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Drunk requests at the booth can be the bane of a DJ’s existence, but telling people ‘no’, ‘I’ll play it later’ or ‘I don’t have that track’ may result in dire consequences.  Just yesterday a DJ at Philadelphia’s Purple Orchard Gentleman’s Club was allegedly the focus of a revenge gunfire attack due to him ‘rejecting a request’. The gunman and his accomplice are still on the run and are currently being hunted down by the Philly Police Department.

As you can see from the video below, the gunman gets out of a car, shoots and injures a customer leaving in his car, and ends up slipping multiple times before he has entered the building, where he sprays a short sloppy round across the room. Was he intoxicated? possibly. Police have already identified the gunman as 22 year old Henry Pettigrew. Police have said, despite this sloppy attack, “You see one of the bullets actually strike the mirror right where (the DJ’s) head would have been, so we’re very fortunate the person did not get struck by the gunfire.”

No serious injuries or deaths have been confirmed.  Philly police are currently reaching out to the public to grab any info they can. Moral of the story, think twice next time you get a request at the booth!

sourced via Music Feeds

A week or so ago, Diplo gave us a hilarious informal review of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories via twitter. If you haven’t checked it out, you can do so here. Most of these comments were obscure sarcastic button pressing statements such as the memorable quote

‘The song with todd edwards makes me feel like I’m alone at waffle house and the jukebox is broken and only micheal mcdonald plays out of it’.

Some people took quite an offense to his informal review and didn’t really see the humour behind it. In response to this loyal backlash from Daft Punk enthusiast, Diplo has given a few words to clarify his review on his Facebook and it’s pretty solid.

So if u actually care about music not about percieved gossip and trashy blogs.. and you read through this I appreciate it. Thanks

He also re-clarified his words with this statement on Twitter earlier today:

Catz n’ Dogz have really been blowing up over the last year, delivering big hitting tunes. This time round they have teamed up with KiNK and proved to the world that they should be working together more often. The Love EP delivers two spins of the house genre, with Good love bringing a tech house vibe, with the tune being driven by a punchy bass ostinato, whilst Bad Love delivers a more a darker twist on the former, with more ambience being created and percussive elements driving the track. This definitely a unique listen, with stock mechanical structure and production being avoided. The EP is available on beatport 20/5/13.

Chicago nu disco masters Rogue Vogue have been laying it on thick this year with big tunes and pumping beats. Early this year we saw the release of Feel Love off Nuclear Family which was a great hommage to that old school disco vibe mixed with pop hooks. Following a more pop orientated style, this remix incorporates warm melodic hooks and great composition brought together by an excellent production style.

Pete Tong from BBC Radio 1 was lucky enough to catch up with Daft Punk whilst over at Coachella this year. Hear them discuss the making of the album, reasons for how they marketed the album and what they have been up to since Human After All.

It is only a matter of time before this UK garage house sound is pushed into the mainstream. Perhaps it will be tossed aside back into the underground, but it is not likely. This track originally from London singer Valentina remixed by The Svens, emulates this sound, utilising pop melodies, simple warm softened staccatoed synths and reverbed vocal production styles. You can grab Valentina’s Wolves EP 6/5/13.

Jersey Shore’s Pauly D has been recently interviewed by Beatport, who further claimed the former reality tv star to have ‘DJ Cred’. One can only speculate that this statement is an outcome of cultural shift in the business due to the SFX merger and is a product of corporatization as apposed to anyone at Beatport genuinely believing this bro has any talent.

Either way It maybe time for Beatport to reconsider doing any activity like this, as they have clearly no idea that this guy is not well respected by the DJ community. (great example here).  In the long term this could potentially tarnish Beatport’s brand equity and subsequently impact its customer base.

Below is the interview from Beatport titled “Pauly D on Maintaining his DJ Cred After Jersey Shore”

What was your first introduction to dance music? Any favorite old tracks?

I was first introduced to dance music at a club I used to spin at in Providence, Ultra Night Club. My favorite old track would have to be “Toca’s Miracle.”

When and how did you start?

I started DJing when I was 15. My first gig was actually at a sweet 16 party. As soon as I walked out and started spinning and felt their energy, I knew I wanted to do this the rest of my life.

When and why did you decide it was the right time to try your hand at production?

I have just loved music my whole life and love spinning for people and making them happy, so I wanted to give them something they could listen to in their homes, cars, gyms, etc.

What was your intention with making “Back to Love”?

“Back to Love” is a feel-good track. I wanted to give the world something they wouldn’t expect from me and something that they could relate to.

What sort of production tools did you use to make it?

Logic and Pro Tools.

Do you have other DJ/producer friends with whom you bounce ideas off of for tracks?

If so, what’s that process like?

Tony G, my A&R from my record label—we bounce ideas back and forth all day and night.

What’s more important to you: your Jersey Shore legacy, or making music? And why?

My experience on the Jersey Shore was amazing, but making music is far more important to me. I have been working on my music for over 15 years now and have worked incredibly hard to sustain my credibility in this industry

Interviews give us a great opportunity to look into artists personalities and how they came about. Sometimes they care, sometimes they don’t and who can blame them? Same questions, same answers, day in day out. However, by revealing your self more, you’re attaching a personality to your product, it becomes more psychologically accessible by becoming defined and categorised by a set of traits and behaviours. There for it is an excellent way to get inside peoples heads, an area you would think you would market well. This is where the art of PR comes in, where you can shape the personality of your product to become publicly appealing, which can be done to a certain extent before you start looking like a tool. In this interview, I honestly can not tell if they did this in 2 mins and didn’t really care, or some PR intern did it. This was an emailer, and is what it is… enjoy!

