tracks used: puzl, dan one, keynell3, motor1, motor4, sciew spoc, chunge remixed by gescom, d1, mag, go sumo, a2, keynell autechre remix a, slow acid, b1, le shark, keynell1, polarized beam splitter, a1, go sheep, c1, whatever remixed by tara, vira rival remixed by ae, keynell remixed by ae, keynell2, pelt remixed by velocity kendall

download, and all that jazz

jams:
jedi knights – solina (the ascension)
thom yorke – skip divided (modeselektor remix)
miss kittin – kittin is high (jojo de freq’s beauty is terror)
various production – chief
ital tek – blood line
the mover – program your fate
special forces – something else
bitstream – anno domini
autechre – clipper
surgeon – floorshow II.IV
the black dog – floods v3
arpanet – event horizon
erp – vox automaton
808 state – flow coma
mantra – the age of aquarius a1
ceephax – scary pollution
dmx krew – new star broadcasting system
afx – pitcard
vitalic – poney part II
cane – fall
brothomstates – jak got stuck in canada and this sounds like
lfo – kombat drinking
echospace – obmx (echospace reduction)

also, I might as well plug the not too regularly updated blog of mine at this spot

tracklist

01 billy ocean-get out my dreams get into my car
02 davy dmx-the dmx will rock (scratch mix)
03 davy dmx-the dmx will rock (master mix)
04 bug kann & the plastic jam-made in two minutes
05 shut up and dance-here comes a different type of rap
track not the usual 4 bar loop crap
06 patrick pulsinger-construction tool
07 esoterik-kwaidan
08 liaisons dangerouses-put être…pas
09 afx-naks 11 mono
10 todd terry project-made by the man
11 steve poindexter-computer madness
12 cybotron-clear
13 gescom-puzl
14 man parrish-hip hop be bop
15 hashim-al naafiysh (the soul)
16 lory d-9 tracks 4 a fine road hog track a2
17 the sweat boys-do you want to percolate
18 burial-forgive
19 sleeparchive-galactic blob
20 phylyps-track II-I
21 skream-lightning
22 vex’d-lion vip
23 curve-falling free (aphex)
24 sub love-and then more (remix)
25 joey beltram-psycho bass
26 second phase-mentasm
27 mescalinum united-we have arrived
28 l.a.m.-meltdown
29 tipper-unlock the geometry
30 eurythmix-sweet dreams
31 radioactive man-twisty boomkart
32 mantra-age of aquarius b1
33 space djz-nice vibes
34 erotek-computer aided poetic funk
35 front 242-umen (ectomorph fixmix)
36 thrill kill kult-days of swine and roses
37 ultradyne-lardossen search squad
38 coil-things happen
39 gosub-darkness modulations
40 cane-fall
41 kavinsky-arpanet nightdrive
42 scorn-falling (ae fr 13 mix)
43 kraftwerk-musique non stop
44 afx-klopjob
45 squarepusher-schizm track #2
46 tura-bacco
47 boxcutter-brood
48 mark one-stargate
49 technasia-final quadrant
50 technasia-2 the floor
51 aphex twin-digeridoo
52 foul play-ricochet
53 the mover-invite the fear
54 dopplereffekt-myon neutrino
55 lfo-what is house
56 a guy called gerald-auto rebuild
57 dj seduction-you can dance
58 a guy called gerald-space 1999
59 arpanet-event horizon
60 brothomstates vs blamstrain-ketku 9000
61 psyche-how the west was won
62 legofeet-b7
63 lionel richie-hello

For those who don’t know, xltronic is supposed to be a site dedicated to all things that fit under the “electronic music” tag, although it’s basically just a forum discussing the latest big releases to the nth degree with lots of offtopic threads in between.

it will most probably be recorded and archived

postscript:

a few problems with technology arose, and it laid a damper on things – I had to relocate to a friend’s house where the internet was a bit more stable, which meant that the available material was scarce, but I recorded the whole thing and it is available for download at this link

it contained such tracks as:
black dog: ripheadv2
sabres of paradise: ano electro
björk: hyperballad (lfo disco sync mix)
fawn: bless
elecktroids: thermo science
felix: it will make me crazy
usura: open your mind
golden girls: kinetic
utah saints: what can you do for me?
sonz of a loop da loop era: far out
dms: exterminate
joey beltram: energy flash
gescom: viral rival
miss kittin: happy violentine (lfo mix)
gosub: low volume lovers
der zyklus: formenverwandler
various production: the world is gone
vex’d: killing floor
cj bolland: catharsis
cutting crew: (i just) died in your arms
manic: free your soul
vlr: computermadness III preview
pet shop boys: dj culture
cab calloway: scat song
syncom data: armee der leere
dopplereffekt: myon-neutrino

watch this space for further posts from vlr, but in the meantime here’s a bit of background to keep you going:

where are you based, when did you start making music?

