"If you're listening to this at home you should start with a healthy dose of energy drinks because going into this cold may be too much."

D'Marc Cantu has been orbiting our ears for a while now. 

"Slow building, spacey jackin’ techno tracks with some nice squelchy acid lines. Fans of Basic Soul Unit would approve."  

We think he's a lot more than that but it's good jumping off point to get yourself started in the world of Mr D'Cantu. 

It was with some excitement then, when he agreed to lay down his Ransom Note mix for us. 

"I'm D’marc Cantu, I've been producing dance music in various forms for over a decade now. I reside in Ann Arbor MI, which as anyone familiar with this area should know has a rich musical history, from Iggy pop to Andrew WK and many more."

"I want to make sure if it's cool that its going to be a live set of mine? All original and what not, just not a lot of released tracks in there." We weren't really going to argue with that. 

So here it is in all it's 130BPM glory. Go let your ears enjoy...

Read more words from D'Marc here: http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/music/mixes/dmarc-cantu-the-ransom-note-live-130bpm-mix/ 

D'Marc Cantu - The Ransom Note Live @ 130BPM Mix

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