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Under a solar republica sky mix

An AI altered view of Berlin's spa (liquiddrome) With 2 people sitting on a bench looking at the unique sky

I spent a good amount of time in Berlin, Germany recently for the fantastic Republica conference.

This was recorded on a Ryanair flight (I luckily booked my flights over 3 months ago) using a number of even newer tunes. I had to do quite a bit of editing from the different times when my arm was knocked but it turned out pretty well.

I tried to recreate it on the way back but honestly, the first one was better although I did prefer some of the second mix tunes but it didn’t flow as much. I especially love the mix from Remember the future – Ripsaw!

All recorded on my ageing Pacemaker device, but the drift DJ alpha testing is getting better everyday. So look out, a whole mix might be coming soon.

The Drift DJ Zero sat on a Ryan Air seat rest

The cover art comes from a shot I took of Liquidrome, near the hotel I was at. There was a football game happening and so I used Gemini to remove the football match then touched up the colours, etc myself. It was hot in Berlin all week and it was great to have the long bright nights.

The playlist is…

00:00:00 Voices In My Head x Insomnia (Stephani B Mashup) – Faithless
00:01:34 Mandy (extended mix) – 2nd Phase
00:04:38 Dare me – Hayley Parsons
00:08:54 Extortion (Extended mix) – Everlight
00:15:07 Remember The Future (Extended Mix) – Ferry Tayle & TonKs pres. Mirage
00:19:17 Never (H3rtz Bootleg Rework) – The Roc Project Feat. Tina Arena
00:24:02 Seven cities (V-one’s living cities mix) – Solar Stone
00:30:11 Ripsaw – Everlight
00:34:09 La Verità (Extended Mix) – Alex Merk & U-Mount
00:38:14 Catch Me (Aumak Extended Remix) – Ormus
00:42:57 Rise Again (Extended Mix) – Adam Lumina
00:46:02 Stresstest (John Askew Remix) – John O’callaghan
00:52:34 Adagio In G Minor (Extended Mix) – DIM3NSION

Anyway enjoy the mix on peertube either on my own mixgarden or on rankett at a lower quality.

The shadow of concrete ruins mix

Its been a while since I created a mix on the Pacemaker device, but a recent trip to Budapest gave me some time to try out a few new tunes in a mix.

This mix is a real banger, with a lot of really great tunes alongside some classic ones to anchor the mix. Weirdly enough, the mp3 recorder ran out of battery just near the end and I had to recreate the last 3 tunes. Sadly the Pacemaker’s digital recorder isn’t reliable enough on the newer firmware’s so I use the recorder just in-case.

Hopefully soon I’ll be using the Drift DJ zero… Especially since I can now access the internal linux terminal.

Remember to turn it up loud, and I’ll upload the full quality version soon, the rankett peertube is always available.

00:00:00 – The Wolf (Extended Mix) – Fatum
00:04:24 – Turn it up (Extended mix) – Armin van Buuren
00:09:47 – Extortion (Extended Mix) – EverLight
00:14:32 – Panic room – David Forbes
00:18:00 – Energy Crash (Extended Mix) – Maarten de Jong
00:22:25 – Ripsaw – EverLight
00:26:27 – Killer instinct – Sneijder & Bryan Kearney
00:30:10 – Silver Bath (Glyn Waters Remake) – Plastic Boy
00:34:47 – Back 2 Again (Extended Mix) – Apaches
00:39:56 – Fragments – Nano Mechanic
00:43:24 – Sweet Little Girl (Voolgarizm Remix) – Mario Piu
00:47:26 – Exposed – MIKE pres Plastic Boy
00:51:52 – Bring back the techno (extended mix) – Orjan Nilsen, Mark Sixma, Nilsix
00:54:04 – Inferno – Carl Cox
59:13:10 – Leave a message – Will Atkinson

Recursive rhythms: the bring back techno ciento climb mix

Close up photo of the Pacemaker DJ device while sitting on a flight
Pacemaking on British Airlines

Conference season is pretty much over and my last event was the excellent Mozilla Festival, this time in Barcelona. I took a KLM flight via Amsterdam on the way and created the base of a interesting mix. On the way back I flew via Heathrow on BA (a reminder how much I don’t like Heathrow, and use to fly from Gatwick when I could).

On my BA flight, I re-did the mix with a few tweaks and the resulting mix was created. Created using the very ageing Pacemaker device on KLM and remix/raised on BA? as such?

Its a strange one because there is a bit of reusing of the same tunes, which isn’t a thing you do when DJing, but it kind of worked. Also maybe the early mornings, 4 hours of sleep and climbing what felt like 100 steps to the festival, had gotten to me?

