Special: Aurgasm’s Fukstronaut Mix
Monday, October 20th, 2008 by Paul IrishMy good man Tom Korkidis (of Eksi Ekso) asked last week me to join him playing some music at a local pub, River Gods, in Cambridge. The night had a great vibe, a full house and plenty of worldly tunes. I wanted to offer my sets to you guys as well.
Aurgasm – Fukstronaut Mix (part 1) (47min):
- Marlena Shaw – California Soul (Diplo/Mad Decent Remix)Â Verve Remixed 4 (2008)
- Kultiration – Ur Jord Om Gaia (2004)
- Nitin Sawney – Shadowland (feat. Ojos de Brujo) Shadowland (2008)
- David Holmes – Rodney Yates Let’s Get Killed 1997
- Cinematic Orchestra – Flite Everyday (2002)
- Da Cruz – Sarah Nova Estação (2007)
- Lightning Head – NPG Afrobeat EP (2007)
- TM Juke – Electric Chair (instrumental feat. Elmore Judd) Electric Chair EP (2008)
- Hint – Snake Patrol At the Dance EP (2007)
- Astrud Gilberto – Bim Bom (Psapp Remix) Verve Remixed 4 (2008)
Aurgasm – Fukstronaut Mix (part 2) (55min):
- The Pharcyde – Runnin’ (Philippians RMX Instrumental) Rmxxology (2008)
- Natural Self – Faultlines (Aurgasm edit) The Art Of Vibration (2008)
- Lettuce – Blast Off Rage! (2008)
- Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa Soul Makossa (1972)
- Radiohead – 15 Stepz (Amplive Remix feat. Codany Holiday – Aurgasm quick edit) Rainydayz Remixes (2008)
- Bonobo – The Fever Days to Come (2006)
- Parov Stelar – Kiss Kiss Daylight (2008)
- Biosis Now – Indepdent Bahamas Calypsoul 70 (2008)
- Mr. Scruff – Stockport Carnival Ninja Tuna (2008)
- Dubben – Karameller Kollectoren Dub (2007)
- Mr. Scruff – Hairy Bumpercress Ninja Tuna (2008)
Last Tuesday, I received an email from dj, academician and ethnomusicologist 
1. Nuff Wish – Healing In Vain
I had never been to the venue and from what the outside looked like, I figured inside was a bunch of dusty overweight 30-year-olds with massive facial hair. I took a weekday evening trip over and had a beer inside, scoping out the clientele. I learned that from the balcony dj booth (!), I’d be playing for an affluent, educated set of 20- and 30-somethings that weren’t necessarily music nerds, but seemed receptive to different sounds.
I went through my entire music collection picking out the best tunes that fit the afrobeat/tropicalia/soul/funk vibe. If your audience won’t be earnestly dancing, don’t pick vocal-heavy tunes. Keep a mental picture of the venue inside your head as you listen to your potentials.
After tossing half my selections, I still had nearly an extra hour of music. Time for the surgery. I went in using audio editing software (
I used 
Using winamp? I suggest the 
Many have been afraid that the culture and music of New Orleans being lost, but of all localized music sub-cultures, I’d consider The Big Easy’s as one of the most resilient. As the city’s instrumentalists were moving out of the city, their priority was locating their musician brethren. For now, the website of the popular N.O. venue 
The classic Gershwin tune. Bichet beat Louis Armstong to be the first important jazz soloist recorded, and also remains one of the finest jazz clarinetists of all time. His wide vibrato was trademark, along with forceful delivery, and well conceived improvisational ideas. He makes the 
This’ll probably remind you of the comprehensive 
Very early one summer morning, Clarence Henry was performing on the bandstand and improvised his way into the basic riff behind “Ain’t Got No Home”. The crowd responded favorably, so he developed it further. Soon, Chess Records A&R was hustling Henry into Cosimo Matassa’s 
Although New Orleans is generally thought of as more of a jazz and R&B town, the streets of the Crescent City also gave birth to a quite different strain of the music. The Acoustic New Orleans Blues style embraces everything from itinerant street singers and guitarists to rag-tag “spasm” bands. The blind Snooks Eaglin was known as a human jukebox inside the town, being able to pull hundreds of songs out from his eclectic repetoire, often confusing his own band.
Although they’re best known for “Chapel of Love”, the Dixie Cups wrote ‘Iko Iko’ quite accidentally. After the musicians had gone home from a recording session, the women were doing some overdubbing and started singing “Iko Iko” among themselves, using only a chair, drumstick, Coke bottle, ashtray, and drums as accompaniment. And although its roots are identified with New Orleans celebratory rituals, the song emerged as a quirky pop hit.
Lee Dorsey epitomized the loose, easygoing charm of New Orleans R&B perhaps more than any other artist of the ’60s. Working with legendary Crescent City producer Allen Toussaint, Dorsey typically made good-time party tunes with a playful sense of humor and a funky, gunnagetcha backbeat. The bassline here is infectiously evil.
More of a tribute song than an authetic NOLA piece. From The Blues Brothers 2000, this track was the finale for the musical journey. It features a modest lineup: B.B. King, Junior Wells, Steve Lawrence, Taj Mahal, Lonnie Brooks, Eric Clapton, Nia Peeples, Darrell Hammond, Steve Winwood, Eddie Floyd, Paul Shaffer, Billy Preston, Koko Taylor, Bo Diddley, Isaac Hayes, Joshua Redman, Lou Rawls, Travis Tritt, Jimmie Vaughan, and Dr. John.
I’ll make the easy assumption and say you deal with a good number of mp3 blogs on a regular basis. I’ve got a method of sampling the music on them that’s quick and easy. You can skip right to the music to see if you like it. The technique is essentially streaming the file to your audio player, instead of downloading the entire file first. This saves you time, energy, and lets you listen to much more music in less time. Check out the screencast below to get the skinny on it.
In the Christmas season, it’s easy to get lost in all the hubbub of shopping and presents; and it’s hard to focus on what really matters: the music. It’s time to bust out the family