Most of the material in this mix was pretty new at the time, with the exceptions of Midland, which was originally created in '99 and Anti-Glare which was remixed for this set. The sound is leaning ever-so-slightly towards drum-n-bass, and at the time I was also having fun playing with reverb, vocoders and sampling British gangster movies.
Ode 2 3 was played on a Radio Active techno show at one point, which was quite possibly not the best genre match. I vaguely remember the DJ describing it as "more like breaks" and then crediting it to Panoptica...
The fragile nature of this live mix and the ability to record midi movements into the Live sequencer prompted me to take this set back to the studio for some post-mix surgery. The resulting mix has been quite heavily edited (though I can still hear a number of ways in which it could be improved) and so is not entirely accurate as an example of 'live mixing'. However I'm philosophical about this and invite anyone who's less than impressed to come and hear me play live, where you can get the full picture for the measly sum of eight dollars or so.
Tracklisting:
- 1
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- Innersphere
- 0:08:00
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A banging beat drives this track which lays down a base of panning pads, acid drops and deep bass, before adding techno stabs, piano and the wise words of an famous American president.
- 2
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- ~link
- 0:08:00
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Lively breaks and bass stabs are layered with choir-like voices and a half-speed break, before the voices are dropped to reveal a deep bed of ambient reverb.
- 3
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- Ode 2 3
- 0:07:54
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Time-stretched breaks and gated pads are joined by While_you_were_Sleeping 3 samples to create an upbeat cut-fest.
- 4
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- Once Around (Parts 1 & 2)
- 0:09:34
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Squelching sounds and waves, timestretched pads, deep sub bass stabs and breaks, and Peter May's famous "50 minutes of choons, 50 minutes of choons..".
- 5
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- LDC (Un/covered)
- 0:13:01
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Uncovered: "A little bit of, uh.. slow wallowing back and forth", filtered jungle bass, airy vocoded stabs, and of course breaks, create "a little bit of Panoramica. " Covered: drug terms, a wanting bassline and noisy beats. Well, it can't always be smooth sailing...
- 6
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- Midland (City to Sea Mix)
- 0:05:47
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Chilling in Wellington's Midland Park, like it's 1999.
- 7
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- Anti-Glare (High Mix)
- 0:07:16
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Morning ambience remixed into more of a beat-driven track, that eventually makes room for a deep filtered pad, female vocal snippets and a deep bassline, then winds down with a synth lead, filtered keys, breaking waves, and Peter May's customary time check.