In the middle of February I heard, through the CLUG list, about the existence of a group called C-Tech who were hosting a night at the local Toast nightclub every Tuesday. The music is predominately Tech Trance; circa 130 BPM, mostly beats and electronic sounds, and the night is a fairly relaxed chance for those of us who like those sounds to come out of the woodwork and play the music we like. For me, it was also a chance to actually do some mixing at all.
I went along a week before this mix was made and met Chris, who I'd recently met through a friend of a friend (Canberra is like that). He seemed interested in hearing me mix - I think partly because he'd been forced to mix vinyl for four hours because no other DJs had showed up. So I turned up on this night and met Ben, the other half of C-Tech, and watched him mix in Tracktor for a while. He seemed interested in my mixing but wanted a chance to hear a sample of what I was going to play before I actually plugged in and switched on. Fair enough.
So that night I threw this mix together. I also decided to use my Magnatune collection; partly because it meant I could legally and freely distribute another mix, and partly because it was the right style and feel for the night. I then lameified it and copied it over to Chris's iRiver player so they could share and enjoy.
Later, I discovered that the last track I'd put on mixed perfectly into Sasha's track "Golden Arm" off AirDrawnDagger, but adding this would stop the mix being CC-by-nc-sa licensed, so I alone can possess that mix. The rest of you will just have to lie back and imagine it.
You can download the mp3 or the ogg file using BitTorrent
| Track | Title | Artist | BPM | Track length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Unendliche liebe | Monoide | 103.0 | 8:30 |
2 |
Lienky | Strojovna 07 | 115.0 | 4:14 |
3 |
UtET | iNTROSPEKT | 120.0 | 5:08 |
4 |
One year after first love | Monoide | 120.0 | 7:41 |
5 |
Electro Jive | Belief Systems | 122.0 | 8:38 |
6 |
Like a child | Monoide | 125.0 | 5:11 |
7 |
Skunk Werks | Belief Systems | 128.0 | 7:35 |
8 |
Spear Burn | Belief Systems | 130.0 | 7:03 |
9 |
Electro Kinetic | Belief Systems | 131.0 | 6:24 |
10 |
Deluxe | Strojovna 07 | 130.0 | 8:24 |
These mixes are only available as complete files and I do not trade in the albums that these tracks are compiled from. On the other hand, I welcome feedback of any description about the mix, especially if you have recommendations of tracks I might like. My email address is at the bottom of the page.
I welcome any suggestions, criticisms and recommendations for new music to listen to. I will consider doing specific mixes for people, but this is only a hobby. Hope to hear from you!