Live Cab for HOVA (Bruce Manor/Athens Pyramids November Mix)

For those of you who missed it, here is the recording from this weekend's Live Cab for HOVA performance. The first 3/4 is from Bruce Manor Saturday, the end is from Athens Pyramids the night before. (44 min.)
Thanks to Burtless, Kramer, the Ryans, Thought Beat and everyone else who came out to see it!

Live Cab for HOVA

This Friday and Saturday I'll be doing live mixes of Death Cab and Jay-Z at Athens Pyramids and Bruce Manor. Shows start at 10p, they're free!

Like mash-ups? Check out Viva La Hova and Death Cab for Hova

I’m generally not a big fan of mash-ups between hiphop and (soft)rock songs, but a project that has mashed up songs from Jay-Z and Coldplay has gotten a lot of attention recently, and it is actually worth listening to. It’s called Viva La Hova, and it combines miscellaneous songs from Jay-Z with Coldplay counterparts in what actually sounds quite good! What I found to be even more interesting is a similar project which uses Death Cab for Cutie songs and pair them with Jay-Z songs.
The Jay-Z / Coldplay mash-up has, as already mentioned, garnered quite a bit of attention from various music media outlets, and it was even mentioned by Chris Martin himself. Albeit a little cryptic because of copyright laws and such, Martin said he enjoyed listening to it, and indirectly encouraged you to go download and give it a spin. The remixes were done by two DJ’s who call themselves Mick Boogie and Terry Urban, and you can download the entire thing at the official Viva La Hova website.
A similar project I stumbled upon by accident is called Death Cab for Hova, and it’s essentially the same concept, but instead of Coldplay it mixes Jay-Z songs with the melodies and lyrics of Death Cab for Cutie. The mixing itself doesn’t sound quite as fluid and well done as the ones on Viva La Hova, but in my opinion Death Cab for Cutie’s songs pair better with hiphop than those from Coldplay. The mixing was done by a guy who goes by alias of DJ An-log, and you can read more about it and listen to the tunes here. I’m especially fond of the mix of Crooked Teeth and Encore called, appropriately enough, Crooked Encore, so be sure to check it out!
[via Coldplay Music via silent sound waves]

ACRN's Pre-New Years Live Cab Preview

I'll be previewing Live Cab for HOVA at ACRN's annual Pre-New Years bash tonight at The Union. It runs from 9p-2a, $3. Should be badass.

Viva La HOVA

Mick Boogie, who I opened for earlier this year, has put out a mash-up of Coldplay and Jay-Z entitled Viva La HOVA. Check it out.

Live Cab for HOVA

Just announced a few dates for Live Cab for HOVA, a live mix of Death Cab and Jay-Z. I'll be doing Athens Pyramids Hookah Bar 11/14 (still spinning every Friday) and Bruce Manor (221 W Union) 11/15.

Local DJ mixes things up at hookah bar

Andrew Logan, otherwise known as DJ An-log, has managed to keep costs low in a field where equipment can cost thousands of dollars.

Logan uses innovative ways to keep his music affordable for both his fans and himself, but he hasn’t done it alone.

“My parents support me a lot, so that is really important,” the Ohio University junior said. “I don’t do a whole lot of gigs for money, so I don’t think that I could do it without them.”

Logan, who is studying music production, has been DJing for almost five years, but he did not begin playing live in Athens until last fall. At this time, he began to promote himself and his work on the Internet.

He advertised his Death Cab For Cutie and Jay-Z mash-ups, which include Black Plans and American Stairs, on Facebook, YouTube, and his personal Web site. These methods brought attention to his music, but only cost on average $6 per week, Logan said.

Logan then offered his services to Soly Bata, owner of the hookah bar Athens Pyramids, 5 Mill St., who booked him to perform for free every Friday this quarter.

“I like to do it, and that’s a great venue for me to do whatever I want and work out things in my set and have fun and not have to worry about disappointing people who are paying me,” Logan said of the opportunity to play at Pyramids.
Bata said that Logan’s musical style is the “perfect match” for the relaxed atmosphere he wants at his bar.

“I try to keep things student-oriented, and Andrew offered to DJ,” Bata said. “It’s a great partnership.”

Using samples from songs ranging from popular rap, old school hip hop, reggae and break beats, Logan can play for up to three hours at his show.

“Playing to sober people who are just chilling and smoking hookah is the ideal venue for the type of music that I want to play,” he said.

Logan uses his Web site to promote these shows as well, posting “Pyramixes,” which are full sets from his shows at Pyramids. He also plans to use the Web site to release his first original music — a collection of down-tempo tunes — sometime during Winter Quarter.

In addition to playing his weekly set at Pyramids and releasing new music, Logan will bring his “Death Cab For Hova” project to life by playing the albums in their entirety over the course of two nights, Nov. 14 and 15, at Pyramids and Bruce Manor, a house-show venue on Union Street.

While Logan has many plans for upcoming months, he is realistic about his future as a DJ.

“I would love to do it as a living, but I don’t know how attainable that is,” he said. “But no matter what I end up doing as a day job, DJing will be something that goes on at night.”

[via The Post]

My YouTube Fame

Someone did a cover of Dirt into The Dark, the audio isn't great but you get the idea...

Death Cab for HOVA on WOUB

I did a mix of new and old Death Cab for HOVA material on WOUB last week, you can stream it from here. New material includes:
Girls, Girls, Girls, Girls/Technicolor Girls (Jay-Z/Death Cab)
Threats/High Speed (Jay-Z/Coldplay)
Buy You a Drank/Under The Bridge (T-Pain/Chili Peppers)
Hello Brooklyn/What I Got (Jay-Z/Sublime)