Archive for the ‘ Mixes ’ Category

Retrocast 7 – Drumrolls & 303s – Acid Trance mix

  • March 12th, 2010
  • Posted in Mixes

.. I guess this ties in quite nicely with last week’s Techno mix. A lot of old favourites in here – to me these tunes conjur up memories of 6th Form college; A-levels; questionable self-belief in one’s driving abilities whilst honing round the country lanes of Hampshire; sneaking out of school to find the Spiral Tribe rave [ READ MORE ]

Retrocast 6 – Dirty Techno Trousers – 90’s Techno mix

  • March 5th, 2010
  • Posted in Mixes

During the early to mid 90’s, I’d quite frequently find myself at techno nights in London such as Club UK / Final Frontier, Eurobeat 2000, Lost, Quirky, and so on.. The influences at that time were many – most obviously Detroit techno, but also the Berlin sound of Tresor, hard acid sounds from Synewave New [ READ MORE ]

Retrocast 5 – Chill Out Why Don’t You?

  • February 26th, 2010
  • Posted in Mixes

One of my oldest mixes that I’m still in possession of – so old in fact that it was recorded to MiniDisc. I think i was about 21 when I did this, so..er.. 12 years ago would have been 1998. Golly! Having always adhered very strictly to the beat-matching approach to mixing, it was around this [ READ MORE ]

Retrocast 4 – Bring the NOISIA!

  • February 19th, 2010
  • Posted in Mixes

Welcome to the latest dusting off of my archive of mixes. This time, it’s a dark, brooding drum and bass mix comprised entirely out of tracks by Noisia . . Aeons ago I used to primarily play drum & bass when I dj’ed out – from jungle to jump up & tech step, I loved the energy [ READ MORE ]

Retrocast 3 – Valentines Special

  • February 10th, 2010
  • Posted in Mixes

‘You give a little love and it all comes back to you, You’re gonna be remembered for the things that you say and do..” (Bugsy Malone) Week 3 of the retrocast wherein I dig through my old mixes, and this week it’s a Valentines’ special . .  Without wanting to get all prog rock / concept album, there’s [ READ MORE ]

Retrocast 2 – Breaks Mix from 2004

  • February 5th, 2010
  • Posted in Mixes

Welcome to the 2nd weekly instalment of my Retrocast series, wherein I blow away the cobwebs and dust off some old mixes of mine to see if the fan belt under the hood is still useable. Cor blimey – 2004 may have only been 6 years ago, but in many senses to me it was another [ READ MORE ]

Orangewarrior – Robo Suite 15. PART 2 – Chill-step & Joytronica

  • February 3rd, 2010
  • Posted in Mixes

EDIT: It seems the server couldn’t handle the file size for the complete mix, so I have decided to cut it into 2 Halves. You can now download the two halves separately, and iTunes ought to do the same click on the link below to listen: Right Click here to Download (direct link) or click here [ READ MORE ]

Orangewarrior – Robo Suite 15. PART 1 – Wonky & Shuffle beats

  • February 2nd, 2010
  • Posted in Mixes

EDIT: It seems the server couldn’t handle the file size for the complete mix, so I have decided to cut it into 2 Halves. You can now download the two halves separately, and iTunes ought to do the same An epic length mix of some chilled out beats & pieces – not the most [ READ MORE ]

Retrocast 1 – Acen megamix

  • January 29th, 2010
  • Posted in Mixes

Now that the iTunes Podcast technology appears to be operational, i thought it might be an interesting experiment to dust off the archives of my mixes and see what’s what. So, first up we have the Acen megamix.  For those of you that are too young to remember, Acen knocked out several EPs worth of Hardcore [ READ MORE ]

Orangewarrior – Robo Suite Vol. 14

  • December 15th, 2009
  • Posted in Mixes

some tracks mixed together..  Girly dancing & blokey basslines. Crookers ft Soulwax & Mixhell – We Love Animals (Tons of Friends) Hot Chip – One Life Stand (Radio Edit) Róisín Murphy – Orally Fixated Kid Sister – Right Hand [ READ MORE ]