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Wyrm – Freeformaniacs Radio Show, 1st November

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 24, 2012
Posted in: Australia, Finnish, Japanese, Mixes, UK. 1 comment

Not too sure how this passed me by until now, but having checked out Wyrm’s recent appearance on the Freeformaniacs show I can heartily recommend it for all fans of the darker side. A glance at the tracklist shows what sort of hour’s in store, including plenty of Pain on Creation, Aryx and a great Penguin Conspiracy remix of Wyrm’s own Tendrils of Reality. Indeed, there are some quality UK tracks here that fit very nicely into this set of twistiness, broken up with trancier melodies and an inspired finish of Gravity’s Rainbow – Hostile Lifeforms.

01) Re-form – Hold Your Ground [FiNRG] 
02) Dodgee – 2000 Miles [Electronica Exposed] 
03) Substanced – Stockholm Syndrome [Smiling Corpse] 
04) Pain on Creation – V8 [Camel Records] 
05) Transcend & Greg Peaks – Cosmic1 [Electronica Exposed] 
06) Pain on Creation – Lush [FiNRG Hard] 
07) Tazz & Concept – Planet of Dreamz [Digital Beatz] 
08) Wyrm – Tendrils of Reality (Penguin Conspiracy Remix) [F/C Smiling Corpse] 
09) Firefly – Dangerous [Electronica Exposed] 
10) Aryx – Morokai [Smiling Corpse] 
11) Betwixt & Between – Gravity’s Rainbow [HARDCORE TANO*C] 
12) Shox – Hostile Lifeforms [Sinthetic Records] 

Olly Addictive & Wyrm – Freeformaniacs Radio Show, 16th August

Posted by PlasmaDancer on August 29, 2012
Posted in: Australia, Mixes, UK. 1 comment

Thanks to work I usually miss the Freeformaniacs shows, but earlier this month I was able to catch most of a lovely set from Olly Addictive and Wyrm. The first half has some very nice freeform selections, while the second half heads into big kick/gabber territory. This variety makes it well worth a listen, and at two hours long you’re really getting two sets for the price of one.

  1. Xombei – Thunderhead
  2. Audio X – Sugar
  3. Carbon Based & DJ Rx – Biomechanoid
  4. Grimsoul – Kadotettu Todellisuus
  5. Wyrm – Tendrils of Reality
  6. Dok & Dodgee – Inside
  7. Oli G & Invader – Living Hell
  8. Oli G & Jessica – Miasma
  9. Shanty vs. Epyx & Cyrez – Trippy Hippy
  10. Qygen – 60Hz Power Rave
  11. Penguin Conspiracy – Tripswitch
  12. Micken – Robot Captain
  13. Epyx & Cyrez – I C U
  14. Ophidian & Nosferatu – Psychiatric Ass
  15. Orifice – I’m Broken
  16. Scott Brown – Enemy
  17. Andy Freestyle – Warrior Sound
  18. Scott Majestik – Psycopathic Bitch
  19. AMS & Shanty – Hardcore Renegade
  20. Tazz & Shanty ft. MC Drew – The Definition of Freeform (Olly Addictive Remix)
  21. DJ Nitrous – Gangster Definition (Andy Freestyle Remix)
  22. Ephexis – Shunt
  23. Bartoch – This is Hardcore (Cyane Remix)
  24. Endymion & Nosferatu – Act of God
  25. Ophidian – End the Earth
  26. Endymion – Anger (Ophidian Remix)
  27. I:gor – Gimme Some More

B.R.K. – Evil Against Evil

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 29, 2011
Posted in: Australia, Italian, Mixes, UK. 2 comments

B. R. K.- evil against evil by B. R. K.

After his recent releases on FINRG, BRK is back in the mixing game with a nice set that shows us what to expect from his FINRG B2B with Heathen. Starting off with a great intro, Evil Against Evil runs through a lot of the classics of the past few years, plus some excellent tunes from Tommy Pulse and a nice collab between Phil York and Dark by Design that I haven’t heard before. A bit of a surprise not to see any of BRK’s own tracks in here, but for anyone into the Lab 4 / Android Lime sound this is a must listen.

