Popstatic presents 'Kaleidoscope' for Samurai.fm

Since February of 2008, I've been contributing a series of dj mixes to Samurai.fm. The 'Kaleidoscope' show is an uncompromising attempt to fuse every influence and aesthetic in my musical palette into a singularly eccentric and colorful mix series unlike any other. Using the freedoms that typified the music of the late-60's as an inspirational framework for my mixing aesthetic, I use the show as an attempt to combine music from different genres, countries and eras into a surreal, dreamlike musical experience.
Within 'Kaleidoscope' it is not unusual to hear dance music of a dozen different varieties rubbing shoulders with obscure international pop gems, textural ambient sounds and a whole lot more. Each installment is a fully-realized, production-intensive, album-length dj mix full of surprises and constant left-turns. Additionally, the mixes are often colored by a sort of hazy party atmosphere, lending the whole affair abstract feelings of nostalgia; as if channeling a party experience from the past. If you like your music vivid and intense, challenging and distinctive, full of warmth and sentiment; then 'Kaleidoscope' is for you.
Kaleidoscope Pt. 9
Friday, January 08 2010
- Popstatic 'Nightswim' - Unreleased
- Damian Lazarus 'Moment' - Get Physical Music
- Murcof 'Memoria' - Leaf
- Burial + Four Tet 'Moth' - Text Records
- F.U.S.E 'Nightdrive' - Plus 8 Records Ltd.
- Pantha Du Prince 'Saturn Strobe' - Dial Records
- Lulu Rouge 'Bless You' - Music For Dreams
- Joris Delacroix 'Calin Cale' (Rodriguez Jr. Remix) - WOH Lab
- Mymy 'Fast Freeze' - Cocoon Recordings
- Petter 'Some Polyphony' - Border Community
- Extrawelt 'Mit Liese Auf Der Wiese' (Max Cooper's Melt Remix) - Traum
- Charlie May 'Midnight' - emFire
- Sylvain Chauveau 'Fly Like A Horse' - Kompakt
- Sigur Ros 'Samskeyti' - MCA Records
Kaleidoscope Pt. 8
Tuesday, June 30 2009
- Deadset 'Farm House' - Front Room Recordings
- Sascha Funke 'Mango' - BPitch Control
- Silicone Soul '3AM' - Soma Quality Recordings
- Daso 'Meine' - Spectral Sound
- Robert Babicz 'Dark Flower' (Joris Voorn Magnolia Miix) - Audiomatique
- Kolombo 'Acai' - Boxer Recordings
- M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade 'Donut' - Get Physical Music
- Anja Schneider & Lee Van Dowski 'La Roulette' - Mobilee
- Anton Pieete 'Players' - Intacto Records
- Visti & Meyland 'Yes Maam (All Nite Long)' (Trentemoller Remix) - Eskimo Recordings
- Voodeux 'Just A Spoonful' - Mothership
- Ada 'Maps' (Michael Mayer & Tobias Thomas Mix) - Kompakt
Kaleidoscope Pt. 7
Friday, April 03 2009
- Franz Ferdinand 'Fade Together' (The Avalanches Remix) - Domino
- The Three Degrees ' Collage' - Soul Jazz
- The Mamas & The Papas 'Shooting Star' - Dunhill
- Lemon Jelly 'Pushy' - XL Recordings
- Quarteto Em Cy 'Cavallo-Ferro' - Odeon/Amazon (Brazil)
- Electric Light Orchestra 'Jungle' - Jet
- Fatboy Slim 'Gangster Trippin' - Astralwerks
- David Holmes 'Rip Rip' - Jersey Records
- Small World 'I Believe' - Music For Dreams
- Andrea True Connection 'More, More, More' - Buddha Records
- Hercules & Love Affair 'Hercules' Theme' - DFA Records
- 40 Thieves 'Theme From Nutrider' - Permanent Vacation
- Bjork 'Human Behaviour' - Elektra
- Royksopp 'Happy Up Here' - Wall Of Sound
