It’s April and this year so far has been a bit rubbish for me to say the least.
Doing a bit of a reset and hoping this course correction helps sort me out.
Saw LSB, Monroe, and Sustance last week in San Diego. Definitely stayed out past my bedtime, but very much enjoyed the night out.
Had a lovely morning workout listening to Workforce’s new Kool FM show. Loads of good tunes. 🥰
Disgruntled by the heatwave. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, champagne problems. I have come to appreciate my one month of jumpers as a trade off for the lack of seasons in LA, and it’s been taken away from me with this hot weather intrusion. 😒
Been listening to a lot of 1999/2000 tunes today. Which really just means listening to heaps of RAM, Renegade Hardware and the like. LOL. What a fun dnb rave era! I remember heading home in the early mornings drenched in sweat and deaf from standing in front of the speaker for hours on end. Good times.
Still here. Still rubbish at being a devout dnb blogger.
Somehow it’s March. Trying to stay afloat in this dumpster fire like the rest of you I imagine.
At my desk listening to some GLXY. 🥰
Tracklist
GLXY & Salo – Lost Love
Alix Perez – Bloomsbury
GLXY, Jords & Charli Brix – Entangled
FD – Serious
Redeyes – What She Wants (Lenzman Remix)
GLXY & Halogenix – Unconditional
GLXY – What You Gave Me
Alix Perez & GLXY – Green Lane
GLXY – ID
Azotix & Satl – ID
GLXY – Stoic
Azotix – Without You
Motiv – Three Sixty
Calibre – Nothing
Monty – The Motion (feat. Indira May)
GLXY – Detatched
Redeyes – Lust
Tokyo Prose – Tell Me
Happy New Year! 🍾🍾🍾
The holiday season was good to me.
– Stuffed my face over Thanksgiving and spent some quality time with my family,
– Jaunted over to Sierra Leone with my mum for Christmas.
– Visited my dad (him being buried in Sierra Leone is bittersweet, as I don’t get to visit as often as I’d like.)
– Finished up the year in Wisconsin with my sister and brother-in-law.
January is trudging along. I’m just here listening to Emma G. This month’s episode has her all vinyl demo mix from 2006 and it’s so good! So many amazing tracks came out during that era.
Clink the image to listen.
Mondays suck after you’ve had an enjoyable weekend.
I’ve made new friends in LA, but it’s still such a treat to see my besties. Adult life is not for the weak. Navigating families, time off, kids, and packed schedules makes it hard to find quality time with your people, especially when they don’t live nearby.
I’m fortunate to have close friendships that span 20 to 30 years. Most of those friends are in Minnesota, Chicago, or overseas, so I don’t get to see them often. Luckily, one of my Chicago besties moved to San Diego, so it was nice to get a good girl hang in for a couple of days.
I really don’t feel like switching to work mode now. 😭
Listening to another one of my besties and working on getting this module ready for UAT.
Alley Cat – Big Bad Dark City November 2025
The first time I went to university, (🤣 giggling at “The first time”. Being 49 is a trip. There are so many versions of your life to look back on.) I went to the University of Minnesota. I lived in Minneapolis for 8 years and have such fond memories of my raving and early dj years there.
My friend Dave owned Bassment Records and I spent so many hours of my sophmore year of hanging out there. I bought my first jungle records there and then just never really left.
Dave also mixed dnb and put up with me nattering away endllessly about my fave tracks. It reached a point where I would skip class and spend the whole day in the shop. He would let me mix for hours on end since I didn’t have my own turntables yet, Eventually that turned into me working there and helping with the orders.
Today, I’m going to mix some vinyl at FeeLIT Records in San Diego. They do a vinyl-only recording at the store. It’s pretty cool. https://www.feelitrecords.com/
You can check out the vinyl mixes here: FeeLIT Records Vinyl Mixes
While picking out some records to bring for today, I got hit with a wave of nostalgia for my time at Bassment. That was such a fun, formative chapter in my little raver life. I got to hear all the latest tunes and chat to everyone who came through to get their records. I loved it.
