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Max Ulis “max ulis 2008“
Max Ulis brings it with some folks who happen to be causing huge basslines. This is a DJ Mix, not a track!
Tracklist: Continue reading ‘Max Ulis in the Mix’ ->
A Place For Fiends
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Max Ulis “max ulis 2008“
Max Ulis brings it with some folks who happen to be causing huge basslines. This is a DJ Mix, not a track!
Tracklist: Continue reading ‘Max Ulis in the Mix’ ->
Hi folks, got a new mix of all my fave up-to-the-minute juke - bassline - ghetto - step - sleaze - rave - core nonsense. Lots of exclusive / upfront stuff from myself, my label-mates, and some other assorted pals. (PS to said label-mates & pals–thanks!)
Oh, and this is really, profoundly not-safe-for-work in a couple of parts, so be forewarned.
Download: Chrissy Murderbot August 2008 Mixtape ->
Tracklist after the break: Continue reading ‘New Chrissy Murderbot Mixtape!’ ->
DJ Flack is back with a bass-heavy mix for Spannered. It’s dope and you should check it:
More info @ Spannered ->
Tracklist: Continue reading ‘Flack Attack’ ->
BASS FOR YOUR WAIST!!!!
Beat producer & party scientist DJ C spreads his fiercely eclectic gospel of bass-heavy, bounced-up dancefloor-blends across the land.
The Heat Wave crew in London just sent over this new mix of “Half an hour of jump-up Caribbean rave music.”
the UK sounds of garage, bassline, funky and jungle filtered through the tasty carnival vibes of bashment and soca.
It’s a companion to their new Immediate Sounds club night which will feature heavy doses of said tunes.
Listen:
Gabriel Heatwave and Ben Dubstar; Immediate Sounds Vol 1
Download @ The Heat Wave site ->
Tracklist:
Download: DJ C; B-Low DJ Mix ->
More vibes comin’ atcha! This one’s a dubstep-centric mix I cooked up featuring BIG tunes by a bunch of friends, in addition to a few folks who’s paths I hope to cross one of these days.
Check the links below for more info about the artists involved, including our pals from way down south (Caracas Venezuela), Cardopusher and Pacheko who’ve put together a slammin’ little album that we’ve released here at Mashit. Check it out in the Shop ->
Tracklist:
DJ Mix Download:
DJ Intel Bump Me Loud! ->
Here’s another in our continuing series of summertime ‘08 mixes to bump at your next sublime experience.
I had been noticing DJ Intel’s name on flyers all over Chicago recently, but hadn’t had a chance to hear what he was up to until we rocked a party together a few weeks ago. His set was so dope! This mix is also dope; kind of epic in fact! It’s not about beat-matching and blends per se, but instead about moods and magic:
Tracklist: Continue reading ‘DJ Intel “Bump Me Loud!” Mix’ ->
Saturday, June 14, 2008
No Mas Tequila Presents
Kid Kameleon & Ripley
With: DJ C, Chrissy Murderbot, & Zebo
@ SubT, 2011 North, Chicago, IL
$5, 21+, 10pm-3am
Free b4 11
Kid Kameleon
A beat strategist and technology enthusiast who blends, chops, restructures and generally smashes rhythms from across the sonic spectrum. From breakcore and ragga-jungle to dubstep and grime, with stops along the way at B-More, dub, dancehall, hip-hop, DnB, electro and the straight up unclassifiable, he’s a champion of underground sounds and outsider music. The Kid has dropped his fast-paced, eclectic style at parties from California to Estonia, sharing stages with the likes of Kool Herc, U-Roy, DJ Spooky, Asian Dub Foundation, Alec Empire, Squarepusher, The Bug, Vex’d and The Plastician, and many more. A blogger ( kidkameleon.com, riddimmethod.net, and localoaf.org), he also writes a monthly column called Basic Needs for XLR8R magazine covering “Low End Necessities from Ragga to Dubstep and beyond”.
DJ Mix Download: Kid Kameleon; Aim High ->
Tracklist ->
Ripley
Ragamuffin Dubwrecker. “rootical rally-cry uproar, rythmic danger in overdrive.” “lifesaving whirlwind mistress of sonic devastation with hot sauce.”
DJ Mix Download: DJ Ripley; To The Party Members ->
Tracklist ->
Ghostbeard; Not A Latest Dance Craze ->
Summer’s just about here and that means it’s time for a sweet, waist-winding dancehall mix. Montreal’s DJ Ghostbeard (AKA Jeff Waye, the guy who runs Ninja Tune’s North American office) just happened to drop such a mix on me recently and I feel it’s only right to share.
Ghostbeard’s like the only dude in the world who doesn’t have a Myspace page (at least that I can find) but this article sheds a small amount of light on the shadowy character. Anyway, it’s probably best to let the mix speak for itself:
DJ Mix, MP3 Download:
Ghostbeard; Not A Latest Dance Craze ->
Tracklist: Continue reading ‘Ghostbeard “Not a Latest Dance Craze”’ ->
What is the future of the DJ turntable? Most of my colleagues and I use tools like Serato Scratch Live when we DJ, allowing us to bring huge libraries of music to the party without hauling heavy crates of vinyl.
We’re still using turntables ’cause they’re what we learned on, so we’re comfortable with them, but it seems to me that the mighty Technics 1200’s champion days are numbered. The next generation of DJs will have grown up without turntables and won’t have any need for them. Especially now that there’s a whole new crop of tools poised to replace the visceral experience of using turntables (see below).
Last november we posted a poll asking our DJ readers which format they prefer to use. 80% said they now use digital tools. The remaining 20% use vinyl only. So far only 21% use digital exclusively but I imagine those numbers will continue to tip away from vinyl. Take a look for yourself:
Vinyl or Digital?
Total Voters: 113
Now lets talk about the tools that will replace turntables. I’m already beginning to be booked at some gigs that only provide DJ CD players (CDJs). The Pioneer CDJ 1000 was the first digital tool that really gave traditional turntables a run for their money by providing a touch sensitive platter that DJs can use to control the data on the CDs in a tactile way.
More recently a whole crop of USB DJ controllers have been popping up — self contained units with a mixer and cuing features built in. The best of these also have jog wheels and sound cards built in.
Meanwhile there are tiny contenders entering the game too. Yes, some people already “DJ” with iPods but I mean full blown micro DJ Systems like the Pacemaker. And now that Apple has opened up the iPhone to 3rd party software developers I’m sure there’ll soon be some touch-screen DJ apps for that unit coming down the line.
Speaking of touch screen DJ apps. Check out the Atigo TT by Scott Hobbs:
This thing looks really fun but there’s an argument to be made here about portability. If it’s the same size as a turntable why not bring the real thing?
Nothing’s perfect yet but sooner or later there will be an all-in-one DJ controller that’s got everything for a visceral DJing experience in a portable package. Perhaps the Numark NS7.
Or maybe even better, or at least cheaper and smaller, the Vestax VCI-300
Both of these controllers are slated to come out this summer and both work with Serato software. Stay tuned…
In the meantime, give a listen to this 100% vinyl DJ mix by Wanklerotaryengine:
MP3 Download
Wanklerotaryengine; What is my Purpose? ->
Tracklist Continue reading ‘Turntables No More’ ->
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