Something really exciting started to happen around 2008-2010 in electronic music. The lines between genres got totally blurred and suddenly there were tons of amazing tracks in the mid-tempo range (roughly between 120 and 140 bpm), that were tapping into or taking inspiration from multiple styles the same time, like dubstep, garage, uk funky, grime, uk hardcore, jungle, house, electro, breaks, techno, juke, etc. It was fascinating to see how separate music scenes became this big melting pot of awesomeness. Fortunately, there are many producers who continue creating with this "anything goes" mentality, and I can keep buying their nice records. :) The penultimate part of my 20th DJ anniversary mix-series focuses on some of my biggest faves from this world, enjoy! 

Download: http://mix.drumandbass.hu/mentalien/Mentalien_-_20_Years_Part_5_The_mid-tempo_dance_faves.mp3
Tracklist: https://mentalien.blogspot.com/2021/05/mentalien-20-years-part-5-mid-tempo.html

Mentalien - 20 Years (Part 5 - The mid-tempo dance faves)

The last part of my '20 Years' mix-series is here, this one showcases 20 of my absolute fav house and techno records! I never thought I'd put Randomer and RuPaul in one set, but I had to cover many corners of what I like in these two genres. :) The set is a mixture of old school vibes and more stripped back, industrial sounds, and it features tracks that I was in love with long before I started DJing and some recent treasures as well. It was a fun and VERY emotional experience in the past 3 months to look back on the first 20 years of me being a DJ, now it's time to put this series to rest for 10 or 20 years. ;)

Download: http://mix.drumandbass.hu/mentalien/Mentalien_-_20_Years_Part_6_The_house_and_techno_faves.mp3
Tracklist: https://mentalien.blogspot.com/2021/06/mentalien-20-years-part-6-house-and.html

Mentalien - 20 Years (Part 6 - The house and techno faves)

Tracklist and download: https://mentalien.blogspot.com/2021/09/mentalien-live-at-tilos-30-durer-kert.html

One of the exciting things in DJing is you never know when you will surprise yourself. For example, I wouldn’t have expected to play one of my fav sets from the past few years on a rainy Thursday afternoon, in front of 20 people chilling at the tables. But that’s what exactly happened last week on the 30th birthday event of Tilos Radio in Durer Kert and I’m glad I managed to record it. I started out on 108 bpm and slowly climbed up to 128, so this is probably the slowest mix I ever did, but there are so many tracks in there that I absolutely love. You can expect some really good amapiano songs, hotness from Kingdom, Zed Bias, Masters At Work, Karen Nyame KG, Poté and more… it’s a mixture of tribal and vocal vibes mostly. Enjoy!

Mentalien - Live at Tilos 30 - Durer Kert 26-08-2021

Tracklist & download: https://mentalien.blogspot.com/2021/10/mentalien-live-at-bass-theory-club.html

Bass Theory Club is a relatively new series of club nights in Budapest, organized by Bergi and Benc, that focuses on several genres in the mid-tempo realm, like dubstep, grime, garage, bass music, etc. You can catch the series at a new venue in the heart of the city, called Edith. On the 16th of October I was invited to play a garage and bass set, and I thought I'll share the recording of it, as it turned out to be quite a fun and good set (imo). I had a really great time and when the smoke machine wasn't running at full capacity, it was also awesome to see many people enjoying the music. :D

Mentalien - Live at Bass Theory Club - Edith 16-10-2021

Download: http://mix.drumandbass.hu/mentalien/Mentalien_-_Whos_This.mp3
Tracklist: https://mentalien.blogspot.com/2022/05/mentalien-whos-this.html

After 'The Drama Starts Here' it took another two years for me to come up with a new house set, but here it is finally! You'll hear similar vibes in this mix as well: classic house sounds from the '90s, a hint of garage and funk, big vocals that take you to church and a bit of queer influence, of course. Enjoy! :)

Mentalien - Who's This?

