It’s quite rare that I DJ out these days (since havin’ Tyler), so, I’d love it if you are in the area to come out and say ‘hello’ or ‘yo!’, toss a few back and listen to some ROCK music (alt new wave by me) with a few of my favorite friends. I’d be so smitten to see ya.

Idle Hands is an awesome cozy venue lacking in hundreds of large screen tvs. They’ve been gracious enough to let Mike, Redboy and I control the sound system for the evening all while Mike and I also celebrate our Belated Birthdays alongside co-owner, Marc (did somebody say ‘shots’?) They’re also super incredible at selecting boutique brews, bourbons and whiskeys. A full bar for your other garden variety of drinks is available too, but I recommend you stick with what they do best and even ask one of the Bartenders for a recommendation.

We’re calling the night “All The ROCK You Want” because it spawned out of a conversation of … “Hey, Marc, what are we allowed to play?” and the response was…. “All the ROCK you want.” Mike and I thought that was a fitting and humorous title for us to vibe on for our little get together. It certainly ruled out that we would be throwing down any serious Four to the Floor beats all night (what we all typically play, right?), but, we kinda figured that given the Idle Hands Bar simple Mantra, ‘Bourbon. Beer. Rock.’ that that would be the case anyway.

Expect to hear a range of Alt Inspired Rock from 80′s, Early 90′s and even a few worthwhile bands of Today that you should be on top of if you’re not already (finger pointing at me). This DJ crew will most certainly try to one up the other from our Virtual Crates as we’ll be playing off our Laptop Traktor Rigs with a variety of Controller devices.

the deets (for SEO – search engine optimization)

Friday November 18th
9 PM to Late

DJ Sets Mined by
Spins
Benny Blanco®
Redboy
& Special Guests droppin in…
Tye Comer and Dave Elliot

Idle Hands
25 Avenue B (btwn E. 2nd and 3rd St)

www.idlehandsbar.com
redboy.com

@spins
@redboy
@blancodisco
@IdleHandsBar

Hope to see you there.

Cheers,
Benny Blanco®

DOWNLOAD TRAKTORPRO2 SAMPLE DECK MAPPING FOR KORG NANO KONTROL V1.1

*UPDATED* 7.11.11: I fixed one minor bug in Scene 1. Sample Deck 3 in Sample Slot 2 was missing the /2 and *2 loop length changes on the buttons. TSI is now at 1.1 inside the zip file.

Contents include the TSI to import into TraktorPro2 and a quick 2 page PDF explaining the mapping. I had to end up using two channels for a Sample Deck Slot in Traktor to get enough of the controls I wanted to tweak up font. That meant I required 2 Scenes for Deck 3 and then Deck 4. I suppose I could do some sort of lighter or basic mapping on Scene 4 as it is currently unused at the moment to fit both Sample Decks 3 and 4 .

Sample Deck Controls.

Scene 1 and 2 Control Sample Deck 3 and 4 Respectively.
Channels 1 & 2 on the Korg Nano Kontrol affect Sample Slot 1,
Channels 3 & 4, Sample Slot 2
Channels 5 & 6, Sample Slot 3
Channels 7 & 8, Sample Slot 4

Controls:
Volume
Filter Sweep
Mute/Unmute
Sample Start/Stop
Loop/1 Shot Mode
Loop Length
Double Loop Length
Half Loop
Length Reset

Channel 9, Loop Recorder

Controls: Loop Length
Dry/Wet Mix
Start/Stop of Looper
Record Loop On

The Korg Nano Kontrol’s Global Transport buttons, I mapped ‘Forward’ and ‘Record’ to Sample Deck 3 Group Play/Stop and Sample Deck 4 Group Play/Stop. These are available across any scene (1-4).

Scene 3, Clear and Load Samples and Filter On/Off
Each Channel represents one Deck’s Sample Slot. Deck 3 Slots 1-4 and Deck 4 Slots 1-4

Controls:
Filter On/Off
Store Loop In Slot
Clear Loop
Copy From Loop Recorder

The Korg’s Preset is the default mapping shipped from the factory, I did not alter any of the midi mappings using the Korg Editor at all.

Was just asked by bestest buddy dj/photographer grande, REDBOY, to select a few tracks alongside at the White Rabbit bar tomorrow evening, Thursday 1-27-11. from 6 pm – 10 pm tomorrow. Tis Happy Hour!

The theme will be on the chillage trip.
Think downtempo sophisticate to dreamy shoegazer bliss. Sounds heavenly.

If you haven’t had a chance to visit me in quite some time (well, ’cause I haven’t played out in quite some time), grab yer coat and head on down to mix and mingle in the laid back atmosphere, that is White Rabbit.

Booze n’ beats always bring treats.

White Rabbit
145 East Houston Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 477-5005
http://www.whiterabbitnyc.com/
Second avenue stop on the F train

White Rabbit is the space directly to the left of the sunshine theatre.

Thought I’d share some ringtones I had edited down for my own iPhone usage and you may find useful to put onto yours.
Most of these are my own vinyl or cd rips that I then truncated down in iTunes and exported out as m4r files. A few are original creations from me. There is variety and different moods represented here. Some are pretty mellow while others are full on peak bidness. I tried to edit them down in a way so when the ring sample ends, it will loop back half way decently. Give’em a go… If I see a high download amount of these, it may inspire me to cut out and create more.

