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"THREE SIX... ZERO" (compilation album)

Dance remix of my creation from 2010.... one of those tracks that I heard and just knew it needed life, excitement...energy and the touch of anxious producer.  Great friends thinking along the same lines make for great collabortations!!!  Hope all who listen to the message in the lyrics feel the vibe and enjoy the track.  Now go turn it up LOUD!!!


"I'm Alive"  ~  feat. Evangelos Kentros

I'm sure most of you remember this from 2000.  While picking out the best tracks from the Amanda Scotts era I came across it and decided to remix it for the Amanda Scotts 10 year Reunion party.  Wasn't thinking I'd ever venture back into breaks and techno but sometimes you can fight whats inside the creative mind.  So here is a new take on a track that made everyone blow it up!!!  nJoy!!!

666 - "Bomba!" ~ AOA's ReIgnited Remix

"eChonomix"

An original creation of mine from 2009.  A dark n' deep industrial track that is more like the soundtrack to a horror movie.  From beginning to end it's riddled with haunting sounds and chants along the journey.  Space out and nJoy the ride!!!

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"Assimilation"

The track that put me on the map.  After five years of djing and searching for the sound that was going to define me as an artist I remembered my love for Nine Inch Nails and how the album Pretty Hate Machine struck a chord inside of me.  It was this inspiration that perpetuated me to an industrial somewhat angry, dark and deep sound pallet.  One morning while watching the movie Predator the idea for this track hit me.  Sampling bits and pieces and incorporating them into a weave of dark synths and pads accompanied by a rolling bassline and hard hitting drums produced an angry, driving track that does not let up.  I've always considered myself a generally happy person, but on the other side of that lies a mountain of pinned up aggression.  A healthy outlet... writing dark, aggressive music.  This track was released by Malicious Recordings under my dj name "Mendoza"  and made it onto several prominent dj's mixed cd's.  nJoy the ride and let off some steam!!!

"Aggression"

A spacey industrial track that came out of experimentation with sounds.  I've never had one specific way of writing.  Sometimes a whole idea comes to you the instant you hear a certain sound.  Other times its trial n' error with various combinations of sonic possibilities.  I try to go into each project with a particular vibe in mind that will convey what I'm feeling emotionally.  Certain sounds have a way of striking chords inside each one of us, so hopefully the final product will give the listener a glimpse as to what I was feeling while creating it.

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"Cuttin' Glass"

Hard hitting... this track definitely drives home a point.... a point yet to be determined.  In search of an edgy hiphop vocal it remains an instrumental for the time being.  Perhaps one day someone will lay something down to drive it home!!!

"eXpose"

Growing up in and around New Orleans I fell in love with jazz and funk music early in life.  I began playing the saxophone when I was four years old and continued to play on up through college.  This also lead me to play the cello and string bass, along with the tuba.  At the age of seven I started a love affair with the guitar that continues to this day.   My musical palette has since changed over the years but I've never lost my love for jazz and funk.  This is an experimental funk/jazz type track that just kinda happened. It's layed out for a vocal of some sort, so hopefully one day I'll find someone to lay something down.   I wouldn't associate it with anything Angle of Attack would release but hope it shows the diversity of musical vibes within me.

"The FunkJump"

A 6 hour flight, a laptop and some headphones... a few samples mixed with a few martini's and a nagging friend continuing to ask "How do you make music?"  and viola... a track emerges.  A basic hiphop track with an industrial vibe to it.  If anyone has ideas for lyrics hit me up and I'll send you the tracks...

"DB Special"

During my dj residency as "MENDOZA" at Makos ~ on the Strip in Lafayette LA from 1997 to 2001 some of the best breaks tracks to ever be produced came out... I was forunate enough to land the gig after playing at "Divine Intervention" April 1997 in New Orleans LA.  During this period I established myself as a prominent dj in South Louisiana, helped plan and promote some of the biggest raves to be thrown in the south with my friends in Sundance Productions and began the journey of learning how to produce.  

Makos was a late night place that was jammed packed every Friday and Saturday night on the McKinley St Strip in Lafayette LA.  It was truly an underground type place, nothing fancy just a killer sound system, some intelligent lighting and about 1000 breakers throwin' down till the sun came up.  With the music being the heart and soul of Makos this mix compilation was recorded one night at the club in 1998, no computers, no cd's, all vinyl... with just two Technics 1200's and a Rane MP24 mixer.  If your ears are so tuned, please forgive the quality of the audio as it was recorded to tape and I just recently played in onto my computer and mastered it.  The opening track is the 2nd track that I produced and released on my label "Sundance Recordings" with my long time friend Russell Saltzman.  It's entitled "The Welcoming Sound".  The rest is, in my opinion, the best tracks to come out that year.  Hope you nJoy and catch a glimpse of just how we used to do it late night in the South!!!  Peace Yall....

