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DAVID DAY
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Day by Day by Day
A column ends
Two years ago, the Phoenix asked me to write a weekly column about Boston’s growing electronic music and DJ scene.
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DAVID DAY
| September 18, 2007
The Duff connection
Joe Bermudez, DJ to the stars
“I really haven’t had to deal with any crazy paparazzi, since we usually keep a low profile and sneak in the back door of places.”
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DAVID DAY
| September 12, 2007
Basstown nights
The new scene emerges; Halloween preparations
If 2006 was the year Boston germinated, 2007 is the year it grows up.
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DAVID DAY
| September 12, 2007
Party pros
DJ Lupe Loop and Paul Dailey
Weekend Warriors, or WKND WRYRZ, is the Sunday-night lounge party at ZuZu in Central Square.
By:
DAVID DAY
| September 06, 2007
Citizens of Basstown
Our magnificent seven speak out
The proliferation of dance parties in Boston has led not only to a rise in the number of DJs but also to a growth in the ranks of dancers.
By:
DAVID DAY
| August 29, 2007
Digital demon
Boston’s Baltimoroder fires up his laptop
If there’s one producer or DJ who represents the new style of Basstown, it’s Baltimoroder.
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DAVID DAY
| August 23, 2007
Secluded superstar
San Serac’s Somerville sanctuary
Any electronic musician who chooses to live in Boston has made a conscious decision to remove him or herself from nerve centers like New York, Montreal, and Berlin.
By:
DAVID DAY
| August 15, 2007
Basstownians
3 new hot producers talk tracks
Here at Up All Day, I’ve done my damndest to tell you about the local history of dance sounds.
By:
DAVID DAY
| August 07, 2007
Mix surfing
Finding the finest of Basstown on line
Remixes are proliferating like benign viruses through the Web.
By:
DAVID DAY
| July 30, 2007
They love the ’80s
Booka Shade bring the synths
“We are musicians, we are not DJs,” says Arno Kammermeier, one half of the electronic music duo Booka Shade.
By:
DAVID DAY
| July 30, 2007
Endless Utopia
Bidding farewell to DJ Bruno at Boston Rocks
"The place is over, but the movement is not over, the movement continues," says Evans Thesee (a/k/a DJ E2-E4).
By:
DAVID DAY
| July 27, 2007
Techno purity
Central Square leaves techno to the purists
“I have to run to Dunkin’ Donuts,” says Eric McLaughlin (a/k/a DJ Eric Grey) late on a Wednesday night.
By:
DAVID DAY
| July 24, 2007
Digital dancing
Slanted House gets a boost from Beatport
Over the past few years, Beatport, the Web site of choice for dance-music heads, has grown at such a rate, it’s practically the homepage for DJs worldwide.
By:
DAVID DAY
| July 17, 2007
Mint Julep and the Masters
French pop, hip-hop, and Ryan Durkin
DJ nights aren’t all for wylin’ out, sweaty dance floors, and scandal. The Masters, "Wednesday Night Live featuring Talib Kewli" (mp3)
By:
DAVID DAY
| July 10, 2007
Cultural exchanges
Spank Rock’s Chris Rockswell and Brazil’s DJ Dolores
CHRIS ROCKSWELL, the official DJ for the club-rap phenom SPANK ROCK, says people are always asking him, “What does your neighborhood sound like?” DJ Dolores & Isaar "De Dar Dó (remix)" (mp3)
By:
DAVID DAY
| July 03, 2007
Savath and Savalas
Golden Pollen | Anti-
This is a gloriously glassy album brimming with Hispanic sounds and surfer-boy harmonies.
By:
DAVID DAY
| July 02, 2007
Rave daze
The Mission Control story + Raster-Noton at the Middlesex
The history of the New England rave community is a tremendous story. Coh, "Path #02" (Raster-Noton)
By:
DAVID DAY
| June 28, 2007
Benni Hemm Hemm
Kajak | Morr Music
The language of twee-dom knows no borders.
By:
DAVID DAY
| June 26, 2007
The men machine
Motor get to the brutal heart of industrial minimalism
Electronic music always seems to get a bad rap for being inhuman.
By:
DAVID DAY
| June 29, 2007
Busting out of Basstown
Matt Johnson’s three-headed beast
“I’m getting really tired of this food court here,” says Matt Johnson (a/k/a Emjae) over the phone from the Cambridgeside Galleria. Emjae, "April 07 Promo Mix" (mp3)
By:
DAVID DAY
| June 19, 2007
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