LAID BACK WEDNESDAY

I took a left turn on Futurhythm last night, and decided to play some chilled out downtempo & leftfield selections. You can download the audio from the show here:

KARL HAZE - FUTURHYTHM (JAN 26 2011)

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Nightmares On Wax - Night's Introlude
Air - Modulor (Solid Remix)
‎9 Lazy 9 - Electric Lazyland
Wagon Christ - Reedin'
DJ Krush - A Whim
DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like
DJ Food - Concentric Circle
μZiq - Phiesope
Funki Porcini - Tiny Kangaroo Dolphin (From Hell)
Urban Tribe - Covert Action
Hidden Agenda - Big Lamp
Wagon Christ - Workout
Mike & Rich - Mr. Frosty
LTJ Bukem - Cosmic Interlude
μZiq - Reflectiv

DRUM & BASS: A YEAR AND A DECADE

The year 2010 is about to slip away from us and into history. I recently took the opportunity to play some of the year's best drum & bass music on my final Futurhythm episode for the year (broadcast date, December 29th), which has become somewhat of a tradition for the show year after year. Being that it is also the end of a decade, I decided to see just how things have come along since the last decade rolled over and into the next. The show started off with some classics from 1999/2000/2001. Then at the halfway mark, we took a look at some key releases from the year 2010. These are by no means definitive lists or picks, but rather a mix of some of the best in my opinion. Here's how it went down:

2000ish (an excerpt taken from a previously recorded mix)

Q Project - Champion Sound (Total Science Remix) (C.I.A.)
Phantom Audio - Remote Control (Timeless)
Dylan & Ink - California Curse (Outbreak)
Roni Size - Snapshot (Full Cycle)
Total Science - Make Me Feel (C.I.A.)
Ram Trilogy - Titan (Ram)
Uncut - Midnight (Marcus Intalex & ST Files Remix) (Wired)
London Elektricity - Wishing Well (Danny Byrd Remix) (Hopspital)
Universal Project - Rux Flava
Digital - Waterhouse Dub (True Playaz)
A Sides - Crazy VIP (Eastside)
Bad Company - Tumpa (Flashback) (Bad Company)

2010ish

Calibre - Thirst Dub (Signature)
Breakage feat. Roots Manuva - Run Em Out (Digital Soundboy)
Bladerunner - Back To The Jungle (Critical)
Total Science & S.P.Y. - Gangsta (Shogun Audio)
Tom & Jerry - Maximum Style (Serial Killaz Remix) (Tom & Jerry)
Calibre - Broken (Signature)
Break & Die - Slow Down (Symmetry)
Subwave - Darkness Dub (Metalheadz)
Exocet - Demon Seed (S.P.Y. Remix) (Nu Directions)

KARL HAZE - ABOLUTELY "T" FOR TREMENDOUS (OLD SCHOOL MIX)

My latest mix is coming at you hot on the heels of my last one, "The Dean's Address". This time 'round the mix focuses on old school jungle/hardcore selection spanning the years 1993 - 1995. This'll get you primed for Konkrete Jungle this Friday, where I'll be dropping old school cuts alongside Debaser, Mz. Rev, and Saxon. Enjoy the mix, and see you at KJ!

