RiotControl

RiotControl 16

2009-11-02T11:52:00.006-05:00

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RiotControl 16

Growling bass, tropical beats, LA, floating video game sounds, and "junk" as my friend recently coined the music in the latter half of this mix.

El Botellon - Uproot Andy
Out of the whole Bersa Discos series (which is all solid), for me, Uproot Andy killed it on #4. All three of his remix tracks on there are sick. I don't know all the originals (Anybody?) but whatever - really well done. See here for background on "La Vida Vale La Pena", via Dutty Artz. #4 came out last year but I didn't hear these tracks until recently.

Pull It - Shystie (Ill Blu RMX)
1 of 2 tracks on here I basically trainspotted off Jubilee. I love the horn intro with that mangled up auto-tuned MC.

Re-Up - Joker and Ginz
You already know what it is re: Joker. *Also great: the remix he did this summer of "How you like me now."

Stagga RMX - Doshy
In the tradition of Kruder and Dorfmeister, Doshy (from Berlin) took the original tune, kept like one thing, and made a whole new song. Really well-done. I love the floating hyper-synth gooey-ness, and all the different influences this dude put into one track. I had people grinding to this one night. Their baby will come out very good at video games.

Rustie vs. Dorrough (Burt's Blend)

Again, you already know Rustie. "Bad Science" is too sick. I thought our mix could use a vocal at this point so I screwed Dorrough. I first heard "Ice Cream Paint Job" this summer at 5 AM at Drai's in Vegas. I think Rustie would love the hip hop room at Drai's in Vegas. It was fun. It's like a dirty south club on steroids. I'm never going back.

Hold The Line - Major Lazer (Skream RMX)
Benga and Skream at Le Poisson Rouge this summer was def. the biggest dubstep thing I've ever seen in NYC. No? I think so. Shit was crazy.

Kick Drum - Felix The Housecat
2 of 2 I got off Jubilee. She played this at the last Flashing Lights party. FELIX. Who knew.

Let Me See What U Workin' With (Rustie RMX)
More Rustie. More retarded gully synth beats.

Round One - Gucci Mane (Salem RMX)
I like "Haffa" and whatever else I've heard from Salem. This growling bass rmx is nice. But Salem, why u gotta release the vocal off time in the intro? Fucking weirdos. Throws off my mix every time I use this track.

Zoom - Hudson Mohawke
Song of the show? More growling bass, and wtf is that growling human voice in the background of the bass??

Purple Smoke - Black Chow
Who is Black Chow? What language is that? This sounds like The Bug on the boards maybe?

Zombie - Fauna
This is from one of the many nice Cumbia releases DJ Rupture has put out. I was at one of their tropical parties and whatever Rupture played for the early set was awesome.. It was some slow cumbia remix stuff of older records with just some simple 808 sub bass propelling it along.. Anyone?

Simon Says vs. $tunts (Burt's Blend)
I bought the original Mr. Oizo track that Flying Lotus used on this in a bargain bin once. He basically screwed the original, added his signature sounds to it, and the track is suddenly so much sicker. Always screw every sample. You never know.

Beatles Bitch - Mono Poly
More sickness from LA.

Biggie vs. Roots Manuva (Nice Up! White Label)
Nice blend idea, whoever made it, and the only actual vinyl I used on this episode. I still buy wax, but it just makes sense to buy digital for most new releases. That's why there's no vinyl photo this time..

Exhibit C - Jay Electronica (Radio Rip)
Just Blaze recently played some new stuff on Shade 45 and the internet promptly went nutz. (I looked but the only available version of this rip has those few audio hiccups in it.) Check the lyrics here.

You've Got The Love - The XX RMX
Again, song of the show? Internet also going nutz over this one. It's free out there..

Human Meadow - Falty DL
Falty DL from Brooklyn.. Nicely done. I want to see this dude. "To London" is a great non-album track also..

Rawkus - Brackles
I like the bass on this one. It's kind of like a b-more pattern, but with a sub bass. Brackles is a really good dj also. We saw him at Love recently (which has fallen off so hard, wtf happened to Love? That was my fav club/sound system. ) I'm not into all the house stuff but he's a solid dj. He was tearing through records. BRACKLES.

Bad - Kode 9 vs LD
Similar vibe. Kode 9 is always sick and progressive. The monster clap is nasty.

Miracles - Starkey (Jamie Vexd RMX)
Jamie Vexd is incredible. Every track is like this super-clean, malleable, ball of what the fuck. And it's not some IDM glitchy shit. This dude (s?) makes very cool music.

