TheBeatMonger

Beatport

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:57:00 PST

They have a new interface, and you know what? I am thoroughly loving it. There goes my paycheck!

www.beatport.com

AYDS

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:09:00 PST

Old-School Parkour

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:54:00 PST

DJ Set: FiliTico - Guayaquil Mix 1

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:02:00 PST

OK,

permalink: http://filitico.podomatic.com/player/web/2008-11-27T13_29_47-08_00

all my (newer) mixes at http://filitico.podomatic.com/

So the liberate.me project is on that indefinite hold mode. Never fear, I shall tide you over with a new mix, my first one back in Ecuador...

playlist:

Deepchild - Fractures (Basek First Aid Remix) [BEEF]
Rene Amesz - ploert (DJ Remy and Roland Klinkenberg remix) [Noir Music]
Shoutbox - nutrition facts [Circle music]
Perfect Stranger - The Medicine
BECKERS, Hatfield - Keep On Velkro (Ido Ophir Remix) [Sprout]
Rievaulx - Boxing Shadows [Kickboxer]
Onur Özer - eclipse (loco_dice_remix) [vakant]
Umek - Vice Grip [Circle Music]
NICONE - una rosa (H.O.S.H. remix) [Stil Vor Talent]
Einzelkind and Meat - balea [Get Physical Music]
Stimming - Una Pena [Diynamic]
Minilogue - Jamaica (Dubfire Remix) [Cocoon Recordings]
Corrugated Tunnel - The Oracle Phonogenic Remix [Mode Music]
Agoria - Dust feat Scalde (Oxia Remix) [Different]
Dubshape - droplets (late night mix) [Kompakt]

minimal techno
tech-house
neo trance
minimal trance
deep minimal
nu house

Liberate.Me

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:56:00 PDT

As soon as possible I will be opening my new and weblog. TheBeatMonger concept started as a couple DJs in Florida looking for some good beats to peddle to the masses. It was and still is disorganized because life happens while you plan. I have some free time to rework my writing into a new project that deals with our longing for escape through media and goes far beyong the scope of this blog.

A timeline? I'm not a Senator so I can't promise anything I can not deliver so it is ready when it is ready. I should get back to work now. Chew on this while dinner is cooking.

Throw up that Gang Sign

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:57:00 PDT

Data Smog

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:41:00 PDT

When I look at the list of music I have bought/downloaded (guilty as charged) / or ripped, I sometimes get a little asphyxiated with what David Shenk calls Data Smog.

I suppose I'm an information asthmatic. It is hard to remain productive, be that selecting new music for the season or keeping track of RSS feeds, or even remembering my passwords.

I however am confident in saying that my information smog cannot begin to compare with Beijing's real smog. And since I am not hosting any Olympics anytime soon, my net-coughing is just a blip on the Inbox.

Eagle vs. Goat

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:26:00 PDT

Happy Hardcore is the goat here.

Buddha is Watching You

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:17:00 PDT

Interesting technique. The painting is concave. The would make for some interesting deco at a party. What do you think?

We Love You George Carlin

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:45:00 PDT

One of my favorite comedians, and philosophers, of all time. George has influenced so many people with his raunchy thought provoking quips. I feel so lucky to have finally gotten a chance to see him live last year. RESPECT.

Comedian George Carlin Dead at Age 71

What You Can Do For Music?

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:27:00 PDT

You do what you can, but food comes first (most of the time). As you may or not have noticed, I haven't really been posting much lately, and I attribute that to my preparations to outsource myself.

What if I could work in a geographically independent manner? My preference is a nice secluded beach in Costa Rica next to a nice beach-house-club and decent sound equipment to throw some sandy parties

So I tirelessly toggle Ideas noting what sticks to the pan as I consult pen-pals (remember those days?) for feasibility.

What if I start a blog about outsourcing myself...but of course continue this one which will only happen if and when I make some more free time...

Right now I sit in a cubicle (an open one, mind you)...

