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Sun Sun Sun

It’s absolutely gorgeous outside and it’s only 9am.  It seems a crime to have to stay indoors.

Tunes:
Kharm & Lm1Inversion (Naibu Remix)
Heard this one on Komatic’s show yesterday.  My obsession with Naibu continues.  Track is in Kharm player.

Today’s Oldie:
Masters at Work feat. IndiaIn LoveCarlito & Addiction Remix 2002
I love it when you like a song and then they make a dnb remix that isnt crap.

DiggerLiquid Dub Vol. 7 May 2009

1/ ELECTROSOUL SYSTEM:”ON THE RUN” (ALLSORTS)
2/ LENZMAN:”EVER SO SLIGHTLY” (INTEGRAL)
3/ LEVEL 2:”FIRST ME” (LIQUID V)
4/ LOGISTICS:”JUNGLE MUSIC” (HOSPITAL)
5/ FURNEY & TAYLA:”YOU MUST STAND STILL” (LIQUID V)
6/ FURNEY:”LIFE STARTS @ 40″ (GOOD LOOKING)
7/ TOTAL SCIENCE FEAT MC CONRAD:”SOUL PATROL(LENZMAN DEEP IN YOUR SOUL RMX) (CIA)
8/ ALIX PEREZ:”MELANIE” (SHOGUN AUDIO)
9/ SINISTARR:”MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY” (INSIDE)
10/ LEVEL 2:”GOING BACK” (LIQUID V)
11/ ZERO T & ALIX PEREZ FEAT STEO:”REFUSAL(CALIBRE RMX)” (INTEGRAL)
12/ ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:”DAYS OF RAGE” (V RECORDINGS)
13/ SOULMATIC:”SELF BELIEF” (GOOD LOOKING)
14/ RANDOM MOVEMENT:”A QUICK THOUGHT” (PEER PRESSURE RECORDINGS)
15/ RONI SIZE:”IT’S JAZZY(NU:TONE RMX)” (V RECORDINGS)
16/ S.P.Y:”SUNSHIP” (SPEARHEAD)
17/ CALIBRE:”HARD TIMES” (V RECORDINGS)
18/ TOTAL SCIENCE FEAT PHONTE & DARIEN BROCKINGTON:”WASTING TIME(TOTAL SCIENCE & KAIDI RMX)” (CIA)

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Red Alert Kiki

No more wildin out… EVER. Remember that night that I stayed out til 5:30 a.m.? Well I got a fucking red light violation. Lame. I wish that shit didn’t take so long to process. My car is registered in my mum’s name and she kindly called to inform me of my $100 ticket that she received in the post yesterday. I guess that’s what happens when you’re rushing home cuz you have be at work in a couple of hours. Boo squared.

Last night was fun. I actually enjoyed Amit’s set. I got the news yesterday that Seminar is finishing. No more wednesday dnb night. I’m really bummed out about it. It’s been awesome to have, a local bar that I love, all my friends go to, and is a 5 minute walk from my house, be host to my weekly dnb outing. I’m just too fucking old to be traipsing around the city to go to dnb nights. I like to support my friends so I know I’ll still go out to dnb nights at other places but I can guarantee you it won’t be every week if it’s not within walking distance from my house. Sad. Sad that I’m a boring old cow and sad that my dnb weekly outings are finito.

Tunes:
Naibu – Piper Dream (track is in player)

Today’s Oldie:
AmitDual SenseCommercial Suicide 2003
I’m still in an Amit mood I guess. This track is dope.

RadiataBBS Bookings Podcast Feb 2009

Tracklist

01 Mixmaster doc – The Shakedown
02 Sinistarr – Recovery
03 L.I.S – Applefingers
04 Calculon – Lost
05 Klute – Ashram
06 The Square – Soul Crash
07 Noah D – Summon Riddim
08 Re:criminate – Linear
09 C.A.B.L.E. – Signifcant Other
10 Sight Unseen – Here 2 Stay
11 Break – Ringing Ears
12 Gridlok – Deadpan
13 Mayhem – Call my Bluff
14 Mayhem – Shibuya
15 Kubiks & Zetek – Final Thought
16 Edward Oberon – Fatal Hour
17 Mutt – Pin Drop
18 Sinistarr – Golgo 13
19 Electrosoul System – Bookworm

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Viva Me-hi-co!

