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Maybe It's Time I Come Back

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:43:43 PST

Let's Play House w/ Morgan Gesit, DJ Spun, Jacques Renault & Farika

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:40:18 PDT

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Let's Play House Updates

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:59:52 PDT

Let's Play House has been going really strong since we fully launched it in July, and Jacques and I couldn't be happier. We've been receiving some tremendous support and exceptionally positive feedback from attendants, which is truly an honor.

We had a spectacular party at Baddies in Manhattan with Justin Miller and Jacques (J&J) spinning the whole night through; raged from midnight until the sun came up at Cameo in Brooklyn with Lovefingers and CFCF as guests; and are getting really stoked for tonight's residency debut at The Counting Room in Williamsburg with LPH crew members Drew Heffron and Lloyd Harris (Lloydski).

Please come out tonight if you can and dance away the workweek stress that's been building up (all the information you need can be found here)! Whether or not you can make it, be sure to download the immaculate mixes we recorded from the Cameo event below. They're something else. Oh, and check out the photos we snapped that night as well!

Jacques Renault, Lovefingers & CFCF - Let's Play House @ Cameo, July 30, 2010

Jacques Renault - Let's Play House @ Cameo, July 30, 2010

See you around!

Become A Fan Of Let's Play House!

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:17:21 PDT

Over the weekend, I made a Facebook fan page for the party property Jacques Renault and I own―Let's Play House! Please become a fan so you can keep on top of all the cool stuff we're doing in NYC and beyond!

And now for a tune to keep all of you at least moderately engaged with BBBD...

Marcus Marr - Well Alright

Video: Jacques Renault In L.A.

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:42:38 PDT

Jacques Renault interview in LA from TIGER TIGER on Vimeo.

BBBD Mix: "0707"

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:10:17 PDT

I haven't posted in an ungodly long amount of time, and for that I sincerely apologize. As you all know by now, BBBD can barely be considered an active blog―it's more a personal alias and handle than anything else. That said, I do like to keep it around and I'll try my best to continue to publish thing to it every once in a while.

Today's mix was prompted by a four-hour set my good friend Jacques Renault and I are playing on July 10 at the Williamsburg American Apparel store. I do not publicly DJ―that's not my role in this world by any means―but every once in a while I like to goof around with a friend on the turntables. Since I haven't made a mix in a while, I decided to sit down for an hour today and get back in the groove of things. I think it turned out pretty well.

Please swing by and say hi if you're in Brooklyn this Saturday.

Nik Mercer - 0707 Mix

Sorry folks―no tracklist this time around!

Dead Disco Pulls № 7

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:50:51 PDT

It's been ages since I last posted anything to BBBD and for that I am sincerely sorry. Life has been hectic to say the least... finding time to focus on anything outside of work is becoming increasingly more difficult by the day.

Rest assured it's all wonderful, beautiful stuff. I'll spill the beans later...

For now, let's just listen to some tunes! Below are some tracks I'll be playing on Dead Disco within the next few weeks. Also, please be sure to tune into Let's Play House, a program I do with Jacques Renault featuring live DJ mixes from some of NYC's most esteemed clubs. Finally, head on over to Anthem Online for five hours of Jacques and My Cousin Roy in the mix... I recorded the two last week at subMercer for the party I sponsored there.

the Beatdown Soundmachine - More Love (LTJ X-Perience Mix)

Prins Thomas - Atter En Trall

Ilija Rudman - After Midnight (Greg Wilson Remix)

Dead Disco Pulls № 6

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:22:44 PDT

Let's cut to the chase and get some music in your ears to finish off this beautiful Wednesday with even more sunshine and warmth than the weather's already dishing out!

I've been absolutely hooked on all three of these songs recently and thought you all should get addicted as well. LocusSolus is a group that DJ Harvey picked up for his "DJ Harvey Presents" series of 12"s on International Feel Recordings. When I say nothing is known about them, I mean it. Think dubbed out cosmic disco.

The Neula remix is a thick, syrupy house track overloaded with bright piano ditties, funky conga beats, and synth swirls. Instant cheer.

Brinton McKay is a pseudonym that John Selway (Neurotic Drum Band, Disintegrator, Rancho Relaxo Allstars) has been sporadically and rarely using for edits since 2000. The track is insanely fun and magical... but don't let me spoil it for you!

In addition to listening to Dead Disco every Friday (I know you all do), please, if you're in NYC, come to the party I'm throwing with Jacques Renault this Thursday, March 18. It's a monthly that we plan on having indefinitely at this juncture. Come support me, Jacques, and our first guest, Brennan Green! All the information you'd ever need can be found here.

