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Richie Hawtin – Calvin Klein FW17 mix

I haven’t posted much lately because I’ve been so busy with work. I got a job polishing rocket nose cones. I bet you didn’t know New Brunswick had rockets. I bet you didn’t know rockets had janitors! I will share with you one of the first things I learned at this crazy job: space is a messy place.

So there’s a new Richie Hawtin mix on SoundCloud and it’s two hours long. This is a political issue. How is a super-busy, stressed-out working class dude supposed to find two whole hours to listen to a DJ mix? Two hour DJ mixes are a pleasure of the leisure classes. Well, after a long day of polishing rocket nose cones I just want to unwind and listen to some Plastikman. So I’ve decided to listen to this thing while cooking supper.

No matter how long a day you’ve worked at the Gaspereau Forks rocket silo, a man still has to eat.

As some of you may know I only ever cook using a crock pot. It takes six hours to prepare enough food for a family of five and then I warm it up all week long.

It’s 10pm, I just got home, put the crock on, it’ll be ready at 4am, I leave for work at 5. No problem.

So now I’m listening to this Plastikman mix. Gonna see if I can get through the whole two hours while I sit and watch the crock pot. It’s not his typical techno stuff, more of an ambient, drone-y sort of vibe. More like a Basic Channel, “Consumed” kind of vibe. I’m 45 minutes in. It’s really good slow-cooker-watching music.

The crock pot is starting to warm up nicely. It’s full of vegetables and I threw in some hot Italian sausage plus a ton of chili spice.

The music sounds real nice. It reminds me of weather patterns swirling over an alien landscape.

In the thin Martian atmosphere, a cave is revealed. You can barely fit through the entrance to the cave in your pressure suit. Inside the cave, a crock pot glows with a subtle violet light. It’s plugged in. Condensation speckles the glass lid like refracted sunlight in the eye of an alien insect.

You sit down on the cave floor and stare at the crock pot. For how long? Hard to say. It feels like an hour and a half. Time has no meaning on this strange planet.

Is it your imagination, or is it starting to smell really good in here? Can smells travel in the absence of an atmosphere?

You have the rest of eternity to ponder that question.

As a bonus track, here is the best minimal techno video ever. Richie Hawtin playing a cowbell on a balcony in Berlin.

DJ Sauce

Party Sauce Radio – March 29, 2017

Here’s the latest episode of Party Sauce Radio! Coming to you live every Wednesday at 3pm Atlantic on 107.3FM Local FM in Saint John and streaming everywhere at http://localfm.ca.

~ Download link: https://partysauce.lol/mp3/PartySauce-2017Mar29.mp3

Tronik Youth – “Spy Vs. Spy”
Elephant Skeletons – “Calm The Cloud”
Russell Louder – “Another Day”
Tone Of Arc – “Left Field”
Jacques Greene – “To Say”
Pelada – “No Hay”
The Fitness – “Gianni V”
MAN2.0 – “Trinity Squared”
Exposé – “Dub Of No Return Strikes Again”
Midnight Star – “Scientific Love”
Robert T. Wilson – “Nonagon”

DJ Sauce

Party Sauce Radio – Mar. 15 2017

Here’s Party Sauce Radio from Mar. 15 2017, featuring a live vinyl DJ mix from DJ Jack Buster!

download link: https://partysauce.lol/mp3/PartySauce-2017Mar15.mp3

Tracklist:
Pick A Piper – “Geographically Opposed”
A.A. Wallace – “Lipstick & Stethoscopes”
Shrimp Ring – “Activate Your Function”
DenMother – “Line It Up”
DenMother – “Cold Hands”

DJ Jack Buster vinyl mix – tracklist:
Junior Sanchez – P.O.P.
InDirect – Gold Rush
High Caliber – Come Together (Dub)
Denver – Can’t Give Up (Olav Basoski Sunshine on St. Lucia Mix)
DJ Duke – Can You Feel It
Martin Landsky – Bloodhound
Herbal Essence – Chacaron
HT Funk – Blame It On The Boogie

Blog

Shrimp Ring – “Activate Your Function”

We’re pleased to premiere a brand-new Shrimp Ring jam for you! The full EP will be released on Saturday March 18 at the Party Sauce Awards at Peppers Pub in Saint John, NB.

“Activate Your Function” is a synthesizer love song about two lovers who escape from planet Earth just before it blows up and go on to start a new life on a rotating space platform, which also blows up. Enjoy!

DJ Sauce

Party Sauce Radio – March 8, 2017

Here’s this week’s episode of Party Sauce Radio! Coming to you live every Wednesday at 3pm Atlantic on 107.3FM Local FM in Saint John and streaming everywhere at http://localfm.ca.

