S P A C E C O W B O Y S

This week The Space Cowboys are pleased to bring you a very special Burning Man edition of The RIPEcast courtesy of Tech Funk pioneer and good friend, Elite Force [U&A Recordings]. Featuring several unreleased Elite Force “revamps”, this masterful RIPEcast exclusive mix is the perfect tune-up for the Playa, Boys and Girls. Don’t forget to add it to your list of things to pack for Black Rock City.

You can get this mix right now by visiting The RIPEcast on Podomatic, SoundCloud or iTunes.

And for a complete schedule of Elite Force Burning Man gigs, including his Friday night set at the Black Rock Hoedown on the Unimog inside The Temple of Flux, visit www.uaarecs.com/burningman.

Click here for a free download of the Elite Force vs. Prodigy ‘Smack the Force Up’ MP3

Track List

1. Intro – LSD
2. Seductive – Take Control (Tom Stephan Mix)
3. Djedjetronic – Bit This Thin
4. Chemical Brothers – Horse Power (re-fueled)
5. Proxy – Vibrate (Noob Mix)
6. Lee Coombs – Italo Disco (Maelstrom Mix)
7. Dom G – Work (DJ Dan & Mike Balance Mix)
8. Chasing Shadows – Amirah (Elite Force Revamp)
9. Elite Force & Various – Hangover Deep (Revamp)
10. Chems Vs Dyson – Swoon (Elite Force Revamp)
11. Elite Force – Psychotrope Jams (extract)
12. Zodiac Cartel Vs Elite Force – Devil’s Mashup
13. Felix Luker – Mechanical
14. Paul Chambers – Yeah Techno! (BeatauCue Mix)
15. Bitrok – Closest Strangers (Loops of Fury Mix)
16. JDS – Blackout (Elite Force Re-fix)
17. Felix da Housecat – Oops
18. Don Diablo – Who’s Your Daddy (Black Noise Mix)
19. Ed Rush & Plaza da Funk – Keep Your Pacman (a Revamp)
20. MJ Cole – Sincere (Nero Vs Elite Force Revamp)
21. New Originals – 1979
22. Excision – Subsonic (Elite Force Revamp)
23. Elite Force & Bar 9 – Shaolin Style
24. Outro – Now Generation
    

Simon Shackleton’s Elite Force project began way back in 1996, debuting on his own newly founded Fused and Bruised label with a series of peerless 12s and remixes. After a successful five years, he put Fused and Bruised on the backburner to concentrate on production work, and following several years with Whole9Yards and Moonshine he became a mainstay recording artist for AdriftRecordings (formally known as Kingsize Records) before moving on to set up hisown hugely successful U&A imprint.

Often credited for being a lynchpin in the developing the tech-funk genre (an amalgamation of breaks, house, techno and electro) he has released a series of highly successful singles in the past few years, finding broad support from DJs and musicians across the board, including the likes of James Zabiela, Sasha, Crystal Method, Laurent Garnier and Fatboy Slim to name but five. In 2008 released a semi-retrospective double album’s worth of remixes and re-workings of a 12-year back catalogue, with over 25 mixes coming from such luminaries as Miles Dyson, Rogue Element, Deepgroove, Dylan Rhymes & Calvertron.

In addition to these solo singles, Meat Katie has been a regular collaborator with Elite Force, a relationship that had begun in 2003 with the massive-selling ‘Toba’, and that will see their creative relationship come to fruition in 2009 with the launch of their new joint project under the name ‘Dustbowl’, as well as a series of singles under the ‘Meat Katie & Elite Force’ banner.

As a remixer, Elite Force has always been in huge demand, with re-workings for the likes of Grandmaster Flash, Crystal Method, Jungle Brothers, Stereo MCs, UNKLE, Infusion, Rennie Pilgrem, Shiloh and Dylan Rhymes all contributing to his reputation as one of the most creative and effective remixers around.

