LONDON CALLING – TDOV GOES INTERNATIONAL
Missing in Action/Argentina/America/Appalachia
Mt. Tronador aka THUNDER MOUNTAIN(seriously, literal translation)
This post’s strictly tracks, a haphazard mix between late night jams and some more downtempo stuff- host of different feels going on. Play as the mood dictates, per usual.
Major Lazer release from new album Lazerproof, available for a free download. Highly recommended.
Bulletproof(Nacey Remix ft. Matt Hemerlein)-Major Lazer - Whoo.
Cover My Eyes(Costra Nostra edit)-Major Lazer
Bonus Mashup: R. Kelly vs. Major Lazer, courtesy of Chitown based The Hood Internet:
Ignition(R. Kelly vs. Major Lazer)-The Hood Internet
PS. check out this pretty sweet doc from the Creator’s Project on Diplo. In general the whole site’s pretty excellent.
Drive It Like You Stole It-The Glitch Mob -Truth in advertising. High octane track specifically designed to overwork your adrenal glands. Play in car at your own hazard.
Zoosk Girl-Flo Rida ft. T-Pain -Anybody know what a Zoosk girl is? Anyone? Disregard dubious etymology, enjoy the return of the Tainted Love backbeat (About time).
Now for some tranquilizers..
Broken Bells: Danger Mouse(Of Gnarls Barkley, Danger Doom, and Grey Album fame) teamed up with Shins leadman James Mercer. Very nice. Epiphanic.
The Ghost Inside-Broken Bells -Please listen. Headrocking optional.
MISC:
Army of Tears-Cathy Davey -Strings make everything better.
When I’m Small-Phantogram -Some funky scratch. Very cool.
Ok, that wraps up today. Will post lengthier articles in coming days(World Cup preview and analysis). Enjoy.
DRAKEMAU5 II
The Epic Successes of the "War on Drugs"
HAPPY 4/20
Drakemau5 – MDC aka DJ 1600 (hint: one of the five families in The Godfather) – 9.5/10
Hey, Soul Sister (Karmatronic Radio Edit) – Train – 9/10
Only You Can Make me Happy – Au Revoir Simone – 7.5/10
Ambien (Brenton Duvall’s Sleepy Trip Remix) – Lil Wayne vs. Passion Pit – 7.9/10
Office Musik (Dwight K. Shrute vs. Weezy F. Baby) – Lil Wayne – 8.2/10
Damascus (Dada Life Remix) – Young Rebels & Francesco Diaz – 9/10
Lollipop (Nasty Ways Remix) – Lil’ Wayne – 8.1/10
Got Some Stratosphere (Obie Trice Vs. Junkie XL) – The White Panda – 9.2/10
Baptism – Crystal Castles – 7.6/10
Pedro's Cousin
Busy P
Fireball, Stage 1
Fireball Stage 2
Fireball, Stage 3
Burning Man
Pseudo-Women @ Burning Man
We are gathered here today to celebrate the epic absurdity and awesomeness of the Burning Man Festival , held every year in the barren and lawless Black Rock Desert of Nevada. Rule #1 at Burning Man: no currency allowed – only trading. TDOV’s suggestion: wear paint instead of clothing, build a vehicle over 40 feet long, drop some acid, and get freaky.
40 Day Dream – Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes (Amazon) – 9/10
Century (feat. Calvin Harris) – Tiesto (Amazon ) – 8/10
My Way – JJ feat. Lil Wayne – 8.7/10
Anenome – The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Amazon ) – 8.3/10
Like A G6 (feat. Cataracts & Dev) – Far East Movement – 8/10 (w/o bass or hyphy: 6.5)
Ultraviolet – Way Out West – 7.5/10
"Mutant Vehicle" at Burning Man
Sphynx & Colored People Burning Man
Mutant Vehicle Rage
Extra Responsible Parenting @ Burning man
History Class @ Burning Man
Spring Break-Off Volume III
Spring Break on the Pacific Coast of Colombia
Some have Spring Break, others have March Madness. Whatever you call it, people are getting hyphy. College debauchery in Cabo, AZ, anywhere hot and sexy. Even US Congressman Eric Massa (D-NY) caught the bug and got served with some crazy bromance allegations , but he reassured us that, “not only did I grope” a male staffer, “I tickled him until he couldn’t breathe, and then four guys jumped on top of me.” In Israel (the country whose Mossad intelligence agency can execute foreign assassinations almost flawlessly), the national Army had to call off a planned raid on a warehouse because a soldier posted the details of the operation on Facebook . I guess we’ll just have to settle for another 2 weeks of craziness, and for that I have the appropriate LISTENING MATERIALS:
The Night of The Vampire – Roky Erickson – 8.6/10 (Amazon)
The Girl and the Robot (Spencer And Hill Remix) – Royksopp 8.6/10
Stars Come Out – Calvin Harris – 7.4/10 (Amazon)
Say Yeah – Wiz Khalifa – 7.5/10 (thx to Killa Whale for the info)
REBIRTH
Beautiful, Clean-Air L.A. Sunset
TDOV is back, and has come bearing gifts. Aka get your f*cking eargasm on. Here we have a lil something for everyone, take a gander:
CHILL BRA’
Wax Tailor – How I Feel – 9/10
Dice – Finley Quaye - 8.3/10
TECH-HOP
Dangers Not A Stranger (Diplo Remix) – Gucci Mane – 6.9/10
Wrong Prayer – Jaydiohead (Jay-Z vs. Radiohead) – 7.6/10
STRAIGHT TECHTRONICA
637 Charlotte – Booka Shade – 8.6
Starts With One (CLASSIXX Remix) – Shiny Toy Guns – 8.6/10
As far as current events go, TDOV has noticed some interesting happenings:
1) Have you seen the movie “Munich?” The one where the Israeli secret agents working for the Mossad go kill the anti-Israel Muslim bad-guys? Yeah that’s still happening today, the Mossad is as bad-ass and deadly as ever…In Dubai, disguised Mossad secret agents kill a Hamas leader, dressed as everyday tourists carrying tennis rackets. You go girl
2) At Sea-World, Shamu’s evil cousin bites a trainer by the ponytail, drags her underwater, and kills her – in front of a live studio audience. Some people are calling for the whale to be punished… For some reason, I’m not surprised that an animal known as the “killer whale” decided to fight back against the people who keep it in a concrete pool.
