As per usual, things go down this Friday as Erik Pearson and I sling the latest in Puerto Rican Reggaeton, Baile Funk from Brazil, Freestyle from Miami, plus Dancehall and Reggae from Jamaica. It’s why we call it:

1. Martin Solveig - Jealousy (Club Mix) (6:26)
2. martin solveig - everybody (album version) (4:19)
3. LUOMO - paper tigers - Really Don’t Mind (8:37)
4. Digitalism - Zdarlight (6:21)
5. Para One - Dudun Dun (MSTRKRFT Remix) (5:09)
6. MSTRKRFT - she’s good for business (5:06)
7. phil collins - take me home (bootyshakers remix) (6:00)
8. Gui Boratto - Like You (Supermayer Mix) (7:38)
9. Riton Meets Erol Alkan - Squauqe Eyes (6:59)
10. White Rose Movement - Girls In The Back (Richard Clouston’s cosey new beat mix) (10:03)
11. Figurine - Figurine (The Field Remix) (8:43)
12. Goldfrapp - fly me away (carl craig remix 2 dub) (7:03)
13. Marc Romboy - Freakin’ (vs Blake Baxter) (6:54)
14. Marc Romboy - House Ya (vs Blake Baxter) (6:54)
15. Marc Romboy Vs Blake Baxter - marc romboy vs blake baxter-house ya.mp3 (6:57)
16. 02-marc romboy vs. blake baxter - freakin (robert babicz remix) (7:11)
17. Martin Solveig - Jealousy (Club Mix) (6:26)
18. martin solveig - everybody (album version) (4:19)
19. Egoexpress - Knartz IV (Abe Duque Remix) (6:36)
20. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (6:15)
21. Sizzla - I’m With The Girls (DJ ABCDEFG Remix) (2:45)
22. Lotterboys - Ironman (serge Santiagos Rainbow Remix) (8:31)
23. OXIA - B-DOMINO (7:13)
24. Kelis - Bossy (SebastiAn Remix) (3:16)
25. White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (Young Punx Remix) (7:05)
26. Royksopp - Where Else Is There? (Thin White Duke Mix) (8:26)
27. Kylie Minogue - Slow (The Chemical Brothers Remix) (7:16)
28. Numéro ft Red Foxxx - La galerie d’art (fluokids) (2:27)

DJing tonight at Bill’s Bar with local ravesploitation legends Big Digits. And, at the same time, trying out this sweet new events function that our webmaster Aaron created. Word up Aaron.

Wow, this footage is amazing. Part of the joy of watching unedited tapes the seeing the adventure of getting this stuff on film. For one, our team walked through the red light district of Hamburg at about 4 in the morning, then climbed up hills to some chalk mines where some of our characters want to throw a huge rave, and then drove to the middle of the forest outside Jena to the communal Muna club (where they got a picture of our intrepid cameraman). And so forth and so on. The stories the images tell are even more remarkable of course.

(photowerx by Stan)

We’re plotting our next benefit now, and it promises to be more live than anything we’ve done before. Pencil in August 26th at sQuareone. With more unseen footage, DJs and maybe a live set or two. Sign up for the email list (above, right) to be updated.

Locally, the DJ side of things is getting real smart. We’re taking it easy for the next few days but Thursday you can catch DJ DDay down at Bill’s Bar, at the new Throwed party which is put on by E-Marce from Paper. I know it seems like a drag to go down to Landsdowne Street but look at it this way: there’s no baseball game (so the streets will be clear), the crowd is totally live (and electric) and I’m spinning alongside the guys from BIG DIGITS who kinda rule.

(There’s no Make It New tonight in light of another visit from Boston’s Best DJ, DJ Kon. The full story on him is finally online here. He’s also DJing a free private event tomorrow — Tuesday. Click here to get on the list.)

So, Thursday, OK, maybe you’re busy. Fridays we go over to the Enormous Room and spin until 2am. Reggaeton, Baile Funk, Dancehall, Miami Bass and Patagonica, crazy good, most Fridays at PAN AM FRIDAYS.

And Saturday, if you’re still out and about, Erik and I are spinning at our friends house party, his birthday party, somewhere in the Central Square vicinity.

Nothing ever happens in Boston, eh?

Last Wednesday night, sQuare was interviewed and DJed live on Revolutions, one of the finest college radio shows in the U.S. It was a blast, albeit a little strange DJing to no crowd in a kind of hermetically-sealed DJ booth. Every mistake was pounding in my ear — made it out alive though. Thanks to DJ Gina Turner, Mike Davidson, Alden Fertig and everyone at WERS who stayed up late to make it all happen.

