Category: Mixes
Reluctant Sensei
Not feeling it today. Would much prefer to lay around and binge-watch bad television. Instead I’m making worksheets and what not, for lessons. Danny Byrd is pumping me up, and helping me not die of boredom. Hallelujah.
Tracklist
01 // Stanton Warriors – The One (Danny Byrd Remix)
02 // Wookie – The Hype (ft Eliza Doolittle) (Danny Byrd Remix)
03 // Destiny’s Child – Bug A Boo (Mat Zo Bootleg)
04 // Sub Zero – Something For The Weekend
05 // Cadenza – Foundation (ft. Stylo G & Busy Signal) (Benny Page Remix)
06 // Danny Byrd – Make It Weighty (ft. Serocee)
07 // Mob Tactics – Neon God
08 // Dr S Gachet – Remember The Roller (Heist Rework)
09 // Fono – Real Joy (TC Bootleg)
10 // Original Sin – Killer
11 // Zeds Dead – Lost You (Halflight Remix)
12 // Metrik – Want My Love (ft. Elisabeth Troy) (Club Mix)
13 // Zinc – Show Me (Sigma Remix)
14 // Apres – Chicago (Technimatic Remix)
15 // Dusky – Yoohoo (LTJ Bukem Remix)
16 // Etherwood – Spoken (ft Rocky Nti)
Sweaty Sensei
Trying to keep busy and pretend that it’s not hot af in Togane.
Lurch is helping by brightening my day with this mix. ❤
Tracklist
01. Euphorics – Morning star (Instrumental)
02. DJ Patife – Briso del Mar
03. Loz Contreras – Sienta (Paul SG & Jay Rome remix)
04. Lurch – Low sometimes
05. Discord – Snowflake
06. Satl – BLO
07. Lurch – Beating heart
08. Wyman – Blue moo
09. Lurch – Confessions
10. Silence Groove – Reflection
11. Loz Contreras – Baby it’s you
12. Lurch – Body language
13. Boosta & Atmos T – Lowdown
14. King bee – Back by dope demand (Al Pack bootleg)
15. Kasper & Altitude – Reason to ride
16. Phase 2 – Wibbler
17. Lurch – Moonbeams
18. Technimatic – One way
19. Commix – Be true
20. Hugh Hardie – Colourful language
21. Bladerunner – Soul sense
22. Lurch – I can’t lose you (L-side remix)
Um… How Is It June 18???
I’ve been meaning to update for a minute and time seems to just keep running laps around me.
Going home to America soon. Super excited to see my family and friends and go to Mollie and Sam’s wedding.
I’ll write a better post later. I’m in the midst of making review sheets and writing tests for the end of the first term.
When I get that done I’ll be ready to blab endlessly like I usually do.
Test writing soundtrack = A Sides & Makoto
Sun & Bass Podcast #36 – Total Science
Blog bday! 7 years.
I stopped doing my livejournal blog in 2008. I decided that I was always “all in my feelings” in those blog posts and real talk…, nobody could possibly care that much about my thoughts.
I took a year off and then started this one. I made the decision to blab A LOT less about my life and just talk about how much I love drum n bass. I figured that would make me only mildly annoying.
I was just telling Kate that between my livejournal and my wordpress, I have now been blogging for 14 years. That’s crazy.
I’m celebrating this 7th bday with this wonderful Total Science mix that they did for the Sun & Bass Podcast.
Oh Sun & Bass pretty please, don’t stop being in existence before I actually manage to be able to go. 😛
Friction
It’s a holiday week here, but I didn’t go anywhere. Is there such thing as being travelled out? Totally don’t mean to sound bratty. I’m very grateful for all the opportunities I’ve had and all the places I’ve been. I’ve kinda just reached a point where I’m not trying to constantly gallivant everywhere and explore everything. I have about 6 places on my bucket list that I definitely want to go to at some point, but right now, I’m kind of over the travelling for travelling sake. I’m really excited about going home this summer to see my family and friends and for the rest of the time, I’m content just being the most boring person in Togane.
I did have a lovely day outing in Narita with the Johnson sisters on Saturday and I also went to Kate’s taiko performance. So it’s not like I was a complete shut-in.
