Soap’s intrepid explorer, Ellsworth, is at it again. This time he’s heading west for some little music festival. Supposedly, it’s gonna a be a pretty good time. So good in fact, that Ellsworth has decided to blog live in the form of text messages. Oh, it should be noted that he doesn’t actually have tickets yet

(All times EST)

Thursday:

17:08 - Barely made it to airport care of nyc public transit. Now safely in the buxom (sp?) of virgin america. One of the dudes from the national is reading the Times next to me. Saw it on their guitars, confirmed through quaint conversation. Seems more interested in rising prices of domestic food stuffs than chatting. That’s ok. Pulling out of gate. Cocktails soon.

17:13 - Last pre- cali update. According to the guy next to me, M.I.A is also on my flight. If I meet her, I will bring up that rainy miami day we saw her three Conferences ago when she wore a sonic the hedgehog shirt when I thought that we were in love…

23:45 - After a totally manageable flight, arrived in LA, one tearful french movie (diving bell), two mini bottles of wine, and five episodes of top chef later. Clean yourself up ellsworth. Now curbside, pretty close to MIA and crew, a sea of psychadelic tights and guitar hero accessories…

Friday:

16:46 - Runs for liquors, groceries, and ice are now complete. The pool even has this charmingly distracting fountain-like water feature. The desert looks like some martian landscape, with the exception of all the 50’s ranch mansions…May try and snag weekend passes off some pr coachella dude. Aphex twin??!!1!

19:12 - A resourceful gf and generous friends made possible tickets for todays show. Aphexxxxxxxxxxx jfjrjkjehbhe

21:13 - Coachella by private charter. Missed cut copy, too hot. Too damn hot. Hoping for some sort of vip shenanigans (sp?) to roll in with the crew I’m with. Goldfrapp maybe? Well see….

Saturday:

14:14 - Made it to the festival after some lingering by the artists entrance. Drank all we could in vip area, then met up with people at goldfrapp. We came in late and were in the back, in sum, rather unmonumental. Headed over to see aphex twin, and Holy shit. Started funky, throwback hip hop and r and b, then started speeding up, increasingly more acid until it was a full blown idm glitch insaneo parade. We watched most of his set, then wandered back to vip for cocktails and pizza and a bus back to palm springs…

18:40 - At the anthem pool party. palm springs is in full effect. Think tommie sunshine is djing? His model wife stands right next to him in the booth. Heading to the festival at some point, trying to make it by 6 for hotchip.

Sunday:

19:46 - Coahcehlla, jesus. The dirt, the people, the organization. No words. At the anthem mag party in thois sort of tropi cal oasis. This may be the best pary of the fest. Finally overcast, finally good music. Claude von s playing now, I guess we missed mandy by an hour. Tommie sunshine is lingering by the decks, along with erol alkan, haven’t seen erol play, hope he steps it up.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the two-year anniversary of the Sounds Of the APocalypse music/lifestyle/whatever blog. Wooooooooo. Two years of party recaps, bullshit trend info and analysis, armchair advertising critique and tons of quasi-obscure dance gems have been shared with the world care via our ever-expanding online hosting plan. Guest writers have come and gone with like the seasonal low-paying international jobs they held; events and concerts have been cataloged and added to the hazy psyches of our unpaid music snob ears. Our fascination with our worthless cat is now permanently documented for all the Internet to see.

Complimentary to our meager credibility increase (picked up on Elbo and Hype Machine, linked to by Philip Sherburne, what’s up), we find ourselves many steps closer to cirrhosis, early age hearing loss, carpal tunnel syndrome, and whatever its called when your eyes hurt from staring at a computer screen. And no better a way to celebrate these hardships than with another debauched tour of South Florida for Conference. Hope to see you all there.

Vangelis - Pulstar || RCA

Unfortunately more traveling equates to less posts, hence the recent slowdown. But to make up for it were gonna trash Euro Trash Girls’ apartment this weekend, and you are all invited!

The Z.A.C.K. - 565, Where Are You || Philips

SXSW is taking place right now, I know because every scamming, party-humping promoter is blogging about twittering about seeing what everyone is talking about. As the tidal wave of trivial information seeps into every email and social networking profile we solicit, the drunken, camera phone equipped Internet chatter only seems to alienate me from the collective experience of every BBQ and clever stencil in Austin’s sweaty streets.

Perspective is necessary to turn trivialities into context; without it, every text-fed update of “went to bathroom and ran into Benny from ______ ” (some random band) does not paint help paint a cohesive picture, it just seems like more feedback in a festival of amps. While we at SOAP have our own set of events and festivals we favor, we understand the importance of participating in these cultural endeavors first hand, not risking inadequate understanding of our generation’s indulgences care of the skittish minds of culturally-wired youth.

Which brings us to our next “must,” a triumph of corporate philanthropy and grassroots weirdness, The Red Bull FlugTag. A team will be fashioned, a structure will be built, and goddamnit, a beautiful story will be crafted to carry every reader through it. Sure, there’s no pulled pork sandwiches, record label showcases or emerging social media, but can any of that compare to people trying to fly?

