(313) Record stores in Austin, TX

2010-03-07 Thread Kowalsky
I'll be in Austin between march 12th and 19th. Any tips on good record stores for 45s, 12s, soul, funk, techno, house and well, all the good stuff no matter what genre? Thanks in advance, Kw

(313) Suzanne Vega and the birth of the MP3

2008-09-25 Thread Kowalsky
http://measureformeasure.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/toms-essay/

Re: (313) OT: earbud recommendations?

2008-09-22 Thread Kowalsky
Sennheiser CX-300 will do the job very properly – although they're not very solid built. And, when you compare them with any Shure or M- audio, you'll see that they sound much better even though they're much cheaper! Kw On Sep 14, 2008, at 8:51 PM, Frank Glazer wrote: I'm in the market

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-12 Thread Kowalsky
I love the White Noise stuff. Anyone else? Kw On Sep 11, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Carlos De Brito wrote: Delia Derbyshire, way before traktor and four wheels of steel: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=NDX_CS3NsTk Interesting little video:

Re: (313) Crate digging - don't do it.

2008-09-10 Thread Kowalsky
Some very nice work of art, that's what i have to say! On Sep 10, 2008, at 10:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://stefanglerum.blogspot.com/2008/07/crate-digging-dont-do-it.html Had to smile about it this one ;)

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-09 Thread Kowalsky
Yeah, they played a technopop version of Chase The Devil and a dancehall version of Man Machine! :-D On Sep 9, 2008, at 3:27 AM, Odeluga, Ken wrote: Kraftwerk have played in Kingston?!? Pow. [Perhaps you mean Kingston-upon-Hull Martin] -Original Message- From: Kowalsky

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-08 Thread Kowalsky
Do you really think that Kraftwerk fits into this? Why? On Sep 8, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Martin Dust wrote: On 8 Sep 2008, at 15:42, Garrett McGrath wrote: On Sep 7, 2008, at 6:55 PM, Kowalsky wrote: Certainly, there's a way out of this so called BS. Wich compulsive knob twister is doing

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-08 Thread Kowalsky
I know that. But they're playing their own music, not just spinning loops/djing. Kw On Sep 8, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Martin Dust wrote: On 8 Sep 2008, at 17:40, Kowalsky wrote: Do you really think that Kraftwerk fits into this? Why? Laptops, Controllers, 3 Octave keyboard no different to what

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-08 Thread Kowalsky
There's no big difference, except for Kraftwerk, don't you think? On Sep 8, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Martin Dust wrote: On 8 Sep 2008, at 17:51, Kowalsky wrote: I know that. But they're playing their own music, not just spinning loops/djing. Most of the artist I listed play their own music

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-08 Thread Kowalsky
will be almost the same as a show in kingston. They act more like a traditional band than like hawtin scrambling loops. On Sep 8, 2008, at 2:09 PM, Martin Dust wrote: On 8 Sep 2008, at 18:06, Kowalsky wrote: There's no big difference, except for Kraftwerk, don't you think? Not really, they've

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-08 Thread Kowalsky
: Kowalsky wrote: I agree with you. But what you're saying now has nothing to do with what i was asking in first place. OK, Let me reverse it and as you a question. which DJ do you know who can do what's possible with 4 decks in Trakor or Ableton? m

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-08 Thread Kowalsky
, Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, hawtin seems to do what's possible. But i didn't like, as i said previously. Sandrinho, a brazilian DJ/producer, does it quite well. And he uses a MPC on top of it. My question was: who does the loop frenzy twisting knobs-o-rama good? monolake.

