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Dyzphazia – Munted Sessions (Krafty Radio), 30th September

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 2, 2011
Posted in: Events, Finnish, Japanese, Mixes, UK. 2 comments

Massive congratulations to Dyzphazia, Midas and the Munted crew for what looked like a really successful online event on Friday/Saturday. I managed to catch 30 minutes or so over breakfast, and it looked like there was a very decent crowd in the Krafty chatroom.

Dyzphazia’s set is now online for download, and it’s an essential listen if you didn’t catch it first time around. This time Chip has gone all out for variety, fitting in some brand new Finnish tracks, Betwixt, Alek and some classic oldies. As you’d expect, the mixing is rock-solid (with Lemonade Raygun>Rock n Load being my favourite, I think), and the plan of coming up with a ‘club-style’ set seems to have worked nicely, with the atmosphere often switching from nasty to trancy, and then back again.

  1. Rank 1 – L.E.D. Let There Be Light (CDR)
  2. DJ Fury – Lemonade Raygun (Main Floor Mix) (Stompin Choonz)
  3. Cyrez – Rock ‘n’ Load (CDR)
  4. Endemic Vs. Solution – Outbreak (DJ Rx Remix) (Nu Energy Collective)
  5. Between & Between – Tout Est Bien (Sein Zum Tode) (Hardcore Tano*C)
  6. Amini – Eupraxia (CDR)
  7. Aeternity – After Dark (CDR)
  8. Lost Soul – Warlock (Rebuild Records)
  9. Alek Szahala – Astraia (Rebuild Records)
  10. Cosmic Gate – Back to Earth (Alchemiist Bootleg) (CDR)
  11. Pain On Creation – Lush (Fatal Error Edit) (FiNRG)
  12. Betwixt & Between – Tankobu Hesotarou No Hourou (Hardcore Tano*C)
  13. Alek Szahala – Sunray (Unfinished Forever) (FiNRG)

Download here

Munted Online, 30th September

Posted by PlasmaDancer on September 25, 2011
Posted in: Events, Finnish, UK. 5 comments

I expect there’ll be more details to come later, but for now here’s some early warning for a fantastic project from our man Chip and DJ Midas. As most of the UK crew will know, this month’s Munted event was cancelled (depressingly due to insufficient ticket sales) and what was looking like an excellent lineup will have to wait for another time.

Instead, Chip and Midas have managed to round up some of the original DJs and organise an online version of the event! Substanced is still on board, and the lineup so far is A.B, Douglas, Dyzphazia, Midas, Substanced, Nexus Six, Endemic and Nick 325. Not bad at all, and as things stand the event will run from 11pm to 7am UK time. There’ll be another reminder closer to the 30th, but keep the Krafty Radio homepage handy until then.

X-Trax – Chemical Dance Culture (Mixed by DJ Fury)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on September 15, 2011
Posted in: Mixes, UK. 10 comments

A thousand and one thanks to Pearsall (of excellent blog Sonicrampage) for letting me know about this gem from back in the day. It seems that it was originally released on CD as a magazine promotion, mixed by early pioneer DJ Fury.

Anyone familiar with classics like Lemonade Raygun will partly know what to expect, but this brilliant set actually goes all the way from oldskool trancecore to piano-and-amens happy hardcore. I missed out on a lot of the less-happy tunes at the time (and also never realised that Billy Bunter was responsible for Let It Lift You!), so this was both a superb listen and quite an education.

01. Helix – Testament
02. Cortex – Eurosis
03. DJ Fury & Helix – Y Not
04. D-Zyne & Fury – Hyperhydrosis
05. Justin Time – The No. 1
06. Helix – Helixia
07. DJ Fury – Droppin’ Bombs
08. Different Vibe – Can You Feel It
09. Billy Bunter & JDS feat. Gem – Let It Lift You
10. Highlife & Style – Bits and Bobs
11. We 3 – Groovy Dimensions
12. N-Zo & DJ Invincible – Trippin’ On Sunshine

Check out Pearsall’s original post for the download link, plus a very tasty-looking hardcore techno set (that I haven’t had a chance to listen to yet).