LocusSolus - Little Boots

Neule - Pierced Heart (LSB Piano Magic Remix)

Brinton McKay - Track 1

One's & Two's: Jacques Renault

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:36:08 PST

My good friend, the DJ/producer Jacques Renault, and I recently teamed up to commence a series of monthly dance parties at the subMercer, a club of both the highest quality and oddest decor/aesthetic. Get all the information regarding the rager right here, at Resident Advisor, or over on the Facebook. New York legend Brennan Green will be joining Jacques, so know that the party will be absolutely bonkers and certainly go strong until 4 AM.

Jacques kindly put together a disco- and house-heavy hour-long mix for Anthem in promotion of the gig. Check it out at Anthem Online.

Jacques Renault - One's & Two's Mix

One's & Two's: Prince Language

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:36:35 PST

To further promote Saturday's event with The No Comprendo and Terrible Records, I asked Prince Language (the man behind TNC, for those of you who don't know already) to give Anthem an exclusive One's & Two's mix. Today, he delivered. Jam to 70 minutes of madness before heading on over to the Tribeca Grand this weekend!

Prince Language - I Don't Wanna Be Normal

The No Comprendo and Anthem Present: The No Comprendo Discotel

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:01:20 PST

I'm throwing a party with Prince Language's The No Comprendo and Chris Taylor's Terrible Records at the Tribeca Grand hotel this Saturday, February 27. If you're in NYC, you really must come.

Language and DFA's Justin Miller will be working the 1s and 2s well into the morning and Twin Shadow will be performing a live set. You can get all the details at the Anthem party listing or the Facebook page.

If you're in NYC, please, please come. We're doing all sorts of fun stuff around the fiesta, including bringing a party photographer along for the ride. This'll be the joint to be seen at come Saturday.

Twin Shadow - Castles In the Snow

Twin Shadow - Yellow Balloon

Jean-Luc Ponty - Fast Lane (Prince Language Edit)

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:59:31 PST

Hey BBBD readers! My last three weeks have been an absolute whirlwind of craziness, so please excuse my lack of posts. I've got a new mix for you, though. Enjoy!

Nik Mercer - Whirl Mix

(1) Black Van, "Yearning (Emperor Machine Remix)"
(2) Tensnake, "Coma Cat"
(3) Force Of Nature, "To the Brain (Prins Thomas 118 Mix)"
(4) Alan Braxe & Fred Falke, "Intro (Original Club Mix)"
(5) Chairlift, "Evident Utensil (Jacques Renault Remix)"
(6) Metro Area, "Miura"
(7) Holy Ghost!, "On Board (feat. the DFA Celestial Choir)"
(8) Fabio Lendrum, "Trouble (CFCF Remix)"
(9) Ray Mang, "Look Into My Eyes"

Dead Disco Pulls № 5

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:24:01 PST

Thanks to Resident Advisor's top 100 tracks of the last decade list I've been digging through my archive of French music from the era.

Alan Braxe & Fred Falke's classic, "Intro," made the list, and that made me riffle through my Braxe and Falke folders―and beyond! For some reason, "Intro" and the Kris Menace jam that Fred Falke was featured on ("Fairlight") are the only tunes really pushing my buttons right now, but, obviously, they merely represent the tip of the tip of the iceberg in terms of French house and, outside of the fact that Falke was involved in both, are markedly unrelated.

Anyway―enjoy the tracks and expect me to throw up some more French classics soon enough!

Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Intro (Original Club Mix)

Kris Menace Featuring Fred Falke - Fairlight

Q&A with Air

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:03:10 PST

A few months ago I did an interview with Air―no introduction required, right?―and it was finally published in 'Sup, a magazine I've been doing freelance work for over the past few years.

Check out the full Q&A right here.

Air - Surfing On A Rocket (Zongamin Remix)

BBBD Mix: "More, More, More"

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:52:00 PST

I decided to make another mix for no good reason. Enjoy it!

(1) DJ Kaos, "Rough Side"
(2) House Of House, "Rushing To Paradise (Walkin' These Streets) (DJ Harvey Streets Mix)"
(3) Jacob Korn, "I Like the Sun (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
(4) Solange, "Robots Are Un-American (Special DJ Version)"
(5) Nick Chacona, "The Fear (feat. Kathy Diamond) (Beg To Differ Remix)"
(6) Gino Soccio, "Love Is (Edit De Prince Language)"
(7) Low Motion Disco, "Love, Love, Love (Aeroplane Remix)"
(8) Andrea True Connection, "More, More, More"

Nik Mercer - More, More, More Mix

D22

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:08:37 PST

Nothing to say. Just ride this classic out.