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-08 Thread Kowalsky
not. As good as Traktor is, it's not always making razor-sharp 1/2/4/8- bar loops for you -- I wouldn't rely on it 100% of the time. But it does make DJing a lot more fun than just playing 90% of the song and fading in the ends. ;) +odd -- On Sep 8, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Kowalsky wrote

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-08 Thread Kowalsky
It's from Downfall, a movie about the last days of Hittler in the bunker, and some related events. On Sep 8, 2008, at 6:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I'm going to have to listen to techno all night at home. LOL MEK P.S. - what movie is this clip originally from? I've just seen so

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-08 Thread Kowalsky
i rest my case. On Sep 8, 2008, at 6:19 PM, kent williams wrote: Can we invoke Godwin's Law now and declare this thread finished? ;-) Martin Dust [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/08/2008 03:59:46 PM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'Technolgystolemyvinyl' OK, lets tip the balance... Hitler is

Re: (313) 53 messages and counting about Richie Hawtin and Traktor...

2008-09-08 Thread Kowalsky
Richie is like the Madonna of techno! :-) On Sep 8, 2008, at 4:55 PM, kent williams wrote: Man, Richie Hawtin is 313's third rail. I don't have anything to add, really, except to say that the best DJ sets I've seen were done with two turntables and a mixer without effects. If you play the

Re: (313) placid storms detroit :D

2008-09-08 Thread Kowalsky
There will be no other place like this – to see 313 list heads filling in like matches in a box! Wish i could drop by. Kw On Sep 8, 2008, at 9:46 PM, /0 wrote: for detroit area listmembers, placid will be making his first detroit appearance on the 18th at oslo along with kevin reynolds

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-07 Thread Kowalsky
Saw him playing in my city last wednesday. His set was pretty tasteless, flavourless. My impression was just like that: a bunch of loops scrambled over and over, with a crescendo to make the crowd scream from time to time. It seems that a lot of djs, or producers, are showing up in the stage

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-07 Thread Kowalsky
into the set, your journey is over. - Original Message - From: Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [313] 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:23 PM Subject: Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup Saw him playing in my city last wednesday. His set was pretty tasteless, flavourless. My

Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup

2008-09-07 Thread Kowalsky
seem to be the series of little trips that they used to be. maybe I'm just used to it all. - Original Message - From: Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [313] 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:55 PM Subject: Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup Certainly, there's

Re: (313) [313] my kind of techno.

2008-08-29 Thread Kowalsky
Gosh! That's a brazilian release! :-P kw On Aug 29, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Lee Herrington wrote: Alright! I can't wait to get home and freak to this! http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=956230 cheers, lrh

Re: (313) any glasswegians or bathites?

2008-08-15 Thread Kowalsky
In Glasgow, i would look out for Rustie gigs! One of the great operators nowadays, in my opinion. On Aug 15, 2008, at 3:35 AM, David Beattie wrote: Hi Frank, as far as Glasgow is concerned just head for RubADub for shopping and while there the guys will let you know whats going on while you

Re: (313) Detroit Techno Mix (1988-92)

2008-08-03 Thread Kowalsky
This is funny... I love States Of Mind's Elements Of Tone. It is the J's A Mix version the one i love, wich i think is the version. But in every mixtape i see this tune pops up, it is always Hawtin's mix. Well, what a useless piece of mail i sent, huh? :) Kw On Jul 30, 2008, at 4:35 PM, Wes

Re: (313) Must-see stop-motion video

2008-07-22 Thread Kowalsky
There's a band i was in love couple of years ago, called Zombi. Their sound is pretty much in the same theme and orientation, but far better. Well... look at the name similarity. I don't wanna say that, but Zombie Zombie looks like a cheaper copy. Kw On Jul 21, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Scotto

(313) Ugly Edits

2008-07-02 Thread Kowalsky
I was thinking about buying the entire Theo's Ugly Edits series. Anyone here has a hint or a good source to buy from? Kw

Re: (313) It's House (mix)

2008-07-01 Thread Kowalsky
It makes sense. In other hand, i think the cicle between now and the retro targeted period consists of 20 years, more or less. Kw On Jul 1, 2008, at 5:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a theory that the trends in retro are spurned on by the generation who just missed out on it - so

