Live Set Recordings

A collection of tracks I've made as I have learned to make music between Jan 2025, and Jul 2025.

New stuff in progress, but I am spending more time making it more finished and up to listening and DJing standards from here on out :D.

I like some of these tracks as concepts, but they are pretty much all varying degrees of rough in one way or another. Consider these experimental demos. Maybe I'll revisit bits of my favourites in the future...

Learning Production Song Log

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This is a one-take 45 minute practise session I recorded for fun. It's a good mix of neuro, liquid, and dancefloor. My goal was to be able to do a whole one-take and recover from any mistakes I made along the way. Also I wanted to practice sequencing songs to do good transitions between sub-genres. I fucked up a few things here. There are some questionable transitions and once where I played a song at like 80% volume for a good third of it at least somewhere around halfway through.

Cheers :P

One Take Practice Session

My goal in this practice session was to have a more gradual build up in energy throughout the set instead of having random early spikes.

Practicing Every Day Keeps Anxiety At Bay

In this set, I DJ while having to pee from the very beginning. This is the ultimate test. Maybe next time I can do 1 hour. This is the key to unlocking full mastery of your mind, body and soul.

Do you ever think about how long you could hold your pee?

In this mix, I worked on phrasing, and differentiating when to use Low-end EQ transitions vs mid/hi EQ transitions. I feel pretty good about this mix actually. A few vocal clashes and one or two transitions a touch out of phrase, but the basics are starting to feel consistently good.

I also used a loop -> tempo reduction transition to go from DnB (that is really 175 Techno) -> Hard Techno, and it worked relatively well imo. I don't really have the techno library to play more than a few songs atm, and I basically get stranded in a specific key unless I transition back to the same song, but it feels like a promising way to add some genre-variety to my sets. 

Cheers :P

Track List (In order played):

When I'm Trippin' (Original Mix) - DLR
Blood Thirsty (Original Mix) - Chee
Widowed (Original Mix)- Enei
Telefon (Original Mix) - Emperor
Gunboi (Original Mix) - Razlom
Half Monk (Original Mix) - Posij, Former
Power Glow (Original Mix) - Aggressor Bunx
I Like To (Original Mix) - Annix
Sharks (Original Mix) - Benny L
Mud (Original Mix) - Black Sun Empire, Nymfo
Reptilians (Original Mix) - Hybris, Mefjus, Noisia
Exhale (Original Mix) - Levela
The Zodiac (Misanthrop Remix (2021 Remaster)) - Catacomb
Signals (Original Mix) - Magnetude
Shadowmoon (Original Mix) - Posij, Former
Overthinking feat. DRS (Original Mix) - Drs, Kasra, Enei
Acid (Original Mix) - Klinical, Yaano
Negativity (Original Mix) - Redpill
This World Stopped (Original Mix) - The Caracal Project
PLAISIR PLAISIR (Original Mix) - Phace, Affe Maria
Badman Sound (Single) - Phibes
Nitrous (Audio Remix) - DJ Trace, Bad Company UK
Holy Moly (Original Mix) - Document One
Realities (Original Mix) - Levela
Through The Loop (Original Mix) - Pendulum
Plastik (Original Mix) - Misanthrop
Preamble (Original Mix) - IMANU, Icicle
Blame It On The Twins (Original Mix) - Jan Vercauteren

