i ♥ color

new baby

i finally got a real longboard 2 weeks ago. it was worth almost the same as my new 64gb ipod touch. still can't decide which one makes me happier.

shoelaces

i've always had a thing for changing the original laces shoes come with. i've always had a thing for asymmetry as well. so, most of my shoes & sneakers look like these.

chocolate

this is by far the best chocolate bar design i've ever seen. it's from spain and it's organic.

vitalic . poison lips

i'm not much of a video person, but sometimes i find things that amaze me. this made my day today. i love the colors, the concept, the casting, the shibuya background, everything is perfect.
i was looking for a music link to post this song, but instead i found the video, and now i'm not sure if i like the video more than i like the song

current top 15

01. machines don't care . beat bang
02. beni . maximus (harvard bass remix)   
03. vitalic . second lives   
04. slagsmålsklubben . brutal weapons   
05. kylie minogue . red blooded woman   
06. major lazer . hold the line (feat. mr. lexx & santigold) (public speakers remix)   
07. the phantom image . thizz izzz
08. coma . klingelplütz  
09. dusty kid . pluk
10. colin munroe . piano lessons (felix cartal remix)   
11. peaches . lose you   
12. amanda blank . lemme get some (feat. chuck inglish)   
13. eurocide . der tag 
14. kid sister . pro nails (bag raiders remix)  
15. dan curtin . beat fiend 

orangatang wheels

these are the wheels that sent me to the hospital 3 months ago. now i'm ok and still using them, wishing i could do these tricks

the dank masterplan by dj yumiko

the dank masterplan  by  dj yumiko

this is the first mix i've ever made, at the beginning of 2008, with the help of my dj/producer friend eugenio royale. i made this originally for a radio show in mexico city.

the track selection was made thinking about getting in the mood to go wild on the dancefloor, just the way i like it.

a great number of the songs are ebm (electronic body music, better known as industrial music), which used to be my favorite genre for a couple of years, but then realized that it was just me and a couple of friends who liked it that much, and been forced to move on and let it go.

there are a couple of electro songs too, that are more in the dark side of electro, so this is kind of a very dark music selection, but this is what i liked at that moment, and i still do, but i don't use to play like that anymore.

here's the tracklist:

01. nitzer ebb . i thought (robag's schikkuli instrumental)

02. front 242 . masterhit (part I - masterblaster)

03. sara noxx . stupid

04. motor . bleep #1

05. the neon judgement . the fashion party

06. green velvet . dank

07. miss kittin . kittin is high (jojo de freq's beauty is terror remix)

08. the world domination vs. adam sky . galactic lover

09. ascii disko . tzssrrck

10. lights of euphoria . white wall

11. aural vampire . freeeze!!

12. vitalic vs. peaches . rock show

13. yelle . je veux te voir

14. the hacker . masterplan (feat. miss kittin)

fever ray

Karin Dreijer Andersson es el verdadero nombre detrás del personaje llamado Fever Ray. Tal como lo describe la, a su vez, mitad femenina del dúo sueco The Knife, y que es conocida por portar máscaras en sus entrevistas, sus proyectos son como personajes que cambian de disfraz o de máscara y se encuentran en una búsqueda constante, quizá interminable.

El primer sencillo titulado If I had a heart es también la pieza inicial de este álbum en el que Karin se nos presenta en el esplendor de su proyección personal hacia su recién estrenado personaje. Frases tan trágicas como If I had a heart, I could love you / If I had a voice, I would sing son cantadas de forma casi hablada y con una peculiar arritmia, sobre una melodía oscura, compuesta en gran parte por el conjunto de voces distintas que son producto de la tecnología más delicada y elegante y que junto con la música van creando un ambiente sombrío.

Este juego de voces tan bien logrado desde el Silent Shout de The Knife, que en ocasiones contrasta con la música y en otras es sólo un elemento más de ella, consigue transportarnos a través de las 10 piezas que componen este álbum, de una atmósfera lóbrega a una entusiasta en repetidas ocasiones.

Algunas de sus letras hablan de situaciones cotidianas, otras por el contrario, resultan tan abstractas como ambiguas, dejando su significado a la libre interpretación de quien escucha. Lo que sí es cierto, es que gran parte de sus frases están inspiradas en situaciones personales.