Re: (313) Saturday night in NYC

2008-06-28 Thread Kowalsky
Exactly. I don't know WH you mean. :-P On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Matt Kane's Brain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the Li'l JON joke! On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WH??? -- matt kane's brain techno radio at: http

Re: (313) Saturday night in NYC

2008-06-27 Thread Kowalsky
WH??? :-D Sorry. Couldn't resist. The Lil' Wayne joke is bigger than me. On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 6:23 PM, atomly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Come to this party, it's going to be rad. Being on a boat without a captain is kind of like being Li'l Wayne on a plane without a pilot. ...

(313) OT - Buenos Aires

2008-06-27 Thread Kowalsky
Sorry to come again with this, but there's anyone from Buenos Aires in this list? thanks Kw

Re: (313) Arthur Russell film

2008-06-23 Thread Kowalsky
Go Bang and Loose Joints are both killer tracks. But there's another Russell's discoish track i love called Get Around To It. Funky as hell, but in a totally original Russell's way. Kw On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THAT'S RIGHT! Totally spaced that he's also Loose

Re: (313) WTF

2008-06-18 Thread Kowalsky
I'm sorry folks. I slept on this one big time. On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Matt Kane's Brain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Old news :) http://elists.resynthesize.com/313/2008/05/1944437/313-Another-Level-ContaKT.html On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: (313) WTF

2008-06-18 Thread Kowalsky
Mailing List 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:16:06 AM Subject: FW: (313) WTF This has already been discussed ad nauseum my good man. -Original Message- From: Kowalsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:15 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313

(313) WTF

2008-06-17 Thread Kowalsky
is this? http://www.contakt-events.com/

Re: (313) Space Disco

2008-06-10 Thread Kowalsky
/2008, at 9:21 AM, Kowalsky wrote: He may claim or reject, whatever. He sounds retro, obviously. The disco sounds, be it space, italo, or even latin, are there. Don't you think? And i'm not talking as a casual disco listener. Kw On 07/06/2008, at 13:15, Cyclone Wehner wrote: To be fair

Re: (313) Space Disco

2008-06-07 Thread Kowalsky
on Gilles Peterson for the last two weeks. This is a re-cut of the disco classic Night Life put our by Blair, one of the original members of the Blakbyrds. Not space disco, but it comes close. Good stuff... Quoting Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I posted here a mix a recorded, recently

Re: (313) Space Disco

2008-06-06 Thread Kowalsky
I posted here a mix a recorded, recently, with a lot of space disco and italo disco tunes. I love space disco originals, and was suposed to like Lindstrom's tracks. But they sound kinda generic in the end. Honestly? I prefer some of the Cloud releases or even some Italians Do It Better

Re: (313) juan and kraftwerk (was Re: (313) 313 - T)

2008-06-02 Thread Kowalsky
Frank, i'm sorry to disagree with you again, but there is no logic in saying something would be this way if... You can say that kraftwerk had no influence, or that they influenced but not as much as people say or that they did influenced a lot. These 3 cases should lead us to a real debate.

Re: (313) juan and kraftwerk (was Re: (313) 313 - T)

2008-06-02 Thread Kowalsky
it in writing, it's a fact. On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, i'm sorry to disagree with you again, but there is no logic in saying something would be this way if... You can say that kraftwerk had no influence, or that they influenced but not as much as people say

Re: (313) juan and kraftwerk (was Re: (313) 313 - T)

2008-06-02 Thread Kowalsky
, Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, the fact you claim to be true is: Kraftwerk has nothing to do with the creation of the detroit techno. Right? On 02/06/2008, at 14:54, Frank Glazer wrote: it's not an if. it's a statement of fact. juan atkins was making techno before he heard kraftwerk

Re: (313) juan and kraftwerk (was Re: (313) 313 - T)

