atish

Yesterday I got back from Burning Man, and the 7 mind-blasting days were incredibly valuable to me, for they inspired a lot of well-needed confidence in my DJ abilities. Every morning I rolled out of bed, brushed my teeth and spun for 2-4 hours, eating breakfast while behind the decks. Most nights I would spin at least another 2-4 hours as well. It was a great experience playing for my camp and having random pedestrians stop in my camp for a dance. I'm looking forward to next year where I can expose my sound (and tech-house in general) to even more burners...Inspired by the week, I put together this mix...Enjoy

1. Amadou, Mariam - Ce N'est Pas Bon (DJ Aero Nod Remix)

2. Alland Byallo - Eyes Closed, Looking In (Original Mix)

3. Seuil, Boris Horel - He.ven (Bijou Edit)

4. Spirit Catcher - Sedona (Original Mix)

5. Chelonis R. Jones - Pompadour (Gorge Dub Mix)

6. Nils Nurnberg & Florian Kruse - Suerte (Original Mix)

7. Agoria - Dust feat. Scalde (Oxia Remix)

8. Massive Attack - Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix)

9. Stimming - Funk With Me

10. Frivolous - C:\ My Consciousness (Original Mix)

11. The Gathering - In My System (Jef K System Mix)

One of the things I heavily focused on this mix was harmonic mixing.If you compare this mix to my June 2010 mix, you'll notice that the tracks flow much better from a melodic perspective.

I started this mix off with some spacey nu-disco tracks originally hoping to pull it around to some synth-funk and disco to close it out...The mix ended up taking a tech-house turn, most likely because I really wanted to include Pezzner's Chiuso Per Ferie (19:27)...After that track, the mix kind of took its own direction with little hope for making it into disco. I'm still mostly pleased with the mix, although I feel that the Shonky, Agaric-Dudu number (32:32) took the mix a little darker than necessary, especially after a bouncer like iO-Jeton. Well, that's life - it's not like I have control over these things..sometimes the tracks choose you.

Hope you enjoy.

-Atish

1. Body Stop - Touch Sensitive

2. Do You Remember - Mario Basanov

3. Test (Toby Tobias Upside Groove Remix) - Mario Basanov, Vidis

4. Chiuso Per Ferie - Pezzner

5. Jeton - iO

6. Dudu - Shonky, Agaric

7. Who's Laughing Now - Martin Landsky

8. He.ven (Bijou Edit) - Seuil, Boris Horel

9. Dirty (YSE Gets Dutty and Deep Mix) - Rhythm Plate

10. Stick To My Side (Efdemin Version) - Pantha Du Prince

11. Leonor's Lanugo (Radio Slave Remix Part 2) - Ripperton

Just a collection of some techy and deep tunes that I mixed together.The common thread running through this mix is that all but two tracks use vocals as an instrument.I am really attracted to the use of cut up, often indistinguishable vocal samples in dance music.I think it makes what some describe as the "robotic" feeling of techno/tech-house much more human, organic, and accessible.

1 Overdue Dachshund 07:52 1 Overwish EP

2 Addiction Prompt 06:14 1 Addiction Highgrade Records

3 Forget The World feat. Beckford - Original Mix Zev 05:46 Significant Others Too Wolf + Lamb Records

4 She Knows - Original Mix Dyed Soundorom 07:14 Icare EP Freak N Chic

5 Las Retamas Chris Lattner 06:24 3 Sick Fear Of Flying

6 This Feeling - Original Mix Zev 06:23 Significant Others Wolf + Lamb Records

7 Troubles - Original Mix Okain 06:07 Deep Troubles EP Tsuba

8 The Disco Dub - Original Mix Lee Curtiss 06:11 Love In The Key Of Freak Get Physical Music

9 Sued - Original Mix Canson 07:31 Orientation EP Cityfox

10 Chi Chi - Wiretappeur Remix Phonogenic, Sasse 07:38 Chi Chi Dieb Audio

11 It's The Place - Original Mix (Beatport Exclusive) Russ Gabriel 06:42 Parsec Leena Music

12 Adjust the Frequency - Original Mix Alexi Delano 07:35 Adjust the Frequency Clink

13 The Lab - Original Mix Alexi Delano, Vincenzo, The Phantom Image 09:28 My Deep House Volume 1 Push Communications