I feel determined and productive and ready.  That’s a nice feeling.  It means that I will actually get things done.  I’m on a mission people.

Tunes:

Lenzman feat. Jo-S - Emeralds (track is in the Lenzman player)  Everyone’s kinda been geeking about this track and I so wasn’t on the bandwagon… at first.  LOL.  The more I hear it, the more it grows on me and now I kinda love it.

Paul SG & Eros - Cape South (you can hear Cape South on Eros’s page)  Heard this one on Overfiend’s show.  Nice easy going pretty Brazilian type vibe to this tune.  I’m definitely digging it.

Today’s Oldie:

L Double - Saturday Night Flex (Rollers Revival Remix) - Labello Blanco Recordings 1997 I keep making it harder for myself every morning that I forget to look at my records and pick out an oldie.  It becomes a process and a half.  Stunna had an awesome one for me today but I couldn’t find a good sample and I at least like to have a nice mp3 to showcase these great oldies.  I finally remembered this one.  Oh I loved loved loved this tune.  Me saying I love a tune is so lame these days but I can’t help it.  I really do love dnb therefore I love all tunes obsessively until I get sick of them.  *shrugs*  Saturday Night Flex was so organically rowdy how could you not help but love it?  I remember when we had L Double come to Minneapolis and he was the coolest dude ever.  The rave was called Hijack and we had it in an airplane hanger.  I love thinking of old rave times in Mpls.  Warm memories.

I guess I’m having a Lenzman day today. :)  Submorphics turned me on to this mix Lenzman did for Gerard’s Drive By show on Kiss 100.  You know I enjoyed it since it has Theives In The Night on it.  I don’t have an mp3 but you can listen to the archive on the Kiss Kube for the rest of this week.

Lenzman on Kiss 100 Gerard Drive By on Monday Dec 1, 2008

Tracklist

* * 1st Hour * * *

Trisector ‘Morning Rain’ (Medschool)
Enei ‘Morning Talk’ (Dub)
Shy FX ‘Plastic Soul’ D Bridge Metal Soul Remix (Digital Soundboy)
Total Science Never Heard A Dream Furney Remix
B Cee ‘Consumed’ (Spearhead)
L.A.O.S ‘We All’ Blame Remix (Dub)

[Guest Mix - Lenzman]

Lenzman - Stuck - Dub
Lenzman + Redeyes - Thieves In the Night - Dub
Zero T feat. Steo - Refusal (Calibre Remix) - Integral
Specific - Time - Good Looking
Atlantic Connection + Lynx - Danger Zone (Submorphics Remix) - Westbay
Icicle - Reflections - Creative Source
Lenzman feat. Jo-S - Emeralds - SGN:LTD

* * * 2nd Hour * * *

[Guest Mix continued - Lenzman]

D-Bridge + Calibre - Ponderosa - Exit
Artificial Intelligence - Days Of Rage - V Records
Makoto - Feels Like Heaven - Good Looking
Redeyes + Mutt - Ode To The Ghetto - Good Looking
Total Science feat. MC Conrad - Soul Patrol (Lenzman’s Deep in your Soul Remix) CIA
Furney - Don’t Want Me No More - Good Looking
Calibre feat. DRS - Be There - Integral
Random Movement - Back In My Life – Innerground
[End of Mix]

Noisia ‘Crank’ (Vision)
Sigma ‘Nexus’ (Life)
D Product ‘Tell Me How’ (V)
The Upbeats ‘Masked Warrior’ (Ganja)
D*Minds & Dirty Harry ‘Ho Bass VIP’ (D Style)
Heist ‘Imparla’ (Co-Lab)
Total Science ‘Busy Time’ Break Remix (CIA)

WordPress gives you a stats breakdown of the details of how many people read your blog, incoming links, what search terms they used etc. There’s the usual dnb artists and what not that people enter as search terms but the one that I find crazy is the amount of people that seem to find my blog by searching for Blaine Edwards and Antoine Merriweather. There’s one post from ages ago where I commented on my overuse of the term “Loves It” and said that it reminded me of Blaine and Antoine. It’s mindboggling and awesome at the same time how many people read that post. Damon Wayans’s outfits were always off the chain! I along with your average Joe love Men On Film and figure they deserve another shout out today.

