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Is That You Biffy?

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With the workload so heavy this week I’ve been coming in to work at 7 am. I know that sounds insane but I’m already up so I just leave the house instead of mucking about and watching tivo. It’s nice to get out at 4 pm too. The only drawback is that I’m going to bed super early cuz I’m so tired by the time it gets dark.

Seminar was really good last night. Sable Gray was dope and we all know how I feel about my buddy Stunna. 😉 I was just so tired though and I could barely keep my eyes open so I left early. I’m pretty sure I’m also just exhausted from the overhaul of exercise I’ve been getting the past couple of days. I got my bike this week and have been riding it to work. It’s a bit of a shock to my lazy ass when the majority of exercise I usually get is the 1 minute walk to the train station from my house! Anyway I’m digging the bike. It’s nice riding all over the city.

I feel like a naughty blogger because I haven’t really been able to tell you all the tracks I’ve been loving lately. This week at work is just hectic so hopefully I’ll be back in full chatterbox form soon.

In the meantime here’s this Chris Inperspective mix. Stunna was telling me how his new stuff is awesome and I just hadn’t really taken the time to listen to any of it, that was until I heard Biffy’s Not Here. Stunna played it before and it totally caught my ear. Sick tune. It’s hauntingly deep. Definitely loving it. There was this mix from the beginning of May that I had actually already downloaded but never listened to and Biffy’s on there so I guess I’ll be raving out to this one while I try to get through my ridiculous pile of work.

Laters

Chris Inperspective Mix – Phuture Frequency

Chris Inperspective – Sad kiss goodbye
Chris Inperspective – Shotgun Camel – Honeyblood
Chris Inperspective – It’s been fine
Chris Inperspective – Biffy’s not here
Chris Inperspective – Shotgun Camel – Love Her
Chris Inperspective – Crackish
Chris Inperspective – Comfort food
Chris Inperspective – Jog On
Chris Inperspective – Aftercare
Chris Inperspective – Relate to meChris Inperspective –
Chris Inperspective – Last stop
Chris Inperspective – Conway’s smile

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Bangers & Mash

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Can we talk about how exciting today is?! Well okay not that exciting, I do love to exaggerate, but exciting enough when you’ve been inquiring about a track to no avail and you finally have a breakthrough. 😉

There’s this Survival tune that I’ve been loving since I heard it on Sabre’s Pyro Radio Mix. It’s the ultimate banger. Sabre said he had forgotten the name of it and then it seemed like other’s kept playing it and wouldn’t say what it was called. Fortunately I now I have the name of it and I can add it to my scroll of tracks that I’m waiting for. It’s called The Right Way and it’s on his Audiotactics page and I obviously didn’t look that hard for the name of the track cuz I’m pretty sure that tune has been up there the whole time. *sigh* Gimme a break, I have a short attention span. I never look for stuff for too long because I space out and forget and start doing something else.

I’m going to Seminar tonight. Sable Gray/Memory Trace is playing.

Sorry this is just a quick post. The work pile doesn’t seem to be letting up yet. Breaksblog hasn’t been posting mixes as often as they usually do. I’ll check out this Wilsh one though.

Wilsh Jungle Train

Tracklist:
Chris Inperspective – It’s Been Fine {Dub}
Macc – Boomer {Immerse Dub}
Buzz – Subsonic {Dub}
Saburuko – Latency (Insight remix) {Horizons Dub}
June Miller – Malkovich {Dub}
Wilsh – Deep Set {Dub}
Madcap – Red October {Fokuz Dub}
Wilsh & Physikal – Outsource {Dub}
Seba & Krazy – Inkasso {Secret Operations)
Soul Delay – Ustad {Subtle Audio}
Shogun – Nautilus {Renegade Recordings 1996}
Phuture T – Singularity {Dub}
Instra:mental – Rogue {Darkestral}
Amplicon – My Nerves {Dub}
Nympho & Proxima – Headless Housefly {Frequency}
Dance Conspiracy – Dub War (A bootleg remix!!)

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Choon

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Went to the Teebee show on saturday after all. Who was I kidding. I didn’t really have anything else to do. He played that Chase & Status “Take Me Away” tune that I told you I liked the other day. Pipeline liked it too. A lot. 🙂  I’ve actually already listened to the Format mix I posted below. I quite enjoyed it. There’s some cuts on there from Zero T’s upcoming album. So far the few tunes I’ve heard have been awesome.

