Mixes

DJ Midas – Somewhere Between Japan and Finland

Posted by PlasmaDancer on January 1, 2012
Posted in: Japanese, Mixes, UK. 6 comments

Dj Midas – somewhere between japan and finland by DjMidas

It’s always nice to see someone getting into Japanese freeform for the first time, and the latest convert is DJ Midas, who played at last month’s Munted! Monthly! He’s obviously got hold of the classic Khaotic Dimension (definitely the best place to start), and has combined that with a couple of TYFTH tracks. Have to say, I’m pleased/amazed how well the Hell’s Gate remix stands up to Moving Flare, that connection has never even crossed my mind – thanks to Midas for giving it a try.

Anyway, this set is a nice trip down memory lane, into the darker tunes that we don’t hear enough of these days. By all accounts it sounds like my Munted! set has sparked off a bit more UK interest in the Japanese scene, which is great news. Stay tuned in 2012, there might be some more activity release-wise, too…

1. Thermalforce – Moving flare
2. Zio – Hells Gate (Afagddu Remix)
3. Betwixt & Between – Phaedra
4. Betwixt & Between – Reincarnation
5. Betwixt & Between – Discord
6. Betwixt & Between – Phase 6

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)

PlasmaDancer – Munted! Monthly! Episode 1, 17th December

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 25, 2011
Posted in: Canadian, Events, Finnish, Japanese, Mixes, UK. 68 comments

PlasmaDancer – Munted! Monthly! Episode 1, 17th December 2011 by FINRG Recordings

It seems as though a few people have been good enough to check out this set already, which went online a day or so ago. I genuinely couldn’t have wished for a better reaction from the Krafty chatroom crew on the night, and since then there’s been some really nice feedback from those who missed it first time around. I’ve actually had a couple of questions in the past from Horsers who wanted to know how I construct my sets, so permit me if I may to talk a little a lot about the thinking behind this one.

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Le Dos-on – Experience3 Demo Mix

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 19, 2011
Posted in: Finnish, Japanese, Mixes, Releases. 2 comments

Experience3 demomix by Le Dos-on

Many thanks to raqhow and Akibakei for introducing me to a very talented freeform producer, Le Dos-on. Quite how I’ve missed his work so far I’m not sure, but it shows all the signs of Betwixt & Between / Finnish influences and some amazingly crisp production. Particular favourites at the moment are INSANE and the very impressive For You (I’m Like Madness remix), and what’s more the tracks are all available for download from Le Dos-on’s SoundCloud.

The top of this post highlights his excellent demo set for Experience 3 – only 30 minutes long, but there’s some genuinely interesting mixing, and a selection that immediately gives you an idea of what he’s all about. Doing a great job of combining darker / older Alek Szahala with Hybridize sounds and the usually impossible-to-mix Lacrima, this is very highly recommended.

  1. Alek Szahala – Man Eaten
  2. Alek Szahala – Ngarnuuk
  3. Digital Anarchy vs Skampy & Mayhem – Illusions of Sound (Horzi & Meke remix)
  4. Substanced – Dream of You
  5. Horzi – Blind Faith
  6. DJ Rx – Lacrima

Alek Szahala – HBC Podcast

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 18, 2011
Posted in: Events, Finnish, Mixes, UK. 6 comments

Now that the excellent first edition of Munted! Monthly! has been and gone, I’ve finally had time to check Alek Szahala’s recent HBC set. As expected, it’s top quality, and the new material is a wonderful return to the darker side of Alek’s production.

Enuma Elish is a fantastic track, with a repetitive-yet-addictive main riff and an aggressive feel that really recalls classics like Maruuk, while it’s also great finally hear both Macuahuitl and the beautiful Dawnstar in a set. By all accounts Alek devastated the Krafty chatroom, and it bodes very well indeed for his set next March.

Download here

01. Alek Szahala – Macuahuitl
02. Alek Szahala – Ziggurat
03. Alek Szahala – Astraia
04. Alek Szahala – Sunray
05. Alek Szahala – Dryad Machine
04. Alek Szahala – Deimos
06. Alek Szahala – Voices of Babylon
07. Alek Szahala – Enuma Elish
08. Alek Szahala – Maruuk
09. Alek Szahala – Iron Squid
10. Alek Szahala – Dawnstar (2008 Remastered)
11. Mark Seibert – Erana’s Peace (Alek Szahala Remake)

Nrgray – Demo

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 18, 2011
Posted in: Finnish, Japanese, Mixes. Leave a Comment

Demo by Nrgray

I’m more than happy to announce the arrival of another new Japanese DJ – this time it’s the turn of Nrgray, aka NRGetic Romancer staff member Akibakei. His first demo is a 30 minute minimix, but shows all the signs of a quality taste in tunes, plus some solid mixing. There’s a nice consistency to the sound, as well as some Japanese-Finnish action, so I’m looking forward to the first full length set.

1. Aryx – Aurora
2. Endemic Vs Solution – Outbreak (DJ Rx Remix)
3. DJ Noriken – Hologram
4. Substanced & Grimsoul – Harder Than U Think
5. DJ Rx – Frozen Flame

raqhow – All of Japan Freeform

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 7, 2011
Posted in: Japanese, Mixes. 2 comments

All_of_JAPAN_Freeform (Unfinished) by raqhow

More from raqhow, this time a Japan-only set with a few classics alongside some less familiar freeform tracks. It’s the first time for me to hear tracks by the very promising Le Dos-on, while Sea Rapture has a nicely melodic breakdown. Great work from raqhow to give these artists a chance to be heard, and his mixing is also improving with every set – there are some very nice connections that do a good job of breaking the intro/outro pattern here.

1,Betwixt & Between – Awakening
2,DJ Noriken – Lucia
3,XampaNoiD – blue tripper
4,Rolling Contact (Amane) – Sea Rapture
5,Le Dos-on – Epatoivo – rwk-
6,Betwixt & Between – Surendrajit(2011 refix)
7,Le Dos-on – Stance

BEEZEE – MINOTAUR

Posted by PlasmaDancer on December 2, 2011
Posted in: Finnish, Japanese, Mixes, UK. 6 comments

BEEZEE – MINOTAUR by BEEZEE

Time for another energetic freeform session from Mr B, covering just about every angle of the scene. The first half will please the melodic crew, while the second half (from Operation Stardust) takes a welcome turn for the twisted with Unholy Word, Surendrajit and a nice contrast in Nephila.

The more familiar tunes haven’t shown up in recent sets, so even without many elaborate connections Minotaur makes for a really enjoyable hour or so – I’m sure I’ve said this before about Beezee’s sets, but this would a great one to hear in a club setting.

1. Grimsoul – Jaan Hautaamat (Oli G Remix)
2. Trancend – Mindglow
3. DJ RX – Code Of Silence (Sam One Remix)
4. Alabaster – Fluorite
5. Lost Soul – Tentacles Of Love
6. Andy Dee – Solas An Lae
7. Nightforce & Substanced – Operation Stardust
8. Alek Szahala – Unholy World
9. Betwixt & Between – Surendrajit (2011 Refix)
10. Aryx – Nephila
11. DJ Noriken – Moonlight Cluster