Great minds think alike

August 16th, 2009 § 0

In the spring semester of 2008 me and 6 other students took a course on creating business models. We designed from the ground up an idea of a small non/low-profit company that would enable people to deliver important documents or messages to loved ones to help them sort things out after their death. The main components of this idea would be a website where people could confidentially manage things. The system would then be connected to a governmental system to get notified about deceased individuals to know when to deliver the information.

Today I bumped into a Slashdot article about a website providing about the same service in the UK. The funny thing is we didn’t know about it when we designed ours. Great minds think alike I guess.

20June 2009 mix

June 21st, 2009 § 0

Download link: 20June 2009 mix

Tracklisting:

  1. Joris Voorn – “Incident” – 0:00
  2. Valentino Kanzyani – “Paradox (Hertz remix)” – 2:16
  3. Anton-X – “Lowis (Marko Nastic remix)” – 3:40
  4. Marko Nastic – “Flojd” – 5:03
  5. Marko Nastic – “Shut Up And Dance” – 7:22
  6. Marko Nastic – “Shake it” – 9:14
  7. The Advent vs. Industrialyzer – “Not Guilty” – 10:58
  8. Marko Nastic – “Hit Maniac” – 13:10
  9. DJ ESP – “Stick It To The Man” – 14:05
  10. Eric Entrena, D-Unity – “Drugs and Stuff” – 16:31
  11. Pedro Delgardo – “Alzir On (Marko Nastic remix)” – 17:41
  12. Elton D – “Nico (Hertz remix)” – 20:35
  13. Elton D – “Marimbondo” – 22:52
  14. Hertz – “Lucky 13” – 24:43
  15. 357, Marko Nastic – “Haussseee” – 27:02
  16. Olivier Giacomotto, Alec Marqx – “Split” – 29:06
  17. Ignition Technician – “Tale of Lost Love” – 30:57
  18. Raul Mezcolanza – “Kenye” – 33:26
  19. Valentino Kanzyani – “Metal Cage” – 36:22
  20. Green Velvet – “La La Land (Zzino vs Filterheadz remix)” – 39:37

Notes:

45 min hard techno mixtape, done with Ableton Live 7.

Deadmau5 – Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff lyrics

October 17th, 2008 § 11

Rob Swire vocals:

it’s been so long I’ve been out of my body with you
I feel alone, feel at home, feel like nothing is true
she took me to a place where my senses gave-way
turn it round, shut it down, what the people say
climbing up, killing time, let them give you some
take my hand and let it come, let it come, let it…
take it back when she knows that your doing it right
cuz everybody else knows what their taking tonight
but I just wanna play it right
we’re gonna get there tonight!
it’s been so far, I’ve been walking the line on my own
lift me up to the stars, we are coming home
I only had a chase, but were out of time
we are souls in the cold, physical design
set me free, set me out on the run
lift me up to the sun, to the sun, to the…
we are burning down, we are burning down
it’s the way that you fake it, I know it’s too late
but I just want to play it right
we’re gonna get there tonight!
I just want to take you down
we’re gonna get there tonight!
but I just want to play it right
we’re gonna get there tonight!

it’s been so long I’ve been out of my body with you
I feel alone, feel at home, feel like nothing is true
she took me to a place where my senses gave-way
turn it round, shut it down, what the people say
climbing up, killing time, let them give you some
take my hand and let it come, let it come, let it…

take it back when she knows that your doing it right
cuz everybody else knows what their taking tonight

but I just wanna play it right
we’re gonna get there tonight!

it’s been so far, I’ve been walking the line on my own
lift me up to the stars, we are coming home
I only had a chase, but were out of time
we are souls in the cold, physical design
set me free, set me out on the run
lift me up to the sun, to the sun, to the…

we are burning down, we are burning down
it’s the way that you fake it, I know it’s too late

but I just want to play it right
we’re gonna get there tonight!

I just want to take you down
we’re gonna get there tonight!

but I just want to play it right
we’re gonna get there tonight!

The original vocals:

“At the present moment I’m not recording, I’m not on tour, I’ve never had a song who’s number 1 on Beatport. I’ve never been featured on JunoDownload or Trackitdown. I’ve never released vinyl but what I do know is that I’ve been listening to elictronica for many years and I’ve every right to speak my mind against the fabricated music that is being released on a daily basis. It’s absolutely appalling! All these people think that if you’re on the Beatport top 10 then you’re making something out of yourself, well your making a mockery out of electronic music! I’m a producer and I come from the underground, and I’m quite frankly I’m sick and tired! And I’m here to go on these rants on messageboards because I know I’ll never mount to anything and I need to make myself feel better so when I’m not high on cocaine I’ll sit in front of this computer till the cows come home and continue ranting and raving about artist that actually living out their dreams because I never will!”

He did it again. Lovely face melter! Btw, Deadmau5 playing in Iceland 19. dec 2008 (and he pwned the place)!