KARL HAZE - ABSOLUTELY "T" FOR TREMENDOUS

1. Smokey Joe - 4 Meg Soundboy (Labello Blanco)

2. DJ Hype feat. MC GQ - Roll Da Beats (Inject The Bass Mix) (Suburban Base)

3. A-Zone - Calling The People (Remix) (Whitehouse)

4. Bug Kann & The Plastic Jam - Made In Two Minutes (Origin Unknown Remix) (Labello Blanco)

5. DJ Gunshot - Wheel & Deal (No U Turn)

6. DJ Dextrous - Time To Move (Suburban Base)

7. Ron Tom - Pirates 1995 (Metamorphosis)

8. DJs Unknown - Volume 3 (Homegrown)

9. DJ Seduction - Samplemania (Impact)

10. Pooch & Wivvy - Riding Rhythm (United Dance)

11. Remarc - Da Vibes (Remix) (Dollar)

12. Question Mark - Volume 3 (Question Mark)

13. Heartless - Lifted (Heartless)

14. Crowd Pleasers - Volume 1 (Crowd Pleasers)

15. Hyper On Experience - Monarch Of The Glen (Moving Shadow)

16. Hedgehog Affair - The Pipe (Sound Entity)

17. Nut-E-1 & Technarchy - You Cannot (Bear Necessities)

18. Van Kleef - Life Began Changing (PP9)

19. Q Project - Champion Sound (Doc Scott Remix) (Legend)

20. Plasmic Life - Water Baby (Brain Progression)

21. DJ Krust - Jazz Note (V Recordings)

22. Photek - Fusion (Photek)

Download: http://postmobills.com/khaze/Karl_Haze-Absolutely_T_For_Tremendous.mp3

KONKRETE JUNGLE

w/ Debaser, Mz. Rev, Karl Haze, Saxon

Friday, October 1, 2010

Lotus Lounge (222 Slater St.)

$10 / 19+

KARL HAZE - THE DEAN'S ADDRESS (New mix for Sept. 2010)

Here's a brand new post and a brand new mix from myself, aptly titled "The Dean's Address" in honour of the recent return to the classroom for many of you. Some new cuts get mixed in with some old ones, and the finished result looks and sounds something like this:

KARL HAZE - THE DEAN'S ADDRESS (SEPT 2010)

1. Paul Saint Jack - Monument (dub)
2. Sonic & Silver - Space Cadet (Space)
3. Counterweight - Kinetic (dub)
4. Break & Fierce - Singular (DNAudio)
5. S.P.Y. - Xenomorph (Metalheadz)
6. Martyn - I Wonder Why (Revolv:R)
7. Alex Reece - Basic Principles (Commix Remix) (dub)
8. LTJ Bukem - Music (Peshay Rework) (Nexus)
9. London Elektricity feat. Robert Owens - My Dreams (Hospital)
10. Commix - Faceless (Marcus Intalex Remix) (Shogun Audio)
11. Klute - Ashram (Commercial Suicide)
12. Spirit - All I Need (Anile Remix) (Inneractive)
13. Randall & Andy C - Sound Control ("What's Up Cuz" Bladerunner Remix) (Stepback Sessions)
14. Total Science & S.P.Y. - Above The Clouds (Shogun Audio)
15. D.Kay & Epsilon - Come Easy (Defunked)

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JUST JOE - AMPLIFIED SAMPLE (HIP HOP MIX)

JUST JOE - AMPLIFIED SAMPLE (Studio Mix, 2000)

I recently had the pleasure of having long time friend and partner in crime, Roksteady (aka Just Joe), as my guest on my Futurhythm radio show. I actually met Joe through doing the radio show way back in 1997, when he used to call up on a weekly basis to flip out over drum & bass/jungle tracks I was playing, or to request the ones I wasn't. We immediately found out that we were like-minded d&b heads, and quickly became friends and associates in various DJ "crews".

A few years on from then, Joe jumped into the music production game (The Fix, Cryme). He took to it hard, and was quickly producing shockingly good music. We also wrote many tracks together (Counterweight), collectively getting play in clubs and on radio shows globally. We even managed to get a hand full of them released on various record labels.

Even though Joe is a d&b head through and through, he never shys away from other forms of music, especially reggae (roots, dub) and hip hop. The mix Joe played out on my radio show during his recent guest spot was a old mix he put together about 10 years back, featuring some of his favourite underground hip hop tracks. The music on Amplified Sample spans many years, as well as continents, showcasing an eclectic mix of hip hop from various worldwide scenes. Expect to hear tunes from DJ Food, DJ Spooky, Ninja Tune, Depth Charge (aka J. Saul Kane), and more.

Unfortunately, I don't know all of the tracks on this mix, so as of now there's no tracklist. Joe said he'd get on it though, so watch this space.