Delving deep and searching wide to put together some of the dirtiest drums and ditto moods. This mix builds up to some good old tear out, growling stuff, yet there are some nicely contrasting tunes that provide some breathing space. The overall feel reminds me of the late 90's tech step stuff and of course I had to put in some classic tunes to make my point in case. Put this one on and let the autumnal sense of decay wash over you.

1. Holsten - Sealed In Time
2.Threshold - The Caution
3. Mønic -Research Methods
4. Artilect - Mefo
5. Infader - Marble Madness
6. Fanu - B-side Science
7. Technical Itch - Alien
8. Overlook - Video Nasties
9. Biostacis - New Realms
10. Fanu - Famen
11. Mønic -Regeneration
12. Overlook - Apparation (ft. Ruffhouse & Gremlinz)
13. Dotka Venom - Dreadnox
14. Iris & Quadrant - Dark Star (Homemade Weapons Remix)
15. Ahmad - Pinhead
16. Alpha Omega - Mind Rage
17. Dom & Adred - Tundra
= J Majik - Repertoire =
18. Terror Cell & Layer 3 - Time Tunnel
19. The Vagrant - Stealth
20. Technical Itch - B28
21. Will Miles - Medicine
22. Opius - Cybertronik 803
23. Tim Reaper - Time's Up
24. Antidote - Angry Fist
25. Paragon - Last in Line (Elementz of Noize Remix)
26. Fission - Slave
27. Sicknote ft. Abstract Illusion - Lo Fi Selassi (Remix)
28. Raw Science - The 333
29. If-read - Yellow Yard (Jack Rupture Remix)
30. Future - Intergalactic Dust Rework
31. Wreckless - Thick Cotton Blends
32. Throwing Snow - The Death of Pragmatism (Mako's Split Up Remix)
33. Layer 3 & Terror Cell - Transplant
34. Kyam - Give & Take
35. Dedman - Dreidle
36. Karim Maas - Dimensions
37. Dom & Roland - Hunter
= Ed Rush & Fierce - Locust =
38. SDS - Blackwater

Unclaimed Souls

Raiden & Mc Ad @ Renegade Hardware - 06/12/2002

As Halloween approaches again we cast our minds back a year to this earth shattering set from http://soundcloud.com/offkeymusic soldier http://soundcloud.com/raiden , ably accompanied by our resident zombie http://soundcloud.com/agman-gora

Raiden & Agman Gora - AutomAte Halloween 2015 (Live @ Black Swan, Bristol)

Exploration of the darkest corners of the dnb universe - Return To Dark Planets by Operator // Special Episode For EAST FORMS Drum&Bass, tune in via HearThisAt, MixCloud, iTunes, TuneIn, Telegram & more

Tracklist:
Mr Foul - Land Of Look Behind [DSCI4]
Terror Cell, Layer 3 - Dying Emporer [Tech Itch Recordings]
Limewax - Everything [Tech Freak Recordings]
Relapse - The Probability Of Succumbing To Violent Whim [DSCI4]
DJ Trace & Nico - Monkeys (DJ Future & Eric Electric VIP) [117]
Technical Itch - Pathways [Tech Itch Recordings]
Double 0 - Conditioned By Machines (Terror) [117]
DJ Future, Eric Electric - Unseen [117]
Brakken, Technical Itch - Grey Summer [Tech Itch Recordings]
DJ Hidden - Death At A Distance [Outbreak Records]
Stakka & Skynet - Black Dawn [Audio Blueprint]
Dom & Roland - Soundwall VIP [Moving Shadow]

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Return to Dark Planets

Without Discord featuring Dot Allison (melody and lyrics by Henry VIII). Without discord
And both accord,
Now let us be.
Both harts alone
To set in one,
Best seems me.
The new David Starkey Channel 4 series, Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant features  a score by Philip Sheppard. The complete soundtrack for the series draws upon melodies and lyrics written by Henry himself, as well as works by his contemporaries.

Without Discord featuring Dot Allison

... the voices in my head told me to face the future ...

The story of this mix dates probably back to 2014, but I've lost track. Having recorded my previous studio mix I was wondering where I should take things next. The obvious next step from a DJ perspective would have been to record something harder, to showcase the side of my selection that hadn't received its spotlight. Maybe get a booking or two off the back of that. Then I decided to do the exact opposite! I picked the side of drum & bass that most promoters steer clear of, but that resonates with me the most - Autonomic.

