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Several members of The Usual Suspects played for us around the height of their popularity on Renegade Hardware. The first guest was Chris Lavin, but every other follow-up appearance was Keaton. He’s a nice guy and was patient enough to hang at my house while I hurriedly did my taxes before a show in 2001. I remember popping in a tape of his set at The End and it freaking him out a little, so he frantically tried to find the eject button because he hated to listen to himself DJ…I guess the same way some people hate hearing their own voice recordings. All in all he was a very cool guy and a perfect guest.

Keaton: Cable Promo Mix by cablelondon

Hat tip to ThisiDrum&Bass.com.

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]

DJ Mixes by GRIDLOK

Big bonus points for having D.O.P.E’s “Traveling Part 2,” Nasty Habit’s “Shadowboxing” (this blog’s namesake), and Jonny L’s “Piper” in it!

The download link is at the bottom of the DOA interview.

Tracklist:
1 – Skitty – Rushan – 36 Hertz
2 – D.O.P.E – Travelling Pt 2 – Good Looking Records
3 – Dawn Raid – 88 Keys – 36 Hertz Dubplate
4 – Wilkinson – Tonight – Ram
5 – Sterling Sound – Get Outta Here – 2 Tribe Dubplate
6 – Lutin – Untitled Gully – 36 Hertz
7 – De Undergroud Crew – Melody Madness (DJ Vapour remix) – Dubplate
8 – DJ Vapour – Mr. Motivator – 36 Hertz Dubplate
9 – Mr Explicit – Twisted Minds – 36 Hertz
10 – Ricky Force – Flow VIP – 36 Hertz Dubplate
11 – Dillinja – I Wanna Know – FFRR
12 – DJ Vapour – The Fresh Prince – 26 Hertz Dubplate
13 – Lutin – Shaolin Technique – 36 Hertz
14 – Callide – The Clash – 36 Hertz
15 – Dawn Raid – Astoria – 36 Hertz Dubplate
16 – Ricky Force – Keep on – 36 Hertz Dubplate
17 – Soul Intent – Can’t Wait – 36 Hertz
18 – DJ Vapour – Dry Of The Angels – 36 Hertz Dubplate
19 – Bladerunner – Mercenary Dub VIP 2 – 36 Hertz
20 – Drumatic and db audio – Vigalante – Liquid V
21 – Nasty Habits – Shadow Boxing – 31 records
22 – Fracture and neptune – The Limit – Astrophonica
23 – Jonny L – Piper – XL

I have serious tired-head and this mix is sorting me out today. The mix progresses from techy-rollers down into the minimal, atmospheric realms with a healthy dose of his own tunes.

Genotype-Easter 2 Hour Special Mix 2012 (More Download Links Inside) by Genotype/JustJungle

Download Link

Tracklist:
1. Genotype- The Strums- Dub
2. Manifest,Meth,2shy -R.N.S-Deception
3. Optiv and BTK-Jacknife-Demand Records
4. Genotype-Sign Of Madness-Broken Audio Recordings
5. Bad Company-Planet Dust-Prototype Recordings
6. Bad Company-The Nine-BC Recordings
7. Amit-Manic Mirror-Exit
8. Genotype-Vexface-Dub
9. Genotype and Manifest-Breakdown-Dub
10. Genotype-No Remorse-Dub
11. Loxy, Skeptical, Resound-Choose One-Cylon
12. Data-Endgame-Dub
13. Genotype-Self-Dub
14.Tom and Jerry-Maximum Style(Spy and DJ marky Remix-Tom and Jerry
15. Souljah with Cutty Ranks Limb By Limb Accapella-Fade 2 Black-Hardleaders
16. Genotype-Catwalk-Cylon
17. Heavy 1 and P fine-Thought Police-Yabai
18. Data and Alvarez-Talk Dirty-Dub
19. Amit feat Rani-You Look Better Dead-Exit
20. Heavy 1-Sinope-Dub
21. Ruffhouse-Classified-Dub
22. Thing-This Ends Now-Dub
23. Genotype-Mix Emotions-Dubs
24. Data-Dissent-Dub
25. Clarity-Fractured-Exit
26. Genotype-Freedom Writer-Dub
27. DBR feat Jett-Depth
28. Genotype-On The Inside-Cylon
29. Overlook-Call-Dub

Ram Records producer and DJ Hamilton just did a banging promo mix for the upcoming Ram night at Fabric. I’m jamming the hell out of this, this morning!

In addition to DJing, producing, and running ESP Agency, she’s also the label boss for Kokeshi (and formerly SkunkRock Productions), and a full-time mom. She’s pretty busy and yet continues to be very nice and accessible.

The mix was recorded for Art of Beatz Vancouver and features a wide spectrum of music. There are minimal styles of drum&bass, dubstep, and vocal downtempo-y stuff throughout. It makes for easy listening during a hard day at the office, which is exactly what I’m suffering through today.

If you like this mix you can hear more Kokeshi stuff on their podcast. Click HERE.

Alley Cat ((Kokeshi)) Mix for Art Of Beatz Radio Vancouver by Kokeshi ((Alley Cat))