Chin Chin

Chin Chin CMJ Party Tonight !!!

defcon — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:11:03 -0400

New York City Tonight!! Chin Chin And DJ Such and Such are holding it down early on these the final days of CMJ 2009. Come join us and our friends over at Von Kellar tonight, DJ Such and Such (Tv on the Radio)spinning before and after Chin Chin set.

25 % Off Everything In The Pharmacy!!

defcon — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:55:25 -0400

For a limited time only we here at DJX are having a major blow out, go nuts, your head will explode ...sale.With any items purchased through the Pharmacy type in the promotional code, aka the magic words: DJXSALE and 25 % will drop off the cost of your purchases.

Again this is for a limited time only, so we expect you to do your worst:

Chin Chin And The Juggs Play The Delancey To Benefit DJ Pawl's Movie

defcon — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:23:11 -0400

Jukies!

Tonight, on the very lower east side of New York City, Tim Baker (Alaska of Hangar 18) and a whole bunch of other folks are hosting a benefit to fund Paul Innachino's (aka DJ Pawl) film, Ringolevio.

Although it is 10 whole dollars there will be free beer from Six Point in BK between the hours of 8 PM and 9 PM, Live performances from Chin Chin, The Juggs, Mickey Leigh with Stop and Brown Bag All Star, and a cheap way to avoid Fashion's Big Night Out at all costs.

Come express your own personal fashion and dance the night away for a good cause.

Def Jux Presents 4 Out Today!! Stream The Full Album Today!!

defcon — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:35:15 -0400

Definitive Jux Presents IV - Preorders

defcon — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:36:03 -0400

Thank you to all of the fans who preordered Definitive Jux Presents IV. By now you should have received your download codes to the compilation, instrumentals, El-P's Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx2, and Alaska's new project The Crack Epidemic.

Please not that each order receives a custom shirt and is made as you place the order. The majority of the DJXP4 shirts are coming in this week so your package will be in the mail and arriving to you shortly. Don't worry, we didn't forget about you. Enjoy your packages!

DJX

Next Week!! September 1st, Def Jux Presents 4! Get Your Preorders Today!!

defcon — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:42:19 -0400

Preorder your very own copy of Definitive Jux Presents 4, a label compilation with contributions from Hail Mary Malon (Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic), Camu Tao (RIP), Cage, El-p, Mr. Lif, Despot, Chin Chin, and Yak Ballz. In addition to getting new music from all of your favorite artists, with purchase of DJX Presents 4 you can get a free download of El-p's Megamixx and the new EP from Hangar 18's Alaska!! Click Here to pick a package.

Flawless Hustle Interview With Wilder From Chin Chin

defcon — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:16:24 -0400

Do you take a lot of takes?

Vocally I feel like I take a lot of takes. I’ll record something and then two weeks later I’ll need to go back and be like “I need to redo that”. I have a vocal teacher that I work with who was a teacher of mine at school, who I’ve worked with for almost 10 years now. I’ll record something and take it in to a lesson with him, and listen to it with him and have him give me pointers. That more than anything takes the most scruitinizing. It’s about diligence, and really laboring over the vocals and making sure that they sound up to snuff. Even for stuff we put out, I can’t really listen to it cause I’m like “Oh my gosh, this doesn’t sound good enough.”

I’m sure a lot of artists have that same thing, like “I can’t listen to my own record, it’s weird.”

It’s weird it is. The first instrument I ever played was drums. I played a lot of keyboards. I played bass. None of those instruments are in any way as difficult as singing. On the piano, if you want a C, then you press that note and you know you’re going to get a C. If you want a E flat you press that note and you know you’re going to ge an E flat. On a guitar, you put your finger on the right place, you know you’re going to get that note. Vocally is so internal, that you really have to visualize. It’s much more abstract than other instruments because you can’t ever be 100% sure when you open your mouth what exactly is going to come out.

What’s the last album you listened to?

I just bought two records. One was the Electric Prunes, Mass in F Minor. It’s a record written and produced by David Axlerod.

Wow, I love David Axlerod!

Me too, man. He wrote the music for this record and got this 60’s psych-garage band to perform it. And the funny thing is it’s like a Mass, so it’s religious. But it’s David Axlerod as you know it, with ripping guitar solo’s, humongous drum breaks, and amazing shit. The other one I just bought was Together by the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. I’m a music junkie, and a big record collector. I’m really into digging for records and going to junk stores and punk shops to look for records. So I like finding and listening to all kinds of shit. I listen to classical music, reggae, I’ve been listening to a lot of boogie from the 80’s, with a lot of live drums and synth drums. Really bouncy groovy love songs. It’s slower tempo than disco. There’s a song called Danger Zone by Midnight Express that’s really my shit right now.

And to Read Blockhead's Interview with Flawless Hustle click Here: http://www.flawlesshustle.com/interview/an-exclusive-interview-with-blockhead/

Celebrating Brooklyn With Chin Chin

defcon — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:47:26 -0400

If you missed the all out throw down last night in Prospect Park with Chin Chin, Gang Gang Dance, and TV on the Radio, we're sorry. It was a night to remember, we thank all of you who braved the heat and humidity. Amongst concertgoers were Josh Hartnett, Zoe Kravitz and Kanye West who, upon meeting Wilder Zoby of Chin Chin, explained that he himself hand chosen Chin Chin's video for 'Go There With You' to feature on his blog, so you heard it here first, Kanye does indeed run that thing himself.

DJX Presents 4 Preorders !!!

defcon — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:56:26 -0400

Available Now!! Preorder your very own copy of Definitive Jux Presents 4, a label compilation with contributions from Hail Mary Malon (Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic), Camu Tao (RIP), Cage, El-p, Mr. Lif, Despot, Chin Chin, and Yak Ballz. In addition to getting new music from all of your favorite artists, with purchase of DJX Presents 4 you can get a free download of El-p's Megamixx and the new EP from Hangar 18's Alaska!! Click Here to pick a package.

Chin Chin 'Thats Where I'll Be' Video

defcon — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:38:45 -0400

'Thats Where I'll Be' is the second video from Chin Chin's sophomore album, The Flashing The Fancing, and it's far more downtempo than we're used to hearing from Brooklyn's funkiest. The video features a two dimensional collage effect super-imposed over the band playing with floating and gently gliding randomness of every day life moving around frontman Wilder Zoby's gentle serenading.

The guys have recently released a remix single on Itunes featuring remixes from Label owner El-p, hip hop producer Blockhead, and Victor 'Ticklah' Axlerod (Antibalas, Amy Winehouse). You can catch them this coming week on August 11th with TV on the Radio and Gang Gang Dance at the Scotty Hard/ Sweet Relief Benefit at Prospect Park Bandshell.