Covering the Mobius Trip once again, we started with some deep and epic prog-electro-psy breaks for the first hour or so, gradually beefing it up into full-fat electrobreaks and a dose of proper psy-side psybreaks, with Doctor Who to finish, and why not? Wicked promo action from V.I.M.Records too – congrats to Disco Patrick who won a stack of V.I.M promo CDs in our competition (and shouts of course to Pale Penguin from V.I.M for the goods themselves!)
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- Kultur & Colombo – Elektromolekula
- Cuncic & Malcevic – Mafia
- Pharmacy Of Sound – The Big Bang (2009 Re-Edit)
- Erik Jackson – Return Of The Breakbeat
- Terratropin – Acid Balls
- Frost-RAVEN & MDFX – Input Potential
- Hypeartist ft Brad Sucks – YGNA (Retroid rx)
- Dascyllus – Odessa Keys
- ILYKE – Rough Yam (Macho rx) [VIM promo]
- Hedflux – Music Is My Weapon
- Break The Box ft MC Cop – Style And Flavour
- Fisso & Spark – You Are Right
- Pedro Pablo Perez Hidalgo – Count Drak In The Mix (Peter Paul rx)
- Far Too Loud – All Is Machine (Specimen A rx)
- Plastic Shell – Dead End (Eshericks extended rx)
- Under This – The Crash
- DJ Mutiny ft Dii Gii – Dreams Come True (Flore rx)
- Scorb – Ipso Fvcto
- Mood Deluxe – Secret Agent 666
- Boonos – Back With It
- Orbital – Doctor?
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Tags: breaks, competition, electrobreaks, nsbradio, progressive breaks, psybreaks, radio archive, techbreaks, techfunk
EDIT: Added another gig on the 28th!
First up, I’m on the bill for the next Psychedelic Saturday at The Hobbit in Southampton on Sat 13th June. Now, whether I’m actually playing or not currently depends on getting a babysitter, so it’s not definite yet but hopefully… Anyone who’s been to one of these before knows it’s one of the Hobbit’s most popular and out-there parties so even if I don’t make it, don’t miss it!
I’m once again covering for Ali Rutt on The Mobius Trip on NSBRadio next Mon 15th June from 7pm UK time, spinning the cream of the crop of new releases and scorchio promos from the world of psy-tech-electro-breaks.
The following week, Mon 22nd June I’m doing an extra Void Radio slot over on Brap FM from 8pm. You know what to expect by now… the unexpected!
On Sun 28th June I’ll be playing a downtempo and chillout set for a change at That Chilled Night @ Ad Hoc, High St, Southampton. The evening runs from 3pm to 1am and promises to be a great chilled wind-down to the weekend, and it’s only a quid before 9pm so get down early!
Finally, on Sat 4th July I’m back at The Hobbit for the next Void vs Brap all-dayer in aid of Oxfam. It runs 1pm to 1am and I’m playing back2back with the aforementioned Mr Rutt, alongside sackloads of quality DJ talent playing everything from dubstep to dnb, house to techno. Void parties always rock so put it in your diary now!
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Tags: brapfm, Gigs, hobbit, nsbradio, oxjam, psychedelic saturday, that night, void vs brap
Progressive Electro Tech-Trance Techno Breaks DnB. Something like that. Tracklist to follow. Big ups all the chatroom crew, especially mike, love ya mate :), and all the latecomers 😉 And airplays for the perfect chillout afterwards. Sweeeeeet.
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- Altern-8 – Inflitrate 202
- Yotopia – Goosebumps
- Break The Box – Rock The Mic (Attack Release rx)
- Lutzenkirchen – 1 Hour To Go
- DJ Kid Stretch – Get Away (Into The Tech Disco mix by The Scientifics)
- Hypeartist – YGNA (Plastic Shell rx)
- Misfilter – A Place For You (Hedflux rx)
- Break The Box – Rock The Mic (Robosapiens rx)
- Hypeartist – YGNA (Retroid rx)
- Vigi & Nectarios – 2C Beat (EK rx)
- Stepsine – Transparent Body Breaks (version)
- Parallax Breakz – Vulture
- Hedflux – Music Is My Weapon
- Leftfield – Space Shanty
- Fisso & Spark – You Are Right
- Quadrat Beat – Hive Inside
- Anarchy Rice – RockBass (Anarchy Rice mix)
- Zero Decibelle – Acid Queenz
- Under This – The Crash
- Firefarm – Volatile (Pyramid rx)
- Mr Dan – Body Slam (Modified rx)
- Nude – Minds
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Many thanks to Dead Famous, Dusted Breaks and V.I.M for the scorchio promos this week. Next shows: NSB 7pm 15th June; Brap 8pm 22nd June; Brap 8pm 6th July
Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: brapfm, breaks, dnb, electro, tech-trance, techno, void radio
Well a month has gone by since the last show, which feels like ages so I’m raring to go for tomorrow’s installment of Void Radio on http://brap.fm from 8pm UK time. It’s almost my birthday so I’ll be having a few beers and spinning some classic house/trance/techno alongside the absolute cream of the month’s new releases in epic breaks and chunky progtech. I do hope you can join in the celebration 🙂
Tune in: http://212.72.165.26:9418/listen.pls
Chatroom: http://www.brap.fm/forums/ircchat/brapchat.html
While I’m here, a quick heads up about some gigs of interest in the Southampton area. First up on Saturday 13th June that bastion of fluorescent hedonism PSYCHEDELIC SATURDAY returns to the Hobbit. I will hopefully be playing, dependent on babysitter so TBC….
