plasmadancer
Freeform Hardcore, NRG DJ/producer for FINRG Recordings (Finland), TYFTH, CODEX, NRGetic Romancer (Japan)
Freeform Hardcore, NRG DJ/producer for FINRG Recordings (Finland), TYFTH, CODEX, NRGetic Romancer (Japan)
About time I started posting some TYFTH-related news here too, of the sort that's maybe not quite big/related enough to find its way to the site.
First is the reminder that's been going around lately to check out Cyanide Project's amazing (and downloadable!) collection of tracks and WIPs:
https://soundcloud.com/tomil/sets/cyanide-project-salvaged-and-unreleased-tracks
This month's stream is up on all the usual places now of course, but I've also just added it as a permanent highlight to twitch before it disappears.
(Still meaning to stick to that monthly-ish schedule for the time being, too)
A bit more jungle/hardcore, this time Lucky Spin vs Dee Jay Recordings from the ever-quality Jay Cunning.
I was mostly listening for DJ Crystl, but this set was a real Orca education too. 4 am aside, I wouldn't have been able to put a name to many of these.
http://wearehardcore.uk/episode/lucky-spin-vs-dee-jay-recordings/
@Sherkel Nice! Such a great atmosphere in the mixed set.
Have you heard Blame's newer tracks? He's been on a roll lately: https://blame.bandcamp.com/album/sith-midnight-hour
It turns out that the file for Sunday's set is huge, so I might not have a chance to upload it for a couple of days. The tracklist with label info is all done, so it'll be pretty painless once I sit down to upload it. The soundcloud set will go up after that, which'll be easy enough.
In the meantime you can check it out on twitch instead, of course: https://www.twitch.tv/plasmadancer
Very big thanks to everyone who listened in to last night's stream, it was a really good time. Extra special thanks to Shimo for the Fairy Rave Raid, I'm super happy that the new visitors were enjoying it too. It was a pretty hectic set though, so unfortunately I couldn't really welcome everyone in the chat as much as I would have liked.
Right now I'm boosting the audio from the recording. It'll probably be on YT and SC tomorrow, with the full tracklist.
@Sherkel Oh same here, I can't stand MCing 99% of the time. Well worth finding Logical Progression 2 if you haven't yet, still close enough to the golden era for there to be a few great tracks on there.
TYFTH Live 009 is on for this weekend as planned. It'll be Sunday this time, and probably 19:30 JST. Will confirm that asap.
Plenty of oldies in this one - some unusual tracks as well as a few classics. Not too sure about the end of the set yet, but Cyhyraeth will defintely be in there somewhere.
I've been listening back to one of my favourite jungle sets from last year - Flight b2b Mantra for EQ50. I've always loved Flight's subtle mixing style, and Chickaboo's up there with Conrad as my favourite MC from the earliest days.
Massively recommended if you haven't heard this one yet.
Well, what a lovely response to the track preview there's been, I'm very grateful.
Better make it official though - I've been too busy for mixing today, so I'd rather postpone the stream til next weekend. Suddenly had a fun idea for the set, but whatever happens I'll give the new track a test run, of course.
Goes without saying, but I'm beyond honoured to be the first release on FINRG Legacy. This track's been a long time coming, but it's given me plenty of confidence to keep at it. Hopefully that'll mean more than one track a decade from now on.
After not being massively inspired this week the chances of a set this weekend are pretty slim...will see how things are looking after a little practice tomorrow.
Goapal is without doubt the most impressive DJ I've discovered in the last year or so, in any genre. It's rare to hear Goa mixed with this much care, check out his Starline Tour set as an example:
https://soundcloud.com/globalsect/dj-goapal-starline-tour-2018
Most likely thanks to TYFTH being more active again these days, there were more orders for In Praise of Shadows over the past month or so than for the whole of 2020. Big thanks!
Breaking even on the project is still extremely unlikely but that's not the point - if this revives some interest in the (sub?)genre and gets some new DJs and producers on board in 2022 then I'll be very happy.
An all time classic, one of NRGetic Romancer's anthems. RR-ThermalForce - Al Megiddo:
Today's track is Alek Szahala's Phobos, an unreleased early take on Deimos. This version would sound fantastic in the middle of a darker set.
@Sherkel Ah this is great, hadn't heard it before either! A strong kick is usually enough to keep the older Kretrix stuff playable even with a wonky mixdown.