The RVNG crew (in addition to throwing all of the bananas Fixed parties) puts out a bunch of out-there, but amazingly killer releases.
This past year, they've produced some vinyl cuts by Tim Sweeney under his Rvng of the Nerds alter ego. The most recent edition, Betty Botox, gets some serious play at Slap You in Public Towers.
In addition to disco wax wonkism, RVNG has a stellar mix CD series by some of 212 and 215's hardest working DJs. Previous RVNG Mx releases have featured Julian S Process, Tim Sweeney, and Mike Simonetti & Dan Selzer as "Crazy Rhythms." These are deeeeep, crate digging mixes. There's not much new music, but treat a RVNG Mx as you would a personal mixtape. All include completely mind blowing classics that seem effortlessly contemporary in a very personal way. Not to mention, the mixes are produced under lock and key in highly limited quanitities and feature Kevin O'Neill's fantastic designs. I think they only produced 5 of the Crazy Rhythms CD...I've never even seen one.
The newest mix features a look into the the pysche of NYC's dance music doyenne, Miss Motherfucker, Justine D. A trip through the delightfully darker side of the last 15 years of outsider dance music, and a little slice of one of Justine's DJ sets; RVNG Mx5 is mixtape for the rainy season. From the Orb to Delia & Gavin, to the Human League, and back to the Zombies: this is the music that has influenced every artist that is making dance music right now. You grew up listening to this music, even if you've never heard it before.
This mix was created in Scotland with Optimo's JD Twtich on the knobs, there are only 1000 copies (995 more than usual), and its only $5. Hop to it at RVNG or at Turntable Lab.
MP3:RVNG Mx5: Justine D (Sample)
Delia & Gavin news after the jump...
You say you want some visuals with your spaced out electronics?
Done.
Delia and Gavin play selections from their lush "Days of Mars" album at the Kitchen on April 4th at a special visual art performance: The Joshua Light Show.
From the Kitchen's Website:
The Joshua Light Show with music by
Delia Gonzalez and Gavin RussomWednesday, April 4 8pm
Tickets $10
Curated by Nick HallettSynesthetic lightshow pioneer Joshua White teams up with electronic musicians Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom for a new audiovisual collaboration, featuring selections from the duo’s debut album, The Days of Mars (DFA). Surging with layers of arpeggiated melody and performed entirely on analog synthesizers, their compositions serve a hypnotic counterpoint to the visual music of White’s legendary Joshua Light Show, which incorporates the liquid light techniques that established his reputation at Bill Graham’s Fillmore East during the late 1960s. Contributing video artists, including Bec Stupak (Honeygun Labs), add contemporary VJ practices into the mix.
Get your mind blown and then come get dumb at Happy Ending with me.
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