The Bird House

Category: DJ Set

  • Radio tonight + archives from last night\’s livestream

    As usual on Friday nights, there\’s a new \”Laboratori\” on Quarantini FM 22hCET/1pmPDT. Lots of new music: Adeline, Burdy/KNOWONE, Sharif feat Neto Pen?a, Demetrius Rhymes feat. Awon & Crl Crrll,

    More Ghost Than Man, Richie Phoe/RCola feat. Dangerman, Jaguar Skills & Omar, Mister T., Martin Nonstatic, Timo Lassy, Halfway Kid, Holmes Ives/Honest Lee ft. Mete Tasin, Duke Hugh & Andre? Espeut, Dubble D (aka Moodymanc), D_pr, Shur-I-Kan, Tovi Sound System, JCLD, Glamour Hammer/Joos (CH), Bremark, DJ Vartan & Techcrasher.


    Above archived sessions from last night on Mixcloud! Many thanks to Nomada Beach Club and everyone who came out or listened online.

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    Our friends at Nomada Beach Club have invited me to play there the last few years. This year has been a bit interesting due to the GLOBAL PANDEMIC but as much as possible, they have provided a haven for those needing a bit of good vibes, food, drink & music in El Garraf (the coolest comarca around! #HomeTeamPride) Anyway, I\’ll be there this Thursday and I am to livestream the session, so head over to my Mixcloud page starting at 19hCET/10amPDT. Should be happening till 12:30amCET/3:30pmPDT.

    Below is the last session I livestreamed from there.

  • Videos of Something Else! at Radio C/C

    Radio C/C is the new home for Something Else! One of the cool things about the new venue is the DJ equipment so I can do proper DJ sets or invite guests to do the same and another is video capability!

    Sonar Week Session pt 1

  • Playing for Todd Terry… …via contest… + Gig in BCN!


    Todd Terry    . Proper legend, mostly in the House Music world, but not exclusively. Folks from NYC seem to be more complex, fortunately. Anyway, outside of fans of House his probably most known work is a remix he did for Everything But The Girl (legends of their own, but we\’re not getting into that today) and their massive hit \”Missing\” (click title for original version.) Below is what Mr Terry did that made this ETBG\’s first hit…

    He\’s hosting a contest on Mixcloud for those of us who think of ourselves as DJs who play House. I can be a competitive person so it was like a magnet and paperclip… Below is the set I submitted as my entry.  Enjoy and share with friends!

    This Thursday (as always for the last few months) I will be doing my show Something Else! on Radio C/C from 20-22h UTC+1. At the top of this page you can hear some archived shows in the player. After the radio, I have a gig in the center of the city! First there will be a Hiphop/Jazz session at Barcelona\’s new venue Candy (c/ Escudellers, 5 Barcelona) with Blu Rum 13 featuring Ray Colom and then I go on to transition into Bunzu\’s Afro House sound provided by Bruno M &a Dr Moods. It should be a lot of fun–see you there!

  • New Video, FINALLY!

    So… I\’ve been doing radio at a new spot for the last few months. Still in Poble Nou, but a different setup–more DJ-oriented. Something Else! Radio is now Thursdays 8-10pm on www.RadioCC.club Last Saturday we were part of Poble Nou\’s \”Open Day\” and provided music at Espacio 88 from 10am til 10pm featuring many of the DJ from the station. I was asked to play 5pm til 6pm after Guille de Juan (Playtime) and before Big Mic (WOKSESSIONSNDS)

    I\’m still eclectic as ever…

    Thanks to Benji & Victor for video and audio respectively.

  • Turntable Tour!

    Tribute to Rap History Biel/Bienne – 1994 by T-Bird on Mixcloud

    Today is the first part of my Swiss \”Turntable Tour.\” 3 nights, 2 cities: Biel/Bienne (Thursday) & Basel (Friday/Saturday.)

    The mix above is to commemorate an event I went to many years ago in Biel called \”Rap History.\” Each event would be themed around a certain year and the music would all be from then.  I always liked the idea and wanted to play one. Unfortunately, they have ended and now they only exist as an idea and organization…

    Tonight I\’ll be playing the place where it all started for me in Switzerland, Pooc. Tomorrow will be my traditional Friday at Grenzwert (2nd venue I ever played in this country) and Saturday will break new ground at Cafe Singer, a venue new to both me and Basel!

  • Aural Voyages…

    A while ago I was at someone\’s home and heard a mix of hiphop, latin and some other music that had a New York vibe to me.  As it turns out, the music was from the soundtrack to the film Chef, which takes place not in NYC, but Los Angeles, Miami and along the road connecting the two cities (notable stop in New Orleans.)  An explanation of why I sensed New York when I heard the music might be that the film\’s star & producer, Jon Favreau, is from Flushing, Queens (NYC.)   Anyway, I was determined to make a mix that captured at least part of the New York \”vibe\” I heard. This mix is a bit more DJ-oriented than the music from the film, but I think that\’s it is no less NYC.
    This mix is the first of a series of city-themed mixes.

    I\’ll be getting some inspiration soon from my upcoming trip to Switzerland. Thursday, 4 February I return to the first venue I ever played in Switzerland, Biel/Bienne\’s Pooc.  Friday the 5th I play my second Swiss venue, Grenzwert in Basel.  My debut at Cafe Singer is Saturday (February 6) and I\’m really looking forward to it!

    By the way, I saw the film and recommend it.  It\’s good experience of two of my favorite things, food & music!

  • Black Feeling 3 — Feeling Good!!


    So the other day I did a DJ mix as promotion for a compilation on Freestyle Records that I\’m excited about, Black Feeling Vol. 3.  It\’s out now, so go buy it!

    If you know the Australian group The Bamboos, you\’re gonna love it–Lance Ferguson (aka Lanu) is behind it and it\’s up to his usual quality (i.e., excellent!)  As it\’s the third in the series, I thought it would be good to get people interested in the other two volumes as well, so the mix draws from all three of them.

    Listen below, share freely and then buy the music!  JunoDownload even made a list of the tunes I played on the mix so you can buy all of them and know which album they are from.

    Black Feeling 3 Mix by T-Bird by Freestyle Records on Mixcloud

  • You Ain\’t Hip! (Tunes, gigs & stuff…)

     

    As some of you know, I\’ve been playing sessions at Dos Trece Restaurant & Bar in Barcelona\’s Raval neighborhood.  I\’m back there this weekend for a Brunch Session 13hr-17hr (last time I did a Saturday night.)  Great food & drink + decent music… 

    You\’re probably also aware that I make, edit and otherwise tweak music… Above is a newly re-tweaked piece of music.  I\’d worked on this before, but after some comments and playing it out on gigs I went back and made some more tweaks: EQ, mixing, mastering and such…

    Contemplation #2 by T-Bird on Mixcloud

    C/ Reina 16, Madrid by T-Bird on Mixcloud

    Macarena Mix Partt 1 by T-Bird on Mixcloud

    Not one or two, but three mixes to share from Mixcloud! 

    The first is the 2nd part of a mix I did for photographer Jutta Pfannenschmidt.  She had a showing of her work in Barcelona (Part 1) and then moved the show to Madrid.  This show is about everyday beauty we miss purely because we are in a hurry and don\’t spend enough time actually noticing our environment and is called \”

    21.05.2015

  • Look Out Weekend Here We Come…


    Last weekend was great and we\’re getting ready to do it AGAIN…  This time we start out in Sitges on Friday at an exhibition of work by photographer & painter extraordinaire, Pepe Pujol Carabantes (aka Joe Tookit!) The venue is El Sotano de Mam

    27.03.2015