Through the loop and back again

Back once again with the ill behaviour

Track list:    
Wordless (Original Mix) - Noisia, Halogenix
Monologue (Original Mix) - Black Sun Empire
Absolutely True (Original Mix) Break, DLR
Tangential (Original Mix) - Mythic Image     
i think i feel... (Original Mix) - Buunshin       
Hope - Meph & Gexan
Shadowban (Original Mix) - QZB, T Man
Push Up - Skeptical         
I Need A (Original Mix) - Phase            
The Other Side (Original Mix)             
No Man (Original Mix) - Enei              
IMPASSE (Original Mix) - Phase, Emperor          
Personal Killer (Original Mix) - Gydra         
Nightmare - Noise Parfumerie                
The Source Of Everything (Original Mix) - Deathmachine            
Rave (Original Mix) - Shadowsect         
Nitrous (Audio Remix) - Bad Company UK            
System Error (Original Mix) - Neonlight, Hedj               
Brainwork (Original Mix) - Mefjus          
Kinetic (Original Mix) - Billain       
Inside The Box (Original Mix) - Phase                
Get Deaded (Fade Black Remix) - Noisia              
Gas Tank (Original Mix) - Monty               
Medicine Device (Original Mix) - Forum             
Inertia (Original Mix) - GEST         
Still Drowning (Original Mix) - Phase, DRS, Grey Code
Tide Guide (Original Mix) - Enei, T Man  
Fake Money (Original Mix) - DLR               
Do I Know U (Original Mix) - Askel & Elere
Implant - Pythius            
Angel Blade (Original Mix) - Sleepnet

Should I have played implant at that time? Maybe not. Did I do it well? Also maybe not, but it is a really cool song. I saw it, got excited, then played it.

Also sorry for the hardcore, I just really like deathmachine.

Mitochondrial Burnout

I recorded my NYE performance at a house party full of some of my closest friends. It was a wonderful night :D

I turned a few instances of weird mic interference way down, because just killing it felt odd. I also reduced the midnight countdown volume to match the rest of the waveform so it doesn't hurt to listen to, although it is still certainly clipping lol.

Track List:
"Monologue (Original Mix)" - Black Sun Empire
"Thru My Head" - Skeptical
"Virtue (Original Mix)" - Sustance
"Raw Flavour (Original Mix)" - Waeys
"Riot Gear Romance (Original Mix)" - QZB
"Shatter (Original Mix)" - Kasra, YAANO
"1 2 3 4 (Counting Pennies VIP)" - DLR
"Dial Back (Original Mix)" - Quadrant, Iris, Jamal
"Tangential (Original Mix)" - Mythic Image
"Simulacrum (Original Mix)" - Phase
"Juniper (Original Mix)" - Grey Code
"Not Real (Original Mix)" - Forbidden Society
"Running Next To The Bison (Original Mix)" - Burr Oak
"Interlinked (Original Mix)" - Redpill, Ed Rush
"Nightmare" - Noise Parfumerie
"The Source Of Everything (Original Mix)" - Deathmachine
"Therapy" - Sinister Souls
"Rave (Original Mix)" - Shadow Sect
"Nitrous (Audio Remix)" - Bad Company UK
"Brainwork (Original Mix)" - Mefjus
"System Error (Original Mix)" - Neonlight, Hedj
"Kinetic (Original Mix)" - Billain
"Objection VIP (Original Mix)" - Waeys
"Medicine Device (Original Mix)" - Forum
"Gas Tank (Original Mix)" - Monty
"Shift (Original Mix)" - Noisia, IMANU
"Hot One (Original Mix)" - Trex, Teej
=== New Year's Countdown ==
"Program (Sleepnet Remix)" - Noisia, Phace
"non-responsive (Original Mix)" - Phace
"Grumbler (Original Mix)" - Neonlight
"Don't Blink (Original Mix)" - Icicle
"Full Metal" - Enei
"Inertia (Original Mix)" - GEST
"Tide Guide (Original Mix)" - Enei, T-Man
"Long Gone (Audio Remix)" - Nosia
"Encrypted (Original Mix)" - Dreadnaught
"No Match (Original Mix)" - Buunshin
"Get It Like (Original Mix)" - YAANO
"Implant" - Pythius
"Let Go (Original Mix)" - Redpill, Anna Verakova
"Commemorate (Zardonic Remix)" - Witch of the Vale
"Beautiful Morning" - Rawthang

Happy 2024 O.o

New Years Eve 2023

Recording of my 1:10-2:00 AM live set from Rhizome Presents Patchwork on May 25th, 2024 at The Faculty in Edmonton

Fantastic night full of fantastic people. Cool lights, great sound, great venue, great performers and a great crowd. If you want to relive 50 minutes of your life, missed it, or are looking for a track ID, here you go!

