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Get It Done

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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:
Skitty – Icebox
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 Contrast – Global Love (Calibre Remix) – Hospital Records 2002
Such an awesome remix.  Classic tune.

Dj Flight – The 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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Cozy Kiki

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It’s friday, again.  I think I spent so much time thinking about the weather that this week just escaped me.  LOL.  I’m looking forward to many cups of tea and blankets for the next couple of days.

Tunes:
Beatchemist – These Days (track is in player)  Nice use of the Ashanti sample.  🙂

Today’s Oldie:
Roni Size feat. Bahamadia – New Forms – Talking Loud 1997
Talk about great album.  So many awesome tunes on it.  This one was one of my faves.

Sinistarr – BBS Bookings Podcast Jan 09

Tracklist

01. Skitty – Icebox (Vandal)
02. Survival & Chris Inperspective – The Right Way (Audio Tactics)
03. Ed Oberon – Texan (RTD Limited)
04. Jubei & Sato – Resistance (Dub)
05. Nu:Tone & Logistics – Trademark (Hospital)
06. Sinistarr – Native (Dub)
07. Switch & Henree – Piece Of History (Lucky Devil Dub)
08. Sinistarr – Nothing But You (Integral Dub)
09. Chris Inperspective – Biffy’s Not Here (INPigital)
10. Chris Inperspective & DiamondEye – Bulla Smash (Dub)
12. Zero T feat. Steo – Refusal [Calibre Remix] (Integral Dub)
13. Conscious State – Cymatics (Peer Pressure Recordings Dub)
14. Luca – Red Sky (Samurai Music Dub)
15. Random Movement & Switch – When You Reach (Dub)
16. Bachelors Of Science – The Beautiful Life (Dub)
17. Peyo & Sks – Without U (Influenza Media)
18. Ink & Gremlinz – Blackstar (Sudden Def)
19. Control Remote – Haze (Dub)
20. Graphic & Slide – Crash Kit (Offshore Recordings)
21. Unknown Track (Dub)
22. Ken Ishii – Creation In the State of Art (Rez/Sega)

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Toodloo ’08

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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. Blame – Stay Forever

03. Q Project – Tears – Marky & Bungle Remix

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

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

06. Specific – Tell Me

07. Chase & Status – Take Me Away

08. Break – Enigma – Calibre Remix

09. Atlantic Connection & Lynx – Danger Zone – Submorphics Remix (track is in AC player)

10. Survival & Chris Inperspective – The Right Way

11. Chris Inperspective – Biffy’s Not Here

12. Naibu – Here & Now (track is in player)

13. Tyler Straub – Easy 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. SpectraSoul – Dark Hour

22. Stunna & Tyler Straub – Weak (no sample)

23. Carl Matthes & Bionic 1 – Let 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.

Blame – ESP Mix December 2008
(no tracklist)

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It’s NOT Your Birthday…

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I moved to Chicago 6 years ago. I was 25 and ready to party. Compared to what my life was like back then, I’m prolly the most boring person ever now. I went to school from 8 to 4. Worked at this restaurant from 5 to 1230 or 1. Partied from 130 til 330. EVERY NIGHT. This is no joke. I barely sleep as it is now but back then I don’t know how I survived cuz I really never slept. This went on for like 3 years. I met Reisha and CC at that time and we partied non stop.

One year on Reisha’s bday we went to Sonotheque. She drank a gazillion drinks and passed out in the bar, like full on sleep on one of the couches style. They kicked her out and were like tell your friend she can’t sleep in here. LOL.

Mine and Reisha’s bdays are exactly two weeks apart. We went to Sonotheque on my bday too (this was when Sonotheque was the shit and I used to go there like every week) and the bouncer looked at Reisha and was like “Remember, it’s NOT your birthday, behave yourself.” It was hilarious.

The reason that I’m telling you this story is because yesterday you would have thought it was my birthday and not Bass By The Pound’s. LOL. I had so much fun. I didn’t even get out of control drunk or anything. I just had a really good time. Everyone was in a good mood. Submorphics had a really great set. Total Science killed it. I danced a bunch. Submorphic’s buddy Sinistarr came in to town for the show and hung out. Stunna joined in the festivities too. Juju fell asleep but then woke up and showed up at Lava and I was happy she came and kicked it. Really good turn out for BBP’s anniversary. It was just an all round good night. It’s nice to drink a bunch, hang out with your friends, listen to good music, have fun and not be hungover the next day. 😉

Tunes:
Human Factor feat. Emma Brammer – This Way
Nice simple tune. I like the basic pretty ones every now and again.

