TWIN HORIZON CLOTHING LINE LAUNCH TODAY @ UPTOWN

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Heat Wolves

My friends are launching their new clothing company Twin Horizon today @ the homie Sacco Vanzetti’s Uptown Records. Really feeling the shirts they did for five local bands. Also pumped that a local designer is making men’s clothing. Here’s some of the shirts, and no this isn’t me modeling.

All five bands – Friend or Foe, Moon Tyrant, Boys Climbing Ropes, Stegosaurus?, and Rainbow Danger Club are playing today at the record shop starting at 4PM. It’s free and there’s free beer so you’ve got no excuse.

and this track, which has nothing to do with Twin Horizon – feelin it. dark.

Caracal – Elements

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LOVE BANG #17 – MAY 26 @ Dada

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Heat Wolves

It’s going down. This is the send-off party for our West-China tour, which starts in Chongqing on June 1st. Everybody knows that West-China is filled with vicious polar bears and hungry ghosts, so that’s the theme of this party.

I’ll put up the posters for the West-China dates later this week. We’ve also got Love Bang #18 with DJ Choyce Kutz from Hip Hop coming up on June 15th.

Really feeling this track and almost everything Shlohmo does. Sounds like James Blake mixed with Three 6 Mafia instrumentals (those hi-hats…). The synth line in this is insane too.

Lianne La Havas – Forget (Shlohmo Remix)

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2562 @ The Shelter This Thursday

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Heat Wolves

Sub-Culture…again, coming through with the bookings AND the art (big up Idle Beats). Another big name from the world of bass coming through The Shelter this Thursday night. I was only familiar with dude’s production game but Drunk Monk tells me he’s a world-class DJ as well.

2562′s Fever LP dropped last year – it’s a bass/dubstep/house/whatever album made entirely of samples from old disco records. Pretty mindblowing. Here’s previews of all the tracks on that LP. Peep – Enjoy – See you at #5 Yongfu Lu on Thursday. It’s only RMB40 – that’s less than two coffees at Starbucks.

New oOoOO // OUR LOVING IS KILLING US

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Heat Wolves

I know I just posted something from the TRI ANGLE label…and I’m gonna do it again. oOoOO’s self-titled EP from 2010 is easily one of my favorite releases of the last five years, possibly ever. It’s ghost-pop, witch-house, death-wave – whatever you wanna call it, the dude has a penchant for crafting dreamy, haunting, fucked-up pop songs. I might even use the word genius to describe this producer from San Francisco.

Almost nothing came out in the interim period between that first EP and now, this – “Our Loving Is Hurting Us” – the followup that does not disappoint.

I listened to this track, “Break Your Heartt” probably thirty times yesterday at work and on the train. Much like “Burnout Eyes” from his first EP, this track gives me the chills in a really good way.

oOoOO – Break Your Heartt

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go buy this EP!

Smoke For The Dead // AlunaGeorge on Tri Angle

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Heat Wolves

I woke up last week to the smell of thick black smoke. This was two days after strange problems with my fuse box and random power outages. Some of my friends have woken up with their house on fire; I thought maybe this was my turn.

Scanned the apartment, no flames. Opened my front door, stepped out, and there was my elderly neighbor, burning some offerings for the dead…at 9:00AM, on the fourth floor of an apartment complex.

“没事” (“no matter”) he responded to the concerned look on my face…

But after the Jing An fire of 2010, where at least 52 people died, I definitely thought this was a bit of a 事. Fire was small enough though, just some well-monitored embers. Decided it was better to keep good 关系 with the old folks next door and not cause a stir, but if this happens again I’m definitely gonna say something. I asked some Shanghainese friends and they said it’s definitely not normal to do this inside an apartment building.

Also known for dark, smokey beats is my favorite label Tri Angle. They just put out this three-track EP by AlunaGeorge, who I know nothing about but anything on this label is an instant-cop. No download cause you should support them, they’ve put out so much good music by Balam Acab, oOoOO, Clams Casino, Holy Other, Evian Christ, and lots more.

