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Mix of the Month – March 2012

ronald — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:09:33 +0000

I must admit when I started this series I thought one video every month would hardly be much work. Well, I was wrong. Because there aren’t much tracks and they are very different there aren’t much cool possibilities and because I’m quite busy now I made this one rather quick, no complex mixing (just 2 decks) and no re-takes.

The tracks still are great, the last 2 Zardonic are the first 2 off their album “Vulgar Display of Bass” which isn’t 100% DnB but definitely worth checking out.

Enjoy, thumb up and comment if you like!

Tracklisting

Mind Vortex – Now It’s Time
Sound Of Stereo – Zipper (Crystal Clear Remix)
Fred V – Just A Thought (Vocal Mix)
Billain – Batbots
Jade – Lazer Tag
Zardonic – Revolution
Zardonic – Bring Back the Glory

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Techstep / Jump up demo

ronald — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:35:21 +0000

Since my old demos (popular and jump up) are more than 8 months old it is time to make some new ones.

One of my two specialties is reflected in this demo. Still jump up, but I added techstep to the description to better describe the styles of music used. I recorded this set last night live at VirtualDJ radio, and it actually has an Easteregg hidden* inside! Enjoy listening to the mix, and spread the word (about me being great and always looking for gigs).

* Somewhere I dropped a chocolade easteregg onto the play/pause button of the active deck causing an abrupt end to the track.

Mix of the Month – February 2012

ronald — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:44:05 +0000

This months video is very late and of lesser quality. I’m simply to busy these weeks to spend more time on it. After the take (this is the first and only take) I discovered I forgot to record the audio in VirtualDJ so the audio recorded by my iPhone (the camera) will have to do.

Fortunately everything on the internet is better when presented with a cat, and mine was kind enough to feature in this months video. Enjoy!

Tracklisting

John B – Heroes (CD Edit) (feat. Shaz Sparks)
High Contrast – The Agony & The Ecstasy (feat. Selah Corbin)
Deekline – Paella (Blaze It Up) (Original Mix) [& Ed Solo feat. Million Dan]
HXLY – Chicken Sandwich
John B – Robot Lover (CD Mix)
DJ Fresh – Hot Right Now (Extended Mix)
Sub Zero – Poon VIP
Cause4Concern – Luca (Silent Witness Remix)
Callide & Intraspekt – Path You Choose

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2012 Jan Feb
2011 Oct Nov Dec

Mix of the Month – January 2012

ronald — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:53:51 +0000

I have a LOT of material from last month, so I tried to push a lot of tracks in little time. Quite satisfied with the result, though not with the trouble I went trough do get it on youtube. First I got the message I could upload videos longer than 15 minutes, then I made a video of a 19 minute set, then it was rejected because of copyright issues, then I made a quick mix without that track and uploaded it to see if it was all right, then it was rejected because my longer-than-15-minute rights were revoked, then I made a shorter quick mix and uploaded it, it was all right, then I made the final video for that mix, then when I opened my upload page my longer-than-15-minutes rights were reinstated, then I decided I was done for this month and simply uploaded the video. Pfff. Not much fun.

Tracklisting

Noisia – Could This Be (Original Mix)
Smooth – From Within
Subsonik – Inside Your Mind (Feat. Essence)
L Plus – Gas Grenade
Davip, Engage & Conectivers – Massacre
Cyantific – Infinity
Interface – Get Down
Octane & DLR – Ordnance
Krakota – Scraper
Smooth – Shifting Sands, Pt. 2 (feat. Shaz Sparks)
Need for Mirrors – Columbia
Pdex & Retrospekt – Dizzy
Cause4Concern – Dead Planet
Crystal Clear & Zen – Bullet
2dB – Virus
Incube – Starscream

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Mix of the Month – December 2011

ronald — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:23:12 +0000

My second monthly mix, sorry for the delay but early January I was busy recording a 6 hour mix of last year’s best tracks. The rule I invented and broke last month (make it 10 tracks) is going out of the window, I’ll just see what each month brings from now on.

