Monday 25 October 2010

'Response or Reaction' Mix

This one's an hour long, going through some of my favourite tunes of the moment with a few old ones thrown in. I find myself playing more and more 4x4 140 these days, nice to see the sound progressing.

Jack of Dubs - 'Response or Reaction' Mix (58mins/192kbps/80mb)

Tracklisting

Becoming Real - 'Fast Motion' (DVA's Hi Emotions rmx) [Ramp Recordings]
Elgato - 'Tonight' [Hessle Audio]
Hodge - 'Force' [unreleased]
Loefah - 'Root' [DMZ]
James Blake - 'Klavierwerke' [R&S Records]
Joe - 'Rut'[Hessle Audio]
Low Density Matter - 'Blue Street' [Keysound]
Clouds - 'Timekeeper' [Ramp Recordings]
Skream - 'Rolling Kicks' [Tempa]
Sigha - 'Bruised' [Hotflush]
XxXy - 'Just for Me' [Fortified Audio]
TRG - 'They Know' (Berlin Wall VIP) [Immerse]
Lewis B - 'Rhodesalicious' [Frijfso Beats]
Komonazmuk - 'Bad Apple' [Hench]
Mala - 'Eyez' [DMZ]
Kryptic Minds - 'Hybrid' [Osiris]
Simon/off - 'Forever' [Immerse]
2nd II None - 'Waterfallz' (Peverelist rmx) [Heavy Artillery]
Sigha and Spherix - 'Lesser People' [Immerse]
Alix Perez - 'Untitled' [Tempa]
Daedelus - 'Order of the Golden Dawn' [Brainfeeder]
Mala - 'Changes'[Deep Medi]

Subterranean Mix

This one's a percy (although excuse me 'testing' out the new filter during the first track). It was great fun to record, mixing up from 120 to 140, from house to techno, through old garage, future garage, and dubstep.

Jack of Dubs - Subterranean Mix

Tracklisting

Roska - 'Sheppard' [Roska Kicks and Snares]
Ben Klock - 'Subzero' [Ostgut]
James Ruskin - 'Solution' [Blueprint]
James Fox - 'Grifter' [Midnightminustwo]
Pearson Sound - 'Wad' [Hessle Audio]
187 Lockdown - 'Gunman' [Kinetic]
Benny Ill, Kode9 & The Culprit - 'Fat Larry's Skank' [Tempa]
MJ Cole - 'Sincere' (Wookie rmx) [Talkin' Loud]
MSTRKRFT - 'Heartbreaker' (Brackles rmx) [Universal]
Groove Chronicles - 'Millenium Funk' [DPR]
Sully - 'Phonebox' [Frijisfo Beats]
Horsepower Productions - 'Gorgon Sound' [Tempa]
Rich Reason & Fantastic Mr Fox - 'Lo-Fi-Ve' [Hemlock]
Untold - 'Don't Know, Don't Care' [Hemlock]
Joy Orbison - 'Hyph Mngo' [Hotflush]
Martyn - 'Suburbia' [Applepips]
Vibezin - 'I Need You' [Forthcoming L2S]
Burial - 'Exit Wounds' [Hyperdub]

Mix for Cheapest Pen

A good friend writes the insightful cheapest pen blog, featuring comment on bass music and more which I'd urge anyone interested to read. I provided a mix of appropriately 'wot-u-call-it' beats.

Jack of Dubs - Mix for Cheapest Pen

Tracklisting

Addison Groove - 'Footcrab' [Swamp 81]
Pangaea - 'Memories' [white]
VVV - 'Project X' [Fortified]
Scuba - 'Speak' [Naked Lunch]
Maxim - 'Scheming' (Zed Bias rmx) [XL]
Ghost - 'Lyrical Tempo' [Tempa]
Roof Light - 'How Far Are You From Anywhere' [L2S]
Digital Mystikz - 'Pathwayz' [Tempa]
Vibezin - 'I Need You' [L2S]
Crystal Fighters - 'I Love London' (Brackles rmx) [Kitsuné]
Seiji - 'Yesman' [SeijiMusic]
Ramadanman - 'I Beg You' [Hessle Audio]
Clueless - 'Everybody Want Some' [L2S]
Monz - 'In My Head' [L2S]
DJ Madd - 'Flex'd' [Boka]
Zomby - 'Spliff Dub' (Rustie rmx) [Hyperdub]
Martyn - 'Krdl-T-Grv' [3024]
Jack Sparrow - 'Torment' [Tectonic]
Clouds - 'Protecting Hands' (Isan rmx) [Deep Medi]

Live At Forefront

A recording of my set from December 2009, when I played in Hull for 'Forefront' alongside Destroyer, Webstarr, and Ben UFO.