Download: http://mix.drumandbass.hu/mentalien/Mentalien_-_Bass_Theory_Boat_-_A38-24-05-2022.mp3
Tracklist: https://mentalien.blogspot.com/2022/05/mentalien-bass-theory-boat-a38-24-05.html

Bergi's Bass Theory events are back to everyone's favourite ship, A38 this summer and I had the honour to be one of the guests at the opening afternoon a couple of days ago. <3 I thought the special occasion deserves a vinyl-only set, so I grabbed a bunch of lovely records I bought recently and dropped a selection of garage, 2-step, bass and other mid-tempo music that's heavily influenced by electro, uk hardcore or jungle. You can listen back to the mix on Soundcloud or Mixcloud, enjoy! Big ups to Bergi and everyone who showed up on Tuesday afternoon - especially my friends! :)

Mentalien - Bass Theory Boat - A38 - 24.05.22

Download: http://mix.drumandbass.hu/mentalien/Mentalien_-_Live_at_The_Tribe_Radio_-_SUB_FM_04-09-2022.mp3
Tracklist: https://mentalien.blogspot.com/2022/09/mentalien-live-at-tribe-radio-sub-fm-04.html

Recently I got a kind invitation from Zentie to play at his show, The Tribe Radio, which runs on the mighty SUB FM and in the beginning of September I finally was able to visit him at his lovely studio together with Rag. In my 40-minute slot I've tried to sum up what things I am into this year so far in drum&bass and genres that are somehow connected to it. Enjoy!

Mentalien - Live at The Tribe Radio, SUB FM 04-09-2022

Download & tracklist: https://mentalien.blogspot.com/2023/02/mentalien-much-needed-sunshiny-ukg-vibes.html
To avoid falling completely into the winter blues I thought it would be nice to escape the cold and gray reality for a moment, fast-forward 5-6 months in my mind into peak summertime, and think about what uk garage tunes I would play at an imaginary seaside or poolside party on a hot, sunny afternoon. The result of this daydreaming is a dj-mix that contains 20 lovely UKG tracks, all of them are recent favorites and discoveries of mine and have that fun, careless, and soulful vibe that is much needed these days to counterbalance this season. ;) Enjoy!

Mentalien - Much Needed Sunshiny UKG Vibes

I had a real good time at the party that was dropped by Tilos Radio on A38 ship last Friday, I thought it would make sense to capture this great experience by sharing the recording of my set. Not going to lie, I was a bit worried about playing a vinyl-only set, as these days I do it so rarely, but overall the mix turned out to be almost completely trainwreck-free and I enjoyed listening back to this 86 minute journey through some of my all-time faves and new gems from the world of uk garage, bass and other mid-tempo genres. Hope you dig it too and big ups if you were there on the dancefloor! :)

Tracklist: https://mentalien.blogspot.com/2023/04/mentalien-tilos-party-a38-2023-04-14.html

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Mentalien - Tilos Party - A38, 2023-04-14

What an amazing way to close the year 2023! I had so much fun playing at Jazz n Bass, thanks everyone for bringing the energy and good vibes on the dancefloor! <3 Check out the recording of my set from the night, it's quite a random journey through recent big faves and some oldies, enjoy! Big ups to Marka for making this happen and all the other DJs for playing so much good music through the night!

Mentalien - Jazz n Bass - Toldi, 30-12-2023

About Mentalien:

As many DJs, Mentalien had already been a music freak at a young age. After a while his addiction focused mostly on jungle and drum&bass. Momentous tunes, like Inner City Life, Warhead or Friday made him fall in love with the genre so much that he started to collect records when he was 16. Later he widened his musical palette and started digging deeper in other genres like uk garage, house, techno and many other exciting styles which fit into the ’bass music’ category. Mentalien has been active in the Hungarian scene as a radio presenter and as a journalist as well. He has written articles, reviews and made interviews for the country’s well known music webzine, called Impulsecreator, aka drumandbass.hu, which was established back in 1999, and for various printed magazines. He is running a jungle and drum&bass radio show together with DJ Ren, called Dzsungel Konyve, it’s on air bi-weekly on Hungary’s biggest independent FM station, Tilos Radio. All through the years he played alongside many of his musical heroes, like Calibre, Commix, D-Bridge, MJ Cole, Fracture, DJ Flight, DJ Storm, Zed Bias, Wookie, Marcus Intalex, El-B, Rockwell, DJ Marky, DJ EZ, Lenzman, Goldie, Oneman, DJ Die, Kingdom, Roska, Boddika and many more. When it comes to DJing, his vibe usually is very vocal, soulful and rolling, but he can be the man of extremes as well, and switch to darker, more experimental and industrial sounds.

Contact: mentalien@gmail.com

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