"Makos"... mixed by dj MENDOZA

I was fortunate enough in my dj'ing years to play at some very EPIC parties and in some very amazing places.  In 2001 going full speed ahead with promoting myself I was lucky enough to land a gig at The Green Room on the island of Maui.  In my preparations for the event I decided to put together an intelligent journey of the best breaks tracks ever produced.  This differed considerably from the style of music I was most known for as "MENDOZA" which was Tech House.  Knowing this was going to be an awesome night in a very special place on this planet I meticulously planned cue points and cuts and brought along gear to record the set.  

A good friend of mine lived on the island at the time so I worked out a deal with the club to make a vacation out of it and stay for a few months.  While I was there I became acustomed to the unique culture of the island.  There is a saying that anything that is made or from the island of Maui is called Maui Built.  So on the flight home while listening to set the idea hit me that it was made on Maui therefore it's "Maui Built".

Looking back on that trip it was one the greatest eXperiences of my life on many levels, especially the gig.  If you've never ventured over to the islands of Hawaii I highly encourage you to go and visit that magical place.  I also recommend that you download and bring along this compilation for the trip over.  Thanks for listening and I hope you nJoy the journey!!!

MAHOLO!!!

PS... Please excuse the pops and clicks at the very beginning and the very end.  Old cd and extraction to my computer wasn't the cleanest.  Audio restoration helped but still some remained... 

"Maui Built"... mixed by dj MENDOZA

"Serenity" is the 1st track with vocals I produced.  Kelly had recorded the vocals to another track and after hearing them I just knew they would be better suited with an atmospheric trancey type track.  I immediately got to work and when it came time to lay the vocals in they didn't fit with the vibe.  She had originally sang them to bright, so we went to a professional studio to rerecord.  This was new to me as I had never worked with a vocalist before, but the experience taught me a lot.  

I listen to this track now and remember the feeling I felt back then of beginning to be able to express exactly what I heard in my imagination thru my keyboards and other various instruments coming out of the speakers.  A milestone in my opinion!  I imagine this is why most of us that produce spend countless hours of writing and tweaking so that others may hear and feel exactly what we do in our heads...

"Serenity" ~ feat. Kelly Noland

"Spectrums" is a mix promo I did in early 2000 in an effort to take my dj'ing to the next level.  With a sizeable investment I mailed and passed out 1000 of these cd's to various promoters and party go'ers all over the place.  The gamble paid off as 2000 was a very good year with the honor of opening for Paul Oakenfold on the main stage at the State Palace theatre in New Orleans being the pinnacle that year.  Out of the 18 mix cd's I put together to represent the name MENDOZA this one is my favorite!!!  A collection of upbeat and hard hitting tracks, finishing up with some electic movers it pushes hard all the way through...covering all taste for tech house and progressive across the Spectrum!!!

"Spectrums"...  mixed by dj MENDOZA

In the spring of 98' I picked up a Yamaha EX5 and a Roland JP8000.  Almost as soon as got em' hooked up I was working on this track.  Three days later it was done.  These two pieces of gear expanded my imagination in so many ways with the infinite number of sonic possibilities they provided.  

This particular track was written for and dedicated to a very good friend, Jimbo Robert who went by the nickname "Shmim".  Back in our party nights at Mako's he was one of the baddest breakers out there so I imagined him cuttin' up to it while working on it.  

Dark and evil sounding basses, pads and screeching 303 throughout, it never lets up.  Needless to say at one point or another every techno producer falls in love with the TB303.  This track was my love affair with it...

"Annihilated Rhythm"

This was the forth cd promo I did back in 96' to further establish myself as a hard hitting tech house and trance dj from south Louisiana.  The line up of tracks is driving and hard hitting with my love for the 303 being fulfilled at the end.  We've come a long way in the progression of EDM, but I still love listening to some of these older tracks.  nJoy and thanks for listening!!!

Please excuse the clicks and pops in the beginning of the 1st track... cd is quite old.


"Transmissions"... mixed by dj MENDOZA

United is a two disk compilation that was put together by my long time friend Russell Saltzman and myself.  He set the tone with the first disk and I finished it up strong with the second.  This is probably my best work as far as track selection, mixing, compilation and overall flow.  I love this set!!!  As with any team when you put egos aside great things come from uninhibited collaboration.  Unfortunately as life goes all good things must come to an end as we were a good team.  Thanks again for listening and turn it up!!!!