Aluna George – You Know You Like It

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Sunday Daze // COYOTE CLEAN UP

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Heat Wolves

big, big weekend. reggae party went off huge on friday, especially after getting it crunk with some 韩国朋友 sippin dat soju. the shanghai 24/7 party yesterday too…god damn. Rock Tigers, this rockabilly band from Korea smashed it twice. i gave the almost intimidatingly hot female singer a Super Ayi Cleaning Team T-shirt, hope she rocks it. was also really feeling that Adam Gansler blues sesh.

massive bass at shelter last night from tes la rock, steven lorenz, and drunk monk, who was seriously on fire around 4:30AM. really impressed with tes la rock’s all CD and vinyl set too. serious sub-bass frequencies i could feel in my stomach and chest. had to step outside for a minute and i ate some lamb that wasn’t. really, really wasn’t…even told the bbq master it wasn’t lamb and he just kinda shrugged. yongfu lu so crazy for real..

here’s some sunday night music by a dude i know from the internets – Coyote Cleanup, aka Ice Cold Chrissy, from the motherfuckin’ D (底特律).

CHLLNGR – WELL GOOD (COYOTE CLEAN UP DOOM DUB)

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Roller Skate Party coming up on Friday! Gonna be big – more on that later but it’s Cavia, Sacco, Morgan, and myself DJing. RMB50 Entry including skates. Drinks are RMB20 – 30 all night.

We’ve also got buses going to the roller rink – leaving at 9PM sharp from Bikes and Friends (141 Fuxing Lu, near Yongfu Lu). If you wanna go the bus route, it’s RMB100 including transport there and back, entry, skates, and a drink. Check the Drunken Dragon site this week for registration.

DUBSTEP THIS 周六 AT SHELTER // TES LA ROCK

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Heat Wolves

yet another amazing guest from the subterranean world of bass coming to Shelter this Saturday night. this time it’s Tes La Rock all the way from Finland…

but first, let’s recap who we’ve had here at Shelter in the last year…Slugabed, Kode9, Kuedo, The Bug, Addison Groove, Doc Daneeka, Bicep, Samiyam, Pinch, Desto, and loads more…Shanghai is killing it right now.

Tes La Rock makes dark, heavy dubstep but definitely not in an isolating way that forgets the dancefloor. And it’s really well produced. He’s also got another alias, Trusta, which is more 130bpm, “juke-influenced,” if you will. Next-level.

Tes La Rock – You And I

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He’s got some insane new tracks coming out soon on one of my favorite labels – Swamp81. More on that and a mix after the jump.

But before that, I gotta say – amazing flyer….the girl who drew it is only like twenty years old too. props.

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NEW MIX // HEATWOLVES // BL▲CKCLOUDBL▲CKR▲IN // 黑云黑雨

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Heat Wolves

We’re giving away FOUR free mixtapes on one limited-edition MP3 CD at our Love Bang Two-Year Anniversary party this Saturday.

We’ve got DJ Caution serving up some old school jams a la “Jam On It,” DJ Maze with rare, rare reggae vinyl, DJ Scene with fresh new rap, and myself with this.

This is for sure the darkest mix we’ve put out so far. I love all these tracks..

thunderstorm rap // dark-cloud-over-the-ghetto sludge. scary beats x tales from the crypt styles.

trains, the occult, samples from 70s and 80s PSAs.. i want to stay.// just. like. this.. forever. ▲▲

this is a one-take live mix I recorded with one pioneer CDJ-400, one CDJ-800, and a pioneer DJM-400 mixer, output from the mixer into a Zoom X2 recorder. i added the PSA samples later in Audacity.

TR▲KLIST

1. Zomby – Witch Hunt
2. Three 6 Mafia – Rainbow Colors
3. Salem – Sick
4. SPACEGHOSTPURRP RVIDER KLVN – MINK RUG
5. Actress – Maze
6. A$AP Rocky x SPACEGHOSTPURRP – Purple Haze II
7. Kuedo – Memory Rain
8. Project Pat – Slangin Rocks
9. Evian Christ – Fuck It None Of Ya’ll Don’t Rap
10. Sepalcure – Love (XI Remix)
11. Juicy J – A Zip And A Double Cup
12. Dark Tantrums – Unborn
13. Three 6 Mafia – Powder (Higher Version)
14. LIL UGLY MANE – MASK ON MY FUCKING FACE
15. GUCCI MANE – My Shadow (Salem Remix)
16. Objekt – Tinderbox
17. oOoOOo – Burnout Eyes
18. Clams Casino – All I Need
19. The Weeknd – Coming Down

Love Affair Recap // Hudson Mohawke “Freek”

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Heat Wolves

thanks and <3 to all who came thru dada last night! got to play a lot of hip hop and moombahton. first time i’ve seen moombahton really really go off like that, felt good.

and special thanks to dude on weibo for taking this photo. sums up the mood of the evening. that’s Doraemon, season two in the background.

