Hey Gang!
This mid-weekend pick-me-up comes from NJC. After emerging from his basement laboratory he sent me the mix and the following:
“Time to present the music that got me so fired up that I had to pick up the CDs, only to put them down again for the Xponent. This is a bit of an experimental mix, seeing what the software and the controller can do. I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface. Some of it seems to work, some, not so much. But it’s all interesting, funky, and (I think) cool. Please leave comments, even if you really don’t like it (actually, if you don’t like it, and can say why, I really want to hear).”
I was lucky enough to get an insight into NJC’s creative process when I was able to listen to an early version of this mix: it didn’t change too much… it was refined. Again, and I must admit it’s an advantage of running the blog that I get to listen to the mixes before I post them, I have enjoyed playing this mix a few times over the past few days. As NJC said he’s after feedback for this one, both good OR bad, so feel free to leave a comment or head over to the Facebook page and make a comment on the wall.
Miche & Mirzinho – Astatine
Ganez & Marco Woods – Dragons – Original
Cave – Remode
Plump DJs – The Gate (NJC’s on-the-fly mashup re-edit)
DJ Preach – Return To The Source (2009 Remix)
D-Unity – Afrika – Original Tribal Mix
Jamal DJs – Danse Macabre
Jack Richards – Carnival Circle
Josh Love – Latin Flavour
Omega Drive – Trubi Truba
January EP – Enthropy
Reaky – You Dirty Little Slut
Dennis Bunas – Nightshot
ALEXO – Swat Mission (original mix)
Cubanito – Club Life
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Mixes // Cam – Rue D’Mente (We Will All Remember)
First a note from me, Texas.
It’s been a tough week for many of us in Hobart; we lost a good friend last Sunday. He was a gentle giant of a man, incredibly talented artistically, funny and kind. I’ll always remember him for sneaking up behind me when I’m mixing and slowing down one deck on purpose and then looking all innocent when I spun around.
Tarsh, I hope you find peace mate. You will be forever missed.
Cam is a newcomer to the DJ scene in Hobart, who has been building his craft playing recently at Cargo. I’ve been after him for a mix for a long while… and I was pleasantly surprised to find this in my inbox on a gloomy Monday. I’ve just included Cam’s words as they are:
“I recorded this mix last Saturday night (29 August) without any real intention or purpose to it – it’s just a selection of tracks I’ve collected over the last year or so that I thought were, well, “nice”. Listening to it later, I thought that while it doesn’t really follow a conventional progression, it does seem to move through a variety of moods and emotions. Of course, I had no idea at the time that around 36 hours later I would learn of the tragic passing of a very good friend to many of us. The timing of the two may well mean that I will always remember the feelings that I, and I expect many others, have felt at this time whenever I listen to this mix or indeed, some of the tracks within it. Here it is for others to enjoy if they so please.
This is by no means a ‘sad’ mix and it is fitting that all of the memories and experiences I had with Tarsh were good times. By coincidence, the last track on this mix is quite fitting… for the good times, Tarsh – we will all remember.”
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