I’ve added some pictures, reviews, and a video to the drum n’ bass mix Drop The Hammer 1. Have a look!
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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.
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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!
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.
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Pearsall presents Team USA
Pearsall presents Team USA
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Mixed in London, January 2004
(44:41, 61.1 MB, 192 kbps MP3)
large version of the cover
cue file
Style: All-American techno
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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!
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Pearsall presents Don’t Panic
Pearsall presents Don’t Panic
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Mixed in London, April 2006
(70:33, 102.12 MB, V0 VBR MP3)
Zip pack (cut into individual tracks)
large version of the cover
Cue file
Style: classic drum n’ bass (mostly jump-up)
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Pearsall presents The Dying Light
Pearsall presents The Dying Light
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Mixed in Edinburgh, February 2003
(72:13, 104.1 MB, V0 VBR MP3)
Zip pack (cut into individual tracks)
Cue file
Style: driving trance
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Kariminology update
I’ve just scanned a bio section on Karim from an old Tinrib cd and added it to the page for my Kariminology mix. Check it out!
I’ll be playing dubstep next weekend at the Hackney Wick fleamarket, which is being organized by my friend Eric, the Vinyl Pimp. I’m under strict orders to play no wobblers, so expect a full range of summery tunes from Joker, Martyn, Kode9, and many more. I’m not sure when I’ll be playing yet, but probably sometime in the afternoon.
If you are in the area it should be a lot of fun, so I’d suggest swinging by!
Update 22/07/09: Here’s a map of the location.