Millennium Disco

Shiny Disco Club is the brainchild of French embassadors of Disco House, Nicolas Masson and Paul Perrault. Based out of Lyon, France, SDC caught my attention with a grab bag of remixes on their SoundCloud by label stalwart, LeBatman. Since, they have repeatedly delivered the goods and kept my fires burning.

Yesterday saw the release of their most auspicious project in the form of a compilation record entitled Millennium Disco. Collecting 28 tracks by the likes of Moonchild, Louis La Roche, Rockets and Xinobi, if you dig the discotheque, you don't wanna miss this one! And to top it all off, it's FREE!

Download each part here:

Part One

Part Two

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Chiptuned: Yuzo Koshiro

Yuzo Koshiro is one of those composers who doesn’t get nearly enough recognition. He should be up there with the likes of that final fantasy dude, and the super Mario brothers/Zelda/starfox guy, and I think that has a lot to do with the fact that he hasn’t composed music for games that cull that kind of recognition. He did do sonic the hedgehog, but it was game gear and master system versions, not the ones that appeared on genesis, that was reserved for the likes of Masato Nakamura and Michael Jackson.

Yuzo Koshiro had a few cult hits in the 80’s notably the Y’s 1 and 2. His huge breakout was with Streets of Rage, which was has a sound track that is very much inspired by electronic music of the era. What was even more amazing was what he was able to do with the sega sound chip, which usually made some of the most disgusting noises in the universe.



Example of the bad



Yuzo Koshiro’s The Street of Rage.


Any ways Streets of Rage is one of the earliest examples that I can recall of an EDM soundtrack in a video game.

Cortinas & Wade - I'm In Need (Epic Funk Mix) = The Hype Track Of The Week

On an intergalactic voyage across the universe in a pimped
out drop top 1970 Cadillac Fleetwood shuttle with chromed out wing tips and
suicide doors, this emergent duo has been lacing us from the cosmos with their
solid progressing disco bangin’ sound called “Epic Funk.” Stopping only for
heavy cocktails and flashing dance floors full of pounding beats and soulful
beings, unifying this world with “Epic Funk” is their only mission. Whether it
be on a cd, the radio, the internet, or at a club; when you discover Cortinas
& Wade, you know you got your groove back for good!! This is your www.tffkrwd.com & www.hypersonicradio.com Hype Track of the Week. Check it out in this Saturday's broadcast of Hypersonic Radio airing 09/25/2010 from 10pm-12am on 101X/101.5fm & www.hypersonicradio.com


Cortinas & Wade- I'm In Need (Epic Funk Mix) by CortinasandWade


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Wobble Wednesday: Mosca

Caught wind of this guy via his EP, Square One and an XLR8R podcast mix.  Since then,  the dude has consistently been in my repertoire.  What keeps such high interest in his tunes is his constant shifting between UK dance styles and genres - even within single tracks!  As you know, variety is the spice of life and Mosca never leaves the user with a chance for boredom!


Keep an eye out for his highly anticipated upcoming release on Fat City Records





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YACHT ROCK SUNDAY!!! OLD SCHOOL!!!

Soooo I'm knee deep in Halo Reach and have been listening to a flip ton of music while I try to beat the game on the hardest mode and I came across a song I can't believe I haven't posted.

My Old School is easily one of Steely Dan's best songs, enjoy.

Barletta & O-God - Croozer = The Hype Track Of The Week

Croozer combines disco, funk, tech, and house into 5 minutes of heaven. This track has an amazing groove and packs a peak hour punch to fuel that all night dancing addiction. Seriously... Barletta is the ish. This is your www.tffkrwd.com & www.hypersonicradio.com Hype Track of the Week. Check it out in this Saturday's broadcast of Hypersonic Radio airing 09/18/2010 from 10pm-12am on 101X/101.5fm & www.hypersonicradio.com


Barletta + O-God - Croozer by Djbarletta


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Sound Dissection: digital techniques with analog origin: Sidechain Compression

Staying on hardware vs software tip, I'd to talk about some prevalent digital techniques, their origins in the analog world, and how to achieve them at home in your DAW.

First up, is a no brainer: Sidechain Compression. Probably the most ubiquitous effect in modern dance music, it presents itself as a pleasant "pumping" or "breathing" on certain elements of a track, or sometimes the entire track.

A classic example of sidechain compression at work. When the kick drum comes in, note the way the dynamics of the track flow in and out in rhythm with it. NYCE.

So, what exactly is sidechain compression? First, you need to wrap your head around what a compressor actually does (trust me, you really do). It is a gain reduction circuit that is often used to even out the volume dynamics of audio material. It achieves this by using a level detector to determine the incoming level of the audio. You can think of this like the VU meter or the bar meter showing your output on the mixer/ master/ whatever. The signal detector

"listens" to the incoming signal and when it senses that the level of the signal has exceeded a level that you set (THRESHOLD), it applies gain reduction at the RATIO. When it applies this gain reduction is controlled by the ATTACK and RELEASE.

the Alesis 3630 - the hardware compressor repsonsible for most of Daft Punk's sidechain compression. $50 bucks on CL and you can DO IT LIVE!

Sidechain compression is a little different. Instead of the signal detector listening to the source material, it listens to the sidechain, or key input, usually the kickdrum. Sound engineers use this all the time, in a subtle way, to pull the bass down to make room for the kick. We use a slightly exaggerated version of this technique in dance music to fux with your earhole and make some nice pumping effects. Essentially it's a little automatic hand, jerkin' ur fader in time with the kick. Sexy.

The informative and always pleasant Huston Singletary gets down to it on how to use SC compression in Ableton

Uh...and if you don't know, now you know, NI66A