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ATMOPHERIX💥⚡⚡

Had a great time playing out live at the old Edge Venue in Orlando on 9/17, now the Ace Cafe.  Got to dj the patio for my buddy DJ Soundamind's 50th Bday bash.  Here is my set track listing.   Modern tracks with a 90's vibe influence.

1. Shan - One Day (Earth Trax Remix)
2. Budakid, Ester Veen - Surga
3. Jody Wisternoff , James Grant, Boxer - Sunkissed (Extended Mix)
4. Iglesias - Where?
5. Tommy Farrow - Let’s Just (Extended Mix)
6. Duke Dumont - Therapy (Franky Wah Mix)
7. Marsh, Leo Wood - My Strips Featuring Leo Wood (Braxton and 
8. Martin Badder - Coming Back to You (Extended Mix)
9. Kendal - Basorexia 
10. Richie Blacker - 2 Late 4 Love

Grade - E - Live Set At Ace Cafe Orlando, Soundamind's 50th

Nothing like 2 years in between episodes.  While I still have been mixing all the  time  I haven't recorded a set outside of a guest mix for Joe Wink's Broken Essence. Which you can listen to here:  https://soundcloud.com/mr_wink/joe-winks-broken-essence-104-featuring-grade-e

And the live set I did at Ace Cafe: https://soundcloud.com/grade-e/grade-e-live-set-at-ace-cafe-orlando-soundaminds-50th

Episode 4 of BCB was definitely inspired by Joe's set he played the week I guest mixed. That set has been one of my favorites of 2022.  My set is a bit of a  throw back sound to a much earlier two-part series I did in the early 2000's called "BreakTrancing." Some of my DC friends may remember those tapes.  Getting breaks remixes was a bit of rarity back then and I was one of the few playing those remixes. I made a mix  of tracks that  straddled breaks and trance that was popular at that time.

This set will hopefully get your toes tapping. Grab a coffee and join me. 

Tracklisting:
1.  Private  / Taste  (Ashtrax  Ambient  Mix)
2. Bod Diana Miro  / Underwater (Sasha Carrasi Mix)
3. Hexadecimal  /The End
4. Richie Blacker / Atlantis
5. Selsi / Dust (Framework Electro Breaks Remix)
6. Olan / Contra 
7. Bicep  /  X  (feat. Clara  La  San)
8. Framewerk / Yeke Yeke  Rewerk  (Dub)
9. Flume , Emma Louise / Hollow  (Logic 1000 Remix)
10. Rochelle Jordan / Situation (&Me Remix)
11. Noel  Sanger / Falling  Upward
12. Diplo, Damian Lazarus / Don’t Be Afraid (DJ  Tennis  Remix)

Black Coffee Breaks - Episode 4

My latest Black Coffee Breaks mix, now up to Episdoe 5. A fresh serving of 90's inspired breakbeats, groove laden melodies with a bit of a melancholy tone that works so well in dance music. Maybe it's all the minor keys. 

All tracks are from the summer months of 2023, but it's amazing to me how much of a 90's revival is happening in the breaks scene these days. Recycled drums loops, pianos galore, but the bpms  have come down a bit. 

Tracklisting
1.  Framewerk - Mercury and Solace
2. John Gurd & Reset Robot - Ashen
3. Arlan - Flow through the canyon (Ran Kaler Remix)
4. Because of Art  - Circle of Light
5. Sasha  & Because of Art - Fused
6. Tim French - Veritas (Truth)
7. Matin HERRS - Do we love each other
8. Jeremy Olander - Hollow Halls
9. Matty Right - Realisation 
10. Digital Base & Andy Vibes - Darling
11. Ranj Kaler - Recovery

Black Coffee Breaks - Episode 5

Work kept me away from the decks for a couple of weeks.... took all that energy and put it into this mix full force! Enjoy :-)

pb.n Twitch Session - May 11, 2024

Love like we're dying...
Love like we’re dying, it’s so hard...
Not the right timing...
Never been right but guess that’s love...

