Ok, so its Saturday night, the night before BeFM comp, its pissing down with rain, like crazy stormy outside so Im sitting in my hotel room and thought I would post this up since I have been sitting on it for awhile. This is my set list from a party I did at Venue with Pinn and Dante. It was a mean ass night, I had a lot of fun, it was a really good crowd who were really getting into it, was a shame I had to run off after my set and go DJ at Bar Fly. But here is my set list, as you can see, this is vastly different from what I play week in and week out, and it is the kind of music I love. It was a 2 hour set, also I played quite a few MJ tracks as a bit of a tribute to the great one. I will be posting up D’s Horizon next week since I am still catching up on SDCC and I have been away on holiday. Anyways here it is
Koffee Brown Ft. B-12 – Weekend Thing
Mark Morrison – Return of the Mack
Mary J Blige – Real Love
MJ – You Rock My World
T.I. – Why You Wanna
The Notorious BIG Ft 112 – Only You Remix
Shade Ft Nate Dogg & Kurupt – Where I Wanna Be
Brian McKnight Ft Nelly – All Night Long
Toni Braxton – Making Me High
Baby Bash – Short Doowoop
Blackstreet – Good Life
Color Me Bad – I wanna Sex You Up
Musiq Soulchild – Fortnight
Gerald LEvert – DJ Don’t
Ideal Ft. Lil Mo – Whatever
Craig David – Time To Play
Musiq Soulchild Ft. Swizz Beatz – Anything
Highland Place Mobsters – Let’s Get Naked
Joe Public – Live and Learn
Tony, Toni, Tone! – If I had no Loot
MJ – Remember the Time
Jagged Edge Ft. Run – Let’s Get Married Remix
Temptations – Treat Her Like a Lady
Cherl Lynn – To Be Real
De Barge – Rhythm of the Night
Nesian Mystik – It’s On
MJ – Black or White
MJ – Rock With You
MJ – Billie Jean
MJ – Thriller
MJ – Starting Something
Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
Earth Wind and Fire – September
MJ – PYT
Earth Wind and Fire – Let’s Groove
KC & the Sunshine Band – Baby Give it Up
Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back
Run DMC – It’s Tricky
Tag Team – Whoomp! There it is
Freak Nasty – Da Dip
69 Boyz – Tootsee Roll
2 Live Crew – Hoochie Mama
Ghost Town DJ’s – My Boo
Quad City DJ’s – C’Mon & Ride It (The Train)
LA Snow & Pla Ya Poncho – Whatz Up, Whatz Up
Montell Jordan – This is How We Do It
Wrexx N Effect – Rumpshaker
ODB – Got Your Money
2 Pac Ft. Nate Dogg – All About You
To Be Continued – One On One
PM Dawn – Moving On Up
Naughty by Nature – Holiday
Heavy D & The Boyz – This is Your Night
Flava Flav – Shake Your Booty
Salt-N-Pepa – Lets Talk About Sex
LL Cool J – Phenomenon
K7 – Come Baby Come
Kid N Play – Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody
Bobby Brown – My Perogative
Kelly – She’s Got That Vibe
Bel Biv Devoe – Poison
Keith Sweat – I Want Her
Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
De La Soul – A Roller Skating Jam
C&C Music Factory – Do You Wana Get Funky
MJ – The Way You Make Me Feel
I really should start recording these one day, but in the mean time here is an old skool mix I did that you might enjoy
Its a little rough, threw it together last week and didn’t really get a chance to properly decide how I wanted the finish product to sound, kept on changing things, this probably wasn’t my favorite edit but meh, here it is anyways
Welcome to this week in Anime with DJ Blaze, so first off lets get into the news (this will cover a few things since I need to catch up a little bit with what has been going on lately. But just note that some of them are a little old since I have been working on this for awhile now)
Also check out here for this summers anime releases coming out this week and weekend! I will put up my recommendations next week
SAO2 Is almost here! Look on youtube for various shorts and ‘trailers’. Release for July 5th, can’t wait11
Hayao Miyazaki invited to join US film academy, the dude is a legend, directed some amazing movies and fully deserves it
Eng Dubs in the works for Devil Survivor and Majestic Prince with voice casts being named, both are good shows
New Yu-gi-oh movie in the works… I use to watch the first anime with Yugi and Kaiba etc but stopped after those… Wasn’t really that into it
New Sailor Moon Series to start in July, this will please a lot of old skool fan girls
Possible Powerpuff girls new season planned… I could never take that show seriously
Attack on Titan outsells One Piece for first time, season 2 release for anime still not confirmed yet, sounds like they are going to release a season 1 ‘recap’ first then bring out season 2…
Legend of Korra Book 3 debued June 27th, I know a lot of my friends having been digging on the Legend of Korra hard
DBZ Battle of the Gods to be released in the US August 5th, DBZ is one of the few Anime’s where I prefer the Eng voice cast over the Jap cast… Not very often that happens!
