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!
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)
You know how with some people you just really click in terms of musical taste? Like you haven't seem them for ages, and when you do, they've been digging all the same tunes you have? For me Ade's one of those people. Whether he's spinning chunky psy breaks or proggy techno, managing the Wobbly Squadron or running the Dance Tent and Ents24 stage at Guilfest, his taste is always impeccable.
I've been bugging Ade for a mix for ages. He finally gave me one in October, but I said I wasn't going to put it up unless he gave me a tracklisting... unlike our mate Dan (Agent Smith) who disappeared off around the world leaving me with an awesome mix but no names. Ade's in India for Christmas now, which means I've lost, so I'm putting the mix up anyway 'cos its sweet as a nut.
TRACKLISTING? There's loads of Tribal Vision tunes on there and proabably some Iboga. For anything more accurate I'm afraid you're gonna have to wait till Ade gets back!
*NB. This isn't the same DJ Ade who spins UK garage around Kent, Essex and London, just in case you were wondering *
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...
Had a wicked night out at Alpha Omega last Friday. Whilst wobbling around to either Luke Porter or Vibrasphere my mate Tom pressed a copy of his new llamaleaf promo into my hand. It's him (llama) and Ash (leaf) from Wobbly Squadron playing some decidedly wonky laidback techno. Get your ears round it here:
You can catch all the wobblers playing their brilliantly energetic blend of psychedelic rock, dub, breaks and jazz next week (18 April) at Inspiral Lounge in Camden.
The Glade Festival 2009 website is now up and running. As the best dance music festival in the UK it's always a highlight of my year, with an amazing spread of breaks, trance, techno, interesting house, ambient dub and Overkill wrongness. 2009 will be the first year at a new location, rumoured to be the Matterly Bowl in Hampshire, otherwise known as the Homelands site. I've heard mixed reports but at least the music should stay on till the sun comes up!
You can sign up for a Glade podcast. I recommend that when you do you dig out the track by Fiord, the new minimal project from progressive trance leg-ends Antix. They melted the Origin stage as the last act on Sunday last year.
Just found this mix by Luke Porter, whose Flesh Taste remix on Tribal Vision made it onto quite a few progressive trance playlists last year. He's coming from the progressive house end of things, so I don't recognise half the names below. Sounds lush though!
1. Wahi - More Soul Please (Robert Babicz mix) [Curbed Recordings] 2. Bradler - Solo [Presslab Records] 3. Thomas Langner - System 103 (Jacek Janicki mix) [Unikat Records] **unr 4. Egostereo - Oxyde [Aenaria Music] 5. Komytea - 7 [Anjunadeep] 6. Vibrasphere - 102 Miles From here (Solead mix) [Tribal Vision] 7. Hatfield & Beckers - Youre Not Me (Fiord mix) [Sprout] 8. Alaa - Rhea [Nellie Recordings] **unr 9. Jaytech - Nemesis [Anjunadeep] 10. Rino Cabrera - All Of A Sudden (Daniel Portman mix) [Enormous Tunes] 11. Joshy Rotten - Slumber Party (Human8 mix) [Morphosis Records] 12. Kosmas Epsilon & Evans T - 8 Hours (Cid Inc & Luke Porter mix) [Dyami] **unr 13. RPO & David Weed - Industry Part 2 [Tribal Vision]
Later this month Luke's headlining a night at Inspiral Cafe in Camden, hosted by Liquid Records' new progressive offshoot OmLiquid. I'm told their launch night at Scala was incredible, which is entirely in keeping with the rest of Liquid's output so far!
So, way back on Psyforum in 2005 I discovered Chickens of the Infinite by DJ Lurk - a two part mixtape with a silly name that grooved from lush progressive trance into funky upbeat psytrance via a blend of smooth bass and floaty melodies.
The mix was conceived as a compilation of tunes that Tom liked grooving to on his ipod over the summer and Pt 1 especially had a top spot on my ipod for some time after. Anyway, I recently found Lurk's 2008 update which showcases the more techy, minimal side of progressive trance at the moment, sounding more pulsating and floaty than minimal techno or tech house but with all the subtle builds, drops, noises and harmonies. Enjoy...
