I didn’t plan on attending SXSW this year, as I’m heading to Miami for WMC (the state-side’s biggest dance music conference) today. I was pleasantly surprised to get a dose of wacky looking hipsters, mohawks, beer, sun and my favorite part of Austin, Barton Springs.
In the roots music side of the spectrum, I was completely blown away by Lil Mo’ & The Monicats. Lil Mo aka Monica is from NYC, and put 2-3rds of her band together the day before her show. She plays guitar, very well and has an amazingly unique, cute, and powerful voice. Even more impressive was her stage presence. She was hilarious! And she did just the right stuff to keep her band super tight as well as keeping the audience engaged in very cold and windy weather.
Check out this cut~
Lil Mo & The Monicats “Twice The Lovin’” (128 kbps)
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In the electronic music world, the top acts for me were Reid Speed, POSR, Kids At The Bar, Database Trax, Wolfgang Gartner,and Le Castle Vania. Reid Speed especially inspired me with her technical skill, great stage presence, and her ability to switch genres gracefully. She was killin it like haven’t seen in a minute.
This is the best picture I took all week, taken at Industry Print Shop
Our head engineer, Glenn Wheeler, has started a video series on SSL Duality Tips & Tricks. The Solid State Logic Duality is an analogue mixing console, but acts like a digital console. I call it the “Maserati” because:
1. It sounds so amazing, I can hardly hide my excitement
2. It’s sexier than a black Porsche convertible with a brunette model inside
3. It makes me want to make big-room, dirty techno
4. I have a photo of it on my vision board (I also have a photo of the Maserati, HA)
Check out our SSL Duality Tips & Tricks Vol. 1. Feel free to ask any questions you might have on this topic of routing efx through the SSL Duality.
About Tierra Sessions:
Every week, the staff at Tierra Studios will compile a mixtape for your jamming pleasure. You may listen to the mix on the streaming player below. If you like the mix, you may download it as a high-res 320 kbps file – the tracks will be separated. Also, we have included buy links for you to purchase the songs yourself, un-mixed.
Enjoy, and all feedback is welcome.
Tierra Studios Staff
About the mix:
I approached this mix like no other…typically I will make a mixtape for people to bump in their car, or as a promo tool to give a sample of what you can expect from me as a DJ at a club. Most people in the electronic music scene have known me to be a house DJ only. But, in the past 1.5 years I have opened myself up to many different genres, including top 40, hip-hop, indy-dance, and dubstep. I used to be a big music snob – not anymore!
In this mixtape, I intended to cross several genres of electronic music and hip-hop, without making the flow seem weird. I wasn’t focused on what would make the dancefloor move, or what the music would create for someone driving in their car. This time, I imagined people listening to the mixtape at work, on the computer. While reviewing the mixtape for quality of flow late nite last week, I found myself dancing uncontrollably, thinking beautiful thoughts. Wow, how I love music.
If you know house music, you’ll recognize some heavy hitting classics from the 90′s. This was the golden era of house…at least for now.
1. Honey Claws – Orange Kitten Stamp Buy Now
2. Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions (Joker Dub) Buy Now
3. Joakim – Come Into My Kitchen (Basement Dub) Buy Now
4. POSR – Cocaine Nose Job Buy Now
5. Rick Ross – Hustlin’ (xxxchange remix) Unreleased
6. Bitter:Sweet – Heaven (Buscemi’s Afroclub Remix) Buy Now
7. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Intro Buy Now
8. Disco Dub Plate – Uptown (Spettro Edit) – Vinyl Only – Spettro’s Unreleased Edit
9. Ferry Ultra feat. Roy Ayers – Dangerous – Dangerapella Buy Now
10.Moonstarr – Greed (Moonstarr Remix) Buy Now
11.Positive Flow – Dance of the Soul (Jay Tripwire Techvox Remix) Buy Now
12.Kerri Chandler – Yellow Buy Now
13.Green Velvet – Answering Machine (Mark Grant’s Main Pass) Buy Now (Vinyl Only!)
14.Jedi Knights – May the Funk Be With You Buy Now (Vinyl Only!)
15.Modeselektor – Happy Birthday Buy Now
