Man, when you sit at the computer for 8 hours a day you really do lead a completely different life.  I’m finding it quite odd adjusting to these new activities that seem to have made their way into my daily schedule.  I had become quite adjusted to  immersing myself in the internet realm.  Am I anxious to get back to it?  I honestly couldn’t tell you.

I think it is harder for me to be all up in the dnb biz as I’m not endlessly searching for mixes and new artists.  Today is the first day I have downloaded new mixes in like 5 days which is a far cry from the 4 to 5 a day I was downloading and listening to while at work.

I’m discussing this as if it’s something of great importance.  LOL.  I was just thinking about it while I was adding some new mixes to my ipod and decided to share my thoughts.  Obviously this is just babble and of no use to anyone but at least I’ve gotten the thought out of my brain.

Tunes:
Luca – Break and Enter (track is in player)

Today’s Oldie:
Konflict – Roadblock (Matrix Remix) – Renegade Hardware 2000

Cloak & Dagger – Offshore Podcast 4

What a rubbish day it is outside.  Just once it would be nice to live in a place where the weather was consistent.  It’s hard to motivate yourself to leave your house when it’s murky, grey and spitting rain.

Tunes:
Notion & Submorphics – Put It Down (track is in Notion player)
I’ve been loving this one for ages.  I’m glad there’s finally a sample to share.

Today’s Oldie:
Technical Itch – The Rukus – Penetration 2002

Gerard & Mutated Forms – Kiss 101 Drive By 07/06/09

Tracklist

S.P.Y. ‘Inner Soul’ (Innerground)
Atlantic Connection and Lynx ‘Danger Zone’ Submorphics.Remix (Westbay)
Marky & Random Movement ‘Gabriel’s Theme’ (Innerground)
Shapeshifter ‘Long White Cloud NU:Tone Remix (Brand:Nu)
Bassface Sascha ‘Devil’s Pie’ (White)
Jakes featuring TC ‘Swerve’ Marky & S.P.Y Remix (D Style)
Wiley Vs Utah Jazz ‘Rolex (The D&B Refix)’ (White)

[Mutated Forms In The Mix]

Command Strange – Vanila Dream
Calibre – In Denial
Mutated Forms – Storm In A Teacup
Die and Break – Get Some
Nero – Act Like U Know
Johny L – Piper
Serum & D-Sub – Warriors
Instra:mental – No Future
Majistrate & Nicol – Piranha
Nu:Tone – Balaclava
Serum & Bladerunner – Snake Fist
Lomax – Faith Massive
Mutated Forms – Thru The Centuries
D Bridge – On Ur Mind
Mutated Forms – Barriers
D Bridge – Wonder Where
Madd & Chris.Su – Repercussion
Mutated Forms – Jazz About U Instrumental Version
Kubiks & Recriminate – Opal Sky’s
Rawtee – Inmate 305
Nik Itch – No Doubt
Cubist – Come Closer
Netsky – Untitled
Calibre – All The While
Danny Breaks – Volume 1 Logistics Remix
Mutated Forms – Glory Days Netsky Remix
[end of guest mix]

Friction & K-Tee ‘The Bleeps’ (Shogun)
Drumsound & Bassline Smith ‘In The Music’ (Technique)
Prestige ‘Wasted’ (Stereotype)
Sub Focus ‘Follow The Light’ (Ram)
D Kay & Rawfull ‘Sequential Circuit’ (Brigand)
Sabre ‘Original Sin feat Tuere’ (Critical)

My new roomate moves in on saturday so I’m in full on cleaning mode.  I’m using this as the perfect opportunity to move stuff around too.  Alas I am also figuring out that the reason that some things are in the places that they are is because they can’t really go anywhere else. 

Tunes:
Dbridge – Wonder Where (track is in player)

Break – Re-Tech

Today’s Oldie:
Mask & Swabe – Came & Conquered - Dope Dragon 1998
Yeh yeh yeh.  Dope Dragon made it’s way back to the oldies.  What can I say?  I really loved that LP.

