This is in three sections grouped by tempo - a brief 175BPM bit to start with, then 130BPM (the centerpiece of the mix), then 140BPM. They were recorded in three separate sessions on two turntables and one CDJ, then stitched together in Logic. A bit more rambling after the track list. Let me know if you like it!
- Instra:mental - Watching You
- Breakage - Clarendon
- Instra:mental - Sakura
- MC Conrad + DJ Furney - Drum Tools
- Bok Bok - Ripe Banana
- DJ Champion - Motherboard
- Bubblez - Ice Rink
- Untitled
- Scratcha DVA - Nasty Nasty Nasty (Roska remix)
- Cooly G - Dis Boy
- Untold - Just For You (Roska remix)
- Instra:mental - Leave It All Behind
- Martyn - Mega Drive Generation
- Kode9 + Space Ape - 2 Far Gone
- Skream - What Did He Say
- DJ Madd - Someone (Breakage’s unspecified remix)
- Distance - Nomad
- Loefah - It’s Yours
- Pinch ft Yolanda - Get Up (Jack Sparrow remix)
- DLX - Matter Of Fact (Breakage’s relatively speaking mix)
- Kode9 + Space Ape - Time Patrol
- Ramadanman - Revenue
- Pangaea - Memories
- Untold - Nobody Likes A Smart Arse
- Naphta - Soundclash (Grievous Angel remix)
- Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
00:00:00 (tracks 1 - 4): ~175BPM section
Four drum & bass tunes to kick off because I recorded this mix with a mate in mind who’s into it. I haven’t engaged seriously with the genre for a decade but I’ve started to buy the odd bit here and there, and I love the dBridge school of spacious D & B (which caused me a proper “what the fuck is this?” moment when I heard him play at my first Forward back at the start of this year)…as opposed to the tired and tiring “fill every frequency slot” stuff I normally seem to hear. There was a dBridge tune I wanted to include in this but I couldn’t fit it in without buying an extra CDJ. All four of these records are very different (but ace), and mixed together they add up to a genre crime I expect, but never mind! My favourite track is the epic, epic Clarendon which has one of the baddest jungle basslines ever.
00:11:56 (tracks 5 - 14): ~130BPM section
I said before that this is the centerpiece of the set, and musically this is the happy place that 2009 has taken me to. I’ve hubristically thrown in one of my own creations which is a sort of junglist / funky hybrid. Really excited about this direction in 2010!
00:38:44 (tracks 15 - 26): ~140BPM section
Dubstep roundup. More genre crimes but I intended this section as a varied showcase of dubstep sounds to try and steer my mate clear of Chase & Status and all that gormless shite. Mostly these are 2009 tunes but I also threw in a couple of enduring favourites (It’s Yours and Nomad). The mixing is rough in places because this section was recorded with an absolute skinfull of mulled wine in me when I should have been packing to go on holiday. (In fact there were two takes of this, from which I’ve cherry-picked the best bits and edited them together in Logic…) Matter of Fact for me will forever be associated with hearing the Plastic People sound system for the first time. Even though I own the record, in there it sounded like something else…
Enjoy!