grahmzilla

I was fortunate enough to get out to Cottage Country™ over the last few weeks for some much needed break from internet/studio/city/etc before the inevitable return to the madness that is fall (thanks to darcy and ryan). In the meantime, I made a mix which highlighted a bunch of the music that was the soundtrack to my summer. Enjoy! =



aloe blacc – i need a dollar
mark ronson and the business intl – bang bang bang
i get crazy loop
big boi – shutterbug
Limb By Tung (Cosmo Baker & Skratch Bastid’s Harlem meets Jamaica mix) – Cutty ranks
crystal castles – empathy
arcade fire – sprawl ii
cfcf – big love
cocknbullkid – misery (nautiluss remix)
chemical brothers – swoon (boyz noize summer mix)
totally enormous extinct dinosaur – garden
wiley – NBYW (soloUK loves garage mix)
diesler – lovestruck killers
M.I.A – XXXO (riton re-rub)
canblaster – jetpack
florence and the machine – drumming song (boy 8-bit remix)
rusko – hold on feat. amber coffman
santigold – hold the line (skream remix)
katy b – katy on a mission
usher – little freak ft. nicky minaj
prince – iwoulddie4u
staygold – backsteat ft robyn & spankrock
the drums – let’s go surfing


Grahmzilla – Summers Almost Gone mix (right click, save-as)

Check out my upcoming Grahmzilla gigs!

Sep 29 – Montreal @ Rialto for the POP MTL opening party (6pm) º
Sept 30 – Montreal @ Tokyo Lounge º
Oct 7 – Toronto @ 99 Sudbury º
Oct 15 – Saskatoon @ Skratch Club º
Oct 16 – Calgary @ Hifi º
Oct 22 – Vancouver @ Fortune Sound Club º
Oct 23 – Edmonton @ Pawn Shop º

º denotes Grahmzilla DJ set

So about this time last year, I discovered that one of my favorite performers Dandi Wind (see here) had started a new project called Fan Death. Already being a fan of her solo stuff, I was excited about the prospect of anything else she might be involved in. Aside from being a kick-ass performer/songwriter, she also directs music videos (as I mentioned earlier). So anyhoo, I bothered her to give me stems to remix. She hooked me up with Veronica’s Veil. And so, a full year later, I present to you my remix. I’m pretty sure it’s never going to actually get released out due to a pretty big sample I threw in there, but when you hear it, you’ll hopefully understand why I couldn’t pass up the chance to use it. Feel free to re-blog, send to your friends and families and/or anything else you can think of that gets it out there. I didn’t want this to just get lost in the ether as I am quite fond of it (as is Dandi). For the record I was going for the Neverending Story slash Dark Crystal epic saga type mood.

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So I first heard Julio Bashmore‘s stuff a few weeks ago on CIUT in Toronto. I basically lost it because the song in question sounded so similar to my Edu K remix that I had recently dropped. I actually emailed him to tell him because it was freaking me out and wanted him to hear it and to know that I never heard Moth People until after I had put out the remix. He ended up writing back that he didn’t really think they sounded the same but that he was into it. Right on! Here’s a mix he did for Vice which will give you a good idea of what he’s all about.


1. Deadboy – “Heartbreaker (Julio Bashmore Remix)”
2. Cooly G – “Love Dub”
3. Deadboy – “U Cheated”
4. Julio Bashmore – “Around”
5. Son of Aphrodite – “Vibrations”
6. DJ Sneak – “Fix My Sink”
7. Blackjoy – “Untitled (Solid Groove Remix)”
8. Mosca – “Gold Bricks, I See You”
9. L-Vis 1990 – “United Groove (Baobinga and I.D Remix)”
10. LV & Untold – “Beacon (Mount Kimbie Remix)”
11. Breach – “Fatherless”
12. Julio Bashmore – “Um Bongo’s Revenge”

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Get his latest EP on Dirty Bird here

Just made this for upcoming gigs and because, shit, it’s been AGES since I made any sort of mix. I have two more coming this week. Watch me! This is the first time I’ve done a uk funky/kuduro/tropical mix and I had a bunch of stuff I had to leave out so there’ll probably be a part two soon. Feel free to share this with your friends.

edit: I should probably mention this was put together on the train in Ableton. I have no qualms in admitting that. Most of the time that’s the only means I have at my disposal. But I WILL be doing some real-time DJ mixes now that I have a table-mixer setup at home for the first time in years.

NGUZUNGUZU – moments in sex [CDR]
fourtet – love cry (joy orbison remix)
hardhouse banton – sirens
emvee – glitch (bonjay’s feisty rub) [CDR]
miike snow – silvia (sinden remix) [sony]
marcus price and carli – Mat, Bira, Kvinnor, Weed (Kingdom Remix) [CDR]
octa push – doctor bayard
rusko – woo boost (douster remix) [mad decent]
l-vis 1990 – united groove (buraka som sistema remix) [mad decent]
thunderheist – LBG (toy selectah raverton remix) [big dada]
bassanovva feat. spruce lee- chicken lover [CDR]
cubic zirconia – josephine (egyptrixx remix) [CDR]
prince zimboo – santa flaws! (cocotaxi remix) [CDR]
wiley feat. emeli sande – NBYM (soloUK ‘loves garage’ remix) [CDR]
marvin brown – jack it up riddim [CDR]
erup – click my finga (grahmzilla remix) [truckback]
major lazer feat. nina sky – louder (so shifty remix) [downtown]
miike snow – animal (mark ronson redo) [sony]

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This DVD reviews the career and music of Kraftwerk, from their inception in the late 1960s [as pre-Kraftwerk ensemble Organisation], through their most celebrated period in the mid 1970s, and culminating with their resurgence during the 1980s with the popularity of synth-pop and techno. The film further explores how Kraftwerk both fitted in and pulled away from the electronic wing of what is often lazily referred to as ‘Krautrock’. This programme presents a fascinating story previously untold on film.

I bought this documentary the other day at Rotate This in Toronto. I was looking for some inspiration and I figured a documentary on such a ground-breaking band would do the trick. And I was totally right!

Kraftwerks two main members were from Dusseldorf and whereas most artists would do anything to be associated with their sorted history, Kraftwerk didnt shy away from it. From their name, to their appearance, to the art direction, they were german efficiency at its best. It’s kind of scary how you can listen to a Kraftwerk song and it sounds like it was made last week.

What I didn’t realize that the Kraftwerk portion of the doc is actually only a small part of the footage. This documentary spends a good hour explaining how the 60s American/British rock influenced but gave rise to an entirely different movement in Western Germany with their own interpretation of psych rock and eventually Kraut Rock. Aside from a few Can songs, I didnt really know much about the genre. I always had a fondness for Tangerine Dream’s synthy cosmic bliss but had no idea they were German. I was unaware of how the early experimentations of Pierre Henry and Shaeffer ended up insipiring them to use instruments as vessels instead of the more traditional way. This video helps fill many gaps and also really gives you a primer on the growing german music scene of the late 60s and early 70s by the new youth. Having spent quite a bit of time in various parts of Germany, this was a real eye-opener into the cultural differences between western and eastern sections and how that affected the art.