Elite Force’s music has also been the soundtrack to many a movie, with a huge list of impressive A-list credits to his name, including the likes of the Matrix, Charlie’s Angels, Arlington Road, Mortal Kombat, Crow, The Bone Collector, The Jackyll, Spiderman 2 and his music has appeared on a wide array of TV shows, from CSI to Top Gear, from Football Focus to LA Doctors. He’s also soundtracked a number of computer games, including no fewer than 5 FIFA games, several of the Wipeout series, The Matrix and Motorstorm 1, and he is currently writing some bespoke music for forthcoming games for Ferrari and Motorstorm2.

On the decks, Elite Force has been a prime mover since 1990 when he cut his teeth playing huge student nights and self-promoted acid house nights in the South West of England, before moving up to ….London…. and ultimately gravitating towards his tech-funk style, with which he now has a full diary of global bookings. He has become known as one of the top technicians on a circuit that has included massive shows in Belarus, Hungary, Australia, Italy, USA, Czech Republic, India, Turkey, Spain, Japan, Georgia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and China, amongst others, as well as numerous festival slots including Glastonbury, Coachella, Bloom, Wickerman, the Glade and more recently Burning Man.

He was also responsible for the hugely influential Strongarm Sessions webcasts which became something of an institution since their inception back in 2001, receiving as they did around 20,000 downloads per show, but now put on the backburner to concentrate on other projects, such as his own blog, Tech-Funk Manifesto and his other musical projects, such as Dustbowl (with Meat Katie).

Bio courtesy of www.myspace.com/shackforce.

Artwork courtesy of Thomas Reed at Hive Management.

For more information on Elite Force visit www.eliteforcemusic.com or www.facebook.com/djeliteforce.

Howdy cowpokes,

It’s my first time on the Space Cowboys blog so be gentle. My name is Deckard, you may know me from such mixes as Some People Call Me a Space Cowboy, Ghost Ship or Breakfast of Champions. When not cranking up the beats at clubs I like to explore the prettier side of electronic music. I think you can see where I am going with this already. That’s right, full on dubstep bitches! Just kidding, that’s not how I roll.

I put the finishing touches on My Definition of Chill Volume II after starting it some 13 months ago. If I knew of someone else putting together compilations like this maybe it wouldn’t take me so damn long and I could just crib from them. Anyway, I digress.

After working on this mix on and off for over a year I believe I have formulated the proper uses and/or environments for this mix.

They are as follows:

Waking up

Winding down

Calming savage beasts (it works especially well on rhinos. More testing needed on gorillas)

Beach/park on a sunny day

Chilling anytime anywhere

Sitting on the toilet (eew, but still acceptable)

I hope you enjoy wherever you choose to listen. If you like what you hear check out my Facebook page or website for more mixes (links below).



Deckard – My Definition of Chill Vol. II Part 2 by deckard-dj

Tracklist:
Part 1
01 Kuba – Drop The Pain
02 Tipper – Daved and Confused
03 Benji Boko – Perhaps
04 Lemongrass – Winnetou Melody
05 DJ Disse – Walk On The Wild Side
07 Bent – After All These Years
08 Toto – Africa
09 Boards of Canada – Olson
10 Bomb The Bass – Star
11 Four Tet – She Just Likes To Fight
12 Grand National – Peanut Dreams
13 Phoenix – Fences (The Tremulance Remix)
14 Tennis Hero – Alone
15 Ulrich Schnauss – Nothing Happens in June
16 Big Audio Dynamite – Everybody Needs a Holiday

Part 2
01 Mark Chillage – Falling Star
02 Mango – Tokyo 7am
03 Cinnamon Chasers – Luv Deluxe
04 Cherry – Alex (Ruthit Remix)
05 Tafubar – Constructing the Void (Lemongrass Balearic Remix)
06 Bent – As You Fall (Guy J Remix)
07 Sharam Jey – Army of Men (Original Dub)
08 Paul Kalkbrenner – Azure
09 Paul Kalkbrenner – Sky and Sand
10 Moby – Dream About Me (Booka Shade Remix)
11 Underworld – 2 Months Off (Tong and Rogers Wonderland Mix)
12 John Tejada – The End Of It All
13 LCD Soundsystem – Home
14 Scott Hardkiss – Come On Come On (Instrumental Mix)
15 Elite Force – Kinetic Connection
16 LCD Soundsystem – The Great Release

-Deckard
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Last week our lovely friend and talented DJ/Producer, Melyss [Cheeky Productions], put together this tasty Nu Funk set for The Gough Street Sessions podcast and I thought y’all might like to sample it.

