Hear them roar

The best part of a concert is when you know there are a gazillion other people with you having a absolutely awesome time. The roar that goes up at every familiar song....




Best night of my life. Thank you Daft Punk.

Makes you want to be a musician just to hear that roarrrr...


Last Daft Punk post I promise :)

Daft Punk Album - Alive 2007

Daft Punk's new album is out! Its a recording of their 2007 live tour set. Available on Amazon Digital downloads as High quality DRM Free-MP3.

If there is *one* electronic music album that you need to buy this year - its this. Absolutely mind blowing set!! well worth the $8.99. Its a collection of their greatest hits woven together in a way that will bring a smile to your face.

If you need a picker upper, its this album.

Return of the Drums - Nov 07 Mix

Return of the kickdrum. Sloppy mixing as always :). Hope y'all like it.

Mix is R rated and can be downloaded here.

New format to tracklist : [Artist Name] - [Track] (Remixer) [Record Label]

If you like any of the tracks, they are available for purchase legally @ Beatport.

Njoy!

Tracklist

1. Trentemoller - Moan [Audiomatique]
2. Kerri Chandler - Vector Graphics [Deeply Rooted House]
3. Hardsoul feat Fierce ruling diva - Self Religion (Believe in Me) (Hardsoul Reconstruction) [Defected]
4. River Ocean - Love and happiness (Masters of Work Dub) [Strictly Rhythm]
5. Ame - Rej [Defected]
6. Mr V - Put your drink down (Bob Sinclair Remix) [Vega]
7. The Nightcrawlers - Push the feeling on (Robbie Rivera Juicy Ibiza Mix) [Stealth]
8. B.F.E, Nicole Moudaber - I got cash [Azuli]
9. Kamisshake - Darkbeat (Deadmau5 Mix) [Azuli]
10. David Sense - Don't forget the funk (Rene Amez mix) [ Presslab Electro]
11. Peace Division - Club Therapy (John Ciafone Remix) [NRK]
12. John Digweed - Gridlock (Stereo Dub) [ Renaissance]
13. Ubu - Pixels (Guy Gerber Late Check out mix) [Azuli]
14. Maxime Dangles - Love Water [Kompakt2]
15. Andreas Hennberg - Waters ( Pierce mix) [Piermont]
16. Josh Gabriel - Summit (Josh Gabriel Mix) [Organized Nature]
17. PoPoF - My Toyz [Skryptom]
18. Hybrid - Finished Symphony (Deadmau5 remix) [Distinctive]
19. UNKLE, Petter - These Days/What are you to me (Sasha Involver Masha up) [Global Underground]

John Digweed Essential Mix -Oct 2007

Possibly the best set ever. Have it on repeat on I-pod, absolutely spellbinding booty shaking mix.

Get it here

Different Strokes - Blender Mix

Something for the Desi/Hip Hop/Bhangra folks. All desi tracks supplied by Lokesh the turban cowboy (thanks dude!).

Mixed using Ableton, Evolution Midi Controller and Pioneer CDJ's. Mix in two parts, Ableton (Hip Hop/ Desi/ Bhangra) and CDJ (House, Tech House and Bollywood remixes).

Ableton for a House party and CDJ's for the club :).

WARNING: This mix contains adult themes and language and is R Rated. If you are easily offended please do not download this mix, else turn the volume up!

Mix available here.

Tracklist

Ableton

1. Shava Shava
2. RDB - Ishq Grindin
3. Sean Paul vs Missy Elliot - Work Busy
4. Mystical & Ludakris - Get out of the way
5. ODB - I got your money
6. Bombay Rockers - Ari Ari
7. Twenty 2k - Kuriya
8. Soni Lagdi
9. Salt and Pepa - Lets talk about sex
10. Bombay Bronx - Mundiya de Dil Hil Gaye
11. Chingy - Right Thur
12. Bluffmaster - Say Na Say Na
13. P Diddy - I'll be missing you
14. Will Smith - Getting Jiggy with It
15. Apache Indian - Chok There
16. Jay Sean feat Juggy D - Kuriyeh
17. Young Joc - Going Down
18. D4l - Shake that laffy taffy
19. RDB - Hor Glassy (Remix)
20. RDB - Tera Thumka
21. Mundiyan to bach ke (Remix)
22. J-Kwon - Tipsy
23. Beatles - Let it be

CDJ

1. Unknown - Unknown
2. Aaa Dekhen Zera (Remix)
3. David Guetta - World Is Mine
4. Yaad Aa Raha hai (Remix)
5. Technotronic - Get Up (Remix)
6. Jumma Chuma (Remix)
7. Edun - Put Em Up
8. Dhak Dhak Karne Laga (Remix)
9. Cicada - Truly Madly Deeply
10. Kya Khoob Lagti Ho (Remix)
11. The Knife - We love our mothers health (Trentmollers Mix)
12. Ho Jata Hai Pyar (Remix)
13. Gabriel Ananda - TrommelStunde
14. Unknown - Unknown
15. Per Bucci - Hey Consuelo (Samim Remix)
16. D Ramierz - Pleasure me

Enjoy!

