Mix DS151: Bassic Instinct

Trisector - Trace Of A Smile - Medschool
dRamatic, dbAudio - Cored - Hustle Audio
Command Strange - Agaom - Fokuz
Alix Perez, Zero T - Threads - CIA
Netsky - I Refuse - Spearhead
SpectraSoul - Guardian - Metalheadz
Bcee - Come Home - Spearhead
Komatic - Apprehension - Unsigned
Brother - Dig Deep - Fokuz
Redeyes - Brothers - Future Retro
Vahn - Never Enough (Q-Bik Remix) - Urban Sickness
Break - Late Drop - Critical
XRS Land - Scarlet - Tupy
Enea - Ramblas (Mow Remix) - Have A Break
Brookes Brothers - Tear You Down - Breakbeat Kaos
Kali - Tokyo (BCee, Lomax Remix) - Outta London
Sub Focus - Splash - RAM
Advisory, Scenic - Afterglow - Urban Chemistry
CLS - With no light to guide my way - Critical

Mix DS150: Inferno

Sadly my time at Bassdrive radio has come to an end. The reason I was given was that they are looking for 100% reliability from their show broadcasts, which I could not offer anymore. I had worked closely with them to try and improve my setup but to no avail. The technical problems were frustrating for the station, it's listeners and for me...

One limitation of Traktor is that it can only stream in ogg format. One limitation of Bassdrive is that it would only support mp3 input. This meant I had to either prerecord, transcode in real time to mp3 or broadcast my "what you hear" channel. None of which were very prosaic solutions in the end.

I have had a great 5 years on Bassdrive moving from a weekly to a monthly show last year. Like Dfunk said though, "all good things must come to an end". I'd like to thank the whole Bassdrive crew for having faith in me to begin with and I'm sorry things didn't work out. There are no hard feelings and the bright side of all this is that I can now concentrate what little free time I have these days on this podcast. I may return to the radio in future but not before I have a completely solid broadcasting setup and can actually look forward to a trouble-free show.

This month's mix features liberal festive sprinklings of Netsky, Command Strange and The Square tunes - 3 artists with unique styles that continue to catch my ear. Also featured is another delectably simple yet melodic piano tune from Komatic that I am amazed has not been signed yet.

Enjoy the new mix over Christmas and the NY. All I ask is that you don't forget to drop by and visit in 2010.

Netsky - Come Back Home - Liq-Weed Ganja
Komatic - Those Around Me - Unsigned
Phors - Show Me Right - Fokuz
Greg Packer, Big Bud - Rise - Soundtrax
Drumagick - Full Energy - Nu Labels
Agent Alvin - Drift Away - Hospital
Netsky - Everyday - Liq-Weed Ganja
Q Project - Everything Changes But Me - CIA
The Square - Admiration - Drumwise
DJ Marky, S.P.Y. - Days Go Slow feat. Miri - BBE
Command Strange - Vacation - All Street
Syncopix, MTC Yaw - Good Morning - Form
Break - Winter Sun - Shogun Audio
dBridge - Memory Park - dBridge's SoundCloud
The Square - Motion - Drumwise
Command Strange - Agaom - Fokuz
SpectraSoul - 4 Points - Metalheadz
Command Strange - So Good - Have A Break
Netsky - Midnight Express - Spearhead
Eveson - Dirty Habits - Future Thinkin

Mix DS149: Let's do dis!

Apologies to any of you that tuned into Bassdrive yesterday to listen to the show live. For some unknown reason, my stream was coming through too fast so had to be cut off. All is not lost though - I recorded the set for your exclusive listening pleasure. Please check it out and let me know what you think, I missed having direct feedback from the Bassdrive chat room.

This month's episode is named after the iconic sound-byte from Modern Warfare 2, read by Craig Fairbrass of EastEnders fame, playing alpha male cockney SAS sergeant Gaz... MW2 as it's annoyingly abbreviated is the sequel to a highly over-rated first person shooter with silly pink sniper rifles, indesctructable scenery and a well above average share of what sounds like, screeching chimps.

Having played it over the weekend, it seems the same game as before with a few extra bells 'n' whistles. Extra bells in more ways than one. This game sold 7 million copies on its first day...very clever marketing and I've got a feeling we'll see Craig and co. in an associated movie spin-off soon...without Bianca this time.


"Sorry Bianca, let's NOT do dis...your breasts are waaay too low"

Kubiks, Lomax - Miracle World - Phunkfiction
Metrik - Forward Approach - Viper
Blame - Skyline - 720 Degrees
Muffler - The Moment - Big Riddim
Triad - Fiasco - Deep Soul Music
Moby - One Time We Lived (Matrix, Futurebound Remix) - DNBA
Sub Focus - Splash - RAM
XRS - Bravin - Bulldozer
Komatic - Now Shes Free - ???
Breakage - Cooper - Critical
State Of Mind - Floor 14 (Bungle Remix) - Syntax Audio
Peyo - U Can Make It - Vandal
KG - Lucky 17 - Allsorts
ICR, Soulproof - One In A Million (Remix) - Strictly Digital
Bcee - Glitterballs (Redeyes, Lenzman Remix) - Spearhead
Drumagick - Full Energy - Nu Labels
Stanza and Grimm - By My Side - Influenza Media
Undersound - Happy Go Lucky - Point 9 Audio
Command Strange - Free Your Soul - All Street Recordings