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Homework Kiki

Weekends are for homework. There’s so so so so much reading. It’s not like I forgot what graduate school was like from my first master’s. I remember it all too well. LOL. Not sure why I thought round 2 was going to be any different! 😩😩😩

I’ve been enjoying the Drum & Bass Arena podcast lately. I don’t usually listen to it. It’s a great addition to the rotation.

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Time Management Expert Kiki

Ha! I am getting better at it though. It’s all about doing things in the window you allotted for it. If you don’t… 😐 and the only person you have to blame is yourself, which can really eff with your day. Peace of mind is all we’re after, right?

Today is starting out good because I didn’t dilly dally.

Gonna listen to this Monty mix and finish planning my lesson.

Enjoy. 🥰

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Junglette Kiki

When I first started mixing back in ’97, a really great group of dudes let me join their crew. I hung out with them all the time and got to obsess over jungle as much as I pleased with non-stop mixing, non-stop Kool FM tapes, and endless raving. I think back on that period of time so fondly because of this crew.

Here’s a retrospective mix beautiful mixed by one of those dudes and co-anchored by another. Living in Minneapolis and rolling with JVC was such a fun and wild ride. Dave and Sean, you killed this mix.

So many great classics. That Dj Zinc remix of Congo Natty’s Junglist… always a banger. This mix def transported me back to raving in sweaty basements and having the time of my life.

Great memories. 💟

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Spanners & Kiki

I’m not going to get too in to it, but people derailing your grieving process sucks. I’m just taking everything in stride. My dad has been gone for 1 year and there are still people taking actions that hinder me from getting closure. It’s definitely not fun. I’ve moved on from crying because I’m sad to crying because I’m angry. Is that growth? 🙃

My new position at work has me back to working 8 hour days. I’m enjoying it, but I’m trying to get used to working at home 8 hours a day. When we first went to WFH, I was furloughed and only teaching part time in the evening. I spent my days as I pleased and had more than enough time to prep for my evening classes. Now I’m back in grad school and working from home full time. I fully understand that others have been trying to find this balance for the last 2 years. I’m new to the game though, so my time management definitely needs a little tweaking. I’m working on it.

I’m listening to old old old old old Andy C mixes. It’s funny to be doing serious work and be sitting at my desk full on raving with the volume at 100% at 10 am.

This came on and it made me really happy. This tune is 22 years old. 😲

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Ooh La La Kiki

January done. School started again. I forgot about how you get long ass holidays when you’re at university. I def enjoyed my month off.

Up late. Thinking about my dad. Listening to some Alix Perez while I do some homework.

Alix Perez has a monthly on Rinse FM. This mix made all my French dnb dreams come true. I’ve listened to it loads already. So many great tunes as well as a guest mix from Monty and Visages?! Inscrivez-moi!

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RAM & Kiki

I brought some of those mixtapes of mine that I found at my mum’s back to LA with me and have been converting them to MP3s. It’s so funny to listen to 20 year old me mixing records. There’s one tape where you can totally tell I had just learned how to juggle beats using the phono/line toggle and proceeded to do it for like 30 minutes straight.

Oh man, the hold RAM Records used to have on me! 😂 I’ve converted 2 tapes already and it’s just all RAM tracks.

Here’s a RAM Trilogy gem for old times’ sake.

Dunno how I missed this one, since we all know how much of an Alix Perez fan I am.

Doing some curriculum development and listening to this.

Have a good day!

Tracklist:
00:00 Dogger, Mindstate & Liam Bailey – Broken Home (Calibre Music) [1985 Music]
04:41 Alix Perez & Verbz – Stayed The Same [1985 Music]
5:52 Alix Perez – Desanka [1985 Music]
07:52 Visages [1985 Music]
09:11 Trail – Resident
10:40 Visages – Sunshine Mystery [1985 Music]
12:31 Visages – ID [1985 Music]
13:58 Alix Perez & Halogenix – Amè
15:04 Halogenix – Don’t Need That
16:10 Monty & Redeyes – Birdland [1985 Music]
17:28 Giveon – Favourite Mistake (Halogenix Edit) [Epic / Not So Fast]
18:35 Foreign Beggars ft. Laville – Reveal (Alix Perez Remix) [4NC¥]
20:05 Alix Perez – Evermore [1985 Music]
21:30 Monty & Visages – VIBIN’ [1985 Music]
22:58 Tyrone – Untitled Matrix [The North Quarter]
24:27 Visages & En:vy – ID [1985 Music]
25:55 Visages & Laville – About You (Alix Perez Remix) [1985 Music]
27:24 SubMarine – ID [1985 Music]
28:52 Bredren – ID [1985 Music]
29:58 Scepticz – Silent Killer
31:04 Monty & Visages – ID [1985 Music]
32:27 Alix Perez Ft. T-Man – ID [1985 Music]
33:30 Alix Perez – Babylon Burning VIP [1985 Music]
34:40 Alix Perez – Trinity VIP [1985 Music]
35:51 Alix Perez – Trinity (Skeptical Remix) [1985 Music]
36:55 Hyroglifics – Dancefloor Friendly Club Track [Critical Music]
37:42 Bou ft. Trigga – Veteran (Alix Perez Remix) [Souped Up]
39:32 The Sauce & Critical Impact – Grimiest Ever
40:38 Bredren – ID [1985 Music]
41:44 Cesco & En:vy – ID [1985 Music]
42:50 Cesco – ID [1985 Music]
44:24 Visages & Strategy – ID [1985 Music]
46:10 Metrodome – ID [1985 Music]
47:35 Metrodome – ID [1985 Music]
48:40 Unknown Artist – Shmurda Inna Dancehall [Dubplate Championz]
49:39 Fracture – Loving Touch VIP [Exit Records]
51:13 Was A Be – ID
52:25 Alix Perez, Bou Ft Trigga – ID [1985 Music]
54:30 DLR – Capable Of Murder
55:36 DLR & Break – Absolutely True
57:05 Alix Perez, DLR & SP:MC – Keep Up [1985 Music x Sofa Sound]
58:12 DLR & Alix Perez – Blips [1985 Music x Sofa Sound]
59:00 The Sauce – Buggin’ [The Sauce Recordings]