Noël / Noel Jackson is a DJ, producer, designer, and polymath from Detroit.

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    “Noël Jackson Gets Dangerous”

    Noël Jackson @ 10:28 am on 10 Mar 2010 Permalink | Comment

    If you weren’t aware of it, I spend a large part of my free time playing with music – it’s an addiction that runs deep. One of those things is “mastering,” otherwise known as the “magic,” that happens between creating the music and putting it on a CD. I use a lot of really great equipment, but especially love Dangerous Music’s equipment – because it really is untouchable, sonically superior, and just plain amazing equipment.

    MIX thought I had a pretty interesting setup, so they did a little piece on me and my infatuation with Dangerous:

    Noël Jackson began getting into music and recording and then moved into mastering when he realized just how good music could sound. Jackson recalls when he was a teenager growing up, “Instead of watching TV, I listened to records.” And listening on a great system inspired Jackson. “That’s how I got into mastering and what I love about it.” Jackson’s studio is filled with handpicked gear from many of the top names, including Dangerous Music.

    via Detroit Mastering Engineer Noël Jackson Gets Dangerous | BriefingRoom on MixOnline.


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    • Tim 11:13 am on 10 Mar 2010 Permalink

      So cool. I love that you go all out with whatever you do.

      I hope we can hang out soon!

    • Dean Massalsky 9:31 pm on 10 Mar 2010 Permalink

      Holy shit man…!

    • Dan Hiveley 3:15 pm on 11 Mar 2010 Permalink

      That’s Great Noel! Good for you!

    February 2010 Mix

    Noël Jackson @ 10:15 am on 23 Feb 2010 Permalink | Comment

    A 30 minute mix for February. Enjoy.

    Noël – February 2010 Mix

    Tracklisting:

    1. Haarlem (Original Mix) – Renaissance Man
    2. Apples – Marek Bois
    3. Kamaruko (Paco Maroto Remix) – Wow & Flute
    4. Hey (Nadastrom Hot Latin Dub) – Laidback Luke, Diplo
    5. Big N’ Round (Worthy Remix – Claude VonStroke
    6. Phonosax (Original Club Mix) – Filthy Rich
    7. Lone Time – Tim Green
    8. Vocal Experience – Ray Okpara
    9. Vudu – Zodiac Cartel
    10. The Bottom (Groove Rebels Remix) – Fukkk Offf
    11. Holly Bolly – Sis


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    Stick a beat on it.

    Noël Jackson @ 6:18 pm on 16 Feb 2010 Permalink | Comment

    The cold season is having fun. I’m sick as a dog.

    Zeldman is too. So I thought, what the hell, stick a beat on it.

    Topsy Turvy – brought to you by cough syrup.

    Topsy Turvy


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    Zef Side Video

    Noël Jackson @ 2:51 pm on 13 Feb 2010 Permalink | Comment

    I’m still amazed by this group – “real” or “unreal,” they are brilliant. This is something magical.


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    Die Antwoord

    Noël Jackson @ 2:20 pm on 8 Feb 2010 Permalink | Comment

    I really don’t even have words… this group blows my mind. These are some haircuts like I’ve only seen on romanian runaways (from a documentary I watched some years back). This is a mix of stylistic perfection and insanity.

    To quote the group themselves:

    Die Antwoord are busy blowing up faster than the speed of light because they are the freshest, most futuristik rap-rave crew in the world.

    die antwoord

    (Thanks for the tweet, noob.)


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    Reality is therefore abandoned. Get your remix on.

    Noël Jackson @ 11:30 pm on 25 Jan 2010 Permalink | Comment

    From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.

    - Émile Durkheim

    via Remix Sunday 141 | Palms Out Sounds.


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    Scranton, What?!

    Noël Jackson @ 8:50 pm on 23 Jan 2010 Permalink | Comment

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    Analysis of The Beatles’ Multitrack Masters

    Noël Jackson @ 4:32 am on 22 Jan 2010 Permalink | Comment

    How can you not love the Beatles endlessly?

    While digging through Usenet, I stumbled on these three unidentified tracks that pick apart three of the Beatles’ original multitrack masters, isolating and highlighting pieces from “She’s Leaving Home,” “A Day in the Life,” and “Come Together.” It’s an astounding, and very listenable, glimpse into their recording process.

    via zeldman and Audio Analysis of the Beatles Multitrack Masters – Waxy.org.


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    Diplo Presents: Free Gucci (Best of The Cold War Mixtapes)

    Noël Jackson @ 5:35 pm on 11 Jan 2010 Permalink | Comment

    Get it while it’s hot:

    free gucci

    From Gucci Mane – Diplo Presents: Free Gucci (Best of The Cold War Mixtapes) | Mad Decent.


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    25yrs of Metroplex Records Tribute Party @ ReLiv

    Noël Jackson @ 5:30 pm on 11 Jan 2010 Permalink | Comment

    In the Early 80’s a group called Cybotron made some Experimental Music that had a very unique sound. In 1985, one of the members, Juan Atkins went on to start his own Record Label – the LEGENDARY METROPLEX RECORDS – the label that started TECHNO!

    Join us on Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ Detroit’s hottest new Nightclub – ReLiv as we celebrate 25 years of Detroit Techno and pay homage to Metroplex Records, the Artists, and the Sound of Detroit Techno – Present, Past, and Future.

    Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Derrick May & Friends present…

    25yrs of Metroplex Records Tribute Party an Xperimental Music Party

    Thursday, January 14, 2010 – 9pm -2am
    ReLiv Nightclub – 625 Shelby @ Congress (Downtown Detroit)

    via Facebook | 25yrs of Metroplex Records Tribute Party @ ReLiv.


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    There was a time when you saved money to buy an album, and then you’d spend weeks listening to that single album and ending up loving it.

    Noël Jackson @ 12:48 pm on 24 Dec 2009 Permalink | Comment

    Here’s the important bit: when I grew up in the 80’s the thing that defined me as a person AND how it showed out was: music. Everything was music-centred. That’s how you’d distinguished subcultures from another, what kind of music they listened to. That simple. And that is a world that doesn't exist anymore. Music has lost its lead as the defining element.

    It’s more about clothes, movies, blogs, franchises, gadgets, and yes: video games…. music is a part of all of that, but it’s not the main substance.

    There was a time when you saved money to buy an album, and then you’d spend weeks listening to that single album and ending up loving it, even the fillers, and your imagination running wild as these songs became your friends. I doubt if that happens anymore.

    I’ve always loved artists who create an image, a stage persona and represent their music through that. Now with facebook and twitter, and reality shows like Idols you know everything – and more -about these people by the time the first single is out. These people seem like ordinary, gifted, but ordinary people who just make music.

    I’m sorry, but I don’t like ordinary people and I don’t care about the music they make.

    Me, I’m just a man in a cape who’s curious what the next new new will be.

    via Turbo Recordings.


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    • Lloyd Budd 2:15 pm on 28 Dec 2009 Permalink

      At first I caught myself saying “Yes, yes, yes.” but then the more I thought about it, I think the author and myself are experiencing nostalgia, and “In my day…”. I expect the medium changes, but there will always be a sub-culture crazy about the art music.

    CANDY-O

    Noël Jackson @ 11:18 pm on 22 Dec 2009 Permalink | Comment

    the cars candy-o


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    Swingin’, swayin’, and record playin’…

    Noël Jackson @ 12:39 pm on 17 Dec 2009 Permalink | Comment

    Swingin’, swayin’, and record playin’.


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    I saw Fuck Buttons…

    Noël Jackson @ 4:54 pm on 7 Dec 2009 Permalink | Comment

    I forgot to mention that I saw Fuck Buttons about a week ago.

    It was a good concert, good crowd, and loud as hell. Tap-into-your-spine-and-let-god-speak kind of loud.

    Here’s a track from their last LP.

    Sweet Love For Planet Earth


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    Without Music We Are Nothing

    Noël Jackson @ 6:29 am on 2 Dec 2009 Permalink | Comment

    I thoroughly believe music is like food, an essential part of life.

    You can consume the wrong kind of music, just like with food. You can also consume what everyone else consumes (like what most people do)… But listening to great, amazing, fantastic music makes you feel amazing – it is also very hard to come by.

    And so it goes, I follow music like my life depends on it. I came across a label (that happens to run a killer blog), Palms Out Sounds, about a year ago that needed some WordPress help (I told them I’d help them move off of Blogger and on to WordPress).

    In the midst of helping them out, an idea for showcasing the wonderful electronic music events happening in the Detroit area started brewing in my mind.

    Today marks the unveiling of both these projects: my first post at Palms Out Sounds as well as a project called Listen Detroit.fm

    There’s much more to come in the form of blog + music convergence, but for today, I’m more than thrilled to show the world a little bit of Detroit and some projects that grace the beta label with arms wide open.


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    Synth Britannia from the fabulous ISO 50

    Noël Jackson @ 9:41 pm on 18 Nov 2009 Permalink | Comment

    Synth Britannia from the fabulous ISO 50


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    The latest Remix Sunday over at Palms Ou…

    Noël Jackson @ 4:19 pm on 16 Nov 2009 Permalink | Comment

    The latest Remix Sunday over at Palms Out Sounds is a freaking killer set of tracks. Can anyone say, “Renaissance Man, make me dance, make me dance!!!!”


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    GigPosters.com – Ladyhawke

    Noël Jackson @ 9:09 pm on 29 Oct 2009 Permalink | Comment

    ladyhawke poster

    GigPosters.com – Ladyhawke.


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    Nosaj Thing Synced Visual Show Test Shoot

    Noël Jackson @ 7:24 pm on 29 Oct 2009 Permalink | Comment

    NOSAJ THING » Blog Archive » Nosaj Thing Synced Visual Show Test Shoot.


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    Peanuts Club Remix Contest – Turbo Recordings

    Noël Jackson @ 7:34 pm on 28 Oct 2009 Permalink | Comment

    Get the remixes in.

    We’ve heard your cries and are happy to announce our first ever remix contest, supported in the blog-kingdom by the almighty Discobelle…

    The winning remix, judged by Noob, Brodinski and Turbo A&Rsmen Thomas Von Party and Mike Mind, will receive the ineffable honor of a post and featured interview on the Turbo site. They will also be awarded a ‘Pro DJ’ subscription that gives them advance mp3s of every Turbo release.

    via Turbo Recordings.


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