Stranger Danger

I realize I haven't posted anything for a month. Oh well. You're not missing much. I haven't really gotten anything new since I've been working alot. Except for this one song that I found on Pandora.
It's beautiful...

Oceanlab - Lonely Girl by MEACULPAKSK

I was going to write up a whole bunch of philosophical nonsense that describes my constant yearning for company, but I'll save you the time. I can hear beautiful songs about an unnamed love and I have no one to insert into those lyrics. I feel like I've always had a crush on somebody since I was in middle school. Not anymore. I guess I'm just jaded by what comes down to a simple lack of self-respect that I see in so many people these days.


À bientôt.

Where Do You Draw The Line?

This post is for Jeff first and foremost, but also for anyone who wants to slay a party. I am about to post party party tracks. I have 4 in the quiver right now but we'll see how many end up here.

Enjoy all you dance fanatics...


1. Ke$ha. How could it not be her? She drinks whiskey out of waterbottles... She's down to party.
This joint is incredible in it's original state. But this 128bpm version by my man Liam Keegan is even doper. (Also. the Teenage Dream mix is also super tight).
We R Who We R (Liam Keegan Radio Edit) - Ke$ha




2. Gagayonce. The Telephone video was awesome. The song is decent. This remix adds intricacies and intrigue. It definately gives those that are intoxicated plenty of time to get hyped and then it drops a fast dance beat that would stoke the hardiest of the female party-goers. The re-drum reminds me a little bit of the back beat in Lose Control by Missy. It's also super easy to mix into anything. Which is good if you're DJing.
Telephone (Alphabeat Remix) - Lady Gaga & Beyonce




3. DeadEastMovement. I hate this track. But that doesn't mean that it won't get the 99% of people that aren't jaded with both tunes to dance. I actually am not completely opposed to Like a G6 yet but I'm not a fan of the mau5 anymore since his current live sets are bullshit. There. I said it. Don't pay to see deadmau5. Just buy the music somewhere else. What a waste of 45 dollars. If you can find a ticket for 15, by all means, go. It's 15 dollars better than listening to his tracks at your friend's house...cause the lights. Anyway, enough of that rant. This song is pretty well done and, like I said, will make anyone dance.
Ghosts On A G6 - Basic Physics




4. DubDubBub. So what's up with DJ sets without any dubstep? is what your audience is asking. Thats why you need these two tracks. Both are face-melting. I'll just consider them a double dose because my number 5 is mind-blowing. Wait for it. So number 4.1 is a Metric jam called Gold, Guns, Girls. But it is nothing like the original. Not only is it more beautiful, but it is also a dose of pure brain dynamite. If you come to a lull in your set/want to take a small break, you have a minute and a half to chill before you unleash destruction on the crowd.
Gold Guns Girls ( Philthy B & Metaphase Remix ) - Metric

The 4.2 choice I'm not so sure about. It's a pop-dub remix of Keep It Goin Louder by Major Lazer. It's a maybe play. Hear your crowd, Jeff. I don't know how Dallas gets down. They'd love it in Denver. It's pretty standard dubstep even though it's not as grimy as some tracks. It still finishes with the main melody so you can mix it into anything. Or a fade-out might work cause the siren drums are loud enough to make the lyrics inaudible if you mix it right.
Keep It Going Louder (DZ vs NTRLD Remix) - Major Lazer




5. Sexy Miley Cyrus? This track is a mistake. It is too hot. I openly admit I love the original Party in the USA. No problem saying that. I also loved David Banner's filthy beats before he fell off that map (really, has anyone heard a banner beat in a while? maybe i'm out of the loop). So I want you to combine filth with pro-America pop music. Here you go. It's a little slow, but you can honestly just cut, play the whole thing, and then start with something different. It's that good.
Party in the U.S.PLAY (David Banner x Miley Cyrus) - Yo! Huckleberry


So enjoy those. They will help your average living-in-the-present under 30 girl dance. And what's what you want as a DJ anyway...

I would put a bonus but I wouldn't have anything to post for next time.

BTW, I like brown. And I was trying out a late-fall color scheme...

Chill Mix v2

So I decided to go ahead and do it.