3) Houston, Texas, where some say gay-bashing was invented, just elected its first (openly) gay mayor
4) CIA kicking ass and taking names in Afghanistan, after suicide attack left 7 American operatives dead. Taliban’s Chief Military Chief, Mullah Baradar, is captured
Winter Break-Off
SoCal Winter
‘Tis the holiday season, and TDOV has the goods for all you naughty & nice alike. And yes the license plate is real deal Holyfield.
Onto business: First off we have the instant hit “Hello Brooklyn,” a 70’s funk beat on which Jay-Z & Lil Wayne kill it in the name of New York. Gotta love the occasional Marvin Gaye “Sexual Healing” moans scattered across the track.
Hello Brooklyn – Jay-Z ft. Lil Wayne – 9.6/10
Next we have an incredible party slice from Super Mash Bros.; the epitome of the ideal mashup. With amazing and sundry transitions, twould be useless to attempt to list everyone you’ll hear on the track.
Future Dads (Platinum Edition) – Super Mash Bros. – 9.7/10
Here is a gem found on Culture Bully’s top mashups of 2009. Frogthedog, whoever he is, created a great hardcore-West Coast-rap throwback to the Blue Oyster Cult Classic “Godzilla.”
Westside Godzilla Connection (Westside Connection vs. Blue Öyster Cult mashup) – Frogthedog -8.3/10
From the creator of the Sufjan Stevens remix of “Chicago” comes this excellent cut from Kanye West-style college-dropout rapper/producer Xaphoon Jones. “Say hello to the game, the people know my name. And do they really love us? Or is it just a fling? And we be Peter Parker in love with the Mary Jane”
Radar Detector (Xaphoon Jones Remix) – Darwin Deez – 8.8/10
Delving into some Perez Hilton-style nugatory gossip, this excellent rendition of the Reggae-chiller “Animal” is remixed by none other than the brother of Lindsey Lohan’s ex-girlfriend Sam Ronson who you may have seen in the tabloids. The interconnectedness of it all.
Animal (Mark Ronson Remix) – Miike Snow – 8.5/10
The Plate Speaks for Itself - Endorsed by TDOV
TDOV Presents: DJ 1600
Ever since Eminem and Kanye West hit the scene, the uniquely absurd barriers to entry that gated the small world of rap-stardom were forever abrogated. People started to realize that you don’t actually have to be black or get shot or sell crack in order to create legit rap music – and thus emerged the once-unimaginable college rap scene (think Ascher Roth, Mike Posner, Xaphoon Jones, even longtime TDOV friends White & Crazy Kids, formed a stone’s throw away at Chapman University).
In this rapidly filling college-rap vacuum, the demand for quality product is beginning to exceed (or at least match) hollywood’s nascent hard-on for the college-rapper image. And where there’s demand, someone will supply – even a undergraduate econ-finance major who spent last year abroad at London School of Economics. With these introductory remarks, TDOV is proud to present M.D.C., aka DJ 1600. You may remember him from the white-hot summer banger Calvin Ross – DJ 1600 (which received the coveted 10/10 award). DJ 1600 further establishes himself as a musical force to be reckoned with in the emerging tech-hop genre in his new release:
GetLowBus – DJ 1600
I’m So Chi You Thought I Was Bashful
We Can Rebuild it. We Have the Technology.
News flash: TDOV is currently undergoing reconstructive surgery in order to make it sleeker and more accessible. Various new features will be installed to ease discussion and sharing. We’ve introduced a Twitter Account which will update automatically with every post, so please check it out at twitter.com/thedenofvice if you’re into that kind of thing, plus the Box.net Widget has been updated, stumbleupon, Digg, and Facebook sharing is now enabled. Holler at us if you have anything you want to see, we’ll be actively working on the site framework- any and all helpful comments are appreciated so we can pass them off as our own.
More Than Hardcore-Top Prospects
What Lonely Girls Do(Lil Jon x Eminem x Ocean Lab)-White Panda
Answer to Yourself-The Soft Pack
Death (Chase & Status Remix)-White Lies
Stuntin 182(Blink 182 X Train x Birdman & Lil Wayne)-The Hood Internet