Andrea True Connection - More, More, More

Dead Disco Pulls № 4

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:46:12 PST

My good friend, Josh Taylor, a.k.a. Prince Language, has been putting out disco edits on his little label Editions Disco for a few years now and these are two of my favorite cuts.

The Gino Soccio jam is one of the best edits I've ever heard. It's simple (no flashy, in-your-face filtering or remixing or anything) and clearly an ode to the Canadian disco legend's greatness rather than just being yet another club-ready boogie ("Love Is" is not a song you want to screw up―it's already just about perfect). "Yo Son" is more of a cut-and-paste job, but it's pretty spectacular in its own right. The track sounds like what would happen if Talking Heads transplanted themselves to the Middle East and took up disco production of the smooth, sultry, and soothing variety.

Happy hump day!

Gino Soccio - Love Is (Edit De Prince Language)

Prince Language - Yo Son (Edit De Prince Language)

Q&A with Lindstrøm & Christabelle/Studio Visit with Runaway

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:15:50 PST

I proudly present you with a rather long interview I did before the holidays with Lindstrøm & Christabelle for Anthem magazine. Please check the thing out as it's thorough and quite compelling throughout. Love him or hate him, Lindstrøm is one of the most dedicated producers out there. It was a true pleasure talking about the new LP, Real Life Is No Cool.

Read away!

Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Baby Can't Stop (Aeroplane Remix)

Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Baby Can't Stop (Idjut Boys Remix)

I forgot to write about the studio visit I did with Runaway when I published the thing last week, but better late than never, right?

Read the article and check out its accompanying photos of the duo's Brooklyn studio!

Runaway - The Fire Below

BBBD Mix: "Lock Track"

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:11:20 PST

I haven't published a mix to this blog in weeks and weeks and for that I feel bad. It's a new year, though, and, therefore, I feel as though I ought to give you all something special.

Here's my latest musical odyssey. It's about 50 minutes long and, in my humble opinion, really cool... save for the fact that my right channel completely dropped out for about one second for god knows why towards the beginning of the set.

Tell me what you think!

(1) Idjut Boys, "Jesta Dub"
(2) KZA, "Capricorn"
(3) Elitechnique, "Elektric Evening"
(4) Tensnake, "Keep Believin'"
(5) Lullabies In the Dark, "Code 7429 (Original Mix)"
(6) Putsch '79, "Asian Girls"
(7) Reverso 68, "Tokyo Disko (Part One)"
(8) Rude 66, "As"
(9) Panthu Du Prince, "The Splendour"

Nik Mercer - Lock Track Mix (direct MP3 link)

Nik Mercer - Lock Track Mix (ZShare link)

Dead Disco Pulls № 3

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:24:43 PST

Before I get into the music here, I'd like to remind you all that "Dead Disco" is on today at 12 PM, so please tune in if you can. You can always check it out at your leisure by going directly to the archives, but there's something special about listening in real time.

Okay―I've got some pretty spacey stuff for you today.

First is Tensnake's incredible, epic jam, "Keep Believin'." The guy just did a Resident Advisor mix, which I can't recommend highly enough.

Second up is I:Cube's Cosmic Marathon remix of Karma's "Beach Towel." The tune has this great slow, deliberate buildup that revolves around a thick yet bouncy bass, which ties the whole piece together, beginning to end.

Third, and last, we have Moxie's "Run Disco Run," a higher energy cut that features some pretty gay vocals and a subtle house edge. You'll soon understand where it got its name...

Tensnake - Keep Believin'

Karma - Beach Towel (I:Cube Cosmic Marathon Remix)

Moxie - Run Disco Run

Dead Disco Pulls № 2

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:17:05 PST

A few more tunes for fans―and fans to be!―of my Viva Radio program, "Dead Disco," which airs every Friday at noon!

First is DJ Kaos's "Kosmicher Ruckenwind," the latest from the extraordinary Berlin club staple. It's unlike anything I've heard from the guy before... an intricately layered and textured modern take on the work of 70s German kraut rockers like Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Harmonia, and so on.

Second is deep house anomaly Walter Jones' new jam, "I Am Loved" (the man, it seems, can only write songs about how much love he gets and feels!)

Third, and last, is one of my favorite Rvng Of the Nrds edits ever, the inaugural release's "Trip One (the Flying Squad Edit)" by Giorgio Moroder's Munich Machine. The edit, which is by the unparalleled Tim Sweeney under an alias, is one of the most infectiously groovy disco tracks I've heard in the 21st century. A high-water mark to say the least.

DJ Kaos - Kosmicher Ruckenwind

Walter Jones - I Am Loved

Munich Machine - Trip One (the Flying Squad Edit)

Dead Disco Pulls № 1

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:04:58 PST

As promised yesterday, I'm going to try my best to regularly post music I'm considering or using for a future Dead Disco program. Simple, to the point, and varied. Sound good?