Gakkou Gurashi (another zombie apocalypse manga) is to get anime adaptation… Like we need more zombie shows…
Knights of Sidonia to get 2nd season scheduled for Nov 23rd, going to start watching the first season
Pacific Rim sequel confirmed with mention of a companion animated series also in the works… Wonder how this will go, didn’t they win? Guess not
Assasination Classroom to get Anime adaption and a live action film, the art work looks cool, but I wonder how a live action film will go
Ok, thats it for now, usually I’ll keep it to 2 or 3 headlines each week and talk a bit about them. Also next week and following weeks I will start giving updates and recommendations for the Fall Season Anime releases which is already looking dam exciting with the initial line-ups floating around with around 10 shows sparking my interest
Ok before I start doing a weekly recap of the shows I am watching, you need to be brought up to speed with where they are at (if your not already there) So here we go with the major two
One Piece (Dressrosa Arc)
Things are really heating up again in One Piece. The Straw Hats have entered the new world and are now in an alliance with Trafalgar Law and the Heart Pirates to eventually go after the Yonko. After leaving Punk Hazard, they have arrived in Dressarosa to take on Dol Flamingo and deal a blow to Kaido by destroying his smiles operation. At the moment Luffy is fighting in a tournament where the prize is the mera mera fruit (his brothers fruit) We have just seen a pretty epic fight with Luffy defeating Don Chinjao, our first real taste at how powerful he really has become as well as seeing two Conqueror Haki uses fight it out. Zoro and Franky have met up with the resistance as well as Robin and Usop and are set to rendezvous with each other. Sanji and Kin-emon are on their way there as well while Nami, Brook, Momonosuke and Chopper are in trouble aboard the Sunny. Dol flamingo has the advantage at the moment with the Straw Hats clearly on the defensive and Trafalgar Law is in trouble up against Dol Flamingo and the new Navy Admiral Issho (Fujitora) But it looks like the Straw Hats are about to start their counter attack
Naruto Shippuden – Ninja War
We are finally back to the war after an extended back story which for once was actually good to watch (Naruto’s main problem is the excessive amount of fillers and repeated back stories) We finally got to see more about Kakashi’s days as ANBU, as well as Yamato’s back story and Obito’s too which really give you a better understanding of the characters. Back to the war and the ten tails has been let loose and the ninja forces have finally rallied to what looks like could be the final chapter to the war, we also have our first few big deaths, Neiji! That was a shock! Also Shikaku and Ino’s dad, all in one episode! Madara and obito seem to be in a solid position, so will be interesting to see how things develop further, but unfortunately it looks like we are back to more fillers with Sasuke and Orochimaru resurrecting the 4 previous Hokage so Sasuke can get some answers from them. Looks like we are about to find out more about Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju which could be interesting.
