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runaway success

johngross — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:17:34 +0000

DJ Car Stereo (Wars) recently got praised for the latest Artifact Workshop release Explains it All by Austin 360!. The review refers to the record (plug: limited edition hand-puff-painted physical copy available only for the cost of shipping or for free download- donations QUITE appreciated!) as “a runaway success”!

Writer Patrick Caldwell goes on to point out that the record “acts as a passionate love letter to popular music likely to trigger at least a few dozen nostalgic remembrances.” Double true!

Read the whole review HERE and if you want to see/hear for yourself what the fuss is about, click HERE.

Sidenote:

ATTN Chicago! Neiliyo and DJ Car Stereo (Wars) are heading up to the windy city to play a Lollapalooza pre-party at the Hideout on with our good friends the Hood Internet. It is going down on August 5th, so make sure that night is open! Speaking of the Hood Internet – have you grabbed any of their summer soundtracks yet? Here ya go : Hood x Anatomy Magazine’s Great American Mixtape and Hood x Mishka’s TRILLWAVE.

like slam

johngross — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:18:20 +0000

DJ Car Stereo (Wars) is leaving the bagels and pizza by the slice of Brooklyn behind and returning to Austin for migas and BBQ this weekend as he plays at the Beauty Bar on Saturday the 19th and then again on Sunday the 20th at the Mohawk for a big Austin Music Foundation shin dig.

Recently – the new album Explains it All was featured on Say It Like Slam who hypothesized: “ that mashup mixtapes are the best workout albums. If done correctly, they are a seamless hour of party music. And if you’re anything like me, you need something upbeat to keep you going between the 2nd and 3rd mile of your run! Another (awesome) mixtape to join the ranks of Girl Talk, DJ AM and Mochi Beats is DJ Car Stereo (Wars)!”

Read the whole piece HERE!

If you haven’t already, order your hand (puff) painted copy of Explains it All for the mere cost of shipping and handling! OR download it free and if you feel so inclined you can make a donation! It’s all happening HERE!

partyends presents CUSTODIAN

johngross — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:27:08 +0000

CUSTODIAN is warming up the stage by sweeping up the stage at Mohawk June 2nd for an excellent bill! Yes, before Fresh Millions, Dark Time Sunshine and Awol One do their thing you can watch conceptual performance art hip hop while the room smells of cleaning supplies and Lone Star. Watch CUSTODIAN clean up the stage and rap about the daily struggles, while you eat free cake. Really. We’ll have limited edition copies of the only article of music in the world that comes packaged in a soap pad box Ultrea-Fresh! Not going to be able to make it? Pick up the limited edition CUSTODIAN EP click HERE. Get more info on the show HERE. See you Wednesday!

explains it all is out there

johngross — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:47:09 +0000

The smoke has finally cleared from the big DJ Car Stereo (Wars) release party and we are finally coming up for air. Everyone that came thru the door was treated to a complimentary one of a kind CD as well as LCD Soundsystem songs played live by All My Friends, a sweaty set from Neiliyo and the bangers of Hot Britches! The whole evening was made great in part by the free lager from our friends at Brooklyn Brewery, the hard work of the Beauty Bar staff and lest we forget the HUGE help in promotion we got from some of the best online resources around : Austinist, Lamebook, and DO512! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who came out to take part in the big event with us! We hope you had as much fun as we did!

If you would like to download the album, feel free to give a donation of any amount (it ALL helps!)- OR if you would like your own unique hand puff painted physical copy of the record- all you have to do is pay for shipping and handling! The choice is yours! More information on both HERE.

UloveI was out on the town Friday night and caught a lot of the shenanigans on film. Check out all of the action HERE.

(image credit: UloveI)

back again

johngross — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:42:06 +0000

We are getting more excited by the day about this Friday’s big release of the new DJ Car Stereo (Wars) album Explains it All! It’s going down at the Beauty Bar with free Brooklyn Lager and plenty more surprises when the doors open at 9pm.

The bill reads like a line of up of Austin All-Stars, featuring LCD Soundsystem tribute band All My Friends (10pm), recent Artifact Workshop alumni and one-man electro wonder Neiliyo (11pm), and an opening DJ set by Hot Britches! (11:40).

Everyone thru the door that evening will walk away with a free hand (puff) painted copy of the new CD so the digital pop culture explosion doesn’t have to stop when the bar closes. We double dare you to name all the snippets of music on Explains it All.

