DJ Limbs

A variety of google translated Japanese reviews of my record

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:41:00 -0400

I’m really happy to see my record popping up in many stores in Japan. Ruth from Butter’s dream is to perform there and she’s been telling me that they’d love her, and I think she’s right. A lot of these reviews are fun to read, maybe it’s because Google is doing a poor translation job, but I also like seeing how they categorize the tracks. Here are a few that wrote their own reviews:

via Dovewax:

“Chicago DJ, beat maker = DJ Limbs And Butter debut, depending on how your muscles are one pint at a variety of genres! !
The debut release from Chicago will now work with DJ, beat maker = DJ Limbs And Butter the 7inch. This is one interesting piece of genre-less! ! After bouncing back from a lovely refrain, but that beat is BreakBeats tempo Drum n Bass track expanded into an adjustment, they Sumushi there in numbers Vocal Jazzy mysterious woman Nokkaru the “Mad Jazz Noodle”. Hip Hop and B-Side is Down Tempo ~ Instrumental ~ a mellow yet even here the tracks are a Jazzy Vocal effective edge that even the future “The Wimp” recorded? ! This is how it goes, depending on a variety of genres”

via Ban be:

“This is quite unique! Ennui abstract jazzy pop! !
There are 70 ~ glance this impact is also quite like the cartoon cover girl of the 1980s comedy series did not add sound or lose! [Jazzy 』while, and the unique gems to stick quirky sound heard! Or rather dreamy fluffy EMI release it from the B side too!”

via Jet Set:

“Sun Ra Jazz vocal tour de force of abstract electronic taste flat. Introducing Chicago’s hot stock!

Chicago DJ Limbs and Butter Brazilian band have collaborated with female vocals. The flurry of unconventional electronic sound and vibe suspect A, folk soul tears space B, are both great!”

via Technique.co

“Limited 7-inch! ! Based in Chicago, continues to DJ Limbs & Butter is the debut single by new label’s first single as Butter arrives! ! Zara tracks with a unique texture, vibe, Key tone of acoustic instruments, such as a mixture Eucharis Varella exquisite and funky vocals by jazz breaks thrilling finish is reminiscent of the soundtrack! ! B memorable psychedelic jazz sound track is also nice for the B-side fly! !”

Can someone in Japan hook us up with a gig?!!

hello Jessica from Grand Central - here's the demo

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:56:00 -0400

hello Jessica from Grand Central - here's the demo:

Here’s a demo that would fit your spot.

http://soundcloud.com/djlimbs/bar-club-demo-mix

bar/club demo mix (for Grand Central) by DJ Limbs

I'm very happy

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:45:18 -0400

I'm very happy

Soul Sauce Promo Mix Last Soul Sauce someone came up and asked...

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:43:56 -0400

Soul Sauce Promo Mix

Last Soul Sauce someone came up and asked me to write down the last 5 songs I played and if I was selling any of them. I passed him my website then realized most of my mixes are actually at www.soundcloud.com/djlimbs.

So I’m quickly upp’ing this in case he drops by this side of the web. If so - thanks much for checking it out and glad you dig the soul music!!

Cheers

DJ Bozak's BBE Mixtape comp submission

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:39:05 -0400

DJ Bozak's BBE Mixtape comp submission:

fire

A few release reviews on the web

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:18:00 -0400

A few release reviews on the web:

So far so good with the record drops!

Mad Jazz Noodle got great write up at ipaintmymind.org and also joined the ranks of dope vinyl releases at omgvinyl.com

Just Listen pt 2 is all over the place including one of my favorite stores to get tracks from, turntablelab.com

Still looking for more blog action, so if you dig the music and know someone that knows someone holla please! Let’s get these on hypem!