... the voices in my head told me I'm not good enough ...

Can't count how many times I've scrapped the tracklist ideas I've had for this mix whenever I'd acquire a track that I felt NEEDED to be featured. Those tracks always ended up changing the direction of the set. Or I'd play back the combos I already had picked and realised they weren't all that good. That led me to believe *I* wasn't that good if I can't piece a mix together (and believe me, that shit really goes to my head, I'm an ambitious motherfucker). I would give up working on it for a week or even a few months. As time flew by, I had even more tunes that in turn kept changing my initial concept... well, you get the picture!

... the voices in my head told me to stop looking back ...

Until one day I finally decided to just say: "fuck it!" and get that final draft of the tracklist. Still took me a good few evenings piecing the idea together and I had no clue whether it would flow as well as I would imagine it to be until I'd actually have a go and actually record it. But then another thing dawned on me. I've put over 131 tracks on the list (137 if you count the teased ones) and the entire thing would take 5 hours or more to mix. Well, shit.

... the voices in my head told me to stay true to myself ...

That raised a whole new level of self-doubt. Who would even listen to a mix that long? We live in an age of an ever shortening attention span, people stop listening to mixes in favour of single tracks (hell, I myself find myself listening to less sets than I used to because "I don't have time"). But then I remembered why I wanted to record this in the first place - for myself and myself only. And if I would end up the only listener who would take the time to travel the entire journey and take the story in from beginning til end, then so be it. Thankfully some of your responses to my doubts on FB encouraged me as well. If you were part of those few voices outside my head, thank you. A special shout-out goes to my man CrissNSA of Dungeon Beats for letting me use his 3-deck setup. That definitely helped me push myself even further, as well as shorten it to 4,5h.

... the voices in my head told me it's time to let go ...

And that's exactly what I did, finally. I recorded this mix over a year ago and I still wasn't sure if it's good enough. I had a couple of people test-listen to it for feedback, but most of all I needed to have that one final internal dialogue (monologue?) to make the final decision and leap of faith. It may be "just a mix" to some, but by the time I scrapped yet another tracklist and started putting together the final one, the intent of this being my opus magnum was very strong. 

Did I succeed? Time will tell. But it's also time to stop being so precious about it.

TL;DR - This is a mix that took me a good 4-5 years to put together, for all the reasons mentioned above and more. There's more to it than just Autonomic of course, it bridges the gap between that side of DNB as well as its roots and other bits and pieces that just fit the story well. I hope you take your time to listen to it in one sitting, one day. The music deserves it.

(tracklist: https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2019-12-25_-_Alegria_-_Voices_In_My_Head )
((artwork created by EXID of Dungeon Beats / Lucysfear, all rights reserved))

Out Of My Head

Alegria - Voices In My Head (studio mix)

Continuing our series with a very special instalment, brought to you by Alegria. One of the finest polish DJs and is a part of the DrumObsession crew that's known for putting out most quality bass event for years now. Prepare yourself for variety of styles mixed flawlessly and let us know what you think!

YouTube upload unfortunately taken down!