The Square – Studio Mix Vol. 5

Tracklist

01. On The South – m25, The Square & First Function (Jynx Remix) [Silk]
02. Palm Trees – Andy Sim [Think Deep]
03. I Want It – Remembrance & Microbe [Human Soul]
04. Without U – Peyo & Sks
05. Eleven Yards – Paul Sg [Unsigned]
06. Only U – Stunna & Grandmarquee [Unsigned]
07. Slings & Arrows – Paul Sg [Think Deep]
08. Reconstruction – Arje [Beat Addicted]
09. Good Enough – Trifonic (Glen E Stone & The Square RMX) [Unsigned]
10. Hit The Ground – Fred V [Point9 Audio]
11. Green & Blue – Paul Sg, Eros & Atmospherix [Vibez]
12. Imagination – Andy Sim ft. Naomi Hayley [Unsigned]
13. Dust Storm – Lm1 & The Square [Unsigned]
14. Still Standing – Abm (The Square & Dirrrty B RMX) [Universal Music]

Hello.  Yes I’m rubbish.  I didn’t mean to neglect you.  I honestly didn’t realise that the main reason I was able to write in my blog everyday was because I spent all day sitting at the computer.  I’m seriously not home long enough to come up with the time to write posts these days.  I’m going to make an attempt to do them first thing when I wake up now.

My 4th was pretty cool.  Beatchemist and some of our Bassdrive buddies were here through the 4th so I kicked it with them at Juju’s and drank ate and watched the fireworks on Juju’s street… yes I did say street.  True Chicago style people just having firework wars from block to block.  Woot.

I’m still not to stressed out about not having a job.  I’m still optimistic that the situation will sort itself out.  I think that stressing about money is really annoying so I’ve just chosen not to do it.  The thing that is making me a wee bit depressed though is not having anything to do.  I’ve become quite adept at filling up my days with activities but when you wake up at the crack of dawn like I do, it makes for a pretty long day.  I guess it’s just nice to feel useful sometimes. *shrugs*

Anyways back to dnb land.  I’ve actually been listening to a lot of stuff but just haven’t written about it.  Lets get back on track Kiki!

Tunes:
BCee – Cultural Shift (track is in Spearhead player)
I’ve actually been digging this one for a minute but as usual I didn’t know the name.

Spirit – Spark (track is in player)
Spirit is wicked.  ‘Nuff said.

Today’s Oldie:
Embee – Secrets – Fuze Records 1997
Dirty oldie bizness.  Woot.

Notion – Scribbler Podcast July 2009

Tracklist
01. NotioN – Hurtful Solace [Cylon]
02. Despot – Winteria [N/A]
03. Hobzee & Zyon Base – Marlowe [N/A]
04. ASC – Reform [N/A]
05. S13 – Earth Ulro [N/A]
06. Kodo – Lakoto [Broken Audio]
07. Triad – Spellbound [N/A]
08. Squash – Mr Peg Leg [N/A]
09. NotioN – Iota [Phunkfiction]
10. Sam KDC – The Iron Gate [Eternia]
11. Insight – Psyche[Broken Audio]
12. Empire – Atmospherix & Sem [N/A]
13. Bal – The Trendy Track [Infulence]
14. Sol.ID & Subz – From Dark 2 Grey [N/A]
15. Mindmapper – The Seeker [Broken Audio]
16. Linden – Pulsar [Central Beats]
17. NotioN – Illicit [N/A]
18. Mindmapper – Resurection Hub [Broken Audio]
19. Nusense – Tuning In [N/A]
20. Dave Owen & Sconeboy – Coming Apart [N/A]
21. Dave Owen – Bit o’ That [N/A]
22. Submorphics & Pipeline – High Card [N/A]
23. Glen E Ston – Can’t Say Goodbye [Influence]
24. NotioN – Woeful [N/A]
25. Specific – The Way It Goes [N/A]
26. Eveson – Late Night Special [Samurai Redseal]
27. NotioN – Searching For An Answer [Nu Directions]

CC has left the building, I repeat, CC has left the building.  Man, it was really awesome to have her here.  I definitely had a fun filled jam packed crazy 5 days.  Now back to my regular, boring, serious life where I have no job and have to get one ASAP.  Boo.

