Category Archives: Music

June Area54 – 94/7fm Cocktail Mix

Leave a reply

Here is a copy of the live mix at the Gypsy that we broadcast the other week on 94/7fm. I’ve been getting tons of mails asking about this mix, so I thought I would post it so that you can listen to it once again. The next Cocktail Mix will be on Friday July 27th. So far no location has been confirmed so stay tuned for that one.

Here’s the playlist and the mix:

1. Straight Up Front (Parov Stelar Mix) – Djosos Krost
2. All Good (Noiseshaper Dance Dub) – Zeroleen
3. Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above – CSS
4. I get around – Dragonette
5. Let’s Get Physical – Black Ghosts
6. The End – Lo-Fi-Fnk
7. The Things You Say – Cicada
8. I Love It (Riot In Belgium Forest Rave Mix) – Sneaky Sound System
9. 1234 (VanShe Technologic Remix) – Feist
10. It’s Too Late (Dirty South Mix) – Evermore Vs Dirty South
11. The Acid Never Lies (3pm Rough Rave Mix) – Riot In Belgium
12. Cheated Hearts (Peaches Remix) – Yeah Yeah Yeas
13. My Piano (Original) – Hot Chip
14. 23 Minutes In Brussels (With Philiip) – My Robot Friend
15. Everything Counts (Huntemann & Bodzin Dub) – Depeche Mode

Live Cocktail Mix at the Gypsy, Portland Oregon

June Cocktail Mix

Leave a reply

sky.jpg

Summer’s finally here so it’s a perfect time to join us again for another Cuervo Cocktail Mix. This time it’ll be at The Gypsy, 625 NW 21st Ave in Portland. Party starts at 6PM and if you can’t make it to the venue, check it out live on 94/7 fm or online at 947.fm

Bossa Records is now live

Leave a reply

We’ve been getting great feedback to the music we’re listening to while we’re sitting here coding and designing away on our Bossa platform. So, instead of just listing album artwork on the right side of our blog, we made a little music recommendation site with the help of Amazon. They call it aStore…….but we call it Bossa Records. It gives us a great resource to showcase what we like to listen to and write a little bit about the music as well. Not only that, we’re now even buying more music since the store does a pretty good job of recommending new music too!

Check it out and let us know what you think.

Bossa Records

Vee Mix June ’07

Leave a reply

Here’s another Vee Mix for June. It’s actually hard to figure out which mix to post since I’m doing 2 mixes a week for 94/7fm and I don’t want too much crossover with previous months but at the same time I also want to showcase as much new music as possible. However, the Cocktail mixes for the radio need some familiarity so you’ll probably recognize a few older songs as well.

Hot Chip was just in Portland at the Wonder Ballroom on the 11th and I wanted to add a new track of theirs off the Hot Chip DJ Kicks release to promote the show. Also, Feist is coming to the Chrystal Ballroom on the 25th so I threw in a great remix of “My Moon, My man” by Boys Noize. They did an amazing job with an already cool track.

1. Drugs In My Body – Thieves Like Us
2. See What You Get – Groove Armada
3. I Get Around (Midnight Juggernaut Mix) – Dragonette
4. My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix) – Feist
5. La Musique – Riot In Belgium
6. White On White Crime (Shirkan Remix) – The Jai-Alai Savant
7. I Know Kung Fu (Nightmoves Remix) – SHITDISCO
8. Sound Of Copper (Soni Code Remix) – LCD Soundsystem
9. My Piano (Original) – Hot Chip
10. Lonely Hearts – Joakim
11. Gravitys Rainbow (Van She Remix) – Klaxons

download

Turn off iTunes Gapless Playback

29 Replies

Is Apple turning into another Microsoft? They deride anything Microsoft does and poke a lot of fun at them with their hilarious Mac VS PC ads, but maybe that’s all just smoke and mirrors, because they are taking a page right from the Redmond boys and adding feature upon feature to their iTunes software, making it use so much memory that it has become a complete dog. It isn’t as bad as Windows Vista yet (Vista is pathetic…more about that another time) but like most Windows software, it has too much crap that hardly anyone needs.

Gapless playback is the latest feature that they thought everyone needed. We don’t.

Gapless playback is always on in iTunes 7 or later unless the Crossfade feature is turned on. If Crossfade is on, only audio files that have the “Part of a gapless album” option checked and are capable of being played gaplessly will play with no gaps.

The best default setting is to turn Gapless Playback off and adjust the crossfade to personal preference. I actually use a plug-in for iTunes called Bossa. I can totally control my music with it, make schedules and playlists all while iTunes runs in the background. I just use the crossfader and set the segue to what sounds right to me. You can actually use the crossfader to make Abbey Road sound like it was meant to be. It takes a little effort setting the crossfade, but it’s so much better than Gapless Playback!

Here’s how to turn Gapless Playback off.

1. Open iTunes
2. Select all songs in your library – “Ctrl + A” on a PC – Apple key on the Mac
3. Right Click and select “Get Info” – It will warn you about editing all files
4. Check the “Gapless Album” box and set it to “No”
5. Click “OK” and your files should quickly update
6. To avoid even having to do this….don’t upgrade past iTunes 6

gapless-playback.jpg

Dub Pistols “Rapture” Video

2 Replies

The Dub Pistols latest release is called “Speakers and Tweeters” and features 2 tracks with the infamous Terry Hall from the Specials. Some nice original work on the album and they actually do a great cover of the Specials song “Gangsters” with Hall on vocals. The other track with Hall is a cover of Blondie’s “Rapture” done in a killer electro/dub/hip-hop style that makes you forget how many times you’ve already heard Blondie’s version or even all the other covers in the last 25 years or so. Check out the video. Terry must have been a young lass back in the early 80’s cause he still looks pretty good in this video….must be the lighting.

Area54 Cocktail Mix Location Change

Leave a reply

bar-and-drinks1.jpg

A last minute change of location for next week’s 94/7 Area54 Cuervo Cocktail Mix. It has been moved to Imbibe, 2229 SE Hawthorne PDX. It’s still May 25th from 6-8 PM. Imbibe is a great live music venue with a great menu and even better drinks. See ya’ll there Friday. If you can’t make it and you’re not in the Portland area to listen live to 94/7fm, you can listen live online. Head over to the 94/7 website and click on listen now. You’ll need to register to be able to listen, but you’re automatically a 94/7 Nation member which means you’ll have a chance to win some prizes and concert tickets. Definitely worthwhile!

De Phazz “Hell Alright” Video

Leave a reply

I’ve been playing some tunes off the latest De Phazz release “Days of Twang” on my area54 radio program the last couple of weeks and have been getting great feedback on the album. I’d like to take this opportunity to give a shout out to my girl Beth at Kriztal Records for bringing this record to the States and doing a great job promoting it. Kriztal is by far one of the premier chill/downtempo labels in the country. Check out some of their compilations like, Bedroom Communities and Plush. All of them are loaded with gems and a perfect way to get a taste of the Chill genre.

Check out the De Phazz video of their song “Hell Alright”

Digitalism “Zdarlight” Video

Leave a reply

Digitalism’s first full length is called “Idealism” and will be released on May 21st in Europe and June 19th here in the States………Uhm, why do we have to wait a month? It looks like all their previous 12″ will finally be on one release. Until then, check out a video of their excellent tune “Zdarlight”. This song always gets a great response when we play it on the Cocktail Mix on 94/7.