These are the 2 I am up to date on, I will however start watching 4 more from scratch, the first is Fairy Tale, I have heard mixed reviews but it seems interesting and has been a round for awhile now. The second is Captain Earth, again I have heard good things and the show itself looks interesting. The next I have been watching and am up to date with but it is really good so I will start it again and review it weekly as well, its called Mahouka. The last is one I randomly missed is called Black Bullet but have read a couple of good reivews so will also check it out and start each review from episode 1 next week (Fairy tale thou I will review in groups of episodes since its been going for awhile)
Also with SAO2 coming out this week I will add that to the list as well and maybe a few more depending on how things go, but don’t worry, the recaps will be short and mostly my initial opinionated views on whats going on
Recommended Anime
Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)
If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly recommend checking out this anime. The manga began in 2009 and has since garnered a lot of attention and with an anime series finally coming from it, it is fast becoming one of the most popular titles (even out selling one piece for the first time in 5 years) Not to spoil it for those who haven’t seen it but the story is dark, brutal and nothing short of a complete mind-f@$k at times, it is easy to see why it has become so popular. The plot follows a boy named Eren Yeager who lives in a world were humans are living behind huge walls protecting them from giant monsters known as Titans that suddenly appeared 100 years ago and pushed human kind to the brink of extinction. Titans are big, dumb, and hard to kill, feeding off humans and can regenerate if not killed properly. The past is a complete mystery, no one knows how the walls were made or where the Titans come from. Things are thrown into complete chaos from the get go as a new type of Titan suddenly emerges and breaches the wall. As the story progresses, you find yourself with more questions than answers, (The season 1 cliffhanger… my god!) lucky however that while season one was only 25 episodes long, there will be a season 2 (nothing worse than watching a good show and then having the ending left unfinished!) however the release date for season 2 is unclear and most likely will be in 2015. The characters are well thought out even if they do die as often as those in GOT, so you seriously don’t know who is safe and who isn’t. Also it really does touch on a lot of interesting political and ‘what would you do’ issues that really make you think as well as exploring the human psyche especially during times of complete desperation. Basically there is a reason why it has become so popular, so go watch it, now, seriously, your life will be better for it in a twisted way!
Animation – 9/10 Smooth and fluid and the style suits the show
Characters – 8/10 A few ‘weird’ characters but the main cast are well developed
Plot – 10/10 Can’t get much better than that
Overall 9.5/10 One of the best around
Throwback Character
Galaxy Rangers
Shane Gooseman
Age: ?? Male
Gentically Enginered Human
Healing and environmental body adaption/shapeshifting
Badass Hero type
Gooseman is one of the series 5 rangers and is part of a team lead by Zachary Foxx. He was genetically engineered as a super-trooper however he isn’t as mentally unstable like the others from the experiment. He can heal and his body can adapt to various environments and this ability is enhanced to a degree by his series 5 implant. His personality is heavily based on Clint Eastwood and it carries well throughout the show, which is why I liked him (got to love a badass cowboy)
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers is an American animated Space Western television series combining sci-fi stories with traditional Wild West themes. Produced mainly in the US and most likely geared towards a western audience the animation itself was done by a Japanese studio. The story follows a team of rangers as they patrol the universe protecting outpost colonies against various threats, the main being the Crown Empire who also have captive Zachary Foxx’s wife, so the overriding story tends to follow his quest to track her down while still following your usual weekly story line.
The overall story was well written compared to the other shows of its time, which in a way worked against it since there was no toy tie in and the animation for itself was ahead of its time (in the western market at least) The show itself was probably a precursor to various modern shows thou there is a lot of speculation for and against this. Either way, Galaxy Rangers was an 80’s favourite and a worthwhile watch if your feeling nostalgic.
Set List June 14th 2014 (yes the photo is from a different night, but meh, does care lol)
New/Re-Up tracks
David Guetta & Kaz James – Blast off (original mix)
Psy Ft. Snoop Dogg – Hangover
Bingo Players – Knock You Out (Hardwell Remix)
Linkin Park Vs Twoloud Vs Shermanlogy – What I’ve Done (Arthur White)
2NE1/CL – CL Solo
Set List 11pm-1.30am
David Guetta & Kaz James – Blast Off (original mix)
Bombs Away – Better Luck Next Time
Static Revenger Ft. Kay – Back Off Bitch! (Taco Cat Remix)
Albert Kick – Evil Girl
