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Mixed in Edinburgh, March 2011
(76:53, 142 MB, V0 VBR MP3)
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Style: UK Acid Trance
A pre-streamlined Skelp playing at Rampage, Edinburgh, 2002
From time to time people ask me if I’m planning on doing any more freeform hardcore mixes … and frankly it’s a pretty good question!
I’d like to, but I left my freeform collection in London when I moved to Edinburgh, so now that I’m moving back to London, it looks like I’ll hopefully get the chance to put together one or two old skool freeform mixes in the coming months.
Until then, however, you could do a lot worse than check out The End of the Beginning, the great new mix that my old friend Skelp has just posted. I’ve known Skelp since the Rampage days, and he’s always had an ear for quality tunage, and this set is no exception, slamming through some golden early freeform/trancecore favorites from labels like XY2, Nu Energy, Digital Beats, and Great British Techno.
As the man himself would say … yaldie! 😀
Oh, and sad bastard that I am, of course I created a cue file for it, which you can grab here.
There’s been a great response to Urban Takedown since I posted it, so I’d like to thank everyone who’s had a listen and left me a good comment on the various message boards I’ve posted it on. Thanks for your kind words, and I’m glad you like the mix! 😀
I’d also like to say a quick thank you to everyone else who has reposted it around the social web, with a very special thank you to Everyday Junglist and Tumblklaat. Cheers guys!
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Mixed in Edinburgh, March 2011
(76:53, 134.56 MB, V0 VBR MP3)
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Style: Classic ’95-’97 jump-up jungle
One of the things that is unusual about this site compared to most other mix blogs is that whenever I post a new mix I always post both a zip pack of the mix split into individual tracks as well as the standard single mp3. This is because I personally prefer to have mixes split into individual tracks, as it is a much easier way of finding exactly what I want to listen to than scrolling through a massive mp3 file.
Sadly, this is unusual, which is why over the last couple of years I have become very proficient at chopping up mixes – whenever I download something I enjoy I tend to cut it up into individual tracks so that I can more easily flip through it on my iPod.
I’m not quite sure why so few people tend to put up split mixes – laziness? lack of knowledge? – but obviously some people appreciate that I always provide a split version, since from time to time I get asked how to do it.
Having answered a few of these queries informally, I thought that it might be useful to provide a full, comprehensive guide to splitting a single mp3 mix into individual tracks.
Therefore, without further ado, I present to you …
Pearsall’s Guide to Splitting an MP3 Mix into Individual Tracks
notes before starting:
– All of the programs used are free to download
– This guide applies only to Windows … sorry Mac fans!
– I make no claims that this is the definitive way to split an mp3 mix … but it does work
– Click on any of the images below to be taken to a larger version
In order to demonstrate how to split a single mp3 file into individual tracks, I’ll be using XLR8R Podcast 148, an old skool rave mix by electronic music legend Moby. If you want to follow along with the process outlined below, you can grab the file directly from here, or you can get it from the XLR8R podcast page.
These are the main steps in the process, each of which I will explain in further detail below:
Usefully, all of these programs are free. 🙂
Once you’ve got those programs, you’re ready to start splitting!
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Mixed in London, 2005
(67:08, 123.07 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)
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Style: Freeform hardcore
Merry Christmas!
As a thank you to all of my readers to your support over the last year I would like to present you with a nice Christmas present – an Andy Farley Trade special!
Over the past couple of years hard house legend Andy Farley (above) has put together two massive tributes to Trade, perhaps the most famous (or infamous) London gay club event of the last twenty years. Each tribute has included eight mixes covering over ten hours of Trade classics, from groovy US house through to full-power nu-nrg. Before today, these mixes were only available from upload sites like Megaupload, so I have now provided them with the permanent home that they deserve. The other thing that I have done is to split each mix into individual tracks, so now all of the mixes are now available as both a single mp3 and as a zip file of the individual tracks, with each mix series now also featuring a cover that I have done with the help of some Trade dancefloor images sourced from Flickr, the photo website.
To accompany the mixes, Andy very graciously agreed to be interviewed over the phone, and you can read the transcript of our conversation below, where he talks about his memories of Trade, his favourite Trade dj’s, the influence of the Trade ethos on his own career, as well as the story behind these mixes.
8 mixes, 128 tracks, and over 10 hours of music!
Recorded in Birmingham, 2009
Style: House on mixes 1-3, Hard House on mixes 4-6, Nu-NRG on mixes 7-8
Each mix available as both a single mp3 file and as a zip file of separate tracks
8 mixes, 128 tracks, and over 10 hours of music!
Recorded in Birmingham, 2008
Style: House on mixes 1-3, Hard House on mixes 4-6, Nu-NRG on mixes 7-8
Each mix available as both a single mp3 file and as a zip file of separate tracks
Click here for my interview with Andy about Trade and these mixes
Click here for Andy Farley’s Trade Memories 2
Click here for a larger version of the cover
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Mixed in Edinburgh, October 2010
(70:24, 161.14 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)
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Style: Classic darkside drum n’ bass
