Awake.
Listening to Seba. 😍
Fingers crossed someone books him here on his upcoming US tour.
Category: Drum n Bass
Weekend Vibes Kiki
Just got back from a week in Vegas for a work conference. Great conference, Vegas… meh.
I’ve never been before and everyone kept being like “That’s crazy that you’ve never been!” I don’t think it’s that crazy. I already knew it wasn’t my vibe. Everything that people do for fun there is so not my ministry as they say. No shade to anyone whose ministry it is. It’s just crazy expensive and the majority of activities are not what interests me, so I wouldn’t pay money to go there.
Also, I can’t believe we ever used to be able to smoke indoors. We stayed at the MGM Grand and it just smelled like stale smoke when there wasn’t actually smoke just wafting through the air.
Conference 10/10. Vegas 5/10. I ate at some amazing restaurants, that’s where the 5 points come from. 😂 The food was awesome. Looooved Nomad Library Restaurant.
I got back on Friday at like 10pm and scurried to go see GLXY at System Error. I didn’t stay for Halogenix. I am a Halogenix fan, but I’ve seen him heaps before and was knackered. I’m happy I went. Smashing set. So many good tunes. Fun times were had.
Back and just doing some life maintenance and listening to tunes. I think it was on The Amen Brother! podcast the other day someone brought up Bassbin Recordings, which immediately made me think of one of my fave Random Movement tunes “Stars in the Dark”. Love me some Random Movement.
Currently listening to:
Tracklist:
Lenzman & Redeyes – High & Low (Zero T remix)
Flaco – Light Speed
Satl & Brandy Haze – Unfortunate
Artificial Intelligence & Lenzman – Drowning (GLXY remix)
Satl & Brandy Haze – Anxious
Redeyes – Patience (feat Karis Jade)
Workforce & Tyler Daley – Falling Down
SoulMotion & Phil Tangent – Only You
Sustance & Salo – Out The Storm
Zero T – Don’t Know
Technimatic – Lakota feat. A Little Sound (LSB remix)
Alix Perez – In Your Eyes
Satl – Night Out feat. Ellis Esco & Milansangar
Archangel – Nobody Else
Redeyes – Get A Hold
Alix Perez – False Promises
Alix Perez – Kauri feat. Visages
ZAR – Primavera
Fox & Satl – Revellin’
Intelligent Manners & Malaky – Get Funky
Note – What We Talk About… feat. Saint Harmony
ZAR & DRS – Partial Harmony
Kitty Cats & Kiki
My girl Alley Cat has an album coming out on November 7 – The Widow Project.
I’m so proud of her! She’s been working really hard on it. Putting out a full length album is no easy feat! She’s awesome. 🥰
Check out her Knowledge Magazine interview here.
If you’re in London tonight, go to her album launch. It’s free entry all night!
Congrats my friend! 💜
Click the image above to listen to the latest episode of her monthly Kool FM show.
Coasting Along Kiki
Been in LA for seven years and adjusting to LA’s version of the seasons changing still takes some getting used to. The temp has finally dropped and I’m happy to be getting out the jumpers, long sleeves and hoodies. Cozy is my middle name.
I’ve got a lot of work on, but lowkey that’s a spot I enjoy being in. It allows me to just pop in my headphones, zone out, and do my work with no interruptions and listen to whatever I want.
This week I’ve been catching up on The Amen, Brother! Podcast. Love having it on in the background. It’s nice to be able to watch them on YouTube and pretend you’re in the room with them.
I’ve also had the Tyrone TNQ Rinse FM episode on repeat. What a great mix! So many go0d tunes: Mortlock’s Emma’s Dilemma, Alix Perez’s Bloomsbury, Workforce’s Falling Down to name a few. The whole tracklist is just 🔥. I’ve been vibing to it for the past two weeks straight. 🥰
Fruitful Kiki
Man, it’s taken forever for me to get back on track. I’ve been chasing my tail since I got back from Sardinia!
I finally had a super productive weekend. My house is clean. Laundry is done. I’m not behind on my work projects. Hallelujah.
Purging my closet to donate some clothes and catching up on some Rinse FM/Kool FM episodes.