Here’s the mix, recorded live by WERS’ crack team of engineers. There’s some mix-ups, but what am I, perfect?

David Day - Live on Revolutions (WERS.org) 07/19/06

tracklist:
chelonis r jones - deer in the headlights (dj hell/rother remix)
matias aguayo - drums and feathers
wighnomy brothers - pele bloss
phonique - the red dress (tiefschwarz remix)
the knife - we share our mothers’ health (trentmoller remix)
yoshimoto - du what u du (trentemoller mix)
rainbow bright - the rollah
interview
gui boratto - arquipelago
royksopp - what else is there (thin white duke remix)
switch - a bit patchy
ada - maps (tobias thomas & michael mayer remix)
fleetwood mac - dreams
international pony - our house
interview
lawrence - liebe detail
aya - uptown (trentmoller remix)

Oh and mark your calendars for Life During Wartime, a 14-DJ, 6 hour party extravaganza, (mostly) for charity. Saturday, September 2nd, Paradise, Boston. 8pm-2am.

sQuare productions is back from an extended trip in Europe. The pics will go up on Flickr slowly but surely. These photos are taken by Amy (and Scott) as they bounced between Berlin, Koln, Hamburg, Jena and Amsterdam. All told, our crew filmed another 65 hours of tape, which brings the total to over 200 hours of footage on the people and the network creating the new amazing music that is seeping into the popular market.

The stories include: the tale of Wighnomy Brothers, and how their small East German community is absorbing their astonishing success; the family of artists surrounding Kompakt and their ever-widening international brand; the centered world of BPitch Control and the support they recieve from their boss Ellen Allien plus everything around and between it all.

We couldn’t do it without friends like co-producer Philip Sherburne, distribution company Forced Exposure, our director of photography Scott Sans and everyone who attended the benefit and contributed online. Thanks everyone.

sQuare is on WERS this coming Wednesday, where I’ll play music from the film and talk about our events around town. You can listen on the Internet from anywhere in the world, so perhaps you can tune in via their website. It’s pretty easy. The show starts at Midnight EST Wednesday. The show is called Revolutions and it’s one of the longest-running electronic music programs in America. I did a story on them for the Phoenix a little while back. Read it here. Thanks to DJ Gina Turner for the invite.

OK. So, this by no means ends our trek to make the definitive non-techno techno documentary. We still need dough, we still need the support. If you have donated more than $100, we need to get you a DVD. Please let us know where to send it via email. We’ll get to everyone soon, but a note would expedite the process. The DVD is from the screening, and includes six brilliant segments and three bonus interviews. Any donation of $100 or more gets you the DVD and a Special Thanks credit in the movie. So, you know, give it up.

We are not going to be putting these clips online, they will be yours to keep exclusively.

As director Amy Grill put it in a recent email:

“At this point, we are looking for post-production funds, most of the film has been shot over the last year (nearly 220 hours of verite, character follow, travel, performance and interview footage). We are also seeking another experienced producer for the film who can focus soley on fundraising and business dealings. Other than that we are looking for serious long term commitment from talented young editors to log tape, compile rough cut segments and work in exchange for deferred payment and/or on screen credit depending on credentials, skill and dedication.

If you are interested in contributing financially (even small donations) that would be much appreciated - we have a grassroots fundraising effort going online - we can’t finish the film without the support of those who would like to see the film made.”

Danke.

As mentioned above, Kompakt is turning outwards to the world. For years, they have kept within the Köln family, bringing in the occasional help from the outside. But now, the glistening techno sound is being transferred to different nationalities and styles. Matias Aguayo, John Dahlback from Sweden, Oxia from France and, most recently, the astonishing sounds of Gui Boratto from Brazil.

Boratto played live in Barcelona, is part of the upcoming Total 7 2CD release and, most importantly, has a full-length coming out on Kompakt this winter. Boratto is part of what I like to call Patagonica — that high, crisp, chiming techno that comes from Southern South America. Luciano, Villalobos, Pier Bucci and so forth. Lovely, deep, melodic and micro-nique. Throughout Boratto’s live set, for one, he kept triggering the sound of thunderstorms, it was so dope.

Here Kompakt gets directly involved as Supermayer. Supermayer is a somewhat hilarious name of the remix duo Superpitcher and Michael Mayer. Drawing inspiration from their old trance days the two construct this tweetering, clattering pop song complete with hooks, hand-claps and processed vocals. The song gets premeire placement on Total 7, the soon-to-be hit compilation and the latest in the stunning Total series from the techno geniuses. The set drops 22 August.

You can buy the 12″ here (or here in hi-def 320kbps) for now.

Gui Boratto - “Like You (Supermayer Remix)”