"United" Disk 2... mixed by dj MENDOZA

If this mix compilation doesn't make you wanna turn up your stereo and throw down I'm not sure not much else will.  Compiled with some of most energetic and well produced trance tracks; a journey begins the second you push play. 

Another disk that I passed out several hundred of and the yield was a windfall of gigs that year.  I was on a freight train that seemed like it was never going to slow down.  Listening to this makes me miss dj'ing so much!!!

I hope you nJoy this cd... it's one of my favs.  The mixing is perfect, the music is awesome and if you let it you just might find yourself in a transcendental meditation at the end!!! 

Peace....

MENDOZA

"Transcendent"... mixed by dj MENDOZA

The first record we released on our own label, Sundance Recordings and the first track we did as a production team.  Still working with analog gear we began to get better at sequencing and figuring out how not to make things sound bad.  My favorite part of this track is the bassline.  I've always been a huge fan of tracks that have basslines that suck you in and keep your body pulsing along with it.

 We released this with a breaks mix that I did as well.  Several dj's from Florida and Europe put it on mix compilations and this convinced us that we may be on the right track.  Listening to this I can still remember the nights we spent writing it and can't help but think. God I had no idea what I was doing but it sure was fun!!!

....would like to remake this track in the future with the knowledge and experiences we've gained over the past decade!!!

"The Welcoming Sound"... Mendoza and Russell Saltzman

 The year 2000 was a very good year for me as a dj with the highlight being opening up for Paul Oakenfold at the State Palace Theatre in New Orleans, LA on July 4th.  What a way to celebrate the holiday!!!  

"NRG" is the live set I recorded that night for thousands of party go'ers.  Hard, fast and straight to the point!!!  It contains an original track I did back in 1998, "XTC 2000"...track 5.  I figured since it was going to be such an EPIC night why not go all out and not let anyone have a chance to slow down while I was on the decks.  Listening to this brings back some very proud moments....

Hope you guys nJoy and thanks for listening!!!

Please excuse the clicks towards the end as the extraction to the hard drive was not the cleanest.

"~NRG~"...     mixed by dj MENDOZA

Clarity is a track that I've just completed the composition and awaiting the vocals to be recorded.  Lyrics are written and almost ready to start tracking them.  The song will be about wanting something so badly for so long that's been in front of you the entire time....just needed the Clarity and vision to see it!!!  Stay tuned....

"Clarity" ~ (instrumental)

Annending is a track that came almost out of no where's.   I had just gotten a new piece of gear, Yamaha RM1X, and was laying tracks down to figure it out.  Three days later I was completing work on this track.  At this point I was still learning the ins and outs of production, but afterwards I began to feel confident I was headed in the right direction.  

As for the title of the track, only a few know what it actually means, but its very symbolic to what would come in the future.  

Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy!!!

"Annending"

.... an opportunity not sought out by me, but an opportunity that found me. I give you our version of the latest track by Christina Novelli.... "Armour".  ....to be released with the original by Teevo Rains and Nova Kordz on GlowWorm Recordings UK.

Quite the contrast from the original; a delicate balance of the very essence of her vocal with a compliment of innertwined synths, arp's, basslines and live drums, all coming together to take those who truly listen and pay close attention to the sonic journey the ride provides and ultimately hear the "cumulative" story within...

Those at GlowWorm and myself greatly appreciate you listening and hope you'll share with others so that we can bring great music by amazing vocalist such as Christina to those who love EDM.

Much love and respect!!!

"Armour"  ~  feat. Christina Novelli - Culmination Mix

What began as a demo track for a video game, turned into a consistently driving, hard hitting industrial monster.  Somewhat simple, yet complex in composition it never lets up.  Swirling basslines, explosions and a kick that literally punches you in the ear combine to make the listener nod their head with break neck force.  nJoy!!!

"in sO facto"

...probably my favorite gig I ever played.  I give you the live set I played at Club La Vela on April 3, 1999 for Spring Break.  Sooo many of my friends from south Louisiana came to Panama City Beach to party and cut up to my set in the UnderGround Lounge that year.  

I used to dream about playing at Club La Vela when I first started out djing.  It was all the hype on MTV Spring Break when it was still held there.   My best friend and biggest fan Cherie D introduced me to her good friend and resident dj, JME "the dj from hell" and he invited me to play that year and I'll forever remain grateful as some of my funnest memories came from that trip.  

This mix has it all, some great tech house classics and progressive tracks towards the end from the years before 99'.  Some my all time favs are on this disk.  Soooo go turn it up and catch a glimpse of how we partied that night in PCB Florida.

Peace yall...