Updates:

  1. This post previously only contained the original vocals but now there is a new version out featuring Rob Swire from Pendulum. I disagree with the lyrics I found on another site so I decided to make my own. It’s a little bit fuzzy so feel free to share your interpretation.
  2. @DAN: Cheers, fixed it.
  3. Adapted mostly to T-Bags version of the lyrics. After countless rounds of listening I gave up and asked couple of my friends about the lyrics and most of them agreed on T-Bags version. However most agreed that it was “we’re gonna…” instead of “we, you gonna…” in the chorus.

How I use Beatport on a Mac

August 16th, 2008 § 0

I’ve put together a little screencast on how to fuse Beatport and Fluid together. The outcome is a Beatport.app application that’s much nicer to handle. You’ll need Leopard for this to work.

The screencast: Beatport on Fluid
The Beatport arrow: http://jonsi.net/media/screencast/beatport-arrow.png

Note: When picking an icon one could simply use the websites favicon. But that 32×32 pixel image doesn’t look as nice in your alt tab nor in the dock -_-

25February 2008 mix

February 25th, 2008 § 0

25February 2008 mix

Tracklisting:

  1. Happy Clappers – “I Believe (Vandalism club mix)” – 0:00
  2. Hatiras – “Something About You (Adam K & Soha remix)” – 4:00
  3. Britney Spears – “Piece Of Me (Bimbo Jones Club Remix)” – 6:40
  4. Kris Menace, Alan Braxe – “Lumberjack” – 11:10
  5. Fm Sound – “Copacabana (Tribal Bossa mix)” – 14:30
  6. Sgt Slick, Pitch Dark – “Automatic Machine (Vandalism remix)” – 17:40
  7. Yanou ft. Mark Daviz – “A Girl Like You” – 20:00
  8. Brad Hed – “The Girlz & Boyz (Vandalised dub)” – 22:30
  9. Arno Cost, Arias – “Magenta” – 26:00

Notes:

30 min vocal house mixtape, done with Ableton Live 7 Demo.

6October 2007 mix

October 6th, 2007 § 0

6October 2007 mix

Tracklisting:

  1. Nathan Fake – “The Sky Was Pink (Holden remix)” [Border Community] – 0:00
  2. Glenn Morrison – “Hydrology” [mau5trap] – 2:15
  3. Glenn Morrison – “Contact” [mau5trap] – 5:15
  4. Adam K, Soha – “Twilight” [Hotbox Digital] – 8:00
  5. Deadmau5 – “Not Exactly” [mau5trap] – 10:20
  6. Innate – “Imod (Jerome Isma-Ae remix)” [Baroque Limited Records] – 12:40
  7. Deadmau5 – “Faxing Berlin (Chris Lake edit)” [mau5trap] – 16:40
  8. Deadmau5 – “Jaded” [mau5trap] – 19:40
  9. AxEr – “321″ [Pryda Friends] – 23:00
  10. Pryda – “Muranyi” [Pryda Friends] – 26:35

Notes:

30 min progressive house mixtape, done with SSL via Technics SL 1200/1210 and a DJM 600 mixer. 6 months from my last mixtape, 1 year since I started out.

Chris Lake mini mix

April 16th, 2007 § 1

Chris Lake mini mix

Tracklisting:

  1. Lifelike & Kris Menace – “Discopolis (Chris Lake remix)” – 0:00 
  2. Chris Lake – “Release” – 4:10 
  3. Stretch & Vern – “Guttersnipe (Chris Lake remix)” – 6:30 
  4. Noir – “My MTV (Chris Lake remix)” – 8:30 
  5. Robbie Williams ft. Pet Shop Boys – “She’s Madonna (Chris Lake remix)” – 12:30 
  6. Rene Amesz – “Fragile (Chris Lake remix)” – 14:10 
  7. Sebastien Leger & Chris Lake – “Aqualight” – 17:30 
  8. Ramsay (aka Chris Lake) – “Shake That Thing” – 19:30 
  9. Chris Lake ft. Laura V – “Changes (Dirty South remix)” – 23:30

8April 2007 mix

April 8th, 2007 § 0

8April 2007 mix

Tracklisting:

  1. The Rhythm Purist – “Bassify (How Low Can You Go)” [Digital Jaxx UK] – 0:00 
  2. Dab Hands – “Supergood 07 Style (Vocal)” [Kidology Records ] – 5:00 
  3. UK Bastard vs. Jock McPhail – “Electrify (Miles Dyson remix)” [olavbelgoe.com] – 7:30 
  4. Robot Needs Oil – “Volta (Olivier Giacomot remis)” [Royal Flush Records] – 13:30 
  5. Enur ft. Natasha – “Calabria 2006 (Hoxton Whores remix)” [?] – 20:00 
  6. Flat Mode – “Play This Game” [Mylo Records] – 22:00 
  7. Melleefresh, Deadmau5 – “Something Inside Me” [Play Digital] – 27:30 
  8. Mind Electric – “Dirty Cash (Money Talks) (Dirty South remix)” [Vicious Grooves] – 31:30 
  9. Global Deejays – “Get Up ft. Technotronic (General Electric Version)” [Superstar Recordings] – 36:30 
  10. Dave Spoon – “This Machine ft. Penny Foster (Tom Neville remix)” [Toolrom] – 41:00 
  11. Mario Chris – “Color Dots” [Devilock Records] – 44:30 
  12. The Freaks – “The Creeps (Vandalism remix)” [Azuli Records] – 50:00 
  13. Roman Salzger – “Turn Up The Sun ft. Tiger Lily (Rough mix)” [Opaque Music] – 55:00

