Jan 03

2012. Make it so.

I turned 26 yesterday…

It means I’m closer to 30 than I am 20. I always thought 26 sounded “kinda” old. I still do…but it’s more disappointing in regards to having not really gone as hard with the DJing in 2011 than I had intended to. We all intend on doing something, not many do it :-)

Still, there’s no time to sit and mope! I’ve got two 20-min mini-mix bangers due to come out next week that’ll no doubt blow your mind! And a full write up on this “project” of mine. It’s annoying how if I ever mention lights ON my head (like literally STUCK onto my head) it gets labelled as some kind of Deadmau5 impersonation. I haven’t got a mousehead…and, well it won’t be nearly as big!

Gig-wise, I’ve got a gig being setup in Russia for March (could have been February but work gets in the way) at The_Club in St. Petersburg..hopefully a prototype of my head pieces will be ready before then!

2012, make it so!

Dec 27

EarMilk…

New mix up!! over 2 hours of DnB type things…quite a mish-mash of genres ranging from clownstep to techstep, drumstep to the odd jungle thing :-)

Tracklisting:

Tracklisting:
Ed Sheeran – You Need Me, I Dont Need You (Loadster Remix)
Distorted Minds – No Test
Pendulum – Another Planet – Original Mix
Andy C, Shimon – Body Rock (Original Mix)
Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden – Bonkers (Dunproofin’ Remix)
Krafty Kuts & Tim Delux – Bass Phenomenon (DJ Friction Remix)
Luniz – I Got Five On It (Aphrodite Remix)
Ray Keith – Chopper (Shy FX Remix)
Aphrodite – No Diggity
DJ Hype – Ready or Not (2004 Remix)
Shy Fx & T-Power – Shake Ur Body (feat. Di)
Laos – Panda Style (Original)
Pendulum – Axle Grinder
Drumsound And Simon ‘Bassline’ Smith – Booty Call (Phetsta Remix)
The White Stripes – Blue Orchid (High Contrast Remix)
Spor and Phace -Dying Of The Light
Drumsound, Simon Bassline Smith – Killa DJ (Original Mix)
Pendulum – Granite (Original Mix)
Pendulum – Another Planet (VIP Mix)
Bad Company – Hornet
Pendulum – Toxic Shock
Shy FX – Wolf (Dillinja Remix)
Sub Focus & Howtek feat. Brookes Bros – Verano
Pendulum – Pendulum – Bacteria (Remix)
High Contrast – The Basement Track
Ed Rush and Optical – Compound
Bad Company – Torpedo
DJ Krust – War Head (TC Mix)
Spor – 1Up
Martsman – 8-Bit Bouncer
Dee Jay Delta, XTD – Warlock (Original Mix)
Commix – Rack-It
Lomax – Sided Dice
Cyantific – Ghetto Blaster
The Streets – It’s Too Late (High Contrast)
Eric Prydz – Pjanoo (High Contrast remix)
Inhaler Feat. Christian Burns – Something About You (J.Majik & Wickaman’s Extended Mix)
SHOCK ONE – The Calling
Sub Focus – World Of Hurt

Dec 14

Dubset 2

Following on from the well received Dubset mix I did a while back, I’ve just finished doing another installment to the madness. It’s certainly different in the sense that there’s less remixes of older tracks, and favours more bass-dub heavy selections. Whilst I’ve tried to avoid the squelchy Robot Pr0n as per the “brostep” sub-genre of dubstep, it couldn’t be completely avoided.

Still, here’s a picture of me as it’s front cover, and there’s a link to my downloadable and streamable soundcloud.

http://soundcloud.com/defunkto/dubset2

 

Nov 20

Club Music: Murder Mark

Something I wanted to get round to making a post about when I saw the tweets and FB posts doing the rounds. Murder Mark is a producer from Baltimore, MA. His stuff’s been doing the rounds since he started making Bmore Club music in ’08. Initially with his “The Party Starter EP” and various big hits with other Bmore club DJ’s and artists. His mixtapes are always on point showing you where Bmore is going and what you should be listening to.

Now he’s released a new Remix Project: Murder Mark Presents #Jacked

Full Download Here

 

Nov 20

Epic 2.5 Hour mix of House!

I don’t know what possessed me, but  I did this about a week or so ago. 2 hours and 25 minutes of House music! Funky, Soulful, Deep, Latin, World house…It’s been called “soft” and I guess in comparison to what I normally play, yeah it is soft!

