Some more posts coming tomorrow, but for now here’s a reminder of a little something that’s happening next month. Now back to set practicing, I’m going to find some inspiration from somewhere even if it kills me…
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I might be wrong, but I don’t remember posting about the FINRG Anniversary minisite before. Most will have see it already, but if not there’s plenty of useful info on there for those heading to Lahti next month.
I’ve also got a Hybridize-related question for everyone – thinking back to when Hybridize releases were pretty regular, what were some of your favourite tracks? Of course this is in no way related to the fact that I’m playing a ‘Hybridize set’ in a few weeks’ time…
Heathen – Ephexor Anthem by FINRG Recordings
After a request from one of the Tokyo crew, Heathen’s Ephexor Anthem and Gladiator have now been changed from the low quality versions to nice new wavs, making them more than playable in hard dance/NRG sets.
I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time, but now there are links for just about all the tracks from the TYFTH SoundCloud that have reached the download limit. Hopefully the Rob.O.T.T tunes will be reupped before long, too. It’s a long and frustrating tale as to why that account is still on pause, but who knows, things might change early next year…
For the time being, be sure to grab any tunes you missed first time around!
Eternally: http://www.mediafire.com/?1dyowj0wolz
Glacial: http://www.mediafire.com/?clij1lmmyyt
Phaedra: http://www.mediafire.com/?tw2j0lmwity
Genshi Kurage: http://www.mediafire.com/?tqzmmjagdeo
Suicide Club: http://www.mediafire.com/?kkmndyblwej
Colombia: http://www.mediafire.com/?mwczeywkjmj
Digital Destruction: http://www.mediafire.com/?30ien0yminz
Technological Terror: http://www.mediafire.com/?ntmjmntgjym
Killer Loop: http://www.mediafire.com/?brz7zeaqwq6vv9d
Untitled 4 Evah: http://www.mediafire.com/?h7eqdrt3td2s2d8
Finally, here’s the much-delayed Hell’s Gate remix – it’s the 2011 version, with the ‘coward’s way out’ easy-to-mix outro: http://www.mediafire.com/?334dbvbxlwvq4p0
Well well…you can imagine how hard it’s been for me not to mention this until Rx’s announcement last night, but the lineups/venue for March’s 10 Years of FINRG are now decided! The main floor is looking utterly fantastic, and although there are three huge absences in Nomic, Re-Form and Epyx & Cyrez, that’s countered by E-NRG, Pain on Creation’s Live PA (!) and a potentially brutal B2B between Heathen and BRK.
I’ll be there too…and not only that, but I’ll be playing a solo set in the second ‘Urban’ room! I’m genuinely honoured to be taking part in such a huge event, and rest assured that I’ll be doing my very best to represent both Hybridize and Romancer.
This could be the event to end all events, and it’s also going to be awesome to finally meet all the wonderful folk I’ve come to know through FINRG and TYFTH. There’s still plenty of planning to be done, but I’ll obviously be in Helsinki, Lahti and possibly elsewhere if time/money allows. Oh, a bit of practical advice for any Horsers planning to attend – apparently there’s a ski event of some kind on at the same time as the event, so despite it still being some way off, most/all of the hotels in Lahti are already fully booked.
Anyway, the countdown begins now – for the time being, massive thanks to DJ Rx, Drumhead (Carbon Based) and the rest of the FINRG crew!
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Venue: Senssi Lahti
Main stage:
FINRG Allstars 10th anniversary set
Proteus
E-NRG (Special Appearance!)
DJ RX
Carbon Based Deejays
Djane J7
Swoosh
Jayvee
JNKS
Grimsoul
Sam One
Horzi
Yaya
FINRG live PAs:
Pain On Creation LIVE (Special Appearance!)
Substanced LIVE
Alek Száhala LIVE
Foreign guests:
Solution b2b Thumpa (UK)
Heathen (SWE) b2b B.R.K (ITA)
Urban room:
PlasmaDancer (JP) Hybridize set!
Tyranoid / Strongstream (Techno set)
Big Mistake
Business City Deejays
Now that (the utterly awesome) Sabbath has finished, it’s about time to catch up on some stuff I’ve missed during the past week or so.
Remember the recent Harder.fi event? Well, massive thanks to Decion for letting me know about this – a very special, hour-long (!) video roundup of what happened, with footage of the blonde bombshell himself, plus Substanced, Amini, J7/Syntse and Heathen.
There haven’t been many freeform-only sets recently, but Labraska’s newest is one of those rare efforts that really takes you on a ‘journey’. Add some excellent mixing to the well-structured selection, and its no wonder that I’ve already given it a couple of listens.
Starting off with some of the better UK freeform tunes of the past year or so, things really take off with the introduction of Carbon Based’s Dark Side. I won’t spoil the tracklist, but the next mix had me nodding in approval as it came in, and the standard’s really maintained for the rest of the mix. For the first time in an age, I was genuinely looking forward to what Labraska was going to do with each new connection, which is always the sign of a great set.
Not a bad word to say about this one, then…it’s a must-listen.
Heathen recently played a very well-received Harder.fi set during his trip to Finland, and luckily it was recorded. This is a proper dancefloor set, with pretty much incessant energy from start to finish, and of course includes some of Heathen’s own new material (as well as long time favourite, Hesotarou Tankobu).
I’m hoping to get a full tracklist ASAP, but for the time being you can download here.
Following up the very promising Ephexor and Gladiator, Heathen also has an Epyx & Cyrez remix forthcoming on FINRG. This preview doesn’t give too much away, but it’s nice to hear such pacy drums in an E&C track, while the synths are really sounding top class.
In other news, today I finished the set I’ve been working on. Putting it together in two weeks might have cost me my sanity, but I’m pretty happy with the end result – watch this space!
That means that getting a forum up and running is top of the ‘to do’ list again, as well as finishing at least one of the tunes I’ve got lying around here.
Anyone following the occasional TYFTH Goa posts will know I’m quite a fan of Filteria’s excellent melodies, and I couldn’t resist posting up this latest work in progress video of his track Lost in the Wild. This kind of thing is always interesting, and even if you’re not a Goa fan, a look at a studio with this sort of firepower is well worth a few minutes of your time.