Knoxious Dave (aka. Zinger) - Swing Electro

Just a quick one to flag up this mix by a friend of ours in the electro-swing category. Great sample to start with and a first track that chimes well here ;)

Good tunes, although a learner mixer... but full of heart!
I know Chris - Morbjit is well into his electro swing so this might get the ball rolling....


Keep on keeping on Zinger-Knox man (he's the one on the right with the Big-E on his head)
its all about the pink glittery love... and the neck ache afterwards ;)

The things we do for money aye! x

Rumpistol - Electronica / Experimental / Dub

So something a bit more down-tempo with some electro music dat-sits-quite-deep-in-yer-head for this blog-post. Some quite intense broken up "chill out" music from Denmark's - Rumpistol.



I first discovered Rumpistol's stuff a few months ago and was first really amused by his intro track on his myspace page called Global Soundtracks Speak - the idea of an intern (after several failed attempts) running after him and "well recording him" made me chuckle... alot ;)

Here's the link to his soundcloud page with some good tracks there and one good mix here.


Also a good youtube video of one of his smoother tracks here. Enjoy!

Mimosa - False Idol MIx, & Mimosa and Sleepyhead - Sexytime Mix

MiM0SA'S FALSE iD0l MiXxx

So one place where Chris and I differ in our tastes (a bit) is Chris' addiction to Glitch Hop. While I like it, generally I can take it or leave it, although it has its moments and can be great at the right time... but hey that's what's good about hanging out and listening to other people's music on long drawn out chill out sessions where time drips slowly by.

However this mix False Idol by Tigran Mimosa posted on sound cloud (download here) in March 2010 is an exception. I absolutely love it and think its got a really powerful drive all the way through.

Here's what it says on his MySpace page:
Mimosa takes the listener on a space age psychedelic journey of bittersweet ecstasy. Only a two year veteren of the west coast sound movement, Mimosa is quickly making a name for himself as one of the top west coast exports. This young producer's energy while performing is magnetic; the word has spread fast and Mimosa has recently shared the stage with the likes Benga, Skream, Rusko, Datsik, Glitch Mob, ill.gates, Bassnectar and Flying Lotus, playing shows across the US and festivals like Coachella, Symbiosis Gathering, Burning Man and Decibel Festival. Fans know Mimosa as someone who brings a ‘good-time’ energy that is as fierce as it is friendly, taking them on journeys through urban chaos and ethereal euphoria.

Sexytime Mix
When Mimosa is collaborating with Sleepyhead they release as Sexytime and here is another mix you can download here from them at MK2 programme 38 (memekast)- which is less up my street (more broken up and vocals) but I think Chris likes it and was going to post it up before he got relegated to the dark ages with no intra-web connection. So I'm posting it instead. Enjoy!



Track List - False Idol:
1) MiM0SA - iN Search of Beauty
2) PantyRaid vs. MiM0SA - Chaos Control
3) MiM0SA - Days Go By (ReMiXx)
4) MartyParty vs. MiM0SA - The Perfect Flaw
5) MiM0SA - Looking Back
6) MiM0SA - California Rude Boy
7) MiM0SA - LSD Excursions
8) NastyNasty - Python Kiss (MiM0SA ReMiXxx)
9) MiM0SA - Money to Blow (ReMiXxx)
10) MiM0SA - Bamboo
11) MiM0SA - Ride The Snake


Track Listing -Sexytime Mix

1. Fire - Sexytime
2. Holla Like Whoa! - Sleepyhead
3. Day & Night (Mimosa remix) - Kid Cudi
4. Take You There (Sleepyhead thizzle refix) - Sean Kingston
5. Club Steppin - Sexytime
6. Freeway - Sexytime
7. I'm A Flirt (Sleepyhead Remix) - R.Kelly
8. Dirty Diamonds - Eprom + Sleepyhead > Twista Accapella
9. Superbad (Mimosa Remix) - Sofia Fresh
10. Forgot About Dre. W/ Nelly Furtado (Mimosa Remix) - Dr.Dre

Pieman - Tribe of Frog - NYE 2009 Mix

OK so its a bit late but this excellent mix by Pieman who is a resident at Tribe of Frog came to my attention recently and just blew me away. Solid track after solid track on the more Psy Breaks Electro side of the usual Psy Trance stuff.

Unfortunately its just been removed from their Soundcloud page due to file limitations (12hrs at a time only apparently) but you can still listen to it from the TOF website here.

Just scroll down to Pieman - Recorded at ToF New Years Eve 2009 and click on the green download arrow button on the left of it or just stream it from where it is by clicking play. Plenty of other good stuff on there too really, depending what flavours you like! Also some good stuff on their Soundcloud page.


Looks like their last bash at their regular venue Lakota (in Bristol) is on 24th April 2010 until after the summer. But it might be worth checking them out (and the other usual suspects) at Waveform on the 10-12th Sept 2010. Enjoy un-sensibly!