Jack of Dubs - Live at Forefront (60mins/82mb/192kbps)

Tracklisting

Shortstuff - 'Stuff' [Ramp]
The Bug ft. Flowdan - 'Jah War' (Loefah rmx) [Ninja Tune]
Paleface ft. Kyla - 'Do You Mind' (LD rmx) [Northern Line]
Joy Orbison - 'Wet Look' [Hotflush]
Greymatter ft. Heidi Vogel - 'Believe In Something' (TRG rmx) [UniqueUncut]
Artwork - 'Red' [Tempa]
Groove Chronicles - 'Stonecold' [DPR]
Vista - 'Guesswork' [Scruffy Hoodlum]
Pangaea - 'Router' [Hessle Audio]
Zomby - 'Spliff Dub' (Rustie rmx) [Hyperdub]
Search and Destroy - 'Blue Mantra' [Destructive]
Quest - 'Stand' [Deep Medi]
Untold - 'Dante' [Hotflush]
Whistla - '420 Lockdown' [L2S]
Marc Ashken - 'Roots Dyed Dark' (Skreamix) [Leftroom]
Headhunter - 'Physics Impulse' [Tempa]
The Bug ft. Killa.P + Flowdan - 'Skeng' (Kode9 rmx) [Hyperdub]
Loefah - 'System' [Tectonic]
Badawi + Kode9 - 'Den of Drumz' [ROIR]
Joy Orbison - 'Hyph Mngo' [Hotflush]
Benny Ill + DJ Hatcha - 'Highland Spring' [Tempa]
Geenus - 'Congo' [Tempa]
Zomby - 'Float' [Werk Discs]
Skream - 'Burning Up' [Digital Soundboy]

Mix for Delta 9

The good people at Delta 9, a techno collective originating from Nottingham, let me do a mix for them. Here's the results, still on a dubstep tip but perhaps more techno influenced than usual.

Jack of Dubs - Mix for Delta 9 (192 kbps), 53 mins, 76.8 MB

Tracklisting

1. Cosmin TRG – ‘Purple Lights’ [Tempa]
2. T++ – ‘Allied’ [Erosion]
3. Joy Orbison – ‘The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow’ [Aus Music]
4. Shackleton – ‘Shortwave’ [Skull Disco]
5. Xi – ’000′ [Immerse]
6. A Made Up Sound – ‘Closer’ [A Made Up Sound]
7. Peverelist – ‘Junktion’ (Shed rmx) [Tectonic]
8. Pearson Sound – ‘So Far Ago’ [Soul Jazz]
9. James Fox – ‘Put It Back’ (Ramadanman refix)
10. Narcossist – ‘Brothel Creeper’
11. Cosmin TRG – ‘Strobe Lick’ [Tempa]
12. Jack Sparrow – ‘Terminal’ [Tectonic]
13. Pangaea – ‘Router’ [Hessle Audio]
14. Sigha – ‘Bruised’ [Hotflush]
15. Synkro – ‘Come With Me’ [Z Audio]
16. Emalkay – ‘A.G.S.’ [Dub Police]
17. Pangaea – ’5-HTP’ [Hessle Audio]
18. Jus Wan – ‘QB-41′ [Naked Lunch]
19. Rob Smith – ‘Living in Unity’ [Punchdrunk]

Music For Tea Parties

Another one with an encouraging amount of downloads, this one is a recording of my set I did for 'Music For Tea Parties', a techno/deep house night on the South Coast. I really enjoyed playing this set - thanks for having me, guys.

Jack of Dubs - Music For Tea Parties (63 minutes/86mb/192kbps)

Tracklisting

Ramadanman - 'Core' [Soul Jazz]
Sines - 'Blu' [L2S]
Mr Lager ft. Alys Be - 'Tell Me' [Soul Jazz]
F - 'The Untitled Dub' [7even]
Appleblim & Peverelist - 'Circling' [Skull Disco]
Martyn - 'Twenty Four' [3024]
DJ Madd - 'Someone' [Black Box]
DJ Madd - 'Someone' (Breakage rmx) [Black Box]
Hyetal - 'Neon Speech' [Soul Motive]
Instra:mental - 'Forbidden' [Apple Pips]
Scuba - 'Negative' [Hotflush]
Andy Stott - 'Drippin' [Modern Love]
Pangaea - 'Bear Witness' [Hotflush]
Martyn - 'Vancouver' (2562's Puur Natuur mix) [3024]
Peverelist - 'Esperanto' [Punchdrunk]
Pinch - 'Get Up' (Jack Sparrow rmx) [Tectonic]
Ramadanman - 'Humber' [Applepips]
Four Tet - 'Love Cry' (Joy Orbison rmx) [Domino]
Pangaea - 'Router' [Hessle Audio]
Basic Channel - 'Octogan' [Basic Channel]
Peverelist - 'The Grind' [Punchdrunk]
Headhunter - 'Prototype' (Modeselektor's Broken Handbrake rmx) [Tempa]
Shackleton - 'You Bring Me Down' (Peverelist rmx) [Skull Disco]
Spherix - 'Look Back' [Tube10]

Deep Mellow Mix #4

The most recent of my Deep Mellow mixes, this one went down well with people at dubstepforum, urban75, and dubstepfriday - big up everyone feeling.

