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Didn't get enough sleep yesterday and then tried to do too much. Wore myself out. Oof.

It's time once again to lean on some old tracks & sequences that I know work for this week's mix.

new Blind Test video:

We used to do this down at the arcade while listening to DJs, try to guess the equipment used in whatever song was playing. Great fun even though I was never particularly good at it.

Some kinda dodgy transitions at the start of this one but it picks up after that. Glad I finally played Computer Age for the series without feeling like I'd flubbed the mix.

Also just noticed the "some of some" phrase in the previous post... an editing error, ah well.

MTT 276 / Strange Reactions https://djcev.com/2022/06/mtt-276-strange-reactions/

An hour of #electro old and new. This #djmix features some very recent releases by KOZMIK FUNK, Obergman, Permutation, and Stratos Zero, as well as some of some favorite pieces by Eggfooyoung, Man Parrish, Newcleus, and more.

I'm just now about to press the record button so today's mix might be a little late. Somewhere around midnight PST. Don't want to rush or stress over it.

Wrote a little thing about 20 Minutes Into The Future, the old Max Headroom TV movie: https://djcev.com/2022/06/20-minutes-into-the-future

Rewatched it a couple times last week & felt like talking about it (in a very literal ignoring-the-satire kind of way).

This is really nice: //DLM / Caracas, 2408

Ambient. A little slushy. Rain sounds. Also available from No Problema Tapes.

I'm glad it's the right temperature now in the Pacific NW to leave a window cracked open all day.

Received the DT 770s today, been listening to them, getting my ears adjusted to the sound. It's strange to have headphones capable of sub-bass again. And I'm starting to notice the Beyerdynamic treble peak (particularly when listening to rock music for some reason).

Very happy with the build quality & comfort. Metal bows (curved Y looking pieces) attach strong plastic earcups to a (much more robust) metal headband. Really hope they last a long time; at least 10 years.

My Panasonic RP-HTX7 headphones, the only working set I own, broke about a week ago. One of the two metal wires in the headband snapped. I had another pair of this same model fail in the same way about five years ago. (Which is, to be fair, a good run for $50 headphones that are worn nearly all the time).

I borrowed some money and bought a pair of Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pros, the 80 ohm model, to replace them. I'll have to sell some stuff to cover it (I have no income right now) but that's OK, I can't really function without headphones.

MTT 275 / Small Crown https://djcev.com/2022/06/mtt-275-small-crown/

Back in the 130s with some breaks & #electro this week. This #djmix features new tracks by Qant and user404 as well as pieces by Brice Kelly, Jackie's Army, Lowfish, Utopia Cloak, a long one by Marco Bernardi, and more.

Posting early so I can sleep (zZzZzZz).

MTT 274 / In Sight https://djcev.com/2022/05/mtt-274-in-sight/

Downtempo, IDM, and a bit of drum & bass this week. Slow (and then fast). This #djmix features music by Breaka, Chris Randall, Fanu, Paul Blackford, XY0815, and more.

Spent yesterday playing with the CSS for my website, updating its look a little bit. I find design stuff fun when there's existing content ("content") to work with. The site is still readable in links & lynx too, which makes me happy.

CW: Horror Movie Talk, Spoilers, "The Perilous Internet Ring"

"The Perilous Internet Ring", 2020, a Chinese horror film directed by Japanese horror director Norio Tsuruta. Fanmade subs for it appeared on reddit recently, so I watched the movie today and got something I didn't expect.

From afar the movie looks like a ghost story in the style of say "The Ring", and for the first 20 minutes it plays out that way. Swap the student film on VHS for a "web novel" and you get the idea.

What I didn't know is that the movie is a kind of message film or social problem film about, as it says at the end, the dangers of "net addiction". The movie also references the "Blue Whale Challenge" (which I had to look up): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Whale_Challenge

There's a mystery / investigation plot that unfortunately falls apart (in a convoluted and kind of funny way) in order to reach the internet-is-dangerous conclusion.

There were some nice spooky ghosts though which I always like. But I definitely had more fun thinking about this movie than I did watching it.

The new XY0815 seems really good. Some nice BoC-esque pieces on it. (Also a surprising sample that seems to make a political statement, though without more context I'm not sure what it's saying).

Not new exactly, but newly available digitally.