Published at: 07:01 pm - Friday January 15 2010
After a needed break, we’re back with our first show of the new year! Recorded live on New Year’s Day, we were joined by friends Ruckus Roboticus and Deaf Dot Electrics for an evening of future music. These two hours comprise selected highlights of the night, and features fresh work from Pantha Du Prince, Wisp, Portishead, Bullion, Lusine remixing Tycho, Mathew Jonson, and a collaboration between Dam Funk and Nite Jewel! Ruckus brings out some worldy sounds, while Colormap digs into dubstep, and debuts some originals. Ring in the new(ish) year with some required listening.
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01/14/2010
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Published at: 06:12 pm - Friday December 11 2009
This week’s mix was recorded live at the local drink factory, where a good time was had by those in attendance. It provided us an opportunity to squeeze in some new tunes before 2009 runs out of harddrive space. Side A showcases a divine new song from Christ., new hip-hop from the likes of Guilty Simpson, K-OS, and NBC employees, The Roots. Fresh songs from Hudson Mohawke and Tes La Rok keep things going, while the prodigy Joy Orbison enlightens us with a new track and a killer remix of Four Tet. In hour-two: Bibio keeps his prolific year rolling, Bassnectar and Mike Slott show us the meaning of movement, and Animal Collective continues to amaze.
Next week: Our 2009 Favorite Albums Review Spectacular!
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12/10/2009
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Published at: 02:11 pm - Saturday November 14 2009
This week we get some help from our good friends. Micah and Adam, from the mighty Juices of Fire, kick off the show with back-to-back mixes recorded live from The Beat Oracle nights at Hal & Al’s. Micah’s set navigates through instrumental hip-hop and ends with some chill dubstep. Adam takes over the second half of the first hour with an upbeat mix of danceable beats. The second hour finds Ruckus Roboticus in the pilot’s seat for a mix infused with latin jams. Thanks, guys!
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11/12/2009
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Published at: 11:10 am - Tuesday October 27 2009
Last week the Beat Oracle DJs made selections from mixing live at Hal & Al’s in September. Michael starts things with a house selection that had people dancing on tables and in front of the speakers. Kenny keeps it upbeat with a late-night selection from guest DJ Knackered’s electro hour. Knackered showed up late one night sporting a neon mask and tracks from DMX Krew, Swayzak, Terminal 11 and Galaxian. Joseph finishes the show with a late-night closing set full of old school classic hip-hop: Gang Starr, Pete Rock, Tribe, EPMD, De La Soul, and 2Pac’s first 12″ appearance. Lots of classics in this week’s sets showing our love for nostalgia as the summer ends…
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10/22/2009
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Published at: 01:09 pm - Friday September 18 2009
This week we review our live sets from last month at Hal & Al’s. Joseph starts the show a selection filled with forward-thinking SoCal producers including Flying Lotus, Daedelus, Nobody/Blank Blue, Madlib and a couple cuts from Dublab’s excellent Echo Expansion compilation. Michael turns things darker with a selection of brand new dubstep and breaks including new stuff from Dub Terror, Subscape, Caspa and Luke Vibert. Kenny’s selection runs the gamut from experimental dance (Moderat, Salva remixing Nalepa) to ambient grooves (Mount Kimbie, Nosaj Thing) and finishes with a classic Aphex Twin selection.
Be sure to come by after 10pm tonight as all three DJs tag-team together for the first time this month!
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09/17/2009
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Published at: 05:08 pm - Sunday August 16 2009
This week kicks off a monthly review of our live recording archive from Hal & Al’s. Here, we dig into the July 2009 vault. The show starts with pop selections from Kenny including great tracks from The The, Emilie Simon, and Cicada. Next Joseph moves deeper in the mix with hip-hop and dubstep from Flying Lotus, Ras G, and Pinch. My selection of ambient and experimental songwriting finishes the show with new stuff from DJ Food, Deradoorian and Bibio. Lots of other tracks are included, so check it out and then come down to Hal & Al’s on Friday nights if you can make it. If not, this series of monthly live recordings can be the next best thing.
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8/13/2009
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Published at: 09:06 am - Friday June 19 2009
We had a successful live debut at Hal and Al’s last week: no one spilled beer on the mixer! Joseph has been trying to get beatoracle.net redesigned for about a year, so I figured I’d celebrate our success by changing the colors around here. We also wanted to share a bit of the recording from our first night out together to give listeners an idea of what a night out with us means. I start things off with some psychedelia, including a great old record from McDonald & Giles. After a touch of hip-hop, Kenny turns things towards electro with tracks from Alex Smoke, Crystal Castles, & Claro Intelecto. Joseph drops tracks throughout, including a nice trio of dubstep tracks in the middle of the second hour from 2562, Tes La Rok, & Boxcutter. No playlist this week due to the live recordingness, but we’ll be back from the Sells Studio next week.
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06/18/2009
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