I’ve just been listening to my old records all week. Man, there are some really great old tunes.
With all this Bassment talk, it feels fitting that today’s tunes be my first purchase there. 🥰
I’m so stubborn about my collocation tracks. If I decide you two go together, that’s it. Mates for life. Soz.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a planner. I usually just mix whatever, but once I decide two tracks are an elite combo, I find it hard to not hear them together and I love riding out a long blend.
What’s even funnier is that I have ADHD, so my working memory is shit. I’ll always be like “ooh these two will sound super good together” and get excited about the combo and then I’ll listen to an old mix I made and it’s the same two tunes that I mixed together ages ago. 😁
Current life partners I’ve been mixing a lot are Fox and Satl’s “Revellin'” with Benny L’s “Pulp Fiction” remix.
Working and listening to Satl’s mix from this year’s Sun and Bass. I was there and got to enjoy it in person. Happy I get to listen to it again. 🥰
Had a lovely time at SnB. I love that it’s just a great hols with dnb sprinkled all over. I got to hang with my girl Alley Cat, have some great meals, jaunt around Sardinia, and enjoy heaps of really enjoyable dnb sets. Perfect holiday imo. 🥰
Morning commute shuffle delivering the goods this a.m. 🧡
Loved this month’s Bankbeats installment. Lots of oldies to enjoy.
Tracklist
1. Maysev — Left (Original Mix)
2. Hydro, Fields, Mako (UK) — Suspension (Original Mix)
3. War — Justice (Original Mix)
4. Veak — Pulsating Dub (Original Mix)
5. Umbra — Close Enough (Original Mix)
6. Noppo, Anya Asia — Something Real (Original Mix)
7. Walk\:r — Cherry Blossom (Original Mix)
8. Trail — Midnight Sun (Original Mix)
9. Amoss — Below The Horizon (Original Mix)
10. dRamatic — Cirqus Voltaire (Original Mix)
11. Fox, Zero T — Fantastic (Original Mix)
12. Kublai — Revelation (Original Mix)
13. Marcus Intalex, Mako (UK) — Keep Your Cool (Original Mix)
14. TeeBee — Gun Tune (Original Mix)
15. Amoss, Hugh Hardie — Break (Original Mix)
16. Amoss — The Seventh (Original Mix)
17. Break, SOLAH — Raise Your Hands (Original Mix)
18. Technimatic — The Golden Section (Zero T Remix)
19. Amoss — A Lot To Give (Original Mix)
20. Leks, Speaker Louis — Shella (Original Mix)
21. Circumference — Pyramid (Askel & Elere Remix)
22. ZeroZero — Sand Cave (Original Mix)
23. Conrad Subs — Vintage (Original Mix)
24. Calibre — All Day (Original Mix)
25. 4Hero — Better Place (Marcus Intalex & ST Files Remix)
26. Calibre — Barca (Original Mix)
27. Calibre — Understand (Original Mix)
28. Jaheim — Put That Woman First (Calibre Vocal Remix)
29. Calibre, High Contrast — The Other Side
30. Badmarsh & Shri — Signs (Calibre Mix)
31. Kubiks & Lomax — Get It On
32. Lomax — Avenue feat. Eveson (Original Mix)
33. BCee & Lomax — Changing Faces
34. Kubiks, Lomax — Lost Language (Original Mix)
35. Lomax, Focus — 5 Weeks (Original Mix)
36. Autumn — Cut Away (Lomax Remix)
37. Kubiks, Lomax — Reveal It (Original Mix)
38. Kabuki — Trailblazer (Original Mix)
39. Fracture & Neptune — Sagrada Familia (Original Mix)
40. Redeyes, Peyo — Delight (Original Mix)
41. XRS — Pao Sovado
42. Chino — Jade Sunrise (Original Mix)
43. Cyantific — Good Weather (Original Mix)
44. Danny Byrd — Round And Round (Original Mix)
45. Icicle — That Tune (Original Mix)
46. Logistics — Glitch
Excited to just fucking relax. It’s been a hectic summer.
