Video Of The Year: "Runaway" (As Fast As You Can)

If there is 1 light still burning bright in the Rap world, it is Kanye, I love how he keeps pushing the medium of the music video.

NO i didn't realize she is a bird, ha....



I do love me some interpretative ballet!

(I am pissed how the cameraman didn't get the shot framed right, so a lot of times you can't see all of the dancer's legs/feet & body in the shot. Almost perfect thou.)

This is my favorite version of this video, since it has the kick ass Ballet in it (yes I called Ballet, KICK ASS)

Baby I got a plan.... runaway as fast as you can!

Hands down, the best video, produced this year, wonder how Lady Gaga will respond?

Full version of Runaway is here.

Also, Kanye brought out the dancers when he performed this song on the MTV Video Music Awards (shout out to my 1st girlfriend who turned me on to modern dance/ballet)

2010 MTV Video Music Awards - More VMA Video

 Which by the way is my favorite version of this song, he ups the Hip Hop sound of the song, and plus he made everyone think that it was about his "imma let you finish moment", but really it was about him and his big ego.

Ohh and just in case you doubt how awesome he is, there will always be this, to cement his place as the man.



There has been NO. COMPETITION. Ironically he will probably win Video of the Year next year, at the VMA's for this song.

Runaway (MTV VMA version, with vocals amped up ;)

I'll always love British Radio

This is why British Radio, and specifically Radio 1 will always be better than American Radio.

NPR cannot hold a torch to performances like this. NPR gets Janelle Monae, Radio 1 gets, Magnetic Man



The girl singing here in the video is Katy B, who is currently blowing up in England.

Oh and don't forget the OFFICIAL start of the WSUM weekend starts Thursday nights @ 10PM on WSUM 91.7FM

Great radio, live and direct here in Good ole Madison.

YESSSSSSSSSSS WE ARE CURRENT *Nov 4th 2010* Uncut (for now)

Aw, Fuck Yeah, Shows are back up to current ;)

Nov 4th Show 2010 1st Hour

Nov 4th Show 2010 2nd Hour

Now I will be going BACK over everything and cutting them up into the nice chunks of Synesthesia goodness for you to digest in smaller yummier forms.

Tasty, I know.

Oct 21st 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

Almost current!!!!

Oct 21st 2010 1st Hour

Oct 21st 2010 2nd Hour

Oct 7th 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

4 Hour Show.........Funk You!

Oct 7th 2010 1st Hour

Oct 7th 2010 2nd Hour

Oct 7th 2010 3rd Hour

Oct 7th 2010 4th Hour


You're all welcome

Sept 30th 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

Yes, yes, I know.

BEST.
SHOW.
EVAR.

Sept 30th 2010 1st Hour

Sept 30th 2010 2nd Hour

Sept 23rd 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

More More More

Sept 23rd 2010 1st Hour

Sept 23rd 2010 2nd Hour

Sept 9th 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

By now you should have gotten the idea...

Sept 9th 2010 1st Hour

Sept 9th 2010 2nd Hour

Sept 2nd 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

Still posting like its hot

Sept 2nd 2010 Show 1st Hour

Sept 2nd 2010 Show 2nd Hour

Aug 26th 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

Last show of Aug 2010, it was a banger

Aug 26th 2010 1st Hour

Aug 26th 2010 2nd Hour

Still going strong

Aug 19th Show: Uncut (for now)

Still like 8 shows to go, so much music, so little time....


Aug 19th Show 2010 1st Hour

Aug 19th Show 2010 2nd Hour

Aug 19th Show 2010 End snippet

Does it get any better? Free, awesome, music, selected by someone with just above average taste?

Didn't think so

Aug 12th 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

You guessed it, another Synesthesia 2 hour masterpiece coming your way

Aug 12th 2010 Show 1st Hour

Aug 12th 2010 Show 2nd Hour

Aug 12th 2010 Show Snippet

Enjoy!

Aug 5th 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

2 more hours, podcasting at its finest

Aug 5th 2010 1st Hour

Aug 5th 2010 2nd Hour

Aug 5th Snippet

Enjoy, posting like its hot o_0

July 29th Show: Uncut (for now)

An entire month of shows 10 hours of that goodness

July 29th 1st Hour

July 29th 2nd Hour

July 29th Snippet

Turn it up to 11 and enjoy!

July 22nd Show: Uncut (for now)

2 more hours, when will it stop?

July 22nd Show 1st Hour

July 22nd Show 2nd Hour

Enjoy!

July 15th 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

2 more hours of that Synesthesia goodness

 July 15th 2010 1st Hour

July 15th 2010 2nd Hour

Enojy!

July 8th 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

They keep coming....

July 8th 2010 1st Hour

 July 8th 2010 2nd Hour

Enjoy!

July 1st 2010 Show: Uncut (for now)

This was a Chillout Show

July 1st 2010 Show 1st Hour

July 1st 2010 Show 2nd Hour

July 1st 2010 Show Last snippet

Enjoy!

June 24th Show: Uncut (for now)

Pretty straight forward....

June 24th 1st Hour

June 24th 2nd Hour

Enjoy!

