THIS, etc.

I’ve been going through the Respekt and Phobiq catalogs this week, thought I’d put this mix together. Some deep, dark, driving techno. D d d d d d d d d D ddd. I’m an especially big fan of Sasha Carassi it turns out.

Spring Tide

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Tracklist:
Sasha Carassi – Omicron
H2 – Day Tripper
Axel Karakasis – Barricade
Lützenkirchen – Dread Phase (Hertz Remix)
Sasha Carassi – Fiberboard (Slam Remix)
Phunk Investigation – Blade Scanner
Roman Gertz – Audioexit
Tom Laws – Jugular
Alex Bau – Into Your Head
Spektre – Casting Shadows Without Light (Umek Remix)
Rich Jones – Spring Rain (Steve Parker Remix)
Few Nolder – Fluttery

Posted on Sunday, May 1st, 2011, by alex
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Sorry i couldnt make it to kingston Have a good one !

Happy Birthday Alex :D

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Tracklist:
Breakbot ft. Ruckazoid – Fantasy
Vanguard – Apollo
Reset! – Sabrage
Afrojack – Polkadots 2010 (Oliver Twizt Remix)
Sandro Silva – Hands High
Autoerotique – Apollo
Afrojack – Pacha On Acid
TAI – Big Bass Drum (Etienne De Crecy Remix)
Felix Cartal – The Joker
Etienne De Crecy – No Brain
The Subs – The Face Of The Planet (GTRONIC Remix)
Designer Drugs – Drop Down
Uppermost – Mainstreaminization
Felguk – All Night Long (Darth & Vader Mix)
Porter Robinson – Say My Name
Kaskade ft. Haley – Dynasty (Dada Life Remix)
Etienne De Crecy – Welcome (Pablo Decoder Remix)
Sebastien Leger – Origines
Sasha Carassi – Omnicron

Posted on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011, by alex
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Trying a new recording/filming setup here. Somewhere in the ten or so times of getting up to reset the recorder and camera I must have dislodged the angle and managed to crop out the entire keyboard. Wasn’t worth reshooting though, I figured. This is one of the pieces I’ll be playing for my upcoming ARCT exam (for those of you familiar with RCM), and hopefully I’ll be able to record video of the rest of my repertoire in the coming weeks. If nothing else it’s a good exercise, putting myself in something resembling a pressure situation so that when the time comes I can actually perform the music as opposed to hoping desperately that I don’t hit a wrong note.

(I do not succeed at that here.)

Posted on Sunday, April 24th, 2011, by alex
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i hope I’m one day

to achieve my goals

Posted on Thursday, March 17th, 2011, by alex
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august 21, 2009

alex says: (12:23:41 AM) here lies alex

alex says: (12:23:47 AM) he didnt try very hard and we shouldnt commend him for it

(someday im gonna compile all my dumb chats w/ henry and then i dunno look at them or something)

Posted on Thursday, March 10th, 2011, by alex
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a voice thats pure and clear tells me im never quite so dead as thoughts through the dry dead leaves where we once spoke and i clung to it like i was desperate for life

how can i be dead when i so deeply cling to you

im not okay i float in blue oblivion

how you are the breadcrumbs that i might find my way back

(drunk tweet drafts)

Posted on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011, by alex
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i am like a cardioid microphone
in that
im not really capable of anything
i am wherever someone else left me
i pick up things around me and am heart shaped

(emailed this to myself while walking to the bus stop)

Posted on Monday, February 7th, 2011, by alex
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oh earth that has gone round the sun some four billion five hundred forty million two thousand and eleven times earth that is round earth that is sometimes covered in snow

if i could draw a line from my eyes and another from your eyes to that exact point at which they meet and hold it there, that point that is so infinitely small and certain not even unity but just is, just is and is and is

Sun With Tassels by Them Stars

Posted on Saturday, January 29th, 2011, by alex
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the mixtape has been a fixture in hip-hop since the days of pioneering djs like kool herc and afrika bambaataa. unfortunately, in recent years the emphasis has shifted away from the dj and toward the emcee, for whom mixtapes are more or less a means of promoting an upcoming album. madlib is among the few artists in hip-hop with a genuine appreciation for the format, as he has demonstrated over the past year with his medicine show series.

the latest installment in the series, low budget hi fi music, is comprised mostly of unreleased instrumentals and songs from the wide array of projects madlib has been involved in over the past couple of years. as a dj, madlib has perfected his craft. each track flows seamlessly into the next, facilitated by madlib’s trademark use of samples (clips of documentary voiceovers, comedy sketches, television commercials) to establish the album’s “narrative”.

the medicine show series has been an insight into the diversity of madlib’s sound, exploring jazz, reggae, soul, and psychedelia. low budget hi fi music is not simply a collection of b-sides, but an example of madlib’s ability to draw from a variety of sources to create a sound of his own, music that is unmistakeably hip-hop.

A.G. – O.G. Pt. 1 (Whirlwind Mix)

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Posted on Friday, January 28th, 2011, by alex
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tonight was DAY 1 of what hopefully ABSOLUTELY WILL BE a weekly live ustream mix thing (saturday nights from 10 pm to 12 am). this is one of those situations where a person is frustrated with lack of progress with things in general, so they go and do it on their own. recently i took part in a couple djing events, the outcomes of which basically told me that i was not good enough, i am not good enough, we’ll be in touch goodbye. these weekly mixes will, if nothing else, keep me warmed up in case of…who knows?

i suppose tonight’s mix was successful. in that it occurred. i don’t know. this is one of those things that occurs to me and i say yes, it is important that i do this, then when i’m doing it and it isn’t immediately rewarding, i am not SHOWERED WITH TREASURE, i get kind of down on myself.

i really shouldn’t be posting this mix. it is full of slips and bad decisions that i determined were not worth taking the time to edit. but i want the purpose of these live streams to be experimentation, practice. if i’m going to improve i need to remove the crutch of fixing these things in post. so i’m posting this for the record, and it really isn’t meant to be listened to or downloaded or anything really.

i apologize for wasting your time.

THISradio001

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tracklist:
Double Exposure – My Love is Free (Barletta Disco Edit)
PNAU – With You Forever (FM Attack Remix)
Metric – Twilight Galaxy (Death to the Throne Remix)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Waulking Song
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Garden
Carte Blanche & Kid Sister – Do! Do! Do! (Laidback Luke Remix)
Felix Cartal – Love (JFK Remix)
Reset! – Prepare to Fight
Adam Freeland – How to Fake Your Own Life (Etienne de Crecy Remix)
Shinichi Osawa – Zingaro (The Kids Are Radioactive Remix)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Household Goods
Adam K & Mateo Dimarr – Bum Bom
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Dipper
Harvard Bass – 81
H2 – Day Tripper
Oliver Twizt – Doodlez
Sovnger – Breathless (Alex Gopher Day Remix)
Felix Cartal – World Class Driver (Harvard Bass Remix)
NT89 – Poopa
Dirty Disco Youth – In Love (Etienne de Crecy Remix)
Sovnger – Breathless (Dirty Disco Youth Remix)
Michael Woods – No Access
Micro Prophet – Thunderbird (Barletta Goes House Remix)
Barletta – I’ll Be There
Pryda – Illusions
Kid Massive & John Puzzle – Makarska (Moonbeam Remix)
Dinka – My Love Will Surround You
Embliss – Back to Mine (Michael Cassette Remix)

Posted on Sunday, January 9th, 2011, by alex
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