Duke Lake - Do You || Memory

After a healthy hiatus we figured it was due time to resurrect the old Factory Aire pseudonym/life style/state of mind. Join us this Thursday at The Anchor (from 6pm to that arbitrary time that can only be denoted with the use of question-marks (????)), where after-work meets after-hours (or something), for some disco madness. If we have enough fun we maybe be looking at a regular thing here. So come on, come-all!

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Informatics - Factory Nightlife || Informaticsmusic

With Bosley off to warmer weather (just about a month ahead of when he should have planned his trip), I am left to defend Brooklyn from the onslaught of cold weather and late nights. This weekends musical activity ranges from the highbrow (parties at MoMA and Natural History Museum?) to low (Environ Bar Mitzvah), trouble abounds. Though really, how can one pass up a party with a flyer this good?

Escape From NY - Fire In My Heart (Instrumental Dub Version) || Rollerball

Las Vegas’ annual smorgasbord of electronic gadgetry that is CES takes place this coming week, rubbing elbows and silicone with the equally lively Adult Entertainment Expo, making for a packed week of high and low brow schmoozing that seems- fittingly- so quintessentially Vegas.

Who would have thought the startup starts of the Valley and the giants of Japan would have so many parties on the itinerary? There are a massive amount of invite-only lunches, dinners, and cocktail parties not unlike the social calendar of Art Basel, one need only substitute Wired for Vogue, Facehunter for Engadget, and Bill Gates for Larry Gagosian. I loathe the day when free drinks at massive events fail to entice.

Pictures to come of the smallest electronics I can find. Sadly no pictures of the latter half of the week, I’ll be back in NY.

Rockets - Some Other Place, Some Other Time || Rockland

Just a friendly reminder that we will be DJing tomorrow night at the Girbaud party at their store in Soho. Come by and say what’s up. We’ll be DJing under our newest pseudonym Le Bon Bock.

N.O.I.A. - Do You Wanna Dance (Fabrizio Mammarella Remix) || Mantra Vibes

WSOP and Ellsworth return this week, bringing the hotness from Studio 4G directly to your aural cortex. Join us for another 90 minute disco space voyager courtesy of The Beat Broker, Patrick Cowley, Cerrone among others.

***SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION TIME!!!***

If you’re in the city this weekend/early next weekend, and have nothing to do/are bored with what you are doing/want to hear some good tunes, drop by 201 Mulberry Street where we will be djing the Docomodake event (6-9pm). Also next Tuesday we will be playing at the annual Girbaud party at their store in SoHo. See you there!

1. Al Usher - Gnanfou (Swag’s Gnanby Dub) || Misericord
2. The Beat Broker - Sensation (Original Mix) || APT
3. Sian - R U Aware || Karmarouge
4. Max Berlin - Elle Et Moi (Joakim Remix) || Eighttrack
5. Ultracity - Divisadero (Fabrizio Mammerella Remix) || Rollerboys
6. Shock - R.E.R.B. || Sidewalk
7. L.S.B. - F.O.G. (Dub) || Eskimo
8. Patrick Cowley - Get A Little || Megatone
9. Cerrone - Supernature || Atlantic
10. African Suite - Grass || MCA
11. The Honeymoon Killers - Histoire A Suivre || Crammed
12. Talking Heads - Roots (Ron Hardy Re-Edit)
13. Bunny Sigler - By The Way You Dance || Salsoul
14. Who Made Who - Hello Empty Room || Gomma
15. Force Of Nature - Afroshock || Headinghome
16. Macho Cat Garage - Crash The Cat || Viewlexx
17. Mr Pauli - Don’t Want To Be You || Viewlexx
18. Still Going - On And On || DFA
19. Zander VT - Then And Before (Redshape Present Mix) || Memo
20. Skatebard - Pagans || Supersoul

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As announced in the last podcast, I, Bosey, will be leaving for Italy tomorrow. I will be traveling up and down the Amalfi coast in seek of records and relaxation (the new R & R). It’s looking like we may skip a week of WSOP unless we somehow find time to record something tonight (or whip together a show consisting of an old mix). I don’t know…we’ll see. Regardless, I’m going into field agent mode, and I promise to bring back something at least remotely interesting…even if I have to smuggle it past customs.

Before you get murderously jealous of me, consider the things I’ll be missing while gone:

• My My (personal favs in the world of minimal-ish techno) boat party on Sunday.
• Glass Candy at PS1
• Glass Candy roof-top party
• Oh yeah, and Daft Punk

*Sigh*

Oh well. Federico Di Bonaventura (possibly the best name in the world, btw) will help me forget about what I’m missing.

Fred Ventura - The Years (Original Extended Version) || ZYX

Fred Ventura - Wind Of Change (Original Version) || Time

Fred Ventura - You’ll Never Change No More (Extended Version) || ZYX