June 10th Show: Uncut (for now)

Okay by now you have the idea, uncut shows directly as they appeared on the air on WSUM

June 10th 1st Hour

June 10th 2nd Hour

June 10th Last snippet

June 3rd Show: Uncut (for now)

Here is another uncut show for you to have until I can cut the show up and do what I do.....


June 3rd Show 1st Hour

June 3rd Show 2nd Hour

Enjoy until I cut it up and put tracklistings and the sort

May 6th Show: Uncut (for now)

Here we go!!!!!

I am going to 1st post all of the old shows from oldest to most current, and then I will cut them up, and make them more friendly than 1 hour blocks of music.

You know the old, usual treatment.

Thanks for being patient with me, it is a LOT of work, to put on a quality show.

And as always thanks for listening, calling in & emailing me with your suggestions, and feedback, it feels good, makes me want to continue to do better & more shows

May 6th Show Uncut

Enjoy

HOLY SHIT: DOWNLOADABLE SHOWS ARE BACK

What's good listeners?

C+ here, I know, I know, I KNOW

I have not been updating the website, but that is going to change. 

All shows from the past spring and summer and this fall will be uploaded starting TODAY

Check back OFTEN for all sorts of Synesthesia goodness.

And of course new shows will continue from the mothership, the home of intergalactic student radio in the universe @ the WSUM towers Thursday nights 10pm to Midnight weekly.

4 HOUR SHOW April 22nd Silent Shout

Once a semester, and once a summer, I do a longer show, 4 hours plus (record is 7 for me), trying to play the things that I think all fit together but at the same time, play things that I wouldn't have played on either a 2 hour show or in pieces here and there. 


Thus the WSUM weekend, started at 8pm instead of its normal 10pm. It seemed to be a big hit with all the people who normally don't tune in that late to get their Synesthesia fix. 



Tracklisting is going off of the WSUM playlist that I entered, during the show, because I erased the actual (d'oh) playlist. If it seems off or whatever, shoot me an email and I will try to get you the exact song name or whatever. It should be close to thou.

1. Welcome To My Head by Thunderpuss
2. Dog Days Are Over by Florence and The Machine
3. Silent Shout by The Knife
4. Great Release by LCD Soundsystem
5. In For The Kill (remix) by La Roux
6. Starry Eyed (remix) by Ellie Goulding
7. Fembot by Robyn
8. Dancing On My Own by Robyn
9. Drumming Song (remix) by Florence and The Machine
10. Walking On A Dream (remix) by Empire Of The Sun
11. Rocket (remix) by Goldfrapp
12. Rock You All Night Long by Sander Kleinenberg
13. Same Old Show by Basement Jaxx
14. The Talk by The Clumps
15. Where's Your Head At? by Basement Jaxx
16. Pure Imagination by Willy Wonka
17. Lay In A Shimmer by Pantha Du Prince
18. Abglanz by Pantha Du Prince
19. I Can't Forget You (remix) by Anthony White
20. Go (remix) by Moby
21. Behind The Mask by Yellow Magic Orchestra
22. Strict Machine by Goldfrapp
23. Azurra by Gui Boratto
24. Simarions (remix) by Mikeal Weili
25. Technarchy by Cybersonic
26. Lyposuct by D.I.M.
27. Elvi$ by Felix Da Housecat
28. Under The Sun (remix) by Kidda
29. Disco Monster (remix) by Lele
30. Stand In A Line by The Rubies
31. What You Need by Ciao
32. The Pong by Audion
33. Just Fucking by Audion
34. Surrender by The Chemical Brothers
35. Two Of Us by Supermayer
36. Thieves In The Night by Hot Chip
37. Half A Scissor by Mr. Oizo
38. Your Woman by White Town
39. Orinoco Ninja by Die Antwoord
40. America by Dusty Kid
41. Other songs, but I don't feel like labeling them, if need be email me.

There really isn't much to say about this show, probably my new favorite show that I did, any show where I play something off of the Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory is going to be a good show as far as I am concerned, and Johnny Depp & Tim Burton, how could you. Fuckers that remake was the worst thing EVER. Burton I forgive you, you did make Nightmare Before Christmas after all, but Johnny Depp was been wack sauce, since he left 21 Jump Street.

April 22nd Show: Part A


April 22nd Show: Part B

Like usual, click to download

Enjoy and remember:

"If you want to view paradise, 

simply look around and view it...."

March 18th Show: Here We Go

About this week: I wasn't feeling all that happy, so I did a set with things that didn't exactly make me sad, but just kinda evoke "meh" in me, although there are some very fantastic songs that make "meh" a lot more tolerable for me. Humming is a live version, Portishead who are thought of 'as' Trip-hop, for me they are just a great band who do a very unique sound. Humming breaths a lot more here than the studio version. Here We Go by Jon Brion, is something that has always made me sad and crack a smile at the same time. Who doesn't love music that does that to you. I think the first time I heard Breathe by Telepopmusik was in an Abercrombie and Fitch store and I thought; man who is their corporate music person who has some very decent taste and forward thinking sensibilities, it was MUCH before the song got all played out and stuff.

