Kiss The Future Vol. 18: The £50 Note Mix
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Fuck More (with Madonna intro) by Junkie XL
I Don't Like The Vibe In The VIP (Jack Rokka Club Mix) by ElectroVamp
What Planet You On (Prok And Fitch Vocal) by Bodyrock & Luciana
Seems Like My Fault (Easy L. & Roman F. Mix) by DJ Agent Orange
Let Me Know (Joey Negro's Destination Boogie Club) by Roisin Murphy
Kiss You Off (DJ Delicious Remix) by Scissor Sisters
Razorblade (Play Paul Vocal Club Mix) by Coburn
Destination Calabria (Paul Emanuel Remix) by Alex Gaudin Featuring Crystal Waters
Elektro Loser (Freak Fusion Mix) by Elektrik Haze
Hollaback Boooy (Gwen Stefani vs. Flava Flav) by Robosonic The Hedgehog
Konichiwa Bitches (Trentemoller Remix) by Robyn

"I'll be your schoolgirl dream, I'll shake my peaches & cream..."

So, it's been, like, two months since I recorded a Kiss The Future mix (heh, Two Months Off. See: Underworld). While I've had a number of tracks earmarked, I just wasn't finding the right combination of tracks that excited me...that was, until the night of SugarKRASH. My friend John Rivie, who DJs under the name Luvsik, dropped the remix of Beck's Loser you'll hear in this set, and it was like a multiple orgasm going of in my body. From that point on, everything just gelled. I really love this particular KTF.

I don't have anything else to add - the music totally does the talking.


(Cover model: me, taken February 15, 2008, as I was DJing at SugarKRASH. Photo by Dominic.)

Most of you are probably wondering where the hell I've been and why I haven't posted a new show in, like, two months.

I've been DJing quite a bit IRL (in real life), along with working a 40-hour a week job. I've also started production on my first album of new music in seven years, and will be posting updates/links here. It's a rather ambitious project (a double album and associated singles/remixes) utilizing a lot of sampling, to the extent that it would be impossible to get clearance for everything. I intend to make the whole thing free.

I have a couple of Kiss The Future mixes in the pipe, along with a set of new remixes of retro songs.

Just A Band: The £50 Note Rock Mix
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Thou Shalt Always Kill (Knifehandchop Remix) by Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip
Killing In The Name Of (SebastiAn) by Rage Against The Machine
Immigrant Song (Dirty Funker Remix) by Led Zeppelin
Lithium (Dirty Funker Remix) by Nirvana
All These Things That I've Done (Pink Noise Mix) by The Killers
Proper Education (Pig & Dan Remix) by Eric Prydz vs. Pink Floyd
Welcome To The Machine (Dirty Funker Remix) by Pink Floyd
The Walk (Infusion 12" Remix) by The Cure
Should I Stay Or Should I Go (white label) by The Clash
Blue Orchid (Dirty Funker's Blue Mix) by The White Stripes
Bigmouth Strikes Again (FakeID Mix) by The Smiths
No Love Lost (Joy Division cover) by LCD Soundsystem

Thou shalt not put musicians and recording artists on ridiculous pedestals no matter how great they are or were.

The Beatles - Were just a band.
Led Zeppelin - Just a band.
The Beach Boys - Just a band.
The Sex Pistols - Just a band.
The Clash - Just a band.
Crass - Just a band.
Minor Threat - Just a band.
The Cure - Were just a band.
The Smiths - Just a band.
Nirvana - Just a band.
The Pixies - Just a band.
Oasis - Just a band.
Radiohead - They're just a band.
Bloc Party - Just a band.
The Arctic Monkeys - Just a band.
The next big thing - Just a band!

- Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip

Kiss The Future Vol. 17: The £50 Note Mix
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I Used To Dance With My Daddy (Subsource Remix) by Datarock
Whole Lotta Love (Dirty Funker Remix) by Led Zeppelin
Daft Britney (Britney Spears vs. Daft Punk) by Go Home Productions
The Call (Ante Up) by Green Velvet & Jamie Principle
La Musique by Riot In Belgium
Stakker Humanoid (James Talk 2007 Remix) by Stakker
Lights (Luomo Remix) by Scissor Sisters
First Gear by The Rapture
Into A Swan (Weatherall Remix) by Siouxsie
Crocodile (Pete Heller Remix) by Underworld
Cologne Cerrone Houdini by Goldfrapp

"I used to dance with my daddy, yeah!"

Here's my attempt at being topical.

The last few weeks have brought us new albums by Daft Punk, Siouxsie, and Underworld. Goldfrapp's forthcoming album has been leaked. Britney Spears continues to be a pop wreck, with her little sister now joining the team. Led Zeppelin took the stage together for the first time since 1985. Scissor Sisters released a fan-only single limited to 300 copies that subsequently pissed off a lot of the fans. I saw The Rapture in concert twice this year. Green Velvet working with Chicago house legend Jamie Principle makes me very happy.

Buster's presence is helping me make it through the stress of my day job and of the holidays, and when I'm recording a new mix he sits next to my laptop and watches me intently.

(Cover model: Buster)

Since relocating to San Francisco I've been involved with Kuma|SF's monthly club night called Basket. It's the fourth Saturday of each month at Eight Club on Folsom between 7th and 8th. There are several of us working as DJs in rotation, so I've put together an introduction page on my site to serve as an offshoot of www.kumasf.com.