"Live at Club LaVela"...  mixed by dj MENDOZA

The breaks mix of our first release as a production team on our label Sundance Recordings.  The Welcoming Sound tech house mix was done by Russell and myself.  Knowing we had to have another version on the B side of the record I went at it in a progressive breaks direction. 

This was the very beginnings of knowing how to take a track and begin to tell a story with the sounds.  Take the listener on a journey if you will.  

nJoy

"The Welcoming Sound"  ~  AOA's Welcome Back to Breaks Mix

Still working with analog gear and recording onto tape for that warm sound I thought why not make a track specifically tailored to capture just that.  Warm is my attempt to use flowing sounds and long drawn out pads to make the listeners' ears feel as if a warm sonic wave is flowing into them.  

I do love the ease of working within the digital rhelm and certainly love the way vst technology has pushed music forward in leaps and bounds.... but I truly miss working with hands on gear and old vintage equipment for the sonic characteristics that come with it.  I'm sure all who've had the pleasure and pain would agree with that one...

nJoy

"Warm"

On July 4, 1999 I opened up for Paul Oakenfold at the State Palace Theatre in New Orleans LA.  The next day after arriving home I had a package waiting for me.  It was the Yamaha EX5 I had ordered a week before.  I immediately hooked it up and started going through the presets and came to one called RadioActive.  This track hit me in an instant and after almost 48 hours later I was mixing this track down.  Done entirely inside the Yamaha workstation, needless to say I was highly impressed at the quality of this instrument.  

"RadioActive"

After many painstaking months of learning the ms dos sequencer FastTracker I finally knew enough to actually finish a track.  This is the 1st remix and really the 1st project that I ever did.  It almost hurts to go back and listen to this, but we all have to start somewhere's, right.  

Mona Lisa - "Stay In Love" ~ AOA's Rmx

Still doing my own remixes, here is the "dub" version of the progressive track I did earlier that year... Annihilated Rhythm.

"Annihilated Rhythm" ~ AOA's Dubbed Down Mix

Nothing like being employed to use your creative talents for financial gain.  I'll forever remain grateful....

"gnawin' at your nerves"  ~  (commercial backing track)

The concept of being Divergent may not register with everyone.  While everyone is unique, not everyone conforms or fits into a norm, a parallel, an accepted way of life.  We have enjoyed a life outside the lines, a presence in the unexpected and an existence in what most would call "different".  Our music is a product of the aforementioned and no exception to the rule.  

Divergent... is the figment of an increasing indefinite imagination.  A sequence that has no limits and tends to develop in different, unexpected directions.  With this track we tried to fit as much as sonically possible through two speakers while twisting the listeners ears and mind in almost infinite directions.  And, just when one thinks they have a glimpse of the way forward, an absolute perfect resolve, the path splits off from the expected, the norm, the almost certain way to go and reminds one that there are no rules in imagination.  There is simply no standard!!!

For us, that's life.  You have no set rules to follow and are bound by nothing... left to be free with your own devices, to design your own self.  We hope that Divergent, along with previous tracks and the tracks we have yet to imagine will be well received by those who truly love the sonic journey within each one!  Thanks for listening and much love to all the producers, musicians, artist and lovers of EDM worldwide!!!

AOA  .... in full effect!!!


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"Divergent"

First remix I was ever asked to do, for a friend of mine... Jay, aka " dj dic", who is no longer with us.  Had not a clue of what I was doing but a really good idea of what I wanted it to sound like in my head.  But, lacking the ability, experience and quality gear, this was the released result.  Things weren't so easy back then, but I'll forever remain grateful as this was my first creation to make it to WAX!!!

Thanks for listening everyone!!!

"Hypnotize"  ~  Mendoza's Trance-a-Mental Mix

New track in progress.  An industrial lil' diddy, trying to continue on the path of rock meets electronic with a splash of difference in the middle.  By the time you make sense of that, the track will be done and your senses will be enlightened!!!

"Gyro" ~ (demo track)

Rocked, Rolled and Relentless... 

EDM meets the rock world.... and who doesn't love the sound of driving drums and a wailing guitar.   AOA has and will always remain devoted to delivering a sound that's live, upfront and personal!!!  

Thanks for listening!!!!

"With You"

...the third "demo tape" [Cassette Tape] ...mixed on 1200's, a RANE MP22 and a damn tape deck!!!
   

Beginning my senior year of high school already in the dj game and club scene, I had had enough of this burning desire to go other places and explore sonic possibilities, as I knew there was more to this scene of underground music other than that of New Orleans.  

