Mix I did for Mistajam's show on 1Xtra celebrating 20 years of RAM Records. Drum & Bass baby!!!!

20 Years of RAM tracklist:

1) SUB FOCUS - - LET THE STORY BEGIN
2) MOVING FUSION - - THE BEGINNING
3) ORIGIN UNKNOWN - - SOUND IN MOTION
4) CONCEPT 2 - - CAUSE ’N’ EFFECT 
5) SHIMON & ANDY C - - NIGHT FLIGHT
6) SHIMON & ANDY C - - QUEST
7) DESIRED STATE - - GOES AROUND (REMIX)
8) ORIGIN UNKNOWN - - VALLEY OF THE SHADOWS
9) ORIGIN UNKNOWN - - TRULY ONE REMIX
10) MOVING FUSION - - CHILLI PEPPER
11) SHIMON & ANDY C - - RECHARGE
12) RAM TRILOGY - - MILKY WAY
13) ORIGIN UNKOWN - - BELIEVE
14) MOVING FUSION - - ATLANTIS
15) MOVING FUSION - - ATLANTIS (BAD COMPANY REMIX)
16) RAM TRILOGY - - TITAN
17) MOVING FUSION & SHIMON - - MYSTERONS
18) SHIMON - - HUSH HUSH
19) ANDY C & MOVING FUSION - - FOUL MOUTH
20) MOVING FUSION - - THUNDERBALL
21) FRESH - - COLLOSUS
22) RAM TRILOGY - - NO REALITY
23) SUB FOCUS - - WORLD OF HURT
24) LOADSTAR - - BE THERE
25) FRESH - - GATEKEEPER
26) LOMAX - - ARTISAN VIP
27) LOADSTAR - - LINK TO THE PAST
28) SUB FOCUS - - X-RAY
29) XAMPLE - - LOWDOWN
30) HAMILTON - - SOUNDBOY
31) FRESH  - - CAPTURE THE FLAG
32) SUB FOCUS - - DRUGGY
33) CULTURE SHOCK - - GEARS
34) BREAK - - HOT LOVE
35) XAMPLE & CRYSTAL CLEAR - - HEAVEN & HELL
36) DC BREAKS - - GAMBINO
37) FRANKEE - - GULLY
38) GRIDLOK & PROLIX - - MEMBRANE
39) SUB FOCUS - - TIMEWARP
40) SHIMON - - BODYROCK
41) FRANKEE - - DROP IT LOW
42)WILKINSON - - DIRTY LOVE (TC REMIX) 
43) MIND VORTEX - - GRAVITY
44) AUDIO - - NIL BY MOUTH
45) GRIDLOK & THE UPBEATS - - THE JITTERS
46) SUB FOCUS SWAMP THING
47) WILKINSON - - HEARTBEAT FT. P MONEY & ARLISSA (CALYX & TEEBEE REMIX)
48) CULTURE SHOCK - - TROGLODYTE VIP
49) CULTURE SHOCK & BROOKES BROS. - - REWORK
50) LOKO & CHORDS - - DIAMOND LIGHT
51) GERRA & STONE - - L.I.E.S.
52) LOADSTAR - - STEPPED OUTSIDE
53) CHASE & STATUS - - TAKE ME AWAY
54) CALYX & TEEBEE - - ELEVATE THIS SOUND
55) JUNE MILLER - - UPS & DOWNS FT. ANOUK VISÉE, T & SUGAH
56) SUB FOCUS - - CLOSE (IVY LAB REMIX)


