Muujun.

I have been away enjoying the summer once again, and frankly couldn’t be assed to do a mix, but am going to get back on the monthly mixes hopefully now the nights are getting dark and boring.
This was a mix originally intended solely for use in a competiton for the good people over at Eclectric, but I felt it was too good to let dissapear into the midsts, so am going to stick it up for your entertainment as well.
It is a bit rough around the edges because I forgot when the deadline was until the day before, so it was thrown together in one attempt rather than a couple of practices.
Yes it is quite short at 45 minutes, but it was a lot of fun to try and get a decent flow in just over 40 minutes rather than the usual 70. Either way, I think it’s a good enough mix to kick the podcast back off with, so get it down you…

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Running Time: 00:42:20

01: Booka Shade - Planetary [Get Physical]
02: Agent 86 - Come To Roxy (Electro Funk Mix) [Vicious Grooves]
03: Rene Van Munster - You Like? [Two Tracker
04: Ben Westbeech - Dance With Me (Switch Mix) [Brownswood]
05: X-Press 2 - Give It More (Switch Mix) [Skint]
06: Riton - Hammer of Thor (Roman Flugel Mix) [Souvenir]
07: Simian Mobile Disco - Tits & Acid [Wichita]
08: Machines Don’t Care - Spycatcher [Machines Don’t Care]
09: Soulwax - Miserable Girl (Nite Version) [Pias]
10: Fukkk Offf - Rave Is King [Coco Machete]
11: Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont Reconstruction) [White]

Back in business, new mix next month hopefully.

Jung

Yes, luckily for those of you who were foolish to miss out on an absolutely brilliant night, I recorded my Chew The Fat! debut set.
It was only warm up so it’s quite chilled and jazzy, but thought I’d stick it online for you all as it’s probably more than suited to sticking it on the background whilst you cook a BBQ or whatever it is you’re doing to soak up this beautiful sunshine we’ve got right now.
Give it a listen, let me know what you think, much love.

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Running Time: 01:04:01

01: M.I.A - Paper Planes (DFA Mix) [XL]
02: Nigo - March of The General [Mo’ Wax]
03: Gecko Turner - 45.000$ (Guapa Pasea Afrodisiac Soundsystem Mix) [Lovemonk]
04: Gecko Turner - En La Calle, On The Street (The Dining Rooms Afro Jazz Mix) [Lovemonk]
05: DJ Vitamin D - One For Jamie [Unknown]
06: Munk – Disco Clown [Gomma]
07: WhoMadeWho – Hello, Empty Room [Gomma]
08: Freeland – Supernatural (Stereotype Mix) [Marine Parade]
09: Will Saul – Where Is It? [Simple]
10: Kraak & Smaak - Squeeze Me (Jem Stone Mix) [Jalepeno]
11: Evil Nine - Pearlshot (Switch Mix) [Marine Parade]
12: Introspective - Submit[Sinister]
Acapella: Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money [Elektra]
13: Meat Katie & D Ramirez - Stop The Revolution (Bassbin Twins Mix) [Lot49]
14: Bassbin Twins - ESW [Bassbin]
15: Tayo Meets Precision Cuts Downtown - Fire Good [Mob]

I think it’s about time I self imposed a ban on using that ODB acapella as well really, but it just works so well with everything I can’t help it…

The lovely people at Fat! decided to ask me a few questions ahead of my Fat! debut in a few weeks. Unfortunately, due to my intrinsic nature of having a lot to say, they got a bit more than one word answers.
They said nice things about me too, which is often a rarity…

Like most things in life, DJing is often governed by rules about what you can and can’t play, what is acceptable and what isn’t. Stacey McDonald, aka Jung, is a perfect example of just how good it can sound to not just tear up the rulebook, but grind it down to a fine paste. Ahead of the next Chew The Fat! @ The End, he took some time out to answer a few questions about genres, blogging, and the state of DJing today….

You can have a  read of it here…

http://www.thefatclub.com/interviews/chew-the-fat/jung.html

Thanks to Wub for the interview.

So finally here it is, a new mix / podcast episode. I know I look slack because I haven’t done one for 4 months, but that’s not entirely the truth, in fact I’ve done at least 5-6 mixes that were supposed to be for the podcast, but I just wasn’t happy with them, and so no one ever heard them. The good news is that I’ve probably got enough decent tunes and ideas now to do another two or three mixes, so hopefully I’ll bash some out soon.
Any how, here is the mix that I finally am happy with.
It starts off pretty mellow with some nice broken beat because I thought I better illustrate the sort of stuff I play in warm up slots (promoters take note, maybe) and then into some nice tech house stuff, through some electro and then finally on to some lovely wonky house, ending one what is probably the best song I’ve heard all year; Florence & The Machine.

