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DJ C: Umami
full length album out on Mashit spring 2011. Give it a listen:
Warrior Queen and The Heatwave Things Change DJ C: Jump Up & Bounce / Mad Again (Du Ting Mix - West Norwood Cassette Library, U.K. (10-inch Vinyl / Digital), 2010

2 fantastic Karnival smashers straight outta Chicago from the creator of the Boston Bounce

Buy from:
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Warrior Queen and The Heatwave Things Change Mochipet: Microphonepet Remixed - Daly City Records, U.S (12-inch Vinyl / Digital), 2008

Mochipet commissioned remixes from Berlin’s Crunkmasters Chris de Luca vs. Phon.o, Chicago’s DJ C, Canada vs. Switzerland’s Starting Teeth, San Francisco Glitch Mobster Boreta, Robot Koch of Jahcoozi, and Baltimore’s own Spank Rock DJ Darko.

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Warrior Queen and The Heatwave Things Change The Bang Gang DJs - D Is For Disco, E Is For Dancing - Modular, Australia (Double CD), 2008

"[This] is the most thrillingly forward thinking and downright jacking mix the Bang Gang Deejays are yet to piece together. 68 tracks including [the track 'Juce' by DJ C ft. Jeorge Stylo]"
- Product description @ Amazon ->

More info at Discogs.com ->
Warrior Queen and The Heatwave Things Change Sub Swara: Coup d'Yah Remixes Vol. 1 - Low Motion, U.S (CD/Digital), 2008

"Ghsislain Poirier moves between dancehall and drum & bass with his 'Insh'allah' overhaul, maintaining a fearsome low end presence at all times… DJ C sews things up with a highly entertaining take on 'Belgrade Riddim', full of finely chopped breaks and Balkan brass melodies."
- Boomkat

Buy from:
Boomkat | Juno Download | Beatport
iTunes | AmazonMP3 | eMusic
Warrior Queen and The Heatwave Things Change Year Of The Rat - Compilation - Vermin Street, U.S (CD/Digital Album), 2008

DJ C's "Acid Bounce" appears on this compilation of Boston-related electronic music featuring Dev Null, Vinyl Blight and many others.

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DJ C “Mas Hits” Album (Free Download)

Juggling Machine Vol. 1

Over the past year DJ C has produced and released a whole slew of mashups and remixes, many of which have been available as part of the Mashit.com Free Tunes series. For this release those mashups are presented all together as a free download album entitled “Mas Hits.”

You can preview and download all the tracks at the Mashit site, where you can also download the full album .zip file and get a few secret, extra-special bonus tracks. If you missed the teaser mini-mix (leaked by Time Out Chicago), and music video you can check them out over at Mashit.com too.

Get the album now, free! ->

Other Recent Releases

Warrior Queen and The Heatwave Things Change DJ C & Zulu; Gods & Robots - Mashit, U.S (Digital Album)
Release Date: May 13, 2008

This album brings together some of DJ C & Zulu's vinyl singles which have continually sold out of the shops and have been getting heavy rotation from party DJs the world over. Add to that four brand new, previously unreleased tracks — including one with guest vocals by Aceyalone and Jah Orah — plus remixes by Ghislain Poirier and Chrissy Murderbot, and you've got Gods & Robots.
More info @ Mashit.com ->
Warrior Queen and The Heatwave Things Change DJ C & Zulu; Darling - Community Library, U.S/U.K. (12-inch vinyl)

"The dynamic duo of DJ C and MC Zulu hook up again for another rugged bashment squeeze on ‘Darling’. The title cut tracks a similar route to their killer ‘body work’ riddim, rolling on the same mid paced bashment tempo but this time adding a rude grinding electro riff and industrial cowbell to rough it up some more in vocal and instrumental versions. Ghislain Poirier steps in on remix duties, adding a much needed slab of bottom end pressure and tweaking the rhythm with subtle phasing and flanging for a future bashment effect. Rugged rudeboy bizzle - KILLER twelve."
- Boomkat
More info @ Mashit.com ->
Warrior Queen and The Heatwave Things Change DJ Donna Summer; Rock Rock Rock Remixes - Cock Rock Disco, Germany (Digital Release)

DJ Donna Summer (AKA Jason Forrest) asked DJ C and a bunch of other crazies to remix his track Rock Rock Rock — the first single on his new Cock Rock Disco release Panther Tracks. The outcome is a 14-track, completely free download album of remixes by folks like Glowstyx, Aaron Spectre, Black Rabbit, and many more. It’s a wild variation of rave-o-licious treats.
More info @ Mashit.com ->
Warrior Queen and The Heatwave Things Change Boston Bounce Compilation - Mashit, U.S. (Digital Release)

Once upon a time a crew of Boston rhythm scientists spent months locked away in the labs developing fresh beat formulas especially for the dance-floor. The outcome of their experiments is a new fusion of sounds influenced by dubstep, Baltimore club, German techno, reggae and more.
More info @ Mashit.com ->
Warrior Queen and The Heatwave Things Change Warrior Queen & The Heatwave Things Change - Soul Jazz, U.K. (12-inch)

