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:
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.
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.
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.
Gutted. Got out the pencil and spooled and sellotaped my Randall mixtapes back to life many a time through my raving years. RIP. 🕊
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
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Summer is a vibe indeed! So many good tunes out right now. Not too much to report. I’m just enjoying the weather, hanging out with friends, and listening to good tunes.
Hope you guys are having a good summer too! Xx
You know all I do is stan TNQ. 😂
I am a huge Satl fan. This whole EP with him and Brandy Haze is soooo good. I can’t lie though, I was hoping “On Site” would be on this EP. I’ve been obsessed with that track for a minute now. I’ll keep waiting for it’s release, but in the meantime the LA Fling EP is 🔥🔥🔥.
Currently listening to:
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. 🧡
I went to Minneapolis last weekend to celebrate my friend Monica’s 50th bday. I had such a lovely trip. My wonderful group of friends pitched in and bought my plane ticket to surprise her. And surprised she was. It was a fab weekend.
Minneapolis always has my heart because my core group of friends are from there. I spent 8 really great years there. I am a person that values friendship immensely and I always say that that is the place that taught me how to be a good friend. 🧡
There was a day party on Sunday and I saw a bunch of old rave friends that I legit hadn’t seen since I left back in 2002. Good times.
Memorial Day weekend is here. I am not doing anything special since I just got back from a little jaunt. Job is going great. Really enjoying it. Not much to complain about these days. I keep saying it seems like someone finally took the pins out of my voodoo doll, so life has been pretty nice lately. 😜
Currently listening to:
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!
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.
Laundry is seriously my most hated chore. Did a mix chocka full of oldies and goodies and cleaned downstairs to pass the time. Still don’t have any way to record the mix, so it’s just a YouTube playlist again.
Tracklist
Calibre feat. Lariman – Overreaction
Q-Project – Nation 2 Nation
Dj Marky & XRS – LK
Blu Mar Ten – All Over Again (Kubiks Remix)
Dj Marky & S.P.Y. – The Dopplar Effect
A Sides – Lustrous
Survival – Forget Tomorrow
Logistics – Inside My Soul (Friction & Nu Balance Remix)
Optical – Slip Thru
Shimon & Moving Fusion – The Alias
Ed Rush & Optical – Punchbag
Q-Project – Ask Not
A Sides & Calibre – People of Tomorrow
Matrix & Fierce – Tightrope
Artificial Intelligence – Inside
Bad Company – Coma
Nemesis feat Dj Kane – System (Optical Remix)
Q-Project – Tears (Marky & Bungle Remix)
Satl did a mix for BBC Radio One which I enjoyed. I’m loving his collaborations with Brandy Haze. Anxiously awaiting the “On Site” release. 🥰
Tracklist
00:01:34 Steo – Untitled
00:03:20 Satl – Baby, Tell Me Why?
00:04:39 Satl & Brandy Haze – Unfortunate
00:07:59 Satl – Chinwag
00:09:48 Drake – Fair Trade (Satl Flip)
00:11:22 Venna – Avenue B (Halogenix Edit)
00:13:32 Primitive Instinct – Untitled
00:14:39 Satl – Full Moon
00:15:45 Satl, Ellis Esco & MilanSangar – Night Out
00:17:54 Satl & Styke – Untitled 808 Bubbler
00:18:42 Duskee, Satl, DRS & Verbz – So Fly
00:21:37 EIJER, Satl & Brandy Haze – On Site
00:22:58 Kublai – Time To Think
00:24:29 H.E.R. – Avenue [Zero T Flip]
00:25:50 Lenzman & Redeyes – Shine So Bright
00:28:10 Ivy Lab & Seyaa – Idols Fall
DnB & Kiki 