2008-06-02 Thread Kowalsky
. Whether Juan was influenced directly or not is for him to say. Influence could mean I heard it on the radio or it could mean I had the album and studied how they were making the sounds. For our purposes here, what does it matter, Kowalsky? For what it's worth, the first electronic pop hit I recall

Re: (313) Way OT but Bo Diddley died (RIP)

2008-06-02 Thread Kowalsky
I love that square guitar sounds. RIP. On 02/06/2008, at 18:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iBZ- NbmeMiN8RESlwc0CQDP5ntcAD9121T2O0 full respect goes out to this innovator - thank you for making rock n roll MEK

(313) OT - Italo-disco, space-disco and alike

2008-05-31 Thread Kowalsky
Well, i recorded this mix recently. Don't know if y'all into these sounds. A lot of old tunes, some 30 year old tunes, and a few recent ones. Tracklist and download link follows: www.divshare.com/download/launch/4598366-bf7 DJ Kowalsky - Disco Spaziale Tracklist: 01 - Knight Action

Re: (313) Best festival Hot Ghetto Mess so far

2008-05-29 Thread Kowalsky
How the people in the US name this? Whale tail? :-D On 29/05/2008, at 01:15, Luis-Manuel Garcia wrote: I respect all of your entries so far, but nothing beats this from 2006: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmgm/398584866/in/set-72157594549855787/ warning: this will hurt. possibly NSFW,

(313) OT - Buenos Aires

2008-05-28 Thread Kowalsky
is there Anyone from Buenos Aires, or near cities, here in the list? Kw

Re: (313) 313 - T

2008-05-21 Thread Kowalsky
There's no if. All happened the way it happened. Kraftwerk IS a major influence on techno, what's the point of speculating about it never existed? Kw On 21/05/2008, at 15:05, Frank Glazer wrote: That's wildly arguable. Certainly nobody can deny a Kraftwerkian influence in early techno,

Re: (313) mix: acid/electro/b-more/detroit

2008-05-21 Thread Kowalsky
Quite good mix, with some very good blending moments. What gear did you use? And... the mix ends abruptly or my file didn't download entirely? Kw On 15/05/2008, at 16:48, BD wrote: http://bfamilyrecords.com/mixes/comments.php?nav=0id=205 Party In Your Ear Hole, Part 2 trax: 1. Bebe Dada

Re: (313) Swamp Pop

2008-05-03 Thread Kowalsky
He's from New Orleans. Kw On 03/05/2008, at 08:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who's Fats Domino? Is he from Berlin? Jason 2008/5/4 ralph gill [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hey, isn't techno like swamp pop...but without the liberal thought process..., you know, it's like white people doing fats

Re: (313) Easiest way to start a (313) argument - the Richie Hawtin RA Podcast

2008-05-02 Thread Kowalsky
I didn't read all the posts in this thread, sorry about that, but anyone mentioned Elements of Tone from States of Mind already? This track is a killer, and it's one of my favorite techno tunes of all time, although i don't dig everything Hawtin did. Kw On 02/05/2008, at 12:00, Odeluga,

Re: (313) Meanwhile, back in Detroit......

2008-04-30 Thread Kowalsky
What if we do a little research right now to see if there is, possibly, a detroit artist not born in detroit? What will happen? Ruffle the drums! On 30/04/2008, at 20:50, Todd Sines wrote: If it didn't, we might not have this list. +odd -- On Apr 30, 2008, at 7:45 PM, /0 wrote: whats

Re: (313) carl craig in the wire

2008-04-29 Thread Kowalsky
Why did you retitle it The Album Formerly Known As a few years back? No, that was Landcruising. I renamed that because I mixed it over again and I didn't feel that it should be called Landcruising 2006 or some sh1t like that. The Album Formerly Known As is a reference to one of my heroes.