I put the track list in the comments of the file. I've over trying to keep my music a secret... :)

I did it about 6 times and remastered the 4th and 5th time together to see if I could get it really pro. Unfortunately, it sounded way way way more bunk than I had heard it going in the first time. So I did it a 6th time just for poops and giggles as kind of a last try effort to see if I could hit it on the head. I think it turned out much better than the times before.

This isn't the first chill mix. Not even close. It's super minimal compared to what you're used to hearing from my blog. But I like it and I like the way it turned out.

Now I release it to you to decide. I think it fits the bill of a 'chill mix.'



Chill Mix 2 by Ted Krause
Remember, you can download with the down arrow on the side of the player.

The bass is really heavy and there are alot of intricacies in there so I hope you enjoy the result of my boredom. Holla if you want all the original tracks. I don't feel like posting them up tonight cause I got shit to do tomorrow!

ENJOI

First Snow

I would like to dedicate this post to the inevitable feeling of detest I will probably have for snow after the winter is done. I mean I'll still love some aspects of it but I anticipate hating the annoying aspects that will make themselves evident soon enough. So cheers to you, white stuff.



I've been struggling to think of stuff to post. I'm overwhelmed by the unceasing posting ability of Todd and the daily methodical music emails from Kyle. I can't do that anymore. I just don't have the gusto.

But speaking of gusto, I learned yesterday that skating is still way up there on the list of things I love to do. A little too late because a short 12 hours after I was battered and bloody thanks to mal-performed trickery, the snow was upon us. I don't know if I ever wrote this down when I was in Paris, but since this acts as a type of journal, I'll recount the story now. So I was skating in front of my apart at the musée d'orsay ledges one sunday evening in (probably) may or june when I met a brazillian kid that just came to skate the ledges. We proceeded to talk and skate and try to get 15 foot boardslides on the marble. I remember being stoked to meet another random person that just wanted to skate. That's all. Good story right? Well let me transition to my Saturday night.

So I got off work and went to Whiskey Jacks with Kevin. Kev wanna be like Ted. haha. Anyway, I was there chillin and trying to find somebody that would dance with me. (On a side note, why are white girls so creeped out when you ask them to dance? I'm not asking for you to conceive my child... Dance with a guy if he asks you and if you're not feeling it, then tell him to get lost. Don't dance seductively in front of me and then act like I demanded one of your kidneys when I ask to dance.) Anyway, Walz and LJ and Dan show up and start dancing too. Then! out of the corner of my eye I say this red-latex-dress clad female. Dayum. So I go talk to her and ask her the reason for her sexy nurse halloween costume. I got an answer and was about to leave her alone (because of all the previous weird looks I'd gotten from chicks that night) and then she asked me what my name was...keeping me there. I was blown away. Wait, you want to talk to me?!? Okay... So we talk a little and dance a little and then talk a little more. But damn it, her cousin had to leave and since she was from not Vail, she had to go with. 'Edwards is a long ass taxi ride' was the thought process, I'm sure. So she left. I was bummed. She was really awesome. The power ended up going out and then I went to some other peeps house, met some chillers, and finally returned home. As it turns out, the foxy lady from the club had found me on facebook. I woke up to a call that said I didn't have to go to work and then a facebook request from her. That was a good way to wake up. So she left to go back to her state of residence, but she might be coming back for Thanksgiving. It would really be cool to hang out with her more. She seemed sweet and incredibly genuine (not to mention, seductive). Oh and she was Brazilian. There! Tied the two stories together.


I watched the movie Holy Rollers this afternoon. Pretty good flick. It was shot really well even though they didn't get into the personal sentiments of some of the characters enough. I would most certainly recommend it. It also had a pretty awesome soundtrack. And the song at the top that you're probably listening to now, is from the movie. I'd recommend buying some of the tracks here.

Living with John has been great so far. I'm happy to have someone else to be around. The by-myself living situation was okay, but I missed the human contact. Of course there are some things that he does that I don't and vice-versa, but we'll figure it out.



I want to make another chill mix pretty soon. Maybe tomorrow? We'll see. I have alot of songs that I've already added to a potentially-using-this playlist on iTunes. I could take it in a few directions. I'm trying to decide between a mellow drum & bass feel or a more indie rock feel. Maybe I'll do two. Maybe not. Regardless, this song kinda spurred the desire: If you like this, buy it or dirpy it.

