Author: Kiki

I an old lady raver who spends all her time listening to dnb.
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Summer Kickoff Kiki

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Work is busy, but it’s good and I’m enjoying it.

Excited for summer activities… when summer finally makes it’s way here to LA that is. We survived May Gray, just gotta tolerate June Gloom, and we’ll be home free. Took a while to get used to this when I first moved here.

Click here if you are interested in the science behind it or care one iota about why your California friends are always complaining around this time of year. 😂

Headed to hot ass Arizona for my niece’s graduation this weekend. Also managed to get a pretty cheap plane ticket for Sun and Bass this year. The end of 2023 until about 2 months ago was pretty shit for me. I’m happy things seem to be on the up and up lately. 🥰

So loving this one this week. Big up Fox! I’ve had it on repeat at my desk for the past couple of days. 🧡

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M.P.L.S. Kiki

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I went to Minneapolis last weekend to celebrate my friend Monica’s 50th bday. I had such a lovely trip. My wonderful group of friends pitched in and bought my plane ticket to surprise her. And surprised she was. It was a fab weekend.

Minneapolis always has my heart because my core group of friends are from there. I spent 8 really great years there. I am a person that values friendship immensely and I always say that that is the place that taught me how to be a good friend. 🧡

There was a day party on Sunday and I saw a bunch of old rave friends that I legit hadn’t seen since I left back in 2002. Good times.

Memorial Day weekend is here. I am not doing anything special since I just got back from a little jaunt. Job is going great. Really enjoying it. Not much to complain about these days. I keep saying it seems like someone finally took the pins out of my voodoo doll, so life has been pretty nice lately. 😜

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Sweet 16 Kiki

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DnB and Kiki is 16!

16 years of the blog, 31 years of being a jungle/dnb fan. Big milestones here. 🥰

I loved this month’s Bankbeats. Bank threw back to some of my favourite oldies. I listen to his show every month. I think he does a great job of showcasing both new and old dnb and it’s just an overall great listen while I go about my day. 💕

Tracklist
Kuttin Edge – 7 Stars
Break – Overstayed (Original Mix)
Wagz – Scorpio (Original Mix)
Break – Overstayed (Original Mix)
Cern – Oceania (Original Mix)
Command Strange – When The Morning Comes (Original Mix)
Loxy, Skeptical – Krakoa (Original Mix)
Steve Spacek, Bridge, Halogenix – Take Me Away feat. Steve Spacek (Original Mix)
Surreal, Salem Focus – Lunaverse (Original Mix)
Speaker Louis, Natty Campbell – Any Sound Test (Original Mix)
Speaker Louis – Southbank Rhythms
DJ Marky – Kochi
dRamatic, dbAudio – Very Best
MKJAY, Dizrupt – Room Service
sp:mc, Xtrah, Submotive – Unique Style
Sykes – So Gone
Theorhetical – Twangy Style
Lumia – Way Out
Machinedrum, Rozet – RISE
Phase2 – Rudy
Portait, Aaron Payne – U Want Me
Vex – Selector (Minor Forms Rmx)
Mark System – Chinook
Random Movement – Patty Melt
Command Strange – Sugar
Decon – Amenista
Die, Break – Slow Down VIP
Dieselboy – Invid (Future Cut Second Coming Remix)
Dkay, DJ Lee – Waxed
Autumn – Cut Away (Lomax Rmx)
Phase2 – Cha Cha
Random Movement – Her Song
FD – Hazmat
DJ Markey, Rita Lee. – Caso Serio
Mutt – Draw on Me
Nu:Tone – Gril on a Bike
Random Movement – The Self-Aware Convection Oven
S.P.Y. – Sunship
Severity Zero – Head in the Sand
Stanza – Rose Garden
Submorphics – Lucinda
Total Science – It’s Not Over (Zero T Rmx)
Villem – Chalice
Lady Blackbird – Collage (Calibre Rmx)
Redeyes, Tokyo Prose – Yukon
Sinistarr – Colli Park
Submorphics – Rejected
Bank – Strictly Extracurricular
Bank – Once Again My Friend
Bank – Cold Cash

It’s also Timeless’ 16 year anniversary. I’m headed to the Break show tomorrow. Fun times ahead indeed.

Have a good weekend!

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LTJ & Kiki

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LTJ played Respect last night and smashed it of course.

