Decion – Storm Control

Posted by PlasmaDancer on January 13, 2010
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I’m really late to this set, but finally gave it a listen on the train yesterday. It’s another good one from Decion, with some very nasty tracks, especially in the middle of the set. My favourite tune was actually Alchemiist and Decion’s remix of Beliar’s Jigsaw – just enough melody to make it stand out, and the synths are fantastic again. As usual, it’s highly recommended.

1. Defective Audio & Weazal & Firefox – Twisted Mission
2. Shenton & IAHH & Riggsy – Annihilate
3. Matt Morris & Riggsy Feat. Nat – Scooby Doo
4. Defective Audio & Michael Smith – Freak Attack
5. Random But Raw – Commander
6. Beliar – Jigsaw (Alchemiist & Decion Remix)
7. Valex – Shake Rattle & Rolla
8. Michael Smith – Torture
9. Crazy Chris – Bad Asses
10. Dramatik – Swear Jar

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Ellis Dee @Dreamscape 15/16, 1994

Posted by PlasmaDancer on January 13, 2010
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I can’t resist posting this one – a 10-minute clip of a very heavy jungle set from Ellis Dee, playing at one of the UK’s 90s mega-raves, Dreamscape. I wasn’t there (I was only 13 at the time!), but managed to get hold of a recording of this set (as well as a few others) from a friend, and listened to them for the next ten years or so…It’s sets like these that made me think about one day mixing tunes myself, so hearing them again for the first time in years has genuinely made my week.

Have a listen…get past the MCs and there are some great tunes in this first 10 minutes.

Barbara Streisand meets Wu Tang – The Way We Mash Potatoes

Posted by PlasmaDancer on January 12, 2010
Posted in: Canadian, Releases. 5 comments

No, I haven’t gone mad yet – the craziest post title for quite a while is actually an intro mash-up from none other than Twisted Freq. If you’re not a DJ, this one will just be for novelty value (it’s only a minute or so long), but for anyone looking for an offbeat set-opener, you’ve come to the right place. Just earlier I was imagining this leading into Android Lime’s Sex and Violence..it might just work…

Big thanks to Twisted Freq for the permission to put this online – download here.

Ultraform – Chase Me / I Feel

Posted by PlasmaDancer on January 9, 2010
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I’m a bit late to Sweden’s Ultraform, but thanks to Proteus and Android Lime I’ve finally started checking out some tracks, and been really impressed. It’s not often I come across hard melodic tracks with a bit of darkness to them, and I really like I Feel, a nine-minute epic with real anthem quality and some brilliant breakdowns. It’s great to see that the track has just been released (alongside Chase Me) on Fool’s Forest, a very high quality free netlabel which also releases breakbeat, ambient and more experimental tunes.

FINRG SoundCloud – unreleased tracks from Carbon Based, Alek Szahala

Posted by PlasmaDancer on January 9, 2010
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Carbon Based – Xerosis by FINRG Recordings

Another storming batch of releases here, this time it’s Alek Szahala and Carbon Based with some great tunes from the archives. At the top of the post is Xerosis, a lovely blast from the past for me, I haven’t heard it for ages. Other tracks this time include Carbon Based’s Fairy Play, Methodist and Anytime, as well as some previously released tunes like the classic Anthem. On the Alek Szahala side we have tracks like Firecloud, Maruuk and the unreleased Unilaulu, a happy little 2-minute track. edit: a lot of Pain on Creation tracks are up there too.

Get them all from FINRG’s SoundCloud. 

Substanced – Freeform from Finland (Promo mix 2010)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on January 8, 2010
Posted in: Finnish, Mixes. 11 comments

Substanced – Freeform from Finland (promo mix 2010) by FINRG Recordings

Anyone (like me) who missed Substanced’s appearance on the Free of Form radio show should be happy to see that his 2010 promo mix is now online. It’s a really nice set, and makes you realise the variety of tracks Substanced has been coming up with lately. From uplifting tunes that will get the crowd going (Challenge 2009, Do You Love), to nasty twisted crazy stuff (Freeform Mercury, Crank Cleopatra) and everything in-between, there’s pretty much something for everyone here. Standout parts for me included Crank Cleopatra (which went down very well at NRGetic Romancer), the insane intro to Challenge 2009, and that lovely breakdown melody in Escalate. Here’s the tracklist, and you can give a listen at the top of this post, too:

1. Substanced – Aquarius
2. Substanced – Apocalypse (2010 Remake)
3. Substanced – Challenge 2009
4. Substanced – Escape From Zombieland
5. Substanced – Escalate
6. Horzi – The Elegy (Substanced Remix)
7. Substanced – Crank Cleopatra
8. Substanced & Nightforce – Do You Love                                                                                                                                         9. Substanced – Meteor
10. Substanced – Freeform Mercury

Carbon Based – Live at Oulu / New FINRG releases

Posted by PlasmaDancer on January 6, 2010
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Carbon Based – Live at Oulu by FINRG Recordings

Not too much is happening here in Japan, but I’m trying to finish a mix that’s been on the schedule for the last month…it’s a busy week, though…

Anyway, over on the FINRG SoundCloud there are a few new mix-length uploads – one of them is a really brilliant set from Carbon Based. I’m guessing it’s from a while back – I’m lucky enough to have some of the older CB material, but there were a few gaps in the tracklist for me too. Anyway, CB’s melodies are always fantastic, and it’s not often us folk outside Finland get to hear their tunes b2b like this.

Other new sets include the Rx vs Alek Szahala Live PA from the 2007 Hakkapeliitta tour, Alek’s great hardcore set from Mania, Swoosh’s 512 set and Rx and Alek Szahala Live once again, this time at Pharmacy.

As if that wasn’t enough, there are also a lot of newly-free Re-form releases, including Mask Man 2005 and Cyanide, one of my old favourites. Once again, the FINRG SoundCloud is the place to go.