I am however definitely on the bill for the latest installment of the now legendary VOID VS BRAP charity alldayers in aid of Oxfam, on Sat 4th July and also at The Hobbit. Loads of great DJs lined up for this (check the flyers here) and these parties are always off the hook so save that date, more details to follow.
Hopefully see you in the chatroom tomorrow!
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Tags: brap, brapfm, gig, hobbit, oxjam, psychedelic saturday, void radio, void vs brap
Well that was a most enjoyable way to round off a wicked weekend! We kicked off with a load of chunky ‘n’ squelchy techno, tech-house and progressive, before moving into breaks of the phat, techy and progressive flavours for the second hour, and finishing on some phar-out psybreaks. Special shouts to mike, jels and tomski in the chat for all the positive vibes, glad you enjoyed it and hopefully see you again 🙂
Next show: Monday 1st June, 8pm BST, Brap FM – it’s Quextal’s Birthday Bonanza so expect something extra special 😀
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- Robosapiens – Cold Sweat
- Fractal – Oceanography (Toby Emerson rx)
- Synchronized – Awakening (Nicholas Van Orton rx)
- Gai Barone – Lilith (Jerome Isma-ae’s Brainfuck rx)
- Umek – You Might Hear Nothing
- Yotopia – Sheer Mayhem
- Hybrid – Gravastar
- Monaque – Solaris
- Far Too Loud – All Is Machine
- Hedflux – Non Stop
- Hironimus Bosch – Gamma (Robosapiens rx)
- DJ Mutiny ft Dii Gii – Dreams Come True
- SL2 – Way In My Brain 2009
- J*O*K*R – Dr Oetker (Quadrat Beat rx)
- IITone – Crush
- Dascyllus – Odessa Keys
- 4Kuba – Spacebuggy (BETA rx)
- J*O*K*R – Salad Shaker (Groovediggerz rx)
- Journeyman & Barrcode – Crush Groovin’
- Rex – Evil Buddha Comb
- Solar Chrome – Cellular Automaton
- Scorb – Ipso Fvcto
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Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: brapfm, breaks, chunky, mix, psybreaks, Radio Shows, techno
If you’ve seen me play out recently, indicated that you’re feeling what I’m doing, and earned a special limited edition Quextal business card for your trouble… hello 🙂 I really appreciate the feedback. You’ve inspired me to get on with uploading more studio mixes, so hold tight for those, and in the meantime, hope you enjoy Psylekbreaks.
If you’re around, I’d really love your company on Monday 4th May at 8pm on Brap FM for my regular genre-hopping smorgasbord of electronic delights. Come and say hi in the chatroom 🙂
Want a reminder? There are lots of ways to keep in touch, but the easiest is to search for Quextal on Facebook and join the group 🙂
Big love xxx
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It’s been far too long since I uploaded a studio mix. Partly this is down to increasing numbers of gigs and radio shows which occupy a large part of my time plying the decks these days. But it’s not as if I haven’t been making studio mixes from time to time, I was just never quite happy enough with them to upload.
Well, time for that to change. If there’s one message I’m receiving loud and clear every time I play out, it’s that there are people out there who are desperate to hear the kind of stuff that I play. Whatever that is! And even if I think a mix is flawed (usually because I think the tune selection could have been better rather than any technical error these days), you’d rather have that, than silence.
So here you are. This mix covers a fairly wide selection from across the spectrum of progressive, psychedelic, tech and electro flavoured breakbeats that float my boat. It’s plainly more of a home or car listening CD than the sort of journey I would construct at a club or festival, but it should take you to some interesting places. Enjoy 🙂
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- Espion – MKYF
- Starflower – Process the Future
- Espion – Petrol Bomb The Fuckers
- Meat Katie – Can’t Hear Ya
- BSD – Intoxikated Muzik
- Future Funk Squad – Sorcerary (Lawgiverz rx)
- Marc Adamo – Throttlefunk
- Marc Adamo – Krakupz
- D-Ranged – Sins of Claire (Lawgiverz rx)
- Digital Base – White Lines (Robosapiens rx)
- Robosapiens – Robots
- C-Vaughn ft Annalyze – Straight Up
- C-Vaughn – Waste Away
- Vent – Turn The Page
- Livin So Fast – HandBreak
- MKM & GBX – I Don’t Think So
- Myagi – Giorgio Marauder
- Espion – Architektur (Liquid Stranger rx)
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Categories: Mixes, Promo Mixes //
Tags: breakbeat, dubstep, electrobreaks, psybreaks, psychedelic, studio mix, techfunk
Normally my mixes are all beatmatched to perfection (!) so tend to either hang around the same BPM or gradually accelerate from say 128 to 145. But with this month’s show I wanted to push back the boundaries, playing a more twisted style of electro-psy-breaks including some much slower and faster than the normal range.