- Sugababes 'Too Lost In You' (Various Production Remix) - Various Production
- Neon Neon 'Dream Cars' - Lex Records
- Holy Ghost! 'Hold On' - DFA Records
- Air 'Sexy Boy' - Caroline Records
- New Order 'True Faith' - Factory
- Blur 'Girls & Boys' - SBK Records
- Bent 'Exercise 7' - Godlike And Electric
- The Chemical Brothers 'Das Spiegel' - Astralwerks
- Gui Boratto 'No Turning Back' - Kompakt
- Gudrun Gut 'Monika In Polen' (Thomas Fehlmann Deer Mix) - Monika Enterprise
- Franz Ferdinand 'Fade Together' (The Avalanches Remix) - Domino
Kaleidoscope Pt. 6
Tuesday, December 16 2008
- Syclops 'The Fly' - Tirk
- Supermayer 'Hey Hotties!' - Kompakt
- Livio & Roby 'Moriska' - Supernature
- Luke Solomon 'Demons' (Brennan Green Remix) - Crosstown Rebels
- Padded Cell 'Far Beneath London' - DC Recordings
- Fairmont 'Down The Rabbit Hole' - Traum
- Partial Arts 'Telescope' - Kompakt
- David West & Ida Engberg 'The Giant From Nibiru' - Get Physical
- Dusty Kid 'Kore' - Affin
- Steve Mac & Mark Brown 'Bells Of Brighton' (Popof Remix) - Cr2 Records
- SCSI9 'Boys Away' - Kompakt
- Rodriguez Jr. 'Lila' - Boxer Recordings
- Nathan Fake 'Charlie's House' (Apparat Remix) - Border Community
- School Of Seven Bells 'Half Asleep' - Ghostly International
Kaleidoscope Pt. 5 (Dubstep Edition)
Thursday, October 16 2008
- Skream 'Morning Blues' - Tempa
- Parson 'Throw Some D's' - Planet Mu
- Hektagon 'Dubness' - Audio Freaks
- Antiserum 'Skull Fucked' - Mode Recordings
- 2562 'Moog Dub' - Tectonic
- Mike Lennon 'Brass Eye' (Reso Remix) - Z Audio
- Jakes 'Warp 9' - HENCH
- The Bug (Feat. Warrior Queen) 'Poison Dart' - Ninja Tune
- Benga '26 Basslines' - Tempa
- TRG 'Oi! Killa' - Cool And Deadly Records
- Joker 'Snake Eater' - Soul Motive
- Noah D & No Thing 'Rise' - Subway Recordings
- Misc. 'Hooked' - Lost Souls
- Skream 'Percression' - Tectonic
- Tawiah 'Every Step' (Zed Bias Dubrub) - Bush Girl
- Moderat (Feat. Paul St. Hilaire) 'Let Your Love Grow' - BPitch Control
- Ian Brown 'Sister Rose' (Various Production Remix) - Various Production
- Pretty Good Dance Moves 'Demons Dancing (Popstatic Remix) - Unreleased
Kaleidoscope Pt. 4
Thursday, August 07 2008
- I Monster 'The Blue Wrath' - Dharma Records
- Padded Cell 'Savage Skulls' - DC Recordings
- Cobra Dukes 'Airtight' (Aeroplane Remix)' - Prestel
- Bent 'To Be Loved' - Godlike And Electric
- Del Shannon 'Gemini' (Pilooski Edit) - Dark & Lovely
- Panda Bear 'Comfy In Nautica' - Paw Tracks
- The Chemical Brothers 'A Modern Midnight Conversation' - Freestyle Dust
- Heidi Vs. Riton 'Vejer' (Padded Cell Remix) - Get Physical
- Fairmont 'Gazebo' (Sebastian Leger Remix) - Border Community
- TG 'Revox' (Justin Martin Remix) - Dirtybird
- Poxymusic Feat. Gina Mitchell 'Warpaint' (Claude VonStroke Remix) - Hussle Recordings
- Martin Eyerer & Oliver Klein 'Babylon' - Kling Klong
- Supermayer 'Two Of Us' - Kompakt
- Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke 'The White Flash' (Trentemoller Remix) - BPitch Control
- Dextro 'Do You Need Help?' (Holden Noise Tool) - Border Community
- Schneider TM 'Frogtoise (Exploitation Edit) - City Slang
Kaleidoscope Pt. 3
Monday, June 30 2008
- Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip 'Thou Shall Always Kill' - Lex Records
- Le Tigre 'Hot Topic' - Wiiija Records
- N.E.R.D. 'Baby Doll' - Virgin Records America, Inc.
