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FRIDAY APRIL 16, 2010
11 PM ON AT B.EAST NYC
171 east bway
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HAVEN’T GOT IT? GET THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER MIX HERE

N-RON: The M-C-M1 Mixtape

TRACK LISTING:
1. Joseph Beuys-Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee/Larry Miller-Accord (Selections From The 2nd and 4th Movement)
2. N-RON-darksteps/Grimelock-Justice
3. N-RON-Rap da felicidade (cidinho e doca) stepmix
4. Flying Lizards-Money (That’s What I Want) (N-RON intermix)
5. Cota GV-Biling/Vandergraff-NDE/Jon Hopkins-Vessel
6. Celso Pina-Cumbia Sobre El Rio Interludio/Sonido Desconocido-VW Cumbia
7. Regadda-Instrumental/William Burroughs-Cut Up 19
8. El General-La culebrita/Chico Science & Nação Zumbi-Baião Ambiental (Instrumental)
9. Bodran 1/Blues thing/Assassin step pon them (acca)/Malica-Girl Hot
10. Molequ manhoso & bonde do rodo-danca do rodo
11. MC Colibri-CPI
12 Afroditas-pasconcito (N-RON rico mix)
13. N-RON-la calle es todo
14. Diplo-Ward21 Bay of Figs/Pase Rock-The Motherfucking Rave is Over
15. Tego Calderon-Trangalanga/Alex Under-El Ganado Ovizo Blanco
16. Mangueira DJ-Não Gostou/KRNL PANIC-PLAYBOY’S BLEND – PANIC REFIX BAILE FUNK RMX/Automatic refix
17. Comrade Fulozinha-Obá (N-RON Remix)

Update: Thanks Spannered! You  can also stream the mix it at Spannered.org

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Yesterday, a good friend and director Katharine asked me about Tarkovsky. I immediately thought of Stalker, my favorite film of his.

When I was in school, all I wanted to do was make sound like Stalker. So many memorable sequences–from the train tracks in the zone, to the dream sequences, to the house and the trembling “train” or abilities of the young child at the end–have pervaded my thoughts each time I begin work on sound for film. But the Stalker taught me so much more than just to design and mix with a goal of “sculpting in time”, the title of his aptly named autobiography.

Tarkovsky taught me about persistence. Little is known of the difficulties of producing poetry, whether in motion or on paper. What is known is that it is frequently looked upon as an art of choice: choice of words, choice of phrasing, choice of styles, imagery etc.. In a sense, poetry is the process of editing. It is a profound use of negative space. Getting rid of the “wrong choice”, opting for what is best or best for right now.

I have never felt that I am a poet. But I do think that sound-editing and design, when done well, is approaches to poetry’s original impulses, the aural nerves that overwhelm the mind so tightly aligned with the desires for language and communication.

And it is this persistence, to communicate, that makes Chris Marker’s documentary on Tarkovsky so One Day in The Life of Andrei Arsenovich so compelling. Told from Tarkovsky’s deathbed, in part, where he lay with cancer, we see the varying struggles Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky went through to have a visions realized. The struggle to make choices. And the desire to make good work.

One often sited sequence, from his last film, The Sacrifice (it’s name appropriate for this discussion), shows the director in his most critical form. That of a believer. A fighter.

It is the moment of failure. Or at least the appearance of failure. The dolly and tracking shots for a complex final sequence in which a house on the tundra burns to the ground, fails. One camera , and then the second, are unable to get the shot. The house lay in ruins.

Tarkovsky had to rebuild a house to get the sequence. And he did so (though largely framework) after making his choice. And Marker’s film illustrates not only the beauty of the process of doing this work, but the strength and struggle to decide to go on, despite failure. The strength not only to believe in an idea, but to rely on colleagues and comrades to realize this vision. Film, as opposed to some other forms of art making, is almost always collective. And it is its collective perseverance that I continue to find so driving, even after all this time.

I stayed outside of Alghero, in a tiny town named Fertilia. There, I was first greeted by its stark minimal appearance.

After a scorching and beautiful day at the beach, the next I traveled by bus to nearby Alghero. There, I and a friend stumbled upon a french tourist boat heading to Neptune’s Grotto.

After a rather bumpy and exhilerating boatride, we docked rather precariously and scuttled into the 70 million year old cave.

Once inside, I was stunned, both by its pristine enormity as well as its peaceful self-awareness that it projected. Whenever I feel humbled by nature, it brings me a sense of such intense grounding in both the particular and the general that I can only laugh outloud. Which I did.

And the laughter resonated off of growing walls in a most remarkable way.

Last night, in the backstage room at Le Poisson Rouge in New York, I was talking with Raz Mensai (Badawi), and he mentioned a project he will do in Oporto, Portugal’s catacombs.

