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Dan Burns-Findlay
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Voices Inside My Head

God bless my shitty old laptop. Providing I do not ask too much of

her, she keeps on running ... just about. Had to pare down Traktor

Scratch to just a basic external mix TS3 set up. I decided to augment

my last DJ set with a few toys: My usual Xone 92 rig plus Traktor

(thru MOTU Ultralite) was bolstered up with a Metasonix distortion

unit (mmm ... filth) and two CDJs looping samples of white noise,

sine waves, people talking, traffic, electrical buzzing and lots of

off-kilter dubby echos ... nothing requiring beat-matching ... no

sirens. Bleeding all this stuff over the top of techy-proggy-minimal-

ish was pretty easy and down right cool as far as I was concerned.

Don't think anyone else noticed. Actually, the distortion unit sounded awful. The TM7 is too heavy for

most dance floors – even the usually forgiving home crowd at Yumla.

The concept was great though. Destroying tracks to the point of

collapse then releasing the noise into sweet oh sweet clean loving

bass. Concept needs tweaking. And after last Saturday, I suspect I

need to start playing live music again. Even if just off the laptop –

as boring as it is to watch, I often diss the idea 'cause I'm no

showman – but for my own sanity I need more input into the

proceedings: Would rather spend all week making tunes than spend the

same amount of time sifting through 1000 hours of bad 4/4 just to

find enough music for one set. If you've not seen Danton Eeprom do

his thing, check it out. I'll probably head down that path over the

next six months. Although no microphone. I'm liable to start shouting

orders for beer over the PA instead of singing.Highlights of the night: Elite Force remix of my track "Right On" (a

debut public play for me, matter of fact), Carl Cox & Yousef "I Want

You" (Deadmau5 remix) plus a really old blast from the past in the

form of KC Flight & Funky Junction "Voices" Fata Morgana remix.

Sweet. Putty in my hands after that one. A ten year old classic and

they never even knew it. Going to have to write something in the form

of an homage to "Voices". Before some bastard ruins it with a bootleg

at least.Nearly three short paragraphs and I haven't actually said anything.

Awesome, that's Sunday evenings for you :)

over 16 years ago 0 likes  6 comments  0 shares
Djbam f8 djbam
KC Flight & Funky Junction "Voices" - killer track
over 16 years ago
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Bam - "Voices" has only dated slightly. Mixed it in right after some Radio Slave thing (forget which one), the beat rocks and the bassline / breakdown went off. Tom - Deadmau5 is a bit hit & mss in my opinion, his tracks are pretty damn storming - I agree with you there - but I'm not sure if they warrant all the attention they are getting. The again, I suspect the guy behind DM is also the same Joel who worked for The Collective Agency in NYC, so he'll know everyone. That helps :)
over 16 years ago
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SCROTUM... that is a filthy bastard... isn't it too delicate to carry around??? how long did you have it?? C.
over 16 years ago
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Ah! Wasn't aware of that background. I'm also big fan of H.o.s.h and (some) Radio Slave stuff ... very monotonous but dubby and beautiful in places. I've only had the TM7 a few months. Birthday present :) going to pick up a TM5 shortly. Same thing but easy to control!
over 16 years ago

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