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2009, Cross Genre, Ear & Drum Session

Forward Thinking – Ear & Drum Session 12

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Another 2009 mix up this time. It’s been a good year so far for D&B with a lot of labels and artists getting more experimental with their beats and pushing their traditional sounds into uncharted territories. This mix reflects some of these more experimental bits and gets in some good old fashioned D&B grooves as well.

Implex & Enei are two Russian artsits who’s Sublife Lp impressed the hell out of me. I’ve put a lot of the good bits from this into the blend. There is a lot of Metalheadz tracks in here as well, but you might not pick them as they are definitely on the stripped back and spacious tip. Bop & Despot get a high five for their amazing Song About My Dog and Random Thoughts tracks out on Medschool, meanwhile Logistics and High Contrast on their sister label Hospital also feature.

This mix takes in all styles and sounds, and crosses a fair bit of ground. It’s main purpose is to highlight what is new and cutting edge out there in the underground.

 

Forward Thinking – 1.5hrs of the latest D&B for 2009

Bop – Song About My Dog
Data – Mutued
Alix Perez & Sabre – God Fearing
Implex & Enei – Snake Style
Sabaruko – Warped (Instra:mental Remix)
Implex & Enei – Iceberg
Implex & Enei – Spring Tune
Commander Strange – Time
Bachelors of Science – The Beautiful Life
Implex & Enei – Behind The Law
Invisible Landscape – First Is Forever
Atmospherix & Soultec – No Way Out
Pal SG & Eros – Ask Her
Human Factor – Diggin Deepa
Logistics – Toy Town
Total Science & Conrad – Soul Patrol (Lenzman Deep In Your Soul Remix)
2Key – New Beginnings
Naibu – Screens
High Contrast – Seven Notes in Black
Alix Perez & Sabre – Everglade
Subwave – Dreamcatcher
Bop & Despot – Random Thoughts

2009, Cross Genre, Ear & Drum Session

Box Fresh – Ear & Drum Session 10

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A new mix full of fresh tracks for the second quarter of 2009.

Starts off mellow with some great tracks from Command Strange, Dirrrty B and Lenzman (the man of the moment). I start winding it up about mid-way through with Spirits mighty ‘Connected’ and some new stuff from Silent Witness and Submorphics. My man in Brisbane, Operon provides an amazing dub step & bass number ‘Lorien’ with some help from LM1 and Serum & Bladerunner do some old school style damage with their killer track ‘Snakefist’. I finish it off with some weirdness in the form of the purely atmospheric ‘Boundless Wonder’ by Entharsis (a new name on the block) and then hit the pure funk finish button with the help of Atlantic Connection and his sublime track ‘Retro’.

I had great fun mixing this one, so I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did piecing it together.

 

Box Fresh – 1hr of tracks fresh from the box 

Command Strange – Don’t Touch
Dirrty B – Time to Change
Er.ic – Aware
Trisector – Morning Rain
Lenzman – Vale of Tears
Command Strange – Don’t Move Down
Lenzman – Mesmerized
Spirit – Connected
Silent Witness – Poster Girl
Radiohead – Bodysnatchers (Submorphics Bootleg)
Operon & LM1 – Lorien
Ulterior Motive – Link Down
Serum & Bladerunner – Snakefist
Entharsis – Boundless Wonder
Atlantic Connection – Retro

All Label Mix, Cross Genre, Requested Archive

Commercially Suicidal – Phuturefreq Session 47

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Another old mix from the vaults, this time from 2005. 

Commercial Suicide is Klute’s label (if you didn’t already know) and hence something special. Klute’s production is always of a ridiculously high quality, and he brings this ear for quality to his label’s output too. With artists such as AI, Break, Ill Skills, Silent Witness, Bullet Proof and the mighty Amit on his books you just know that almost every Commercial Suicide release is going to be worth buying on sight.

At the time when this mix came out there was some contention about whether doing an all label mix was ‘good for the label’, with some saying that people wouldn’t buy the tracks if they could just download them for free in a mix such as this. However Klute, being the old punk that he is, weighed into the debate to say that he basically didn’t give a fuck.

Seeing as he was so kind as to back me up on this can I just say that if you like what you hear in this mix then do go and buy the latest stuff and even the older albums that are still available. I don’t cover half the great music that has been released on the label in this mix and it is only by supporting them that they can stay afloat to keep providing us with more great music in the future.