Meet the Kuma|SF DJs.

There's a mix from me there that hasn't appeared anywhere else, although most of the tracks have appeared in previous installments of Kiss The Future.

Everyone has their own style, so please download and check out the other mixes...and if you're a local, come and dance at Basket!

Kiss The Future Vol. 16: The £50 Note Mix
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Can I Get Get Get (Guns 'n' Bombs Jak The Tab Remix) by Junior Senior
Party Animal (Vandalism Dirty Remix) by Mark Knight
Ibiza (V&M Remix) by Kloq
Oh My God (Chris Lake Remix) by Mark Ronson Featuring Lily Allen
All These Things That I've Done (Pink Noise Mix) by The Killers
Take Off (Filthy Disco Mix) by Jack Rokka vs. Betty Boo
Saturday Night Sunday Morning (Digital Dog Remix) by T-Empo
Automatic (Extended Mix) by Ultra Nate
The Drugs (Original Mix Version) by Josh Atchley & Trent Cantrelle
Golden Heart (GRN's Golden Glow Remix) by Erasure

"I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier..."

(Cover model: Jeff)

Kiss The Future Vol. 15: The £50 Note Mix
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The Creeps (Fonzerelli Mix) by Camille Jones vs. Fedde Le Grand
Bring The Noise (Ferry Corsten Mix) by Public Enemy
Burnin' by Daft Punk
Yeah Yeah (D. Ramirez Vocal Club Mix) by Bodyrox
Kinda New (Dirty South 07 Remix) by Spektrum
Confusion 2007 (Dirty South Electrofried Remix) by New Order
Soul Heaven (Fonzerelli Remix) by Henrik B.
Get On The Dancefloor (Vandalism Vocal Remix) by Freaks
Computer Love (No Recip Mix) by NSA Featuring RuPaul
With Every Heartbeat (Corenell Remix) by Robyn With Kleerup

"It's a beautiful, beautiful scene; it's a soul, soul heaven"

Fonzerelli is turning into one of my favorite artists. His track Spirit from KTFv14 is something I can listen to over and over again, along with his remix of Soul Heaven presented here. I know it's GAYGAYGAY but I can't help being moved by it - and I hate divas. The big surprise is Ferry Corsten's mix of Bring The Noise, which kicks ass. I lived with a copy of Public Enemy's Fear Of A Black Planet all during my freshman year of college, and I can still rap almost the entire track from memory. As soon as I heard the remix I started hearing Daft Punk's Burnin' paired with it. Dirty South has been remixing everyone and I love their bootleg mix of Confusion, one of New Order's most reworked tracks ('83, '90, '95, '02, and now '07). Finally, NSA and RuPaul will have you laughing with Computer Love, the title of which is a nod to Kraftwerk and with lyrics taken from dirty personal ads on Craigslist (NSFW).

Kiss The Future Vol. 14: The £50 Note Mix
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Breakaway (Chris Fraser Main Mix) by Inaya Day
Beautiful (Michael Gray Remix) by Cicada
Girls On Top (Original Mix) by Scratch Massive
Girl I Told Ya (Trent Cantrelle Mix) by Valeria
A Kick In The Teeth (white label bootleg) by Fischerspooner
Aerodynamik (Hot Chip | Etienne De Crecy mixes) by Kraftwerk
A Cause Des Garcons (Tepr Remix) by Yelle
No More Conversations (Richard X Remix) by Freeform Five
Tell Me Why (Original Mix) by Supermode
Spirit (Vocal Mix) by Fonzerelli

"Want to stay here forever..."

(Cover model: Ai)

Kiss The Future Vol. 13: The £50 Note Mix
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Till We Meet Again (Quivver Vocal Mix) by Rekelectrik
It's All True (Kris Menace Full Vocal Remix) by Tracey Thorn
Circulate (JBAG Edit) by Rex The Dog
Road To Recovery (Curses! Remix) by Midnight Juggernauts
Jupiter Room (Martian Assault Mix) by Digitalism
All This Love (Radio Edit) by The Similou
Space Travel by The Hacker
Let's Dance (Club Mix) by Hi-Tack/David Bowie
Electric Barbarella by Duran Duran
The Choice by Green Velvet & Jamie Principle
Her (DJ Touche Remix) by Kissy Sell Out
Idealistic Rampage by Digitalism

"On a magical starry night, your beauty shines so bright..."

Volume 13 brings around a meshing of old and new: a reworked Bowie track from '83, a 10-year old track from Duran Duran (requested by Jason), new offerings from Chicago house legend Jamie Principle and from Tracey Thorn, meshed with newer artists like Rex The Dog, Kissy Sell Out, The Hacker, and Digitalism. It's sort of an odd mix because it veers from smooth melodic sounds to the abrasive aesthetic that - unfortunately - is being called "new rave".

Thanks as always to DJ Agent Adam for tipping me off to The Similou...but I found the Hi-Tack track before you played it for me at the Folsom Street Fair, betch! ;)

(Cover model: Brandon)

I've put together two volumes of Underworld mixes, which you can find here.

I didn't want to drop them in the RSS feed because they total 2.5 hours of music and 200 MB. You'll have to download manually if you're interested.

Includes remixes from the RiverRun series and two songs from the forthcoming album Oblivion, With Bells.