Re: (313) Aux 88 special + some detroit classics

2008-04-29 Thread Kowalsky
=categorylayout=blogid=34Itemid=62 Sorry for the previous broken download. Kw On 23/04/2008, at 13:20, Kowalsky wrote: Aux 88 is comming to my town, into a local festival lineup. I put together a mix of some tracks from aux and related, along with some detroit classics, in purpose to let

Re: (313) And now, back to Detroit.......

2008-04-28 Thread Kowalsky
The doop, doo-bee-doo thing. On 28/04/2008, at 19:15, /0 wrote: what does scat-ish mean? surely not what I think it means(?) - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313 313 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:56 PM Subject: (313) And now, back to Detroit...

Re: (313) Scat (was And now, back to Detroit.......)

2008-04-28 Thread Kowalsky
This article is interesting, but it gives no clue about why people started singing like this. Well, the most probable cause lies in the early black music brought by the diaspora to the americas, when black people from africa sung in their own native languages. When these languages were

Re: (313) Scat (was And now, back to Detroit.......)

2008-04-28 Thread Kowalsky
languages are not the only one factor to influence scat singing. I think we have to consider the choir note and harmony verbalizations and intuitive rhythm aliterations as well. Kw On 28/04/2008, at 22:29, Frank Glazer wrote: On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: (313) Recalling that dubstepxtechno thread

2008-04-26 Thread Kowalsky
Yes, i agree with you about dubstep. I would not say this in a list that's not very dubstep friendly, and i've already said this, for sure, in the dubstep forums. In the dubstep forums i stand up to other genres, like techno. :-) The this i would not say, but i got to, is: the same downpath

Re: (313) Recalling that dubstepxtechno thread

2008-04-26 Thread Kowalsky
. badawi - den of drumz 20. headhunter - locus lotus Rav -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 April 2008 15:00 To: [313] Cc: Kowalsky Subject: Re: (313) Recalling that dubstepxtechno thread dave huismans ole! Kowalsky schreef: http

Re: (313) Aux 88 special + some detroit classics

2008-04-24 Thread Kowalsky
, Kowalsky wrote: Thanks a lot for the tip! Hope you like the mix. Kw On 23/04/2008, at 16:24, J.C. wrote: Pt. divshare.com has a 200MB max file size. And, if you have your own web page, you can embed a direct player link on your page. :) Will be checking out your mix shortly BTW! Thanks

(313) Recalling that dubstepxtechno thread

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=93995

Re: (313) 20 ans rex club

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
I still can't help myself loving phylypstrack like it's the first time i listen to this track. On 23/04/2008, at 10:23, kent williams wrote: Holy crap they have a good lineup going for the last half of May! I would love an entire evening of Basic Channel! 2008/4/23 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: (313) Recalling that dubstepxtechno thread

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
I agree about boomkat. Their reviews are awful. Everything is wonderful, essential. Everything is limited. They love to hype over unknown artists releases and speculate it's an aphex twin release if it has the word window on the title. Ridiculous. On 23/04/2008, at 12:31, Toby Frith wrote:

(313) Aux 88 special + some detroit classics

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
Aux 88 is comming to my town, into a local festival lineup. I put together a mix of some tracks from aux and related, along with some detroit classics, in purpose to let the kids know the sound. It's gonna be online in the festival website, but it's here in advance. Comments are welcome.

Re: (313) Recalling that dubstepxtechno thread

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
, at 13:18, Martin Dust wrote: On 23 Apr 2008, at 17:16, Kowalsky wrote: I agree about boomkat. Their reviews are awful. Everything is wonderful, essential. Everything is limited. They love to hype over unknown artists releases and speculate it's an aphex twin release if it has the word

Re: (313) Recalling that dubstepxtechno thread

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
Dubstep is the new psytrance? I mean: ??? On 23/04/2008, at 14:59, J.C. wrote: It's the new Psytrance, remember. Even with that as the case though, there have been SOME tracks that have moved me. MOST though. ;) On 23 April 2008, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: i still cant be less

