AUDIBLE CANDY, mixed by Salad

The feedback from Salad's very first live mix, "25 minute live set", was spectacular. As the Ottawa dj and producer prepares to release his EP in September, other shenanigans brew - including this brand new live mix session, "AUDIBLE CANDY".

It's FREE, it's good for parties, it's good for dancing.

RhythmWORKS presents: "AUDIBLE CANDY: live spin session" by Dj Nik Salad

Check it out here

Track List:

Intro
Pelifics – Forever (Hemingway Remix)
Ladybox – Cookies Fly
Siriusmo – Discosau
Phonat – Set me free
Fever Ray – Seven (Twelves Remix)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads will Roll (Young Live / Starters Remix)
N.A.S.A. – Gifted (Steve Aoki Remix)
Tape Deck Bros – Science Fiction
Algeronics – Me and You
Roger Troutman – Do it (Xinobi Remix)
Space Ranger – Phase Forever
Florrie – Panic Attack (Fred Falke Remix)
Only Children – When Doves get high
Who Made Who – I lost my Voice (Moulinex Remix)
Outro: Funeral – Band of Horses

Check out www.myspace.com/saladsounds for upcoming gigs, news and tracks.

You Can't Fake Authenticity at Mutek

Mutek this year was absolutely inclusive in every style and experience.  So MUCH to do and such a stacked schedule and in there I love the international networking aspect; always good to have friends in far places!

To start I have an interview with Nathan Fake who blew me away with his crazy "voyage" into Electronica, dubby breaks with hints of Techno, a dash of House, a tribal here, head bobbing there and some regular out of body experience that brought you to a brightness incorporated to lift you out of the dark steady chain of beats.  He also graced us with his classic tune "Outhouse" which was his first big hit which led to his other biggie "The Sky Was Pink" remixed by Nathan Fake and became an essential to one's collection.

When you were preparing your set did you have a template in mind?

"Well, I mean basically Its kind of like the back end of the tour for my last record, so I was quite immersed in stuff with that - because I mean that lasted almost 2 years."

Were you up late last night?

"Yeah" (as he giggled)

When you're remixing / producing is there somthing you do (ritual...) or something you do to infleunce your state of mind?

"Remixing is like quite a different process more like mentally as opposed just to like doing work on your own music.  It's more of a commission sort of thing.  It's more of a business transaction rather than the artist thing.  I find remixing a lot easier these days, I used to find it really hard because I would stress out for deadlines and shit like that.  I'm really happy with that Grass cover, and actually I sort it out quickly, quite pumped it out is the best way to do it. When I do remixes I don't really listen to the original track that much anymore 'cuz it kind of gets in a weird angle and then I just listen to parts and it's just being rather a subconscious idea of the song."

So you said you were working on a new album, should we be keeping an eye out for it soon?

"Yeah, well it's not finished yet but I want to get it finished before the end of the summer.  I'm not really touring cuz I'll be finishing the album."

I see that you're playing at the Funambus today (Bus where a different artist plays at 5pm and you can listen to them play outside on wireless headphones).  Are you going to take them on a ride somewhere?  

"Yeah, something a little different from yesterday."

Any new hardware / software you've been working with?

"I've been using the same software for around 10 years,  Cubase, VSTs...

Hardware yeah, I've got a couple synths and drum machines - the SH-9, Boss Drum Machine which is really crappy but I really like it."

A favourite place you like to play at?

"I think it depends what mood your in and what place you at.  "

Any words for you fans here at Mutek?

"Thanks for last night, it was cool!"

Check our a recent mix:
Nathan Fake - Fireside Chat (Redbull Music Academy)
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MUTEK/ISMS

This year Mutek all in all was amazing.  I was glad to volunteer for them - it gave me the opportunity to experience a lot of the events, also meet and greet several artist!

Line-ups were ridiculous (in a fabulous way) and keep on getting better every year.

