Things bring back SO many memories!  I grew up with your mixes on moonshine !

I wasn't a dnb fan until I listened to this album

This is the drop that changed my mind about dnb two decades ago 🔥🔥🔥

one of the best build-ups in the history of EDM.

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

I haven't even listened to this yet, but it is a recording from tonight's show at One Bar in Puerto Rico. Don't ask for a track listing, just enjoy the music!! :) Hope you like it!

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AK1200 Live 07 - 24 - 2015 Club One Puerto Rico

My second mix for Moonshine. Released in the summer of 2000. 

TRACKLIST

1 L Double & Serena - Crazy
2 DJ Dara - Duplicity (Klute Remix)
3 Profound Noize - Luminous
4 DJ Hype - The Big 30h	
5 Monty & Pascal - 4D99	
6 Decoder & Substance - Hazardous	
7 Biostacis - Menace
8 Cyba Space Feat. Shanie - I Bless The Day
9 Future Cut - Whiplash
10 John B. - Prowler	
11 Usual Suspects - Doorway
12 Blue Sonix - Devil Inside
13 Kenny Ken - Project One
14 Fresh 'N' Vegas - Shades Of Sound
15 John B. - Progress
16 Fallen Angels - Biophonic

DJ Dara - From Here To There

My first cd for Moonshine. If memory serves, I needed to do a last minute tracklist change as I wasn't able to license a couple of tunes I wanted. Having known SS for a few years at this point, I knew he would let me have any tunes I wanted so I replaced the tunes I couldn't get with the Matrix and Executive tunes. As it turned out, they worked better than the tunes I originally wanted. :) This mix holds a special place in my heart as it was my first official mixed cd and I still really like all the tunes on it. 

TRACKLIST

Matrix - Fluid Motion
The Return - Basic Rules
Ed Rush & Optical - Funktion
Pascal & Phantasy - Terradaktil (Future Forces Remix)
DJ SS - Symphonic
Pascal - Who Can Draw
MA4 - Bull Terrier
DJ Zinc - Bring The Danger
Decoder - Circuit Breaker
Mampi Swift - Hi Tek
Special K - Pressure Roll
Decoder - Dazee Age
Majistrate - Retry
EZ - Rollers - Tough At The Top
Executive Outcomes - Sirocco
PFM - 11th Hour

DJ Dara - Full Circle

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

My fourth and final CD for Moonshine. Continuing the theme of titles beginning with "F" it was released in 2002. :)



TRACKLIST

DJ SS - Curtains	
Dom & Keaton - Twisted City	
Agent Babylon - Desert Planet (DJ Ecco & Sabotage Remix)	
Randall & A-Sides - Turn It Loose	
JB - Vizion	
Universal Project - Streetlife	
Universal Project - Jackhammer
Sonic - Even When It Rains (Super Disco Mix)	
DJ Ink - Mirage	
Asend & Ultravibe - What Kind Of World (Hazard Remix)	
Rascal & Klone - Galactic Jam	
Total Science - Squash	
Specimen A - Armed And Dangerous (Dylan Remix)	
Moving Fusion - Thunderball	
John B. - Five Times In One Night	
High Contrast - Global Love	



DJ Dara - Further

The first in a series of budget mixed CDs we put out. 

TRACKLIST
1. ICR - Rock The Sky
2. DJ Abstract - Confidence
3. Kaos & Karl K - Street Knowledge
4. Dune - Vertical Drop (Decoder Remix)
5. ICR - Stolen Symmetry
6. G13 - Together
7. JL - Dust (Total Science Remix)
8. Kaos, Karl K & Siren - Rush!
9. Datcyde feat. Ill-Esha - Social Skills
10. Psidream - Solar Waves
11. Juju - Tribal War
12. Illformants - Artifact
13. Psidream - Identity
14. Dune - Oracle
15. Pieter K. - Under The Radar (Remix)

DJ Dara - Breakbeat Science Exercise 01

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

OBNOXIOUS to some but PURE GOLD AUDIOSAUZ to US! ENJOY !!!!

Moonshine over America: AK1200 feat: MC NAVIGATOR

Jump up mix 2016 is a recap of my summer jump up tour! wanted to send a special shout out to all the cities that showed support and helped spread the sound of jump up drum & bass!

Track List below:

 1. Simon Says VIP - Eazy
 2. Big Time - Spaow
 3. Vengeance - Dominator (Remix)
 4. Raised By The Block - Sub Killaz
 5. Hold It - Jabba
 6. Danger Battle - K Motions
 7. Caution - Hedex
 8. Shudder - Kanine
 9. Dimensions - Nu Elements/Dominator
10. Accelerate VIP - Ironlung
11. Demons - Jayline/Ruffstuff
12. Moonsoon - Hoogs
13. Blank Walls - Jayline
14. Pay Attention - Heist/Pleasure
15. Plata "O" Plomo - Rawtee
16. Get Money - Rowney/Propz
17. Pick Em Out - Majistrate 
18. Bangin - Dez
19. Soundz Of The Underground - Danny The Wildchild
20. Loose Lips - Eazy
21. Warning - Dj Guv
22. Sleng - Fineprint
23. Lean On (bootleg) - Nu Elements/Dj Profile
24. Quarter Pounder Bass - Dj Sly ft Bassman (Serum Remix)
25. Fly Paper - Serum
26. Building Blocks - Danny The Wildchild
27. Babylon Riddim - Fineprint
28. My Girl - Dez
29. Work For Nothing - Decimal Bass
30. Shutdown - Sidejobz
31. No Type - Klip & Outlaw
32. In It To Win It - Rowney
33. Request - Bass Tripper
34. Proximity - K Motions
35. You Should Be Punished - Mr Quiet/Sym-On
36. Dead City - Sub Killaz
37. 2 Steps Ahead - Dutta
38. Disturbance - Invictus 
39. Heaviness - Klip/Outlaw
40. Deadly Stakes - Danny The Wildchild

Danny The Wildchild - Jump Up Mix 2016

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