dBridge – Wonder Where Ruffhouse & Clarity – Aphasia Gremlinz & Reza – Bloom Ruffhouse – Strangers Foreign Concept & DRS – Falling Stars Nasty Habits – Shadow Boxing (Om Unit Remix) Paragon – Precipice Ruffhouse – Classified Sam KDC – Erosion Skeptical – Sphere Nucleus & Paradox – The Return Of… Fre4knc – Marching Cube VIP Data – Passive Aggressive (Stray Remix) Blocks & Escher – Moods Fre4knc – Cardiome Kasra & Enei So Real D-Bridge – True Romance VIP Lenzman – Empty Promise (Jubei Remix) Artificial Intelligence – War Horse Response – One Nation Enei – Goliath Loxy & Resound – Monsters Fracture & Neptune – Deadlands ST Files – Eric Bristow System – Sound Man Foreign Concept Feat. T Man – Tag Team Kinetic & Mark Recoil – Cold Streets Skeptical – Blue Eyes VIP Dub Phizix – The Clock Ticks Stray – Award Tour Foreign Concept & Stray – Bang It High Contrast – Global Love High Contrast – Twilight’s Last Gleaming High Contrast – Return Of Forever Kevin Rudolf – I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) (Rockwell Remix Dub) Amit – 9 Times Jubei – The Path Halogenix – Her Waves Ivy Lab – Missing Persons Ivy Lab – Baby Grey dBridge – So Lonely (Consequence Rmx) dBridge – Plain To See dBridge – Not Known Synkro – Letting Go (dBridge Remix) dBridge – City Of Lonely Runaways
I must admit that I did not buy that much Drum and Bass in its mid 90s heyday. I simply loved too much of it, thus it seemed purchasing what I loved would drain my budget for good, as there was enough already going on elsewhere I needed to keep track of. I bought a whole lot of mixtapes though, trying to devour the most and best of it as it was intended to shine. I applied the same pattern with Dubstep as well later on. There were just too many interesting records to add the them to the shopping list I already had week in week out. I went to nights, bought some mixtapes again, kept in touch. But then some day 5 years ago, I was going up the stairs to Hard Wax, and DJ Pete was booming this over the store PA. With every step up I became convinced more and more that this was not like anything I heard in either Drum and Bass and Dubstep so far, yet it sounded like it belonged to both, but it had very determined sound aesthetics more linked in my mind to Techno as well. The half time tempo had me confused at first. Of course you could always mix Drum And Bass or Dubstep with slower paced downtempo tracks, but this particular track seemed to be built for the purpose, only the other way round. Its beats were really heavy, yet agile. It’s atmosphere dark, yet totally engaging. The vocals floating above, adding still to the austerity. I asked what it was, and bought it instantly. There will be a time you will drop this, and it will do serious damage, I thought. I was right. I also fucked up my budget by extending my purchasing schemes to this area, for years to come. Sometimes, you just have to give in.
This mix was inspired by a very memorable Macro label night we did in Paris. Peter Kruder, Stefan Goldmann and me were invited by Hardrock Striker. Of course drinks in Paris clubs were expensive and it was Halloween, so everybody with a costume had reduced admission. Which led to a whole crowd in costumes. I messed up a few mixes because I laughed so much about the guys dressed as teletubbies in the front row. See photos below.
Odd Machine – Phase Out Instra:mental – Leave It All Behind Zomby – Tarantula Stress – Down In The Dungeon Shake – Indagoo Dread & Fred – Warriors Advance Posthuman – Callisto Paul Du Lac- Blow Back Ricardo Jefferson – The Egg (Part One) Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras – Memory Fails Me (Oni Ayhun Remix) Mark Grusane & Mike Cole Feat. Deanna – Time & Space (Vocal) Marcello Napoletano – Space Voodoo B.D.I. – City & Industry Anthony “Shake” Shakir – Arise The Oliverwho Factory – Disco Nights Rennie Foster – Good Time Charlie Octave One – A World Divided (Jupiter II Mix) Gesloten Cirkel – When It’s Late Iamthatiam – Inri Moderat – Seamonkey (Surgeon Remix) Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras – Soon (KiNK Remix) Ben Klock – Ok (Kenny Larkin Remix) Optic Nerve – Origins Oni Ayhun – OAR003-B San Proper – December 10th Dan Curtin – Other Tama Sumo & Prosumer – Alien Mutts Kirk Degiorgio – Isidora Roska – Sheppard Lowtec – Angstrom Peter Kruder – After The Dawn As One – Freefall Newworldaquarium – The Force (Âme Remix) dBridge – Wonder Where Kinf Midas Sound – One Ting (Dabrye Rmx)
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