Disgruntled by the heatwave. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, champagne problems. I have come to appreciate my one month of jumpers as a trade off for the lack of seasons in LA, and it’s been taken away from me with this hot weather intrusion. 😒
Been listening to a lot of 1999/2000 tunes today. Which really just means listening to heaps of RAM, Renegade Hardware and the like. LOL. What a fun dnb rave era! I remember heading home in the early mornings drenched in sweat and deaf from standing in front of the speaker for hours on end. Good times.
The first time I went to university, (🤣 giggling at “The first time”. Being 49 is a trip. There are so many versions of your life to look back on.) I went to the University of Minnesota. I lived in Minneapolis for 8 years and have such fond memories of my raving and early dj years there.
My friend Dave owned Bassment Records and I spent so many hours of my sophmore year of hanging out there. I bought my first jungle records there and then just never really left.
Dave also mixed dnb and put up with me nattering away endllessly about my fave tracks. It reached a point where I would skip class and spend the whole day in the shop. He would let me mix for hours on end since I didn’t have my own turntables yet, Eventually that turned into me working there and helping with the orders.
Today, I’m going to mix some vinyl at FeeLIT Records in San Diego. They do a vinyl-only recording at the store. It’s pretty cool. https://www.feelitrecords.com/
While picking out some records to bring for today, I got hit with a wave of nostalgia for my time at Bassment. That was such a fun, formative chapter in my little raver life. I got to hear all the latest tunes and chat to everyone who came through to get their records. I loved it.
I’ve just been listening to my old records all week. Man, there are some really great old tunes.
With all this Bassment talk, it feels fitting that today’s tunes be my first purchase there. 🥰
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. 👵🏾
Working. My favourite thing about my job is that I can just sit at my desk, blast dnb in my headphones, and get on with it. I’m way more productive with music than without.
Just picked up this Archangel yesterday. Been waiting for it to get released! 😍
I’m here. Toiling my summer away. I am whinging about working through the summer, like it wasn’t me that made the decision to not work in academia anymore.
Instead, I guess I have to just get used to having an end of summer getaway of some sort. I’m tagging along to Sun and Bass again this year, so I am trying to keep my moaning at bay and wait for that trip.
Haven’t really been to many shows as of late. Just spending my time mixing in my bedroom and still listening to heaps of dnb as per usual.
I really enjoyed the Pola & Bryson album. My faves:
The weather’s quite lovely. I’m working at one of the standing desks and taking in the downtown LA views, listening to Klute.
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 🔥.
It’s so weird when it rains in LA. I mean I know there are songs about it never raining in Southern California, but still. 😂
It’s been ages. I write numerous drafts and never post them. Soz. The key is to just post and not faff about trying to curate the perfect post! So here I am, posting.
I can’t believe Thanksgiving is next week. I love getting to hang out with my family. I’m very much looking forward to a little r&r. My work has been so busy. It’ll be nice to just laze around with the fam, watch TV and stuff my face.
This isn’t a long post. I really just wanted to write about Fox’sWoi to the World EP. I thought I wrote about it already, but I didn’t and I’m obsessed. I’ve had the tracks on repeat for the past 2 weeks. Last week it was all about Revellin’ and this week I guess it’s all about ICU. I’ve listened to that track like 5 times today already. Great EP. 🔥🔥🔥
Just got back from a week in Vegas for a work conference. Great conference, Vegas… meh.
I’ve never been before and everyone kept being like “That’s crazy that you’ve never been!” I don’t think it’s that crazy. I already knew it wasn’t my vibe. Everything that people do for fun there is so not my ministry as they say. No shade to anyone whose ministry it is. It’s just crazy expensive and the majority of activities are not what interests me, so I wouldn’t pay money to go there.
Also, I can’t believe we ever used to be able to smoke indoors. We stayed at the MGM Grand and it just smelled like stale smoke when there wasn’t actually smoke just wafting through the air.
Conference 10/10. Vegas 5/10. I ate at some amazing restaurants, that’s where the 5 points come from. 😂 The food was awesome. Looooved Nomad Library Restaurant.
I got back on Friday at like 10pm and scurried to go see GLXY at System Error. I didn’t stay for Halogenix. I am a Halogenix fan, but I’ve seen him heaps before and was knackered. I’m happy I went. Smashing set. So many good tunes. Fun times were had.
Back and just doing some life maintenance and listening to tunes. I think it was on The Amen Brother! podcast the other day someone brought up Bassbin Recordings, which immediately made me think of one of my fave Random Movement tunes “Stars in the Dark”. Love me some Random Movement.
Currently listening to:
Tracklist:
Lenzman & Redeyes – High & Low (Zero T remix) Flaco – Light Speed Satl & Brandy Haze – Unfortunate Artificial Intelligence & Lenzman – Drowning (GLXY remix) Satl & Brandy Haze – Anxious Redeyes – Patience (feat Karis Jade) Workforce & Tyler Daley – Falling Down SoulMotion & Phil Tangent – Only You Sustance & Salo – Out The Storm Zero T – Don’t Know Technimatic – Lakota feat. A Little Sound (LSB remix) Alix Perez – In Your Eyes Satl – Night Out feat. Ellis Esco & Milansangar Archangel – Nobody Else Redeyes – Get A Hold Alix Perez – False Promises Alix Perez – Kauri feat. Visages ZAR – Primavera Fox & Satl – Revellin’ Intelligent Manners & Malaky – Get Funky Note – What We Talk About… feat. Saint Harmony ZAR & DRS – Partial Harmony
DnB & Kiki 