I have a bunch of weddings and shit coming up this year so I feel like I’ve had to penny pinch which is kinda sad cuz there’s actually loads of records I want.

The day has actually passed me by. I’ve been semi busy at work. I actually had a lot of stuff I wanted to post about but that’ll have to wait til tomorrow. In the meantime check out the Format mix and peep Stunna’s top 10 which I’m sure I’ll hear him play and own next year sometime. 😉

Toodles

Stunna Top 10

Format Next Level Show 95 BFM – 06/14/08

01. Zero T Ft Beta 2 & Steo – Inside Man [CIA]
02. Brother – Blue Note [INDUSTRY]
03. Lynx Feat Maple – Shaku [DIGITAL SOUNDBOY]
04. Calibre – TV On [SIGNATURE]
05. Flirt With Dirt – Regroove [???]
06. Mist:I:Cal – Believe [SOUL:R]
07. Zero T – Reasonable Doubt [CIA]
08. D Bridge – Morning Dawn [EXIT]
09. Luca – Break and Enter [SAMURAI]
10. Hold Tight Feat Lomax – Equilibrium [INDUSTRY]
11. Spectrasoul – Seeing Stars [NU DIRECTIONS]
12. Calibre – Why Time [SIGNATURE]
13. Zero T – Goes Around [SHOGUN]
14. Lynx – Envy [SONOROUS]
15. Usual Suspects – Calamist [31 RECORDS]
16. Calibre, Beta 2 & Zero T – Cheap and Nasty [ADVANCED]
17. Mosus – Watergate [NU DIRECTIONS]
18. D Bridge – On My Mind [EXIT]
19. Zero T & Alix Perez – Threads [CIA]
20. Brother – Do The Right Thing [FOKUZ]
21. Calibre – Alone In A Crowd [SIGNATURE]
22. Zero T – Heartbreak Ridge [CIA]
23. Atlantic Connection – Smokey Blue [PRESTIGE]
24. Lotus – How Can I Love Her [RUSE]
25. Black Planet – Reprise [???]
26. Luca – Red Sky [SAMURAI]
27. Trei & Dose – The Other Part Of Me [SAMURAI]

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Calling All Patients…

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I absolutely promise that today is the last day I write about being sick. I’m even sick of writing about it so Im sure you’re sick of hearing about it. I know I’m feeling better but I’m really not well. I justTonsilitis don’t feel like I’m dying anymore which is a definite step up. My throat is still really swollen though and I’ve got a really horrible headache. I haven’t eaten any real food for like seven days. I’ve been surviving on a soup and Jamba Juice diet because my taste buds are shot and my throat is too swollen for me to actually swallow anything. I like soup and Jamba Juice as much as the next person but for seven days in a row it’s not really that appetizing. I’ve finally decided that if I’m not fully better by thursday I’ll go to the doctor. It’s hard for me to consider actually going to the doctor because I never get sick and it’s not something I do that frequently. Usually I just wait for whatever I’ve got to go away on it’s own and it usually does but this, whatever it is, is staying put. I’m also pretty sure that my throat looks like the pic to the right, which is not cute. Sorry for the gross pic but we’re family now and I think you too should share in my misery. 😉

Moving on, I went to the bike shop with CC yesterday. I’ve been trying to figure out what would be the best bike for me. I’m not trying to become a professional bike messenger type person. I just wanna ride my bike to work and around my neighbourhood. I’m willing to spend some money on it so I don’t necessarily think I should have to buy a bike from Target. I also have steep stairs so the bike has to be light enough that I can carry it without dying. I’ve decided to get a used one and fix it up. CC’s completely obsessed with her bike and she spent quite a pretty penny on it so she kinda knows what she’s doing and has been giving me some pointers. She also practically lives at the bike shop so at least I know the people won’t be a dick to me. We discussed all my needs and what I would have to get done and it seems like it’s all gonna go pretty well so I’m excited for next week’s prospects.

I guess I should make an official post about tomorrow. If you live in the Chi Town area, I’m playing at Lava. Random Movement is the Headliner. I’ll be playing from 10 til Midnight. I think it’s a pretty fun night but I’m biased because that’s where all my friends are. If you like dnb it’s definitely good local fun. Come hang out.