Shakedown is tonight with Tyler Straub.  Can you say woot?  Beatchemist is in town and Dave Owen is supposed to be coming too.  Can you say woot squared?  I have been missing in action from my drum and bass posse for almost a month.  I feel this is the perfect opportunity to make my comeback.  Woot cubed???  Ok…. definitely taking it too far. 

I’ve been listening to so much dnb so I’m excited to just go out and hear some good music.  Chi peoples, make your way to Lava this evening.  You won’t be disappointed.  Stunna and Lamebrane are playing too so your attendance is a must!

Tunes:
Modemellow – Feel Inside (track is in player)

Donnie Dubson – Super Marimba

Today’s Oldie:
Q Project – Soul Star – Liquid V 2005

Might as well continued the Shakedown mania.  Here’s Shakedown Mix #5.   I feel like I just wrote an extended radio ad for Shakedown.  Hee hee.  The kind that just goes on and on and on or better yet one of those One Nation ads you hear at the beginning of some mixes where Skibba does a bunch of rhyming and sneaks in a “woo ooo ha ha ha” and it rhymes with a string of sentences that were said at warp speed…  Hmmm you get the pic.  I’m just a wee bit too chatty this a.m., so lemme shut my trap now.

Laters

Raiden – Shakedown Mix #5

Tracklist

01. Electro SoulSystem Sunchase – Alluvion -???
02. Loxy & Isotone – Aciencts Cylon
03. Spirt – Smashed – Interactive
04. Raiden – M82 – OffKey
05. Ulterior Motive – Yogurt Brainwave – Subtitles
06. Digital – Blood Money (Amit & Outrage rmx) – Function
07. Rockwell – Drums – Digital Soundboy
08. Raiden – La Luna – Renegade Hardware
09. Ulterior Motive – Infrasonic – Subtitles
10.Raiden & Khanage – Amnesia Haze – 31 recs
11.Aspect & Gremlinz – Armshouse – Digital Soundboy
12.Meth & Raiden – Re-Up – OffKey
13.Ink – Mirage (Raiden & Khanage rmx) – Reneagde Hardware
14.Icicle – Frozen – Renegae Hardware
15.Rockwell – Snare Drum Awareness – Digital Soundboy
16.Raiden – Roentgen – Architechure
17.Raiden & Khanage – King Stays King – OffKey
18.Jubei – Trident – Interactive
19.Raiden – Hubble – OffKey
20.C4C – Scatter Brain – C4C

It’s strange to have nowhere to be in the morning.  I was hanging out with Reisha the other day and on numerous occasions kept thinking that I should probably go home and then finally remembered that I could probably just not go home if I wanted and it would be fine.

CC is here until wednesday.  We’ve been busy partying.  I’ll get to the resume blasting, pavement traipsing once she’s goes.  I’m not even going to try and pretend that I can be serious about my plight with guests and fun to be had.

Tunes:
Dbridge – Reversible Top (track is in player)
Loving this!

Wiley – Wearing My Rolex (Utah Jazz Remix)
I can’t help it.  I love Wiley.  I’m gonna love any dnb remix with his songs.

Today’s Oldie:
Shimon & Andy C – Primal Fear – Ram Records 1998

Atom – DOA Spotlight Mix June 2009

Tracklist

01. Atom – Night flight[Sonorous];
02. Specific – Out of Reach [Influence];
03. Data – the Sprawl [Horizons];
04. Blocks & Esher – Hearshaped[Horizons];
05. ???;
06. ???;
07. Atom – Automatic [Sonorous];
08. ???;
09. Calibre – In Denial [Solu:r];
10. Atom – Robot Fight [unsigned];
11. ???;
12. Random Movement, Noah D, Mixmaster Doc & Focus – Sacrifice [unsigned]
13. Bal – Out There [Influence]
14. Instra:mental – Intervention [Exit];
15. Atom – Excursion [Sonorous];
16. Data – Abstractions [Metalheadz];
17. Atom – Red Snapper [Influence]

I’m back!  Minneapolis was really great.  I love hanging out with my peeps and the wedding was awesome.  Good times.