Hardfloor Circus Bells Remix

BFC Galaxy (aka carl craig)

Fatboy Slim Weekend Bonus Beats

Fatboy Slim Tweakers Delight

Human League Don’t You Want Me (Instrumental Drum Break)

Human League Seconds Remix

Ace Freehly Back In The New York Groove

Armand Van Helden Break Da 80′s

AN-2 Diva (longer)

AN-2 Diva (shorter clip)

Depeche Mode Everything Counts (in larger amounts)

Abraham Magpie (Morgan Geist Remix)

Benny Blanco® Plutonic

Automat Prelude

Acos Coolkas Skyline (AN-2 Remix)

Bon Johnson Slumber Party Massacre (edit)

Bon Johnson Slumber Party Massacre (with pickup)

The Advent The Faze

Benny Blanco® Tyler Tracks

Art of Noise Opus 4

Todd Bodine Monkey Rabbit

The story of Winter Mix 2011. I took advantage of being awake on New Year’s Eve after the ball dropped and Wife and Son fell asleep to get into the groove. Call it the Champagne for keeping me awake til 4 am (we are great friends). I had been contemplating this mix since mid December about what tracks may be nice for a blancodisco winter-themed dj mix. I mean, it had been ages since I’ve produced a mix for the masses to consume. I slowly collected tracks one by one over a few weeks and vacation that I thought would be fitting for the wintery groove. It was more downtempo and bell like in tones. But I knew I need to peak or get to that Underworld track, “Always loved a film”. One of my favorites this year. Don’t know what it is about that song, but, it just gets me and takes me back to a time where I once was, but this track was just yesterday. After peaking there, I tried to sustain the mood a tad longer and after that, the track selection was pretty freeform and not so pre-meditated. I just knew I wanted to continue playing music, and the result is the recording we have below.

Benny Blanco® – Winter Mix 2011 (recorded New Year’s Day, 2011)

Num Title Artist Release Label

1 Any Second Now (Altered) Depeche Mode Just Can’t Get Enough Mute

2 Any Second Now (Voices) Depeche Mode Speak & Spell (Collectors Edition) Mute

3 Camilla – The Old, Old Story Art Of Noise, The In Visible Silence Chrysalis

4 Speilplatz (Quiet Village Deep Space Remix) Mudd Speilplatz (Quiet Village Deep Space Remix) Rong Music

5 5 23 Global Communication 76:14 Dedicated

6 Past Sub Sub Coast EP Robs Records

7 Bubbaluba Renegade Soundwave Howyoudoin? Elektra

8 Just can’t sleep (Azari & III version) Aikiu, The Just Can’t Sleep Abracada Records

9 + 91 Ahead 2 (Ripperton’s Los Barrios Mix) Chaton, Raphaël Ripperton + 91 Ahead Session 2 Plak Records

10 Land Of Oz (Emerald City Mix) Spooky Land Of Oz / Don’t Panic Tribal America

11 Vamp (Prins Thomas Diskomix) Outlander In Order To Dance Remix Sampler Vol. 1 R & S Records

12 Your Silent Face Burglar Tom Burglar Tom EP 1 Not On Label

13 Always Loved A Film Underworld Barking Traffic Inc.

14 DK Remix 2 (K) Adam Beyer Remainings III Drumcode

15 Nexus In Control John Tejada Disruption A13

16 New Europa Bochum Welt Program 11 Elypsia

17 Equality Howard Jones Human’s Lib Elektra

18 Some Assembly Required Solvent Solvent City Morr Music

19 Tag (Munk Edit) Bernward Büker Bande Teutonik Disaster Gomma

20 Systematix Advent, The Max Out EP Kombination Research

21 Marionette (The Beginning) Mathew Jonson Agents Of Time Wagon Repair Ltd.

22 Messinger Compass Compass 3 Cabinet Records

23 N2 Erphun Diatomic EP Sleaze Records

24 Teaser No Regular Play Slide Away EP Wolf & Lamb Music

25 Love Honey (Ilya Santana Remix) Sugardaddy Nang Presents: The Array Vol 1 Nang Records

26 Caprice Bogdan Irkuk The Coastal EP Rollerboys Recordings

Tech Specs:
Recorded in 1 take in TraktorPro with a Vestax VCI-100SE (1.4 firmware if you are in the know) and a MidiFighter controller. Sorry, no old school 1200′s on this mix.
100 minutes / 232 mb / 320kbps enhanced podcast with chapter, artwork and links to discogs

blancocast:
http://blancodisco.com/podcasts/blancocast.xml

direct episode download

Image courtesy of my quick creation on http://flurrious.com

Anyway, this documentary covers the formation of the band with Glen and Martyn being on camera. Unfortunately, one of the members, Ian, didn’t want to be a part of the Heaven 17 efforts anymore. Really down to earth view of the band. The documentary’s main focus is the making of the Penthouse and Pavement album and how it came to be. Not a studio/geek look, but the real life story outside of the studio. Also, a nice bit on how the split of the original Human League went down too with Phil Oakey.

If yer fan.. check out all 6 parts on youtube on VideodromeDisco’s Channel. Tons of other clips there too.

After watching, I actually felt sort of inspired to be creative again.. so… I must find something to do!

Multi Touch Light Table: GERGWERK from GERG WERK on Vimeo.

UPDATE (08.14.10):
DJ Tech Tools have just published article going more in depth behind the scenes with this DJ Concept. The video is essentially a hoax and the actual audio you hearing is not tied to a fully working touch screen interface. So…. not quite there yet technologically yet.

“emulator” on töken concept from yöyen munchausen on Vimeo.

UPDATE (08.14.10):
Here’s a second video by the creator, Pablo Martin, being executed on a laptop.

I reckon it’s 1 of 1.

These Korg Monotrons are going really cheap too ($60-$80). I think I may just have to get me one to compliment my original MS-20.

Check out this trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNiGnTSrL5o

You’ll have to poke around the interwebs to find a download, but… I think you all can be pretty crafty.

NIN: “Cars” with Gary Numan, live from on stage, London 7.15.09 [HD] from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.

Some of the other tracks from that same show are pretty cool.
Balls.