What ever it is, I have been enjoying this longer mix, as it includes new tunes, especially Bring back the techno which I also heard DJ B Jones playing on the Saturday night party.

Enough typing… You can listen to the mix in full quality on my mixgarden or at reasonable quality here too.

  1. 00:00:00 – Vibration (extended mix) – Redub
  2. 00:03:16 – Intruder – Armin vs M.I.K.E
  3. 00:06:31 – My beat (jan Driver mix) – Blaze
  4. 00:11:18 – Rerflection (extended mix)  – Ferry Corsten
  5. 00:14:46 – Emotions Of Colour (Extended Mix) – Cosmic Gate & Gid Sedgwick
  6. 00:19:48 – Ecstasy – Eddie Makabi feat Einat
  7. 00:24:12 – Bring back the techno (extended mix) – Orjan neilson, Mark sixma, nilsix
  8. 00:27:41 – Eclipse – Neo
  9. 00:31:15 – Inferno – Carl Cox
  10. 00:35:43 – Mass Noise 2015 – fred baker & Seb B
  11. 00:39:35 – Whites of her eyes – Simon Patterson
  12. 00:43:59 – You (extended mix) – Cosmic gate
  13. 00:46:48 – Emotions Of Colour (Extended Mix) – Cosmic Gate & Gid Sedgwick
  14. 00:52:13 – Silver bath (Adam El-Sayed 2015 rework – Plastic boy
  15. 00:56:48 – Outlaw (extended mix) – Fatum
  16. 01:00:57 – Bring back the techno ((Extended Mix) – Orjan Nilsen, Mark Sixma (Nilsix)
  17. 01:02:40 – Anasthasia (Extended Mix) – Mark Sixma vs T99

Helsinki familiar stranger mix

Two strangers watch a cocktail being made in a dim lit bar with a bartender facing them.

About a month ago I was in Helsinki for the Mydata conference, one of the things I like to do is find new places. A guy I knew from Manchester suggested a really amazing speakeasy place to me, while I complained about the sugar-horrific gin & lemon in a can  one night.

So I checked it out and thought it was a fantastic bar, although having your phone locked away when you needed to know the last train is quite something. However I met a stranger at the bar and we talked for a while and even walked back to the train station. Then on a second night after going to the theme park in Helsinki, he was there again. Although not a familiar stranger, it was some inspiration for this mix.

Recorded on the flights back to Manchester and a bit of tweaking, I present the Helsinki familiar stranger mix at 192k on peertube and now finally on my own peetube mixgarden in full quality.

  1. 00:00:00 – Industry – Green Martian
  2. 00:05:49 – Bloodmoon (Extended mix) – Jarome Isma & Tone Depth
  3. 00:10:59 – Intruder – Armnin vs M.I.K.E
  4. 00:16:39 – Erase – Brooks Aleksander
  5. 00:20:14 – Inferno – Carl Cox
  6. 00:24:39 – Eclipse – Neo
  7. 00:28:08 – Shnokel (Thank you city remix) – Ido Ophir, Miki Litvak
  8. 00:30:56 – Open up (full vocal mix) – Leftfield
  9. 00:33:56 – Circles – Robert Nickson
  10. 00:39:02 – Seven Cities (V-one’s living cities mix) – Solar Stone
  11. 00:45:03 – Home (Cosmic gate remix – Paul Van Dyk Feat Johnny Mcdaid
  12. 00:50:50– Indigo – 4×4

Terminal velocity unhindered by dark clouds mix

Flying high into dark stormy clouds with KLM

I flew to Amsterdam and travelled around the Netherlands via trains recently. As usual I started a new mix slowly building on it with new tunes as I went around the Netherlands. There are quite a few new tunes added but the final mix was done on a KLM flight back to Manchester.

During that flight, a flight assistant asked me about the Pacemaker device. Its not the first and won’t be the last, as I have had not only flight assistants but even fellow passengers ask about it. I still remember when a KLM flight assistant mistaken the Pacemaker device for a walkie talkie? Honestly our conversation was really good, and who knows maybe she will read this and have a smile on her face.

Also reminds me I need to have cards just for Digital Italic and my mixes (Moo cards I got a order for you!)

Anyway about the mix… This long worded mix is longer than usual but keeps the pace of about 140bpm. This mix is a real back and forth with some vocal trance alongside tech trance. I have been listening to this mix quite a lot since coming back and still find it great.

Finally I’m finding a bit more time to fix parts of my setup, but for now my mixes exists on Peertube only.

Enjoy this mix and play it loud!

