-hop-appreciation-week-2012-thx-podcast/

click on the link to listen the podcast now from my mixcloud page

HHAW 2012 mix
Hip Hop Appreciation Week podcast compiled and mixed by THX

fetauring:
Nas – Public Enemy – James Brown – Grandmaster Caz – Beastie Boys – Erick Sermon – Davy DMX – Boogie Down Production – Cannibal Ox – Sir Menelik – Cypress Hill – Jeru The Damaja – Robbie B and Jazzy Jay – Blowfly

stereo mp3 file 320 kbps

18.13 13/05/2012

click the image (or this link) to enlarge and read the Hip Hop Declaration Of Peace

click here for the text version

podcast  # 1:

On the Wheels of Steel (mainly 80’s heavy metal) May 3, 2012 download link
stereo mp3 file 320kbps

Another hard rock podcast with a metallic flavour, featuring: Black Sabbath, Gillan, Blue Oyster Cult, Ennio Morricone, Motorhead, Ace Frehley, Saxon.

made with REAL VINYL RECORDS

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010)

Ronnie James drawing by Thulcandra

“Whenever I get dumped, I nail the door shut so that no one can come inside, get a towel and clip it around my neck so it’s like a Superman cape, take off my shoes so I can slide across the room, and…get a fake mic, like a celery stick or a pen, and I play any record that features the vocalist Ronnie James Dio.”
—- Henry Rollins (quote from Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Spoken word – Sydney, Australia – 1/17/92)

bonus link:

Map of Metal — http://mapofmetal.com/

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podcast # 2:

Hard as a rock – (mainly 70’s hard rock) – download link

Here are some rock classics taken from my vinyl records collection (33s and 45s), featuring: Iron Butterfly, Mountain, Kovacs Kati, Black Sabbath, ZZ Top, Can, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Steppenwolf, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Heartbreakers.

Compiled, mixed, recorded and encoded (in stereo mp3 file 320kbps) by me.
Enjoy…

DJ Boba Fettucini Presents Hey Hey Hey Fat Albert Breaks

http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=4Y8bwQj

DJ Evil Dee and Mr. Walt of Brooklyn Hip-Hop production crew Da Beatminerz take us through their three floors full of vinyl records.

Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections. In this episode, Da Beatminerz show off the first record they ever bought, their most valuable record and talk about their days DJing at Hot 97.

Scopro solo adesso che è stata rilasciata la nuova versione di Mixxx, dj software open source in free download qui:

http://mixxx.org/

Mi sembra (IMHO) che nella nuova versione siano stati risolti alcuni problemi di stabilità e di continuità e qualità del flusso audio.

Ho testato la nuova versione con l’MPD24 (le impostazioni della vecchia versione sono rimaste attive e funzionanti) e sembra che il controller midi in coppia con Mixxx 1.10.0 funzioni senza nessun problema.

enjoy…..

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source http://mixxxblog.blogspot.it/2011/12/mixxx-1100-released.html

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2011

Mixxx 1.10.0 Released!

Happy holidays from the Mixxx development team. After a smooth beta period, we are happy to present Mixxx 1.10.0!

Download Mixxx 1.10.0 Now

Available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Mixxx 1.10.0 brings several hard-hitting features that are the culmination of a year’s worth of work by the development team.

What we’re packing in Mixxx 1.10.0:

