Waterworks Central

July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 KikiLeave a comment

So that’s all she wrote!

Exams are over. Nothing more to grade. I’m still not really sure what exactly the kids do til next Wednesday when school officially finishes. All I know is it has nothing to do with me. I’ll just be sitting in my aforementioned hot ass office, waiting for August 3rd when I blow this popsicle stand.

I said goodbye to my students and it was waterworks central. smh. I’m such a crybaby. LOL. I still have a farewell English department dinner and have to give a speech at the closing ceremony next week. I’ll be too busy memorising my Japanese to actually cry then.

Currently listening to all the drum n bass. 😂 I’m just going through my Itunes having a solo dnb party as I clean out my desk and throw away all the rubbish I’ve accumulated over the past two years.

Oldie but goodie. 💕💕💕

Exam Inferno

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 KikiLeave a comment

I just have to make it through this week of grading exams and then it’ll be just me sitting in a hot ass office for the 4 weeks until I leave. I don’t have any nenkyu left so there’s no last minute summer holiday and I’m okay with that. The remaining days I had left, I’m using to come home a little bit earlier.

I think i’m going to have to make friends with some of the teachers in the air conditioned offices. “I know it’s been 2 years and I haven’t spoken a word to you, but can I sit in here and watch Netflix so I don’t collapse from the heat?” 😛

My supervisor was laughing at me yesterday because my fan is pretty much touching my face. It’s hot af in my office.

I have 200 exams to grade today, so I’m making an epic playlist to zone out to. It’s the first years, so there’s no essay, and they will be easy to grade, but I might die from the repetition.

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Straight Chillin’

June 28, 2016June 28, 2016 KikiLeave a comment

I love Wednesdays. I only have to teach one lesson and then I get to organise my day however I please. At the mo I’m just cleaning out my desk and listening to some choons.

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Kiki Poppins

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016 KikiLeave a comment

6 weeks? Dang, wasn’t I just telling you there was 10 weeks like yesterday? I guess not.

I’ve been pretty diligent about devoting time to packing up, cleaning and throwing shit out every weekend, so I’m on track and don’t think they’ll be any stressing out when the time actually comes. We’ll see…

I’m having a pretty good morning and Bank is definitely helping contribute to that. 🙂

Tracklist

Bank – Moonshot
David Boombah, Rowpiece – Wish Upon A Star
Random Movement – Nobody’s Business
Kasper, Satl – Something Nice
Silence Groove – Slapper
Random Movement – Sleazy Bitch (Ivy Lab rmx)
Paul T, Edward Oberon – Somebody Else (VIP)
Random Movement – In Space, No One Can Hear You Funk
Need for Mirrors – Son of Sorrow
Andreez and DJ Chap – Hydra
Bcee – Come and Join Us (Klute Rmx)
Calibre – Under Bars
Lurch – Imperfections
Lurch – Count the Days
FD – Snowdrops
Hugh Hardie, Phaction – If Only
Hybird Minds – Touch (Tokyo Prose Rmx)
Silence Groove, Hugh Hardie – City Soul
Satl, Malaky – What You Waiting For
Protone, Roy Green, Lynu – Freshy
Random Movement – Goblin Jazz Banquet
Flowrian – Sunbeam

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Jump Up

June 15, 2016June 15, 2016 KikiLeave a comment

I’ve been listening to jump-up for like 5 hours. Should my sanity be questioned? Probably… but I finished writing 2 final exams and graded a bunch of work so whatevs.

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Hawaiian Tropics

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 KikiLeave a comment

When I lived in Minneapolis, there was this girl I used to rave with sometimes that we called Hawaiian Tropics. It wasn’t a diss, she was actually trying her damnedest to become Miss Hawaiian Tropics. I had never heard of this competition until I met her. She was always really orange.

Currently, I’m pretending I’m on a beach listening to dnb and drinking margaritas. Really it’s 8 am, it’s rainy season and muggy as hell and I’m sitting in my office with a fan blowing in my face.

There is a bright spot though, I just transferred some old mixes from an external hard drive that I forgot I had brought with me to Japan, to my laptop and have been listening to some oldies but goodies. Of course I find the hard drive while I’m going through my things to pack up shit to move back.

Lets be honest though, this is not really that different from every other day where I spend a majority of my time listening to dnb from 15 odd years ago. This time around though, I have an even bigger library of mixes to choose from. 😉

This track is 14 years old. Am I really that old? LOL

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Sardines

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 KikiLeave a comment

I have eaten a lot of sardines this year. I live next to Kujukuri, which is famous for its sardines, and have eaten them fresh many times. おいしいですね。

The only reason I’m talking about sardines is because I’m currently listening to the Ed Rush & Optical track.

I only teach one lesson on Wednesdays, so I spend the rest of the day lesson planning. Currently got a pretty awesome Ed Rush & Optical soundtrack going. ❤

Bacteria = forever winning — Biggin’ up the chair dancin’ massive

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Wine & Dine

May 28, 2016May 28, 2016 KikiLeave a comment

I don’t always need rowdy DnB to get motivated to clean. Sometimes a soulful mix can cajole me into getting ish done.

10 weeks left? That’s crackers!

Listening to this mix as I slowly sort out stuff I don’t need, don’t want, need to throw away, need to sell etc.

