Vizual Records presents:

BOOGIETRONIC

featuring:

Iz & Diz

plus special guests

Every Friday night at COPA
1637 N Clybourn, Chicago
10PM-2AM | 21+ | only $3

disco/house/latin/afro/sou​l/raregroove/electronic/et​c

copalounge.com
boogietronic.com

Here is where you can find me:

May 26 Crave Notte Milwaukee

May 27 Some Like It Hot Taste Lounge Detroit DEMF

June 4 Level 13 w/ Diz Rue 13 St. Louis

June 11 Entreplats Maremar Beach Club Mallorca, ESP

June 16 Classic Party TBA Barcelona, ESP (Sonar)

June 17 UMA/Vizual Pool Party Hotel Onix Liceo Barcelona, ESP (Sonar)

June 18 Sonar OFF Boat Party Port Olimpic BCN Barcelona, ESP (Sonar)

June 25 Vizual Records night Fabric (Rooms 3) London, UK

June 26 Downlow Radio Stage Glastonbury Somerset, UK

July 2 TBA w/ Jacob Kelly TBA York, UK

July 17 Bionic w/ Diz 222 Hyde San Francisco, USA

Here’s my November 2010 Promo Mix:


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This is an amazing remix package featuring Russ Gabriel, JT Donaldson, C++, new mixes from Joshua Iz, and includes the limited edition WMC promo mix by Joshua released as a special promo earlier this year. You can check out previews of the release here.

Here’s what some people are saying about this release:

Great to here Mr. Diz on vox again. A superb track! Complete support.–Mark Farina

Another strong release from Josh! I particularly love the original album mix and the C++ Vox mixes which remind me of Josh’s Prescription style modern version. Full support! –Alex From Tokyo

Wow!!! I Really never say this, but All mixes are really good!!! Full support for the OG’S of the Bump!!!!! –Doc Martin

This is fantastic. Feeling the Org. + C++ mixes + JT’s mix. Super quality release! –Brett Johnson

As a special bonus, we are offering this previously promo only mix as a free download from the Vizual Store! Click on the link below to download the track!

VIZ006X – Joshua Iz feat. Diz – It Iz What It Iz (Joshua Iz Vizual Dub)

FREE DOWNLOAD [320 kbps mp3 file]

VIZUAL CLUB MEMBERS can get the full release today! Join Now! For just $20, you can download ALL the Vizual Records releases in an entire calendar year (including past releases)! To get all 9 mixes in this release separately would cost $18 – join the Vizual Club today!

At the beginning of the whole process, I was only vaguely familiar with CSS and did not know a lick of PHP, let alone how to create a custom WordPress theme. I wanted to learn all of those things so I thought doing a complete redesign of my label’s site would be the best way. Now, I have a few new skills in my arsenal and a site I’m really proud of.

There were a lot of twists and turns along the way, but there are so many resources online now and just about any issue you’ve run into, someone has dealt with it before and figured out a solution. I also have to give credit to Ian Stewart’s Themeshaper site for his excellent tutorials on making a custom child theme using his Thematic Theme Framework. There’s a lot of really active and helpful people on the Themeshaper forums as well.

The main challenges were with integrating the shopping cart using the wp e-commerce WordPress plugin. I had it working on the previous Vizual Records site at vizualized.com, but there were additional challenges with getting the shopping cart working with the custom theme I was using. Even as a paid Gold Cart user of the plugin, you are pretty much left to your own devices as the forums can’t always provide an answer. I found that getting creative with my search terms on the forums and a healthy dose of patience went a long way. The plugin is very robust and future versions will only improve. For now I think wpec is the best option and allows you to completely customize the look and feel of your online store.

It’s pretty amazing that I can make a track, upload it to my site and have it for sale within minutes of it being complete. I don’t think that was possible even a short time ago. I’m excited to explore the possibilities.

Check out the site and store today: http://www.vizualrecords.com/

2. Basic Soul Unit The Stand Philpot

3. Atnarko & Jevne Get On Down (Roberto Rodriguez Mix) Onethirty

4. Blakkat Come On Shaboom

5. Key Boy Viva Blue (Ralph Myerz 5am Eternal Mix) Paper

6. Wireman Armour (Move D Mix) Prime Numbers

7. Replika Even Further (Pezzner Mix) Chillin’ Music

8. Monty Luke Panik Attack Mothership

9. Hermann & Kaden Karacho Freude am Tanzen

10. House Proud People Lonely Disco Dancer Cross Section

For you old school djs: take a deep breath. Have a moment. It will be ok.

For you new school djs, here is a little background:

Most simply: “Bonus Beats” refers to a track on a 12′ single comprised of the beats (all the drum and percussion parts) of a song, without the vocals, keys, bass, melody and other musical elements. This track was used by djs to either extend the mix of the main track on the single, or sometimes played within a dj mix on its own.

Often the Bonus Beats were added to a single to fill out a side of a record but the adventurous dj in the past might buy a 12 inch just to play the bonus beats. Bonus Beats tracks are usually shorter than the main track so sometimes djs would buy two copies of a single to mix the two bonus beats tracks (from each of the records) together to make it longer. Or, the dj could play the bonus beats with the main mix of a track to extend it and create his or her own edit on the fly.

Nevertheless, when a dj bought a 12″ single with a bonus beats track, he or she was getting that bonus track whether they wanted it or not. But now, with the advent of digital music, the 12 inch single (or EP) format is dead. Thus, there is no incentive for a producer to include a bonus beats track with a release, let alone for a punter to spend $1.99 on that track when they could spend the same on another full blown track that is not simply a dj tool or stripped down version of another track.

The foundation of any good track are the beats and a good Bonus Beats track can stand on its own. Economics and the simple evolution of formats has driven Bonus Beats into the oblivion, but it shouldn’t be so.

Let me be perfectly clear: I am all for technology and I have embraced new methodologies of djing, formats and styles. However, Bonus Beats are an invaluable tool in a dj’s arsenal and should be preserved.

As music producers, we are going to have to think and market our tracks differently in order to preserve Bonus Beats and this can be accomplished with the following steps:

- Keep making Bonus Beats; make them dope!

- Make them free with a download of the main mix of your project; otherwise they will be skipped over and not used.

- Play Bonus Beat tracks! This is the only way other people will realize the importance and potential of these simple but crucial pieces of music.

At the end of the day, there are no good bonus beats without a good track so the simple process of making good tracks will generate good bonus beats. That said, it is up to us producers to utilize these tools we create and update them into modern formats and if we don’t, we will be losing an integral piece in our dj repertoire.

Joshua Iz