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Nocturnal Kiki

For a person that doesn’t sleep, adopting a nocturnal life prolly isn’t the best idea. *shrugs*  I’m slowly adjusting to going in to work at 5pm and getting off at 2am.  I really like being able to have time to do all the ish I want during the day.  If I could just learn how to sleep in, my life would be pretty cool. 😉

Did you listen to that EIB To You Shifty1 mix?  I loved it.  I ran extra hard to that one when I listened to it at the gym.
Listening to that mix made me feel really old.  I was definitely hogging the speaker and raving up a storm when those tracks came out.  Now I stand or sit around and nod my head.  I still enjoy the music immensely but I guess my bones are too creaky to actually bust a move.  Those tracks make me think fondly of my rave days and I’m glad I got to experience them. ❤

Tunes:
Metrik – Lightspeed (track is in player)

Today’s Oldie:
Bad CompanySentientBC Recordings 2000

Random MovementPodcast 12
Talk about awesome pressie. We all know how much I love RM. This podcast is a beautiful gift wrapped up with a big fat red bow. I’m excited to listen.

Tracklist

01. Random Movement – The Intersection PM
02. Random Movement – Used Illusions
03. Random Movement – She Don’t Get It
04. Random Movement – Kids in the Sea
05. Random Movement – Time 2 Rock
06. Random Movement – Stare at the Sun
07. Random Movement – Bag O’ Wire
08. Random Movement – Yeah, That’s It
09. Random Movement – Struggle to the Grave
10. Random Movement & Switch – When You Reach
11. Random Movement – Sabina
12. Random Movement – Ruthless Machine
13. Random Movement – Reaching Deeper
14. Random Movement – Police State
15. Random Movement – All Wrong
16. Random Movement – Please Don’t Leave Me
17. Random Movement – Change For the Train Home
18. Random Movement – ‘Till Doomsday
19. Random Movement – Last Night’s Dream
20. Random Movement – Can’t Resist
21. Random Movement – Hotter Measures
22. Random Movement – Psychedelic Drainpipe
23. Random Movement – Roulette Addiction
24. Random Movement – Infinite
25. Random Movement & SPY – Forgotten Mother
26. Random Movement & MixMaster Doc – Itchatechnica
27. Random Movement & Dan Marshall – Current SItuation
28. Random Movement – Believe No Other
29. Random Movement – One Touch
30. Random Movement – The Student
31. Random Movement & Focus – Shattered Dreams (VIP)
32. Random Movement & Dave Owen – Child’s Play
33. Random Movement – Finally Feeling It
34. Random Movement – Morning Glory
35. Random Movement – Scarlet Trouble
36. Random Movement – Dancing With Devils
37. Random Movement – Lucky Guess
38. Random Movement & MixMaster Doc & Focus – My Sentiments
39. Random Movement – Her Song
40. Random Movement – The Intersection AM
41. Random Movement – The Loner Code
42. Marky & Makoto – Secret Place (Random Movement Remix)
43. Random Movement & MixMaster Doc – Follow My Own Path, Dig My Own Grave
44. Random Movement – Fessing Up About Nothing
45. Random Movement & MixMaster Doc – Rattled System
46. Marky & SPY & Random Movement ft Miri – Give Me Your Love
47. Random Movement – Porno Truck
48. Random Movement – What a Woman
49. Macc – Methods of the Small Thought (Random Movement remix)
50. Random Movement – Revealed
51. Random Movement – Face 2 Face
52. Redeyes, Random Movement & Mutt ft MC Mike Romeo – Groove Thing
53. Random Movement – Back In My Life
54. Peyo – That’s What You Do To Me (Random Movement Remix)
55. Random Movement – Hopeless Romantic
56. Random Movement & MixMaster Doc – To Create a Mood
57. Random Movement – When You Come Alive
58. Random Movement – Cutting Thru Hackney
59. Random Movement & Focus – Methods of Thought
60. Random Movement – Memory Lane
61. Random Movement – They Locked Me Down
62. Random Movement – Living in the Past
63. Random Movement – Lesson & Aftermath
64. Random Movement – Bandaids
65. Random Movement – De-Nomination
66. Random Movement – What To Do With Myself
67. Random Movement – Love Nights
68. Random Movement – Reasoning With The Weeds
69. Redeyes & Random Movement – How Many Ways
70. Random Movement – A Good Start is Saying No
71. Random Movement – Lifegiver
72. Random Movement – Swing That Thing
73. Random Movement & MixMaster Doc – Ruffled Feathers
74. Marky & Random Movement – Cat Girl
75. Random Movement & MixMaster Doc & Focus & Noah D. – Sacrifice
76. Random Movement – A Quick Thought
77. Dan Marshall – Smoke & Mirrors (Random Movement remix)
78. Random Movement – Misery
79. Marky & Random Movement -Gabriels Theme
80. Random Movement -See You On The Other Side (For Steven)
81. BCee & Lomax ft Deeizm – One Year On (Random Movement VIP)
82. Random Movement – Stars in the Dark
83. Random Movement – Randomhaus (John Julius Night – Find a Friend bootleg remix)
84. Random Movement – Opportunity
85. Random Movement & Switch – Images
86. Random Movement & MixMaster Doc – Big Changes
87. Random Movement – Red
88. Random Movement – Risk
89. Random Movement – Saturated Fats
90. Random Movement & MixMaster Doc – The Self-Aware Convection Oven

