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Kidstreet’s Birthday Boy in Honour of my Boy’s birthday

DJ John-Ra — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:37:37 +0000

So today is my Son Jude’s first birthday and my girlfriend Fran and I are the proudest parents you probably will ever meet…. I picked out this song today for his birthday and I hope you like it.

Kidstreet – Birthday Boy

Sub Swara-Cee Lo Green Mashup

DJ John-Ra — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:02:43 +0000

Cee-Lo’s ‘F*ck You’ was last year’s heartbreak anthem, and while we were putting together Triggers Mixtape Vol. 2, we couldn’t resist mashing it up with the instrumental of our tune, ‘Fire it Up’. We debuted it at LA’s illustrious Low End Theory night, and it’s been a blast every time we’ve weaved it into our sets since. Now it’s here for your general consumption. Snap it up here… have to scroll down a bit

Remix: Jingle Bells (Gay Robots Remix)

DJ John-Ra — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:24:15 +0000

Ok now this is a fun X-mas track…
actually if I weren’t having so much fun with Jude and was playing out this would be my x-mas goto track…

So you can download it free here..

Remix: Jingle Bells (Gay Robots Remix)

but you can pick up the two albums off of Itunes for $2.99 each

Not Your Grandfather’s Holiday Album – Vol. 1 (iTunes)

Not Your Grandfather’s Holiday Album – Vol. 2 (iTunes)

Have fun with them and have a merry Christmas

John

Glitch Mob’s Drink the Sea Remixes album out in January get free track now

DJ John-Ra — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:11:04 +0000

Here’s a fun track that could fit on many dance floors….

DJ John-Ra — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:59:35 +0000

Found this one last week by James Curd called Live Forever

Free Download here if you like it

Let me know what you think…
John

Labyrinth out now by Kraddy… check it out

DJ John-Ra — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:23:52 +0000

Labyrinth previews are now LIVE on the site and we’ve got some presale packages available in the shop.

Preview Labyrinth: http://kraddyodaddy.com/store/

This is my first solo EP since The Glitch Mob, so hope that you’ll flood me with comments, tweet shouts, and your likes of approval. Can’t wait to hear what you think.

Diving deep into the studios to finalize a new live show for the 2010/11 Labyrinth Tour. Stay tuned for the full list of cities and venues. I’ll be coming through with larger than life sound and a new lighting experience.

I’m so ready to share my new material with all of you. We are gonna take this thing to the next level and would love for you to join us.

Download the FREE Dirty Got Soul mix for a taste of what’s to come:

Direct Download Link: http://t.opsp.in/Lcdz

Labyrinth will be in stores and online at all major retailers on November 9th thanks to the help of Alpha Pup Records.

The Brits are playing at My House

DJ John-Ra — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:19:40 +0000

Super cool mashup with original video footage of Beatles and Kinks…
if you like the track you can download it as well…

Check it out

Deftones – Prince (Bassnectar Remix)

DJ John-Ra — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:33:56 +0000

Download the New Signal Path Album for Free

DJ John-Ra — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:20:03 +0000

Check out the complete Signal Path Album Imaginary Lines…

Click Here for the Free Download

A letter from my friend and Author Brian Wallace about the Daniel Ash show At Tree’s

DJ John-Ra — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:32:59 +0000

I so wanted to go but with my crazy hectic work schedule and a new born at home I was not able to go. Imagine how pissed I would have been to have somehow figured out a way to use one of my precious free nights to goto this show…

I’m not one to just put off a musician deciding to jump into the world of DJ’ing because I’m always curious to what one of my favorite bands members would choose to play for me, but I assume that they would actual DJ as opposed to what I have heard clumsily just play tracks… dunno I wasn’t there and thankful for that… but more importantly I received an email from Tree’s this morning apologizing for the disaster so one good thing to come of it is the fact that Tree’s seemed to step up and do the right thing….

So with my rant done I leave you with Brain Wallace’s letter…..

Bela Lugosi’s Dead

My sincerest apologies to those of you I implored to attend the Daniel Ash “show” last night at the reincarnated Trees in Deep Ellum. Billed as the headliner of a night of live music with several intriguing acts on the list, one could expect somethin’ truly special from Daniel Ash, right? Bauhaus was seminal. Love and Rockets rocked the world. Ash’s solo work is engaging and entertaining. High hopes!

WRONG expectations. Things looked bleak when, after first hearing that punk icon Viv Albertine would not be appearing, I bumped into one of the sound guys, a personal friend of mine, who somberly hinted that Ash was serving up not a night of live rock n roll, but actually was simply going to play discs…WHAT? High school dance, anyone? I had re-arranged my schedule, and had passed on other shows, to see Daniel Ash perform music.

To even remotely refer to what actually transpired as “DJ’ing” would be a disgrace to all those exceptional DJ’s who actually excel at what they do, and have spent years getting really good at it: spinning creative sounds and making things electrifying. Why someone of Ash’s pedigree – with a vast and exciting repertoire of cutting edge and lasting alt-rock prowess and output – would come all the way to Dallas, after many years of absence, to deliver a half-hearted wannabe DJ set, is truly baffling. To avoid advertising the event as DJ’ing, and play it off as an actual live show, is absurdly rude and frankly inconceivable. WE WERE DUPED. Even the staff of Trees seemed genuinely stunned! Everyone was expecting a live rock show. What happened here? It’s hard to entirely try to blame some promoter for false advertising when Ash could have read the websites of entities such as Dallas Observer in advance to see how this thing was advertised. Ash could have made an adaptation to satisfy the audience. It’s as if he didn’t care.

In a year with so many great live shows, how disappointing to be hoodwinked in such a painful manner. Imagine Peter Murphy coming to town and charging concert prices to sit on the stage and perform needlepoint for the audience. Sorry, but I’ve got better things to do. We’ve been listening to you goth guys for so many decades and have spent so much money on your art. You were outsiders from the beginning, and we were determined to make you vital and relevant. If you make the effort to come to our town, consider actually performing music. What a novel concept…a rock star actually performing rock. What has the world come to?

Kudos to the cordial, and attractive, owner of Trees – who graciously provided my (and my forgiving date’s) refund.

Dallas deserves better than this.