[only negative comment about the evening] random dudes please don’t come all up in the dj booth and try to have a n00b conversation about shanghai when the dj’s clearly trying to select and mix, and then not leave when the dj politely asks you to leave, four times… after giving vague, one word answers to questions and throwing social signals like whoa.

i don’t wanna have that kind of conversation with an attractive girl when i’m DJing; definitely don’t wanna have it with some random British dude.

“wow, so you’ve been here for four years???? that’s crazy! you must like it.”

YEAH BRA, IT’S WICK3D>

LUCKILY the bodyguard JER0Me came through and silently handled the situation. no words or blows were exchanged. JERoMe is on tha 道 level, and don’t no one wanna mess with a man on dat level ya hearrrrd me.

big up to JER0Me! i see u cuzin.

today’s track, about waking up horny and needing to call a freak, is from a five-track EP of R&B and hip hop bootlegs by one of my favorite UK producers – Hudson Mohawke. vinyl only because the samples on these tracks by Janet Jackson, Keri Hilson, Jodeci, Aaliyah and Gucci Mane would be so expensive to clear. hopefully i’ll get this on vinyl/唱片 sometime soon.
(this is a vinyl rip/录音从唱片, not the best quality but the song is great!)

Hudson Mohawke – Freek

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GRIMES // GRIME

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Heat Wolves

So this Canadian girl named Grimes dropped this album Visions about a month ago, to much acclaim from Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, etc. I loved the album art but it took me a minute to get into the crooning synth-pop within. Been debating for weeks about which track to post, or whether I ever like any of these tracks at all.

Then last night i peeped the latest Night Slugs White Label release by Helix, which is very much a grime track. That’s grime like Wiley, Dizzy Rascal, etc. UK rap over fast-tempo beats usually made on computers, composed of mostly drums and synths. I thought about just posting the instrumental version of Helix’s “Drum Track” and skipping over any of Grimes’ tunes..

Helix – Drum Track

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Really hope to get MC One Consciousness on this riddim. So hot. The white label has a vocal version on the flip but I’m not a huge fan.

So then this morning I heard “Be A Body” by Grimes again and decided I really do like this song. Not sure what she’s saying most of the time, but that doesn’t really matter. Just a nice pop song.

Grimes – Be A Body

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Eight-hour Heatwolves DJ Set This Sunday @ Dada Bar

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Heat Wolves

It’s HE▲TWOLVES’ SUND▲Y LOVE ▲FF▲IR #2 @ Dada bar this Sunday, because China goes on public holiday from April 2 – 4 for 清明节(Tomb-Sweeping Holiday). To my understanding, this means people go to their ancestors’ graves, sweep the tombs, pay respect, and leave some flowers. A nice gesture indeed.

Do they burn paper money for this one too? I’m not sure. It would suck if you went broke in Heaven though, in like January, and had to wait till April to get that new flat-screen or whatever.

So no one has to work on Monday, and I’m gonna DJ for eight hours on Sunday night. Playing everything from hip hop and beats to dubstep, other bass music, house, love songs, pop, 60s rock, northern soul, and r&b. And it will all make sense. No laptop, strictly CD and vinyl all night.

If you have a song you’ve been longing to hear on Dada’s soundsystem, bring it down on a CD and i’ll probably play it, as long as it isn’t “Can’t Stop Believing” or something.

I was listening to the new-ish Shlohmo EP all afternoon yesterday while drawing this flyer. This one’s the track for me. Lots of good remixes on here too.

Shlohmo – The Way U Do

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SILKIE x LITTLE DRAGON / SLOW JAM ESCALATOR SESH

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Heat Wolves

love this sign because it sounds exactly like 口语. like someone just transcribed a non-native speaker and made a sign of it. articles? naw, fuck that. no time for articles dr. jones. honestly i prefer this casual tone. wish more signs would talk like this…

also love this song. haven’t even heard the original. Silkie kills it every time. seriously next-level. no DL on this in hopes that you’ll buy it and Silkie and Little Dragon will get some money and keep making jams like this.