Track List:
Black Cloud feat. Victoria (Original Mix) - Royalston, Victoria
Lean Time (Original Mix) - Trex
Spooked (Original Mix) - Emperor
Anomaly (Original Mix) - Skellytn
Sacrifice - Noise Parfumerie
Snakes + Villains ft. T-Man - Sustance, T-Man
Thud & Blunder (Original Mix) - Emperor
System Overload (Original Mix) - Skellytn
Shadowban feat. T Man (Original Mix) - QZB, T-Man
You Choose (Original Mix) - ACI TONA
Armour Piercing (Original Mix) - Current Value
Sterven - Buunshin
Dominate (Original Mix) - Icicle
Slap The Bassline (Original Mix) - Redpill
GREED (Original Mix) - Current Value
Brief Fundamentals (Original Mix) - Koarse
Still Drowning (Original Mix) - Phase, DRS, Grey Code
Astral Plane (Original Mix) - BobWhite
Tsubaki (Original Mix) - Monrroe 
2094 (Original Mix) - TMSV
Rarebit - Limewax
Judge (Original Mix) - Sinister Souls
Steppin Out (Original Mix) - Ed Rush
Rave Machine (Original Mix) - Audio, Burr Oak
Break Up (Original Mix) - Aggressor Bunx 
Life Is Lost - Burr Oak, Nick Bee
Voidwalker (Original Mix) - Ed Rush
Resonance (Audio Remix) (Original Mix) - Omneum, FinalFix, Audio
Human Research (Original Mix) - Lockjaw
Lapse (Original Mix) - Sleepnet

If it sounds a little different for the first 8 or so songs, it's because I had to re-record it after, as I forgot to press the button at the start O.o

Also, I feel pretty good about this set, but during the "Shadowban" -> "You Choose" transition, I got distracted by a redlining audio channel and was fiddling with a trim knob when I should have been mixing, so that's why the track stays in too long and gets pulled out abruptly xD

Rhizome Patchwork May 25th

This was a set I recorded on January 4th, 2025 for a friend's new years house party. I played the 11:00 pm to 12:30 am time slot. It was a lovely time, full of lots of close friends as well as plenty of cool people I had never met before. The sound setup was in his living room (and provided for by Opening Move), with speakers way too big for the space (the ideal setup). I think this set showcases my music taste, and it's evolution over the last year very well, as well as a tonne of fantastic artists including some super underrated ones. I am proud of how this came together in the end. There were no glaring mistakes, and the small ones I did make, it feels like I managed well and are hard for me to pick out unless I am listening very carefully at the exact moment they occur. If you want to relive 90 minutes of your evening, catch a piece of the set you missed, or glimpse a small sliver of an amazing night: here you go :D

Shout out to Opening Move, a Duo who played their first set (https://on.soundcloud.com/Tue7A6ZSfZsm5fTW7) in front of a crowd (and did a fantastic job) before me, as well as bonzai (https://on.soundcloud.com/aVBu6NwFvqLC8w727), a badass local artist who played a fantastic set after me.

The picture here is from the art window at the end of the night, which was open for anyone to add to all night.

Track list in chronological order (Artist - Song (Label)):
Rizzle - Do It For You (Original Mix) (Overview Music)
Forum - In My Mind (Original Mix) (PROGRAM)
Ivy Lab - 20 Questions (Original Mix) (Critical Music)
Bungle - Daylight (Original Mix) (Influence Records)
Commix - Be True (Original Mix) (Metalheadz)
Waeys - Stopping Turning (Original Mix) (Critical Music)
Malux - Nosedive (Original Mix) (Evolution Chamber)
Annix - Weird (Original Mix) (Neksus Sound)
Waeys, Azumai - Doggy Marriage (Original Mix) (Critical Music)
Simula - Oculus (Original Mix) (Critical Music)
SMG, VISLA - The Voice (Original Mix) (Critical Music)
Digital, Outrage - Final Demand (S.P.Y. Remix) (Function Records)
Technical Itch - X-1 (Original Mix) (Tech Itch Recordings)
Digital, Outrage - Snowballs (Original Mix) (Deep House Amigo (Detroit))
DJ Hidden - Bonbon (Original Mix) (PRSPCT Recordings)
Grey Code - Bodies (Original Mix) (Metalheadz)
Forbidden Society - Refuse (Original Mix) (Forbidden Society Recordings)
Amoss - Powder (Flexout Audio)
Quadrant, Iris - Sparkline (Original Mix) (C4C Recordings)
Submarine - Keyrog (Original Mix) (Flexout Audio)
Forbidden Society - Tech Tube (Original Mix) (Domain)
QZB - No Compliance (Original Mix) (Critical Music)
Bungle - Insomnia (Original Mix) (Dirty Hole Music)
Forbidden Society - Downlift (Original Mix) (Forbidden Society Recordings)
Digital, Kiljoy - Reflection feat. Kiljoy (Original Mix) (Function Records)
Cooh - The Origin of All feat Angie (Etheraudio Recordings)
Mat Zo - You Are Here (Original Mix) (VISION)
Audio - Solar Ascending (Original Mix) (Blackout Music NL)
Forbidden Society - Hellbound (Original Mix) (Forbidden Society Recordings)
Finalfix - Hellfire (Original Mix) (Hanzom Music)
Skrimor - Boogie Woogie (Original Mix) (Evolution Chamber)
Redpill - Breath & Scream (Original Mix) (Eatbrain)
KRYTIKA & COOH - The Purgatory (Metafiziq Recordings)
Cooh - A Better World feat Sighting (Etheraudio Recordings)
Deathmachine - Freakshow (Original Mix) (Blackout Music NL)
Current Value - Get Down to It (Original Mix) (Trendkill Records)
Icicle - Inside Looking Out (Original Mix) (Vision Recordings)
Harmony - You Got (Original Mix) (Deep Jungle Records)
Gremlinz, Tim Reaper - Full Moon (Original Mix) (Drum&BassArena)
Former - Ascension (spiritmech)
I Hate Models - Intergalactic Emotional Breakdown (Original Mix) (ARTS)
Thys - Higher (Original Mix) (Eccentric O)
GEST - Lifter (Original Mix) (Shogun Audio)
Ternion Sound - Artifice (Original Mix) (VISION)

All That Glitters 2025

:P

Baby's first song

I've been playing around with Abelton lately, and it's been a lot of fun. This took me about 6-8 hours total, and is the simplest (and shortest) song of all time. That being said it was a lot of fun to make, and I think it sounds decent for what it is. This process made me really appreciate how long you can spend obsessing about little audio esotera, or on arrangements, only to realize you've been rabbit holing on 1 of 8 channels for a 15 second snippet of a 90 second track xD. 

I figured I'd make it public so I (and whoever cares) can see my improvement over time (hopefully that will happen lol).

Cheers :D

Inadequate Room

Tortured Mind

Mind Slave

...and corruption spread throughout the land...


[I actually made an attempt at mastering this song :D]

Hellfire

* p a r a n o i a *

I wanted this song to be pleasantly unpleasant, so I hope I accomplished that

<3

Paranoid Persistent Fears

I decided to try and make something a bit more minimal in terms of density as well as general feeling where I could experiment with making a wider variety of sounds, especially in the mid-bass frequency range. I also continued to experiment with different drum patterning, and I think it turned out pretty well :D

Contradictions

As we accelerate towards whatever it is we are accelerating towards, I decided to make something faster and harsher. I love industrial hardcore and crossbreed, and always wanted to learn how to piece together a tune in that vein. It was a tonne of fun to make! I hope you enjoy it. :D

Private Property

Darkness

I have been working on this track for a while. It's kind of a mess, but I kind of like it that way. It feels appropriately scattered and disorienting. One moment there is a well worn groove, and the next it is thrown out. Is it good? Who knows. Enjoy?

Fragmentation

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Mission Accomplished o7
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I was listening to a bunch of technoid recently, and I thought it would be fun to test my understanding of what makes that sub-genre what it is by making a track in that vein. Also I recently watched Total Recall 2070 (underrated gem of the era) and wanted to pull some samples from a favourite episode. This is what these two directions brought me to, and I think I am pretty happy with how it turned out.

I hope you enjoy it! :D

Self Termination

Hello. I wanted to record a set that would represent a "project declaration". Meaning, this is meant to show off specific influences I have from the musical landscape, demonstrate where I think my own music fits into said landscape, and also provide an example of what kind of tracks I would play out. This is more of an example of what I might play in a higher energy, later slot in a night :D

Expect to hear some darkstep [or skullstep if you are feeling //e|d|g|y//], neurofunk [this genre means too many things now], technoid [fake, old, necromancied from 2002, obscure, hard to find, is this just neuro?], some deep/dark/minimal/techy drum and bass for pacing [we need more adjectives to lump together here instead of creating a cohesive genre name], and a splash of crossbreed [DnB's double salted black liquorice].

There are some unreleased tracks by myself that I think are just barely good enough to put in a mix :D. 

I had a lot of fun making this mix, and I hope you find something you're looking for in here.

Recommended Use Cases: 
- Programming after that regrettable 4th cup of coffee
- An anxiety riddled midnight walk in a poorly lit city park
- Sets of 20 on the leg press
- Vandalize your home office

==== TRACK LIST - { TITLE - ARTIST(s) [LABEL] }

The First Evil VIP (VIP Version) - DJ Hidden [Hidden Tracks]
The Purgatory - KRYTIKA & COOH [Metafiziq Recordings]
Blackhole (Original) - Donny, Katharsys [Barcode Recordings]
Brut (Original Mix) - DKN [DARKMTTR Records]
Never 2 Late (Original Mix) - Sinister Souls, TR Tactics [Hanzom Music]
More Controversy (Original Mix) - Dom & Roland [Individual]
Transform (Original Mix) - Typecell [Subplate Recordings]
Heavy Industry (Original Mix) - Section 63 [VIA]
DAWGS (Original Mix) - Phace, Annix [Neksus Sound]
Doom Agenda (Original Mix) - Audio [Neksus Sound]
Vishnu (Original Mix) - A-tech [Subplate Recordings]
One Of Them (Original Mix) - Limewax [Lost Soul Recordings]
False Statement (Original Mix) - Typecell [Subplate Recordings]
Cigs, Clubs & Cops (Original Mix) - Arkaik [Flexout Audio]
Weaver Walk (Original Mix) - Submarine [1985 Music]
Mark's Shibari Groove (Original Mix) - Royalston [Hospital Records]
Do It (Original Mix) - Quartz [Rupture LDN]
Trenches (Original Mix) - Nickbee, KRÆK [Heavy Sonics Records]
Disappear (Original Mix) - DKN [Subtitles Music Records]
Personal Killer (Original Mix) - Gydra [Neuropunk Records]
Not Alone (Original Mix) - Notequal, Skellytn [Cyclops Recordings]
Running Blind (Fre4knc Remix) - Noisia [Vision Recordings]
Evol (Original Mix) - Paperclip [Paperfunk Recordings]
Directed (Original) - D-Struct [VIA]
Graphene - Deathmachine [PRSPCT Recordings]
3 Day Binge (Sinister Souls Remix) - Counterstrike, Donny, Katharsys, Sinister Souls [Barcode Recordings]
Infinite Nothingness (DNGN DRGNS Remix) - Krytika, DNGN DRGNS [PRSPCT Recordings]
KRYTIKA - Delirium (Mastered by DJ Hidden) - KRYTIKA Productions [KRYTIKA Productions]
MNML feat. Deathmachine (Original Mix) - Dolphin, Deathmachine [PRSPCT Recordings]
Meltdown - _wirehead [Unreleased]
Freakshow - Deathmachine [Blackout Music NL]
Dark City (Original Mix) - Fearful [Yamatai Records]
Iconoclast (Original Mix) - KRÆK [Delta9 Recordings]
CURLS - Phace, YAANO [Overview Music]
Haste (Original Mix) - QZB [Critical Music]
Inebriation (Original Mix) - XAETIS [Expedite Records]
Corps Noir (Original Mix) - Tryst Temps [Kosenprod]
Hungry Birds (Original Mix) - Redpill [Neksus Sound]
Ignorant (Original Mix) - DKN [Subtitles Music Records]
Psyche Melt (Original Mix) - Erotic Cafe', RUINNA [NËU]
Everything Hertz feat. OA (Original Mix) - Sinister Souls, Oa [PRSPCT Recordings]
The Turn (Original Mix) - Aneta Galisova, Forbidden Society [Forbidden Society Recordings]
Autopilot VIP (Original Mix) - Aerbreak [MILITANT MUSIC]
BLESSED (Original Mix) - Phace [Deadbeats]
Out For Blood (Original Mix) - QZB [Critical Music]
Caffeine Poisoning - _wirehead [Unreleased]

====

<3

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I recently had the pleasure of DJing at a house party for a friend's birthday party. It was the 1-2am set time, last of the night. There was a Rane One MKII (that thing is sick), so myself and others played sets for the first time on said controller. There are a few moments in here where I leave an effect on, or a high pass doesn't work because you have to toggle it on (which I am not used to). I think I did a good job of improvising around mistakes when they happen, and I had a lot of fun putting this set together. My goal here was to showcase a really broad spectrum of the darker, techy side of drum and bass.

Just as well, I played my own song in the middle that I've been working on for the last 2 weeks. It somehow has turned out quite playable, despite not a tonne of effort on the mastering end of things there. I think it's just easier to master less busy arrangements without it coming out super crispy. It's an industrial hardcore / crossbreed track with big buss-distorted kick/bass stuff in it. I think it's quite fun, and fits into the set well.

Shout out to the hosts, the other DJs, all my friends who were there, and birthdays (and those who have them).

Till next time <3

Others who played that night:
BeePM
little:fiery:one [https://soundcloud.com/littlefieryone]
fond. [https://soundcloud.com/fawnatron]
flourishing [https://soundcloud.com/flourishingbeats]

Song - Artist [Label]
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Ever Closer - MVRK [MVRK]
Ransom - Offish [Offish Productions]
Discordia - Exept [Delta9 Recordings]
Kotaro (Original Mix) - Jon Casey, IMANU [Sable Valley Records]
Long Gone (Audio Remix) - Noisia, Evol Intent [Vision Recordings]
World In Crimson (Offish Remix) - Forgiven Soul & Offish [Offish Productions]
Wrong Number (Original Mix) - John Rolodex [Machinist Music]
Still Drowning (Original Mix) - Phase, Drs, Grey Code [Dispatch Dubplate]
Mindkiller (Offish VIP) - Forgiven Soul [Offish Productions]
Passive Agressive (skantia Remix) - Was A Be [Guidance]
Out For Blood (Original Mix) - QZB [Critical Music]
Don't Trust Me - Exept [Delta9 Recordings]
Hedonic Reversal - _wirehead [Machine Interface Recordings]
Mood (Original Mix) - Noise Parfumerie [In The Lab Recordings]
Regulated (Original Mix) - D-Struct [Onset Audio]
The Fruit Bowl (Original Mix) - Dom & Roland [C4C Recordings]
BITTERFELD - Phace, Tom Finster [Neosignal]
Vantage Point (Original Mix) - Rawtekk [Medschool]
Temperament 23 (Original Mix) - Matrix [Metro Recordings]
Medicine Device (Original Mix) - Forum [PROGRAM]
Dominion (Original Mix) - Aptom [Paperfunk Recordings]
Rarebit - Limewax [PRSPCT Recordings]
Disorder (Original Mix) - Krytika [Future Sickness Records]
Enemy of the State (Original Mix) - Biostacis [Tech Itch Recordings]
Merciful (Original Mix) - Harmony [Deep Jungle Records]
Tōuarangi (Original Mix) - Paige Julia [1985 Music]
Cold Fusion (Gred Lvov Re-Assemble) - Forgiven Soul & The Faraday [Offish Productions]
Astral Plane (Original Mix) - Bob White [Vandal Records]
It's Time (Original Mix) - DJ Hidden [PRSPCT Recordings]

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