Mixes

Heathen – Ephexor 003

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 17, 2009
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Sweden’s DJ Heathen has just completed another two mixes to add to his Ephexor series – Ephexor003 is unrelenting hard techno/Hard NRG while 004 is more along hardhouse lines. The Hard NRG edition has some classic Finnish/Japanese tracks, including Angel of Hell, Zusammengehorigkeit and a pitched down Walking in the Air, which actually works really well. The rest of the set has a strong hardstyle/hard techno feel, which builds up a pretty unique atmosphere.

1. Tommy Pulse – The Messiah
2. Random But Raw – Sex Drugs N Lock N Load
3. The Prophet & JDX – The Dream
4. Raff & Allan Pullen – The Virus
5. Ultraform – Jonathan
6. Heathen – Digital Destruction (Cyrez remix)
7. Phrantic ft. Boudie – Unleashed
8. Zatox – Crescent Slash
9. Heathen – BFG (Soulfucker´s Hardstyle mix)
10. Proteus, Ephexis & Ting – Angel of Hell
11. Betwixt & Between – Zusammengehorigkeit
12 Tymon – End Of Eternity
13 Re-form – Walking In The Air (Bootleg remix)

Definitely a good set to dance to – both this and Ephexor004 can be found on Heathen’s new homepage.

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

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. 

Grimsoul – 2 Much 2 Fast

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 30, 2009
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The next promo mix for this week is Grimsoul’s 2 Much 2 Fast, a showcase of his whole range from hard trance up to freeform. This set might be more uplifting than melancholy, but there is still a lot of atmosphere in here. Plenty of my favourite tunes too, including Kadotettu Todellisuus 2009, which I think features one of the best ‘intro breakdowns’ for a long time.

Tracklist:

  1. K System – Supadupasound (Grimsoul remix)
  2. Grimsoul – North Wind
  3. Grimsoul – UG
  4. Grimsoul – Global Killer
  5. Phyton vs Grimsoul – Phantom
  6. Grimsoul – Our Freedom
  7. Phyton vs Grimsoul – Empty Eyes
  8. Substanced vs Grimsoul – System Failure
  9. Grimsoul – Enchanted Mind
  10. Grimsoul – Kadotettu Todellisuus 2009
  11. Grimsoul – Some More

Download here (Kuuntele)

Sam one – Promomix 2

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 29, 2009
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It’s always good to hear a new set from Sam one – this time is no different, with some brand new hard trance and freeform. The opening track (a remix of Rob.o.t.t’s Rewire) shows the kind of fresh sound that can come out of Hybridize…although it’s very much hard trance bpm, there are enough filtered synths to add more pace and give it a rougher freeform feel (similar to some of Grimsoul’s slower tunes).

The rest of the tracks are well up to Sam one’s usual standards – he’s still coming up with fast, addictive melodies that would get pretty much any crowd moving. The last two tunes are more of an uplifting freeform style, including his great remix of My Serenity.

For anyone with even the slightest interest in trance style melodies, this is a definite must-listen – download here.

Operation Karma 3rd Revolution @Kawasaki Tsukiakari Yume Terasu, 29th November

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 25, 2009
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The next edition of Operation Karma is coming next month, in Kawasaki once more. For the 3rd edition THC’s Kanon will again be making a guest appearance, along with Gothic Bar Heaven’s TETRA (who I haven’t seen play before). Get on the guest list and entrance is only 1500yen, which is very reasonable for an event that is usually 90% freeform – though of course most people have to factor in the trip to Kawasaki, too.

Another thing worth mentioning is the newly up-and-running Karma site. It’s looking very pro already, and has some video, profiles, and also a promo mix by (I’m guessing) DJ MT. I haven’t got a tracklist yet (I forgot some of the track titles, to be honest), but it’s the perfect showcase for the Karma sound. Very melodic freeform with a strong anime theme, it starts off with Operation Stardust and Endstille (the classic mix combination), before going into the most melodic end of the Finnish sound. There are a lot of anime samples added during the long breakdowns etc, which does a very good job of tying the set together. If you don’t understand Japanese it should sound very cool, but I forgot how incredibly corny the dialogue is in a lot of these things… Still, it’s very well chosen/mixed, and highly recommended.

LSO Radio, 4th November – Android Lime vs Proteus

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 22, 2009
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A couple of weeks away, but Android Lime’s next LSO radio show is definitely worth mentioning early. Following on from Guld and BRK comes Proteus himself! I’m really looking forward to this, any set from Proteus is guaranteed to inspire, and he’s on fire with his recent production, too.

Android has also announced a few of the upcoming guests on his recent FINRG topic – they include Alek Szahala, DJ Rx, Hellraiser….and yours truly! What an honour to be in that sort of company – even if it’s a good way off yet, hopefully we’ll come up with some real NRG madness when the time comes. Big thanks to Android!

Kevin Energy live @Energy Cocktail 2008

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 14, 2009
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Another mix from Nu-Energy, this time Kevin Energy’s 2008 set at Energy Cocktail. Over at the Nu-Energy site you can download or stream this one too, but to be honest it’s very much on the happy side…if that’s your kind of thing, then this set’ll be perfect. Others might be better off waiting for the 2009 set, which featured some much harder tunes at the start.