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Mental Scale Kiki

Sigh, the plight of a libra.  I’m always struggling to find balance.  I seem to live my life from one extreme to another.  There’s no in between.  I’ve gone from having nothing to do to doing everything.  I really will be looking forward to the weekend once it rolls around because I’m pretty much just running around non-stop.  I’m not complaining because I do appreciate that at least I’m working when others aren’t but exhaustion is not a good look.  I’m definitely a person that needs to have moments where I collect my thoughts and meditate and reflect etc.  Hopefully I sort it out and find the balance I need. 🙂

StanzaFabricality Mix

Tracklist

Second Sun – Calibre – Signature
>> Nasty Ways – Dillinja – Valve
Solaris Theme – Chris Su – Subtitles
You’ve Got The Love – Candi Staton – Holdtight Remix – Industry
Slide Away – Dj Die – V Recordings
Represent – Brockie & Ed Solo – Undiluted
Hello – Zinc – Fierce & Break Remix – Bingo
>> Dubplate – Wots My Code – Total Science Remix – CIA
Midnight – Uncut ft Jenna G – MIST Remix – Wired
>> Vault – Pendulum – 31 records
A New Technique – Nu:Logic – Hospital
Aztec – Spor – Shogun
Mr Maverick – Calibre – Signature
Gateman – Digital – Phantom Audio
Co Coa – Clipz – Full Cycle
Billion Dollar Gravy – London Elektricity – Hospital
Arcade – Supra – White
>> Fallin – Raiden – Renegade Hardware
Mr Happy – D Minds & DJ Hazard – Playaz
Lost Hours – Icicle – Critical
Murderation – Logistics – Hospital
Screw Up – Ewun – The Upbeats Remix – Lifted Music
>> Carrier – Fierce & Cause 4 Concern – Quarantine
Faith Massive – Lomax – Ram
Diplodocus – Noisia – Quarantine
Turn Up the Music – Camo & Crooked – Hospital
>> Redline – Fierce & Break – Quarantine
Tapestry – Marky & SPY ft Miri – Innerground
>> Let’s Cruise – Will Miles – Dubplate
Rose Garden – Stanza – Hospital
NRG ’93 – Utah Jazz – Vintage
>> LFO – LFO – Cyantific Bootleg – Dubplate

Drum n Bass · Tracks

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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Wet Blanket Kiki

I’m having a bit of a boring day today.  Sorry. 😦

Tunes:
Mutt – I Used To (track is in player)

Digital HuntersRed Glass (track is in Innerground player)

Today’s Oldie:
Ram TrilogyChase SceneRam Records 1998
This is probably my favourite Ram Trilogy record.  Just gritty!  I love it.

StanzaBristol Underground Podcast

Tracklist

Dan Marshall – Genesis – Aperture Dub
>> Spectrasoul – Organiser – Critical
Seba – Snow – Hospital
Triad – Fiasco – Deep Soul Music Dub
Lomax – Too Real – Soul:R
HLZ – Lowalk – 31 Records Dub
Spectrasoul – Alibi – Critical
Cyantific – 88mph – Hospital Dub
>> Die & Break – Deep Search – Dub
Fierce & Break – Redline – Quarantine
Capone – Friday – Hardleaders
Jnr Blue & Stanza – False Promise – Dub
>> Dillinja – Hard Noize – Test
Lomax – Jungle FX – Ram Records Dub
DJ Madd – Long Time – Dub
Interface – Get Lo – Audio Zoo Dub
Logistics – Colour Wheel – Hospital
Stanza – Number Gas VIP – Dub
Stanza – Rose Garden – Dub

Drum n Bass · Mixes · R&B · Tracks

Kiki Has A Dream

It’s not really a secret if you know me pretty well but I do happen to have a mini obsession with r&b…  okay let’s be real, none of my obsessions are mini LOL.  I actually listen to a lot of it.  It’s my go to music if I’m not listening to electronic music, which isn’t that often, but I still keep track of most of the songs.  I am not ashamed to admit that I’ll totally listen to a bunch of bad r&b.  What can I say?  I’m a sucka for anything that’s slightly melodic.  I know I’m way more lenient if the vocal or the beat is good in r&b but I’m pretty harsh when it comes to dnb as it’s the music I listen to a majority of the time.