He aquí un par de canciones de este álbum que vio la luz en marzo de este año; además un par de remixes que en mi opinión vienen a darle un giro fresco e inesperado a este álbum que tenía ya un poco olvidado de tanto haberlo escuchado.

vinyl

is nice when you can go to your local record shop and find this kind of vinyl. i got this today and i'm quite happy, cause it also includes a free digital album download, so i don't have to go through the trouble of making mp3's myself, which takes a considerable amount of time, and since i don't have much of that, i appreciate enormously when vinyl comes with its own mp3 version, just ready to start living on my ipod.

futuristic landscape by dj yumiko

futuristic landscape  by  dj yumiko


i made this mix for a fashion show, i worked 4 almost-sleepless-nights on it, but i am really happy with the result. though i had to include a couple of hits which was not my intention, i still feel like it can describe the music i like to play.
here's the tracklist:
01. björk . frosti
02. paul kalkbrenner . azure
03. apparat . not a number   
04. deep dish . in love with a friend   
05. the killers . mr. brightside (jacques lu cont's thin white duke mix)  
06. gui boratto . beautiful life feat. luciana villanova   
07. empire of the sun . walking on a dream (pegase remix)   
08. yoko ono . kiss kiss kis
09. metro area . miura   
10. fred hush . definition track [jennifer cardini rdfine remix]   
11. familjen . kom säger dom feat. ninsun poli   
12. kraftwerk . pocket calculator   
13. kraftwerk . taschenrechner
14. lindstrøm . i feel space (tomba spezial space (tiefschwarzturntablerockeredit))   
15. i-f . space invaders are smoking grass   
16. quiero club . it's all about dun dun   
17. kylie minogue . can't get blue monday out of my head  
18. pet shop boys . minimal   
19. 80kidz . miss mars   
20. yeah yeah yeahs . cheated hearts (main mix by peaches)   
21. soft cell . ...so [7" version]   
22. zongamin . tunnel music   
23. lindstrøm & prins thomas . further into the future (part one)  

today's hairdo

buraka som sistema . aqui para voces (live at monterrey, mexico . nov.7th.2009)

the first video i've recorded at a concert, the first video i've uploaded to youtube

china latina by dj yumiko

china latina  by  dj yumiko


i'm half mexican-half japanese born and raised in mexico. i've never felt related to any latin rhythms at all, not to listen to, not to dance to. but one year ago, i started thinking different, i kinda started liking reggae music, and some rhythms related to reggaeton.
and here i am, at 30, feeling the urge to move my hips like a real latin girl. who would have thought this would happen!
so, this mix is my personal tribute to latin-related rhythms, though hip-hop is not latin, i kinda feel like it is.
here's the tracklist:
01. lil' kim . shake ya bum bum (feat. lil' shanice)
02. m.i.a. . galangaton (diplo mix)
03. busta rhymes . light your ass on fire (feat. pharell)
04. jahcoozi . shake the doom
05. modeselektor . dancingbox (feat. vocals ttc)
06. major lazer . jump up (feat. leftside & supahyp)
07. r. kelly & kerry hilson . number one (so shifty remix)
08. edu k . gatas, gatas, gatas (crookers remix)
09. buraka som sistema . aqui para voces (feat. deize tigrona) / buraka som sistema . yah! (feat. petty) (the count and sinden remix)
10. ttc . une bande de mecs sympas
11. skream . sinisterize
12. dj assault . pop your pussy
13. munk . mein schatzi (zongamin remix bonus beats)

current obsession

according to wikipedia, "major lazer is a fictional animated character, who (according to press releases) fought as a jamaican commando and lost his arm in a secret zombie war in 1984".

major lazer are diplo & switch, both djs & producers, who headed to jamaica to record their first album "guns don't kill people... lazers do", released in june 2009. this is a really good album, but i (as the dj i am) prefer the remixes; some of them are by diplo himself.

more about this:

www.myspace.com/majorlazer

the knife . heartbeats (live)

i love this song in this exact live version, so different from the album version

halloween

current top 13

1. major lazer . pon de floor (feat. vybz kartel)   
2. the bug . poison dart (skream remix)
3. rusko . remedy (rusko remix)
4. sleeper thief . cenotes
5. skream . emotionally mute (outro)
6. kid sister . pro nails (rusko remix)   
7. edu k . blaze tripp
8. gummihz . you and me (feat. ruxsandra)   
9. anja schneider & lee van dowski . la roulette
10. marcin czubala . at the beach in san foca  
11. fangoria . absolutamente
12. akon . keep you much longer  
13. black eyed peas . meet me halfway

today's outfit

loving dubstep

click on the link below and you'll be redirected to an ugly web page where you can listen to a really cool song

the bug - poison dart (skream remix)

kyliemania

amo los visuales y el mix de las 2 canciones...y acordarme de estar ahí