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Mara – Coming Down (Stripped to Phunk dub)

Rupert — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:56:05 +0000

Here’s one heck of a bad vibes song for any chemical comedown. The aptly named Coming Down lurches and overwhelms with hypnotic vocal snippets reiterating the title of this track. I give it mad props. It’s evil!

Mara – Coming Down (Stripped to Phunk dub)

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Miss Fitz – Menternal (Villalobos Remix)

Rupert — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:50:00 +0000

Certainly not a track with mass appeal or accessibility, I nonetheless really dig this bizarre, overdose soundtrack. Partly for its binaural qualities, and partly because Menternal is so damn weird.
Ricardo Villalobos takes an already strong song to the next level with his trademark style. Berlin minimal techno for the win!

Miss Fitz – Menternal (Villalobos Remix)

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Rhythm Code – E-Motion

Rupert — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:32:18 +0000

Ahhh. Another artist with a deep understanding of the craft. This one really screws with my head… peep the middle portion.

Rhythm Code – E-Motion

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Trick and Kubic – Easy feat. Valeska

Rupert — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:50:09 +0000

Trick and Kubic – Easy feat. Valeska

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Josh Collins Fall 2007 mix

Rupert — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:21:50 +0000

Josh Collins has posted a hot mix for download on his joshcollins.com site.

Robert Babicz – Sin [Systematic]
Pan-Pot – Charly [Mobilee]
Pierce,Twirdy – Cuaba (Babicz Style in Full Efx) [Yellow Tail]
John Beltran – Here and Now (unknown mix) [rhythmic wave]
Spiller – Jumbo [Nano Italy]
Robert Babicz – Chrystal Castle [Systematic]
Joris Voorn – A Thousand Lost Souls [Green]
Moonbeam – Untitled [n/a]
Pig & Dan – Sly Detector [Cocoon]
Beroshima – Horizon (Pig & Dan Remix) [Cocoon]
Danton Eeprom – Confessions of An English Opium-Eater (Extended) [InFine Music]

Josh Collins – Fall 2007 mix

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David Alexander – Primal Innuendo 3

Rupert — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:24:54 +0000

David Alexander rocked me when this mix was played on Proton Radio several years ago. I saved the stream but only managed to get the last 45 minutes or so of this golden set. So I emailed David, and he hooked me up with this mix in its entirety, and now I’m passing it on to you. This is a very tribal and proggy house set, fierce and nasty, especially towards the end. Virtually all these tracks can be bought and heard on beatport.com, so if you want specific tracks, that where I’d get them.

I hope you love this set as much as I did!

Tracklist: (these are only the releases, not the specific mixes!)

cuba computers – haunting me ( shinichi )
danny sullivan & kemist – snake charmer ( hooj )
pro cut – feel so right ( plastic fantastic )
undisputed truth vs. rebel funk – begin ( creative )
superchumbo – irresistible ( loaded )
rock – resistance ( inversus )
piliavin & zimbardo – voodoo juice ( sondos )
macaluso – lights down ( en-soul )
carlos dall’anese & viktor mora – tribal adventures ( b side )
filterheadz – the one who got caught ( pitch black )
darko – phased ( mechanism )
thomas penton – dirty sanchez ( pure )
dj nukem vs. chab – wanted ( cyber )
marcelo castelli – better days ( low pressings )
jade – the assassin ( method )

David Alexander – Primal Innuendo 3 (2002)

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Druggy housy tracks.

Rupert — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:31:25 +0000

Alright, after a long hiatus, it�s time for some freaky house tracks.

Blue Insect by El Farouki is an excellent track; distinct, punctuating, popping percussive quirky beats over top a fuzzy, ultraviolet, buzzing bassline that has a slight, bendy drugginess to it.