I actually wasn’t going to go. I’ve seen him loads and didn’t really want to pay. I also had to be at work at 7am today. But, I changed my mind and am super glad I did. He opened with Golden Girl. 😢

I didn’t take a single bloody photo. Just vibed.

Here’s an actual photo of me at my desk.

Here’s another one of my fave tunes with MC Conrad.

And I’m gonna keep the LTJ train going. Loved this mix from last year’s Glastonbury.

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RIP MC Conrad

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I have so many drafts that haven’t been posted.

Sorry for being MIA. I got a new job and had some family things to take care of.

I really wanted to write a good catchup post but that will have to wait for another time.

I was so sad to hear about MC Conrad. What a sad day for dnb. We lost a legendary voice. RIP 🕊️.

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Suds & Kiki

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Laundry is seriously my most hated chore. Did a mix chocka full of oldies and goodies and cleaned downstairs to pass the time. Still don’t have any way to record the mix, so it’s just a YouTube playlist again.

DnB & Kiki Laundry Mix 3

Tracklist
Calibre feat. Lariman – Overreaction
Q-Project – Nation 2 Nation
Dj Marky & XRS – LK
Blu Mar Ten – All Over Again (Kubiks Remix)
Dj Marky & S.P.Y. – The Dopplar Effect
A Sides – Lustrous
Survival – Forget Tomorrow
Logistics – Inside My Soul (Friction & Nu Balance Remix)
Optical – Slip Thru
Shimon & Moving Fusion – The Alias
Ed Rush & Optical – Punchbag
Q-Project – Ask Not
A Sides & Calibre – People of Tomorrow
Matrix & Fierce – Tightrope
Artificial Intelligence – Inside
Bad Company – Coma
Nemesis feat Dj Kane – System (Optical Remix)
Q-Project – Tears (Marky & Bungle Remix)

Satl did a mix for BBC Radio One which I enjoyed. I’m loving his collaborations with Brandy Haze. Anxiously awaiting the “On Site” release. 🥰

Tracklist
00:01:34 Steo – Untitled
00:03:20 Satl – Baby, Tell Me Why?
00:04:39 Satl & Brandy Haze – Unfortunate
00:07:59 Satl – Chinwag
00:09:48 Drake – Fair Trade (Satl Flip)
00:11:22 Venna – Avenue B (Halogenix Edit)
00:13:32 Primitive Instinct – Untitled
00:14:39 Satl – Full Moon
00:15:45 Satl, Ellis Esco & MilanSangar – Night Out
00:17:54 Satl & Styke – Untitled 808 Bubbler
00:18:42 Duskee, Satl, DRS & Verbz – So Fly
00:21:37 EIJER, Satl & Brandy Haze – On Site
00:22:58 Kublai – Time To Think
00:24:29 H.E.R. – Avenue [Zero T Flip]
00:25:50 Lenzman & Redeyes – Shine So Bright
00:28:10 Ivy Lab & Seyaa – Idols Fall

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Spring Forward Kiki

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Daylight savings starts tomorrow? You got somewhere to be 2024?

Bruh. Super duper excited for this show!! We all know my love for Toulousian dnb knows no end. Geeked for Halogenix too. Seeing him at Station 1640 was one of my favourite sets ever.

Been listening to this Styke mix. I really enjoyed his set when I was in Amsterdam for the TNQ night. 🥰

Tracklist:

1. Styke – ID
2. dBridge – Since We’ve Been Apart
3. Satl & Eijer ft. Brandy Haze – Call Me
4. Tatora – FWM
5. Styke – Stride
6. Alix Perez – SWRV
7. Hiraeth – Rowdy
8. Anile – Juno’s Position
9. ID – ID
10. Styke – ID
11. Tatora – PR8LMZ
12. Channell – Peppermint
13. Alix Perez – Floating
14. Note – Cold Nights
15. SpectraSoul – How Strange
16. Calibre ft. DRS – City Life
17. Halogenix – Embold
18. Styke – Leaving
19. Javano – Love Too Much
20. Tatora & Perspective Shift – Retrospective Clarity
21. Styke – ID
22. Halogenix – Ivory
23. Zero T – This Condition
24. Roygreen & Protone – Handcracked
25. Anile – Riggers
26. Total Science – Killa
27. Tyrone – Untitled Matrix
28. Khruangbin – First Class (Halogenix Edit)
29. Styke – ID
30. Sub Focus – Close (Ivy Lab Remix)
31. Calibre & Zero T – One Word
32. Alix Perez, Rockwell & SpectraSoul ft. Anthony Moriah – Montpellier
33. Satl – Don’t Even Ask
34. Styke – Bad Times
35. Redeyes – Keith Sweat
36. Souls of Mischief – 93 ‘Til Infinity (switch/case Bootleg)

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Kiki & Naibu

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I was geeked when Stunna told me he had a Naibu showcase coming up. 
Thoroughly enjoyed it. 😍

TRACKLIST…….

