Extraordinary producer, songwriter, and artist passes on

Producer Static Major, of the group Playa (Def Jam) died Monday, 25th February at his hometown of Louisville.

As of this posting, major news sources have unable to determine the cause of death; but most recent reports from WHAS11.com say that he “died from complications from a medical procedure”.

He was 33.

FKL would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to Mr. Garrett’s family and friends.

Om Shanti.

Risk VS Republic?

The Nerves of our Commonwealth indeed. Has anything -really- happened to Burma since last year?

Maybe, maybe not.

But we’re sure still goddamned pissed off about it.

D’arcy continues our Burma commentary with a solid electro-style mix featuring Mike Monday, Guy Gerber, and our favorite crossovers - 16 Bit Lolitas.

Foundationkl.org presents:

D’arcy - The Terror Of Punishment [009]
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1. Beauty Hides in the Deep_16 Bit Lolitas Presents The Doppler Effect
2. The_Pilgrim_guy Gerber
3. Orca__Undo & Vicknoise
4. Mnemonic__Grindvik
5. Eneverende_Federico molinari
6. Bay_Of_Figs_Mark Houle
7. Thing_Mike Monday
8. The_Tunnel_Ritchie Hawtin
9. Falling_Butch Bowen
10. Mini Man_Alex_dimou
11. All_For_One_Johannes Heil
12. Mekong_Delta_Len Faki
13. Freakside_Shlomi Aber
14. Housetrap_Laidback Luke

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Got this press release over the weekend. Seems interesting. We’ll probably see you there!

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Resistiv3
Date: Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Subject: Press Release - resistiv3 Presents Back2Back Sessions featuring Kain (Ohm Resistance,US).

Thanx for your support man
———- Forwarded message ———-

Gigantic Line UP at resistiv3

VENUE : Palate Palette Restaurant & Bar, 21 Jalan Mesui, off Jalan Nagasari, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

DATE : 1st March 2008, Saturday.

TIME : 9pm - 3am.

ADMISSION : Free Entry.

LINE-UPS :

• TUBBY B2B CHI-PULP
• AN-OWL B2B MAC B2B MH feat. DJ CLIQ & WORDS MANIFEST
• KAIN (OHM RESISTANCE, USA)

Sick and tired of the current music scene, a small group of local DJ’s have decided to get together and form their own label to promote the music they love best. Resistiv3, specializes in hard/dark drum & bass, dubstep, downtempo and underground hip hop, by both local and international. But if you’re expecting a dnb remix of Beyonce’s songs and the likes of it at any of their gig, forget it. They want to leave all the ‘commercial stuff’ to other labels. Resistiv3 aims to stick to promoting underground sounds to the urbanites.

At their shows, expect sounds from international label like 315, Ascensions Recordings, Freak Recordings, Black Hoe Recordings, and Lifted Music. On the local side, there are Spacebar, FLOAT, Foundation KL Crew, The Rebel Scum, The Works, Nujita and many more.

Simply put, if you want to see a different side of music, keep on lookout for what resistiv3 has to offer. Or if you have been longing for a night out filled with beats from the future, a mishmash of dubstep and gangsta hip hop, or maybe jungle breaks with technoid/dark drum & bass, this tiny label might just be your savior.
Resistiv3’s inaugural show will be held on the 1st of March 2008 at Palate Palette, Kuala Lumpur. This free performance starts at 9p.m., featuring acts like Kain (of Ohm Resistance), Mac, Anowl, MH, DJ Cliq, Wordsmanifest, Chi-Pulp and Tubby. Visuals will be provided by Perez Old Skool.

For more, information on the label and their activities, log on to www.myspace.com/resistiv3 or e-mail resistiv3 (at) gmail.com to get your name on their mailing list.

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Femme Fatale Evil DJ EJ

Featuring a cast of the region’s finest female DJs (ooo - how sexist! )

• Chelsea De Zwarts
• Annata
• EJ
• DJ Nikki

EJ tell’s us she’ll be dropping some electro, techno, with some tribalific layers. Yummy.

We’ll definitely be there to record EJ’s foray in our HQ territory! See you there! Hopefully EJ can get us enmasse on the guest list!

Well EJ - if your feeling jitters for coming into our violent, crime-ridden, and not to mention morally unsound city. Here’s a little something that should inspire you and give you the strength to massacre everyone on the 29th —

EJ - This is from all of us at FKL.

Note: Yolanda is not meant to inspire you. It’s the Pianist. You should be on the decks like him. Bold, full of fire, and with such PASSION!

See you Friday!

The Iron Chef’s elektrifying wok of miracles

Bah. Finally, the long stretch of holidays reaching from Christmas right until the end of Chinese New Year has finally arrived! Time to keep heads to the platter and churn out some wonderful new mixes for the blog. How I miss the holidays.

Representing the explosive sounds of Foundation Penang, the Iron Chef fattz has whacked out a lovely tech-house / electro mashup that’s going to leave the cockles of your heart warmed and your ego pumped for evasive maneuvers. A real slick one this one.

Featuring Chicken Lips, Axwell, and our favorite emo-lectro anthem, Creeps!

Foundationkl.org presents:

fattz - Elektrolized
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mandy vs booka shade - body language
chris lake - release
hook & sling ft. kid kenobi - the bump (tonite only)
buy now - for sale
chicken lips - he not in (vandalism mix)
axwell - i found you (the disco boys mix)
the freaks - creeps (vandalism club mix)
bass kleph - coupt detat (hook & sling mix)
dave spoon - background noise

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Year of the Rodent

May the rabid year of the Golden Rat bring a great plague of riches and prosperity to you and your loved ones!

Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Xin Nien Kwai Le!

Love,
The FoundationKL.org Team