Enjoy it anyway ^_^

Track listing:

The Partysquad – CrazyFunkyStyle (single edit)
MANARE – Speakeasy (original mix)
Reel People – The Rain feat. Sharlene Hector (Rafa’s Club Mix)
Milk & Sugar, Lizzy Pattinson – Let The Sun Shine (Terrace Club Mix)
MINISTERS DE LA FUNK – BELIEVE (CLUB Mix)
Lenny Fontana – The Way feat. Octah’via (Chus & Penn Club Mix)
Havana Funk – Bakiri Ban (Club Mix)
Dirty Laundry – Calabria (Club Mix)
Gramophonedzie – Out Of My Head
Danny Marquez, Ferry B – Afrocatalans (Original Mix)
DJ Chus, David Penn – Baila (Dennis Ferrer Bergentine Mix)
DJ Gregory – Elle (Original Mix)
TERRY, Todd – I Know What To Do (T mix)
MONACO, Nick – Boom Soul (Manare remix)
Mark Knight – The reason (Original Mix)
Jamiroquai – Canned Heat (Masters at Work Remix)
Pike Street – Get Up Get On Down (Club Mix)
?? – Back To Love (Main Mix)
Blaze, Barbara Tucker – Most Precious Love (Sergio Flores Scientific Soul Afro Vox Mix)
Bunny Rugs – Now That We’ve Found Love (Mike Cruz Club Mix)
WAWA/EDDIE AMADOR – The After Party 2011 (Alexey Romeo & Eugene Noiz remix)
Alex Roque – Angels Of Love (Dubman F underground remix)
Z FACTOR – Keep On Jumpin (Luigi Rocca remix)
HAPPY CLAPPERS – I Believe (Vandalism club mix)
TERRY, Todd/THE GYPSYMEN – Babarabatiri (Copyright remix)
NOUVEAU YORICAN – Nueva
JEFF SERVICE – Spitshine Tommy
MINISTRY OF FUNK – Sax Life (original mix)
JACKSON CONSPIRACY, The – Off The Wall (Dirty Freek remix)
DJ MES/SONNY FODERA – Freaks On The Floor
GAONA, Alex feat EVA – Este Ritmo Me Gusta A Mi (Javier Declara remix)
DR KUCHO! – Groover’s Delight (original mix)
AUDIO JACKER – Don’t Push Me (original mix)
BUTT, Dance – Danza Kuduro (David May Clone)

Oct 28

Club Music: DJ Sega

This is a producer/DJ that I’ll probably be mentioning a lot, simply because I really respect what he does (and hell, wherever he’s playing the energy is ridiculous!!).  He’ll put that Philly Club (Party Music) rub onto just about anything he touches, be it dubstep:

This is the original:

Or jacking up a mobile phone game gone mega viral:

More to come, be certain about that. But right now, his latest FREE EP is mental and something I had to mention as it’s currently killing the juice on my phone I’ve been playing it on repeat. The video ain’t bad either!

Cop that sh**: Here

If you want to find him around on the internet check his ItsMyURLs page: Here

Oct 23

1 2 Watch: Stooshe

Stooshe

So, I’m not really big on monitoring all and sundry that’s going on around me, but these girls are definitely worth keeping tabs on. Be it through their random (and sometimes funny) status updates or following their tumblr, something is always going on!

Bump Plan B feat Stooshe

I first heard of them in the running promotion for a Bump Bump night and went on a wee hunt through their videos:

Their style is frank. And that’s A-OK by me!

Oct 22

Flyers I’ve found…

Having a nosy through Google, these are some of the Flyers I’ve found of events I played at:

The_Club Defunkto Russia   The Bang Bang Ladies Night

Rock The Belles Competition 

Razed night event at Brunel University  

  

 

 

Oct 22

Drumsteppah 2

So first up is a new mix I did today. Just under 30-minutes of hard hitting Drumstep.

Drumstep is essentially a sub-genre (of sorts) from Drum and Bass. It varies between 170-180 beats per minute (bpm) and can be distinguished by the half-time kick and snare structure with the typical 16-note hi-hat rhythm riding on top. Thusly half the track makes you want to move at around 85-90bpm whilst the hi-hats and additional features make you want to bubble around the usual tempo.

Mixed into a typical DnB set, I can see (and have felt) the appeal immensely. But I am as yet to figure out if it can really work on its own. So here I give you my second exploration into drumstep:

Drumsteppah2 art work

Tracklisting:

Leechi – Protein (Original Mix)
Nicki Minaj – Did It On ‘Em (Calvertron Booty)
Figure – Leather Face
Mark Instinct & Adroa – Friction (Original Mix)
Porter Robinson- Spitfire (Kill The Noise Remix)
Terravita – Total Solar Eclipse (Dubplate)
Rusko – Everyday (Netsky Remix)
Ajapai – Bounce – Original Mix
Figure & Gangsta Fun – The Mummy (VIP Edit)
Dub Foundation – Time To Burn (Drumstep Mix)
Daft Punk – Aerodynamic (Specimen A & James D’ley Re-fix)

I truly love the last track so here’s a youtube video of it:

Oct 22

New Site!

Howdie!

So the last time I said I was re-starting my site was in August, and nothing happened. Well it’s happening now. I have a deadline I have to meet (i.e. getting out of my dead-end job before I quit in May ’12) and I don’t intend on missing it!

There’s part 2 of the Drumsteppah series. And keep your eyes peeled for the Bmore Social Club Podcasts that I will be doing weekly hopefully.

Also, there’s a project I’ve been doing research for over the past few months, and finding like minded mentalists to get on board. So that will be coming out as and when things materialise.

Exciting times ahead!!