Textures

Here is a little bonus for you all.  I put this mix together for Wes' radio show and thought "What the hell, I might as well post it to the podcast too!"  So here you go!  Tons of great old tracks in here too as I have been collecting these for a while.  Enjoy.

Tracklisting

01. Pablo Roma - Sad Flowers (Dynamic Illusion Intro Mix)

02. Coldfish - Cycles

03. Claude Von Stroke - Who's Afraid of Detroit (Stanton Warriors Mix)

04. Petter - Six Songs (Tone Diary Mix)

05. Bedrock - Forge

06. Luke Chable - Melburn

07. Beber & Tamra - You Wonder (Starecase Vocal Mix)

08. Ivan Frolov - Cloudy 2007 (Hypnotic Breaks Mix)

09. Pole Folder & CP - Dust (Fretwell Mix)

10. Brahma & Drew Nichols - Submerged (Madoka Alternate Generation Mix)

Wes has been my co-resident at Amsterdam Rhino for over a year now and so it is surprising that I have not gotten him on the podcast until now.  Wes prides himself on weaving together many styles of music even going so far as to play Psy-trance on occasion.  He is also the man behind the success Area709.com website which features a host of DJs and Producers with articles, bios and a ton of mix set to scope out.  What follows is the result of a mix exchange that Wes and I agreed to a while back and finally got around to doing.

Enjoy!

Tracklisting

1) Orchid - Communication2) Lea D - Infinite Ways3) Rocky Miller - Chamber of Secrets4) Andy Duguid - Don't Belong5) Calico - December Moon6) Federico Epis - Tone7) Matias Rodriguez - Yo8) Maxime Dangles - Love Water9) Topher Jones - Refinery10) Federico Epis - Silver Chordz11) High Noon at Salinas - Celebration

Happy New Year!

Well so I was supposed to have another live set for you this month, this time from the new years eve show that I was supposed to play.  Unfortunately the show got cancelled last minute which sucked!  Anyways, as a consolation I have put together a mix consisting of many of the tracks that I was taking to the show.  This mix comprises a great selection of old records that I have been meticulously transcribing to digital form.  This has been a really exciting project for me as there are some excellent tracks that I had all but forgotten I had!  So sit back and enjoy this selection of music that I have just rediscovered.

Tracklisting:
01) Joe T Vanelli - Prelude
02) Swayzak - State Of Grace
03) Greed - Strange World (Lemon 8 Mix)
04) Minilogue - Little Sisters
05) Quivver - Dancing In Dark Rooms (Quivver Dub)
06) Big Pig - Breakaway (Chris Fraser Mix)
07) Glen Morrison - Circles
08) Nick Muir - Savin' You
09) Infusion - Legacy (Junkie XL Mix)
10) Snake Sedrick - Mirage (Intro)
11) Quivver - These Are The Days (Vocal Mix)

This set come live from my residency at Amsterdam Rhino and features my very first Ableton Live mix set.  I've spent some time getting to know the software and decided to give it a try at the Rhino last month.  It was a great night with an awesome group there getting down.  The set spans a very wide spectrum of music with some Tech House, Electro and prog as well as some things that were down right Trancy!  I all went over well and I'd like to thank all the folks who came out and gave their support down in the dungeon at the Rhino.  I will post the tracklisting for this mix soon but I need to track down a couple of track names first.  In the mean time enjoy this set and please give me any feedback on what worked (or didn't work) as I am still getting the hang of this Ableton thing.

Cheers and happy holidays!

RobC

Here it is, the new look and feel of the podcast!  I know it has been a long time since any of you got a new episode and well... I've not just been sitting on my arse.  Some traveling, some beer drinking in exotic locales, some hard drive failures and a general rethinking of what I'm doing has brought us here to the new and improved podcast - Textures.  Presented by yours truly and still committed to bringing you all the very best in electronic music of all types.  I have added new graphics care of Area709, a new intro sequence and coming soon some dialog intros to the mixes as they come out.  I hope you all enjoy this more professional looking and sounding show and I look forward to growing our audience in the months to come.  And as always, pass this along to other like minded peeps out there and share the love!

To kick off Textures, I have a mix from a good friend of mine.  He has been DJing forever as far as I can tell.  He has opened for every major DJ you can think of and has retained a sought after spot on the Balance Record pool for years.  He is perhaps the god-father of Progressive in Calgary and just an amazing person in general.  I hope you enjoy this live mix from none other than Cary Chang!

Rob C

From Cary:

I am going to come at this bio thing from another perspective cause generally I find bio's thoroughly un-interesting and self aggrandizing at best. If anyone is at all interested they can check my site - but even that bio is sort of weak. I will however share some stories that are pertinent to this mix!

