Soporific Airs (DJ Bolivia)

This is the music-related blog for Jonathan (Scooter) Clark, also known in the electronica world as DJ Bolivia, a producer and DJ from Atlantic Canada. I listen to (and produce) a lot of folk, indie, rock, and hip hop music too! I also run a company (Replant.ca Environmental) through which you can sponsor the planting of trees to build forest reserves and community forests, which are protected from commercial logging. Please visit: www.replant.ca/environmental

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Mix: DJ Bolivia, "Welcome To The Machine"

I've been playing around with my DJ Mixes page on my main site a bit lately, trying to tidy it up and provide better info. Some people are probably curious about track listings for some mixes, and other than the Subterranean Homesick Grooves radio shows, track listing info is generally almost impossible to find for some of my older stuff. So to fix that, I'm in the process of digging up track listings for everything that isn't already available, and publishing them here in my blog so they can be found more easily.

This is an old mix that I recorded during a massive snowstorm in the Maritimes in 2004. At the time, I'm not sure what I was thinking, but I wrote this about the mix: "The machine will play almost anything electronica, from trance, to progressive, to techno. Created during 'The White Juan,' Halifax's greatest winter storm in recorded history, this CD at first seems to be dark and oppressive. Listen carefully though, and you may instead decide that the mix is purposely restrained, steady, and calculating. Whether the music is new or old, the beat goes on..."

Mix Name: "Welcome To The Machine"
Details: 63 minutes playing time, 131-134 bpm progressive tech-house.
Recorded: February 24th, 2004.

Track Listings:
01. Marshal Lore, "PlaySound." Written and produced by John Elliott & John-Paul Denton. Published by Copyright Control. Distributed by Intergroove Ltd., Copyright 2003, Harlem Recordings.
02. Echomen, "Spirit." [Mooncat Mix]. Written and produced by Chris Scott & Anton Fielding. Exclusively distributed by Intergroove. Published by Copyright Control. Copyright 2004, Forensic Records.
03. Wintersun feat. Michelle Ward, "Losing It." Written & produced by C. Bickley. Vocals by Michelle Ward. Copyright Control. Copyright 2004, Automatic Records Ltd.
04. Spawn Blond feat. Jimi Dred, "Waterfalls." [The Scumfrog Mix]. Written by Sean Peachy, James Carr, and Stephan Luke Delacotte. Produced by Stephan Luke for Fat Free Music, Inc. Remix and additional production by The Scumfrog. Manufactured and distributed by US Music Corporation. Copyright 2003, Effin Records.
05. Inkfish, "How Can I Believe." [Subway Baby vs. Martin H remix]. White label.
06. P.F.N., "Put Your Earphones On." Appearing on the Communication One [Sasha & Digweed] compilation, Copyright 2000, Sony Music Entertainment Ltd.
07. Fred Numf vs. Etienne Overdijk, "Drifting." Written and composed by F. V. Eck & E. Overdijk. Published by Enormous Music, Strengtholt Music Group. Licensed from Fred Numf Productions. Copyright 2003, Yo Recordings.
08. Ambrozia, "Lovely Lovely Lovely." [Lee Kavanagh Remix]. From the Cox E.P., vol. 2. Written by Hiro Tanaka, Edison & Julianne. Produced by DJ 19 & Edison. Vocals by Julianne. Remix & additional production by Lee Kavanagh. Published by EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd./Sound Syndicate Inc. Copyright 2004, 19-Box Recordings.
09. Fred Numf vs. Etienne Overdijk, "Disorientation." Written and composed by F. V. Eck & E. Overdijk. Published by Enormous Music, Strengtholt Music Group. Licensed from Fred Numf Productions. Copyright 2003, Yo Recordings.
10. Seishi Ono & Kut Goldcard, "Girl." Distributed by Intergroove. Copyright 2003, Wild Loops.
11. Tomaz vs. Filterheadz, "I Love Techno (United as One)." [Original]. Written and produced by Bert Wilmaers, Maarten Wilmaers and Tomazz. Published by News Publishing. Recorded at Borderland Studio. Copyright 2002, News.
12. Trisco, "Musak." [Wonderland Avenue Remix]. Appearing on the Communication One [Sasha & Digweed] compilation, Copyright 2000, Sony Music Entertainment Ltd.
13. Max Graham, "Tell You." [Original]. Written and produced by Max Graham. Published by Copyright Control. Contains a sample from the recording "Call Waiting," by Zap Mama, licensed courtesy of Virgin Music Belgium. Copyright 2002, Hope Recordings.