- I was born, raised and currently live in, Hellvik on the south-western coast of Norway. It’s a quiet little place, soothing, but a wasteland concerning electronic music. I got my first Technics 1200 turntable early 97, with the intent of learning to mix. I had been a vinyl addict for 2 years and felt I had to make use of the stacks of records I accumulated. At the same time I started messing about with ReBirth, which lead into me and a friend from school trying to start an electro “band” called Elektronische Geist, but my role was mainly supplying a critical ear to his tracks and did a few turntable tricks when we played live. This lasted until about the fall of 99, when I decided to leave this project and try to stand on my own feet.

7 years later I still feel that I’m a bit off-balance, but I think I can stand on my own, both regarding mixing and production. There are always new tricks to learn.

how would you describe your sound?

- At the moment it’s very heavy on the techno and rave sounds of old.

Mostly due to the many R & S reissues coming out and the electronica scene being in boring state right now. But I really like what’s coming out of the dubstep and grime scene lately. I listen to loads of styles and I try to make a logical transition between them when I mix. I rarely keep it at one style throughout a set.

who/what is your inspiration?

- DJs I respect and look to are Rob Hall, Surgeon, Richie Hawtin, PC and Strictly Kev. I may have forgotten a few, but these are the ones that are making my day at them moment. I must add that these are judgement based solely on listening to mixtapes and bootles, jocks of this caliber rarely visit these parts of the world, sadly. I draw as
much inspiration from tracks as I do from the mentioned djs, if not more. The right track at the right time can leave me buzzing for hours.

how long has the website been going?

- I spent a few years studying in mid-Norway and along with the knowledge I got a pretty handy webspace that could store a few mixes at 0 cost for me. The first mix I made available on this webspace was in 2003, and I’ve kept adding mixes since then. I never reached my maximum limit as I suspect it has grown over the years, or the admins have given me a bigger space out of pure generousity – I don’t know.

do you play out anywhere? if so, where did you get your start?

- As mentioned earlier, I don’t exactly live in a hot-spot for electronic music, there is, however, a pretty interesting annual festival happening an hour away from me where national and international talents are brought in for a weekend of great musical
happenings. I played there in 2002, but seeing as the most interesting acts played at the mainstage, it wasn’t the biggest crowd. I’ve had a few other gigs, but I’ve never had any residencies anywhere. For the moment I’m content with being an online DJ, making a few broadcasts every now and then and “release” a mixtape.

what projects are in the pipeline?

- I’m not planning anything big at the moment, I’ve just made an Autechre mix in Ableton and has gotten a pretty good response from that. I’m currently making a third installment in a series I call Computermadness where I try to cram as many tracks as I can into 70 minutes. It’s probably something that would be filed under mashups,
but I’m fine with that. I like the ability to really hone down a mix using the Ableton Live software, my goal is to make a mix that I can listen to without analyzing and regretting why I left a crappy transition there. I’m not going into a software vs hardware debate
here, I’ve tried Live, Traktor and Turntables and they each have their strengths and weaknesses, I guess using the tool for what they do best is the biggest issue in that respect.

you have a great retrospective of old skool warp tunes. was the music
better back then?

- Warp has gotten a lot of frowns from the purist lately, but seeing as I’ve grown up along with the label, I do look back on the early releases much like one would with the carefree days of being a kid.
The first Warp release I bought was Sabresonic by The Sabres of Paradise, so the bleep-days happened before I got hooked on them. I knew LFO from a few old rave-compilations, so most of the tracks on the first part of the Weird And Radical Projects mix are tunes that I found when I started to explore the label. I think I will always be an Artificial Intelligence Series guy though, it really ought to be on everyones Modern Electronic Music 101 curriculum.

(questions by kiterae).