this is it...

guess · Post by **guess** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:19 am

alright people, heres a little present for the festive season

http://www.musicfromspeakers.com/mp3s/i ... prises.mp3

its a bit naughty... let me know if you like it (and if not why not!) it began as a live mix in a park in tokyo, it has since evolved and will be on 'the rinse' on xfm in the uk in jan/feb. all ableton! if you like it, share it!

massive respect to the creators and users of this program,

l o v e

www.musicfromspeakers.com

p.s.
heres the yousendit link...
http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0R0M ... EBWSM4KAIK
and just in case heres the rapidshare link
http://rapidshare.de/files/9593000/ilov ... s.mp3.html
if you still can't download it, use the contact button on the site and i'll help you out. j x

borg · Post by **borg** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 1:09 pm

this is great! it's usually not my style of music, but it's done very nicely, with a lot of care. quite bizare track selection... it was autechre's bass cadet ep (i think) that kept me listening, and i'm glad i did. the second half of the set is superbly eclectic, more my kind of stuff than the hiphoppy first half. still, liked it all the way through.
some very clever stuff, like that pitched up voice section. great!

guess · Post by **guess** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:53 pm

cheers borg, thanks for listening, glad you're enjoying it. the autechre track playing with t la rock is called 'further', off the amber album...

try it yourself, you'll see

j x

guess · Post by **guess** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 7:58 pm

anyone got any negative feedback? i'd love to know what you DONT like about it!

i just played it at a pool party in manila, people were like wtf?! then they started to dance...

j x

Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:38 pm

I gave it a listen last night. Good times for sure.

A real monolithic work, I only got 1/3 of the way through it. Not because it was bad or I was bored, I just had other things to do. But, considering the length of the mix, listening to a 1/3 of it was a pretty good chunk of time.

I kept thinking, if I walked into a club and that was playing, I'd think it was a pretty happening spot.

Didn't like? Well, I'm a sucker for variety. Not that your mix lacked changes and interesting events, but I like to be thrown off guard. I like the concept of a mash-up/re-mash being two or more elements put together that make strange bedfellows, yet working somehow. It also lacked dramatic shifts in tempo / mood / feel. Now when you're shaking your butt poolside in Manilla, dramatic shifts may not be what you want. But listening at home on headphones could call for a tad more variety.

I guess it depends on who your audience is.

Cool stuff though. I never do stuff like that with Ableton. Makes me wanna pretend I'm a DJ and get my warp on.

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:10 pm

Great mix! Thanks for that. You've opened my eyes... err... ears to some fantastic new stuff.

What's the funky track at 27:00?

Even better for us learners, could you provide a track listing?

Thanks again!

jngpng · Post by **jngpng** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:50 am

hambone1 wrote: What's the funky track at 27:00?

That'd be Orange Alert by Metro Area.

Nice mix Guess! Enjoyed the Trentemoller/Donna Summer mash-up especially

hartsta · Post by **hartsta** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:40 pm

Lovin this, ohh yes lovin this.

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:48 pm

This has really changed my impression of DJing, and mash-ups in particular.

They really CAN be talented and tasteful, and not just mindless "bangin' choons."

Thanks again!

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 6:08 pm

What don't I like about this?

It shows me how much I suck is what I don't like about it!

-Paws

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:49 pm

Anyone know what's playing at 40:30?

guess · Post by **guess** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:58 pm

comosta! i read your comments on a friends wi-fi'd laptop with my feet in the sand on white beach in boracay at 6:30 am!! (i'll post pics soon) a great end to a fantastic night. thankyou so much for your lovely feedback. not enough negative stuff though... come on people! take it apart!

hambone, at 40:30 theres 2 tracks playing, 'Fifths' by SKI & CMT (Jazzanova 6 sickth mix) and 'Just friends' by Richard X. at 27:00 yes its orange alert, with 'slow down' by sway de safo. i'll put a tracklisting up as soon as i get back to tokyo. cheers!

hartsta, share it! spread the love!!!

paws, i have it on good authority that you don't suck! i wanna hear what you're up to these days. link me some nu stuff!

sales dude, 'monolithic', wow thanks mate! try listening all the way through, theres more variety than you think! its just not all on the surface, like when vanity 6 'nasty girl' kicks in, 'dog days' by matthew dear and the unknown dj's '808 beats' are both playing but its not easy to hear (in fact no-one i've played it to noticed that yet!). i wanted to be eclectic as possible without scaring the girls (!) i appreciate what you're saying about tempo changes, but it is meant for dancing (not neccesarily in a club) so i wanted to tempo to shift smoothly (apart from the intro where it goes from about 75 to 90 in a few bars) to keep the ass moving. i don't wanna confuse the ass (not yet anyway)... i asked for negative feedback! thanks for bringing it!

i'm gonna play it at hey jude's tonight, best sound system on the beach! mirror balls hanging from the palm trees!! how fucking disco is that!!!

love,
j x

guess · Post by **guess** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:04 pm

played ilovesurprises on the beach yesterday. just slipped it in, drank some mushroom tea and watched the sunset swirl. magic! we had girls in bikinis making sandwiches on the dancefloor, an aussie breaking crew doing capoeira, and a 6 ft ladyboy with fire poy! mental!!

i also played our previous mix, www.musicfromspeakers.com/mp3s/ilovedisko.mp3
the breakers loved it!

let me know if you've listened to either mix in any strange situations/places

happy nu year!
p.s. i was just thinking about trying to do this mix in any other daw, it just wouldn't have happened without live. damn ilove this program!

fsk · Post by **fsk** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:49 pm

my gf was loving it when Grace Jones came in

excellent mix, I'll b in tokyo this spring, hope I can catch some clubs playing this stuff there.

Jimmy Edgar!!! yaaaay

guess · Post by **guess** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:01 pm

hey fsk! drop me a mail (click contact on our site) and let me know when you're coming. maybe i'm playing when you're there! theres a bunch of live users around, i'm sure there'll be something on...

mata ne!

j

this is it...

this is it...

Your mix