Midheaven

Just ordered Crunc Tesla's "What's Really Rad?" EP and Shotgun Wedding Volumes Dos y Tres from this newly discovered mail order site. I recommend everyone hitting up www.midheaven.com and checking out the massive catalog of new and classic hotness. I just ordered from there yesterday and I'm already pimping it.
It must be good.

Spank Rock + ZILLA

Here's the show for this evening:

Hour 1:

ZILLA: "Watch and Repeat Play" (Radio Remix)

Spank Rock: "Breezeblock Mix" (right-click to download)

Hour 2:

Spank Rock: "this is Spank Rock!" (Voila!)

This Is SPANK ROCK!

In honor of the newly released, debut album "YoYoYo..." from Spank Rock, I will be playing "this is SPANK ROCK." (aka "Voila!") in its entirety this Friday, April 28th. You'll hear many tracks from "YoYoYo..." expertly mixed by Christopher Rockswell and XXXchange with everything from Suzanne Vega to Missy Elliott to Jimi Hendrix. I realize that about one-fourth of this mix has already been played on the show, but that really doesn't matter and I don't care if you want something else. You want to know why?

a) This is my show!
b) This is Spank Rock!
c) This is an application to get your own show!

The second hour is still up for grabs. Either leave a comment on this post or send an e-mail to kruitronics(at)gmail(dot)com with any suggestions.

Unabashed Laziness

Hour 1 (see "Hour 1")

Hour 2 (see "Hour 2")

This just in...

New goodness:

Spank Rock: "YOYOYOYOYO"
Low Budget & Deluxxx: "Snap or Die"
GLC & A-Trak: "Drive Slow"
Dipset: "Diplomats Volume 1"
Dipset: "Byrdgang"
Caps & Jones and Certified Bananas: "Lemon-Red Mixes"
Caps & Jones: "Moving in Stereo"

Some for the show. Some just for me.

The Philosophy of Time Travel

The man they call DJ Samlive will be showcasing his craftsmanship this saturday on 89.7 KRUI from 9 PM to 11 PM with his latest work: The Philosophy of Time Travel.

Donnie Darko + Samlive = Aural Pleasure

Back with more info soon.

KRUI Wants Your (Friend's) Mixes!

This is an invitation to all DJs, friends of DJs, and people aware of people called "DJs" to contact me regarding any mixing you think should be featured on Hooked on 'Tronics. I've been in contact with some artists I have featured on the show:

Buddy Peace
The Marcia Blaine School for Girls (Production Unit, The Village Orchestra, etc)
Panzah Zandahz
ZILLA
DJ Ayres
Cosmo Baker
and maybe more that I don't remember right now

Anyway, the point is that there are many quality mixes out there that are waiting to be found and aired for the masses (aka my mom plus a few random listeners). Let those people know that there is a radio show playing mixes by people ranging from the under-represented hermit "bedroom DJs" to the world-renowned, egomaniacal DJs. It's all about variety, and sometimes I either don't have time for endless discovery or I am just too lazy to sniff out the latest and updatest (unlike my man Sid and his Hip-Hop Amaza Show).

Here's the contact info:
e-mail: kruitronics@gmail.com
AIM, Yahoo instant messaging: KRUItronics
MSN instant messaging: kruitronics@gmail.com
KRUI phoneline (to call during the show): 319-335-8970

If you like some of the artists I have featured, let them know. Most of the links on this site have their contact info. Also, tell your friends about the show, because you know they'll love it.

DJ Mixes #8, BOYEEE!!!

Whatchoo gon' do 'bout it, huh!?!

Hour 1:

DJ Shadow: Funky Skunk
DJ /rupture: BTTB Live 4 German Radio
DJ /rupture: Low Income Tomorrowland
Diplo: FabricLive 24
Diplo: Live in Montreal
DJ Shadow: Diminishing Returns

Hour 2:

Panzah Zandahz: Butterfunk Concoction
Disco D: Funk Flava
Michna vs. Woodman: Metal on Metal
Osymyso: 40 Minutes Into the Future (right-click to download mix)
Cosmo Baker w/ Pase Rock & Spank Rock: XXXplosive
ZILLA: Grinted Teeth & Brawlsville
The Marcia Blaine School for Girls: Live @ Hive 2005

Thanks for stopping by.

