Live @ Faux Club DJ Mix

Last month I did a show with Jovian (together as Disco Death) at one of our favorite venues in Chengdu, called Nu Space. This is a live house which ordinarily hosts bands and not DJs, so it was an unconventional gig for us. The venue has a phenomenal sound system and we had a lot of fun.

This mix is mostly hip hop and drum & bass, with a few surprises. It’s about 60 minutes long with 44 songs, and a tracklist below.

Stream & Download Links

Click below to stream or download the mix. I’ve added this mix to the mixes page on this site, too: DJ Mixes

Download “Live @ Faux Club” DJ Mix MP3

Tracklist

  1. Disco Death Intro
  2. Mike Gao – Thirst (feat. Mr Carmack)
  3. Baauer – Raspberry
  4. Falcons – Want Your Body
  5. Resotone x Mark Arkinson – I Think I
  6. Kafe Hu – You Qian Daddy (feat. Eli Sweet)
  7. DJ Krush – Stormy Cloud (Raindrop Mix)
  8. Kanye West & Jay Z – Clique (feat. Big Sean)
  9. Phaeleh – Never Fade Away
  10. Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You (WRLD Remix)
  11. Kali Uchis – Know What I Want
  12. Vromm – Ashes of Shame
  13. HXNS – Wavezzz
  14. Sneaker Pimps – Six Underground
  15. Tusais – Blakout
  16. The Notorious B.I.G. – Warning
  17. Troyboi – ili
  18. Ivy Lab & Tim Parker – U Smart
  19. Nphonix – Reach Out (OM Unit Remix)
  20. ODB – Shimmy Shimmy Ya (Mr. Carmack Remix)
  21. Fixate – Tweeked
  22. Alix Perez – Solitary Native
  23. M.I.A. – Paper Planes
  24. Digital & Spirit – Phantom Force
  25. DJ JS1 – Come Together Break
  26. Bonobo – Jets
  27. Alix Perez – State 808
  28. Luniz – I Got 5 On It
  29. Zero Tolerance – Refusal
  30. Alix Perez – Crooklyn
  31. The Charmels – As Long As I’ve Got You
  32. The Smashing Pumpkins – Today
  33. Sabre – Old Flame
  34. Marc Mac – The World Is Yours
  35. Fracture & Neptune – Whatever
  36. Thelonious – Child Like
  37. James & Bobby Purify – I’m Your Puppet
  38. Donkong – Jawz
  39. A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation (Properly Relaxed Mix)
  40. Mr. Scruff – So Long
  41. Skee-Lo – I Wish
  42. Mr. Carmack – Aerosol Can (Remix)
  43. Nas – Cherry Wine (feat. Amy Winehouse)
  44. Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On

More Info

Aside from the event happening on a Thursday, it was from 8:30pm until 10:30pm, and in a large room with a gigantic projector screen, which was almost like being in a movie theater with no seats. It was more like being in an art gallery than an underground club, which is not the vibe we are used to.

I didn’t know exactly what I was going to play, but I had a rough outline of about 120 songs for my hour-long performance. Of that 120, I ended up playing 44 songs in about 60 minutes, which is a fast clip. I felt that a slower pace for an hour long set at 9:30pm would be boring, so I determined that I would move as quickly as I could through the hour to keep up a fast pace which would be interesting to watch and listen to.

June 8, 2019|

Palindrome Poetry Poster

SuHui Palindrome Poster thumbnail

I ran into a post on Reddit recently which brought attention to a poem which was created by Su Hui (??), a 4th century Chinese poet who became famous for creating a palindrome poem called Xuanjitu (???). Incredibly, it is a 29×29 character grid which can be read forward, backwards, horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. The combination of these different arrangements makes for an astounding 2,849 different readings of the same poem. It’s like sudoku times 1,000 in Chinese poem form.

I’ve read and enjoyed a limited amount of poetry in Chinese, but much of it is inaccessible to non-native Chinese speakers due to the cryptic way in which it’s written. It’s like a non-native English speaker reading Shakespeare — it’s not easy, to say the least. One concession is that in this case I’ve opted for the simplified Chinese version which is dramatically easier on my classical Chinese skills than the significantly more complex traditional version.

Suhui Palindromes Poster

A closeup look at the palindrome poetry poster created by SuHui in the 4th century, comprised of a 29 x 29 grid of Chinese characters that can be read 2,000 different ways

I saw the Wikipedia entry for the poem and my first thought was that it would make a really cool poster. So I made it into one by creating a high resolution version in Photoshop that’s color coded for easier reading. I will put this on my wall and try to read it as many ways as possible. You can download the 12mb copy which I made below for free, in JPG format. It’s print ready at 300dpi and the dimensions are 24 x 24 inches.

Download Link

This is a 24mb JPG file – I wouldn’t try to open it in your browser. Right click the button below and save the image to your hard drive.

SuHui Palindrome Poetry Poster

October 10, 2012|
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