This school term is crackers. There’s so much stuff to be done. I’ve spent the other half of my holiday studying Japanese and getting ahead on our lesson planning. I started out listening to a Logan Sama grime mix and didn’t really get much done, cuz I was too amped and taking notes on tracks I “must have.” LOL. Enter Friction with this goodie goodie gumdrop. A little more lesson planning friendly for Kenyeh Sensei. 🙂
Tracklist
Lenzman feat. Kevin King – Starz (LSB Remix)
Rag’N’Bone Man – Life In Her Yet (SpectraSoul Radio Mix)
Adam F. – Circles (Dramatic Remix)
Breakage Ft. Madi Lane – Future (Calibre Remix)
Dr. S. Gatchet – Remember The Roller (Heist Remix)
Calibre – The Sweet
Dub Phizix – The Clock Ticks
Halogenix – Soulide
LSB – Mist Of You
Heist ft. Regina – Common Ground
SpectraSoul – Always
Ivy Lab – Twenty Questions
Paul SG – Caragua
Velocity & Malaky – Midnight
Ephemerals – Life Is Good (Technimatic Remix)
Bachelors of Science – FabricLive Promo Mix
This one goes out to my friend Judi, who for almost 2 years had a Bachelors of Science mix stuck in the cd player in her car.
We would have the same conversation every time she picked me up to go somewhere.
Me: Judi why are you always listening to this Bachelors of Science mix?
Judi: Keekee, I’ve told you, it’s stuck in there! NBD. It’s a good mix.
LMAO. She was always so noncholant about it. She was right though, It really was a good mix. 😛
Tracklist
1) Bachelors of Science, Ben Soundscape & Collette Warren – One The Line – Code Recordings
2) Roygreen & Protone – Homeground – Demand Records
3) Total Science feat. Riya – Walk The Same Lines – CIA
4) Jam Thieves – Real Killer – Radius Recordings
5) Artificial Intelligence – What You Had feat. Steo (Lenzman_remix) – Metalheadz
6) Bachelors of Science – Before You Go (feat. Dylan Germick & Audio Angel) – Code Recordings
7) Bungle – Alone – 31 Records
8) Phase – Return The Flavour – Intrigue Music
9) Worthy – The Words feat. Audio Angel (Bachelors of Science Remix) – Anabatic
10) Technimatic – Chasing A Dream – Shogun Audio
11) Lenzman – Lazy Dub – Metalheadz
12) Flaco – Want You – Dub
13) Isola Dusk – Waiting for U (Ben Soundscape Remix) (Dub)
14) Bachelors of Science – Satisfy (170 Mix) – Code Recordings
15) Bachelors of Science – Everywhere We Go (feat. Soultrain Locomotive) – Code Recordings
16) Roygreen & Protone – Navarro – Demand Records
17) Bachelors of Science – Control – Code Recordings
18) Lurch – Never Be Mine – Intrigue Music
Things I Most Definitely Will Always Sleep On…
My best friend and his crew used to do this graffiti magazine called Life Sucks Die. They would have this section called “Things You Might Have Slept On” and they would tell you about a plethora of ridiculous things that you never noticed before and they felt you needed to pay attention to.
I was listening to this all Steo mix by SirReal and the Alix Perez remix of Zero T’s “Refusal” came on and I was like “This is dope!” I looked it up and saw that it came out last summer. No surprise there. I’m so out of the loop that I’m sure there’s a bajillion tracks that I probably won’t hear until I come across them in a mix like a decade from now. LOL.
Anyways, it’s a nice remix. The SirReal mix is dope too. I’m a big Steo fan and appreciate hearing someone mix all of his features instead of me having to make an Itunes playlist. 😛
Tracklist
Phil Tangent – Bedouin Soul
Zero T – Walk Away
Calibre – Wilderness
Lenzman – Empty Promise
A.I – You Can Dream
A.I – Forgotten Truths
Zero T – Refusal (Alix Perez Remix)
Lenzman – My Tears
Zero T & Icicle – Go 4 Yours
Beta 2 – 2nd Page
A.I – Let it Be
A.I – What You Had
Zero T – The Sea
Zero T & Survival – No More
Zero T & Mosus – Call Waiting
Turntable Nostalgia
I miss my turntables.
I never really wanted to dj. I didn’t like mixing out at first. I just really like loud electronic music and mixing records was a way to hear the tracks that I wanted to hear on a really loud sound-system. When you’re a foreign kid that moves around a lot and is always new to school, you try your hardest not to do activities that make people stare at you for long periods of time.
