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Darklight Podcast 07

Here comes Darklight podcast number 7, and for the last cast of 2009 we present an extended episode presenting the very best in jungle, drum n bass and jungle tekno straight from the finest selectors Brighton has to offer!

The first hour provides a heavyweight mashup of some hard amens with some deeper, more rolling dnb flavas tightly mixed by local Brighton DJ’s X Nation + Life.

X Nation, also known as Stimpy, is a local Brighton legend, regularly playing at a whole host of Brighton venues dropping the finest jungle and drum n bass.

Check out his releases on Renegade Weed, Originate and Repertoire Sound recordings. For more info check out http://soundcloud.com/x-nation/tracks for tracks, mixes and more!

Life aka Double A is another well known Brighton local, regularly spinning at Volks and other Brighton clubs – check out his tune with X Nation on Originate Recordings and watch this space for some big tunes coming soon from this firing up and comer!

The alternative mix this month showcases the new sound of Jungle Tekno, an offshoot or Jungle and drum n bass rapidly rising in popularity – Kosine aka DJ Youngsta is the selecta with a sick mix of the hottest J-Tek cuts many of which are released or forthcoming on his own Originate recordings label.

Originate was setup in January of this year as a platform to support artists that may not be getting the exposure they deserve. Originate will be pushing hi-end underground Jungle & J-tek productions to the scene for the scene by helping it grow in the UK, Europe & Worldwide. With a long list of high profile DJ’s supporting the label including Pilgrim, Outrage, Modular, Bassline Smith, Bizzy B, Stranjah, Theory, Insight, Grooverider, X Nation, Crissy Criss and Classified Material the future looks bright for Originate.

Check out Originate on myspace: www.myspace.com/originaterecordings and on the J-Tek social networking site: http://j-tekrecords.ning.com/profile/Originate

X Nation b2b Life Studio Mix

Tracklist

1) source direct - concealed identity

2) stranjah - j train

3) digital & spirit - highway

4) 0=0 - soul hunter testifies

5) embee - fractured soul

6) mixmaster doc - watercress funk

7) blocks & escher - shadowplay

8) ak1200 & gridlok - dub 4 dub

>> x nation - dark stranger

9) x nation - v.i.p. business

10) spectrasoul - the fourpoints

11) alix perez - state 808

12) x nation - could fairy

13) kosine & sinner - nah ease up tonight

14) s.p.y. - asbo

15) Life & blake - blind faith

16) equinox - babylon

17) x nation ft silver - trouble

18) dj loxy - caution

19) antidote - the mantra v.i.p.

Kosine Originate J-Tek showcase mix

Tracklist

1) Kosine - True Media - Nolige & Pilgrim Remix - Originate Recordings

2) Nebula - Sound in Motion - Scientific Wax

3) Furious Styles - Badbwoy - Originate Recordings

4) Pilgrim - Retro Vibes - Cloud 9 Digital

5) Kosine - Awakening The Crazy Jungle - Originate Recordings

6) Madcap - Media Lab - Steel Fingers

7) X Nation - Black Flames - Originate Recordings

8) Nolige & Pilgrim - Galactica - Cloud 9 Digital

9) Classified Material - Take Control - Originate Recordings

10) Kosine & Riff Raff - Grace Period - Originate Recordings

11) Modular - Dark NRG - J-Tek Records

12) Voytek - Come With - Originate Recordings

13) Double O - Spiritual Jungle Tekno - Originate Recordings

14) Absent - Falling In Love - Originate Recordings


Don’t forget to check out the Darklight Podcast in January 2010 for another chunk of quality electronic music direct from Brighton and Hove.

Episode 6 - September 2009

This month we go all out upfront and rolling presenting an hour long studio mix from local Brighton DJ Huxley - expect a heavyweight selection of dancefloor smashers that'll take your breath away!

For the alternative mix this month we present a selection of jazzy, soulful beats from the recently released Brownswood Bubblers compilation, compiled and laid down by OD. The perfect mix of wicked grooves to bring you down after the all out assault from DJ Huxley.

You can catch DJ Huxley playing at the Volks club in Brighton at various Drum n bass events in the very near future.

