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Nomic – Muuttolintu

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 23, 2009
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Nomic – muuttolintu(pre alpha beta delta giga 02) by nomic

I expect almost everyone’s heard this one already, but here’s the preview of Nomic’s fabulous Muuttolintu. Apparently translating as ‘migratory bird’ (thanks Substanced), Nomic has again come up with two amazing breakdowns, and a great track overall. If one day I can create melodies like this, I’ll be a happy man… Anyway, this is the pre-alpha-beta-delta-giga version, so there might be more to come in the finished tune. For now, enjoy.

Talking of uploads, my NRGetic Romancer x Hybridize mix is also on the FINRG SoundCloud. My SC is (of course) a free version, and downloads now stop at 100 – the mix had actually gone past 200 before the limit came in, but it’s available again for anyone who missed it.

Pure Existence release date/previews

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 23, 2009
Posted in: Finnish, Japanese, Releases. 5 comments

Some more info on Betwixt & Between’s upcoming compilation album, Pure Existence. It’ll be sold on the 30th December at Comic Market (at the ALiCE’S EMOTiON booth), costing 1500yen. For anyone who can’t make it (but is in Japan, obviously) it’ll also be on sale at Tokyo Hardcore Construction next month.

I’ve had a preview of the album, and it’s sounding amazing, some really really good tunes in there that could fit into a lot of different sets. The tracklist is:

exist01: teranoid v.s. Betwixt & Between – CG25

exist02: Lunch – Heavy Industry

exist03: POLY CALAMITY – opkiklo

exist04: Alabaster – Black Border

exist05: Inugami, Lunch, Betwixt & Between – reverend recital

exist06: Lunch – musical

exsit07: RoughSketch – hug me

exist08: POLY CALAMITY – Decillion catastrophes

exist09: Zutsuu – Nightmarish Delusions

exist0A: Rising Sun Nova – External Limit

exist0B: Outro

You’ll notice some familiar names in there, with standout tracks from Lunch, Roughsketch and Finnish producer Zutsuu, among others. Betwixt has also released an excellent crossfaded preview of the album, which can be found on the new TOTAL DISCOMMUNICATION SoundCloud.

Latest FINRG update

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 21, 2009
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Carbon Based & Proteus – Heavy Fusion by FINRG Recordings

Another day, another batch of storming tunes added to the FINRG Soundcloud – this time we have Hybridize releases from Nomic, Sam One, Epyx & Cyrez and Substanced, as well as some of the tracks from the FINRG Hakkapeliitta compilation. Heading this post is the classic Heavy Fusion, a very underrated tune, I think (edit: seems like it’s not available just yet, hopefully it’ll be up soon). Once again, check out the SoundCloud for any tunes I might not have mentioned.

Huge update from Alek Szahala / FINRG

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 19, 2009
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Alek Száhala – Sunray (Unfinished Forever Edit) by FINRG Recordings

This has made my day/month/year – a massive update from FINRG, but also from Alek Szahala himself! I think we all have to thank TYFTH’s BerN for leaving a comment on Alek’s guestbook, as he’s gone ahead and added everything requested. Biggest news must surely be the free release of Sunray, an amazing, amazing tune – DJs, make sure to play this one ASAP, it will probably be included in pretty much every mix for the next few months. Other tracks include his live edit of Supriya, Last of the Mohicans and his Live at Sade 2003, while over at the FINRG SoundCloud there are also releases from Sam One and Substanced.

J-Mx – Itachi

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 16, 2009
Posted in: Finnish, Japanese, Mixes. 5 comments

I’m late posting this one up, but it deserves some promotion – TYFTH is the perfect place to give J-Mx’s newest mix a shout. Made up of mostly Japanese tracks, it’s a very melodic set with some great selections. It’s obvious that J-Mx spent a lot of time on finding good connections between tracks, which is how it should be for a mixtape/studio mix, and he’s definitely made strides since his first uploaded set earlier this year.

Selection-wise, there’s an inspired opening from Nachi Sakaue’s Eternal Dream into Mood Music, as well as a couple of my favourite Alabaster tracks in a really excellent first half. After Betwixt & Between’s Nemesis, the set morphs into the kind of ‘happy Japanese freeform’ that I’m not so keen on, but that’s just me – the mixing is still very good, and fans of the Tano*C sound etc should really enjoy it. Overall, it’s a very nice set indeed, and a good showcase for a slightly different sort of Japanese freeform.