I can’t believe we’re in December. I’m quite looking forward to Christmas this year. I just want to hang out with my family. I love it when I get to see all my brothers and sisters. This year is the 5 year anniversary of my stepfather’s death and in my mother’s culture we celebrate the life of someone who has passed every 5 years. There’s a big ceremony and a party so everyone will be coming home this year.

My family was supposed to make their wish lists and I couldn’t think of anything I really wanted. Ever since I came back from Africa at the beginning of this year I just found myself getting rid of the desire to want unnecessary items. I saw that my family over there basically survives with no extravagant items and are quite content. I racked my brain for like half an hour trying to think of things to put on my list and could only come up with 3 things??!! What happened to my greedy child status? LOL. The three things were bedsheets, “Extras” dvd box set and 10lb dumbells so I can do my weights workout routine at home. *sigh* Yes I have officially become a grown up.

Tunes:

Logistics - Daylight Creeps In (I just heard this for the first time on the mix I posted below. I guess it’s only on the Japanese Import of Reality Checkpoint. Good track nonetheless.)

J-Cut - The Beginning (track is in the player)

Sinistarr - Detroit Diesel (track is in the player) Heard this one on that Mace & Clart mix I posted yesterday. Dope.

Today’s Oldie:

Undercover Agent - Five Tones - Juice Records 1997 Oh man. This is one of the first records that I actually figured out how to use the phono/line button while mixing with. God help anyone who was listening to my sets in 1997 cuz I’m sure you got really sick of this record. LOL. It’s nothing fancy, just a nice simple rolling bassline track. Good stuff. I would still play it today if my copy wasn’t so scratched up and clackalacking like nobody’s business.

Came across this mix today. The tracklist peeked my curiousity so I decided to give it a listen. I enjoyed it. It’s an interesting contrast of tracks.

Feeniks - Sweetness

Tracklist

Dj Marky - Rotation
Grinda & Zig Zag - Colours Of The Night (Jebar Remix)
Danny Byrd - Weird Science
Logistics - Daylight Creeps In
Apex feat. Ayah - Space Between
Atlantic Connection - Deep South
Baron - Blinking With Fists
Phesta - From My Eyes
Akira - Expedition
Klute - We’re All Dying
BCee & Lomax - Outlaw
Nu:Tone feat. Ernesto - Soul Flower
Friction & K-Tee - Untitled Blues
Logistics - Trying Times
Brookes Brothers feat. Furlonge - Drifter
Dj Marky & XRS - Breeze
Danoo - Yeah Baby
Contour & Quicksilver - Soul Digital
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (Brookes Brothers Remix)
Danny Byrd - Soul Function
Camo - Deep Down
Logistics - Slow Motion

Snow. Boo. I’m not ready for it yet but unfortunately it’s here and it’s not pretty like I want it to be, it’s just murky and grey.

My Thanksgiving holiday was really awesome. I just hung out with my mum and ate food. Got back early yesterday and just hung out with Reisha and her adorable baby.

Back at work. Back to the grind. It’s really hard to be serious when you’ve done nothing for 4 days.

Tunes:

Benny Page & Visionary - Don’t Worry/Youths Today Sometimes you just love cheesy tracks. This is one of those times. Don’t worry has my favourite dancehall vocal ever “Say Wooee” so I can’t help but love it. A majority of the time if you just put a mainstream song that I like to dnb and the bassline isn’t shit, I’m bound to love it. LOL. I could do without the vocal on Youths Today though.

Tha Substitutes - Roxy (track is in the player)

Today’s Oldie:
Ryme Tyme - Payback - DSCI4 Records 1999 I went through this phase during jungle/hip hop era where I would constantly throw hip hop acappellas over my mixes. I got pretty good at it for a while but I’m not good at doing things in moderation.  I am quite the extremist.  I did the acappella thing so much that I got sick of it and haven’t really ever done it since. This track was one of my favourites. I had a JT Money acappella of Alright and it went so well with Payback. It was a really fun mix to do. I have a lot of DSCI4 records but this one was definitely one of my tops.

