Ok, latest mix is now up, in two parts. Goes from 116 to 128bpm and then 128 to 140bpm and ranges from jazz, house, boogie to funky, breakbeat and dubstep. Mixcloud streams and download links below. All my old Megaupload links are, for obvious reasons, now kaput. I intend to go back and put up new download links for the earlier mixes when I get a chance but in the meantime anyone who wants any particular mix, contact me at frank@frankmcgahon.com and I’ll get to that one first.
So I did both parts all within the iPad app Djay from Algoriddim. I really like this app. It’s not quite at the level of Torq, Traktor or Serato in that there’s no beat grids or autosyncing but for an iPad app (the iPhone app is identical but with smaller control surface) it is brilliant IMO. It’s pretty good at reading bpms and you can tap in if it’s wrong and that’s the simplest way to get tempos matching. There are plus and minus buttons for nudging the tracks into sync and this works pretty well even though there’s no cueing (so long as you want stereo) so you have to listen for the beats in the actual mix. The effects included are also pretty fun to play around with it and compare favourably with Torq’s. Biggest advantage is that it’s so easy to use no matter where you are.
Always enjoy coming down to play Ralph Hyland’s Sound Affects show on Power FM. Here’s the tracklisting of what I played today:
01. Lonnie Liston Smith – Quiet Moments
02. LTD – Love To The World
03. Patrice Rushen – Never Gonna Give You Up
04. Diana Ross – No-one Gets The Prize
05. Andy Ash – Freak
06. Hall & Oates -I Can’t Go For That (Beatconductor Mix)
07. Heavy D & The Boyz – We Got Our Own Thang
08. Busy Signal – Gal Dem Song
09. Tornado Wallace – Rainbow Road (The Revenge Strings of Fife Mix)
10. T Ski Valley – Catch The Beat (Deetron Rollerskate Remix)
11. Disco Nihilist – Coffee & a Worn Paperback
12. Tucillo – Sandbell
13. P’Taah – This is Imaginary
14. Dego feat Obenewa – Love & Hate You
15. Makossa & Megablast feat Hubert Tubbs – Coming Home
16. Peter Oakden – SambaBeat
17. Oreja – Vazilando (MA1’s Stripped Down Mix)
18. Makam – You Might Lose It (Kerri Chandler’s 623 Mix)
19. Audiojack – Definition of a Track
20. Ben Westbeech – Something for the Weekend (Breach Mix)
21. Hardhouse Banton – Sirens
22. Enur feat Natasha – Calabria (Acapella)
23. Yasmin feat ShyFX: Light Up The World
24. Doug Carn: Little B’s Poem
Something a little different. This one goes from 100 up to 127 bpm and from soul through boogie and old school 80s and 90s house flavours up to some more recent style with a bit of acid and latin too…
01. Move Me No Mountain – Chaka Khan
02. Taste Of Bitter Love – Gladys Knight & The Pips
03. I’ll Be Your Pleasure – Esther Williams
04. Star Lazer – Psychemagik
05. Play On (Yam Who? Remix) – Volta Cab
06. Let This Dream Be Real (Disco Dirtbox Remix) – Ilija Rudman
07. Thug Rock (John Morales & Sergio Munzibai Dub) – Sandy Kerr
08. Crazy With You (Yam Who? Rework) – Ilija Rudman
09. Machine Love – Mic Newman
10. Different Morals (Original Mix) – Luca C & Brigante feat… Ali Love
11. You Must Create (Faze Action Mix) – Miss Cheesecake
12. Release Your Body – Bang The Party
13. Give It To Me – Bam Bam
14. Be Patient – Waifs & Strays
15. My House (Tensnake remix) – Hercules & Love Affair
01. My House (Tensnake remix) – Hercules & Love Affair
02. Organic – Ian Pooley
03. U Got To Get – Danny J Lewis
04. Falling (The 2 Bears Remix) – Ben Westbeech
05. Life Is So Strange EP (Lovebirds Life Goes On Dub) – Joey Negro pres. Akabu
06. Red Lights (Original Version) – Kerri Chandler
07. Wish U Were Here – Deadboy
08. Earthlings – Altered Natives
09. You Better (David Penn Remixes) (David Penn Remix) – Geoff M pres. The Ridiculously Good Looking Guys
10. Something For The Weekend – Part 1 (Breach Remix) – Ben Westbeech
11. Burnout – Altered Natives
12. Nueva (Original Mix) – Nouveau Yorican
13. Salvation (Main Mix) – Maria Dark
14. Blues Wit You (outro) – Pimps of Joytime
Bit of an epic one this. Recorded it the night before last, over three and a half hours long and ranges through a few different styles, soul, funk, hip hop, boogie, house, broken beat, funky, breakbeat & dubstep going from 110 to 140 bpm.
01. Squeeze Me (A Skillz Remix) – Kraak & Smaak
02. Why – Joey Negro Presents Kola Kube
03. You Can Lay Your Head On My Shoulder (Hint Re-edit) – Conway & Temple
04. We Rap More Mellow – The Younger Generation
05. Slippery People – Staple Singers
06. Stop Bajon – Isoul8 Feat Mark De Clive Lowe
07. Hopscotch (Instrumental) – Gwen Guthrie
08. Searching To Find The One – Unlimited Touch
09. The War Song Pt 2 – Culture Club
10. Mussum Loop – Saravah Soul
11. Magnificent Dance – The Clash
12. Turn The Music Up – Players Association
13. Thighs High (Grip Your Hips And Ride) – Tom Browne
14. Square Biz – Teena Marie
15. Sinister Boogie/Love Sensation – Funk Butcher
16. Jump To It – Aretha Franklin
17. Hang With The Gang (Gerd Edit) – Backlash
18. Chameleon – Guynamukat feat Shea Soul
19. Definition Of A Track – FITS
20. Wanna Be Your Girl – Raw Power
21. The Jersey Bump Xmas Special – Danny J Lewis
22. Heavenly Melodies – Altered Natives
23. Sweet Nothings – Souled
24. I’ll Let It (Seiji Dub) – The Realm Feat Choklate
25. Bellion Loop – Ill Blu
26. Lights On (Feat Ms Dynamite) – Katy B
27. Spells Of Yoruba (Funk Butcher Remix) – Gel Abril
28. Truth (Seiji Rerub) – Sy Smith
29. Left Hander – Martyn
30. Girl – The Phantom
31. Pacific 808 Dub – Altered Natives
32. Psych Fro – Kenny Dope
33. What U Do To Me – Mista Men
34. Special feat Omar (Toddla T Remix) – Maddslinky
Latest mix is in two parts like both sides of a C90 mixtape. Side one goes from 115bpm up to 129bpm and has a mix of recent & old school early 90′s. Side two goes from 129bpm up to 142bpm with house, broken-beat, funky & dubstep.
Thought I’d record this one to listen to on holiday. Starts off after the Dee Dee intro around 89bpm with some latin tunes, then into house, old school hip-house, breaks, broken beat and funky going up to 131bpm.
