de'fchild productions weblog

Open source hardware standards off the ground

2010-07-14T21:41:58Z

With the proliferation of companies like Arduino and Adafruit, the advent of standards is a good sign indeed.

Read more on CNET or checkout the first draft of the actual standard.

AU-VI Jitter suite now FREE!

2010-06-28T21:51:14Z

If you use Cycling 74's Max or Jitter for real-time video production or to create video effects, you'll be happy to know that the AU-VI Jitter suite is now being offered for free!

The AU-VI objects are a collection of 85+ modular real-time video processing programs created by Kurt Ralske and up till recently were sold for $200. For more information, go straight to the proverbial horse's mouth.

dubLoner & Isaac Haile Selassie - The Fight, The Spirit (DCP016)

2010-05-25T11:21:01Z

We are proud to present a new 12" EP by Los Angeles based artists dubLoner (AKA [a]pendics.shuffle) and Isaac Haile Selassie, featuring remixes by a cast of San Francisco Bay area producers. The record entitled The Fight, The Spirit is out in finer record stores this week, distributed by Crosstalk International (Chicago) and available directly from the label.

For sounds & more information on the record, check out the release page and our soundcloud widget below.

The release is also available on all your favourite online outlets:

Release blurb:

“The Fight, The Spirit” is the first record in a series of 3 records, that mark a new collaborative chapter between the Echo Park, Los Angeles artists: Isaac Haile Selassie and dubLoner (AKA [a]pendics.shuffle, Eight Frozen Modules, Kenneth J. Gibson).

After the critical success of Isaac Haile Selassie meets ... (de'fchild 009), Issac & Ken were back in the studio in 2009 conjuring up a modern yet rootsy sound that would prove to be some of the most forward reaching electronic dub of 2010.

On the remix front, Djunya & Kush Arora reversion the title track towards floor-filling contemporary dubstep & bassed-up dancehall styles respectively, while Ruoho Ruotsi goes ultra deep and effervescent on his version of Back Off!.

“The Fight, The Spirit” is available as limited edition wax with individually hand spray-screened sleeves from May 25th, 2010. Also available digitally at finer web shops.

*Clicky* below for hi-rez photos of the artwork on flickr:

Julien Aubert - Still Life with Skull

2010-05-07T18:47:53Z

Last December, Ruoho Ruotsi did a remix for Switzerland's Julien Aubert new EP, Still Life With Skull, which was just released on this week on Creaked Records.

The EP is digital-only and can be picked up at select digital outlets. You can check out a preview of the track on our soundcloud page. Embedded below. Enjoy!

Julien Aubert - Frame (Ruoho Ruotsi Reshape)

Steve Reid - R.I.P.

2010-04-19T19:50:17Z

In memoriam of Steve Reid, the master jazz drummer who died last week, it was bittersweet to revisit this interview from 2007 and watch this short documentary which covered the making of Daxaar, a collaboaration with various Senegalese musicans and Four Tet, filmed in Dakar.

R.I.P. Steve

Meet the Makers: Walter Kitundu

2010-04-17T20:26:23Z

Meet the Makers: Walter Kitundu

Four years ago or so, when I first encountered Walter Kitundu, I wrote a glowing piece on his work. So I was very tickled the other day when I found this hi-rez video from the Learning Studio with the man himself. Check their blurb:

Exploratorium multimedia artist, instrument builder, and birder extraordinaire Walter Kitundu talks about his work: he shares the staggering breadth of his work, ranging from a multitude of turntable-based instruments to shadow paintings, and to finish gives a premiere performance on his brand new instruments, a digital kora.

dubLoner - Remixes Part One

2010-04-06T22:11:57Z

Out this week on Adjunct Digital, the Los Angeles based label run by dubLoner aka [a]pendics.shuffle aka Kenneth James Gibson, has released the first in a series of remixes of the classic dubLoner catalogue.

The EP, simply titled dubLoner - Remixes Part One, is available now on Boomkat and features a remix by Ruoho Ruotsi. Check out a preview on the soundcloud player below!

Enjoy!

dubLoner - Clear Murk (Ruoho Ruotsi Reshape) by defchild

Vinyl Revolution via Discogs.com

2010-04-06T00:31:33Z

Resident Advisor recently ran a very informative and insightful article on the current state of the vinyl trade in 2010. It surveys how wax collectors and connoisseurs are getting their fixes and what online tactics the remaining physical record shops are resorting to, to find customers.

Check out the article and support your local independent purveyor of fine vinyl!!

Déménagement

2010-03-07T01:35:42Z

Over the last couple of months, lots of changes happening here at HQ. Most notably, we've moved into a new, much bigger & inspiring space in the Presidio.

On the musical end, we've planned a busy release schedule for 2010, including new music by Isaac Haile Selassie, dubLoner, Djunya, Kush Arora, Aschka, Dirk Leyers & Ruoho Ruotsi as well as a series of music-video collaborations with Sue-C. Stay tuned!

New snail mail address is:

de’fchild productions, inc.
548 Market St #21116
San Francisco, CA 94104
U.S.A.

Big Shot Magazine feature

2009-12-11T18:55:08Z

The label is featured in the current edition of Big Shot Magazine. Its a short and sweet tribute to our rewarding work putting out vinyl in a small, ever-dwindling yet still viable marketplace. Thanks to Sean Yoder @ Vinyl Junkies for the interview!!

Support for Black Rhapsody

2009-10-24T20:13:57Z

We're very excited at all the support, play & charting that has been circulating around Black Rhapsody. We'd like to thank the following for their encouragement!

