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Day by Day by Day

A column ends
Two years ago, the Phoenix asked me to write a weekly column about Boston’s growing electronic music and DJ scene.
By: DAVID DAY  |  September 18, 2007

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The Duff connection

Joe Bermudez, DJ to the stars
“I really haven’t had to deal with any crazy paparazzi, since we usually keep a low profile and sneak in the back door of places.”
By: DAVID DAY  |  September 12, 2007

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Basstown nights

The new scene emerges; Halloween preparations
If 2006 was the year Boston germinated, 2007 is the year it grows up.
By: DAVID DAY  |  September 12, 2007

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Party pros

DJ Lupe Loop and Paul Dailey
Weekend Warriors, or WKND WRYRZ, is the Sunday-night lounge party at ZuZu in Central Square.
By: DAVID DAY  |  September 06, 2007

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Citizens of Basstown

Our magnificent seven speak out
The proliferation of dance parties in Boston has led not only to a rise in the number of DJs but also to a growth in the ranks of dancers.
By: DAVID DAY  |  August 29, 2007

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Digital demon

Boston’s Baltimoroder fires up his laptop
If there’s one producer or DJ who represents the new style of Basstown, it’s Baltimoroder.
By: DAVID DAY  |  August 23, 2007



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Secluded superstar

San Serac’s Somerville sanctuary
Any electronic musician who chooses to live in Boston has made a conscious decision to remove him or herself from nerve centers like New York, Montreal, and Berlin.
By: DAVID DAY  |  August 15, 2007

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Basstownians

3 new hot producers talk tracks
Here at Up All Day, I’ve done my damndest to tell you about the local history of dance sounds.
By: DAVID DAY  |  August 07, 2007

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Mix surfing

Finding the finest of Basstown on line
Remixes are proliferating like benign viruses through the Web.
By: DAVID DAY  |  July 30, 2007

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They love the ’80s

Booka Shade bring the synths
“We are musicians, we are not DJs,” says Arno Kammermeier, one half of the electronic music duo Booka Shade.
By: DAVID DAY  |  July 30, 2007

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Endless Utopia

Bidding farewell to DJ Bruno at Boston Rocks
"The place is over, but the movement is not over, the movement continues," says Evans Thesee (a/k/a DJ E2-E4).
By: DAVID DAY  |  July 27, 2007



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Techno purity

Central Square leaves techno to the purists
“I have to run to Dunkin’ Donuts,” says Eric McLaughlin (a/k/a DJ Eric Grey) late on a Wednesday night.
By: DAVID DAY  |  July 24, 2007

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Digital dancing

Slanted House gets a boost from Beatport
Over the past few years, Beatport, the Web site of choice for dance-music heads, has grown at such a rate, it’s practically the homepage for DJs worldwide.
By: DAVID DAY  |  July 17, 2007

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Mint Julep and the Masters

French pop, hip-hop, and Ryan Durkin
DJ nights aren’t all for wylin’ out, sweaty dance floors, and scandal. The Masters, "Wednesday Night Live featuring Talib Kewli" (mp3)
By: DAVID DAY  |  July 10, 2007

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Cultural exchanges

Spank Rock’s Chris Rockswell and Brazil’s DJ Dolores
CHRIS ROCKSWELL, the official DJ for the club-rap phenom SPANK ROCK, says people are always asking him, “What does your neighborhood sound like?” DJ Dolores & Isaar "De Dar Dó (remix)" (mp3)
By: DAVID DAY  |  July 03, 2007

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Savath and Savalas

Golden Pollen | Anti-
This is a gloriously glassy album brimming with Hispanic sounds and surfer-boy harmonies.
By: DAVID DAY  |  July 02, 2007



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Rave daze

The Mission Control story + Raster-Noton at the Middlesex
The history of the New England rave community is a tremendous story. Coh, "Path #02" (Raster-Noton)
By: DAVID DAY  |  June 28, 2007

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Benni Hemm Hemm

Kajak | Morr Music
The language of twee-dom knows no borders.
By: DAVID DAY  |  June 26, 2007

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The men machine

Motor get to the brutal heart of industrial minimalism
Electronic music always seems to get a bad rap for being inhuman.
By: DAVID DAY  |  June 29, 2007

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Busting out of Basstown

Matt Johnson’s three-headed beast
“I’m getting really tired of this food court here,” says Matt Johnson (a/k/a Emjae) over the phone from the Cambridgeside Galleria. Emjae, "April 07 Promo Mix" (mp3)
By: DAVID DAY  |  June 19, 2007
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