Simon Iddol

West-Balkán, during the Deck Attack party last nite
tonite is our turn, 2010’s first MashupCentral is only few hours away!!!

SEE YA THERE!

MashupCentral goes West-Balkán minimix [mp3]
mixed by Simon Iddol

# 01 The Young Punx ft Count Bass D - Ready for the Fight(Black Noise remix)
# 02 Gorillaz - Stylo (Alex Metric remix)
# 03 Dunproofin’ - Simian Tronic Disco (Technotronic vs Simian Mobile Disco)
# 04 Loo & Placido - Californication (2Pac VS PLUMP DJ’S VS Zero Cash)

I’m really really really excited about this party for many reasons
so to keep you teased and warmed up for the big nite, here is the usual minimix

SEE YA ON SATURDAY @ WEST-BALKÁN!!!

always create full song structure for your tracks
a good mashup is not a ‘Stars on 45’ type of megamix

finally I’ve been in the West-Balkán yesterday
to check out the place and talk over the things for next week’s party
the club is HUGE
three floors, the main room’s capacity is about 1800 ppl
plus they will have two smaller rooms, with a view pictured above
and each ‘small’ room’s capacity is about 400 ppl, how great is that!
I think these parametest alone make the West-Balkan a superclub
but here are more dope things
most of the parties will be FREE
each month’s first Saturday will be a MashupCentral nite
plus we will do few special extra things ;)
and West-Balkan itslef booked wicked bands already

if you to come to Budapest, West-Balkán is a must see for sure

#01 Primary 1 ft. Nina Persson – The Blues [link]
best song of the month, and one of the best songs of the year as well
#02 Fabio Lendrum – Trouble (CFCF remix) [link]
song for the sunrise
#03 Orchestra Baobab - Mouhamadou Bamba (Justyns version) [link]
Justyn is the surprise of the month for me
#04 Mavado – House Top [link]
Mavado 4 prezident
#05 M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade – Donut (Boy 8-Bit Remix) [link]
get physical, get get physical yeahhhhhhhhhhh
#06 DJ Mujava – Sgwejegweje (Schlachthofbronx Remix) [link]
South Africa VS Munich
#07 Angels & Filth – Red Hot Chili Peppers VS DJ Hidden [link]
I’m so happy to see that A&H finished what Aggro1 left behind :)
#08 Kid Sister – Daydreaming (Jakwob Remix) [link]
I’m always ready to daydream with Kid Sister
#09 The Golden Filter – Hide Me [link]
the best band of the these days
#10 Phil RetroSpector – Eleanor’s Metamorphosis [link]
Phil’s mash has bassdrum, next time he will twist a 303

make sure to read the full APC TOP 10 - February

you can listen the chart with this player
the streaming starts with #10 
PLS NOTE
the player will randomize the playback
at the 2nd time a person listens the playlist
(it’s an 8tracks license thing, not my idea)

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yayyyyyyy
it’s gettin’ closer ‘n closer
we will start the new MashupCentral season in the best possible way
MPC will host the second day (Saturday) of West-Balkán’s Grand Opening
the entry will be free, the party will be wild
I don’t see any reason why should you miss this one
make sure to come on both days cos Deck Attack’s Friday will be ace too!!!

do NOT expect anything, ever
make it for fun and for free

as you know APC is ‘ruining my life’
I don’t have time for anything else besides of that

I don’ make any designs for anybody cos of the same reason
all of my creative input goes into the worst porn site of the world

but now I will do two music related design projects
both subjects are close to my heart and I’m really excited about them
but there is one more reason why I’m happy about it
I will have more time to listen music
just for the fun of it
usually when I do design works I listen deep, stripped down, minimal electronica
but this time I will star my session with this mix
and I will check out many other things as well
probably this is the best time to flood me with demos
not if the daily 20-30 new demose are not enuff LOL
so, have I’ve missed any good long mixes, album recently?