Mace & Dj Clart - Planet Funk Podcast Nov. 2008

Tracklist

01. Sinistarr - Detroit Diesel - Creative Source (Dub)
02. Seba - As Long As It Takes - Return To Forever LP
03. Break - Enigma (Calibre Remix) - Quarantine
04. Logistics - Cosmonaught - Hospital
05. London Elektricity - Bare Religion - Hospital
06. Zero T - Why Would You - Cheap Shots LP - CIA
07. Enei - Brick (Dub)
08. Fourward - Cadence - Planet Funk (Dub)
09. Bionic1 - Bump & Grind - Planet Funk (Dub)
10. Redeyes & Youthman - Listen To Your Heart (Dub)
11. Bionic1 & Carl Matthes - Let It Go - Planet Funk (Dub)
12. Mutt - Feel It (Dub)
13. DJ Clart - What You Wont Do - Planet Funk (Dub)
14. Dave Owen - Untitled (Dub)
15. Andy Simm - Palm Tress (Dub)
16. DJ Clart - Someone Else (Dub)
17. Brookes Brothers - Drifter - BBK
18. Chase & Status - Streetlife - RAM
19. Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction - Metalheadz

No tracklist for the Dj Clart mix.

So I’m in Wisconsin with my mum.  Eating food, watching tv, lounging around etc.  Isn’t that what you’re supposed to do when you go to your parents house?

Tunes:

Q Project - Holy War (track is in the player)  I’m actually really digging this one, I heard it yesterday when I was listening to the Hospital Podcast.  I went on a super Q Project kick from about ‘05 to ‘07 and then I got over it and haven’t bought anything him by him this whole year.  I am loving this one though.

Today’s Oldie:

I have no idea why I’ve found it necessary to devote two posts in a row to Q Project but whatever.  I’ll just round it all out by making today’s oldie something of his as well.  LOL.

Q Project - Slowly But Surely - Hospital Records 2005

I’m not very familiar with Soundsurfer but I really enjoyed this mix.  Check it out.

Soundsurfer - Winter Warmer.  Chill Mix

Tracklist

Infuzoria - Lightning Flashes [CAMINODIGITAL002]
Deep Gemini - Deepness in the sky [COVNTD011]
Naibu - Ktx [FOKUZLP003]
Furney & Tayla - You must stand still [LV006]
Sonic Saturation - Have you [CAMINODIGITAL002]
Future Engineers - Re:Source [NEXUSLP001]
Alaska & Nucleus - Aufeis [AM004]
Soultec - Bullet train to Mount Fuji [dub]
Seba - Cruising in time [NU12013]
Marcus Intalex - Astro Dance [SOUL:R034]
Spectrasoul - Peninsula [SHA023]
Icicle & Switch - Looking away [OSMUK005]
Danoo - Different Touch [BWCD04]
Seba & Krazy - Finola [INN026]

I just pulled up to my mum’s house aka Little Africa/Little Bangladesh. As I’ve said before my mum is Sierra Leonean. My mum and my stepdad lived in Bangladesh for a while and when my mum moved back to America she redesigned the house and it totally looks like Little Africa/Little Bangladesh. I love the little things that make your home home.

My drive was awesome. I didn’t want to leave yesterday because of traffic and I really wanted to go to Lava. This morning I sailed through. No traffic, just me raving out in my car to Stunna, Random Movement and the likes. There’s nothing like raving out in your car to dnb at 5a.m.

Lava was awesome. Good music, good people, good times.

Happy Turkey Day U.S. folks.

Today’s Oldie: Dj Sappo - Ding Dong Bass Remix - Rinse Out 1997 Ooh. Tune and a half! I loved those dancefloor bangers. I told you I was a speaker girl. I just would go stand by myself and feel the bass and dance my ass off. During that period tracks like this were ideal. I just wanted to dance for hours and hours… now I feel exactly opposite. LOL. I just want to be able to stand in a corner and hear good music and hang out with my friends. Dang I’m old.

Q Project - Hospital Podcast #71

Tracklist

01. Hospitality At Heaven 28/11/08 Cancelled
02. Q-Project - Credit Crunch
03. Zero T Beta 2 - Bizzy Time (Break Remix)
04. Q-Project - Holy War
05. Total Science - Stone Love
06. Q-Project - Just 3 Things
07. Spirit - Fantasy
08. A-Sides and Fats - What You Don’t Know
09. Total Science - SOS
10. Damage Inc - Overload
11. Q-Project - Divided We Stand
12. Wastin Time - Kaidi Tatham TS Remix

I’m on a roll people. It’s only 8:37 and I’ve already gotten a lot of shit done. That might have something to do with the fact that I’ve been up since 4:45 a.m. but still it feels good. I stayed late at work yesterday to get my work done so now I get to leave early and that has definitely put a magnificent start to my day. Yay. I’m also just really excited at the thought of not having to work for the next four days.

