Last night we went to see Photek and Apparat at Kingdom. I was hoping to catch a glimpse of classic Photek, but that wasn’t meant to be. He has switched to producing house and techno & seems to be uninterested in drum&bass at all anymore. He kicked off his set by playing some bass-heavy electro house but then pitched the night down with some very slow, clunky 4/4 stuff for about 25 minutes. I saw the floor thin out and he must’ve noticed because he went right back to the big beat stuff. Overall the night was disappointing, but he’s still an excellent producer and a solid DJ so we still managed to have some fun.

Here are a couple of clips of some of his new stuff.

This is a free download of his “No Agenda” track from XLR8R.

Before Photek went on we dipped down to Plush to see Dara and Evol Intent for a few minutes. We weren’t able to stay long, but the club was rammed and those guys were killing it. Glad to see someone out there still enjoys drum&bass.

Tonight is the Official Hospital Records Showcase at Malverde. Some friends and I are going to try and get in the door, but the max capacity for the place is about 100 so we have a very slim hope. Not having conference badges or wristbands is going to hinder that, but we’ll give it a shot anyway.

Friday afternoon Boiler Room TV is hosting a party on the east side (in someone’s backyard!) featuring Hudson Mohawke, Lunice, Jackmaster B2B Oneman, Nick Hook, and Machinedrum. You can click the link above to watch the shenanigans live starting at 8pm CST.

Friday night Kenny Ken will be playing the Driskill Hotel. This is odd because the Driskill is a very swank, very old hotel downtown and I have no idea how drum&bass is going to go over in the “Victorian Room”…we’ll head down to check it out anyway so I can get my fix.

There will be other streaming events cropping up all the time so just search twitter for the hashtag #sxsw or google around and you’ll come across a bunch of stuff.

Tearout

Tracklist:
Side A
Cloud 9 – The Ultimate Seduction
Dillinja – Deadly Deep Subs Remix
Charmaine – I Get What I Want
Liftin Spirits – Cup-A-Cha
DJ Rap – All I Want
DJ Rap – Rumble
DJ Red – Murder One (Remix)
Stretch & Teebone – Snake Style
Adam F. – Aromatherapy
Shogun – Together
DJ Die – Play It For Me
???
DJ Search & Joe Gray – Real Deal

Side B
De Elite – Check Dis
Maldini – Daze
Stretch & Teebone – Shaolin Style
DJ Krust – Not Necessarily A Man
Special K & Ruffkut – Kill Or Be Killed
Dead Dred – Come On Baby
DJ Hype – We Must Unite
Aphrodite – Listen To The Rhythm
Dred Bass – Smokin Cans
DJ Rap – Rumble Pt. 2
Lemon D. – I Can’t Stop
Helen T – Losing
Tango – Spellbound
Everything But The Girl – Walking Wounded Remix

About Fuckin’ Time

Tracklist:
Astral Vibes – Deep Groove – Precious Materials
Helen T. – ??? – I.D.M.
Concept 2 – Critical Level – Liftin Spirits
Stakka & K Tee – Ya Don’t Stop – Liftin Spirits
Decoder – Elements – Second Movement
Substance – Damn Right – Ruffneck Ting
DJ SS – Gold – Formation
DJ SS – Best In The US – 5HQ
DJ Krust – Shooks – Chronic
M.T.S. – Get Original – Juice
Peshay – On The Nile – Metalheadz
Decoder – Pushin – Ruffneck Ting
Nasty Habits – Shadow Boxing – 31 Records
PFM – The Eleventh Hour – Moving Shadow
???
Jay Z – Can’t Knock The Hustle (Origin Unknown Mix) – NWS
Firefox & Survivor – Who Is It?? – Philly Blunt
Masters At Work – It’s Alright (Roni Size Remix) – Talkin Loud
Special K – Pressure Roll – Proper Talent
??? – Wrong Side Of The Tracks – ??
The Flava Unit – In Time – Eastside
Facs – Lessons – Smokers Inc.
Aphrodite – Dub Moods – Aphrodite
Undercover Agent – Warriors – Juice

Beats

Tracklist:
Jonny L – Treading – Xl
Skynet – Hal – Audio Blueprint
DJ SS – Red Remix – Formation
Special K – Pressure Roll – Proper Talent
Swoosh – Ya Rockin – Back 2 Basics
Ganja Kru – Plague That Never Ends – Parousia
IQ Collective – Mode One Remix – TOV
Outlaw – Break It Down – 24 Karat
Special K – Knowledge – Proper Talent
DJ Mace – Reminiscence – Mix N Blend
Capone – Paradise – Hard Leaders
Reprazent – Brown Paper Bag – Talking Loud
DJ Krust – Warhead – V
Unknown – Rap01 – Unknown
Undercover Agent – Five Tones – Juice
Exocet – Demonseed – Dirty Mac

Side B
Ed Rush & Nico – Torque – No U Turn
Bill Laswell – Oscillations (Nico Remix) – Sub Rosa
Havok – Depth Charge – 24 Karat
Eskovah – Night & Day – Colourstone
Hopa & Bones – Dragons Fist – True Playaz
DJ Hype – Peace, Love & Unity Remix – True Playaz
DJ SS – Gold Remix – Formation
DJ SS – Platinum – Formation
DJ Kane – System – Renegade Hardware
Nasty Habits – Shadowboxing Remix – 31 Records
Dom & Current Affairs – Drones – Moving Shadow
Adam F – Circles Remix – Section 5
Reprazent – Western – Talking Loud
Decoder – Circuit Breaker Remix – Tech Itch
Dillinja – Light Years – Prototype

**Note: Each zip file contains the tape’s MP3s and tracklist only.

The audio varies because of the age of the recording or the original source material. Some are encoded at really high bit-rates while others might have some hiss and pop. However all of the sets fall into the range of “good” to “great” sound quality.

DJ Hype – A Mixed Up Joint (1993)

Dieselboy – Supreme (1995)

Mickey Finn – Mix Magic (1993)

Fabio – The Orbit (1992)

Roni Size – Live @ Jungle Quake w/ MC Dynamite (1995)

DJ Dara – Bass 2 Dark (1995)

A Guy Called Gerald – Essential Mix (1995)

Bailey – Intelligence (1995)

Andy C – Live @ Dreamscape 23: A View To A Thrill w/ MC Fearless (1996)

Brockie – Live on One In The Jungle w/ MC Det (1995)

Doc Scott – Live @ Metalheaz – The Blue Note w/ MC Justyce (1997)

LTJ Bukem – Essential Mix w/ MC Conrad (1995) Part 1
LTJ Bukem – Essential Mix w/ MC Conrad (1995) Part 2

Kenny Ken – Unknown Studio Mix w/ GQ (1994?)

Old School Jungle Sets Part 1
Old School Jungle Sets Part 2

**Note – Added the missing Kenny Ken studio mix and the second part of LTJ Bukem’s ’95 Essential Mix. Cheers to Mikey Syphon for correcting the Bukem mix and providing the first half.