Today’s Oldie:
Dj Zinc – Hear No Evil – Polydor 2003
Love this one. The Marky & Bungle remix is great too but the original was really good to begin with. I’m a Zinc fan. He has good tracks. I don’t really like a lot of his newer stuff but I do own a lot of his records.

Spinn – The Cycle (Dec 5 ’08 Bassdrive Archive)
No tracklist. Just 3 hours of good tunes. He had a guest mix from Aaron Bond on there too which I was totally digging.

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Oh What Up Friday…

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Normally, I anxiously await Friday’s arrival. Not that I’m not happy to see you Friday, I’m just surprised that you showed up so quickly. I can’t believe how fast this week went by.

It’s fucking cold. I know I live in the midwest but still, whenever winter finally makes an appearance it’s a surprise to me.

There’s an mp3 of Gerard’s show feat. Lenzman here if anyone’s interested.

Tunes:
Amaning – High Life (track is in the player)

Sinistarr – Recovery (track is in the player) I must say I personally am not usually that into Sinistarr’s stuff, but I am really digging his latest tracks. This one, and the other one I posted the other day, Detroit Diesel, are just fire.

Today’s Oldie:
The Terrorist – Chopper (Shy FX Remix) – Dread Recordings 1996 Dancefloor stormers! Holla! There’s no way you can play this track and not have everyone go nuts. Banger indeed. Awesome.

I really don’t have any plans for this weekend. Whenever the cold hits my immediate reaction is to figure out how to stay cozy all day every day. I’ll be working on that for the next couple of days I guess. 😉

Spinn is on in at 9am cst. Tune in. I will be.

Have a nice weekend.

Atmospherix – Influenza Podcast 7 December 2008

01. Glen E Ston – Equinox (influenza dub)
02. Heist – Pinchers (Allsort)
03. Peyo & Sks – Without u (influenza dub) I’ve been coveting this track for a while now. Can’t wait for it to come out. 🙂
04. Calibre – Mr. Right on (Signature)
05. Paul SG – Grey Skin (Influenza dub)
06. Redeyes & Sweed – Kashmere (Bingo)
07. Paul SG ,Eros & Atmospherix – Green & Blue (dub)
08. Lomax & Focus – Five Weeks (Bingo)
09. Undersound – Happy go Lucky (Point 9 dub)
10. Stan & Mook – Legal (Soul:R)
11. Subsid – Rain & Sun (Deep Instinct dub)
12. Break – external (Engine)
13. Stanza – Kanashibari (Deep Instinct dub)
14. Spectrasoul – Panoramic (renegade)
15. Icicle & Proxima – The Echelon form (Crunch)
16. D-bridge – Bastion (Bingo)
17. Sonic Saturation – Fetal Movements (dub)

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Hated It!

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WordPress gives you a stats breakdown of the details of how many people read your blog, incoming links, what search terms they used etc. There’s the usual dnb artists and what not that people enter as search terms but the one that I find crazy is the amount of people that seem to find my blog by searching for Blaine Edwards and Antoine Merriweather. There’s one post from ages ago where I commented on my overuse of the term “Loves It” and said that it reminded me of Blaine and Antoine. It’s mindboggling and awesome at the same time how many people read that post. Damon Wayans’s outfits were always off the chain! I along with your average Joe love Men On Film and figure they deserve another shout out today. 😉

I can’t believe we’re in December. I’m quite looking forward to Christmas this year. I just want to hang out with my family. I love it when I get to see all my brothers and sisters. This year is the 5 year anniversary of my stepfather’s death and in my mother’s culture we celebrate the life of someone who has passed every 5 years. There’s a big ceremony and a party so everyone will be coming home this year.

My family was supposed to make their wish lists and I couldn’t think of anything I really wanted. Ever since I came back from Africa at the beginning of this year I just found myself getting rid of the desire to want unnecessary items. I saw that my family over there basically survives with no extravagant items and are quite content. I racked my brain for like half an hour trying to think of things to put on my list and could only come up with 3 things??!! What happened to my greedy child status? LOL. The three things were bedsheets, “Extras” dvd box set and 10lb dumbells so I can do my weights workout routine at home. *sigh* Yes I have officially become a grown up.

Tunes:

Logistics – Daylight Creeps In (I just heard this for the first time on the mix I posted below. I guess it’s only on the Japanese Import of Reality Checkpoint. Good track nonetheless.)

J-Cut – The Beginning (track is in the player)

Sinistarr – Detroit Diesel (track is in the player) Heard this one on that Mace & Clart mix I posted yesterday. Dope.

