FEATURE: Major Lazer x Mad Decent Interview
- story Matthew Schnipper
- photo Gabriele Stabile
Diplo owns a gun. He says so while peppering a clerk with questions about a very Rambo-esque semi-automatic at a gun store in Philadelphia. His gun, used for hunting with his family, is in Florida, not here at either his apartment or the enormous old mausoleum he uses as the headquarters for his record label, Mad Decent. Despite the two touchpads, Diplo is rarely in Philadelphia and is in the process of moving out of the very cheap apartment, which is currently crammed with records, sneakers, old magazines and years’ worth of other crap. Being there is more like a weird sideshow for him than a trip home. Some guy with a ponytail wanders shirtless out of the back room. He doesn’t introduce himself and Diplo says he doesn’t live there.
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posted on Jul 6, 2009 in FEATURES tags Diplo, DJ Sega, electronic/dance, Mad Decent, Major Lazer, Maluca, Popo, Switch
Freeload: The FADER Issue 62 Podcast
- story THE FADER
We and you and everyone we know has been trumpeting the Summer Of Love 2009, and it was our mantra as we put together FADER Issue 62. We scoured the universe for the summeriest, most barbecuey music this year and came up with an issue that, if you scratch-and-sniff it, smells vaguely coconutty like Hawaiian Tropic (not really). As such, this issue’s podcast, presented by Bacardi B-LIVE, is about as clear a definition of what we think you should be listening to in the coming months as we could possibly make. It’s got songs from every artist in the issue from cover stars Phoenix, Major Lazer, Maluca, DJ Sega and Popo; featured power-bros Young Dro, Dum Dum Girls, Wavves, Crocodiles, Family Time Records fam, Gen Fers Omega, D-Lo and Sleepy D, Esser, CFCF, and like a trizillion more people! Download it below and listen while reading the issue, scorching hot like the sun on newsstands right now. And come back to TheFADER.com in two weeks for the free issue PDF that you can save on your computer until the robots take over.
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Check the tracklist after jump.
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posted on Jun 23, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Amadou & Mariam, CFCF, Crocodiles, D-Lo, DJ Sega, Esser, FADER 62, freeload, Jenny Wilson, Major Lazer, Maluca, Omega, Phoenix, podcast, Popo, Sleepy D, Twin Lion, Wavves, Young Dro
Freeload: Fortune “Bully (DJ Sega Remix)” MP3
- story THE FADER
We don’t know who Fortune is, but we know who Sega is: He’s the guy who makes us want to knock muhfuckers out like we were an aspiring female poet and the muhfuckers were Charles Hamilton. And that’s not an easy thing to do when you’re remixing random French disco rock, please believe.
Download: Fortune “Bully (DJ Sega Remix)” (via Mad Decent)
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posted on May 22, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Brick Bandits, DJ Sega, electronic/dance, freeload, Mad Decent
Freeload: Rob Threezy, “The Change Up” MP3
- story THE FADER
Chi-city trunk thumper RobThreezy (of Ghetto Division/Brick Bandits fame) has tossed his regular jukey/housey/clubby stylee and gone full-frontal rave on this bonkers synth mix for Nightshifters. By full frontal rave, we mean that by the third movement you will be boobs-out with glowsticks contemplating the meaning of love. It’s also called “The Change Up” because there are like 15 different parts to this—DJs can play it in basically any set possible and it will match. Drum n bass jams? Great! This single was also remixed by fellow Brick Banditian DJ Sega, France’s MikIX and JOTS (you can hear their version on their goth dudes mixtape).
Download: Rob Threezy, “The Change Up”
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posted on May 12, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Brick Bandits, dance/electronic, DJ Sega, freeload, Jokers of the Scene, Rob Threezy
Freeload: DJ Sega, “Sega’s Theme”
- story THE FADER
If you’re looking for a DJ name, we recommend choosing one that already has a readily available ill sound sample so you can chop it up and put it in your theme song. DJ Sega leashed the old Sega game console signature voice and maybe some other game samples for this track and shit sounds like a golden rainbow arcing over an ocean sunset… in Baltimore. This is the first track from his New Jack Philly mixtape and we are dancing like it’s our booty’s b-day and our office chair is a margarita.
Download: DJ Sega, “Sega’s Theme” (Via Mad Decent)
Buraka Som Sistema and DJ Sega Blow America’s Mind + New Jams
- story THE FADER
Just going to throw it out there: There’s not a whole lot that’s cooler than picking up some tour-only merch. Yeah, we get a little nerdy like that, but whatever. The ever-reliable Mad Decent blog tells us that for Buraka Som Sistema and DJ Sega’s American tour (kicking off with a Buraka show this Friday at Coachella) the dudes are selling mix CDs and 12-inches galore. The site also tells us that the “show is gonna be crazy with the full Buraka experience!” We don’t really know what that means but if Buraka Som Sistema’s remix of Lykke Li’s “Dance Dance Dance” is any indication, it means we are going to make fools of ourselves nearly instantly. Down below you can hear the Lykke Li remix, as well as Sega’s “My Luv is the Ish,” which sounds like the soundtrack to an uptempo middle school dance. Check out the full flyer after the jump, and then sleep until they hit your city so you can have energy for the mega-rager we’re sure this tour will be.
Download: Lykke Li, “Dance Dance Dance” (Buraka Som Sistema Remix)
Audio: DJ Sega, “My Luv is the Ish”
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posted on Apr 15, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Buraka Som Sistema, DJ Sega, electronic/dance, freeload, Lykke Li, Mad Decent, Toy Selectah
Freeload: Mike V (Brick Bandits), “Feelings”
- story THE FADER
One thing about Mad Decent, everytime you think they may have reached the end of their reign as club kings, they come up with some new thing that crushes your will to resist. The most recent (mad recent) is this Mike V song they put up yesterday from the new Brick Bandits EP on Old Head Records, Dirty South Joe’s Mad Decent subsidiary. The EP collects six tracks from DJs Sega, B-Stee, Tim Dolla, Tameil and Mike V, all from the New Jersey post-B’more crew, all wildly different, and all absolutely, ridiculously good. The mp3 of “Feelings” is only 128kbps, so make sure to go pick up either the high-quality digital copy over at Turntable Lab or the heavyweight vinyl at the Mad Decent store.
**Also, for more Brick Bandits, subscribe to the Mad Decent podcast to hear Dirty South Joe’s new mix of Bandits jawns.
Download: Mike V (Brick Bandits), “Feelings”
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posted on Dec 11, 2008 in MP3 / STREAMS tags B-Stee, Brick Bandits, DJ Sega, freeload, Mad Decent, Mike V, Rob3,Tim Dolla, Tameil
Freeload: South Rakkas Crew, “Mad Again (DJ Sega remix)”
- story THE FADER
South Rakkas’ Mad Again 12″ just released on vinyl and digital and it’s loaded with remixes by 8-bit Boy, Fake Blood, Jokers of the Scene, and Drop the Lime. But the dudes over at Mad Decent, being the generous souls they are, just put up this unreleased DJ Sega remix on the blog and it’s Friday and this is Friday music so we are posting it too. Get details on copping the 12″ over at the Mad Decent blog.
Download: South Rakkas Crew, “Mad Again (DJ Sega remix)”
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posted on Apr 18, 2008 in MP3 / STREAMS tags caribbean, DJ Sega, electronic/dance, freeload, South Rakkas Crew
