News from 2009

new picture disco 12" put out from my friends in SF, Public Release, of some edits I've previously done for the radio show. pick it up from our friends at RVNG. limited to 500. when they're gone, they're gone.

Jerry was one of the best drummers I've have ever seen, but besides that was one of the nicest guys you could have met. Jerry just seemed to brighten any room he was in and always have a good time. There honestly was never a time when I wasn't happy and excited to see Jerry (a drumming, record collecting, touring machine!). I'm still in shock about the whole thing. We're all going to miss him!!!

The New York Times has done an article about what happened.

so, we're doing a Beats In Space 10th Anniversary Party this Friday in London at Plastic People (there will be more 10th Anniversary Parties coming up over the next couple months in different cities, by the way)... anyways, we're making 10th Anniversary T-shirts with the same design, but those won't be ready in time for this Friday, so I'm bringing along these hand screenprinted posters instead. they're 18 inches by 24 inches on 130lb paper. Only 50 were made. I'll try and bring about 20 to London, so come out and buy one! by the way, if you can't tell, the poster lists all the guests that have been on the show over the past 10 years.

Maft Sai caught my attention with his two Thai funk compilations called "Thai Funk ZudRangMa". The packaging for these comps is amazing too. I asked Maft Sai for a mix and he turned in something special. in his words "(with) this mix I didn't play too much of Thai Funk but instead "Luk Thung Music" = "Children of Rice Fields" which is the roots of Thai Funk most of the production is around late 60's - 70's + last couple of tracks is "Molam Music" = "Dance Doctor" Music of Thailand-northeast area (more percussion based) also on a same era as Luk Thung." it'll be something special, so make sure to check it out tonight.

he also does his own radio show called Radio ZudRangMa, so make sure to check that out!

I'm playing at the Sunday Best party this weekend in Brooklyn and have a couple tickets to giveaway for the first people to email me : UPDATE - Sorry, free tickets are gone!

Here are the party details:
venue: BKLYN Yard, outdoors by the Gowanus Canal
address: 400 Carroll St between Bond and Nevins, Brooklyn
if it rains (lets hope it doesn't!) The Bell House (around the corner)
date: Sunday, August 16th
food: Tacos, Huaraches and other Latin American delicacies
booze: You have to be 21 to drink it, but we’ll be selling it at the bar
ages: All ages
time: 3p – 9p
cover: $10 // $8 before 4pm with rsvp OR $8 in advance at residentadvisor.net/sundaybest
RSVP: rsvp@sundaybestnyc.com
new website: www.sundaybestnyc.com
follow us on twitter & facebook.

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Take the F or G trains to Carroll St. South on Smith. Left on President. Right on Hoyt. Left on Carroll. Take the N, R trains to Union. West on Union. Left on Nevins. Right on Carroll. Just over the bridge

Tonight we've got Strangefruit returning to the show. This time, he'll be in the studio with us.

Next week Sal P from Liquid Liquid will be joining us in the studio for some vegan cooking lessons. Don't forget to check out Liquid Liquid performing live (and for free!!) in New York on Saturday, August 8th at the Damrosch Park Bandshell at Lincoln Center: more info.

Sal also has his Fist Of Facts project coming out on Claremont 56 right now. Here's a youtube video of that.

And if you're in Europe over the next two weeks, don't forget to come out to one of the parties I'm playing: Montpellier, Munich, London, and the Big Chill festival.

Nice little mark down on the BIS t-shirts for the summer... all prices include shipping as well:
$15 for the US
$20 for Canada
$25 for the rest of the world.

My good friends over at RVNG have put out another insane mix CD... this time by Purple Brain aka Andre Bumrocks and Jason from Hey Convict! - who has also been on the radio show a couple times. It's a mix CD + a 7" with two of their edits. You can get it direct from the RVNG Shop.

As you can see from the note above, I will be wearing my HNYSNDSYSTM speedo's during the show tomorrow. Hot stuff! Make sure you check out Honey Soundsystem whenever you're in San Francisco.

Catch them in New York this weekend at the Mr. Saturday Night party at Santos Party House and next weekend in Los Angeles for the Sarcastic Disco all night warehouse party.

Black Meteoric Star live on BIS Radio Part 1

Black Meteoric Star live performance on BIS Radio Part 2

Newish things I'm really enjoying:
1. Shit Robot - Simple Things (Original and Todd Terje Remix) - DFA
2. Stoned Green Apples - Sugar K (Yura Yura Teikoku Remix) - Crue-L
3. Nacho Patrol - Futuristic Abeba - KSE
4. Azari & III - Hungry For The Power - I'm A Cliche
5. - Bitshit 1 & 2 - For Disco Only
6. The Time & Space Machine - Volume 2 - 5D
7. Krikor & The Dead Hillbillies - Break It All - Tigersushi
8. Mugwump - Fear Inc - Kompakt
9. V/A - Originals (Compiled by Mark Seven) - Claremont 56
10. 6th Borough Project - Do It To The Max - Instruments Of Rapture

and one old LP for good measure:
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue - Caribou

www.thejuanmaclean.com

Look out for his new album in April!

Thanks to Kevin and Eric for the recent update to the website. We shouldn't have any more confusion on where to click to download the shows now. If you want to see all the mixes from a certain DJ on the show, please just use the drop-down menu at the top of the playlist page.

The downloads are down on the BIS site at the moment, but if you want to check out last nights show, you can download it directly from the WNYU website here: BIS March 17 with Kango and Tony Watson.

I'm really honored to present a mix tonight from one of my all-time hero's: Andrew Weatherall! He's had his hand in so much amazing music, from his early days working with Primal Scream to his group projects as Sabres of Paradise and Two Lone Swordsmen... and all the remixes he's done! He's one of those people where if I see his name on a record, I pick it up without listening.

And starting off the show tonight we've got a mix from Sean Johnston of the Hardway Bros. Sean's got a new record coming out now on one of our favorite labels at the moment: Luna Flicks. Luna Flicks is run by Strangefruit from Mungolian Jet Set and Kango from Fjordfunk & Kango's Stein Massiv. Look out next week because we've got a mix from Kango on the show!

Listen in tonight. Weatherall and Sean planned out their mixes to go together tonight, so it will be a nice flow for the 2.5 hours!

Bringing some New York sounds to the show tonight with Lovefingers and Marcos Cabral.

Remember, you can listen to the live stream here or tune into 89.1FM at 10:30PM if you're in the New York area.

Some past shows from Lovefingers and Marcos below:

Lovefingers, Marcos Cabral (Runaway, Trapez), Andrew Weatherall, Hardway Bros, Fjordfunk aka Kango's Stein Massiv, Tony Watson, Linger & Quiet, Black Meteoric Star (Live!), and a bunch more!

The man, the myth, the legend... A big thanks to DJ Harvey for coming on the show last night. Someone get that guy his own radio show!

Okay, we're finally up and running with the new website. It's been years since there's been any change to the site (originally designed by XXXChange), so I thought it would be nice to have an update since we'll be coming up on 10 years old soon! There could be a few problems at the beginning, but give us a little time and it'll all be smoothed out. If you're finding any problems, please let me (tim@beatsinspace.net) know. Big, big thanks to Kevin O'Neill from RVNG and Will Work for Good for designing the new site!

It's finally up … BIS favorites from 2008!