Five for Friday

Dubfire - Roadkill
Dubfire - Ribcage
Bryan Jones - Let it go (Fabio Bacchini Remix)
Malikwa Johnson - This Time around (Heavy Funk Remix)
RIO - RIO (Stereo Palma Remix)

Welcome to Peaktime - Sep 2007 Mix

A short mix of the tunes that are rocking my boat! This is pure peaktime, ideal for a good workout or speeding ticket :). Shoddy mixing as always!

Mix found here. Tracklist below

1. Pryda - Balaton +
2. Cevin Fisher - The Way We Used to (Sharma's Karma Everybody Acapella Edit)
3. Dj Rap - Alpha
4. Pryda - Muranyi
5. Pryda - IronMan
6. Pryda - Madenferrys
7. John Dahlback - Everywhere (DODNS meets DBN in the box remix)
8. Simon Baker - Spinner
9. Samim - Setupone
10. D Ramirez, Mark Knight - Columbian Soul (Gabriel and Dresden Tuscon Soul Reconstruction)

Five for Friday

A Little late :)

Digitalism - The Pulse
Pryda - Ironman
Snax - Honeymoons over (Konrad Black Remix)
Pryda - Madenferry
Justice vs Simian - "We ARe Your Friends"

Daft Punk @ Seattle - Philosophy 101

....Music's got me feeling so free, we are gonna celebrate, Celebrate and dance for free, One more time, Human - Together....

5 days to Daft Punk Madness

Daft Punk rocked LA this past week! Review here

Best Encore ever. I am psyched!! see them in seattle this weekend.

Chris Fortier @ SKY this friday

July 2007 Tech House Mix

Time for some music edumacation :) Threw this mix together to showcase the new underground genre tech-house. Towards the end there is some banging Josh Wink'ish Techno for those of a harder bent.

No, Techno!= Dance music. Next time somebody asks you "Do you listen to techno? I like techno, I like DJ Tiesto" - Please kick them in the nuts!

As usual mix can be found here.

I'm too lazy to type up a tracklist - If you really like some tracks, shoot me a note.

June 2007 Mix

2 Hours of peak time electronic music goodness. Mix can be found here.

Tracklist
Pryda - Armed
Justice Vs Simian - Never Be alone
Raw Shape - Come Back (Jim Conner Remix)
Snap - Power (Tom Novy Remix)
Daft Punk - Technologic (Acapella)
Dhoom - Dhoom Again
Kupon - Zoom In
Candy Williams - Moving on up
Golfclub - Spandex
Raul Rincon - Indegenious people
Michael Jackson - Thriller (Rilod Remix)
Eric Morillo - Jazz it up (Sal Basille Remix)
Jerry Ropero - Curazon
Switch - Get your club on
Bassnector - Yo (Brazillian Rave Remix)
Faithless - Insomnia (Rene Amez Remix)
Himesh Reshamiya - Sayonni (Remix)
Trentmoller - Beta Boy
Who Da Funk - Shiny Disco Balls
Pryda - Remember
Inner City - Good Life (Eric Prydz Remix)
Dubfire - Roadkill
Ozgur Can - Changed (Gabriel and Dresden Remix)
Chris Source - Hugz and Kisses
Chris Lake - Carry Me Away

April 2007 Mix up

A new mix for your listening pleasure. I've tried to capture all the moods of a good night out :). The mix starts off slow with some good deep house with warm-up vibes, chugging along to some chunky house, onwards to peak-time techno and last but not the least some good cool-down tracks!. As usual the mixing is a bit off in some places - but hey remember i'm a wannabe :).

Enjoy!

The mix can be found here. Tracklist follows.

