These cats @13thwitness and @NigelSylvester are each beasts in their own right.
Mad Transit Audacity Starring @NigelSylvester coming very soon…
#MadTransitAudacity
Christie’s Auction House presents a new video series on Basquiat. Here’s the first episode.
Adam Yauch Park, Brooklyn Heights. It’s only right…
The Harold Hunter Foundation goes to The Dominican to see the kids. Large Up @ReidVanRenesse on the creation of this video.
We are LIVE! On: www.black-scale.com Black Scale x DJ Synapse | Mind Games (Mixtape)
Mind Games. Everyone plays them, mostly with themselves. Black Scale brings out our long-time fam DJ Synapse, for our April mix to bring you Mind Games. These are the Mind Games of DJ Synapse, a New York stalwart, and brand developer of 15 years. The songs in this mix were blended live with two Technics, a Rane mixer and Pioneer EFX-500 box. The songs were completely new to Synapse when he mixed them, so it’s an improvisational affair. After blending the songs (22 in 30 minutes), Synapse laid his cut, paste and scratch flavor, to the mix, something he has always been known for. These Mind Games are an attempt at a new way of looking at mixing.
Black Scale x DJ Synapse Mind Games Mix Download Link
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Black Scale x DJ Synapse | Mind Games Mix
Tracklist:
1. High For This - Ellie Goulding
2. Somebody Save Me (Prod. Joker) - Carrie Wilds
3. Promises (Nero Remix) - Illo
4. Give In For The Fame (DJ Sliink Remix) - Kuhrey-oo
5. Lies (Zeds Dead Remix) - Marina And The Diamonds
6. Spectrum (Luvtek Remix) - Zedd
7. Dynasty (Dada Life Remix) (Steve 1der Remix) - Kaskade Ft. Haley
8. In A Dream (Sidestem Trap Remix/Synapse Still In This Edit) - Rockell
9. Hypergloss - Kloud & Yung Satan
10. Better Off Alone In The Hood (Dave Alberto Remix/Synapse Whatcha Say Edit) - Big Makk
11. Signs Of Life - Crnkn
12. Booty Hop - DJ Butcher
13. Underground Anthem (Mic The Drums Remix/Synapse Neva Scared Edit) - Flosstradamus
14. I Be Going Here - Bobby Tank
15. Booty Me Down - K’Stylis
16. Clique (gLAdiator Remix) - Kanye West, Big Sean, Jay-Z
17. Loose Control - LBSTBBR Remix- Missy Elliot
18. Pop That (Riot Ten’s Rich Bitch Trap Remix) - French Montana, Drake, Lil Wayne
19. Barrier - Thugli
20. AK Gurls - Watapachi (Synapse All My Ladies Edit)
21. Juicy Lucy - Willy Joy
22. Moment Of Truth - Clicks & Whistles
23. Here - Bobby Tank
Mixed, scratched, overdubbed and engineered by DJ Synapse
Mastered by Tucker Bodine at Playback Recording Studio
Basquiat - The Radiant Child (Full Documentary)
Bonus:
15 things you didn’t know about Basquiat.
And:
Via Huffington Post and The Hue respectively.
Oh, and, shout to my old neighbor (and Mike D of the Beastie Boy’s wife) Tamra Davis who directed the spectacular documentary above.
Congrats to my mane Charlie Ahearn on 30 years of Wild Style. I was on his radio show in ‘05. http://artonair.org/show/dj-synapse
Charlie’s MOMA (Museum Of Modern Art/WPS1) radio show titled Yes Yes Y’all ran for a while, and had other guests like Afrika Bambaataa, Kurtis Blow, Ricky Powell, RamEllZee, Busy Bee, Blade, Hank Shocklee, Fabel and more. Tons of archives here.
My feature was pretty embarrassing, and the equipment was bobo, but it’s a very interesting look into how I view music, and DJing. He approached it by trying to do an “anatomy of the mix”, and talking to me about what was going on in all these cut-and-paste records I was playing. He stopped my set every 10 minutes to talk about what was going on. As I listen back now though, we REALLY got into it about scratching, mixing and music on the internet, which was really just starting to build momentum at that moment.
I know it may seem egotistical that I’m using the birthday of Wild Style to put forth something that’s featuring me, but it actually makes perfect sense as Charlie is someone (of many) from the “Old School”/the people that founded the culture that has supported me throughout the years. Charlie Ahearn, Jazzy Jay, Futura, Lee and Doze Green always greet me with a smile and embrace. They always want to talk, and know what I’m doing. I was always floored by that, and I know I am blessed.
Younger cats that come up need to take cues from these older folks. Happy Birthday to Wild Style, a milestone in culture and cinema.
Also, I actually don’t think I ever put this up here before either. It’s an interesting piece of my history.
Pro Era Freestyle. Okay @Billboard, I see what you’re doing here…
Rubble Kings (A Full Length Documentary). Support this film on their Kickstarter Page
Everything can change…IN A NEW YORK MINUTE. Best Eagles Sample Flip Ever. Ok, it’s a Don Henley song, but still…
The original:
(Video) The History Of The Boom Box
Via NPR Music
Holy Mazola! Super-snappy claps out to my man Jazzy Jay, and savory nibblins to Dangerous Minds.