For booking and info check out www.myspace.com/lostboysuk or email: grandmasterhuxley@hotmail.com

Don't forget to hit Darklight @ Volks Tavern, Madeira Drive, Brighton on the 19th of September -

Check out the facebook page HERE: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=128979628483&ref=ts

Tracklist

DJ Huxley in the mix

01/ FANTAZIA - FRESH [DIGITAL SOUNDBOY]
>> THE PULSE - BAD COMPANY [PROTOTYPE]
02/ COMING FROM THE TOP - DIE & BREAK [CLEAR SKYZ]
>> DISCONNECTED - CYANTIFIC [HOSPITAL]
03/ AVON CALLING - LOMAX [RAM]
04/ ASYLUM - RAM TRILOGY [AUDIO PORN]
05/ BULLET TIME (SPOR RMX) - BAD COMPANY [BC RECORDINGS]
06/ OHM - KILLA HURTZ [PROPAGANDA]
07/ FAITH MASSIVE - LOMAX [RAM]
08/ DOWN THE LINE (BREAK RMX) - ALIX PEREZ feat MC FATS [SHOGUN AUDIO]
09/ BELLVIEW - COMMIX [METALHEADZ]
10/ CLEAR SKYZ (BREAK RMX) - DIE [CLEAR SKYZ]
>> ROOTS - MR L [MR L RECORDS]
11/ STCAL ROLLER - CALIBRE [SIGNATURE]
>> WATERMELON - ED RUSH & OPTICAL [VIRUS]
12/ I REMEMBER (J MAJIK & WIKAMAN RMX) - DEADMAU5 [VIRGIN]
13/ FOLLOW THE LIGHT - SUBFOCUS [RAM]
14/ THE WAIT - PRS [LIQUID SOLDIERS]
15/ IMAX - CULTURE SHOCK [RAM]
16/ SUPERGRASS - CARLITO & ADDICTION [DEFUNKED]
>> TRUST ME - RONI SIZE [TALKIN LOUD]
17/ HEAVYWEIGHT - FRESH [DIGITAL SOUNDBOY]
18/ KNOCK KNOCK - PROXIMA & NYMPHO [FREQUENCY]
>> NEVER CAN TELL (IT’S A TRAP) - I KAMANCHI [FULL CYCLE]
19/ CONFESSION - CALYX & TEEBEE [MOMENTUM]
20/ NOWHERE TO RUN - APEX [LIFTED]
21/ ODD NUMBER - EVOL INTENT feat EWUN & VICIOUS CIRCLE [EVOL INTENT]
22/ STIGMA - NOISIA [VISION]
23/ POLYGON - SHOCK ONE [VIPER]
>> THE NINE - BAD COMPANY [BC RECORDINGS]
24/ THE SECRET - DIRTYPHONICS feat TALI [AUDIO PORN]
25/ DR FEELS GOOD - ORIGINAL SIN [PLAYAZ]
26/ AZTEC - SPOR [SHOGUN AUDIO]
27/ SMASH TV - CHASE & STATUS [RAM]
28/ CHUBRUB - ED RUSH & OPTICAL [VIRUS]
29/ TROJAN HORSE (JOHN B RMX) - BLOCK PARTY [WICHITA RECORDINGS]

OD 'Brownswood' beats alternative selection

1. Awake - Keaver & Brause
2. Everything - New Look
3. Lone - Sea spray
4. Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So Maybe No

Episode 5 - This month we go deep once again, presenting a deep and interesting selection from OD, one half of Unison, as he steps up to decks to drop a 60 min studio mix - expect deep and minimal, watch out for a couple of his own productions dropping in also.

For the alternative mix this month we have J:mmy Unison's alter ego 66k dropping a mix of techy dub step - watch out for 66k's own productions dropping in once again.

Keep it locked to the darklight podcast - we are now running things bi-monthly, so the next cast will be dropping in September!