20 YEARS OF RAM mixed by: CRAZE

Here is “The Soldier’s Story”, my first truly original cd for the prestigious American electronic music label Moonshine. For this release I was given complete control of choosing all of the music and really went out of my way to find the best future thinking, unreleased and heavy as hell drum and bass at that time. This one was not just for the dancefloor and really started to establish the way I would approach choosing music for all future mix projects. Some of the key tunes on here would be my collaboration with Technical Itch “Atlantic State”. The bassline was born out of a keyboard glitch and the cool pads in the intro are from a Skinny Puppy sample cd. The name was a nod to the classic 808 State tune “Pacific State” (the Atlantic ocean separates the USA and the UK ;). Jonny L “Bellz” was just a white hot smasher that I loved to death. And “The Stalker” was a weird super minimal tune that eventually became the anthem for my drum and bass weekly “Platinum" in Philly (everyone used to love that track!). For the intro I used a bunch of samples from the videogames Half Life and Quake (I found the sound libraries and broke them up and mined the shit out of them). At one point I was contacted by some people who worked on Half Life and they said they used to play my mix at the office. That was awesome. This mix sounds fast because I mixed it on my home turntables that were modified to play faster than normal. I always thought faster was better. The artwork was done by the late Todd Baldwin of Airline Industries. He hired famous Marvel comics artist Paul Gosier to draw me as a super soldier for the cover. Most people didn’t really think it looked like me ;) Finally, I lifted the title from the movie “A Soldier’s Story”. In the drum and bass scene a “soldier” is a die hard fan of the music. That pretty much sums me up to this day. Enjoy!

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TRACKLIST

Dieselboy - Precautionary Procedure
Konflict - The Beckoning
Usual Suspects + Fierce - Sawn Off
DJ Friction - Photon Remix
Future Cut + Mark Da Intallex - Plastic
Technical Itch - Deception
Technical Itch - Stack
Moving Fusion - Sex Drive
Jonny L - The Bellz
Usual Suspects + Loxy - Stalker
Vertigo - Drained
Danny Breaks - Dissonance
Peshay - Vegas
Kosheen - Yes Men (Decoder Remix)
Technical Itch + Dieselboy - Atlantic State
Decoder - BS9

A Soldier's Story

Bassosula (@bassosula) returns to Dream Schemes for our 12th release.

A side - Lake - is a lovely little end of summer track, tight composition and orchestration all with a nice electronica feel.

B side - Exergy - is closer to a dancefloor track, lots of energy and interesting sound design, all topped off with the catchy melodies you would expect from Bassosula.

Composed by Samuel Airaksinen
Mastered by Hue Jah Fink
Released by Dream Schemes
Catalog No. SCHEMES012

Bassosula - Lake

The third CD I did for Moonshine. Released in 2001 it contains the classic track "Suicide" by Kosheen and was also the first mixed cd to feature a then little-known artist called High Contrast. :)

TRACKLIST


1 Teebee - Blue Rose	
2 Nico & Rukkus - Defender!	 
3 Universal Project - Bleach	
4 JL - Dust (Total Science Remix)	
5 Ink & Dylan - Need You	
6 Future Cut - The Specialist	
7 Decoder - Hord 39	
8 Stakka, Skynet & Friction - Altitude	
9 J Majik	feat. Kathy Brown - Tell Me   
10 Skeptic - Tear	
11 Decoder & Substance - Icon	
12 EBK - 2000/2000	
13 Dylan & Ink  - Kali Kurse	
14 N.Code - Traction	
15 High Contrast - What's The Story	
16 Kosheen - (Slip And Slide) Suicide	

DJ Dara - Future Perfect

Project Human was essentially the launch point for my drum and bass label Human Imprint (the name of the cd was meant to tie in with the label name). It was a culmination of what I had been trying to do conceptually over the past few years and really set the template for all future mix projects - Big, cinematic voiceover intros. Remixes done specifically for my mixes. Big big tunes. Music that I had a hand in. Around this time I had started to get serious with making music and had partnered up with my dear friend Chris “Kaos” Ritter. He is featured on quite a few of the tunes on here. The first 12” release on Human Imprint was the Stratus tune “You Must Follow” and this provided Chris and I a remix opportunity to get our production feet wet. This was followed by our remix of a hip-hop track I really enjoyed by Styles And Beyond called “Subculture”. Originally I had this track remixed by Dylan and Ink for this mix, but I wasn’t especially fond of their effort and they unfortunately refused to put any more work into it. This inspired me and Kaos to do our own take on it, which is what appears here. Pretty proud of the details in that one to be honest. Looking over the tracklist…there was just a lot of really cool stuff that came together for this mix. Lots of remixes of disco house tunes (Robbie Rivera, Funk Parlor, Billy Lo). Remixes of seminal Moving Shadow tunes (Quadrant 6, The Shadow). I helped create a short lived North American drum and bass production “supergroup” called Weapon that has two remixes on here. Such awesome memories working on those tunes. We were actually in the middle of the Reborn remix (one of my favorite personal projects) when 9/11 happened. Never forget indeed. The artwork on this release was handled by the amazing WeWorkForThem boys (Michael Young and Michael Cina). They used images from a photoshoot I did with famed photographers Kelly and Meyers. I asked WWFT to remove my mouth in the images so I resembled the faces from the Human Imprint logo. The voiceover for the intro was my first ever voice actor hire. Aaaand it was Don LaFontaine himself, the most legendary voice actor of all time (“The Voice Of God”). I remember when he sent me the DAT with his voiceover takes on it. I listened to it in headphones and literally got the chills. So fucking amazing. Unfortunately around the time I was working on this intro, another DJ (Bad Boy Bill) made an internet promo that was supposed to sound like a movie trailer. It used a couple of the exact lines from my Project Human intro by coincidence! So I had to go back and rewrite those lines and have Don re-record them. Sad to say the version of the script was better (and the sound quality on the voice takes were better) in the original. Oh well. Of all of the mixes I have released, Project Human has seemed to resonate with drum and bass fans the most. I am quite proud of it.