Re: (313) Aux 88 special + some detroit classics

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
Thanks for downloading it! Rapidshare is a pain in the ass about these limits. But it's the only free hoster i could find that takes files larger than 100 mb. I guess you gotta wait sometime and download it again. Sorry about that. On 23/04/2008, at 15:31, Andrew Duke wrote: Kowalsky wrote

Re: (313) Recalling that dubstepxtechno thread

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
on. At least here, in Brasil, and, as far as i know, in Europe and US too. On 23/04/2008, at 15:56, J.C. wrote: Referring to the fan base when I put that out there. :) Must not be as obvious in some communities as it is on the west coast. On 23 April 2008, Kowalsky wrote: Dubstep is the new

Re: (313) Aux 88 special + some detroit classics

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
April 2008, Kowalsky wrote: Thanks for downloading it! Rapidshare is a pain in the ass about these limits. But it's the only free hoster i could find that takes files larger than 100 mb. I guess you gotta wait sometime and download it again. Sorry about that. -- San Francisco Bay Guardian's

Re: (313) Aux 88 special + some detroit classics

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
Thanks for downloading it! Rapidshare is a pain in the ass about these limits. But it's the only free hoster i could find that takes files larger than 100 mb. I guess you gotta wait sometime and download it again. Sorry about that. On 23/04/2008, at 15:31, Andrew Duke wrote: Kowalsky wrote

Re: (313) Recalling that dubstepxtechno thread

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
since 99-2001 when i was into it, but i still can't imagine it being mainstream. On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still disagree. The dubstep public has got nothing to do with the psytrance public. The psytrance public is the average public that receives

Re: (313) Recalling that dubstepxtechno thread

2008-04-23 Thread Kowalsky
It has more a garage shaped beat than a half tempo dubstep beat. But it's a styles crossover, anyway. Kw On 24/04/2008, at 01:00, Frank Glazer wrote: this doesn't sound anything at all like the dubstep that i've heard. sounds like techno to me. and i like it. 2008/4/23 Kowalsky [EMAIL

Re: (313) 4 more Movement acts

2008-04-22 Thread Kowalsky
Damn... Sonar gotta book only Barcelona native artists, from now on. On 22/04/2008, at 19:24, /0 wrote: its MOVEMENT: DETROIT'S ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL if you dont understand what that means, you can't read and should unsub. nothing in that name insinuates a festival of detroit

Re: (313) Online ecord stores

2008-04-20 Thread Kowalsky
Juno always worked fine for me. They have a pretty decent site, large stock, lots of audio samples, wishlists, and fast shipping. In one order i placed, the package didn't arrive. They made no further questions about it and just gave me store credit right away. Really amazing. I think they

Re: (313) Online ecord stores

2008-04-20 Thread Kowalsky
There are a few stores in São Pulo, and still less stores in Rio. But they're expensive, with very limited number of titles, covering only the releases wich will please the average day-to-day club dj. Kw On 20/04/2008, at 11:39, JT Stewart wrote: aw shucks that's a shame about Emporium

Re: (313) Online ecord stores

2008-04-20 Thread Kowalsky
That's really a shame about US online stores. I did not know the situation were so like this... well, bad. Another thing i do, from time to time, is buy records thru discogs or gemm from american not online stores, i mean, stores and dudes that end up selling online, but they had no proper

Re: (313) Online ecord stores

2008-04-19 Thread Kowalsky
turntablelab has a nice selection in terms of hip-hop and represses. But their shipping is too expensive. Only thru UPS. And that carries a problem when it comes to custom taxes in Brazil. Courier companies always pay the taxes, ordinary mail, sometimes, pass thru the filter with no taxes

Re: (313) Online ecord stores

2008-04-19 Thread Kowalsky
, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People, i'm in a mood of refreshing my roster of online record stores in the US. Can you point some good ones? The store must ship internationally, must be fast and eficient in replying mail

