This mix is full of fun and exciting new, classic, and new versions of classic house that the youngers will enjoy and the olders will understand the vocabulary of as clearly as if there were a dictionary for it!  Features a nifty little homage to Fatboy Slim and more credits listed here soon.

This is the 2nd of my PSYCHED! mixes following "Imposter Syndrome"  Each title is fun or funny or just sounds cool but also gives me an opportunity to teach a little.  I called this Shock Therapy because I've had ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy), as it's now known, and it was the easiest and most impactful treatment I've ever had in a lifetime of psychiatric treatment and I'd like people to realize it's not scary... like AT ALL.  

According to NAMI.ORG (National Alliance on Mental Illness) ECT is a non-invasive medical treatment that is most often used with individuals who have a serious mental illness, such as major depression or bipolar disorder. It’s performed under anesthesia and involves using small electric currents to trigger a brief, controlled seizure in the brain. ECT appears to create changes in brain chemistry that can quickly improve certain mental health symptoms.

Although ECT is effective, it’s under used as a treatment option. This is possibly due to factors such as stigma and misinformation, lack of availability, or concerns over side effects.  The reality of treatment with ECT is very different than it was decades ago, when it was in the early stages of development. As with any treatment approach, the goal is to provide the highest benefit with the least amount of risk, and ECT has since emerged as a safe and effective option.

Read more on their trusted site or feel free to message me here with questions about my personal experience.

Shock Treatment

Eddie Merced - Street Lessons

The latest instalment in Eddie Merced’s masterclass of deep techno meditation arrives in the form of 'Like A Flower In The Rain,' a three-track demonstration of his keen instinct for the most soul-stirring strains of machine music. 

The fundamental groove of ‘I’ll Wait For You’ feels like a serene, heads down roller after the high-drama of the lead track, but as ever there’s space for the story to unfold as upper-register strings add the peaks to this steady-trucking, mid tempo workout. 

In an era of chaotic eclecticism, Merced’s focus on a sound feels refreshing, each new release edging his concept further out, inspiration undiluted, craft perfected. 

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Premiere: Eddie Merced - I'll Wait For You [R4808n Recordings]

D4Damager, formally known as Jocelyn Silver, exhibits her signature mixing style, nearly psychotic set programming, and old school pleasing/new school teaching track selection on this mix as well as on any other.  Listen for songs that you remember from the 90's and 00s rave house culture, played up-tempo like it should be, with long-ass mixes that so well interplay both tracks in play that she is nearly creating a live remix, all on vinyl.

She favors songs that her peers from "the day" might remember but loves to play songs that they've never heard but could swear they have because they fit into the sound and style of her chosen era so perfectly.

Plus, there's always a bit of humor in her mixes as well as some ballsy experimentation that doesn't always work out for her but is, nevertheless, going to create a musical moment that is uniquely her own.

Enjoy!

Redemption House vinyl mix

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