See you soon Sardinia. Xx
Tracklist
Workforce – Falling Down feat. Tyler Daley [Must Make Music]
Alix Perez – Elastic Soul [1985 Music]
DBridge – True Romance VIP [Dub]
SpectraSoul – Away With Me feat. Tamara Blessa (Calibre Remix)
Zero T – Resist [Carbon Music]
Alix Perez – Find A Way [1985 Music]
Larry June, 2 Chainz, The Alchemist – Life Is Beautiful (Workforce Bootleg) [Dub]
Workforce – Broken [Must Make Music]
Northlane Drum Sound & Maj Jane Coles – Gravity feat. Ry X (Calibre Remix) [Jam/Me]
Breakage – Spread Out [Index]
Calibre – Been Trying (Workforce Remix) [Self Release]
Halogenix – All Around [Symmetry]
Calibre – Mr Maverick [Signature]
Envy – Finite Heart [Dub]
LSB – Later Than Expected [Dub]
Doc Scott – Keep On Skankin [DSB]
ST:Cal – Red Light [Soul:R]
Workforce & Bobbie Johnson – Wanted Peace [Must Make Music]
Workforce – Untitled [Dub]
Mark System – Wanna Dance [Metalheadz]
Workforce – Untitled (Busy Habits Remix) [Metalheadz]
Workforce & DRS – Get In The Way [Dub]
Workforce – Untitled Dubplate [Index]
Workforce – Untitled [Dub]
Workforce – More [Dub]
Calibre – Untitled [Signature]
Skee – Leaving [Must Make Music]
Leaf – Soundboy 91 [Sofa Sound]
Break – Someday [Dub]
Shy FX – Skanga Riddim [DSB]
Mist – How You Make Me Feel (Photek Remix) [31 Records]
Moleculaar – New Beat More Game [Dub]
Workforce – Your Moves [Exit Records]
Business As Usual – Midnight Roller [Symmetry]
Unknown – Untitled [Dub]
Moleculaar – Fair Warning [Sofa Sound]
Skeptical – Other Worlds [Dub]
Workforce – How They See It [Must Make Music]
Doro & Addicted – Badness (Break Remix) [CIA Records]
Thread – Screwball [Must Make Music]
Halogenix – Untitled [Dub]
Ruffige Kru – Spirits [Metalheadz]
Alix Perez – Untitled [Dub]
Koherent – Mercurial [Gemini Gemini]
Abstract Elements – Uranus [Invisible]
Workforce & Calibre – Slippery [Must Make Music]
Alix Perez – Recall & Reflect [Exit Records]
Break & Kyro – Edge Of Time (Workforce Remix) [Symmetry]
Workforce – Hip Punch [Symmetry]
Workforce – Closer [Must Make Music]
Workforce – New Rhythm [Dub]
Workforce – Setting Traps [Must Make Music]
Alibi – Sequence (Workforce Remix) [V Recordings]
Calibre – Mr Majestic [Signature]
Wrapping a project means laser like raving focus as I QA/QC my Storyline file checking all the variables/triggers etc. This is usually done while listening to drum and bass at full volume. It’s 8:18 am and I’m at my desk getting my 48 year old raver granny on and that image just cracks me up sometimes. 👵🏾
Listening to:
Summer’s wrapping up. Kids going back to school. I survived another summer not working in academia.
Very much looking forward to my hols. Headed to Sardinia again with Alley Cat. A very much needed holiday indeed.
Awake for no reason, listening to my shuffle:
I love words and language. “Sedulous” was my dictionary word of the day recently. I’m deep in the throes of building this project I’ve been working on, so I suppose I am actually being quite sedulous.
I barely have any meetings this week, which means I’ve been able to focus most of my time on completing this module. Hence the rare window to crank out three posts in a single week. 🤣
Currently vibing to Doc Scott.🤩
DnB & Kiki 