I leave for Mexico today. I checked the forecast and it’s pretty much going to be 90 degrees the entire time we’re there. Vacay with my friends, best friend’s wedding, sunshine, sunshine and more sunshine. Nice.

I’m a little anxious about not writing in my blog. I know it’s dumb but I’m very OCD when it comes to things like that. I have consistently written in my blog 5 days a week since I started it in May and I hate looking at the calendar to the right and seeing empty spaces. I prolly shouldn’t be divulging my neurotic tendencies to you but I’ve already established that I’m kinda cuckoo so who cares. Anyways, lounging in the sun automatically trumps writing in my blog so I’m sure I’ll get over it.

Be back in business next Friday so brock out til then peeps!

I guess I’m in a vocals mood today. 🙂

Tunes:
Smote – Precious Love (track is in player)

Pouya – Fooled (track is in player)

Today’s Oldie:
Shy FXBambaataEbony Records 1998
1998?? God I’m getting old. I can’t believe this tune is 11 years old. Dope classic. Dancefloor stormer for sure. Doing these oldies every day makes me want to just make old skool mixes all day long. I get all amped up picking out the tunes.

NaibuScribbler Podcast Mix January 2009

Tracklist

01 – Instra:Mental & D Bridge – Translucent (Darkestral)
02 – Tokyo Prose – Royale (??)
03 – Consequence – Lost Attack (??)
04 – Fanu – End Of An Era (Homefree LP – Lightless Recordings)
05 – Seba – 34 Alpha (??)
06 – Naibu – Doubts (??)
07 – Electrosoul System & Sunchase – Alluvion (Camino Blue)
08 – System – The Divers Dream (Warm Communications)
09 – Mayhem – Shibuya (Shadow Law)
10 – Spinline – Skywalk (??)
11 – Fierce & C4C – Carrier (Quarantine)
12 – Chris Inperspective – Heather’s Hot Waffles (Exit)
13 – Matrix, Fierce & Rymetyme – Light Sleeper (C4C records)
14 – Physics – Lifeline (Vampire)
15 – Insight – Transmission (Digital Soundboy)
16 – Naibu – Crawl Space (Warm Communications)
17 – Seba & Paradox ft. Robert Manos – Last Goodbye 2008 (Paradox Music)
18 – Alaska & Paradox – Etherous (Isolationist LP – Paradox Music)

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Jetset Kiki

flight-of-the-conchords1

I don’t mind the cold as much when there’s good tv to watch.  Flight of The Conchords season 2 just started and Bret, Jemaine and Murray are back to their old tricks.  Murray is definitely my favourite.  This show is hilarious.  Lovesit!

Small Bar was fun last night.  I got tired real quick though.  I feel like I’ve been running around a lot lately.  I keep saying I will just chill at the house but it doesnt actually end up happening.  I’ll work on it.  🙂

Tunes:
Horizons Music PresentsInternal Affairs Vol. 1
Lovin all these tracks on this LP especially Bachelors of Science – The Beautiful Life and also that Naibu remix I wrote about the other day is on there and Mutt’s -Open Wide.  Just ordered it.  Awesome.

Today’s Oldie:
CommixHung UpLiquid V 2004
Not as old of an oldie today, but I was thinking of it this morning so I figured why not?  Lovely track.  I love Commix and this is definitely one of my faves.  A lot of really great liquid came out in 2004.

BalistikAssasin Sounds Thursday Renegade Jan ’09

Tracklist

01 – commix – be true
02 – furney – bedouin soul
03 – physics – feel tomorrow
04 – electrosoul system – arcoss the ocean
05 – stunna and redeyes – playing with time
06 – ??? – ???
07 – paul t – mind over matter
08 – electrosoul system – moonlight land
09 – electrosoul system – after hours
10 – zero t – threads
11 – brookes brothers – tear you down
12 – paul t – beautiful girl
13 – calibre – enigma (break rmx)
14 – arje – everytime i close my eyes
15 – phat playaz – back to promises
16 – blu marten – you and me
17 – furney – brand new mystic
18 – david carbone – bamboo (kubiks rmx)
19 – alix perez – stray
20 – blu marten – church
21 – furney – this found you too
22 – lenzman – ever so slightly
23 – sabre – gift you gave vip
24 – sub focus – your thing

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Get It Done

I had a really productive weekend.  I was quite proud of myself.