...Sitting through a shitty band

Getting dog shit on my hands

Getting hassled by the man

Waking up to an alarm

Sticking needles in your arm

Picking up trash on a freeway

Feeling depressed everyday

Leaving without making a sound

Picking my dog at the pound

Living in a tweeker pad

Getting yelled at by my dad

Saying I'm happy when I'm not

Finding roaches in the pot

All these things I do

They're waiting for you

(Sublime - Garden Grove lyrics)

...or not

Blue it up on South Beach

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:08:00 PDT

I would like to thank my buddy Francisco (Arjuna / Franz Martins) and the cool crowd at Blue for the hospitality and great music.

Francisco and I opened the night with a two-hour minimal blast. Let me put it this way: I had so much fun that I completely forgot to take pictures! Francisco filmed some of the mix, and I have to get my hands on it ASAP to post here.

DJ Set: Filitico: Digitigrade 2 - House of Tech

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:40:00 PDT

PLAY MIX ON PODOMATIC

Energetic Techy Groovy. Lovely

Mixen by FiliTico - For Your Ears Only

Tracklist
1. Steve Lawler - Courses For Horses (Original Mix) [Renaissance]
2. Gel Abril - Very Wrong (Chaim Remix) [Be As One Imprint]
3. Phage, Daniel Dreier - Unseen [Highgrade]
4. Gavin Herlihy - Opium Haze [Kindisch]
5. Solead - Giddy Down (Jamie Stevens Remix) [Vapour]
6. Scella - Santiago de Chile [Strike Recordings]
7. Bitmut - smokeflat [Regular]
8. Daso - Idee [Spectral Sound]
9. Junior Boys - No Kinda Man (Jona Remix) [Get Physical Music]
10. Amir - handless (original_mix) [Suchtreflex]
11. Donnacha Costello - Pistacio A [Minimise]
12. Autotune - Dirty Phage (Daniel Dreier Remix) [Fumakilla]
13. Audio Soul Project - Taking Shape Version 2 [Systematic]
14. Jona - dehydrate [Toys for Boys]

Dj Set: Arjuna @ TheBeatMonger

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:54:00 PDT

http://filitico.podomatic.com/ click on "Arjuna @ TheBeatMonger"

FiliTico TheBeatMonger presents a local and cyber legend of psytrance ARJUNA spinning some of the good sh1t, this time a blend of techhouse moving onto some dark and driving psytrance.

He's been in the game for over a decade and has thrown some of the most memorable parties those who've been there have ever attended. He also launched his record label: Dharma Kshetra and you can check out his Nykto compilation on psyshop.

Check out his page at http://www.myspace.com/dharma_kshetra

Return of TheBeatMongers

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:14:00 PDT

[PLAY]

After two years of being Beat Monger AWOL, Spectra returns to Owl Radio @ FAU to graduate and of course, MC one last show before going back to the army.

FiliTico hits the decks with some deep minimal and then driving up the tempo hypnotic squelchy tech-house and topping it off with a good'ol pounding.

You're listening to Owl Radio, tuning into that which surrounds you, which is both within you and without you. ;)

tracklist:
1. Lutzenkirchen - Paperboy [Great Stuff]
2. Stimming - Liberaos [Diynamic]
3. Matthias Tanzmann - Redirected [Moon Harbour]
4. Beckers, D-Nox - Shanghigh (Minilogue Remix) [Electribe]
5. Greed, Sonic Cube - Wilde (Elegant Universe Remix) [Tribal Vision]
6. Roger Martinez, Funkuz - Instigate [In Charge]
7. Stephan Bodzin - Cucuma [Herzblut]
8. Perfect Stranger, Pena - Ode Ao Sol (Moonbeam Remix) [BEEF]
9. Maelstrom - Chapster (Perfect Stranger Remix) [Iboga]
10. Reshuffle - Hedonism [Supplement Facts]
11. Applescal - Lost In Paris [Manual Music]
12. Mauro Picotto - Flashing [Alchemy Italy]
13. Lutzenkirchen - Paperboy (D Nox & Beckers Remix) [Great Stuff]
14. Len Faki - My Black Sheep (L B Dub Corp Remix) [Figure]
15. Len Faki - Odyssee 2 [Podium]

Infected Mushroom Ticket Giveaway

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:21:00 PDT

EDIT [WEDNESDAY] at Owl Radio 7-9 p.m. (eastern time) I will be giving away three tickets to Infected Mushroom's concert for Israel's 60'th anniversary Independence day. The event will be held at Laguna Beach Night Club.