DJ Kronic Ft. Bombs Away – Looking for some girls
J Lo Ft. Pitbull – Live it Up (Jumpsmokers)
Usher – DJ Got us Falling in Love (Hypercrush)
Redfoo – I’ll Award You with my Body
FEM – Bang it to the Curb (Sidney Roller Transition)
DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down for What
2NE1 – CL Solo
Nicki Minaj – Boss ass Bitch
Clayton Williams – Shut Down Vegas
DJ Scene – Damn
Major Lazer – Bubble Butt
Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty
DMX – Party Up
2Pac – California Love
Dr Dre – Next Episode
VIC – Wobble
Psy Feat Snoop Dogg – Hangover
Just Blaze – Higher
Wiz Khalifa Vs DJ Khaled – Black and Yellow Wins (transition)
Tae Yang – Ringa Linga
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Niggas in Paris
Asap Rocky – Wild for the Night
2 Chains Vs Afrojack – Birthday Song (trap mix)
Kanye West – Mercy (Trap mix)
Lil Wayne – Lollipop (Convince Trap Mix)
Swedish House Mafia – Don’t you Worry Child (Valid Trap Mix)
Steve Aoki – Rage the Night Away (Dopeztb Trap Edit)
Boom Man Ft. 2 Chainz Vs Calvin Harris – Drinking from the Bottle (Transition)
Makj & Lil Jon – Let’s Get Fucked Up
Bingo Players – Knock You Out (Hardwell Remix)
Joel Fletcher & Savage – Swing (Combo Remix)
R3hab & Nervo – Revolution
Swanky Tunes – Blood Rush
TJR – Feel It
Carl Tricks – Mad Dash (Bingo Players Edit)
D-Jastic – Up to no Good
MFBTY – Sweet Dream
Robin Thick – Blurred Lines (Justin Sane Remix)
Deeper (Morris Corti Remix)
Kid Massive – Yawn (Vandalism Remix)
Reece Low – Monk Funk
Scndl – Gypsy
TJR – Eat God See Acid
Syn Cole – Miami 82 (Avicii Edit)
Starjack & Collini – Smack Em, Catch Em
Don Omar – Danzo Kuduro
Daddy Yankee – Limbo
Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
Psy – Gentleman
X10 – 엑스텐
Hanmin – Show me your Bba Sae
TJR – Ode to TNT
Showtek – Booyah
Hardwell Vs Krewella – Apollo Alive
TJR – Come Back Down
Zedd – Spectrum (Getter Remix)
Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say (Afrojack Remix)
2NE1 – I am the Best
Floorfilla – Anthem 4 Remix
Public Service Announcement 2k13
Jason Derulo – Wiggle
Exo-K – Overdose
This month was a small change up, mainly because of UMF I switched my sets to be heavier EDM based for a bit of practice as well as trying out new combinations as I start working for towards developing my entry set for BeFM. Interestingly enough while I was looking for tracks I did come across a couple of better remixes of some Linkin Park tracks, definitely loving the rock/edm mashups (then again I have always loved a bit of good rock) and love smashing them out in my sets
So that happened, I got to play at UMF! Well technically speaking I did, in reality I was playing outside UMF next to the entry gate as people were walking in, so they would all walk past me as I was spinning from the Red Bull event jeep/truck, but hey, least I got to play, happy about that but of course it didn’t go completely smoothly, last min things never do…
So, UMF, firstly lets talk about that, it is arguably the biggest EDM festival going around the world, and it is relatively consistent, however the line up and quality of most of the headliners… yeah on the main stage this year they were rubbish! Above and Beyond I left because I was so bored, and Steve Angelo was all over the dam place till he finally found some rhythm towards the end of his set, honestly the smaller stages and gate keeper DJs were a hell of a lot better from what I saw but I think by now most people are starting to realize this trend, big name DJs are shit, they are just producers who play their crap while it seems like its the tier of DJs underneath them that are the real crowd pleasers and the ones that really work on their craft
So as you can see I am not a fan of UMF, the only reason I went was because I got to DJ there, have to give a shout out to Red Bull for hooking it up, being able to hang out and at least say I have been there is definitely something to go down on the winning at life list
So, as for my set, well playing for a big ass line of people constantly moving past you is an interesting DJ dilemma, people aren’t staying in one place long enough for you to properly engage them but at the same time you are their first impression as they are coming thru the gate into the festival, so trying to not play the same music every 5 minutes yet keep the level at pretty much 100% isn’t the easiest thing. I ended up playing a typical club set but just mostly electro based and did manage to keep people entertained as they were coming thru with people cheering etc, dancing around, snapping photos etc but I think the festival staff in the area were more appreciative of the whole thing instead of hearing just the droning bass coming from the stadium. Friday night was definitely the busiest, people coming from work late to try and catch the last few acts kept the line pretty packed up till 9.30-10, sucks for those people because they missed the majority of the day and best acts. Sat started off good, I got to go around, watch a few acts and relax before jumping into my set, it started off really well… until the speakers blew, one was totally gone, the other I managed to keep using but with reduced sound it killed the impact I was having, which was annoying because I was just starting to get into my groove but ah well, shit happens.