Tracklisting is approximate

1. Organ Donor by DJ Shadow
2. Humming by Portishead
3. Song 1 by DJ Krush
4. Here We Go by Jon Brion
5. Edge Of Blue by DJ Krush
6. Half Forgotten Daydreams (Twilight) by Kokin Gumi
7. Samba Da Bencao by Bebel Gilberto
8. Fu-Yu by DJ Krush
9. Breathe by Telepopmusik
10. '95 aka Make Things Right by Lemon Jelly
11. Boy From School (remix) by Hot Chip
12. Night Scented Stock by Kate Bush
13. Unravel by Bjork
14. Chiminea by DJ Koze
15. Help Me by Timo Maas
16. Distractionz by Basement Jaxx
17. Morskaya by SCSI-9
18. Relevee by Delia Gonzalez
19. Leave It by The Field
20. Hussel by MIA
21. Love Don't Dance Here Anymore by Tiga
22. Chase The Sun by Planet Funk
23. Hearts Collide by Little Boots
24. Videotape by Radiohead
25. I Saw A Light by Bat For Lashes

Decided I would get a little bit more half smile--half  0_o  with The Boy From School and some Lemon Jelly. Lemon Jelly are probably the best band and example of "Chillout music" as you can get, they make very good albums and even better compilations. Unravel by Bjork is seriously everything I love about Bjork all at once. Different, strange, on some other shit, and awesome all in 1 song. Leave It by The Field is off of an incredible album from 2009 which was nice to see that it was only 5 or 6 songs, and they all clock in over 7 min's, nice to see some artists have not abandoned the long, building and churning type songs (with all due respect to Joanna Newsom.)

Ended with some love songs, and my favorite Bat For Lashes song, hope you enjoy

March 18th Show  <-- click to download

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Thoughts on the first half of the year musically speaking

It has been a REALLY bad year for music thus far. Most of the major labels are WAYYY off sales from even last year (is it ever going to bottom out?), even Video Games, are having a down year thus far...

I am working on getting all of the shows from this past semester up and running, but I don't feel like just posting straight shows without words, but maybe that might happen, I am fucking tired of writing, ill tell you that.



Musically I have really only bought 1 album (that I have listened to enough to have an opinion about), and that is Pantha Du Prince's Black Noise album

Pantha Du Prince has made melodic-minimal-techno for the past 7 years, releasing 2 other very good albums with 1 or 2 superior songs on them each.

Pantha Du Prince is available on itunes/Amazon/Beatport & Juno download.

It's kinda hard to find otherwise.

I will probably have a better attitude on music once new albums from MIA, SIA, Ellen Allien and many more release their albums for the summer push.

Until then I will keep my ears tuned for some new Synesthesia magic to share with you.

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May 6th Show: My One And Only Thrill

 Whats good?

Been a super long time since I posted anything, for that I apologize. But on the other hand, I will be posting like its hot, so that is good. This is the supposed last official show of the semester before the summer starts, I was so far behind that I didn't even sign up for the inter period of shows and some losers signed up for my slots so there might not be any Synesthesia shows to officially start the WSUM weekend.



This is the show in 8 parts, I have been experimenting with the links and such so let me know PLEASE if any of the links are broken or don't seem to be straight forward enough, any or all input would be great. Also let me know if the shows seem to crack or peak a lot, if so that is something I will look into possibly fixing.  

Approximate track listing (I didn't play the exact order that I was going to because of technical difficulties.)


May 6th Show (8 parts)     <-- Click to download

1. My One And Only Thrill by Melody Gardot
2. Les Nuits by Nightmares On Wax
3. My Girls by Animal Collective
4. Sleepyhead by Passion Pit
5. Lights Go Down by Basement Jaxx
6. Weak Become Heroes by The Streets
7. Feels Like Home by Basement Jaxx
8. Nobody's Home by Ulrich Schnauss
9. Goodbeatapella by Deee-Lite
10. Pon De Floor (remix) by The Streets
11. Pon De Floor by Major Lazers
12. Today Has Been Ok by Emiliana Torrini
13. La Ritournelle by Sebastian Tellier
14. Your Song (cover obviously) by The Streets
15. Darkness & The Light by Matt Warren
16. Abglanz by Pantha Du Prince (Best Song of 2010 IMHO).... Thus far  0_o
17. Disconnect by Plasticman
18. Fleece On Brain by Matthew Dear
19. Brutalga Square by DJ Koze
20. Memory Of A Free Festival by David Bowie

Notes On Songs:

My One and Only Thrill is an amazing album, and Melody has such an interesting personal story, I am rooting for her. Weak Become Heroes, is by far one of my fav Rap songs of all times, and The Streets has made 2 classic albums that should be heard as complete albums to fully appreciate. Feels Like Home by Basement Jaxx, has Meshell Ndegeocello on it, and is really a downtempo masterpiece.

Second hour has some more Techno type music, with a triple threat of Minimal near the end, I ended the show with my favorite David Bowie song of all time: Memory Of A Free Festival

I'll let you know the official summer schedule once I know it myself.

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March 4th: Dog Days Are Over

Boing boing, what's good people?

Show starts off with the 3 new tracks from Die Antwoord and then the mongo gets even heavier.

Christopher Walken, doing spoken word to Lady Gaga..... Genius

I played some Lady Gaga mixed with Ziggy Stardust, fun and kinda works, I personally am not all that big into "mashups", since I think they are usually just lazy and not all that interesting. However it somewhat works here.

