A little heard neo-classic finally let out of the dub Station One archives, (People) Eff-Kay -- formerly named Eff-Kay People -- started off as a Fruity Loops beat Mikey made at Freestyle Steve's house, if my memory serves me correctly. And the lyrics may or may not have been recorded at Bennie Bluntz' 8th Street Ghetto Wizard Studio. However, the cheese factor here for me, personally, are samples from a 2000-2001 New Years party. These samples appear courteously of big Poet One, who was taping that wonderful evening at the Eff-Kay Mansion (as we affectionately called it). With Sheena leading the party crowd in cheering up the party as an "Eff-Kay Productionnnnn!" at the start of the song, and my boy, Syght, closing out this banger with his own enthusiasm, it may not be an anthem, yet, but it's set to set any party off! I'd like to add I wrote the chorus, which J-Bird thought was pretty cool, then Mikey had this beat, while (I'm pretty sure) we were all having a smoke session, and, well, after some studio magic, (People) Eff-Kay is the magical end result. A great musical collab with many elements to make it what it is. (And just like what Eff-Kay was like back in the day.)

(People) Eff-Kay

Eff-Kay People

Space Flight FTL is a little somethun I made at the same time and as a companion track to Ludicrous Speed GO!, in which it was originally supposed to be a bridge, but I felt it switched up the vibe too much amid that song. So, here it is, on its own, the low key ear worm that it is.

Space Flight FTL

Here's a little something from my 2005 jungle set, called Crack-e Cricket. It's a tiny (sonic) tale of a cricket that did crack, LSD, 'shrooms, ecstasy, (or "E" as its known,) and probably some other substances, too, candy flippin', to get all cracked out. I'll let you decided what happened during its intense drug trip though....

Jungle! Jungle!

Crack-e Cricket

The ninth track off my actual fifth album, Jungle! Jungle!, compiled back in 2005, Demon Slayer is who I was back then and still am to this day, if in a bit different way. More Solomon than damnation for those I take in hand. Making you pay in jewels, while you also build my temple. A true sound design, embedded in the subconscious, staring at you through the mask. Mine or yours? I scoff at that question. Can you perceive all that is vibrating the air around you? Here, birdie-birdie....

Demon Slayer

(Updated!) As it turns out, the actual pattern that this track was created is from -- to the best of my memory -- sometime 2001 or possibly 2002, although I'm not sure. Regardless, this bad little ma'amma jamma of a track was created by the mighty John Wang (https://soundcloud.com/#john-wang-2) roughly two decades ago, when we our crew, Eff-Kay, was filtering through the rave scene. Plus, as a collective, we were finally starting to understand how to use sounds effects on my Roland MC-505, and distortion quickly became a favorite to experiment. While possibly being within the first ten patterns John Wang had made on my 505, this is also one for the first tracks he used distortion on. The distorted riff of "Break!" reminds me of something ATB or AK1200 would play.

As for this particular (Hard Prairie Trance) mix, it is completely, and utterly brand new! While browsing my back catalog of potential tracks, I came upon this catchy little tune called "Break!" by John Wang. Me being me, I send Wang a message telling him about this really great old pattern of his. He said he'd like to hear it. So, I made a quick mix to show him. He dug it, and it gave me an idea of how to turn Break's pattern into an actual track.

I love this mix, because it shows how I'm finally learning how to mix a dance track, and make it memorable. There are a couple of parts I would like to exploit more in this mix, but, when I did, it lost the integrity of what you now hear and feel. I'm at the point of my music making career where, if the music stops making me want to move, then it needs to be cut and remixed to retain that progressing feeling; to usher the unconscious foot tapping upon hitting the play button.

"Break!"

A test track I did a quite few years ago I was suppose to do an animated talk show of, called "Talking Heads," that I never quite got around to animating. I recorded this track back when I didn't know that my mic was messed up. Also, when I tried to clean up the original recording, (heard here,) with the Noise Reduction effect in Audacity, it ended up with this weird electronic garble that permiates the background of the track. Then again, I ..might.. have done that on purpose as a nod to ole c-z-s showing up.... ;D Enjoy!

Talking Heads - 1st Edition

A quick rap track with my friend https://soundcloud.com/john_wang from back in 2005 or '06-ish, I believe, that was made not long before he moved to Denver. As he says in his lyrics, "it's another "minute to make," as he was making little tracks like this with all of the artists he worked with. I threw in the samples, from the 1988 version of Akira, to help escalate the song as a whole.

You Want It (2-High) by John Wang w/ Kurt-thee-Inducer

Continuing on with our review of classic dub Station One bangers, we now are blessed with the Heaven’s Rain, off of my sixth album “The 45th Degree,” released in late 2005. An all time favorite, it is my hard hitting dub of an original hip hop track named “Enigmatic,” made by Supa Dave, of Ellipse Orbit, on my trusty MC-505, a year or two prior to this particular recording. Bass heavy, this track is a quick moving sonic storm forever dedicated to the fruits of the rainy season. Enjoy!

Heaven's Rain (Enigmatic dub)

Heaven's Rain

This is one of my favorite tracks that I ever made. It has a swank vibe that's like good love'n, accentuated by the dubbing. That was done in my original live style as the track played back. Enjoy! (Note: After listening to this track, I am sorry if the highs get screechy here and there. I didn't noticed that problem before I posted this track, and I am working to fix it. End note.)

5th Session

dub In Love, Again (God Bless dub)

My absolute favorite live mixed track ever! Another original banger by Supa Dave, The Heavenlies (Beyond Stratosphere) is from my 2004-ish era of production. I mixed this pattern off of my Roland D2 in a way that I normally don't, that is to say Live, as opposed to sequencing it out, and it only took me two tries to get this mixed the way I wanted it. It's easily another one of my Top 5 favorite tracks I've ever produced, too, which is a tie of a great many tracks. Anyway, check out The Heavenlies (Beyond Stratosphere), and enjoy the enfloating! :D

The Heavenlies (Beyond Stratosphere) from the 5th Session

The Heavenlies (Beyond Stratophere)

The Heavenlies (Beyond Stratosphere)

Inna Space is the first really hard studio dub I created, way back in 2003 or '04-ish. The problem before was I could never get a good enough recording of it to capture its incredible dynamic range while keeping its sound level up to par, too. Well, after years of figuring things out, this track now retains it's hard dance feeling, while also being acceptably loud in this 2023 Master. Enjoy, and don't forget to Like, Share, and Subscribe if you haven't already, And thank you for your support! ✊ I couldn't do it without you. 🙏

Inna Space

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Forget your stress and worries and dance with me! Bounce around to my techno & bop your head to my trip hop, or put it on in the background to keep your brain firing on all cylinders while you study or work out. Like & Share with your loved ones. 🔊🙌😄✊😃🎶💃🕺🎵

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I make 1995-2005-ish techno and hip hop with hardware from that era, so put on your dancing shoes, and grab you loved ones, it's party time!

"Break!"

Kurt-thee-Inducer

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