• Rewritten and Improved Vinyl Control Support
• Completely rewritten vinyl-style pitch-bending for clean, analog-like sound.
• Absolute, relative, and constant vinyl modes.
• Rock-solid support for Serato Vinyl/CD or Traktor Vinyl at 33 or 45 RPM.
• Single-deck Vinyl Control
• End-of-record Mode
• Improved needle skip prevention.
• Can use different vinyl types on each deck!
• Improved audio quality when scratching.
• Support for track selection using the lead-in area of the vinyl and needle-drop hotcues.
• Track lead-in for scratching before the start of songs.
• Waveform smoothing to prevent wobbly waveforms.
• New built-in vinyl signal analyzer.
• 4 Sampler Decks
• Beatloops, Loop Halve/Double Buttons
• Handy beatloop buttons let you quickly throw down an 8-beat loop as you transition from one song to the next.
• Quantized Loops, Hotcues and Beatloops
• Turn on quantization mode for a deck and all of your loops, hotcues, and beatloops will snap to the nearest beat when you place them.
• Phase Synchronization
• Sync button now synchronizes both the BPM and phase of beats.
• Beatgrid Adjust Feature
• Is your beatgrid misaligned? Easily adjust it with one click.
• Microphone Support
• Streaming and club DJs alike will love this feature. Plug in your microphone and MC your show, all without the need for an external mixer.
• Spinning Turntable Widgets and Waveform Scratching
• Skins now come with juicy spinning turntables that you can scratch to your heart’s delight.
• If vinyl control is enabled, vinyl signal quality can also be rendered to the spinning widgets.
• Waveform overviews now act as a progress bar for track analysis.
• M4A Support for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users.
• Mixxx previously could not support M4A on Windows due to licensing issues, but that restriction is now lifted with our new Windows Media Foundation M4A plugin. Mixxx on Mac OS X already supports M4A.
• Library Improvements
• Traktor Library Support.
• New and improved Browse Mode.
• Recording Improvements
• Integrated with the library.
• Automatically splits files into pieces to avoid large files.
• CUE files of tracks played.
• Much faster iTunes and Rhythmbox support.
• Import and export of crates and playlists as M3U/PLS playlists.
• Playlists and crates are lockable and rename-able.
• Dragging to library sidebar auto-expands closed sections and is easier to aim.
• Track play count is more accurately measured.
• Reload track metadata from context menu in library.
• Auto-scrolling in playlists is fixed.
• Shuffle AutoDJ Queue feature.
• Add Playlist to AutoDJ feature.
• Brand New and Updated Skins
• Deere
• 1280×800 WXGA
• 1280×1024 SXGA
• 1440×900 WXGA+
• 1920×1080 FullHD
• 1920×1200 WUXGA
• LateNight / LateNightBlues
• 1280×800 WXGA
• 1280×1024 SXGA
• 1366×768 WXGA
• Shade / ShadeDark
• 1024×600 Netbook
• 1024×768 XGA
• Phoney / PhoneyDark
• 1600×1200 UXGA
• 1680×1050 WSXGA
• Outline
• 1024×600 Netbook
• 1024×768 XGA
• 800×480 WVGA
• Accessibility Improvements
• Mixxx should play nicer with screen-readers now. It’s not perfect, but a step in the right direction.
• Limited Support for Internationalization
• Beta translations for Spanish, Catalan, French, German, Italian, Russian, Finnish, Czech, Dutch, Polish, and Japanese
• Thanks so much to the awesome Launchpad translators!
• Alpha translations for many other languages.
• Better support for UTF-8 filenames.
• Revamped and Rewritten User Manual
• Mixing engine improvements
• Major efficiency and latency improvements.
• Netbook users report latency improvements of up to 4x.
• Sound quality is now much improved.
• Improved support for multiple soundcards. Synchronization problems should now only affect the headphone outputs. See Bug #667651 for more details.
• Soft-takeover support for MIDI mappings.
• JACK now recognizes ports as Mixxx instead of PortAudio.
• Updated MIDI Mappings
• American Audio RADIUS 2000 (new)
• American Audio VMS4
• DJ-Tech i-Mix Reload (new)
• Hercules DJ Console Mk4
• Hercules DJ Console RMX
• Ion Discover DJ
• Numark Total Control
• Pioneer CDJ-2000 (new)
• Pioneer CDJ-850 (new)
• Reloop Digital Jockey 2
• Stanton SCS.1m
• Stanton SCS.3d
• Vestax Typhoon
• Wireless DJ (new)
• Hundreds of bug fixes and improvements!

Mixxx 1.10.0 — LateNightBlues skin

Calling all Turntablists!
We worked hard to make sure that our vinyl control support is the best out there. How does Mixxx 1.10.0 compare to your current software for your scratching and turntablist needs? We want to hear from you! Please send us feedback, file a bug, write us an email, post to the forums, or chat with us.

Bugs and Feedback

You can help improve Mixxx by reporting any bugs you find. Your feedback plays a crucial role in Mixxx’s development cycle, and even filing a quick bug report makes an important contribution to the project.

Join Mixxx!

We’re always looking for new contributors who are interested in working on Mixxx. If you’re a hacker or artist and want to work with a creative, enthusiastic team, hop on our IRC channel (#mixxx on Freenode) or sign up for our developer mailing list.

