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Möksha / Eccentric Beats Home Base, Minneapolis, USA.
dj_moksha@hotmail.com
So, here's a bit of history:
Over 4 years ago, I released my first official mix (done live) titled Render. I got a lot of good feedback from it, and a lot of people have been asking me for the second installment to the point of embarrasment. Back then, I was a newcomer to the decks, and I can say in all humility that that mix turned out very good! No one would've guessed that I had only been mixing only for a few months. As far as mixing, flow, and danceability are concerned, I've been judging all my mixes by the standard set by that first mix, and it's been a difficult one to achieve... until now!
Some of you may know that I love breaks as much anything else I'm into, and I chose that route for this mix. My agenda with the Render series is a straight-forward, highly-danceable presentation of my tastes on a night out. Although, there's a good dose of mentally-pleasing details, this series focuses on the body by allowing me to showcase fresh cutting-edge "club" sounds that'll be appealing to a newcomer as well as the open-minded "technocrat".
With that much-needed background I can move on to this particular mix:
Your constructive criticism is always needed and appreciated.
Covers designed by me. The front cover image was captured from a Winamp visualization plugin while I was listening to this mix.
As you can tell, this mix is not meant to be an "unreleased music snob" showcase. I've mixed a good dose of older tracks in with the new ones, and tried to achieve a good balance. The most difficult feat to achieve in this mix was the orchestration. I have tons of old and new material, but much of it evokes drastically different feelings. So, I had to carefully choose the tracks which complement each other as well the mix as a whole. I hear a lot of mixes where this aspect is ignored or overlooked, and to me, that aspect makes or breaks the feeling of a "mix". Most of the mixing was recorded directly to hard-disk from two Tech 12s and a simple Behringer mixer. Then, it was imported into Ableton Live for minor sound edits.
For those of you who've noticed; Phil K officially gets the credit for the last two tracks' arrangement. I couldn't find any other tracks to fit neatly together like those do. So, I chose to keep a good thing rather than mixing them differently at the cost of damaging this mix's "feel".
Well, enough of my rant. Thanks if you've read this far, and...
Enjoy the mix!
Download Link
(please let me know when the links expire)
Feedback, Comments, Bookings:
Möksha / Eccentric Beats Home Base, Minneapolis, USA.
dj_moksha@hotmail.com
So, here's a bit of history:
Over 4 years ago, I released my first official mix (done live) titled Render. I got a lot of good feedback from it, and a lot of people have been asking me for the second installment to the point of embarrasment. Back then, I was a newcomer to the decks, and I can say in all humility that that mix turned out very good! No one would've guessed that I had only been mixing only for a few months. As far as mixing, flow, and danceability are concerned, I've been judging all my mixes by the standard set by that first mix, and it's been a difficult one to achieve... until now!
Some of you may know that I love breaks as much anything else I'm into, and I chose that route for this mix. My agenda with the Render series is a straight-forward, highly-danceable presentation of my tastes on a night out. Although, there's a good dose of mentally-pleasing details, this series focuses on the body by allowing me to showcase fresh cutting-edge "club" sounds that'll be appealing to a newcomer as well as the open-minded "technocrat".
With that much-needed background I can move on to this particular mix:
Your constructive criticism is always needed and appreciated.
Covers designed by me. The front cover image was captured from a Winamp visualization plugin while I was listening to this mix.
As you can tell, this mix is not meant to be an "unreleased music snob" showcase. I've mixed a good dose of older tracks in with the new ones, and tried to achieve a good balance. The most difficult feat to achieve in this mix was the orchestration. I have tons of old and new material, but much of it evokes drastically different feelings. So, I had to carefully choose the tracks which complement each other as well the mix as a whole. I hear a lot of mixes where this aspect is ignored or overlooked, and to me, that aspect makes or breaks the feeling of a "mix". Most of the mixing was recorded directly to hard-disk from two Tech 12s and a simple Behringer mixer. Then, it was imported into Ableton Live for minor sound edits.
For those of you who've noticed; Phil K officially gets the credit for the last two tracks' arrangement. I couldn't find any other tracks to fit neatly together like those do. So, I chose to keep a good thing rather than mixing them differently at the cost of damaging this mix's "feel".
Well, enough of my rant. Thanks if you've read this far, and...
Enjoy the mix!
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