bsd.network/@cev/106871458434578184
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Tags:
tabletop games.
CW: L.A. By Night S5 E1
Several things happen at once! So happy to hear that again.
bsd.network/@cev/106871178947514081
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Tags:
horror,
tabletop games,
twitch,
video.
Ooooh my soap opera is back on.
L.A. By Night (a Vampire The Masquerade actual-play streaming series) just went live with Season 5 Episode 1 over on https://www.twitch.tv/worldofdarkness
I've read that this will be the last season of L.A. By Night. I'm unreasonably excited.
MTT 236 / Some Observers
Edge Habitat mixed by dequalsrxt
Edge Habitat mixed by dequalsrxt (AKA DRXT, AKA DJ Megaphysics). Released August 2021. Duration 61:09, 320 kbps 44.1khz mp3. Brilliant mix of Drum & Bass, IDM (?), and Jungle. Tracklist (with links to where you can purchase the music) is available at the soundcloud page.
dequalsrxt / DJ Megaphysics is my friend and partner in crime from way back. Together we hosted the Logical Aggression night at Ground Kontrol for nearly ten years. We have similar but slightly different tastes - we tend to go for the same records but where I might play the A side he might play the B.
Megaphysics puts a lot of time and effort into crafting his released mixes. He uploads one every year or two to his mixcloud and soundcloud pages and they're always sweet. Edge Habitat is no exception. An hour of Drum & Bass and Jungle, ranging from ambient and smooth to hype and noisy, all mixed pretty quickly (21 tracks in an hour!).
This is all a long way of saying: I think this mix is great, and if you like my taste in music I think you'll like his too. So I suggest you give it a listen.
bsd.network/@cev/106848664897117070
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Tags:
fantasy,
tabletop games,
video.
CW: Critical Role C2 E31 spoilers
I'm rewatching Critical Role's second campaign right now and I've been waiting for this episode.
I like the storytelling and worldbuilding of these tabletop RPG shows but the most memorable moments are when things go completely sideways.
E31 has a fantastic and hilarious scene where a player during some downtime goes to deface a temple in a large city and then spends 30 minutes escaping guards. It's tense and unexpected and chaotic and very very funny.
bsd.network/@cev/106846521595553014
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Tags:
meta,
website.
Renewed my one domain name out to 2030 this morning. Now I feel like I really have to do something worthwhile with it.
bsd.network/@cev/106841536423118017
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Tags:
meta.
Taking photos is frustrating. I don't have a tripod (my hands aren't steady) and the only camera I have to work with is a digital Fujifilm from 2004. Most come out blurry. I'll have to pick up another camera someday.
Access To Arasaka
bsd.network/@cev/106829184639294072
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Tags:
2000s,
breaks,
collection,
digital release,
electro,
music.
I just found the two Particle Music 12"s from 2001/2002 on bandcamp. I've been looking for those for like 15 years. I'm so excited I might vibrate into another dimension.
This is why:
Huge techno-breaks track famously played by Electrokid in his mix Robot Within.
MTT 235 / Reset By Peer
bsd.network/@cev/106815663757550700
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Tags:
fantasy,
tabletop games,
video.
I'm 14 episodes into Critical Role campaign 2. I watched thru about episode 50 last year so this is a rewatch. Really enjoying it, I love the hijinks the CR players get themselves into.
I wanted a fantasy to escape into, something dramatic but also reassuring, and this works for me.
bsd.network/@cev/106798808347160728
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I missed most of Quakecon due to an internet outage.
MTT 234 / No Carrier
Fast and noisy breaks, electro, and IDM this week. North of 140. Features a couple new tracks from Paradox and Parand. This one is coming in a few days late due to some technical difficulties.
This mix features some profanity so please consider your surroundings when listening. (One F-bomb is dropped by Parand near the end of the mix).
This mix is no longer available for download from this website. It is however available at mixcloud.
bsd.network/@cev/106797801465602555
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Tags:
meta,
movement through thought.
I'm back online after an extended multi-day internet outage. It stinks that my mix release schedule was interrupted but this was honestly a good time for it to happen.
I'll have MTT 234 from 2021/08/19 up tomorrow morning.
bsd.network/@cev/106771282511127048
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Tags:
meta,
website.
Spent my day doing a bunch of webpage stuff. Didn't really mean to use my time that way but that's OK, it was fun.
Will have to change gears back to music tomorrow.
Electrokid's 2002 mix The Robot Within
Electrokid's Robot Within. Released in 2002 (I think, that's the date on the file I have anyway). 62:52 in the truncated 256kbps version, 77:27 in the full-length 128kbps version. Nonstop propulsive breaks, electro, and IDM. 21 tracks all perfectly arranged.
This mix is a big part of why I'm here, why I'm a DJ. I found it in the early 2000s through a review Ishkur wrote on his old website. The mix completely floored me then; it still does now. Looking back I think I must have internalized a lot of the selection and decisions in Robot Within because I have - consciously or not - been trying to sound like it for a long time. I know it's the first place I heard Movement Through Thought, for one.
Robot Within holds up very well today and is still one of my favorite DJ mixes. I strongly recommend giving it a listen over at Electrokid's website. (And Ishkur's review has the tracklist).