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
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
Covering for Ali again tonight as his PC’s broken… I felt in a bit of an experimental mood, so we started with some slower funky stuff, went all epic progressive for a while, then settled into a kind of electro-techfunk-psybreaks circuit for the second hour or so.
Thanks as always to all those who tuned in and the ever-random chatroom crew. Love you all, you mad people.
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- Smoove & Turrell – I Can’t Give You Up (A-Skillz rx)
- Mr No Hands – Chuggy
- Rektchordz – Tramp Stamp
- Ottone – Lush
- Johan Soh & Myagi – Still (BETA rx)
- Hybrid – Formula of Fear (Hybrid rx)
- Abakus – Indu (Shiloh rx)
- Jinx – Twilight 2000 (BETA rx)
- Seth Vogt – Don’t Turn Away
- Under This – Tonight
- BP and One – Revolution
- BSD – Funkdation
- Access Denied – Lucky Bitches (Adsorb rx)
- Elite Force – Godfather (with a Groove)
- (unknown) – Champion Hounds
- Omar Santana & Evan Lewis – Hayley’s Comet
- Robosapiens – Infected
- Calvertron & Banga – Turn It Up (Karl Sav rx)
- Beatman & Ludmilla – Lizarb The Sad Clown (Plastic Shell rx)
- General Midi – Nuone
- Quadrat Beat – Hive Inside
- Mr Frisk – Escape (Matt Harder’s Transform rx)
- Omar Santana & Dre Hectik – Slutronica
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Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: electrobreaks, funky, nsb, nsbradio, progressive breaks, psybreaks, techfunk
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
We commenced with some chunky prog house, followed by a bit of electro house. There was plenty of breaks of the tech-, psy- and prog- varieties, we had a bit of progressive psytrance, then finished with some more psybreaks. Thanks all those who tuned in, and special shouts to THP and Shao for keeping the chatroom alive 🙂
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- Brisker & Magitman – Braniac
- Brisker & Magitman – Discodelic (Dousk rx)
- Red Moon – Monster (Vortex rx)
- Duca – United Nations
- Brothers Bud v THC – Feel Like Dancing (Micky Slim’s Extra Wrong mix)
- Mr No Hands – Chuggy
- Sharps – Girl Sweat
- Calvertron & Banga – Turn It Up (Karl Sav rx)
- Audiohazard – Track One (Headphonics rx)
- Quadrat Beat – Hive Inside
- Introspective – Skanky (Splitloop rx)
- Future Funk Squad v Beatman & Ludmilla – About To Fall (orig – instrumental)
- Johan Soh & Myagi – Still (BETA rx)
- Beatman & Ludmilla – Lizarb The Sad Clown (Plastic Shell rx)
- Phrakture – 19th Hour
- LeftRight – Concrete Bounce (Kilowatts rx)
- Rauschwerk – Electronique
- Ace Ventura ft Liquid Soul – Psychic Experience
- Liquid Soul – Out Of The Blue
- Kiwa – On The Frequency
- Omar Santana & Evan Lewis – Hayley’s Comet
- Mr Frisk – Escape (Matt Harder’s Transform rx)
- Omar Santana & Dre Hectik – Universal Sound
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Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: brapfm, breaks, electro, progressive, psybreaks, psytrance, void radio
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!
Categories: Gigs, News //
Tags: Gigs, psy, psybreaks, psychedelic saturday, psytrance, the hobbit
First show of 2k9 kicked off with some downtempo breaks and then into dark bass’n’bleep techno, rising into chunky progressive territory, emerging into some epic and twisted electro/psy breaks, and closing out with some full-fat drum’n’bass. Fun for all the family!
