The holiday season was good to me. – Stuffed my face over Thanksgiving and spent some quality time with my family, – Jaunted over to Sierra Leone with my mum for Christmas. – Visited my dad (him being buried in Sierra Leone is bittersweet, as I don’t get to visit as often as I’d like.) – Finished up the year in Wisconsin with my sister and brother-in-law.
January is trudging along. I’m just here listening to Emma G. This month’s episode has her all vinyl demo mix from 2006 and it’s so good! So many amazing tracks came out during that era.
Mondays suck after you’ve had an enjoyable weekend.
I’ve made new friends in LA, but it’s still such a treat to see my besties. Adult life is not for the weak. Navigating families, time off, kids, and packed schedules makes it hard to find quality time with your people, especially when they don’t live nearby.
I’m fortunate to have close friendships that span 20 to 30 years. Most of those friends are in Minnesota, Chicago, or overseas, so I don’t get to see them often. Luckily, one of my Chicago besties moved to San Diego, so it was nice to get a good girl hang in for a couple of days.
I really don’t feel like switching to work mode now. 😭
Listening to another one of my besties and working on getting this module ready for UAT.
I’m so stubborn about my collocation tracks. If I decide you two go together, that’s it. Mates for life. Soz.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a planner. I usually just mix whatever, but once I decide two tracks are an elite combo, I find it hard to not hear them together and I love riding out a long blend.
What’s even funnier is that I have ADHD, so my working memory is shit. I’ll always be like “ooh these two will sound super good together” and get excited about the combo and then I’ll listen to an old mix I made and it’s the same two tunes that I mixed together ages ago. 😁
Current life partners I’ve been mixing a lot are Fox and Satl’s “Revellin'” with Benny L’s “Pulp Fiction” remix.
Working and listening to Satl’s mix from this year’s Sun and Bass. I was there and got to enjoy it in person. Happy I get to listen to it again. 🥰
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
Wrapping a project means laser like raving focus as I QA/QC my Storyline file checking all the variables/triggers etc. This is usually done while listening to drum and bass at full volume. It’s 8:18 am and I’m at my desk getting my 48 year old raver granny on and that image just cracks me up sometimes. 👵🏾
I love words and language. “Sedulous” was my dictionary word of the day recently. I’m deep in the throes of building this project I’ve been working on, so I suppose I am actually being quite sedulous.
I barely have any meetings this week, which means I’ve been able to focus most of my time on completing this module. Hence the rare window to crank out three posts in a single week. 🤣
I was recently telling a colleague about my Livejournal. Yikes! 🤣 I started blogging in 2001. I joined Livejournal and just yapped endlessly about everything. I finally got so sick of myself and my cringy early 20s behaviour, that I ended that blog and created this one. At first I decided I wasn’t going to talk about myself and just post my fave mixes and tunes, but eventually, cuz I’m such a blabbermouth, parts of my life started to creep into my posts. I still don’t update as much as I would like, but I have decided that I do like the fact that this platform exists for me after all these years. 💜
I can’t help it. Any time anyone says the word “visage”, I just hear Lauren going “Regardez mon visage ” 🤣
I’m a huge Visages & Monty fan. I really love the way they produce together. That Gen Z phrase fits appropriately for my love for this tune. “I Don’t Want to Go to Heaven has definitely gone platinum in my car.” 😂
I really enjoyed this North Quarter Echobox episode. It was nice to have Greg back and the Mantra mix was 🔥.
I’m here. Been busy with work. Not a valid excuse for not posting, but alas, what can I say?
Listening to some SirReal. Always love his mixes. 🥰
Submorphics, Zar and Aya Dia – Another Level Of Love LSB – 175 Surreal – Shift Phil Tangent – Bedouin (Satl Remix) Anile & DRS – Save Love Versions – Tonight Flaco – Tonight Fonts – L.U.V Submorphics & Zar – Western Times Seba – Flow Seba – Project feat. Sapele Technimatic – From Within Flaco – At Last Surreal – 101 Zero T – Let Me Know feat. MANNY Kailia – Camomile (Satl Remix) Flaco – What To Say Channell – Spaced Halogenix – Tired Hibiki – Dark Matter feat. Makoto LSB & Etherwood – Evermade Villem – Woe Be Gone Wagz – Bittersweet Madcap – Pray (VIP mix) LSB – Me In Other Forms Zar & Whitt – Mixed Up Flaco – Clarity Imo-Lu – INKY
DnB & Kiki 