Posts Tagged ‘Drum & Bass’

Old Mixes

Posted: Sunday - Aug 22nd, 2010

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Given I haven’t posted anything new in ages, I figured I should share links for a bunch of old mixes you might already have.

These span from 2003 all the way to this year. Some are full mixes that I actually put out on CD (remember those?), some are re-recordings of live sets I played at gigs, and the rest are sets I played on Karl’s and Nick’s radio shows.

Anyways, here they are. In most cases you can find the tracklistings in the Lyrics tabs of each mp3 if you’re using iTunes. If you’re using WinAmp or something else if you’re on a PC… uh, I have no idea.

Enjoy! Feel free to leave feedback on these – I know they’re all old, but that’s better than nothing…. right? Right?

Best of 2005
Futurhythm 2008.09.10
Futurhythm 2009.03.11
Futurhythm 2010.03.17
The Warning 2008.12.12
Live at Turnin’ 30
Live @ Class – St Patrick’s Day 2009
Staying In
Music For Car Stereos, Vol 2

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Roadtrip!

Posted: Friday - Jan 22nd, 2010

Sure, it’s only to Montreal, but who gives a shit?

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I’m a big Marcus Intalex fan. He’s an excellent producer, he runs one of the best drum & bass labels on the planet, and he’s always pushed top-notch, forward-looking music. He runs one of the best d&b-centric internet radio shows out there, Soul:ution Radio. He also speaks his mind and isn’t afraid to call out veteran producers that push cookie-cutter tunes that pander to jungle’s mainstream in order to line their bank accounts.

The Intalex is playing in Montreal tomorrow, bringing my couple of weeks of celebrating my birthday to a close. He’s one of the few drum & bass people left on my “see this deejay before you die” list. Me and a bunch of the lads are looking forward to hearing him, and you should too.

He’s playing @ Club Lambi (4465 St-Laurent), and cover is $10 advance. Local stalwarts Corey K and Generic are tagging a set, and DJ Hosta and Bus will be tagging one as well.

And for some reason, if you’ve never heard of Marcus Intalex, here’s a short tribute mix that Karl put together for his radio show Futurhythm this week.

Download: Karl Haze – Marcus Intalex Tribute (Futurhythm, 2010.01.20)

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tracklist:

  1. Da Intalex – What You Gonna Do? (Flex)
  2. Marcus Intalex – Refreshed (Soul:R)
  3. Mist.i.cal – Love Thing (???)
  4. Mist.i.cal feat. Ras T Weed – Mistical Solution (Soul:R)
  5. M.I.S.T. – Warp 1 (Soul:R)
  6. Marcus Intalex – Skizm (Soul:R)
  7. Marcus Intalex – Zumbar (Soul:R)
  8. M.I.S.T. – Outerspace (Soul:R)
  9. Mist.i.cal – Inside My Head (Soul:R)
  10. Solid State – Just A Vision (Marcus Intalex & ST Files Remix) (Renegade)

And here’s my all-time favorite Intalex tune that Karl forgot to include. Tsk tsk, dude.

Marcus Intalex & ST Files – Love & Happiness

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New Years

Posted: Friday - Jan 1st, 2010

Oddly enough, I had a good time this New Year’s.

I’ve never been big on house parties; being forced to mingle with people you don’t know for a few minutes at a time and then drifting apart to mingle with other people you don’t know. I suppose that’s all well and good for extroverts and whatnot, but when I’m in a social situation full of people I’ve never met before I tend to clam up and find interesting things to do that don’t involve all those people. Somehow I manage to either look at every single photo and painting on the walls in common areas or I find the household pet and we become best friends for the evening.

In any case, the countdown happened and I gave Mish a kiss and toasted the new year with her. She was cute, her festivation was already well underway and she was being adorable. After well wishing the few people I knew at the party, I ended up bumping into a girl I hadn’t seen in ages. She and I and her new husband ended up getting into a pretty good conversation when all of a sudden the hostess of the party came over and asked me to play some records. It turns out that all the deejays that had come to provide music for the party were playing off laptops and were having problems; given that I still haven’t succumbed to Serato Syndrome and I still bring vinyl with me to gigs I was a safe bet for tunes.

So I got on and played. I was a bit leery of playing at all, given that it was definitely a house-centric crowd and I’m primarily a drum & bass deejay, but I’d picked a bunch of saucy tunes with vocals so I figured I was as well prepared as I could be. Things turned out surprisingly well; I brought big older tunes like “Make Me Feel”, “LK”, “Midnight” and “Put That Woman First” as well as lots of Hospital, Soul:r and Liquid V material and the girls seemed to dig it. By the time I got to the end of my set I’d played for just around 2 hours or so.

The rest of the party was pretty good. I’d loosened up enough by then to feel a bit better mingling and chatting. I ended up leaving around 4 or so and hit the sack as soon as I got home. All in all not a bad New Year’s Eve.

I think playing that set got me to make my first New Year’s resolution ever: spin more often. Playing records for a wee dancefloor got me remembering why it was fun playing records in the first place.

Anyways, happy new years to you. Have a solid 2010.

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