00:00:00 – Witness – Baced! vs Aces delight

00:04:16 – Lost in you (Extended mix) – Scorz feat Adriana Stone
00:08:50 – Sequence (Extended mix) – Estiva
00:13:53 – Marama (Moon & Stars) – Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella feat Saskia Lie Atjam
00:18:41 – Tell nobody – Basil O’Glue
00:26:41 – Decade (extended) – Chris Element
00:31:02 – Arist of your life (Extended mix) – London & Niko
00:36:37 – Brute (Extended mix) – Ferry Corsten and Armin Van Buuren
00:42:38 – Massive motion – M.I.K.E
00:47:27 – Mission – Basil O’Glue & Nomas
00:50:42 – Dark side of the moon (RYDEX extended remix) – Susana
00:54:21 – Energy crash (Extended mix) – Maarten De Jong

A Storm in a french grapevine pacemaker device mix

A french field of grapevines

Recently I found myself in rural southern France and of course, my Pacemaker device and headphones came with me. It was weird being surrounded by nothing but grapevines. Certainly wine country.

I took a nice shot with a very rare dark sky. With a bit of tweaking, you got the cover for a storm in a french grapevine.

The tunes are certainly not safe for work, and I just doubled down on the nsfw tunes with a uplift in bpm too. I do like mix, its got a good selection of old and new mixed together. Considered going longer but it didn’t need more.

My Yunohost is a bit broken still, so its only on my Peertube channel right now.  Remember to enable Sensitive content in the filter to see it in the list of mixes.

Enjoy the mix

 

00:00:00 – Fcuking Society (Olav Basoski Mix) – Ellrich & Plaice
00:02:27 – Awesome – Mario Piu
00:05:46 – Answering machine (album version) – Green Velvet
00:11:38 – Erase – Brooks Aleksander
00:15:08 – Tell nobody – Basil O’Glue
00:18:27 – Shnorkel (Thankyou City Remix) – Ido Ophir, Miki Litvak
00:22:07 – Inferno (Space 92 Remix) – Carl Cox & Reinier Zonneveld & Christopher Coe
00:25:10 – Massive motion – M.I.K.E
00:30:22 – We Ain’t Ever Coming Down (Jody 6 Extended Remix) – Antonio Moreno
00:34:46 – Why does my heart feel so bad? (System F mix) – Moby

The Aerodynamic connection mix

On my last trip to Europe, I flew to Amsterdam to get a train to Brussels and flew back from the awful Brussels South airport. I won’t be doing that again if I can help it. During that time I got time to another Pacemaker device mix. The self hosted mixing site is still broken, its a thing I am trying to fix as its a bigger problem with Yunohost and the bookworm update. So its peertube again. (I noticed the mix points links include the domain, which means I can add them here too)

Recorded in two parts on a plane and on the coach to the airport, then stitched together because of the short flight and being bounced around on the Flibco bus. This mix has a lot of the tunes I’m loving at the moment but also a bit of throw back too. It truly is a mix across 2 different countries.

Enjoy the mix and see if you can work out which half is Dutch and Belgian?

  1. 00:00:00 – You got the love (Sonny Noto remix) – Florence + The machine
  2. 00:04:10 – 9910 (extended mix) – Orjan Nelsen
  3. 00:08:06 – Wonder of life (F&W remix) – Tukan
  4. 00:12:56 – Killer Instinct – Sneijder & Bryan Kearney
  5. 00:19:22 – Exactly -John O’Callaghan & Kearney
  6. 00:23:03 – Surga (extended mix) – Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella
  7. 00:26:45 -Tell nobody – Basil O’Glue
  8. 00:30:26 – Cut and Run feat Emma lock – Beat Service and Emma Lock
  9. 00:36:50 – Interstellar (YORK’s back in time extended mix) – Torsten Stenzel
  10. 00:41:40 – Never be the same again (wavetraxx extended mix) – Jaron Inc. & Wavetraxx
  11. 00:45:00 – We Ain’t Ever Coming Down (Jody 6 Extended Remix) – Antonio Moreno
  12. 00:49:40 – Artist of your life (extended mix) – London & Niko
  13. 00:56:31 – Higher state – Kevin Crowley

Freedom frequency in the Netherlands mix

Looking out the window of a flight at the Netherlands

I started this mix following the one in Malta, It’s been kicking around on my phone for a while but didn’t sound quite right. With my flight from Amsterdam I got time to redo it and decided on the fly to give it more tunes, which just worked.

I use freedom, as its my first mix now being free from the BBC and although nervous, gives me a lot of freedom which I’m starting to fully understand. I feel like I’m on a different frequency.