If you’re in Chicago tonight definitely stop by Lava! It’s gonna be a fun Seminar with Stunna, Submorphics, Radiata & Timid. D&B and Dubstep and all my friends? You don’t have to ask me twice. Black wednesday is definitely one of my favourite nights out in Chicago.

Tunes:

Utah Jazz - Leap of Faith (track is in the player)

Hobzee & Zyon Base - 1000 Paper Cranes (track is in both players)

Today’s Oldie: Absolute Zero & Subphonics - The Code - Renegade Hardware 1998 It’s the day before Thanksgiving so I figured why not get old and dirty and grimy and loud right? Awesome Renegade Hardware oldie. Gritty goodness.

Toodles

Saw this mix on DOA and it was a nice listen.

Dj Gozu - New Horizons

Tracklist

Technicolour - Le Corbusier
Chris SU & State Of Mind - Deeper
Dirty Harry & D Minds - Ghost Town
Mindscape - Vulture
Spectra Soul - The Tube
Dom & Roland - Sanity
Concord Dawn - Choloroform
Bungle - Be Like This
System - Near Miss
Fierce & Break - Keeper
Well Being - Lend Me Your Troubles
Zyon Base & Sol ID - World of Emptiness
Fierce & Survival - Prism
State Of Mind - Floor 14
Optiv - Inertia
Bungle - The Source

Remember Bizzy B? Remember Joker? I do have one Joker record that I actually refuse to part with. Something about Money Hoes and Clothes. LOL. I don’t remember the exact title but I know that the sleeve is grey.

This post will have to be short and sweet.  I’m super busy. My boss isn’t going to be here tomorrow and he says if I get all the work he left me done, I can leave early tomorrow, which would be dope.  Right now the amount of work I have to do will not be allowing any leaving early to be happening, so I’m trudging away.

Tunes:

Decem - Tearing You (track is in the player)

Today’s Oldie: A-Sides feat. MC Fats - What You Don’t Know - Eastside Records 2003 I like this record a lot. I’m gonna have to dig it out again.

Listened to this at work already. It’s from earlier this month. Good listen.

Soundtrax4Life - Big Bud - Bassdrive - Special Guest Electrosoul System

No tracklist

It was snowing this morning. It didn’t look like the pic above but it would have been nice if it had.

This weekend was lovely. It was all about me, me, me time. I listened to a ton of music. Cleaned my place. Made an attempt to organize my records. (a rubbish attempt at that) Wrote for a while. I’m not one of those people that doesn’t like to be alone. I definitely relish in it. I love having time to focus on what’s going on in my life and reflect on how to make myself a better person. Woh, we’re getting too deep here, lets talk about music.

I had 3 mixes on heavy, heavy rotation this weekend. Really good listening. Zero T D&B TV Mix, Stunna Rubiks Podcast and the SpectraSoul Kongkast #55. On the SpectraSoul mix there is this really awesome track towards the end that’s one of their dubs called In Profile. <3

Tunes:

Redeyes & Lenzman - Thieves In The Night
This is probably my favourite track right now. I heard it a while ago and have been waiting to find some kind of sample to share with you but unfortunately there is none or I should just say I couldn’t find one. I pretty much stay tuned to Bassdrive hoping someone will play it. LOL. Old school style. I was totally that kid that used to do that. Just keep the radio on hoping I would hear them play the songs that I liked. (i don’t even listen to regular radio anymore so I guess I’m showing my age since radio today only rotates about 10 songs total) I’ve heard it on Dj Presha’s show and Random Movement played it last week. Sexy tune. Just sultry and melodic. I love it. Keep your ears peeled people.

Random Movement & Mixmaster Doc - Rattled System
Loving this one. What’s not to love? There’s a Bjork sample in it! (track is in the Random Movement player)

Today’s Oldie: Pieter K - Rapport - Offshore Recordings 2003
When I first started listening to Offshore, I was fortunate enough to be given the first 6 or so releases all at once. This Pieter K was the one I listened to non stop. Awesome track. I’ve been having a hard time tracking down mp3s today. Finally found one on Chemical. It’s track c.

Yay for a 3 day work week this week.