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Au Revoir 2009

I’m making an executive decision and doing my end of year top tracks today.  I’m going to Philly today and then I’m not taking my laptop with me to NY tomorrow so that really leaves me no time to write.

Here is my repeat of end of year disclaimers…

My list is always going to be kinda bogus.  LOL.  The tunes I blogged about towards the end of the year are still fresh in my mind and therefore get more attention than the ones I blogged about back in the beginning of the year cuz I’m not sick of hearing them yet.  The list is in no particular order.  I have been told that I have strange taste in some dnb track so my list means absolutely nothing.  It’s just a compilation of songs that I personally liked over 2009.  We also must take into account that the latter half of the year I wasn’t as diligent about writing tracks down due to the loss of my job so I’m not as up on new tunes as I used to be.  This list is just of tracks that I would have been happy to keep on my ipod for the past 365 days.

End of disclaimer. 😉

I mulled over my list for ages.  I started out with 70 tracks and could only cut it down to 30 this year.  LOL.  I really tried to narrow it to at least 20 but I really like all the tracks on the list, so 30 it is.  Eek.  This will be a long post. 🙂

Kiki’s Top 30

01. Utah JazzSurvival of the Fittest

02. Atlantic Connection & Grimm – Better Man (track is in Grimm player)

03. Alix Perez feat. Spectrasoul & Peven EverettForsaken

04. Klute – 174bpm (track is in player)

05. Random MovementWaterlogged

06. Total ScienceSoul Patrol (Lenzman Remix)

07. Beatchemist – This Close (track is in player)

08. Stunna – Generation Gap (sorry no sample :()

09. Dave Owen – Sending My Love (sorry no sample :()

10. Bal – Red River Valley (track is in player)

11. DBridgeWonder Where

12. NaibuTigresse (track is in Fokuz Recordings player)

13. Marcus IntalexAirbourne

14. A.I.Blind Eye

15. Quantrek & Heavy 1Independent (track is in Quantrek player)

16. BCeeGlitter Balls

17. SpectrasoulIn Profile

18. LogisticsJungle Music

19. CalibreLazy Rock

20. Mikal – Just Disappears (track is in player)

21. Jubei – Outcast (track is in player)

22. Metrik – Time to Change (track is in player)

23. CalibreRingtone

24. Kjell – Lincoln Place (track is in player)

25. CalibreTru Beat

26. SPYASBO

27. dRamatic & dbAudio – Neyo Remix (track is in dbAudio player)

28. Mr. SizefGarmoniya Mirov

29. Stanza & GrimmBy My Side

30. CalibreLove’s Too Tight to Mention

Happy New Year!

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Friendship Kiki

2 of my best friends are coming today.  As I’ve said before, I have a really tight knit circle of friends.  They are all my buddies from Minneapolis, we’ve been friends for about 13 or so years.  We are all scattered about now and only a few remain in Minneapolis but we are really good about planning holidays and going to visit each other and what not.  It’s awesome whenever we get to spend time with each other.  I know that my relationship with them is what makes me a better person.  It sounds sappy and corny but when my parents moved to Bangladesh when I was younger and I was nowhere near my brothers and sisters that do live in the states, these people were my family and that’s why I gush about them constantly.  They helped me realise how awesome friendship is and what it means to be a good friend.  My weekend will be filled with lots of hanging out and yummy meals and we all know that’s all I live for these days.  LOL.

Tunes:
Metrik – Forward Approach (track is in player)

Eros & SurakEnd of Time (track is in Eros player)

When I first started doing this oldie section I didn’t want to do all the obvious classics first. Now I’m just absent minded and forget to include them period.
Today’s Oldie:
Shy Fx feat. UK ApacheOriginal NuttahS.O.U.R. 1994
This track is so ridiculous it makes me speechless.  I remember going to raves back then and hearing this on a loud system and just seeing everyone lose their shit, me included.  So sick.  This is one record I unfortunately do not own.  I’m gonna look for a copy after I finish this post even though I think it’s blasphemous if you own a copy and dare sell it. 😉  This track is so the essence of my introduction to jungle.  Big big big ups to Shy Fx for this one.