Summer is here.  It’s ridiculously hot.  Yesterday was 90 and I was sweating my ass off.

I’m really busy. Unemployment brings about a lot of tasks to complete, resume, employment agencies etc.  Also my place is a complete tip and my girl CC is coming so that needs to be handled ASAP!

Basically I got to get my ass in gear.

Tunes:
Madmen & Poets – Inner Fears (track is in player)

Today’s Oldie:
Jonny L – Trouble – Piranha 2002

Naibu – Fastlane Show @ BRadio June 2009

Tracklist

01. Naibu feat. Kiyomi – Fireflies (Seba Remix) (Horizons)
02. Naibu – It Took A Long Time (Creative Source)
03. Zyon Base – Knife In The Water (Red Mist)
04. Zero T – Satin Range [N/A]
05. Spinline – Calcutta VIP [N/A]
06. Henree & Hiten – Apologies (CIA Deepkut)
07. Naibu – Discrete (Horizons)
08. Fellowship – Dark Flower Remedy (Playaz)
09. Nucleus – Return To Forever (Reinforced)
10. Ganja Kru – New Frontiers (Tru Playaz)
11. Goldie feat. KRS One – Digital (Boymerang Remix) (FFRR)
12. Seba – 34 Alpha (Secret Operations)
13. Breakage feat. Rohan – Ruff Dub (Bassbin)
14. System – The Divers Dream (Warm Communications)
15. Wings – Wings (Reinforced)
16. Kharm & LM1 – Inversion (Naibu Remix) (Levitated)
17. SKC – Epilogue [N/A]

So…  I lost my job yesterday.  Hmmm.  I probably should be a lot more freaked out.  I’m surprisingly not disturbed.  I got a pretty decent severance package.  My bills are paid up.  *shrugs*  I kinda don’t know what else to say.  I’m not sad.  I liked working there but definitely had no aspirations to be a Workers’ Comp  legal assistant for the rest of my life so I guess that’s why I’m not devastated or anything.  It was just a job that paid my bills and let me dick around on the internet all day.  I know the economy is still shit so that should be worrying me but I guess I’m optimistic that something will come along.

I kept saying to myself that I felt a big change coming.  There were too many big events happening in my life for something drastic not to happen.  Roomate moving out etc.  I guess I didn’t think it would be my job though, I felt it would be something more on the mental outlook front.

I don’t have any hard feelings about it.  There weren’t that many new cases coming in.  I was the last one hired so I had to be the first to go.  I am going to miss listening to Bassdrive all day though.

I’m going to Minneapolis today.  I guess I’ll have more of a handle on things when I get back on Monday.

No posts Friday or Monday.  We’ll chat more Tuesday.

Toodles.

Dj Presha – Samurai Music Show @ Bassdrive June 2009

Tracklist

01. Kolab – I Am Sam (Luca Remix) – ??
02. Calibre Feat DRS – Loves Too Tight To Mention – Signature
03. Abstract Elements – Throb – Exit
04. D Bridge – Inner Disbelief
05. Flame – Metro Station
06. Subterra – Sketch – ??
07. Lowqui & Hooves – Icehouse – ??
08. Instra;Mental – Watching You – Nonplus
09. Tokyo Prose – Retake – Samurai
10. Hobzee & Zyon Base – Marlowe – ??
11. ASC – Starkwood – Nonplus
12. Mosus & HLZ – Nexus 7 – Liquid V
13. SKC, Munk & Hydro – Head First – Commercial Suicide
14. Marcus Intalex – Triband – Soul:R
15. ASC – Porcelain – Nonplus
16. Spectrasoul – Melodies Feat Mike Knight – Exit
17. Survival – Not Board – Dispatch
18. S.P.Y. – Slum Dub – Soul:R
19. Spectrasoul – Mimic – Subtitles
20. Eveson – Captain Morgan – Channel 82
21. Spectrasoul – Guardian – Metalheadz
22. Kharm – Wolf Jacket – ??
23. Zero T & Beta 2 Feat Steo – The Sea – Liquid V
24. Trei – No Vacancy – Samurai Music
25. Trei feat Thomas Oliver – Lead Me On – Samurai Music
26. Logistics – Murderation – Hospital
27. Friction & K tee – Set It Off – Shogun Audio
28. Serum & Vapour – Live & Direct – Critial
29. C.A.B.L.E – Forms – CIA Deep Kut
30. Rockwell – Noir – Critical
31. Spirit – Smashed – Inner Active
32. Trei & State Of Mind – Thunder Biscuit – Samurai Music
33. Alix Perez Feat Fats – Down The Line (Break Remix) – Shogun Audio
34. Marcus Intalex – Airbourne – Soul;R