Laters

Haven’t listened to this yet but I do like Sonorous Music so it’ll do.

Sinistarr - Exclusive Mix for Sonorous Music

Tracklist

Bachelors Of Science - One Friday Night - Dub
Edward Oberon - Change Everything - Dub
Facing Jinx - Front 2 Back - Dub
Eveson - Brooklyn - Influence Records dub
Sinistarr - Pole Position - Sonorous Digital Dub
Sinistarr - Uptown - Peer Pressure Recordings Dub
Mutt - It’s Pouring Once Again - Horizons Music Dub
Lynx & Nu:Tone - Whistle Stop - Brand:Nu
Sinistarr - Leeroy Jenkins - Influence Records
Mutt - Feelings For You - Horizons Music
Soul Intent - Studio Pressure - Influence Records Dub
Cybass - Japonica - Vibez Dub
Atom - Excursion - Sonorous Digital Dub
Sinistarr - Golgo 13 - Dub
Survival - Daylight - Audio Tactics
Chris Inperspective - Sitting on Crayons - Dub
Sinistarr - Corporate - Offshore Recordings Dub
Justice & Invincible - Forever - Dub
Brother - Everything To Give - Dub
Dave Owen - Our Little Secret - Dub
Nujabes - Reflection Eternal - Hyde Out Recordings

Yes it’s friday.  Yes it’s fucking cold as fuck.  And yes I’m swamped at work.

Moving on.

Tunes:

Blue Sonix - Disco

Calculon & Andy Sim - Bristol Blues

Today’s Oldie:  Digital - Waterhouse Dub - Function Records 2001 Absolutely awesome record.  Loves it.  Classic.

Australian Atmospherics on Bassdrive 11/17/08

Tracklist

PART 1 - OPERON

01. ATP - ‘Montego Funk’ (golden orb)
02. Invisible Landscape - ‘Funky Fresh’ (dub)
03. Lenzman - ‘String City’ (Fokuz)
04. Operon - ‘Old Timer’ (dub)
05. ATP - ‘Soho Lament’ (golden orb)
06. Paul T - ‘30 Something’ (dub)
07. Operon - ‘Want To Dance’ (dub)
08. LM1- ‘City Lights’ (golden orb)
09. Paul SG - ‘Changing Mind’ (red mist)
10. Switch - ‘Documents’ (fokuz)
11. Yorkee - ‘Synth Dawn’ (red mist)
12. Paul SG - ‘Slipper’ (influenza media dub)
13. Kubatko - ‘Fly Without Wings’ (red mist)
14. Operon - ‘Inch by Inch’ (covert operations)
15. Electrosoul System - ‘So Close’ (fokuz)
16. Flirt with Dirt- ‘Taken to Reverie’ (golden orb)

PART 2 - CUTWORKS

01. Embarassing Oscar - Dimina (Mendelayev rmx) (Modulate dub)
02. Electrosoul System - Colours (Allsorts 004)
03. Cryo - Mermaid (unsigned dub)
04. Cutworks - Female Demands (Golden Orb dub)
05. Electrosoul System - So Close (Fokuz 034)
06. Spherique - Another Side Of Senses (unsigned dub)
07. Cutworks - Starfall (unsigned dub)
08. Mendelayev - On Edge (unsigned dub)
09. Cryo - Girls And Their Demons (Covert Operations 023)
10. Cutworks - Alone In A Silence (Golden Orb dub)
11. Electrosoul System - After Hours (Brand Nu X 002)
12. Cutworks - Eclectic Soulroot (unsigned dub)
13. Spherique - Falling Leaves (unsigned dub)
14. Cutworks - Exile (Digital Blus dub)
15. Mendelayev & Cutworks - Across The Space (KOs.Mos.Music dub)
16. Electrosoul System - Honcho (Kos.Mos.Music 002 )

I came into work hella early today, 7a.m.. I just wanted to get my shit started early. Also that means I get to leave early which is definitely win.

Tunes:

Klute - Ashram

Today’s Oldie:
Jagged Edge aka Ryme Tyme & Optical - Rockbaby - V Recordings 1999 Today’s oldie goes out to Daniela. This is one of her favourite tracks. I remember when V was my go to label. This track was from their gold medal era. Hot ish.

Zero T - D&BTV Live #29

No tracklist.

I’ve been listening to this mix all day. It’s dope.