OxyKon

im live right now with some DNB for the afternoon, get tuned radio/

So while Wrxfiend and myself were at the record store digging through crates the owner asked us if we wanted to jam at his event on Anzac day eve and we thought why not, Fiend is gonna be dropping most likely hip hop/ breakbeat things and ill be dropping a DnB set later in the night, all perth peeps should come down and so there support, will be a fun night Starts at 8pm through till midnight

Spitfire stepping out of the photo the 3 of us all on the listening stations at the same time Came away with a few dope LPs

OxyKon

looks like im starting off FNCP right now, tune in via this link http://mixlr.com/oxykon/

Do you have the code?

!unfuk

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FNCP IS TOMORROW !FUK

wish i could go i wish you were here to m8

I'm thinking maybe around 11-12ish, I got some shit to take care of in the morning

Yeah nice, I'm looking forward to it, I doubt much will be happening for the day but it's still a good excuse to do some digging

Duz, WRXFIEND, Spitfire: care to join me down at mills for this? maybe make a day of it and hit up a few different places?

Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1000 independently owned record stores in the US and thousands of similar stores internationally. There are Record Store Day participating stores on every continent except Antarctica. Record Store Day 2014 takes place on April 19th. Head out to one of the stores below, not only on Record Store Day but every day!!! 78 RECORDS 255 Murray St Mall (Upstairs) Perth, 6000 http://www.78records.com.au DADA RECORDS 36 Pier Street Perth, 6000 http://www.dadarecords.com.au * In store performances from Aborted Tortoise, Night Signals, Mitchell Freeway, Fabian Rojas and more to be announced. Plus in store discounts and specials. FAT SHAN RECORDS 37 Barrack Street Perth, 6000 http://www.fatshanrecords.com JUNCTION RECORDS 27-35 William Street Fremantle, 6160 MILLS RECORDS 22 Adelaide Street Fremantle, 6160 http://www.mills.com.au NOISE POLLUTION 280 William Street Northbridge, 6000 MOOGY’S MOBILE RECORD STORE Everywhere and often moogysmobilerecordstore.tumblr.com/ PLANET MUSIC 634-646 Beaufort Street Mt Lawley, 6050 http://www.planetvideo.com.au PLASTIC PASSION 43 Eight Avenue Maylands, 6051 http://www.plasticpassion.com.au SAFARI’S RECORD SHACK 189 William Street (Rear Shop 3 Arcade) Northbridge, 6000 THE RECORD FINDER 87 High Street Fremantle, 6160 UNKNOWN TREASURES Shop 199 Coventry Village 243-253 Walter Road, Morley, 6062 http://www.unknowntreasures.com.au *Exclusive RSD releases will be on the shelves. 15% off all Second Hand LP’s, bargain bin LP’s $5 each, CD’s $5 each New LP’s buy x2 get $3 off, buy x3 and get $6 off (excludes RSD releases only) URBAN RECORDS 117 Oxford Street Leederville, 6007 WEB IN FRONT RECORDS Online and at record fairs Source: rtrfm.com.au

I should be able to organize something next weekend

i'm down for that! i think its on the saturday so you might have to ditch work

sounds like it was fun dude, we have a record markets in perth over easter weekend, think im def gonna check it out

