Category: Mixes
Bastille Mix + Spoonfed Performance
Deceast’s very own Bastille is back with a brand new mix and a booking at one of the UK’s most forward-thinking bass music nightclub events. His November 2011 promo mix is packed with music from the Deceast label as well as a nice preview of some as-yet-unreleased music from Bastille himself. Take a listen to the mix right by downloading or streaming here:
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Tracklist:
1) Reso – Her Eyes
2) Bastille – Head Space (Deceast)
3) Bastille – You Make Me Feel (Deceast)
4) Deco – Greenthumb Funk (Deceast)
5) Bastille – Battlefield (Dub)
6) Bastille (feat Velor) – Quantum Spectrum (Dub)
7) Atlantic Connection – Take My Number (Deceast)
8) Baobinga & Guido – Bumba (Build Records)
9) Bastille – Sunburn (Dub)
10) Bastille – Farewell My Lovely (Deceast)
11) Photek – Closer (Pinch Remix) (Tectonic Recordings)
12) Om Unit – Searching (Stretched)
13) Bastille – Blackboards (Dub)
14) Aquasky – Taken Over Me (forthcoming on Passenger)
If you’re in Cambridge next month, make sure to check out Bastille performing live at Spoonfed, Cambridge’s premiere bass music club night. It all goes down November 12th and features a heavy lineup of some of the top artists in drum & bass, dubstep, and beyond. You can find out more at the official Spoonfed Website.
Interview + Exclusive Mix for Bassfaced
The crew over at the Bassfaced blog reached out to me recently to ask a few questions and the results of our chat are now on their site, along with a special mix I recorded just for the Bassfaced readers. This mix is one of my favorite ones I’ve done recently so I hope enjoy it!
Tracklist:
01. Calibre – Me, Myself, and I [Signature]
02. V.I.V.E.K – Eyes Down [Deep Medi Musik]
03. Marcus Intalex – Dusk [Soul:R]
04. Bastille – Through The Haze [dub]
05. ID – Slope [Sub Slayers]
06. Synkro – Just Say [Box Clever]
07. Kromestar – Konfuzed [Deep Heads]
08. Von D – Zhakee Bon (Distinction Remix) [Argon]
09. J:Kenzo – The Roteks [Tempa]
10. Silkie – Float [Deep Medi Musik]
11. Lennie De Ice – We Are I.E. (Caspa & Rusko Remix) [Y4K]
12. Bro Safari – Amazon Rock [Deceast]
13. Marcus Intalex – From The Ashes [Soul:R]
14. Icicle – Redemption (feat. Robert Owens) [Shogun Audio]
15. Atlantic Connection – No Explanations [Deceast]
Exclusive Mix for Percussion Lab
The crew over at Percussion Lab invited me to lay down a mix for them in conjunction with the release of DEC004 so I took some time last week and rolled one out. It’s a good representation of the more dancefloor-friendly stuff I’m into these days, plus a good helping of unreleased music forthcoming on Deceast. Head on over to their site to see the tracklist, download a copy, or stream it.
Deceast Mix Series #004
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Tracklist
01. Johnny Clarke – Sinners (Mala Remix) [Ringo]
02. DJ Madd – Dub Marine (Kryptic Minds Remix) [Black Box]
03. Skepta – Amnesia (J. Sparrow Instrumental) [3Beat]
04. Silkie – Wonder [Deep Medi Musik]
05. Nibe – Hypnotise Me [Subdepth]
06. Deco – Greenthumb Funk (feat. Linker) [forthcoming Deceast]
07. Bastille – Aqua Lung (feat. Alessia) (Instrumental) [forthcoming Deceast]
08. Twisted – Rock This [Tsunami Audio]
09. DJ Madd – Good Old Days [Black Box]
10. Deco – Verus (feat. Linker) [forthcoming Deceast]
11. Ruckspin – Blessings (feat. J Sparrow) [Pushing Red]
12. Gerkle – Dreaming [Subdepth]
13. DJG – Pressure [Wheel & Deal]
14. Synkro – Wonder Why [Smoking Sessions]
15. Truth – Don’t Explain [Aquatic Lab]
16. Photek – Avalanche [Photek Productions]
17. DJ Madd – Got Me Dancing [Subway]
18. Synkro – Reservoir [Box Clever]
19. Mr. Lager – Tell Me feat. Alyce Be (Silkie Remix) [Sub Freq]
20. DJ Madd – Arpz 3000 [Subway]
21. The Others – Under_Score [Ringo]
22. George FitzGerald – Don’t You!!? [Hotflush]
23. Nibe – A Long Time [Subdepth]
24. Deco – Untitled [unsigned]
25. Nocturnal Sunshine – Broke [Lick My Deck Skunkworks]
26. Think – Short Warm Moments (feat. Novika) (Jack Sparrow Remix) [New Moon]
Total Running Time: 77min 00sec
About the Mix
The fourth edition of the Deceast Mix Series spans a broad range of dubstep while remaining on the decidedly funky, deep side of the overall genre. The mix also contains a sizable preview of forthcoming material on the Deceast label, including tracks from myself and Bastille, the newest artist to join the Deceast roster. Play it loud and enjoy the music!