There are two ways you can get Melyss’s mix:

- By subscribing to The Gough Street Sessions podcast

- Directly from Box.net (best for those who don’t use iTunes)

Track List

1. ‘The Hit’ – Crazy P
2. ‘Summertime Girls’ – Neighbour
3. ‘Slynk’ – Whatcha Doin (Slynk Hospital Re-Rub)
4. ‘What I Said’ – Neighbour
5. ‘Man with a Jam Plan’ feat. Rubber Johnson (Fort Knox 5 Remix) – All Good Funk Alliance
6. ‘University of Booginology’ – Neighbourhood Romeo
7. ‘Close to Mine’ – Neighbour
8. ‘Something Freaky’ – Basement freaks
9. ‘Marge Schott’s Titties’ – NR
10. ‘Sock it to Ya’ – All Good Funk Alliance (Kraak & Smack Remix)
11. ‘Mission’ feat. BadKat (Funkanomics Remix) – Ed Royal
12. Track info unvailable (sorry folks!)
13. ‘Brown Acid – Bootasaurus
14. ‘Right On’ – Mr. Strom
15. ‘Rogan Josh’ – The Beatslapperz (Grand Def Audio Remix)

Also, Melyss was kind enough to indulge me in a brief Q&A about her salad days as a DJ and her recent foray into production. The link below will get you to our chat. Check it out:

Q&A with Melyss on The Gough Street Sessions

Hello Friendly Person

About that last email… It wasn’t supposed to go to you, it was meant for the Space Cowboy DJs. See, we’ve got a big cluster of DJs in our outfit, and in addition to the Space Cowboy events that we do, they’re all also playing different gigs around town. I do the public service of sending out their gigs with these occasional announcements, and before I do I put out a call to get everyone’s gig info. All of our Space Cowboys DJs are fantastic behind the decks, but when it comes to little things like keeping track of their gigs or even just knowing what year it is, well… let’s just say not all DJs are created equal.

When I put out a call for event info, it’s not uncommon to get a reply with absolutely no text in the message body, just a jpeg attachment of some wacked out flyer with wavy fonts and no details besides the date since the DJ forgot to include the backside with the details. Sometimes I get text messages that say, “dud im playng in the missh this week, pls post!” I’m sure some other DJs are wondering why I never post the events they send me telepathically.

So now you know how the Space Cowboy sausage gets made. I hope that doesn’t turn you off from coming to one or all of the great events we have coming up, like NIGHTLIFE at the Academy of Science in Golden Gate Park, tomorrow night! See you there!

XO,
H8B

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday, April 8th – NIGHTLIFE at CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
The Space Cowboys are thrilled to help host NIGHTLIFE at the Academy of Sciences on April 8th. Not only will the Unimog be rocking in front of the Academy, we will have DJs all over the academy to help kick off Yuri’s Night in the bay Area. Yuri’s Night is an annual celebration of humanity’s achievements in space. Taking place every April, it commemorates the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space (in 1961) and the first launch of the US Space Shuttle (in 1981). This year, the Academy joins the over 100 parties in 36 countries on 6 continents taking part.

The special activities of the night will include:

—-A 3D Tour of Mars in the Planetarium. Get your free tix for each screening as soon as you get inside the academy.

—-Robots roaming the museum floor courtesy of ROBOGAMES.com

—-A Tour of the Night Sky with the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers on the living roof.

—-and of course the amazing music of Space Cowboy DJs all over the place

The Space Cowboys will also be hosting an AFTER Nightlife event at MILK on Haight Street. Look for posters and details at the event, and after the academy come over to MILK for another cocktail and more music by the Space Cowboys. The event at MILK is FREE!

