alright, let's get JumpStarted. this mix symbolizes a new beginning for an old DJ. a jumpstart for an old fart. the beginnings of a new beat project. it represents the style of music i play in the warm up portion of my longer sets, and the type of music i'd listen to on a road trip. the track selection is full of current favs peppered with a few classics. most of the tracks are categorized as nu-disco, whatever that means. label it what you want, i'm just gona call it JumpStart. 

as per usual, this mix was concocted with Technics 1200 M3Ds (yes, i still use the pitch control), Traktor Pro2, an APC40 for EFX, Cues, etc and my buddies Allen & Heath Xone 92 (love that mixer). 

enjoy, comment, and please share it with anyone who needs a little JumpStart!!!

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Tracklist

1 - One for Kenny ~ IDUJT BOYS
2 - Silver Screen (dreamtrak Diamon Sound) ~ Beat Connection
3 -  Gentle Roar (Mylo RMX) ~ Niki & the Dove
4 -  You Don't Know Me ~ U-Tern
5 -  Sprawl II (Soulwax RMX) ~ Arcade Fire
6 -  Born to Die (G. Vump RMX) ~ Lana Del Rey
7 -  Why ~ Debonair
8 -  Down Fever ~ Only Children
9 -  History feat. Will Young (M3 & Bachelors of Science RMX) ~ Groove Armada
10 - Mother Protect (Goldroom RMX) ~ Niki & the Dove
11 - You've Got the Love (Alexqbit RMX) ~ Florence + The Machine
12 - Shopping Cart (Maxxi Soundsystem RMX) ~ Parallel Dance Ensemble
13 - Mr. Overtime (Gigamesh RMX) ~ Punks Jump Up
14 - Day Dreams (MyKill RMX) ~ Midi Matilda
15 - Escapade Escapade (Super Flu's Speck Takel RMX) ~ Cascandy
16 - I Still Love You feat. Andrea Martin (Switch & JP RMX) ~ Switch & Andrea Martin

JumpStart

i have many lucid memories of nights (and early mornings) at the 1201 (many years ago in Portland). one of the earliest is of this dj spinning something that wasn't house music, which up to this point was about all I musically consumed. i think it was 1999 or 2000, and whatever he was playing, i was hooked. fast forward many years, and that dj (Ravi) is now a great friend, and has been the single biggest influence on my mixes. ever since that night i've been a soldier of the downbeat, and ever since i listened to his mix "sub to teekay" i've been soldier of the perfect mix tape (yes kids, it was actually on cassette tape). peep him out at http://djravi.net/

it's been about 6 years since i've made a proper downbeat mix, but not for a lack of interest or want. hope to have another one coming soon, as time and headspace allows. this one starts out with some oldskool Tosca, Groove Armada and DJ Shadow, but eventually gets into some new jams. it ends with an RJD2 track which is easily one of my top favs. as per usual, this was mixed on technics 1200s (yes, i still use a pitch control), an Allen & Heath Xone 92 (thanks Adam for the loaner), Traktor control vinyl and an APC 40 controller for EFX and cue points. 

give it a listen, give it a download, give it to a friend, and please give it a comment. also, please click on over to the fan page for more Drifter goodness: http://www.facebook.com/pitchdrifter

Track Listing
1 - Shameless Dub (Fully Bearded Dub) ~ Groove Armada
2 - F—k Dub Part 1 & 2 ~ Tosca
3 - Fixed Income ~ DJ Shadow
4 - Weekend Wonderland ~ Sixfingerz
5 - Cry & Smile ~ Guts
6 - In the Search of the Truth (Radio Edit) ~ JK Soul
7 - Six Days ~ DJ Shadow
8 - A Million Tomorrow ~ Pretty Lights
9 - A Bright Day (Gramatik’s Phat Cut Remix) ~ Gramatik
10 - Wet Dreams ~ Krystian Shek
11 - Boy from Battle ~ Slabofmisuse
12 - The Chase MTFR! ~ Bahia Deluxe
13 - The Way You Are ~ Krystian Shek
14 - Ethel’s Place ~ Green Street
15 - Got Soul (Tommy Dee & Krysian Shek Remix) ~ Krystian Shek
16 - Blues Soup ~ Monetrik
17 - Del Ray ~ Sola Rosa
18 - Candela (Panama Cardoon Edit) ~ Buena Vista Social Club
19 - Fiesta ~ 80s Casual
20 - NuBello ~ DJ Kambala
21 - Clean Living ~ RJD2

Cheers!!
~ Drifter

FallingAwake

it’s a common story. a brilliant artist grows up in a home full of art and artists. inspiration and exposure to the arts creates a brilliant artistic anomaly. not so for the Drifter. artistic exploration was suppressed under the guise of protection from satan. this only drove the drifter to desire what satan had. sure, the secular sounds of the day were forbidden, but the sounds of the past, secular or not, were fair play. and play he did. though he was a relative latecomer to the modern world of music, by the time he arrived his musical background was deep and diverse. 

and maybe it was due to this musical suppression, or maybe it was something more karmic, but whatever sounds he heard he had to share. and share he did. when the Drifter was 12 he spent the summer working in a peach orchard with immigrant farmers. this was the late 80’s and while most kids his age were listening to Bon Jovi, Guns ‘n Roses and Madonna, the drifter’s favorite album was the soundtrack to La Bamba. prompted by his need to share what music he did get his peach pickin hands on, he took his La Bamba record, dubbed it to tape and took it with his boombox to the peach orchard. that day the peach orchard never rocked so hard as his fellow mexicans demanded he rewind and re-play La Bamba. all. day. long.

though technology and music have changed dramatically in the many years since the La Bamba Peach Disco, the Drifter does pretty much the same thing today. taking much pride in his ability to dig up timeless sounds of the last 100 years, while at the same time, being on the bleeding edge of EDM (though he secretly hates the term EDM). 

and a Drifter mix? there’s a reason he’s held weekly residencies (3 or 4 a week at points) for the last 20 years straight. he’s also opened for everyone from Kaskade, DJ Heather, Christopher Lawrence, J Boogie and Colette to old skoolers like DJ Buck, John Howard and Chris Lum to most recently warming the decks up for 2011 DMC World Champ DJ Vajra (Chris Karns). 

today the drifter can be found playing various b-girl/b-boy cyphers and competitions around Northern Colorado, and First Fridays at Blue Door, in downtown (oldtown) Fort Collins, Colorado, where you can find him droppin the smoothest mixes this side of a fried egg. 

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