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Matty Higgs: Live Mix from Dave Loren’s House Cooler partay
Posted on April 30th, 2007 by drumkill.
Categories: Mixes/Podcasts, Music.
I recorded a large part of the mix I was playing at Dave Loren’s house party on Friday night. Special thanks to Brian and Guille as well as Dave for sorting out all of the logistics with the gear transport, noise complaints and drinks.
Matty Higgs Live @ Dave L's House Cooler Party: April 27th, 2007: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadMatty Higgs @ DrumKill.com : Long Day At Werk Mix
Posted on March 15th, 2007 by drumkill.
Categories: Mixes/Podcasts, Music.
I made this mix last weekend. It’s more than 2 hours long and has lots of goodies. I’ve been using it to pass the time here at work. If yer boss is down wit de internets, give it a download.
Matty Higgs Live Tek Haus Mix: Recorded at Lucid. March 5th, 2007
Posted on March 8th, 2007 by drumkill.
Categories: Mixes/Podcasts, Music.
This is a Live Mix I recorded at Lucid Lounge at Sutter and Mason in San Francisco on March 5th, 2007.
Matty Higgs Live Tek Haus Mix: Recorded at Lucid. March 5th, 2007: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadMatty Higgs @ DrumKill.com: January 20th. DEEP tek-e Mixeroni
Posted on January 22nd, 2007 by drumkill.
Categories: Mixes/Podcasts, Music.
New Tek-Haus Mix. Supah Deep. You’ve been warned. Some of my favorite tracks to date.
Download and share it as you like.
Matty Higgs @ DrumKill.com January 17th, 2007 Live PA
Posted on January 18th, 2007 by drumkill.
Categories: Mixes/Podcasts, Music.
Matty is back with a new mix ready for public consumption. It’s been a while since I posted the last one. Feel free to download and share as you like. 
September in San Francisco: a month to remember
Posted on October 7th, 2006 by drumkill.
Categories: Music.
Well, now that all of the September music events have come and gone here in SF, I can now get on with making some music and dedicating more time to collaborating with some talented individuals out here. Love fest was loads of fun, with more music than you can shake a stick at. The first year of the Summer music conference was a blast. For being the first year, there were lots and lots of great parties and talented people in town from all over the US.
In the next coming months, I’ll be working in the Mission Arc-Aid studio here in the city with some friends. We’re converting a typical office space and making it into a fun little creative spot.. installing some studio gear and sound isolation devices so we don’t bug the neighbors.
I’ll be posting the results of this in the months to come.
Expect another DrumKill mix before the end of October. I have loads of new music to throw into the mix. Ultimately, I hope to get some solid templates in place for cranking out some new tracks pretty soon here. More than anything, I’m psyched to have met some great people who are psyched about the idea of collaborating.
New DrumKill.com Live Mix: August 28th 2006. Burning Man Road Trip.
Posted on August 30th, 2006 by drumkill.
Categories: Mixes/Podcasts, Music.
Just finished this chunky Tech-House mix last night. I made it with a little inspiration from the week ahead as I leave for Burning Man today. Drop it on ya Ipod kid. Enjoi!
August 17th 2006 Tek Haus Injection
Posted on August 23rd, 2006 by drumkill.
Categories: Mixes/Podcasts, Music.
Matty Higgs is at it again with some late summer night Tek Haus action.
Here’s the playlist. Enjoi.
1. Liebe Ist Cool: Quintessenz
2. Elektrochemie : You’re My Kind
3. Marc Houle: Fat Cat
4. Thomas Schumacher: redpurple
5. Inxec: Chalk and Cheese
6. Liebe Ist Cool: Hymn
7. Swat Squad: Pollancre – Original Mix
8. Maetrik: Once Home
9. Luciano: Oregon (Original Mix)
10. Oliver Hacke: Der Vampir Von Düsseldorf
11. Delhia Matthias Tanzmann: Movin (Tanzmann Remix)
12. Butane: Bang Bang
13. Jona: Blizzard
14. Donal Tierney: Teach Beag Ceol
15. Gaiser: After Color
16. Crazy Larry, Missing Link: Miami (Proton Music) – Original Mix
17. Lega: Drifting Aside
18. Pussywillow: Trackmate (Mo’s Ferry) – Original Mix
19. mark-henning: kartoffelzuppe smackdown
20. franklin de costa: f3y kinky
New DrumKill Mix: July 18th 2006
Posted on July 23rd, 2006 by drumkill.
