Epic Bike Ride Bizniz

Just been out for a mega bike-ride. And I'm testing out a twitfeed thing which should automatically repost my blog posts in my twitter. Magical....

Off to check out some local band bizniz at 'Hobfest' in a bit. ROCK.

John B Podcast 070: September 2009 ElectroTechno Studio Mix

TRACKLISTING

1. Lifelike // Sequencer
2. M_Ferri // Comin
3. Tai Jason & D.I.M. // Lyposuct
4. Justin Maxwell // The Windey Man
5. Anthony Rother & Sven Vath // Komm
6. Andreas Hennberg // Federschwarz
7. Hermanos Inglesos // Mustang
8. Jean Elan // Killer
9. Wolfgang Gartner // Wolfgang's 5th Symphony
10. Marc Romboy // Sonora
11. Simian Mobile Disco // Audacity Of Huge (Maxime Dangles Remix)
12. Dean Newton & Huggy // 747
13. The Hacker // Maximum Joy
14. Bodzin & Huntemann // Message In A Box
15. Steve Mac // Gotta Have Some Fun
16. Boys Noize & Erol Alkan // Waves
17. SCSI-9 // Tierra Del Fuego (Gio Boratto Remix)
18. Anthony Rother // Moderntronic
19. Jody Wisternoff // Cold Drink, Hot Girl
20. Depeche Mode // Behind the Wheel (Eric Prydz Remix)
21. Kollektiv Turmstrasse // Melodrama (Oliver Huntemann Remix)
22. Beni // Maximus
23. Paul Woolford // Pandemonium
24. Wolfgang Gartner // Fire Power

You can download the mp3 here: http://www.john-b.com/podcast/JohnBPodcast_070.mp3

Or listen via this embedded soundcloud player (new thing I'm testing out!).

John B Podcast 070: September 2009 ElectroTechno Studio Mix by JohnB



Also - if you want to help support the cause and vote for John B in the DJ Mag Top 100 Vote CLICK HERE or click on the image below :-)

The day I nearly died, but now faced with the opportunity of revenge...

Forgot to mention this at the time, but I just saw the same car when I was out jogging today, so it got me thinking on whether its worth reporting or anything, seeing as if I hadn't reacted quickly the dude would have totally killed me!

Basically a couple of weeks ago I was out jogging, and had to cross over a zebra crossing on the road and some total douschebag nearly ran me over! I had stopped running, still on the pavement, took my ipod headphones out, and waited for the car on my side of the road to stop to let me cross, that part went fine, but there was a car coming the other way - some souped up bright yellow toyota celica with a big ghay aerofoil on the back, I was exactly halfway across the road, and he just kept coming - blatently breaking the 30mph speed limit too AND accellerating - I had to jump out of the way backwards and he just zoomed straight through the zebra crossing with me in the middle of crossing the road, but randomly I held eye contact with him the whole time and he was totally staring back. Anyway I saw the same car today and recognised the driver, but THIS time I had time to get his number plate, and it was easy to remember cos it was a cheap personalised one (lets just say james bond & simpsons related, presumably linked with its yellowness).

Half of me says go report him, seeing as he was driving like a total madman and would have killed me if I'd taken one more step forward - but then the other half just says it would end up in some his word against mine scenario and nothing would happen, or he'd just become a pain and throw eggs at my house or whatever. Hmmmm.

VOTE FOR ME IN THE DJ MAG TOP 100 (PLEASE!!!)

http://www.top100djs.net/

So its that time of year again where I need your vote - this is the only awards thing I really bother trying to get support for, so excuse me if it feels a bit spammmmy for the next couple of weeks - I just neeeeeed the votes!



Last year thanks to you guys I made it to number 126 - and was number 3 in the D&B DJs (only Andy C & Hype above me) which was an amazing achievement, especially for someone as far outside UK mainstream DnB - so THANKS, I was really touched by the support from you lovely sexy electro-bots ;-).

The poll is traditionally dominated by the big house & trance DJs, Tiesto, Guetta etc etc and DnB never really gets much of a look-in, so we need the votes even more - it would be absolutely MIGHTY if I could break into the top 100 this year - so PLEAAAAASE go vote for me at http://www.top100djs.net/ and try to get your mates/grandma/cat to do it too!

If you really want to SUPER help, when you vote obviously put me at number 1 - and then people you think will probably be above me anyway as the other 4. (Yes I've been watching too much reality TV lately and thinking too tactially!)

Anyway - voting ends Sept 3rd so not long to go now - thanks for all the support. CLICK HERE TO VOTE

Oh, and if you haven't been downloading all my podcasts & DJ Mixes already CLICK HERE to check out my podcast and grab all the lovely free mp3s...

Yum Yum American Airlines

Hi folks - back in the UK after a long weekend in the USA (a bit longer than it was supposed to be thanks to mother nature and JFK Air Traffic Control!).

Had 3 great gigs over there, Boston on Thursday, NYC on Friday and Beltek Festival in Maine on Saturday.

