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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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I’m not going to pretend to know shit about electronic/dance music or those who make it, but every now and again I get on a kick where I take a trip through the wilds of the web downloading various remixes and originals. Through these trips I usually come across some really informative websites that not only post links to the tracks but actually give some background on the tracks they are posting (I know, what novel concept).
So was the case recently when I came across Shot Callin’, a blog by a DJ called Lazaro Casanova, who manages to inform and educate without sounding pretentious in his posts.
But that doesn’t really merit a post, does it? Though upon reading through most of the posts on Shot Callin’ I got a feel for Casanova through his writings that he seems to be a real down-to-earth hard worker that is doing his best to blaze his own trail in the electronic/dance/remixing DJ world. He is currently DJing weeklies across the US right now and recently released his first original track, called Shorts and Heel’s, which you can pick up over at Big Stereo, and will be stopping by Safari Sams for Check Yo’ Ponytail tomorrow. Also, like everyone else, he will be at SXSW this year.
It was all this that made me just want to point out this kid who looks to have a bright future in front of him. OK, back to the rock tomorrow. I promise.