We start this week and I’m raring to go…  we’ll see how long that lasts.  😉

Tunes:
SkittyIcebox
I heard this on Sinistarr’s mix for BBS Bookings.  I haven’t really been listening to many Skitty tunes since Rickets, which is amazing, but this one is dope even if it is from April of last year.  I listen to a lot of dnb but I still definitely sleep on a lot of good tunes.

Brooklyn – Someone (Naibu Remix)
(track is in Brooklyn player) We all know I’m quite obsessed with Naibu.  Love him!  Dan Marshall played it last week on his Bassdrive show and I was for sure dancing in my chair.

Today’s Oldie:
High ContrastGlobal Love (Calibre Remix) – Hospital Records 2002
Such an awesome remix.  Classic tune.

Dj FlightThe Next Chapter on Pyro Radio Jan 14 ’09

Tracklist

  1. Redeyes ft Grimm – Out Of My Head
  2. Chris Inp & Diamond Eye – Bulla Smash
  3. Atom – Breathe In
  4. Usual Suspects – Sapphire 7 – 31
  5. Calibre – Hard Times – Liquid V
  6. Calibre – In Denial – Soul:R
  7. Q-Project – Tweaker
  8. Edward Oberon – Shadowland
  9. Lomax – Metal Flange (Heist Remix) – Co Lab
  10. Spinline – Rat Ride
  11. Instra:mental – No Future – NonPlus+
  12. Dilemma – Spring Box (Matrix Dub Mix) – Genetic Stress
  13. Icicle – RAF
  14. Dan Miracle – Hyperbolic Time Chamber
  15. Naibu – Untitled – Warm Communications
  16. Seba – 34 Alpha
  17. Data – Abstractions – Metalheadz
  18. Instra:mental & dBridge – Detuned
  19. Bal – Demon Lover
  20. Blocks & Escher – Heartshaped
  21. Deep Blue – Immersion (Remix)
  22. VIVEK – Strategy
  23. VIVEK – Groove On
  24. Jus Wan – Dreamin
  25. Shed – Another Wedged Chicken (Martyn Remix) – Ost Gut
  26. Ramadanman – Humber – Apple Pips
  27. Spinline – Barberia
  28. Madd – Why
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Toodloo ’08

So I made my top 25 of 2008. I feel like it’s a bit nonsense to do this because a) I cheated and just did it from May onwards cuz that’s when I started my blog and have detailed documentation of all the tracks I liked and b) I obsess over tracks so much there’s no way I like a track that I heard in May as much as I do one I like today cuz of the whole “playing on repeat constantly” factor. So this dodgy mash up top 25 will just have to do. 😉

I was going to try and pick a favourite for the number one spot but that is just utterly impossible for me. So here they are in no particular order whatsoever. Some I couldn’t track down mp3s for because they haven’t been released yet or whatever so I apologise for the lack of samples.

