RIP Adam Yauch (Aka MCA of the Beastie Boys) Much Love

Just a little Mashup I made in Honor of Adam Yauch (Aka MCA of the Beastie Boys). Thank you for all the art you brought us. May you RIP. – Mochi

Mochipet wants to give you his secret Vinyl Stash!

That’s right! Mochipet wants to give you his secret Vinyl Stash! Things are getting heated in the Daly City Records offices here half the pets say The Wiz Khalifa Remix is better and the other say Too Short Remix takes the cake!  We need your help to settle the score! Mochipet just found a stash of secret Vinyl and he’s willing to give one to a winner every other day until we can settle this score.  Help us Re-Post, Re-Tweet, Re-Announce, Re-Pet these Mashups until a true winner is found! We will be picking winners at random every other day until Mochipet is satisfied (and trust me, he’s never satisfied).  You want Vinyl! We got Vinyl, help us settle the score!

To Win, just go to Mochipet’s Soundcloud and click <3 on the track you like best and Don’t Forget to Leave A Comment,  so we know you been there! We will be picking a winner from the Comments!!! 

Winners will be announced on Mochipet’s Facebook Page!

 

Derek VanScoten – The Code OUT Today on Daly City Records

ARTIST: Derek VanScoten
TITLE: The Code
LABEL: Daly City Records
CAT-NO: DCR169
FORMAT: Digital
RELEASE DATE: 5/1/2012

Brooklyn based producer Derek VanScoten (aka D.V.S*) creates that elevated feeling in the listener’s chest with his guitar-soaked experimental dance beats.  As a forward thinking beat maker, Derek has released music on Soulection, 1320 Records, Electronic Musician Magazine, Cantora Records, Octave Memory Tapes, and now Daly City Records.

Over the past few years, Derek has spent considerable time on the road with electronic acts like Random Rab, Tycho, Bluetech, Tipper, FreQnasty, Big Gigantic, Lotus, MartyParty, Ana Sia, Beats Antique, Ott, and EOTO.

No stranger to the live band scene, he has also performed as a respected multi-instrumentalist with acts as diverse as DJ Logic, emancipator, Devotchka, The Motet, and the Boulder Philharmonic.

“A shift in where the electronic frontiers are headed.” TheUntz.com
“The consummate working example of future music.” 507projex.com
“The vitality of the Brooklyn lifestyle can be felt in every track.” Earmilk.com
“It’s as though he crossed sound waves with Bon Iver, only to then meet Flying Lotus, all the while running alongside Thom Yorke.” DigBoston

DerekVanScoten (aka D.V.S*) aka moves in a cinematic and edgy direction on his latest EP “The Code.” These 5 new tracks fuse West Coast Glitch Hop with Dubstep flavors, and his signature forward thinking guitar tracks. On “The Code”, VanScoten shows us why he’s an artist to follow into the future.

Track Listing:
01) Patrol
02) Dielsel
03) The Code
04) Shape of the Future
05) Movement

Stream the full ep at:

MOG:  link/thecodemog

Purchase at:

Itunes:link/thecodeitunes

Beatport:link/thecodebeatport

JUNO: link/thecodejuno

Amazon: link/thecodeamazon

Watch “The Code” symbols trailer:

link/thecodevideo

Listen to “The Code’ minimix:

link/thecodeminimix

Album art by Guillaume Bonte-

http://cargocollective.com/96

Tourdates:

Sat May 5

The Manifestation Celebration– Dallas, TX midnight set

w/ Alex Grey, Thievery Corporation, Flying Lotus, Nadis Warriors, and many more.

-I’ll be doing a special tag team set with Govinda this evening.

http://www.manifestationcelebration.com/

Thu May 10

Irving Plaza (The Fillmore)- New York, NY 8pm set

supporting Lotus

http://irvingplaza.com/event/00004861E99BE97F

Sat May 19

Uphoria Festival– Millerton, NY 2am late night set

*fun with all my friends all weekend!!!

http://experienceuphoria2012.eventbrite.com/

Sat May 26

Lightning in a Bottle International Music Festival– Silverado, CA (south of L.A.)

alongside Bassnectar, Glitch Mob and many more!

http://lightninginabottle.org/

Fri June 22

A Disco Voyage feat. Wyllys and the New York Hustler Ensemble and Friends- New York, New York

*I’ll be playing guitar on a ship sailing round the NYC harbor with Wyllyson the turntables, and Jen Hartwswick and Peter Apfelbaum (Trey Anastasio band) as the horn section!!!

http://www.facebook.com/events/190564641062166/

Fri July 6

Putnam Den– Saratoga Springs, NY (post Phish SPAC)

playing guitar with Wyllys and the New York Hustler Ensemble

Fri Sept 7-Sun Sept 9

Catskill Chill Music Festival

Camp Minglewood- Hancock, NY

w/ Soulive, Lettuce, Lotus, EOTO and more.

http://www.catskillchill.com/

ARTIST: Derek VanScoten

TITLE: The Code

LABEL: Daly City Records

CAT-NO: DCR169

FORMAT: Digital

RELEASE DATE: 5/1/2012

Brooklyn based producer Derek VanScoten (aka D.V.S*) creates that elevated feeling in the listener’s chest with his guitar-soaked experimental dance beats.  As a forward thinking beat maker, Derek has released music on Soulection, 1320 Records, Electronic Musician Magazine, Cantora Records, Octave Memory Tapes, and now Daly City Records.