Anyways the tune I’m digging right now is The Dream’sRocking That Thang.  Love it.  I actually I’m not too obsessed with the vocal but I do like the beat a lot.  I feel like it’s begging for a dnb remix.  I can already hear it in my head.  I’ve got a little repeat action going with it right now.

I think I live in my own music world so much that I’ve got no clue if something is bad or good anymore and I also just don’t care as I’m not really forcing people to listen to what I’m listening to.  I’m pretty aware of the fact that most people think I listen to horrid music but as long as I like it that’s all that matters right?  🙂  I’m digging the video too.  Sexy.

Tunes:
Stanza & Grimm – By My Side (track is in the Grimm player)
Submorphics turned me on to this yesterday.  Nice tune.

Today’s Oldie:
Phantom AudioRemote ControlTimeless Recordings 2000
You kinda can’t beat a duo like Digital and Spirit.  Sick tune.  I think Stunna was the one that played it yesterday.  So many djs played last night I couldnt really keep track to be honest but I definitely was loving that everyone was feeling the old skool vibe.

JebarLiquid Brilliants Chronicles Part 1
I really enjoyed this mix.  Nice and pretty.

Tracklist

01. Dk Foyer & Jebar – “This Way”
02. Dk Foyer – “Move”
03. Jebar & Politic – “Brilliant”
04. Politic – “Deeper Love”
05. Jebar – “Dream Machine”
06. m25 & Dk Foyer – “Out Of Mind”
07. Soulgrifter – “Cannot Resist”
08. PH & Prestige – “Heaven Door”
09. Soulgrifter – “Come Down”
10. dRamatic – “Into My Soul”
11. Zyz Ruffen & JSSA – “Outta Here”
12. Zyz Ruffen & JSSA – “Standing Better”
13. dRamatic – “Played Thing”
14. Soulgrifter – “Set My Soul On Fire”
15. Soulgrifter – “U Made Me”
16. PH – “Inside”
17. PH – “Take Me Home”
18. First Function & M25 – “Ideas & Feelings”
19. First Function & M25 – “Woman In Black”
20. Intelligent Manners – “I Lost You Baby”
21. Intelligent Manners – “Do It Now”
22. DJ Skill – “Ultra Piano”
23. Incident – “Grey Of The Morning”
24. The Square – “We Move All”
25. DBaudio & dRamatic – Life
26. DBaudio & dRamatic – Falling


Drum n Bass · Mixes · Tracks

Funky

I’ve been in a funk all week.  Boo.  No one’s happy all the time I guess so I’m trying not to let it stress me out.

Tunes:

Druid – The Blue Yonder Oh the wonders of the Bassdrive chat room.  I heard this track on Bassdrive last month.  I listen all day at work.  I have a sheet of paper that I scrawl down tracks I like on the right side of my desk and if I want to write about them I stick a post it note on the monitor.  I couldn’t find Druid’s myspace page so I’ve basically kept scratching out this track and throwing away post it notes for the past month.  LOL.  I saw a Druid in the chatroom and lo and behold it was in fact the one and only and now I can share the track with you.   I just like that it has a symphonious ring to it.   I’m not trying to be pretentious with that word, it was the only one that came to mind.  I actually had to look it up on dictionary.com to make sure it wasn’t a synonym I had made up.  I just imagine the London Symphony Orchestra playing this tune and everyone just nodding their heads.  The track is in the player.

Poise & Hybrid JCaptured Moment (track is in both of their players)  I’m not actually familiar with these two producers but I’m definitely digging the track.

CalibreDon’t Mind EP I like this EP but I can’t tell if it’s cuz I’m kinda emo this week and therefore am digging the hauntingly melancholy eerie sound to the tracks.  It’s Calibre so the production is always good, I just don’t know if I would actually play them out.

Today’s Oldie: Ellis DeeLockdown – Collusion Records 1995  Man, I don’t know what to say about this record. I loved it! It came out during this time period where I just wanted to hear random rap samples and rolling basslines. Do it well enough and I thought you were God. I would just stand in front of the speaker at raves and dance to this track like a maniac. This for sure was a party tune.