The show is sponsored in part by Austinist, Lamebook, DO512, and Brooklyn Brewery.

Please download on of our favorite tracks from the album “Whoah Dude,”

MP3: DJ Car Stereo (Wars)- Whoah Dude

guess who’s back

johngross — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:53:18 +0000

It has been an exciting and busy chunk of time for Artifact Workshop the past several months. We put out a soapbox full of boom-bap with CUSTODIAN in November, a slap bracelet full of electro-fun(k) with Neiliyo in February and now we are pleased to announce our fifth overall release will be coming from DJ Car Stereo (Wars)! The AW launch party back in August of 2007 doubled as the release party for the first DJ CS(W) release the Bandit, a record that garnered attention from Absolute Punk, Gorilla Vs. Bear, StereoGum and MORE. We are currently working hard on making the next installment in the mashup artist’s discography as great as it can possibly be; more details to come but know this for now: It will be titled Explains it All, and will have an epic release party at the Beauty Bar in Austin TX April 23rd with live performances by Neiliyo, the nation’s premiere LCD Sound System tribute band All My Friends, Hot Britches, and of course DJ CS(W)! Stay tuned and mark those calendars now!

aw unscripted

johngross — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:22:44 +0000

Welcome to ArtifactWorkshop.com! Make yourself at home and sit a spell, whydontcha? Artifact Workshop and Neiliyo were recently prominently featured on a cool web show called 512 UnScripted! Check it out below.

Each week the two ladies bring you all sorts of footage of the happenings in Austin music, art, fashion, food, movies and more from a fresh, uncensored perspective. Megan was a pleasure to work with and we are thrilled with the exposure on the interwebs! Find out more about 512 Unscripted at their online home base (still under construction…) HERE and watch them online over at SMTX.TV!

Artifact Workshop-Neiliyo EP Release Party from Meghan Jones on Vimeo.

sxsworkshop

johngross — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:10:00 +0000

Wow. SXSW sure snuck up fast. It is here now. There is no escaping. Time to get your ‘network’ on.

All of our affiliated artists are doing something or other during the festival. You should go see them. And then come back to this site and order something from them to support them.

We are an official co-sponsor of one day show over at Iron Gate Lounge (located at 1111 East 6th in beautiful Austin TX) along with PartyEnds.com, Raw Word Records, Brooklyn Brewery, PartyEnds.com and our new freinds at Bridge Club. Be sure to check out AW recording artists Neiliyo and CUSTODIAN not to mention the great Keepaway and Das Racist! Check out the full lineup below and come say hello on Thursday!

outside:

12 Comedy from The New Movement’s Chris Trew
1 CUSTODIAN
2 Keepaway
3 Sole and the Sky Rider Band
4 Neiliyo
5 Das Racist

Everything is Terrible projections all day!

inside:

12 Orion + Prince Klassen
1 Manolo Black + Hobo D
2 Sonora
3 Mexicans with Guns
4 Pagame + Gnarlos + Omoxi
5 Panchitron
6 Cauze One + Dj Dus

game night release recap vid!

johngross — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:04:05 +0000

The time is right. The leaves are falling. Shorts are starting to be warn. Yes, it’s spring in Austin. On February 27th 2010 we hosted the release party for Neiliyo’s Game Night at Club DeVille and as if photographic evidence wasn’t enough to prove that it was an insane blast- now we have video. Behold:

The entire EP came as a digital download on a slap bracelet the night of the show and we still have a FEW that we’ll be passing out here and there at the SXSW music festival but if you don’t want to risk running into us in a free beer line, head over to iTunes and pick it up! It is less than 5 dollars and provides a milli in listening value.

Huge thanks to Leah Ross for her work on the video!

For more info on Neiliyo click HERE.

neiliyo & the new sincerity

johngross — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:21:44 +0000

Neiliyo recently gave a candid and graphic interview with the Onion’s AV Club where he addressed the haters, his work ethic and a ton more. Read the whole thing HERE. This is highly recommended, especially if you like butter metaphors. Trust us. Here is an excerpt:

“[Laughs.] Yeah, if you have to call it something, call it “electro-fun” or “hyper-core.” It’s full-on personality. It’s like reading a blog in real time—it’s interactive music. I want to push people’s buttons and give them a new experience, and be a communicator as opposed to a musician. I’m a musical communicator. [Laughs.]”

A TON of great photos from the release show have been posted by the Peen Scene! Check them all out HERE!

Neiliyo’s Game Night is available on iTunes HERE.