I’m not gonna lie.  I’m kinda frazzled.  I don’t have enough time to do anything and each day since I got back there’s like ten thousand errands to run.  On top of that my roomate moved out yesterday and my flat looks like a squatter lives there so I need to rearrange crap and clean.  All of these things = not fun.  I know it’ll all sort itself out but in the interim it’s still worrisome.

Tunes:
Level 2 – First Me

EZ Rollers – Here I Am – Basher Remix (track is in Basher’s player)
Nice track.  I actually like both versions.  The original is in EZ Rollers player.

Today’s Oldie:
Click n Cycle – 125th St. – Emotif Recordings 1996

LTJ Bukem – Fabric Live Promo Mix June 2009
Nice!  I’m actually excited for this mix.

Tracklist

01 Redeyes – Battle Sweet Things (Spearhead)
02 Redeyes & Mutt – Ode To The Ghetto (Good Looking)
03 Calibre – Alien (Unknown)
04 A-Sides – Tokiado (East Side Records)
05 Paul T – Beautiful Girl (Fizzy Beats)
06 Zero T – Make It Home CIA)
07 A-Sides – One Love (East Side)
08 J- Layze – Memoryz (Looking Good Records)
09 Calibre – Out The Box (Signature)
10 Mutt – Era Draft (Unknown)
11 Furney – Pipez (Good Looking)
12 Ink and Perpetuum – Say Never (Colours Audio)
13 Redeyes – The Science Of Sleep (Unknown)
14 Furney – You Were There (forthcoming Good Looking)
15 Furney – Missing Her Missing You (Good Looking)
16 Utah Jazz – Cloud 9 (V-recordings)

Didja miss me?

Had a nice trip.  Was lovely to see Mollie and the fam.

Getting ready to leave again on thursday.  Going to Minneapolis.  Alas it’ll be another short posting week.

Tunes:
Paul SG & Pouyah – Enclosed (track is in Pouyah player)

Brother – My Love (track is in player)

Today’s Oldie:
Mathematics – Booty Conspiracy – C.I.A. Records 2003

I’m so so behind on mixes.  I was already behind to begin with and managed to catch up on the plane and now I come back and see I’m back to square 1.  Eek.

Implex & Enei – Drum & Bass RU Podcast 19

01. Ill Logic & Raf – Songs Of Experience
02. Lynx & Kemo – Global Enemies (Megadrummer Remix)
03. Sunchase – Varka
04. Ill Logic & Raf – The Art Of Rebellion
05. OSH & Enei – Echo
06. Implex & Enei – In Cocoon
07. LSB – Paying My Dues
08. Subterra & Dekko – Torrent
09. SpectraSoul – Taken
10. Loxy – Gabriel Gray
11. Data ft K2 – Kyushojutsu
12. BTK & Presence Known – Prophecy
13. Ben E – Shallow
14. Die – Clear Skyz (Break Remix)
15. Rufige Kru – Shanghai Dub
16. OSH & Enei – Echo (Remix)
17. Ben E & SpectraSoul – Suppression
18. Enei – Explore It
19. Electrosoul System – Ghost
20. Derrick & Tonika – Humana
21. ASC – Find A Way