Special shoutouts to American Airlines for their delicious in-flight meals... My fault for booking a non-upgradable ticket class I know!!

YUMYUMYUM BLEEUURRRGH!


So yeah, Boston was fab, a had quick pre-drinks with Lenore, the fabulous promoter-ess & the mighty Hot Pink Delorian boys at the hotel before the club WHICH WAS UBER RAMMED. Nice one. And the wine was OK too. Wasn't 100% happy with my set, it was one of those ones where I had a gazillion new tracks I hadn't played out live yet so was more of a feeler-outerer than a John B autopilot mashup-a-thon - but it still went really well - that Beat It MJ remix always kills it too hahah! Oh and haha thanks or NO THANKS to the girl that tried to hedfuk me with the 'DON'T FUCK UP' Sign. I WIN!

Thanks to Nick Minieri for sending over his photos form the night - you can see them here: CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO GALLERY

















Flight to NYC the next day was mega delayed by almost 5 hours all-in - really bad weather around the east coast this weekend, so I just chilled out waiting at the gate and then on the plane for a while watching the storm pass - and watching 'The Shield' on my iphone! NYC turned out great too - although it was a shame I got into town much later than I'd planned - had planned some civilized hang-out time with my NYC mates before the gig, which turned into very uncivilized but still fun nightclub rowdy time! Big up to Frances, Ben & Sarah, and Maya & her boytoy ;-) Was also pretty wierd to be technically playing a TOGA PARTY - with full on collusseum decorations. Mad.

If anyone's got any decent photos from the NYC gig please email em over to me at jb@john-b.com thanks!

Beltek Festival in Maine was wikkid too, I had to sport some killa Wellingon boots though as it was on a farm and they'd had turrential rain the last couple of days, heard Dara & DB had to make do with plastic bags on their feet - reminded me of creamfields Poland last summer. MUDFIELLLLLDS! Anyway, had a really great time again, played to 1500 people in a field in field in the middle of no-where - amazing vibes out there, I could see the moon in the distance and smell the wild skunks in the bushes heheh. I actually saw a real live skunk for the first time ever. Wierd looking thing. Oh and got a ride back to the hotel in a mint condition vintage Mercedes 240 from 1977. PIMP. Luckily no Moose in the road on the way back...

Got mega delayed on the way back to the UK though, like one whole day delayed! My flight back to JFK from Bangor Maine was cancelled and all other flights anywhere of any use to me were either fully booked or cancelled, so I had to stay another night in the airport hotel in Bangor (which was actually a really nice hotel - I just chilled, had room service and caught up on some work & watched a couple of episodes of Big Brother and HBO stuff) - then was up at 8am the next day and driven 3 hrs to Portland Airport by the magnificent Ally - everything from then on was on time, just a bit loooong. Had my first airport shower though at JFK - pretty cool - never used the shower rooms in the business class lounges before but I definitely reccommend it - pretty chill if you have the time and you feel way less rough on the long-haul afterwards...

Ok, gota go, am upgrading my Logic software to v9 on my various macs today, gota sort out car insurance renewals, and do a showcase mix for some London Fashion week people, and about a gazillion other things...

Video: John B @ PVV Ideon in Pardubice, Czech Republic 29.05.09

Just been going through all the photo galleries from this event at the end of May, and found a nice video from the night too, thankfully one I didn't have to film and edit myself!! Looking GOOD! Luckily they didn't catch on camera how unbeleivably drunk I ended up - random Czech Vodka + purple energy drink + DJing Adrenaline = Drunky FAIL John B. It only hit me after I finished playing thank God - but still, 8am on the way to the airport the next day wasn't my finest hour!

Photos to follow!

You can check the video out on vimeo here: http://vimeo.com/4926809

Photos: John B @ Pirate Station Kiev 2009

These are from a while back but I hadn't got round to posting them up until now - thanks to all the photographers that sent me their galleries! You can see the whole lot on my flickr gallery if you click here and as usual they're all up on myspace and facebook too.

John B Podcast 068: July 2009 Studio Mix

Just posted this up first on twitter & facebook so FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER if you want to be the first to get the new mixes! Enjoy!!

TRACKLISTING

1. Utopia // Diamond Shine // Breed12inches
2. Falling of Ideas // m25, Nummix & First Function // Unsigned
3. Hard Fi // I Shall Overcome (Paul B Remix)
4. John B // Robot Lover // Beta
5. John B // Numbers (Camo & Krooked Remix) // Beta
6. John B feat. Shaz Sparks // Red Sky // Beta
7. Camo & Krooked // Turn Up The Music
8. Michael Jackson // Beat It (John B Re-Edit)
9. Subfocus // Rock It // Ram
10. Freeland // Under Control (TC Remix)
11. Alix Perez feat Fats // Down the Line (Break Remix)
12. Doc Scott // Unofficial Ghost // Metalheadz
>> Marty McFly feat. Emmet Brown // Delorian?
13. Johnny L // Evah
14. Fallin (Shockone Remix) // Agent X feat. Mutaya
15. Juggernaut (Nero Remix) // Enter Shikari
16. Ian Carey Project // Get Shakey (Matrix & Futurebound Remix)
17. Camo & Krooked // One
18. Klement // Girls
19. Johnny L // Come Here
20. Bloc Party // Trojan Horse (John B Remix)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD WITH iTUNES

And if you hate iTunes but still love John B you can download the mp3 here:
www.john-b.com/podcast/JohnB_StudioMixJuly2009.mp3

Maidenhead's Bike Theft Crime Wave Revealed! ITS ME AND MY DAD!

