DJ Jester the Filipino Fist brings you a 40-minute mix of under-and-overground hip hop, rock, and pop classics blended in his own signature style.
This SIGNED limited edition mix CD comes packaged in a slimline case with a full color insert.This mix is also available as a FREE mp3! Click here for your free download.Jester explains the mix in his own words in this interview with Antipop.net:DJ Jester just finished recording a brand new mix that will be
available at Limelight in San Antonio this First Friday and we had some
questions about it so here they are.
You just finished a new dj mix called "The Inside Story" What inside story are you referring to? There's not really one story I'm referring to.
I'm
exposing my feelings. Not really physical joy or pain but a peak into
my psyche. My soul. My thoughts. It's like they say, when you write it
down it helps you get over it. This is me writing it down.
What inspired you and your track selection for this particular mix? Music,
really, has been my best friend since as long as I can remember. One
thing I realized when I was taking notes and putting this together is
how much I used to love lyrics (especially of the east coast emcee
variety) and how in the last couple of years I have been listening more
for beats and melodies rather than lyrics. If anything, it brought me
back there. Other inspirations include the films of Woody Allen, living
alone in a city, and a few too many self-help books.
There are a lot of samples from movies used in the mix? Do you think they help tell the inside story? Definitely.
I probably watch at least one movie a day, if not two. I have a doc in
my computer titled "filmquotes" that I constantly go back to if I hear
something that particularly strikes me or if I think it speaks the
truth. There were so many quotes I didn't use in this mix that I don't
know if I'll ever use because they just sound too whiny or pathetic. As
with putting songs together or setting up a good joke, you gotta know
when to hold back and when to pull the trigger. When to say this. When
to say that. There's also that question of "Do I really want the world
to know I think like that?..Like, that much?" I also wanted to organize
the songs in a way that it would build, tell a story and still hold
true to the DJ Jester dialectic.
The opening sample
describes what you are about to hear as a musical interpretation of
past relationships. Why are relationships a reoccuring theme for your
mixes? I can go on for days about this. Growing up
youngest of four, Filipino in Texas, yada yada yada. . .Let me just
say. I think I really could write books on relationships and social
dynamics. I'm just wired like that. It's something I think about every
minute of the day. Like, is she smiling at me because she knows me or
does she think I'm cute? Did I get a discount at Jiffy Lube because he
thought I was gay? Are they really happy? Am I cursed?
If you could have a relationship with a specific genre of music which one would it be and why? I
would have a fun night out with jazz but probably wouldn't call that
much because I'd think I was too intimidated and not as smart. I'd take
rock n' roll to a baseball game and get lucky before the game was over.
Country and I would road trip through the south like nobody's business.
Hip-Hop, I love you but I hate you. Guess you could say, I kinda want
all of that.
Turntable Lab reviews The Inside Story:DJ Jester the Filipino Fist outta Texas is always having WAY too much
fun on the ones and twos. No, seriously. This guy is out of control!
Jester takes it there... to the limits and BEYOND. If you think his
face on the Mr. Goodbody suit on the cover is crazy, wait till you hear
what's inside the "Inside Story." I'm actually still recovering from
the dense 40 minute musical bronco ride (don't think my mind could've
handled any more debauchery) that's filled to the brim with unexpected
turns and twists, mashes and blends galore, beats to make your head
nod, get crunk, stupid, and scratch your head and say "WTF?". This is
the kinda mix that'll turn out your next dinner party, BBQ, bar
mitzvah, and could even lighten up a funeral.
Features tracks by everyone from Ying Yang Twins, Backstreet Boys, the
Muppets, Jungle Brothers, Peter Gabriel, Al Green, Lord Finesse, Super
Mario Bros, Lyrics Born, James Brown, and many, many more.