What a wild week. Thunderome (pictured above) went completely off the charts with DJ Assault (article here) alongside Morgan Louis, Die Young and organizer Mistaker. Pictures were posted not only on NYC hotshot photog site Nicky Digital but also on Boston Magazine. The very first Thunderdome, as it turns out, was documented by director Amy Grill in the movie Speaking in Code. You can see Mike, Baltimoroder and Thunderdome Blake loading in a sub into the Elks Lodge in the first moments of the trailer.

Turns out, in the post-modern version of the holiday season, there is little else to do besides go to year-end holiday parties and just have a really damn good time. So along came, uh, Holy Ghost.

It’s a week later, and guess what?

High-end Newbury Street hoodie/fashion/TV shop Karmaloop is holding an invite-only party with superpowered DJ Green Lantern, Kanye-enabled MC Kid Sister and Flosstradamus– who of course killed Thunderdome a few months back. Click on that flyer to RSVP if you want to go.

Which brings us to “Control.” Earlier this year, Boston superstar DJ Red Foxxx turned in a remix for Kid Sister of her track “Control,” one of the most talked about singles of the year. Foxxx is one of the original Thunderdome gang:

Kid Sister - “Control (Red Foxxx’s Big Room Remix)”

It’s a whomping, stomping remix that lives up to its Big Room name.

In searching for this MP3 on my computer, it turns out the notion of “control” weighs heavily in dance music. In minimal/modern, there’s tracks like DBX’s “I’m Losing Control” and this gem with Erlund Oye:

Phonique feat. Erlund Oye - “For the Time Being (Montero’s Lose Control Remix)”

The Chicago House classic “I’ve Lost Control” by Sleezy D is a masterpiece, and we put Detroit legend Cybotron’s “Clear” on one of our old comps, which was sampled by Missy Elliott back in the day. Cousin Cole did a mash-up of that track and 2007 album-o-the-year winners LCD Soundsystem:

Cousin Cole - “Disco Make You Lose Control”

The Gossip recently recorded a brilliant song called “Standing in the Way of Control.” The Soulwax remix gets all the blog-love, but we prefer the Playgroup remix:

The Gossip - “Standing in the Way of Control (Playgroup Remix)”

There’s even classic 80s dance music that reference control:

Laura Branigan - “Self Control”

And naturally, the Google desktop search found a track from dubstep wizard Skream:

Skream - “Lose Control”

Which is featured on this much talked about dubstep mix from Shaolin master Kode9:

Kode 9 - “Sonar 2007 Mix”

Here’s the full tracklisting:

1. LV + Errol Bellott - ‘Globetrotting’ (Hyperdub)
2. Peverelist - ‘The Grind’ (Punchdrunk)
3. Massive Music - ‘Find My Way’ (Kode9 Remix) (Hyperdub)
4. King Midas Sound - ‘Cool Out’ (Hyperdub)
5. Digital Mystikz - ‘Blue Notes’ (DMZ)
6. The Bug feat. Flow Dan - ‘Jah War’ (Loefah Remix) (Ninja Tune)
7. Kode9 - ‘9 Samurai’ (Hyperdub)
8. Dabrye feat. Doom - ‘Air’ (Kode9 Remix) (Ghostly Int.)
9. Kode9 - ‘Stung’ (dubplate)
10. Digital Mystikz - ‘Lean Forward’ (dubplate)
11. Burial - ‘Stairwell’ (Hyperdub)
12. Cluekid & Cotti - ‘Sensi Dub VIP’ (Minus 30 Records)
13. Benga - ‘Electro Music’ (Tempa)
14. Kode9 & Warrior Queen - ‘Fuck You’ (dubplate)
15. Kode9 - ‘Magnetic City’ (Soul Jazz)
16. 2562 - ‘Channel One’ (dubplate)
17. Junior boys - ‘Double Shadow’ (Kode9 Remix feat. The Spaceape) (Domino)
18. Shackleton- ‘You Bring Me Down’ (Skull Disco)
19. Skream - ‘2D’ (Tempa)
20. Digital Mystikz - ‘Bury the Boy’ (DMZ)
21. Skream - ‘Bit Stream’ (Tempa)
22. Skream - ‘Losin’ Control’ (Tempa)
23. The Bug & Warrior Queen - ‘Poison Dart’ (Ninja Tune)
24. Kode9 - Konfusion (dubplate)
25. D1 - ‘Quantum Jazz’ (Tempa)

Sonar, of course, is the event where last year  we filmed Modeselektor making their Sonar by Night debut. That promo mix comes courtesy of Go! Magazine in Barcelona. When we arrived at Sonar last year, guess who was on the cover of said magazine?

It’s also worth saying Modeselektor is on Thom Yorke’s favorite label — BPitch Control.

Chilcott resident Andre Obin has a two-man production/music group called Matters & Dunaway. They recently went electronic and cut some tracks. One of the main songs?

Matters & Dunaway - “Control the Night”

Even R&B goddess Amerie (also featured on sQuare sound II) has a famous song about Control. Her first single:

Amerie - “Take Control”

We’ll stop there. The point is, it’s not always bad to lose control, it’s not always good to stand in the way of control, and control, really, is overrated.

Red Foxxx and me at Thunderdome IX. Courtesy Diana Levine.

 

 Kid Sister - ""Control Red Foxx's Big Room Remix": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Phonique ft. Erlend Oye - For The Time Being (Monteros Lose Control Remix)": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Laura Branigan - "Self Control": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Kode 9 "Sonar 2007 Mix": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Matters & Dunaway - "Control The Night": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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