28January 2007 mix

January 28th, 2007 § 0

28January 2007 mix

Tracklisting:

  1. Anaklein – “Lena (Lutzenkirchen remix)” [Brickhouse] – 0:00
  2. Rob Mooney – “Feelin’ Electro (Valentino Kanzyani remix)” [Punch Funk Records] – 5:32
  3. Eric Prydz vs Floyd – “Proper Education (Sebastion Ingrosso remix)” [Data Records] – 12:28
  4. Proxy – “Din Dah” [Turbo Recordings] – 18:19
  5. Stonebridge – “Sos (Ortega & Gold mix)” [Stoney Boy Music] – 21:39
  6. Hustle Athletics (aka Noisia) – “Feel For You” [Love Breakz] – 25:38
  7. Lissat & Voltaxx – “Young and Beautiful (? mix)” [?] – 30:30
  8. Chris Lake, feat Laura V – “Changes (Dirty South remix)” [Apollo Recordings] – 35:05
  9. DJ Delicious – “Let It Drop (Henrik B remix)” [Phunkwerk] – 41:21
  10. Libex, Giorgio Prezioso – “Xperimental Scratch” [Phunkwerk] – 47:00
  11. D.Ramirez – “La Discotek” [Pryda Friends] – 51:37
  12. Filtered Phunk, Mix Master Moody – “Peaktime (Banging Your Club mix)” [Direct Drive Digital Eur..] – 57:08
  13. Blende – “Get Lost (Da BoogieBoys remis)” [Houserecordings] – 1:02:35
  14. Nino Anthony – “Punk Rock Electro (Manuel De La ? mix)” [Portamento Records] – 1:07:40
  15. Da BoogieBoys – “EXSS (Dee’s Excessive Dub)” [12.Inch.Recordings] – 1:13:25
  16. Dyson vs Blende – “Satisfaction (Blende’s Cleary Superior mix)” [Plasmapool Productions] – 1:18:58
  17. Cirez D – “Mouseville’s Theme” [Mouseville] – 1:23:40
  18. Common Grounds – “To Be Given (Max Graham remix)” [Re*Brand] – 1:28:18
  19. Dumb Dan – “Higher Love” [Dumb Recordings] – 1:34:00
  20. Robot Needs Oil – “Volta (Oliver Giacomotto remix)” [Definitive Recordings] – 1:40:05
  21. John Acquaviva, Lutzenkirchen – “No Fear” [BluFin] – 1:45:38
  22. DJ Dan – “Rock To The Rhythm (Starkillers remix)” [Audacious Records] – 1:48:50
  23. Jerome Isma-Ae – “Rokit (Tomcraft remix)” [Craft Music] – 1:53:55

Notes:

Electro/Progressive House mix. Done with Traktor 3 and encoded with Lame 3.97 using –preset standard. Also my first atempt to a 2 hours harmonic mix.

29December 2006 mix

December 29th, 2006 § 0

29December 2006 mix

Tracklisting:

  1. Add2Basket – “Lovey-Dovey (Vocal Mix With Less Instruments)” [Add2Basket Records] – 0:00
  2. AxEr – “321″ [Pryda Friends] – 7:32
  3. Libex, Giorgio Prezioso – “Xperimental Scratch” [Pryda Friends] – 13:48
  4. Trashtalk – “Tank Girl (Hystereo Rebrand)” [Craft Music] – 18:55
  5. Gabriel & Dresden – “Dangerous Power (Discount Rhino Dubber Ducky Mix)” [Organized Nature] – 24:20
  6. Jerome Isma-Ae – “Stars In Your Head” [Jee Productions] – 29:26
  7. Reflekt – “Shine feat. Deline Bass (Seb & Jay P’s Type Mix)” [Mono-Type] – 36:55
  8. The Freaks – “The Creeps (Vandalism Mix)” [Azuli] – 43:27
  9. Robot Needs Oil – “Volta (Oliver Giacomotto Remix)” [Definitive Recordings] – 49:22
  10. Da BoogieBoys – “EXSS (Dee’s Excessive Dub)” [12.Inch.Recordings] – 56:25
  11. Jerome Isma-Ae – “Rokit” [Craft Music] – 1:01:35
  12. Dyson vs Blende – “Satisfaction (Blende’s Clearly Superior Mix)” [Plasmapool Productions] – 1:07:22

Notes:

Electro/Progressive House mix. Done with Traktor 3 and encoded with Lame 3.97 using V0 preset.