It triggered a memory of a film I once saw, where Hermeto Pascoal played a cave as an instrument. Little did I know, it was a grotto.

Hermeto Pascoal Grotto song

despite appearances, this ship of fools is still sailing. and I still blog. to the ether with this!

I don’t like violence much, but do like Peter Lamborn Wilson’s (aka Hakim Bey) Pirate Utopias

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lots to report, but first let me try to catch up…
what I have been up to:

0. Completing the listening lab at the LHH, with Pod architecture. More on that in the next post. But stay tuned for the opening invite in May.

1. Possible. this is the name of my band. my myspace is myspace.com/possiblebandname
this record should be finished in May, after a year of travel, collecting new sounds and putting them together. Possible has teamed up with
Tunde Oyewole on upright bass, Alex Posell and Ismail Lawal on drums here in Perlin Studios in Brooklyn to complete the recordings. 14 golden new songs headed your way on the forthcoming debut album Anything Is…

2. New Crew, new Party: Pure Capital: dj n-ron and reganomics: new mixtape coming up: global capital. stay tuned

3. I twitter therefore etc…

4. This month: DJ N-RON at Que Bajo?!?, 30th of April…APT (419 west 13th, manhattan). Alongside Gecko, Uproot Andy and the masses…

yes, that’s it for the second…
except for this song
which might be by changorama. or not. but it is certainly La Cumbia del Reggaeton.

bad subject heading for a even more curt blog entry, but my aplogies for lack of detail…

this weekend I will be performing live video with dj/Rupture’s band NETTLE at Brandeis, in BOSTON, MASS.

Nettle will be joined by Grey Filastine, as well as others, in a series of workshops and events at Brandeis

Organized by the one and only Wayne and Wax.

For some moments sometimes it looks a little like this. But without the flash.

Photo: Marco Microbi > www.photophunk.de

On Monday, March 23rd, I will be back in New York, presenting 3 new works at Pecha Kucha New York.

PKNY 6 – MONDAY MARCH 23RD, 2009

At Le Poisson Rouge

Doors 6:30 – Speakers 8:30

$5 in advance $10 at the door

Live music by the Sam Barsh Band

Followed by DJ Jon Santos of Common Space

Brought to you by PKNY in partnership with Performa

In Case you haven’t attended before, Pecha Kucha is a format where presenters are have 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide.

So each presenter gets 6 mintues to talk about his/her work, ideas and projects.Pecha Kucha originated in Japan, and is held regularly in 13 cities around the world.

I have presented once before, in Mexico City, and it was a lot of fun and a great way to learn and see.

Ok, hope to see you all there and everywhere.

It has been quite an accumulation of new experiences that would no doubt take more than a day or 2 to tell.

So instead of doing that, I am going to try to let pictures do much of the talking. I can only begin to begin to say thank you to the people and places that have been so generous with their time, spaces, ideas and feelings.

This year has been really transformative: A linear map would be  6 months in Mexico City (with 2 weekend trips to New York for Alex and Jessica’s wedding), to 1 week in Italy, 1 week in France, 5 days in Germany,  1 more week in Italy, then 2 weeks on the west coast of the US, back to Mexico for 2 weeks, then to New York for 2 1/2 months subletting while shooting and mixing the upcoming Listening Lab (more on that in a bit), to 2 1/2 months in Rio, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte Brazil. But it has not felt linear, probably due to constant flow of friends visiting, chance encounters and the small overlapping worlds within which I seem to travel.

All in all, it has been an amazing time, and I feel lucky to have been able to have had such a wonderful year of travel. As this is a blog, I can only hope that the few readers I do have are aware of how thankful I am that we were able to spend time together over this last year. It has been a lot of hellos and goodbyes (for now). In a strange way, it seems like a year of new beginnings…

Below are some photo sets selected from the many now on my flickr

Brazil

West coast!

Europe 2008

DF/Mexico Wey

House as Speaking organ

djing

It has been a wonderful year, and as I finish writing this from Rio de Janeiro, I am both happy and a bit nostalgic. Happy to have met so many wonderful people, and sad that I must leave this amazing city. But, as always (it has been 16 years back and forth!), I will return…Meanwhile, it is back to BKLYN at least for now.

Sometimes people ask me what DJ N-RON plays live. Usually, I respond by saying corporate dance parties. But that often seems too vague for many.

What came out in Rio de Janeiro yesterday was inspired in part by the sounds accumulated in travels, and in part by the collapse and contraction of other institutions of Kapital. After some refinement, we now have DJ N-RON’s Corporate Take Over mix here and happily on Blentwell’s Podcast.

As it is a party mix, it is best appreciated standing up or moving, or both.

Tracklist is below.