Tracklist
H Foundation - Tonight (King Britt's Sexy Mix)
Geen Velvet - La La La La
Studio R - A & R (LLorca Remix)
Justin Timberlake - Sexy Back (Linus remix)
Dj Disciple - Changes (NYC Deep Mix)
Marcelino Galan - House and Art (Charles Webster remix)
Iz & Diz - Love it Dub It (Mark Farina remix)
Bassnectar - Yo (SpeakerJack's Brazilain Rave remix)
David Sense - Don't Forget the funk (Rene Amesz remix)
Faithless - Insomnia (Rene Amesz remix)
Rene Amesz, Peter Goldberg - You make me climb the wall
H Foundation - X Tra Large
Guy Gerber - Every Passing Minute
Shlobi Aber - Cropduster
Williams - Shivering (Pitch and Hold mix)
Gus Gus - Mallflowers

Five for Friday

Josh Wink - Higher State Of Consciousness (Dirty South & TV Rock remix)
Bassnectar - Yo (Speaker Junk's Jackin Brazilian Rave remix)
Bassnectar - Yo (Original)
Marcelino Galan - "House & Art" (Charles Webster remix)
H-Foundation - "Tonight" (King Britt's Sexy mix)

Daft Punk North American Tour 2007

Daft Punk anounced thier North American Tour dates!!

07-21 Los Angeles, CA - Sport Arena
07-27 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
07-29 Seattle, WA - WAMU Center
07-31 Denver, CO - Red Rocks
08-05 Toronto, Ontario - Arrow Hall
08-07 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Center
08-09 New York, NY - Keyspan Park


Tickets available via ticketmaster. Got mine for the seattle show. Pre-sale password = Robots

Digweed and MSTRKRFT @ SKY review

Digweed did not disappoint - Massive, Massive Set. Whoever belives that Digweed has lost it musically is full of shit. Diggers set last night @ SKY was the *best* set I've ever heard, period.

Avi and I got there early as we really wanted to check out MSTRKRFT, the openers for Digweed as part of the Diamonds tour. Was a bit sceptical on how MASTRKRFT a live band would fit as an opener for Digweed. MSTRKRFT's set was more electro-housey (expected) and they rocked it. Highlight track for me was Buy Now - For Sale, that breakdown is just insane. I'm excited to see these guys at Coachella this year.

Digweed got on the decks @ 12:30 and launched straight into the "Diggers Vortex" as I call it :). The beats kept getting better and better in classic digweed style, the mixing was tiiiighhttt - he is once smooth muthafucka on the decks. Standout tracks for me were Antena - Camina del Sol (Joakim Remix) (Sounds fucking massive on a huge system), Williams - Shivering (Pitch and Hold Mix). Highlight of the night , G-Stylz - I need your love - the crowd just went MENTAL!!! especially when the vocals kicked in - I need your love, I need your love, I need your love....

Need some sleep now to prepare for the OM records Marathon tonite, Burridge till 4AM!! :)

John Digweed and Mark Farina this weekend

Two great acts this weekend.

Mark Farina the godfather of smooth house, head honcho of OM records will be playing at SKY on Saturday as part of the OM records party. Pretty hot lineup - Toss up between Farina (downstairs) and Burridge (Upstairs).


You already know about Digweed on Friday :)

The entire AEF lineup below.

Five for Friday

First of the "Five for Friday" posts. Each Friday I will attempt to link to 5 tracks that are rocking mah boat. Call it music edumacation!

Williams - The Shivering (Pitch & Hold's In Camera remix)
Antena - Camino Del Sol (Joakim remix)
Eric Pryz v/s Pink floyd - Proper Education (Dub)
Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous (Axwell Remix)
Francois Dubois - Blood (Tom Middleton Deep Mix)

John Digweed @ SKY March 16th

Get ready for the best DJ on tha planet. John Digweed will be DJ'ing @ SKY March 16th. He is the muthafucking best, period.

I would strongly recommend getting pre-sale tickets.

Sharmas Karma @ SKY - Review

He He - i'm not going to give myself a bad review am I? :) Had a good time, played from 10:30ish to 1:00. Pretty much trainwrecked every mix :) playing on that huge system is just plain intimidating. Crowd response was excellent (they forgave all my wrecks). Highlight of the night was Dhoom Again-> KU remix of Smolder - that had the crowd rockin. Got a good response from Pryda - Remember and Pryda - Proper Education (Dub). Thanks for all who made it to the night, we packed the club!!

