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Morning sounds

Thx to H. M. for the link.

Used up the last ballpoint pen I have this morning, so I switched back to mechanical pencil. I have an old set of Pentel 120 A3DX pencils that I like a lot. Way better writing experience compared to cheap Papermate ballpoints.

Backup day. A combination of rsync and pax | split aimed at an old FAT32 formatted 1tb pocket-size external hard drive.

It's about time to invest in a second backup device. Another external hard drive, probably.

MTT 255 / Chilly At The Bottom https://djcev.com/2022/01/mtt-255-chilly-at-the-bottom/

#electro and #techno at around 130. A slightly fishy sound. This #djmix features tracks by Drexciya, Eduardo De La Calle, Franck Kartell, Plant43, and more.

Posting early so I can go to sleep.

I've been watching old episodes of Elvira's Movie Macabre today. Less watching, more listening while pretending to program. Movie Macabre aired a bunch of neat low-budget '70s horror films, something I wish I knew more about.

Spent a bunch of time today and yesterday fiddling with my website. I seem to be unintentionally recreating the features and some of the look of Blogger in the late 2000s. Not sure why.

Watching Demon City Shinjuku again for the first time in ages

A. I'd forgotten how good this movie looks, B. This was definitely written by Hideyuki Kikuchi, and C. Mephisto's monologue (the dub version) is still glorious.

MTT 254 / Encounters https://djcev.com/2022/01/mtt-254-encounters/

Fast-ish (135+) #breaks and #electro this week. This #djmix features new tracks from Particle Music, Scape One, and Warning Berlin. Artists featured include Drexell, Freezie Freekie, Mark One, MAS 2008, Mav & Twister, T++, and more.

Late Night Sounds

MFS & Tresor techno-trance classic. Came to mind a few moments ago while flipping through tracks.

Picked up a couple new singles and EPs today, spent some time mixing, came up with a pretty hilarious run of tracks. From old dubstep to new techno-breaks to Torsten Profrock. Snares on 12. Good times.

Happy New Ear!

MTT 253 / Grow Wings https://djcev.com/2021/12/mtt-253-grow-wings/

Tracker downtempo & IDM #djmix this week, featuring tracks from the netlabels Language Lab, Milk, Rebound, and more. Slow(ish) stuff. An excuse to play one of RS3's Ray / Beam / Prism series.

It feels like time to watch Burst City again. Maybe it's time to write something about it, a "review" or whatever.

Posting this a bit early in the day because I'm very ready to be done with it.

MTT 252 / Loop Fitting https://djcev.com/2021/12/mtt-252-loop-fitting/

An hour of mostly late '90s tracker module drum & bass. A whole bunch of XMs and ITs. This #djmix features a few well-known artists including Fanu, Krii (AKA Resound), Mav, and Twister.

Also I make a fool of myself trying to write about these tracks (but that's OK).

I can tell the show notes are getting spicy (and possibly off-track) when I find myself digging around in the wayback machine