P.S. Finding the Font control on this blog site a bit annoying... but you get the idea! ;)

Halcyon - Matter Feb 12th - Review

Right here goes... my first attempt at a blog entry on the wonderful Musical Mana blog which I have been checking out for a while now. Since Chris is not connected to the intra-web at home at the mo, he's asked me to start contributing. So gonna keep them short and sweet at first (ha ha!... authors comment post blog... its a long-un!)

HALCYON at Matter 12th March 2010

What an unusual way to celebrate your mum's B-Day!... after springing a surprise visit on her at around 6pm and providing a healthy picnic meal for the dining table (cholesterol concerns are ingrained in my family at the moment)... I then drove down from Notts to pick up CD-Ra in the Saburbiton-Jungle and we headed to East London to the O2 Arena... having driven past this on NYE and seeing it all being lit up I was disappointed not to get the full-lit-up-dome show on arrival.... but once we figured out how to get in I appreciated the walk by the river to get in (all-be-it through the bitter cold in only club wear)... Although the same walk back past the river was also much appreciated in the morning; maybe a bit of sunshine would have been nice.... still it never rained so that's a bonus... RA!

Once in the club we spent some time meeting up with peeps in the main room but soon decided that the music we were really after was in the 2nd room up-tut-stairs and soon found ourselves parked by the first available speaker dancing to Atomic Drop, I think (never to really return to the main room really). After some weeks of just filling my head with phat beats via earphones it was so lovely to be covered all over it grating, serrrrrated, crrrrrackling beats that could be experienced by the whole body. Nothing like feeling the bass all over and scratching you behind the ears...mmmm... bass shower!

For most of the early part of the night 1-4am was spent just pissing around meeting people and chatting, loosely based around some dancing and comedy photograph taking (which was also based loosely around the magic shades - which I did loose for a bit but someone found them and gave them back to me - nice!).

It wasn't until Mary Miss Fairy was on the decks that things got serious. A palpable change in the heaviness of the music was evident as she blasted one floor stomper after the other. My favourite being "Felguk - Buzz Me" which I recognised from one of my favourite mixes (also by Mary) called Wonk this Way which I think is also on this blog with other exclusive releases from MMF a while ago.

At times her Matter set was bordering on the edges of actually-melting-my-brain. But probably the best way to sum it up is Chris-Ra's Tweet that I think was sent (long word alert) semicontemporaneously to the actual violence on our psykeeees (rhymes with cheese):

"Speakers are growling and giant slabs of techno are dropping from the ceiling!" - C-Ra mid attack

I think I got hit by a few of dose slabs and fully appreciated the power of this set from the very lovely and talented Mary who recently pushed several other top DJ's to the margins of the pages of Highlight mag (nothing to do with the sizzling picture of her I'm sure ;)


This is one of her at Matter after many shaky blurry failed attempts:

.... turns out she also loves alliteration alot... as I qoute: "(Mary) is shopping for some exceptionally edible electro and some tantalisingly tasty techno" ...Nice words me'dears, loving your work...word-play and music-play :)

Next up was Hedflux who I first found out about through this Blog via his Glade09 minimix... which is where I first heard Basscake, which is my ALL TIME favourite track (at the moment ;). So I was looking forward to his set immensely and it didn't disappoint, with some lovely toones and top mixing, all capped by finishing with a new 'in progress' track. If you wanna check out some new stuff from him check out this new Hedflux Feb mix which you can download for nowt... top value! For slightly more you can buy his new remix that is busting its way up the neatport charts as of 4th April 2010... please support if you can ! Here's Dr. Hedflux in action at Matter early doors...



Regarding the Feb mix - once again a lovely progression from thick/deep/solid but mid- energy music then escalating up to some more full-on-stuff. All great tracks and lovely to listen too fully without tinkering about doing udder stuff (i.e. just sit and listen and focus!). Although I'd like to hear a mix from Steve that stays at one tempo just so I can go-to a Hedflux mix for a stable-mood rather than a journey if I want to. Just so I can have both options... not too much to ask is it! ;) Turns out he's a lovely person with great values too, which makes the music even better when you listen to it. Read this to see what I mean about where its all coming from!

So after Hedflux (not to be confused with the imposter HEADflux who either just seems to copy Dr. Hedflux or doesn't do anything for ages!!) it was into the main room for some meandering and general winding down.... but given the general feeling of "I'm so over Psy-trance" when in the main room, it was soon time to head off after a top night.... and many adventuRAs after that in all kinds of landscapes to follow.... ups and downs but all RAlly REAL!

Here's the full line up:
MAIN ROOM

HALLUCINOGEN LIVE
SHPONGLE DJ SET
TICON LIVE
EAT STATIC LIVE
DEJAVOO LIVE
LIQUID ROSS
LIBRA 9 B2B ANDI LEPPARD
ZEUS B2B FABRY
MATT LORAINE

ROOM 2 – HOSTED BY ALPHAOMEGA in association with ARCHANGEL

TIM HEALEY
HEDFLUX
ATOMIC DROP – LIVE
MONK3YLOGIC – LIVE
CASANUEVA
GEO
MARY MISS FAIRY