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Here is the recording of my livestream from March 27, 2021. In the mix I tried to reconstruct the tracks I played at our first tempo90 night on January 21, 2001 at Exhaus in Trier.

For some records I am absolutely sure (e.g. the opening with Space Age, Coded Language ...). Others I derived from my then still small vinyl collection and my then favorite kind of drum'n'bass. They are still great tracks (apart from the sound to some extent). Neurofunk was still new and actually funky. The sound aesthetic back then was characterized by the euphoric, futuristic awakening of the millennium that had just dawned.

This mix, however, has little to do with what I really produced that night. Before, I had only played in front of very small audiences of maximum 30-40 people in small venues. This time it was an insane 10 times as many and I played the first set after the warm-up. My hands were shaking so badly that it was difficult to operate the tone arm and put the needle on the record. Every DJ has their story of learning the big difference between mixing at home and playing on a big system in front of a big crowd. There was no monitoring, just some shoddy mixer, my headphones weren't loud and clear enough. Oh and so much fog and strobe that even seeing was difficult. And my mixing skills were still pretty basic at that time anyway. Sometimes I just crossfaded in the breakdown and I'm sure I really messed up some transitions. My emotions fluctuated between sheer terror at having to perform under these difficult circumstances and pure euphoria when I realized that people really liked the music and went nuts on every drop.

As trite as it sounds, that night at Trier's Exhaus changed my life, because without it I wouldn't have taken the path as a DJ (and promoter) in the way I did. I realized that this way of standing on stage and "making music" holds quite fantastic flow experiences.

 01 Teebee - Space Age [Certificate 18]
02 Teebee - Human Reptile [Subtitles]
03 Matrix - Apache [Virus]
04 Special Forces - Someting Else / Bleeps Tune (Photek Rmx) [Photek Productions]
05 Teebee - Metreon [Subtitles]
06 Adam F - Metropolis [Metalheadz]
07 Kabuki - Beneath The Mask []
08 Defcon One - Time Is The Fire [Mac II]
09 Source Direct - Yo Bitch [Demonic]
10 Inta Warriors - Inta (Special Forces Rmx) [Prototype]
12 Digital & Spirit - Phantom Force [Phantom Audio]
13 Photek - Infinity [Science]
14 Krust feat. Saul Williams - Coded Language [Talkin Loud]

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Myom live! Selected like it´s 2001 (Boom Tschak #29)

Semuta goes deep this time with clean futuristic DNB!

1. Seba - What's Your Fantasy (Secret Operations)
2. Electrosoul System - Across The Ocean (Kos.Mos.Music)
3. LM1 - The Calling (Offworld Recor  dings)
4. Sunchase - Moulded (Drone Audio)
5. Seba - Identity (Secret Operations)
6. Sapphire - Go Further (Kill Inc drum & Bass)
7. S.P.Y. - Adrift (Hospital Records)
8. Naibu - Long Way Out (Survival Remix) (Horizons Music)
9. (Teaser: John B & Shaz Sparks - Shining In The Dark (Extended Mix) (Beta Recordings))
10. Plunk - Beaker (BNC Express)
11. Atmos T - Closer (Muzik Hertz Recordings)
12. S.P.Y. - Warrior Dub (Ram)
13. DuoScience & Integration Now - Rethink (Luvdisaster Records)
14. Seba - Balance Of Power (Secret Operations)
15. Side9000, Psyek - Tma (Deafmuted Records)
16. Hazard - Time Tripping (Ram)
17. Gmorozov - Mulholland Acid (Beta Recordings)
18. The Upbeats - Replacement (Blackout Music NL)
19. Seba - Under The Sun (Ram)
20. Silent Witness, Survival - Feel It (Dispatch Recordings)
21. Total Science, Lenzman, S.P.Y., Kevin J. King - Past Lives (Lenzman Remix) (CIA Recordings)
22. S.P.Y. - Future Tense feat. Jo-S (Hospital Records)
23. Foreign Concept - When You're Alone (Critical Music)
24. T, Sugah, Ayve - Green Valleys (Liquicity Records)
25. Kelle - Radiophobia (Ram)
26. Villem, Fields. Mako and Linden - Fuse (Samurai Music)
27. Seba - Addicted (Spearhead Records)
28. Technimatic - Solace (Shogun Audio)
29. Sapphire - Lullaby For The Wood Goblin (Kill Inc Drum & Bass)
30. Enei, Georgia Yates - Running feat. Georgia Yates (Critical Music)

Semuta - Light in Darkness [Boom Tschak #14]

With this mix I return to my "Original Dubbah"-series of dubwise Drum´n´Bass sets. This selection is dedicated to tracks with thick dub atmospheres, vocal echoes, chord delays, washed out horns over heavy basslines and rolling breakbeats. I chose consistency over variety in my selection to capture a specific sound and let it flow for an hour. 

