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Sun and Bass & Kiki

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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

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Kiki is Older than You

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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. 🤩

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SnB & Kiki

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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.

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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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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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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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Better Late Than Never Kiki

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Super duper late, but anyway, yes, I went to the TNQ night at Amsterdam Dance Event last month.
I had so much fun! It was great to see Greg, and Flight was there as well. I hadn’t seen her in ages. It was nice to catch up.
Me and my old lady raver bones lasted the whole night! Great sets all around.

I was in London to wrap up the last of my dad’s estate situation. It was nice to get a mini break from the sadness and go rave and hang out with friends and listen to great tunes. 🥰

Also got to check out Kool FM while I was in London. Me and Kathy went to keep Alicia company during her show. As a long time jungle raver, getting to go hang at Kool FM was pretty dope. Alicia had a great set as always and I kept say to the ladies how fun it was just to sit in a room, hang out with friends and listening to dnb really loudly. I mean I do that on my own all the time, but it was nice to do it with my friends. 😊

I love having the Kool FM/Rinse FM app. I listen to great mixes constantly. Not sharing a mix today, but I am currently obsessed with these 2 tunes and have had them on repeat for like 4 days. I had definitely heard both of them before on some other mixes, but didn’t know who they were by. I hyper-fixate like nobody’s business. I’ll write down which mix I heard a tune on and the minute count so I can keep going back to trainspot it until I know who it’s by. 😂

Love me some Echo Brown.

This is track is soooo good.

Headed to New Jersey this weekend. Going to spend Thanksgiving with my brother and my whole family is going to be there. That hasn’t happened in a while. I’m super excited about it. Happy Turkey Day to those of you that celebrate. 🦃🦃🦃

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Locus & Kiki

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Hi hi hi hi hi! I’ve been trying to update for a month. I hate it when people make being busy their personality trait, but for realz I’ve been swamped!

This is my last semester of this second masters. I’ll be done in May. Even though it’s been running me ragged, I’ve really enjoyed it. I’ve learned so much and the program really has been wonderful. Great instructors and excellent guidance throughout. I’m working on my thesis and final instructional product. I complain about this often, but I really would love an extra 3 hours in the day. It would make my life so much easier!

A lot happening with my dad’s estate… still. That’s all I’ll say for now. There are so many good tunes to discuss, I don’t want to make this post too depressing.💕

The best news to report – I’m going to Tulum for the Locus event!! I can’t remember if I posted about it before or not.

A little backstory. I’ve been trying to go to Sun and Bass forever, and I do mean forever. I met Stefano back in like 2006 or so when he was in Illinois for a work training. He was stuck out in the middle of nowhere, so A-Sides hit me up and was like – Yo rescue him! LOL. Me and Stunna showed him a good time over that weekend and he was like “Come to this event I do in Sardinia!” and I was like “I’m coming!!!” — I never went. 😂

Stunna went though, and like everyone who goes, talked about how amazing it is and how I have to go. I’ve enviously streamed the mixes and scrolled through everyone’s pics every year. As much of a dnb fan as I am, I just can’t drop that much money on a dnb holiday. From this side of the pond, it’s pretty pricey and I travel enough to know how the dollars start racking up. With flight, accommodations and spending money, it’s just never been feasible for me.

The idea of enjoying my fave music in a beautiful location and having a proper hols at the same time gets more and more enticing as I age. I loved deejaying when I did it, but it honestly was never a huge aspiration of mine. I fell into it, enjoyed it while I did it and kept it moving. Through and through, I’ve always just been a massive fan of the music and just want to listen, dance and feel the bass in my chest.

Anyway, last year Submorphics told me about some event they were doing in Tulum. He was playing. It sounded like fun, but was too short notice for me to sort myself out. I’ve been to Tulum before and really loved it. So I promised myself, if they did it again the next year, I would most def go.

I made this plan for myself. It wasn’t a secret or anything, I just didn’t advertise it since I didn’t care if anyone I knew was going or not. It’s a graduation present from me to me. Then everything started to unfold serendipitously. My friend Alley Cat is playing. My old dnb homies from Chicago, Dan and Lisa, are going. A bunch of other people I know are going too. I’m excited!

It’s going to be an enjoyable event. I am so burnt out from work and school. The break can’t come soon enough!

This post is entirely too long. I’ll write a couple more.

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Content Chaos Kiki

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My life is def chaotic at the moment. I’m somewhat content though, so it’s not as stressful as it could be.

This semester will be done in a couple of weeks. My program requires that I do a summer semester, but I’ll still get a two week break, which I’m very much looking forward to.

Shows are back in full force! The Xcellerated lineup this weekend tho… 😮

Getting all my work done early so I can go and proper enjoy myself. Totally thought my eyes were deceiving me when I first saw the flyer. I’ve seen Zero T, Artificial Intelligence and Commix before, but not Redeyes. We know how I love my French dnb.

Very excited to just go listen to great music and dance. 🥰

Up early doing aforementioned work and listening to some Zero T. So many bangers. That Groove Theory tune at the end! 🔥🔥🔥

Don’t mind me, just up raving and doing homework at 3:45 am on a Tuesday. 😂