Davin Greenwell

starkid passed away late last week after being hit by a truck on a highway near houston. i found out friday. i used to talk to him online, send him music, he gave me feedback, etc. that kind of thing. he was very funny online — he came into #proghouse as “jeyjeydig” and said totally wacky stuff. he was a brilliant producer, and a tribute remix disc is coming out on release records very soon.
he had a track on nick warren’s latest global underground, as well as a few other tracks on vinyl.. not bad for an 18 year old.
it is a strange age we live in. one where you can get to know someone without ever meeting them, one where the loss of their presence is felt without ever knowing what the person looked like or talked like.
it feels strange.
the following is a slightly modified bio of him, musically:
Starkid was Adam Spears.
Starkid hails from Nacogdoches, Texas. A small town in Texas most famous for its high consumption of beer and for being “where the space shuttle fell down at”. The music making began early in life with a natural attraction to Casio’s and mandolins. An accidental software download led him into the seedy world of hardcore electronic music production. A dire love for pretty sounds pushed him to the warmer side of things, the club influence coming from people like James Holden, Gwill Morris, and Sander Kleinenberg.
“Melodies are so important to me, I mean like, really important.” This attitude has kept him at the forefront of a genre drowned in congas. His music extends beyond club music, well beyond club music infact. He’s recently formed a fun band with his best friend and Steve Vai wannabe Zach Jones, and a crazy girl with a million dreams Evelyn Malinowski. They have formed a space-age emo-core group named Babylumalautaroonie and the Jerry Lewis Bone-A-Thons feat. Athena. Taking influence from a wide range of artists including Tortoise, Modest Mouse, 2-Pac, The Blood Brothers and Dream Theater, their sound was a mish-mash of crazy noise and precise musical calculation. “It’s like what happens if you were to like, you know, take a bunch of little kids and give them Fenders and force them to learn music theory, but also give them tons of pixie sticks and coffee. Thats sort of what we sound like.”
The electronic side of his production focuses on “wussed-out” pretty music, either in the downtempo or housey vein. His past work has been featured by both big dj’s and small, and on radio stations such as Proton Radio. His collaborations have included remixes for undiscovered gems like E-sin, and full on collaborations with full-time cigarette smoker Danny Moore. Their alias “Jey and Jordan” was a combination of their online monikers and personality’s which are far more attractive than their real life counterparts. A mutual love for beef jerky and Donnie Darko led them to come up with a few tracks and plans for even more down the line.
Not yet a man, no longer a child, like Britney Spears, Starkid continues to develop in musical style. Though their music and appearance may be different, they share the same last name and often times the same fashion choices. They also share a love of fun, which Starkid stressed was the most important thing ever.
“Girls just wanna have fun, but so do I, is that so wrong?”
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R.I.P. starkid.

hey folks! this is this thursday, so as i now appear to have my act together, i no longer have a reason not to post it. see!?

please come and support islandkidz — a good cause indeed.
i had an über relaxing day today out at gurton’s cabin on west shawnigan lake, near camp pringle. sooo nice. pictures to come..

what a weird week. here it is. i guess this is proof that my machine is not broken. yet another massive picture post. by the way, i reuploaded the rush as the previous version of the mp3 had a slight glitch in it. not super noticable but it was enough for me to repost it! so if you want the gooder version, it is online in the same place as it was before.

Featured Tracks:

• Chris Salt – Dub Sonar (Silver Planet)
• Phyber – Project One (CDr)

Featured Mix: ariz0na and Nick Gurns

• Porter & Blain – Surrounding Darkness (Source of Gravity)
• U&K – Atmosphere (Confi-dance)
• Datar – U [Instrumental] (RIP Records)
• Blackstone – Superfrill [Ocean Wave remix] (Vapour)
• Chab – The Chab (Gecko)
• Thomas P. Heckman with Marc Romboy – Ultravixens [Voyager Mix] (Undercurrent)
• Chris Fortier – Despegue (Dub) [Fade]
• Cabala feat. Michelle Chivers – Vision of U [Nick Muir vocal mix] (Whoop!)
• Cultivate – Broken Pieces [Max Graham remix] (Lost Language)
• Angel – Kites [Evolution remix] (3 Beat)
• Jaya – Excursion [Origin remix] (Inversus)
• Marc Auerbach – Muke (Mode)
• Aria – One (Fire)
• General Midi vs. Hyper – We’ve Been Waiting [Fretwell mix] (Kilowatt)
• Planisphere – Frogger (Green Martian)
• Ron Houder – Outskirts [Hybrid’s Tech Funk Breaks mix] (Global Cuts)
• 21st Century Fux – Sunspirit [Ivan Gough & Luke Chable-s Oreo Breakbeat Mix] (Inversus)
• Healy and Amos – Bleachin’ [Hybrid remix] (White Label)
• Ocean Wave – Velvet [Voyager remix 2] (Rhythm Syndicate / Vapour)
• JunkieXL – Bon Voyage (Manifesto)

Continue reading “luminara victoria 2004 pictures”

sooke potholes today. if you are coming late [a bunch are] then come to the location pictured above — that’s where we’ll be. it’s about a 45 minute walk up the gravel road — ripple rock beach. it’s where the tire swing is that is hanging off the tree.
luminara 2003 was awesome. i note that some of you say you’ll be there at luminara 2004 this year. look forward to bumping into you there tonight!

Featured Tracks:

• Phyber – Expecting The Unexpected (CDr)

Featured Mix: DJ Bedlam

• Fever – Distorted Horizon (Mechanism)
• Replicant – The Conspiracy (Pod Promo)
• Julez & Stone – Pure Science (Mechanism)
• Andre Absolut – Digital Suspense (White Label)
• Naveen G – Keeper of Five (M Theory)
• Killahurtz – West on 27th [Sleepfreaks remix] (White Label)
• Sander Kleinenberg – Soul Shelter (LMR)
• Agent 001 – When Pigs Fly (RR)
• Chris Domingo – One Sound (Teknology)
• Agent 001 – Tektonic Shift (RR)
• Infusion – Do To You [in 82] (Audiotherapy)
• Emjay & A. Souter – Glow In The Dark (Cyber)
• Descent – Projection (Release Records)
• Bedrock – Emerald [Dub] (Bedrock)
• Chris Domingo – Darklight [Thomas Penton remix] (BozBoz)
• Psalt – No Start For A Change [Piece Process remix] (Looq)
• Benz and MD – Wonder (Hope Recordings)
• Steve Porter – Vodka Cranberries [Greyarea remix] (Nu*Republic)
• Matthew Dekay – Higher Thoughts (Little Mountain Recordings)
• Paul Hamill – Access Psycatron (White Label)
• Steve Porter – Alphabet Soup (FDS)
• Trancesetters – Roaches [Slacker remix] (Hooj Choons!)

hello folks, if you want to go swimming at the sooke potholes saturday, phone me on my cell! so far, we have two vehicles going .. one from James Bay, and one from Gordon Hood. aww yeah. phone! we’re aiming to rendezvous at the Mac’s at Jacklyn and Sooke at about 11:45 – 12 noonish.

happy belated birthday to alison, who has the #1 rated blog in canada on blizg. yay!
oh yeah, by the way.. swimming last night at oak bay rec was the bizzomb. saturday i plan on hitting up the Sooke Potholes or the All-Fun Waterslides.. haven’t decided yet. who wants to come?! so far emmy and nathan are in, but the invitation is extended to anyone who would like to hit it up. sweet!