As time went on, I joined a bunch of great crews and started to really enjoy mixing with them and learned to like bits and pieces of the whole djing culture. Once I started graduate school, it became difficult to keep up with that lifestyle. I worked all the time and had a ton of homework so I couldn’t feasibly justify staying out til 4am. I barely sleep as it is and decided I would much rather go to bed than rave. #oldpeopleproblems
Now that I don’t mix out any more, one of my favourite pastimes is long ass bedroom mix sessions. All my stuff is at my mum’s house and I have my turntables nicely set up in my bedroom in the basement. Before I moved to Japan, I was just a jobless offspring eating all my mum’s food and would spend my time posted up in my room, doing 4, 5+ hour mixing sessions. I would be like “Ooh, lets do all Virus Recordings today,” or “This feels like a Formation Records day”.
It’s rainy out today and I really wish I could just have a marathon mix session.
I guess I’ll just listen to this mix instead.
Tracklist
01 Redeyes – She Said (Vandal Ltd)
02 TaylorMcFerrin – Florasia – Redeyes Edits (Free)
03 Calibre – Let me Hold You (Signature)
04 J Daure – Redemption feat. Hanna Eve (Vandal Ltd)
05 Forren Feat Zoe K – You’re the One (Unreleased)
06 Tokyo Prose – Ventura (Samurai)
07 St : Cal – Losing Ground (Soul:r)
08 Robert Manos – Madness – Bcee Rmx (Spearhead)
09 Fluidity – Deeper Vibe (Vandal Ltd)
10 Halogenix – Her wave (Critical)
11 Random Movement – Stayed Around (Unreleased)
12 Redeyes Feat Dan Stezo – Psychonaut (Vandal Ltd)
13 Redeyes & Atlantic Connection – Cant Hide (WestBay)
14 Rosie Lowe – Me and Your Ghost – Redeyes edits (Free)
15 Colossus – The Road (Hospital)
16 DBridge – Mr. Malcontent (Exit)
17 Redeyes – Long Night (Unreleased)
18 Calibre – Run away feat Fox (Signature)
19 Forren – Sometimes (Unreleased)
20 Lukich, Tim Reaper & The Funktion – Safari at Night (Vandal Ltd)
21 M.A.Y.F.O.R.M.S – Boulevard (Vandal Ltd)
22 Ivy Lab – 20 Questions (Critical)
23 Unknow – Unknow (Unreleased)
24 Anile – Losing My Mind (Hospital)
25 AI & DBridge – Better Days (Liquid V)
26 Submorphics – Rosewood (Shogun Ltd)
27 Calibre – All the While (Signature)
28 Jazzassins – Odron (Jazzsticks)
29 Redeyes – Memory Lane (Vandal Ltd)
30 Technimatic – Music is Music (Shogun)
31 Tokyo Prose & Lenzman – Wont let me Go (Samurai)
32 Redeyes – Time For Peace (Vandal Records)
33 Redeyes – Underneath (Vandal Ltd)
BCee Promo Mix
Man, I used to stan so hard for BCee and Spearhead. I’m sure they still do a ton of stuff but since I’m rubbish at keeping up with the ins and outs of the dnb industry, I really have no clue what they’ve been up to. I’m happy to see this mix.
Here’s a good old Spearhead flashback. Not really a big Netsky fan but I’ve always liked this tune.
Currently listening to this gem as I try my best to avoid the urge to nap on the couch in my office. No classes to teach til April when the new school year starts. Must be productive!
I actually have a schedule that I made for myself today so I think there’s hope for me yet. 🙂
The Kanji Sessions
I’m sitting here practicing my Kanji. Not like the whole Japanese language, more like just my bloody address. I had to get Kate to come to the post office with me just so I could send some money home because the form requires that I write my address in Kanji in one of the spaces. Kate is nice and does these things willingly, but I wouldn’t be surprised if one day she just wilded out and was like “No bitch!” LOL.
Anyway, it’s actually coming along nicely. There’s one character that looks extra janky but this S.P.Y. mix is giving me the motivation to keep doing it over and over, and over, and over again, until it looks like it’s supposed to.