pb.n Twitch Session - May 15, 2024

So many good tunes in this one... Snuck in a couple of progressive house tracks in near the beginning, so if that isn't your vibe - stick with it, I promise it'll be worth your while! <3

pb.n Twitch Session - May 23, 2024

You could be upside down
But I hang with you
People don't play that sound
It's not what we're into

pb.n Twitch Session - May 29, 2024

This was a bit of a warmup mix for Ascendance 001.... testing out a few tracks and my Lost Astronaut/Tekara "Bloom in You" mashup.

pb.n Twitch Session - June 2, 2024

I was thrilled to join an outstanding lineup of progressive breaks DJs from all over the globe for the first ever Ascendance Twitch Raid Train - 24 hours of non-stop progressive breaks and electronica. Here's my set, squirrelly mixes and all (I was just a tad nervous lol).

For the full tracklist, please visit: https://progressivebreaks.net/2024/11/29/ascendance-001/

ASCENDANCE 001 - June 6, 2024

Grade-E presents:
Black Coffee House and Breaks

1. Warung - Ilusive
2. Dusky - Cedar
3. Maya Jane Coles - Visionary
4. Icarus - No Sleep
5. Locked Groove - From Beyond (Alan Fitzpatrick Remix)
6. James Zabiela - The Healing (Tinlicker Remix)
7. High Heel Breaker - Come Easy (feat. Sarah Palin; Dave Aju Remix)
8. Rufus Du Sol - Lost in My Mind (Icarus Remix)
9. Boom Jinx, Fatum, Katrine Stenbekk - Coming Home (Einer K Five Chill Out Mix)
10. Adam Pits - Pest Control
11. DJ Seinfeld -  Galaxy
12. Lone - Pulsar
13. Mariel Ito - Lovely 
14. George Fitzgerald - Burns (DJ Seinfeld Remix)
15. Perdu - Sacrament0
16. Frost - Overtones   

Hi friends - I’m kicking off a new dj set series that allows me to release music in my two favorite genres of deep house and breakbeats. Over the coming months I hope to release at least one new set on a semi-regular basis. 

Inspiration for the music comes mornings, black coffee, my favorite DJs, good grooves, 90 breaks and much more. 

Some of you may know me more for progressive breaks that I’ve played for years and still love. While you’ll certainly hear that type of sound in the breaks set, I’ve gravitated towards breaks that were slightly more acoustic, heavily influenced by classic nineties vibes with some modern melodies.  This set is good for chilling listening or club dancing. 

I have borrowed a few tracks that I’ve heard in other recent sets from some of my favorite DJs, but hopefully found my own unique take on them by placing them in the mix in my own way. While not focused on the hottest latest tracks that are mere minutes old, I hope you'll still be hearing some tunes that maybe you're hearing for the first time. 

Thank you to anyone that gives these a listen. Your ears are always appreciated. Your comments are always welcome.

Black Coffee Breaks - Episode 1

After far too many months, here is episode 3 of my Black Coffee DJ sets. Episode three is back to the Breakbetats.

Soulful, Sexy, Tribal, Nostalgic from the Warehouse to the Coffee House Breakbeats on order.  Many of the tracks have some 90's vibes to my ear. 

Played @ 125 Beats Per Minute
Mixed in Ableton Live with an Akai MK2

Music to get you going in the morning, moving in the evening, chilling on the Sunday comedown and everything in between.  Good Coffee always welcome.

Tracklisting (Please Support the Artist):

1. Sergey Fors - Mercury (Patrice Baumel Remix)
2. Tender Games - Movim (Black Loops Remix)
3. Black Loops -Gwei Lo
4. Bicep - Atlas
5. Moff and Tarkin - Baby
6. Ross From Friends - March
7. Because of Art - Elevate 
8. Route 8 - All those DJs
9. Fio Fa - Fantasom
10. Art was Art - Grid
11. Objekt -  Them from Q
12. Seb Wildblood -Bad Space Habigs

Black Coffee Breaks - Episode 3

Curator of fine broken beats. Streaming regularly on Twitch (twitch.tv/atm0sph3rix). Most mixes can also be found on Mixcloud (mixcloud.com/atm0sph3rix) and on most podcast apps (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pbn-podcast-twitch-stream/id315128931).

Used to have a podcast (http://progressivebreaks.net).