Killer dancehall from Warrior Queen on The Heatwave's first production, the Piano riddim, released by Soul Jazz Records. Includes the instrumental plus a low slung, raved up bashment remix by DJ C.
More info @ The Heatwave website ->
Ssion Clown Ssion Clown - Sleazetone Records, U.S. (12-inch)

"Ssion (pronounced "shun") have been getting hailed as next big things for years." - Pitchfork

This is the first single from their Fools Gold Album, with remixes by DJ C, Glass Candy, MOVES!!!, Noiss, and Chrissy Murderbot.
Sleezetone Records website ->

Juggling Machine Vol 1; The Heatwave, U.K. (12-inch)

Juggling Machine Vol. 1

This six track 12-inch features club blends and refixes from The Heatwave, Sinden (Kiss FM), Ghislain Poirier (Ninja Tune) and DJ C (Mashit).

Eve's smash hit Tambourine is given the distinctive Heatwave posse cut treatment, with vocals from The Heatwave’s Rubi Dan and Beenie Man, Collie Buddz and Lexxus. Two more Heatwave refixes feature Busy Signal and Mavado’s Badman Place blended with Justin Timberlake's My Love and up-and-coming London soul singer Valentina over the classic Night Nurse aka Doctor's Darling reggae riddim.

Plus Kiss FM maestro Sinden's crunked-out take on one of the biggest reggae tunes of 2007, Come Around, long-time Heatwave associate DJ C's heavy dancehall version of This Is Why I'm Hot and a scorching soca/bhangra workout from Ghislain Poirier, whose album No Ground Under is out on Ninja Tune.
More info from The Heatwave website ->

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DJ C-mix on Ghislain Poirier's Ninja Tune Single, Blazin'

Ghislain Poirier Blazin

After breaking through with releases on the Chocolate Industries label, and his now infamous Bounce Le Remix series, as well as remixing and opening for Lady Sovereign on her first U.S. tour, Montreal's Ghislain Poirier drops a new — No Ground Under — album on the Ninja Tune label. DJ C and The Bug provide remixes on the frist single for the album; Blazin' featuring ragga vocalist Face-T. "Cosmopolitan &chunky digital dancehall" is what Poirier calls his style.

Download from:
JunoDownload | Dancetracks Digita | Digital-Tunes

Sonic Weapons Full-Length Album

DJ C; Sonic Weapons Cover Art

DJ C's Sonic Weapons album is now available from the Mashit MP3 download shop.

Preview/Buy Tracks Now ->

The album is also available in CD format all across the lands and from online retailers like these:

Or ask for it at your favorite mom and pop record shop.

The CD features guest appearances by Chicago-based bad-man ragga vocalist Zulu, world renowned Viennise thereminist Pamelia Kurstin, wicked wicked Boston riddim scholar Wayne&Wax, Jamaican vocalists Wasp and Dami D, and U.K. toaster Quality Diamond.

DJ C knows the bass! Sonic Weapons is a perfect collection of digital ragga, post-jungle tracks and big riddims with a really distinctive and personal approach. It's heavy, bouncy and perfect party music. I play his tracks often in my DJ sets!
- Ghislain Poirier

Bringing out the big guns... 'Sonic Weapons' is a rush. 4.5 Stars
- Remix Magazine

'Sonic Weapons' is not your everyday album. And that’s all for the good. 4 Stars.
- Time Out New York

This is about as proper as it gets. Throughout, C showcases his seemingly effortless abilty... Hard to imagine a summer throwdown without this little beaut. Verdict: C gets an A
- Weekly Dig

"This [July] saw the long-awaited release of DJ C's first full-length album, the formidably enjoyable 'Sonic Weapons'."
- XLR8R

Like New England weather, the debut from Boston's own DJ C changes gears without rhyme or reason. Having remixed songs by M.I.A., the mash-up artist works his magic on a set that ping-pongs from hip-hop to dub to bhangra to rock.
- Boston Globe

DJ C, one of [Boston’s] most accomplished and influential electronic musicians is leaving the Bean and moving to C-town. But not without a bang... Sonic Weapons is the first full-length he’s released as DJ C.... [He] has produced an abundance of some of the best beats and mixes to come out of Boston in the past decade.
- Sonic Heart

A Sonic Weapons 12-inch EP has also been released on the Death$ucker label, which features a couple of tracks from the album, as well as the infamous, but as yet unreleased bluegrass-core tune, Who Wah Seek Yo, and a remix of said track by Leipzig, Germany's LXC.

What's next breakcore with soul? There are so many influences injected into this record it's quite breathtaking, but the real killer is the bass heavy dancefloor killer 'Come Back Version'. Get in!!
- Boomkat

More about Sonic Weapons -->

DJ C Remix of Stripped Gutted by Starkey Out Now

Starkey NC 17 EP Cover Image

Brilliant doublepack from Starkey here, featuring 3 new tracks alongside remixes from Drop the Lime, DJ C, Atki2, Dev79 and Murderbot - all pressed up on extremely loud double vinyl.

- Boomkat

See the Dead Homies label website for more information.