Categories: Mixes/Podcasts, Music.
Matty Higgs is at it again with another moody tech house mix for the hot summer night action.
Get it here.. (right click if you want to save to disk and put it on ya ipod)
Aphex Twin interview in Future Music
Posted on July 18th, 2006 by drumkill.
Categories: Music, Production Tips.
There’s a typically baffling/silly interview with Aphex Twin in this month’s Future Music magazine. When asked for a kit list, he says: “Sure. Raveolution 309, the Raven Max, MC-909 limited edition, Quasimidi Van Helden, MAM Freebass 383, Roland DJ-70, E-15, SP-808, Akai S3200, Behringer MX602A and all the Behringer effects that copy other things.” When he’s asked which software he uses, he says “UPIC by Xenakis puts almost everything else to shame. It’s under 1mb and it shits on everyone.” UPIC was a ’70s experimental French system developed by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis, which is based on drawing on a graphics tablet. It’s somehow connected with CCMIX, where they talk about it running on a Windows 98 system. UPIC seems to have developed into Iannix, which you can download from this page. He also talks about liking Ableton Live, but preferring LiveSlice for beat editing/stretching. He uses Etymotic Research headphones. My favourite Aphex Twin track ever is the demo version of Windowlicker, where you can hear that the whole track is put together with samples of him singing.
New DrumKill.com Live Mix: July 7th 2006
Posted on July 8th, 2006 by drumkill.
Categories: Mixes/Podcasts, Music.
Just finished another Tech House Mix.
Byrne/Eno’s “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” — remix it yourself!
Posted on May 9th, 2006 by drumkill.
Categories: Events, Global, Music, Production Tips.
In keeping with the spirit of the original album, Brian Eno and David Byrne are offering for download all the multitracks on two of the songs (…) In line with Creative Commons licenses, you are free to edit, sample, and mutilate these tracks however you like. Add them to your own song, or create a new one.
Link. You can upload your remixes for other site visitors to hear and rate. (Thanks, Eric Steuer!)
Previously on BoingBoing:
- Byrne/Eno “Bush of Ghosts” tracks re-released under CC
- Missing Byrne/Eno track “Qu’ran” appears on blogs
DrumKill: New Live REmix: May 3rd 2006
Posted on May 4th, 2006 by drumkill.
Categories: Mixes/Podcasts, Music.
Kicking off the weekly DrumKill radio show.
May 3rd 2006: Download it here.. or listen in your browser. (right click to download the MP3 file)
Moog Little Phatty: An Affordable Synth, Dedicated to Bob
Posted on March 29th, 2006 by drumkill.
Categories: Music, Technology.
Moog Little Phatty: An Affordable Synth, Dedicated to Bob
Mar 29, 2006 – Show original item
Moog Music’s synths are beloved for their sound, playability, and quality standards . . . and the fact that they’re not ugly and boring. As true analog synths, they produce sound by directly controlling the electrical voltage that courses through their innards, something that is difficult to translate to digital instruments. But Moog keyboards are usually a luxury item, even though the late synth builder Bob Moog himself wanted to build a more affordable option. The Little Phatty is the “Moog nano” everyone has been waiting for, a basic but uncompromising mono synth that emphasizes live playing. Even if you can’t afford the $1500 limited edition with extras like Bob Moog’s name signed across the back, a $1000 “stage” option is coming later this spring. If this isn’t your thing, you had better accept that you won’t be able to shut up your local synth fanboy or girl for the next 12 months. Just lock them in a room with one of these for the year and drop off baloney sandwiches. They’ll be happier that way.
Moog’s New Little Phatty: Inside Details Revealed, Pricing $1000-1500 [Create Digital Music]
Taking to the streets to defend vintage synths in Japan
Posted on March 21st, 2006 by drumkill.
Categories: Music, Technology.
Taking to the streets to defend vintage synths in Japan
This Flickr Set shows synth geeks (and other people) marching to protest about the PSE law, which would (possibly, we’re not sure, and there might be an exemption for musical instruments) outlaw all vintage electronics. Love the guy waving a mixer. I don’t think they’re really committed to the cause – I want to see the birth of an utterly ruthless terrorist organisation devoted to the protection of dusty musical gear. Someone should kidnap the relevant minister’s family and torture them with copies of Country Moog: Switched on Nashville until the law is repealed. More on the law here, with better coverage here at Matrix Synth.