[MIX] Mr Minimax – The Goodnight Mistress Vol.1

Here it is people, the project so secret that only a select few of you will ever have heard of it. After sitting on my hard drive for months on end, I have finally decided that it is time to unleash Vol.1 of the soon to be legendary mix series; The Goodnight Mistress. The wait may or may not have been due to poor internet connections stopping me for uploading, but that really is irrelevant at this stage of the game.

 

As indicated by the ‘Vol.1′ portion of the title, and quite possibly by line above where I refer to the ‘mix series’ this is only the beginning of The Goodnight Mistress. Volume 1 sets the scene nicely for what is to come. Hopefully the tracklisting will do a pretty good job of explaining what it’s about…

Mr Minimax
The Goodnight Mistress Vol.1

A mellow mix of ambient, downtempo and experimental music, electronic and organic.
Aids restful sleep and makes a perfect accompaniment for sitting back and watching the walls breath a little.

01.ab ovo – hemisphere
02.mr minimax – atx209
03.valgeir sigurdsson – Before nine
04.chicken feed – junior
05.reverbaphon – a matter of life or death
06.mr minimax – syrely
07.chris clark – empty the bones of you
08.brothomstates – mdrmx
09.michael trommer – champ de mars
10.jon hopkins – nightjar
11.the black dog – the train by the autobahn
12.pangaea – you & i
13.falls & regis – a letter to a friend
14.boards of canada – kaini industries
15.aphex twin – weathered stone
16.apparat – wooden
17.edit – mildew
18.olo worms – guess who garden (mr minimax remix)
19.supergrass – fin
20.jackson and his computer band – mini doux
21.boards of canada – oscar see through red eye
22.k.a.l – the whisky fist (skywave systems remix)
23.halogen – previous future
24.tycho – the disconnect
25.2562 – redux
26.richard devine – randale
27.chris clark – farewell track

CLICK ME TO DOWNLOAD, NOW, PLEASE

ENJOY, GENTLY.

NSB NYE CD SWAP (Oh, hello)

Blimey, it’s been a while since I graced this pages with my presence. Instead of just filling in a several thousand word report on what I’ve been doing over the last… lots of months, I’m just going to cut to the chase and tell you about a new project, started very recently.

The NSB CD Swap for NYE 2009/2010

The lovely Henry aka Skywave Systems, who runs the Myuzyk net label, set this up on the www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk forum just the other day. The concept, for those not already aware, is that group of forum members, all put together a mix/compilation cd, complete with packaging and all. When all the names are in (this is capped at 30 participants) everyone produces as many copies as there are names on the list. They send all of these to the person organising the swap, and he then sends out a package to each entrant with a copy of each mix in. Simples.

The numbers for this are steadily building, with about 26 already signed up. So far there are a lovely selection of names already joined, people who readers of this blog will most likely be familiar with; DVNT, Jung, Benny(Metroboy, Ben&Lex, everythingelseunderthesun), James Fox, Clodhoppa(midnightminustwo boss man) and of course, Henry Skywave himself. Needless to say, there are going to be some pretty special mixes coming out of this.

Anyhow, what with being the massive over achiever I am, I’ve already finished my first mix (that’s right, I’m putting together two CD’s worth of goodness), and made good progress on the cover.

So far, the mix is a pretty hectic affair, with lots of techno, electro, breaks, glitchy, heavy, bassy nonsense, a little portion of hip hop, and some stupidly fast tempos here and there. I’m pretty chuffed with it so far. I’ll keep you up to date with the happenings of this.

I must be off now… Bestival is tomorrow and I haven’t packed a sausage. Ciao.