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Running Time: 01:12:08

Intro – Parallel Worlds [None]
01: M83 – Waves, Waves, Waves [Gooom]
02: Sylvie Marks & Hal9000– Baby I’m Electric [BPitch Control]
03: Munk – Disco Clown [Gomma]
04: WhoMadeWho – Hello, Empty Room [Gomma]
05: Freeland – Supernatural (Stereotype Mix) [Marine Parade]
06: Will Saul – Where Is It? [Simple]
07: Spektrum - Don’t Be Shy (Speaker Junk Mix) [Nonstop]
08: Basement Jaxx – Take Me Back To Your House (Speaker Junk Mix) [XL]
09: Kasper Bjorke – Back & Spine [Plant Music]
10: Duke Dumont – Lean & Bounce [Turbo]
11: Walter Meego – Through A Keyhole (Sinden & Solid Groove Mix) [Minds On Fire]
Beats: New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream [Modular]
12: Crookers – Love To Edit [Unreleased]
13: Bonde Do Role – Marina Gasolina (Fake Blood Mix) [Domino]
14: Simian Mobile Disco – Simple [Wichita]
15: Unkle – Restless (Fake Blood Mix) [Surrender All]
Sample: Micronauts – Eros [Citizen]
16: The Whip – Trash (Crookers Mix) [Southern Fried]
17: Lethal Bizzle – Selfridges Girl Not On MySpace (Boy 8Bit Mix) [V2]
18: Blackstone – L.U.V (Instrumental) [Mena]
Acapella: Underground Sound of Lisbon – So Get Up [Tribal]
Acapella: Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got Your Money [Elektra]
19: Florence & The Machine – Girl With One Eye [Unreleased]

Yea So that’s the second time I’ve used Ol’ Dirty right at the end of a mix, but I couldn’t help it. It just fitted so perfectly with that Blackstone tune that it ended up on there anyway.

Due to the utter amount of shit I seem to be getting on MySpace these days, I have decided to stop using it for general banter and just DJ / Music related stuff.
As such I am going to delete my old account and have set up a music MySpace instead…

myspace.com/jungcantdj

Feel free to add me, I have only got about 20 friends at the moment, which probably illustrates perfectly the amount of talent I have.
I’ve also written out a new biog / about me type thing, which you can find on aforementioned MySpace or also here

Oh and I’ve updated my listings as well.

I have seen the rising culture of blogs hosting copy written (or otherwise) music for download discussed in various places, mainly on the issue of it being right or wrong in terms of copyright and piracy, but I want to talk more about the advantages and disadvantages for a potential blogger themselves, and how this might effect them.

Is it wrong, or can exceptions be made in the light that it allows the music to reach a wider audience who may not have discovered the aforementioned tunes before?

I have thought about the idea, but often find myself feeling that if it were something I were to do (which I doubt I would, for various reasons) it would hinder my progress as a DJ, by allowing me to become known as someone who doesn’t pay for his music (See disclaimer at bottom of post*), although I do know of people who are downloading music from Hype Machine and then going and playing it in a packed club an hour or two later (I am not saying this is right or wrong).
Offering music on a blog to download for free would probably also hinder being given promos, as although a clause is ’signed’ stating the music wouldn’t be shared, an element of doubt would probably come from the artist or label.

On the other side of the argument are artists and labels who see the blog as an entirely different promotional tool, and actually allow their music to be blogged and downloaded in order to gain them exposure, perhaps even sending the blogger free tunes up front as exposure, this functioning as a more up to date promo tool. Also more functional than the current model, as lets face it, promo lists are a dated concept, sending records to DJs who are pretty likely to think the record is shite and put them in the ‘melt down and make bowls with these’ pile.
Whereas in this case, a DJ can download tunes that HE/SHE wants and play them out, giving the tune and label more exposure by being played in public, than it ending up in the bin because it wasn’t to their tastes.

The final point, is that of course there are people who will download the tunes, whether they have been released or not, and then not purchase them if they like them. But my opinion is such that these people would not pay for the music anyway, and would most likely download their music for free from another source.

It’s an interesting topic I think, with positive and negative points to either side, one being a potential financial loss, the other being increased exposure for the artist and label, thus leading to a potential financial gain.
At the end of the day, there is no way Justice and the majority of the Ed Banger camp (I’m using this as an obvious example) would be as huge as they are without the hundreds of thousands of kids chasing the next big thing downloading their tunes from blogs.

I leave you with this thought, it functions in the same model as your local heroin dealer, offering you a cheap buzz at a discount price, he makes a loss but before you know it you have a £100 a day habit and he is laughing all the way to his own dealer and quite possibly incarceration.

*Disclaimer: I can assure you for the sake of the argument, and before there is a witch hunt at my door, the only music I download for free and play out is unreleased bootleg remixes, any legitimate tunes are purchased before I play them out, although this is something done for my own conscience and support of the artists more than anything

It’s been a while, and I’ve kind of lost touch with this place. Couldn’t be bothered to write anything to my beautiful world because I found myself under the opinion that due to the amount of shit I have running around this ever complex brain of mine, no one will actually be interested in anything I have to say, but fuck it.
I have seen Rob’s blog about falconry, and realised that he talks more shit than I do, so I might as well.

So, what have I been up to since we last spoke?

