Dillon Koenig

Amazing!

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:52:25 +0000

Amazing!

nprmusic: On dueling grand pianos, Bon Iver frontman Justin...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:37:11 +0000

On dueling grand pianos, Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon and drummer Sean Carey work through stripped-down versions of ”Hinnom, TX,” “Wash.,” and “Beth/Rest” from Bon Iver, “Babys” from the Blood Bank EP, and the single “I Can’t Make You Love Me.”

Jessie Ware is absolutely someone to keep your eye on for 2012....

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:50:00 +0000

Jessie Ware is absolutely someone to keep your eye on for 2012. This is her new track ‘Running’, produced by another rising star, Julio Bashmore.

I love Manhattans. A well made Manhattan is pretty incomparable....

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:43:39 +0000

I love Manhattans. A well made Manhattan is pretty incomparable. Here’s a recipe if you want to make one at home: http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/1940s/1941/11/classic-cocktail-recipes-manhattan

Woody Guthrie’s 1943 “New Years...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:42:45 +0000

Woody Guthrie’s 1943 “New Years Rulin’s.” Found in one of his journals dated January 31st, 1942. Wise words to try and live by.

2011's Top 50 Tunes

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:38:00 +0000

2011 has been an interesting year for me, musically. At the end of last year I started to tire of the style of house and techno I’d been playing out in clubs for the last few years - quite straight 4:4 house & electro - and realised I wanted a change. Adam K & I (amicably) decided topart ways and I left the LMP DJs. On the 1st of Jan 2011 I ditched all the CDs in my DJ wallet and went on a mission to find new music that did excite me.

Since then I’ve semi-retired from DJing. I still play the odd party here and there for mates but I’m never going to go back to DJing as much as I did when I was one 1/2 of the LMP DJs. And I’m happy with that. But partly as a consequence (i.e. I don’t spend all my time trawling the net just for new club music and am now trawling for all ‘good’ music ) I’ve broadened my musical tastes this year.

Anyway, to get to the point, I thought I’d share my top 50 tunes of 2011:

A1 Bassline - Falsehood
Adele & Jamie XX vs Cecile, Mr Lexx & Timberlee - Rolling In The Heat (The Heatwave Refix)
Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar (Zinc Remix)
Azari & III - Hungry For The Power (Jamie Jones Ridge Street Remix)
Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
Black Rose - Anthem
Boddika - When I Dip
Canblaster - Clockworks
Cee-Lo Green - I Want You (Redlight Remix)
Charli XCX - Stay Away
Chromeo - When The Night Falls (Breakbot Remix)
Crookers pres. Dr. Gonzo - Springer
Cults - Go Outside
Dems - House
Eats Everything - Entrance Song
Erick Morillo & Eddie Thoneick - Live Your Life feat Shawnee Taylor (Redlight Mix)
Evil Nine - It’s You
Girl Unit - Wut (Claude Vonstroke Undressed Remix)
Hercules & Love Affair - My House (Tensnake Remix)
Jai Paul - BTSTU
Jamie George - Flying Saucer
Jamie Woon - Lady Luck (Royce Wood Jnr Remix)
Jamie XX - Far Nearer
Jessie Ware & Sampha - Valentine
Josh Osho - Redemption Days (RZA Remix)
Julio Bashmore - Battle For Middle You
Justice - Audio Video Disco
Katy B - Easy Please Me (Claude Von Stroke Remix)
Kill It Kid - Heart Rested With You
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)
Man Like Me - Peculiar
MJ Cole - Southern Electric feat Scrufizzer
Monarchy - I Won’t Let Go
Mosca - Bax
Pangea - Inna Daze
Pusha T - Touch It feat. Kanya West
Roska - Jackpot
Sammy Bananas - My Body
SBTRKT - Wildfire
Scuba - Feel It
Soul Clap - Extravaganza
Spectr - Dance 4 Me
Submerse - Hold It Down
High Powered Boys (Surkin & Bobmo) - Work
Toddla T - Take It Back feat Shola Ama
Toodar - Toy
The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex
Wiley - Numbers in Action (Toddska Remix)
Yuksek - On A Train

(And I know that a couple of these were released in 2010 but this is based on tracks that I got hold of in 2011).

***STOP PRESS***
Just realised I forgot two, so I guess it’s my Top 52 of 2011:

Sam Frank - Simple Life
Cross It - Nobody Can Cross It

Sam Frank is stupid talented. Beautiful song.

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:01:20 +0000

Sam Frank is stupid talented. Beautiful song.

Wicked garage. Hard to tell if it’s new or old. I was...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:58:00 +0000

Wicked garage. Hard to tell if it’s new or old. I was going to search for it on discogs.com to find out then realised I really don’t care, and it doesn’t matter - it’s quality. That’s all that matters.

Someone has found every video of Daft Punk at Coachella 2006 and...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:41:25 +0000

Someone has found every video of Daft Punk at Coachella 2006 and cut them all together to recreate Daft Punk’s entire set. It’s really impressive work.

Thought provoking stuff about the Occupy movement

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:17:26 +0000

Thought provoking stuff about the Occupy movement:

This is a really interesting & thought provoking look at the Occupy movement. Every day I’m more and more shocked by what’s happening over there. Not that it’s limited to the US.

This is pretty awesome. Spine tingling stuff. RE:GENERATION...

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:59:55 +0000

This is pretty awesome. Spine tingling stuff.

RE:GENERATION Music Video: DJ Premier “Regeneration” (by HyundaiUSA)

Taken with Instagram at London Bridge

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:27:47 +0000

Taken with Instagram at London Bridge

An ode to Marcel Duchamp (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:36:11 +0000

An ode to Marcel Duchamp (Taken with instagram)

Hey, what are you listening to?

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:32:54 +0000

I like this. Some guy in New York asked a load of people what they were listening to as they walked the streets of the city and then created this video:

And now it seems to have gone global. Here’s London:

And amsterdam:

Grammar saves lives.

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:05:12 +0100

Grammar saves lives.

My Mixmag interview

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:21:00 +0100

My Mixmag interview:

Mixmag asked me how does one get their music played on Radio 1. Here are my answers. (In this month’s edition).

This is a mate of mine and his band. They’re really good....

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:12:50 +0100

This is a mate of mine and his band. They’re really good. And the fact that they made this video with zero budget makes it even better, in my opinion.

Dems - House (by demsdemsdemsdems)

Just got around to checking @SBTRKT’s Essential Mix and...

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:16:42 +0100

Just got around to checking @SBTRKT’s Essential Mix and definitely one of the best EMs of the year!

Working hard on my last day (Taken with Instagram at The Eagle)

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:51:46 +0100

Working hard on my last day (Taken with Instagram at The Eagle)

I’m not sure if there’s anything you can say about...

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:02:36 +0100

I’m not sure if there’s anything you can say about this.