I’ve decided to get past the initial “first post” awkwardness by kicking off this blog with a DJ mix I recorded the other day, which is a pretty good summing up of the music I’m enjoying mixing right now. I guess most of the tracks are pretty obvious, but I’ve tried to stick to what I think of as the “quirkier” end of the dubstep spectrum, with some melody, texture and variation, and without too much plodding monotony or silly aggressive darkcore nonsense. One thing which surprised me with this mix was the absence of any Skull Disco tracks, as they’re pretty much my favourite label at the moment.
The mix was recorded using two decks and my MacBook, with a bit of normalisation and compression added afterwards using Audacity.
Tracklisting:
Pole: Winkelstreben (Peverelist mix) [Scape]
Vex’d: 3rd Choice (Loefah remix) [Planet Mu]
23Hz & Numaestro: Galleon Dub [Immerse]
Kuma: Dawn Stepped Outside (Horsepower mix) [Immerse]
Cult Of The 13th Hour: Wickedness [Soul Jazz / W/label]
Untold: Kingdom [Hessle Audio]
Cluekid: Toadstep [Bullfrog Beats]
Tubby: Steppa [Soulja]
Headhunter: Futurebound [Tempa]
Juju: She [Narco.Hz]
Zomby: Spliff Dub (Rustie remix) [Hyperdub]
Loefah: It’s Yours [Ringo Recordings]
Ramadanman: Carla [Soul Jazz / W/label]
Untold: Purify [Hessle Audio]
Benga: Track E1 from “Diary of an Afro Warrior” [Tempa / Promo]
Headhunter: Descent [Tempa]