Hi everyone – and as I always end up saying in this blog, what a mad month it has been – again!
The biggest news of course is that I now have a Mrs Skywalker (OK.. a Mrs Curran to the “normal” folk) with me! I am going to dedicate a follow-up blog post to our wedding, the run up and honeymoon in detail, but of course that’s the biggest news. I want quickly to give a big BIG thank-you to everyone who wishes us well, from our parents, wedding party and friends right through to this months Core Magazine!
This blog is just going to focus on what’s happened music wise in the week or so since I got back into the UK, and it’s been pretty crazy to be honest. Last Friday I headed down to Fleet in Hampshire to DJ at a breaks night called Kompound Frakture. A big shout to the guys behind the night, DJ Donut and Dan, Life FM and Knowledge Magazine, Shaz and I had a great time, and also shouts to Alex and Lew from the nu-rave forums for coming along and showing support. It was the first time I’ve played at a breaks night and therefore my set was more on the nu-rave / rave breaks tip, with a few breaks tunes thrown in for good measure.
As always I try to get a mix of the night together so people who couldn’t make it can check it out and this was no exception, so you lovely lovely people – here’s the mix for you! It’s just over 90 minutes long so download and play away!
You can download it from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=44DTO92U and the tracklisting is as follows:
0. Intro
1. Woottsy – Tribute
2. Destiny – The Mysterons
3. Switch – A Bit Patchy (Slipmatt Remix)
4. Camile Jones vs Freddie Le Grand – The Creeps (Slipmatt & Billy Bunter Remix)
4. Mr Dan & Sparks – Body Slam
5. Seduction – Hardcore Heaven (Ratpack & Shimano Remix)
6. Rave Breakz – Where Prodigy Lives
7. Broke & Twisted – Wound Up
8. SL2 – Make a move (Sy & Unknown Remix)
9. Aquasky & Blu Rum – Tell Me You Love It (2 Bad Mix)
10. Mars & The Phat Riderz – Communistic Funky Beat 94Kuba Remix)
11. Gordon Edge – Compnded (Slipmatt & Billy Bunter Remix)
12. Kicks Like a Mule – The BOuncer (Billy Bunter & Shimano Remix)
13. Backdraft – Revolution (Affinity Remix)
14. Grizly Dynasty – Like it Raw (Breaks Mix)
15. Junki Munki – Get On Up
16. Junki Munki & Reckless – Sun Dance
17. Funkasaurus – Kegappa
18. Alex Gaudino – Destination Calabria (Slipmatt & Billy Bunter Remix)
19. Slipmatt – Breaking Free 2007
20. Ellis Dee & Swan E – Ruffneck Biznizz
21. Mulder – Cue Burn
22. Aems – Samurai Dread
23. Outro
So there you go on that one. Saturday night we were over to Cambridge for Epidemiks 13th birthday party at The Junction! I was DJing back to back with the Elation boys Ponder and Wizbit, and besides the sound system being a nightmare (the mixer having a complete mind of it’s own) it was a good night. Turnout was much better than I’ve ever seen it, and Grant and the Epidemik crew put on a great show. Everyone seemed in good spirits!
From there, it was back in the car and over to Birmingham to go to Cruze In – this one being a double celebration for James & Heathers engagement party! Shouts to everyone in the place there, unfortunately we missed Brisk by about 10 minutes but from what I gather it was pretty hilarious times.
So that’s where I’ve been out and about in the last week or so, onto the music production! Oh quickly before that, stick the 15th November into your diaries as I’m playing at Bounce 2 This at Subway City in Birmingham. If you’ve got any requests then gimme a shout! ;)
Yeah, so music production. While I was on honeymoon the boys over at Hardcore Lives have released Hardcore Energy Volume 3, featuring numerous awesome hardcore breaks tunes including Voodoo Magic by my good self! I’m obviously stoked about this, and the album is only around a fiver so click the CD cover below to head over to the record store where you can buy this slice of goodness!
And you’re back? Good stuff. Right, next on the production agenda is a brand new track by myself called 185 Hertz. Dubstep seems to be the flavour of the moment, so I have mashed it up with hardcore breaks and here’s your result. It’s getting some good feedback around the boards so here’s your chance to hear it:
More good news, is that my track “>R_U_RED.Y?” that I’ve been playing out for the last couple of months and is on the Riverdance afterparty mix on an earlier blog post has this morning been signed to Hardcore Lives for the next Hardcore Energy album! This is world exclusive news and possibly the first track to be announced for volume four (I’m if being presumptious, haha!).
Steve Deluxe has been firing people up with his great first solo artist release, Tales from the Dirtbox, featured this month in Core Magazine. It’s a free album so there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be downloading it, and he’s currently working on a second album from his label, Rogue Squadron. I’m proud to announce I’ll be contributing towards this, so more information over the next couple of months and keep your eyes peeled.
On the long-distance radar front, I’ve been approached to do some remixes for Julia K, a London-based alternative group. Details on this are very sketchy at the moment, so I’ll keep you posted details work themselves out!
And on the evening of Sunday the 23rd November, tune into Nu-Rave radio and you’ll be able to hear a very special guest mix from myself with the latest and greatest rave breaks, hardcore breaks and breakbeat hardcore.
Finally, some more good news – I posted a track “Kyoto” on here a few blog posts ago, which was my first trials into IDM (that “Squarepusher” type stuff to those not in the know), and over on Soundclick it has made it into the top 10 IDM tracks globally! As you can guess I’m pretty chuffed about this as Soundclick carry over 245,000 electronic tracks, so I’m sure there will be more stuff coming from me in this kind of style.
I think that is about it (whew!), needless to say a busy 10 days has passed since we got back from honeymoon! As for the wedding and event itself, that’s a blog post coming up next..
Oh one final word before I go, I have updated my website, www.daveskywalker.com, with new gallery photos, flyer images, booking and production information, and it now has a link back to the blog where I’ll post all my uploaded mixes – so remember to keep it bookmarked. Also for those of you reading this through facebook it’s worth noting that this isn’t a Facebook blog, it’s held with WordPress and the real link to this blog is http://daveskywalker.wordpress.com, or as mentioned you can always access it through my main website.
Right, I really should get back to work, as it’s full steam here too! Needless to say, a massive shout to EVERYONE I’ve come into contact with in the last month or so, which I think has to be just about everyone I know! It’s been pretty much the most mental month ever.. but then I always end up saying that, don’t I?
Until next time..
Dave
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