watch your bassbins

? (so bad ep) - z-one feat mark xtc (aka marcus intalex) - new vibe
--> santiago - photek - virgin
freeway - photek - metalheadz
otto's way - fresh & vegas - metro
? - breakage & jubei - emcee
eleventh hour - mist:i:cal feat mc drs - soul:r
ancestral - alaska - artic
never - dillinja - dodgy 1 sided white label bootleg
? - spirit - innactive
want your body - roni size (calibre rmx) - v
plastic soul - shy fx - bingo

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this is a kinda interesting one. the mixing is sloppy as fuck in points, but the ideas and the tunes are good. the interesting thing is that these are some of my favorite tunes from 98 - today, i'm surprised i ended pulling them all out during what was just another random mix session. and i like the way they fit together.

first tune is from 2000 or so, one of the first records i ever ordered online, and although i didn't know it then i recently discovered that it's actually quite rare, and it's marcus intalex under an alias. it's on an ep called the so bad ep, and the whole ep is, well, so bad. one of my favorite hidden gems.

santiago ir another one of my favorite photek tunes, it's so clean, simple, and funky. it's one of those "is this drum'n'bass?" tunes. i love those ones, and very useful in the mix for moving between genres/bpms/etc

freeway is another one of my favorite photek things, photek at his production and engineering best, it's cold, but it's still got the funk

otto's way is another old record, late 90s i think, this is 2 of the 4 members of bad company, but it's pure soul and funk. you can still hear some early touches of the bc sound in there though. imo, this and all strung out are the two best tunes fresh has ever touched

next thing is something from breakage, came out around the same time last year as the "this too shall pass" lp on bassbin which is one of my top lps of the year along with the amit "never ending" lp and the mist:i:cal "eleventh hour" lp. it's different than the usual dubwise breakage style, but it's deep as fuck, and i love that. even though the style is a little different, the exceptional breakage mastering is still there.

ah, eleventh hour. this is the title cut off the mist:i:cal "eleventh hour", this cut features mc drs, and who am i kidding, this is my lp of the year, along with drs, there are also cuts with robert owens and diane charlemagne (the stature and love of these two vocalists in the realm of electronic music borders on reverence). i love this tune.

coming in next with ancestral by alaska. this tune gives me shivers. 2006 release. shivers i tell you.

never is one of my favorite dillinja tunes ever, and that's saying something. never came out on a proper release, this is a dodgy pressing, 1 sided bootleg, but at least it's in my crate now.

mixing gets a little dodgy from here, but move your body (2nd last tune) and plastic soul (last tune) did come together very nicely for a little bit