Today I've got four killer tunes for you! First up is a Larry Levan mix of Nami Shimada's "Sun Shower." (The track wound up being one of his final works.) Shimada was a huge J-Pop star in the 80s and I assume her label coaxed Levan into doing a mix while he was on tour in the Land Of the Rising Sun (he was big over there). The song, which is quite the club banger, is really strange considering that Shimada's unaltered hits were more along these lines.

Next we've got two Crème Organization releases. Rude 66's "As," which hit shelves last year two years ago, is an exceptionally creepy electro tune that you might hear in a disco minutes before the apocalypse. It's excellent. Bangkok Impact―a Fin who is half of the immaculate Italo outfit known as Putsch '79―has really been catching my fancy recently. His 2007 banger, "Premature Ejaculation," will never get old. Think Black Devil Disco Club with a DFA makeover.

Finally, we have Elitechnique, a Dutch group that's put out a few songs on Clone Records. My favorite jam by far is the swirling, cosmic "Elektric Evening" from 2008's Mirror Men EP.

How's that for a hangover helper?

Nami Shimada - Sun Shower (Larry Levan Mix)

Rude 66 - As

Bangkok Impact - Premature Ejaculation

Elitechnique - Elektric Evening

D21

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:07:18 PST

Since starting my Viva Radio program "Dead Disco" (tune in every Friday at noon!), I've been dedicating a large portion of my free time to digging through my massive audio archives, researching what I may have overlooked during the past decade or two, and keeping current with today's dance music―a high order to say the least. The upside is that I feel more engaged with music than I have since the heyday of BBBD. The downside, though, is that I don't know where to begin when it comes to posting new tracks on this blog. My goal is to throw random tracks that really catch my ear your way every once in a while, but I don't know how consistently I'll be able to do that as I'm already loaded with work as is.

For now, though, let's just sit back and listen to some old disco gems courtesy of Patrick Adams, one of the biggest and most influential producers of the 70s. Today I'm giving you some of the choice cuts from his 1978 LP by Phreek (Patrick Adams Presents Phreek). Phreek is one of my favorite Adams projects, but the man also put out some excellent tunes with Bumblebee Unlimited (a group I wrote about earlier this year), Cloud One, Universal Robot Band, and a handful of others.

The Harlem native definitely had a distinct sound: The bulk of his material featured traditional disco characteristics―thick and sultry bass lines, glamorous string arrangements, and so on―but he always made sure to throw in his own embellishments like primitive synth ditties, choir-esque choruses, and vocals by some... uh... very aroused females.

Check out my three favorites cuts from the first Phreek record and wrap your holidays up on a funky note!

Phreek - I'm A Big Phree (R-U-1-2)

Phreek - Much Too Much

Phreek - Weekend

"Dead Disco"

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:36:31 PST

As of last week, I'm officially Viva Radio's newest contributing DJ. My program, "Dead Disco," which airs every Friday at noon, is off to a great start, in my humble opinion. If you missed the first show, you can catch up by checking out my archives. Otherwise, be sure to tune in tomorrow at 12 PM for my next batch of all things dance music, from early disco jams to 80s techno, club-ready pop to deep house cuts. Modern music trends exist cyclically (no one reinvents the wheel―they just rejigger, reframe, remix, retouch, and reimagine what's already there); "Dead Disco" aims to tie the new to the old and the old to the new.

Make sense?

As it's unlike me to post without providing you all an MP3, I offer you "Yamarena-I" off Pixeltan's long awaited and much anticipated eponymous EP. It's been five long years since we last heard from them! The good news is that the four songs they've stuffed our stockings with are stupendous in that they recall the heyday of dance-punk while extending their aesthetic into something frenzied and new. The bad news is that the trio is both busy with their own projects and the lead singer, Mika Yoneta seems to have returned to her home in Japan. Don't expect anything more from them for the next five years...

Buy the thing over at DFA's Web store.

Pixeltan - Yamarena-I

Q&A with Neurotic Drum Band

nik.mercer@gmail.com (Nik Mercer) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:46:36 PST

I recently did an interview with electronic music legends John Selway and Elliot Taub, a.k.a. Neurotic Drum Band, as they have a superbly spacey yet robotically funky 12" out on Wurst Music Co., "Neurotic Erotic Adventure." We talked about all sorts of things, from the guys' past projects and efforts to their current collaboration. Hop on over to Anthem Online for the full story.

The fellas also were kind enough to give me an MP3 of the tune, so you can sample it before buying the wax!

Neurotic Drum Band - Neurotic Erotic Adventure

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