listen to me. go and download this. now. i am not going to bother with explanations, but all i will say is:
- this is not what you'd expect
- this is one of the best mixes i have heard in a long time
that is all you need to know.
gtc061 - speedy j & george issakidis (direct link)
get on it. this is hot hot hot.
Yes, listen to Chris
ReplyDeleteyeah, i've been passing that link around to all my friends, and everyone seems to have the same "holy shit this is amazing" consensus" about it.
ReplyDeleteso amazing. and so did not expect it.
i should re-title this post 'listen to chris and eric'. very, very unexpected. this is on heavy repeat...
ReplyDeleteI dunno about the unexpected bit. There is that famous mathematical equation: Speedy J + Mix = Yeah!!!
ReplyDeleteyou're right, this isn't what i was expecting at all. really nice mix, whatever it is in the opening 15 minutes is great.
ReplyDeleteand that koze remix is just amazing.
..i was earing it last night and found my self thinking » this is not the usal shit u ear in podcasts»...very trippy very smoth...i endorse to : )
ReplyDeleteI really need to stop skimming through the mixes for 5 seconds and deciding whether its worth listening. This is definitely worth listening.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm scared I deleted a ton of mixes I would've liked :(
@ Danny: you do raise an important point there though – how is *anyone* supposed to keep on top of all those files?
ReplyDeleteMy iTunes is downloading (as I speak) several 'casts... even if I listened all day, every day, I wouldn't be able to get through 'em all...
..it's a pretty nice problem to have, but you have to wonder what the long-term side effects of all this casting might be...
eg: how many mixes do you give one rub to, mixes that, if they were a mix CD you bought in '01, you would have kept on your discman for weeks (speaking from personal experience)?
...nonetheless, certain 'casts really, really stand out: Prosumer's Beats in Space from last year, Steffi's RA cast, and (if I may say) recent SSG casts have all been on high, high rotation.
Wow, cosmic, slow-mo, acid, gamelan... but 'cos speedy, the common denominator = intensity.
ReplyDelete...would it be possible for Speedy J to make music that was not intense?
Speaking of recent p-casts, I've been caning Steffi's recent Mixmag.info mix. Lovely track selection, nice flow.
ReplyDeleteThat Steffi set is also amazing: she has the best intuitive touch of any DJ I've heard working at the moment, both track-to-track and in working out the totality of the set. She 'knows'. It's something beyond craft I think... some DJs just really have it... and some lose it... and some might be getting it (recent Move D sets have become much, much tighter).
ReplyDelete...then there are others who are still sloppy after all these years. Juan Atkins... great track selection, but when's he gonna learn to mix?
DJ Pete, too, from what I've *shhh* heard..
But mea culpa on this count too, as another DJ Pete.
i like my techno slow-like : ).
ReplyDeleteLike this, but can't say I'm that arsed to be honest.
ReplyDeleteI'd like it a bit heavier on the bass and a bit more varied.
@PC, it's one of the reason this and other blogs alike 'work.' These blogs act as a filter.
ReplyDeleteNot that pushed on this mix, was waiting for it to get pitched up but it never happened. Why do you think he played like this?
ReplyDeletei like it precisely because it is not pitched up. slow, trippy, burning - i love sounds like this. real late afterhours shit, not many people play like this...
ReplyDeletemy guess is that issakidis is the dominant voice on this mix. the sound fits a bit more closely to what he does than speedy's.
Thanks for the insight
ReplyDeleteAbsoutely beautiful - thank you for spotlighting this & not mincing any words.
ReplyDeleteI was about to skip it because I thought I knew what it would sound like, but this is one of my favorite things of the year.
FUCK I LOVE THE LAST 11 MINS!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI mean, I love the whole thing, but seriously I love the last 11 minutes or so.
next level, an epic mix, and if you "like it a bit heavier on the bass and a bit more varied" you can adjust your sub settings and re-evaluate your chosen music genre
ReplyDeletei was about to delete it cause i thought it was a boring speedy mix. but i gave it a chance since its speedy after all :)
ReplyDeleteand gosh, it is an amazing mix, love it!
WOW! What trippy, sci-fi, K-hole did this tasty mix crawl out of?! Goodness. Wholly unexpected (as you warned...), and wholly mind-melting. Thanks for the link! ssgs forever!!!
ReplyDeleteThis will be on the download when I get home from work. I still cane the shit out of Collabs 400. When these two come together it is usually special so can't wait to have a listen. Thanks for the heads up ;)
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