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Ready Steady Kiki

It’s raining.  It’s hard to be motivated when there’s gloomy clouds looming and a wet pavement.  My weekend was lovely.  Good friends, good food etc.  Dope.  Me and Caroline took a little trip to Bed Bath and Beyond and made over our bathroom and it looks awesome.  It’s the little things people, the little things. 🙂

It’s nice when I have one dnb event to go to in a week, but two?  Ed Oberon is at Shakedown on wednesday and I’m playing at Smart Bar on thursday.  Woot.  Also my friends Sam and Katie are coming to Chi for the weekend so I’m looking forward to that too.  Yay, summer rules.

Tunes:
Bachelors of Science – Song for Lovers (track is in player)

Today’s Oldie:
MartynBlack LiesRevolver 2005

HayzeJuly Studio Mix

Tracklist

JONNY L – MICRODAZE
COMMIX – BREAKING THROUGH
BLU MAR TEN – BELIEVE ME
SPIRIT – LAYERS
LENZMAN – THE ICE DANCE RMX
SURVIVAL – GOOD TO SEE
EDWARD OBERON – NOIR
DATA – THE SPRAWL
MISTICAL – CITY LIFE
ILL LOGIC & RAF – BETWEEN GOD, THE DEAD AND THE WILD
SPECTRASOUL – INSIGNIA
JYNX – RED EYES
CALIBRE – HALF FULL
ATOM – OBSERVATION
DATA – VICE
TOKYO PROSE – FLINCH
BREAK – ENIGMA
JUNE MILLER – HALF TOP

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Where Oh Where Has My Record Gone?

I have a lot of dnb records.  I’ve been buying them since 1994.  Needless to say sometimes if I can’t find a record it just stays missing for a long period of time.  LOL.  It’s even worse now because I don’t have my whole collection at my apartment, some is at my mum’s etc.  Everything from about 1999 onwards is pretty much at my place though.

I remember a couple of years ago I lost my MartynNxt 2 U.  I went through all my records and it was just missing.  When I used to play out a lot, I could at least entertain the notion that I might have lost it at a gig but I don’t really play out anymore so if I lose a record it HAS to be in my place!!  I remember Stunna helped me look and we just didn’t see it.  All the other Martyn records were there but no Nxt 2 U.  I found it a year later.  Just sitting on the shelf, peacefully, untouched and dust bunnied.

Why am I telling you this story?  Today’s oldie is a Bad Company record that I’ve been thinking about buying again because I was convinced it was lost.  It was one of my favourites on this one Virus double pack.  I seriously have been looking for that record since I moved to Chicago back in ’02.  I was convinced that I had lost it in the move from Minneapolis.  When I was at Gramaphone on Saturday I saw a used copy and almost bought it but decided I’d have one more look through my shit.  I went to go mix at Reisha’s yesterday and went through all my Virus stuff and the record was just there, just hanging out.  Where do they hide??? 🙂

Tunes:
Scenic & Advisory – Science Friction (track is in player)

Soulmatic – Self Belief (track is in player)

Today’s Oldie:
Bad CompanySkin TagVirus Recordings 1999
Picking Bad Company on the regular for my oldies has rehashed my love for them.

AtomSonorous Mix Jan 2009

01. Atom – Robot Fight [INFLUENCE]
02. HLZ – Rarefied [SONOROUS]
03. Gunston – Sorrens Code [N/A]
04. Data – Reconnaissance [METALHEADZ]
05. Atom – Hidden Camera [SONOROUS]
06. S13 – Seppuku [N/A]
07. Atom – Breath In [N/A]
08. Naibu – Here Now [INFLUENCE]
09. Atom – Night Flight [SONOROUS]
10. Furney – Forwardbound [CAMINO BLUE]
11. Mixmaster Doc – Release [N/A]
12. Soul Intent – Studio Pressure [N/A]
13. Icicle – Hang On [SHOGUN AUDIO]
14. Lomax – Too Real [SOUL:R]
15. Bungle – Unknown [SONOROUS]
16. Bal – Red River Valley [N/A]
17. Sinistarr – Pole Position [SONOROUS]
18. Electrosoul System & Sunchase – Alluvion [CAMINO BLUE]