I’m the happiest digital DJ on this planet today
the great folks of ZAJ DJ supported me with this beauty
they are the Staton dealers in Hungary and we plan further things together
so, further good news will come
I will use my SCS.3m with Ableton Live of course

now I have a brilliant and futuristic controller
I can use 4 tracks with EQs and effects
the touch sensitve pads are super cool and the contol leds are MEGA
and the unit fits in my laptop bag easily
I was waiting to put my hands on this baby for months
now I will touch it all night long, or even longer
I will make a detailed test/review thinggy in few days about my experiences

STANTON 4 LIFE!

do NOT miss the THOUSAND challenge on APC
you can WIN a copy of the notorious Ultimate Gear Porn Calendar!

then I need a new site design quite soon ;)

I can’t really think about anything else than my new controller
so I’ve collected my thoughts
and I made this resume about the best DJ controllers ATM

NOTE: these are personal picks and faves
everybody has different needs and ways of working
so let’s say these are my tips for starters who want to start laptop Djing

DJ CONTROLLERS FOR ABLETON LIVE

Stanton scs.3m
small and futuristic, easily fits into your laptop bag
the faders are touch sensitive
it can handle 4 tracks and their effects

Vestax VMC-600
heavy, big but great for studio and DJ use as well
6 tracks, and each has it’s own rotary knobs and controls

Allen & Heath Xone 4D
a legend, used by many many top DJ’s
a club mixer and a midi controller with built in soundcard
big and expensive

AKAI APC40
I think it’s more for live acts and studio use
but probably the best solution for groove and sample based sets

my new controller will be one of these above
because I use Ableton Live for my DJ sets
but here are four more units
for those DJs who use traditional DJ softwares

DJ CONTROLLERS FOR SERATO, TRAKTOR AND LIKES

Allen & Heath Xone XD
A&H’s unit for the new Serato ITCH
4 decks control, effects, built in soundcard

TRAKTOR KONTROL X1
made by Native Instruments themselves for their own DJ software
do I have to say more?

Stanton SCS.3d
like I said about the scs.3m small, futuristic, easily fits into your laptop bag
if you want the traditional 2 player+mixer setup you need the System3
but you can do pretty much everything with one unit as well

EKS OTUS
the beauty, the best looking bastard of the whole gang
the OTUS works with almost every DJ software
can be bought with or without soundcard (OTUS RAW)
and it’s also a dual deck, so you can work with one unit only

I made my choice already
hopefully I can post up the good news in few days
meanwhile check out the product pages for more info
and ask me if you wanna know something special

so, let me know, which controller is your fave?

Ableton Live invited me to join the Live Workshops in 2010
I will make different presentations in each meetings
about making mashups, DJing with Live and stuff like these
I’m extremly proud and honored

the next Ableton Live User Group Budapest will be at the XMS
on March 20. (Saturday) between 16:00 - 20:00 CET
the entry is FREE

the themes of this workshop:
- what is Ableton Live
- guitar players and Ableton Live
- how to make a mashup (guest: Simon Iddol)
- hardware solutions for Live
- M-Audio, Novation and Akai presentations
- workshop - free consultation, chat, Q&A session about Live

see you there!!!

hihihihihi :D

well, I have three possible answers

A/ all I can say is ggggg
B/ ggggg is my most honest answer
C/ I was testing my site’s layout code to publish the anwer posts and I needed a test post

my Tumblr followers can send feedback to my posts on the Dashboard
cos there is a new BETA Tumblr feature and I just allowed it

the question feature is also active
and now you can ask anonymously as well
ie you don’t have to be a Tumblr user to ask something from me

it is a coincidence 4 sure, yeah it can’t be anything else :)
let’s say great minds think alike and stuff
yeah this must be it :D

no I haven’t said design fail, I quite like the second one :P LOL

as you know it already APC’s party series will return in a new venue
West-Balkán was a legendary underground club in Budapest
now after a two years break they open a brand new venue
they got themselves into the two top floors of Skála Metró
it was the biggest department store of Budapest in those ‘communist years’
now it will be an awesome club
the place was presented to the media today
if you read Hungararian check out the Quart’s post
if you don’t just watch the slideshow of the construction
this will be HUGE in every possible way

the first MashupCentral party will take place on 13th March
as the second day of the three days giga opening
our DJ lineup will be giga as well
DJ Schmolli, Superman and Simon Iddol

