YOSHIO AND DIM MAK.. I LOVE DEER MEAT, FREDO VIOLA REXMIED BY FINK, RELENTLESS + STEROHERO’S/AFTER MIDNIGHT, YUKSEK + BOT’OX, AEROPLANES MEGAMIX, TOUCHE AND RUNAWAY
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Yoshio dropped into the States with barely any english and started attending a heap of Dim Mak parties. He was spotted and eventually scored an intern at the label doing who knows what. Somehow the idea sprung of giving him a mic and standing him in front of a camera and well… hilartiy ensues.
Bit of background info belowz;
YOSHIO SUNADA is a Japanese student who arrived in Los Angeles, California on October 2007 in hopes to study the English language, and experience life in America. During his studies, he found himself submerged in a new subculture & music scene he had never known to exist. He found himself following parties thrown by a Japanese-American DJ by the name of STEVE AOKI and his company, DIM MAK. Steve and several Dim Mak staff members began noticing a particular young Japanese man who would be at every event/ party from LA to San Francisco. To make a long story short, Yoshio decided to look for any opportunity to be more involved, & Dim Mak took him in as an intern in June of 2008. Every one had and continues to discover a very unique personality that is combined with innocence and a good heart.
This resulted in giving Yoshio a microphone and camera crew to document what Dim Mak is blessed to have as part of the family.
YOSHIO SUNADA is NOT a character. He is NOT an actor. His conversations, thoughts, and actions are NOT scripted.
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Kitsune (now a clothing label as well!) are releasing a compilation titled ‘The Turn’ come May the 25th with a number of always lufly tunes which you can go tease in video form here. A standout was a Fredo Viola track ‘The Turn’ remixed by Fink, with lightly plucked strings and angelic voice the thing screams of originality.
Fredo Viola – The Turn (Fink Remix)
Two tunes from Relentless who happen to be a two piece from California and produce pretty progressive sounds, ala Booka Shade with a bit more kick.
What they sent out were a few originals and remixes from the likes of After Midnight and Stereoheroes. Both have their moments although I’m a little more relaxed these days so the After Midnight Remix was a delight.
Relentless – Mono Love (Stereo Heroes Remix) Link Fixed!
Relentless – Mono Love (After Midnight Remix)
This Yuksek remix made its debut roughly 2 weeks ago over at LA Friendly and I’m suprised it missed alot of hype. Maybe because it didn’t contain the words Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, Tiga or any other huge albums/tracks released/leaked recently.
The thing reminds me of someone just pumping away at a keyboard set to ‘Futuristic’, has such a good blend of French pop and Yuksek cool.
Bot’ox – Rue de l’Aresnal (Yuksek Remix)
Aeroplane put together a HUGE mix a while ago for Mixmag filled to the brim with disco treats and it being so big and so good I declare it a MEGAMIX! Although the things a little old it still makes me smile… and isn’t that what counts?
Link after the tracklisting;
01. Mylo – Macrobiotic
02. Alphaville – Big In Japan
03. Bungalow (Simone Fedi) – Afro Comedy
04. Appaloosa – The Day We Fell In Love
05. Lovelock – Burning Feeling
06. Friendly Fires – Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
07. Moon Unit – Connections (Ewan Pearson’s Slo NRG Remix)
08. House Of House – Rushing To Paradise (Walkin These Streets)
09. The Shortwave Set – Now Till 69 (Aeroplane Remix)
10. The Belle Stars – Sign Of The Times
11. Sam Taylor – I’m In Love With A German Film Star (Jurgen Paape Remix)
12. Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer (Aeroplane Italo 84 Mix)
13. Grum – Runaway
14. ZZZ – Lion (Bag Raider Remix)
15. Poni Hoax – Antibodies
Lastly in homage to Fake Blood playing KILLER this Easter weekend in Sydney along side Sinden and Trentemoller I’m posting up this Touche remix (low quality so I don’t get abused).
As yall should know Touche>Fake Blood>The Black Ghosts so much like other equally quirky Dj’s with many alias this is just another to add to the pile with the only distinction each alias proves a new sound and usually quite good.
This time its Dukes of Windsor’s new single ‘Runaway’, which is/has been sent out to the world to get the treatment from whoever was game. The result… fairly easy listener, my kind of tune.
I really hate to break your heart with the Touche post, it’s actually our remix. I hope you still like it though – Brad from Touché
Dukes of Windsor – Runaway (Touché Remix)
Yes, YES you did Brad.. > insert Flock of Seagulls ‘And I Ran’
Plus a real Touche (Fake Blood) remix I may have posted but still rules all the same.
Kissy Sell Out – Her (Touche Remix)
That’s it for today, can go preview tracks on Hypem here, see my rants on Twitter here or join our Facebook here and be party of the Stoney family.
Ubbs
I really hate to break your heart with the Touché post, it’s actually our remix. I hope you still like it though :)
The Stereoheroes link is wrong by the way. But I love the After Midnight Remix.
ahh well there you go making me look like an idiot!
whatever happened to the rumours of touche being fake bloods alias?
I’ve got a stack of tracks not listed on your myspace that are rexmied by Touche!!
Email me though Brad – ubbs@stoneyroads.com
fixing that right now, my browser (opera) crashed about 100 times so missed and retyped the whole thing a heap of times.
should be good in 2 minutes
Email sent :)