Sabato 14 aprile
Reggae connection
Serata benefit Cortocircuito

Dub area
Etrurian Sound system (Grosseto)
Giant Killa Sound system (Salerno)
La svolta Sound system
Joker Smoker Sound System

Dancehall area
Tsunami movement presenta:
Loudish Baked by Mad Andee Outta Sensifiva Sound & Sistah Irie (Viareggio)
Seed City Sound (Bologna)
Sin Control Crew
Sensi Cellar
Intro by DJ Spinart

CSA nEXt Emerson – via di Belagio 15, Firenze (zona Castello)

stasera al Logic club in via de’Macci 79r a Firenze in zona S. Ambrogio
ingresso (riservato soci con tessera ACSI) 5 € con consumazione
h: 23.00 / 2.00

http://soundcloud.com/blatters

I Blatters nascono nel 2007 con la formazione iniziale di 3 dj: Detox–Spass– Kame. Sin dai primi incontri iniziano a dar forma al proprio album con l’idea di riuscire a fondere lo scratch a diversi generi musicali, dando così differenti colori e atmosfere, con l’utilizzo del vinile come primo riferimento. Musicisti come Alex trebo (piano e synth), Guglielmo Pagnozzi (sax), Antonino Barresi (flauto traverso), Max Castlungher (tablas), hanno collaborato all’interno dell’album così come i cantanti Dj Gruff, Angela Baraldi, Amina Julien e Shiula. Due brani del disco si potranno ascoltare nelle colonne sonore che accompagneranno i viaggi della trasmissione “I POPOLI DEL MARE 2”, in onda sul canale satellitare Yacht&Sail.
Dal 2010 dopo la partecipazione al DMC mondiale di Londra, Kame si trasferisce per un periodo all’estero per arricchire e approfondire il suo background musicale. Ritrovandosi momentaneamente in 2 (Detox & Spass), percorrono un differente cammino musicale che li porterà a realizzare un live, diverso dai precedenti, con nuove sonorità DubStep/Electro.
Nel corso degl’anni si tovano a collaborare live con gruppi musicali e cantanti di vario genere, come Dj Gruff, Lou X, Svez (13B), Guglielmo Pagnozzi & Voodoo Sound Club, Freak Antony (Skiantos), Angela Balraldi, Roy Paci, Casino Royale,Camelz F.C.E., Taiotoshi, Tubus in Fabula, e a Dj come Dj Skizo, Konik Polny, Mandrayq, Zorlak, Dekon, T-Robb, Ferro, Numa Crew, Fakser, Creeterio, e molti altri…

COLLABORAZIONI:
2003 Dj Skizo “Scratch till you bleed”- titolo “cinque barra tre” prod. Dj Spass
2003 Gopher D “Wastasi show case”-titolo “sea of faces rmx” prod. Dj Spass
2007 Gopher D “Cocoa and dust”-titolo “Cocoa and dust” scratch Dj Spass
2007 Looper: La Montagna Larga(Detox-Spass)
2007 Loux & Detox – “Vecchia Maniera”
2008 The Misstape Vaitea track Misstaisulca scratch dj Kame e dj 2P
2008 Loux & Detox – “Traumagel”
2008 Broken Dreams Dj skizo, Kame scratch on “poser&supposer”; going to war” produced by Dj Skizo
2008 Dj Gruff & Detox – “Sardegna Nucleare” prod. Detox scratch Dj Gruff
2008 Gopher D (Wastasi Showcase Vol2) – titolo “Murriccu” prod. Detox; scratch Detox+Spass+Kame
2008 Francesco Pepe (Vendesi pianoforte a coda) – titolo “Piano e scratch duet” prod. & scratch Detox+Spass
2009 La strage d’erba Gangi Killah scratch dj Kame
2009 Ka-TeT – album di elettronica sperimentale nato e realizzato interamente a distanza (Bologna-Cagliari-Enschede) dai produttori: Detox-Zapan-Monom3.
¬ “Anxiousness” scratch Spass+Kame
¬ “Lagno” scratch Dj Spass
2009 Raza De Caza – titolo “Maria” prod & scratch Detox
2009 Viene e Va (lato A) – Progetto ideato da DjGruff con la produzione musicale dei Ka-TeT (Detox- Zapan -Monom3), gli scratch di DjSpass e dello stesso Gruff, percussioni di Roberto Chiga, voce Polda, intro Dj Enzo, e i migliori cantanti rap del panorama italiano: Svez, Menhir, Gruff, Esa, Ekspo, Paura, Danno, Domasan, Toni Joz, Speaker Cenzou, Vaitea.
2010 Barresi Project – Detox cura la produzione musicale e live dell’intero progetto
2010 The X- Tape mixtape Ganji Killah feat Er Costa, “X-fatto ” Dj Kame scratch & mix
2011 Dj Gruff (Phonogruff)
¬ “Condividere i valori” prod. Detox scratch Dj Gruff
¬ “Sulle trombe” prod. Dj Spass scratch Dj Gruff & Dj Spass
2011 Svez (Rap Veritas)
¬ “Rap veritas” prod. e scratch Detox,
¬ “The lords of the dogtown” prod. Detox,
¬ “Tutt Pumpatt” prod. Detox scratch Spass & Kame
2011 The Big minder mix tape by Dj Bless (2011) scratch Outro by dj Kame:”KameHouse”
2011 Videomind (Afterparty) – titolo “Dal Play” Blatters RMX (Alex Trebo keys) prod. Detox scratch Spass
2011Casino Royale – titolo “Io e la mia ombra” Numa Crew feat. Blatters RMX