Fall In Love - Miguel Atwood - Ferguson & Carlos Nino
Nice Sonny Noir outro selections..

E Depois Do Adeus - Paulo De Carvalho

Enjoy,

-Burt

P.S. Here's the normal setlist in case you want that for cut and paste:

RiotControl Theme - Burt Fox
El Botellon - Uproot Andy
Pull It - Shystie (Ill Blu RMX)
Re-Up - Joker and Ginz
Stagga - Doshy
Rustie vs. Dorrough (Burt's Blend)
Hold The Line - Major Lazer (Skream RMX)
Kick Drum - Felix The Housecat
Let Me See What U Workin' With (Rustie RMX)
Round One - Gucci Mane (Salem RMX)
Zoom - Hudson Mohawke
Purple Smoke - Black Chow
Zombie - Fauna
Simon Says vs. $tunts (Burt's Blend)
Beatles Bitch - Mono Poly
Biggie vs. Roots Manuva (Nice Up! White Label)
Exhibit C - Jay Electronica (Radio Rip)
You've Got The Love - The XX RMX
Human Meadow - Falty DL
Rawkus - Brackles
Bad - Kode 9 vs LD
Miracles - Starkey (Jamie Vexd RMX)
Fall In Love - Miguel Atwood - Ferguson & Carlos Nino
E Depois Do Adeus - Paulo De Carvalho

Burt + Lick 1 Year Anniversary Party @ LPR WED Night 07/29

2009-07-28T14:40:00.003-04:00

We ingested DMT, consulted with the lizard people, and they have foretold us that this night is going to be awesome. Note: RSVP for the 5$ reduced admittance:

We invite you to come celebrate!
On Wednesday, July 29, the one year anniversary of TASTE's signature LICK event happens at downtown's favorite concert venue, Le Poisson Rouge. Come along a galactic multimedia celebration hosted by the ladies of LICK, presenting dance, & video collaborations by NYC's finest choreographers and designers, as well as a special live performance by Jasmine Solano and film and music starlett, Zoe Kravitz & Elevator Fight. It's going to be an amazing celebration.
See you on July 29.
xo,
LICK

RSVP: rsvp@thisislick.com $5 REDUCED ADMISSION UNTIL MIDNIGHT**
RSVP closes at 1pm on Wednesday, July 29.
Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/thisislick
This celebration is brought to you by Taste and hosted by Roxy Cottontail, The Queen Bee, Tiombe Lockhart, Kathleen Dragon, Jasmine Solano, King Texas, Meghan Stabile, Jeylan, and Francesca Mirra.

Burt Fox @ SubMercer in SOHO this Thursday 6/18

2009-06-16T16:03:00.003-04:00

NDA

Host:	Tim Yu, Katie Longmyer & Kat Popiel
Type:	Party - Night of Mayhem
Network:	Global

Start Time:	Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 10:00pm
End Time:	Friday, June 19, 2009 at 4:00am
Location:	subMercer
Street:	147 1/2 Mercer St
City/Town:	New York, NY
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Email:

RSVP@Good-Peoples.com

Description

NDA
Hosted by: Katie Longmyer (Good Peoples), Tim Yu (Cool Hunting) & Kat Popiel (The Most Influential)
DJ set by: Burt Fox (Riot Control)
Guest host: Monorex

Thursday, June 18th
10pm * say NDA at the door for entry

subMercer
147 1/2 Mercer St. (btwn Houston & Prince)
_______________________________________________

Thursday, June 18th we bring you back to our NDA home base - subMercer. with special guest DJ BURT FOX of Riot Control.

Our guest DJ this month posts regular amazing mixes on his website for your downloading pleasure. Get a taste of what he does here: http://www.riotcontrolnyc.com/archive/download.html

Our guest host for the night is Monorex. Monorex is a multi-functioning, ever evolving media company committed to breaking boundaries. They are joining us while stateside working on their secret wars project!

No list, no dress code, no bottles — come as you are.

This is our fourth NDA party - saying “NDA” at the door is all you need to get downstairs.

http://www.themostinfluential.com
http://www.coolhunting.com
http://www.good-peoples.com

http://monorex.blogspot.com
http://www.riotcontrolnyc.com

i-i-i-i got the internet goin nutz

2009-05-26T16:06:00.003-04:00

RiotControl on the Urb blog today.

