Morbidly Obese Midget: Ra Power Mix

 

For five years now I've been playing around with a crappy old version of Mix Vibes mp3 mixer, inspired by the mixtapes and sets that I love to listen and dance to. Two weeks ago, after an unexpected bonus and much deliberation, I finally took the plunge and bought my own bottom-end MP3 controller - a Reloop Digital Jockey 2 running with Traktor LE.


The plunge coincided with a mixtape I'd been working on for our mates' Beards and Vikings houseparty a couple of weeks ago. It starts off with some party breaks and moves through some fat-electro into more progressive house. Enjoy!

  Ra Power! Mix by Morbidly Obese Midget
Alt link / http://soundcloud.com/musicalmana/ra-power-mix

Tracklisting:
Beat Assasins - We Run Tings
Dj Fixx - Shake it Naughty
Splitloop - Ghetto UK
Plump Djs - Put Em Up (NAPT Remix)
Fort Knox Five - Party Pushers (Krafty Cuts Remix)
Felguk - Buzz Me (Re-Work)
Calvin Harris - Stars Come Out (Rektchordz Remix)
The Beatpusherz - Muzik
Wunderbar - Gustavo Assis and Thiago Sian
Dibby Dougherty - Arizona
Talisman & Hudson - Leaving planet Earth (Dousk Remix)

Zinc: Crack House (its like normal house but f**ked up)

Seem to have featured a few DJs lately who have been breaking free from the styles that made their name to forge new sounds (Meat Katie, Neil Landstrumm). Another who can't go without mention is DJ Zinc - one of my favourite drum'n'bass DJs from the original Tru Playerz nights of old.

I saw Zinc drop bombs with his fresh new style at breakspoll in February and he's recently put out this mix with the title 'crack house'. The funky grooves of house bind this mix, but it covers a myriad of influences from the dancehall electro of laidback luke n diplo to the tic-tic-tic of progressive techno and the bass bumps of electro house. Zinc's d'n'b roots are still evident in MC skits on some tracks and even a grime number from Dizzy R, not to mention the deep bassline drops.

If you like what you're hearing, he's just released a load of these tunes on the Crack House EP, via his own label, Bingo Beats. Follow this link to the brilliant You Can Call Me Pelski for a full review and low-bit tracks samples.

Download the mix from Zinc's soundcloud page below:

ZincSeptCrackHouseMix by zinc

t/l is;
zinc - pimp my ride
b8b - chapel edit
laidback luke n diplo hey + remix
roska wonderful day special
championsound
jack beats ufo
tea diss
moda - strong love
dizzy vs tom
like to freak
zinc watch dis
cannibal
kylie - he was like
spells
zinc - jekyll n hyde
mange
zero - erol alkan rework
la roux bulletproof zinc remix
convicts
rass out
wot u need rmx
chai
jesse - over my head
vamp remix
kewok
ravenolay
mjcole + serocee - ao
power to conquer

Tim Azar Progcast: music to melt into

It's lush evenings like this that mixes like this come into their own - Tim Azar's progressivehouse.com podcast is one of the floatiest, grooviest, sun drenched mixes that I've got. Starts off very floaty, but it's all about when that Talisman and Hudson Dousk remix drops! Epic...




» Tim Azar - Progressivehouse.com Progcast #113 on DJMix.net



01. Pole Folder - Mona Kea (Human Adams Remix) [Proton Music]
02. Marcus Schossow & Thomas Sagstad - Moog Me (FM223 Mix) [GU Digital]
03. Steve Mill - Hanauma Bay [Elevation Recordings]
04. Talisman & Hudson - Leaving Planet Earth (Dousk Remix) [Too Much Information]
05. Eelke Kleijn - Lost And Confused [Groovecollection Black]
06. Dibby Dougherty - Arizona [Global Underground]
07. Serge Flibustier - Nowhere (Dorohov Remix) [Deepology Digital]
08. Steve Mill - Abandoned Fields (Neil Quigley Pacemaker Remix) [Brown Eyed Boyz Records]
09. Guy J - Under Pressure [Bedrock Records]
10. DJ Steep - Love Desire (Matteo DiMarr Remix) [Reinvent Music]
11. EDX - Premiumline [PinkStar Records]