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2 good Shoutcast streams

Although there are thousands of shoutcast stations some of the cooler ones are the ones with bigger names. 2 ones that I like because they feature some really cool deep house and tech house in the evenings are 2 Ibiza radio stations. Ibiza Global Radio and Ibiza Sonica. Anyway its a good answer to all the people who say theres no good music out there for free. BTW, both sites have some mixes up for download.

Here are the links to the .pls files, which you can open with winamp or iTunes among anothers, to tune in to the stream.

Ibiza Global Radio.

Ibiza Sonica.

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EFX 500 up for sale!

So i’m ebaying an EFX 500 so if anyone needs one they can find it here. I’m probably gonna use the money for something like gettings some KRK RP-5s so… help me out… plz ;)

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Video reviews

So… after looking about the net I discovered that there aren’t that many reviews of many products that i own, especially dj equipment. Anyway I’ve decided I’m gonna try to do video reviews of equipment that i own. Hopefully they will turn out decent :)

D.

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New Bag: UDG SoftBag Large

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So this is the first bag DJ bag i’ve bought! I was gonna save a couple of Euros and get a cheaper one but then I saw a deal on it on RecordCase.de and pounced on that!

What do i think? I think even 60 vinyls is really heavy! But this one suports up to ~100!!! I mean the shoulder strap is well capable of carying this weight but it is still quite heavy. I’ve read that some people recommend getting to Small Softbags instead. Maybe this is a good idea… I don’t know. I still very much like the bag and i use it to hold Vinyl that i’m making a mix with. Which is a very nice feature.

Again, this is my first bag, but I am still very impressed. The Bag is well constructed. It has 3 large pockets that are able to acommidate headphones or anything slightly bigger than that. This ofcourse will also easily acomidate a CD wallet or something similar.

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The bag itself weighs almost nothing! It comes completely flat to your door! What it has is Velcro covered foam pads that you attach inside. You see may have noticed that the one inside the lid displays a nice UDG Logo. All the Small/Large Softbags Have the same style padding and straps. Which is why i chose maroon, which btw looks much darker normally. All bags have rubbery feet to keep them from sliding on the floor or letting the bottoms wear down with time.

Final thoughts? Its quite shiny (as you can tell by the pics) so be warned! Like most school bags if you had something of similar material. It does what i want it to do and gets 2 thumbs way up from me :)

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New Mix: African/Latin

Hmm, I haven’t written in a while. University is a bit much nowadays. I have accumulated some stuff that i want review/discuss so stay tuned this week.

I made a new mix! Thanks to new headphones and, most importantly, a new mixer its you the listener that benefits the most! Anyway check it out here

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New Mixer: Ecler Nuo2

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I finally got a new mixer!!! I bought the Ecler Nuo2 and I’m so happy. I can’t believe how much better music sounds just by changing the mixer! Before i had the Numark DM1050 which is, to put it simply, a POS :)

The Ecler Nuo2 sounds very good. Be it through my average stereo (next thing needing an upgrade) or even what is recorded on my computer. The Bass is noticeably deeper and the highs and mids clearer. This mixer also has a couple of nice features such as.

  • Hi, Mid, Bass Kill switches
  • Complete Channel Kill Switches
  • Very good headphone output
  • Very good display that shows accurate levels (as opposed to DM1050)
  • 2 master outs
  • effects loop
  • Adjustable curve shape and sharpness
  • 100-240V and easy access to the fuses
  • Standard PC powersupply cable

Those are definitely the most important features for me. I should also mention that it is a slim-fit mixer. I forgot the actual name for the formfactor. I was going to get something with more channels and more expensive but in the end decided this is a perfect mixer for me at the moment. Especially if i just hook an effects unit up to it… then it will last me a long time :)

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October 25th Short House Mix

Oh here’s another thing :) I have a nice short mix that i made out now and available for you all :) Its slightly tribal and latin and demo length :) Its actually been up on my website for a couple of days now but my site has been down… Anyway enjoy!

October 25th Short House Mix

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New Vinyl

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So this is the first of a series of Blog posts that I’ll be doing that will let the DJs that read my Blog stay up to date with vinyls that I buy and recommend.

These are the vinyls that i just got. The ones marked in bold are really something that is worth taking a look at.

  • Soultourist – Yeah!
  • Autosoul feat. Madeleine Kate – Crazy for U
  • Michael Gray pres. Hi Fashion – Whatcha Gonna Do
  • Harness & Spencer – Work
  • Miss Chrysalide – Blue Eyes
  • Lisa Shaw – Born to Fly
  • Soul Flava feat. Katherine Ellis – We got Love
  • Robin Masters Orchestra – Drifting Ep
  • Logan – Flash
  • lcd soundsystem – Tribulations/Daft Punk is Playing in my House

Most of the boldend vinyls are Deep House. Although Logan – Flash is more Deep Tech House than Deep House. Out of all of those i would like to draw even more attention to Robin Masters Orchestra – Drifting Ep and Harness & Spencer – Work for immediately becoming 2 of my favorite vinyls that I own overall. The first has an amazing beat and a very nice vocal. The later also has a nice beat (although a bit later into the song) but has an amazing chorus.

I want all my brothers and sister on the dancefloor to… work. We gonna party like its 2099… See, I’m gonna give you an extra hundred years… so you can get your shit together! They say the best type of feeling is the one you never expected. And I’m all about giving you the unexpected.

I absolutely can’t get enough of that phrase :) I use it as my idle message now :)

If taking a look at any of the vinyls that i listed make sure you take a look at those two, especially if you like deeper sounds and deep house in general.

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