To begin with how are you guys finding Australia? Been enjoying the sights and sounds?
Been getting up to much mischief? 
It’s been a while since we played in Australia so it’s going to be amazing to come back. We love playing in Australia!

What were you guys like growing up? Did you always have aspirations of being DJ/Producers?
We’ve always been doing music in one way or another since we were kids. DJing, playing in punk bands, playing classical piano, doing music on old computers. It’s all a blur.

I read in an interview that you guys love to cook and that your musical relationship began when you both met a chili cook off. Do guys still do any cook offs?Have either one of you got a favorite chili recipe?  
Home made banana habanero hot sauce.

What is the deal with the champagne and bananas? How did you come up with that? 
We had it on the rider just because we needed it. Bubbly alcohol and bananas to keep you going like after a work out. Then we realized that they also looked good together. But it’s all about the combo, not the taste as some people think.

What is the Dada life?
You can live a Dada life anyway you want it. Just do it proper.

You have probably getting bombarded with questions about this, but recently you guys made some press with having your passports taken away due to the worldwide Dada rallies, what’s the story behind it? Why a world rally? What was it’s purpose?
Dada Land is a special place for us and all the other citizens. So we thought: why not claim it to be a sovereign nation? Then no one can told us what to do. You know, only The rules of Dada in effect.

When you guys had your passports taken, what did the authorities ask you?
First they didn’t say anything but after the weekend we learned it had to do with Dada Land being claimed a sovereign nation. Swedish authorities weren’t too happy about that.

Do you think that you guys still perceived as some sort of threat?
No. We’ve talked with them and it’s all fine. We can’t go into details, but we think we’re going to be safe to travel. We hope anyway.

Do you have any memorable stories from being on tour?
Too many. But you never remember them!

Have you guys got any albums, artists or people that have inspired you to be where you are now?
So many. Little Richard, Stockhausen, early Prodigy and early Daft Punk. And all the machines! The 303 is just one…

What sort of knowledge of dance music do you think your average audiences have? 
does it matter? You don’t need to know shit to move your feet. And that’s the only thing that matters.

Where would you guys be now if you were not making music?
Dead.

Warehouse parties are a frequent occurrence in the suburb of Marrickville in Sydney’s Inner West. Due to this, the Marrickville council tonight will be reviewing research concerning music venues in the current economic environment and the laws that govern their conditions of operation. The first stage of the review will look at research concerning why legal local venues such as the Sandringham Hotel and Notes Enmore have closed down in effort to observe where business has gone. After this has been reviewed, further initiatives are going to be proposed that are congruent with the recently proposed Parramatta Rd initiative, which is aiming to turn Parramatta Rd from Sydney University to Taverners Hill into a live music and performing arts district.

In conjunction with this, there will be an examination and future research inquiries as to why the alternative music venues Dirty Shirlows and Median located in Marrickville’s industrial area, were denied licensing as legal music venues in effort to circumvent simular issues arising in the future.

Hopefully, reviews in this meeting will result in alterations of liquor laws, looser noise restriction laws and safer warehouse venues for those who wish to pursue hosting parties in such a location. Music NSW Executive Officer has expressed her sincere admiration in these issues being taken seriously by the council.

“Marrickville is home to some of the best music venues in Sydney- and it’s once-thriving warehouse scene has been incredibly important in providing a platform for emerging, independent and experimental musicians to flourish. While we are excited to see the Parramatta Rd item on the agenda, we urge Marrickville Council to pursue research into the costs, regulatory restrictions and accessibility requirements that lead to Dirty Shirlows and Median folding this year, and to continue fostering one of Sydney’s most vibrant creative communities. These warehouse spaces re-purposed unsightly industrial landscapes into an incredible underground scene that’s vital to the growth of the music industry, while providing space for independent collectives, artists and all manner of creative types to practice their art.”

This is one of hopefully many advancements we will see from Sydney’s governing bodies regarding the creation of more live music and performing arts in Sydney.
If pursued by various Australian based promoters the benefits of this to both the live music and the clubbing market could be massive.

However by commercializing the underground warehouse party culture, there is a potential for it be killed and swallowed up by the mainstream, or alternatively it may give the culture room to grow with out fear of being stifled by law. The outcomes of these two scenarios are likely to be highly dependant on which promoters land on the venues first.

Here is to hoping that these future venues go into business with intention of preserving the current culture and letting it grow in a fashion where it does not become swallowed by Sydney’s mainstream live music market.

The meeting tonight is at 2-14 Fisher Street Petersham from 6:30pm.

Sourced via the Music Network 

Update: Marrickville Council unanimously pass Parramatta proposal

Thanks to all who turned up to Marrickville Council meeting, the Parramatta Road Live Music Precinct proposal was passed unanimously, along with a commitment to engage with warehouse performance spaces in Marrickville as well as the broader community. Well done, everybody! Now the work begins.