My all Wales-based/Welsh producers' set from this year's Noise Test festival. 
Due to a storm closing the club the first night, I didn't get to play a full set, so I wanted to record the hour when I got back.

Massive shouts to Hoxe, LION.UK, NonRev, Optimystic, Shodan, TRC2 and Jetta for sharing their beats with me and helping me shine a light on some of Wales’ lesser known artists! Be sure to check them out on socials and Bandcamp! Also included a track that Shodan and I made under my producer alias 'Lw' - my first collab! Hope you enjoy :)

Tracklist:
Jetta - Believe in me (Soundcloud)
Optimystic - Flowers of Change (forthcoming)
Leftfield - Swords (NonRev bootleg)
TRC2 - ID
TRC2 - Exposed to Vibration (TRC2 Bandcamp)
Shodan - ID
TRC2 - ID
Optimystic - The Stakes (forthcoming)
Shodan & Lw - Supernova (unreleased)
Hoxe - Trouble Town (unreleased)
LION.UK - Drum Funk (unreleased)
NonRev - Last I heard (forthcoming on Eternal Soul)
LION.UK - Trouble at midnight (unreleased)
Hoxe - Urbs an ting (unreleased)
Optimystic & Brute Engine - Stress Scape (forthcoming on Alphacut Records)
Hoxe - A special (unreleased)
NonRev - Every Single Sound (unreleased)
NonRev - Break the Spell (unreleased)

Lubi J @ Noise Test 2023 [Welsh producers set]

I performed a comparison between the 3.5mm Plug-In Power and 48V XLR Phantom inputs of the MicTrak ZOOM M4 recorder.
The first part was with two 3.5mm Plug-In Power shots; the second part was with two 48V XLR shots.
I used two PUI AOM5024 capsules simultaneously on both channels.
The file was normalized to 0.1 dB.
Downloadable file..

ZOOM M4 - 3.5mm PIP Plug In Power Vs. XLR 48v - NORMALIZED up to 0.1 dB PUI AOM5024 capsules

I ran a simple noise test with the onboard microphones on the ZOOM H1e and ZOOM M4.
First half track with level as recorded, first H1 and then M4; second half track levels NORMALIZED up to 0.1 dB, first H1 and then M4.

H1e Vs M4 Onboard Microphones TEST - AsRecorded and NORMALIZED

Multi-genre DJ and newbie jungle producer (under alias Lw)

Lubi J is all about the selections, whether it’s old skool or modern, atmospheric, soulful or dark and moody, she loves strong tunes that create impact in the dance.

Based in Cardiff, she started off mostly playing soulful/liquid jungle dnb back in 2000, heavily influenced by Fabio’s liquid funk album and artists like Calibre, Carlito and Addiction, Bukem and the EZ Rollers. 

Despite mostly playing liquid in the early days her love for jungle and the darker styles was always there and she would still pull out tracks from labels like Ram, Liftin Spirits, Metalheadz, V Recordings, Full Cycle and Renegade Hardware. 

In the latter part of the 00s she discovered her love for disco, funk and soul after being educated by her friend and artist Hoxe on the history of breakbeats in jungle. This led to a handful of local residencies playing funk & disco over the course of the next few years. 

She then returned more prominently to playing jungle dnb around 2012 when Catapult Records (legendary record store in Cardiff) started putting on events in the unique Vaults venue. 

She’s held residencies and played at a number of different nights in Cardiff and over the bridge in the last 20 years, supporting a raft of the finest in the scene, including; Fabio, Bukem, Calibre, Storm, Digital, Spirit, Total Science, Mampi Swift, Djinn, Roni Size, Break, Alley Cat, Randall, Klute and Doc Scott.

After feeling the void of modern jungle and heavier dnb in the capital city, the year 2022 brought the start of putting on her own events with fellow DJ, Electra. 
Headspace was born.

In 2024 Lubi J started playing disco regularly again, expanding her passion for these uplifting sounds and exploring more of the soulful/disco house spectrum, often alongside her ‘disco wife’, Sister Sesh  at one of their now legend b2bs, often seen at Cardiff’s Shake The Horse.

In addition to this, Lubi J has been quietly exploring producing jungle dnb and had her first release on Exstatic Records - ‘One and all’ in January 2024, under a new producer alias ‘Lw’ (pronounced Lou - a version of the Welsh word for ‘oath’).

https://exstaticrecords.bandcamp.com/track/lw-one-and-all

Follow:

Lubi J on Instagram: @lubi_jay
Headspace on Instagram @Headspace_cdf

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