An Absolute Must-Listen
October 15, 2008
On September 12, 2004, i was lucky enough to attend the massive Dave Matthews Band concert held at the Polo Fields in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, along with over 70,000 other people. That was a glorious day, and an unbelievable concert, but this post isn’t about the Dave Matthews Band (a shocker, i know). This post is about an impressive piece of art that has recently been created by the person who opened that show: DJ Z-Trip.
On that day, i couldn’t have cared less about DJ Z-Trip. I thought then, as i think now, that he was a poor choice to open that show, and he was no-doubt less-than thrilled by the lukewarm reaction that he received from the crowd that day. It was an odd fit, and i did my absolute best to completely ignore his set (which seemed to drag on to no end). In fact, i’d almost forgotten his name entirely . . until a few days ago.
A few days ago i read an article (i don’t remember where, exactly . . Pitchfork maybe) that was discussing musical news as it relates to the election, and they dropped a link and mention to Trip’s website, saying that he’d created an “Obama Mix” and was giving it away for free.
Well, being both a supporter of Senator Obama, and a lover of free music, i was intrigued. “DJ Z-Trip?” i said to myself. “Isn’t that the guy who bored the crap out of me before that DMB show? Huh. Interesting. I wonder what that’s all about?” i mumbled to noone in particular.
Clicked the link. Chuckled at the graphics on the front page. Saved said graphics to my desktop, as they amused me. Downloaded the mix. Proceeded to listen.
“An hour?! Who’s he kidding? I’m not going to listen to an hour of some fucking DJ,” I groused. “Ah well, no harm in checking it out anyways.”
It doesn’t take the director of CERN to figure out where i’m going with this. Clearly i liked what i heard, or else i wouldn’t be writing about it, now would I. In fact, it would be a gross understatement to say that i “liked” what i heard. I fucking LOVED it. I ADORED it. I was impressed by it on every level. It is, dare i say, perfect. I would marry it and have sweet little digital babies with it if i could. It is, as the title implies, an absolute must listen.
Here’s the site:
GO. DOWNLOAD. LISTEN. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT. GO. NOW. IT’S FREE. YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO. DO IT. GROOVE.
I have spoken.