 

Commercially Suicidal – 2hrs or Commercial Suicide Recordings

Klute – Now Always Forever (Calibre RMX)
AI – Soul Good
Klute – Galaxian
Klute – Ether
Klute – Now Always Forever
Klute – Oshima
Klute & Marcus Intalex – Make a Stand
Klute – Crosby
Klute – Saviour
AI – Switched On
Klute – Lost Connection
Ill Skills & Bullet Proof – Shadowplay
Klute – Hell Hath no Fury
Klute – Traffico
Klute – Tacky
Klute – Take a Breath
Klute – Time for a Change
Amit – Sound Warrior
Klute – Silently
Amit – Roots
Silent Witness & Break – Flipped Out
Klute – Learning Curve
Amit – Village Folk
Klute – Ferrox
Ill Skills & Bullet Proof – Hardwired
DJ Trace & Tactile – Body Move
Klute – Junk
Klute – Jam the Box
Amit – Re-Order
Silent Witness & Break – Trippy
Amit – MK Ultra

2007, Cross Genre, Requested Archive

Instra Mental – Jungletrain Session 156

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First up this mix has nothing to do with the D&B outfit Instramental. In fact at the time of mixing I had never heard of them. What this mix does contain is loads of instrumental D&B that has a harder edge to it. So if you like melodic D&B that still maintains something of the mentalist about it then you’ll probably like this mix.

Big ups to ChaNinja again on the requesting of this one.

 

Instra Mental – 1hr of mental & melodic music

High Contrast – If We Ever
Chup – Through The Sky (Mistadool Remix)
CLS & Wax – Primal Rage
Fanu – Siren Song
Fanu – Two Drummers
State of Mind – Dune
Desimal – After Life
Starski – Magic
Komatic – Visicous (Floor Mix)
Spiritech – Make Me Feel
B Cee & Amaning – The Great Deflate
Noisia & Mayhem – Moonway Renegade
Subsonic – Communicate

2009, Cross Genre, Ear & Drum Session

Universal Joint – Ear & Drum Session 6

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Welcome to the first proper mix of new tracks from me for 2009. This has a bit of everything, and as per usual we start off smooth and progress thru to the ruff stuff by the end. Most the tracks in here are 2009 releases and judging by the quality of the releases so far, it looks like D&B is in good shape for another year.

A lot of the tracks I’ve rinsed here are either unreleased, digital exclusives, or currently on white label. Having said this, I do start of with a classic atmospheric T-Power number and finish off with A Guy Called Gerald monologue at the end. Everything in-between is fresh as a daisy.

Big ups especially to Calculon, Austin Speed and the Rufige Kru for their free tracks in this mix. They are not in the mix because they are free, they are in there because they rock. Thanks a lot.

2009 – bring it on.

 

Universal Joint – The first of the crop for 2009

T-Power – Inversion Boots
Eveson – Machines
Calibre – Model Way
Mutt – It’s Pouring Once Again
NotioN – Only You
The Black Ghosts – It’s Your Touch (Calculon & Austin Speed Bootleg)
Naibu – The Shrine
Naibu – Opium Lady
Mistabishi – The Light’s Really Bad
Naibu – Fireflies
Mistabishi – Heaven’s Sake
Incident – Vacate
Wenca – My Dreamgirl
Klute – Trust Me
Lenzman – Lose You
Klute – Ashram
P.B.K. – Microburst (Infuzoria Remix)
Ian Brown – Illegal Attacks (Rufige Kru Remix)
Sketch – Promises
A Guy Called Gerald – The Universe

2008, Cross Genre, Requested Archive

Sunday’s Child – Jungletrain Session 179

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I put this mix together in April 2008. It starts off chilled and deep with tracks from artists like Mutt & Naibu, and just keeps on building until it is at full force with tracks from Telemetric and Stakka & K-Tee.

