Here’s another concept mix of mine, this time focusing on futuristic flavours in todays Drum’n’Bass. In the recent years there has been a fair amount of progressive glitch / idm / minimal / techno influenced sound coming mainly out of Neurofunk / Technoid scene and we can also see harder D’n’B camp crossing over to more experimental territories especially in regards to drum patterns. This set aims to showcase such tracks which I think are often pinned under neuro/angerstep tag and kind of slept on.
Techniquewisely I tried to match the complexities of tunes used so there are a lot of cuts, tricks and unusual blends, sounds flowing in and out of each other etc. The purpose here was to go slightly beyond the formula of a standard promo mix and really merge the elements together to create a perfect listening machinery…
…which is also reflected by the mix’s cover. Partial inspiration here was Goldie’s Saturnzreturn album art with its skull-like device which made (at least me) wonder what exactly is it I see.
Right, enough talking – here it is:
IZM | TEXHNOLYZED SOULS [ MB: 117 | KBPS: 192 | MIN: 85 ] TRACKLIST:Download
1. INTRO / GANGSTARR
2. EVOL INTENT / ERA OF DIVERSION
3. INSIDEINFO / THE VERGE
4. CERN / TENSE PASSED
5. THE UPBEATS / PANIC
6. TENCHU & ZOOL / ANTIMATTER [THE SECT RMX]
7. APEX / HENCH
8. COOH / BE BLAST
9. MINOTAUR / TORN BETWEEN
10. THE UPBEATS & S.O.M. / DEVIANTS
11. FORTRESS / CAPTIVITY
12. N-PHONIX / PIRANHA
13. RAIDEN / SPUTNIK
14. SUBSONIK / THE ONE
15. GRIDLOK / GUTTERFUKER
16. JADE / CRYPTIC
17. EVOL INTENT & EYE D / ROCK & ROLL
18. SPOR / VALENTINE
19. KRYPTIC MINDS & LEON SWITCH / LAST SAMURAI
20. POETRY / ONE [TEEBEE RMX]
21. LIMEWAX / BATHWATER
22. PYRO FT. MUNDANE / RESOLVE
23. AMIT / PROPAGANDA
24. NUANCE / TREAD
25. LIMEWAX / ZOMBIE VS ZOMBIE
26. W. MCBRIDE / OFF THE CEILING [COOH RMX]
27. TELEMETRIK / SPACE COKE
28. SILENT WITNESS & BREAK / MODULE
29. NOCTURNAL / CREEPER
30. SLEEPER CELL & MASHEEN / DEEP COVER
31. T.Z.A. / FUCT
32. RREGULA & DEMENTIA / FORTRESS
33. T.TECH / THE CHASE [RMX]
34. KRONE / MAYA MATRIX
35. BRAINFUZZ / PRIVILEGE
36. AUDIO / PREMONITION
37. CURRENT VALUE / TECTONIC
38. OUTRO / GETTING’ ASS GETTIN’ ASS
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