Substanced – Aquarius (Amini remix)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on March 7, 2011
Posted in: Finnish, Releases. 1 comment

Substanced – Aquarius (Amini Remix)(Clip) by DJ-Amini

Amini’s making big strides with his production lately, and his newest tunes are really deserving of a listen. The first is a remix of Substanced’s popular tune from last year, Aquarius, and Amini’s done a great job so far of giving this version its own sound. As well as some edits to the main theme, I love that bassline with the filtered intro melodies.

Amini’s other tune is an original track called It’s a Phau. Once again, the intro/outro is really nice, with a pretty dark feel, while the melodies are energetic and definitely have a strong Sam One influence. A nice touch is the little sequence from 4.10 onwards, a really effective way of breaking up the main part of the track.

FORCE teaser video / Digital Anarchy vs Skampy & Mayhem – Illusions of Sound (Horzi vs Meke remix)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on March 4, 2011
Posted in: Finnish, Releases, UK. 1 comment

Thanks to Meke for the heads up on this excellently edited video, which was actually completed the best part of a year ago but is still well worth a look. The video itself was to promote the FORCE event, while the backing track (by Horzi and Meke) was released by FINRG and can be found here. I remember hearing the tune back when it was first completed – the classic Horzi filtered synths combined with the original’s fairly happy piano/melodies make for a nice contrast, and would surely work well in a UK-styled set.

Alchemiist – Parasite

Posted by PlasmaDancer on March 3, 2011
Posted in: Finnish, Releases. 4 comments

Alchemiist – Parasite by Alchemiist

Alchemiist’s Parasite has been under construction for a while now, and it’s showing the benefits with some really top quality ideas. The first half does everything you’d expect – nasty synths with a nice pace to them, but the breakdown is close to something very special indeed, with its eerie atmosphere and melodies over the breakbeats. One of Alchemiist’s finest, no doubt.

Destroyed High, 19th February

Posted by PlasmaDancer on March 2, 2011
Posted in: Events, Finnish, Japanese. Leave a Comment

AT recently uploaded some 30-second clips from last month’s Destroyed High, including this one of Merchen Diver playing Pain on Creation’s Mortality. The rest of the set included a lot of UK-style hardcore, but KA-NA took over at a couple of points to throw in Alek Szahala’s Lagash and Firecloud.

Take a look at Destroyed High’s YouTube account for clips from the other DJs (except AT himself, sadly).

Epyx & Cyrez – Risk Addiction (Substanced remix)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on March 2, 2011
Posted in: Finnish, Releases. 1 comment

Epyx & Cyrez – Risk Addiction (Substanced Remix) by Substanced / Subi

Thanks to illness and various other calamities I’ve been out of action for the last week or so, but now it’s about time to get things going again with a whistle-stop tour of what’s happened since the last post. Some of the biggest news has to be Substanced’s upcoming remix of the classic Risk Addiction – this does a brilliant job of injecting some pace into the original tune, and has to be one of the most promising ‘dark’ tunes so far this year.

NRGetic Romancer, 12th March

Posted by PlasmaDancer on February 23, 2011
Posted in: Events, Japanese. 2 comments

Guld has given the all-clear to announce the next NRGetic Romancer, and it’s looking like the perfect way to (finally) get 2011 going. Once again it’s a collab with ever free, but this time the focus is on hardcore featuring just about all of the scene’s ‘top-level regulars’ (as the promotional text puts it). The flyer’s still to come, but check out the lineup in the meantime:

 -NRGetic Romancer-
■DJ
GULD
Full Circle DJs
COGI
PlasmaDancer

■LIVE
Betwixt & Between

■VJ
VX PASTA
コケカキイキイ

-ever free-
■DJ
Lunch (T.H.C./Rejection Records)
Inugami (NITRO-X/NIGHTMARELAND)
Kanon (T.H.C./ever free)
TETRA (Gothic Bar Heaven/Club Theatic Show)
Siki (LunaticSabbath/Android+)
Kaz-B (ever free)

Support by FINRG, Full Circle Recordings, Total Discommunication, Kreatrix Recordings and Guhroovy

http://www.myspace.com/djguld
http://soundcloud.com/guldjp
http://ameblo.jp/everfree-kb

Thank You For The Horse Live, Sunday @11pm (Japan time)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on February 19, 2011
Posted in: Events, Japanese. 3 comments

That new studio set is still under construction, and now I’m starting to think about next month’s NRGetic Romancer too, so to give my ears a rest this week’s Ustream set will be breakbeat hardcore. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but as the Dreams Into Harder mix is still getting some nice feedback I thought I’d make use of the tunes I couldn’t fit into that one, plus a few newer releases. We’ll soon find out if last time was just beginner’s luck…

Things’ll get going at a later start time of 11pm, just in case I’m not feeling too perky after Destroyed High.

Destroyed High

Posted by PlasmaDancer on February 18, 2011
Posted in: Events, Finnish, Japanese, Mixes. 7 comments

The first Destroyed High is one day away, so it’s about time for a look at the new event homepage. It’s a bit sparse right now, but there are already some artist profiles (in Japanese), links to the youtube channel and a short sample mix from AT. Sadly the set has a few messy transitions, but the selection gives a good idea of what AT will be playing tomorrow – Hybridize melodic freeform with added Guld-style nastiness.