Dyzphazia on the Freeformaniacs show, 8th September @9am (BST)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on September 7, 2011
Posted in: Events, Finnish, Japanese, Mixes, UK. 9 comments

A slightly last minute heads-up that Dyzphazia (aka Chip, of course) will be appearing on the brand-new Freeformanics radio show tomorrow morning (UK time). This is a fantastic idea – a series of mixes from the crew at the Freeform Forum, covering all angles of the genre. Stray played the first set (a very nicely mixed UK freeform set), and this time around Dyzphazia will be showcasing some old and new tunes from Finland and Japan.

Make sure to check the Krafty Radio homepage tomorrow and show some support. There’ll be some really quality tunes, and rumour has it that the man himself will even be on the mic (!) to guide newbies through the tracks.

Kreatrix – Lock Us Up / Electronica Exposed

Posted by PlasmaDancer on September 5, 2011
Posted in: Canadian, Releases, UK. 1 comment

Lock Us Up – Forthcoming Electronica Exposed by Kreatrix

A bit slow off the mark this week, but something really worth mentioning is the new batch of releases from Electronica Exposed. Depending on sales, they might not even be the last we hear from the label, so anyone into Shanty’s brand of Finnish (and sometimes Japanese)-tinged UK Freeform should really show some support (and the sale on past releases is definitely worth checking out, too).

Another reason to support EE’s latest efforts is that Electronic Exclusives 20 – Til Death Us Do Part includes the newest vocal track from Kreatrix, Lock Us Up. More of a bouncy freeform tune than the recent (and awesome) Time, this is still a very nicely produced track that hovers between a few different styles.

Decion @Harder.fi, Pyynikki

Posted by PlasmaDancer on August 31, 2011
Posted in: Australia, Events, Finnish, Mixes, UK. Leave a Comment

Today’s mix is a lovely Hard NRG set from Decion, recorded at the recent Harder.fi event. This really flows well, with plenty of variety and some fantastic selections – it might even be my favourite NRG effort from Decion so far.

  1. Kam-Pain – Stick A Filthy Rat On It
  2. Karl Davis & Defective Audio – After Party
  3. Defective Audio & Masmada – Hey Japanese Step Back
  4. Pearce M & Riggsy – The Excorcism
  5. Jody 6 – Inside Out
  6. Lab 4 – Reformation 2 (Kid Sample Remix)
  7. Paul Batten – Grime Time (Grady G Remix)
  8. Dr Tre & Disturbed – Imposters
  9. Nick Irwin & Steve Maynard – Strapped On
  10. Nice Guy Danny – Knuckleduster
  11. Twisted Psycho – The Cull (Dramatik Remix)
  12. Mike Taylor – River Rat

Download here (kuuntele, of course)

Labraska – Nattskog

Posted by PlasmaDancer on August 28, 2011
Posted in: Finnish, Mixes, Swedish, UK. 3 comments

Labraska-Nattskog by Labraska

There haven’t been many freeform-only sets recently, but Labraska’s newest is one of those rare efforts that really takes you on a ‘journey’. Add some excellent mixing to the well-structured selection, and its no wonder that I’ve already given it a couple of listens.

Starting off with some of the better UK freeform tunes of the past year or so, things really take off with the introduction of Carbon Based’s Dark Side. I won’t spoil the tracklist, but the next mix had me nodding in approval as it came in, and the standard’s really maintained for the rest of the mix. For the first time in an age, I was genuinely looking forward to what Labraska was going to do with each new connection, which is always the sign of a great set.

Not a bad word to say about this one, then…it’s a must-listen.