The mixes of the "Original Dubbah"-series have been very popular a few years back. I got feedback from all over the world, quite a few bookings for that style, someone even recreated the playlist on Youtube. This one was originally just a playlist I made for myself, but then it became something I wanted to share. And it must be mentioned that it includes a few classics by Marcus and Spirit, who were also true masters of this particular sound. Their music lives on.
01 Intro with Quotes on Dub by Dr. Das & Steve Barron
02 Bungle – Northern Dub [Spearhead]
03 Mist:i:cal – Mistical Dub [Soul:r]
04 Barrington Levy – Here I Come (Nu:Tone Rmx) [Hospital]
05 Brian Brainstorm – All about the Dayz [Serial Killaz]
06 Spirit – Think [Inneractive]
07 Calibre – City Life [Signature]
08 DRS ft Marcus Intalex – Emergency [Soul:r]
09 Brian Brainstorm – Brooklyn Dub [Liondub international]
10 Need for Mirrors – Vendor Dub [V Recordings]
11 DJ Patife & David WS – The Vibe is Coming feat. MC Fats [V Recordings]
12 Spy – Open Your Exes [Hospital]
13 Jubei & Tyrone – Avalon [Metalheadz]
14 Logistics – Rhythm Track [Hospital]
15 Digital & Spirit – Stolen Desire [Function]
16 Breakage – Tape Bubbler Spesh [Index]
17 Total Science, Digital & Spirit – Rumble [CIA vs Phantom Audio]
18 Jinx – High and Low (Aries Rmx) [Born On Road]
19 King Bracket & Mr Williamz – Rise Up (Falkwun Rmx) [Totally Dubwise Recordings]
20 Need for Mirrors – Slaves of Empire [V Recordings]
21 The Green Man (TGM), Navigator, DJ Freeze & Brian Brainstorm - Live The Life You Love & Love The Life You Live [Basswerk]

Myom  - The Finest Dubby Rollers (Original Dubbah Vol. 5 / Boom Tschak Podcast #25)

This is my second exploration into the 170 bpm fusion of drum´n´bass with dub techno, ambient and dub. It´s bass music primarily for listening and imaginary dancefloors. Since we currently have to make do with mind traveling, I thought I create a little helper. It surely takes you away someplace, if you give in to it, it´s quite cinematic.

The first one from 2017 proved to be a timeless mix for which I continue to receive favorable feedback. This one is even more laid back and further away from the mainstream idea of what Drum´n´Bass is supposed to be. I have written a few words accompanying the first mix, which are still valid for the sequel, so if you´re interested in the sound and the concept, check that out. 

I´m very happy to have found a way to prominently include a track by Rhythm & Sound, who are obviously a great inspiration for this whole affair. The sound I´m searching for here is also a neighbor of tribal halftime dnb, which was actually hard to keep out of the selection, because it works well on a certain level, but at the same it is mostly very dark and also too upfront (I have actually compiled a second playlist as a sequel to my Tribalizm mix from 10 years ago, so that might come up next.) I also tried to steer away from Ambient dnb tracks that just arent Dub enough.

01 DB1 - Ktz1
02 Overlook - Passages
03 Ghost Warrior - Videodrome
04 Nether - True Believer
05 Nether - Moon Dub
06 QNS - QNS#5
07 QNS - QNS#6
08 Rhythm & Sound w/ The Chosen Brothes - Mash Down Babylon
09 Loxy & Flatliners - Sci Fi Dub
10 Morphy - Tell No Tales
11 Dubmonger - Micro Crumble
12 DB1 - Zukr
13 Ruffhouse - Straight 9´s
14 Loxy & Resound - Civil War
15 DYL - Words
16 Overlook - Down the Rabbit Hole
17 Levl - Arcola#2
18 Felix K - Deconstructor
19 DB1 - Contorno
20 Parallel - The Small Things Matter (VIP Mix)
21 DB1 + DYL - Materia
22 Martsman - Krine

Myom - Rhythm & Sound & Drum & Bass Vol. 2 (Boom Tschak #26)

The missus and I would be at Sun & Bass now, which is a very special occasion for us every year. This mix captures the vibe, we´re missing so very much. 

"If Corona hadn´t happened ..." is the most frequently heard sentence this summer. By and large this playlist was my first set to play in front of a live audience after the longest pause in over 20 years. It was an outdoor event with a festival feel, but everyone had to keep distancing and wasn´t allowed to dance. That´s what I mean by "Schroedinger´s Summer". The strange way, that it seems to be there, but at the same time, it´s not.

The mix expresses all last months lightheartedness, the hopes and wishes, and also the sadness, tense anticipation and shattered dreams. It´s been a tough time for each and everyone. Music can be soothing and healing. I tried to create an emotional arc that can have this effect on you.