Chris Fortier (Fade, EQ)
“Hollis shows his complete depth and grasp of a real groove here. i like it alot.”

Noah Pred (Thoughtless Music | Toronto)
“Haunting deepness once agian from the de'fchild camp. 'I Wept For You' is the one for me!”

Rob Paine (Worship Recordings, Solomonic Sound | Philadelphia)
“Feeling 'black rhapsody' and the beautiful Izi (Ruoho Rework) the most.
i really like where you have taken your sound. its still you but very current.”

DJ Stryke (Adrenalin, Ovum)
“Very cool ep and message. Thanks!”

Erwin Keleman (Plastic Lounge @ Radio FDS)
“Beautyfull EP, Let´s Rock!”

Android Cartel (Viva Music, Mija)
“We are digging the second track, "I wept for you." Very cool.”

Leigh Morgan (Urban Torque)
“Black Rhapsody was the one mate, although all good, but that was my fav”

Hernan Cattaneo (Perfecto)
“good stuff!”

Finn Johannsen (RA)
“this is a very interesting release. Thanks for sharing!”

Robert Dietz:
“my favorite is your own track 'the beautiful izi'. super nice atmosphere in there, will play it for sure.“

also supported by:
- Tyree Cooper (DJ International Records, Underground)
- Chris Brann aka The Ananda Project (Strictly Rhythm, PeaceFrog, Yoshitoshi)
- Astrid Suryanto (Saw Recording, Project Recording)
- DJ new.com (DubExMachina | Zurich, comfortnoise)

Hollis P. Monroe & Ruoho Ruotsi - Black Rhapsody (DCP015)

2009-10-06T19:15:00Z

We are proud to present a new 12" split-EP by Hollis P. Monroe & Ruoho Ruotsi. The record entitled Black Rhapsody is out now on vinyl in finer shops everywhere, distributed by Crosstalk International (Chicago). For sounds & more information on the record, check out the release page.

This 12" record came about in the most fascinating way. In September 2008, while digging through crates at Jerry's Records in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Ruoho Ruotsi stumbled upon Black Rhapsody, an epic spoken word LP from 1970 by famed African-American historian & educator, Dr. Ed Robinson.

Touched by Dr. Robinson's words & moved by his deep & sonorous voice, Ruoho Ruotsi enlisted the talents of legendary house producer Hollis P. Monroe to collaborate with on interpreting this arresting spoken word as music. The results are “I Wept For You”, a Hollis P. Monroe signature deep house classic and “Black Rhapsody”, a left-field techno oeuvre by Ruoho Ruotsi, both tracks breathed to life by Dr. Robinson's powerful presence.

This EP is completed by another Hollis P. Monroe original “The Beautiful Izi”, with Ruoho Ruotsi on the remix detail. You can read about and see more of the actual Beautiful Izi on this Hollis facebook Note.

The release is also available on all your favourite online outlets:

Beatport
Zero Inch
Dancetracks Digital
iTunes
Juno

*Clicky* below for hi-rez photos of the original and new artwork:

Support for Eclaircies Dumont

2009-09-22T19:59:37Z

Now that the Eclaircies Dumont has been out in the wild for a week or so, we'd like to thank all the folk that have been supporting this record:

Jus-Ed, Anthony Parasole, Agnes, Triple R, Sean O'Neal, Brendon Moeller & new.com

“Very serious dub Techno here! All tracks deep and bouncy, exactly my type of vibe. The two original tracks are my favourites” - Quarion (Drumpoet)

“Really nice release of lush dubby techno to brighten up the day or darken down the night.” - Ryan Brogan (SubTrak)

“Gorgeous deep space dub” - Noah Pred (Thoughtless Music)

Triton & Ruoho Ruotsi - Eclaircies Dumont (DCP014)

2009-09-15T13:27:59Z

We are proud to present a new 12" split-EP by longtime friends and collaborators Triton & Ruoho Ruotsi. The record entitled Eclaircies Dumont is out now in finer record stores everywhere, distributed by Crosstalk International (Chicago). For sounds & more information on the record, check out the release page.

The release is also available on all your favourite online outlets:
BEATPORT
Zero Inch
Dancetracks Digital
iTunes
Juno

Release blurb:

Brooklyn based, Zero-G Sounds label head, Triton gangs up with former roommate Ruoho Ruotsi in a followup to Selector II, their 2006 collaboration on SKOR Records.

With Eclaircies Dumont, Triton and Ruoho Ruotsi explore contrasting yet complementarily lush dubwise takes on auditory meditation. The title side track, Dumont is a classically psychotropic deep-space epic that unscrupulously stretches the limits of listeners' temporal perception. This is connoisseurs' music in the purest sense.

On the flipside with Eclaircies, Ruoho Ruotsi breaks out the drum brush and a vintage space-echo, weaving sumptuous tapestries in the spaces between the notes. To round out the collaboration, each producer then revisioned interpretations of the other's original music.

*Clicky* below for hi-rez photos of the artwork & artists on flickr:

DJ Bone

2009-08-01T06:44:30Z

DJ, producer, label owner and straight-shooting Detroit native, DJ Bone, brings the candor in this interview for Smart Shanghai.

The most memorable quote was when the interviewer asked him if he keeps tabs on the trends in Europe/the US. His answer:

Yeah, I keep tabs...Yeah, I never keep tabs on genres, I keep tabs on people. But it's only as homework... not necessarily someone I care about, it just almost like... it's almost like Swine Flu. You may not be looking to catch the Swine Flu... but it's nice that you know it's out there...

After reading the interview, check out his jacking and clearly live DJ set @ Void Shanghai