For instance Piknik lineups included Dj Koze who blew me away with his wide range of house / tech-house mixing in some classic shiznit such as his closing track - Silly Love Song by Paul McCartney & Wings.  Also on the bills were tech-lords minilogue who kepts steady sexy and bumpy; Paul Kalkbrenner...What else can I say - classic tech-house giant from Germany baby.  Other biggies like french house dj Pepe Braddock, Amsterdam's San Proper who produces super cool electronica and such (lookup Twif Twaf) amongst many other great talents!

As for the indoor events artist like Matmos, Nurse with Wound, Caretaker ... played all kinds of interesting beats / sounds down to 20's ballroom dancing tunes that involved sipping whisky and creeping it up.

On a bigger scale, Shed who's also another tech-king was playing at Club Soda (hot venue as well), Mouse on Mars kept it intense, grungy and distorted, Matias Aguyo and some of his crew from Comeme came up from South-America to grace us with latin flavored tech.  Canada based Mossa and friends were keeping it sexy and bumpy in the Savoy room upstairs at the Metropolis along with other great artists.  Also something I found very cool was the free Senor Coconut concert at Place des Festivals which is a great area part of the new arts district all located around the Place Des Arts.  Senor Coconut brought in some warm cha cha and such to a chilly yet groovy crowd.

Also on that Saturday night we went on to see the big show at Metropolis which had uber fantastic dj's such as Henrik Schwarz, Dixon, Guillaume and the Coutu Dumont; the side effects were a crazy bunch - Guillaume playing his drum pads and throwing down them fierce tech-house tracks and the Side Effects rapping, mesmerizing, crazy bassist and a saxophonist to complete this crew.  Also an artist that shook me inside out that night in the Savoy room was Smirk.  The name says it all, tall lanky gentleman looking type dressed to impress with his suspenders and of course a mild smirk.  His beats are like a cross from Electronically infused minimal-tech-jazz with a 50's influence if I my say.

Oh dear, the bill went on and on with King Midas Sound as killer Dub invitees from the UK, can I say the bass was enough to bring the brown note out if you get my drift.  Vladislav Delay was grand, and to finish off other artist I enjoyed Theo Parrish who kept it slow, sexy and deep!!

I can't wait to see what Mutek is going to throw at us in the year to come.

Merci Mutek, you went there and there's nowhere I could dare be but in your arms ...

Ashley Gauthier
RhythmWORKS Correspondant

Summer Time Jams

Feeling a buzz in the air this year, the resulting mix is the output of some latest inspirations.  Also included is downloads to some of the tracks featured on the mix.  But to start, here is the first track set to some urbain footage


Came across Lisa DeBenedicitis while digging through the creative commons artists at ccMixter.  Add some house beats, and the result was a nice deep house track to open the mix.

  Akash Sinha - June Jam ReadyMix 2010 by Rhythm-WORKS

Tracklisting:
Lisa DeBenedictis - Below (REDdit rmx)
Kaskade (ft. Dragonette) - Fire In Your New Shoes
Worship - Starcrash
Scissor Sisters - Invisible Strings (Strings of Light vs Invisidub)
Au Revoir Simone - Only You Can Make You Happy (Punches rmx)
Quentin 909 - Sophia (Extra Medium Remix)
The Rogue Element - Mistakes
Rubix - Disco Electronique (Clip edit)
Sono - What You Do (Dirty Disco Youth rmx)
Bryan Adams - Run To You (Gussin rmx)
Yelle - Cooler Couleur (Junkie XL rmx)
Richard Vission - I Like That)
Pony Pony Run Run - Walking on a Line (Lifelike vs Blatta & Inesha)
Roy Davis Jr - Rock Lights (Junior Sanchez rmx)
Hockey - Too Fake (RAC vs REDdit)
(plus all sorts of extra tidbits thrown in)

 2 of the tracks are available for you to download and play at your leisure.  Enjoy:


Lisa DeBenedictis - Below (REDdit rmx) 



Bryan Adams - Run To You (Gussin rmx)

25 Minute Live Set by dj Salad

Extended and seamless, people like free music. Salad has recorded a live mix session for you. Click here to download no strings attached.

