Red Hook, Brooklyn: October 2007

Air: Mer Du Japon (The Teenagers Remix)

Delaware Memorial Bridge: October 2007

A bright and early wake-up call. Tends to put me in a good in the morning:
The Sunshine Underground: Borders (GoodBooks Remix)

Red Hook, Brooklyn: October 2007

Pier Bucci: Hydra

Wilmington, Delaware: October 2007

Reminiscent of The Black Dog and Aphex Twin:
2000 & One: Fokuz

Baltimore, Maryland: October 2007

This totally slipped past me:
The Knife: Heartbeats (OneMusic Session)

Jersey Turnpike: October 2007

Feel-goods...
Jacno: Triangle
Vivian Vee: Alright
Gay Cat Park: I'm A Vocoder

Red Hook, Brooklyn: October 2007

M.A.N.D.Y.: No Stoppin' (Hot Chip Remix)

Simple Minds: Factory
Midwest Product: Swamp
Steadycam: Knock-Need

I got my computer fixed and it's running much better- the issue now is to sift out what music to put on my computer from the thirteen days worth of music I have saved on my external hard drive....

New Order: Thieves Like Us

A favorite classic of mine.

Lowfish: Membrane Switch
Phön: 313 Dumpsta Railing-Phon.O
Dominik Eulberg: Adler

Don't hate- I've been busy doing some assistant editing and working in the lower east side...uh hu....

Boytronic: Bryllyant

Eats Tapes vs. Soft Pink Truth: Uh Huh

Forgive me as I get more acquainted with my new job (or basically lack thereof) and my Powerbook deciding to regress in its software ability.

Black Devil Disco Club: Constantly No Respect (Dub)

So I'll back in Brooklyn tomorrow afternoon- without a job, but back in New York nevertheless.

Had a great time in San Francisco- tripped at Golden Gate Park, found much better vintage clothes (at least for tiny people like me) in Berkeley than in Brooklyn, and saw for myself how amazing Amoeba really is.
Enjoyed Houston and it's ever-growing bar/club scene- Boondocks, Poison Girl, Boys and Girls Club at Shadowbar, and the Stereo party at Rich's, where we danced to Lazaro Casanova's set with some fun Austinites.....

Yeah...it's back to the grind now. For sure.

Dominik Eulberg: Die Alpenstrandläufer von Spiekeroog

I'm going to Oakland in less than a week, followed by Houston. Any recommendations for places, events, good food, etc. in the Bay Area?

Luke Abbott: At Pace
Luke Abbott: Prelude (We've Lost the War)

Digitalism: I Want I Want

Junior Boys: FM (Tensnake Remix)

The Parallax Corporation: Slowflight Runner

It's like being in a disco atop of a galaxy-hopping asteroid.

Dave Ball: Sincerity

This track was handed down to me by a close Robot Ball associate of mine. It's one half of Soft Cell and and one whole great track.

Mr. Flagio: Take A Chance

Husky Rescue: Summertime Cowboy (Serge Santiago Version)
Gunjah: Funkwelt
Phonique feat. Erlend Øye: Casualities
Lizz King: Booty Queen
Max Mohr: Old Song

So this is Michael Human:



And this is his spanking new track: MNSTR

He also likes these two tracks:
Russ Chimes: She's Got The Heat
Basement Jaxx: Cish Cash (Vitalic Remix)

He enjoys Rex the Dog, Kavinsky, Digitalism, and such.

Please stay tuned for more from Mr. Human....

Apparently, this video has the Daft Punks burnin' with rage. This was tipped off to me by a certain Mr. Jackson. It's basically a Daft Punk "Cribs" scenario as hosted by Jean, the Kitsuné "capo", and produced by La Vida Locash.



And, of course my loyal fans, readers, and subscribers feel free to email me at languageofmyown@gmail.com with any recommended tracks, videos, or information about MoL related material. You know I love that shit! And also, feel free to link My Own Language on your own blog or website. Just let me know so that I can reciprocate!

Shakedown: Lonely Road (Alan Braxe & Shakedown Mix)

Such a great track to start off a set and welcome summer with!

On a another note my dearly beloved Popular Computer has a new remix out of NYPC. I have to say that I always denied The New Young Pony Club, but then upon realizing that it works well as a post-Y2K answer to Delta 5 or Tom Tom Club, I came to accept them. Check out the Popular Computer remix of "Ice Cream" at his-space.

Martini Bros: Big & Dirty (Tiga Remix)
Mat 101: Haunted House
The (Hypothetical Prophets): Person to Person

Figured I'd give my devoted readers and fans a little somtin-somtin before it turns into one full month of no posting!

Popular Computer: I Can't Forget You (Mr. Negative Remix)
In honor of my grand 50th post, a remix of the very first MoL post ever....

Ruth: Polaroid Roman Photo

The Parallax Corporation: Crocodiles In The Sky
The Parallax Corporation is an old project of my one of my favorites, I-F, and Intergalactic Gary (I-G). Taken from their Cocadisco album, the track features Nancy Fortune who appears on other I-F tracks. Yeah, it's totally electroclash, but it's also totally italo and totally dirty and raunchy and sexy and just tastes so good....

Slam: Bright Lights Fading (Death In Vegas Dub)

Air: Mayfair Song

Oliver Koletzki: Der Mückenschwarm (David K Remix)
As if the Eulberg remix wasn't enough. The track just lends itself to such robust incarnations....

Jurgen Paape: Take That
Yeah, take that motherfucker.

X-Wife: Realize (Tomboy Remix)
Pleasantly surprised by thier show the other night. Very much in the spirit of The Rapture, but nevertheless a fun time was had.


