JD Pleks presents Umekanozal
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Mixed in Glasgow, July 2013
(70:25, 165 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)
Style: Explosive techno from Slovenian techno hero Umek!
Very chuffed with this bit of news:
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A massive massive thanks to everyone who has downloaded and enjoyed the tune so far!
As you might remember, a few months back I made a freeform tune called ‘Dreaming of Berlin’ at A.B.’s studio; now you can download it totally for FREE, right here:
Here’s what I said about the tune at the time:
It was quite an interesting day out for me. I had sent a lot of different influences through to Alex in advance (from hard trance to jungle), so when I got there he was able to quickly translate my somewhat hazy ideas into a real actual track in just one day. As is the usual case when a dj works with an engineer, what I did was basically arrangements (“no hi-hats there”, “let’s make the acid stab sharper”, “put the Amen snatch right on the bass note in the break”, “how about we take the bubble off the bass and stick to a straight off-beat?”), with him doing all of the actual manipulations for the sake of speed and clarity. Overall, it was a lot of fun being in the studio, and I am personally very pleased with the results.
With this tune I wanted to capture some of the magic of the mid-90?s M-Zone and Mark EG hard trance sound and cross it with contemporary freeform … judge for yourself how well we did it!
Make sure to go to Soundcloud to get the rest of the tunes!
Full tracklisting:
1) Qygen – Supersonic Speed 2013
2) SamHard & Meke – Heaven and Hell
3) Pearsall – Dreaming of Berlin
4) Flammable DJs – Unity (H-Blast remix DUB)
5) Sebucan – Unleash the Power Within Your Soul
6) pHate – The Last Question
7) MHX – Gray Death
8) Le Dos-On – Sanctuary
9) Custom Built DJs – Myriad
10) Ikaruga_Nex – Dilapidated 2013
11) Evolutionize – Pain
12) Vyral XIII – Scathe
All in all, it’s a brilliant compilation, with a very very level of quality throughout the album. Enjoy!
A Berlin classic: Currywurst from Zur Bratpfanne on Schloss Strasse
Ok, this should have been posted yesterday, but such is life!
If you saw Mondayday’s post you’ll know that I’m currently sorting through my records in our new Berlin flat. So, for today’s edition of the (very occasional) Tuesday Time Machine, here’s a look at all nine of the tunes that are nestled (somewhat precariously) on top of the stacks in the picture. I have a big collection, so there are even more tunes out of view!
First up, let’s jog your memory with the pic again:
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Getting back on my feet in Berlin
Sorry for the radio silence, been a hectic couple of weeks moving from London to Berlin. We’re now settled into our new flat in Wilmersdorf, work is all good … new content soon, I promise!
So, if you were wondering where the ‘slow down baby’ sample from my ‘Dreaming Of Berlin’ tune came from, all can be revealed (well, I just forgot to include it in the last post); it’s from ‘Strictly 4 My Jeeps’, by the absolute best fat ginger Albanian rapper from Queens … Action Bronson!
Street art in an alleyway off Brunnenstrasse in Mitte, Berlin
As you might know, since I keep going on and on about it, my family and I are moving to Berlin very soon, so two weeks ago I made my way to Orpington, on the south-eastern edge of London, for a day in the studio of Alex ‘A.B’ Bailey of Stamina Records, where we cooked up this tune, ‘Dreaming Of Berlin’.
It was quite an interesting day out for me. I had sent a lot of different influences through to Alex in advance (from hard trance to jungle), so when I got there he was able to quickly translate my somewhat hazy ideas into a real actual track in just one day. As is the usual case when a dj works with an engineer, what I did was basically arrangements (“no hi-hats there”, “let’s make the acid stab sharper”, “put the Amen snatch right on the bass note in the break”, “how about we take the bubble off the bass and stick to a straight off-beat?”), with him doing all of the actual manipulations for the sake of speed and clarity. Overall, it was a lot of fun being in the studio, and I am personally very pleased with the results.
With this tune I wanted to capture some of the magic of the mid-90’s M-Zone and Mark EG hard trance sound and cross it with contemporary freeform … judge for yourself how well we did it!
This tune will be featured on the forthcoming Freeformatted Vol. 2 compilation that we, the Freeformaniacs crew, are very excited to be unleashing on Halloween.
Other artists to feature on the album include Qygen, Le Dos-On, Olly Addictive, Wyrm, SamHard vs Meke, Ikaruga_Nex, Evolutionize, H-Blast, Sebucan, and more! If you want to hear some of the other tracks from the comp, check out Dyzphazia’s latest mix.
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Pearsall presents Rampage Turbo 19: The Lost Years
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Mixed in London, September 2013
(105:37, 243 MB, 320 kbps MP3)
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Style: Freeform, covering some of my fave tracks that I missed from 2004 to 2011
Goddamn, wasn’t 1994 jungle amazing?
What a fucking tune!
Also available at Discogs at a non-outrageous price. Awesomeness cubed.
Eternal Bass also did Way of the Future, one of the better homages/rip-offs to Origin Unknown’s anthem-of-anthems, Valley of Shadows.
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Pearsall presents The 90’s Sessions Vol. 1
Pearsall presents The 90’s Sessions Volume One
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The 90’s Sessions (Classic 90’s Dance Music) by Pearsall on Mixcloud
Mixed in London, August 2013
(59:53, 137 MB, 320 kbps MP3)
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Style: House and Techno from some of the biggest names in dance music in the 90’s
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Pearsall presents Actual Pirate Material
Pearsall presents Actual Pirate Material
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Mixed in London, July 2013
(74:11, 170 MB, 320 kbps MP3)
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Style: Classic junp-up jungle/drum n’ bass from the mid-90’s