However the mashup of Die Antwoord & Enya is balls.


March 4th: Parts 1--8  <-- (go here to download show)



Tracklisting

1. Zef Side by Die Antwoord
2. Orinoco Ninja by Die Antwoord
3. Enter The Ninja by Die Antwoord
4. Christopher Walken Pokerface Intermission 
5. Love Under Pressure by Ladystardust
6. Just Dance by Ladystardust
7. Little Bird (Animal Collective remix) by Goldfrapp
8. Paris (live) by Friendly Fires
9. Zero (DiscoWeirdo Re-Edit) by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10. I Know Your Girlfriend Hates Me (Get Shakes remix) by Annie
11. You've Changed (Alexander T remix) by Sia ft Lauren Flax
12. Obsessions (Monsieur Adi remix) by Marina & The Diamonds
13. Hollywood (Radioproof remix) by Marina & The Diamonds
14. Hollywood (Fenech-Soler remix) by Marina & The Diamonds
15. Your Love by Nicki Minaj
16. Bump and Grind (Filthy Jerks remix) by R. Kelly
17. Holidays In Congo (Myd Remix) by Rainbow Arabia
18. Starry Eyed (Monarchy remix) by Ellie Goulding
19. Dog Days Are Over (Breakage remix) by Florence + The Machine
20. Under The Sheets (K.A.T.B. remix) by Ellie Goulding
21. Flashback (DJ Kue remix) by Calvin Harris
22. Not Going Home (Herve's remix) by Faithless
23. Remedy by Little Boots
24. Disco Monster (Alecto Remix) by Lele
25. MC's Can Kiss (Zombie Disco remix) by Uffie
26. Ce Jeu (Tepr remix) by Yelle
27. Disco Biscuit Love (Dept. remix) by The Jezabels
28. Fish Paste by Die Antwoord

If it would help I could start doing the tracklisting by where they are in the parts

Also "Ce Jeu" by Yelle is remixed by the guy who produced the song in the first place, weird, i know. 


How can anyone hear "Holidays In Congo" and not instantly want do this:

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1st Song Of The Week (SOTW) "I Got A Story To Tell"

The 1st SOTW is in honor of a man who died 13 years ago on March 9th 1997

The Notorious B.I.G.

His 1st album was called "Ready to Die" and his 2nd album was called "Life After Death" released March 25th.....

15 days AFTER he was murdered. I always remember how pumped I was to go and get "Life After Death" and how ironic and perverse that it was getting this mans magnum opus, which was so rife with him dealing with his own mortality.

The last song on the album is called: "You're Nobody (Till Somebody Kills You)".

Anyway this posting isn't really tied to how much of a tragedy his life and music is and was.

This is about the music. 

There used to be a time when album release dates were a big thing. Albums didn't get leaked, they had lead in singles and promotional tours.

Albums were events.

The Exclusive Company, used to do midnight release parties, I remember getting all sorts of albums the night they came out, and the one I remember the most was the album release for "Life After Death" by Biggie.

They had all the promotional posters up, and there was a big line of people really excited to be getting the album. It used to always reassure me that there were so many diverse people who were just as into music as me that they would be up and out and about at midnight on a Monday night/Tuesday morning, I really miss those days.

Sometimes I wonder if we all lose our sense of wonderment and enthusiasm for the world, when we get older & our lives get filled with so many bad things.

I digress....

I couldn't decide to do this post on his album release date (March 25th) or on his death (March 9th) I did know that, I wanted to have the 1st SOTW be about my favorite rapper.

So as to the music: 3 songs

1. I Got A Story To Tell <-- "you better talk to him...., arm, leg"
2. Juicy <-- "It was all a dream...."
3. Wake Up Show Freestyle <-- "I wanna curse"

 I have always thought that good flow and rapping, reminds me tremendously of poetry, and Biggie was almost comically gifted with prose and flow.

Biggie is certainly somebody....

Feb 25th Show: Love At First Sight

Here we go!

Now this is the ticket, the Kylie video below seems to be off, don't know why but it should suffice to say the least, love the big ass "K" earrings she has on, cool/good touch.

Hope you enjoy this show, it's kinda awesome.



 
  

1. Pure Imagination by Willy Wonka from Willy Wonka & Chocolate Factory
2. Anywhere You Are by Sunshine Jones from Fabric 37
3. S1 & The Sun Can't Compare by Francz Schubert/Larry Heard from Fabric 34
4. I'll Be Your Friend by Robert Owens from Essential Classics
5. Heaven by Satoshi Tomiie from Full Lick
6. Eight Ball by Underworld from 1992-2002
7. Slow by Kylie from Body Language
8. Prelude And Fugue In C Minor by Swingle Singers
9. Under Your Spell by Desire from II
10. Silence by DJ Tiesto from a ton of albums
11. Les Courants d'Air by Grand Tourism from French Touch
12. Tribal by Gustavo Santaolalla from Babel OST
13. Love At 1st Sight by Kylie from Fever
14. Clumsy by Fergie from The Dutchess
15. What A Sensation by Kenlou III from Essential Mix 2
16. Turkish Bizarre by Art of Trance from Digital Dancefloor
17. Love Has Come Again by Human Movement from Global Soundsystem
18. Senorita Tristeza by SCSI-9 from ATC M.A.N.D.Y
19. Fleece On Brain by Matthew Dear from Asa Breed
20. Love Me by Le Dust Sucker from Fabric 13 
21. Acid Bells by Efdemin from ATC Agoria
22. Smile + Receive by Swayzak from ATC Agoria
23. Smokebelch Il by Sabres Of Paradise from Late Night Sessions
24. Oompa Radar by Goldfrapp from Felt Mountain
25. Everything In Its Right Place by Radiohead from Kid A

