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Jake J - Swing Shift
At the beginning of the month, I was asked if I would be willing to work the graveyard shift during the two weeks leading up to Christmas. I would be given a full fourty hours a week as well as an extra $1.42 an hour, which was nice because I had been cut back recently on hours. I agreed. The first week consisted of a midnight to eight shift, and the second week was from nine in the evening until seven in the morning. Of course, that's just what we were scheduled. The second week was really a 9PM-9AM shift, which when you throw in the temporary labor workers (including hookers older than my mom and tweakers about to stab people) made for some, err... interesting times.
This mix is a result of those two weeks. Personal music players were allowed to be used, so I indulged myself with plenty of fresh, new music as well as some timeless classics to keep me awake during the evening. This mix is a representation of what kept me awake, moving and even dancing during the wee hours of the night when my body was screaming for sleep. While I do think it's a decent mix, I'm not fond of some of the transitions. Most notably Deep Wound/Hay Consuelo and Bhalobashi/Two Months Off, as the percussion in TMO tends to throw me off. There's nothing terrible, though. I would've re-recorded it, but this was the third take and it was getting close to the deadline, so I said screw it.
Special thanks to the people who wished me luck and supported me during those couple of weeks, and the TA DJs that provided mixes for me to listen to in the early hours (I'll be tossing up reviews for all of them soon). An even bigger thanks to a certain person I'll be linking here for being incredibly fucking awesome and making these past months a whole hell of a lot brighter than they would've been had I not known you. There were some nights that I wouldn't have been able to get through had I not been able to talk to you during my breaks, and Two Months Off is an excellent representation of this (zomg, sap). I  you.
Enjoy. 
Jake J - Swing Shift
01. Harold Heath - Feel the Love
02. Roberto Bardini - Stay Quiet
03. Satoshi Fumi - Talkin' to You
04. Roberto Bardini - The Flow
05. Deadmau5 - Trepid
06. Gonno - Deep Wound
07. Pier Bucci - Hay Consuelo (Samim Remix)
08. Audiofly X - 4-Play
09. Schatz & Lars Wickinger - Aufziehvogel (Tigerskin Remix)
10. Pig & Dan - Banksy
11. Mike Monday - Bhalobashi
12. Underworld - Two Months Off
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Mixed With:
- 2x Pioneer CDJ-800s
- Allen & Heath Xone:62
- Pioneer EFX-500
Random Shit:
- 192Kbps
- 95.5MB
- 69:35 in Length
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