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- A-Sham – Kalisha
- Ceasar K – Home Alone
- Tomy DeClerque & F.Sonik – Fetaqui
- Dropout – DNA
- Dropout – Bukkake
- Lutzenkirchen – Stumpfe Blumen
- Joseph Disco & Micky Monza – Dubrider (Lutzenkirchen mixdown)
- David Weed – Red Moon
- Desert Dwellers – A Little Spice
- Duca – Ducaralho
- Nyquist – Tilt
- Sneaky Kreeps – Don’t Get Fresh
- Johan Soh & Myagi – Still (BETA rx)
- Mesmer – Wormsigns
- Son of the Electric Ghost – Concept of Nature (Lawgiverz rx)
- Beatman & Ludmilla – Lizarb The Sad Clown (Plastic Shell rx)
- Robosapiens – Infected
- Chunk aka DJ Phunkae – NY is B (promo)
- Shaolin & Raydar ft Kidd Kaos – Madd Skillz (orig breaks mix)
- Mobius – Thugs
- Headphonics – Push The Limit (Movie mix)
- Eat Static – Tractor Beam
- Nitrous – Destiny (VIP mix)
- Psidream – Quasar
- Nude – Minds
- Cyantific – Flashback
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Next show: Same time, same place, 2nd Feb. See you then!
Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: brapfm, breaks, minimal, progressive, psybreaks, techbreaks, techno, void radio
Wonky breaks, techno, progressive, psybreaks, electrobreaks, electrohouse, psytrance.
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- Ed Chamberlain – Zarathustra (remastered)
- Skeetaz – Skurry
- Mr Rogers – Mr Lemurian
- Lutzenkirchen – All That Jazz (Popof rx 01)
- Tamashi ft Wendy Lewis – Move To The Beat (N3sh Dub rx)
- Liquid Soul – Out Of The Blue
- Beatman & Ludmilla – Inka (Plastic Shell rx)
- Nuboy – aWhat? (BETA rx)
- Under This – Tonight
- Elite Force – You (Hybrid rx)
- Skein – Renegade
- DB3 – Baader (Dreadzone rx)
- Plastic Shell – Conestuck
- Devine & Emilyplay – Kome Into My World
- Break The Box – Prostitutes And Video Games
- DJ John Cody – Something For Your Mind
- Butter Party – Flipperboy (Projectiles rx)
- Ed Chamberlain – Dave
- Skeetaz – Nein
- Rehab Riot – Dirt Kontrol (5Eleven rx)
- Myagi – Payback
- Symphonix – Music Prostitute (Duca rx)
- Eat Static – Sin-Quest
- Eskimo – My Rave
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There’s no show in December; the Void Radio slots will be given over to playbacks of the best bits from the Void vs Brap Tour… hopefully including mine 🙂 I’ll be back in January. Meanwhile, hope to see some of you at the said Tour in Southampton or Bristol…
Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: brapfm, electrobreaks, electrohouse, progressive, psybreaks, psytrance, radio archive, techno, void radio, wonky
Previously on NSB I’ve tended to stick to breaks. Tonight though I decided to loosen that rule: while still centred on psy/tech/elek-breaks, I moved freely out to chill, electro-house, and even a bit of progressive trance. I think it paid off, this was definitely my best and most enjoyable NSB show so far, and the chatroom crew seemed to like it too 🙂 Cheers to everyone who tuned in, and thanks to Ali for asking me to cover.
Next show: next Monday, 3rd November, Brap FM.
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- Nick Hogendoorn & Eelke Kleijn – The Rhythmshaker (Eelke Kleijn ambient mix)
- Dreadzone – The Warriors
- Pitch Black ft KP – Rude Mechanicals (PZ 3-beat mix)
- Spoon Wizard – Spoonkey
- Skein – Renegade
- Under This – Tonight
- Statyk – Rise & Fall
- Tomcraft – Loneliness
- Rehab Riot – Dirt Kontrol (5Eleven rx)
- unknown – Champion Hounds
- Robosapiens – Acid Reign
- Koma & Bones – Morpheus
- Soul Of Man – Dirty Waltzer
- 30Hz – Consume Daphne (Lee Coombs rx)
- Lowrider – Pitchdown (club mix)
- Chunk’n’Attack – Rocka Revolution
- Agent K – Can’t Hold Back
- Devine & Emilyplay – Kome Into My World
- DB3 – Baader (Dreadzone rx)
- Retroid – Origin (Plastic Shell rx)
- Nick Hogendoorn & Eelke Kleijn – Fat Dragon
- BETA – Trojan
- Channel Surfer – Mega Bomb
- Myagi – Payback
- General Midi – Nuone
- Headphonics – Phase Dreamer
- New Order – Blue Monday (Hardfloor rx)
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Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: breaks, electro, nsb, nsbradio, progressive, psybreaks, radio archive, techbreaks, techfunk, tracklist