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TRACKLIST

Dieselboy + Joshua Ryan - Genesis
Optical + Ryme Tyme - Shapecharge
Styles Of Beyond - Subculture (Dieselboy + Kaos VIP)
The Funk Parlor - Something For The Dancefloor (Underfire Remix)
Stratus - You Must Follow (Dieselboy + Kaos Remix)
Stakka + Skynet + Friction - Altitude (Fierce + Ryme Tyme VIP)
Dylan + DJ Ink - California Curse (Technical Itch Remix)
Billy Lo - Carjacker (Ram Trilogy Remix)
Robbie Rivera - Harder And Faster (Weapon Vs E-Sassin Remix)
Kemal + Rob Data - Hostile
Usual Suspects + Loxy - Stalker (Danny C Remix)
Rob + Goldie - The Shadow (Hive VIP)
Dom + Roland - Soundwall (Dom + Roland VIP)
Dom + Optical - Quadrant 6 (E-Sassin VIP)
Rascal + Klone - Terminal Velocity
Technical Itch - Reborn (Weapon Remix)
Bad Company - Mindgames
Dieselboy + Joshua Ryan - Revelations

Project Human

Tag team set recorded at one of the first Planet Of The Drums shows in Pittsburgh in 2000.

Planet Of The Drums - Live in Pittsburgh 2000

SixEleven DJ MixSeries Volume 1 was my 3rd mix CD. At the time I had just relocated from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and was living in an apartment with my friend Nigel Richards, a fellow dj and owner of the record store and label 611 Records. I was working at the shop during the week and playing shows on the weekends. Nigel decided that he wanted to get into the mix CD market and we conceptualized the idea of a “mixed series” of music that highlighted good DJs that were also personal friends. For me, this was an opportunity to really start learning the ropes of licensing music, doing better graphic design (I designed the artwork for all of the CDs...and yes that's a picture of my turntable) and putting a more personalized stamp on the music I was pushing on these compilations. I had little to no input on the track selections of my first two mix CDs, so this project was my first real foray into total artistic freedom. To be honest, I don’t completely remember how I was able to lock down all of the music for this tracklist! I just remember that it was a pain in the ass dealing with the various labels and artists and artist egos and budget restrictions. Most of the tracks on the compilation were unreleased when it was made, so I had to cut acetates / dubplates of all of the tunes. Sidenote - every time you play a dubplate you degrade its sound quality. I had to make doubles of every tune, practice with one set, and then try and nail a perfect mix with the unplayed set. Talk about stressful! I mixed this thing sitting on the floor of my living room, turntables in front of me and fingers crossed. It was my first time doing a mix on a mixer that actually had EQ and FX (the Pioneer DJM-500). I used the tight flange FX quite a bit in here for a metallic sound. Also, my turntables were modified and pitched up to play faster. That’s why this mix sounds like it is around 190BPM. I always liked my drum and bass extra fast for some reason! Besides “Messiah” from the 6ixth Session, the track “Tough At The Top” is the one I get the most comments about from people that are familiar with my music. Overall, DJ MixSeries Volume 1 represented a very specific touchstone in my musical career. It was a transition point that really helped jumpstart later projects with crazy intros (this one had none), better graphics, more esoteric and unique track selections, etc. A belated super thank you to Nigel for believing in me and giving me this opportunity. This was definitely a fun art project and a big dip into the deep end of music development.