My last song is a remix of a video I posted a really long time ago when I was still in France. Mimosa killed it: DAYS GO BY (MiMOSA REMiXXX)- DiRTY VEGAS by TigranMiMoSA Also, if you're not familiar with soundcloud, you can download by clicking the little down arrow above...

Enjoi.



BONUS
Oh shoot. I'll post this one. It's Heavy, but the melody of the song might get used in the chill mix. Can't decide yet. Gold Guns Girls ( Philthy B & Metaphase Remix ) by Philthy B
Gold Guns Girls

I miss her

Is love when you get nervous butterflies when you start to remember memories you've had together?When you ache because of the intangibility of it? When you hold your breath and think it'll go away? Then it doesn't. Thats what she is, how she is to me. I'd like to go back and see her for she is the one thing I'm sure I love. Paris, je t'aime.

This is what I've been listening to while I craft my first batch of vin chaud. As it gets colder here, I crave my reckless endangerment sur mon ancien velo, Veronica. I crave the cold wind as I made my way to Dauphine. I crave vincennes. I crave boulogne. I crave my favorite bouteille de vin on the champ de mars. I crave pont des arts and the cobblestone quai that led me there. I crave another 2 Alpes trip with Celia, who I grew to adore but never really knew. I crave that stupid demographie class with Diane and Antoine. I crave the nights on marc's porch with good beer and better conversation. I crave another chance to realize the love that was extended to me by a different type of beautiful girl; a French type that was unabashed and could speak chapters with eyes and hair. I crave Paris. I crave that love.


So here's this song that draws me back to our beautiful endeavor, to a time that was apart from reality, to a moment that I certainly must return to every night in my dreams.




Meaningful Story (Jaytech Remix) - Dinka


What I've realized is that maybe I'm not ready for her just yet. I shall continue my waiting, and in due time, in a time that makes sense, I will return to her. She'll just have to stay a fantasy until that time....

Concerned Mothers
Of the West
Teach your sons
How to truly love.

Housewarming!

So i've been getting my stuff together for the first get-together at the new place and was going through my iTunes last night adding all the songs I thought people would like (plus a few guilty pleasures like this one: )

I was going through nearly everything I had, including all the new music I hadn't rated or listened to, and found a few block rockin' beats that I hadn't remembered ever hearing. Some of them are pretty old too. So I'll dedicate this post to stuff that isn't new but is really new to me and most likely songs you haven't ever heard either.


First, a jam Kris might like:
Gold Lion (Diplo's Optimo Remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
This is pretty fun though most certainly on the quirky side of quirky. It'll get you movin though. This played in a Diplo set at loud volumes before or after a bounce or dirty south jam would be sick. I am sitting here just imagining transitions into and out of this one.



Speaking of transitions, I would like to give a big shout out to Them Jeans who always comes through with tight ass tracks. Unfortunately for me, I can't stand to have parts of a song thrown out of rhythm. So I re-did a song he threw together a while back and made a few small changes to it to make it sync better. I sped it up a little to to keep some more integrity of the rap verses. So without anymore delay, the Bloc Party/Lil Scrappy masterpiece:

I Still Got Problems (TK Refix) - Them Jeans
I really really love both tracks. I might try to do it the other way around. Kele on top of the No Problems beat? We'll see.



I'll take a break to explain to everyone that I've accepted my fate as prey for big cats. Vail seems to be teeming with these ferocious felines and their claws are as sharp as their first marriage diamond engagement rings. Or their tiffany's bracelets. (Those are the two bracelets I seen so far btw.) Maybe I should just get into the thievery business. I'd probably come up hard. But I'm not like that. Plus I got a job! I'll be valeting cars at the Marriot in Lionshead at least until the ski season when I start my instruction job. The latter I'm incredibly pumped about. That means probably 6 days a week on the slopes if I get good hours. Which I will after I get recommended by all the people I teach. Woo!



Alright back to the music. The next one is incredible at the start and finish. And the rest is dubstep. You know how I am still a little on the fence on most of the dub movement... Here's the original track. I got the post taken down a second time. Dunno why so I deleted the original.

I think I'll actually go mix two remixes of In for the Kill together to eliminate the harshness that is the central theme of this track. Eh I dunno. on another listen it isn't too bad I guess. I mean it's well done, I just don't like some of the destructive wobbling.


