måndag 21 Sep 2009, 17:00
Vergel Evans presents: Under Overdrive (dj mix)
(http://soundcloud.com/vveerrgg/vergel-evans-under-overdrive-dj-mix)
Download or listen to it for free from SoundCloud.
It's been ages since I've actively got in-front of a mixer with the intent to do a dj mix, but over the last couple of weeks I've wanted to do nothing else… When I first started dj'ing in 1996 I was purely a vinyl fan. By the time I was able to manage 3 decks effectively I was burning through my records so fast, I hardly had enough time to pick the next track.
Now fast forwarding to today… with software like TraktorPro and dj interfaces like the VCI-100 or Xone:4d, it's possible to load, perform, and exit a song as quick as desired…. even better the maintenance of mixing 3 or more "decks" is easy when the hardware is a simple set of faders.
My goals with this mix was to build a set that had elements of all the styles of techno I really enjoy in a tight mix where every beat has a value. Taking some of my favorite songs and elements and twisting them into a layered and ever moving flow of rhythm and sound. A mix that felt like I was speaking through the music rather then just playing tracks.
The results are here online, and if you get this mix and like it… please share it.
The tracklisting is:
##. Artist - Title
01. Trig Calc Math - Antithesis
02. Robert Hood - Resurrection
03. X-Press 2 - Kill 100 (Carl Craig Remix)
04. Olivine - Close, Up, Over
05. Marco Bailey & Tom Hades - Glides
06. Orlando Voorn - the beholder (mark o’sullivan’s dk7 dub)
07. Omar-S - A-Victim
08. Claude Young - External Remix
09. Vergel Evans - Spyders
10. Joel Mull - ChonChon
11. Octave One - A World Divided (Jupiter II mix)
12. Marco Bailey - Muzika - Track 2
13. Umek - Complex Puzzle (Davis & May Freakside Flash Remix)
14. Takashi Watanabe - You
15. The Advent vs. Industrialyzer - Code Noir
16. Underground Resistance - Beauty of Decay
17. Landed Image - Apex Riser
18. Detroit People Mover - Boucle Abstraite
19. The Strand - Intact
20. Arthur Oskan - Look Up
21. M. Rahn - Confused Mass
22. Shamus Coghlan - Truth Serum
23. Repair - Lines Drawn (Matt Thibideau Remix)
24. Luciano Esse & Toni D - Salsa
25. Henrik Schwarz - Jimis
26. Aril Brikha - Vision Remix
27. Dimitri Pike - Bloggy Blues
28. Vergel Evans - One By Morning
29. Valentino Kanzyani & Tomy DeClerque - Mama Cocha (Valentino Kanzyani & Tomy DeClerque remix)
30. Mathew Jonson - Marionette
31. Steve Rachmad - Caterpillar
32. Hardcell & Grindvick - Plankton
33. Nigil Caenaan - Lost Souls
"If you like it, keep it bumpin; if not, just let it fade…."
Recording Environment: Macbook, TraktorPro 1.2, Xone:4d, headphones