Feb 25th Parts 1--3 
Feb 25th Parts 4--7

 A few hidden gems in this show: I'll be your friend by Robert Owens is not the normal version, this 1 is a little bit more jungle and the Love Me by Le Dust Sucker is a fucking monster!

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New Things: Video of the week & Song of the week (VOTW & SOTW)

Hello Lovelies, 

I have been remiss in getting the shows to you and that sort of thing, but 18 credits of awfulness, will do that to you.

However, I will be somewhat better off by Thursday, and lo and behold there will be another show, until then (when I can get all caught up), I will bore you with another video you may, or may not have seen/heard.

This will be the 1st post, in a video of the week, which I hope will either be tied into the show, or at least an awesome piece of sound & vision.

I will also be doing a song of the week, which I will be giving away which will be uncompressed so you can listen to it in all its glory on your crappy computer speakers/headphones -_-

Seriously, your ears will thank you if you upgrade your sound making device. 

Without further adieu.....

1st Video Of The Week:  

DJ Shadow: Blood On The Motorway (Fan-made video version)  

from the album The Private Press

This video is made by a fan, it fits the song so, so, well. This song usually makes me feel is about 1000 different emotions when I hear it, I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it, and I hope you do too. 

I love so many video's but this is easily 1 of my favorites. 

I also own this video if anyone want's a copy, shoot me an email, with some contact info, and i'll do you 1 better.

I hope you watched the whole video, it does something to you, doesn't it?

When is someone going to give me $$ to do this?

Or when am I going to have the $$ to go on a trip like this 0_o

I know it is kinda passe to just blow $$ like this, but you kinda gotta admit, it does look like a lot of fun.

On a side note they have 1 other video called 'baby baby baby', which is amazing also

MAKE THE GIRL DANCE [KILL ME] (official video)



The group is called: Make The Girl Dance
The song is called: Kill Me

I'm sorry, but this video just makes me happy, but seriously, what record label gave these dudes this $$

See you all later on tonight,

Feb 18th Show "Where's Your Head At?"

 

This is a download, click on it and you can have your very own copy of my show:

 -->  Feb 18th Show 7 Parts  <--

...All you have to do is click on the link (right above this) and then it takes you to a place where you can have music

*there are many more posts with music, just click around, not too hard to find*

Tracklisting as follows: (all easily found from important albums)

1. Robot Rock by Daft Punk
2. Kalifornia by Fatboy Slim
3. Rollin' & Scratchin' by Daft Punk
4. Everybody Loves A Carnival into Jack It Up by Fatboy Slim
5. Hey Boy Hey Girl by The Chemical Brothers
6. Sex-O-Matic into Red Alert by Edu K/Basement Jaxx
7. Flylife by Basement Jaxx
8. Where's Your Head At? by Basement Jaxx
9. It Doesn't Matter by The Chemical Brothers
10. Faster Kill Pussycat (Roman Hunter Mix) by Paul Oakenfold
11. Where Do I Begin? by The Chemical Brothers
12. Help Me to Believe by Moby
13. Child Two (Summer Love Mix) by Paul Van Dyk
14. Seven Ways by Paul Van Dyk
15. Love Stimulation by Paul Van Dyk
16. Sunset (Bird Of Prey) by Fatboy Slim
17. LSD by Paul Oakenfold
18. Go by Moby
19. God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters by Moby
20. Les Djinns remixed by Moby
21. Southern Sun by Paul Oakenfold
22. One More Time by Daft Punk

There are many superior songs in this set, however they are not necessarily the agreed upon 'greatest' hits of said artists. They are what I feel were the best songs that would fit into the show, given the artist's picked, and what I think are their best songs. For sure there are many other songs I could have picked, and there are other artist's who fit into the idea of 'best & biggest' dance acts. Hopefully you find this as illuminating as enjoyable.

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Why does this song not make me cringe?

Feb 18th Show in a couple of days, until then this song should tide you over, I think it is catchy and although tattoos are not a good look in my book, dude still has some visuals and charisma going on.



Plus songs about Ninjas have already been certified awesome

Best mashup of 2010 DONE

Will the music gods continue to bring forth gifts?

Dizzee Rascal? Check 
Florence & The Machine? Check

Mad Flow/ Loud Pipes? Check & Check

Everybody wants to be famous,

Nobody wants to be nameless, aimless,

People act shameless

Tryna live like entertainers,

Want a fat crib with the acres,

So they spend money that they ain’t made yet,

Got a benz on tik that they ain’t paid yet,

Spend their pay cheque

In the west end on the weekend

Got no money by the end of the weekend.