21+ at the academy on Thursday nights, sorry kiddies! Tickets for the Academy of Sciences are on sale now here

More info

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Thursday, April 8th – Space Cowboys presents Yuri’s Night 2010 Kickoff Party!
...after party for the Yuri’s Night Celebration at the Academy of Sciences..

Break out your silver glam and space helmet and let’s kickoff the Yuri’s Night weekend celebration cowboy style. It’s FREE and we will hopefully have the Mog parked outside!!

Your Space Cowboy DJ’s….
Mancub
Shissler
ShOOey
Tamo

@ MILK SF
1840 Haight Street
9:30pm – 2:00am, 21+
FREE!

www.milksf.com
Facebook Event

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Friday, April 9 – The VIVID 8 Year Anniversary Birthday Party @ WISH
Featuring Marty Gotera (Germany / Sassafras) & Mancub (Space Cowboys)

8 years ago a small neighborhood bar opened it’s door in a not so small neighborhood surrounded by some of the biggest clubs in the city. But what it lacked in size it easily made up for in atmosphere & vibe. The amazing couple that opened WISH, who just happen to be two of the coolest people you could ever hope to meet, poured their heart & soul into making WISH a place that not only felt like home, but had some of the best bartenders serving some of the best drinks, and DJs that embraced an underground music culture.

DJs Seven & Sol made a commitment to WISH way back then to throw some of the best free parties twice a month at this little neighborhood bar and inviting down the some of the city’s most talented DJs into play. The end result is 8 f-ing years of good times, good friends and good music.

This Friday it all goes down as we welcome back 2 of our favorite guests. First up is one of the very first guest DJs to play VIVID way back in 2002, Marty Gotera (Sassafras), who is back from Germany for this special occasion. Not many DJs have a record collection as deep and diverse as Marty, and he’s not afraid to dig deep into the bins to find that ultra rare track to get the party started. Then headlining it like no one else can is the one and only Mancub (Space Cowboys). Known for rocking sets at some of the biggest events, especially Burning Man, this Nitevibe top 10 Dream Team’er is going to bring it home with his signature sound and boxing gloves to boot! …and of course sandwiched right in the middle is Seven & Sol with a special birthday set as the each of them will celebrate their birthdays too. Go Aries!

So come celebrate 8 Years of VIVID this Friday! It all starts at 10pm right after the world famous Flavasauce Happy Hour featuring Reggie, Dave Mak, Fredness, JZ and Justin Case! :-) http://www.flavasauce.com

VIVID @ WISH
1539 Folsom St, SF
No Cover, No List, 21+

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Friday, April 9th, 2010 – E.B.’s 6th Anniversary
Fine Cut Bodies – Budapest – (Chi Recordings/Biscuit Reality/Record Records/Moving Target/FineCutBodies.com)
It’s been much too long since the last time we had Kevin out for our “In the Red” show with Flaming Lutus Girls a few years ago, & we figured it was high time he came back. And since he’s been such a consistent presence E.B. events over the last 5 years, having him perform our 6th Anniversary seemed only natural. Hopefully you all know & love Fine Cut Bodies as much as we do, but if you don’t know, you should definitely come find out why, @ this exclusive North America performance.

Left/Right – Dallas, TX – (Sound of Habib/Ego Shot/Scarcity/Dusted Breaks)
Listen to the set recorded live @ Fabric, – Breakspoll 2010 – http://soundcloud.com/left-right/left-right-live-fabric-breakspoll-2010-london

Carbon Community – Dallas, TX – (Sober Music/Record Records/Moonshine)
The prodigal son returns…..Dave Cannon hasn’t played for us in quite a long time, & we’ve definitely missed him, & his music. So, help us welcome back E.B.’s one & only out of town resident, to San Francisco.