Tracklist

OD Studio Mix

Survival - Walk On By - Exit
Calibre - New Cons - Exit
Spectrasoul - Organiser - Critical
Instramental - Thugtronik - Exit
Lomax - Too Real - Soul:R
Chris Inperspective - Heathers Hot Waffles - Exit
OD - Cut Deep - Unsigned
Marcus Intalex - Universe - Metalheadz
D Bridge - On My Mind - Exit
Commix - Life We Lead - Soul:R
OD - Believe... - Unsigned
Shy FX - Plastic Soul (D Bridge Metal Soul Remix) - Digital Sound Boy
Data - Splice - Metalheadz
Spectrasoul - Taken - Critical
Alix Perez - I'm Free - Shogun Audio
Lynx + Kemo - Dangerous - Soul:R
Commix - Underwater Scene - Soul:R
Data - Muted - Metalheadz
Naibu - Newport - Soul:R
Survival - Even Now - Exit
Calibre - Suddenly - Signature
Instramental - Hunter - Soul:R
J:mmy Unison - Life on Mars - Unsigned

66k Dub-Tekno alternative mix

Everything About You - Martyn
Put You Down - TRG (Ramadanman Refix)
Tin Foil Sky - Shackleton
Congo - Geeneus
Grounded - Headhunter
Channel Two - 2562
Twilight Dub - 66K

Here comes round 4 of the darklight podcast, we are shortening things up now, concentrating on keeping the beats fresh – kicking things off this month in the new format we have Brighton’s very own Insight dropping a deep and rolling mix of the latest cuts featuring plenty of dubs from the likes of Instramental Loxy and Spectrasoul. Check out Insights releases on Digital Soundboy, Commercial Suicide and Horizons, big tings!

Also check out Carbon @ the Volks, Madiera Drive Brighton coming back strong in September. Insight and the Carbon crew will also be running events at Hectors House and Riki Tik over the summer!

Finishing things off we have the alternative mix this month presented by OD, featuring some hip hop, deep dubstep and broken beats – summer vibes!

Don’t forget to check the next darklight podcast dropping in June, slimmed down and tuned up for extra vibes!


INSIGHT STUDIO MIX

Tracklist

Storyboard - Loxy & Resound (Digital Soundboy Dub)
Take A Breath - Klute VIP (Commercial Suicide Dub)
Splinter - Spirit (Inneractive Dub)
I'm Free - Alix Perez (Shogun Audio)
No Future - Instra:mental (NonPlus+ Dub)
>>To Shape The Future - Optical (Metalheadz)
Transmission - Insight (Digital Soundboy Dub)
Awareness - Loxy & Isotone (Digital Soundboy Dub)
Wonder Where - D Bridge (NonPlus+ Dub)
Dangerous - Lynx & Kemo (Soul:r Dub)
Untitled - Spectrasoul (Unreleased)
Down & Out - Cern (Icarus Audio Dub)
Kharm & LM1 - Inversion [Naibu Remix] (Levitated Dub)
Disconnected - Spirit (inneractive)
The Sprawl - Data (Horizons Music Dub)
Shadowplay - Escher & Blocks (Digital Soundboy Dub)
Gunpoint - Rift (Broken Audio Dub)
Drums - Rockwell (Digital Soundboy Dub)

OD Alternative mix

Tracklist

Total Science feat MC Conrad, Phonte and Darien Brockington – Wasting time (Total science and Kaidi remix)
Flying Lotus – Roberta Flack (Martyn’s heart beat remix)
Martyn – Vancouver
Roland Appel – New Love (Tuff City kids remix)
Soul Phiction – Ghana Wadada (The Lost Men remix

This month the darklight podcast drops in heavyweight once again with a very special V classics mix featuring some seminal anthems from the V recordings back catalog presented by Jimmy Unison. This is followed up with a selection of deep and techy dubstep cuts for the alternative section also put together by Jimmy Unison.

Finally we have DJ crisis, darklight cambridge resident dropping some next level future thinking bass and drum.