El Farouki – Blue Insect

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Unlike the previous track�s subtle drugginess, this next monster whacks you upside the head with its freaky intensity. Undisputed Truth�s remix of Procut�s Feel So Right is awesome. I first heard it on protonradio.com in an outrageously fresh mix by David Alexander, Primal Innuendo 3 (to be posted here soon). A gargantuan bassline storms in, layers upon layers of intense druggy goodness fill in the track and desperate, creepy lyrics surface. I freakin� love this track, which I�ve been listening to for years. Five stars; flawless execution. Well done, Undisputed Truth! This track’s a monster, and a must-have.

Pro Cut – Feel So Right (Undisputed Truth remix)

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Moving into the absurdly druggy, another favorite track of mine is Matthew Dekay and Norman Soares�s More Money, More Power. A ridiculous, clip-cloppy bouncy beat gives the track a silly feel, then duggy waves of sound wash in, swirling and somewhat ear-piercing, and a surreal vocal sample pops in and… confounds me! Quality! Truly weird, but it works.

Matthew Dekay & Norman Soares – More Money, More Power

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Method: The freshest progressive label ever?

Rupert — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:30:51 +0000

Fresher than a thousand freshes, the UK label Method is well worth watching. If you like cold, smooth, synthetic progressive trance with decidedly druggy overtones and stellar production values, you’re in for some head-bopping treats.

My all-time favorite from this label is Central Rush’s Out Of Focus (Tkac and Haverlik remix). One word: WOW. A beautiful, rich, vibrant and enveloping 3 dimensional soundspace surrounds you, disorienting you while tweaked female vocals repeat the drugginess-inspired title of the song. The proggy freshness builds, slowly, into more and more intense, tighter circles of sound around you. What was merely beautiful starts to become vaguely menacing. This song gives me E flashbacks in a big way.

This track will make the hair on your neck stand up. This is a MUST HAVE.

Central Rush – Out Of Focus (Tkac & Haverlik Mix)

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Speaking of druggy proggy trance tracks, this next one will make your teeth rattle with its pounding, merciless, metallic punctuating drones, while freaky male vocals urge you to leave your law-breaking raver friends and find a Safer Place without them. Mind-numblingly hypnotic, and anxiety inducing, you will love this track’s druggy feel… it’s only a matter of time.

Macroscopia – Safer Place (Majority Mix)

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Josh Collins: Who needs drugs with tracks like these?

Rupert — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:01:27 +0000

About once every two years, I discover an artist who rocks me, who renews my faith in the quest for Quality Tunes, who makes me wonder how I ever got this far without knowing about them. Like Monolake a year ago, and Fluxion the year before that. This year it�s Joshua Collins, a name that was vaguely familiar to me but ultimately meaningless.

I should also mention I�m not super-huge into house; most house is a little too �flaming� for me� a little too disco-ish or tacky or whatever. I�m generally not into vocals either.

This guy doesn�t just do house; he does druggy, spatial, liquid, freaky, groovy house that ripples and smears with tracers, that hovers in the air between your speakers and you. This guy does my kind of house. This music reminds me of coming home high as a kite as a teenager and listening to CITR 101.9 FM in Vancouver and listening to the alien sounds of house, drum and bass and techno until the wee hours of the morning, or until the drugs wore off and I could sleep. Music so far out there as to be almost inaccessible, yet strangely seductive. True human creativity in its rawest, purest form. This music actually makes me feel high, the highest honor of any urban art work. It makes me nostalgic. And speaking of drugs, I�m guessing Joshua Collins did his fair share of acid back in the day. Whoa.

Without You is probably my favorite Josh Collins track… druggy and delicious. It’s like a mushroom overdose; twinkling and dripping with tracers and waves of euphoria. This is out there.

Josh Collins – Without You

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Josh Collins – Mesmorize

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Josh Collins – Never Let Go

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Josh Collins – Mesmotized

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Mesmotized?! That’s not even a word!!

Bluehaze throws in a wicked proggy remix of Feel It In The Air… “It” being the music as your drugs kick in and you’re on the dancefloor.

Josh Collins – Feel It In The Air (Bluehaze remix)

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Josh Collins – Last Chance

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World Keeps Turning is a bittersweet, introspective song… with a hint of sadness.

Josh Collins – World Keeps Turning

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