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Do you remember the first time you were on a plane? Didn’t you think that flying through a cloud was going to be the best thing ever, that you’d suddenly see these pillowy, soft, flowing clouds right up next to you? Well I’ll have to admit that the whole surrounded by fog thing was a bit of a letdown for me too. Things can appear so drastically different from afar than up close. Just zoom in on any image to 10,000% and you would have never known what you were looking at.

Or then there’s television. Not usually the most enticing visuals, right? (Well except for the NASA channel maybe. Too bad I don’t get it.) My friend Ji Lee has endeavored to change all of that. His new project Abstractor sets out to beautify your TV. Just cut out two pieces of black cardboard (or even tin foil) to cover it and leave a very small slit in between. Cancel cable and just sit there enjoying the stream of pretty pixels.

They sure loved those one letter/number abbreviations in the 90s. Just ask Cajmere, DJ Deeon, or, clearly, Altern8. (Yes, back again. Maybe we’re just incapable of leaving.) And speaking of not being entirely what it seems, there’s a connection between these two tracks. First person to figure it out wins something colorful.

oh shit you won! and now i don’t even have to mail it!

so yes, what i didn’t say in the post is that the DJ Deeon track was actually mislabeled in that mix (and technically so is the Cajmere one, because it doesn’t list it as remix), so it took me more than a minute to find all of that.

Here’s the tracklisting for that mix — one of my favorite DJ sets of all times:

Daft Punk - “Essential Info” (Daft Trax)
Paul Johnson - “Summer Heat” (Peacefrog)
Armand Van Helden - “Funk Phenomena” (Henry Street)
CZR - “Chicago Southside” (1HR)
artist unknown - “Git Down Saturday” (Dance 6)
Remix Delux #1 - “Dee’s Knots [Remix]” (Delux)
Parris Mitchell - “Ghetto Shout Out” (Dance Mania)
Daft Punk - “Teachers” (Daft Trax/Virgin)
Martin Luther King - “I have a Dream” (20th Century)
The Godson EP - “Drum Patterns & Memories” (K.D.J)
Jammin Gerald - “Get the Ho’94″ (Dance Mania)
DJ Attack - “Da Way u Work” (U.C.)
Thomas Bangalter - “Spinal Scratch” (Roule)
Tha West Siders - “Waxscratch Trax” (Dance Mania)
Fantom - “Faithful” (Source)
Fantom - “Faithful” (Source)
Fantom - “Faithful” (Source)
I.Cube - “Disco Cubizm” (Versatile)
Daft Punk - “Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Daft Trax/Virgin)
Cajmere - “Only 4 U” (Cajual)
Trankilou - “Champagne” (Kif S.A.)
artist unknown - “And Da Beat Goes On” (Dance 6)
DJ Funk & Gerald - “Hold Up” (Universal Funk)
Ween - “Freedom of ‘76″ (Flying Nun)
Zdar & Boombass - “Foxy Lady” (Cassius)
Gusto - “Disco’s Revenge” (Bumble Beats)
DJ Deeon - “Deeon Doez Disco” (Dance Mania)
Sweet - “Somebody’s Watching” (White)
Da Mongoloids - “Spark Da Meth” (Strickly Rhythm)
Roller Rink 2000 - “Stining” (Kumba)
Roy Davies Jr - “Gabrielle” (Large)
Robert J Hairston - “Preacher Man”
Daft Punk - “Around the World” (Daft Trax/Virgin)
Kenny Dixon Jr - “U Can Dance if U Want 2″ (K.D.J)

MysteryTheater 02.18.07 / 3pm

Hah, the cloud animation nearly synced up w/ the beat of Only 4 U. That would have been pretty nice.

honeymoonchild 02.18.07 / 7pm

i love this blog as i love you.
cheers from italy,

Ghostdad 02.19.07 / 1am

They both appear on Daft Punk’s essential mix from ‘97? Now what do I get!

e 02.19.07 / 1am

dactylo 02.19.07 / 10am

both records are also chocago productions
I’ve been asked to play my top 5 ever last saturday in a hype club
I throwed the DJ deeon
energy is real

Morgan Louis 02.21.07 / 10pm

WOW SO DREAMY!
YOU TALK ABOUT ALTERN8!!!!!!sjdflkahjsdfglkvjhadfljkb

vichiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 03.22.07 / 9am

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevaaaaaaaaaaaaaaapooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr888888888888888 this shit is the b.o.m.b

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