Current tune playing:
Kiki is Older than You
It’s my bday on Thursday. 48. I don’t even care about the age itself, I’m just shocked that it seems to have gone by so fast!
Alix Perez on Friday. I’m excited for the show. Should be a good one.
I don’t have a mix to post. I’ve been listening to a lot of oldies. Like old oldies. I was mixing early ’90s era jungle yesterday and all those tracks had me thinking about being a young raver and how geeked I always was to go stand in front of the speaker at the weekend.
Here’s a few of the tunes from yesterday’s mix that had me living room raving. 🤩
SnB & Kiki
What a week. So so so much fun. My time in Sardinia has come to an end. I had a fab week with great people and great music.
The past 4 years since my dad died haven’t been the greatest. Things finally started to turn around when I got an awesome new job in April. It’s been lovely to go on holiday and just eat great food, listen to the music I enjoy, and spend time with top notch people.
Sun and Bass has been amazing. I met Stefano in Chicago back in 2008 when he was there for a work training. I love that I was finally able to make it to his event, albeit it 16 years later. 😂
Biggest thanks goes to my gal pal Alley Cat. She let me tag along as her plus one and was a stellar raving buddy/roommate for the entire week. Special shouts to Workforce, Skeptical, and Klute. Our little party crew for those first 3 days was elite. Also getting some lady hangz in with Chickaboo was A1 too. I got to party with my LA dnb crew and meet up with some people that I’ve known for ages, but never met in person. Everything was wonderful. 🥰
I don’t want to make this post too long. So many great sets were heard and just good vibes all around. I had a fantastic time and appreciate that I got to join the Sun and Bass massive this year.
Kiki & Friends
I’ve lived in LA for 7 years and it’s only this year I started hanging out with LA dnb people. Totally nothing wrong with that. It’s just funny to me that it took me this long.
I belonged to 2 wonderful dnb scenes that I am deeply fond of. My djing/raving years in Minneapolis and Chicago are such a treasure to me and the people that I befriended during that time are my nearest and dearest. I’m 47, don’t really go out that much anymore apart from the odd show here and there, and I am content with the friends that already exist in my life. I mix at home and have a 24 hour dnb playist in my headphones, so it’s really not all that surprising that I hadn’t made any new dnb friends, but… 7 years is a long time. 😂
Anyway, I’m enjoying the switch up. I’m used to living a solo LA dnb life and it’s nice to have some new people to share this 30 year obsession with.
Currently obsessed with this Emma G mix on TNQ’s Echobox Radio show. If you want to listen, it’s the last 30 minutes of this episode. Now we all know I never pass up a TNQ mix, but this one I’m posting solely for the Emma G guest mix. I’ve been listening to it on repeat for the past 4 days. Such a lovely mix with so many good tunes.😍
Enjoy.
It’s a Wrap Kiki
And just like that, summer is coming to an end. I feel like it whizzed by! I had fun though. Went to San Diego, just got back from celebrating a friend’s bday in New Orleans. Going to Sun and Bass next month. Can’t complain. 🥰
Been listening to the new Echo Brown EP on TNQ, Galvan Place. So happy Crisp Dollar Thrill is finally out!
Really enjoyed this month’s GLXY episode on Rinse. I know I posted them last time too, but I’m such a huge fan, can’t help it. 😁 Word on the street is they are coming to US. I would be so geeked if they came to LA.
Rinse FM – GLXY August 7, 2024
Click photo to listen.
Dj Randall
Gutted. Got out the pencil and spooled and sellotaped my Randall mixtapes back to life many a time through my raving years. RIP. 🕊
Liquid Lovin’ Kiki
I can’t remember if I said I got a new job or not. Anyway, I no longer teach and it’s quite odd to get back into the environment where summer holiday is not a thing like it is when you are working at a school.
I am enjoying the summer though. Headed to SD this weekend to go hang with some of my faves. I’m looking forward to it!
Working away and listening to this wonderful gift GLXY bestowed upon us. 😍
Rinse FM – GLXY 2010s Liquid Special
Click the photo to listen.
Satl & Kiki
Speaking of Satl… I really enjoyed this episode!
DnB & Kiki 