Some of you may remember Semiotic from his Bleep Radio show back in February. Some of you may not. Regardless of how well your memory still serves you, you can grab this newer live set from him and revel in it's bad-assedness.
He seems to have gotten himself a new microphone to play with.
I needed to pack a new bag of bits that were bordering between jackin' and groovin'. Stuff that wasn't too crazy as it's intended for people who maybe haven't heard a lot of this stuff before. At the same time it needed to be representative. I think I straddled the line well for this show.
Bushby of Digital Distortions, one of the more prolific mix creators of all the people I know on this here big ol' internet, has another for us. His last few have not been of too huge an interest to me, but luckily his taste encompasses a lot. I knew it would only be a matter of time before he came up with one I'd like again.
Ok, I'm not going to post each of these separately. That would be silly. So here's the rest of the old Bleep Radio shows that I found.
I figured when I dug out that old Bleep Tresor tribute I may as well put all those old bleeps online. It's been years now since some of them were last hosted anywhere. Not much has really changed though. I'm still playing the same stuff. It's just 4 years earlier on.
This Bleep Radio Episode originally aired December 164th, 2003. Back then I didn't have the FitM server to host all the archives so they had only spotty downloads after the live stream. I also used a MiniDisc player to record them at the time as they were 100% live back then. What a headache that was.
About one month ago I got an email from the fellow that goes by the name Reversed. You may or may not remember him from the first Murky Mix campaign. Anyway, he mentioned that he put together a tribute mix. A Tresor tribute mix.
I told him I'd host it for him since Tresor was and always will be one of my favorite labels. Longevity and variety being responsible for that of course.
I also have a Tresor tribute mix. It was one of the OLD Bleep Radio shows. It's dated January 20th, 2004. So it takes place even before the Bleep Archives start. I figured I'd offfer both Tresor Tributes together as a set of sorts so I found the old dvd with the old Bleeps on it...and now, finally I can offer them both.
Bintree, it seems is a Frenchman by the name of Emmanuel Torre. That's all I can find out right now. His web page is sorta there, but really it's non existent. So no more info than that.
This EP is good though. It's some heavy duty Breakbeats. Not many -- if any -- clever tricks or extra rock 'em sock 'em bits, but it holds it's own well. You don't seem to find Breaks like this around much. Old and dirty. Like us all eventually.
You know how it goes. Another week, another bleep. Show #64 was mixed by myself once again and it includes some stuff while excluding some other stuff. Makes sense.
Nation of Jak is a newer label which seems to have the goal of promoting some of the older warehouse sounds in mind. I can most certainly respect that. This is the second release on the label and after hearing it I think I need to dig around for the first.
It's nothing jackin', it's more of a subtle tweak. A slow burn if you will, but way more interesting than the other 40+ new releases I've listened to today. Too much effort results in a crap record, not enough effort results in a crap record. I'm not sure what's left, but that's what made this record.
Here's a 45 minute Live-set of some pretty intense Tech. It comes courtesy of Dainhumain.
Here's another bumpy, Chicago number on the Robsoul Recordings label. Tracks a1 and b2 are my favorites. Both of them are chunky Chi-towners in spirit, but they each have their own mood and their own pace; the first quirky and the second groovin'.
I've got here a Tobias Schmidt live-set from back in 2004 at club Giessen in Germany. I bumped across it on Livesets yesterday and gave it a test run today. It's a little bit different than his latest set (which was used for Bleep Radio a few weeks back), but it's nothing to ignore!
One of the many Proton Radio shows aired a [K]rack-troni[k] showcase this week while I was away. Isn't that how it always works...?
I felt it would be a little silly to do my comments on each track in this particular mix. It being only two artists throughout and all.
I will however go on about those two artists and what it is about them that led to me doing this tribute mix.
Todd Sines:
The first Todd Sines track I heard was on a CD I found in a used bin at a record store. It was a CD called "Ultra Sonic Mix" by a Toronto Dj by the name of Bliss. That first track was "Multiplexor" the same track I opened the mix off with. It wasn't too long after buying that CD that I then started buying records. What were the first records I bought? I still remember to this day.
