Windows Kiki

August 12, 2009August 12, 2009 Kiki3 Comments

So I thought that my computer was fine and then my Windows somehow got corrupted and I couldn’t do a damn thing. Boo. Thank god for Pipeline. He gave my laptop new life and also pointed me in the right direction to get a new keyboard so that he can replace it for me. Yay. Sorry external keyboard, you will no longer be needed. It’s always a bonus to have a friend in the geek biz.

I’m going home this weekend and awfully excited about it. It’s going to be quite the extravaganza at the African festival. My people like to do it big yo. 😉 Jessica and Joia are coming with me. I just like hanging out with my mum and eating good food and that’s the best thing that Madison, Wisconsin has to offer me. Woot.

Tunes:
Tyler Straub – Impatient

Today’s Oldie:
Dj Reality – Detroit Blues – Renegade Hardware 1999
Hands down my favourite record on this Armageddon LP. So good. Rowdy, live, dancefloor stormer. Love it.

Dj Presha – Samurai Music Show Bassdrive July 2009

Tracklist

01. Sabre – One Man Jettison [DARKESTRAL EXCURSIONS]
02. Consequence – Dread Tone [DARKESTRAL EXCURSIONS]
03. Webb – Theme 3 [N/A]
04. Consequence – Pseudo Echo [EXIT]
05. Spectrasoul – Insignia [EXIT]
06. Ultracode – Misto [N/A]
07. ST Files – Fat Soul [SOUL:R]
08. Luca – Square One [SAMURAI]
09. Phobia – Nothing To Lose [CODED]
10. Luca – Black On Black [N/A]
11. Edward Oberon – Bridge Out [N/A]
12. SP.Y. & Total Science Feat Riya – Testimony [N/A]
13. S.P.Y.- A.S.B.O. [SOUL:R]
14. S.P.Y – Camouflage Dub [31 R]
15. Klute – Take A Breath VIP [A BUNCH OF CUTS]
16. Digital & Outrage – Heroes [FUNCTION]
17. Amit & Outrage – Insane Bitch [COMMERCIAL SUICIDE]
18. Redeyes – My Valentine (S.P.Y. Remix) [VANDAL]
19. Jubei – Entrapment [METALHEADZ]
20. ST Files – Crackden [SOUL:R]
21. ST Files – Weight Down [SOUL:R]
22. S.P.Y. Feat Riya – Rebirth [SOUL:R]
23. S.P.Y – Way Of Life [WARM COMMUNICATIONS]
24. Dose & Menace – Pick Up VIP [SAMURAI]
25. Teknik & Dose – The Intruder [N/A]
26. Bazil & Lean – Flashback [N/A]
27. Break – Progression [UTOPIA]
28. Bal – Venus In Furs [INFLUENCE]
29. Soul Intent – Wall E Got Stoned [N/A]
30. 8 Bits – So Good [CIA DEEP KUT]
31. Noah D Feat Einstein – Killing Time (Break Remix) [BASSHEADZ]
32. 8 Bits – Cyclops [CIA DEEP KUT]
33. Soul Intent – Falling [SAMURAI]
34. 8 Bits – On Your Mind [CIA DEEP KUT]
35. Maako & Andy Skopes – In The Raw (D Bridge Remix) [UTOPIA]

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Shakedown Kiki

July 1, 2009 KikiLeave a comment

CC has left the building, I repeat, CC has left the building. Man, it was really awesome to have her here. I definitely had a fun filled jam packed crazy 5 days. Now back to my regular, boring, serious life where I have no job and have to get one ASAP. Boo.

Shakedown is tonight with Tyler Straub. Can you say woot? Beatchemist is in town and Dave Owen is supposed to be coming too. Can you say woot squared? I have been missing in action from my drum and bass posse for almost a month. I feel this is the perfect opportunity to make my comeback. Woot cubed??? Ok…. definitely taking it too far. 😉

I’ve been listening to so much dnb so I’m excited to just go out and hear some good music. Chi peoples, make your way to Lava this evening. You won’t be disappointed. Stunna and Lamebrane are playing too so your attendance is a must!

Tunes:
Modemellow – Feel Inside (track is in player)

Donnie Dubson – Super Marimba

Today’s Oldie:
Q Project – Soul Star – Liquid V 2005

Might as well continued the Shakedown mania. Here’s Shakedown Mix #5. I feel like I just wrote an extended radio ad for Shakedown. Hee hee. The kind that just goes on and on and on or better yet one of those One Nation ads you hear at the beginning of some mixes where Skibba does a bunch of rhyming and sneaks in a “woo ooo ha ha ha” and it rhymes with a string of sentences that were said at warp speed… Hmmm you get the pic. I’m just a wee bit too chatty this a.m., so lemme shut my trap now.

