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Updated January 5, 2014<\/i><\/p>\n
Sonicrampage<\/b> is a musical project by Pearsall, i.e. me. <\/p>\n
Look, I hate it when people write stuff about themselves in the third person, especially dj’s – DJ X is a true artisan of sound, a careful crafter of dancefloor experiences blah blah bla<\/i> … you’re not fooling anyone, pal! As for who I am, well, I’m a 33 year-old native New Yorker who is currently living in Berlin, where I recently moved from London with my wife and daughter, where I lived for two and a half years after moving from Edinburgh, where I lived for a year and a half after living in London, etc etc etc. So I’ve moved quite a bit!<\/p>\n
Anyways, the concept of this blog is not particularly complicated. It’s a place for me to showcase my mixes and my writing, as well as guest mixes from other dj’s that I like. I always try to go a bit beyond what other people do – I like to do something a bit more than just do a mix and slap it up on Soundcloud or a cyber-locker site like Sendspace or Mediafire (not to knock dj’s who do that). I enjoy writing, and this site has given me a space to write about music and other stuff – some of the essays are about the specific mix, whilst others talk about other stuff I’m interested in, including my memories of going raving (something I don’t do much of these days!), plus I also showcase photos, art, and other bits and bobs.<\/p>\n
I have been mixing under the name Pearsall (pronounced Peer-sol) since I was 16 years old. I initially fell in love, deeply and madly, with dance music at the age of 15 and I then spent over a year saving up for Technics and shitty mixer, putting aside money from summer and part-time jobs, and birthday and Christmas presents … my mission was clear. Although I was initially in a monogamous relationship with jungle, over the years since I have played across a wide range of dance music genres, as you can see from the mixes featured in this site, from the spectrum of London bass music (from jungle\/drum n’ bass to grime and dubstep, although not UK garage, which I’ve never liked) to electro, breaks, house, techno and the full constellation of harder 4\/4 music genres (acid techno\/trance, hard trance, hard house, nu-nrg, freeform, etc.), and I’ve played all kinds of stuff at clubs, raves, house parties, and free parties over that time. <\/p>\n
For most of 2013 I was running the Freeformaniacs<\/a> weekly freeform podcast, but I had to step down when the big move to Berlin happened.<\/p>\n I don’t really play out any more, since I no longer have the taste for kissing the promoter ass necessary to get gigs , but back in the day along with a couple of friends I ran a monthly club night in Edinburgh called Rampage in 2001 and 2002, in case you are wondering why so many of the mixes have Rampage<\/a> in their titles. If you want to read some of my memories of my time in the Edinburgh club scene, check out the posts to accompany Rampage Audio 2<\/a> and Squat Rocking 4<\/a>. <\/p>\n I’m a big-time vinyl junkie, so most of these mixes were recorded using my trusty Technics 1210’s, however a year ago I acquired a pair of Pioneer CDJ1000’s, so some of the more recent mixes were done using cd’s. <\/p>\n When I set up the site I wrote a longer waffle about myself, which you can check out here<\/a> if you are so inclined.<\/p>\n More links:<\/p>\n Facebook<\/a><\/b> Also, if you want to download the one and only tune I’ve ever made, Dreaming of Berlin<\/b><\/a> (it’s freeform hardcore), you can listen to it and download it below:<\/p>\n
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