Seminar Flier

I heard this new Chase & Status tune the other day that I’m kinda digging Take Me Away. It’s weird how Chase & Status is so hit and miss for me. I really like the first tune and then you listen to the other one and I’m like ugh. There’s also a pretty cool Zero T remix of Leave Me Alone.

Anyways. That’s enough yapping for now.

Toodles

Format Next Level Show 95BFM – 06/07/08

Tracklist

  1. Zero T & Survival feat. Steo – No More [DISPATCH]
  2. Alix Perez, Icicle & Switch – This Is How [SGN:LTD]
  3. Calibre feat. Lariman – Peace of Mind [SIGNATURE]
  4. Zero T & Icicle – Go For Yours [CIA]
  5. D-Bridge & Calibre – Ponderosa [EXIT]
  6. Atlantic Connection feat. Minds One- Can’t Destroy Love Pt.2 [WESTBAY]
  7. Naibu – Generic Generation [AVALANCHE]
  8. Marcus Intalex – Moonwalk [RENEGADE HARDWARE]
  9. Calibre – Into The Groove [SIGNATURE]
  10. Brother – Grace [SONOROUS]
  11. Urban Notion – Insomnia [RUSE RECORDS]
  12. Usual Suspects – Sapphire 7 [31 Records]
  13. D-Bridge – On My Mind [EXIT]
  14. Luca – Break and Enter [SAMURAI]
  15. Naibu – Back Engineering [AVALANCHE]
  16. Atlantic Connection feat. Lynx – Danger Zone [WESTBAY]
  17. Invaderz – So Low [INVADERZ TRANSMISSIONS]
  18. Zero Tolerance & Mosus feat. Steo – Call Waiting [LIQUID V]
  19. Icicle & Switch – Looking away [OSIRIS]
  20. Redeyes – Turn Around [CIA DEEP KUTS]
  21. Marcus Intalex – Princess Warrior [SOUL:R]
  22. Digital & Spirit – Phantom Force [PHANTOM AUDIO]
  23. Cyba Space feat. Shanie – I Bless The Day [CYBA SPACE?]
  24. Mosus & SPY – 1999 [SAMURAI]
  25. Lynx feat. Maple – Shaku [DIGITAL SOUNDBOY]
  26. Concord Dawn – Man For All Season [UPRISING]
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Back In Business

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Miserable ToddlerI’ve felt like that crabby baby to the right for the past seven days. Fortunately I no longer feel that way. I’m not 100% but I at least don’t feel like I’m about to keel over and die.

All in all I had a pretty good weekend. I got all hopped up on meds and went to Bass Goes Boom on friday. Man, if you live in Chicago and you love dubstep and don’t go to this night, you’re crazy. Chef absolutely killed it. That night is really fun. It was nice to see Mike too both him and Tim threw down as well.

I finally went to the apple store and invested in a new ipod dock. Yay. I managed to get to work today with not a single person saying a word to me… just how I like it. I definitely have missed my ipod. Welcome back buddy.

Since I’ve been sick my equilibrium is all off and my hearing was all fucked up and I’ve had a really hard time mixing but I’m happy to say that my hearing has returned slightly. Not fully, but enough that I at least don’t feel like I’m sitting in a tin can. I’m playing at Lava on wednesday for the Random Movement show and it should be an interesting set to say the least.  The night will include 3 of my favourite things so it really can’t end up being that horrid, 1) My friends 2) Drum n Bass 3) Lava. 😉

Found this Doc Scott Mix. Everyone on Breaksblog seems to be raving about it so hopefully it’s enjoyable.

Toodles

Doc Scott Studio Mix June ’08

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Music Melee

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Sometimes my mind gets lost in music world and I’m not quite sure what it is that I really want to listen to. My 17 year love affair with dnb is still going strong but there are days where I don’t feel like listening to it. Also I stepped on my ipod dock and broke it and now I can’t put any new mixes on there until i go get a new one. Surprisingly I still am shocked that the ipod isn’t broken yet but the dock isn’t expensive to replace so I don’t mind paying for a new one. So basically I’ve been listening to the same mixes all week…. *shudder* “Oh the horror!”

I do know that silence isn’t one of my choices of what to listen to though. Not that I have a problem with silence, (others may beg to differ since I am that person that never shuts up) I just think that it’s nice to have music as a soundtrack to tedious activities. Since activities that one usually takes part in during the work day are usually tedious, music is a welcomed addition.