I’d been on a massive acquisition binge with freshly burned CDs containing 60 new tunes, with only space for about 25 in a 2-hour show, so the selection is nice and varied… but the transitions and the overall shape of the journey could perhaps have done with more planning. I definitely need to figure out some more tricks to blend between wildly different BPMs.
Anyway, it didn’t seem to matter at the time, the promise of sick and twisted beats drew in a record-equalling number of listeners and an all-time record number of chatters compared to any of my previous Brap show’s, and you all loved it didn’t you, you dirty dirty people 😉
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- Tipper – Flat Ripple
- Tipper – Swamp Thing
- EPROM – 64 Bytes (Vibesquad rx)
- Tipper – A Touch of the Vapours
- Smacs & Patrick Kong – Offside
- Dylan Rhymes ft Pablo Decoder – I Am Sweet (Tom Real rx)
- Steve Mac – Roller Coaster (Adam Shaw rx)
- Tom Cosm – Naughty Chicken
- Antix – Circade (Tom Cosm rx)
- Espion – Architektur (Liquid Stranger rx)
- Espion – Architektur (original)
- Future Funk Squad – Sorcerary (Lawgiverz rx)
- Robosapiens – Robots
- Marc Adamo – Throttlefunk
- Cybass – Wind It Back (Afghan Headspin rx)
- Koma & Bones – High Rollin
- D-Ranged – Sins of Claire (Lawgiverz rx)
- The Phat Riderz – Organic Neurosis
- Meat Katie – Can’t Hear Ya
- Cursor Miner – This Is Electro
- Tom Cosm – Heebie Jeebies
- Vent – Turn The Page
- Son of the Electric Ghost – Concept of Nature (Lawgiverz Convict of Nature rx)
- Espion – Petrol Bomb The Fuckers (Point B rx)
- Marc Adamo – Krakupz
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Big love to Espion, Jamie Robosapiens and Greg VIM for the promos. Any other producers/labels want to put me on your lists in return for honest feedback, and airplay – if I like ’em! (unless you’d prefer not in which case just say!), the address to use is quextal.removethisbit@quextal.com 8) Got radio shows and gigs coming up next week so get on it 😉
Next radio show (to be confirmed) B2B with Ali Rutt, NSB, Mon 13th Apr, 7-9pm BST
Next gig: That Night @ Ad Hoc, High St, Southampton UK Sat 18th Apr
Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: breakbeat, breaks, electrobreaks, glitch, lawgiverz, psybreaks, psychedelic, squelch, tech-house, tipper, twisted
This month I have been mostly buying dark and twisted electro-psychedelic breakbeats at all bpms from 75-175, so expect plenty of that, but that’s certainly not all, I can hardly neglect the 4/4-beats entirely when I’ve had a good handful of sweet tech-house promos through too…
How, you ask, will Quextal sew all this together into a seamless coherent journey? Can it be done? I have no idea. Tune in to find out! 8pm BST tonight – http://brap.fm – see you in the chatroom 🙂
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To continue the wake for Ali’s PC, I went on a marathon tune shopping binge, so most of tonight’s show was shiny new. And a quality show it was too if I say so myself, which I do. I really can’t be arsed trying to categorise it into tiny subgenres though, so I’ll just say it’s Top Shelf Breaks and leave it at that. Big ups the chatroom crew. Ali’s back next week, even if he has to do the show from my house!
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- BreakZhead – It’s Cold
- Halobeatz & Matroid – All Glory
- G! & Special Kase – Hey You! (Ceasar K rx)
- AMB – Flagpole
- Loop De Ville ft Michelle Upton – The One (Butter Party rx)
- Drumattic Twins – Don’t Be So Drumattic
- Blackstone – Technical Desert (Bitrocka rx)
- DJ Feat – Break The Point
- MKM & GBX – Xtra Xtra
- Farace – The Life
- BSD – Intoxikated Muzik
- Digipack – Electronic Outlaw Underground
- Access Denied – Lucky Bitches (Adsorb rx)
- Quadrat Beat – Hive Inside
- MKM & GBX – I Don’t Think So
- C-Vaughn ft Annalyze – Straight Up
- Audiohazard – Track One (Headphonics rx)
- Jake Shanahan ft G Thomas – Bad Attitude (J2K rx)
- Break The Box – Prostitutes and Video Games
- Darkmode – Natural City (Decal rx)
- Shaolin & Raydar ft Kidd Kaos – Madd Skillz (orig breaks mix)
- C-Vaughn – Waste Away
- Neofluxx – Machines Over The Dancefloor (Altered Beats rx)
- Vandal – Idiots
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