I recently had the huge honor of opening up the main stage at Insomniac’s Audiotistic Festival this July. It was a ridiculous experience and really just made me want to get back on a sound system that fat as soon as humanly possible. To commemorate the occasion, I am releasing my “Audiotistic 2011 Mix” for you to bump in your car, on the bus, or at a calm luncheon or dinner party.

Grinding fidget madness with traces of jackin’, tech and disco.

Crunch Theory – Audiotistic 2011 Mix by CRUNCHTHEØRY

machines don’t care – drop it to the floor
lj mtx, connie lingus – nice n wet (mike balance dub mix)
brooksy & twisted bitz – move (calvertron mix)
jackinori – ba bada (mightyfools remix)
sean taylor – jack ‘n boom (byron fortune’s funk ya’ll remix)
herve – heartbeat (spkr ninjaz remix)
chris anderson – overdose (tjr remix)
wonk – nasty dog
jon-e industry – skanky sandwiches
dj denise, drc – hearsay (stupid fresh mix)
belocca – lemme love u
tom eq – yeah
stupid fresh – rustledust
kitch ‘n sync – agrebah (spkr ninjaz remix)
frederik mooij – suckas down
strip steve – dancin’ (ian pooley remix)
wonk – dirty jack (dylan holshausen needs a bath remix)
frederik mooij – with you (stupid fresh remix)

Whats crackinatin? Slurped up a nice selection of ear porn for you this weekend. Will start off with a free bootleg from my boy Sean Taylor. He jacked the bass proper, but kept many of the original parts to maintain some of that funky Calabria groove. Git it git it!

Sean Taylor – Calabria Bootleg [Download available]

Marco Lys – Go (Nom De Strip & LA Riots remix) [Preview snippet]

Nils Ohrmann -Hoopin (Oliver $ Remix)

Kid Robot – Freaky Work (Original Mix) [Preview snippet]

AC Slater & Xaphoon Jones – Believe Me (Botnek Remix)

Rednek – Game Over (Calvertron Remix) [Preview snippet]

Surecut Kids, Cheasleauen – Drunk In This (TJR Vox Remix) [Preview snippet]

TJR (real name TJ Rozdilsky) has built a formidable catalogue of remixes and original tracks since broadening out from his acid house and techno roots in 2008. He has consistently been cooking up big room bangers that have received massive support from prominent DJ’s around the world. Originally from the little state of Connecticut, a move to Los Angeles in 2010 saw him embracing the benefits of the United States’ hot spot for electronic dance music.

He first gained exposure as a promising newcomer to the electro/fidget house scene. Combining his love for grimey analog bass, chugging techno grooves, and quirky vocal samples, he began crafting a refreshingly new cross-over sound. It was kicked off with the “Bass is the Place EP” released on Lee Mortimer’s Wearhouse Music which included tracks “Sonic Chronic” and “Atomic”. Since then he has added several original tracks to his arsenal, like “Booty Move” (Jack Union), “This World” (Jack Union), “Good Evening Chicago” (Potty Mouth Music), “I Don’t Know Where” (Potty Mouth Music) which all climbed high on the beatport charts.

He has definitely pulled the right strings for yours truly, as I seem to have a deep fascination with all that is bloopy, wonky, and weird. Resonating pitch-bent madness is one of Rozildsky’s strong suits, and with 4 Beatport pages filled with bangerade, its no surprise that he has become a personal favorite. You can often catch him and Whiskey Pete throwing down the mayhem — the duo graced the streets of San Francisco this past Wednesday at Mycole Beeson’s infamous EPR [Photos here]. He’ll be gearing up to drop some silliness down in LA at Control this Friday, so if you’re in the area, enlighten yourself.

Moving on, we had the pleasure of catching up with TJR to ask him a few questions before his gig this upcoming Friday. It went a little bit like this..

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