Well, I haven’t been DJing much this last month, but I am getting back on the metaphorical horse and have landed myself a few decent gigs over the next few months, the one I am most excited about being a few upcoming at Chew The Fat @ The End, London in May some time. Warming up for (probably) Meat Katie, Riton and Alex Metric, this is likely to be the biggest of my humble DJing career so far, it’s safe to say I am shitting myself, but it should be a laugh.
Other than that there is Frustrated Disco Machine @ Blue Mountain, Bristol in April, some charity shit in Southampton in May (luckily I don’t have to kiss babies or fellate the mentally retarded) and a few secret small festivals over the summer.
This is good but I need to pull my finger out of Colin Norris’ latest victim and get myself noticed a bit more, promoters this means you! (Yes you Marcus, if you are reading this)

I am also probably going to start doing a bit of a Palms Out Sounds and post some download links to tunes on here as well. I used to think it was morally wrong to do it, but everyone seems to be these days and I think it’s great to share the music I love with others, after all that’s why I started DJing.
Besides, I remember reading somewhere that 70% of American males responded to an anonymous poll admitting they would copulate with a sexually mature 13 year old if she consented and the law allowed it, so who really gives a shit about morals?!

In other news, Jeremy Beadle died, I laughed a bit.

First of all my deepest apologies for not doing a mix for months, I have no excuse other than the fact I couldn’t be bothered, and when I could I didn’t have the time, I’ll make sure it drops back to one a year in 2008, and hopefully it will become the year of Jung. (possibly, but not likely)
This months episode has a slightly belated Christmas tinge to it, as it was recorded live at the NSB Christmas party.
Some of the tunes are brand new, some of them are well old, but I can’t see it making a difference either way as they’re all brilliant.
The flow throughout the whole mix isn’t as great as I normally try to offer, but this was due to it being midnight by the time I got on, and it seemed a much better idea to just head straight for the jugular rather than have people stand at the bar for half an hour.
Enough of the description, get downloading and stick it on that new iPod you got from Santa…

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Running Time 00:55:12

01: Jung Vs. Mr. Oizo – Analog Wormz Intro [None]
02: M.I.A – Bucky Done Gune [XL]
03: SebastiAn – Ross Ross Ross [Ed Banger]
04: Mr. Oizo – Half An Edit [F Com]
05: Chemical Brothers – Salmon Dance (Crookers Mix) [Virgin]
06: Switch – A Bit Patchy [Dubsided]
07: Bodyrockers – Round & Round (Switch Mix) [Mercury]
08: Dusty Kid – The Cat (Crookers Mix) [Southern Fried]
09: Brick & Lace – Never Never (Switch Mix) [White]
10: Outlander – Vamp [R & S]
Beats: Plump Djs – System Addict (Jung’s Daniella Westbrook Edit) [Unreleased]
11: Baobinga – The Bashment Track (Jung Edit) [Unreleased]
12: D.I.M – Is You [Boys Noize]
Beats: New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream [Modular]
13: SebastiAn – Walkman (Re-edit) [Ed Banger]
Beats: New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream [Modular]
14: Justice – Phantom Pt 2 (Boys Noize Mix) [Ed Banger]
15: SebastiAn – Killing In The Name of Sebastian [Ed Banger]

After a small hiatus in the supposedly monthly podcast, we have an exceptionally wicked mix from the delectably beautiful, yet thoroughly talented Fifties.
From easily one of the best up & coming DJs of this year and next, it starts off as lovely deep rolling tech house affair, before picking up the pace about half way through with a smooth wash of electro over the top to create hypnotically dark yet lavishly entertaining mix, all the way through to the stand out (in the best way possible) breaks of False Profit - Pixie Boots into the almost anthemicly beautiful Erol Alkan mix of Hot Chip.
Without a shadow of doubt, this is worth checking out and giving a listen at least once, although I don’t doubt it will be more…

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Running Time 01:13:28

01: Heidi vs. Riton - Vejer (Padded Cell Remix)
02: Misc - Shadow Hunting
03: Deepgroove - Elephant Charge
04: Format B - Vivian Wheeler
05: Perc and Fractal - Up (Perc Remix)
06: Maskio - Mia Casa
07: Andre Kraml - Safari (James Holden Remix)
08: Remo - Mizar
09: Layo and Bushwacka! - Ride The Train (Album Version)
10: False Profit - Pixie Boots
11: Hot Chip - The Boy From School (Erol Alkan Rework)

If listening to that mix has more than wet your appetite, you can check out more of Fifties’ mixes as well as her stunningly excellent design work here, as well as her own podcast, which can be found here.

Make sure you check it out, this girl is one to watch for 2008…

Fifties’ Myspace
Fiftie’s Podcast

Every day I am quite happily eating my lunch and enjoying whatever delectable morsel I have chosen for the day, when I turn the page and see that cracked out skett Amy fucking Winehouse in the middle of the page, with her mouth looking like a raped labia and puss oozing from every orifice.
Needless to say it puts me off my lunch every fucking day and would like a cease and desist order put in place for putting pictures of her in the news paper, at least until she cleans her act up and starts acting like a human and not a laboratory test primate let lose on a pharmacy full of medical grade Ketamine.

Frankly I couldn’t give a shit if Blake whatever his name is has managed to swallow his own sphincter.