As recent history suggests, internet arguments about Boston DJs can turn pretty damn ugly. Allow us to introduce a more civil form of combat: the 2008 WFNX/Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll. Advantages? No name-calling. No unsubstatiated accusations of train-wrecking. No people-fake-posting-as-other-people. And, we promise, no Rick rolls. Instead, just click here and tell us who you think is best. Or, if you need to get familiar, start downloading below.
Brief intros for the uninitiated: Upstart Die Young has gotten multiple nods from Diplo, who as you may have heard (or clicked to in the last graf) posted a couple of his mixes on the Mad Decent blog. This is the BMP debut of Chris Devlin, who moved here last year after making his name with Philly/B-More party kings Spank Rock. The DJ/production duo Plus Move have established themselves as America’s answer to the filter-metal aesthetic championed by French party-rockers Justice and the Ed Banger label. Red Foxx and Baltimoroder are veterans of Hearthrob and Thunderdome, the city’s two wildest party nights. And DJ/scholar/blogger Joseph Colbourne remains one of the city’s smartest disco/house/funk/soul champions.
Baltimoroder:
DOWNLOAD: Baltimoroder, Pan-Am Promo Mix (mp3)
DOWNLOAD: Alter Ego v. Lil Keke, "Ghost Musick (Baltimoroder Remix)" (mp3)
Joseph Colbourne:
DOWNLOAD: Joseph Colbourne, Galactic Fractures Set (mp3)
Chris Devlin:
YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hxmS9GQCyNk
DOWNLOAD: Chris Devlin & Pretty Titty, Sink or Swim Mix (mp3)
DOWNLOAD: Fabricfree: The Mr. Devlin Bonus Mix (mp3)
DJ Die Young:
DOWNLOAD: Die Young & Volvox, Minimal Mix (mp3)
DOWNLOAD: Die Young & Etan, Angry Adequate Mix (mp3)
Red Foxx:
DOWNLOAD: Nid And Sancy, "My Rave (Slutt Don't Fuck Remix)" (mp3)
DOWNLOAD: Ursula 1000, "Kaboom (Red Foxxworth Remix)" (mp3)
Plus Move:
DOWNLOAD: Plus Move, Are People Real Mix (mp3)