Kohl – Hard Gen III: RESURRECTION Promo Mix

Posted by PlasmaDancer on August 17, 2011
Posted in: Mixes, UK. 1 comment

HARD GEN III – RESURRECTION Promo mix by KohlSinistry

Kohl is back with an excellent new promo set of hard dance/NRG that features some absolutely blinding tunes. A few of the tracks are a little different to what we’re used to on TYFTH, leaning towards fairly gentle, melodic NRG, but things get nastier as the set progresses – the mixing is first class, and the atmosphere is really nicely developed throughout. If only the set could have been bumped up by 5 bpm or so, it might have made all the difference to an already nice mix. Instead, tunes like Falling Down sound quite slow, and this might end up being one to keep in reserve when you feel like a break from the higher bpms.

01. Kamui – Ghosts (Kohls Intro cut) [Hindsight]
02. DJ Husband – Real Life (Wragg & Log:One Remix) [Hindsight]
03. Soul-t vs Karpe-DM – Oceans (Nomad Remix) [PHD Digital Recordings]
04. DJ W – Value [Compulzion]
05. Danny V – Killa [Digitally Infected]
06. DJ Husband – Activate (Proteus Remix)‏ [Digitally Infected]
07. Lab 4 – Falling Down‏ [CD-R]
08. Lab 4 – Rapture (Hybrid 2006)‏ [CD-R]
09. Busho – Time (Dj Thera Remix) [Therabyte]
10. Chi-Gu Kom – Terminated [Empire Traxx]
11. Nutty T – Candyman (Chi-Gu Kom Remix) [Nutty Trance]
12. Geck-o – To The Core‏ [Theracords]
13. Dj Thera vs Geck-O feat Wackiejacky – Hysteria [Theracords]

Supernova Remnant vs Dyzphazia – Cenamderi Summer

Posted by PlasmaDancer on July 24, 2011
Posted in: Drum & Bass, Finnish, Japanese, Mixes, UK. Leave a Comment

I’m currently going utterly insane (mix-related woes, predictably), but here’s another set to check out courtesy of Dyzphazia. Supernova Remnant is his trance alias, and so here we have a mix that goes right through the genres from trance to freeform, via some drum & bass. I might not be the biggest fan of some of the styles here, but the mixing is absolutely fine and really blends it all together, smoothly progressing from ‘nice background music’ to ‘a set you can dance to’. The final quarter is where the freeform comes in, including my old remix of Hell’s Gate and a rather cheeky (but seamlessly put together) combination of Iron Squid and the Assembly 2010 edit.

  1. Yuri Kane – Right Back (original mix)
  2. Triple A – Winter Stayed (Armins On the Beach mix)
  3. Orjan Nilsen – Between the Rays
  4. Renvo – Breakout
  5. Sander Van Doorn vs. Afrojack & R3hab – Koko Prutataaa (First State BASHUP)
  6. Marcel Woods – Sunrise (Jonas Stenberg Remix)
  7. John O Callaghan & Betsie Larkin – Save This Moment (Gareth Emery Remix)
  8. Dash Berlin ft. Jonathon Mendelsohn – The Better Half Of Me
  9. Motorcycle – As the Rush Comes (Armins Universal Religion Remix)
  10. Andain – Beautiful Things (Gabriel & Dresden’s Unplugged Mix)
  11. Dash Berlin – Til The Sky Falls Down (Dash Berlin 4 AM Mix)
  12. Aly & Fila ft. Jwaydan – We Control The Sunlight
  13. Commix – Japanese Electronics
  14. Rank 1 – L.E.D. Let There Be Light (Code 0 Remix)
  15. Terranaut – Remember Me
  16. CLSM ft. Stefan B – Drifting Away (Original Mix)
  17. Alek Szahala – Iron Squid (Dyzphazia’s Re:Assembly 2010 Edit)
  18. GULD – Requiem
  19. Re-Form – Silver Cube
  20. Zio – Hell’s Gate (Plasmadancer Remix)
  21. Nobuo Uematsu – J.E.N.O.V.A. (FFVII AC Version)

 Download here