  1. Nachi Sakaue – Eternal Dream
  2. Devastate – Mood Music (Oli G remix)
  3. Alabaster – Barbotage
  4. Betwixt & Between – Discord
  5. Alabaster – Zealot
  6. Aryx – Chaldea
  7. Sam one – Mechanical (Alchemiist remix)
  8. Betwixt & Between – Nemesis
  9. SUGE – simulaton
  10. DJ 490 – Cloudy
  11. DJ Noriken – Sunset Emotion
  12. Ark-Z – Dear Mr GR
  13. S.C.M.E – log
  14. Lv4 – XQCL

Download here

Carbon Based, DJ Rx, Swoosh – Future vs Past

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 13, 2009
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Carbon Based & RX & Swoosh – Future vs Past by DJ Swoosh

Here’s a preview of the upcoming Hybridize collab track from Carbon Based, Rx and Swoosh. Future vs Past has a very house-style opening, before a breakdown that has the crew bringing out all the tricks – some great melodies and growly synths, with a bit of acid in there too. A lower bpm this time, but it’s nice to hear the guys taking on a different style of tune – the release isn’t far away, either.

Pieces of Hannya – Hannya X

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 11, 2009
Posted in: Finnish, Japanese, Releases, UK. 5 comments

Coming soon is a big release from NRGetic Romancer – Pieces of Hannya brings together interpretations of Hannya8000 from five Hard NRG/Schranz artists. This new version is known as Hannya X, and Guld’s ‘original’ is sounding really vicious, even unmastered, and all the others I’ve heard so far have managed to bring their their own style to the tune.

Not long to wait now – it’s looking good for a release before next week’s NRGetic Romancer.

edit: The release is now set for 17th December, the day before NRGetic Romancer.

[TYFTH Tracks] Substanced – Colombia / Betwixt & Between – Eternally

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 11, 2009
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Two more TYFTH releases  – this time we have high bpm freeform/hardcore, courtesy of Substanced and Betwixt & Between.

Colombia was included in last year’s NRG Monogatari 2 mix, but for those who don’t know it’s freeform with a strong hard trance feel. Substanced wants me to point out that this is a very old track, but personally I think the ‘rougher’ sound works really well this time, the Finnish style grinding synths sound that bit wilder and the track definitely has a lot of energy. It’s also a very handy tune for connecting dark and melodic freeform, so I was a bit surprised that it was never picked up for release. Hopefully this will get it some much-deserved play time.

Next is Eternally, which might be new to most people – it was actually the first Betwixt & Between track I heard, years and years ago. The style might be closer to hardcore than freeform, but it’s got elements of both, with the huge kick giving it a lot of power. It’s a long way from ‘modern Betwixt’, but listening to it again recently I remembered what a good track it is – it reminds me of some of the hardcore tunes that Nomic and Alek have made in the past, with plenty of acid and some great vocal samples. Look out especially for the bludgeoning melody/sequence at 3.30 –  it made a pretty big impression when I heard it in one of Betwixt’s NRGetic Romancer sets. Something to note is that although I’ll always be aiming to make 320kbps tracks available, this one is 192. It’s quite a rare tune, so this is the best we have for now…absolutely fine for mixing though.

Big thanks once again to Substanced and Betwixt & Between. There might not be two tunes coming every week, but more are already on standby – I’ll be doing my best with some of the suggestions, too!

Epyx – Grimorium Verum

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 8, 2009
Posted in: Finnish, Mixes. 4 comments

I’ve been messing around with industrial and Hard NRG/freeform tracks for a while now, but don’t know enough about the former to make a full set. Cue Epyx, who shows how it’s done with this great set. Built around a few of Proteus’ tracks, this one mixes the rawness of the industrial sound and some nasty NRG synths to really good effect. Highly recommended, with some very nice combinations and a fresh sounding take on some of E&C’s tunes.

  1. Epyx – Intro
  2. Apocalyptica – Grace (Proteus remix)
  3. Combichrist – Get Your Body Beat
  4. Kill Memory Crash – Never Forget
  5. Suicide Commando – Massaker
  6. Turmion Katilot – Verta Ja Lihaa (Proteus remix)
  7. Combichrist – This is my Life
  8. Epyx & Cyrez vs Substanced – Expedition Bloodbath
  9. Proteus – I See Things That You Don’t See
  10. Lab 4 – Witchdoctor
  11. Epyx & Cyrez – Warcry
  12. Marilyn Manson – This is the New Shit (John B remix)
  13. Epyx & Cyrez – 4th Dimension

Download here