A German producer with a slightly “French” sound, Kris Menace has been a huge influence on the electonic scene since the release of his and Lifelike’s house monster Discopolis in 2005.
In this excellent studio session, hosted by R.fm and featuring tracks from Oliver Koletzki, Metro Area and Aphex Twin, Kris Menace makes seemingly disparate productions join his signature sound: Sweet harmonies and big room, hands-in-the-air hooks.
Over the last weeks, we have received numerous comments on the persistent down voting of Qualifiers in Stage 1. We are trying to take several of these points into account going forward. We’ve already addressed the issue of fair conduct – all mixes that have reached 200 votes will be screened before NGDJ Stage 1 closes and the top 100 mixes enter the final NGDJ stage.
Just a quick thought on “down voting”: It affects nearly everyone at this stage of the competition. Also, consider there’s little objection to the origins of ★★★★★ votes. It could be that all these votes aren’t objective gradings of your mix but rather friends looking to support you. Your opponents casting ★☆☆☆☆ however, is typically considered as unfair. For the sake of argument we would just like to settle for calling these votes equally fair.
We’ll keep working to improve and we appreciate all the constructive insights we’ve received on the blog, in the Let’s mix Get Satisfaction forum and around the web in general. Please share your thoughts in the comments below, or in this thread on Get Satisfaction.
February 5th is a big night at FabricLive in London. The line up includes a live set by SpankRock, and a the whole of room 2 being overtaken by the infamous Fool’s Gold Records crew.
Joining Fool’s Gold founder A-Trak on the decks is Kingdom, whose new blazing new EP Mindreader will hit the shelves the same week. Check out the track in Kingdom’s excellent Fabric promo mix below!
Our British friends over at DJ Mag made a big announcement last week, when they revealed the line up for the much anticipated DJ Mag pool party at the Miami WMC on March 24th.
Recession Session Volume 2 has an impressive roster: Steve Lawler, James Zabiela, Dubfire, Will Saul, Nic Fanciulli, Joris Voorn, Dennis Ferrer, SOS DJs, a Way out West live set and – last but not least: The NGDJ competition winner!
For info on tickets and whatnot, head over to DJMag.com. Miami is just two months away people, let’s go!
Alland Byallo, San Francisco based dj/producer and owner of Nightlight Music, goes far out on the deep techno and tech house side in this mix, featuring loads of local Bay Area productions. Not sure if this is safe for work, though? As Alland himself says: “Full of hashed out, deep tech bliss, Volume 2 of this mix series insists you light one up and let it all go.”
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