[Review] Halogen – Recycled Broadcasts EP [Maternity]

Halogen – Recycled Broadcasts EP [Maternity]

This debut EP from Brighton based producer Halogen, also see’s the first release on brand new net-label ‘Maternity’.
The release is comprised of four tracks of deep and sexy downtempo electronica, with big nods towards hip hop and idm.
Opener; Not The Remix sets the scene nicely, with a set of lush pads, beautiful harmonies, and plenty of rhythmic glitch. The production is nicely polished.
Manilla takes things down a couple of steps in tempo, a classic moody downtempo track.
A short and well placed vocal sample gives way to some superb scratching effects.
Next up; Previous Future is probably the most idm influenced of the bunch, with layers of skittering double time glitch rhythms giving a sharp edge to the lush depth of the melody.
The closing track; Transmission, is a much more ambient affair, using a more abstract set of sounds, and replacing the strong beat of the others with a selection of subtle glitches.
Overall, this is a very strong debut, both for the artist and the label. The production is well rounded, slick and has a cohesive sound throughout the release. Grab this now, you won’t be disappointed.

Download it here: http://www.maternitymedia.com/

Halogen Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/halogenbulbs

Laura Gibson Art and Illustration: http://lauragibson.co.uk/home.html

Brand New Live Set to Download + Lots of Minimax Updates

Hello…

It’s been a while since I’ve graced these pages with any new material, so in typical fashion, here is a massive update all at once.

First off, have a copy of my latest Live set.

Recorded by me using Ableton Live on 11/10/08.

Hosted by the lovely Henry at Myuzyk. Download it now and Enjoy it loudly.

+ Mr Minimax live 11.10.08 52:25 | 192kbs | 71mb

Recorded in one hit and made up from unfinished tracks, loops, edits and stray shrapnel.
Broken beats, electro stylings and techno with slabs of bass.

live + other sets and mixes
http://myuzyk.net/overflow/mixes.php

direct link
http://myuzyk.net/mixes/Mr_Minimax_live_11.10.08.mp3

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Now, as some of you may know, I moved house about three months ago. Left Oxford and re-located myself down to Bristol.

I’ve been without internet for a while (crivens!) and the connection I do have now, is pretty shoddy. So as a result of this, I’ve had to cancel my Brap.FM show, much to my dismay.

However, being the resourceful character that I am, I’ve managed to get a few guest slots on other shows.

The first, was a 2 hour mix on the Out Of The Void Show on Brap.FM, broadcast from Void HQ in Bristol, that one is available to download HERE. No tracklisting unfortunately, as I turned up to play with a bag full of vinyl, only to discover, Ollspin has no turntables… cue half an hour of scrabbling about Spollin’s CD collection trying to find bits and bobs I recognised. It starts off with a couple of random tracks, then gets into breaks for the rest. bits and bobs of tearout, electro, and some nice good old fashioned breakbeat.

The next radio appearance was for Ollspin’s Sunday Roast Show, I played an hour set in the middle of the show, spanning, dubstep, techno, breaks, drum and bass and a bit of breakcore for good measure. There IS a tracklisting for this one… Download here and check out lots more Spolliny goodness.

ollspin

MIA vs Super Mario Brothers – Superlangalang! – unsigned
Stabilizer – Bounce (Si’s Super Ska bootleg) – Plastic Raygun
DJ Moule – Positive Walk – unsigned
DJ Shadow – The Number Song – Mo Wax
The Guns – Truly One – Jumpin & Bumpin
Mad EP – Acid Jig – Mutate
Red Snapper – Some Kind of Kink – Warp

Mr Minimax

Skream – Monsoon (Loefah remix) – Tempa
Andy Page – Porcelain Elvis – En:vision
Benga – Drumz West – Tempa
Bassbin Twins – Pigpen – Cool & Deadly
Smithmonger vs Kobi – Grizzle – Vertical Sound
Squarepusher – Red Hot Car (Girl) – Warp
Nils Noa – Stereo Style – Lot49
30hz vs Vlad Sokolov – Get Low (Baobinga remix) – Vertical Sound
Meat Katie and D.Ramirez feat. Oddisi – Stop The Revolution (Dubfire’s Arrowhead dub) – Lot49
Richie Hawtin – Twin Cities – M_Nus
EBE – Busted – Grayhound Recordings
Will Saul – Fast Lane – Simple
James Zabiela – Human – white
Optiv and Gridlock – Panache – Project Fifty-One
Noisia – Concussion – Vision
Calyx & Teebee – Cyclone – Moving Shadow
Enduser – The Return – White
Squarepusher – Come On My Selecta – Warp
Shitmat – Hallie Selassie Rules O.K. – Planet Mu

ollspin

Rude Bwoy Monty – Warp Ten – United Music
unknown – Gimme Some Dub – white
FX909 – Darling – Step Express
High Contrast – The Ghost of Jungle Past – Hospital
Gyu – Mettle – Urban Scrumping
Wascal – Hidden Place remix – unsigned
Johan Soh & Myagi – Still (Stefan Goodchild remix) – Sound of Habib
Vorpal – Gymnopedie – Cock Rock Disco

