I’m delighted to welcome a very special guest to my Void Radio show on Brap FM next Monday who goes by the name of DIGITAL FIST. He and I met at Glade this year, and discovered that our tastes in epic triptronica were uncommonly well-aligned.
Digital Fist is a missionary for the music he loves, with infectious passion and a deep sense of the aesthetics of mixing for journeying, which has clearly been well honed by his years on the Welsh party scene.
He describes his chosen specialisms as “elaborate percussion, wall-destroying basslines, and darkly atmospheric precision machine-funk”. Some other words that spring readily to my mind are: brooding, hypnotic, glitchy, metallic, wonky, evolving, deep and dubby, dark shadows and delicate beauty… and of course, epic.
Expect synergy.
Tune in to Void Radio with Quextal b2b Digital Fist from 8pm UK time this coming Monday 7th Sept. Sign up for a reminder, you don’t want to miss this one. Trust.
NB NB NB! The URL for the Brap FM stream has recently changed. If you are using a pre-saved link, please update it to the first one of these that works for you (try them in this order): http://stream.brap.fm / http://87.117.250.5:9120/listen.pls / http://87.117.250.5:9120/.
The chatroom hasn’t changed.
I’ll give the final words to my guest:
Music is mathematics. Keep it polyhedral.
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Tags: brapfm, breaks, digital fist, glitch, mix, radio show, techno, void radio
Been a while in the planning this, but I’m delighted to announce that my new twice-a-month show on PsyMusic begins next Tuesday 18th August @ 7pm (UK), and thereafter on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. (Want to join a reminder service?)
The show is called Tales of the Interstitial (all the other PsyMusic shows have strange names, I didn’t want to feel left out…) and every fortnight we’ll be setting sail on a journey across the many faces of psychedelic electronica, floating effortlessly between psybreaks, progressive psytrance, psytechno and psychill, and particularly trying to find the lost chords in the spaces between… in the interstitial…
One of the significant differences between this show and the others that I’ve been involved with, is there’s no official finishing time. I plan to do at least 2 hours, but it may be 2.5, 3, 4… it all depends on you, the listeners, to get into the chatroom and bring your influence to bear! On PsyMusic the chatroom is called the ShoutBox and it’s on the forum front page (different to the main homepage of the site), or here’s a bigger version. You need to be registered on the forum to use it (registration is free of course). It looks and feels just like an IRC-based chat (like Brap or NSB), but apparently it isn’t really IRC so you can’t use your own client.
Together we will weave a journey… a story. Let’s make it epic.
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Tags: psybreaks, psyhouse, psymusic, psytechno, psytrance, Radio Shows, techno
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!
Categories: Gigs, News, Radio Shows //
Tags: brapfm, Gigs, hobbit, nsbradio, oxjam, psychedelic saturday, that night, void vs brap
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!
Categories: Gigs, News, Radio Shows //
Tags: brap, brapfm, gig, hobbit, oxjam, psychedelic saturday, void radio, void vs brap
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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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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This coming Friday, 6th March, you can catch me playing at an excellent night in Bristol called WaxOnWaxOff, which takes place at a great little venue called Chesters on Frogmore Street. I had a wicked time at the last WO:WO (just as a punter) so I’m reallly looking forward to this one.
The music policy is a heady mixture of fat breaks and twisty psytrance, so of course I’ll be concentrating on psybreaks 🙂
Shimon (RAM/FingerLickin) is headlining, with support from Dexter Styles, Mishima and Tethis. It runs 10pm-4am and admission is only £2 b4 11, £4 after.
Hope to see you there 🙂
Categories: Gigs, News //
Tags: breaks, Bristol, club, gig, psybreaks, psytrance
I’ll be joined in the studio tonight by a special guest… ROOT 8. He’s a regular fixture at some of Southampton’s best underground nights including Clinophobia and Psychedelic Saturday, so I’m sure he’ll have some quality discs to spin for us tonight.
Tune in from 8pm for another genre-hopping tech-trip!
Tune in: http://212.72.165.26:9418/listen.pls
Chatroom: http://www.brap.fm/forums/ircchat/brapchat.html
Categories: News, Radio Shows //
- I’m covering once again for Ali Rutt on The Mobius Trip on Mon 23rd Feb, 7pm GMT, on NSB Radio
- Next date of my monthly residency for Void Radio is Mon 2nd Mar, 8pm GMT, on Brap FM
Sign up for a reminder 🙂
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If you’re in the Southampton area get yourselves down to The Hobbit on Saturday 31st January where I’m playing at a night called Psychedelic Saturday. All psy-styles are represented from the 60s to now, but with an emphasis on the more modern and danceable stuff 🙂 I’ll be playing…well…the psy edge of what I normally play, ie psy-breaks, psy-trance, psy-techno, psy-wonk, psy-dnb… you get the picture… should be an awesome party 🙂 Music runs 8pm – 1am, it’s free entry before 10pm, £2 after, and the bar stays open until 3. See you there!
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Tags: Gigs, psy, psybreaks, psychedelic saturday, psytrance, the hobbit