Deceast Mix Series #003
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Tracklist:
01. Seba & Lotek – Universal Music [Good Looking Records - GLRLP002 - 1997]
02. Big Bud – Emotionography [Good Looking Records - GLR026 - 1998]
03. Intense – Careless Minds [Good Looking Records - GLR018 - 1996]
04. Apollo Two – Atlantis (I Need You) (LTJ Bukem Remix) [Good Looking Records - GLR003 - 1993]
05. Seba & Lotek – So Long [Looking Good Records - LGR005 - 1996]
06. Mark J – Flight 19 [Looking Good Records - LGR018 - 1998]
07. Appaloosa & DJ Dream – Night Train [Looking Good Records - LGR009 - 1998]
08. Seba – Connected [Looking Good Records - LGR014 - 1998]
09. Axis – High Point [Looking Good Records - LGR020 - 1999]
10. Lexis & Universal – Groove Therapy [Looking Good Records - LGR007 - 1996]
11. J-Laze – Stratosphere [Looking Good Records - LGR027 - 1999]
12. Tayla – Resolution [Good Looking Records - GLRCD003 - 1998]
13. Artemis – Elysian Fields [Good Looking Records - GLR020 - 1997]
14. DJ Crystl – Mindgames [Earth Records - EARTHLP002 - 1997]
15. Rantoul – Default [Looking Good Records - LGR041 - 2002]
16. Rantoul – The Ladder [Good Looking Records - GLR035 - 1999]
17. Intersperse – Equanimity [Looking Good Records - LGR037 - 2001]
18. PFM – For All Of Us [Good Looking Records - GLR016 - 1996]
19. Intense – Dark Skies [Good Looking Records - GLRLP002 - 1997]
20. Chameleon – Links [Good Looking Records - GLR014 - 1995]
21. Seba – Camouflage [Looking Good Records - LGR016 - 1998]
22. New Balance – Reflections [Looking Good Records - LGR010 - 1998]
23. Blu Mar Ten – Futureproof [Good Looking Records - GLR021 - 1997]
Total Running Time: 1hr 39min
About the Mix
For the third installment of the Deceast Mix Series I’ve gone back to one of my favorite periods in music, the mid-to-late 1990s atmospheric drum & bass era typified by the Good Looking Records label. Started by LTJ Bukem, a DJ and producer who played an integral role in starting the atmospheric D&B sound, Good Looking Records grew to include multiple labels under the GLR banner: Looking Good, Earth, 720 Degrees, Cookin’, and Ascendant Grooves being the most well-known. During its heyday from the early-mid 90s to the early 2000s, atmospheric drum & bass was characterized by lush and expansive synth pads, deftly manipulated breakbeats and booming 808 bass. It generally had a blissed-out vibe that placed less importance on dancefloor considerations than on the sheer emotion a producer was trying to evoke through their music, however songs within the genre range from the mellow and minimal through to the more dark and kinetic material.
The atmospheric D&B scene ran quite strongly throughout the majority of the 1990s. There were dozens of well-established genre-defining artists and record labels whose names would be familiar to anybody frequenting their local dance music record store. Most cities claimed at least one DJ that specialized in playing atmospheric D&B, if not an entire crew. The headlining names, many of which are represented in this mix, toured regularly both in Europe and abroad, including several jaunts across the US.
As the tempo of D&B continued to evolve during the 1990s towards its current 175BPM range, atmospheric became less prominent until the style essentially disappeared from the contemporary music landscape. Good Looking Records went into an extended hiatus while LTJ Bukem pivoted to focusing on more dancefloor-friendly liquid funk that rose in popularity during the early 2000s. While there is still the occasional nostalgic new release that follows the genre conventions of atmospheric D&B, the style of music has pretty much disappeared from the contemporary musical landscape.
This captivating style of music didn’t continue into the next decade intact, but its influence has gone on to inform a lot of music across not only the entire drum & bass spectrum but has also impacted all sorts of electronic music in general. Download a copy, kick back, and take a listen to what the future sounded like to a group of young musicians looking forward into the 21st century.
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