I'm Jonathan Clark, known online as DJ Bolivia. Do you want to learn more about DJ'ing and music production? If so, visit:

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If you happen to enjoy techno tracks, most of my tracks are available as free downloads from this link:

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Thanks so much for visit, and for your support! I really appreciate the fan base that I've been able to build up over the years.

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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Acronym Meanings in SHM's "Miami 2 Ibiza"

Or maybe I should have entitled this post, "AM's in SHM's M2I."

Miami 2 Ibiza has been a pretty popular track in the last few months for the Swedish House Mafia. There are a lot of acronyms in this track, and I figured most of them out right away when I was listening, but I had to think (and Google) a couple. So I thought I'd throw a post up to clarify things.

The Swedish House Mafia is composed of three well-known DJ's and producers, Steve Angello, Sebastien Ingrosso, and Axwell. Eric Prydz (also known as Pryda) was also a member of this group for a while, and they all keep a close association, although they technically don't consider him to be a member at the moment since he isn't living in Sweden anymore.

Their latest hit, "Miami 2 Ibiza," has a lot of acronymns, so here are the lyrics and my interpretation of the meanings:

Swedish House Mafia - "Miami 2 Ibiza"

She says she likes my watch, but she wants Steve’s AP
And she stay up all hours watching QVC
She said she loves my songs, she bought my mp3
And so I put her number in my Bold BB
I got a black BM, She got a white TT
She wanna see what’s hiding in my CK briefs
I tell her wear suspenders and some PVC
And then I’ll film it all up on my JVC

Uhh, scene one. Everybody get in your positions.
Pay attention, and listen.
We’re tryna get this in one take, so lets try and
make that happen.
Take one, action!

She pose for FHM, She like my Black LV
We spillin’ LPR, up on my APC
I’m in my PRP's and my Nike SB’s
Ravin’ with SHM, London to NYC
I got my Visa and My Visa
A diva and her dealer
B***h I’m up on the guest list with the Swedish House Mafia
You can find me on a table full of vodka and tequila
Surrounded by some bunnies, and it aint f***ing easter
I wake up in the morning with a mild case of amnesia
With a girl that like a girl like Lindsey Lohan, Queen Latifah
A few n****z are pullin, Yeah guetta must be fever
And that’s standard procedure from Miami 2 Ibiza

(Lyrics Copyright 2010, Swedish House Mafia).

Here's a list of the abbreviations and their meanings:

Steve's AP - Audemars Piguet Watch Company
QVC – Shopping Channel
mp3 – If I have to list this, you shouldn't be reading this blog.
Bold BB - Blackberry Mobile (Bold model)
BM - The MS3 Automobile (Mazda)
TT – Audi TT Automobile
CK – Calvin Klein
PVC - Type of Plastic
JVC - Japanese Electronics Manufacturer
FHM - Mens Magazine
LV – Louis Vitton
LPR – Laurent-Perrier Rose Champagne
APC - French Fashion Brand
PRP's – Denim Brand
Nike SB’s – Nike Skateboarding Shoes
SHM – Swedish House Mafia
NYC – New York City

Just a few clarifications on the above:

MP3 - just about everybody knows what an mp3 is, but do you know why it is those particular letters? It was originally MPEG3 and stands for Motion Picture Export Group standard 3 for audio encoding. But since DOS (MicroSoft's original Disk Operating System) only allowed for 3-letter file extension names at first, it was shortened to MP3.

BM - I'm not positive about the Mazda BM MS3. Maybe it's short for BMW, or for "Beemer."

APC - I don't know about this one either. Most people say it refers to the French fashion brand, but I thought it referred to a piece of live/studio performance equipment that ties in well with Ableton Live, namely Akai's APC40 controller. You can pretend it stands for whatever you want.

Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCH1AsUydSc