Mathias Matthew - SEED 001 - Migrashun

Mathias Matthew is a man on the move.... and not like your granny's old Packard or Buick Rendezvous, but rather like our uncontrollable and ever accelerating pattern of time. Maybe that's why he decided on the name Migrashun for his label and event promotion company.

Yet another Detroit ex-pat, Mathias bid a farewell to Motown in 2008 in order to relocate his ambitious endeavors to the city of Chicago... and an prosperous new home base it has been. In little over a year, Migrashun has advanced to become one of Chicago's premiere event promotion companies, boasting the likes of Reference and Fairmont, among others. In addition, Mathias has also developed a following with his Ableton live/dj performance and he's certainly no slouch on the tracklisting, which we tend to like.... ALOT! Check this latest mix compiled by Mathias using the Akai APC 40. Lots of heady, slow, psychedelic burners.

Mixed By: Mathias Matthew
Length: 1:18:51
Format: MP3
Bit Rate: 192 KBPS
Link: Download

Tracklisting:
1. Kate Simko – Sociber – Ghostly
2. Trentemoller, Buda – Gamma – Kickin Records
3. DJ Koze – Lords Of Panama Rendered – Mule Electronic
4. Luke Abbott – (Prelude) We’ve Lost The War – Output
5. Ras G – Penny’s Confession – Brainfeeder
6. Raymond Scott – Bass-Line Generator – BBE Music
7. SND – 08:21:61 – Raster-Noton
8. Minilogue – In The Smoke We All Became Birds - Mule Electronic
9. Jan Jelinek – Stripped To Realmode - Mule Electronic
10. Build Buildings – Letter Codes - Neo Ouija
11. John Carpenter – The President Is Gone - BBE Music
12. Taylor Deupree, Kenneth Kirschner – 03.24.02 – 12K
13. Avus – They Will Come – Phobic
14. So Inagawa – You Trip Me Up – Relaxine
15. Norman Nodge – Maniac – MDR
16. Margot – Fuori Dal Peter – Margot Records
17. Exercise One – Sleeper – Mobilee
18. James Kumo – The Deep – Metamorphic
19. Klute – TSA – Commercial Suicide
20. Yapacc – Conga De Terre – WIR
21. K-rAd – 126flarp
22. K-rAd – 128defen
23. Evan Scott – Onosphere (Teef Remix) – Race Car Productions
24. Masaya – Malita – Mina
25. Heiko Voss – I Think About You (DJ Koze Remix) – Kompakt Pop
26. Frozen Border – 2.1 – Frozen Border
27. DJ Koze – Mrs. Bojangels – Circus Company
28. Nathan Fake- Narrier – Border Community

Blank Artists 5-Year Anniversary Event - Finalized

The Blank Artists Five Year Anniversary
February 5th, 2009

with Bands:
Agents of Woe - Memphis/NYC
Innerphonic
Madis One

and DJs:
Josh Dahlberg
Drew Pompa
Matt Abbott - between sets

With an extended set from Detroit radio icon Judy Adams
Catch the Judy Adams' Show 9:00a-10:30a Every Tuesday on 99.1fm CJAM

9:00pm
Park Bar
2040 Park Ave. Detroit, MI
$8 before midnight / 21+

www.blankartists.com

Favorites for 2009

It's that time of year, where every music media outlet offers their obligatory "Best of 2009" list. As our own self-proclaimed authority on all things music related, we felt it was appropriate offer our own perspective on 2009's year in beats...... and probably because we didn't agree with most others. Here is our assorted favorites, in no particular order:

FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2009:
Andrew Weatherall - A Pox on the Pioneers - Rotters Golf Club
Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue - Warp
Yppah - They Know What Ghosts Know - Ninja Tune
Chico Mann - Analog Drift: Muy...Esniqui
Lusine - A Certain Distance - Ghostly International
Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent - Honest Jon's Records
Lukid - Foma - Werk Discs
Architeq - Gold + Green - Tirk
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms - Lefse
Paul White - The Strange Dreams of Paul White - One Handed Music
Deastro - Moondagger - Ghostly International
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic - Warner Bros.
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us - Graveface Records
Stoopz N Breeze - Turn Up the Smooth - Butter Made Music
Pink Skull - Endless Bummer - Rvng International