Tracklisting:
* Indivision – Missing You
* Tantrum Desire – Reach (Push the Feeling) [Original Mix]
* Sparkzeeman – Back In 5 Minutes
* ShockOne – Relapse (Tantrum Desire Remix)
* Majistrate – Oxygen
* Modified Motion & Faction – Sci-Fi (Supreme Being Remix)
* Dominator – Holes in Ya Chest (feat. Fat Man D)
* Sensai – Greater Power
* Mindscape & Jade – Orion
* Pleasure – Cradle
* The Damn Bell Doors, A Girl & A Gun – Stun Gun (Original Mix)

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2011 Oct Nov Dec

The 2011 Mix

ronald — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:28:46 +0000

End of the year, time to look back at the many great tracks released this year. But since music isn’t particulary interesting to look at I’ve made a mix, to listen to. Some remarks:

I did not prepare a tracklist but improvised a set as usual. I did, obviously, only use tracks from 2011 and tried not to use the same artist or release to much
I’ve specialised in popular DnB and Jump-up but the two hours were gone before I got to those genres.
I tried some changes to my mixing style to make it cleaner and tighter, and am quite content with the result.
I found out I’ve acquired a lot of music in 2011, so part 2 contains only pop tracks

Download the 2011 mix:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Mix of the Month – November (video)

ronald — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:10:35 +0000

My best ten purchusases in the last month, just like last month, only this time not a playlist but a movie of a mix!

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Live recording (18/11/2011)

ronald — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:08:12 +0000

Yesterday I played two live sets at the CKI alumni party. The first 45 minute set resulted in an 60 minutes awesome full dance floor, so I only had 30 minutes for the second part but by then many people were already gone anyway. I’m pretty satisfied with the first set (except for the Pendulum track, but that’s what people want to hear) and was surprised at the positive reaction to the oldskool hits. I recorded everything so you can listen to both tightly packed sets here:

Part 1
Part 2

Inconsistent gestures in OSX Lion

ronald — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:44:17 +0000

As everyone it took me some time, though not more than a day or two, to get used to natural scrolling in OS X Lion, but now I really like it. If feels natural because it feels like you put your fingers on the page and pull it upwards to scroll down, and vice versa. The same thing goes for the four finger swipe to switch between spaces and full screen applications. Hold the current space, and pull it to the left to reveal the space or application on the right.

It does not, however, work that way with the three finger gesture to go to the next or previous page, which also works as the back/next button in my browser. Visualizing the pages of a document or in your browser history as numbered pages going from left to right seems the most natural (if you read from left to right as I do). But swiping to the left brings you to the previous page, not the next. I ask you to go into mission control. Do a four-finger swipe to the left, and then a three finger swipe to the left and see what happens (you will go to the next space, and then go back to the previous space). Same direction, different result.

The trackpad gestures take little time to get used to, the direction doesn’t really matter that much because you get used to it. But because these swipe gestures are inconsistent they still causes me to make the wrong gesture. I hope those human-interface geniuses at Apple will realize this too and, most importantly, fix it.

The Best of October 2011

ronald — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:27:05 +0000

The idea of sharing my best music purchases has been in my head for a while, and now I’m finally putting it into practice. This is the first monthly blog post where I share some of the best new tracks (just the names, obviously, no illegal downloads!) of the past month.

Delta Heavy – Overkill
Overkill/Hold Me – Single
Dom & Roland – Rollstar
Last Chance Saloon/Rollstar – Single
Foreign Concept & Bringa – Cemetery
Shogun Audio Presents – Way of the Warrior
High Contrast feat Tiësto and Underworld – The First Note Is Silent
The First Note is Silent – EP
Nero – New Life
Promises EP
S.P.Y – Bloodshed
Fierce Presents Oblivion – Single
Telekinesis – Sacrifice
Sacrifice/Polaris – Single
Trei & L.A.O.S. – The Light
The Light / Mumbo Jumbo – Single

And for your convienience I’ve put them all in a youtube playlist.

Finally I like to point your attention to this album compiled for the 15th birthday of Drum & Bass Arena. It contains 50 gems ranging from oldskool classics to this year’s hits. Even if you, like me, already have most of the tracks there are probably enough left that make it worth buying (€6.99 on iTunes).

Drum & Bass Arena: 15 Years
dnba15.breakbeat.co.uk

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