Telex: How Do You Dance (Tomboy Remix)

Alice Deejay: Better Off Alone
I'm shameless I know... First time I'd heard it in a while was last St. Patrick's Day- somewhere off of Houston and Orchard with Eric. I had gotten a ticket for undisclosed reasons (everyone knows I always get caught...you know how it goes...) right before coming into some packed, random club. This creeped into the set and somehow I loved it and it worked and it felt like eighth grade all over again...except this time around I knew I was homo. Anyway, I feel fine knowing that ON-OFF included it in a recent set.



Justus Köhncke: Love and Dancing

Cornelius: Drop (Kings of Convenience Remix)
Something about his voice and a day like today just match up so perfectly, don't you think?

Mark Stewart: Stranger Than Love
I think this could be one of my favorites of all time.

I also just came to the realization that it kind of reminds me of the 2006 DFA remix of Arthur Russell's "Springfield."

Peaches: Downtown (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
Totally excited about seeing Simian Mobile Disco tonight.
Totally bummed out about Crystal Castles' cancellation.....

So Colin at Devil in the Details reminded me of the mysterious track posted below. Don't know anything at all about it other than the fact that I know it sounds good and that if the Pet Shop Boys had always sounded like this, then maybe their career would still have been as succesful today.

The Pet Shop Boys vs Superpitcher: Dry Heroin (Bumtschak Bootleg)



Anyway, these next two are kind of interesting. Everybody knows "Rubicon", which was epitomized in Erlend Øye's DJ Kicks a few years back; fastforward to not even half a decade later and we have the workings of what I want to say "Rubicon Part Deux." The Subs are working with their own formula that definetly tears shit to shreads, but once it gains speed for about 3:22 into the song, you begin to hear fucking "Rubicon," only semi-distorted by angry snyths and a faint siren. Almost as if they've staight up taken Alan Braxe and Fred Falke's anthem and filtered it for some big, gotti club. I mean, I like it...but orginality points? Hmmmm...I've got a lot more from where this comes from....

Alan Braxe & Fred Falke: Rubicon
The Subs: Substraktion

Vive La Fête: Assez
Thieves Like Us: Fass
Plastique De Rêve: Aow

I've gotten my ass back in school, hence I haven't been blogging as much. Anyhow, I hope to at least have 50 posts by MoL's one year anniversary in May. This is post #36.


Daft Punk: Teachers
I've been living in a retro no wave, disco beat as of late:
Quando Quango: Atom Rock (Remix)
[T]ékël actually sampled another one of their tracks on their own track, "Vladivostok".
Betty Botox: Kasablanca Compact
Actually Lipps Inc. This was sampled in Justus Köhncke's Timecode, obviously.
The Hasbeens: Make The World Go Away
Don't know much about them or how I got this track. But it's the song you want to hear when you're feeling rather pessimistic but aren't necessarily craving the melancholy of minimal techno.

Indian Jewelry: Come Closer
Allie was playing them while pre-gaming before one of her famous wine and cheese nights recently. Upon doing research- what do you know?! They're from my good ol' Houston, Texas! It's pretty awesome shit.

Martin Rev: Temptation
This is Martin Rev from Suicide fame. This appears on New York Noise 3: Music From The New York Underground (1977-1984). It's a nice departure from the previous two compilations.

The Neon Judgement: Factory Walk
And then there's The Neon Judgement- I personally could not ask for more from an eighties Belgian techno band.

Loving the shit out of these tracks as of late:

Simian Mobile Disco: It's The Beat
Gabriel Ananda: Meine Persönliche Glücksmelodie (Flekk Remix)
Röyksopp: Beautiful Day Without You (Rex the Dog Remix)
GoodBooks: Leni (Crystal Castles Vs GoodBooks)
Shout Out Out Out Out: Self Loathing Rulz (Malente Remix)

A little sometin-sometin, until I find more time. Given to me by a new friend named Michael from Eugene, Orgegon- this is Dima, pre-Vitalic Vitalic. This tracks sounds like a precursor to "Poney Part 2" if you ask me....

Dima: D Aim

(Might I also add that Dima was also the name of a baby mammoth that was found in 1977 by excavators in Russia. She was barely six months old and had wondered away from the herd when she died way back then.)

My life has changed in many different ways as of late- for one, I turned of legal age. But even more importantly The Devil and Daniel Johnston really changed my perception of the way I see the relationship between art and artist, object and creator, Man and God. I'm not going to get into it and don't you dare think for once that I'm attempting at conversion because that's as far away as my point is. Just watch this film and you'll know what I mean. I think there needs be some more exposure on Daniel Johnston, because his life isn't merely "The Story of an Artist", it's seriously a journey into the intensity of the mind....As a result I have a new obsession with mentally-struck artists.


Daniel Johnston: Walking The Cow
Daniel Johnston: Story of an Artist


Anybody that knows me, knows very well that normally this kind of music would have already been beat down by yours truly. I like myself a good beat and hipnotizing synth line, but there's something so beauiful in Johnston's extremely lo-fi sound and teenage voice....

On the other hand, I roughly compiled a list of the top ten tracks(in no particular order) that made my 2006:

Alex Smoke: We Like It Insipid
Vitalic: You Are My Sun
Adam Skye: Ape-x
Petter: Everyday Balloon
The Knife: We Share Our Mother's Health(Trentemøller Remix)
The Futureheads: Skip To The End (Digitalism Remix)
Simian Mobile Disco: Hustler
James Figurine: Ruining The Sundays
Telex: How Do You Dance (M83 Remix)
The Knife: Like A Pen (Demo Version)

Happy 2007!