Laters

Raiden – Shakedown Mix #5

Tracklist

01. Electro SoulSystem Sunchase – Alluvion -???
02. Loxy & Isotone – Aciencts Cylon
03. Spirt – Smashed – Interactive
04. Raiden – M82 – OffKey
05. Ulterior Motive – Yogurt Brainwave – Subtitles
06. Digital – Blood Money (Amit & Outrage rmx) – Function
07. Rockwell – Drums – Digital Soundboy
08. Raiden – La Luna – Renegade Hardware
09. Ulterior Motive – Infrasonic – Subtitles
10.Raiden & Khanage – Amnesia Haze – 31 recs
11.Aspect & Gremlinz – Armshouse – Digital Soundboy
12.Meth & Raiden – Re-Up – OffKey
13.Ink – Mirage (Raiden & Khanage rmx) – Reneagde Hardware
14.Icicle – Frozen – Renegae Hardware
15.Rockwell – Snare Drum Awareness – Digital Soundboy
16.Raiden – Roentgen – Architechure
17.Raiden & Khanage – King Stays King – OffKey
18.Jubei – Trident – Interactive
19.Raiden – Hubble – OffKey
20.C4C – Scatter Brain – C4C

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Toodloo ’08

December 31, 2008January 16, 2009 KikiLeave a comment

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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Bleh

November 19, 2008January 16, 2009 Kiki2 Comments

Meh, Bleh, Bah, you get my drift. It’s cold. It’s hard to get motivated. There’s only a 3 day work week next week. I’m trying to be good but procrastination is getting the better of me dammit! 😉 This week is pretty quiet compared to last week.

I can’t stop listening to Tyler Straub. I feel like I should talk about him way way way more than I do cuz he’s uber talented. I’ve been listening to Easy Does It, Walk The Line, Drawn Faces, Waiting For You, Baixo Capoeira, etc. all morning cuz it’s the total soundtrack to the mood I’m in. Good stuff. Become a fan. I am. You can hear the majority of those tracks on his myspace. 🙂

Tunes:

Electrosoul System – Deep Blue Loving this one. I heard it on Overfiend’s show recently (I think) and was digging it. It’s been a while since I have bought an Electrosoul System track.

Today’s Oldie – Decoder & Substance – Dogfight – Breakbeat Culture 2001 I was a huge Decoder & Substance fan. Hazardous is really my favourite on that Encrypted EP on Tech Itch Recordings but I couldn’t find a sample so I went with Dogfight instead.

Looking forward to this one. I ❤ Spectrasoul.

Spectrasoul – Mix for Kongkast #55

Tracklist

01. Lomax – Come & See (Critical Dub)
02. Physics – Dream World (D-Bridge Remix)(Blindside)
03. Subwave – Think (Shogun Audio Dub)
04. Alix Perez – Crooklyn (Soul:R)
05. SpectraSoul – How Strange (Innerground Dub)
06. Calibre & D-Bridge – Untitled (Dub)
07. Alix Perez – Stray (Shogun Audio)
08. SpectraSoul – Alibi (Critical Dub)
09. Icicle & Nympho – Franky Mountain (Ram)
10. Break – Authentic (Quarantine)
11. SpectraSoul – Untitled (Dub)
12. Break – Headz Up (Metalheadz Dub)
13. SpectraSoul – The Tube (Shogun Audio)
14. Proxima – Critical Force (SGN:LTD Dub)
15. Break – Destiny Comes Ringing (Commercial suicide Dub)
16. SpectraSoul – Adoration VIP (Dub)
17. Icicle & Jubei – Keep Up (Dub)
18. SpectraSoul – Tectonics (Dub)
19. Commix & Icicle – Ultraclean (Dub)
20. Nympho – Indemnity (Crunch Dub)
21. Friction & K-tee – Overtime (Renegade Hardware)
22. D-Bridge – True Romance VIP (Dub)
23. SpectraSoul – In Profile (Dub)
24. Zero-T & Survival – No More (Dispatch)
25. SpectraSoul – Dark Hour (Critical)
26. Logistics – Waiting Line (Hospital)
27. SpectraSoul – Flourescent (Dub)