The Mint Collective: Spinnerty Just Listen (Pts 1 & 2) Remixes

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:39:52 -0400

The Mint Collective: Spinnerty Just Listen (Pts 1 & 2) Remixes:

The humble cat they call Spinnerty is baaaaaaack with a 7” vinyl release of his most recent ‘Just Listen’ project with an all-star cast. Vocal tasks are shared by Mr. John Robinson (Part 1) and Jacqueline Marie (Part 2). Heavy remixes from beatmaker B. Bravo, London-based

DJ Limbs and Butter - Mad Jazz Noodle b/w The Wimp out now

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:29:57 -0400

DJ Limbs and Butter - Mad Jazz Noodle b/w The Wimp out now:

mp3 is free, limited vinyl collectors item is 5. If you’re in Chi, I recommend getting one at a gig as then shipping is FREE

packaged and ready to distribute! holler

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:07:00 -0400

packaged and ready to distribute!

holler

DJ Limbs and Butter "Mad Jazz Noodle" b/w "The Wimp" 7" vinyl press release

Tue, 25 May 2010 10:00:00 -0400

DJ Limbs and Butter "Mad Jazz Noodle" b/w "The Wimp" 7" vinyl press release:

Dropping wax soon! Please pass to your editor friend at the local zine/blog/paper. Text below:

DJ Limbs and Butter release their debut single “Mad Jazz Noodle” b/w “The Wimp” on June 18th, 2010 online and on limited edition 7” 45RPM vinyl.

A collaboration that started after meeting at a Chicago loft party, the two bring their unique experiences and influences to the table. Through collaborations over the internet, and meetups in Curitiba, Brazil and Chicago, Illinois they have recorded songs that span across age, location and genre. The results are “Mad Jazz Noodle” (as featured on the Quennect4 Compilation Album), a dance record that shifts between downtempo and drum n bass, and “The Wimp” a poignant tale sung over an electronic fury. These samples present a small section of the musical pallete on their upcoming album “The Many Flavors of Bittersweet”.

Ruth’s songwriting background in rock and RnB, mixed with her native Brazilian rhythms and knack for improvisation brings an exotic, jazzy vocal melody to DJ Limbs’ textured beats. It is easy to hear her fine-tuned sensibilities from many years of experience in top Chicago studios and producing bands in Brazil. On the production-side, DJ Limbs seamlessly combines influences from hiphop, jazz, funk, drum n bass and EDM creating an organic yet futuristic sound. His drive to experiment with new technology and across genres brings Ruth’s songs to new spaces.

The results are tracks that appeal to a wide-range of genre aficionados and general music lovers alike. Niches that vary from downtempo to dubstep, indie hiphop and nu-jazz find a recognizable sonic quality in the music to please their tastes.

More about Victor Carreon:
DJ, producer, remixer, composer, sound designer and boom operator, Victor aka DJ Limbs is an all around lover of sound. From his upbringing in Switzerland, the Philippines and the US, Limbs applies his cultural diversity to his music and is known to play hiphop, soul, house, electro, dubstep, afrobeat, reggae, rock, punk and top 40 all in the same night. He is comfortable with just vinyl, two tables and a mixer, or with Serato, Ableton Live and a couple of midi controllers. His versatility allowed him to also participate in programming sounds for the Xbox 360 game Saint’s Row, composing film soundtracks for Chicago’s film festivals and directing voice talent for electronic books. His Chicago nights: Music is the Weapon, Soul Sauce and The Booty Caboose are developing a following for filling gaps needed in the city’s nightlife.

More about Ruth Varella:
The lead singer of Butter, a native Brazilian who immigrated to the states as a child worked at Jive Records for many years next to Stephen George (aka Stevo, producer/chief audio engineer at Battery Studios in Chicago) participating in sessions with Aaliyah, R. Kelly, Backstreet Boys, Mary J. Blige and Smashing Pumpkins among others. In the 90’s, Varella formed her band Butter, playing Chicago clubs around Wicker Park, Wrigleyville, and downtown Chicago. When Battery Studios was sold in 2001, Stevo moved to NYC and opened his own production company called GTSP (Gimme That Sound Productions), and kept Varella as his assistant producer. This gave her the wings to fly to Brazil and produce bands, including the first demo of Copacabana Club, the full-length album of Anacronica, Lighthouse, and the recent vocal production for Colorphonic. Two of these bands have found early success: Copacapaba Club recently opened for Moby in Sao Paulo Brazil, while Anacronica has recently been signed by Sony.

Same for me - tho I didn’t get too much into Wing...

Sat, 22 May 2010 10:03:47 -0400

Same for me - tho I didn’t get too much into Wing Commander..was more an X-wing typa guy. And I dropped video games soon as I got turntables.

mattryd:

I’d really like to take a one-to-two-week-long vacation, check into an Embassy Suites with a laptop, and just replay this entire series. Interspersed, of course, with the games from this series:

…as well as pretty much every other adventure game that Sierra released in the 90s.