Voicemail Is Back

2009-05-26T13:00:00.003-04:00

Unfortunately, our voicemail was down for a long time unbeknownst to us. The new, and permanent number is:

(347) 826 6249.

Leave a message and experience the glamor, fame, and prestige of appearing on the RiotControl program.

We Back..

2009-05-26T12:58:00.003-04:00

RiotControl 15:

RiotControl Theme - Burt Fox
Go Deh Right - Wailing Souls
Bredda Gravilicious - Desi Roots
I Love Marijuana - Linval Thompson
The Cheater - Linval Thompson
Elders - Clouds
New Africas Part 2 - Buraka Som Sistema
Natura - Switch RMX
Saturn's Reply - Jamie Vexd
Aquafresh - Zomby
Monkey Bee - Diplo RMX
Spreewells Spinnin' - Baby Bash
Sittin Sidewayz - Paul Wall
Thug - Slim Thug
$ Orientated - Street Media
Gettin' Up Mega Mix - DJ Manic
Camel - Nosaj Thing RMX
One Ting - Dabrye RMX
What Did He Say - Night Jewel
I'm Gonna Love You - Kellee Patterson
7 Minutes of Funk - Tyrone Thomas and The Whole Darn Family
? - DJ Chilly Q
Quiet Dog - Mos Def
I'mma Break It Down - Eazy - E
Two Takes it - Mr Oizo and Carmen Castro
Never Gonna Give You Up - Patrice Rushen
Poppa Large - Ultramagnetic MC's
Uwe Used To Cut Our Hair - Music At Nite
Molten Analogue - DMX Crew
? - Burial and Four Tet
Reminissin' - Shackleton RMX
Maybes - Mount Kimbie

Williamsburg tonight

2009-04-28T13:19:00.004-04:00

riotcontrol tonight @ huckleberry bar in williamsburg. myself + special guests manic and chris morgan on the TT's: http://www.huckleberrybar.com/

Tunnels (Extinction Sound #4)

2009-04-15T02:41:00.006-04:00

As featured in our last mix, enjoy:

Burt Fox - Tunnels

Q-Tip - Gettin’ Up (5 Minutes of Manic Mix)

2009-04-15T02:24:00.003-04:00

Our man Manic (who made the Killer's Theme RMX last year) is presented here in "5 Minutes Of Manic," a classic mega mix over Q Tip's "Gettin Up." Enjoy:

Download the MP3 here.

A transmission from Burt and Sonny

2009-04-15T01:35:00.005-04:00

This has been a longer intermission than usual but we'll be back with #15 by next week or so. Thanks for sticking with us.

p.s. NYers, we'll definitely be at Brainfeeder @ Love this Thursday night: Fly Lo, Zomby, Kode 9, Martyn!? Best bill @ Love in ages.. dare i say ever?

p.p.s. I (burt) will be in Montreal this weekend, so if anyone up there is reading this or if anyone has some good tips then by all means please let me know.

over and out.

Thursday Night in The East Village

2009-02-10T00:05:00.002-05:00

i think i'm djing 11-1.

-burt

Blunt Beats Showcase

2009-02-05T13:32:00.004-05:00

You all are probably familiar with the Blunt Beats crew out of the UK from our frequent shout outs to them on RiotControl. They do a live mix show every Wednesday night like clock work and we love what they do. Their latest from last night is a showcase of podcasts featuring Bastard Jazz, Mistapeshow.net, Baron Studio Sound, Focuz, and ourselves.

Here is their posting about the show.

Here is the link to the mp3 of last night's show (available for the next week and then it's gone.)

We've been gone for a while ...

2008-12-27T21:37:00.005-05:00

but now we're back:

RiotControl 14:

RiotControl Theme - Burt Fox
Lightworks RMX - Flying Lotus
Oops RMX - Hudson Mohawke
Untitled - Burt Fox
Poison Dart - The Bug and Warrior Queen
Gully Brook Lane - Joker
Cruisin - Short Dawg
Boyz N Da Hood - Eazy E
Everlasting Bass - Rodney O
It's Funky Enough - The D.O.C.
Salota - The Very Best (ft. BLK JKS)
Misdemeanor INSTR - Foster Sylvers (Mr K RMX)
Return To The Planet Of The Bass - Maggotron
Get Busy - Wink D f Candy Fresh
Red Alert - DJ Laz
Rap Da Felicidade - Cidinho and Doca
Township Funk - DJ Mujava
Run - Simian Mobile Disco (White Label)
Something - Lord Skywave
Bodium - Mikkel Metal
Estrangé - Shed
Death (Crystal Castles RMX) - White Lies
Police In Helicopter Dub - John Holt

High five to John Mansfield in the UK for his kind review of RiotControl.