DJ Shadow & Little Dragon – Scale It Back (Silkie`s Slow Jam Remix)

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blade runner sequence // KUEDO at shelter tonight

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Heat Wolves

yet another huge weekend for music in Shanghai. tonight at Shelter we’re lucky to have KUEDO, who made a ton of people’s top ten lists last year with his solo debut Servant, and recently killed it with his FACT mix, which blends gutter rap with post-apocalyptic beats. The music is somewhere between Blade.Runner.Step, Robocop Footwork, and shattered-neon grime. Link to that FACT mix and a Kuedo track after the jump. big up to The Antidote for bringing dude out here!

Seriously next level, this dude.

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the pig on fahuazhen lu

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Heat Wolves

i don’t know the story behind this pig. he and his owner live somewhere around my house. they go for daily walks.

the first time i saw him i thought i was hallucinating.

he is a nice pig; doesn’t oink or snarl at people. i’m not ready to pet him though. someday, maybe.

there’s a few possibilities for his background story…

a) owner got tricked into buying a fake pot-belly pig. all piglets are tiny; hard to tell what they’ll look like full-grown if you’re not an expert. my shanghainese friend told me there are some major scammers in the pot-belly pig game.

b) owner is making a statement about animal rights. pigs are like domestic animals, and thus should be treated fairly and not murdered.

c) owner is raising this delicious pig to sell as a free-range organic pig, for mad $$$$ OR just to eat.

someday our friend mr. pig may [likely] be GONE. so enjoy his presence will you still can. find him around fahuazhen and fanyu lu. they still walk in the rain.

loving this album, on one of my favorite labels – Brainfeeder-=

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Lapalux – Gone

Super Ayi Cleaning Team Feburary Mixtape

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Heat Wolves

We’re doing a new mixtape every month, and this one dropped just in time for Valentine’s Day. It’s called HE▲RTBE▲TS [阿姨爱巢]

The first half is mostly new songs, heavy on the bass, and the second half is straight-up babymaking jams. Lots of throwbacks.

This mix took forever to make because we couldn’t decide which direction to take, but we’re super happy with the outcome – so are our Ayi friends!

Free download on Soundcloud. Put it on and make some sweet love.

在你手里是上海超人阿姨打扫卫生帮的情人节MIXTAPE. 很多感情，很多爱. 非常稀有的. 心跳, 心跳, 心跳…

TRACKLIST:

1. LEISURE TIME VHS LOVE SESH
2. Mount Kimbie- Carbonated
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox- BrickA-brac
4. Horsepower Productions – What We Do
5. Gongon and Bad Autopsy – Mags Remix
6. Sinjin Hawke – Love Is On Your Side
7. Slugabed – Rockin U-
8. The Cure – Lovesong (Extended Remix)
9. Guido – Mad Sax
10. Kavsrave – Your Love
11. The Weeknd – What You Need-
12. Holy Other – Your Touch
13. THIS IS NOT LOVE RADIO
14. Deniece Williams – Free
15. Barry White – Playing Your Game, Baby
16. Teddy Pendergrass – Close the Door
17. Bobby Caldwell – What You Won’t Do for Love
18. The Isley Brothers – Between the Sheets
19. Love Unlimited – Walkin’ in the Rain With the One I Love
20. Lionel Richie – Hello
21. Ready for the World – Love You Down
22. Janet Jackson – Any Time, Any Place-
23. Maxwell – Fortunate
24. BROTHA DON’T TAKE MY LOVE AWAY

Love Bang 14 Lovers Caption Contest

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Heat Wolves

It’s almost that time again…another Love Bang party at Dada before we move to The Shelter for March (then back to Dada on April 7th). Thanks to all who checked out our latest mix – we’ve got another one coming sooner than you think.

We want to give away some free drank at this Saturday’s show, so we’re doing a caption contest a la The New Yorker. All you need to do is fill in the dialogue bubbles for the boy and the girl. Could be one word, one sentence, or a paragraph. Please no essays/extended discourse – we’re busy working on a mix.

