Astral Machine - Original Style

everything here is in the realm of an idea. often unfinished, always unpolished.


if you drop a heart on tracks you like, i know what ones are resonating with people and what ones to work on and what to abandon. sometimes the things i like aren't the things that most people like.

My Story:
I used to DJ around Auckland back in the mid 00's under the name Atomik, which I changed due to it being too generic. I was playing Jungle at the time, one of the only people in NZ to be playing ragga jungle at the time, but also the UK stuff.

somewhat semi frequently playing club gigs and had a radio show called 'total eclipse' on BaseFM. I also played a few live PA's using Ableton at various experimental music nights, Version and Soliton

The last party I remember playing was the support slot for Remarc, but as i was the opening DJ hardly anyone was there. Before that I played what I thought was a good set at the old fu on Queen street and decided to take a break on a high note.

I continued uploading tunes I had made to my SoundCloud 
with some good feedback, but started producing under the name 'blitchy' which saw a tune get released on chch earthquake relief album, at this point was focused on glitch hop.

After deciding there wasn't enough interest with my production I decided to hang up my dj/production hat and get a real job (lol).

I first gained some attention in Auckland as a young 20 year old when i did a bootleg remix of Doc Scott's Shadowboxing (without actually sampling the tune at all, mind you) that I posted on Dogsonacid and got DJ Fresh from BC asking me to send him tunes.  

Later on tunes were picked up that i was producing in the jungle techno 'jtek' revival genre and played  by UK Dj Pilgrim, one of the orignals from the early jungle techno days. Not a well known name in NZ but in the UK recently he is playing support slots for Goldie and Doc Scott.

I gave away most of my music for free, with 1000's of free downloads served up via SoundCloud. 

Recently I've had offers to release bass house on a Brazilian label.

I now have a good real job, I am an engineer, but I feel like i still want to make music, even in my 40's. So I'm working on some new tunes, unsure if they will resonate with people, but approaching it from a lot more professional angle this time, with the aim of doing an indy album release, once I feel I am ready. I'm not really sure on the genre, I still love jungle and dubstep, but I really have no idea what is popular now, the landscape has shifted so much.

I've always been quite a private person and sometimes did not enjoy that 'all eyes on me' situations of djing, and have probably passed up some good opportunities, but i just love music, the process of creation and i don't like just one particular sub-genre, so never really wanted to get stuck in one.