~ Download link: https://partysauce.lol/mp3/PartySauce-2017Mar8.mp3

tracklist::
Whaleskin – “Glide”
Allumette – “Pick Up Line (mmxv)”
DenMother – “Home”
Prison – “Ugor”
Echo People – “Fever”
Ottawan – “DISCO”
Baccarat – “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie”
Two Tons O’Fun – “Got The Feeling”
A Taste Of Honey – “She’s A Dancer”
Chilliwack – “Don’t Wanna Live For A Living”
Paranoid – “Eight Eight”

Brand-new electronic music from Moncton artists Allumette and Paranerd. Also some hot vinyl scores by classic disco duos: Baccarat, Two Tons O’Fun and A Taste Of Honey.

Blog

Doris Norton – “Personal Computer”

I’ve seen a bunch of posts about “influential women in electronic music” which is great but how come everyone always leaves out Doris Norton? She’s my hero! She was sponsored by Roland and Apple at the same time!

Personal Computer… Automatic Feelings… Norton Computer For Peace. Doris was basically a one-woman Kraftwerk. Just look at this crazy setup.

DJ Sauce

Party Sauce Radio – March 1, 2017

Here’s this week’s episode of Party Sauce Radio! Coming to you live every Wednesday at 3pm Atlantic on 107.3FM Local FM in Saint John and streaming everywhere at http://localfm.ca.

~ Download link: https://partysauce.lol/mp3/PartySauce-2017Mar1.mp3

tracklist::
Cellarghost – “No Dawn”
Kaade – “All The Air”
Doot DeDoot – “Road Rage”
Mia Frye – “I’m The One”
LAX – “Dancing’ At the Disco”
Melba Moore – “Pick Me Up, I’ll Dance”
Peaches and Herb – “Roller Skatin’ Mate”
Ebn Ozn – “Pop Art Bop”
New Fries – “JZ III (Absolutely Free remix)”

DJ Sauce

Party Sauce Radio – Feb. 22, 2017

Here’s this week’s episode of Party Sauce Radio! Coming to you live every Wednesday at 3pm Atlantic on 107.3FM Local FM in Saint John and streaming everywhere at http://localfm.ca.

~ Download link: https://partysauce.lol/mp3/PartySauce-2017Feb22.mp3

tracklist::
Cellarghost – “No Dawn”
Loveland – “Aloe Hotel”
DenMother – “Tongue”
Rotting Ebitan – “New Dawn”
Pardon Moi – “Inside The Outside”
Tronik Youth – “Losing My Mind”
The Fall – “Hit The North”
Royal House – “A Better Way”
Aux 88 – “Let It Ride”
The Martian – “Message From Grandmother”
Legowelt – “Silent Service”

DJ Sauce / Vinyl

Party Sauce Radio – Feb. 15, 2017

Here’s this week’s episode of Party Sauce Radio! Coming to you live every Wednesday at 3pm Atlantic on 107.3FM Local FM in Saint John and streaming everywhere at http://localfm.ca.

~ Download link: https://partysauce.lol/mp3/PartySauce-2017Feb15.mp3

tracklist:::
Cellarghost – “Mothic”
Snuky Tate – “He’s The Groove”
Starla – “Bad News”
Loveland – “925-5212”
Lime – “Love Profile”
Adult. – “Lost Love”
Cabaret Voltaire – “Sensoria”
Charles B – “Lack Of Love”
Ed Farrow – “Hot Love”
Giorgio Morder – “Chase”

Most of these tracks are from records I bought in Halifax when I drove down there to play Gus’s Pub on the weekend. Here are a few snapshots so you can see the sleeves to go with the sounds.

When I was in first-year university at UNBSJ (aka Grade 13) I used to get a drive to school with a neighbour who listened to a lot of old school rap in the car. Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, stuff like that. He was also really into Cabaret Voltaire. I liked these guys a lot. Slinky, synthetic, a little bit dancey, a little bit experimental. I was happy to find “Micro Phonies” on vinyl after all these years. Stephen Mallinder has sort of a breathy, speak-singing voice that I find rather sexy. “Do Right” and “Sensoria” are my two favourite jams off this album.

“Hot Love” by Ed Farrow was in a stack of old house 12”s bequeathed to me by DJ Jack Buster. As I promised on the show, here’s a photo of the hand-painted sleeve, done up nice and hot with acrylic and spray paint.

Jack Buster once mentioned that he’d been looking for this record for a while, and if I get a chance to repay his generosity I’m happy to do so! This copy of the Midnight Express soundtrack by Giorgio Moroder cost $1. One. Dollar. Taz Records donates all the proceeds from their dollar bin to the IWK Children’s Hospital, which is pretty cool. But what is Giorgio doing there anyway, hanging out in the bargain bin with Roger Whittaker and Nana Mouskouri? It’s not my job to ask questions. My job is to buy records.

Blog / Events

Chillysauce – Party Sauce chill night

Recently we held the first Party Sauce chill night in Saint John. Chillysauce. This was our attempt to capture the vibe of the chill room at a ’90s rave. The plan was to keep the volume and the tempo down low enough so people would feel free to talk, mingle, lie back and chill, or even get up and dance if they wanted to. Based on these criteria, I must say the night was a complete success!

Musical performances were provided by Robert T. Wilson, Gold Punks and Jaguar Knight. Awesome photos by Marc “DJ Bones” Leblanc. Video and sound to follow!