Monthly Archive for July, 2004

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DJ Bobby Ewing @ Werchter

Published on July 9, 2004 in music. Closed

DJ Bobby Ewing
I’ve seen a couple of DJs at the Werchter festival, of varying quality. Discobar Galaxie organised in-between-acts DJ sets with guest DJs under the name ‘Galaxie Gangbang Soundsystem’. DJ 4T4 showed up, TLP, Buscemi and others. But the best DJ was -again- Bobby Ewing. A superb taste in grooves, an impeccable technique and he always looks like he has everything under control.

He’s worked for radio (Hang the DJ on Studio Brussel), is active in Discobar Galaxie and the BreakBeatles and has started doing some remix work. The ones I know of are:

  • Bandy bandy – ZAP MAMA
  • Ready – SKEEMZ
  • Gossip Children – MISSY ELLIOT VS SCOTTY
  • Geheiligd Zij De Coach – PIKKEDONKER

    Check out some of his sets on Hang The DJ – DJ Bobby Ewing.

    • Isolde Lasoen

    Published on July 7, 2004 in music. 9 Comments

    Isolde Lasoen in Skeemz
    It’s funny, you can write about the most diverse subjects and when you check how people google onto your blog, it appears to be because of a girl.

    In my case, the girl is Isolde Lasoen, a Flemish drummer. I have seen her (and written about it) in Briskey, Skeemz, Daan, and she also plays in some bands I still have to check out (just to name some: Bruno de Bruxelles and The Bones). Jazz, funk, pop, latin, … you name it, she’s got the moves and the grooves. And yes, she’s kind of cute. And yes, a woman drummer can be dangerously sexy.

    Don’t take my word for it: go check out Daan or Skeemz at the Dour Festival or Boomtown Festival, you won’t regret it!

    [Listening to: "Exploration" - Karminsky Experience Inc - DJ Kicks]

    Started a new blog: XAMPLED

    Published on July 1, 2004 in music. Closed

    I’ve started a new blog on one of my pet topics: usage of samples in music. Being a fan of house and R&B music, I’ve always been thrilled when I discovered the original source of an irresistible break or groove. Apart from copyright issues that I will bluntly ignore here, sampling has changed the music landscape significantly. We would be amazed at how many times we hear James Brown, Barry White and Roy Ayers bits ‘n pieces in today’s music.
    I also did not find an extensive list of sample references yet on the Net. Some sites have information on one artist, some on one genre and you’re forced to do some creative Googling in order to find who sampled what.

    So, as a way of recording my searches for the originals and as a tribute to some truely gifted artists, here’s the all new Xampled Blog.
    Xampled - Re-creativity

    [Listening to: "Summer Madness" - Kool & The Gang - Sampled Vol 2 (CD 2/2)]