There was a bit of pre-planning, although a bit more than I'd like if Im honest. My intention is to not spend too much time on planning a perfecting (my wife will be pleased with this), making them more stream of conciousness . I'm working on a new tagging system for all my music which will hopefully allow this to happen much easier.
I do find it difficult to not be an obscene perfectionist when I'm playing at home just for me without the feedback of a crowd or the power of a large system. I tend to over analyse each mix and tune selection and it can kinda suck some of the enjoyment out of it. I'm wondering whether to broadcast on mixlr or similar to get that "live" pressure back on.
Although having said that I was dead chuffed with the way the last three tracks on the second one flow together and that wasn't planned in advance.
BTW, just out of curiosity, how are you finding the rips of the vinyl tracks you're using? I've always steered clear of playing vinyl rips digitally, more for fear of my inability to properly EQ them live
Apr-28-2014 17:33
djdk
Nutritional Overachiever
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: London
Is it going to massively dent my street cred if I say that no vinyl was ripped in the making of these mixes?
Although more generally I've never found rips to be too much of a problem, although I've probably only played like 1 or 2 out in a live scenario and if I'm at home I just get the record out
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Hugging Whales And Saving Trees
quote:
Originally posted by djdk
Cheers mate
There was a bit of pre-planning, although a bit more than I'd like if Im honest. My intention is to not spend too much time on planning a perfecting (my wife will be pleased with this), making them more stream of conciousness . I'm working on a new tagging system for all my music which will hopefully allow this to happen much easier.
I do find it difficult to not be an obscene perfectionist when I'm playing at home just for me without the feedback of a crowd or the power of a large system. I tend to over analyse each mix and tune selection and it can kinda suck some of the enjoyment out of it. I'm wondering whether to broadcast on mixlr or similar to get that "live" pressure back on.
Although having said that I was dead chuffed with the way the last three tracks on the second one flow together and that wasn't planned in advance.
I never put out mixes on here anymore because I'm not happy with any of the ones I make Being spontaneous and stream of consciousness is definitely a good skill - one I think you're damn good at! The second mix will definitely stay on my iPod for a long time (the first was good to, but my iPod is quite limited in space ).
Looking forward to next weeks' - and really hoping I get a chance to hear you play-out live when I move back to England
Originally posted by djdk
When are you back over here?
This.
Dave: I'll try and get on these. My MP3 player is fucked so I can't upload new mixes anymore and my phone won't download from SC or stream with any reliability, so perma-links would help.
If you enjoy any of these sets and want to hear me live, I'll be playing a 2 hour progressive trance set at Basing House in Shoreditch, London on 11th October.
I'm also a resident at our bi-monthly party Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/
Apr-30-2014 18:05
JonDC
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Birmingham
Some absolutely awesome music for me to steal here mate
Apr-30-2014 21:31
Lews
Platipus And Prog Addict
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Hugging Whales And Saving Trees
In September, I'm moving to London!(Unless my visa falls through, which I feel is quite unlikely.) Quite excited about it!
This weeks instalment; rave breaks acid techno shiz
I somewhat apologise for the slightly schizophrenic nature of these mixes. If you were hoping for a consistent genre each week you might be a little disappointed, but hopefully it will be consistently good music
Originally posted by Lews
In September, I'm moving to London!(Unless my visa falls through, which I feel is quite unlikely.) Quite excited about it!
AMAZING! I'm currently applying for a job, if I get it I'll be in the UK until 2017. This means all of us can meet up and have a musical orgy.
quote:
Originally posted by djdk
Is it going to massively dent my street cred if I say that no vinyl was ripped in the making of these mixes?
Although more generally I've never found rips to be too much of a problem, although I've probably only played like 1 or 2 out in a live scenario and if I'm at home I just get the record out
Fair enough. Reason why I asked was because I noticed the Circulation track. I just have it on vinyl, I was unaware that it's actually available digitally
May-04-2014 15:50
djdk
Nutritional Overachiever
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: London
This weeks was recorded on a very sunny afternoon so some sunshine housey vibes going on here. A little late but Ive moved house this week and have been sans internet
01: Circulation - Emerald [Circulations]
02: Antonio Pocai - Buena Suerte (Alex Neri Remix) [Saw Recordings]
03: Phunkie Souls - Tha Music (Knee Deep Club Mix) [Defected]
04: Peter Paul - Cristalline (Paranoid Jack Remix) [LOT49]
05: Oliver Klein - RheinKraft (Ian Wilkie Remix) [Maelstrom Records]
06: Starecase - See (Timo Maas Remix) [Hope Recordings]
07: Midfield General - Love Thy Self (Midfield General's Disco-ish Mix) [Skint Records]
08: Stanton Warriors - Bodywork [Punks]
09: Elite Force - Black Video Noise Game [Bandcamp]
10: Lee Coombs - Bay City Roller (Kostas G Remix) [Thrust Recordings]
11: Bedrock - Emerald (Greyarea Mix) [Bedrock Records]
Being spontaneous and stream of consciousness is definitely a good skill - one I think you're damn good at! The second mix will definitely stay on my iPod for a long time (the first was good to, but my iPod is quite limited in space 
Fair enough. Reason why I asked was because I noticed the Circulation track. I just have it on vinyl, I was unaware that it's actually available digitally 