Happy new year. We'll be back soon in '09.

-Burt and Sonny

THIS SUNDAY

2008-10-09T00:09:00.003-04:00

Burt Fox will be dropping an opener set for LuckyMe's NYC debut (Hudson Mohawke, Mike Slott, Rustie, and Dom Sum.) A sick night of beats being put on by the Taste Crew. Come hang out with us.

We get "disgusting" on Imeem

2008-09-20T20:27:00.005-04:00

We've uploaded our recent mp3s and mixes to Imeem.com. For those of you who use Imeem already, now you have a RiotControl playlist as well as our "catalog" available to mix in with your personal Imeem playlists:

RiotControl Imeem Page

For the non-Imeemers out there, this is actually a really convenient method for listening to RiotControl. For example, let's say you are away from your mp3 library or simply would like to spontaneously call up some RiotControl music. Just go to imeem.com/riotcontrolnyc, and boom, instant streaming access to the RiotControl playlist, easy navigation, shuffle, less download wait time etc..

Lastly, this also provides you all with simple "copy and paste code" to embed a RiotControl player into any web page and easily share the music with others. You can embed as little as one song onto facebook, myspace, a message board, your personal page etc.

Chocolate Ice Cream / White Gloves

2008-09-10T12:16:00.003-04:00

Our "end of summer" mixtape.

RiotControl 13:

Riotcontrol Theme - Burt Fox
Poison Flour - Dr. Alimantado
Guns Of Brooklyn - Santogold
Passin Me By - Hot Chip Remix Instrumental
Let The Dollar Circulate - Billy Paul
Dollar - Steve Spacek and J Dilla
Healer - Erykah Badu
Tea Leaf Dancers - Flying Lotus
? - (From an awesome record called "Trap Door." If you like this, then we highly recommend it. Every song is great.)
Weekend Wars - MGMT (new MGMT album is the sh*t!)
Sunshine - Handsome Boy Modeling School
Summer Madness - Kool And The Gang
Hurry Up This Way Again - The Stylistics
So Fresh And So Clean - Outkast
Before The Night Is Over - Joe Simon
Footprints On My Mind - Annette Snell (Got this randomly on 45 one day. It was recorded in Nashville, 1973)
90% Of Me Is You - Gwen Mcrae
90% Of Me Is You - Karime Kendra
133 331 - Discuss (These guys have tons more where this came from, check them out)
Close To You - Phyllis Dillon

Extinction Sound Three

2008-08-25T17:14:00.006-04:00

I finally got around to finishing this beat proper. It must feel naked without Sonny's buttery voice-over.

Burt Fox - RiotControl Theme (MP3) (High Res)

Also, the main female vocal sample came from this record here - Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way":

Remix Of The Month

2008-08-10T04:23:00.003-04:00

Cocaine Provoking Me...

2008-08-01T18:50:00.004-04:00

Our friend Manic just pressed up a hot white label called "Killers Theme 2008." It's an uptempo remix of Mobb Deep and Cormega's "Killaz Theme" from '98. This is just a club record right here. Hip-hop set, dance "room", whatever. If you deconstructed the DNA of this song it would read:

CLUBCLUBCLUBCLUBCLUBIAMDESIGNEDTOBANGINTHECLUBCLUBCLUBCLUBCLUB.

It's dark, it's NYC, it's a club beat and it wants to kill you.

If you're a dj or want to promote this then email Manic and get yourself some physical wax. You could use the mp3 but you might as well play the real thing; it's pressed on thick vinyl and sounds great off the record.

-burt

RC 12.5

2008-08-01T13:57:00.004-04:00

Here's a new 20 minute mix for you all to feast on until #13 is done:

yellow man - zungguzungguguzungguzeng
dead prez - hip hop (rmx)
77klash - mad again
sukh knight - diesel not petrol
8ball and mjg - turn up the bump
joker - snake eater
the kills - ura fever (jazzsteppa rmx)
black ghosts - someway through this
manic - killers theme 2008

i love that sukh knight beat.

