Air Massive just got a peak at the perfect gift for the turntablist who has everything.
German label Compost Records has just put word out that it's offering for sale a stylish new DJ-records bag
called the Skull-DJ-Bag (pictured right).
What really makes this gear so cool was that it was a collabo
design with Stussy and the Italian street-wear designer Slam Jam.
What also makes this DJ bag so special is that it's a limited edition item--they've made only 200 of these. Yes, ONLY 200!
So how much is this merch going to kill your wallet? Try 80 euros. (Yeah, that stings a bit, doesn't it?)
And we know what you're thinking already: within a year,
most of these bags will have been scooped up Japanese kidz who, by then, will probably be able
to fetch 17 times the original purchase price on eBay.
But there's no denying the bag is cool. The detailing are pretty neat too. The double-"C" Compost logo is on there as is the Stussy skull
and Slam Jam motif.
The bag has lots of extra pouches, pockets and slots to put all kinds of things
such as pens, magazines and the spare iPod or two. Plus it can store up to 35 records, which is--give
or take a few records--about enough to put together a really slammin' one-hour DJ mix set.
For now the only way to get your hands on one of the Skull-DJ-Bag is either by sending an email to Compost Records
to reserve one or by hunting it down on the label's website. Here's the email address: mailorder@compost-rec.com. Good luck... and did we
mention that Air Massive needs a DJ bag for our birthday?
Seeeeeeee yaaaaaaa!
--Shibuya Kid
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RELATED LINKS
+ Compost Records
+ Stussy Official Website
+ Slam Jam Official Website
When the elusive J. Man dropped us an email earlier in the week suggesting we attack the Turntables on the Hudson party at
The Frying Pan on Pier 63 Friday night, we knew we had to go check it out.
Not only because the event's producers and resident DJs, Mariano Franzese and Nickodemus, are said to throw a
great party but because Fauna Flash
and Will Holland (a.k.a. Quantic) would be in the house spinning. The party was dubbed the
Funky Beat Festival, and we sooooooo had to be there.
Fauna Flash is the German DJ-producer duo of Roland Appel and Christian Prommer, who when collaborating
with DJ-producer Rainer Truby go by the name Truby Trio.
If you haven't heard Fauna Flash, then know this:
Appel and Prommer have been making some of the most innovative and exciting dance music in Europe for several years now.
Their sound is a nu jazz
mix of drum-and-bass, jazz, soul, house and Latin music.
Like many of the artists on Michael Reinboth's Munich-based Compost Records, Fauna Flash have
spent years experimenting with beats and samples while producing and remixing other people's music.
When Appel and Prommer finally went into the studio to
create their own tracks, the result was 2001's "Fusion," a stellar collection of energetic, jazzy drum-and-bass rythms and sexy downtempo tracks.
Last year, as part of Truby Trio, they released "Elevator Music."
Last night's Turntables on the Hudson also celebrated the publication of Re:Up Magazine's third
issue, an excellent new downtempo-beats mag
published in laidback San Diego. Re:Up has some of the freshest graphic design we've seen in a
long time. In issue No. 003 you'll find an
interview with Nickodemus and Mariano... [MORE]
