http://thespeedofsilence.com narrow minded about a broad range of things Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:38:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="540" caption="shigeto - what we held on to"][/caption] Peter Kim at Create Digital Music has a really nice piece with Shigeto, which includes a great tip on a free ep, What We Held On To, currently available from Ghostly International. In the name of delayed gratification, here's the download ... http://thespeedofsilence.com/2010/07/28/free-shigeto-ep-on-ghostly-international/ The lineup for Sonar Chicago was released this morning, with Oval, Martyn, and Nosaj Thing being the main draws for me. Events during the day are free (and thanks to Nicole of humansafterall for that info) - here's the agenda of events, which runs September 9th through 11th: Thursday 9 12:00 :: ... http://thespeedofsilence.com/2010/07/27/sonar-chicago-lineup-announced/ We made our way down to Czar Bar around 10:30, catching the last half of Blu Jemz' techier-than-expected set.  I was a bit surprised by the amount of squiggly basslines and 4x4 beats he was playing, as most of my exposure to his music has been of the more hiphop-driven ... http://thespeedofsilence.com/2010/07/23/blu-jemz-zombie-disco-squad-nero-czar-bar-722/ As the presence of the Red Bull Music Academy has risen over the years, so has the stock of artists who've participated in the sessions - both students and teachers.  The RBMA has become a spot for enlightening, Actor's Studio-esque interviews with some of the top names in the diverse ... http://thespeedofsilence.com/2010/07/21/free-2-disc-redbull-music-academy-compilation/ My friend Zach is a big BT fan, something about musicianship or something. With the full understanding of what we were getting ourselves into, with more than enough years of experience to handle whatever this party was going to throw at us, we made our way into the Midland ... http://thespeedofsilence.com/2010/07/18/paul-van-dyk-bt-et-al-global-dance-festival-2010-kc/ The Pitchfork RSS feed says it all: 09-30 Austin, TX - East Side Drive * 10-03 Las Vegas, NV - Matador 21 10-04 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern * 10-05 San Francisco, CA - Warfield * 10-07 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom * 10-09 Seattle, WA - Showbox So Do * 10-12 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue ... http://thespeedofsilence.com/2010/07/15/guided-by-voices-reunion-tour-dates/ i'm going to give mixcloud a shot to host mixes. here's a test run: Information Scientist - June 12 Mix by Informationscientist on Mixcloud azuni - rotate (rotate ep) ribn - sin & figs (light black ep) reference - best night in detroit (aoenian ep) pawel - curves (alexi delano mix) lines & ... http://thespeedofsilence.com/2010/06/12/information-scientist-june-12-mix/ What do Athens, Greece, Honolulu, Hawaii, Red Rocks Ampitheater in Colorado, and Kansas City have in common?  If you guessed each location will host one of the four stops on the Global Dance Festival Tour 2010, then chances are you are wearing a shiny shirt and have, in the past ... http://thespeedofsilence.com/2010/05/13/global-dance-festival-kc-2010-with-paul-van-dyk-and-bt/ Get your fill of mid-range wobblers Thursday, July 15th with bro-step man of the moment Rusko.  He'll be playing Mosaic, 1331 Walnut, July 15th alongside KC locals. http://thespeedofsilence.com/2010/05/07/upcoming-rusko-mosaic-july-15/ As I've mentioned in the past, Scion's involvement with the American electronic and hiphop music scene is a little bit of a dubious one.  On one hand, they are a freaking car company.  They make cars.  Vroom vroom four wheels, etc etc. On the other hand, for the last year or ... http://thespeedofsilence.com/2010/04/12/todd-edwards-i-might-be-ep-scion-av-2010-free-download/