Top 25

01. Calibre Alone In A Crowd

02. BlameStay Forever

03. Q ProjectTearsMarky & Bungle Remix

04. Dan Marshall – Words Can’t Explain (no sample)

05. Dan Marshall – Same ‘Ol (no sample)

06. SpecificTell Me

07. Chase & StatusTake Me Away

08. BreakEnigmaCalibre Remix

09. Atlantic Connection & LynxDanger Zone Submorphics Remix (track is in AC player)

10. Survival & Chris InperspectiveThe Right Way

11. Chris Inperspective Biffy’s Not Here

12. NaibuHere & Now (track is in player)

13. Tyler StraubEasy Does It

14. Spherique – Falling Leaves (track is in player)

15. Calibre U Could Dance

16. Lenzman & Redeyes – Thieves In The Night (track is in Redeyes player)

17. MJ Cole – Sincere Bootleg

18. Sinistarr – Detroit Diesel (track is in player)

19. M25 – I Want Impressions (track is in player)

20. Random Movement – Used Illusions (no sample)

21. SpectraSoulDark Hour

22. Stunna & Tyler StraubWeak (no sample)

23. Carl Matthes & Bionic 1Let It Go (track is in Carl Matthes player)

24. B-complex Beautiful Lies

25. S.P.Y.Seeing Through Shadows

I hope everyone has a good New Year’s Eve. I’m just having people over my place and chillaxing. I don’t like dealing with the NYE crowd. I’m noticing that I really am slowly slipping into senior citizen status as a majority of the time I would much prefer to stay at my house and have people visit me than go out. LOL. I guess I’m just getting ready for when I get put in a nursing home.

BlameESP Mix December 2008
(no tracklist)

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Basslines & Broomsticks

I was telling Stunna yesterday that I’ve totally been in a lazy funk. At first I was annoyed and stressed for a couple of weeks and now I’m just lazy. I decided to snap out of it yesterday and I’m in full form again. I went crazy listening to dnb and am back to full on post it note scrawled pieces of paper form. I have tracks to talk about and I actually went out. Holla.

It was dubstep night at Seminar. Chicago’s dubstep scene really is fire. Nameloc and Borja are on some other shit with their production. Loves it!

Tunes I’m lovin’:

NaibuHere Now (track is in the player) It’s no secret that I heart Naibu. This track is dope.

Arje – Awakenings Really great rolling track. Heard this on Overfiend’s show. No sample but definitely check out the stuff in his player.

Future EngineersEden ( Method One Remix) Track is in the player.

Today’s Oldie:
EZ RollersTough At The Top (Origin Unknown Remix)Moving Shadow 1998 Talk about great remix. I loved the original already and then Origin Unknown came with this gritty version and it was fire. Loves it.

If you’re in Chi you should make a trip to Smart Bar tonight for some liquidy goodness at Junglefly. All of your faves in the house, Stunna, BRC, Submorphics etc. Should be a good night.

Marcus Intalex feat. BreakSoul:ution Radio 12

Tracklist

Instra:Mental – Photograph – Darkestral
Carl Matthes & Tyler Straub – Avani – Break The Surface
Break Feat Kyo – Last Chance – Symmetry
Spy – Monochrome – Soulr
Calibre – Two – Drop – Signature
Lynx & Kemo – You Are Being Lied To – Soulr
Marcus Intalex – Electrocution – Soulr
Lomax – Too Real – Soulr
Mutt – Go On And Cry – Inside
Benny Page – Run It Back -Dub
D-Bridge – Wonder Where – Non Plus
– Break In The Mix 45 Minutes –
Craggz & Parallel Forces- Shake The Disease – Dub
DJ Stretch – Papa Lover (Serum Remix) – Dub
Lomax – Shortlist – Dub
Lynx feat. Spoonface – All You Own – Soulr
Calibre – Trying To Remember – Signature
Dan Habarnam – Zoom Back Camera – Dub
Marcus Intalex – Debbit – Revolver

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Router 66

Internet was still down until just now. Router was fucked up. Now I’ve got a ton of shit to catch up on that I needed the internet for. Lame.

I’ll just get right down to business so I can get back to work. Hopefully I can write a normal Kiki friendly post tomorrow. 🙂

Today’s Oldie: System (Optical & Fierce Remix) – Renegade Hardware 1998 I love this track. It’s such the dancefloor banger.

Toodloo for now

Naibu FTW. I’m really in to these Vandal podcasts.

NaibuVandal Podcast

Tracklist

01 – Blocks + Escher – Shadowplay (??)
02 – Subwave – Indigo (Shogun)
03 – Henree – Final Frontier (??)
04 – Naibu – Newport (Soul:r)
05 – Seba – Special Ops (Combination)
06 – A-Sides – Tokiado (East Side)
07 – Hydro + Naibu – Far reaches (??)
08 – Loxy + Resound – New Age (Cylon)
09 – Data – Muted (Metalheadz)
>> Exocet – Demon Seed (Nu Direction)
10 – Cern – God Song (DSM)
11 – Mindscape + Hydro – Skid Row (Commercial Suicide)
12 – Break – Authentic (Quarantine)
13 – Naibu ft. Kiyomi – Fireflies (Horizons)
14 – Brother – Satisfy (??)
15 – Lomax – 13 Senses (??)
16 – Naibu – Piper Dream (Fokuz)

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Tranquil

I’ve had a pretty good week. I wonder when the novelty of not having to work on the weekends is going to wear off. This is the third weekend now and I still feel like it’s Christmas. LOL.