But they don’t care cos their life is a movie,

Starring Louis V, paid for by yours truly,

Truthfully, its a joke, like a bad episode of hollyoaks,

Can’t keep up with the cover notes,

So they got bad credit livin’ on direct debit,

In debt but they still don’t get

Cos they too busy livin’ the high life, the night life

Huggin’ the high way, livin’ large

And they all say

Let me take you down to London city

Where the attitudes bad and the weather is shitty

Everybody’s on the paper chase, its one big rat race

Everybody got a screw face

So many too fake

Checking the height, they say they ready to ride

Im on the inside looking at the outside

So its a accurate reflection

City wide north east west and the south side

Everywhere I go there’s a girl on the corner

Guns and drugs got the city like a sauna,

And its getting warmer and out of order

Trying to put a struggling mother to a morner

Mr politician can you tell me the solution

Whats the answer whats the conclusion

Is it an illusion.

Is it a mirage.

I see youngers dieing coz their tryna live large??

And they all say

We are livin in the days of the credit crunch

Give me the doh

Im trying have a bunch

But I cant have rice for lunch

its not there aint enough to share

Ain’t fair never dreamed that he could be rare

Who cares who dares to make a change

Everybody in the club trying to make it rain

But not for famine just for the sake of habit

15 minutes of fame and everything’s the same

Again and again I see the same thing

Everybody acting like they their plane sailin’

I see rough seas ahead maybe a recession

And then a depression in whatever profession

This is my confession I cant fight im in the forefront

Living for money ready to start like a bungee jump

With no rope but I ain’t trying to see the bottom

Because that’s were I came from, I ain’t forgotten

Be My Valentine

I hope you had a happy V-Day, I did.

Anyway here is an hour of music to hopefully get you to first base.

Put on and enjoy


It is in 5 parts and the songs got all jumbled up and rearranged, if you want to listen to it how I intended it to be listened to then you need to reorder the songs into the track-listing that follows.

I would recommend listening to it as intended, don't be a jerk, just listen to it how I say ;)


Part A
Part B
Part C
Part D
Part E

(The parts are just that, not in order, had to move things around so I didn't have to make 10 drops)

1. This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
   
2. Your Love
3. Unfoolish
4. I Won't Let The Chump Break Your Heart
5. Crazy For You
6. I've Fallen In Love With You
7. I'm On Fire
8. Sex On Fire
9. Little Bit
10. See Me Through
11. Number 1
12. Music Sounds Better With You
13. Stuck On Repeat 
14. Love Will Tear Us Apart
15. I Need Love
    
16. You've Got The Love 
    

If you put the songs into this order you are a genius and I love you.


 *Note these song's are uncompressed (you're welcome for that), as such that is why the drops are so big.

Synesthesia 10pm--Midnight Thursday Nights WSUM 91.7FM

For new people: Welcome to Synesthesia

DJ C+ here, some of you are wondering what exactly "Synesthesia" is.

This is what Wikipedia says it is 

This is a good video on what exactly Synesthesia is like in real life (from a person who has visual Synesthesia) There are 3 main types of Synesthesia



And finally it is a show on WSUM 91.7FM Thursday nights from 10pm--Midnight

Hopefully this helps, and I hope you tune in. The next show will be a Chillout/Downtempo show.

And for those of you who wonder about all the different types of Electronic/Dance Music there is out there, here you go

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4th Show of the semester: "Wile Out"

4th show of the semester, another wonderful Synesthesia experience if I do say so myself.

A few of my current favorite songs: "Hollywood", "Riverside", "Party All The Time" (by Eddie Murphy!), and "Wile Out" By DJ Zinc ft. Ms. Dynamite
 



4th Show: Feb 4th Sound of 2010

Tracklisting

1. Pokerface (live) by Lady Gaga
2. MC's Can Kiss (Zombie Disco Remix) by Uffie
3. MC's Can Kiss by Uffie
4. Tik Tok (Phantim Beats Remix) by Kesha
5. I Could Have Loved You (Burns Remix) by Jack Splash
6. Hollywood (?? Remix) by Marina & The Diamonds
7. Under The Sheets (Kids @ The Bar Remix) by Ellie Goulding
8. 3 (Slow Remix) by Britney Spears
9. The Girl And The Robot (Ocelot Remix) by Royksopp
10. Disco Monster by Lele
11. Party All The Time by EDDIE MURPHY 
12. Bonkers (Live) by Dizzee Rascal
13. Wile Out by DJ Zinc ft Ms. Dynamite **Song of the Week**
14. Wile Out by DJ Zinc ft Ms. Dynamite **Song of the Week**
15. Gebrunn Bebrunn (Berlin Edit) by Paul Kalkbrenner
16. Carmina Buranal/I Love U (Bart B. More Mix) by Larry Tee
17. Play The Record Again by AC Slater
18. Riverside (Peo De Pitte Dub) by Sidney Samson **Super Rave Special**
19. Dementia by Umek
20. Thunderstruck (Crookers Remix) by ACDC
21. Under The Water (Dada Life Remix) by Dimitri Vegas
22. Che Flute (Minimal Remix) by Steve Angello
23. White Feather (Sebastian Tellier Remix) by Wolfmother
24. Paris (Live) by Friendly Fires
25. If You're Wondering If I Want You To (I Want You To) by Weezer
26. Whatever You Like (TI Cover) by Anya Marina
27. A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

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3rd Show Jan 28th (Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter)

 3rd Show of the semester, not your usual Techno Madness, but a good trip altogether. If you don't particularly care for full fledged 4/4 beats, than this might be the show for you ;)

Overall the best show IMHO, of the semester thus far.