So, ill briefly go over what happened with the gear. Red Bull got the event truck delivered to them last week, so they had no time to actually go over it and check all the audio settings etc, the default setting I was using was messed up to say the least, everything was wrong and of course the speakers couldn’t handle it at all and nothing was being redlined either, the sub levels were all over the place and the echo feedback was a pain in the ass not to mention the turntables couldn’t be moved so I had to use them long ways instead of battle style which was annoying. No laptop stand and little room for Serato as well, who ever designed it obviously hadn’t thought it thru very well at all, the basics of what could have been an awesome set up are there but just stupid little things, they really should have consulted with a DJ…
Well that pretty much sums it up, UMF in Seoul 2014… while people might be singing its praises if they were being honest it would be a different story and the headliners just weren’t that great, but personally half a mission accomplished and I got to play so I am happy with that, next time thou I definitely want a stage!!
Well since I am a bit of a One Piece fan I decided to give it it’s own section, thou it will be kind of short. Anyways, OP is one of the most popular running manga’s maybe of all time, and its been around for years, the manga consistently sells strongly and the anime itself is up to episode 650 ish and it is unlikely that it will slow down with many fans all over the world, so what better for any fan than to check out the Mugiwara store located in Shibuya
The store is located on the top floor of Parco mall, it is easy enough to find if you have a map, the first time I went to japan I literally just stumbled upon it, lucky this time I knew where to go and it was actually my first point in call, since its pretty easy to get to from Shibuya station and from there its only a short walk across to Harajuku
The store itself is really like any other fan store, it has some life size figures, theme music blaring and of course all your little bits and pieces related to OP, but mainly things like souvenirs, a few clothes, stickers, key chains, cups, posters and things of this nature, they have a few toys but not that many, if you want to find OP related toys and figures your actually better off going either online or to Akihabara (or a big name store) as this store is really geared more towards the souvenir side of things (thou you can find a couple of limited edition toys there)
Anyways, it is still worth visiting, you will likely come away with something you like, prices seems reasonable enough and the location is good, there is also a few other stores related to anime in the same building too.
There is one place I did miss on my trip there and that’s Nakano Broadway, which in hindsight is a place I really should have gone to, it has tons of second hand anime stores in there as well as plenty of shops selling new stuff. But reading around it seems they don’t have much new exclusive stuff but if your looking for my retro stuff this is the place to go.
Well that’s it for my Tokyo excursion, pretty short I know, but hey, Tokyo is a big ass place and there are many different places where you will find all sorts of things, even when you have a good idea of where to go, there is always that random floor of some shopping mall that will have stuff you didn’t even know about, or that small side street store with boxes full of figures, if your short on time, hit up the places I have mentioned (and also maybe a jump store, they usually have anime related stuff too and are pretty common) but if you have more time… well good luck!
Ps. I had to borrow some photos from google since I didn’t end up taking many myself
Akihabara is like every anime fans dream come true, what was once an electronic district is now arguably the central hub for most anime and manga related products in Japan and it still has a heap of electrics to buy from as well
The area of Akihabara stretch’s along from the station to the Main Street that has several blocks of stores and side streets filled with shops as well as a few malls, expo center and basically just a heap of stores lined up next to each other that span upwards on multiple floors
Arcade style game storesA few maids
The area itself is relatively easy to navigate, all the streets are straight lines and everything is pretty close together, but the shops themselves are pretty small with a lot of stuff jam packed into them.
A typical store
There are a few different types of stores that tend to get repeated over and over yet each one does have different things and often varying prices too compared to the other similar shops, while others will tend to specialize slightly in a certain product. There are the cheap electrical product stores selling pcs, camera, phones etc usually tax or duty free, there are the card stores, second hand stores, new toy stores, random toy stores, electrical parts stores, lighting stores, game stores and of course maid cafes!
Card Store2nd Hand Store
Two things to note, firstly, One Piece is EVERYWHERE, almost every store you can find a One Piece toy, secondly and most annoyingly, there is little to no organization in most stores with the exception of the big brand stores. You will often find shops have stuff just randomly placed everywhere, some will have it slightly sectioned out but in reality trying to find specific things can be a very time consuming process, some stores (esp the second hand and smaller toy stores) just have everything jam packed into display cases or boxes randomly (least it appears random) so trying to find that one gem of an item can require extensive sifting thru a lot of stuff! Now for some people this can be fun, but be warned, it is time consuming, I didn’t cover the whole area, missed maybe a block or two worth of side street shops and skipped a lot of stores too and still managed to burn thru 4 hours, in the end giving up because I was carrying around too much stuff and the shops are very small. If you are looking at buying a few things, bring a big backpack!
