Takomo is an unconventional music project, they are from Finland and integrated by Pekka Kokkonen and Otto Hassinen. This young duo appart from creating original mixes are also involved into musical production. You can check their MySpace page as well.

So why should you try their mixes out? Let me tell you why. I haven’t listened to such powerful beats since the first mixes of DJ Kode 9, they are trying to get back to the roots of breakbeats but streamlined with some dubstep, electro and drum ‘n’ bass. It is a unique sound collage that I hope will create a whole movement of nu-breaks, because I’m tired of those drum ‘n’ bass radio stations that has the same beat 24/7, so you can contribute by sharing their mixes now.

 

 Takomo - September 2007 Minimix for Radik-All.com: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Takomo - June 2007 Mix: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is the first edition of a La Suite 303’s Podcast, in our debut as podcasters we will try to hand over some of the best tunes from our collection. Podcasts are the perfect excuse to share our musical fondness and through these podcasts we will try to open doors to new and unconventional music.

The first podcast is named JAZZCLUB 00, in the whole selection I’ve tried to include the sounds of those black-rooted old jazz clubs, but taken out of context and expanded with more contemporary sounds. I don’t pretend to be an outstanding DJ,

I just want to share this finely integrated playlist on which I put some effort, time and care, just for your enjoyment.

I hope you’ll be pleased with my selection and I also want to mention that we host our podcasts using Divshare, I make this comment because it was quite difficult and tricky to find a free podcast hosting.

Tracklist:

01 - Muro - Beat Stalker (Intro)
02 - Bitman & Roban - Después de Almuerzo, Parte 3
03 - Kero One - In All The Wrong Places
04 - Flevans - Loose Gardener
05 - The ParanormL (featuring Fat Hed) - Experience
06 - Belleruche - Minor Swing
07 - Mocean Worker - That’s What’s Happenin’ Tonight
08 - Art Blakey - The Midget (Art Konik Remix)
09 - Zero dB - Anything’s Possible
10 - Xploding Plastix - Treat Me Mean, I Need The Reputation
11 - Skalpel - 1958 (Skalpel Remix)
12 - Stockholm Jazz Beat Project - Big Band Frenzy
13 - Smoove (featuring The Bukky Leo Quintet) - Rejoice In Righteousness (Smoove’s Nu Jazz Remix)
14 - Ecripse - Sleep Walker

You can suscribe to our podcasts by copying this url
feed://lasuite303.com/pruebas/xml1.xml

 

 JAZZCLUB 00: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I humbly vow to Their Robotic Majesties, who gave one of the best shows my eyes and ears have ever experienced.

In a really cold week, wednesday arrived with a slightly warmer climate, it was October, 31st and the adopted and highly disseminated Halloween costumes were everywhere, but this particular time many of the costumes looked like robots.

As we rushed towards the outdated and grotesque Palacio de los Deportes, Ángel, a friend and collaborator, told us that Sussie 4, the electro rock music assemble from Guadalajara, were the opening act, we instantly slowed our pace, I mean, they are an OK band, but nothing to be speeding up about. When we arrived the band was about to finish their carelessly equalized performance, when they did, their last words were: “…and now the really good stuff, Daft Punk!” the crowd, who wasn’t still at full size, cheered and a black courtain closed upon them.

The background music, involving mainly old-school rap, was setting the mood and, suddenly, Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley bursted. The time had come, the lights were killed, the musical silence was overwhelmed by the ovation of a now totally crowd-stuffed venue. The notes from the main title of Close Encounters of the Third Kind started the show.

The courtain opened and there they were, wow! …in the heart of an outer-space pyramid you could see Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter inside their leather jumpsuits, designed by Hedi Slimane, filling our hearts and minds with sizzling music and unbelievable lights. From that moment on the experience was simply phenomenal, like nothing on the face of this earth.

The music and their hits were assembled and mixed live with almost two hours of ever-shocking and completely synchronized audiovisual extasis, that finished over a house encore and whoa! …those magnificent red lights all over the LED helmets, created by the company LED Effects, along with the reminder that Their Robotic Majesties are human after all. We can outline Daft Punk’s spectacle in just one word: Exquisite.

Their album Alive will see the light in 2008. (photos by André Felipe)