Today’s Oldie:

Undercover Agent – Five Tones – Juice Records 1997 Oh man. This is one of the first records that I actually figured out how to use the phono/line button while mixing with. God help anyone who was listening to my sets in 1997 cuz I’m sure you got really sick of this record. LOL. It’s nothing fancy, just a nice simple rolling bassline track. Good stuff. I would still play it today if my copy wasn’t so scratched up and clackalacking like nobody’s business.

Came across this mix today. The tracklist peeked my curiousity so I decided to give it a listen. I enjoyed it. It’s an interesting contrast of tracks.

Feeniks – Sweetness

Tracklist

Dj Marky – Rotation
Grinda & Zig Zag – Colours Of The Night (Jebar Remix)
Danny Byrd – Weird Science
Logistics – Daylight Creeps In
Apex feat. Ayah – Space Between
Atlantic Connection – Deep South
Baron – Blinking With Fists
Phesta – From My Eyes
Akira – Expedition
Klute – We’re All Dying
BCee & Lomax – Outlaw
Nu:Tone feat. Ernesto – Soul Flower
Friction & K-Tee – Untitled Blues
Logistics – Trying Times
Brookes Brothers feat. Furlonge – Drifter
Dj Marky & XRS – Breeze
Danoo – Yeah Baby
Contour & Quicksilver – Soul Digital
The Chemical Brothers – Star Guitar (Brookes Brothers Remix)
Danny Byrd – Soul Function
Camo – Deep Down
Logistics – Slow Motion

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All About Kiki

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It was snowing this morning. It didn’t look like the pic above but it would have been nice if it had.

This weekend was lovely. It was all about me, me, me time. I listened to a ton of music. Cleaned my place. Made an attempt to organize my records. (a rubbish attempt at that) Wrote for a while. I’m not one of those people that doesn’t like to be alone. I definitely relish in it. I love having time to focus on what’s going on in my life and reflect on how to make myself a better person. Woh, we’re getting too deep here, lets talk about music. 😛

I had 3 mixes on heavy, heavy rotation this weekend. Really good listening. Zero T D&B TV Mix, Stunna Rubiks Podcast and the SpectraSoul Kongkast #55. On the SpectraSoul mix there is this really awesome track towards the end that’s one of their dubs called In Profile. ❤

Tunes:

Redeyes & Lenzman – Thieves In The Night
This is probably my favourite track right now. I heard it a while ago and have been waiting to find some kind of sample to share with you but unfortunately there is none or I should just say I couldn’t find one. I pretty much stay tuned to Bassdrive hoping someone will play it. LOL. Old school style. I was totally that kid that used to do that. Just keep the radio on hoping I would hear them play the songs that I liked. (i don’t even listen to regular radio anymore so I guess I’m showing my age since radio today only rotates about 10 songs total) I’ve heard it on Dj Presha’s show and Random Movement played it last week. Sexy tune. Just sultry and melodic. I love it. Keep your ears peeled people.

Random Movement & Mixmaster Doc – Rattled System
Loving this one. What’s not to love? There’s a Bjork sample in it! (track is in the Random Movement player)

Today’s Oldie: Pieter K – Rapport – Offshore Recordings 2003
When I first started listening to Offshore, I was fortunate enough to be given the first 6 or so releases all at once. This Pieter K was the one I listened to non stop. Awesome track. I’ve been having a hard time tracking down mp3s today. Finally found one on Chemical. It’s track c.

Yay for a 3 day work week this week.

Laters

Haven’t listened to this yet but I do like Sonorous Music so it’ll do.

Sinistarr – Exclusive Mix for Sonorous Music

Tracklist

Bachelors Of Science – One Friday Night – Dub
Edward Oberon – Change Everything – Dub
Facing Jinx – Front 2 Back – Dub
Eveson – Brooklyn – Influence Records dub
Sinistarr – Pole Position – Sonorous Digital Dub
Sinistarr – Uptown – Peer Pressure Recordings Dub
Mutt – It’s Pouring Once Again – Horizons Music Dub
Lynx & Nu:Tone – Whistle Stop – Brand:Nu
Sinistarr – Leeroy Jenkins – Influence Records
Mutt – Feelings For You – Horizons Music
Soul Intent – Studio Pressure – Influence Records Dub
Cybass – Japonica – Vibez Dub
Atom – Excursion – Sonorous Digital Dub
Sinistarr – Golgo 13 – Dub
Survival – Daylight – Audio Tactics
Chris Inperspective – Sitting on Crayons – Dub
Sinistarr – Corporate – Offshore Recordings Dub
Justice & Invincible – Forever – Dub
Brother – Everything To Give – Dub
Dave Owen – Our Little Secret – Dub
Nujabes – Reflection Eternal – Hyde Out Recordings