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TRACKLIST

Hoax - The More I See You (Urban Flavour Remix)
DT - Serious
EZ-Rollers - Tough At The Top (Origin Unknown Remix)
Concept 2 - Unlock The Secrets
Dom + Matrix - Foot Steps
Facs - Rupture
Technical Itch - Hidden Sound (Dom + Roland Remix)
Solar Nine - Audio Distortion
Embee - The Power
Secret Methods - Animation
Swift - Mission
Decoder - EKO
Decoder - DHR
Vagrant - Space Boogie
Sharp Scientific - Stratocruiser

SixEleven DJ MixSeries Volume 1

Re-uploaded due to getting many requests.


Enjoy.
1.Equilibrium 
2.Seizure 
3.China Cup
4.Bullet Time
5.The Pulse
6.Skin Tag
7.Fuck Miami
8.Six Days (Bad Company Remix) - Dj Shadow
9.Barcelona (Bad Company Remix) - Day & Epsilon
10.True Romance
11.Spider
12.Coma
13.The Fear
14.Spray Can
15.Poltergeist - Drum Kru
16.Hornet
<<<<<The Nine
17.Atlantis (Bad Company Remix)- Moving Fusion
18.Four Days (Moving Fusion Remix)
19.Running Man
20.??????

Bad Company UK History Vol.2 - Live Vinyl Only Mix

FOUR MEN - ONE MISSION

It happened during the summer of 2000. North America’s most prominent drum and bass DJs joined forces to create the legendary crew known as PLANET OF THE DRUMS. Using their combined muscle to push drum and bass music into the spotlight of the main stage they toured tirelessly for well over a decade, fronted by the vocal rhyme animal known as Messinian. Their incessant drive and motivation helped set the groundwork of the scene that exists today.

Feeling their work completed, the team turned their focus to personal projects and the PLANET OF THE DRUMS program was retired. But as was soon discovered, the drum and bass scene in North America began a slow freefall into underground obscurity.

This could not stand.

Reuniting in 2017, the PLANET OF THE DRUMS crew returned to continue their original mission - celebrating, honoring and advancing drum and bass music. “AWAKENING” represents a retrospective of some of their favorite sounds, highlights and moments from the past year. What always made POTD special was the compelling combination of the boys’ varied styles - AK and his raw motherfucking breakbeats. Dara’s rolling dancefloor vibes. Dieselboy with the heavy cinematic pressure. Three hundred and sixty degrees of futuristic drum and bass business.

THE PLANET HAS AWAKENED!

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PLANET OF THE DRUMS ➤
fb.com/planetofthedrums

AK1200 ➤
fb.com/ak1200official
twitter.com/ak1200
soundcloud : @ak1200

DARA ➤
fb.com/thedjdaraofficial
twitter.com/daralickt
soundcloud : @dj-dara

DIESELBOY ➤
fb.com/dieselboy
twitter.com/djdieselboy
soundcloud : @dieselboy

MESSINIAN ➤
fb.com/messinianmusic
twitter.com/mcmessinian
soundcloud : @messiniandubstep

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CLICK HERE FOR TRACKLIST >> tinyurl.com/yblufllg

Awakening

Planet Of The Drums - Awakening

On April 13th 2012 history was made. Dieselboy touched down at Beta Nightclub in Denver Colorado for the first time...and proceeded to bring the fucking house down. The event was streamed live on the internet via Ustream, but the raw audio was not recorded. This set has been meticulously re-created here for your listening pleasure.

No "playlist". No computer assistance. No smoke and mirrors. No SYNC button.

ONE man.

THREE decks.

Presenting a 90 minute bass ass-kicking straight from the man himself.