Re: (313) Online ecord stores

2008-04-19 Thread Kowalsky
every time. email them to make sure what you want is available, especially if it is slighty more uncommon. On 4/18/08, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People, i'm in a mood of refreshing my roster of online record

Re: (313) Online ecord stores

2008-04-19 Thread Kowalsky
D. Cox, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Kowalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People, i'm in a mood of refreshing my roster of online record stores in the US. Can you point some good ones? The store must ship internationally, must be fast and eficient in replying

Re: (313) Online ecord stores

2008-04-19 Thread Kowalsky
Well, i don't live in Europe, i live in Brazil. I'll check dancerecords.com out. I tried to buy from submerge, once... didn't succeeded. They simply ignored my orders and e-mails. Thanks, JT On 19/04/2008, at 16:09, JT Stewart wrote: as much as you can find at dancerecords.com (lightning

Re: (313) Online ecord stores

2008-04-19 Thread Kowalsky
Tell me more about this PBE thing... Thanks Kw On 19/04/2008, at 08:41, theREALmxyzptlk wrote: FE is fine if what you want is in stock. Speaking as someone who'd like to keep on *current* things domestic and abroad musically, it's not so hot. It won't do to wait on them to get in much of

(313) Online ecord stores

2008-04-18 Thread Kowalsky
People, i'm in a mood of refreshing my roster of online record stores in the US. Can you point some good ones? The store must ship internationally, must be fast and eficient in replying mail and in shipping, must have a good catalog of classics and new releases and must have a decent site

Re: (313) Your last best detroit track

2008-04-16 Thread Kowalsky
I love UR, specially Final Frontier, one of the tracks of my life But i have to admit that they, sometimes, pitch to some kind of cheesy naive-melodic area wich i don't like much. But... they always it with an admirable conviction, with guts. And that's a strong point for me. They don't try

Re: (313) Plain text please, G-Mailers

2008-04-14 Thread Kowalsky
I use gmail since day 1. But, quite a long time ago, i tried do subscribe to 313 using my gmail. Didn't work out. Guess 313 didn't accept any free mail service at that time. Kw On 14/04/2008, at 20:30, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Thor Teague [EMAIL

Re: (313) Booooooo!!!!!

2008-04-11 Thread Kowalsky
One day, in a club, when i turned back to get the next record and put the one i just pulled off in the sleeve, there was thus GUY, browsing my records like he was in a record store! And he didn't bother at all i was starring at him and tapping his shoulder. He was like doing the most

Re: (313) Booooooo!!!!!

2008-04-11 Thread Kowalsky
the head with the record he had just taken off the deckvery funny.. -Original Message- From: Kowalsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 April 2008 17:04 To: [313] Subject: Re: (313) Booo! One day, in a club, when i turned back to get the next record and put the one i just pulled off

Re: (313) Booooooo!!!!!

2008-04-11 Thread Kowalsky
It was a good idea to throw the wrecked 10 kilos deck over his head. Or shoot the plate at his neck, like a freesbie. :-P Kw On 11/04/2008, at 13:36, Tristan Watkins wrote: I was DJing at a house party when a totally wrecked raver came up and ripped the tonearm off one of the decks. The one

Re: (313) Mixing media...

2008-04-11 Thread Kowalsky
That sounds like Rick Wakeman djing! :-) Too many gear around... I rather keep things simple. Jokes apart, i'm in a dilema about this: going digital without abandonning my records. On 11/04/2008, at 14:10, T63 wrote: Just a thought... Instead of creating a digital vs. analog/vinyl method

Re: (313) Recording DJ sets

2008-04-11 Thread Kowalsky
For me, the quality of the encoder is far more important than bitrate. And, i don't think i'm able able to judge what fidelity really is, because it can be subjective, sometimes. That's why a distorded or clipped kick drum doesn't bother me at all if i like the tune – as far as i know, the

(313) Your last best detroit track

2008-04-08 Thread Kowalsky
What's the last best Detroit track you heard? For me is Omar S - Track #8. Kw

Re: (313) contemporary academic music literature?