01 - L-Sides & Fats - Steppa Dub [V-Recordings]
02 - DRS & Dynamite MC - Playing in the Dark feat. (The Vanguard Project) [Hospital]
03 - Calibre - Pillow Dub (Signature)
04 - BCee - Back to the Streets feat. Philippa Hanna (Spearhead)
05 - Stickybuds - Lovin' Easy feat. BridgeHill & Sacha Vee (Westwood Recordings)
06 - 45 Roller - Rain
07 - KSR & Dogger - Sweet Jungle feat. Liam Bailey (Polarface)
08 - DRS & Dynamite MC - Do You Ever feat. etherwood (Hospital)
09 - Submorphics - The Prize / Golden Roots feat. TRAC (The North Quarter)
10 - The Mouse Outfit - Feeling High feat. IAMDDB & Kinkai (Lenzman Rmx) [TMO Records]
11 - Redeyes - Lust [The North Quarter]
12 - Dogger & Mindstate & Liam Bailey - Broken Home [1985 Music]
13 - Anile - Constant Reminder feat. DRS [Footnotes]
14 - Blocks & Escher - From the Ashes [Narratives Music]
15 - LSB & DRS - Could Be [Footnotes]
16 - Bungle - Slow Down [Soul in Motion]
17 - Fox feat. Tyler Daley - Here We Go Again [Senkasonic]
18 - Break & Kyo - The Edge of Time (Workforce Rmx) [Symmetry Recordings]
19 - Monrroe - As I Fall feat. Sydney [Shogun Audio]
20 - Visages - Memories [1985 Music]
21 - Spectrasoul - Glimpse feat. Dbridge (Ivy Lab Rmx) [Shogun Audio]
22 - Seba & Manos - Evergreen [Secret Operations]
23 - A Sides - Arctic feat. MC Fats [Sun & Bass Recordings]
24 - Total Science & War - Second Wave [Function Records]
25 - Klute - Feeding the 5000 [Commercial Suicide]
26 - Bungle - Moving Pages [Influence]
27 - Klute - Flesh Eaters [Commercial Suicide]
28 - Adred - Captivate feat. Robert Manos (Marcus Intalex Rmx) [Metalheadz]
29 - Seba & Paradox - Over Now [Seba & Paradox]

Myom - Schroedinger´s Summer (Boom Tschak #27)

Recorded live on 29.08.2020 @ Kulturgraben Trier.

Check out the audiovisual version of this mix: youtu.be/1Awer3E7y8I

Tracklist:

01 Halogenix – Beyond The Bounds [Metalheadz]
02 Silence Groove – Whistler [Fokuz Recordings]
03 Blu Mar Ten – Last Life in the Universe (SpectraSoul Remix) [Blu Mar Ten Music]
04 Bungle – Forgiven [Scientific]
05 Levrige – The Legend [Hospital Records]
06 Bungle – Distance [31 Records]
07 Thing – Last Night [Dubthing Records]
08 Bop – Spiral [Med School]
>> SB81 – Blueprints (SB81's Acid Mix) [Metalheadz]
09 Halogenix – Bitter [Critical Recordings]
10 Mutated Forms – Affectionate [Spearhead Records]
11 Oder – Mesmerize [Technique Recordings]
12 Mikal – Echoed [Warm Communications]
13 Abstract Elements x Electrosoul System – Delirium [Microfunk Music]
14 Bungle – Astral Travel [Soul:R]
15 Scenic & Advisory – Don't Tell Me [Offworld Free]
16 SpectraSoul feat D Bridge – Glimpse (Ivy Lab Remix) [Shogun Audio]
17 Electrosoul System – Shadow (feat. Deeizm) [Med School]
18 Marcus Intalex – Steady [Soul:R]
19 Zed Bias – Pick Up the Pieces (Skeptical Remix) [Exit Records]
20 Need For Mirrors – Son Of Sorrow [V Recordings]
21 Calibre – The Sweet [Exit Records]
22 Satl & Harland – Alone [Soul Trader]
23 Lenzman – Masquerade (Die, Interface & Will Cartwright Remix) [Metalheadz]
24 HumaNature – Whisper [Fokuz Recordings]
25 Reso – Echo Loss [Hospital Records]
26 SpectraSoul – Beat Keeps [Ish Chat Music]
27 Dub Phizix and Skittles – I'm A Creator [Exit Records]
28 Breakslinger – Binary [Acid Elephant]
29 Data feat. K2 – Kyushojutsu [Cylon Recordings]
30 Nomine – Blind Man (Om Unit Remix) [Tempa]
31 Fre4knc – Tellurian [Samurai Music]
32 Klax – Wait for Me [Critical Music]
33 Digital, Mad Vibes & Audio Habitat – Rise [Function Records]
34 Loxy & Naibu – Hajime [Critical Recordings]
35 Digital & Spirit – Phantom Force (Fracture Remix) [Phantom Audio]

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