  1. Intro
  2. DJ-X Lab4 – Ephedrine
  3. Android Lime – Sex and Violence
  4. Fausto & Tommy Pulse – Melancholika
  5. Android Lime-robot noize ( DJ-X Lab4 rmx )
  6. Tommy Pulse – Messiah ( Resurrection mix )
  7. Lab4-Requiem ( Heart of Darkness 2009 )
  8. Psycho Keaton – Hellnight ( Android Lime rmx )
  9. Lab4 – Groove Overdrive
  10. Phil York vs Dark By Design-Disarray
  11. Aikon – Dream On ( Schwarzende rmx )
  12. The Engineer and Hellraiser – Legion “For We Are Many” ( God is not here with us mix )

Freeformaniacs Christmas Special

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 28, 2011
Posted in: Australia, Drum & Bass, Finnish, Japanese, Mixes, UK. 8 comments

A real treat for those who haven’t been following the Freeform Forum, the Freeformaniacs Christmas Special is now online and is an excellent way to spend a couple of hours. The concept was for 12 DJs to mix for 10 minutes each, creating one mammoth set that covers just about every angle of the freeform scene. It’s actually a brilliant way to hear a few different styles of tune, as even if they’re not your thing, just hang in there for 10 minutes and there’ll be a different flavour of freeform to check out.

All in all, a really great project and clearly very well coordinated – massive congratulations to Stray and everyone else involved.

Download here

(Shameless copy/paste from the forum follows)

Tracklist:
Triex
Qygen- Dough Djinn Corps [F/C RuffBeatz]
Qygen – 721 [F/C RuffBeatz]
Qygen – Vast [F/C RuffBeatz]
DJ Triex – Shinsengumi [RuffBeatz]

Stray
Transcend – Carol of the bells
Lost Soul – Dungeon
Spiritual Tazer – Brain Slushie
RAF – Eviloution

Pulse
Firefly – Equinox “Pulse Remix” [Audio Weaponry 010B]
Denile vs Pulse – Twisted Minds [Vacuum Music 027]
Jerv and Hoj – Funky Shit “Pulse Remix”[Vacuum Music 011B]

Midas
peaks & pinnacle vs douglas – Gliese beat
andy dee – solas en lae (douglas remix)
transcend – mind glow

Dyzphazia
Blokhe4d feat Dieselboy – Get Back
Luna-C – The War (Sc@r Remix)
Betwixt & Between – Zusammengehorigkeit

J-MX
1. 月夢 ~ Tsuku-Yume (M-Project Mix)
2. Substanced & J-Mx – Flawless Victory (Radio edit)
3. Norther – Nothing (Horzi remix)

Red Heaven
Freestyle – Replicant
Orifice – I’m Broken

Olly Addictive
Kaos & Ethos – Technorocker
Olly Addictive & TTE – Dogs of War

J-Kub
Mr Manni – Bow For The Master (J-Kub Remix) // (Medley: Paocala – Sunfire)
J-Kub – Helios // (Medley: Impact & Nomad – Utopia)

Endemic
Endemic – Hurricane
Endemic – My Immortal – Free download – http://watchtowerrecords.co.uk/
Transcend – Zero-G Fire – Free download – http://watchtowerrecords.co.uk/

Aryx
Carbon Based – Cyclone
Aryx – Solar Flare [Watchtower Records]
Aryx – Nephila [ReBuild Music]

Beezee
Substanced & Horzi – Superior Pressure
RAF – Evilution
Pants and Corset – Malice In Wonderland (Eufion Remix)

Aryx – Birthday Mix (2011) Freeformaniacs Show

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 29, 2011
Posted in: Australia, Japanese, Mixes, UK. 5 comments

Aryx – Birthday mix (2011) Freeformaniacs show by Aryx

Anyone reading TYFTH will probably have checked out this certified must-listen set already, but here’s a belated post for those who don’t know. After Aryx’s fantastic Chaldea and Aurora, the question was always going to be whether he could possibly match them and keep his inspiration up…

Well the answer’s a big yes – the first half of his Freeformaniacs set is mind-blowingly good, and there’s no doubt that Aryx is now right at the top of the trancy freeform tree, alongside Alek/Paocala. He’s still (understandably) got some work ahead to match Alek’s all-round quality, but the standard here is already amazingly high – among the wonderful new material are little glimmers here and there of the emotional, deeper freeform that we so rarely hear these days, and that’s what makes the set so exciting.

The rest of the set is a nice combination of older tracks, though the more UK freeform-sounding melodies of Transmission can’t quite live with the rest of the quality on show, it might have been nicer to hear something a bit more aggressive/melancholy before Inexistenz.

