Post Christmas Come Down

Been busy as of late (PS. Thanks for listening to the Basement Mix, it’s the most hits this blog has had so far so I just want to say thanks for popping by and downloading) but not for much longer as I have about the next month off from work. Sweet deal. Other than that you can expect me to start exploiting my brand new MircoKorg and Audo Kontrol 1! Yay!

I’m pretty excited as this really puts together the last bits that I needed in order to have a functioning recording setup. Today was the first day I’ve had the time to sit down and play with everything and get the MIDI flowing from Ableton and I can really see why people love playing with these synths. Sure their not nearly as cheap as a decent Softsynth but by fuck their just fun to play with.

I’ve already used the synth to make the majority of a new track I’ll be putting out later. Good times.

Well thats really it for right now. I’m busy gearing up to see Alex Smoke & John Tejada on New Years! Woot!

Here’s a video for John Tejada’s The End Of It All. Tell me this wouldn’t be perfect when the clock strikes midnight.

The Paused – Basement Mix 01

I’ve been in a bit of a rut as of late. I just honestly have not heard a lot of music that has been doing anything for me in the recent months and as a reflection I really have not been DJing like I used to. So to celebrate the holidays and to drag myself out of my music block that I’ve been going through, I present a new mix. One that’s not aimed at the dancefloor but rather for relaxing as this snow comes down. It’s full of tracks that I love and that I tell myself I’ll play some day but I’ve never been able to.

Mixed over the course of an hour while drinking 4 Rainiers. Fucking delicious. 1000% Vinyl.

Well enough gabber. I hope you enjoy the mix. Feedback welcome.

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Here is a hand drawn track listing that I made while mixing this

Tracklisting

1. Rossini – William Tell Overture – Abridge (WB Records)
2. Brian Eno – 1/1 [Editions]
3. Lucky Pierre – Ghost Two [Melodic]
4. Bjork – All Is Full Of Love (Plaid Remix) [Peacefrog Records]
5. Natalie Imbruglia – Smoke (Rae & Christian Remix) [RCA]
6. Zapan – Straight A Student [Fourthcity]
7. Roxy Music – My Only Love [Polydor]
8. Fairmont – Flight Of The Albatros (Dongtool) [Border Community]
9. Portishead Vs. Nas – It Ain’t Hard To Tell [White]
10. Dr. Farwell – Dead People (Sermon)
11. 40 Winks – It’s Here [Merck]
12. Praise – Only You (Peter Lorimer Remix) [Epic]
13. The Beta Band – To You Alone [Regal]
14. Wu-Tang – Reunited (Funkstorung Remix) [!K7]
15. Cassius – 20 Years (How Do You See Me Now) [Astralworks]
16. TV On The Radio – Modern Romance [Touch And Go]
17. The Cinematic Orchestra – Man With The Movie Camera [Ninja Tune]
18. Mark Knopfler & Chet Akins – Imagine (Live) [Virgin]

Gear Lust! Thingamakit

Holy shit! Audio madness! Cools little piece of gear here for pretty cheap. Only 70 Bucks!

I need one oh god I need one. Imagine some of the noises that this thing makes being run through something like Audio Damage’s Automation or hell just a bunch of guitar petals. This is cool and I want like a million of them.

Sorry for no new posts as of late. I swear I’m busy recovering my laptop and making music with the Wasp emulator that I’m in love with.

http://www.bleeplabs.com

Alligators – Where Does It Hide

Sitting here at the computer repair place right now. Trying to get my computer fixed. Figured I’d post a little something.

Above you’ll see a video by a local band out here in Bremerton called Alligators.

 http://www.myspace.com/alligatorpocketbook  

Well, I picked up their cd because the keyboard player (now the guitarist) works over at my favorite little coffee shop and was telling me about it. It turns out its a really good album. Enjoy.

Back Up Your Fucking Hard drives…….

A lesson that I just learned.

Well, on a good note I have a nice clean hard drive to play with.

I may have loss the last years worth of work though.

L-Wiz – Girl From Codeine City

Today is another one of those days where I don’t really feel like typing anything up important. So at the risk of turning this into a track of the moment Blog, here’s another awesome track thats been floating around in my head for a little while. I first got to hear this on the incredible Caspa & Rusko Fabriclive mix and it’s just a damn good track. Have a listen. Kinda makes me want to do something in slow motion. Either way. Good music.

Minilogue – Animals

Don’t really have that much time to post anything today (I should be working on music) but I saw this on Youtube earlier and it just kinda made me smile. Trippy and fun. It kind of makes me want to dance in the sunlight (but… I live in Washington, nothing but rain). Either way, enjoy the video.