BENNY BLANCO® : BLANCODISCO

MK Is the man. Pretty cool behind the scenes for his Production style.

After some disturbing news I was made aware of yesterday, my mind need a bit of escape. And what better escape method than getting immersed in an hour and 20 minutes of some mixing. This session is a bit more straightforward, steady, 4 to the floor veering on some more shall I say, darker moods, with a short burst of positive vibes, but veering back to the dark side.

Tracklist:
Booka Shade vs. Plastic Operator – Night Falls / Won’t Back Down
Arp Aubert – Actress (Aleander Polzin Remix)
Meat Beat Manifesto – TRS2
Cim – Typical (Morgan Geist Remix)
Solid Gold Playaz – Playaz 4 U
Ame – Basic Track
Iori – Grit (Skudge Remix)
Brooks Mosher – Intermetro
The Mingers & Mr. G – Mingers Do Church
Blaze – My Beat (Original)
Solid Gold Playaz – Movements of Venus
Retroflare – After The Rain (Weekend World Mix)
Kerri Chandler – Bar A Thym (Foremost Poets Vocal Edit)
Klement Bonelli – Nocturne 2 (KB Instrumental)
Chez Damier – Help Myself (Carl Craig Reconstruction)
Plastikman – Spastik
Maurizio – M7#3
LFO – Ultra Shall

Download:
http://blancodisco.com/downloads/mixes/bennyblanco_Melon_022613.mp3

benny blanco® – 3 Hours Of 100 – 107 BPM (2013-02-22)

New Mix!

I had a whirlwind session this past friday night at home on my newish Native Instruments Z2 Mixer leveraging 2 MidiFighters as My Decks.
Just went for it. Some if it is nice in places and a few sloppy turns here and there. It is what it is. Got a bit more Industrial in places than I ever thought I would. I can’t believe I kept the tempo pretty slow and steady never really getting past 107 BPM.

Tracklist:

art of noise – day at the races
meat beat manifesto – i got the fear
siouxsie and the banshees – peek a boo
digital underground – humpty dance
emf – unbelieveable (hip hop mix)
echo & the bunnymen – bedbugs and ballyhoo
Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk – grand royal
the orb – perpetual dawn
studio – life’s a beach (prins thomas mix)
i:cube – tokyo uno
ace of clubs – 2 daze become 1
ministry – my possession
nine inch nails – down in it (singe)
nine inch nails – kinda i want to
meat beat manifesto – now remix
the farm – higher and higher
coldcut – that greedy beat
nicholas – beneath the surface
depeche mode – precious
visti & meyland – stars
ultramarine – stella
joey beltram – psycho bass
sorcerer – surfing at midnight
belle epoque – miss broadway
andreas vollenwieder – belladonna (todd terje edit)
mark e – scared
kmfdm – godlike
ministry – what he say
stratus – footprints
dutch rhythm combo – cartagenera (ray mang remix)
toby tobais – fluffy fruit
art of noise – diversion eight
nine inch nails – sanctified
meat beat manifesto – circles
skinny puppy – last call
propaganda – das testament des dr mabuse (dj promo version)
the the – giant

http://blancodisco.com/downloads/mixes/bennyblanco_3HoursOf100-107bpm_2013-02-22.mp3

Orbital Live on KCRW – Chime | KCRW Music Blog.

Couldn’t resist.

This should be good for All Acid Heads whether or not you DevilFish or not.

Devil Fish mods for the Cyclone Analogic TT-303.

Maybe later this year this little guy will enter the arsenal of it’s 2 ancestors here @blancodisco.

Mark your calendars, my next DJ gig has been lined up and it will be for a funky street art showing already in progress at the Hendershot Gallery in the LES (lower east side of new york city) Thursday, June 28th from 6 – 8 pm.

Some good reviews of the show have been posted by several outlets already.

boweryboogie

solifestyle

insidenewyork

vandalog

gallery

I’m particularly partial to the ASVP goods, but I’m sure I’ll be introduced to a few other artists at this show to my liking.

My Sonic Curation:

Given the image style and aesthetic going on with this installation visually, I thought I would create a fitting atmosphere sonically. My immediate thought that came to mind was to curate a heavy sample based set. What does that mean exactly? Many of the tracks to be played would have the predominant building blocks of music created by pre-existing grooves, loops, sound fx & sound bites from pop culture as we know it (film, tv, radio, records) as the core source material. Found Sound to create new works. This cutup construction has always been inspirational and more importantly, highly entertaining to listen too. For the super audio / record collecting geek types, the idiot savant will be able to identify the sources of all these founds that have been produced into these recordings. So much like the visual artists of this show taking found imagery, iconography, typography and making it their own, I’ll play some of my favorites performing the sounds & grooves with my assortment of dj controller gadgets. Expect some Meat Beat Manifesto, Coldcut, Ninja Tune, DJ Shadow, Mo Wax, Wagon Christ, Plug, De La Soul, Beastie Boys, Depth Charge, Pop Will Eat Itself & Osymoso to name a few…. These are some of my heros in the world of Sample Laden Driven Music. Not to worry, there will be no ‘GirlTalk’.

The gig itself should be pretty chill / relaxed vibe and typical gallery faire being served up.

THE PRESS RELEASE:

Celebrate Summer at Hendershot Gallery:
New Prints, Secret Street Art Installations and Music by benny blanco® blancodisco, nyc!

Summer Event: Thursday, June 28 from 6–8pm

Music by benny blanco® blancodisco, nyc

Artists: Anthony Lister, ASVP, Chris Stain, Clown Soldier, Gaia, gilf!, Icy & Sot, Imminent Disaster, Joe Iurato, Judith Supine, Know Hope, Labrona, Miss Bugs, Other, Paul Insect, Sheryo, The Yok and more.

Hendershot Gallery is pleased to announce the inclusion of Joe Iurato, Miss Bugs, Sheryo and The Yok in our summer exhibition, (Re)Print, open to the public now through August 15th. New works by Clown Soldier, Gaia, gilf!, Imminent Disaster and Paul Insect will also be added to the show as (Re)Print transforms Hendershot Gallery into a print shop and project space for the summer. To celebrate the new additions to the show, Hendershot Gallery will be hosting an event on Thursday, June 28^th from 6 to 8 pm with music by benny blanco® blancodisco, nyc.

In conjunction with this event, Hendershot Gallery has invited a select group of artists to create new site-specific installations as part of (Re)Print’s growing underground street art project. Murals by the artists will remain open to the public for the duration of the summer, however, the exact location will remain undisclosed—attempting to preserve the excitement experienced when one unexpectedly discovers a work of street art.

While street art is increasing in popularity among the contemporary art world, the unique relationship between the artists’ public and print work is often overlooked. In their attempt to reclaim public space, street artists apply repetition with a multiplicity of familiar aesthetics or imagery—allowing anonymous artists to create an easily recognizable identity for themselves. Printmaking’s potential for reproduction and circulation offers an alternative vehicle for the artists in this show to make their work more accessible to the public. (Re)Print celebrates the connection found between these salient aspects of both street art and printmaking.

Located:
195 Chrystie Street
btwn Stanton and Rivington
New York, NY 10002
Tel: 212.239.1210