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6 days later

I played for 5+ hours at home last night, and was listening to the recording today while raking the leaves in our garden. Not sure if the activity would have required Slayer instead, but bored myself with the mix. A case in point I don’t share everything I record. There’s deep and then there is snoozefest.

    Homegrove I don’t shar everything I record.

    Standard. I’d say, at the moment, less than half the mixes I do ever get uploaded anywhere.

      Amps less than half the mixes I do ever get uploaded anywhere.

      Send us some deets

      Homegrove There’s deep and then there is snoozefest.

      So I’d probably love it then. 😂

      Form an orderly queue please gents:

      Looks like something from a bargain bin in Asda post Christmas

      a month later

      I played a warm up set for Orkidea last Saturday for his Turku-stop on his 30 Years of DJ Orkidea-tour (dude started young, he’s 45). Playing only bars and lounges for a couple of years left me a bit lost at first with a proper big sound, it’s so much fucking louder. 😂

      Checking the recording now for release tomorrow, and I’m surprised how good I did, no trainwrecks, a few dodgy mixes maybe. I also played for the first time with the CDJ 3000s and I don’t recommend just waltzing in when you’re playing with them for the first time. The settings were all over the place after the last DJ, and I had trouble setting them to my liking on the fly.

      Warming up for a trance DJ was fucking fun though as a prog DJ, I could not go too hard. He requested I end with 126 bpm ffs. I used to warm up for him a lot back in the day, and he had requested me again. Got to play 2,5 hours too.

        Requested I end with 126 bpm .

        Proper Blue M&M Moment.

        Homegrove Sounds like a good gig, looking forward to hearing it. I still remember my first time on a loud system, that initial panic of “I wasn’t prepared for this” fades, but it definitely smacks you in the face. That’s why I always like to have my first 3 records planned, just to give me time to settle in.

        I think I still have a white label of unity kicking around, that vocal is probably worth sampling.

          303abuser the priviledge of a warm up set (I pressed play when they opened the doors) I had my first 4 planned. The 4th one was the first real club-track, I started with Satellite Serenade off NE1. Orkidea had also requested all DJs (it was a three room event, I was amazed they let me in the main room) also play mainly their personal classics (like his set was). I cheated and also played a lot of 2022-stuff too. It was fun to dig for stuff I’d not put on any classics-mixes lately though. And also still remember that it was seemingly a warm up set. No worries in the end though, since Orkidea started with some big Prydz-stuff.

          Homegrove He requested I end with 126 bpm ffs.

          Fortunately, Xpander sounds great pitched down to -8 👍

            vinnyt77 I heard from the promoter that somebody in the basement-room was blasting Twilo Thunder 30 minutes after doors open. 😂

              Homegrove fucking well in. 😂. The lad was making a real statement that he wasn’t there to fuck around. 👍🏻

              Homegrove he had requested me again

              Excellent stuff, lovely to hear!

              Homegrove He requested I end with 126 bpm

              I’d be sound with that. Fair request imo.

                Amps Ian Ossia told me a story about a gig he played down in Dorset - c. 2001. He asked the local warm-up guy to try and leave him around 128. The guy banged out a set of 134ish trance for 2 hours. Getting ready to hand over, he stopped the record he was playing, and put on a tribal-ish plodder at 128, turned around, and gave Ian a two thumbs up. 🤣