04/06/06

Co-opted (In)organic Radio for the evening:

Hour 1:

1) Four Tet: "She Moves She"
2) The Cinematic Orchestra: "Channel 1 Suite (Four Tet Remix)"

3) Aphex Twin: "Cliffs"
4) Aphex Twin: "Cliffs (Four Tet Remix)"

5) Squarepusher: "Massif (Stay Strong)"
6 East Flatbush Project: "Tried by 12 (Squarepusher Remix)"

7) Landau: "Six Ways to Sunday"
8) Machine Drum: "Stevieblam (Landau Remix)"

9) Boom Bip: "Last Walk Around Mirror Lake (Boards of Canada Remix)"

Hour 2:

DJ Mixes #5: Hour 1

(In)organic Radio

Hey, kids...

Tonight I am acting as substitute host for (In)organic Radio, the new electronic music show of KRUI, hosted by Mr. Erik Skaden. I'll post the "set list" of the first hour in a bit, but the second hour is just DJ Mixes #5: Hour 1.
Erik will be taking my show for me tomorrow, so expect some of the electronic goodness. More info in a bit.

IT'S ON! DJ Mixes #7

Well, it may not be some revolutionary shit, but here it is, ladies and gentlemen:

Hour 1:

Buddy Peace: A Friendly Game of Chess

The Tape: DJ Mix (right-click here to download mix)

Oakland Faders (DJ Platurn & DJ Spair): Fader Nation Volume 1

DJ Z-Trip: Live in LA 2003

DJ Ayres: Flashback

**Murderbot**: right-click this mix to download

Hour 2:

RQM: whothefuckisrqm? (right-click here to download mix)

Production Unit: Why I Need A New Mixer

DJ Raedawn: 80 Minutes of Stank Stank

The Marcia Blaine School for Girls: Live @ Osmosis 11/23/03

Radiohead Rap Session:
A-Trak: Lil' Scrappy - No Problem / Paranoid Android (from "It's the Motherfucking Remix Volume 2")
Diplo: Lil' Flip - Game Over / Sit Down, Stand Up (from "It's the Motherfucking Remix Volume 1")
Greenhouse Effect: Light of Day
Panzah Zandahz: Me & This Army

I'll post some more info on the hotness later.

**If you're in the Iowa City area on Saturday, April 1st, be sure to check out the Murderbot show at Gabe's Oasis. Give me a call at 319-335-8970 during the show on Friday and I'll have two tickets with your name on them.

This guy made my night and my entire semester

A very kind individual called in this evening during the show, just to express his opinion regarding the show:

"Dude, best show ever."

No shit. He was definitely feeling the "Brainfreeze" and "Raiding the 20th Century." Also, I apparently have been playing pretty much "everything [he] likes" for this whole semester. He did have a few suggestions, I believe some Mr. Dibbs and Madlib, so I'll be sure to get right on those. I wish I would have written them down.

Just one call like that really makes a guy's amateur college radio DJ "career" worth it. Much appreciation goes out to all the listeners. I assume you are a small group, but two ears are better than none.

DJ Mixes #6

Alright, kids, here's the goodness this week:





More info to come.

Welcome, Tom & Jill

If you are not Tom and/or Jill Balmer, part of this won't make any sense, but read on anyway:

Thanks for visiting my "crazy techno shit" blog. That's how Betsy likes to refer to what I usually call "electronic music." Actually, the show now consists of purely DJ mixes, with only limited "crazy techno shit." Maybe you could think of something creative for the new show name. After scrolling down for awhile you'll most likely realize that there really isn't much to this here blog. Just listing which mixes I have played from for each show, sometimes including album art with links to various places on the "triple-dub" that have info on the mixes.

You can click on the picture to the right (it's of me) that says "MySpace" to check out that page. You can also click here to go directly to the MySpace blog. You can pause the music on the main MySpace page and watch the fun Aphex Twin video if you're in an appropriate setting (e.g. not at work). The video quality isn't that great, but it's still enjoyable (for some people). It'll surely make you want to watch "Come to Daddy" again.
Leave me a comment here if you'd like.