Lots of goodies in this show, started out with Joanna Newsom and then moved into some Nina Simone. Second hour has some very stellar tracks in it. "Hang for Bruno & La Ritournelle" in particular.

The final 4 songs are probably the best 4 songs that I have played in a row on any given show.


Jan 28th Show in 6 parts

Tracklisting as follows

1. Emily by Joanna Newsom
2. Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter by Nina Simone
3. It's Time For A Break Down by The Supremes
4. The In Crowd by Ramsey Lewis
5. Breathe Me (4 Tet Remix) by Sia
6. Hymn Of The Big Wheel by Massive Attack 
7. Blue Lines by Massive Attack
8. Set The Controls For The Heart Of the Sun by Pink Floyd
9. Ride A White Horse (Ewan Pearson Remix) by Goldfrapp
10. Catch A Moment In Time by Mocky
11. Music Sounds Better With You by Stardust (Daft Punk)
12. Vogue by Madonna
13. If You've Never Been Away by Ulrich Schnauss
14. Hang For Bruno by Luciano
15. Wearing My Rolex (Wiley Cover) by Hot Chip
16. La Ritournelle by Sebastian Tellier
17. Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath
18. The Crystal Ship by The Doors
19. The Great Gig In The Sky by Pink Floyd

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How do you find your music? Thoughts on posting songs/shows for free

It is important to note that music is not free. 

I BUY a lot of music, I mean A LOT

I listen to almost any style of music, and I enjoy nearly as many. Which is how this show has come into being. I do the show because I love to listen to, discover and share my love of music with anyone who will listen (ha)

I know quite a few people who do not value music as much as I do, this is their choice-- HOWEVER

Music is not free

MUSIC IS NOT FREE

IT IS NOT FREE

By downloading and copying disks, without buying any of the ARTISTS products, you are cheating many people out of their hard work and just dues. Many artists will not have the chance to create ART, without the financial compensation. If you want the next Radiohead/Jay-Z/Green Day/Kurt Elling, we have to make it viable that they can attempt to become professional musicians.

That means they gotta get paid.

You don't think that steak should be free (I know some people may indeed think products should be free...), you don't think movies should be free (I know some people may indeed think products should be free...), and you certainly don't think whatever you do for financial compensation, should be free. You don't get to decided after the fact how much you are going to work for, nor should musicians.

There are many people who make their living through the music industry.

Engineers/Sound Developers/Software Engineers/Art Directors/Video Directors/Radio Stations/Artists/Session Players/Concert Venues and of course Record Companies. There are many, MANY more people who get fed off of Music, and those dollars are made through selling Music.

I have bought many an album that I have not listened to before, on the recommendation of a magazine, the opinion of a important music critic (New Yorker) or music critic (is there something he hasn't wrote for?) .

There are the music orientated websites:  Allmusic-- Pitchfork -- Resident Advisor (best Electronic/Dance music, review/recommend website IMHO) and music metascore sites.

There are MANY other sites, and professional people that recommend and suggest music to me, in addition I think the artists themselves have provided some of the best recommendations on other music that I either should be into, or should think of.

I struggle with making my shows and songs available for free; since I am stealing from these artists who I tremendously admire for the ART that they create. My favorite album was created using snippets of other records (ie. sampling) (and on a double side note, the photographer who took the picture, is named B+ :&) which I will talk about some other time, but I will let DJ Shadow speak on the ART form of music making himself.  DJ Shadow's thoughts on music industry, file sharing   and quite possibly the authority on the music industry and business Robert Christga.

 
All I am really trying to say, that if you enjoy my show, or any of the music you hear on the show, PLEASE support the artists whose music would not exist, without OUR continued financial support. The industry is dying and then we will either be left with fewer choices (since less people will be willing to just strike out on their own and try and make music their career) & less music.

That is not what I want, nor do I think that is what others want.

So with all of this said, I will put my show's available and songs, with the intent, that YOU the listener, will at some point in time, support the Music/Musician in some way through buying their products or seeing them in concert. 

SUPPORT MUSICIANS & MUSIC....Pay for their ART

Preaching over,
Clifton (DJ C+)

Synesthesia 10pm--Midnight Thursday Nights WSUM 91.7FM 

2nd Show Jan 21st

DJ C+ again, this is Synesthesia for January 21st....

This show was 1 of the more fun shows I put together, there are some very good songs in here (like always), show is cut up into 6 parts this time, and they should be about 20 minuets per part, all songs are complete I cut the show at parts where they are either going into a new song or I am talking.  

Hope you enjoy & if you hear something you like:

PLEASE support these artist's through buying their music, or seeing them in concert. 