Sharma's Karma A.K.A me @ SKY Austin Feb 24th

Come support your local talent - Oh well just support me :)

Set Times:
10:45 - 1:00 AM (Sharmas Karma - aka me)
1:00 - 2:45 AM (Dj Eden - Jaden Grace)

Daft Punk @ Coachella 2006

Aaaa Coachella, lush green field, Awesome Bands, Two whole days of musical bliss in the California desert. This was our second coachella, you could call us veterans :). However nothing could prepare us for the visual/music onslaught that was Daft Punk @ the Sahara tent on Saturday. Get ready for a long winded post :)



Long Version

To give you some perspective, acts at Coachella are spread across 5 areas. The Main stage (where the main acts/headliners - typically rock acts perform), The Outdoor stage (Various acts not a specific genre but mainly rock/folk focused), Mojave Tent (Hip Hop/RnB), Gobi Tent (Punk, Alternative) and last but not the least The Sahara tent (Dance acts). The Sahara tent was enlarged this year (to hold about 50k people) - Avi and I were under the impression that this was for Madonna (performing Sunday) as Sunday had sold out. Man were we wrong....

We pretty much stayed in the Sahara tent all day. Derrick Carter was very good, nice chicago house - Highlight of his set was him dropping a Kanye West remix right when Kanye West was on the Main Stage!!! After Carter it was Carl Cox's turn on the decks and he rocked it. Carl Cox is one of those Dj's who just has so much energy! His set was high energy and some really good techno/house. Audio Bullys were up next- what a drag. Bad Dj'ing and extremely bad MC'ing. Avi and I left the tent to grab a bite to eat and get ready for some Daft'ness.

Depeche mode had just finished on the main stage - and there was a mass of people drifting to wards the Sahara for Daft Punks set. It finally clicked - the Sahara tent was expanded for this! It was an incredible feeling ~50K people in tent waiting for the french robots.

Background music playing, crowd chanting "Daft Punk, Daft Punk". The curtain was still closed, and the crowd is getting restless. Suddenly out of nowhere we hear the "Close Encounters of the third kind" theme. The curtain opens - Out comes a pyramid with the center cut and TWO FRENCH ROBOTS! The tent went off!

Daft Punk then launched into an exquisite co-ordinated light show (the visuals were stunning) with such beautiful music, O beautiful music. They remixed/remashed/twisted/melded all their own songs into one continuous 60 min mix that had the crowd going...................Holy shit this is epic!

I'd always heard about the mythical life-changing-experience, this was mine. There was something about all these people grooving to some great tunes that was just...special. I know this sounds corny , but you had to be there to feel it. Their set ended at about 12:15 AM. As we were getting out of the parking lot, everybody had a shit eating grin and every car had Daft Punk's - Discovery playing real real loud. We had a smile on our faces and all we could think about was....."One more time"

You can get a good quality bootleg of thier set here.

Short Version

Pitchfork.com summed it best

That is not to say some of the main-stagers were not up to snuff. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kanye West, and Massive Attack all performed predictably entertaining if not overwhelming sets. The exception to the headliner rule, and probably to anything said above, was Daft Punk's mindblowing appearance. Not to get hyperbolic, but people were crying at two French robots. Yes, chemicals may have played a part, but Bangalter and Homem-Christo deserve much of the credit for creating a relentless, dynamic live show based around two dudes standing in front of equipment. A towering LED pyramid; dizzying light show; hilariously choreographed camera movements for the screenwatchers; and, of course, an exhausting selection from their catalogue, sequenced on a seemingly impossible upward trajectory for a solid hour. Heart-attack shit. And for all those who argued Human After All's worthlessness: You were wrong.

Coachella 2007

Coachella 2007
Originally uploaded by TheSharmas.

This will be my third coachella. EDM wise there are some good acts to see (Not as impressive as last year, more on that later).

Full lineup @ the coachella website

Act's I'm excited about:
Dj Heather
Faithless
Evil Nine
LCD soundsystem
MSRFRFT
Richie Hawtin
Felix the Housecat
Hot Chip
Air
Junior Boys
Soulwax

Keeping my fingers crossed for the surprise add to the sahara tent. Strongest rumor yet is that Underworld mite get added.

Underworld will make my day, really, really really really really make my day. Rez is the best track ever!

Hybrid @ SKY Austin Feb 9 2007

Hybrid
Originally uploaded by TheSharmas.

Sky is on fire!. The talent they have booked are exceptional. All through this month Eternal Network and Disco Productions are getting some really good dj's to austin.

Last night it was Hybrid's turn on the decks. Avital, Jaden and I got to the club at around 11:30 ish. We scored the closest parking spot (right next to lite bar) and were mucho pleased. The opening DJ (Jason Jenkins) was all rite. Our party pals P and H joined us before the headliner. Hybrid got on the decks at around 12:30 and played a good set. Didn't hear any familiar tracks - Alcohol could also be a factor :). I did recognize an insane remix of orbital - chime which rocked the dance floor.

Whats this blog about?

This blog is all about electronic music :). No - "oh my life is in a rut", "I love people but they don't love me", "Where is my life going" kinda posts.