Archive for August, 2009
Big covers
I’ve now added links to the full-size versions of the covers for the following mixes:
Don’t Panic
Drop The Hammer 4
Drop The Hammer 5
No Respect
Team USA
Pearsall presents Drop The Hammer 5
Pearsall presents Drop The Hammer 5
right-click on the title and save as to download
Mixed in London, August 2009
(54:28, 101 MB, V0 VBR MP3)
large version of the cover
Cue file
Style: electro
Drop The Hammer 1 updated
I’ve added some pictures, reviews, and a video to the drum n’ bass mix Drop The Hammer 1. Have a look!
Other People’s Mixes I Like, Part 4: Plastician’s May Mix
One of the dubstep mixes that I have been caning for the last couple of month’s is Plastician’s May 2009 mix, which you can download here.
Plastician (or Plasticman as he used to be known back when I interviewed him in 2005) is one of the leading dj’s in dubstep/grime, having long straddled the borderlands between the two genres, although these days he is probably better known as a dubstep dj (dubstep having long since outsripped grime in global popularity). Besides being an excellent producer, he is one of the best dj’s around, with an absolutely razor-sharp mixing style, which he deploys to good effect in this mix. If you are looking for other examples of his mixing prowess, his disc on the Rinsessions compilation remains for me pretty much the finest grime mix cd I’ve heard, and his Rinse 06 mix cd was a wicked combination of dubstep and grime.
Behind the scenes …
Despite the seeming lack of activity, I am feverishly working away behind the scenes! Since we are moving to Edinburgh next month, I am stockpiling mixes to roll out over the next couple of months, with new editions of the Drop The Hammer and Squat Rocking series already done, and several more mixes planned in a variety of styles.
Keep your eyes peeled!
Pics from the Hackney Wick Flea Market
me on the decks, in pensive mode (large version of this pic available here
The Hackney Wick flea market in post-industrial Hackney Wick, East London a couple of weeks ago was good fun. I went along, checked out the sights, had a very tasty home-made brownie and played an enjoyable hour and a half of some mellower dubstep (being under strict orders to play no wobblers!). Below the jump, check out some more pics, an interview with the organizer, as well as the tracklisting of my set.
Pearsall presents Team USA
Pearsall presents Team USA
right-click on the title and save as to download
Mixed in London, January 2004
(44:41, 61.1 MB, 192 kbps MP3)
large version of the cover
cue file
Style: All-American techno
New essay on constructing mixes
Since some of my posts are missing essays, I have decided to slowly go through and add essays to those mixes that are missing them.
First off is Rampage Audio 6, where I have written about how I go about constructing hard dance mixes. I think it’s a pretty interesting essay, so have a look!