This mix is a piece of my warm up set for our Sander Kleinenberg show at Tantra nightclub. This was the second time I played with Sander - and my story comes from the first which must have been around 2001, just as his Global Underground mixes started to come out - and in the slump of our local scene. I had been playing to a very very slow warm up crowd - lethargy pervaded and the trainspotters were out in full effect - not a good equation to warming up a dance floor for a dj I couldn't wait to see! The sound of the time was a very boring era of progressive - the dark tribal days and I was in an area I was calling Nu.House - a very open interpretation of what fits together - more clubby then progressive house was known to be, but also more divergent - playing more techno, break beats - really pushing different things into one place. Needless to say - the crowd was not really sure of what to make of me. Sander had been in the club long enough to drop his record bags - and run to get some drinks - probably talk to some girls.. that's what all guest dj's do right? .... well I have all these trainspotters probably tearing me apart in their heads, no dance floor to speak of - and Sander comes running over asking if he can buy the last two records - having owned a shop, the records themselves are no big deal to me.. but in jest I said I couldn't accept his money and that instead I would trade him... He promptly opened his bag - tore through it and handed my back four of five new promos. The trainspotters jaws were on the floor and I felt totally vindicated! To be honest - it has been interactions like this that remind me of the true community of people who just love dance music!

of special note on this mix - due to Sander's tour, we were playing on the new an unreleased Pioneer SVM 1000 mixer - I am rarely intimidated when I get into a club or booth - but this thing made me sit back and look for five minutes before I did anything - a real pleasure and a highlight of the show! check this thing out, it will blow your mind.

Anyways - thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my mix with your listeners - sorry its like three years over due - and I look forward to our mountain biking season in the coming year bro!

So sorry that I seemed to have lost track of May for you all!  It has become increasingly difficult to remember what day it is notwithstanding the amount of time i've spent booking travel to different places.  I am writing you all from beautiful Prague in the Czech Republic where I am shacked up for the moment (Thanks for the help with that Evan!).  By way of apology for missing my last installment of the podcast I have sucked it up and put together an nice long 2 1/2 hour set for you guys.  This set contains a good cross section of some tech and progressive house tracks that you will all enjoy.  I have been hearing many of these tracks played out and about here in Europe and so can put my European stamp of approval on them for you. 

To give you some idea of what i've been up to please visit my Facebook site (search [email protected] to find me) and check out the pics of my trip that I have posted up there.  And without further delay enjoy the mix!

Tracklisting

01 - Loafer - Dirtbike (16 Bit Lolitas Mix)
02 - Van Bellen & Greed - City Lights (Chab Mix)
03 - Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby (Leron & Yves Eaux Mix)
04 - Dousk - Estrange
05 - Cerf Mitiska & Jaren - Light The Skies (NJ Mix)
06 - Slytek - Midnight Static
07 - Tim Davidson - Mortal Coil
08 - Paolo Mojo - 1983 (Eric Prydz Mix)
09 - Danny Tenaglia - Dibiza (Peter Gelderblom & Rene Amesz Mix)
10 - Rob Curtis - Hollowed Out
11 - Chris Micali - Feel For You (Micali Kares Mix)
12 - Fine Taste - Spicy Cooking
13 - James Harcourt - Wired (Mashtronic Mix)
14 - Fine Taste - More Grey Than Blue
15 - Dousk - Acrobatics
16 - Chab Vs Neils Van Gogh, Eniac, Eric Smax & Thomas Gold - Lover's Pulverturm 2.0 (Rob Curtis Mashup)
17 - Girl Nobody - Careful What You Say (Rob Curtis Mix)
18 - Subsky - Caterpillar
19 - Mikrokosmos - Two Places (Absolut & Greed Mix)
20 - Slacker - Psychout (Micah Remix)
21 - Trisco - Podium
22 - Chris Nemmo & Andree Eskay - Affectation (Dousk Dub Electro)

Hello and greetings from London!  I have been out here for a couple of weeks now and am loving every minute.  But of course how can I complain, my days consist of walking around taking photos, having pints at local pubs and trying to decide which country to visit next.  Ah the good life!

I know that this set comes a little later than usual but it is hard to find the time to put together radio shows when you are living out of a backpack.  I am however dedicated to bringing you all more quality music, even if it does take time away from my sightseeing!  This month I have for you all a very interesting mix that I put together for Frisky Radio.  Unfortunately the show aired right around the time that I was heading to Europe (I think I was actually in the air when the show played...) and so I had no time to let you all know about it in advance.  As a concession I am releasing it here for all to download and enjoy.

This mix begins very minimally and progresses into a fairly smooth prog set.  I hope you all like it.  I even spiced it up with a mashup that I put together a little while back.  See if you can spot it!  I look forward to hearing from you all.

RobC

Evan Jones is another rising talent coming from the DJ community of Vancouver.  We met last year at an outdoor party that Evan was playing at the infamous "Mile 36".  Evan is a recent addition to Soundproof, a group of techno and trance DJs that have been throwing underground parties in Vancouver for the last nine years. 