Tracklist

01 // Etherwood- We’re Nothing Without Love feat. S.P.Y (Ivy Lab Remix)
02 // ST Files & Response- Wanna B 3
03 // Nuage & Gerwin- Back In The Moments (Confusious Remix)
04 // Alix Perez & Ivy Lab- Maiden
05 // Kolectiv- Can’t Explain
06 // Facing Jinx- Lover
07 // Command Strange & Intelligent Manners- Mastermind
08 // Submorphics feat. Adrienne Richards- Maybe It’s Time
09 // Calibre- Kiya feat. Crow
10 // Alix Perez & Ivy Lab- The Last Light
11 // Malaky & Satl- Her
12 // Madcap- Melanie
13 // Saxxon- High Tide
14 // Command Strange & Intelligent Manners- Make Me Alive
15 // The Vanguard Project- All That I Need (feat Pat Fulgoni)
16 // Calibre- Down On You
17 // Command Strange & Intelligent Manners- Early In The Morning
18 // Malaky- Now or Never
19 // Random Movement- Meat Sauce
20 // Apache & Humanature- Spectral Advice
21 // Alix Perez & Ivy Lab- Arkestra
22 // Phil Tangent & Pennygiles- Ascension
23 // Technimatic- Transference
24 // Actraiser & Tremah- Tipping Point (Actraiser’s instrumental)
25 // Logistics- Sentimentality
26 // Command Strange & Intelligent Manners- Mr.Cool
27 // Logistics- Highway 1
28 // Saxxon- Blue Harbour (Command Strange Remix)
29 // Actraiser- Separation Anxiety ❤
30 // Insideman- Imperfect Child
31 // FBD Project & Madcap- Nema
32 // The Vanguard Project- Blacklist
33 // Phase 2- London After Dark
34 // Malaky & Satl- Dreams Are Gone (Silence Groove Remix)
35 // Command Strange & Intelligent Manners- Stay True
36 // Alibi- Fire feat. Charli Brix
37 // Logistics feat. Zara Kershaw- Finish Line
38 // Calibre- All One Call
39 // dRamatic- Save The Game
40 // Random Movement- Same Old Feelings (feat Collette Warren)
41 // Total Science- Soul For Sale
42 // Commix- Generation
43 // Zero T- Too Close To See (feat. Steo)
44 // The Vanguard Project- Driftwood
45 // Phaction- Stratos (Total Science Remix)
46 // Anastasia & Thesis- The Bridge
47 // Philth feat. Collette Warren- Earth
48 // Calibre- Love Word Soul
49 // Alix Perez & Ivy Lab- No One Else

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Insomniaville – Population 1

May 24, 2016 KikiLeave a comment

I’m quite active when I have insomnia. Most of the time I’m way too wide awake to pretend that sleep will actually find me, so I just kick it in my apartment like it’s the afternoon, instead of the wee hours of the morning.

Got a little Bank keeping me company. ❤

Tracklist

A Sides, MC Fats – A Certain Sound
Calibre & High Contrast – The Other Side
Kjell – Lincoln Place
Calibre – Feeling happy
Zyon Base, Hobzee, Brother – 125th Street
Donnie Dubson – So Simple
Random Movement – Revealed
Pola & Bryson – Whisper to Me
Satl – I Wish
Flowrian – Bo Dem Caminho
Marky, Bungle – No Time 2 Love
Andrezz & DJ Chap – Hyrda
Urban Dawn, Bungle – Sacred Floor
Akuratyde – Still Perfect (Random Movement)
Flowrian – Encalyptic
Pogo – No Worries (Hybrid Minds Remix)
Bank – Old Reels
HumaNature & Kalum – Untitled Dub – I need this tune!
A Sides – Crazy

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Bliss

May 18, 2016May 18, 2016 KikiLeave a comment

It’s nice out. The kids have exams next week so this week is just review. I’ve finished writing all my exams. Now I’m just catching up on some grading and listening to some good choons.

A nice mix from earlier this year.

Calibre – Latin Ways
Logistics – Sentimenality
Dawn Wall – Simple Mind
Bachelors Of Science – Before You Go (feat. Dylan Germick & Audio Angel)
inZtance – The World We Live In
Mick Pedaja – Seis (Bone Remix)
Stunna & Physics feat. Jere Garcia – World Keeps Turning
>>> Alix Perez – Recall & Reflect
Digital – Stolen Desire ft Spirit
Soul Intent – Give Me a Dub
Planeet – RPG
Friction & Fourward – Battle Scars (feat Jakes – Alix Perez remix)
Dub Motion – Off The Record
Shiver – Fragmented
Goldie presents Rufige Kru – Dark Rider (SCAR Remix)
Deadcode – Bomboclat
Dub Phizix – Doberman (feat. Ward 21)
Roni Size & DJ Krust – Snapshot (Swindle Remix)
Moresounds – Rahstok
Break & Kyo – Nevaeh
Roni Size & Reprazent – Share The Fall (Grooverider’s Jeep Style Mix)
Total Science – Notes Of Blue
Response B – Up All Night On Dopamine
Zero T & Beta 2 – Election
Tokyo Prose – Tell Me
Commix – Emily’s Smile
Anile – Stay With Me
Reso – Echo Loss

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Nope

May 15, 2016May 15, 2016 KikiLeave a comment

Crabby af.

Not a good way to start Monday.

I have too much work to do and I’m not look forward to it.

Liquidy rollers should do the trick right? 😉