Check the tracklist below:

V Classics Mix

01. Brand New Funk - Adam F
02. Angles (Dillinja Remix) - Krust
03. It’s Jazzy - Roni Size
04. Autumn - DJ Die
05. Li Li - Scorpio
06. Warhead - Krust
07. Funktion - Ed Rush & Optical
08. Vegas - Peshay
09. Picture On My Wall - Trinity
10. Check Dis Out - Krust
11. Unexplored Terrain - Dillinja
12. Shrinkwrap - Ed Rush & Optical
13. It’s A Jazz Thing - Roni Size & DJ Die

Dubstep Mix

01. Heads Roll - 66K Feat. Skilf
02. Midnight Request Line - Skream
03. Moodstep - OD
04. Prototype - Headhunter
05. Morvern - 2562
06. Moog Dub - 2562
07. Planet Dust - Bad Company (66K Bootleg)
08. Restless - Evil Nine (66K Remix)

DJ Crisis Studio Mix - Darklight Cambridge resident

01 - Dephecta & Bop - The Space Between
02 - KDC - Silver Box (Dub)
03 - Mixmaster Doc - Gangsta Down
04 - Prolific - Migration
05 - S.P.Y. - New Beginning
06 - Alix Perex feat. Kemo - I'm Free
07 - Loxy & Isotone - Acienta
08 - Marcus Intalex & ST.Files - Lose Control
09 - Commix - Justified
10 - KDC - Mind's Eye (Dub)
11 - Seba - Special Ops
12 - Data & Nebulus - Geometry
13 - Naibu - Newport
14 - Source Direct - A Made Up Sound (Tease)
15 - Escher - Slice
16 - Data - Muted
17 - The Schemists - Mr. Gribbler (Dub)
18 - Flying Lotus - Tealeaf Dancers (Logistics Booty)
19 - Vicious Circle - Havana
20 - Bop - Universum
21 - Breakage - Callahan
22 - Crisis - Far Away (Dub)

Don't forget to check out the next Darklight Podcast hitting your iTunes in May.

keep it darklight baby!

Dropping in heavyweight here comes round 2 of the darklight podcast - this month we take a trip down memory lane with a very special 45 min hospital records tribute mix. Expect some well known classics mixed up with a few lesser known tunes from hospitals extensive backcatalog - there's even a couple of hit of broken beat thrown in there for exrta spice!

The alternative mix see's a very special deep and interesting minimal house mix from up and coming Brighton event Beep low tech - resident Organic Matter lays down the wickedness for this one.

Rounding this off we've got an extra special 60 min mix of pure rough cut junglizm from Brighton legend Kosine aka DJ Youngtsa. Expect some serious pressure on this one!

Don't forget to check out the next Darklight podcast for more full spectrum electronic music direct from Brighton and Hove!

TRACKLIST

Hospital Tribute Mix

1. London Elektricity vs. Robert Owens – My dreams (total science remix)
2. London Elektricity – Different Drum (Photek tek dub remix)
3. Cyantific – little green men
4. Cyantific – Be true
5. SKC + Safair – Free my Soul
6. Delta – Roots
7. Nitin Sawhney – Sunset (London Elektricity Remix)
8. High Contrast – Passion
9. High Contrast – Return of Forever
10. Logistics - Together
11. Klute – Part of me
12. High Contrast – Return of Forever (Landslide remix)
13. Marcus Intalex and ST Files – Taking Over Me



Organic Matter – Beep Low Tech mix

1. Pascal FEOS - Intro
2. Patrice Baumel - Javelin/ DJ Blaqstarr - Shake It To The Ground (Claude Vonstroke Remix)(Acapella)
3. Precision Cuts - Xylaphone
4. Ramon Tapia - Masquarade Part 2 (Moonbeam Remix)
5. DJ Blaqstarr - Shake It To The Ground (Claude Vonstroke Remix)

KOSINE JUNGLE MIX

1) Nebula - Circular
2) Theory - Versionist
3) Alias - Long Time
4) Double O - Version from Creation
5) Seba & Krazy - Consciousness
6) Equinox - Hold You Tight
7) Conrad & Furney - Drum Tools
8) Kosine - Old Habits Never Die
9) Digital - Space Funk (Nasty Habits Rmx)
10) Seba - Day By Night
11) Kiat & Morphy - Strangers
12) Dub One - Back Off Seen
13) Equinox - Ital Lion Tuff Head
14) Phuture T - Scorpion Tail
15) Fanu - The Circle of Sycamore Trees
16) Bizzy B - Fire Vip