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Dear Kiki…

November 3, 2008January 16, 2009 Kiki2 Comments

Before I had this blog I had a livejournal account. I actually still have it. I just don’t really write in it. I’ve had it for 7 years. The reason I stopped writing in it was because I found that I wrote way too much detail in it. Yikes. I mean if you want to know what was going on with me for the past 7 years just read that shit. LOL. It was definitely more of a Dear Diary… style than this blog. I actually quite fond of this blog that I have now. I talk a lot and need to get my thoughts out some way or another so I like that I babble about myself for a paragraph or so and then talk about drum n bass. Before I was just talking about myself for pages and pages and trust me, as crazy as I am no one really cares that much about my life and a paragraph of details is just enough. 🙂

Had a nice weekend. Juju’s bbq was fun. Rocko & Ron’s party was cool. Pretty chill weekend.

Tunes:

Tyler Straub – Walk With You (track is in the player)

Spectrasoul – Peninsula (track is in the player)

Kubiks & Lomax – Deep Dune (Blu Mar Ten Remix)

Today’s Oldie:
Artificial Intelligence – Desperado – V Recordings 2005 Oh man. I was such an A.I. junkie. I would anxiously awaiting there releases. Me and my fellow chitown buddy Dj Ciro had our own A.I. gang. We would both gush about how great they were whenever we saw each other. LOL. They have so many awesome releases. Great liquid anthems. This one is just fire.

Magical Gravity was kind enough to give me the link to a mix to post.

Enjoy.

Magical Gravity & G-Funk – Groovy Sessions

Tracklist

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Humpday

October 22, 2008January 16, 2009 KikiLeave a comment

It’s wednesday. My mum is coming this weekend. There’s kind of a lotta things going on around me that are pretty major. We’ll see how they pan out.

Love these tunes:

Ed Oberon – Kid Rio This track is out of control. I love it. I heard it in the mix on Tyler’s show and it was fire. Check it out, it’s in the player.

Kjell – Healing Process Lovin this one. Really great bassline. I feel like Kjell’s tracks have a distinct style, not quite sure how to describe it but whatever it is I like it.

Tyler Straub – Waiting For You I had actually meant to write about this track when I heard it on Bassdrive about a month ago but I really wanted to wait til I had a sample to share with you. It has this really serene melodic vibe that is just awesome. Not only do I have a sample but it’s actually available as a free download from the Santorin site. Now that is pretty cool. 🙂

Today’s Oldie – Roni Size – Watching Windows (Ed Rush & Optical Remix) – Talking Loud 1998 All my oldie favourites seem to be by the same artists. LOL. Seriously though, I do remember from about ’95 to about ’00 I could always rely on the same labels and the same artists for my tracks. They were the ones doing the best stuff and others couldn’t even really come close. This remix is ridiculously wonderful. I love the idea of a remix. I’m always curious to see what someone else would do with a track. The Ed Rush and Optical spin is just lovely. Classic track.

This mix should be fire.

Break – Future Soul Promo Mix Oct 2008

Tracklist

Break – ???
??? – ???
Break – Lead the Way [COMMERCIAL SUICIDE]
SpectraSoul – Tectonics [DEEP SOUL MUSIC]
Break & Survival – Dawn [DNAUDIO]
Break – ???
Break – Reach Out [SYMMETRY]
>>Calibre – Fire And Water [SOUL:R]
Break – Splash Step [QUARANTINE]
Dose & Menace – Pick Up [SAMURAI MUSIC]
Break – All Around [SYMMETRY]
Spinline – Cold Feet [SOM Music]
Break – Let It Happen [SHOGUN AUDIO]
??? – ???
??? – ???
Zero T – Goes Around [SHOGUN AUDIO]
Total Science – S.O.S [VIOLENCE]
Break feat. Keyo – Last Chance [SYMMETRY]

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Ants In My Pants

August 28, 2008January 16, 2009 Kiki1 Comment

Knowing that I don’t have to work tomorrow is so exciting. Finally my much talked about mini holiday is here and I can’t wait. I’ve been antsy all day cuz the clock is just moving too bloody slowly.

Can we talk for a second about how awesome Tyler Straub is? He really is quite the musical genius. Stunna played Waiting For You yesterday. Love it! It’s not in the player but you should really listen to his stuff. So good. Take a peak. 🙂

Didn’t get to listen to all of DFunk’s show today but I did catch a little bit. He played a nice Komatic tune that I was digging called Untold Stories. Nice.