Bee tee dubs, this mix is not new. I know you’re not surprised. The homie Seb has been telling me to listen to it for ages and I only got round to doing it now and it didn’t disappoint. I had kinda gone off S.P.Y. for a bit but this mix is def. the S.P.Y. that I like. 🙂
01 // S.P.Y – By Your Side [Spearhead Records]
02 // Nu:Logic – Everlasting Days [Hospital Records]
03 // Calibre – Second Sun [Signature Records]
04 // S.P.Y – Seconds to Midnight [Hospital Records]
05 // Submotion Orchestra – All Yours (S.P.Y Remix) [Hospital Records]
06 // S.P.Y – Cold Harsh Air (feat. Total Science & Grimm) [Hospital Records]
07 // S.P.Y – One Last Quest [Hospital Records]
08 // S.P.Y – Gangsta V.I.P (feat. Total Science) [Shogun Audio]
09 // Delilah – Go (S.P.Y Remix) [UKF]
10 // S.P.Y – Surface (feat. Kasra) (VIP II Remix) [Critical]
11 // Logistics – Colour Wheel [Hospital Records]
12 // Matrix & Fierce – Climate (Cause 4 Concern Remix) [Metro]
13 // Ulterior Motive – Sideways [Metalheadz]
14 // Quadrant – Scandal [Computer Integrated Audio]
15 // Eastcolors – Dreams (feat. Messy MC) [White Label]
16 // S.P.Y – Whoonga (feat. Total Science) (Chroma Remix) [White Label]
17 // S.P.Y – Stand Alone (feat. DRS) [Hospital Records]
18 // Dub Phizix – Bounce [SenkaSonic]
19 // Clarity of Lies – Hell’s Gate (feat. T Man) [Samurai Music]
20 // Bredren – Mechanica [Demand Records]
21 // S.P.Y – Step & Flow [Hospital Records]
22 // S.P.Y – BRSTL Hardcore [White Label]
23 // DJ Hazard – Time Tripping [Playaz]
24 // Little Dragon – Underbart (S.P.Y Remix) [White Label]
25 // Digital & Spirit – Phantom Force (Fracture Remix) [Phantom Audio]
26 // S.P.Y – Rise Again (feat. Suku) [Hospital Records]
27 // Digital – Deadline (S.P.Y VIP) [White Label]
28 // S.P.Y – Hammer In My Heart (feat. Diane Charlemagne) [Hospital Records]
29 // S.P.Y – Manicured Reality (feat. Lowqui) [Hospital Records]
30 // Ten Walls – Walking With Elephants (S.P.Y remix) [White Label]
31 // S.P.Y – Mystic Sunset (feat. Marky) (S.P.Y VIP) [White Label]
32 // S.P.Y – Warrior Dub [White Label]
33 // S.P.Y – Brooklyn Dub [Hospital Records]
34 // A-Sides – Moment In Time (feat. MC Fats) (S.P.Y Remix) [U Understand Me Music]
35 // S.P.Y – Riding the Void [Hospital]
36 // Ed Rush & Optical – Medicine (Matrix Remix) [Virus Recordings]
37 // Future Cut – 20/20 (Future Cut VIP) [White Label]
38 // Dimitri Vegas – Body Talk (S.P.Y Remix) [3Beat]
39 // Hazard – Bricks Dont Roll [Playaz]
40 // Ed Rush & Optical – Pacman (Upbeats Remix) [Drum&BassArena]
41 // Noisia – Stamp Out [Vision Recordings]
42 // Technimatic – Intersection [SGN:LTD]
43 // dBridge – True Romance (VIP Remix) [Metalheadz Platinum]
44 // Dr Meaker – Fighter (Unreal VIP Remix) [V Recordings]
45 // Enei – Get Low [Critical Music]
46 // Icicle – Dreadnaught (feat. SP:MC) [Shogun Audio]
47 // Voltage – Out of this World (feat. Ella Sopp) [Smokin Riddims]
48 // A Break in the Storm – Temptations [Symmetry]
49 // S.P.Y – Mucky Business [Hospital Records]
50 // S.P.Y – Legion (feat. Total Science) [Metalheadz]
51 // Dom & Roland – Outta Endz (VIP) [Metalheadz]
SirReal – So Addicted
DnB is my biggest companion when grading papers. I just zone out and correct away. 🙂
Tracklist:
Nu:Tone – Tides feat LeaLea
Spectrasoul – Alibi (Break remix)
Phil Tangent – Bedouin feat Steo
Lenzman – Collapse
Technimatic – Lost Along the Way feat D.Ablo
Nu:Tone – Change
Spectrasoul – Too Much Bootleg
Logistics – Sparks
Artificial Intelligence – Forgotten Truths feat Steo
Ulterior Motive – Sideways
Logistics – Seasons feat Lifford
Seba – Lose Control
Alix Perez – Forsaken (Calibre remix)
Phil Tangent – Pale into Significance
Hybrid Minds – Trauma (Lenzman remix)
Actraiser – Time Stands Still
Adam F – Circles (Velocity bootleg) – This bootleg tho… ❤ ❤ ❤
Total Science – So Addicted feat Grimm – ❤ ❤ ❤
Phil Tangent – Rinjani
Bondax – Gold (Technimatic remix)
DnB & Kiki 