First up is the 9th installment of Doc Scott’s Future Beats. He took a multi-month hiatus from the interwebs in order to craft some new music. I suspect one of two of those new tunes, if they’re finished, do appear in this mix. As is the case with all the FB mixes, there is no official tracklist, but the EDJ guys made a go of it in the comments.

DOC SCOTT : FUTURE BEATS VOLUME 9 by docscott31

Next up, and not by any means irrelevant (see what I did there?!), is Irrelevant’s mix for The Daily Street. If you’re not familiar with Irrelevant’s work, then you owe it to yourself to check out No Love, Better Off In Me, and Eventide from his EP on Kokeshi entitled I’ll Be Ok. It’s pretty otherworldly stuff.

023: Irrelevant by The Daily Street

Tracklist:
01. Blue Daisy – Distance (Once Upon A Time)
02. EPLP – Lanterns
03. Huzur – Ingrid
04. Eleven Tigers – Flux
05. Sorrow – Monochrome Dream
06. Synkro – I Miss You
07. Sweetheart Of Kairi – Approaching Farewell
08. Irrelevant – The Daily (Exclusive Track For The Daily Street Mixtape)
09. Irrelevant/Burial – Self Harm Vox/Kindred Intro
10. Akkord – The Drums
11. Stumbleine – Daydreamer
12. Speedy J – Tesla
13. Irrelevant – Eventide
14. Volor Flex – Senility
15. Ghostek – Feathered Skies
16. The Weeknd – Thursday (Irrelevant TDS Mixtape Ether Edit)

By 1996, Doc Scott was full bore into the techstep trend on his own label, 31 Records, and the seminal label Metalheadz. He was also dropping epic tracks on Bukem’s Good Looking imprint, namely 1996′s Tokyo Dawn which was featured on the Earth Volume 1 LP. I would think that given the time frame of this mix, the atmospheric vibe through 3/4ths of it, and the fact that Conrad is on it, indicates that he was touring in support of the Earth album.

Given it’s age the recording is very good and Doc Scott’s mixing is very tight. Some of the highs are a little flat, but the bass still has plenty of punch. Conrad is himself and never strays too far afield from his normal lyric output, especially during this time when he and Bukem are becoming drum&bass icons.

Doc Scott & MC Conrad – Live in Berlin (1996) by djmixes

Tracklist:
01. Big Bud – Temptation [Creative Source]
02. Mirage – Personal [Odysee]
03. ? (Something on the “Music Box” LP on Full Cycle?)
04. Intense – Only You [Creative Source]
05. Alex Reece – Feel The Sunshine (? Remix)
06. Ed Rush – Check Me Out [Emotif]
07. Intensity – Generations [Basement]
08. In Sync – So Unique [Dread]
09. Photek – The Rain (Remix) [Razor's Edge]
10. The Chameleon – Just Close Your Eyes & Listen [Good Looking]
11. Photek – Rings Around Saturn [Photek]
12. Innervisions – Inside Yourself [Reinforced]
13. Dillinja – Deadly Deep Subs (Remix Part 2) [Razors Edge]
14. ? (something by the No U-Turn camp?)
15. Photek – One Nation [Prototype, Sanctuary]
16. SOS (Digital) – Spacefunk (Remix?) [Timeless]
17. Intense – Positive Notions [Good Looking]

The list is purely subjective and my tastes may not fit with your personal preferences. Feel free to add your own top five in the comments.

Top Five Ten Atmospheric Tunes (in no particular order):

Fokus – On-Line
I first heard this on LTJ Bukem’s Mixmag Live! Vol. 3 CD from 1996. It was the opening tune and blew my damn mind with that bass line.

JMJ & Richie – Free La Funk (PFM Remix)
Another banger on the LTJ Mixmag CD. That haunting female vocal paired with the bass hitting before the amen kicks in is the stuff that my dreams are made of…

Adam F – Aromatherapy
I’d be willing to bet that most people have heard this track in more than a few mixes from the mid to late 90s, and had no idea it was an Adam F tune. It was featured on another LTJ Bukem mix he did for the Promised Land compilations, but also appeared on Adam’s album “Colours” from Positiva.

Blu Mar Ten – B.R.O
The track was originally released in 1999 on Bukem’s (are you seeing a trend here?!) Good Looking imprint. The rumor is that the title of this track means “Bukem Rip Off” and was BMT’s way of making fun of what atmospheric drum&bass had become by using tons of cliched elements in the production. The irony, of course, was that it was a huge hit. One of these days I’ll ask Chris from BMT about its origins.