I did decide to go to a maid cafe, I have always seen the girls around dressed up trying to entice people to come in, also it has become quite a popular activity and is worth doing at least once. They are basically a theme cafe where you go in, they treat you like a master, you can order really cutesy food, get things decorated, interact and play games with the maids and have a good laugh at them and at yourself for going along with some of the ridiculous things (going moi moi cue to envoke I think its a love spell on your food is the less tame of the options) The girls all seem light hearted and I guess it will have its ups and downs like any service job, it is prob even more difficult at times having to keep up appearances but then again Japanese sales people always seem to have a really bubbly/cheesy personality so maybe they enjoy it. For me it felt kind of awkward, trying not to laugh at some of the sillier things and also at some of the people who actually looked socially awkward trying to interact with the girls, thou this is probably a good way for them to break their bubble a bit, it was still interesting to just observe, could probably conduct a good psyc test there! I would also recommend going with a friend, alone is ok but still…
I didn’t get a chance to see it but there is a J-pop group known as AKB48 who performs in Akihabara I think everyday and is probably worth checking out as they are quite well known and even have their own café. Korakuen hall is also nearby as well as a Gundam cafe. Akihabara is really a place you can either whip thru quickly just to say you have been there, or spend hours sifting thru all the goods there looking for that one thing special from your childhood or that one toy from your favourite anime. I am sure there are more rare items floating around there, but finding them is a whole other story
Well back from Tokyo, I really do love that city, its clean, interesting, has good food and nice people, oh and the shopping is awesome! Thus the reason why I headed over there in the first place, to go stock up on clothes, the only downside was the fact it was raining the entire time, not the best thing when your trying to carry bags and stuff around the place, however Tokyo in all its efficiency even packs your bags with plastic over top to keep the rain out! Anyways here is a recap of my shopping experience just in case you feel like checking out the areas I hit up.
Firstly Tokyo like any other city has its main shopping districts, usually divided up roughly into your certain style of shopping, eg big department stores (Shibuya) electronic zone (Shinjuku/Akihabara), Souvenirs, local products etc etc and of course within each of those areas will be small sub areas as well
Now my interests usually lie within the Urban/Youth culture areas where I can find hip hop/b-boy styled clothing and kicks. Now while you can find bits and pieces all over the place in department stores or flag ship Nike stores etc the best place hands down is Harajuku.
Harajuku
Now you can probably divide Harajuku up into 3 areas, you have the Main Street/boulevard which has a couple of big shopping malls with various high end stores scattered in between various coffee shops and other stores, then you have Takeshita Dori, basically a side street running mostly parallel to the Main Street that has all your other stores and most definitely the place you want to hit up. This street I would divide up into 2 sections, the first section that runs from the station to the first major intersection is mostly your cheap tourist trap stores with a few gems littered in between, the second section after the intersection is mostly your ’boutique’ stores where you can really start to find some good popular urban labels ‘but more expensive’ clothes.
Takeshita Dori
The first section can be a bit of a mine field, you have a lot of touristy type stores and lost of highly annoying (and shitty sales manner) Nigerians’?’ Who wander the street trying to get you to come to their stores (usually run in concert I believe with a local) Now these guys I avoid like the plague, firstly their sales manner just pisses me off, sure I call my friends bro etc but if I am running a store, use some proper fucking manners, this isn’t the ghetto, excuse me sir sounds a lot better than being yelled at ‘hey bruah’. Secondly the stores they run have over priced generic shitty clothing imported from the same place as all the other stores these guys run… all over Asia! You will see the same shit in Tokyo being sold by the guys who run similar stores in Seoul, so if you want to wear the same shit other people buy then by all means go there, just remember to bargin them down because their mark up is already ridiculously high, I had one store (which was actually all Japanese) quote me a hat price, they said normal price was 6000yen, by the time I walked out the door it was down to 4500yen (there was no way I was buying it but as you can see, you can haggle with these people if your that desperate, just don’t buy their shoes)
On the bright side, in between the annoying stores is a couple of really good places, my advice is just avoid the Nigerians and go for the local run places.