- LRD 'Music Make You Lose Control' - Astralwerks
- The Free Design '2002 - A Hit Song' (Chris Geddes from Belle & Sebastain & Hush Puppy Remix) - Light In The Attic
- Miss Kittin 'Requiem For A Hit' - NovaMute
- The Soft Pink Truth 'Big Booty Bitches' - Soundslike
- T2 Feat. Jodie Aysha 'Heartbroken' - All Around The World
- Robyn 'Konichiwa Bitches' (Trentemoller Remix) - Konichiwa Records
- Fatboy Slim 'Build It Up, Tear It Down' - Astralwerks
- Roni Size/Reprazent 'Idi Banashapan' - Talkin' Loud
- DJ Assault 'Asses Wigglin', Titties Jigglin'" - Jefferson Ave.
- DJ Assault 'Love The Pussy' Vs. Britney Spears 'Toxic' (Popstatic Mix Concept)
- DJ Guy 'Bucked Up'
- Dead Prez 'Hip Hop' Vs. The Cure 'Just Like Heaven' (Popstatic Mix Concept)
- DJ Assault 'In Those Jeans' - Jefferson Ave.
- M83 'Teen Angst' - Mute
- Les Yper-Sound 'Psyche Rock' - ULM
Kaleidoscope Pt. 2
Tuesday, April 08 2008
- Susan Christie 'Rainy Day' - Finders Keepers Records
- Trentemoller 'Take Me Into Your Skin' - Poker Flat Recordings
- Chica And The Folder 'Perfect Day (Sometimes)' - Monika Enterprise
- Siriusmo 'W.O.W.' - Grand Petrol Recordings
- Pinhead 'R-Rok Me' - Atlantic Jaxx
- Cut Copy 'Hearts On Fire' (Joakim Remix) - Modular Recordings
- I:Cube 'Freez' - Versatile Records
- Random Factor 'Digitize' (Emperor Machine Vocal Mix) - 20:20 Vision
- The Chemical Brothers 'The Golden Path' (Ewan Pearson Extended Vocal) - Astralwerks
- Ellen Allien & Apparat 'Way Out' - BPitch Control
- Luke Slater 'Love (Loved)' - Novamute
- Carl Craig 'A Wonderful Life' - Blanco Y Negro
- Pinch 'Qawaali' - Planet Mu
- Groove Armada 'Edge Hill' - Jive Electro
- Phillip Glass 'Heroes' (Aphex Twin Remix) - Warp Records
- Portishead 'The Rip' - Mercury/Island
Kaleidoscope Pt. 1
Wednesday, February 27 2008
- Mpb4/Quarteto Em Cy 'Because' - Phillips
- Aeroplane 'Aeroplane' - Eskimo Recordings
- Glass Candy 'Miss Broadway' - Italians Do It Better
- Mirwais 'Disco Science' - Naive
- Cave Bear Cult 'Spaghettidisco' - Versatile
- The Avalanches 'Radio' - Modular
- The Chemical Brothers 'Lost In The K-Hole' - Astralwerks
- Vincent Markowski 'False Flag' - DC Recordings
- Osborne 'Outta Sight' (Luke Vibert Remix) - Spectral
- Chateau Flight 'Baltrinque' - Innervisions
- Outputmessage 'Bernard's Song' - Ghostly International
- Bjork 'All Is Full Of Love' (Funkstorung Exclusive Mix) - Elektra
- Blonde Redhead 'Silently' - 4AD
- The Beach Boys 'Don't Worry Baby' - Capitol Records
- Bloc Party 'Where Is Home?' (Burial Remix) - Wichita
- Trentemoller 'Miss You' - Poker Flat Recordings
- Pilooski 'Love Is Wet' - Astro Lab Recordings