did the name lungy ever come to mind at your college already following dude

Welcome dude, will be good to see some mixes from yourself soon

If you’re even a passing fan of electronic music, it’s likely that you know that one of its icons, DJ and producer Frankie Knuckles, died earlier this week at the age of 59 from complications related to type 2 diabetes. The “godfather of house music” was a true legend, the kind of artist to whom one could point as a real cultural lynchpin; without his influence, dance music in 2014 would likely be an entirely different beast. Having given birth to house music in Chicago in the late ’70s and early ’80s via his clubs the Warehouse and later the Power Plant, Knuckles (born Francis Nicholls in New York City) was a dedicated craftsman and inventor, honing his skills as a DJ by playing marathon sets to open-minded audiences and helping to make the remix its own art form by constructing extended versions of classic soul and disco tunes with a pair of reel-to-reel tape decks and a 909. Beyond his monumental legacy and discography, which includes tracks like “Your Love” and “The Whistle Song,” there is a lot for DJs to learn from Frankie Knuckles’ DIY approach to production, performance, community-building, and career longevity. We teased out a few of those nuggets for you to consider in your own pursuit of DJing greatness. GET CREATIVE WHEN BOOKING YOUR FIRST GIGS First and foremost, Knuckles was a cratedigger with a profound love of soul, R&B, and disco records. But when he started DJing, people weren’t exactly lining up to offer him gigs. So, when he was just 18, he got his start running lights for his friend Larry Levan at the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in New York City. (Coincidentally, lounge singers Bette Midler and Barry Manilow also got their start there.) When Levan couldn’t play, or needed a break, Knuckles was there to fill in and take over, giving him ample opportunity to earn his stripes infront of an up-for-anything crowd. PREPARE FOR ALL TYPES OF SETS Naturally, there was also a dance floor, and it’s where Knuckles honed his craft, often playing eight-hour marathon sets that would require all sorts of pacing and track selection, which, back in ’70s and ’80s, didn’t mean a library full of MP3s—it meant lugging stacks and stacks of wax with you. “A lot of people would check in on Friday night and they wouldn’t check out until Monday morning,” he said in the same interview. During those sets, Knuckles would regularly combine disco and R&B with post-punk and synth-heavy pop. KEEP THEM ON THE FLOOR When faced with an epic-length set, or even a short one, most DJs have their work cut out when it comes to keeping a crowd rapt. Knuckles’ solution? Take standard tracks and extend or edit them for maximum impact. Knuckles and Co. didn’t have Ableton at their disposal—12″ vinyl singles were only just starting to show up in record stores—so they did it the real old-fashioned way: with reel-to-reel tape decks. By looping sections and breaks from his old soul and disco records, Knuckles was able to draw out the songs’ best moments and keep revelers in an extended state of trance. Even crazier, he often had those reel-to-reel decks in the booth, manually editing sections of 45s on the fly. Knuckles’ friend Derrick May—long before he became the Detroit techno legend that he is now—gave him a Roland TR-909 drum machine, and Knuckles employed it to extend his live sets by rolling drum patterns beneath the mix. This newly discovered pastiche approach to making tracks would eventually give birth to some of Knuckles’ most well-known productions, including Jamie Principle’s “Your Love,” which was re-produced by Knuckles in a proper studio after the original demo showed so much promise in the club, and his 1983 extended mix of Philly soul band First Choice’s “Let No Man Put Asunder,” which put a more formal stamp on the process of remixing for generations to come. CREATE YOUR OWN SCENE Knuckles really gave birth to a scene, but it wasn’t just the house scene as we’ve come to know it—it was a community for gay, usually black and Latino men in the late ’70s when there wasn’t much of one to engage with. In their extensive look at early DJ culture entitled Last Night a DJ Saved My Life authors Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton wrote: RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME The truth is, Chicago house could’ve just as easily been credited to Knuckles’ friend Larry Levan. But in 1977, Levan turned down a residency at the newly minted Chicago club the Warehouse, because NYC’s Paradise Garage was being built just for him, and Knuckles was next in line. At just 20 years of age, Knuckles was offered equity in the Warehouse to do his part, so he moved from New York to Chicago to hold down the decks at the club, from which “house music” would take its name. The rest is history. KEEP HUSTLING AND COLLABORATING Ever since the beginning, Knuckles was the consummate collaborator. This philosophy came from the way his favorite albums were originally made—band efforts, in which everyone played a part of the greater whole. Levan helped Knuckles get his first gigs, Knuckles helped Jamie Principle’s voice become one of house music’s most enduring ones, and of course, Knuckles’ remixes and collabs with some of pop music’s biggest names (Michael Jackson, Rufus & Chaka Khan, Lisa Stansfield, and plenty more) helped their songs cross over into the club world. When Knuckles was well into his 50s—that’s already more than 30 years of DJing—he was still working hard as a DJ and remixer, playing all around the world and teaming up with the younger generation of producers who were just discovering the style. House revivalists Hercules & Love Affair tapped the master for a remix of their hit “Blind,” and it further cemented his legendary status amidst the current crop of newer producers and DJs. Source: djtechtools.com

^ i know we are the only ones that really use it to its full potential but i don't want to see it go, ill chip in to help keep it up

i think i want one

Can't blame the people for hating the major parties

Welcome dude

same here