David Allen Kelly | kellydallen

Web Design, Literature, Production, Remixing, Philosophy

Mixes by E-Mule

(Don't) Dare

The site where I was hosting the ‘dare’ mixes might be down so I’ll have to make it available on a different server as soon as I can. I’ll post when I’ve got it up. I’ll probably make it available as a torrent as well. In the meantime, sit tight..

dare: the artists

here’s a brief listing of the artists included in the ‘dare’ mix:

wolfram spyra, the kleptones, massive attack, global communication, speedy j, frou frou, gravenhurst, the bravery, rjd2, steve bug (remixed by richie hawtin), john tejada, i’m not a gun, silicone soul, d’julz, destillat, kraftwerk, the mfa (remixed by superpitcher), d. diggler, jake fairley, blackstrobe, sterac electronics, sumantri, girl nobody, yin & yunk, bangkok impact, mathew jonson, gods uncle, dpp, slam, guido schneider meets jens bond, run stop restore, dirt crew, lopazz feat. alex cortex, plastikman, lcd soundsystem, paul kalkbrenner, plaid, jesper dahlback, tony rohr, monika kruse @ voodooamt, technasia, laurent garnier, les jardiniers, decomposed subsonic, petter, trd, flunk, sia (remixed by ulrich schnauss).

sorry, i don’t have a complete tracklisting or cue-sheets or anything because there’s a lot of times where i have three songs playing at once, and use just bits and pieces from specific tracks..  the track order is somewhat similar to the order the artists are listed..

if you like the mix and want to keep in touch, add me to your myspace.com friend-listing..  here’s my page..

(You Wouldn't) Dare

Coming up as the uploading finishes, my first publicly released dj-mix in roughly 8 months.

I will post download links as they become available.  Cheers.

Update: Here’s all three parts.  Right-click and select "save as"…

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Dare

4 Hours, No Filler

RegularCurrently finishing up a 4 hour (yes, that’s not a typo) mix that I’ll make available as soon as I’m convinced nothing like it has ever been done before, and anyone listens to it will immediately fall to their knees weeping tears of happiness, possibly dying in the process.  Something like a musical version of ‘The Ring’ except no creepy little girls (although I have nothing against creepy little girls of course).

More details soon.  It could end up being more than 4 hours.  It will be as long as it needs to be.  The entire first hour is not really dance music, and the entire mix includes things brand new, and things up to 10 years old.  I’ll probably release the first 2 hours of it to a few friends soon.

Fortier's Balance Compilation

Link: RA: Resident Advisor – Chris Fortier’s 007 weapons unvieled – Music News.

More information on artist Chris FortierI haven’t talked to Chris Fortier in a bit, and I knew he was considering using the ‘America’ remix on a compilation, but the above link to Resident Advisor seems to confirm it.

Major thanks to Chris – be sure and pick up the CD.  According to R.A. it drops in April..

MEng project: lil2

An intelligent MIDI sequencer was designed with hamster control. The MIDI sequencer intelligently produced melodies by manipulating the musical elements of rhythm and note-choice. Guided
by inputs based on hamster movements, Markov chains were used to perform such
  beat and note computations.

Link: MEng project: lil2.

America Graphic Design

Oh, and just another quick look at the Kobbe & Nitro graphic design that I so gloriously designed myself (click picture for full size):

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Releases Imminent

Been a while since I posted so I thought I’d throw up a quick word that the Iio and Kobbe & Nitro remix releases are imminent.  It’s unreal to me (but in a good way) that the release getting the most interest and generating the most excitement is the free remix I released on this site just prior to the November elections.

Don’t get me wrong – it’s probably my favorite as well, but it’s nice to see people will show interest in something a bit off the beaten track, if it’s done in a creative and somewhat unique way. 

Another quick plug for people to add me on their Myspace.com friends list too.  My list isn’t "pitiful" anymore, but the more the merrier.

If you’ve just stumbled upon this site after hearing any of the recent remixes, please drop me a line.  I’m not like the average dj or producer.  I almost always answer emails (if they’re nice at least), and usually I answer emails with one that is about 3 times as long as the one I got.  I like to hear people’s input and ideas, and generally don’t talk to many other "pro" (accent on quotations) producers because their ideas are usually based in tradition or some other cliches that I don’t adhere to.  (except Austin, Kobbe and some of the other wicked guys I’m always interested in hearing from..)

XM Play

A friend tells me they think they heard Chris Fortier play one of the ‘America’ remixes on his XM show Friday night..  I don’t have XM myself, so I can’t confirm and haven’t talked to Chris in a few weeks, but if so, that’s very cool and cheers Chris!

The IIO remix is also around now, on promo vinyl and on Beatport ..  Of course, the Evolved mix seems to be the bigger selling mix on Beatport, which is probably to be expected..  Their mix is good in a standard sort of way – it’s mixable, throbby, and will fit a dj mix easily..  My mix is mixable, yet challenging for a dj to utilize to its full potential..  In other words, you don’t just throw it into any part of the mix – you’ve got to have a bit of a plan..  If it’s used correctly though, at the right time in the right place, it can be far more rewarding than just playing a steady stream of average tracks that are all easy to mix and easy to "understand".. 

Beatport seems down at the moment upgrading their site, but give a listen to the mix and buy it if you wanna support risk-taking in modern dance music..  I don’t make anything extra for the sale of the MP3 or vinyl, so I’m not pushing it for monetary gain – I’m pushing it to try and influence people with some different ideas..

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