You can leave your dialogue in the comments section on this page. Just say “Boy: ….. Girl: ……” or, you can send @热狼isHeatwolves on Sina Weibo.

First prize gets a bottle of Smirnoff vodka, second prize gets three bottles of beer. We’ll announce the winner on Friday.

We’re spinning love songs from all genres on Saturday, so expect some Motown, some hip hop, a little dubstep, house, and of course some slow-jams on the late-nite tip. Some surprises in store too, and a warm-up set by the mystical DjMrWhite!

The Temptations – Get Ready

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Silkie – Tonight

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dat heatwolves top ten albums of 2011, in no order.

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Heat Wolves

Just saw the homie Drunk Monk’s top ten list over at Sub-Culture and had to do one of my own. Will do the top ten EPs in the next few days. Hope u hv a VPN.

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[press start]

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Heat Wolves

when i was eight, my parents wouldn’t let me hang out at the arcade by myself because of all the pedophiles hanging around there. seems like back then, people could smoke cigs in the arcade (they still can in china). one day, someone stole all my tickets, which i had stuffed into an empty ant-farm container. that’s when i realized there are bad people in the world.

also, after standing in line for Killer Instinct for forty minutes, I realized and accepted that I would never be great at video games.

when i was twelve, my parents wouldn’t let me go to the skatepark because of all the derelicts hanging around smoking cigs there. later that year, my assistant basketball coach gave me a pack of Marlboro Reds. still can’t figure out why.. either he was a pedophile or he just wanted to get me addicted so he could sell cigs to me.

this is the second cig/stuffed animal claw-game i’ve encountered here. this one was just chillin on the corner up in north jing an. bringing families together?

here’s some songs from my “BLURRRRRRD” folder that remind me of the arcade

Hayzee – Press Start

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Samiyam – Where Am I

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Slugabed – Sun Too Bright Turn It Off

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we’re so lucky that both Samiyam and Slugabed have played at Shelter in the last two months. 2012 gwan be huge.

love bang #12!

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Heat Wolves

it’s going down this saturday. last love bang of the year – let’s make it huge.

so much <3 to everyone who’s been out to Love Bang this year. we’ve got big plans for 2012..

Outkast – ATLiens

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we’ve got a Eshin from New York this month - expect a lot of dubstep.

the uncle and his free range chickens.

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Heat Wolves

happy monday to all. great weekend that started with Das EFX and a full band trying to come through Mao Live’s soundsystem (sound was fucking AWFUL..i just kept thinking “THIS is cacophony”)..really though I can’t imagine trying to manage eleven live instruments, two soul mamas on the mic, two extremely fucked-up rappers, and a DJ. that’s a fucking task. but still, i couldn’t understand a single lyric, and i’m a native English-speaker..

also, warm-up act Back To The Golden Age has now claimed the highest spot on my “acts in Shanghai that claim to be hip hop but are actually the anthesis of hip hop.” jesus christ you are so bad. you would think that with thirty people in your crew (including a few that looked like 8th graders), some of them would maybe like, not suck. but no.

also, in general, shouting “we represent the real hip hop!” 100+ time does not actually = representing the real hip hop.

still though i give this show points for being extremely entertaining and Das EFX not holding anything back or censoring themselves. also because Ceezy and MC One Con killed it with their early set. too bad they didn’t rock after..

if you were @ Shelter before 10PM on Saturday, you know some magic happened. a one-hour, all-Burial set by Kode9 on a well-tuned soundsystem. bass in the chest.

came back to Shelter at 2AM to catch the last 1/3 of Kode9′s set…juke music and jungle mixed impeccably. seriously the classiest mixing i’ve ever seen, on three CDJs no less. I was a bit nervous to play afterwards but i’m happy with the set, which was mostly rap (three 6/drake/etc) then booty music mixed with techno.

went to get my bike back from Lune yesterday afternoon and ran into this crazy uncle slanging chickens on the street. he wanted 17RMB for half a key, but i was like fuck that’s expensive and he got really mad. crazy uncle did not want me to take these pictures. love the juxtaposition of hypermodern architecture with scenes like this.

really feeling this new James Blake EP on R&S.

James Blake – Love What Happened Here

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