Share with friends, rock it when you longboard or at your dance party.

Enjoy.

For productions, remixes and news, visit www.myspace.com/saladsounds

Salad's Top Sounds - May 2010

Gooseflesh - Still Wild:

My friend dj Bolt from Kingston, ON has a dance radio show on CFRC, and while exchanging music I heard this track and it blew my mind. Gooseflesh have had a series of amazing releases, but ultimately, this is my favorite. They created a perfect synergy between bass lines, which as you know, drives my touch and musical taste. At the 1:00min marker, when the vocal track drops, an additional funky riff jumps for a few bars, enough to catch your ear. The fine touches (like that vibrato accent at 1:50) is proof of a detailed production.

Le Tigre - Deceptacon (DFA remix):

I remember when I was in high school, Le Tigre was one of my favorite bands. That sort of imperfect voice, and punk rock feel. I used to spin Deceptacon at our high school dances, and those top 40 kids grooved not knowing what it was. But they liked it. This remix is pretty simple, but it totally revived the track from the tiger grave it was living in. I will be spinning this one at a gig in the near future.

Hockey - Learn to Lose (Filthy Dukes Remix):

A few months ago I picked up the Filthy Dukes Fabriclive (I believe Edition 48) session in MTL. The majority of the tracks plugged in their mix fit my fancy. Looked a bit more into them, and found this remix. Golden. The guitar licks are clean. Good balance between distorted synth and clean bass. A must add track to that solid set you are looking for.

Young Empires - Rain of Gold:

Out of Toronto, Young Empires is a relatively new music project that has been soaring on the blogsphere. This track has interesting pan flute samples, makes me think of those old and dusty Zamfir records that my dad passed down to me. But this is a modern touch, fascinating vocal accents and catchy hooks that will make the crowd go wild. There has been some talk of setting up a gig with them this summer, so check out the YE website @ http://www.myspace.com/youngempires and/or the Salad website @ www.myspace.com/saladsounds.

Treasure Fingers - What Am I supposed to do:

I think Treasure Fingers produce some really fresh music. At first, I’ll have to admit that I wasn’t sure about this one. Not because of the instrumental track (because it`s phenomenal), but moreso because I tought the vocal track was a bit to chipmunk for my liking. After a few spins on the tables and some tactiful listening, I decided that it grooves damm good. So here it is

This is another month of Salad's Top Sounds. Flip Side, B side.

Keeping a Firm grip on things

mu▪sic▪firm ( myū'zĭk fûrm ): professionals producing original music for live performance and multimedia applications.

Originally hailing from Ottawa, these pair of lads have now made Montreal their home base for a couple of years now. It's a perfect meld of jamming with live instrumentation and Ableton djing. Using all original compositions and spontaneous musical musings, the creations are seemless jam session that keep you guessing and dancing.

10.02 in plain sight - live set by musicfirm

Also see their Website and facebook.com/musicfirm.ca

Resistance is Futile pt. 2

As promised, the Underground Resistance is coming to you.  RhythmWORKS is pumped to help put together this tour starting in Ottawa, and hitting Sudbury, Montreal, and Toronto.

Join the FaceBook Tour Page
For specific info in each city, see:
May 14 - Mark Flash in Ottawa (tour kickoff)
May 15 - Mark Flash in Sudbury
May 20 - Mark Flash in Montreal
May 21 - Mark Flash in Toronto

To understand the importance of this movement, and the unique energy of their sound, check out this interview with Mad Mike from UR.  Great viewing for electronic music history heads, especially with the endorsement early on at 0:25 from a R. Hawtin.  Good dance music rooted right.






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