2008-04-07 Thread Kowalsky
Frank, the best book i read, in years, embracing modern and contemporary music with no genre limits is called Audio Culture. I guess it will please your demands: http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Culture-Readings-Modern-Music/dp/ 0826416152/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1207582989sr=1-1 Kw

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-07 Thread Kowalsky
Arturo,i think both minimal and dub are named genres, but, above that, minimal and dub are techniques, methods of music production. You can hear minimal not only in techno, you can hear it in the philip glass music, in some post-punk bands, steve reich music, and in many areas of

Re: (313) techno vs technique

2008-04-07 Thread Kowalsky
Totally agree. But there will always be people feeling hurted by the ones who disturb their own status quo. The thing repeats on and on and on. A 70 year old rich guy claims that popular music is not music, an 50 year old claims that music played by guitar bands is real music, and music

Re: (313) Vinyl meltdown

2008-04-07 Thread Kowalsky
In Brazil, when vinyl was still printed over here, we could find two methods of vinyl recycling in the market - both were anti-ethical and practiced by the mainstream music industry. One was the recycling by melting broken, defective or unsold records. So, when people wanted their records

Re: (313) Vinyl meltdown

2008-04-07 Thread Kowalsky
Damn! :) But i hate people making watches from records to hang in their walls. I saw one made of Another Green World the other day. Of course, the owner had no clue about the music on it. What a waste. On 07/04/2008, at 14:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: give them to someone crafty

Re: (313) Vinyl meltdown

2008-04-07 Thread Kowalsky
:56, António Alves wrote: Old ghosts hidden in the gaps. What an interesting concept! Antonio On Apr 7, 2008, at 6:44 PM, Kowalsky wrote: The result: thin records with crappy sound. Sometimes we could hear the sound of the old groove in the gaps, like the sound of a distant baddly tunned

Re: (313) techno vs technique

2008-04-07 Thread Kowalsky
Michael, when small bass/drums/guitar combos came out, people said the same thing: now anyone can do music and it's gonna be crappy. When producers didn't have to learn musical theory or music notation to make music, people said the same thing. Probably, people said the same thing when

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-07 Thread Kowalsky
Well, Arturo, i got your point. But i really have another opinion about minimal. I'm not a native english speaker, but i'll try. Forgive any mistakes. Minimal is not necesserally less, or minus. But, sometimes, it ends up being the use of less elements. The use of silence and empty spaces

Re: (313) techno vs technique

2008-04-07 Thread Kowalsky
On 07/04/2008, at 17:48, Michael Pujos wrote: Kowalsky a écrit : Michael, when small bass/drums/guitar combos came out, people said the same thing: now anyone can do music and it's gonna be crappy. When producers didn't have to learn musical theory or music notation to make music, people said

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-06 Thread Kowalsky
I agree with you, Simon. Kw On 05/04/2008, at 21:59, duf duf wrote: It's amazing . . does anyone like anything on this list. Maybe the 313 t-shirt should be .. don't like it on 313 .. beatless humour aside .. I was thinking the other day that we might be getting genre confused with

(313) Jared Wilson

2008-04-05 Thread Kowalsky
I heard, years ago, an excellent mix recorded by Jarde Wilson. It started with an AFX's remix for a Bug tune (run the place red) and some great dancehall riddims from that time, then moves to some great technoish sounds. I also bought a 12, that i found lost in a store, with some great

Re: (313) Hieroglyphic Being - Bathroom Sessions Vol.1 CD

2008-04-03 Thread Kowalsky
This release is ing awesome. I first knew about Mathematics when i bought the Adonis presents Noleian Reusse - Images 12. Wich has a couple of great tunes too. On 03/04/2008, at 06:39, robin wrote: On 3 Apr 2008, at 10:35, Toby Frith wrote: My mistake, it's actually from 2006. It's

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