OK, this is 4 real, yupp a Vatican TOP 10 for real
check dis out

The Holy See’s newspaper on Saturday published its picks for pop rock paradise, ranging from Michael Jackson’s album Thriller to Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon and the Beatles’ Revolver. What L’Osservatore Romano calls a semi-serious guide on the road to good music will take you to Graceland - Paul Simon’s album made the cut. And it does get into the Supernatural by Carlos Santana. The newspaper calls them classics to pack for a desert island. The other picks are David Crosby’s If I Could Only Remember My Name; Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, Donald Fagen’s Nightfly, the U2’s Achtung Baby, and [What’s The Story] Morning Glory by the Oasis.

so the chart goes like this

#01 Beatles: Revolver (1966)
#02 David Crosby: If I could only remember my name (1971)
#03 Pink Floyd: The dark side of the moon (1973)
#04 Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977)
#05 Donald Fagen: The nightfly (1982)
#06 Michael Jackson: Thriller (1982)
#07 Paul Simon: Graceland (1986)
#08 U2: Achtung baby (1991)
#09 Oasis: (What’s the story) Morning glory? (1995)
#10 Santana: Supernatural (1999)

it looks like many things has been changed since I left the Holy City
haven’t they heard about my Vatican Years album? ;)

computers are evil, really
usually I get along nicely with them
and I never had any serious problems on gigs with my setup
few small things always happen, but it’s normal I think
so I was a happy nerd dj

and then I went to the gig on last Friday
beside of DJing and have fun
my secret mission was to test my new soundcard and headphones
the studio conditions and the club conditions are not the same
I needed the loud dark dirty smokey club atmosphere to make up my mind

I’ve plugged my gadgets together
and I’ve seen something what I never seen before
my controller fucked up and crashed the whole system
the result?
disabled audio, missing drivers, freezed Windows crashed laptop
dunno exactly what happened and why
dunno exactly how I’ve fixed it
but after 4 hours (!!) of reinstalling, tweaking and remapping it worked again
the party was kool BTW
the new soundcard and the new headphones are GREAT

but I don’t wanna talk about my controller ;)

last nite I’ve checked and tested everything and it works well
like nothing happened, hmmmm

there are more results of this ‘surprise’
- after two years one problem is OK
- now I have a reason to get a new controller
- the computers are all evil and USB comes straight from hell

if you are in Budapest tonite come and meet me at the MOST!
I will do a surprise gig there tonite as the guest of my man, DJ Pozsi
it will be a HOTTTT NITE come and have fun with us
the entry is free so you can have more drinxxxxx ;)

Lord Numb – Little One (Dunproofin’ Remix) [mp3]

Lord Numb – Little One (Dunproofin’ Beatless Remix) [mp3]

we are about to leave for the MashupCentral season opening party
but before we hit the road we give you two stunning Dunproofin’ remixes
Lord Numb’s new album Numbskull is a free download
just like Dun’s official remixes
so make sure to give a lotta love to give them both

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Klang is the debut single of J-Wow of Buraka Som Sistema

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there’s no better way to start this beautiful day than some excercise
the Mochipet’s remix of Kraddy’s Android Porn is the best soundtrack for it

EDU K – Flutesnoot (Nautiluss B-live mix) [mp3]

Nautiluss is the new solo project by Grahm Zilla of Thunderheist
he just reixed EDU K’s club anthem for the Bacardi B live series

[via DISCODUST]

CFCF – Big Love (Mathemagic Remix) [mp3]

