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The outta of hope mix by cubicgarden
I had a listen to most of my mixes I recorded while in Hospital, and there some good stuff there. Its going to take a while to recover and make them decent for sharing because sometimes I had the cross fader in the wrong position which is a shame or forgot to do something equally silly. Anyway here’s a nice short one to kick us off. As always enjoy…
- Above the sky – Airwave
- Cafe del Mar (Marco V remix) – Energy 52
- Are you fine – Kyan vs Albert
- Sincere (pulser remix) – Firewall
- Language (santiago nino dub tech mix) – Hammer and Bennett
- Shadow World – Thomas Brozwaer
- Lately (Riley & durrant mix) – Airbiscuit
- She wants him – Moussa Clarke & Terrafunka
- Into Something – Richard durand
- The Blizzard (Monogato’s Filth Remix) – Kalopsia
- Gamesmaster (matt darey 1999 remix) – Lost Tribe
The one step beyond entropy mix by cubicgarden
The mix isn’t perfect, I almost dedcied not to release it and maybe even do it again, but I changed my mind as theres a lot of new tunes in this mix. Of course there’s classic ones too. Recorded in Bristol while waiting to go out one night, I’m sure yuo will enjoy it.
Its been a while since I’ve uploaded a new mix mainly because I’ve had some trouble getting the Pacemaker editor software working in Ubuntu. I tried to get it working using Wine but it just would not work. So I had to go back to using Sun’s VirtualBox which thankfully does work.
Here’s the playlist for the mix…
- Salvation (Album Re-Vised Mix) – M.I.K.E
- Second Slience (Michael Jast edit) – Signum vs Delerium
- Intution (Martin Roth Remix) – Marninx pres Ecco
- Watch out (Extended Remix) – Ferry Corsten
- Junk (Body Snatchers Vocal mix) – Ferry Corsten Feat Guru
- Strange Bends (Kyau Vs Albert) – Sebastian Sand
- A New dawn (Virtual Vault Remix) – Steve Forte Rio
- Smack – Simon Patterson
- Invisible Touch (Ferry Corsten’s Touch) – Bobina
- Sinister (Original Mix) – Airbase
- Language (Santiago Nino Dub Tech Mix) – Hammer and Bennett
- Shivers (Alex M.O.R.P.H Remix) – Armin Van Buuren
- RAMsteram (Jornvan Deynhoven Remix) – RAM
The sound of snow falling in sunshine mix by cubicgarden
This is the mix I used for the Next Generation DJ contest. I lot of people asked if they could listen to it without Flash, and I had to said no simply because I had to get as many listeners and votes on the contest site as possible. Now Stage one is all but over, its very unlikely that my mix will make it to the second stage due to lack of votes (needed at least 200) I can open the mix up on Soundcloud for people to download and listen to away from the site.
Anyhow, I’ve already had my say on the contest rules and cheating which was going on. There’s also suggestions that music genres outside of House and Techno were/would have been voted down in the end because the contest involves djing live at a famous house arena….
But enough, check out the mix on Soundcloud and if you still feel like voting for it, its still available till 3rd Feb here.
The running order is the same as before of course
- Sinister – Airbase
- Constellation (john O callaghan remix – Thomas Bronzwaer
- Summer Melodies (Frequence remix) – Frequence
- Bulgarian (Signum Remix) – Travel
- Beauty hides in the deep (john O callaghan remix) – The Doppler effect
- Shadow World – Thomas Bronzwaer
- Serenity (alphazone remix) – saltwater
- Rewire – Robert Nickson & Daniel Kandi
- Key of life (Marlo remix) – Ohmna featuring Nurlaila
- Attention (steve birch remix) – John 00 Fleming vs Christopher Lawrence
- She wants him – Moussa Clarke & Terrafunka
- Into the danger (M.I.K.E remix) – M.I.K.E vs Andrew Bennett
- Certitude – Thomas Bronzwaer
- Ultra Curve – Cosmic gate
- It’s the beat – Simians mobile disco
My friend Paul Crowley has created a flipping awesome podcast for his and Gareth Cole's exclusively online music lablel Flicker Tracks.Yes Flicker with an E not without the E. Anyway his just launched a new EP called Minimus and decided the 30secs preview you get from the Apple iTunes store wasn't enough for slow building arrangements which you find in a lot of house and trance music. And he's very right, there's tracks which sound nothing like the first 2 mins because thats your build up period (or mix period) then the track comes alive with something amazing which suprises the listener. Paul says it much better that myself
We decided that it is important that anyone interested in our material can hear significantly more than the 30 seconds currently afforded by iTunes. This is particularly important with club focussed music, where lengthy intros facilitate equally lengthy and seamless DJ mixes. Slow-build arrangements don’t necessarily reveal the true nature of the track in the opening bars, or in fact, in any given 30 second sample.
It’s always been true that the medium has dictated the format and length of mass produced music (from wax cylinders through to compact discs) but in this instance, the promotional method is creating an artificial limitation – the medium is not at fault. It is as if when writing material, you should now produce the musical equivilent of the elevator pitch to have the greatest chance of commercial success.
Were we to write and arrange our material so that the first 30 seconds gives the casual listener a more representative sample of what’s to come, we would then risk rendering the material less appropriate for the intended context – a club (which of course is creating another restriction on form, but one that we choose intentionally). Anyway, all this technology is supposed to be about creativity and freedom of expression, right?
Your damm right Paul. I've added the podcast to this entry which I hope will give it even more visability and I don't think Paul will mind. It would be easier for others to do the same if there was a creative commons licence like Attribution-NoDerivs License attached to the podcast. Then people could play it, copy it and even play it on a commercial radio station. I would also add – it would be great to have included a little tracklist (maybe linked to the direct track on itunes) in the blog post. But it was great to hear louise's voice over the music, very professional sounding.
So about the actual tracks.
1st track minimus – is damm fat and heavy, I like it and might have to get it for net Saturday's Bash.
2nd track bring you too – is a nice rich leader track. Something I would use to bring the crowd to a new place. This is certainly what I think of when thinking progressive or tech house.
3rd and 4th tracks are not quite my style but sound like something I would dance to in a house club.
5th track skidmark – is another fatty track perfect for playing in a bar, warm and smooth, perfect for a slightly upbeat lounge club. Saturday is calling its name.
So Paul it worked, your elevator pitch of a podcast has made me considered buying some of your tracks. Now if it wasn't in itunes encrypted mpeg4 audio (AAC) I could use it in a DJ set next weekend. Oh well…