This one is for ChaNinja. 🙂

 

Sunday’s Child – 1hr of pure build

Breakage – Cooper
Naibu – It Took a Long Time
Naibu – Pacific
Mutt – Kush Talk
Logistics – No Words
Gex – My Sadness (Club Mix)
Mistabishi – She Lied
Utah Saints – Something Good (High Contrast Remix)
Yousef & Carl Cox – I Want You [Forever] (Marky & A-Sides Remix)
Matrix & Futurebound – Womb
Theory – Aurora Flash
Overturn – Shinobi (Electrosoul System Remix)
Telemetrik – Cosmos
Stakka & Skynet – Altitude (Dom & Roland Remix)

All Artist Mix, Cross Genre, Requested Archive

All Klute and No Klute Makes Klute a Klutey Klute

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Klute. Without a doubt one of my all time favourite producers. He can produce anything from 120bpm ambient pieces all the way through to a 180bpm dance floor tear outs. But no matter what style and sound, it always sounds quality and it always sounds like Klute.

Back in 2003 I did a mix called ‘All Klute and No Klute Make Klute a Klutey Klute’ which turned out to be my most downloaded set of all time. In 2007 I did a second part using a lot of the newer Klute tracks. I am waiting for a new album from the man before I put together part three.

But until that time, here is parts one & two for all those that asked.

PS. I have added an extra Klute mix to the bottom of the list. It is all those weird little bonus tracks you get on CDs that you don’t get on vinyl all mixed into an hour long set. Worth checking out if you are a Klute fan. 😉

 

All Klute and No Klute Makes Klute a Klutey Klute – Part One

Song Seller
Take a Breath [snippet]
Galaxian
Candy Ass
Ether
Traffico
I Minder
Problem Reaction
Return Of Forever [Klute Remix] – High Contrast
Jam the Box
Revenge [Klute Remix] – Juju
Dawn of Reason
Ambient Hell
Glue Sniffer
Evo Sniffer
Take a Breath

 

All Klute and No Klute Makes Klute a Klutey Klute – Part Tute

Klute – Property is Theft
Klute – Never Never
Klute – Our Leader
Klute – We’re All Dying
Klute – Hell Hath No Fury
Klute – Don’t Want To Be Alone
Klute – The Struggle
Invincible – Mean Streets (Klute Remix)
Klute – Come Back To Me
Klute – Most People Are Dicks
Klute – 174 BPM
Klute – Rosemary
Klute – We Control The Vertical
Tactile – The Mist (Klute Remix)

The Bonus Mix

So it recently came to my attention that all the Klute LPs come with bonus tracks if you get the CD…

…having bought all the albums on vinyl I was missing over 50 tracks by the great man that I never even knew existed!

So a quick trip to Amazon and I sorted myself out with what has to be some of the best bonus material I’ve ever heard. A lot of the tracks were downbeat/breaks in nature, but there was enough D&B in amongst it for me to throw down an hours worth of deep and abstract Klutey goodness.

Everyone knows I am a complete Klute fanbwoy, and I know there are many others out there like me. So if you like what you hear in this mix, may I suggest you buy some of Klute’s albums on CD and suprise yourself, because this really is only scratching the surface.

 

Moments Lost – Klute Bonus Tracks Mix

Klute – No Return
Klute – Three Of Us
Klute – Second Skin
Klute – Never Ending
Klute – Losing You (with Calibre)
Klute – Acid Rain
Klute – Oshima
Klute – Escape Let Go
Klute – Flight 720
Klute – Arrival
Klute – Shirtless
Klute – Annihilation
Klute – 6 Days
Klute – Troiler
Klute – Why We Fight

2008, Cross Genre, Requested Archive

Good News – Jungletrain Session 184

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This set goes back to May 2008 and was requested by Transient Energy who missed it the first time around.

So many good things going on in D&B at the moment…

Silbrfish, Naibu, LM1, Technicolour, Intersidereal, DJ Trax and Martsman are all proving that having a big name doesn’t have to hold you back when it comes to writing killer tracks.

This mix is for the studio heads just doing what they do.

 

Good News •• 1hr of New Beats

Silberfish – Morning Dew
Naibu – Pacific
Zero Tolerance – Goes Around
ICR & SDD – Striction
Naibu – It Took a Long Time
LM1 – Ambient Traveler
Lenzman – Caught Up (Nu:Tone Remix)
Electrosoul System – Textures
Technicolour – Good News Green
Intersidereal – Disturbed Balance
ICR – Overtime
Martsman – Halow
DJ Trax – Be Moved
DJ Trax – Do You Hear This