I more or less stopped playing videogames when I started playing guitar. Obviously, I don’t regret that decision at all. But every once in a while, I have an overwhelming desire to regress to my childhood and play story-driven adventure and action games on a small CRT monitor.

Don’t Walk. Rock. Saw this while on my 6 hour walking...

Fri, 07 May 2010 15:26:19 -0400

Don’t Walk. Rock. Saw this while on my 6 hour walking expedition around Manhattan. It’s somewhere on 2nd St near Broadway. Rock on NYC. Rock on.

I Paint My Mind website launch

Mon, 03 May 2010 10:00:48 -0400

I Paint My Mind website launch:

Evan La Ruffa and the rest of the I Paint My Mind team snapped with their new website design. Be on the look out for an exclusive DJ Limbs mix next week and a launch event come July. Big thangs!

Hype about getting on this comp…details below: The artists...

Sun, 02 May 2010 09:58:47 -0400

Hype about getting on this comp…details below:

The artists of Quennect4 have come together to support the family after the closing of the Q4 gallery in January. The Quennect4 Benefit Compilation is not for sale! It is available only by making at least a $10 donation to Quennect4 through Kickstarter — kck.st/9eSj22.

Reserve your copy with a donation today, and receive a download code on the May 7th release date.

quennect4.bandcamp.com

Celebrate the release of the Quennect4 Benefit Compilation on Friday May 7th at Elastic Arts in Chicago’s Logan Square. More Info…

facebook.com/event.php?eid=108437605859664

Thank you to Zack Linkow (www.vimeo.com/apartproductions) for the video editing, and J Gomez for Photography.

a singing cat thanks to spinnerty

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:21:23 -0400

a singing cat thanks to spinnerty

Check out this show! I’ve been working with Noble Savage...

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:04:42 -0400

Check out this show! I’ve been working with Noble Savage and they’re a dope group.

April 16th @ Morseland

DJ Demchuck - Midwest Best Vol 3 mixtape

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:02:41 -0400

DJ Demchuck - Midwest Best Vol 3 mixtape:

DJ Demchuck - Midwest Best Vol 3 Mixtape

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Dan aka DJ Demchuck on a variety of events and he always comes through with something fresh be it on vinyl, CDs or mp3. One of the hardest working DJs I know around Chicago, amongst all his gigs, he still has time for graphic design and mixtapes. Here’s his latest. Peep it!

Soul Fiesta - HipHop scene in the Philippines

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:59:42 -0400

Soul Fiesta - HipHop scene in the Philippines:

I worked with some of these artists back in High School when we were just randomly freestyling, sending beats around and keeping things low key. It’s really dope to see how far they’ve got with “Turbulence Productions” holding down a very true-school scene out there. This vid by Arkane sums up the current status pretty well:

http://soulfiesta.blogspot.com/2009/07/beyond-beyond-entry-35-beyond-beyond.html

Props to all my hiphop heads out there B-Rocc, Nimbus9, Chrizo, Arkane, Komplex and the rest of the Turbulence Crew!

Michael’s Pizzeria and Tavern It’s been too long!...

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:35:12 -0400

Michael’s Pizzeria and Tavern

It’s been too long! Though I have had a few pizzas in the past month or so, I’ve been cutting down on consumption in general. Still trying to work out putting in exercise between my day job and DJing/producing music so in the meantime, can’t holler at pizza as much as I’d like. Anyways, I peeped this Michael’s Pizzeria and Tavern on at 4091 N Broadway Ave last night, and ate it right away so had to snag a picture from their website. I was expecting quite a bit from some reviews and they came through. The thin crust was a little thicker than others (almost Pompei) and the cheese/sauce combo reminded me of Gigio’s which makes for a very good pizza and a good switch up when ordering around the neighborhood. Looking forward to trying out their deep dish and stuffed!

Radius

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:09:51 -0500

Radius:

Radius

I met this beatsmith during a scratch session where we got to do a little back and forth ourselves with me on drums and him laying down samples. It was fun as hell and I hope to do it again. Dude’s got a dope style—gritty drums, obscure and/or soulful samples and an overall hypnotic vibe with the beats. peep!