I have two mixes I did recently that wasn’t completely happy with after recording but I thought I’d make them available anyway. The first was meant to focus on the “Broken Techno” sound and its connection to Jazz but I probably ended up with one intro track too many and left out a couple of more tracks that should have been included. I probably won’t bother redoing it so here it is on soundcloud:
13. Man With The Movie Camera (Domu Remix) - The Cinematic Orchestra
The second one is a sketch mix I did last month. It was meant to be the first part of a longer mix I just never got round to recording. There are a few good tunes on it from Domu, Recloose, Zed Bias, Atjazz etc. It starts at 130bpm, goes down to 98bpm and back up to 119 or so for most of it and there are a couple of alright segues but I just wasn’t completely happy with it so I didn’t put it up at the time. I’m just going to put up a megaupload link for it without a tracklisting:
Got round to doing another mix last night and I went about this one a bit differently. I had planned a long-ish mix and had most of my tunes selected and couldn’t decide the exact order of tunes - I had about three alternate playlists with the same tunes. I ended up deciding to do it on the fly and even though it’s mostly the same tunes, I went for what sounded right and what I was enthused about playing right at that time. Even if it’s a littler rough around the edges, it makes, I think, for a more spontaneous sounding mix - sometimes it can be a little dead-sounding if you’re going through the motions on a predetermined playlist.
There’s 14 tunes, a mix of broken beats, four-four, breakbeats mostly around 127 bpm and concludes with three tunes which have the drum pattern divided into triplets.
April Mix 2: 09-04-27 April Mix 2. File Size is 108.6 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:19:05
Got a new mix for this month and I hope to get one or two more done before the month is out. This one starts at 113bpm, goes up to 128bpm and has a mix of house, jazz funk, broken and acid and clocks in just under the two hour mark
April Mix 1: 09-04-06 April Mix 1. File Size is 158.7 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:55:35
Frank McGahon: 09-04-06 April Mix 1
01. BTwo - Arto Mwambe (Brontosaurus)
02. Vulture Funk - Soulfeenix (Xtrasolar)
03. Late Night Mission (Instrumental) - Aaron Jerome (BBE)
04. Withers - Soulparlor (BPSS)
05. The Fuckery Of Fuckeryness - Altered Natives (Eye4Eye)
06. Goodbye Dancing, Hello God (Arto Mwambe Remix) - Lars Bartkuhn (Sonar Kollektiv)
I thought I’d do another all Broken Beat mix for a change. Got a mix of new and old on this one, ruff and noodly and ranges from 124 to 132 bpm. I’m calling this a bonus mix as I have another longer mix planned for this month which I’ll try to get to over the next week or so.
I have a new mix for this month, starting out with some 90bpm beats, some boogie, balearic, deep house, acid, techno, broken beats and finishing off at 140bpm/70bpm. Did this one at 320 again which explains the large file size. I’ll do a 192 version for those with slower connections/limited storage space.
Got round to doing this one last night. Shorter than usual but still with a few different styles: Funk, House, Boogie, Broken Beat and Techno from 113 bpm to 127 bpm. I recorded it at 320 by mistake so sorry about the large file size
July 08 Mix: 08-07-24 July 08 Mix.mp3. File Size is 144.1 mb, encoded at 320kpbs, runtime is 1:02:58
Frank McGahon: 08-07-24 July 08 Mix
01. Fantasy (Mark Mac presents The Visionaires Edit) - Johnny Hammond (Juno)
02. Track 2 - Slowhouse 3 (Slowhouse)
03. Roll Of The Beast - Clyde (Mantis)
04. In Da Club (Shake Sh*t Up) (Jimpster dub) - Copyright feat Mr V & Miss Patty (Defected)
05. Tell Me ‘Bout It (Yam Who Nite Dub Mix) - Joss Stone (Bootleg)
06. In & Out (Jtilla vs Daz-I-Kue remix) - Home & Garden (Om)
07. LA Fusion - Cro-Magnon (Jazzy Sport)
08. Money In The Bag (Crazy P remix) - Kraak & Smaak (Jalapeno)
09. God Talk - Altered Natives (Eye4eye)
10. The Stab (Give ‘N Go) - Nutmeg (Neroli)
11. Take It Low (Domu Mix) - Broke ‘N English (Fat City)
Ok, I got a chance to lay down part two of the April 08 Mix Selekshan, so here are parts 1 & 2 together. As I posted below, part one goes from 115 to 122 bpm with funk, house, balearic and old school. Part two has a few more different styles: deep, broken, techy, brazilian and disco mostly at about 125bpm
April 08 Mix Part 1: 08-04-18 April 08 Mix.mp3. File Size is 147.1 mb, encoded at 320kpbs, runtime is 1:04:17
Frank McGahon: 08-04-18 April 08 Mix Part 1
01. Raw - Beatfanatic (Raw Fusion) 2008
02. 77 - Nick Pears (Fruit Machine) 2007
03. Where The Music Takes You - Ananda Project (Nitegrooves) 2008
04. Glad To Know You - Chas Jankel (A&M) 1981
05. Move - John Daly (Feel) 2008
06. Josephine (French Version) - Chris Rea (Magnet) 1987
Got another new mix up. Back to the CD length. This one leans more to a four on the floor beat, but there are a few breaks in there and a few different styles.
April 07 mix: 07-04-17april07mix.mp3. File Size is 110.1 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:20:06