1. massive attack - tear drop (minilogue rmx) 2. kasey taylor - trapped (dousk rmx) 3. d-nox & beckers - changes 4. antix - red robin (kasey taylor rmx) 5. ace venturer - serenity now (fiord rmx) 6. perfect stranger - stardust 7. elegant universe - grizzly 8. liquid ace - psychic experience (perfect stranger rmx) 9. minilogue - little sister (d-nox & beckers rmx) 10. out of loop - the strangest night & still 11. ticon - in stereo (even 11 rmx) 12. john deere - flesh eater (luke porter rmx) 13. dousk - hammer 14. perfect stranger & ace venturer - perfect ace (atmos rmx) 15. freq - strange attractor (liquid soul rmx) 16. liquid ace - psychic experience
An if you like all that, I strongly recommend checking out Lurk's chunkier wonky side with his awesome compilation CD on Sonic Dragon. Check out the samples, buy it and get your wonk on!
Tribal Vision have just released the digital version of Sweedish prog-trance legends Vibrasphere's 5th album Lung's of Life. Vibrasphere have consistently produced lush albums of emotive and hypnotic Scandinavian soundscapes that veer between icy cool chill out and pounding smooth grooves. They've long been one of my favourite acts. With their recent Tribal Vision releases they've been introducing a very welcome dose of minimal electro into their immaculately produced sound, so it's well worth checking out the samples here.
Tribal Vision are a Czech trance label who have been shaking up the world of progressive trance since they started release records about 4 years ago. While the idea of 'progressive trance' may sound like some late 90's mash-up of ELO and Sasha, it actually emerged as a stripped down techno-esque approach to goa trance led by Scandinavian labels such as Digital Structures (Vibrasphere's previous home).
Alongside Danish label Iboga, and artists such as Ticon on Digital Structures, Tribal Vision have recently been exploding the genre with a more open approach encompassing more 'mainstream' styles like electro house and minimal techno. As such their tunes have been finding their way into the record bags of superDJ's on the club circuit.
They also produce some lush graphics (see video below).
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So, the slinky subtlety of minimal techno + all the bounce of electro house = absorbing music with lots of nice noises that creeps up on you out of nowhere with phat electro bass lines! For a proper taste check out this awesome mix by DJ Shankar to promote the excellent Vanguard compilation which came out Dec '07. Its was by far the most played mix on my ipod last year!
Paolo Driver-Mayo (Maurizio Ruggiero & Danielino DJ Rmx) [Presslab Ltd] Motion & Tapwatr-Kp'n'tch (Original Mix) [ColdGroove] Nick Muir - G Platz (Pig & Dan Rmx) [Audio Therapy] Tegma, Duca, DJ Slater - East Block (Original Mix) [Tribal Vision] Bass Kleph - Bump Uglies (Dopamine Rmx) [Vacation Records] Greed vs Sonic Cube - Wilde (Elegant Universe Rmx) [Tribal Vision] Antix - Seven Seas (Logiztik Sounds & Mauricio Duarte Meets Bill Tsipidis Remix) [Iboga/cdr] FM Radio Gods - Sleeper [cdr] Even 11 - Like This (Komytea Rmx) [Tribal Vision] Drone - Hanging Out At Night (Original Mix) [Dezign Music] Peter Juergens - You And Me [Tribal Vision] Talisman & Hudson - Leaving Planet Earth (Dousk Rmx) [Too Much Information] Duca - Green Lines [Tribal Vision] Xavi Beat - Techu (Original Club Mix) [Fresco Records] Kohra VS Ady - Clear Grounds [Shivlink Records/cdr]
Mana - A supernatural force believed to dwell in a person or sacred object.
Since December 2008, Musical Mana has been serving up fresh mixtapes and tunes for your enjoyment. It's all about sampling new music for free, so that you find the tunes, DJs, producers and nights for your future.
Tastes are predominantly underground electronica with heavy bass, funked up grooves and interesting sounds - glitch-hop, dubstep, future bass, breaks, electro, IDM, progressive trance, tech funk, wonky techno and soothing down tempo grooves.
Please get in touch if you've got something that you want to share -> chrisduballstar at google mail dot com
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