Technorch @Jikkenkyoushitsu

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 15, 2009
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Proteus has been using a few tunes from Meccano Twins in his recent sets, so Ive been meaning to check them out myself. Here’s a clip of DJ Technorch playing Pure Intentions at the last Friday’s Jikkenkyoushitsu event (Laboratory/Experimental Classroom). I think he’s pitched the track down quite a lot here, it would easily fit into a hardcore set at normal speed.

The event itself looks like it was really experimental, with genres from all over the place – not necessarily a bad thing, but most were a lot slower than Technorch, from what I can see on YouTube.

Chill Out Corner

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 14, 2009
Posted in: Drum & Bass. 5 comments

Back by popular demand (?) here’s something I’ve been meaning to post up for a while – a few more of my favourite ambient/intelligent drum and bass tunes from back in the day. Don’t worry, I won’t start flooding TYFTH with non-freeform tracks, but click on this post and there should be as many classics as I can link to without the site imploding. I nearly killed WordPress yesterday when I tried to embed too many videos, so let’s see how it goes this time…

First up is PFM’s absolutely beautiful Danny’s Song, a very relaxing track from 1996 that builds and builds towards the end – 6.07 still gives me the shivers, amazing stuff. I was well into the melodic melancholy side of things back then too, so look inside for a few more along the same lines.

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Re-form – My Sickness

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 12, 2009
Posted in: Finnish, Releases. 4 comments

I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time – Re-form’s first new track for a couple of years! My Sickness is the first of a few new tunes under construction, and bodes really well for the future – this one has loads of energy, and some really rough synths. The structure’s interesting too, with some little cuts/the kick coming back unexpectedly, and you could definitely imagine it doing the business on the dancefloor. Anyway, this version is unmastered (plus it’s on YouTube), so the quality of the final tune will be a different story.

Decion – Noxious (Hard House/Hard NRG)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 11, 2009
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Have to admit that I forgot to post this one up when Decion first completed it, but here it is at last. Noxious has a very catchy opening (with Rollerskate and Videodrome Scanner), before it goes into more typical Decion nastiness. I especially liked the final track, Hurtin’ Bombs – semi-oldskool sounding with a nice powerful kick to finish the set off.

1. Nik Denton & Justin Bourne & Defective Audio – Rollerskate
2. Random but Raw – Videodrome Scanner
3. Dave Owens – Carbonara
4. Alchemiist & Decion – Code Red
5. Random But Raw & Tekneak – Punk’d (WhiteHayz Remix)
6. Dave Curtis – Brain Drain
7. Evo D Feat. La Zenza – Every Doze
8. Michael Smith – Fatal Wound
9. Michael Smith – Doing Drugs, Selling Drugs
10. Wylie – The Abbotoirr
11. Grady G – Lockjaw
12. Gem Stone & Steve Hewitt Vs. Paul J – Surrogate
13. Shenton – Hurtin Bombs

Download/Kuuntele here

Alek Szahala @Konemetsä 2009

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 8, 2009
Posted in: Events, Finnish. 15 comments

It’s always hard to find good video of Alek Szahala, but the other day I came across this 5 minute clip from this year’s Konemetsä. It looks like it was a great set, but listen out especially for the track at 1.40 – it’s the first time for me to hear this one – classic Alek, complete with another beautiful breakdown.

7 Unreleased tracks from Re-form

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 7, 2009
Posted in: Finnish, Releases. 3 comments

There’s no end to the free FINRG releases, this time we’ve got a huge collection of Re-form’s unreleased back catalogue. It’s the first time for me to hear most of these tracks, and like the amazing Walking in the Air bootleg, they still stand up well against more recent tunes.

My favourite of those I haven’t heard before might be Revenge, but this batch also includes one of their all-time classic tracks, Cobra. It’s been an anthem at NRGetic Romancer ever since Guld’s first contact with the Finnish scene years ago and was even included in his old mix CD release, Romance of NRG.

It seems like a few of the TYFTH crew have beaten me to it, but check DJ Swoosh’s FINRG topic for download info.

Osmo – Live Set, 25th October

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 5, 2009
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Fans of the Tyranoid & Strongstream sound should appreciate this new acid techno set from Osmo – you might remember the T&S remix of his older track 2023? This one is a very welcome change if (like me) you’ve been listening to a lot of melodic freeform lately.

Osmo’s tracks are really sounding good these days and have enough filtered acid to keep anyone happy. A lot of them would fit nicely into a Hard NRG set, too…nice rolling basslines and plenty of darkness. For the tracklist and to download, check the entry on Osmo’s SoundCloud. 

More releases from FINRG/Hybridize

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 3, 2009
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This has already been mentioned in the Top Ten post’s comments a day or two ago, but FINRG and Hybridize have just released another nine tracks for free! Tracks include DJ Rx’s In Memoriam, a lot of Sam one’s newest production and a release at last for one of this year’s anthems at NRGetic Romancer, IAF’s Kinky. There are also new tunes from Phyton and Grimsoul, and a very nice debut track from UK artist Nigel Neptune, so once again check the FINRG download page to get hold of them all.