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The Egyptian Lover / Keep It Hot

Posting 226 early so I can sleep. Not my best work - a couple transitions are kinda badly phrased but otherwise it's OK. I dunno.

I'm happy I got to dig out my copy of Terran Invasion of Alpha Centauri Year 2794.

MTT 226 / Island Platform https://djcev.com/2021/06/mtt-226-island-platform/

This week's DJ mix. Slow, heavy, murky, sludgy stuff. Ambient, downtempo, and dub. Features tracks by Automaton (AKA Bill Laswell), Secret Frequency Crew, Skull, We™, and more.

Watching Death Guild at DNA Lounge from home tonight. It's really going off - good music selection, good crowd.

I need to get out and go dancing soon.

And now that that's done I'm going to take a break and chomp on some garlic bread. Try not to think of all the wrong words I just lined up.

MTT 225 / Nobody Home https://djcev.com/2021/06/mtt-225-nobody-home/

A bit melancholy and relaxed this week. #electro and IDM at around 120. Features new tracks by Dez Williams, Mariska Neerman, R 325, Silicon Scally, and Vertical67.

These longer daylight hours as we head into summer are messing with my perception of time.

I might be a little late uploading / announcing tonight's mix. I didn't start recording until 5:30 PM.

I went to the arcade tonight for the first time in over a year. Just got home.

Feels... different. Confusing. Not sure what to make of it yet.

Not my best work, but serviceable. I should've let Last Transport by Sonar Base run a little longer.

The tracks are all good, and I didn't get in the way too much. That's what matters.

MTT 224 / Out At Night https://djcev.com/2021/06/mtt-224-out-at-night/

A mix of spacey electro at ~130, mostly old familiar stuff. Features new tracks from Silicon Scally (from his new Revelations EP on CPU), London Modular Alliance (from their new Cracked Dice EP also on CPU), and Mariska Neerman (from her EP on HC Records).

CW: post-pandemic anxiety

I'm vaccinated now, so I'll be there at GK to say hi to friends (hopefully I can get in - limited capacity).

I have complicated and confusing feelings about all this. About the transition into a post-pandemic world. I'm not ready to return to "normal"; I don't think I can return to "normal". Too much has happened.

Ground Kontrol Arcade posted to their twitter account today that they'll start reopening next week Wednesday 6/16. I really hope it goes well.

Very happy to report that the Raspberry Pi 400 works great as a DVS system running xwax using the standard raspbian install.

I hooked up a screen and an audio interface (an M-Audio Conectiv Synchroscience), turned off bluetooth, and installed xwax via the add/remove software dialog. (xwax is in the default software repos).

No dropouts or problems I noticed. Timecode sources were a 1200 with Serato CV 2.5 and a Denon S-5000 with the Serato Control CD 1.0.

MTT 223 / Crossed Mind https://djcev.com/2021/06/mtt-223-crossed-mind/

This week's mix. A bit of #electro , a bit of #techno , a bit of technobass. Features new tracks from CYWU, DJ Di'jital, dvidevat and nulla (on #kamizdat), a newly remastered piece from Southern Outpost, and a bunch of old favorites.

It's been a long time since I've played "Cyber Vision" by Andy Dux & Bombing F and now I remember why.

It cooks my ears. Super loud buzzy track.

Bought a bunch of music today, enough to hold me over for the next month or so.

Picked up a few new releases from CPU, a few old ones from Southern Outpost (that have recently been made available in digital format), the new DVIDEVAT x Nulla on #kamizdat , a two-tracker by Anz, Mariska Neerman's EP on HC Records, and more... I might have gone overboard.