CFCF’s debut album Continent is out now on Paper Bag Records
yupp, Big Love is the remade Fleetwood Mac’s Big Love

jj – I know [stream only]

I Know is the bonus track on the vinyl version of jj nº 3 LP
out now on Secretly Canadian

DJ Master D – Mad Drumz
(MayaVanya feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo Reix) [mp3]

MayaVanya feat Papi Brandao Y Sus Ejecutivos – Baila Bilongo [mp3]

we posted up the girl’s summer mix earlier
now the Croatian/New Zealander sisters are back with two great remixes

go girls go!

make sure to check out the Spring 2010 hedphones collection of WESC
the beauty above was designed by Stretch Armstrong
the other one I really like is the Alp Horn in red

this would be totally spaced out with a Simon Iddol design ;)

[via Plant Music]

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a wicked Battlestar Galactica fanvid
copied almost shot-for-shot from the Beastie Boys’ Sabotage video

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here is a little late nite strippin’
now Evil Nine’s No Manners can be yours in the main digital music stores

Nite Jewel – Want You Back (Phaseone remix) [mp3]

taken from Phaseone’s excellent new mix The Realest Shit I Ever Wrote

[via GvsB]

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the new single of  Matthew Herbert will be released on March 29th
Leipzig is taken from One One
the first album in Herbert’s One Trilogy series

One One will come out on April 12th
it will be followed by One Club in June and One Pig in September

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Zenit Incompatible – MashupCentral promo mix [download page]

as you all know it by now
we will start the 2010 MashupCentral season this Saturday at West-Balkán
you already got my promo mix
now here is an another one from Zenit Incompatible
he will start the nite with a special warmup, make sure to come early

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Nosaj Thing perfored this set live on KEXP February 11
video by Erik Hecht and Patrick Richardson Watson
you gotta check Nosaj Thing live!
he’ll play at Real Your Nature on the A38 boat in Budapest tonite, be there!!

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we gave you da mpfreee a while ago
now we have the video
still amazing, still HOTTT and ever doper as it was

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here is the brand new We Are Scientists video by LABOUR
the song is taken fom the new album Barbara
Rules Don’t Stop will hit the streets on 5th April

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I can’t decide what is crazier
Cyriak’s tune or it’s video
one thing makes me happy tho
no teddybears were harmed in the making of this

Red Bull Music Academy

presents

Peter Hook, Martyn Ware, Arthur Baker, A Guy Called Gerald, Jazzie B, MJ Cole, Robert Owens, Roni Size, Shades Of Rhythm, Shy FX, MC Skibadee, X-Press 2, Dynamite MC & Zinc

12×12 will be a performance of a generation, with each producer given 12 minutes to present their genre-defining tune in a unique and electrifying way. At the end of their set, each producer will hand over the controls by highlighting their personal connection to the following performer: bigging up the influence that artist has had on their own musical journey. Each set will be accompanied by a full graphic working by Hexstatic, providing a kaleidoscopic history lesson: personal anecdotes, original flyer artwork and relevant contemporary footage contextualise club culture across eras and genres .

this chick is cool

ScrewAttack’s Keith Apicary shows his love for one of the greatest 90s console there was.

the motto of my life

(via bringpinkwater)

art is not a sin

(via bringpinkwater)

the best deal EWWA

woodfakin’ FAIL

the dog that hasn’t missed a single riot for years

I can drink a lotta coffee
so I love the car that runs on coffee
we could have beautiful mornings together

Nintento 4 real

now I want to try this with your dishes and glasses
it will work, it will work you see

Children’s Drawings Painted Realistically

roller babe in a thong

I think I love to ride

dtybywl:

ak47:

babypanda:

pogostick:

via 4chan.org

Recession Survival Tip: call yourself an artist, starving might seem more romantic.

Panpaati: Chairs and tables made from bread in Dali style

welcome, jump in

Recycling is key!

Satellite Car Chase on Google maps

[via Yummie]

flying cat

cavaz:

(via nerviosismo)