More Warp Goodness

Just picked up this "old school" Warp Records gem:



Blech mixed by PC & Strictly Kev of Ninja Tune Records

Working on...

Taking these mixes...


Buddy Peace & ZILLA: Watch And Repeat Play


Buddy Peace & ZILLA: Watch And Repeat Play (ZILLA's Reasonable Radio Remix Version) (click to go to download link)


PC & Strictly Kev: Blech II: Blechsdöttir


Buddy Peace: Lex Mix 2003 [Version 2] (Unreleased)

...and ultimately piecing together one solid hour of (essentially) all Warp Records and sub-label Lex Records music.

Then...


Merck Mix 1: Spring 2003


Ben Cormier & Dan Hartrell: Merck Mix 2: Summer 2003


Ben Cormier & Dan Hartrell: Merck Mix 3: Summer 2004


Proswell: Merck Mix 4: Proswell

...to pack another hour with goodness entirely from Merck Records.

Dangers of answering calls at KRUI

Here's what happened last friday when I got a little too excited about a phone call in the studio:



Luckily Bose will be replacing them in a few weeks.

DJ Mixes #5

3/3/06

Hour 1:

1) A-Trak: "Oh No You Didn't!"


2) Nick Catchdubs: "Oh Snap"


3) DJ Raedawn: "80 Minutes of Stank Stank"

4) Buddy Peace: "Non Mathabetical Fiction - A Pre Sci Fu Megamix" (right-click to download mix)


5) Michna vs. Woodman: "Metal on Metal"


6) Drop the Lime vs. Syrup Girls: "Shotgun Wedding Volume 4"

Hour 2:


7) DJ Green Lantern: "New York State of Mind"


8) DJ Andy Smith: "The Document II"


9) DJ Platurn & DJ Enki - "Blend-A-Pella"


10) DJ Shadow: "Live! In Tune and On Time"


11) DJ Nu-Mark: "Hands On"


12) Diplo: "Piracy Funds Terrorism Volume 1"

DJ Mixes #4

2/24/06

Hour 1:


1) Spank Rock: "Voila"


2) Diplo: "FabricLive 24"


3) Cosmo Baker w/ Pase Rock & Spank Rock: "XXXplosive"


4) Panzah Zandahz: "Me & This Army"


5) Controller 7: "BUMPS"

6) Buddy Peace: "Good Grief" (Unreleased)

Hour 2:


7) Low Budget: "Club Shotta "


8) James Hyman: "Best of 2004"


9) The Rub DJs: "It's the Motherfucking Remix Volume 1"


10) Blu Jemz & Roger Yamaha: "Second Cousins"

11) DJ Surgeon: "Food for Thought"


12) ZILLA: "Grinted Teeth & Brawlsville"

Recent Acquisitions

DJ Shadow - In Tune and On Time
DJ Ayres - Flashbacks!
Nick Catchdubs - Oh Snap
DJ Andy Smith - The Document II
Low Budget - Club Shotta
Michna vs. Woodman - Metal on Metal
DJ Nu-Mark - Hands On
A-Trak - Oh No You Didn't!
DJ Platurn & DJ Enki - Blend-A-Pella
DJ Platurn & DJ Spair - Fader Nation Volume 1
and probably some others I am forgetting

Still waiting for:
Hexstatic - Solid Steel: Listen & Learn
Mr. Scruff - Solid Steel: Keep It Solid Steel

These two have been in the mail since January 17th. Once they arrive, I will actually be able to put together the "Solid Steel" show I have been planning to do.

Even more are on the way from Turntable Lab

Barring some unforeseen incident, I will be back in the KRUI studio on the 24th with some more goodness. Some possible players:

Spank Rock - Voila
Diplo - FabricLive 24
Cosmo Baker w/ Pase Rock & Spank Rock - XXXplosive
Buddy Peace - Good Grief (gotta have something from Mr. Budd)
Low Budget - Club Shotta
DJ Surgeon - Food for Thought
ZILLA - Grinted Teeth & Brawlsville
It's the Motherfucking Remix Volume 1 (I very possibly will have played this entire album before the end of this semester)
and probably some more from the list above