FAVORITE LABELS OF 2009:
Rvng International
DFA Records
Soundway Records
Ghostly International
Mule Musiq
Stones Throw

NYE @ The Woodbridge Pub w/ Blank Artists DJs

New Year's Eve at The Woodbridge Pub
2009-2010

With Blank Artists DJs:
Drew Pompa
Josh Dahlberg

Free Admission
Champagne Toast

10p-4a
Woodbridge Pub
5169 Trumbull Ave.
Detroit, MI 48208
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RBMA Radio - The Detroit Special

An early morning scan of the internet resulted in a fascinating discovery over at the RBMA Radio. This week's radio spotlight is paying homage to the contributions of Detroit electronic music, covering the gamut from early innovators like Derrick May to Detroit's next house generation via Patrice Scott and Kyle Hall. In addition, RMBA provides a list of sets from notable Detroit luminaries, including Todd Osborn and BMG of Ectomorph. Highly Recommended!

Visit the website HERE.

Ohhh My...... Another Random Projection

School has finally ended for the semester, so it was nice to catch an easy weekend for a change. Moreover, I've been able to spend the past couple of nights playing catch up on my music reconnaissance. The result? I must say..... my insatiable appetite for great music was overwhelmingly satisfied. A few notable artists that stimulated the senses include Maxmillion Dunbar, FaltyDl, and Singing Statues, who recently announced their collaboration with the Ann-Arbor based label, Ghostly International. Definitely a cast of characters to watch in 2010.

Mayor Hawthorne @ The Magic Stick

From: Stones Throw

Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside of Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. “Most of the best music ever made came out of Detroit,” claims the singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, who counts Isaac Hayes, Leroy Hutson, Mike Terry, and Barry White among his influences, but draws the most inspiration from the music of Smokey Robinson, Curtis Mayfield, and the legendary songwriting and production trio of Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland Jr.

The “retro” tag is added to almost any contemporary work that sounds like it was originally recorded between 1966 and 1974, and Hawthorne, among the newest contributors to the genre, is aware of how trends come and go. After being introduced to Stones Throw label head Peanut Butter Wolf by mutual friend Noelle Scaggs of the Rebirth, even his current boss was skeptical. “He showed me two songs and I didn’t understand what I was listening to,” Wolf recalls. “I asked him if they were old songs that he did re-edits of – I couldn’t believe they were new songs and that he played all the instruments.”

And after meeting in person, it was even harder for Wolf to believe that Hawthorne was also the lead vocalist. Few expect such heartfelt sentiment to come from a 29-year-old white kid from Ann Arbor, but he has caught the ear of his family at Stones Throw, as well as BBC Radio 1 host Gilles Peterson and producer/DJ Mark Ronson. Expectations are high for the admitted vinyl junkie who never planned on taking his crooning public. Hawthorne’s hanging-by-a-string falsetto and breakbeat production on his first recorded effort, the tender “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out,” are simultaneously Smokey and J Dilla – equal parts “The Tracks of My Tears” and “Fall in Love.” “It’s soul,” he explains, “But it’s new.”

Hawthorne has produced and played instruments for much of his life, but never intended to become a singer. He isn’t formally trained, and never sang in the church choir or in any of the bands he was in before founding the County (formerly the County Commissioners). But here he is, new school soul sensation, who has taken the Motown assembly-line production model and eliminated nearly every element but himself and a few hired hands. “I think Mayer is the only artist in the history of the label that I’ve signed after hearing only two songs,” says Peanut Butter Wolf. “Sometimes, you just know it’s the right thing to do.”

Saturday, December 19th 2009
Doors @ 8pm / $13 Presales

The Magic Stick
4120 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201-2027
(313) 833-7665