I will spin an old school Infected Mushroom set (stuff from their first couple albums) and will probably make it into a podcast as well. Tune in!

Infected Mushroom Invades Florida

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:37:00 PDT

Brought to you by Coast II Coast Entertainment and Revolution Bookings, Infected Mushroom along with local and national talent will celebrate Israel's 60th Independence Day in South Florida.

The event will be held May 8th 2008 at the Laguna Beach Night Club in Fort Lauderdale. Stop by and say hi. If you mention the blog I'll buy you a drink!

The State of Our Scene

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:17:00 PDT

There are times when we all sit back and think about the many obstacles DJs, ranging from the bedroom to the main stages, must deal with throughout our musicultural journey.

Self described as a 'producer/remixer/singer/songwriter,' Detroit native Aaron-Carl tunes into an ongoing case of the jades that I believe many DJs here in the USA unnecessarily have to deal with.

In his post, State of the Scene, on his blog The Revelations of Aaron-Carl, AC makes three powerful observations about other scenes that I know resonate with some local DJs that have struggled to make a living as artists.

"Promoters actually stick together
and support each other's events."
I find this to be mostly true in the few Latin American countries I have visited and played. People who listen to electronic music have a natural kinship given all the mainstream media stronghold on taste. This is a worldwide phenomenon and to think that promoters wouldn't coordinate efforts because of their ego is a shame.

A couple times, I have seen almost completely unknown foreign DJs booked and being professionally treated in countries you wouldn't expect to see much of a scene, definitely not like Miami or Detroit (which are so full of these pissing contests, it's ridiculous). We need to communicate more with each other. In music, I firmly believe in the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.

"The DJs/Entertainment are
RESPECTED for their craft."
Many times clubbers who aren't familiar with the work of a DJ tend to think that anyone can do it. If so, please, be my guest and take a shot at it. This isn't rocket science, mind you, but to think that you can just walk in and spin a tight set without spending quite a bit of time looking for music or learning some mixing techniques, well that's just silly.

I also find that in South Florida, where I currently live, not that many people have a musical background, especially promoters. I blame this on handicapped and closing arts and letters high school programs throughout the state, but I am leaving that one for another post, in another blog, on another day.

AC speaks of DJs getting paid their Fee instead of the 'you take the door, we take the bar' bullshit so many of us have to endure. In fact, I can't even remember the last time I was paid a fee and not given some excuse about "slow nights" or "do this for free exposure." He adds,

"It's a fucking shame that some of Detroit's LEGENDARY DJs and artists
can't even make a decent living from their music. Superstar by night, meat
carver by day. The same one who rocked it out @ the club last night is the same
one you're cursing out at the local drive-thru..."

Why the fuck are WE (in Detroit)
running around, acting like we deservetop notch talent, but we bitch abouthaving to pay more than $5 dollarsfor a cover charge?
Tell me about it! Lets just say you are a promoter. Your venue is medium sized, maybe 400-500 capacity. you want to bring a medium level headliner that costs well into the four figures. Do the math: full capacity at $5 a head, you have $2500 to cover expenses!? that won't even cover the main DJ, not even considering guest lists, insurance, equipment, sound engineer, marketing, and all the other expenses that come with doing events. Oh and of course, your pay for all the hours you spent working on it.

So what do you do? you get sponsorships. And what do they do? they dictate exactly how the event goes. It is after all, their money. So you end up screwing a couple DJs over by underpaying them.

There is hope. People worldwide are beginning to understand what it takes to have a healthy scene.

I am glad to hear artists like Aaron-Carl reaching out, actively mobilizing a scene that has given the world so much pleasure. Detroit is one of those cities where it all began, and its influences you can find in so many mixes and nightclubs worldwide.

Will American cities be left biting the dust like their housing market? I hope not, but unless everyone works together, artists promoters and fans included, the end will come and you will forever be stuck with shit music.

DJ Set: Tolga Fidan @ Vakant

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:33:00 PDT

http://vakant.net/va/mp3/sets/tolgafidan_live_022008.mp3

The guys at Vakant are sharing a new exclusive set from Tolga Fidan, whose All Pressure is Relief review I posted recently. Enjoy!

