Greetings all,
At LONG, LONG last, the newest installment of my Kaleidoscope series is up and available on Samurai.fm. I'd first like to say that although this one took a particularly long time to finish, you can expect to see new shows completed with much greater frequency from now on. Of course, the shows will always be available at my show page (www.samurai.fm/popstatic) but I will include tracklistings and links to downloadable mp3's of the first three show entries at the bottom of this email as well. Make sure to grab each one!

I'd secondly like to note that this entry in my mix series should not be listened to at work or in any other environment sensitive to profanity. It is a SERIOUSLY obnoxious and vulgar affair, no joke. However, it is an awfully fun mix; the kind of thing you should be able to turn on at a party or event (or at least any party or event that I'd want to attend) and just run from start to finish. Let it be known though that if you're at all sensitive to talk of "big booty bitches", "ho's", and the various sexually depraved acts that folks like DJ Assault would like to have performed for them in the club, than you might want to sit this one out altogether. If you're at all like me and that sounds like a hilariously good time, you'll probably love it.

I've always had something of an obsession with bass music and really crude party music (stuff like DJ Assault, 2 Live Crew, etc.) and because those records are usually quite lo-fi and unpolished, I've always wanted to make a mix that combined those sorts of tunes with more full and colorful and sophisticated productions. Thats kind of what I tried to do here. I guess this mix is sort of like my idea of what a really hedonistic and shamelessly "party" dj set should sound like... Like, if for example, I was the kind of person to wear skin-tight jeans and throw parties for under-aged, over-served shitbag hipsters; this is the kind of dj set I'd actually like to be playing. Whether or not it would be "hip" or "current" enough for any of them is an entirely different story though and truthfully, most of the tracks on this mix are several years old and not currently "hot" at all. However, they should have been bought a bit of an extra shelf-life within this mix given that they've been re-contextualized in a way that I'm sure most of you have never heard them. And besides, I've always held the belief that "current" and "fun should not be mutually exclusive terms in the mind of the party-rocking DJ.

All silliness and crass sexual exploits aside, when all is said and done you should still be able to hear some of the loosely psychedelia-inspired and surreal prettiness that I like to inject in these mixes (albeit, with a truly tasteless and disgusting underpinning). Hopefully it will still translate consistently within the greater scope of this mix series and you'll all find it fun and worth repeat listens. The summer's finally here so take this one out in your car or throw it on at your next house party and let the debauchery ensue.

Cheers!
-Jarrett


Here are the links for mp3's of the new show and the previous two installments:

Kaleidoscope Pt. 3
01. Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip 'Thou Shall Always Kill' - Lex Records
02. Le Tigre 'Hot Topic' - Wiiija Records
03. N.E.R.D. 'Baby Doll' - Virgin Records America, Inc.
04. LRD 'Music Make You Lose Control' - Astralwerks
05. The Free Design '2002 - A Hit Song' (Chris Geddes from Belle & Sebastain & Hush Puppy Remix) - Light In The Attic
06. Miss Kittin 'Requiem For A Hit' - NovaMute
07. The Soft Pink Truth 'Big Booty Bitches' - Soundslike
08. T2 Feat. Jodie Aysha 'Heartbroken' - All Around The World
09. Robyn 'Konichiwa Bitches' (Trentemoller Remix) - Konichiwa Records
10. Fatboy Slim 'Build It Up, Tear It Down' - Astralwerks
11. Roni Size/Reprazent 'Idi Banashapan' - Talkin' Loud
12. DJ Assault 'Asses Wigglin', Titties Jigglin'" - Jefferson Ave.
13. DJ Assault 'Love The Pussy' Vs. Britney Spears 'Toxic' (Popstatic Mix Concept)
14. DJ Guy 'Bucked Up'
15. Dead Prez 'Hip Hop' Vs. The Cure 'Just Like Heaven' (Popstatic Mix Concept)
16. DJ Assault 'In Those Jeans' - Jefferson Ave.
17. M83 'Teen Angst' - Mute
18. Les Yper-Sound 'Psyche Rock' - ULM


Kaleidoscope Pt. 2
01. Susan Christie 'Rainy Day' - Finders Keepers Records
02. Trentemoller 'Take Me Into Your Skin' - Poker Flat Recordings
03. Chica And The Folder 'Perfect Day (Sometimes)' - Monika Enterprise
04. Siriusmo 'W.O.W.' - Grand Petrol Recordings
05. Pinhead 'R-Rok Me' - Atlantic Jaxx
06. Cut Copy 'Hearts On Fire' (Joakim Remix) - Modular Recordings
07. I:Cube 'Freez' - Versatile Records
08. Random Factor 'Digitize' (Emperor Machine Vocal Mix) - 20:20 Vision
09. The Chemical Brothers 'The Golden Path' (Ewan Pearson Extended Vocal) - Astralwerks
10. Ellen Allien & Apparat 'Way Out' - BPitch Control
11. Luke Slater 'Love (Loved)' - Novamute
12. Carl Craig 'A Wonderful Life' - Blanco Y Negro
13. Pinch 'Qawaali' - Planet Mu
14. Groove Armada 'Edge Hill' - Jive Electro
15. Phillip Glass 'Heroes' (Aphex Twin Remix) - Warp Records
16. Portishead 'The Rip' - Mercury/Island


Kaleidoscope Pt. 1
01. Mpb4/Quarteto Em Cy 'Because' - Phillips
02. Aeroplane 'Aeroplane' - Eskimo Recordings
03. Glass Candy 'Miss Broadway' - Italians Do It Better
04. Mirwais 'Disco Science' - Naive
05. Cave Bear Cult 'Spaghettidisco' - Versatile
06. The Avalanches 'Radio' - Modular
07. The Chemical Brothers 'Lost In The K-Hole' - Astralwerks
08. Vincent Markowski 'False Flag' - DC Recordings
09. Osborne 'Outta Sight (Luke Vibert Remix)' - Spectral
10. Chateau Flight 'Baltrinque' - Innervisions
11. Outputmessage 'Bernard's Song' - Ghostly International
12. Bjork 'All Is Full Of Love' (Funkstorung Exclusive Mix) - Elektra
13. Blonde Redhead 'Silently' - 4AD
14. The Beach Boys 'Don't Worry Baby' - Capitol Records
15. Bloc Party 'Where Is Home?' (Burial Remix) - Wichita
16. Trentemoller 'Miss You' - Poker Flat Recordings
17. Pilooski 'Love Is Wet' - Astro Lab Recordings