The Eccentric Grooves of Logan 5

This week something different - Top Dolla and Simple Science join the show inna blab'n'bass style! Download the show (143MB) Better known to many in Chico perhaps as two of the movers behind Beta, which was Chico's longest running and perhaps most popular electronic dance music nightclub event, Top Dolla (aka Jordan Layman) and and Simple Science (aka Billy Hopkins) are so much more than promoters, DJs, artists or techies.  Over the last year+ they've joined a few other like-minded individuals to build the Idea Fab Labs , an art gallery / hacker space / music venue risen from the forgotten structure of a loom factory in the south campus neighborhood of Chico.  Fusing the collective talents of coders, designers, artists, promoters, musicians and tastemakers, the Idea Fab Labs: "...are an open source, community-driven facility for exploring modern digital fabrication techniques. The Labs provide membership services for using an array of tools like laser cut...

Download the show here  (MP3) It was a great idea for a show when I first did this 12 years ago with KFJC DJ Trinity  and had pretty much forgotten all about it until the Idea Fab Lab partner and DJ Top Dolla called me out on Star Wars love as we were talking about how I'm ready to get my kids into the films, and May 4th, aka Star Wars day, was approaching. I think it worked... I'm largely indebted to Headnodic , as I used a portion of his great jazz/funk DJ mix  in the first half of this show before bringing in a few of my own funk records and a more modern remix element. Hope you enjoy it. Setlist Headnodic -  "Funky Star Wars" (30 minute mix) Force 7  - "the Force" Instant Funk  - "Dark Vader" on Salsoul Records Nhan Solo  - "Star Wars Cantina" Noize Tank  - "Star Wars Cantina Band" Ookay  - "Star Wars" Venetian Snares  - "Cruel Whole (Abelcain remix)" Meco  - "End Titles" ...

I want to thank 530techno's Symbio for coming out to play music on this gorgeously warm Saturday night. We had a great time, as you can probably hear on the podcast. We also gave big shouts out to the winners of the Chico local Electronic music Cammies awards, DJ Becca and producer Billy the Robot ! The kudos are well-earned. Enjoy the listen! Download . Tino -  "D-U-B Dub" on Tino Corp. The Orb - "Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix)" on Universal-Island Records Ltd. The Stone Roses - "Fools Gold" on Sony Music UK The Emperor Machine - "Who You?" on ADA UK Massive Attack vs Mad Professor - "Moving Dub" on Wild Bunch Deepchild - "Doves in Michigan" on Thoughtless Music Deepchild - "Bleeding Down the Night" on Thoughtless Music JAK & LilRoj - "Juncture (Oilpanic Remix)" on 530Techno Schenk - "That Girl" Mutor Sound System - "CoiledUp"  Symbio 's DJ Set ...

Coming up on Saturday 4/20 I'll welcome Symbio to the show. Chico locals who've been attending parties in town over the last five or six years may know him from his many events and residencies including Zocalo, Black Market Disco, Future/Now and Freakbeat just to name a few. But these days Symbio is better known to a global audience as a music producer and label head of 530Techno , which has been mining a rich vein of proper underground techno, tech-house and electro sounds for the last two years. 530Techno's stable includes local productions from Symbio himself, past Eccentric Groove guest Oilpanic, house maestress Lady Blacktronika and your host (as Daxophonics), but other producers from the Bay Area, New York, Canada, Poland and Mexico have also released EPs on the label, garnering a global following. Check the News & Review article , his  530techno profile , or listen on  Soundcloud . But nevermind all that - Symbio is at his core one of the most skilled party...

Playlist Talking Heads - "Seen and Unseen (Alkalino Remix)" Lali Puna - "Remember (Single Version)" on A Number Of Small Things Is Tropical - "Land of the Nod (Xinobi Remix)" The League Unlimited Orchestra - "Love Action (I Believe In Love)" on Virgin UK Front 242 - "Headhunter V1.0" on RRE Ellen Allien & Apparat - "Jet" Tigerskin - "Bubble Dress featuring the LazarusMan" Derrick May - "Strings of Life" Sinkane - "Warm Spell (Barker & Baumecker Remix)" on DFA Chicken Lips - "Do It Proper (Maurice Fulton Remix) (Maurice Fulton Remix)" on Lipservice Justin Martin - "E S R" Flying Lotus - "See Thru to U (feat. Erykah Badu)" on Warp Records Colourbox - "Looks Like We're Shy One Horse / Shoot Out" on 4ad Tuxedomoon - "What Use (Heinrich Mueller remix)" on International Dee Jay Gigolo Deepchild - "Reuterkiez W...

Facebook's grapevine is efficient at delivering news, both good and ill. I've had heavy doses of each this week, but the latest news that producer / DJ / radio host / mediamaker Scott Hardkiss has shuffled off this mortal coil has direct portent for me. His first single in 1993 under the moniker God Within, titled "Raincry" was a perfect melding of ambient, breakbeats and trance which drew me in to electronic music's propulsive yet blissed-out sweet spot. Because I discovered and then spun good music like God Within on the radio, I dedicated myself to being a DJ inspired by the eclecticism and mysticism of the California scene, of which Hardkiss brothers were a cornerstone. He'll be missed. Scott Hardkiss recorded one of the best Essential Mixes I've heard. This is for your listening enjoyment this week instead of my podcast.

Playlist Laurent Garnier - "The Warning" on F Communications Slicker - "Delarosa+Asora "Dahm Foos" Remix" on Hefty Records Amon Tobin - "Bridge" on Ninja Tune Gil Scott Heron - "Angola Louisiana (Alkalino edit)" Eddy Grant - "Funky Rock 'n' Roll" on Portrait Soul Clap - "The Clapping Song (feat. Baby Prince & The Fam)" on Wolf & Lamb Records Everything But the Girl - "Missing (Generic People edit)" Lopazz - "Burned Down Houses" Will Web - "Life on Tek" Fastgraph - "Crypto Fanatic" on Klakson Vessel - "Raven Banner" Blackpocket - "Ure A Sta (Martyn Remix)" on Fat City Boxcutter - "Foxy" on Planet Mu Ming & FS - "Uncle Bubble (Junkyard 2 Step Mix)" on Om Records Machinedrum & Falty DL - "Give in 2" Plug - "DBC" on Nothing Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung - "Gin an...