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TIMES NEUE ROMAN MAKESHIFT REMIX NOW AVAILABLE!

<ADMINNICENAME> — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:01:43 +0000

Well, it’s been a while. That’s a VERY large understatement. Is that an oxi-moron? Either way, Times Neue Roman’s latest EP, Zombies: The To Die Remixes (INTELLEGENIX) dropped yesterday and on it, among other fantastic remixes from the likes of Barletta, Pink Dead Whale and Peter Project, is mine. Each remix is expertly crafted and well ready to take over whatever genres dance floor so do yourself a favor and go to Beatport, Junodownload, Amazon, iTunesiTunes and give it a listen. I guarantee you’ll find something you like. Also, to grab a lower res copy of my remix and check out further praise from a fantastic blog (if I do say so myself) go to Discobelle.net MAKESHIFT Out!

TIME CREEPS EP REMIXES

<ADMINNICENAME> — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:46:45 +0000

Pawn Shop Records got some excellent talent to remix my Time Creeps EP. Iron Horse, Tomas Andersson and Jacques C. all put their handiwork in on this one.

Check out the release on the PSR website or go straight to BeatPort to get a copy!

New Jacques C. MAKESHIFT remix on PSR

<ADMINNICENAME> — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:42:24 +0000

PSR has just released my first remix for them. A cosmic disco journey into What’s on a Man’s Mind.

Check it out on Beatport, Juno or via The PSR website.

“I can’t slow down…”

Amenta do it sooner but couldn’t find the time

<ADMINNICENAME> — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:53:51 +0000

I am extremely excited to be working with someone who I consider to be a rising star in Toronto’s R&B/Urban/Whateveryouwannacallit music scene. Amenta is a name you should watch for, not only for her subtle, sweet and raspy, lilting 40’s/50’s-esque vocals, but also for her (ahem) excellent choice of producer collaborations. We had spoken about doing some original music a while back but both got side-tracked. No longer!

While we do plan to record some tracks that I have produced, this time around, we were puttin’ in work recording and mixing her over a fLako beat. The tune is called Elevate. You can check out a rough mix preview here!

Stay tuned for more…

TIME CREEPS EP OFFICIALLY OUT – BUY IT NOW!

<ADMINNICENAME> — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:07:54 +0000

My TIME CREEPS EP has officially been released! Go to any of the following online retailers to get your copy…

BeatPort
Juno Download
DJ Download

Many thanks to Marc DeBryne of Pawn Shop Records for all of his hard work in getting this out.

Remix fantastical goes straigh ThruYOU!

<ADMINNICENAME> — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:25:44 +0000

I just got wind of this site and it’s videos. Kudos to Jay Goldman for the info.

Kutiman is a DJ from Jerusalem who’s painstakingly taken various youtube clips of people playing music or singing and mixed their audio together to form not 1 but 7 different songs! All of which are very well produced considering the limitations of the sources.

TIME magazine reports on the particulars…On Mar. 7, the Jerusalem-born DJ (whose offline name is Ophir Kutiel) launched ThruYOU, a project with a simple enough premise: to create visual symphonies using random YouTube footage of school concerts, piano lessons, weirdly intimate soliloquies and American Idol-esque performances uploaded by people across the world. In one of his creations, dubbed “This Is What It Became,” the 26-year-old artist juxtaposes clips of a “Glitch Monster Love Bot,” a tutorial called “How to Play Conga Drums,” a dimly lit monologue for the legalization of marijuana and a demo for a toy keyboard/ tape deck that YouTuber CosmoHelectraStudio, who posted the video of the gadget, describes as “a very bad sound” and “a poor tape player.”

Check out the TIME article here or go directly to the ThruYOU site.

Here’s just one of the videos/songs. Just awesome.

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: KELLY POLAR

<ADMINNICENAME> — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:37:21 +0000

I’ve had Kelly Polar’s latest album, I Need You To Hold On While the Sky is Falling, on repeat in the car for many moons. His production style is unparalleled IMO and he has a uniquely unpop voice that’s more like a musical alto. In fact, though I haven’t confirmed this, I Need You To Hold On seems to me a kind of opera or musical, expressing in many songs the anguish of unrequited love in it’s different forms. Many of the songs have an almost vengful tone that make me think he wrote the songs having recently broken up with someone or making the protagonist of his songs doing just that.I could be wrong however, that’s just a thought. I always thought that this song, Chrysanthemum, was about the pain of breakup and wanting revenge (though not necessarily taking it). However, after more listening, it could be about nuclear war. You be the judge…

Here’s the video for Chrysanthemum. Enjoy! It’s Kick Ass too!

Reason Production Basics at RMI Toronto

<ADMINNICENAME> — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:32:52 +0000

I will be teaching a course in Reason 4 at The Rich Media Institute in Toronto. The course will be geared towards music producers and sound designers and will be a great introduction for anybody interested in getting up and running with the software. The course will be $49 and the first class will be on Sunday, March 1st from 1:00 to 5:45pm

Click here to go to the RMI website for a full course description.

Angel from below

<ADMINNICENAME> — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:39:43 +0000

Thought I’d cue people into the latest edit I’ve done, Angel. Hope you enjoy. For a hi-res version, please email.

Cheers,
MS

Reverb Nationalism

<ADMINNICENAME> — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:19:39 +0000

I am happy to announce that Nothin But The Dirt should soon be available for digital download on most major digital retailers. You can check out songs from that EP and some of my newest stuff on my Reverb Nation site.