I’ve got another appearance on Void Radio coming up at the end of November, which is most likely going to be full of Rock, Metal, Indie and other lovely guitary music. Full details and promotional spammage will be farmed out closer to the date.

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In other news, I’ve done a mix for the latest Brap.FM Podcast, which should be available to download from the Brap site soon. It’s a 45 minute mix of hip hop, downtempo, chill out and electronica, from the likes of Bonobo, Boards of Canada, Flying Lotus, Jurassic 5 and Prefuse 73. Spammage coming soon.

I also have two other mixes coming… One of hard dirty techno, and one of acid electro and idm. Keep an eye on these pages for more news.

That’s about it for now, but there will be a lot more updates in the next few days, so stay tuned.

Beasts from a Wednesday Night… A New Mix to Download.

I have knocked up a new mix, in a fairly similar vein to my Brap.fm podcast mix, but maybe a wee bit more techno… so if you like your techno dark, hard and with lots of glitch thrown in, this mix might be for you…

Tracklisting:
Mr Minimax – Please Place All Metal Items in the Tray
System 23 – Peaker
Surgeon – Untitled (Klonk 02)
Robert Babicz – Ping Pong In Moonlight
Clark – For Wolves Crew
Richard Devine – Floccus
Aaron Spectre – Say More Fire
Milanese – Billy Electron (Venger Remix)
iTAL tEK – Pins
Neil Landstrumm – Rockers ‘The Underground Kind’
Vex’d – Canyon
Autechre – Gantz Graf (Mr Minimax Re-edit)
Surgeon – Untitled (Klonk 01)
Chemical Brothers – It Dosn’t Matter

DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Enjoy

Mr Minimax on the Brap.fm Podcast June/July. Download Now

This Month, I, Mr Minimax, am taking over the Brap.fm podcast, and putting together a 50 minute blend of music that’s been making me tick lately, as well as a few of my favourites.

My musical history goes back a long way, playing in bands for years, lots of noisy punk and metal music, gigs in pubs, blisters from guitar strings. That was me. I started producing around the same time I started clubbing, and from there, things have been slowly building to where I am today. I now co-run oxford club night Fresh Out the Box. We have a reputation as a breaks night, but in the past 6 months we have seen guests such as Alex Smoke, Will Saul and Cassetteboy, so things are a bit more varied than you’d think. My tastes span pretty much everything under the sun and I try to give everything a chance, judging every track on its individual merits.

DJ wise, my club sets and radio sets vary greatly. Catch me in a club and you’re likely to hear a selection of breaks, techno, house, on a varying scale of heaviness depending on the night. Radio however, is totally different kettle of fish. The only policy is that if I like it, I play it. Be it indie, breakcore, soul or ambient. So far the formula seems to be working well, and listener figures are rising every week.
This mix, is a middle ground between the two platforms. It flits between genres and covers a wide range of the music I’m into, while still retaining a very danceable quality and a solid groove which keeps steady throughout.
If you like what you hear, you can catch me on Brap.fm every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the Month from 10 till midnight, and now, every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the Month, from 4 till 6 in the afternoon. Tuesdays will generally take things down a more experimental route, playing absolutely anything I feel like, guest mixes, artist showcases, label spotlights and demo tracks from up and coming producers. Saturdays will be a lot closer to my club sets, lots of big, beat driven, bass heavy dancefloor material, less features, more unadulterated music!

Thanks for listening, with any luck it will push as many of your buttons as it has mine.
Anyone interested in booking me for their night (which I heartily recommend) send an email to minimax@brap.fm and we’ll talk business.

Anyway, enough from me. I’ll let the music do the talking.

