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Justice – the new Daft Punk
Now of course, there can only truly be one band in shiny robotic suits making bleepy french dance music that rocks music globe. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t ANOTHER band out there that’s come as close as dammit to recreating the tones and textures that made me fall in love with DP’s music in the first place. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Justice.
Rocking the same electronically fuelled fuck you, its the kind of music that you can vibe to or get drunk to, possibly in that order. Needless to say, I’ve been digging the dinges out of these boys with Gauloise inspired sound. Rock on. Bleep. Squeek. And besides, you can’t now love a band that has P.YT as a lyric.
Shove This Up You Cassette Deck – New mix
This is literally fresh off the decks. I’ve just finished this tech house mix and hot damn it was fun! Have a listen and if you like it – drop me a comment or hook me up with a retweet
Shove This Up Your Cassette Deck by Lester Hein on Mixcloud
Tracklist
- Jason Hodges – My Stylee
- Kaskade – Steppin’ Out
- Afrojack – Pacha On Acid
- Dj Bam Bam – Watch The Club Go
- Joan Reyes – Shakedown
- Pirupa – Get Funky
- Sandy Riviera – Whatever
- Wolfgang Gartner – Flashback
- Wolfgang Gartner – Wolfgang’s Fifth Symphony
Throwback – my cure for homesickness
I’ve been in Costa Rica for a couple of weeks now, and I must admit – I’ve started to get a little home sick. The two things I really miss from back home are the food and the music. Costa Ricans aren’t big on soul music, and I’ve been jonesing to hear a little Marvin Gaye or a drop of Betty White. So, in an effort to feel a little more at home, I merged two of my favourite types of music – soul and house. The set is a throwback to some of my favourite old school tunes. While this may not be the most technically slick set I’ve ever put down (I have a small apartment and can’t make too much noise, so the mix is a little wobbly) it certainly did make me feel better, even if it does have a few warts.
- Just Like Music. Source: Marvin Gaye – Just Like Music
- Hit The Road. Source: Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
- Stepping Out. Source: Bobby Caldwell – What you Won’t Do For Love
- Friends. Source: Incognito – Still A Friend Of Mine
- Livin’. Source: Michael Jackson -Off The Wall
- I’m Your. Source: Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
- Hey Mr BJ. Source Zhane – Hey Mr DJ
- Could You Be Loved. Source: Bob Marley – Could You Be Loved
- Gimme The Night. Source: George Benson – Give Me The Night
- Any Love. Source: Rufus and Chaka Khan – Any Love
- I Want You. Source: Marvin Gaye – I Want You
I’ll try and find somewhere I can make a bit more noise so that I can put together something a little tidier soon. Have fun listening.
Wolfgang Gartner – Wolfgang’s Fifth
Tomorrow night I’ll be dropping my first set outside the borders of sunny SA here in San Jose. It’s at a new club called Karma and they manager said that they’re looking for Electro beats. Now while Electro isn’t really mind thing, I do need to get back in the booth, so it’s a start. While I was sifting through my tracks, I re-discovered this banger from Wolfgang Gartner. It’s a frenetic, high energy banger, and it’s insanely difficult to follow up after this, simply because the tune is so mental to start with. So, I think that this will be my closing track, making the next song the other guy’s problem 
(if you’re reading this on Facebook and want to hear this mental tune – just click here)
Breathe – This Week’s New Tune
I started trying to make an electro house track, but just like every other time I started making electro, the track went in a different direction. There are still elements of my original idea in here (the lead synth which I named Let It Ride – listen and you’ll hear why) but the track is still a lot more mellow that I originally intended, despite clocking in at 128BPM.
The track was produced fully using Reason with a heavy reliance on the fantastic Thor polysynth.
Breathe by Lester Hein from Lester Hein on Vimeo.