I’ve been listening to AmaningTranquility on repeat for the past 3 days. I know I’ve written about it before but I just bought the mp3 off Beatport. Before I had to fast forward to the end of this one mix I had to listen to it and that got kinda played out. I’m not sure why it only occured to me now to buy it off Beatport. LOL.

I can’t really explain to you why I’m so obsessed with the track. I’m quite aware that it’s old. I think I just love that there are some songs that pretty much set the tone for exactly how you’re feeling. I’m calm, tranquil, at peace, and every other synonym related to being serene, and that song has contently place itself as my background music. 🙂

I’m kinda feeling these:

VisionaryAutomatic

Hydro & NaibuSecrecy

Listening to Spinn on Bassdrive as usual, it is friday after all. 😉

Have a good weekend.

NumeralStudio Mix September 2008

Tracklist

1. Electrosoul System – Moonlight Land [Subtitles] (love it!)
2. Electrosoul System – Falling [Allsorts]
3. Bcee & Lomax – Changing Faces [Fokuz]
4. Logistics – Reality Checkpoint [Hospital]
5. Donnie Dubson & Stunna – Forever [Fokuz]
6. Logistics – Slow Motion [Hospital]
7. Icicle & Switch – Ur In My Head [Fokuz]
8. Greeley & Lomax – String Thing [Fokuz]
9. Radicall & Ktee – Anymore (remix) [Covert Operations]

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Happy Happy Joy Joy

I’m having a great day today.  It’s just nice to wake up in a good mood and have it continue hours and hours into the rest of the day.

Some new faves….

Lenzman – Bright Lights (track is in the player)

Saburuko & Brother – In Control (track is in the player)

Naibu – Fireflies (track is in the player)

Redeyes & Random Movement feat. MuttGroove Thing (track is in the Redeyes player) Nice collabo going on there.  Three of my favourite artists.  This is coming out on Future RetroBCee has a really good thing going with both Future Retro and Spearhead, I love a lot of the tracks that come out on both of them.

People are always asking me why I love liquid funk so fucking much.  LOL.  I’ve said this on numerous occasions but I’ll say it again…  I basically want pretend that I’m hanging out in a beautiful garden with multicoloured pastel drinks with umbrellas in them while lying in a hammock with sunglasses and pretty flower aroma blowing in the breeze and the sun shining through the trees but not on me as I don’t want it to be too hot.  Liquid funk pretty much helps me to create that pretend scenario,  Noisa on the other hand usually does not.  🙂

I’m halfway into this Zetek podcast mix and I already love it.  I will full on admit that I had no idea who he was until today but I’m definitely digging him now.

Toodles

ZetekRubik Podcast 14

Tracklist

01. Will Miles – Eye Believe – Sonorous
02. Kubiks & Lomax – Wise Words – Progress
03. Pentagon & Ethix – My Melody – Rubik
04. Zetek feat Kubiks – Why – Dub (Love it!)
05. Kubiks & Codename – Desimeter – Dub
06. Zetek feat Kubiks – Cyanide – Rubik
07. Zetek feat Kubiks – Level Plains – Rubik
08. L.A.O.S – We All – Spearhead
09. Blame – Stay Forever – Charge
10. Apex – Falling – Horizons
11. Matrix & Futurebound – Womb – Viper
12. Danny Bryd – Gold Rush – Hospital
13. Soulmatic – Anything you need – Viper
14. Zetek feat Kubiks – 3 Blind Mice – Dub
15. Unknown Error – Alone – Horizons
16. Zetek feat Kubiks – Wake Up Call – Dub

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Ennui

The boredom continues. That pic above is pretty much what I look like at my desk. I’m just going to write blog titles that say boredom in different languages until it stops. LOL.

I really shouldn’t complain. I’m getting paid to listen to dnb radio for 8 hours and tool around.