My best friend’s wife made a comment once about how I always have to have music on and I was genuinely shocked that she found it strange. I guess I never think that other people don’t automatically put music on when they have a free moment. I just assumed that’s what everybody does it since I do know that there aren’t many people who don’t like music. I don’t have any stats on that but I feel like it’s safe to make that assumption.

I’ve been listening to a lot of Roll Deep today. Don’t ask me why because I don’t have a proper answer. *shrugs* Sometimes you just have to be ruff and tuff and become a grime emcee I guess. “Celebrate That” is one of my faves. I’m actually looking forward to the Bass Goes Boom show next weekend with Chef. I haven’t been in town for the last two so it’ll be nice to make an appearance.

Anyways I guess dubstep is the genre choice for the afternoon a la Plastician and Nomad.

Laters

Plastician & Nomad 5/26/08

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Nod Your Head

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There was definitely a lot of head nodding going on last night.  I really had a good time at Seminar.  Great music.  Pipeline and Stunna were killing it.  I definitely admit that I’m quite spoiled when it comes to dnb.  My really good friends are part of the dnb game so I pretty much get to hear exactly what I want when they are around.  Stunna played this Lenzman banger that I still can’t get out of my head.  Sorry I forgot the name.  (I’m absolutely horrible with track names)  I’ll definitely be waiting for that one.

I’m a little bit out of it this morning.  I’m really tired.  I barely slept.  I did manage to find time to spend too much money buying records this morning though.  Always gotta make time for that right? One of the treats I picked up was a copy of this Mutt record that I’ve wanted that’s finally back in stock – Nice As Me/Strangers.  I was pretty excited about that.

I’m yawning alot which obviously means that my brain is need of a LOT of oxygen.  I’m not going to waste time babbling about nonsense.  I just found this Flight w/ Deeizm mix which I hope will keep me awake.

Laters

Dj Flight & Mc Deeizm – Next Selection @ Pyro Radio

Tracklist

Craggz ‘Time Flies’ –
Influx UK ‘Gliese’ –
Marcus Intalex ‘Pole Dance’ –
Al Haça ‘Banana Split (Baby Origami Remix)’ –
Calibre ‘Hi Note’ – Signature
Hydro + Naibu ‘Secrecy’ –
Subwave ‘Indigo’ – Shogun Audio
Survival ‘The Beginning’ –
Proxima ‘Envy’ – play:musik
Jonny L ‘PBX’ – XL
Thijs Noisia ‘Strange Owl Experiment’ – Metalheadz
Elemental ‘Formation’ –
Kode 9 ‘Konfusion (Dub)’ – Hyperdub
DLX ‘Matter Of Facts (Breakage’s Relatively Speaking Remix)’ –
Martyn ‘Vancouver’ – 3024
Peverelist ‘Junktion’ – Tectonic
2562 ‘Techno Dread’ – Tectonic
TRG ‘Surreal (5am)’ –
S.U.A.D ‘Epileptic (Martyn’s No Strobe Mix)’ –
Geiom ft. Marita ‘Reminissin’ (Kode 9 Remix)’ – Berkane Sol
Makoto ‘Untitled’ –
Calibre ‘On The Phone’ –
Instra:mental ‘Futurist’ – Naked Lunch
Commix ‘Japanese Electronics (Instra:mental Moog Mix)’ – Metalheadz
Seba ‘As Long As It Takes’ – Combination Records
Alaska + Nucleus ‘Aufeis’ – Arctic
Chris Inperspective ‘Brett’s Ex’ –
Makoto + Deeizm ‘Release The Bird’ –
Brother ‘Say It Loud’ –
dBridge ‘On Your Mind’ – Exit
Bal ‘Les Levres En Feu’ – play:musik
Redeyes ‘Lifeforce’ –

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Sappy McSapperson

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I’ve been listening to that Blame on Charge Recordings that I posted about recently, Stay Forever. I feel like it’s a good way to start your morning.

Speaking of Charge, can we talk about how much I used to love “Feel Good?” Those were the good old days. I don’t really listen to much of Mampi’s stuff anymore though. You’ll have to get me to tell you the story one time of driving back from a crazy outdoor rave with him and R Notorious J and Skibba with Mampi driving my roomates car… Priceless.