This was done during the flight and slightly edited at the end because the air pressure in my ears made it more difficult to hear the mix fully. I won’t lie this mix kicks and is full of highs and deep tunes, hope you enjoy it too.

Enjoy on Peertube or my own mixgarden

  1. Gouryella (Alan Fitzpatrick Tribute to ’99 extended remix) – Gouryella & Ferry Corsten
  2. Aluminium (Extended Mix) – Robert Nickson
  3. Fade To Grey (Moreno J Remix) – Visage
  4. Inferno – Carl Cox
  5. Seven Cities (V-One’s Living Cities Remix) – Solarstone
  6. Killer Instinct (Original Mix) – Sneijder & Bryan Kearney
  7. Erase – Brooks Aleksander
  8. Whites Of Her Eyes (Original Mix) – Simon Patterson
  9. Inferno (Space 92 remix) – Carl Cox
  10. Emotions Of Colour (Extended Mix) – Cosmic Gate
  11. Tell Nobody – Basil O’Glue
  12. Floyd (extended mix) – Jerome Isma-Ae & Alastor
  13. The Girl With Her Head In The Clouds (Ellie’s Song) (Extended Mix) – Factor B
  14. Adagio In G Minor (Extended Mix) – DIM3NSION
  15. Outlaw (extended mix) – Fatum

Discover the truth about Malta (Tell no one) mix

Beautiful darken sky looking out from Malta
The truth of Malta

I recently dropped one of Pacemaker devices while in Malta but I was able to get a mix off it before it stopped. While on the plane I created a couple of mixes. This is a early version of a longer version I did later in the flight. Originally I did think about recreating it once I got back to the UK with the last working Pacemaker device, I decided it just needs to be as it is, and maybe one day I’ll try and recreate the ending.

There are certainly some crossfader mistakes or changes I would do instead but I did enjoy this mix. Hopefully you will all enjoy this shorten mix complete with a series of new tunes

Enjoy!

Listen on peertube or on my personal mixgarden.

The tunes used…

  1. Invada (S.H.O.K.K. Extended Remix) – Binary Finary
  2. We Ain’t Ever Coming Down (Jody 6 Extended Remix) – Antonio Moreno
  3. Tell Nobody – Basil O’Glue
  4. Fiction (Extended Mix) – Jerome Isma-Ae & Alastor
  5. Silence (Jerome Isma-Ae Extended Remix) – D-Nox, Baya, LENN V
  6. Artist Of Your Life (Extended Mix) – London & Niko
  7. Do You Feel (Extended mix) – Atleha
  8. The Girl With Her Head In The Clouds (Extended Mix) – Factor B
  9. Interstellar (YORK’s Back In Time Extended Mix) – Torsten Stenzel
  10. Brute – Ferry Corsten vs. Armin van Buuren

Never fading to grey mix

Man standing on a platform in the distance as a storm gathers around him
One man on a lonely platform

I recently got some new tunes mainly for the party mix I last shared. While checking out a number of new tunes, I discovered the amazing Tell nobody by Basil O’Glue and instantly thought this driving tune is tech trance at its best. I needed to mix it along side Follow Me (Jerome Isma-Ae Extended Remix) by Jam & Spoon.

Of course Tell nobody is just one of a few new tunes in this mix, expect them to pop in future mix for sure.

I recorded this mix on a very long train journey in the UK and it includes all the subtle crossfader mistakes. However this is one heck of a mix and it will get much better as I learn the new tunes.

Enjoy!

Listen on peertube or on my personal mixgarden.

The tunes used…

  1. Fade To Grey (Moreno J Remix) – Visage
  2. Rhienkraft (Full original mix) – Oliver Klien
  3. Melodemon (Extended Mix) – Mrphlindr
  4. Turkish Bizarre (DBA Remix) – Art Of Trance vs POB
  5. Tell Nobody – Basil O’Glue
  6. Running up the hill (Jerome isma-ae bootleg) – Placebo
  7. Follow Me (Jerome Isma-Ae Extended Remix) – Jam & Spoon
  8. Aluminium (Extended Mix) – Robert Nickson
  9. Tears (Protoculture Remix) – Dakota
  10. Theme For Great Cities (Revisited & Extended Mix) – Paul Oakenfold
  11. Energy Crash (Extended Mix) – Maarten de Jong
  12. Interstellar (YORK’s Back In Time Extended Mix) – Torsten Stenzel
  13. You’ve Got The love (Sonny Noto Remix) – Florence + The Machine
  14. Anahera (extended mix) – Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella