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WHAT
‣   Tapes are the archived spine of the weekly 4DJs CAST Twitch.tv/shapeblue broadcast—each episode pressed into a series of TAPES000.

‣   A playground for DJs to dig up new territory in experimental mixing methods and immersive soundscapes that everyone deserves.


WHY 
‣   4DJs started as a one-person proof-of-concept: could a mix be more than track-to-track experience, could it feel like a short film? It’s grown into an open lab where any adventurous DJ can co-pilot and push the craft past status-quo of beat-matching. Every different approach lifts the art a notch higher; every solo tape shows where my sound is headed next.

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FULLY IMMERSE
1. Quality headphones or speaker. >> Dial in on a TAPE.
2. If a transition warps your reality, let me know; the next episode might start with your idea.

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4DJs CAST

Immerse yourself fully: Use quality headphones or speakers, and tune out distractions.
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TAPE007: This session, a lighter journey than previous tapes, delves into unexpected blends and the playful thrill of genre-bending. From Roaring ’20s riffs fused with ballroom beats, TAPE 007 explores how the familiar becomes new. A vocal loop from Beyoncé’s RIIVERDANCE, our trusty prophet drone, and a cowbell riff as your “chasing carrot” guide the way.

Whether you’re working out or taking a brisk walk, let this set carry you. Enjoy the journey as each beat unfolds, pushing you forward with energy, rhythm, and a touch of the unexpected.

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4DJS CAST is a weekly live-streamed experience on Twitch.Tv/Shapeblue, immersing listeners in a musical landscape that celebrates and pushes the boundaries of alternative mixing. It spotlights experimental techniques to redefine the art of DJing.

Those who share this vision are welcome to connect and be part of the journey.

4DJS007:  Guided by Fun Cows

Listener.

Got your comfy shoes and a loose grip on reality? Perfect.. because A Kautious Score isn’t an easy trip to hop hop hop; it’s that glorious nowhere-walk where streetlights sigh backward, exit signs harmonize, and you’re low-key wondering if the sidewalk just whispered your name.

TAPE021 pivots the 4DJS series toward a style that blurs perception and reality–where dream-logic thrives, where time stretches + recoils, and everyday sounds morph into uncanny threads that tighten the narrative’s emotional grip. Where nostalgia sidles up and tickles the back of your neck–but never lets you scratch.

What’s sneaking up on you?
 ‣ Debussy’s Arabesques stitched onto every sidewalk you touch
 ‣ Prophet- drone purring like a feral cat under the floorboards
 ‣ Heart Of Glass (Ambient Rework Yougourthen) - Blondie
 ‣ Walk On By (Yougourthen Rework) - Isaac Hayes
 ‣ Pleasure Dome; Morse Code; Funky Swing - Armando

But first: sign the waiver. (Yes, really. Liability’s a vibe.)
💋 Turn the key. Inhale. Exhale. Press play.

Let the score glide you through your limbo.
When you remember to come up for air.. tell me: did the minutes bother following you, or are they still floating face-down behind the ghosts?

4DJS021: A Kautious Score

Listener, 

You caught me. Sometimes I’m just not good enough at covering my steps behind. Double homicide it is, cue the meme. That of course, if you heard the previous tape you’d understand that we are standing on a criminal sonic journey. 

TAPE019 is the one before the twentieth and it gives me great pleasure to introduce you to it. Would I consider it a baby, maybe. Would you consider me your baby? Do you want to pay for my school? I guess we can keep our roles then… me the clown and you the consumer of here this entertainment  honey of TAPE019. 

TAPE019 introduces an hour sonic journey filled with some oomph. Ideally if you were going on a journey this would be somewhere you’d consider lost but hey this is.. yeah. Okay want another bump? type of vibe. It’s rather a special treat for you because for most, you need mama to feed you a spoon at a time and I can’t always do that—instead, I’ll be feeding your ears with a set focused on the modular side of things. With minimal (count two) of productions and a laundry list of multitrack tools, loops and grind. It’s honestly a pretty cool set and I hope that your ears get wet from it. 

Please note that this set is providing an eccentric sound that spans eras and instrumentations… Flip the key and get lost.

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Productions: 

- LIES MEN TELL (Original Mix) by PH Balanced @cory_got_tracks
- Percapella 3 by Trainer & Galvan 


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Tools: 
✦ Multitracks Instrumentation 

-  Prophet-5 drone: breathes beneath the mix, gluing every other layer together.
-  70s soul Rhodes vamp: Warm gospel-blues phrase that slips in during lulls, grounding the floor in nostalgia before the next climb.
-  Motown piano: Bright, one-bar turnaround used as punctuation
-  Disco horn burst: Three-note brass fanfare that kicks open big drops like a glitter cannon of confidence.
-  Orchestral flute-and-brass: lush symphonic chords that signal the final crescendo, splashing Technicolor across the mind’s eye booboo.
-  New-wave guitar:  Razor-edged, chorus-soaked riff that slices through lush sections with sudden punk attitude.
- Spanish guitar: a ‘rasgueado’ that flares at emotional peaks like a flirtatious smoke ring.
-  Post-disco handclap-conga groove: human swing layered under synth sections, adding earthy warmth to machine precision.

✦ Vocals 

- “Higher” vocal sample: Beyoncé’s single-word cry, stretched in reverb to act as a beacon of lift-off.
- ​​Woo (acapella) by Rihanna 

✦ Loops

-  Early electro drum loop: dry, machine-tight kicks and hats that inject the first surge of kinetic snap, later flipped for a halftime head-fake.
-  Broken-beat techno loop: metallic, syncopated kicks and ghost snares that wobble the pulse and keep dancers on their toes.
-  Minimal synth loop: an eight-step bleep line in feedback, forming a hypnotic eye-of-the-storm before momentum returns.
-  Rubbery 808-bass riff: a slithery two-note glide that restores cheeky swagger after blow-out peaks.

4DJS019:   Modular Misdeed (LIVE SET)

Listener, 

Has it really reached our 20th TAPE? Feels like only yesterday we were crawling out of that big black hole, and now we’ve found ourselves at a moment of divergence, on a new timeline. 

Is it a merging of sonic sparkle into your gaping ear canal—or something more sinister? Something is brewing and only Time Through Love’s Tale will tell in TAPE020.

The sonic journey you’re about to embark consists of a simple yet strong story arc anchored by a phantom companion through out. To start your journey, you’ll be greeted with a moody flash-forward opening, tragic broken hearted vocals of B.B. King with The Thrill is Gone followed by the following productions:

✦ I’m Not In Love / Girl, You’re In Love (Mix-x-x-Tend Version) by Scherrie Payne on @horse-meat-disco 
✦ Tied Up by Yello @yello-official
✦ Dance Of The Snake by Space Drum Meditation @spacedrummeditation

But linger closely… throughout this arc, a voice shall be heard and they won’t go unheard.. you heard?
They are a messenger, neither hero nor bystander. Their presence is merely a reflection of your emotional projection. Just don’t ache when their absence becomes a silence you didn’t expect to mourn for.

I hope this sonic tragedy doesn’t disappoint—especially that little 1,2,3 setlist for a 59-minute set. 
It’s by design. Sometimes the fewer the steps, the deeper the fall.. and the deeper you fall the harder it is to get up and easier to slip on lube. Not the look, boo. If you were wondering, I find that fucking amazing… by.. the way.

With that said, have fun and thank you for joining me on this new sonic road that we are carving out on our new timeline.

4DJS020  ✦  Time Through Love’s Tale

Loosen your shoulders and let the room exhale with you.
Picture a midnight blues bar melting into a chrome runway where a Freak-Out is taking place. 

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You might have wondered why mama Giggly puff called em freak-outs. But it all makes sense. Sit...

A “freak-out” is a mid-60s psychedelic happening where the lights, drugs, and grooves dissolve choreography so dancers can sprawl, sway, and spiral any way the music moves them—total free-form liberation on the floor. In mama Giggly Puffs  context it was about control--trying to catch them all. 

Listener, in our context, you're invited on your terms and liberated you are. 

TAPE022, takes you through a LIVE SET exercise journeying and exploring the manipulation of very very verrrry familiar sounds across eras and media application.

Enjoy before our next stop.

4DJS022: Vogue Swaying Freak-Out (LIVE SET)

Fully Immerse: Flip the key, tap play, and let go.

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Your inner person crawls through the crevices of the central nervous system to initiate mission impossible. It’s there that it discovers that 1,000 years have passed by in a lull of time enriched in absolute limbo.

TAPE023  we continue on our diverged sonic path which is inherently is walking in the direction of our shared consciousness. A path to what? Was it the same path the previous you took. The days, months and years in a lull of deep DEEP introspection. A path that led to confusion and whole lotta hole. As it rallied around the tip of the head and said release me it found the shattered mirror lifting from the ground by boiling blood and healed itself. 

Listener, Some might call that getting released from the K hole you were in but I promise you, this is a different timeline. A timeline you bounced. A universe you’re entering,  only bound by your own restrictions. 

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Productions:
‣ After The Storm (@borisfromhamburg Edit) - Toyin Agbetu @toyin-agbetu
‣ Deep Introspection - Sensory Productions
‣ Raw Mission - Savas Pascalidis @savaspascalidis
‣ Hypnotise (Original Mix) - GIDEÖN @gideon_dj_official
‣ Track 15: Special Concert, Max-Joseph-Saal 1992

Tools: 
‣ Prophet Drone
‣ Wah Guitar 
‣ Darbouka Solo 
‣ Bassline Sample

4DJS023 ✦ Hypnotizing Ritual

4DJs Project is an initiative pushing to redefine the art of DJing. It’s a playground movement that encourages and promotes alternative mixing methods—whether experimental, modular, or any technique that challenges the status quo.

→ Promoters, listeners, and the curious—dive into the pinned playlists. Listening is best immersed with headphones or stereo speakers. 

→  Those who embody this spirit are always welcome to reach out and connect.

— 4DJs CAST Weekends on Twitch.TV/Shapeblue  —

Me: Spins Modular-esque Compositional Narratives with a 5-Deck Setup. Keeping the Energy Flowing with Retro Loops, Drone, Riffs & Grooves. Intentionally not Confined To A Particular Genre or Sound Style. Grow like a spore.

✨Call Me Youyou for Short

4DJS007: Guided by Fun Cows

Yougourthen Ayouni