Today actually hasn’t been as boring as it could be. I’m just anxious for the day to be done. I’m gonna try and post tomorrow before I head out of town.

Toodles

Fusion & BCee – Spectrum @ IC Radio 08/22/08

Tracklist

J.M.D Team – In Quest of Mystics (Deformed Soundz)
ICR – Crummy (Counter Intelligence Digital)
Intelligent Manners – Never Enough (CD-R)
Deepcutt – Granger (CD-R)
Tane & Chords – Guardian Angel (CD-R)
Drifta – Left Me For Her feat. Jaz & Tayong (CD-R)
Sam Sparro – Black & Gold [Komatic remix] (CD-R)
Redeyes – Poetry In Motion feat. Sweed (Spearhead)
>>BCee Interview
Intelligent Manners & Command Strange – Unwind Your Soul (CD-R)
>>BCee in the mix
Danny Byrd – Red Mist feat IK (Hospital)
Redeyes – Blue Note (Spearhead)
Redeyes feat. Mutt – Sugar (Spearhead)
Lomax – Come & See (Critical)
Nu:Tone – Balaclava (Hospital)
Adele – Hometown Glory [High Contrast remix] (XL)
Random Movement – Reasoning With the Weeds (Innerground)
Lomax – The Wackness (Dub)
David Carbone & Kubiks – Frisco Disco (Industry)
Nu:Tone – System feat. Natalie Williams (Hospital)/Sub Focus – Airplane (Ram)
Redeyes – Luv & Haight [Matrix remix] (Spearhead Dub)
London Elektricity – Attack Ships On Fire (Hospital)
Calibre – Overeaction feat. Lariman (Signature)
Zero T – Walk Away feat. Steo (C.I.A.)
Calibre – Alone In A Crowd (Signature)
Shapeshifter – One (Brand:Nu)
4 Hero feat. Face – Look Inside [Nu:Tone remix] (Raw Canvas)

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Bad Kiki

July 14, 2008January 16, 2009 KikiLeave a comment

So I’m a bad dnb girl. I didn’t exactly make it out to the last Dynamite. Word on the street is Klute rocked the house. I had some family stuff so it was a no go. I’m not gonna sweat it. Definite signs of becoming a senior citizen are not really feeling like I missed out when I don’t go to a show. When I was younger I used to feel like my life was “totally over” if I missed an event. I of course chalk that up to being an utterly dramatic teenager. Now I’m just like if I was supposed to be there I would have been. End of story. Am I a hater if I say I’m not really too sad about Dynamite? Probably. I just have way way more fun at Seminar usually. As long as they don’t get rid of that I’ll be fine. *shudder* If they get rid of Seminar then my life really would be over… I told you it was fun to be overly dramatic every once in a while. 🙂

I’ve been listening to that Patife mix I posted the other day. Talk about lovely summer vibes indeed. If you haven’t listened to it yet you totally should give it a listen. Lots of outdoor jams on there. What’s an outdoor jam you ask? Well any track that makes you wanna lay in the sand and drink colourful drinks with umbrellas in it. The pic to the right is where I would be drinking these drinks.

I was talking with Stunna this morning and we were talking about our summer anthems. I don’t feel like there’s any significant major release so far like there usually is every summer but for me I would definitely say mine was Stunna & Tyler Straub’s Weak. I feel horrible that I don’t have a sample for you but if you do manage to track it down you won’t be disappointed. SWV dammit! You can’t go wrong there. I also really like Tyler Straub’s Easy Does It (the track is in his music player) and a new addition is Skyform’s Hanging (the track is also in the music player). They just give me the exact vibe that I like to have when it’s nice and sunny out.

Well it’s monday. I should at least pretend that I’m starting out the week with the mindset of being the perfect employee. 🙂 We’ll see how long that lasts. I’m already eagerly awaiting the weekend cuz I’m going to see my mum and I haven’t seen her in ages so I’m excited to go kick it with her. My mum is actually really fun to hang out with so that’s always something to look forward to.

Redeyes mix below. Yay.