Aaron JayInfluence Records Podcast 5 September 2009

Tracklist

01. Atom – Black Cherry (Influence Dub)
02. Mr. Joseph – Untitled (Dub)
03. Eveson – The Traveler (Dub)
04. Triad – Last Gasp
05. Seba – Pressure Point (Dub)
06. Notion – Step With It (Influence Dub)
07. Bal – White Heat (DUB)
08. A-Sides – Butterflies (MJ Tribute)
09. Flaco – Set You Off (Dub)
10. Serum & Bladerunner – Walk The Walk (Dub)
11. known artist – Jazm-Work It Mashup
12. Eveson – Deeper Green
13. Mr. Joseph – Kiss And Make Up (Influence Dub)
14. June Miller – Bright Eyes (Dub)
15. Cern – Eastern Gates (Dub)
16. Soul Intent – Babel (Creative Source Dub??)
17. Data – Tapeworm (Dub)
18. Dave Owen – Feeling Kinda Blue (Influence Dub)
19. Edward Oberon – Paradise (Dub)
20. Bachelors of Science – Song For Lovers (Lynx Remix) (Horizons Music)
21. Mr. Joseph – Things I’ve Seen (Dub)
22. Mosus & SPY – Drop Shadow
23. Spirit – Close Your Eyes (Dub)
24. Subject 13 & Amelia – Twisted Angel (Seba & Krazy Remix)
25. Mutt – Tearout Redeem
26. K-Dan – Truth (Dub)
27. Lynx & Kemo – Global Enemies (Flaco Remix)
28. Breakage & Rohan – Ruff Dub (Bassbin)

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500 Days of Kiki

I apologise for my absence on Friday.  I sadly report that I spilled water on my laptop.  I have never darted so fast but alas it didn’t really help.  I should be grateful that it still works though.  It’s been drying for the past 3 days.  The keyboard is shot so I had to get an external one.  Fortunately it’s a wireless one so it’s not as annoying as it could be, but it’s still kind of annoying.

Smart Bar was cool.  I’m so used to playing gigs where me and my friends just sit around and drink so it’s nice to have gigs where people actually dance and they definitely do that at Smart Bar.  Not quite sure where these people come from cuz I never see them at Lava for the dnb shows there, but I am still grateful for their enthusiasm and appreciate their dancing. 🙂

I’ve had a pretty lovely weekend.  Sam and Katie are here so I’ve been enjoying really good meals and some good hang out sessions.

Yesterday I went to go see 500 Days of Summer with Melissa and Zora.  CUTE!  Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are my two favourite indie actors so it’s a double pleasure having them both be in the same film and they were adorable.  I loved the movie.  Fun fact:  I found out that the guy that directed the film went to my high school.  Not like oh in 1948 or whatever but like he was in the same year as my older brother and Melissa.  Melissa  knows him. (Melissa and I went to high school together but she was just two years older than me.)  I think as you get older you realise that at some point there’s a good chance that at least one person you went to high school or college with is going to be famous.  There’s at least 5 people that I knew during that period of my life (high school/college) that are famous.  Props to them.

Tunes:
Metrik – Time to Change (track is in player)
I was a huge fan of Stranger (also in player) last year, Spinn turned me on to it.  Metrik’s tunes give me that Video Killed The Radio Star feel.  Don’t ask me why.  LOL.  It’s not a bad thing.  Video Killed the Radio Star was my favourite song when I was like 5 and I still love it to this day.  Big up The Buggles.  Eek… my age is definitely showing!

Geez.  I must have missed you.  I’m all chatty cathy today. 🙂

Today’s Oldie:
Scorpio aka Dj Die & Roni SizeTroubleV Recordings 1997
This tune was one I loved to mix.  It’s definitely not a good stand alone tune but it’s fun to ride out mixes with.  I remember I mixed at a Minneapolis outdoor fest called Cedar Fest one year and it was so ridiculously hot.  It was a horrible gig as they had asked me to mix between the bands but the bands kept doing their sound checks while I was mixing and they were really loud and annoying as it was some weird rock station stage (I was the queen of getting random gigs back then.  LOL.) and it was like 95 degrees out and the tables were set up directly in the sun and my records were warping as I was mixing.  I kid you not.  I remember being annoyed that I had put my records in such hot heat for people that couldn’t even hear my set anyways.  This record suffered the most.  I turned it into an ashtray for the apartment as the warping was so bad I couldn’t even play it anymore.

Chris InperspectiveMjazz Podcast 4

Tracklist

Chris Inperspective – Alfas Weekend
Chris Inperspective – Getting There
Chris Inperspective – Thursh and Grump
Chris Inperspective – Just Being
Chris Inperspective – Back from P
Chris Inperspective – Rather Be
Chris Inperspective – Why Does it make U
Chris Inperspective – Caricou
Chris Inperspective – Elite
Chris Inperspective – Fires
Chris Inperspective – Pandaling Hands
Chris Inp + Diamond Eye – Realms of Bias
Chris Inp + Diamond Eye – Ten

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Blah Blah Blah

Got a lot of stuff to do at work today so I’m getting an early start to my entry.

