Ambient & chunky downtempo for #261 the last episode of MTT Year 5. Slow, easy. Most of this is many years old, with one exception: a track by Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza & SkyTwoHigh from last year.
MTT will resume with no break at the usual time next week with #262, the first episode of year 6.
This mix is no longer available for download from this website. It is however available at mixcloud.
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Tags:
2000s,
ambient,
collection,
music.
Eliot Lipp has a bunch of his old albums up on his bandcamp pay-what-you-want, including one of my absolute favorites, the Galaxy Toobin' self-titled LP:
In case anybody out there needed outer space inner tubing music.
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Tags:
2000s,
drum & bass,
music,
video,
youtube.
New Blind Test video from Telekom Electronic Beats. The subject this time is 2000s Liquid Drum & Bass:
Absolutely love these videos, this whole idea.
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Tags:
ambient,
dub techno,
music.
Rohs! Records is having a sale right now, most releases are 1€ until the first of March. If you're interested in hazy ambient, #dubtechno , Rhythm & Sound style dub, etc.:
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Tags:
freebsd,
software.
libarchive and bsdtar are rad. It (libarchive) understands ISO9660 images and so I was just able to use /usr/bin/tar to extract a ~7 gigabyte multi-extent file from optical media. Good Stuff.
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Tags:
2020s,
horror,
podcast,
tabletop games.
I've listened to an embarrassing amount of Path Of Night in the last week. It has 40-some episodes and I'm almost caught up.
There's more horror in Path Of Night than there was in LA By Night, I think. It's a pretty edgy show: gore, graphic violence, smoking, the late '90s. It comes close to being too much for me but hasn't yet gone over the line.
I'm really enjoying it (and I'm maybe a bit worried what that says about me).
Easy electro & IDM in the mid-120s. This hour features a couple new (2021 and later) tracks by Robert Cosmic and Silicon Scally.
This mix is no longer available for download from this website. It is however available at mixcloud.
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Tags:
2020s,
horror,
podcast,
tabletop games.
I've been wanting a good audio drama / TTRPG show lately. LA By Night ended, campaign 3 of Critical Role didn't really grab me, and NY By Night hasn't started yet.
So I did some searching & took a look at the available VtM actual play shows. After trying a few I got hooked on Path Of Night:
VtM 20th anniv. ed. game set in Connecticut. Very nicely edited & recorded show. Can be a little confusing at times. I'm really enjoying it.
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Tags:
2010s,
ambient,
collection,
music,
video,
youtube.
Part of my DJing process is to take notes while practicing. I started with notes on paper for performances at Ground Kontrol and switched to text files in 2017 for the internet radio mixes. I do this to help figure out and remember transitions, and to reflect on old sets.
I thought it might be nice to publish these text files, so I did. They're now available in the Work / MTT page of the external memory section of this website. You can also find a "work file" link in individual mix pages that will take you to the associated practice notes.
BPM counts and (especially) keys listed in these files are only estimates. Some of the notes are in shorthand. And I haven't gone back to clean up or edit any of the files so I wouldn't be surprised if I've written something foolish in them.
Maybe they'll be useful to somebody out there; if nothing else, I can now browse my work notes when away from home.
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Tags:
freebsd,
software.
Wow, a rare lock-up in FreeBSD. The video player I had open froze and the system stopped responding to keyboard and mouse input. Keyboard didn't even toggle the numlock or capslock lights in response to the appropriate keys.
Ended up having to reboot.
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Tags:
1990s,
horror,
movies,
review.
Watched Eko Eko Azarak III just now. Different director than the first two, different actress playing Kuroi Misa, has a different vibe. I suspect this one is closer to the comics, it goes much harder.
They don't take away Misa's powers this time so there's a lot more fun witch magic. Liked that part. Didn't care for some of the casual gore (the movie opens with an unconvincing but still gross autopsy scene). Was not expecting where the story went at all.
Kind of loved it? I don't know. Maybe I'm in a weird mood.
"Friendly" techno. A bunch of '90s IDM and techno plus some 2010s tracks by Legowelt, Permutation, John Shima, and Dan White. Letting tracks run long this time.
This mix is no longer available for download from this website. It is however available at mixcloud.
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Tags:
meta,
movement through thought.
Having a bad day. On take 3 of this week's mix. Really fighting myself. Anxious, can't relax.
Expect delays.
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Tags:
2000s,
drum & bass,
music,
video,
youtube.
Talking drumfunk with Megaphysics tonight, was reminded of this classic:
Big tune.
Adaptation of the comic and follow-up / prequel to Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard Of Darkness. The witch Kuroi Misa evades an evil spirit with the help of magician Saiga; eventually Misa calls on '90s CG magic to defeat the spirit. Gorier than the first movie. No lecherous teachers this time, thankfully.
I like the tone of this and the first movie. They're cheesy but also weirdly burdened, heavy, and sad. I wonder if that's something director Shimako Satō brought to the production, her previous movie Tale Of A Vampire has a similar vibe. (Edit: Misa is a tragic figure in these movies, and so are some of the characters in Tale Of A Vampire. I think that's why I wanted to compare them.) The soundtrack by Mikiya Katakura does a good job capturing that feeling.
Watched tonight and felt like talking a little bit. Shoutout to Snowblood Apple for their review & recommendation of the first movie which prompted me to rent it over a decade ago.