Review: Tolga Fidan: All Pressure is Relief EP

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:34:00 PDT

Label: Vakant (Official) (Myspace)
Artist: Tolga Fidan (Discogs) (Myspace) (Last. FM)

A-Side All Pleasure Is Relief (Sample)
B-Side For Our Fathers (Sample)

If genres were cubicles, Tolga Fidan would knock them down turning the place into a sleek spacey lounge with matching exotic seating on his third EP at one of Berlin’s flagship minimal record labels, Vakant.

A-side constructs a pleasure inducing collage of percussion. Snippets of female voices move the track forward as its individual bits mesh together in anticipation of a lush Spanish-like melody. Laid back yet groovy, like a cool Sunday sunrise on a balcony overlooking a foreign land, the piece leisurely picks up the pace aggregating layers of sunrays, voices, strings, and eventually a chunkier nonetheless graceful groove.

B-side uses the previous side’s worldly essence and takes it much further along, harder and deeper. Perhaps like a mid-morning day hike in that favorite exotic getaway of yours, somewhere out there... (post pics in the comments area if you know what I’m talking about). TF takes along a harmonica for the journey to help cope with the tribal drumming on his way up the hill. The strings are more prominent here and the mournful siren wails towards the end tops the track off in an ever-rising exotic tribal trail.

Tolga Fidan cares little for musical boundaries, and for that he deserves much respect. His work somehow manages to show us 'worldly ethnic music' through the techy-minimal looking glass in ways that both sides would and should appreciate. His style perfectly fits the Vakant motto of standing for the spaces left between the beats.

Filitico joins Podomatic

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:41:00 PDT

Greetings Earthlings. We have now taken over the radio. From now on I will be posting mixes on Podomatic. We shall see how this endeavour turns out. Enjoy!

This week's MIX: Filitico: Digitigrade 1 @ Owl Radio

Click here to get your own player.

Tracklist
1. Taras Van De Voorde - Silicon [Octopus]
2. Piemont - Glycerin [My Best Friend]
3. Len Faki - Rainbow Delta [Ostgut Tonträger]
4. Lucio & Pep - Valentina (Rumania) [Elektrotribe]
5. Lützenkirchen - Music for the Girls (Deep Groove Rmx) [Great Stuff]
6. Anna - I have to Leave This World [Autist]
7. Lucio & Pep - A Torre [Regular]
8. John Dahlbäck - Sting [Paradise]
9. Christian Paduraru - Minimal perspective (Hernan Paredes remic) [BIT Recoreds Mexico]
10. Kollectiv Turmstrasse - Verrückte Welt [No Response]
11.Robert Babicz - Pingpong in Moonlight [Audiomatique]

DELON & DALCAN feat OXIA - 248km [Boxer]

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:31:00 PDT

Fresh off the press comes a music video from the peeps over at premier Cologne-based label Boxer Recordings.

DELON & DALCAN feat OXIA - 248km

Rats on Ecstacy and Redbull

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:54:00 PDT

Wired Magazine enjoys reporting about some of the most cutting edge ways to test drugs on animals. From the article,

"To test their theory, the scientists injected the drugs into Sprague
Dawley rats and then probed them with a rectal
thermometer. When the unlucky critters received both chemicals,
their body temperatures increased far more than when they were given MDMA or
caffeine alone."

I, for one, firmly believe that the thermometer up the the butt might have something to do with accelerating heartbeats and body temperature. Put yourself in their fur.

Go to a party, drop some rEdbull and then get one of those things up your ass and tell me your pulse won't flinch!

RWW Breaks Google DreamAds Story

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:20:00 PDT

What an exclusive! A sneak peak at the future of mind control. I have always wanted to have something that keeps track of my dreams. The next step here is an implementation of Google Adsense in the dreams so that I can get a piece of sleep too.

The Great Firewall of China

noreply@blogger.com (A.J.) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:55:00 PDT

They have agreed in an unprecedented move to allow full Internet access to all during the Olympics in August.

Teenagers in Shanghai are trying to make their minds up on what to do, download free Western music or watch all the porn they can get their hands on in what is being dubbed, the CyberOlympics.