I’ve been feeling a bit blah lately.  I need to get my ass in gear and be productive.  Instead I find myself being quite lazy which is so not cool.  Bah.  Sometimes you just go through slumps so I’ll just chalk it up to that and hope I snap out of it soon.

Tracks I’m loving:

BCee & Lomax – One Year On (Random Movement Remix) Track is in the BCee player.

MetrikZero Gravity It’s a little rowdy but sometimes I get in the mood for that.  Rowdy by my standards anyways.  LOL.

Today’s Oldie:  PeshayMiles From Home – Mo Wax 1998  Totally missed out on this record.  Boo.  I remember not really being that into Peshay stuff at the time and when this track came out I didn’t even bother to listen to it.  Then one of the boys in my dj crew played it out at one of his gigs and I wanted it so bad but when I went to get it there were no more.  Love it.  I’m sure if I tried hard enough I could get a bunch of the tracks that i missed out on but unfortunately since my record addiction is a hobby I’ll have to wait til i win the lottery to devote funds to getting them.

I’ve been talking a lot about the new shows I’ve been listening to on Bassdrive.  Komatic’s is one of them that I am newly excited about.  Here’s his October studio mix.  You can check him out for yourself.

KomaticOctober Studio Mix

Tracklist

D Kay – How Much Does It Take? (brigand)
Logistics – Cosmonaut (hospital)
Komatic – Distance Resolved (dub)
Spectrasoul – Penninsula (shogun)
Nu Tone – Balaclava (hospital)
Random Movement – Lessons & Aftermath (cia deep kutz)
Mr DIstance – Let It Rain (dub)
Brother – Make A Life (influence)
The Funktion – Passing Through (dub)
Ill Logic & Raf – Complex Identities (bingo)
Komatic – Human Kinetic (dub)
Split Second – Feel You (liqweed)
Apex – By The Way (horizons)
Nu Tone & Logistics – Trademark (hospital)
Johnny Beverton – The Boys (dub)
Zero T – Why Would You (CIA)
Komatic – Night Drive (dub)
D Kay – On The Way

Shapeshifter – One (brand new x)

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Frownstep :(

I’ve gotten really emo as far as dnb is concerned. Lately my faves are the moody yet deep tracks like Survival or the pretty yet melancholy tracks that make you wanna lay around your house and think about your life. I was talking to Submorphics the other night and we were talking about one of his tracks, I had said I loved it but he said he didn’t really like it. So I was like “I love it cuz it’s all sulky and gloomy” and he was like “Yeah… frownstep.” LOL. Perfect name for that genre of liquid. Don’t get me wrong, I love the happy go lucky tunes too but I find myself gravitating towards the broody shit as of late.

Friday. I love you. I’m glad you’re here. I’m glad you exist. I’m grateful for you being you. I worship you. 🙂

Heard a lovely banger on Spinn’s show today. Metrik – Stranger. Woot Woot. (It’s in the player)

I love having the archives of Presha’s shows to post. He doesn’t disappoint. I love that there are all these great radio shows for me to listen to now. It’s nice to have easy access to my dnb. When I first moved to America, I used to have my cousin send me Kool FM tapes in the post. I would anxiously await their arrival and then cherish them so deeply because I knew it would be a while before I got another one. Thank goodness those days are gone. 😉

Dj Presha – Samurai on Bassdrive 08/05/08

Tracklist

01. Luca – Sunday In Space

02. ST Files – Eight Six

03. MIST – My Soul

04. Hiten – Nuisance

05. Phobia & Jubei – Guillotine

06. Soul Intent – Hysteria

07. Soul Intent – Jus Vibe (Survival Remix)

08. State of Mind – Lonely Planet VIP

09. Dose – Can U See

10. Marcus Intalex – Cabin Fever

11. Phobia & Jubei – Guillotine (Breakage Remix)

12. Data – H4CK

13. Hiten – The Grid

14. State of Mind – Dead Eye

15. Spirit – Fantasy

16. Saburuko – What I Dream

17. Oak – Nu Sunrise

18. Klute – Trust Me

19. Linden – Stealth

20. Survival & Chris Inperspective – The Right Way

21. Mindscape – Vulture (Dose & Menace Remix)

22. Sight Unseen – Get Mine

23. Linden – Captives

24. Polar – Almost & Beyond

25. Hiten – Blot Out

26. Phobia & Jubei – Overdub

27. Cern – For Manaia

28. Spektrum – Hotsteppa (Bulletproof Remix)

29. Method 1 & Stunna – Coda