Also in the Main Room:
Aaron Jae (E.B./Space Cowboys/C.O.N.)
M.O.D. (E.B./Strategik)
Andy W (FnF/Cloud Factory) – Special closing Ghetto-Tech set
Mo Corleone (Want It/Ambient Mafia)

Upstairs Mayhem:
Bam (E.B./Invibe)
Mozaic vs. Alia (Nexus/Glimmer of Dope)(Raindance)
Ernie Trevino vs. Bassben (Brass Tax/Space Cowboys)(Space Cowboys) – DnB
Cumulus (Glimmer of Dope) – DnB
Simple Greene (C.O.N./Strategik)

Visuals by Viberation
Stage Display/Lighting by Aaron Jae

DNA Lounge (375 11th st. Harrisson)
9:30pm – 4:30am, 21+ w/ID
$20 (for those not on the list).
FREE! until 1130pm (& only $10 after), for the 500+ who sign up below
http://evilbreaks.com

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May 1st – ‘Uno de Mayo’ (SAVE THE DATE!!!)
Your favorite bordello-style baccnalia is back bigger ‘n badder than ever. With DJs from SpaceCowboys, House of Lotus, DeepEnd, BrassTax and more.

NEW MUSIC

Hey Boys and Girls,
A live recording of DJ rrrus’ set from the patio at Breakfast of Champions 2010 is now available for your listening pleasure!

There are two ways you can get rrrus’ mix.
1. By subscribing to The Space Cowboys RIPEcast at the Apple iTunes store (it’s free). The link below will get you to The RIPEcast homepage at the iTunes store and from there you just click on the “subscribe free” button under our logo Click here
2. Or if you’re not an iTunes user, you can get rrrus’ set right away (along with all the other RIPEcast mixes we’ve released to date) using this link

And now a few words from rrrus on his BoC experience… “Holy f. Ten years of Breakfast of Champion

The most amazing dancing institution of SF. This was my 7th to DJ. An honor, a privilege, and what a motherfing blow out! I came to BOC 2010 ready to play the mid-tempo breaky funk, but stepping up to the tables while a Brad Robinson dancefloor was in full effect forcedmore desperate measures. Out comes the spankin’ house. The crowd goes wild. What a gas!! – rrrus”

Here’s what happened:

1. Cuban Cigar – Da Skunk
2. Just F**k (Sandy W Remix) – Tom Neville
3. Ride Me Baby – Macca
4. Lightness – Vince G
5. Noize (Nilz remix) – Gabriel vs. Nilz
6. How it Should Be – Joshua Heath
7. Libella Swing – Parov Stelar
8. I Refuse – Joshua Heath
9. Freak Technique (rrre-edit) – Chuck Love
10. Funky-Ass Beat (Joey Youngman Heat Index Remix) – Chuck Love
11. Peaches & Herb – Neighbour
12. SuperJam (Flow Dynamics Remix) / Tricka Technology [Acapella] – All Good Funk Alliance
13. We Can Dance (All Good Funk Alliance remix) – Trotter
14. Drunk On The Funk – Neighbour
15. Joytime Radio – The Pimps Of Joytime
16. Ny Funk (Fort Knox Five Remix) – All Good Funk Alliance

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Soul of Man on the Gough Street Sessions
So earlier this week an unexpected treat was dropped into the Gough Street inbox by our good friend Justin Rushmore, one half of the extraordinary production duo known as Soul of Man (Fingerlickin’ Records). It’s the second volume in Justin’s “Breakin’ in the House” series, a delectable 86-minute everything-but-the-kitchen-sink mash-up that leaves no genre unsampled.

“In recent years DJ sets have been getting back to their eclectic roots, mashing up genres”, says Justin. “In this mix I’ve taken my favorite current house, breaks, disco, electro, techno, even dubstep tunes. These are the big ones destroying my dance floors! Subfocus, Armand Van Helden, Groove Armada, Slyde, Cirez D, Elite Force, Evil 9 and more. Plus, an exclusive tune from my new project Rushmore & Fiasco ‘The Vibe’. Enjoy the Selection!” (And enjoy it we will, Justin. No worries there. I think it’s safe to say this mix is about to find its way to the top of many iTunes playlists!)

There are two ways you can get Justin’s “Breakin in the House” mix:
1. Directly from Box.net
2. Or by subscribing to the Gough Street Sessions