.XTrak "Packet Burst" 7th City (with Multiplexor)
DBX "Losing Control" Accelerate
Jeff Mills "Bells" Purpose Maker
For a first order it was pretty good I'd say.
Via that first couple records and the Ultra Sonic mix (and others like Hawtin's Mixmag CD) I was hooked on the minimal bleep. I soon found Dj Hyperactive, Ferox and a bunch of other Eps all over the map. I liked my Bleep. Eventually, over the years I'd book Todd to come up to Hamilton or Toronto 3-4 times. He's a great guy who makes great tunes. Solid!
Daniel Bell:
There's no way I could remember for certain when I first really caught onto Dan's stuff. I know Losing Control was one of the first tracks of his I knew. I know this because I can still clearly remember freaking out everytime someone played the damn thing. I still do. I remember thinking in the past that all I'd ever need is all Dan's records and I'd be fine. If only I'd stopped there I may have saved a few bucks. To this day I've never seen Dan play. He's been to Toronto once or twice that I know of, but the timing never worked out and I could never make it. I think now, at this point, it would be best if I never do see him play. I'd probably be disappointed.
I believe that the first part of this mix is the Glencross part...?? it's the one I like best anyway.
Here's a Cristian Vogel Dj Set from some party called Beatklinik. I don't have any idea where it took place or anything, but it's a great set. Off the top of my head I can tell you there's some Dj MH, Jamie Lidell, Aphex, Tube Jerk in the first half, working into the tougher and meaner stuff towards the end.
I don't know what year this is from, but it's a video of Terrance Parker playing. It's a fascinating watch. I love his playing style. He's one of the few house jocks I've traveled for in the past. Aside from a few Toronto shows I was lucky enough to head down to upstate New York one year (Buffalo or Rochester...I can't remember now). "Galactic Peace Alliance" party with Terrence Parker, Robert Hood and Dj Hyperactive. I was going nuts that night. None of which is relevant to the video really. Sorry you had to sit through a rehash ;)
The latest Computer Funk from Paradroid. I've never heard of [a]pendics before, but he seems aight. Still it's the Paradroid that does it for me. He's on the minimal tip. but it's slightly different than the rest. I find it has a bit of "jack" to it that most others seem to have lost.
Another week, another Bleep. I had mentioned that the weekly Bleep airing was a sort of trial run to see if I could keep up. It seems I can. A bunch of guests recently and a few more in the pipes. None of them have gotten mixes in to me yet though so I'm here to fill the gaps.
Since I'm on a Sebastian Prelar kick I may as well mention the newest EP Seb has out. I had forgotten this was even coming out, an alert reader reminded me though!
Sebastian Prelar is a fellow Canuck and one of the few who have made the trek into Toronto for me. This is an older EP of his (2004), but it seems to have been repressed. Time to (re)grab it. Seb's stuff is great 2nd wave chi-town jack. If you can't have the originals that the samples came from than this is the next best thing - and no doubt a higher quality pressing and about a ton more oomph to it.
Move it, move it move it!
This here is a treat from Mike Holmes, him and his crew booked Neil for this party back in 2004, but the set has never seen the light of day.
I'm pleased to say that Fun in the Murky (via Mike Holmes!) can offer this set for it's first time!
Here's another artist who has never really been anyone I've been partial to in the past, but who has gone and done something clever. Paul Mac has gone and lured me into the void that was his presence in my life by releasing this EP full of some pretty good Acid tracks that really have the Jack spirit in mind. 'Knocker' is the track I feel stands out, but they're all good enough to stand the test of time I feel. Basic, simple, nothing groundbreaking mind you, but why does everything need to be?
Feinwerk's sub-label is back with another low key EP of subtle bass wobble and hollow thwacks. He says the Aliens pitched his voice up, but it sounds fine to me. Beajolais Primeur is my favorite on the EP, it seems to have the most life to it.
Thanks again everyone. A another record month for Fun in the Murky. 10,000 + Unique visitors. When I first started I thought 1500 was nuts. I don't know exactly how much it'll grow (as is apparent now...), but I hope I can keep up with all y'all!
