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Tags:
2000s,
electro,
music.
I might write an article about just the B-side of this record some day, break down the construction of the song in finer detail. Some day when I feel like I have the skill and confidence to do that.
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Tags:
2000s,
collection,
electro,
music,
vinyl.
I wrote a couple paragraphs about the two-track "Florida Electro Artists Volume Two" compilation on Frajile Recordings (2001, FRJ1-006).
https://djcev.com/2021/08/florida-electro-artists-volume-two
The Florida Electro Artists Volume Two compilation released on Frajile Recordings in 2001. Catalog number FRJ1-006. Side A by Factor E (remixed by Jackal & Hyde), side B by Resident Alien (Exzakt and James Wolfe). Design by Clutch. Mastered by Steve Smodish at Echo Beach Studios. Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM. Flac, 16bit/44.1khz, 86M. Tracklist and credits are from the sleeve artwork and discogs. Track durations, file size, bit depth, and bitrate are of my stored recordings of the vinyl.
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Trying to write a couple paragraphs about a record I like. Writing is really difficult.
Mid 2000s Florida breaks, electro, and some more recent electro-bass. There are a few new(ish) tracks in this hour from Code Rising, Exzakt, and Gucci Bass, but most of this is old, Exceleration and Frajile records, some of my absolute favorites.
This mix is no longer available for download from this website. It is however available at mixcloud.
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Tags:
electro,
meta,
miami bass.
I love mixing mid-2000s Florida breaks and electro so, so much. Old Exceleration and Frajile in particular. A lot of good memories with those records.
That was how I spent my evening, a few cups of tea and mixing practice.
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Tags:
meta,
python,
software.
I didn't post this to the fediverse at the time because I thought it was kind of beneath anyone's notice. It's not a complete program and won't work outside of a particular set of circumstances. But maybe it could be useful to someone as an example, or as a seed to plant in another environment (Pelican or some other Python-based site compiler).
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Tags:
meta,
python,
software,
website.
A few weeks ago I reimplemented stagit (the static git page generator) in Python as a plugin for my static site compiler / blog engine.
Brief writeup here: https://djcev.com/2021/08/blogofile-gitview/
and the program itself can be found here: https://djcev.com/git/blogofile_gitview/
Discord & Rhyme Episode 50 covering two albums by Steely Dan.
Taking a moment today to link to the Discord & Rhyme album review podcast's two-and-a-half hour episode 50 which covers Countdown To Ecstasy and Aja by Steely Dan. Discord & Rhyme is always good, but this episode on Steely Dan in particular helped me understand a difficult band. (And it's been cheering me up a lot over the last year). Warning for profanity; maybe don't listen to this at work or around kids.
Important questions are answered during this podcast. Questions like: Is Steely Dan for dads? Is Aja "slick" or "smooth"? Did Steely Dan enjoy 2006 in film? And many more.
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I keep forgetting to use hashtags when doing these posts. Ah well, I'll remember eventually I guess.
It's August again and that means time for bass. This week's selection is a mixture of electro bass, miami bass, and techno bass. This hour features new(ish) music from Bassbin Twins, Gucci Bass, JimiTheGenius & Merlyn, and Techmaster P.E.B. .
This mix is no longer available for download from this website. It is however available at mixcloud.
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Tags:
meta,
miami bass.
I've spent the last few days digging around for old car audio bass CDs on digital vendors like beatport and juno.
Some of the old DM Records (Bass 305) catalog is on Junodownload, and Traxsource has a bunch of old Pandisc CDs (Beat Dominator, DJ Laz, etc.). I think a lot of this has been up for a while and I just didn't know where to look.
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Tags:
freebsd,
software.
Oh wow the Jack Audio Connection Kit has been updated in the FreeBSD ports tree from a five-year-old version of jack1 to jack2. That's a big deal for me.
I'm a person who often stops (or never starts) work on projects because another related project hasn't been completed. I often think to myself "I can't work on X because I haven't finished Y yet". One such project that's been holding me back, a pretty basic requirement for some things I'd like to do, is that I don't have a satisfactory place to publish source code.
I recently solved that problem. I figured out how to serve Git repositories over so-called "dumb HTTP" and then I wrote a clone of Hiltjo Posthuma's stagit as a plugin for my static site compiler Blogofile. I'm calling that plugin blogofile_gitview. Read on to see why I'd do such a foolish thing.
Ambient, some 80 BPM beats, and some drum & bass. A couple of old tracker mods too. The few new tracks in this hour are by Amy Kisnorbo, Ben Businovski, Legowelt, Ogeon, and Skee Mask.
This mix is no longer available for download from this website. It is however available at mixcloud.
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Tags:
1930s,
2010s,
collection,
dvd,
meta.
Walked into town today and picked up some tea at the grocery store and a few movies (on DVD) at the local thrift store. Found the first season of The Expanse, a copy of The Witch (2015), and - the best find - a copy of Doctor X (1932), the two-color version. It was a nice day out, too. Good weather.