Remastered by Mike at Darkart, August 2014
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DIESELBOY - LIVE AT BETA

Dieselboy - DJ'ing 101
State Of Mind + Black Sun Empire + Bulletproof - Roulette (Gridlok Remix) // STATE OF MIND
Athys + Duster - Barfight // TITAN
Camo + Krooked - Cryptkeeper (Mind Vortex Remix) // HOSPITAL
Loadstar - Bomber // RAM
Gridlok - Blender // PROJECT 51
Dieselboy + Bare - Beyond Thunderdome // HUMAN IMPRINT
Camo + Krooked - Hot Pursuit (Funtcase Remix) // HOSPITAL
Cookie Monsta - Time To Get Crunk // CIRCUS
Sub Focus - Swamp Thing (Zardonic Edit) // DUB
Rednek - They Call Me (Zen Remix) // ROGUE INDUSTRIES
Noisia - Diplodocus (Kill The Noise Remix) // MAU5TRAP
Noisia - Diplodocus (The Upbeats Remix) // MAU5TRAP
Gridlok + Prolix - Poisonous // PROJECT 51
The Upbeats + Noisia - Creep Out // NON VOGUE
Dom And Roland - Strobe // D&R PRODUCTIONS
Jaydan - The Death Dealer // SMOKIN RIDDIMS
Photek - Age Of Empires // METALHEADZ
Zen - Rhubarb N Custard (Taxman Remix) // FLIP AUDIO
Funtcase - 50 Calibre (Sub Zero Remix) // CIRCUS
Adam F + Horx - Shut The Lights Off feat Redman (Sigma DNB Remix) // BREAKBEAT KAOS
Noisia + The Upbeats - Dustup // VISION
Sub Focus - Stomp // RAM
Zardonic + Playma - Kick Ass // BIG RIDDIM
Camo + Krooked - Run Riot (Sub Zero Remix) // HOSPITAL
DC Breaks - Move Closer feat Belle Humble // RAM
Sub Zero - Run N Hide // PLAYAZ
Dope Ammo + Tone Def - Rolling (Sub Zero Remix) // DOPE AMMO RECORDS
Gridlok - Enemies Of The State // COMMERICAL SUICIDE
Dub Phizix + Skeptical feat Strategy - Marka // EXIT
TC - New Style // DON'T PLAY
Terravita - Bach Off // DIM MAK
Dieselboy + Bare - W.M.F.D. // HUMAN IMPRINT
Zardonic + Mark Instinct - Numbernin6 + Run DMT - Real Steel // BIG RIDDIM
Terravita + Obsidian - Pirate Bass // DIM MAK
Serum + Northern Lights - Rush // ZOMBIE
Gridlok - Insecticide // PROJECT 51
Gridlok - Warrior Code // PLAYAZ
Gein + Counterstrike - Pentagram VIP // BAD CHEMISTRY
Numbernin6 - The Final Five // SUBHUMAN
Zen - Bass Invader VIP // FLIP AUDIO
Ed Rush + Optical - Chubrub // VIRUS
Kontrol - Forcefield (Optiv + BTK Remix) // RENEGADE HARDWARE
Inside Info - Honey Bee // VIPER
Sigma - Hi Top (Ed Rush + Optical Remix) // VIPER
Hive + Keaton + Gridlok + Echo - Violent Sound feat Armanni // VIOLENCE
Original Sin - Detonate // PLAYAZ
Chuckie - Who Is Ready To Jump (Dillon Francis Remix vs Loc'd Out Refix) // DUB
Camo + Krooked feat TC - Get Dirty (Smooth Remix) // HOSPITAL
Taxman - Thr33 // PLAYAZ
Aeph - Nightrider // BAD TASTE
Sub Focus - Vapourise // RAM
Nero - Crush On You (Knife Party Remix) // MTA
Nero - Crush On You (Killsonik Remix) // MTA
Bong - Hostile Enforcement // ATOM
Bong - Nemesis // DUB
SPKTRM - Planet Human (Mark Instinct + Nerd Rage Remix) // HUMAN IMPRINT
Skeptiks - All Hail // NEVER SAY DIE
Killbot - Wrecked // DIM MAK
Pixel Fist - Let Yourself Go // BENGABEATS
Krome And Time - The License (Doctor P Remix) // STREETLIFE

Live At Beta (Remastered)

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