Anyways, moving on. I was thinking about how most pretty vocal dnb tracks have super sappy lyrics. High Contrast’s – Eternal Optimist is one of my personal faves. I think that song is so pretty. I think the girly pretty nature of most liquid funk tracks is why some people tend to hate on it so much. *shrugs*

If you were to look at my music history, the back catalogue definitely shows that I would invest in sappy dnb songs in the future. I used to listen to a lot of sappy R&B songs. I probably still would if I actually listened to the radio or watched videos but since dnb and dubstep take up most of my time I don’t know any new mainstream R&B artists. Word on the street is that they’re rubbish anyways. Bummer.

I remember being twelve and getting ready to move to America and having to leave this boy who i had just started making out with. Of course being twelve, I was convinced my life was over since I didn’t want to move to America in the first place. I listened to Karyn White’s Superwoman over and over and over (see this caning tracks to death thing isn’t new to me) to assuage my discontent with the move. Pretty dnb does the same thing for me now. Not necessarily in assuaging making out with boys but appeasing my occasional discontent with life in general. 😉

Stunna’s my main man when it comes to pretty dnb mixes. He switches it up every now and again but I’ve got a ton of old mixes to keep me happy. For those of you that live in Chicago he’ll being playing with Pipeline at Seminar tonight so you should stop by.

Here’s a little old jam loveliness to keep you busy.

Laters.

Stunna – Hangover Hotlime on Bassdrive May 17, 2008

Tracklist:

01.) JAZ ARCHITECTURE (FLYTRONIX)
02.) WELCOME THE DRUMMER 2000 (SCORPIO)
03.) BASS FLIP (SONAR CIRCLE)
04.) WE BELIEVE (KLUTE)
05.) BROWN PAPER BAG (REPRAZENT) NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA RMX
06.) LIVE AT THE JAZZ CLUB (ADDICTION)
07.) IS IT LOVE? (HIDDEN AGENDA)
08.) FRIDAY (DOC FORMAT + THE KALEIDOSCOPE)
09.) SUNRISE (FLYNN + FLORA)
10.) YOUR SOUND RMX (J MAJIK)
11.) ANAESTHETIC (DOM + ROLAND)
12.) CLOSING IN RMX (BILL RILEY)
13.) 12:01 (LEMON D)
14.) MOTHERSHIP (ED RUSH + NICO)
15.) WHO ARE YOU – DUMB DUMB MIX (GANG RELATED)
16.) TROUBLE (SCORPIO)
17.) INSIDE THE SHADOW (GOLDIE + J MAJIK)
18.) WE R THE ONES (KLUTE)
19.) PIPER (JONNY L) GROOVERIDER RMX
20.) GAUNTLET (ILL MACHINE)
21.) CONCEALED IDENTITY (SOURCE DIRECT)
22.) UNEXPLORED TERRAIN (DILLINJA)
23.) HANG-UP (KLUTE)
24.) MORE TIME (SONAR CIRCLE)
25.) FAITHLESS (D PRODUCT)
26.) JITTA BUG RMX (DIE)
27.) OUTRO (DANNY BREAKS)

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Dance For Me

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I went to see Dizzee Rascal yesterday. 1xtra plays that Dance For Me song all the time and I love it. I’ve seen him before and I always really enjoy his shows. He’s a good live performer. I find it really strange that there are so many artists that are actually pretty bad live. It’s almost surprising when you see someone who actually puts on a good show. Other people I always think put on a great live show are The Streets and M.I.A.

EL-P was on the bill last night too. I don’t really listen to a lot of rap but I definitely like this dude’s stuff. I’ve seen him a couple of times before and he’s just an all round good rapper. It was a good show. I had fun.

Remember that Dillinja remix of Basement Jaxx feat Dizzee Rascal – Lucky Star? I really liked that one.

I’m in a dubstep mood today. I actually listen to a lot of dubstep. You know how there are some things that you just do and you don’t really blab about it that much? That’s how it is with me and dubstep. I’m a big fan of the Bass Goes Boom nights. Chef is at the next one. Should be dope.

I’ve been feeling a bit poorly this week and haven’t really been doing any work so I think I’m going to try and be a good employee today.

Laters

Chef – Rinse FM – May 6, 2008