I've been slammed with work these last couple weeks, so I've reached into the bin of old recordings and recovered the set I wanted to post when I was in California. However, the source file is an only a moderately high-quality ogg, not a full quality wav. As such, there is no 320 kbps mp3 this week, and I'd suggest sticking with the ogg if you can, as the 192 kbps mp3 is just a transcode.

Really only two songs in the set qualify for the title of "Tech-Pop," and they, in a way, are the stars of the set: Telepopmusik - Love Can Damage Your Health (Abicah Soul / Dennis Ferrer Remix) and Gustav - We Shall Overcome (Wighnomys Okkasion Re(h)and). I really love the second of these. How often do you find a well produced anarchist pop-ballad with intelligent lyrics? Not very. Consider it my statement on the upcoming U.S. Presidential election.

This set has long been a favorite of mine, and I hope you all enjoy listening to it as much as I do. It's not perfect, but it does what my favorite sets do: tells a more complex story than a linear build. There are four distinct movements in this one: tracks 1-3, 3-5, 5-8, and 8-12.

Two weeks from now we hope to have a surprise for you. Stay tunned for that.

Cheers,
DJ Transit

Edit: Oops, there is indeed a little blip at the end of the set. I'm going to leave it there to avoid any further re-encoding.

Edit II: Link to the OGG is fixed.

 

And progressive trance roots these are. We start slow and dark, with the title cut off an album I highly recommend to anyone interested in dark instrumental techno, Ebencrib - The Essence EP. Expect to hear more off this in the next weeks. We stay hunkered down low until we reach a cover of the old Orbital track, Chime. And from there it is off to the build, until we hit a moment of ambient tension with Madam - Penetration, an old (2001!) standby. Finally, we finish with another mix of His Boy Elroy - Step Into The Light, the same track we finished with in the last podcast. Not that you'll notice unless you listen to them back-to-back. This interpretation is completely different than Micah's, and takes us right back to the era when Hybrid was producing giant orchestral masterpieces. The Emissary And Starfire Remix gives Hybrid a good run for their money.

Enjoy!
DJ Transit

 

Adesso entrambi dj ego e io abitare a citta dove la popolazione parlando Italiano. But since my Italian is rather poor, I'll leave it at that. Welcome dj ego to Napoli!

This week we visit a couple different soundscapes, yet it all seems to hang together rather nicely. We start out nice and mellow for the first three tracks, before sliding into some minimal house. I've been meaning to get The Bribe on the show for months, but it's a devil of a track to pair up. From there we head into decidedly progressive territory. The mix from Quivver's Tick Tick to 2 Notes 'N' A Beat was an off the cuff selection - I was pleased to later see he had used the same transition on his recent album.

There is far too much clipping in this set, although it's mostly very minor. I was cleaning my mixer and apparently turned the master volume a little bit clockwise. Oops. For most of the tracks the clipping is very minimal; I can't hear it except on one track. If you have a real subwoofer your experience may be less satisfactory; sorry if the bass sounds a little flubbish here and there. The less than stellar mixes are, of course, completely unrelated. :-)

Feedback is appreciated, as always!

Cheers,
DJ Transit