COMPETIZIONI:
FACE OFF CONTEST 2005 BEST DJ roma (1°posto) (Kame)
I.T.F SHOW CATEGORY ROMA 2006 (3°posto) (Kame)
VALVA SCRATCH 2007 Salento (2°posto) (Kame)
GAIN SKILL MILANO 2008 (4°posto) (Kame)
IDA SHOW CATEGORY 2009 (3° posto) (Detox, Spass, Kame)
DMC ITALY 2010 (1°posto)(Detox,Spass,Kame)
DMC KILLA COMBAT SCRATCH MILANO 2010 (2°posto)(Kame)
IDA SHOW CATEGORY 2010
(2°posto)(Detox&Spass)
DMC ITALY 2011
(1°posto)(Detox&Spass)
IDA SHOW CATEGORY 2011
(1°posto)(Detox&Spass)

CONTATTI:
cieest [at] hotmail.com
spassone [at] gmail.com
kamedj [at] gmail.com

nuovo mixtape di Kenny Dope… roba bona!

http://soundcloud.com/kenny-dope/kenny-dope-jazz-funk-breaks

Just in the basement bugging out with some more 45’s n’joy da weekend mix !!!!

Shouts to The Brooklyn Bandits (Dj Scratch/Dj Spinna/DJ Clark Kent),Breakbeat Lou,
DJ Mell Starr,Big City Records,Flea Market Funk,Who’s Gonna Take The Weight & to the diggers & dj’s worldwide,
Peace

1.FUNKY THING-SONS OF DARKNESS (P&P)
2.LOVING YOU IS FAR OUT-THE 6 DEGREE SOUTH (6o)
3.TOUCH ME TAKE ME-RITA WRIGHT (DUSTY FINGERS)
4.STAY ON POINT-DeROBERT & THE HALF-TRUTHS (G.E.D. SOUL)
5.THE SONG I SING-COOKIN’ BAG (SOLID GOLD)
6.REPLY ME-LITTLE BARRIE (NON-DELUX)
7.COSA NOSTRA-RED DEVILS (STONED CIRCUS)
8.DENNIS THE FOX-FILEDRIVER (SCORPIO SOUNDS)
9.PEACE DANCE-WOODY CARR (JERDEN)
10.G & S-DIABOLICAL TWO (GDAY)
11.JESSIE’S PARTY-CRAWDAD FARMERS (LAKE-SIDE)
12.BAKER’S DOZEN-THE SIMONSOUND (PROJECT BLUE BOOK)
13.GET UP,GET INVOLVED-WOLFPACK (WHITE)
14.IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE-THE JACKSON FIVE (DEATH BREAKS)
15.HOT WIND-HELL’S BELL’S (SIDEWALK)
16.FRIEND OR FOE-CHANTAL MITVALSKY (HOE STREET)
17.MONEY-HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND (WAH WAH)
18.IZZY COME,IZZY GO-THE FUNK REVOLUTION SUNSTREET
19.SITAR BEAT-KLAUS DOLDINGER (EASTERN EYE)
20.PICK N ROLL-THE STANCE BROTHERS (STANCE)
21.WHO STOLE MY COOKIE-THE PHILLIPS BROS. (WE THE PEOPLE)
22.TIGHT SITUATION-THE GOSPEL COMMUNICATORS (SOUL-FULL)
23.SMASH PT.2-DAMN SAM THE MIRACLE MAN (KAY-DEE)
24.BONGO ROCK MACHINE-THE BONGO ROCKERS (SCHOOL YARD BREAKS)
25.HIT & RUN-CHIP WICKHAM (WHITE)
26.SWAHILI-ANDRE TANKER (SOUNDWAY)

A used Boss Dr Sample SP-202 (1997 phrase sampler/multieffect unit, fully functional and in nice near mint condition).
I’ll upload some beats made with this machine here in this blog ASAP.

infos here:

http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/sp202.php

http://www.roland.com/sampler/sp_gallery.html

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SP-202 original advertisements and catalog illustration created by Gogh Koizumi.

Grandmaster Caz – Caz Is Goin’ Off

from the album “You Need Stitches: The Tuff City Sessions” (Ol’ skool Flava, OSF LP 4031)

cover art lettering by Phase 2