Toodloo

I’m really starting to love the Influenza Media Podcasts!

StanzaInfluenza Media Podcast

Tracklist

Redeyes – Pusherman – Bingo
Stanza & Sconeboy – Fortune 45 – Influenza
Mutt – Hot Lick Squeeze – Creative Source
Commix – How You Gonna Feel – Metalheadz
Physics – Dreamworld – D Bridge Rmx – Blindside
Insiders – Renaissance –
Stanza – Casa Bordoy – Dub
Heist – Pum Pum Stabber – grid
Paul SG, Eros & Atmospherix – Green & Blue – Dub
Mood 2 Swing – I’ve Got love – Logistics Rmx – Bingo
Stanza – Requestion – Influenza
Artificial Intelligence – Desperado – V Recordings
Will Miles – Pull Me Downs – Dub
>> D Bridge – Freedom Club – Exit
Alix Perez & Lynx – Randy – Soul:R
Stanza – Lost Out – Dub
Visionary – Ruling Sound – Digital Soundboy
Bungle ft Darrison – Just A Little Bit Closer – C.I.A.
Matrix & Futurebound – Skyscraper – Metro:Viper
Nu:Logic – Trademark – Hospital
Snow Patrol – Open Your Eyes – Drum & Bass Rmx
Calibre – Why Time – Signature
D.Kay – It’s On The Way – Soul:R
System- Mystic Relaxation – Mac 2
Dr Dre – Xxplosive – Aftermath
Stanza & Sconeboy – Find Yourself – Influenza

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LOL

Man, do I love to laugh.  I spend a majority of my day doing just that.  I find everything funny.  I am fortunate that pretty much all of my friends have the same sense of humour as me so I’m pretty much like Dave Chappelle in that one skit where he pretends to be Eminem and he’s like “I got jokes and jokes and jokes and jokes..” 🙂

Usually when I wake up, I just get ready and go straight to work.  I feel like if I’m awake, what’s the point in sitting around waiting to go to work.  Today though my boss is out of town so I decided to take my sweet time and come in around nine.  I spent 2 hours watching Extras instead.  That’s pretty much one of my top 3 favourite shows.  I think Ricky Gervais is hilarious.  I loved the British version of The Office.  I like the American version too but I just like the BBC one more.

I’m always dying of laughter when I watch Extras.  If you ever get a chance to watch it you won’t be disappointed.  If you’re American though you might find season 2 funnier than season 1 cuz I feel like season 1 has more British stars in it and they might not be as funny to you.  The finale of season 1 though has Patrick Stewart and it’s a really great episode.  I’m asking for the dvds for Christmas for sure.

Moving on… I enjoyed listening to Bassdrive again today.  I was listening to Will Miles show.  Bassdrive is kind of a dream for me cuz I just get to listen to non-stop dnb and do my work and it’s not crap.  Heard this Stanza tune called Lost Out that I was really digging.  Will definitely be looking out for that one.

Good ol’ Marcus Intalex has another installment of Soul:ution Radio.  I see he has some Brother tracks on there.  I’ve been loving a lot of that dude’s stuff lately!

Enjoy.

Marcus Intalex – Soul:ution Radio July 08

Tracklist

Brother And Saburoko – In Control – Dub
Seba – As Long As It Takes – Combination
Atom – Night Flight – Dub
ST Files – Eightsix – Soulr
Data – Glacier – DubHiten – Bolt – Soulr
Spy And Mosus – Drop Shadow
Nu:Logic – Trademark – Hospital
Sight Unseen – U Make It – Dub
Furney – Jahman – V
Mutt And Visionary – Lady Love – Future Retro
Marcus Intalex – Vintage – Soulr
Calibre – Dont Mind – Signature
Chris Coda – Heading North – Dub
Lomax – Burning Flag – Critical
ST Files – Cold Front – Soulr
Calibre – Harbinger – Signature
Sato, Jack & Jubei – Untitled – Dub
Data – Liberty City Blues -Dub
Blocks – Tangier -DubThe Up
beats – Untitled Noises- Dub
Brother – Say It Loud – Dub
Seba- Blaze And Fade Out – Combination
Electrosoul System – Bookworm – Dub
Harmonic 313 – Flash – Warp