So, Hayley managed to break her 2nd bike lock in 3 weeks - somehow buggering up the key/lock mechanism, so it was just stuck, locked up outside the gym... Was a Sunday night so I don't think any of Maidenhead's druggie/bike stealing swines were out working, so it was still there in the Morning...

Anyway... luckily my Dad's god a hardcore angle-grinder thing which can cut through ANYTHING. (Apart from maybe diamonds, or an EMI contract).

I put on my least cycle-thief looking outfit and politely asked to plug in our power cable at the gym - had to run it all across the street, in broad daylight and cut through the lock, sparks flying and everything! No one seemed to care. But I guess my Dad and I don't exactly look like your average crackhead bike thieves, and I would be easy to pick out of a line-up presumably. Maybe I should get all Winnowna Rider and see how far I can push it. HELLO YES I CAME TO PICK UP MY NEW BMW KTHX BYE.

If she breaks the next one its gonna be a lot harder to sort though, I ordered a badass D-Lock thing, and apparently the only way to break them is with a car jack. FuCk that!

JOHN B CHART 20.07.09

I was just asked to do a chart for a Promo thing so thought I'd post it up here too. One for the trainspotters... :-)

1. John B - Numbers - Camo & Krooked Remix
2. Hard Fi - The Sun is Shining - Paul B Bootleg Remix
3. Telemetrik & Bulletproof - One
4. Pendulum - Ransom
5. Prodigy - Take me to the Hospital (Sunfocus Remix)
6. John B feat. Shaz Sparks - Fascinating Light
7. Camo & Krooked - Turn Up The Music
8. John B - Robot Lover
9. Steve Angello - Isabel
10. Enter Shikari - Juggernaught - Nero Remix

Ok, off to the studio now to prep the next podcast...

JOHN B ON THE TRAVEL CHANNEL!!

Hahah! Yeahhhh beyyyotches!

My mate Casey Killjoy from Miami sent me this clip from a show that was aired last week, but filmed when I was down in Miami for the WMC back in March.

We all went to a superduper Burlesque/Fetish/Performance art/MegaMega Show via my good friend, the magnificent Wildchild - and ended up ON TV!! Only for about 2 seconds, and I think they used me as token MIAMIBOTTLESERVICEDOUSCHEBAGGUY - but still I WAS ON THE TRAVEL CHANNEL WOOOOT!!! Hahahah!

Bonjour Paris!

So - if you already follow me on twitter (I'm @JohnBBeta on there) then you will have seen these photos come up at the time off the iPhone - (yes John its very romantic to be twittering when you're in Paris with your girlfriend!) but I'll post them here for those of you that don't yet... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER!!

I played in Paris a few weeks ago, for a fabulous chap called Pierre, but went for the weekend and took Hayley with me so we could have a bit of a chill out and see the city - I haven't ever really done the Parisian tourist thing apart from when I was a kid with my family, so it was wikkid to get back there and check everything out now that I'm old enough to appreciate the culture a bit more...

Friday was groovy, we got in early enough to have a decent dinner before the gig, SANCERRE baybeee - then rocked over to the venue (as about 300 mad Parisian Roller-bladers were doing a midnight mass rollerbladathon thing) nice and early so we could catch Alix Perez's set and just hang out and meet people etc ;-) Had a KILLER set and amazing energy in there, and some professional video filming people were in there, so I'm trying to get hold of the footage - it looked like they filmed the whole set so it'll be great to get that use for video podcasts, or a DVD or something... Original Sin was on after me for the harddddcore folk still around at 4am, but he was whackked out from flying in all the way from Toronto, so didn't really look like he wanted to be there that much - understandable though!

I can't remember the order we did stuff in, but we managed to take in a bit of the Musee D'Orsee (except we got there too late to spend much time in there), I had a crepe, walk along the river, ate SNAILS and steak Tartare (RAW meat mixed up with raw egg and stuff YUM), went on a boat ride on the river and saw all the sights there, including Notre Dame Cathedral (but no hunchbacks!) and then finally WALKED/CLIMBED up the Eiffel tower as high as you can on foot - 115m - I think about 650 steps! In 30 degrees C heat. BOOOYAHHHH.

Alas I didn't get to have a croque madame - but I made one when I got home to make up for it...

I AM THE TOWERRRRRR


Sex shop right by the hotel (classy)


Only in Paris. Heels that high riding a bike... Nice...


I'M EATING SNAILS BIZZZATCH