DJ N-RON CORPORATE TAKEOVER MIX

Believe what you hear, not what you see.

1. Vito Acconci-Under History Lessons (1976)/ 2562-Moog Dub/Charlotte Gainsbourg-5:55
2. Skream-blue eyes/Dead Pres-Hip Hop
3. los palmeras-bombón asesino (daleduro version)/M.I.A.-Bird flu
4. Jeans Team-Oh Bauer/Gui Boratto- Terminal
5. Crunk Tesla-Welcome to the Circus/The Kinks-See My Friend/Bonde Nervoso-Ta Tomado
6. Les Rythmes Digitales-(Hey You) What’s That Sound?/LCD Soundsytem-Yeah (clapapella)
7. Sany Pitbull-Ao Vivo Canta Galo/Franz Ferdinand-The Fallen (justice remix)
8. Digitalism-Idealistic (Hystereo Re-brand)/Funk-Montagem_Baile_Lotadão
9. Bonde Do Role-Marina Gasolina (peaches Remix)/Bass-Techno Bass Ultimate woofer test(1)/Three 6 mafia-Stay fly acca
10. Hot Chip-Over and Over/Grandmaster Flash-Ride the White Horse (laid back remix)/Gorky-The Count
11.Talking Heads-Girlfriend is Better/Bondes-Cachorrão/N-RON-Tamborzão (escuro mix)
12. Justice vs. Simian-We are your friends (n-ron tamborzão mix)
13. Busy Signal-Up in Her belly
14. David Banner and elephant man-Shake that booty remix/bhangra upbeat
15. Elephant Man-Father elephant/Kopa Riddim/Eric B. and Rakim-Follow the leader acca
16. Chicks on Speed-Wordy Rappinghood/Time Zone featuring John Lydon & Afrika Bambaataa-World Destruction/Legend of zelda-Nintendo
17.Buraka Som Sistema-Com Respeito/Elektrons DB (Sinden Final)- Elektrons DB
18. Dolly Parton-Jolene/Rhythm and Sound Si Mi Yah (Basic Reshape)/Boys Noize-Don’t Believe the Hype (original mix)/Corey Hart-Sunglasses at night
19. Gotan Project-Mi Confession (Edu K Drop the Bass Mix)/Afroditas-La Cumbia del Pasconcito
20. Changorama-La Cumbia Del Reggaeton/Noble Society-The Swarm Zuzuku Cumbia Klash Remix
21. Mims-This is why I’m hot (dj Panik Remix)/The Cure-Close to Me/Snoop Dogg-Drop it like it’s hot (Cure Refix)
22. The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit)-Get it Up
23. DJ N-RON and $mall ¢hange-Boa Tarde Povo (late afternoon mix)

radio show The Big Cover Up on east village radio .

Really excited to do this show, which you can live stream here

We will be playing songs off our new record, N-RON and $mall ¢hange Rich and Shameless EP. This is a 4 song EP on a hand silkscreened gold record sleeve on limited edition vinyl!

Rich and Shameless is is having it’s release party on

Thursday, May 15, 2008 at APT as part of Pure Fire!
419 w. 13th st, NYC
There, we’ll be spinning records along side great guests Dave Stelfox (wire magazine) and Dirty South Joe.

Apparently, N-RON will be playing from 1115-12, but will be there until late or early…

dj n-ron hubbard the collaborator mixtape is here
All tracks are original beats and collaborations.

The mixtape is available as a cd with track markers and cover art on the Giant Corporate label as an import. 500 copies only. If you would like a copy, please contact info(at)undividedproductions.org

track list:
1. suso’s refix
2. cities into worlds (featuring Vito Acconci)
3. cantakerous remix
4. wrong from right (Featuring m.sayyid)
5. rival riddim
6. aboio 2.0
7. pull it up (with mike o)
8. rich and shameless (with dj $mall ¢hange)
9. analys d’amour du magabo (capitalized remix)
10. Possible darker spaces (n-ron mix of Possible)
11. try harder again
12. Farida Maqam Al Hijaz (occupied signal mix)
13. burhan oçal all stars remix (with dj/rupture)
14. lower ends (with matt shadetek)
15. bug mash
16. i need a dime (double-up mix)
17. random rmx (with Mike O)
18. grim jonze dubs (avec Leftenant)
19. sleeping cities 3

Much to n-ron’s pleasure, Kid Kameleon has nominated the collaborator as his #1 mixtape for 2007, even before release.

n-ron must says big thanks to everyone who collaborated on these tracks, wittingly or unwittingly. The future is yours. The future is now.

Keep your body thetan free for forthcoming releases on the Giant Corporate label, including n-ron hubbard and $mall ¢hange Rich and Shameless EP out on vinyl in March 08.