Anyway, massive congratulations (and Happy Birthday) to Aryx – hopefully this set will get the recognition it deserves!

Tokyo CASE presents 「UK x JP Hardcore Special Session」, 30th October @2.5D

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 30, 2011
Posted in: Australia, Events, Japanese, UK. 1 comment

Very late notice, but here’s something that should definitely interest some of TYFTH’s J-core crew. UK/J-Core event Tokyo CASE has booked Sc@r to play at a special early-evening event with Shimamura, kors-k, Genki and Betwixt & Between. Interestingly the event’ll be broadcast on ustream, and there’ll also be a Q&A session after Betwixt’s set. That’s where I come in, as I’ve been asked to interpret (!) for Sc@r when the questions are directed at her. From past experience I know that my brain tends to shut down when I have to switch between English and Japanese, so this could be…interesting, to say the least. The rest of the timetable is looking nice though, so calamitous translations aside, this could be really worth checking out.

■イベント概要
・開催日時：2011/10/30(Sun)
OPEN／START：17:00
CLOSE：22:00
・開催場所：2.5D（池尻大橋）　http://2-5-d.jp/
・イベント内容：DJプレイ、トークショー
・観覧入場：人数限定制
＜観覧料＞
事前予約：2,000円(1Drink別)
当日入場：2,500円(1Drink別)
★予約受付ページ　http://2-5-d.jp/schedule/20111030/

■出演者
≪Special Guest≫
・Sc@r (Raw Elements) from UK

≪DJs≫
・DJ SHIMAMURA (DYNASTY RECORDS / SHOT MUSIC)
・kors k (S2TB Recording / SHOT MUSIC)
・Betwixt&Between (TOTAL DISCOMMUNICATION)
・DJ Genki (SKETCH UP! Rec.)

≪MCs≫
・MC Euthman (HAPPY JACK)
・楽天斎 (DYNASTY RECORDS)
・MC STONE (HAPPY JACK)

≪VJ≫
・VJえが (低速飯店/PUTIN)

-Special Talk Show-
≪MC≫
・Yukacco

BEEZEE – Freeformaniacs 5

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 2, 2011
Posted in: Australia, Canadian, Finnish, Japanese, Mixes, UK. 4 comments

Another mix to enjoy today, this time from fellow Horser and Freeformaniacs crew member BEEZEE. We’d been warned to expect some darker tunes, and our man definitely doesn’t disappoint, with the kind of consistently nasty/twisted atmosphere that would cause chaos on dancefloors here. After BEEZEE’s excellent past mixes it’s no surprise that the mixing is really top class (that Moonshine>Godd connection is very special), and it’s also interesting to see the tracklist similarities between this and Dyzphazia’s Munted set (previous post). Congratulations to Amini for having Eupraxia played in both!

Once again then, another must listen – download the whole set (with the one like Stray on mic duty) via the Freeform Forum thread.

1. Digital Anarchy vs Skampy + Mayhem – Illusions of Sound (Horzi +Meke remix)
2. Epyx + Cyrez – Moonshine
3. Marco V – Godd (Tyranoid + Strongstream bootleg)
4. Substanced – Freeform Mercury
5. Alek Szahala – Adagio for Strings
6. Endemic + Solution – Outbreak (rx remix)
7. Substanced – Lost Temple II
8. Epyx + Cyrez – Andromeda
9. Twisted Freq – Dirtier World
10. Amini – Eupraxia
11. Epyx + Cyrez – Kanashibari
12. Rank 1 – Airwave (Betwixt + Between bootleg)

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)

Decion – Metal Fear

Posted by PlasmaDancer on February 1, 2011
Posted in: Australia, Finnish, Mixes, UK. 3 comments

Another new set from Decion – this time a short 40 minute-ish mix of hard NRG. Maybe not quite as ferocious as the last couple of sets, this one really gets going in the second half and is another excellent break if you’ve had enough of freeform (for some reason).

  1. Matt R – Code Red
  2. Defective Audio – Scream Like This
  3. Defective Audio & Karl Davis – After Party
  4. Michael Smith – Dance With The Devil
  5. Riggsy vs Chris Sharkey – The Blackening
  6. Michael Smith – Orgasm
  7. Dramatik – Angry Adelaide (Weazal remix)
  8. Crazy Chris – Too Fast

Download here (kuuntele)