Moving on past this area is the more ’boutique’ fashion stores, places where you can find a Bape store, or Kicks Lab among other shops that sell the more popular and expensive labeled urban wear. These stores unfortunately don’t have any bargaining room but you can pick up the occasional sale. But this is the area where you can definitely find some nice gear and it is worth having a good look around as most of the stores have lots of different stock and its all in the one area (the Main Street with a couple of side streets varying off to the big street) Not much to tell about this area except happy shopping and credit card beware!
Kicks Lab
Depending on your shopping style you can either burn through this area in an hour ish or you can take your time to check out the wears of every place, I would tend to allow for an afternoon at least, I’m a very decisive shopper and browse thru things quickly and I was there for maybe 3-4 hours (with a drinks break) so you experience may vary, also be aware this isn’t the only area to shop and if you are looking for very specific things, you might have to look elsewhere. As for sizing, that is hit and miss again, most common sizes are M-L but you can find XL in most stores (but not always however the L might just fit you, most L and XL will fit me, I’m kind of in between the 2 sizes so my guess is the sizing is kind of similar to western sizes, maybe one size apart) At any rate, happy shopping!
2. DJ Gollum – The Bad Touch (Gordon & Doyle Edit)
3. DJ Kronic feat. Bombs Away – Looking For Some Girls
4. Albert Kick – Evil Girl (Club Mix)
5. Jennifer Lopez – Papi (R3hab Remix)
6. Robin Thicke Ft. Pharrell, T.I. – Blurred Lines (Justin Sane Rmx) Intro)
7. Usher – Scream (Seamus & Haji Edit)Rick Kraft
8. DJ SCOOTER – Give Me Everything (90s Throwback ReFix)
9. GD&TOP – HIGH HIGH
10. Maroon 5 Ft. Christina Aguilera – Moves Like Jagger (Intro) Club)
11. Beyoncé – Run The World (Girls)
12. Rihanna – S&M
13. 2NE1 – CAN’T NOBODY
14. GD & TOP – OH YEAH
15. DJ Got Us Falling In Love (Hypercrush)
16. Play Hard ft. Akon & Ne-Yo (Super Redrum)
17. Wisin Y Yandel ft Chris Brown n T-Pain – Algo Me Gusta De Ti [Xtendz]
18. Don Omar Ft. Lucenzo – Danza Kuduro (Intro) Club)
19. Daddy Yankee – Limbo [Xtendz]
20. DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down For What (Digital Dave Transition Down 128-100)
21. Far East Movement ft. Sidney Samson – Bang It To The Curb
22. Nicki Minaj – Boss Ass Bitch (Clayton William & DJ Fresh Remix)
23. Cali Swag District Ft. Problem, Tiffany Foxx – Shake Somethin (Intro)
24. Major Lazer ft 2 Chainz & Lil Jon – Bubble Butt (Deville Twerk RMX) (DIRTY)
25. 2NE1 – Clap Your Hands (Intro)
26. Memphis Bleek – Like That(Intro)
27. T.I. – Bring Em Out (Intro)
28. Remy Ma – Whuteva [Xtendz]
29. Macklemore Ryan Lewis Ft Wanz – Thrift Shop (AnthemKingz Ultimate Party Break Intro)
30. TI ft Lil Wayne – Ball (Intro – Dirty)
31. Far East Movement – So What (Clean) (M Class Extend)
32. Jason Dee – Im Different (Party Mix Intro)
33. Jason Derulo Ft. 2 Chainz – Talk Dirty (Club)
34. Sean Kingston ft. Chris Brown & Wiz Khalifa – Beat It (Uniq Edit)
35. Drake – Hold On We’re Going Home (Clean)
36. Jonn Hart – Who Booty ft. IamSu
37. Discotech – Kiss Kiss (100-70)
38. Soulja Boy – Crank Dat
39. JayZ_DJ_Deville_Niggas_In_Paris_Club
40. Asap Rocky – Wild For The Night (Intro – Dirty)
41. Anthem Kingz – Birthday Song (Afrojack vs 2 Chains Big Booty Trap Mix)
42. Kanye West – Mercyyyy trap
43. Skrillex ft. Krewella – Breathe (Vocal Edit)
44. DJ Allan – Lock Out Of Heaven (DJ Intro Hype)
45. MACKLEMORE – CANT HOLD US (STARJACK HYPE RE-DRUM)
46. Skrillex – Dirty Vibe
47. Just Blaze ft Baauer – Higher (Clean)
48. Wiz Khalifa Vs DJ Khaled – Black and Yellow Wins (Transition)
49. TaeYang – RINGA LINGA
50. EXO – Growl
51. V.I.C. – Wobble
52. DMX – Party Up (Up In Here)
53. Lil’ Jon Ft. Lmfao – Outta Your Mind (Dirty South Intro)
54. Major Lazer – Watch Out For This (Bumaye)
55. Skrillex – Bangarang
56. Ready To Jump (Transition)
57. I Love It [Cobra Starship Remix]
58. G-Dragon – Crooked
59. Chris Brown – Yeah 3X (Synth Intro)
60. Daddy Yankee – Limbo [Xtendz]
