TYFTH is back! / NRGetic Romancer, 13th August @Tamachi Studio Cube

Posted by PlasmaDancer on August 8, 2011
Posted in: Events, Japanese. 6 comments

First of all, many apologies for TYFTH being out of action for the past week (a delay far, far longer than expected), but we’re up and running again now. I hope everyone took the chance to stock up on dressage horses, bridles and stables?

Let’s get back into the swing of things with a quick reminder of NRGetic Romancer’s 7th Anniversary event, coming up this Saturday. We’ve got an amazing lineup of guest DJs this time, with NRG, schranz and hard trance all covered, as well as the usual NRG, freeform and dark psy from the regulars. The set times will be pretty short this time around, but I’ll see how many promos I can squeeze in alongside some Romancer anthems to (quite probably) open the event. Here’s the full promo text for the Japan crew:

NRGetic Romancer

7th Anniversary!!!!!!!

2011.8.13(SAT)
@ARK STUDIO CUBE326(http://www.studiocube326.com)
DOOR:3000yen W.F:2500yen and NRGetic Romancer 7th Anniversary CD
OPEN 23:00

□GUEST LIVE PA□
Shriekerz(Total Deztruction)
Einhander(Total Destruction)

□GUEST DJ□
MUNETICA(ENERGIZE JP RECORDS)
SATOSHI HONJO(Adrenaline)

■DJ
GULD
COGI
PlasmaDancer

■LIVE
Full Circle DJs
Betwixt & Between

■VJ
VX PASTA
コケカキイキイ

Support by FINRG, Full Circle Recordings, Kreatrix Recordings, ENERGIZE JP RECORDS, Guhroovy and Anarchy

http://soundcloud.com/guldjp
http://ameblo.jp/guldjp
http://www.energize.jp
http://soundcloud.com/satoshi_honjo

遂に7周年目に突入したNRGetic Romancer。
今回はNISHの代表曲SagittariusのリミックスでHarderground Recordingsからリリースを果たしたShriekerz、また別名義でHARD NRGを作りだし北欧を中心にその名を轟かせつつあるEinhanderとしてもブッキング。その名以外全て謎に包まれていたベールが遂に剥がされる。
さらに次世代ジャパニーズサウンドレーベルENERGIZE JP RECORDSからMUNETICA、国内唯一のハードテクノ/シュランツパーティーAdrenalineからSATOSHI HONJO。
7周年を飾るに相応しいラインナップ。
イザ、執行ノトキ…

田町駅から、3名以上でタクシー(1メーター以内)を利用してCUBE326までご来場された方へ、700円のキャッシュバックが適応されます。
*他のディスカウントサービスとの併用はできません。(移動に問題がなければ、w.f.もしくはディスカウントサービスをご利用ください。
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*3名以上・1メータでのみ適応されます。
*下車時に”領収書”を受け取り、入場時にエントランスでご提示下さい。
*3名以上の”1グループ”に対して700円のキャッシュバックが適応されます。各1名1名へ700円がキャッシュバックされるものではありません。 

Incidentally, I’m in the midst of some hardcore set-planning at the moment, so there probably won’t be a ustream session this week – apologies for that too, but there’ll be plenty of cool stuff to show you once Romancer is all finished.

Epilim – Unreleased

Posted by PlasmaDancer on August 1, 2011
Posted in: Finnish, Releases. 8 comments

Epilim is generally acknowledged to be one of the real founders of the Finnish sound, though Proteus’ sets are about the only place to hear his material. Brilliant work from mixu, then, who has unearthed a couple of unreleased tracks. The first (which thanks to Jiipez, we now know is titled Trip 3) is a slow burner with some really nice trancy melodies and a fantastic second half, while the second (Plasma) sounds like it could have influenced everything from Cyclone to Maruuk with its post-breakdown hoovers. Almost goes without saying, but both are essential listens for anyone with the slightest interest in the origins of our scene.

Since the original post, mixu has uploaded a third tune with a lovely, chilled breakdown. Does anyone have any idea what this one’s called?

Epyx & Cyrez – Static Response (Heathen Dark Ages Remix)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on July 28, 2011
Posted in: Finnish, Releases, Swedish. 1 comment

Following up the very promising Ephexor and Gladiator, Heathen also has an Epyx & Cyrez remix forthcoming on FINRG. This preview doesn’t give too much away, but it’s nice to hear such pacy drums in an E&C track, while the synths are really sounding top class.

In other news, today I finished the set I’ve been working on. Putting it together in two weeks might have cost me my sanity, but I’m pretty happy with the end result – watch this space!

That means that getting a forum up and running is top of the ‘to do’ list again, as well as finishing at least one of the tunes I’ve got lying around here.

Amini – Eupraxia

Posted by PlasmaDancer on July 26, 2011
Posted in: Finnish, Releases. 2 comments

Amini – Eupraxia (Unmixed) by DJ-Amini

It’s great to see Amini keeping up the pace with his production – following his recent trance tune Electric is a proper 175bpm freeform effort called Eupraxia. Once again showing the influence of Sam One, Horzi and Substanced, this is a very good tune with some nice creative touches. If you’re going to go down the ‘huge breakdown’ route you have to make sure it’s a good one, and here Amini’s managed it nicely with a vaguely tech-dance (?) section followed by some hyper-trancy melodies. Honourable mentions to the bassline and general mixdown too, very impressive stuff.

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

Nomic Live @Harder.fi

Posted by PlasmaDancer on July 19, 2011
Posted in: Events, Finnish. 5 comments

Nomic made an appearance at last weekend’s Harder.fi event, and thanks (as usual) to Syntse we’ve got some nice footage of the event. It says it all about the sorry state of the freeform scene that someone as talented as Nomic isn’t headlining a different event every week, but he’s only challenged by Betwixt & Between/Alek Szahala as my artist of the year so far.

Thank You For The Horse Live, 24th (?) July @11pm Japan time (3pm BST)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on July 14, 2011
Posted in: Events, Japanese. 2 comments

Sorry to postpone another set, but I’m actually putting together a ‘studio mix’ in record time during this next week. I’ll say no more for now, but hopefully there’ll be a ustream session on the 23rd/24th, instead!

A couple of weeks have screamed past since the last ustream session, so here’s some early warning for the next one, this coming Sunday. It looks like the weekend is going to be completely eaten up by music-related stuff, but I’ll try to put some thought into this as a warm up for next month’s NRGetic Romancer.

Production advice for beginners, Part 2 – Android Lime Q&A

Posted by PlasmaDancer on July 13, 2011
Posted in: Events. 6 comments

Alek Szahala – sunray (ANDROID LIME remix) {UNFINISHED CLIP} by Android Lime

The forum preparation might be on pause at the start of this week, but here’s something a bit special for fans of the Production advice for beginners post from a couple of months back. Android Lime has very kindly agreed to answer any questions (beginner or otherwise) about Hard NRG production, and has even offered to put some of his answers on video to demonstrate what he’s talking about.

Plenty of potential for something really useful, then, and here’s where the Horsers step in – feel free to add any questions to the comments section at the bottom of this post, and I’ll send a selection off to Mr Lime towards the end of the week (let’s say Thursday lunchtime). I think Android is still a Logic fiend, but more general stuff would still be applicable to other software, so don’t let that hold you back!