I gathered a collection of tracks that really represented me, MENDOZA the dj and recorded this tape.  ...all in all, I must have literally, on every Monday, mailed out packages that after six months totaled just over FIVE HUNDRED HANDMADE COPIES.  (for all you download dj's and snake software mixers) ...this was how it was and IS still really done!!!  

I give you "Third Times A Charm"... the official demo tape I made as a dj and the set that I played at "DIVINE INTERVENTION" in New Orleans on April 19, 1997... featuring some of the biggest dj's in the world at the time (look it up).  An infamous rave that Kevin Comeaux, Brock(RIP) and Alex Habbit, Russell Saltzman and myself of {SUNDANCE PRODUCTIONS} put on that ultimately led us to even greater successes and collabortations in the EDM world.

This tape is responsible for setting ME in motion... as a rave dj, a club dj and the producer track that I still remain on.  Responsible for the appearances and performances I made at clubs and underground raves all over the US and a few other countries.  

As the EDM movement has moved on and forward, we all move on... I have ventured away from the sound of this tape, the sound that represented my beginnings, to a more educated, "intelligent" sound if you will.   It laid the foundation however, of a deep rooted sound and complexity of sonic explorations that will forever remain in any of the compilations I lay down and especially any tracks that I produce in the future.   

Humbly...  thanks for listening, grateful I remain.  ...and for the support, there are no words good enough.  MENDOZA, ANGLE OF ATTACK, WIGGLEFIST ...all one-in-the-same... much love to ALL!!!

Stay Up!!! 



"Third Times A Charm" ...mixed by dj MENDOZA

...call it what you will.  No turntables, well just one.  Two cassette decks on an AIWA Karaoke system...

Played the records onto cassettes then used the dual cassette deck with the karoke mic mixer to "blend" the tracks together while "RUBBING MY THUMB" on the tape spools to slow the speed in attempts to match tempos.  NOT ONE OF YOU MILLENNIAL DOWNLOAD, PUSH BUTTON, AUTOSYNC DJ's can say that!!!

"Thumb Rubbing"  ...mixed by dj MENDOZA

"InDeep"

"Imagination for the conception of the dream, Ambition and Inspiration to go after it, Dedication, Discipline and Perseverance to stay the course and achieve the desired results, along with the Will to Succeed to truly make it become your reality!" MM

To explain the name 1st and foremost...  nothing in life is really easy, for anyone.  We are certainly no exception to that rule.  Daring to dream, setting a goal and then finding the courage, strength and ambition to go after it is hard work in and that of itself.  That set goal always stays in the center of your efforts, but the path one takes to reach set goal might change over and over.  However there are only three hundred sixty degrees in a circle and no matter how many times one goes around that circle, no matter how many times one has to back up and find another way... there is always an               ANGLE OF ATTACK to go after and achieve that dream!!!

Beginning lifes journey in New Orleans Louisiana, surrounded by the funkiest of jazz, the deepest of blues and the hardest of rock, I, Mavi, developed a love for music with emotion at a very early age. My earliest memory is unwrapping a saxophone I received at the age of four. By the age of six I could literally blow everyone away. From there I went onto guitar and remain devoted to the instrument today. Somehow or another I found myself in my early teens wanting to express myself through sound. Hoping to find others wanting the same I tried to form a band, but to no avail I was left to my own devices.

At the impressionable age of fourteen I was taken to an afterhours club by some older friends and heard techno for the first time. I was hooked in seconds. I was captivated by the art of djing and how sound and songs could be combined together to create something new and move an audience. Coincidently Trent Reznor, NIN, released Pretty Hate Machine and after learning his story and how he came to be I knew I could do this myself.

I fell in love with the industrial sound and how many different directions it could be taken in. Which led to the developement of my dark sound as a dj. Spinning mostly tech house and hard trance I witnessed how the energy of this hard driving music moved people in audiences all over the world. I was lucky enough to share the stage with a few of the absolute biggest dj's in the world, to include Sasha, John Digweed, Paul Oakenfold and Paul Van Dyke.

After a long endeavor into the djing world I realized I had grown tired of only playing other producers music and wanted to use my formal education in music along with an extremely vivid imagination of what I heard in my head to share with others who love this particular sound. Over the years I've experimented with rock, hiphop, pop, dance and the industrial trance sound.

For the past decade I've been living in Miami Florida, a dance music and party mecca. Easily one of the most influential cities in the world. Having allowed some of the newer sounds of today to enter my creations I try to stay within the lines of what hooked me into this world. Time will ultimately tell as to what AOA will be known for.

GlowWorm Recordings
Outerbass Records
Malicious Recordings
Sundance Records
Hoodwink Records

Bookings, Productions or Collaborations... angleofattack@ymail.com

ANGLE OF ATTACK

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