A new remix by Gypsyphonic Disko (Ben Ellman and DJ Quickie Mart) always inspires a celebration, but this time it’s a celebration that’s inspiring a new Gypsyphonic remix. Just in time for the start of the New Orleans Saints’ NFC playoff run against the Detroit Lions tonight comes a Balkanized version of the Saints anthem [...]
Tag Archives: DJ Quickie Mart
Gypsyphonic Disko Remixes “Halftime (Stand Up and Get Crunk)” Balkan-Style
January 7, 2012 – 4:01 pm
Voodoo Experience Highlight: DJ Tony Skratchere
November 1, 2011 – 12:20 am
DJ Tony Skratchere began as a breakdancing B-boy in the late 1980s, progressed to skating and graffiti in the 1990s, and then settled into his current role as a master of the turntables in the early 2000s. Throughout it all, Skratchere, also known as Ben Hebert, has revolved his life around his two real passions—music [...]
Impulss n’ Bazooka Joe, Bronx, New Orleans: Respect Where it Started (Quarter Rat Musique)
July 1, 2011 – 12:43 am
Bronx, New Orleans: Respect Where it Started is an idea that more or less markets itself: using New Orleans samples, Bronx DJ Bazooka Joe and New Orleans rapper Impulss bring together the mythical birthplaces of American music and of hip-hop. Doing so, they can take the vital New Orleans hip-hop sound that’s now affecting the [...]
Know One and DamNathan, Soundtrack: The Ballad of Know One & DamNathan (Media Darling Records)
April 1, 2011 – 12:51 am
Local progressive rapper Know One and producer DamNathan have shared a 10-year working relationship that helped beget the Media Darling Records indie hip-hop collective. For the last five years, they’ve bobbed and weaved between various other projects while continuously working on Soundtrack: The Ballad of Know One & DamNathan, a deep and adventurous record. The [...]
A Gypsyphonic Christmas
December 16, 2010 – 11:05 am
One of our favorite albums of last year was Nola-Phonic, Vol. 1, the free mixtape from Gypsyphonic Disko (Ben Ellman and DJ Quickie Mart). They’re back with a Gypsyphonic Christmas tune, “Drummer Boy Phonic” featuring Katey Red and Neil Diamond! The new Rock and Roll Hall of Famer meets bounce and the ba-rump-pa-pum-pums will never [...]
The Morning Drive
August 17, 2010 – 10:32 am
On the way to work, I decided I’d thought far too long about the Hoodoo Gurus’ Purity of Essence (Hoodoo Gurus). The opening tracks – “Cracking Up,” “A Few Home Truths” and “Are You Sleeping” – promise a return to form for the (as far as I knew) dormant band. They capture the garage roughness [...]
Brand-New: DJ Quickie Mart’s New Orleans Funk and Soul Mix
July 28, 2010 – 4:34 pm
Martin Arceneaux, aka DJ Quickie Mart, collected vinyl 45s for years. He played with nearly every bonafide funk band in New Orleans. He suffered through Katrina’s aftermath and continued playing gigs with Kevin O’Day, Galactic, and Dr. John. But Quickie Mart knew New Orleans music traditionalists don’t consider DJ mixes to be legitimate, and that belief [...]
YouTube du Jour: DJ Quickie Mart’s New Album
July 21, 2010 – 11:22 am
Yesterday, New Orleans-bred DJ Quickie Mart released the third volume in his smoke-filled series of hip-hop albums, Haze Diaries, with rapper Gotham Green. Quickie Mart produced the beats on 11 of the record’s 18 tracks, as well as providing turntable scratches and recording the entire album. Haze Diaries Vol. 3 provides an ideal sun-soaked soundtrack [...]
Clearing the Desk: Porter, Simon, Mixtapes and More
July 1, 2010 – 5:23 pm
–Word has been floating around about George Porter, Jr.’s legal issues with his former management, Highsteppin’ Productions. Neither Porter nor his lawyer are talking on the record, so here’s the most complete account of what’s going on so far: Legendary New Orleans bassist George Porter Jr., best known for his work with The Meters, played to [...]
Gypsyphonic Disko, Nola-Phonic, Volume One (mixtape)
March 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
The talk of the town this last month has been unity. The overarching narrative of the Saints saga has been the way in which this Super Bowl season has brought New Orleanians (wherever they are) together across all lines and boundaries, whether economic, geographic, generational, or racial. Even more than during Mardi Gras, the Who [...]