61. Anthem Kingz – Public Service Announcement 2K13 (Jay Z vs Knife Party Hybrid Banger)
62. Okay B Boys – Bomfunk Mc’s vs Will Sparks (Chris Royal BANGA Mash)
63. 2NE1 – I Am The Best
64. Apollo Alive [Simo Bootleg]
65. Showtek ft We Are Loud, Sonny Wilson – Booyah (Orignal Mix)
66. Justice Crew – Everybody
67. PSY – Gentleman [Xtendz]
68. TJR vs ACDC – Ode To TNT (TJR Mash)
69. DJ Deville – I Need Your Love (R3hab Vs. Deville Epic Vocal Trap Intro)
70. Lil Wayne – Lollipop (Convince Trap Remix)
71. Zedd – Spectrum (Getter Remix)
72. Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say (Afrojack Remix)
Set Overview:
My usual 2hr 30min set, so 72 tracks over 150mins keeps me busy, May (and even further back to probably March) was actually an experimental month for me as I actually started to incorporate some Trap into my sets as is clear here. Also added in a few new tracks, as well as some older tracks that I didn’t really play much (usually because the other DJ’s played them so I purposely avoided them) and yes, I did repeat a song, I absolutely hate doing so, but it is a favourite song of a lot of our regulars and also our staff so occasionally I do indulge their requests to double up on a song… not often but this was one of those exception nights
So, I know I haven’t been updating that frequently, and to be honest there hasn’t been much to tell, that is what tends to happen when you lay low and work on other things rather than focus fully on DJn, in saying that of course I still have my residency every weekend so its not like I’m not doing anything, its just not much worthy of posting up about. But now that summer is here I have a few things that are worth mentioning but ill talk about those fully in future posts, the major one being that BeFM DJ comp is happening again this year, so I thought I would document my experience this year, so I will be keeping notes etc but I won’t post them up till after the comp has finished (for various reasons which you will find out) Other smaller things will be hopefully my lead up towards WDJ Festival and a couple of smaller gigs that are also in the works. Ill also do a start to finish blog on a video mix.
Speaking of blog topics, I am about to undertake a new weekly blog (more details to come) but it has got me thinking of how I can make my blog and page appeal to a wider audience, while DJn in what most people would think of as exciting, I am not exactly touring around the world so my stories are on that level yet, and DJn in the clubs… well stories from there are just your usual typical drunken night out stories, not exactly something that is blog worthy on a regular basis, so, I have been giving it some thought and have decided on a couple of ideas I will try and do…
The first is to once a month post up my set list from my residency, the purpose is to let people get an idea for the kind of music I play, but also for myself to hold to a bit of accountability when selecting my music and to try and not play the same shit over and over (which can be hard when your playing to a club that wants to hear the same shit over and over) Along with this list Ill include a list of 5 tracks that I decided to include in that months sets (either new or old) that I haven’t played before or that I haven’t played in a very long time, again just sharing a sniper into my DJ life but to also try and better myself as well
The second idea was to start doing some sort of reviewing, now there are 2 things that I thought I might try here, one is reviewing music videos, being a DJ who also uses video, this makes sense, so ill try and review a few music videos each month, give a low down of what they are about and if I like them or thing they are shit etc. The second is to review DJ controllers, I always get a few questions regarding these, and I know there is a lot of information out there regarding controllers, but having another DJ giving opinions from my perspective can never hurt (also I will keep them short and precise)
So for now that is it, first playlist will go up tomorrow, first of the month so seems like a fitting place to start, reviews to follow shortly afterwards. Till then have a good Saturday night! Chur!
akadjblaze 