Tracklist:
[0:00:00] ASC & Synth Sense - Reject The System [Auxiliary]
[0:04:30] Last Life - 85-15 [Samurai]
[0:09:00] Alegria & Istota - Lies [unreleased]
[0:13:07] Kid Drama - One 6 Eight [Exit]
[0:17:24] Loxy & Resound - Black Hole [Exit]
[0:19:40] Heart Drive - Vent [Pleasure District]
[0:23:10] Overlook - Distant Blues [31]
[0:24:54] >>> SB81 - Future Point [Metalheadz]
[0:29:20] Stray - Saturday [Invisible]
[0:30:08] dBridge - Ember [free]
[0:32:23] J:Kenzo - Skatta (VIP) [Cosmic Bridge]
[0:35:02] Escher - Deep Architecture [31]
[0:38:28] J.Robinson - Chiefdom [Renegade Hardware]
[0:41:27] Erkiu - Hollow Idol [Shiro]
[0:45:44] Krust - Witchcraft [Talkin' Loud]
[0:51:00] Gremlinz & Jesta - Empty Promises [Metalheadz]
[0:54:00] Forest Drive West - Set Free [Rupture]
[0:57:33] J Majik - Your Sound (SB81 remix) [Metalheadz]
[1:01:11] Stray - Wired [Samurai Horo]
[1:04:33] The Untouchables - Septimus [Cylon]
[1:06:48] Clarity - Reflex [Samurai]
[1:09:48] Skeptical - Cold One [Ingredients]
[1:13:11] Thing - Shadow Riddim [Black Crane]
[1:15:02] dBridge - Depersonalised [Exit]
[1:19:43] Overlook - Everything Counts [Narratives]
[1:23:30] Forest Drive West - Annoko [Rupture]
[1:24:58] >>> Gremlinz & Ahmad - Nibiru [Paradox]
[1:28:00] Morphy - Turn The Tablas [self-released]
[1:31:22] Loxy & Naibu - Hajime [Critical]
[1:34:22] Shiken Hanzo - Sacred Order [Hōjō Clan]
[1:35:51] Mako - All We Can Do [Warm Communications]
[1:39:14] ? - ?
[1:41:05] Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart [Rabid]

Alegria:
https://www.facebook.com/alegriaofficial/
https://soundcloud.com/alegriaabada

DrumObsession:
https://www.facebook.com/drumobsession
https://soundcloud.com/drumobsession

Photo:
Pompeii, 2019

Come Meditate Mix #42 - Alegria

Dieses Jahr starten wir mit einem neuen Podcast von Structure (Tech Itch Recordings / Krytika Productions / Skeleton Recordings) aus UK - Deep Dark & Heavy!

Visit Structure:

Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/structurednb-1
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/structurednbuk
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Home - www.breakitdown.de
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Tracklist:
1. Escaflowne - Issa Perc
2. Tommy Four Seven - Feed (Homemade Weapons Remix)
3. Aikana - Bloodlust
4. Torn - Soul Catcher
5. Dyl - 22
6. RDG - Decoy
7. BMA - Eleusis
8. BR1002 - The Shadows Die Twice
9. Nicolas Bougaieff - The Upward Spiral (Overlook Remix)
10. Ruffhouse - Division III
11. Paragon - Last In Line
12. Ice Eyes - Sample Hijack
13. A-0 - This Against That (feat. Viberous)
14. Thugwidow - Order Of The Crow 
15. Greenleaf - Eater Of Worlds VIP
16. Abstract Drumz - Stare Into The Darkness
17. Champa B - Mob Tactics
18. Phuture-T - Warrior’s Path
19. Rumbleton - Vice And Virtue
20. Macc - Think Down
21. Hokusai - Black Rose
22. B-Key - Man Of Science

Break it Down Podcast # 18 with Structure

Third podcast of the series and this time it's curated by Mexican DJ and artist Ghost Hardware.

Now based in the UK and resident DJ for strong acts such as Incurzion or Immrsv, her defined technique and passionate selection among the decks made her the best candidate on taking over our Podcast series here at Parallel Depth.

She is also a sick visual artist and you should deffo take a peek on what she creates here: https://www.ghosthardware.co.uk/

Ghost Hardware:

• SC: @ghosthardwarednb
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/ghosthardwarednb
• IG: https://instagram.com/ghosthardware_

Parallel Depth:

• SC: @paralleldepth
• FB: www.facebook.com/paralleldepth
• IG: www.instagram.com/paralleldepth

Ghost Hardware - Parallel Depth Podcast #03

Mr Kipling makes exceptionally good late 90s techstep growlers

Arkane - Fever
Spy - Vapour
Kraken - Warped (DJ Red Remix)
DJ Trace - Mutant Revisited (??? Remix)
Substance - Control (Remix)
Roni Size - Heroes (Origin Unknown Remix)
Bjork - Cover Me (Dillinja Remix)
Decoder & Substance - Hazardous
Ocean - Filthy Dirty Rich
Muffler - Fury (VIP Remix)
Profound Noize - Luminous
??? - ???
Concept 2 - Lucid Dreams
Maldini - Asylum
Rayner - Silver (DJ SS Remix)

Return to Dark Planets

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