Over the past few years, Derek has spent considerable time on the road with electronic acts like Random Rab, Tycho, Bluetech, Tipper, FreQnasty, Big Gigantic, Lotus, MartyParty, Ana Sia, Beats Antique, Ott, and EOTO.

No stranger to the live band scene, he has also performed as a respected multi-instrumentalist with acts as diverse as DJ Logic, emancipator, Devotchka, The Motet, and the Boulder Philharmonic.

“A shift in where the electronic frontiers are headed.” TheUntz.com
“The consummate working example of future music.” 507projex.com
“The vitality of the Brooklyn lifestyle can be felt in every track.” Earmilk.com
“It’s as though he crossed sound waves with Bon Iver, only to then meet Flying Lotus, all the while running alongside Thom Yorke.” DigBoston

 

TBT Label Series: Daly City Records

By: Alex Alden

Bay Area DJ/Producer, Mochipet, is known for his loud purple dinosaur suit and dance floor bangers. However the musical maestro has long had his finger in the business side of the industry as well, running his own record label, Daly City Records.

The label’s namesake, Daly City, is the oft forgotten neighbor of colorful San Francisco, CA. Mochipet, or David Wang as he is known sans dino suit, grew up there with his dad. Virtually unknown outside of the Bay Area, Mochipet decided to name the label after the town because he considers Daly City as well as Daly City Records to be his home. In an interview with The Brain Trust, he mentioned that, “It’s great to see people from around the world recognize the name ‘Daly City’ even though they don’t know the city. It’s like building something from scratch and re-appropriating something on a personal level.”

As illustrated through his commitment to home, family is important to Mochipet, and he has brought that commitment to lasting relationships to Daly City Records. All of the artists that have released on the label are in some way personally connected to him and he calls the label “a network of good family and friends.” Due to this emphasis on personal relationships over musical genre, Daly City Records avoids classification.

Mochipet relishes in this fact, saying “I wanted it to be personal and not just another label with a ‘niche’ that spits out the same things over and over again. I love all kinds of music and really wanted Daly City to reflect that.” The artists currently releasing on the label are definitely varied. Some of these up and comers include Living Stone, Th’Mole and Sovereign Sect.

Living Stone is based out of Montreal, Canada and creates deep bassy beats tossed with a dose of dubstep. Reno native Th’Mole puts on a full costumed show and dabbles in different genres but always throws in a splash of humor. His track ‘I love Unicorns’ is a catchy homage to Th’Mole’s love of the mythical animal. Sovereign Sect, hailing from Fargo, ND, is a livetronica group who describe their sound as “as unique as it is diverse.”

As with any modern, digitalized label, Daly City is faced with the threat of internet piracy, but Mochipet isn’t worried about it citing the fact that since his artists are smaller, the people who listen to them are more connected to the music and less likely to steal. “…when your audience doesn’t really care what you are doing and just want to listen to that hit song, that’s where piracy problems come in, because you are trying to make money off of someone who doesn’t connect with your artist on a personal level. It’s like selling McDonalds food. They just want it fast and cheap. They don’t care where they get it from. That’s not what we are trying to do. We can give away our music for free and our fans will still donate or come support at shows. They are interested in what we are doing. “

The aim of Daly City records is “to expose people to awesome music they might have never heard.” Bigger names such as eDIT (Glitch Mob) and Daedelus (Ninja Tune) who have become quite well known have released on Daly City but that was before they made it big and helped gain exposure to a larger audience. Mochipet is not interested in signing a major act and is more focused on the music and keeping the label unique. He says,” Why would I want to make another label of something that’s already out there? I think this is what will set us apart in the long run. I think the labels people remember are the ones that have their own character, one’s that have their own personality.”

Very refreshing to see a label sticking to its ideals in the industry.

Mochipet with MC Zulu and Yan Zombie

By Sijay James

Spiritbar
Saturday April 21

Undoubtedly one of the most colorful and wild characters, in the electronic music world, David Wang (aka Mochipet) never fails to be an interesting act to catch. Mochipet has an enormous discography, with releases on numerous labels, and collaborations with dozens of performers, producers and MC’s. His label, Daly City Records, currently releases some of most eclectic and genre bending bass music being produced today, including tracks by Nelson’s own Yan Zombie, who will also be playing Saturday’s show. Mochipet is also known to play in a purple dinosaur costume, unleashing mayhem as the “purple crunkasaurus”. His last two shows in Nelson were unforgettable.

Joining Mochipet will be the legendary MC zulu, known for his rapid fire, randomized cadence, and his choice of uncategorizable rhythms as a backdrop. One of the underground’s most in demand ragga and futuristic dancehalls mc’s Zulu has worked extensively with both Mochipet and Yan Zombie this year. Zombie is fresh from having won the Kootenay Music Award for best electronic producer, and has just released his remix of mochipet’s “mochipet is evil” on Daly city records. This show will be a tag team battle royale of giant superheroes, badmon MC’s and genius zombies, all tied together with visuals from Nelson’s mystery visualist, INVISIBLE.

 

MC Zulu & Mochipet – Mochipet is Evil

Ghislain Porier ft. MC Zulu – Immigrant Visa (Yan Zombie Remix)

 

http://kootenayquickshot.ca/events/music-events/mochipet-with-mc-zulu-and-yan-zombie/

Taiwan Tour has been really fun, nice to visit the homeland again