Jack of Dubs - Deep Mellow Mix #4 (40mins/192kbps/54mb)

Tracklisting

Instra:mental - 'Vicodin' [Naked Lunch]
Loefah - 'Bombay Squad' [Rephlex]
Mount Kimbie - 'At Least' (Instra:mental rmx) [Hotflush]
Ramadanman - 'Penn Hill' [free dub]
Pariah - 'Orpheus' [R&S]
Groove Chronicles - 'Stone Cold' [DPR]
Scuba - 'Hard Boiled' [Hotflush]
Breakage - 'Open Up' [Digital Soundboy]
Mala - 'Miracles' [Deep Medi]
Ramadanman - 'Glut' [Hemlock]
Headhunter - 'Protecting Butterflies' [Bleep]
Scuba - 'Klinik' [Hotflush]
Hodge - 'Lamp' [unreleased]
Ramadanman - 'Tempest' [Hemlock]

Deep Mellow Mix #3

This one features deep dubstep, and ends on a jungle tip.

Jack of Dubs - Deep/Mellow Mix #3 (44mins/192kbps/60mb)

Tracklisting

Sigha - 'Expansions' [Hotflush]
Pearson Sound - 'So Far Ago' [Soul Jazz]
Ramadanman - 'Revenue' [2nd Drop]
Coleco - 'Breathwork' [unreleased]
Vista - 'Guesswork' [Scruffy Hoodlum]
Pangaea - 'Memories' [White]
Jus Wan - 'QB-41' [Naked Lunch]
Spherix - 'Look Back' [Tube10]
Peverelist - 'The Grind' [Punchdrunk]
2562 - 'Enforcers' [Tectonic]
Monolake - 'Occam' [Imbalance]
Hatcha & Kromestar - '3000' [Aphex]
Sully - 'Phonebox' [Frijsfo Beats]
Sines - 'Love Becomes She' [Untitled!]
Submerse - 'Forgive Me' [Night Audio]
Fused Forces - 'What's Going Down' [Substance Abuse]
Unknown - 'Darkcore' [Hate]

Deep Mellow Mix #2

The second installment of Deep Mellow Mixes, this one starts off on a techno tip, before moving up to 140.

Jack of Dubs - Deep/Mellow Mix #2 (60mins/192kbps/82mb)

Tracklisting:

Scuba - 'Hard Boiled' (Scuba edit) [Hotflush]
Sines - 'Stills' [Echodub]
Scuba - 'From Within' (Marcel Dettman rmx) [Hotflush]
Absense - 'Good Love' [Unreleased]
DJ Abstract - 'Touch' [Tempa]
Late - 'Never Forgive' [Formant]
Benny Ill & DJ Hatcha - 'Highland Spring' [Tempa]
Burial - 'Unite' [Hyperdub]
Phaeleh - 'Isolate' [Surface Tension]
Ramadanman - 'Penn Hill' [free download here]
Breakage - 'Late Night' [Naked Lunch]
Loefah - 'Twisup' (Youngsta & Task rmx) [DMZ]
Synkro - 'Empty' [Smoke Sessions]
Dntel - 'Fear of Corners' [Plug Research]
Breakage - 'Rain' [Digital Soundboy]
Pangaea - 'Router' [Hessle Audio]
2562 - 'Kontrol' [Tectonic]
Pinch - 'Fighting Talk' [Soul Jazz]
Joe - 'Rut' [Hessle Audio]
Late - 'Dreams Are' [Formant]
Distance - 'Fallen' [Boka]
Origin Unknown - 'Valley of the Shadows' (DFRNT rmx) [Unreleased]

Deep Mellow Mix #1

This remains my most downloaded mix to date, the first 'deep/mellow' mix.

Jack of Dubs - Deep Mellow Mix #1 (53mins/192kbps/72mb)

Tracklisting
Shackleton - 'Blood on my hands' [Skull Disco]
Synkro - 'Good times' [On The Edge]
Sully - 'Down the line' [Harmitage Shanks]
TVO - 'Afanc' (2562 rmx) [Stuff Records]
2562 - 'Embrace' [3024]
Kontext - 'Plumes' (Ramadanman refix) [Immerse Records]
LD - 'Traumatic Times' [Hyperdub]
Geenus - 'Congo' [Tempa]
Screaming Soul - 'Warfare' (Ruckspin & Plansas rmx) [Ranking Records]
Loefah - 'Root' [DMZ]
Scuba - 'Tense' [Hotflush]
LD - 'Peace in our Culture' [Dub Police]
Martyn - 'Vancouver' (2562's Puur Natuur mix) [3024]
Clouds - 'Timekeeper' [Ramp Recordings]
Groove Chronicles - 'Stonecold' [DPR]
Burial - 'Archangel' [Hyperdub]

subterranean

'Subterranean' is, at the moment, primarily a place to collect all my various mixes together (I spin dubstep and other bass music as Jack of Dubs). It might end up also including thoughts on dubstep and other media, but we'll see. Mixes and musings?