DJing started as a way to pass the time on rainy afternoons over a year ago.  His first opportunities playing out at larger events came this past summer at Karma and Trancemission 9, two outdoor parties held in Squamish, B.C.  Karma saw him playing three hours earlier than intended - and completely unprepared - when the two of the DJs on the lineup for the progressive stage couldn't be found.  Trancemission marked the first time anyone from Soundproof had melted a record in half, midway through a set.  "Both events gave me a pretty good idea of how to deal with the unexpected, and I think that's invaluable."
While still actively exploring several genres of music, he became aware early on that he had inadvertently cast himself into a specific niche.  "Back in February, a friend phoned me from some random house party at 5:30am.  There were decks, and he instantly thought of me as the party reached the daylight hours.  The morning has become my favorite time to play.  Things are a bit less frenetic and I find people a lot more open-minded.  Recognizing you have to bring music for every conceivable emotional state is a bit daunting, but it definitely never gets boring."

1. "Datum" - Silent Brothers (Lokitas rmx)
2. "Ultraviolet" - Luke Fair
3. "Body In Motion" - Rob Curtis
4. "Mare Di Voci" - Drew Nichols (breaks rmx)
5. "Seragaki" - Ryukyu Underground (Quivver rmx)
6. "Passing Lights" - 16 Bit Lolitas w. Jennifer Horne
7. "Manipulator" - Jaytech (Parallel Sound rmx)
8. "Dream On" - Shiloh (Luke Chable rmx)
9. "Engage" - Jaytech
10. "Leave Me Cold" - Stef Vrolijk w. 16 Bit Lolitas
11. "Mispent Years" - Schatrax (Silicone Soul Darkroom Dub)

Body In Motion EP - Special Release Podcast

I have spent a long time collecting the tracks that have gone into this

mix set and it is a very good representation of what I would call

Electro House, though this set leans towards the progressive side of

that genre to be sure.  This sound makes up a big part of what I have

been playing at my residence in Calgary and for those of you who have

been down to the Red Light Sessions you will probably recognize many of

these tracks from my sets there.  Big is one way to describe this music

but the ultimate litmus test is how the sound fares in a live setting

and so far I can tell you that these tracks "get it!"  I hope that this

music does as well on your headphones and home stereos as it has at the

club.  Enjoy!

Tracklisting

01 - Furry Nipples - Why (Dumb Dan Remix)
02 - Cicada - The Things You Say (Invasion Remix)
03 - Bastards of Funk - Relentless Feat. Peter Bense (The Crisp Remix)
04 - Sarah McLeod - He Doesn't Love You (Hook N Sling Vocal Mix)

05 - Pryda - Shadows
06 - Rob Curtis - Body In Motion
07 - Shiloh - Vice
08 - Phatjak - Dirty Monday (Bart Van Wissen Mix)
09 - Matt Rowan & Jaytech - Holding On
10 - Common Ground - To Be Given (Max Graham Remix)

11 - Gabriel & Dresden - Tracking Treasure Down
12 - Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis (Chris Lake Remix)

Another good episode for you all.  This time we have a big timer in the form of D:Fuse.  AKA Dustin Fuselier.  I've known Dustin for quite a few years now and am proud to have him on the show as he has been a great influence in the progressive scene over the years.  I will let the bio speak for itself but let me say that what follows is but a taste of what he has been into over the years.  I would also like to point you all to his websites.

www.djdfuse.com

www.myspace.com/dfuse

Born and bred in Texas, D:FUSE always dreamt of being a musician. As a

teenager, D:FUSE hated electronic music. "I felt like live musicianship

was what real music was, a group of guys all jamming together." But

after several years of playing in the live music circuit, D began to

feel that the "live" music scene was becoming old, and began to believe

that the real art

music wasn't just in playing it, but in creating and writing it; live
instruments

seemed to have a lot of limitations. "Electronic music seemed like a

vast landscape to me. Limitless. When I picked up Nine Inch Nails"

Pretty Hate Machine," I knew electronic music was what I wanted to

write," D:FUSE says.

D:FUSE broke onto the Texas club scene ten years ago

performing industrial music under the name Culture Industry. Influenced

by bands like The Fixx, The Chameleons, U2, Ministry, and Depeche Mode,

the young D:FUSE soon turned his energies to full-time DJing, spinning

progressive music.

As his DJ reputation grew, D:FUSE began spinning all over the

USA, Canada and Mexico. His first mix CD, "Psychotrance 2000,"was

released in September 1999, was followed up with "Psychotrance 2001,"

and then "Progressive Mix Volume One," When D:FUSE's skills came to the

attention of Paul Oakenfold, Oakenfold was so impressed that he offered

D:FUSE the opening DJ slot on two North American Perfecto tours. This

gave D:FUSE the opportunity to expand his horizons and establish his

name with huge audiences. According to Oakenfold: "D:FUSE represents

what I admire most. He's worked hard for what he's achieved, He's a

fantastic DJ and artist, he has a creative mind and he understands the

whole vibe."