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.
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
Second new mix, recorded this on Saturday night. This one’s a different flavour, slower, from 94bpm up to 120bpm and not intended as a part two for the earlier mix.
Been a while since the last one, here’s the latest mix. I’m calling this one the bump, starts around 123bpm, goes up to 140 and back down to 119, house, funky, dubstep & broken beat, mostly recent tunes but a few with an old school flavour…
I was listening to a few classic Britfunk tunes last week so I thought I’d do a little tribute mix. For those unfamiliar with the genre it was the name associated with uptempo soul, disco, jazz-funk and boogie out of Britain from about the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s although it wasn’t until Hi Tension arrived on the scene in 1978 that the term itself took hold. Although much of the output resembled the American music that was the most prominent inspiration, there are other influences specific to Britain that set it apart. From the Caribbean heritage of many of the artists involved to the crossover effect of a smaller, less segregated music scene, the sound incorporates influences from Reggae to Punk to Jazz.
Britfunk Mix: 09-08-05 Britfunk Mix. File Size is 94.7 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:08:55