Jesus H that took a long time. I first decided that it would be a good idea to spend time fixing the Michael Woods remix and then I would proceed to creating a super duper version of the Skrillex. Fun, but frustrating. Especially when the whole damn song depends on one insane transfer. And no it's not the one at the end that was the most important. I just listened to it and it was worth the time but dayum! I hope everyone enjoys the fruit of my labor. Shout out to Skream for helping me out with the Skrillex fix.

Here's the Skrillex:
In For The Kill (Skrillex Remix [TK Refix]) - La Roux

And the original Michael Woods:

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which is something I can't post on here. So i would like to say sincerely, fuck you to the Universal Music Group and the bitch asses at the DMCA who no only deleted the original of the michael woods, but felt they should also delete the fix-er-upper i did of the track. so fuck them and email me if you want either songs (ted.krause@me.com) I doubt la roux or michael woods (who i guess was professionally contracted by polydor (owned by universal) to do the remix of the song) had anything at all to do with hating on spreading the word about good music.
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Woo. So now for one last one that isn't La Roux. I think I'll wake up with red hair after that...

Both are old independently, but I hadn't listened to this mash...ever. I've had it since November 9th last year! says my date modified column. Crazy that something this ridiculous can sit there for that long. Enjoy

Pon De Sexy Bitch (David Guetta vs. Major Lazer) - DJ Juicy (of White Folks Get Crunk fame)


That was a good ass post. Hope you enjoy it.



BONUS:
I can't help but post this. It's ridiculously tight. Counting Crows?!? Bitch I Might Be!

Pills (Proper Villains Remix) - Gucci Mane

Why, Why?

Start off with this. Then get the remix I'll post later:




Pretty cool sound huh? I'll return to that later.

So I have moved up to vail in a timely fashion. Unfortunately, not timely enough to be able to find easy work. But I've applied at so many places that I feel like something will turn up soon. I am also being pretty picky. I don't want to drive 15 minutes to places in Edwards. That seems pretty lame when I have the whole vail village within walking or free bus distance. We'll see what it comes to.

I'm also about to start taking roommate auditions. That should be fun. I wish colin would just move up here.

After I slang some more resumes today i'm going to check out the edwards skatepark and see how that is. The one in lionshead is really lame. There are cracks before all the stuff that you would want to do on street and the ramp stuff is a little intense cause i never do that type of stuff. We'll see.



Now to music. The song you have been listening to is catchy. Real catchy. There are basically two types of songs the RAC remixes. 1) Songs that are insanely catchy that will become super-songs after their golden mixers touch them (like The Worse It Gets). 2) Songs that are weird and indie that turn into strange dance jams. I'll give an example of that later.


So without any more wait, the

RAC remix to Boy by Ra Ra Riot
(just go to the rcrdlbl site so I don't get in trouble for re-posting too soon.)

I really love this jam. The little bells in the background are incredibly perfect. The strings are nice as well. And can you hear the back and forth downward arpeggio in the background at about 2:49? You know what that reminds me of? And it did the first time I noticed it last night... Treasure Mountain!. Anyone else play that? It was on my dad's color macintosh back in the day. God I loved that game. And theres another testiment to my useless ability to remember melodies and lyrics from stuff that I would never need again. Woot for wasted brain power.



So for a song that is weird and has been turned into a strange dance-jam? Let's go with this one:

Orlando Boom (RAC Mix) - Femme Generation

It's a weird one, but oddly enough, very danceable. You might enjoy it, you might not. I'm not making any promises.




And for something that is not RAC in the least, I'll post a song that was given to me by Kyle. Thanks homes!

Cracks (Flux Pavillion Remix) - Freestylers feat. Belle Humble

It's pretty mellow at the get-go but gets more intense quickly. It's dubby too. A real head-bobber.




For the last one, a mash-up done by Morgan Page (a new favorite on the dj scene):

I'll Never Dream I'm In Love - Kaskade vs. Alex Guadino

It's pretty intoxicating, though the "I'm in love I'm in love" gets a little repetitive. However, Becky Williams' voice is pretty incredible. (It is her right? The chick from Late Night Alumni?) You'll like the song if you like Kaskade or any vocal prog house stuff.


That's all for me today. Catch ya on the flipside.