Heard some good uns today.

Carl Matthes & Bionic 1Let It Go: I really wish I had a sample of this for you. I’m gonna have to say it’s definitely my favourite tune right now. I’ve checked both of their myspaces and they haven’t posted it yet. Amazing tune. I actually heard it last week but I must have lost my scrawled tattered post it note that I had it written on cuz I didn’t write about it… unless I did and forgot, which I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if that was the case, you know how I am.

Naibu – Opium Lady: Oh Naibu, mon petit chou-fleur. He is just awesome. I love his stuff. This particular one isn’t in the player but there’s some other really great tunes in there too.

Dave Owen – A Little Of This: I’m really liking this dude’s style. Good track. (Sorry no sample)

B-complex – Ocean Deep: I’ve just recently been turned on to B-complex. I dig his stuff. Still loving Reflections too. (Both tracks are in the player)

Sonorous is killing these days. Looking forward to hearing this mix.

Toodles

Dj HayzeSonorous Music August Mix 2008

Tracklist

4Hero – Look Inside * Nu:Tone Rmx
Icicle & Spectrasoul – Wounded
Survival – Back Again
Break – Timeline VIP
Physics – Dreamworld (D Bridge Rmx)
Furney – Pipez
Icicle & Nymfo – Adrift
Naibu – Midori Soul
SKC – The World Is Changing
Random Movement – Dancing With Devils
MIST – Swingtime
Atom – Nightflight
Dillinja – Ancots To Zambia Rmx
Icicle – Spartan
Subwave – Indigo
Survival & Silent Witness – Closer
Mindmapper – A Crunched World
Atom – Dolly
Soulmatic – Self Belief
Sinistarr – 734
Sabre – Riverside * Zero T Rmx
Data – Encore
Lomax & Kasra – Warrior
Saburuko – Stay
Breakage – Clarendon VIP

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I Got Tracks and Tracks and Tracks and Tracks…

I was thinking the other day about how many awesome tracks have been coming out lately.  There is just a really great group of producers out there right now making amazing stuff and it’s nice that it’s not just the usual suspects.  One person I’m really digging is Naibu from France.  I already picked up that Nami Island and I’m loving that Back Engineering.  Another group I’ve been turned on to is L.A.O.S. out of Finland.  I had a release that I picked up on one of those days that I was just itching to spend money and couldn’t find anything to buy and I quite liked it but never got anything else by them.  Right now though I’m totally into that Helsinki track of theirs.

I was listening to Brandy the other day and was thinking about how she is totally the dnb sample favourite.  LOL.  There are shitload of dnb tracks that sample her vocals.  TeeBee has two tracks that I love that use snippets of her tracks and there’s also a song on this Calculon mix below that samples “I Wanna Be Down.”  The vocal rifts on that song are very dnb compatible….. “And if I don’t let you know then I won’t be for real.”

I’ve been digging this Calculon mix.  It’s Rubik Records‘ Podcast number 10 and it’s just an all round good mix.  Rubik Records have a good podcast.  Stunna was on number 8.  You can download his installment at www.rubikpodcast.com.

I’m pretty content today, nice weather, good music, can’t really complain.

Laters

Rubik’s Podcast #10 w/ Calculon

01 – Ste Luce and Addiction – Do What I Miss – Dub
02 – Naibu – Back Engineering – Avalanche
03 – Spectrasoul – The Tube – Shogun
04 – Eveson and Henree – Lomo – Dub
05 – Specific – Tell Me – Phunkfiction
06 – Zero Tolerance – Goes Around – Shogun
07 – Insiders – Cold Harbour – Intrigue
08 – Atlantic Connection – Northside – Fokuz
09 – Bcee and Lomax – Can’t Say No (Lenzman Rmx) – Spearhead
10 – Calculon – Crushed – Fokuz
11 – Carlito and Addiction – Supergrass (Kubiks Rmx) – Defunked
12 – Contour – ? – ?
13 – SPY – Obsession – Dub
14 – Kubiks – Gas Mask – Dub
15 – Naibu – It Took A Long Time – Creative Source
16 – Atlantic Connection and Random Movement – Destiny Calls – Westbay
17 – Calculon – Destiny – Fokuz