• ANGELS + DEMONS ( BRAD IMPACT )
• GIVE YOU UP ( LSB )
• IMAGINE THE FUTURE (UNKNOWN): REMIX
• IN THE DARK (OUTRAGE)
• LET GO (JUST JUNGLE)
• CRASHBACK (RAINFOREST)
• EMISSARY (KLOKE)
• CHICAGO FLEX (UNKNOWN FACE)
• I TOLD YA (HALOGENIX)
• FORGIVE + FORGET (WINGZ + COLLETTE WARREN)
• ECHOES OF NOVEMBER (SUBMORPHICS + LENZMAN)
• 852 (LO!)
• SLIPPERY FELLA (WORKFORCE + BREAK)
• VERMIN (GREMLINZ + JESTA feat FLOWANASTASIA)
• B PARIS (NAIBU + TACTILE)
• CHROME N BLACK (DASH)
• GOODBYE (OUTRAGE)
• FOUR ( BLADE )
• CRACKLES (NAIBU)
• HANA (NAIBU feat TAMARA): BETA VERSION
• FIGHTING FOR ATTENTION (NAIBU): MICROFUNK CREW REMIX
• SEARCHING (NITRI feat SIMON JINADU): NAIBU REMIX
• FELLOWSHIP (NAIBU + MITEKISS)
• UNTITLED 2 (NAIBU)

NAIBU
‘SANS SOLEIL’ LP (MINATO MUSIC)
FEATURE + INTERVIEW

01. SANS SOLEIL
02. THE LONGER IT TAKES
03. LA SPIRALE DU TEMPS
04. PARTING
05. JUST A DREAM (INSTRUMENTAL)
06. SPRING
07. SUNLESS feat ROBERT MANOS (RADIO MIX)
08. MINATO
09. AT CROSSINGS
10. SANS SOLEIL (REPRISE)

(INTERVIEW ENDS)

• AFTER HOURS (DJ TRACE): NINE WINDOWS REMIX
• THE NAVIGATOR (JLM PRODUCTIONS)
• DIFFERENT VIBRATIONS (KLOKE)
• I NEED YOU (SUBJECTS)
• IMPRESSIONS (ASC)
• OCEAN DAWN (NINE WINDOWS)
• THE CONSTRUCT (ASC)
• CONCORDIA (AURAL IMBALANCE)
• ENDO’S STASH (ARTIFICIAL RED)
• AGAIN (NAIBU)
• IT TOOK A LONG TIME (NAIBU): KJELL REMIX

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Woe is Kiki

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Blog is under maintenance. 
Please excuse the haphazardness of the menu and the overall look. 😩

DnB & Kiki is a WordPress blog. I have another domain on my account as well. 
It’s just my name. My work portfolio is on Wix and I don’t want to pay to connect the domain there, so this morning I started rebuilding my work portfolio on WordPress. 
We built our portfolios for an assignment during my master’s and I didn’t have the time to sort out how to do it on WordPress, so I just chose Wix. Wix is quick and easy.

I wasn’t paying attention and clicked DnB & Kiki when I was choosing my theme for the work portfolio, changing DnB & Kiki’s theme instead. 😭😭😭

I think the last time I changed the theme was when I lived in Japan,,, 10 years ago. I couldn’t remember the name of it to change it back.
The only way to get it is to ask WordPress, I talked to their customer care and they said they could revert the site back, but I don’t have a premium account, so technical support isn’t included? They wanted me to pay $149. Um what? I just said no thanks and closed the chat box.

The theme name randomly popped in my head a couple of hours later. But, now I have to go back and customize it and add all the widgets again. *sigh* 
I know, I know, champagne problems,
I just don’t feel like doing it at the moment, so just tolerate it for now.

I’m listening to some Craggz & Parallel Forces and sulking.