-burt

I Love "Misses"

2008-06-23T20:34:00.004-04:00

Exciting full-length versions of the Daft Punk / Jay-Z blend from RiotControl 12 for you:

Daft Punk / Jay-Z Something About Us (Burt Fox Blend)

Daft Punk / Jay-Z Something About Us 2 (Burt Fox Blend)

The first version is all Jay throughout, no singer (who is that anyways, Romanthony??), while the second version cuts to the robo-singing at the halfway point. If you are djing a party with robots in attendance then definitely go with version two. Otherwise you can hopefully get love from either version.

Also, the acapella on the "Who You Wit" vinyl is clean, so that's how it had to be. I love misses.

RiotControl Twelve - Black Tie Optional

2008-06-15T13:42:00.003-04:00

It's here:

RiotControl Theme - Burt Fox
Far Beyond - Sunburst Band
Without A Doubt - The Roots
For The Sake Of Love - Claudia Barry
Who You Wit - Jay-Z
Something About Us (Burt's Blend) - Daft Punk
Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson
So Ruff So Tuff - Roger
Magic Wand - Whodini
Radio Activity Rapp - M.C. Frosty and Lovin' C
B-Boys Breakdance - High Fidelity Three
Kilometer - Sebastian Tellier
B-Beat Classic Instrumental - B+
Disco Connection - Lord Rhaburn Combo
MC2 - Willie Colon
Chicago Falcon (The Washington Sq. Lads Remix) - Budos Band
Pastime Paradise - Ray Barretto
La Jurumba - Bwana
Closet Freak - Cee Lo
Early One Morning - Stereo MCs
Beam Me Up - Tay Dizm f. T-Pain and Rick Ross

Listen To RiotControl

2008-06-04T18:52:00.008-04:00

We got these simple and mysterious (honestly, they charge by the letter) biz card/flyers printed up. Anybody who would like to help support the show and spread the word in your part of the world, just let us know and we'll mail you some on the RiotControl jet. They arrive SARS-free and Sonny blesses each one with a kiss before we mail them out. And thanks a ton to everybody that we've already sent cards to.

Radio Song

2008-06-04T16:01:00.010-04:00

So I've considered whether or not it's worth waxing poetic about our releases. At first I figured "I just want to put things out and let them speak for themselves. What's the point of talking about it?" "Good music should just be able to hit somebody without you having to explain it, right?" Although I still agree with that, I do love whenever there is something to read when you pick up an old piece of vinyl - a little background info, anecdote, or what-have-you. So here are the digital liner notes.

"Radio Song" was a collabo between NY underground mainstay Breez Evahflowin', myself, and an old friend - dj and fellow bedroom producer DJ Manic. We put the track together a while back now (at LEAST two years ago) and it's been on the shelf waiting to melt in your ears. Manic started by sending me the drums, samples, and scratching he'd put together and I played some rough "burt fox studio musician" takes on top - guitar, bass, and fake rhodes keyboard. Manic loved it. We sent it to Breez - he loved it. He wrote his vocals and we loved it. That's how smooth it went and I love how the track came out nostalgic-feeling in the end:

Breez Evahflowin' - Radio Song

Breez Evahflowin' - Radio Song Instrumental

For those who aren't familiar with Breez, there are definitely some proper bios out there you can google, but I figure I might as well share how I personally came to know of him.

I first heard Breez on Kenny Dope's Hip Hop Forever Comp which was one of the 1st records I ever got in the 90's when I got my turntables. It was perfect because the compilation had a ton of hot hip hop tracks on it and you could learn to dj by just mixing the 6 pieces of vinyl together for weeks. **While searching just now for his track from said compilation, "Forsaken," I came upon this recent blog posting where somebody did a nice vinyl rip and feature about the original single release. **

A few years later, when MTV started getting on the hip hop bandwagon of the early 00's with their all hip-hop show "Direct Effect," they'd bring Breez on as a notorious battle champ and he'd freestyle against various challengers week after week on national TV. I remember watching from home and he was always able to just toy with everybody; it was great.

Eventually I moved to NY, met Breez randomly, we did Radio Song, and since then we've been collaborating. We'll be putting out our new stuff out as soon as I can get it "there" (and it almost is). More on that in another post...

Extinction Sound

2008-05-31T22:26:00.001-04:00

We've begun putting out my original productions and collaborations under the "Extinction Sound" moniker. It's basically our digital label of sorts. As a dj, my brain naturally wants to model the releases like proper vinyl singles so we're definitely at least releasing an instrumental version along with each song. All our tracks are professionally mastered as well (just so you know, this is serious!)