 
Jan 21st Show 6 Parts

1. I know you got soul: Eric B. & Rakim
2. Step into a Reprise: KRS 1
3. Sex-O-Matic: Edu-K
4. Flylife: Basement Jaxx
5. Random: Lady Sovereign
6. Groove Is In The Heart: Deee-Lite
7. Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward: Jenny Wilson
8. Cheated Hearts: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9. The Number Song: DJ Shadow
10. Raining Again: Moby
11. Welcome To My Head: Thunderpuss
12. Hey Boy Hey Girl: The Chemical Brothers
    
13. D.A.N.C.E.: Justice
14. Rushing To Paradise: House of House
15. Summer Samba: Lalo Schifrin
16. Familiar Feeling: Moloko
17. Whatever You Like: Anya Marina
18. Tears In The Rain:Vangelis
19. Mr. TiddlesSasha
20. Brutalga Square: DJ Koze
21. Lying In A Bed Of Myst: Jesse Somfay
22. The Sky Was Pink: Nathan Fake
23. You Are Here: Nathan Fake
24. Blood On The Motorway: DJ Shadow
    
25. La Ritournelle: Sebastian Tellier
26. Memory Of A Free Festival: David Bowie 

Synesthesia 10pm--Midnight Thursday Nights WSUM 91.7FM

1st Show Spring 2010 Semester Jan 14th

Here is the 1st show that I did, on Jan 14th cut into 8 parts (2 hour show, about 15min per part, or 3 songs per part)

(click on the Text below for "podcast" of the show)

Jan 14th Show 8 parts  <--click here to download

Tracklisting

1. Music For A Found Harmonium: Penguin Cafe Orchestra
2. Anywhere You Are: Sunshine Jones
3. No Government: Nicolette
4. It's Complete: At Jazz
5. That Sound: Michael Moog
6. You Don't Know Me: Armand Van Helden
7. Shout: Tears 4 Fears
8. Teeth: Lady Gaga
9. The Love You Bring Me: Carl Kennedy
10. Mommy Complex: Peaches
11. Blinded By The Lights: The Streets
12. Mr. Brightside: The Killers
13. Hollywood: Marina & The Diamonds
14. Control Freaq: Felix Da Housecat
15. Elivi$: Felix Da Housecat
16. The Talk: The Clumps
17. Where's Your Head At?: Basement Jaxx
18. DJ's In a Row: Schwab
19. Wearin My Rolex: Hot Chip
20. The Girls: Calvin Harris
21. Great Release: LCD Soundsystem
22. Lost In The K-Hole: The Chemical Brothers
23. Troubles: The Beta Band
24. Between Two Lungs: Florence & The Machine

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More Synesthesia Goodness

This is another example of Synesthesia that I played on the night of Dec 24th

This is 4 hours of Techno excellence in addition there is a hour of religious music starting at the start of Part 4 and continuing through into Part 5

This is my belated Christmas gift to you.


Dec 24th Parts 2,3,4,5   <-- click here to download


Dec 24th Parts 1,6,7,8 <-- click here to download

Track-listing: (approximate, email me with specific questions)

Wholly Holy!

Some of the best 2009

Hello Madison & 2010

DJ C+ here, this is hopefully going to be the "Podcast" home for Synesthesia on the web.

Hopefully I will be able to pull and edit my shows that I do on WSUM quickly and then re-post it here on the Internet for you all to enjoy.

It was a 3+ hour show done on the night of Jan 7th, I cut the show into @ 1/2 hour parts, cut at somewhat appropriate times.

@@ Jan 7th Best of 2009 Show @@ Part 1/2  <-- Click here to download 
@@ Jan 7th Best of 2009 Show @@ Part 2/2 <-- Click here to download

Hope you enjoyed the show

1. Zumbi (Major Lazer)
2. Play The Record Again (AC Slater)
3.United States of Pop 2009 (DJ Earworm)
4. Carby(Discovery)
5. Township Funk (Mujava)
6. Raindrops (Basement Jaxx)
7. Flashback(Calvin Harris)
8. Raven (Proxy)
9. Disco Monster (Lele)
10. Triangle Walks (Fever Ray)
11. New In Town (Little Boots)
12. The Girl and The Robot (Royksopp)
13. Williams Blood (Grace Jones)
14. Rave Is King (Fukkk Offf)
15. Kaleidoscope (DJ Tiesto)
16. Lyposuct (D.I.M.),
17. Robot Unplugged (Marina & The Diamonds)
18. The Day We Fell In Love (Appaloosa)
19. Burning Feeling (Lovelock)
20. Rushing To Paradise (House Of House) *Song Of The Year*
21. In For The Kill (La Roux)
*Screams Lets Get Ravey Remix-- Remix Of The Year*
22. Walking On A Dream (Empire Of The Sun)
23. Bad Romance (Lady Gaga)
24. Bulletproof (La Roux)
25. Leave It (The Field),
26. Mistral (Mutant Clan)
27. Love Don't Dance Here Anymore (Tiga)
28 Hearts Collide (Little Boots)
29. Symphonies (Dan Black)
30. Glorious Dawn (Carl Sagan & Stephen Hawkins)
31. My Girls (Animal Collective)
32. You've Got The Love (Florence & The Machine)

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