LTJ Bukem – Demon’s Theme
This tune holds a special place in my heart. When I first started listening to atmospheric drum&bass I had my mom listen to the Logical Progression compilation. She was fascinated by Demon’s Theme and asked me to put a copy on a cassette (ha!) for her to listen to in the car. She passed away in 2000 and I played this track on repeat during my trip to Ohio for her funeral. Anytime I hear it, I can picture her face as she’s listening to it for the first time.

Blame – Cuban Lynx
Another track from a compilation I still own. The original came out on the GLR subsidiary 720 Degrees. However I first heard it on the mixed disk of Logical Progression Volume 2 by Blame and featuring Conrad and DRS, so that’s the version I’m including in the post.

Omni Trio – Trippin’ on Broken Beats (Original Mix)
Omni Trio – Trippin’ on Broken Beats (Carlito Mix)
Why did I include varying mixes of the same track in my Top 10? Because both are fucking amazing. A lot of folks would say that any remix is inferior to the original, but I’d hold this tune up to prove them wrong.

St. Etienne – The Sea (PFM Remix)
PFM and his fucking remixes are spectacular. St. Etienne are/were classified as an English alternative dance act (thanks Discogs!) that are known, primarily, for their house and downtempo efforts. PFM took their tune, The Sea (which was never released), and crafted an amazing remix that encapsulates everything about the atmospheric drum&bass genre. My only wish is that Youtube captured the depth of the bass in the track.

Seba – Planetary Funk Alert
I’ve mentioned my love of this track before…absolutely brilliant.

Jonny L – 2 of Us
Initially the track was released on the “2 Of Us” EP from XL Recordings in 1996. I bought the vinyl from a dungeon of a record store in Dallas, called Bill’s Records and Tapes sometime in 1997. If you had never been then allow me to describe it…imagine a garage sale and a porn shop had sex and out popped this gigantic mess of classic vinyl and CDs. It was run by an iron-fisted old man that had a tendency to charge whatever the fuck he felt like at any given time.

If I were doing a Top 20 these would help me fill out the list:
Aquarius (aka Photek) – Dolphin Tune
Peshay – Vocal Tune
Doc Scott – Tokyo Dawn
EZ Rollers – Retro (Guardians of D’Alliance Mix)
Hoax – Pipe Dreams
Wax Doctor – Atmospheric Funk

DOC SCOTT TECHNO MIX 2011 CD1 by docscott31

DOC SCOTT TECHNO MIX 2011 CD2 by docscott31

DOC SCOTT TECHNO MIX 2011 CD3 by docscott31

DOC SCOTT : FUTURE BEATS VOLUME 8 by docscott31

No tracklist available yet, but most of these tunes are still unreleased.

If you missed the previous 6 mixes, you can get them HERE.

DOC SCOTT : FUTURE BEATS VOLUME 7 by docscott31

Doc Scott back2back Loxy – Live @ Metalheadz 03.19.11

Loxy.B2B.Docscott.Headz2011 by docscott31

Just in case the original disappears, here is a mirror.

Jungle Book – Intelligent Minds Of Jungle was a Japan-only compilation that was released in 1995 on Sublime Records. It’s a really cool collection of producers and tunes you should all know very well. According to the discogs.com entry the 13th track is by Hands to Heaven (Underground Software Remix) by Internal Affairs and track 14 is 4 Hero’s Shadow Run.

Jungle Book – Intelligent Minds Of Jungle

Tracklist:
Low Key Movements – Ear Drums
Cold Mission with 4 Hero – Music is Music
Nasty Habits – Last Action Hero
JLM Productions – Can’t Understand
Private Productions – Education
Peshay – Gangsta
2 G’s – A Guy Called Gerald & Goldie – Energy Remix
Project AKO – The Afterglow Parts 1&2
Tek 9 – A London Sumtin
Nookie – Celebrate Life
4 Hero – Universal Love (Metalheads Remix)
Manix – Intelligent Hoodlum
Internal Affairs – Hands to Heaven (Underground Software Remix) (Bonus Track)
4 Hero – Shadow Run (Bonus Track)

Sound Quality: Excellent (320k)
Filetype: zip/mp3
Size: 162mb

DOC SCOTT : FUTURE BEATS VOLUME 3 by docscott31

Marcus Intalex & Doc Scott-Live @ Serato Night (Techno Set)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NOJ7BWM5

Commix-Data Transmission Podcast (Techno Set)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3PE0H5W3