Laters

Redeyes – Live in Bangkok@ Club Culture (Homebass Communications)

01 Redeyes & Eveson – State Of Mind [Forthcomin Channel 82]
02 Redeyes, Random Movement, Mutt & Mc Mike Romeo – Groove Thing [Poetry In Motion LP]
03 Redeyes – Turn Around [CIA Deepkut]
04 Redeyes & Deeizm – Luv & Haight [Poetry In Motion LP]
05 Redeyes – Hey Lover [Bingo]
06 Redeyes & Sweed – Poetry In Motion [Poetry In Motion LP]
07 Redeyes – Seperate Ways [DUB]
08 Redeyes – Conart [Poetry In Motion LP]
09 Redeyes – Clapslap [CIA Deepkut]
10 Redeyes – Cruise Ship To The Stars [Poetry In Motion LP]
11 Redeyes – Born With A Headache [Forthcomin Brand:Nu]
12 Redeyes – Dusty [Poetry In Motion LP]
13 Redeyes – I Live [Creative Source]
14 Redeyes & Sweed – The Night Is Over [Poetry In Motion LP]
15 Redeyes – Soul Brother [W10]
16 Redeyes – Let It Shine [Poetry In Motion LP]
17 Redeyes – Pusherman (S.P.Y. Vip) [DUB]
*Poetry In Motion LP – Forthcomin Spearhead

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I Object Your Honor

June 25, 2008January 16, 2009 KikiLeave a comment

The one thing about my job is if one person doesn’t come to work it fucks up everything for the other lawyers. Each lawyer has their own assistant so if they don’t show up they are fucked and have to find someone else to do their work. There’s only 4 employees at my firm. 1 of them is out sick. Now I’ve got a bunch of shit on top of my other shit and it’s actually not hard stuff to do, it’s just that it makes for a really long fucking day and it’s only 9 am. *sigh*

I’ve been listening to that Format mix that I posted before that had all the new Zero T tracks on it over and over for the past couple of days. Dnb is really great to work out to, so that’s been my elliptical machine mix. I’ve actually been listening to some of the same mixes on repeat for the past 5 days so I feel like I don’t have that much to report in the new tracks department. I feel like when I listen to Bassdrive today I might have some stuff to discuss cuz that’s where I’ve been hearing all my new shit lately.

One that sticks out is that Dave Owen – On Point tune. Definitely digging that one. It’s just a party tune. I don’t know why I didn’t write about that one before because I’ve actually been into it for the past month. I don’t have a sample sorry. I’m loving Tyler Straub’s stuff too. Easy Does It? That’s a complete summer jam.

I could rant forever but I’ve got a bunch of work to do.

Method One is at Seminar today. It’s him and Submorphics. I’m looking forward to good music and my friends. Shout out to Greg, play Desperate Times dammit. 😉

Laters

Physics – Live @ Basso FM 6.21.08

Tracklist

01. Alix Perez – Stray – Shogun Audio
02. Physics – Dreamworld (D-bridge Remix) – Blindside
03. DJ ATP – unknown – ?
04. Human Factor – Misery – Dreamsound Dub
05. Saburuko – Love Sensation – ?
06. Smote – Living Soul – Red Mist?
07. Eveson – Hotwax – Channel 82
08. Physics – Love Forever – Dub
09. Human Factor – Sunnyside – Good Looking
10. ??
11. Physics – Race Car Driver – Vibez dub
12. Logistics – Dreams – Hospital
13. DJ ATP – Dreaming – Liquid Brilliants
14. Mark Slavin – Insomniac – Dub
15. Physics&S.P.Y – Miles Above – Blindside Dub
16. Soul Intent – Kings Roller – ??
17. Physics&S.P.Y – Urban Assault – Dub
18. Peyo&Cloud Nine – That`s what You Do To Me (Random Movment Rmx)- Blu Saphire

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I Get So Weak….

May 19, 2008January 16, 2009 Kiki3 Comments

I’m beat down. I’ve had this horrific cough along with numerous other annoying symptoms for like five days. I’m pretty sure I’m dying. Web MD says I might have walking pneumonia or hypersomnia. Of course I can guarantee you that I really have neither. Web MD is good for turning people into hypochondriacs.

I was running around a lot this weekend so I don’t really have much dnb to write about… Well actually let me be honest, Stunna sent me this track that him and Tyler Straub did and I’m way too into it and have just been listening to it on repeat all weekend. That’s why I have no other dnb to write about. It’s called So Weak and it’s dope. I don’t remember being able to go anywhere in 1993 without hearing that SWV song so I’ve become a wee bit obsessed. Sorry but I don’t have a sample to give you right now.

I did get my D-Bridge : Gemini Principle LP so at least I accomplished something.

I’m still ailing and feeling a bit lazy so I’m just gonna listen to this Sabre – Shogun Audio Mix on Pyro Radio and dream about not having hypersomnia and walking pneumonia.

Laters.

Sabre Shogun Audio Show May 15, 2008