Body Work 10-inch Out Now

DJ C; Sonic Weapons Cover Art

"The ever-esoteric Community Library label returns with what must be their most sellable pairing with this, the second transmission from DJ C and Zulu to date. This rough, rugged 10" rams the dance with the irrepressible boshment killer 'body work'. DJ C has really found his niche here, working up a grinding riddim grunting with gyrating pleasure and sure to cause carnage if dropped at the right moment on the right system. The "Version" on the flipside will come in handy for those of you who prefer to walk on the instrumental darkside - splintered dubstep with a dancehall vibe not a million miles removed from The Bug's signature sound - quality merchandise through and through."
- Boomkat

DJ C (who brought us the great "Let it Billie" 7'') teams up with Community Library to bring us a super-heavy 10'' that is kinda like a cross between ragga and dubstep. Think of the Bug's productions pitched down to -6 and you're not too far off! There's vocal and instrumental versions and they're both yummy!
- Phonica

Blog Roll

There've been a series of recent interviews with DJ C for various web publications. The latest is this thoughtful piece over at the Rare Frequency website. Rare Frequency is a Boston-baced radio show, the host of which has graciously invited DJ C to perform on Thursday evening, May 10. He'll be presenting a kind of retrospective of the music he's produced during his time living in Boston, just before his move to Chicago in June. The show will be 7 - 10 pm on WZBC, 90.3 FM, and can be streamed on their website.

He was also recently interviewed for the Irish blog Soundtracks For Them, while at the same time being interviewed for the Portuguese blog Farward Sound. We ran the Portuguese one through Google's translation tool for a slightly more english-like take on the piece.

Remix of Celebrity by Max Sedgley

"(download only) remix, from Massachusetts' DJ C, evocative of the beat-grinding madness of Squarepusher or Aphex Twin, gracefully respects the melody, vocal and funk of the original, giving an experimental genre a sugar coating for the new, unfamiliar listener."

Released December 11, 2006 on the Rob Da Bank's UK-baced Sunday Best label.

Listen, and download at:

DJ C's Blentcast Mix Available Here

DJ C's Blentcast mix — the fourth in Blentwell’s podcast series — has enjoyed over fourty-thousand downloads. If you haven't heard it yet, it's available here as part of the "B" series DJ mixes. Because he had some trouble narrowing down his selection for the mix, it clocks in at nearly 120 mins. so we've broken it up into two parts, just in case you need to burn it to CD.

In true genre-blend style the mix is all over the map, filled with freaky dancehall, re-rubbed hip-hop, toxic mashups and much, much more. He also managed to sneak in a bunch of new and unreleased nuggets from various friends around the globe. So without further adu, we present:

==> Blentcast4Pt.1
==> Blentcast4Pt.2

Digital EP, Traced Milk

DJ C's 6-track, download-only EP on the Cozy Music label is now avilable from iTunes, Napster, eMusic, Rhapsody, and Beatport.

Here's what peeps are saying:

"Six tracks of instrumental glory, Traced Milk tangles influences better than Christmas lights. Bump it in your car and you may find it stuck in your dashboard. DJ C’s brilliant mind does not discern among dancehall, rock, and crunk vibes. It’s all just music." - Boston Phoenix

"Call it trip-crunk, or grime-step, but wherever you unfairly pigeonhole this excellent music, recognize its sublime style. I can’t even get into the semantics anymore. This is some seriously fucked up stuff — go get it!" - The Agenda; Providence, RI

You're probably familiar with the grimey-junglist-crunk-hall and bounce-beats that DJ C's been making of late, but somehow in the midst of the maddness there were moments of calm when he was able to sit down to compose the more chilled out little goodies that appear here on the Traced Milk EP.

The tracks At Newb, Reconstituted, and Traced Milk represent a series of short beat poems. Dehidroginated was originally part of that seris as well, but eventually expanded into a larger composition/collaboration on which DJ C plays guitar and melodica, while Pamelia Kurstin plays theremin. SDML was originally recorded for a compilation of love songs and lulabies which was never released, and Fish Town Freighter is a remix that DJ C did for the band Tiger Saw. So the Traced Milk EP is a compilation of sorts, but it's woven together with the common thread of DJ C's signature sound, and represents the contemplative side of his work over the past few years.

Listen to, and download Traced Milk at:

Selected Past Events

'07 Summer Tour

Glade

Other Events

Bouncement with Ghislain Poirier, DJ C, and DJ Flack, plus visuals by Zebbler and Sean Stevens of the Glitch Crew. At the Linwood in Boston, MA, Friday, March 30, 2007. Some pictues from the Boston Phoenix, On The Download Blog here.

Photos from Bounce Le Gros with Ghislain Poirier and Riddim Wise Sound System @ Main Hall in Montreal, QC. Friday, February 24, 2007.

 


DJ C @ Toxic Dancehall, Bristol, UK, June, '05

European Tour '06

This June and July DJ C embarked on a European tour with Kid Kameleon and Ripley. The tour dates, along with links to promoters websites, are listed below. Together, Kid, Ripley, and DJ C kept a tour blog with some pictures and ramblings over at the Riddim Method site. Check it <---

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