Peep this old Worldwide LP tagged by the living, NYC, graffiti legend Earsnot.

Beatsteaks Tour was amazing...

 

CMJ 2011 we play a special set...

 

The first ever Check Yo Ponytail Tour with The Death Set, Spank Rock, Big Freedia, Pictureplane and Franki Chan. Tickets on sale now...


http://www.checkyoponytail.com/tour/

 

Our new single "Can You Seen Straight?" is out! Featuring bonus tracks and remixes from Moombahton inventor and pioneers Nadastrom , NYC beasts Designer Drugs plus Extended Death Set Dance Edits and club edits by NJ Brick Bandit Nadus & Steel. (Click the image for Purchase Link)

 

 

US Tour with WIN WIN was fun as fuck. Peep the TOUR DIARY BELOW...

 

 

 

Our new favourite remix of "Can You Seen Straight" is up on the Mad Decent blog. By the homies and Moombahton inventors Nadastrom. Fire!!!

Listen to the Cassettes Won't Listen Remix of "Yo David Chase You P.O.V shot me in the Head feat.Diplo"
up on the Mad Decent Blog. (click the image below)

Our new single "Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap"

 

Let Bruce Sword teach you the hand shake!

 

New video for the first single "Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap" from our new LP "Michel Poiccard"

Buy the single here...

http://ninjatune.net/release/the-death-set/slap-slap-slap-pound-up-down-snap

Directed by Colin Devin Moore.

www.colindevinmoore.com

This song is about a handshake. For a tutorial see this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqxHOmkz9T0

Lyrics...

Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap
Newmore Switchblades on an ape bit sav attack
Bring it back then you get slapped
I'm Ballzy like Cerebral always causin havoc
On the run with my PMA gun
Messed up with a broken ear drum
Sonik Ninja faceless assassin
Fun fun fun in the 2am sun

Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap

Ahhh cute lil monkey with a backwards hat
Barking out orders for the ape attack
Shark fin soup delivered in a bat
And then I'll wrap it round ya face for a bitey snack
I got a bad habit like a revolutionary guillotine
Gradient double headed tiger silk screen
Scary silence like Edvard Munch's Scream
Now I digitalize ya film on my tape deck mp3

We're going in * 4
Ahhhhhh!

Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap

Thanks to these people who help made it happen...

Colin Devin Moore, Pete Talamo, Matt Sidella, Meryl Smith, Brock Fetch, Bryce Ward,
Carlos Valpeoz,Chris Goldstein, Noah Venezia, Benji Phillips, Luke McCoubrey, Cheryl Dunn,
Emily McDonough, Sarah Bergenheim, Caitlin Rodriguez. and Aamek Richards.

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AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES ARE UP! CHECK THE SHOWS SECTION!

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We recorded a Xmas present for your special ears. A most ridiculous version of David Bowie and Bing Crsoby's "Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth".

 

DOWNLOAD OUR NEW MIXTAPE FOR MISHKA BELOW.

WE WENT IN... THINK DEVO VS BILL HICKS VS O.D.B. VS RONI SIZE WEARING YOUR MUMS SUN DRE$$

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OUR NEW RECORD IS DONE!

HERE IS A SNEAK FORKCAST UP ON PITCHFORK!!! (click the art)

Lyrics -

YO DAVID CHASE! YOU P.O.V. SHOT ME IN THE HEAD

Yo David Chase! You P.O.V. shot me in the head!

If only you could see me with my P.O.V.
Feel my P.O.V. shot in the head
Resuscitate me from my P.O.V.
Cause all we can see is black instead

Lets go!

You don’t see nothing and I don’t see nothing
You can’t see nothing and I don’t see nothing
You can’t see nothing and I can’t see nothing
And for once we don’t understand one another!

P.O.V. shot in the head

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BANG GANG 12" Compilation -
Bang Gang, our good people back in Oz, responsible for the best jams in the land, have released the ultimate compilation of their 12" catalogue - "A Radicool Compilation" - and have flattered us with the inclusion of Bumblebeez' version of "On the Street" and G.L.O.V.E.S.' take on "Listen to this Collision", which both appeared on Bang Gang's "The Death Set Remix 12"". The 2CD compilation (one mixed, one un-mixed) and digital can be purchased from the Modular People Shop or via iTunes.



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We been holed up in the new studio in BK coaxing out the new jams which we previewed at Newmore Switchblade Thursdays at Public Assembly on 1/7, with Filthy Savage (evil!) and all our homies. Check out the rest of the pix our homie Suckapants aka Tod Seelie took that night right here
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ANNUAL BBC XMAS PARTY ALMPST HERE!









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R.I.P. Beau Velasco
1978 - 2009


R.I.P. my dear brother, friend and band mate Beau Velasco. We are all so devastated that I will keep this short. We love you and you will be missed. You affected us all so much in the most positive ways. Our lives would not be as is, if not for you. We love you.

Beau Velasco, beloved brother, co-founding member, guitarist and vocalist of The Death Set, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2009, in Brooklyn, New York. Beau co-wrote the Worldwide album and previous two EP's with Johnny Siera, with whom his partnership reaches back beyond The Death Set's beginnings, to Black Panda from the Gold Coast, Australia. The Death Set moved from Sydney to the US in 2005, but Beau took a back seat from touring a while later. This original core lineup of the band had recently rejoined to write and record the next record and to resume touring together.

Beau was also a talented artist, tattoo artist and jewelry designer. Working at Saved Tattoo in Williamsburg and Black Ink in Harlem. His artwork has been exhibited in Australia and America. There is a nice piece remembering him in the New York Village Voice. And Baltimore City Paper has published a warm piece with Johnny and Rabbit.

A wake and a beautiful memorial service at Saved Tattoo occurred in the days following Beau's passing in Brooklyn, friends and family gathering together from afar to cry out their love and to carry strength forward together. A memorial at Beau's family's farm in Australia took place on October 22 with help from longtime friend and bandmate Dan Walker.

There's a Flickr gallery that's been set up to collect photos of Beau. Please feel free to contribute any of your own memories.

This was The Death Set's first and last show together as the dream unit of Beau, Johnny, Dan, and Jah:




A Japan and selected countries re-issue of our first two EP's with additional remixes coupled with a very bad ass bandana is available now!! Available from the Ninja Tune Site.

 

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Our pals at Bang Gang 12" who put on one of our first ever shows have put together this most amazing remix 12". Featuring remixes by Treasure Fingers, G.L.O.V.E.S., Bumblebeez and Bonde Do Role. Available everywhere and from DJ Download.

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