Tracklisting…

01.    File With Interpol – Refluxion [Myuzyk]
02.    Clark – New Year Storm [Warp]
03.    Surgeon – Untitled (Klonk 4) [Dynamic Tension]
04.    DATASSETTE – Vapour Trails [AI]
05.    Si Begg – Non Stop Cut and Paste [Noodles]
06.    iTAL tEK – Shallow Sun [Square Records]
07.    Meat Beat Manifesto – Less [Planet Mu]
08.    Hexstatic – Auto [Ninja Tune]
09.    Bassbin Twins – ESW [Marine Parade]
10.    Sharon Phillips – Want 2/Need 2 (Trentemoller Remix) [Gut]
11.    Skeetaz – Uneffable Bride [Proboscis]
12.    Posthuman – The Disease [Myuzyk] Forthcoming from the ‘Hilda Family EP’
13.    James Fox – Grifter [Unsigned]

Enjoy.

Rob (Minimax)

[Radio] Archive and Tracklist for Last Nights Show Now Up.

It’s that time of the week again.
Last’s nights show was a rather laid back affair, lots of lovely chilled out bits and pieces. New material from Flying Lotus, lots of Warpy goodness, and a bit of deep sexy minimal for good measure.
Thanks to everyone who tuned in, and for those of you who didn’t, the archive is now ready to download…

http://archives.brap.fm/details.php?file=799

Tracklistinge:
Radiohead – Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box [Parlephone]
Alex Metric – Pins [Marine Parade]
Robert Babicz – Ping Pong In Moonlight [Audiomatique]
30hz – Consume Daphne [Lot49]
Monster X – MC Eater [Bedroom Research]
Jackson And His Computer Band – Arpeggio [Warp]
Richard Devine – Floccus [Schematic]
Boxcutter – Kaleid [Planet Mu]
Solace – The Loot [Shift]
Untold – Test Signal [Hessel Audio]
Flying Lotus – Beginners Falafal [Warp]
Slam – Azure (Radioslave Remix) [Soma]
Quantic – Blow Ya Horn [Ubiquity]
Aphilas Collective Memory Loss [Merck]
Pitchshifter – Innit [Geffen]
Luke Vibert – Stern Facials [Mo Wax]
Sound Tribe Sector 9 – By The Morning Remix (Slicker) [1320]
Boards of Canada – Rue The Whirl [Warp]
Brothomstates – mdrmx [Warp]
Reverbaphon – A Matter of Life and Death [Benbecula]
Valgeir Sigurdsson – Focal Point [Bedroom Community]
Bonobo – Wayward Bob [Ninja Tune]
Chris Clark – Farewell Track [Warp]

I’m back again on Saturday 28th June, 16:00 – 18:00 gmt, hopefully with a recording of Ben&Lex LIVE at Fresh Out The Box, and also a showcase of up and coming DnB maestro DJ Bassis.
See you then.
xx

[Radio] MrMinimax on Brap.FM – 03.06.08 – Tracklisting and Archive

It’s Wednesday morning, which means I am shattered from my late night, and late for work because I’ve been twatting about at home uploading the archive.
The good news of course, is that anyone who didn’t catch the show last night can now download it and listen in their own time, and anyone who couldn’t understand me reading the names, or just wants to jog their memory can check the tracklisting in full.
Another good show, with the usual progression from breaks, through techno into darker territory, before coming down gently for the last hour with some hip hop, downtempo and chill out. No guest mix, artist showcase or exclusive tracks this time, just two hours of raw tuneage that’s been stuffing my crust over the last few weeks.

Enjoy…

Download:
http://www.archives.brap.fm/details.php?file=774

Tracklistinge:
Ab Ovo – Hemisphere [Antzen]
Elite Force – Engine [Lot49]
Dylan Rhymes & Blende – Stars feat. Odissi (Jelo Remix) [Lot49]
Skeetaz – Gators (Lawgiverz Remix) [Addictech]
Digital Base – Don’t Get Tired [iBreaks]
Madox and Dopamine – Distorted Mind [Hell Yeah]
Reinhard Voigt – Supertiel [Kompakt Extra]
British Murder Boys – All the Saints Have Been Hung [Counterbalance]
iTAL tEK – Insomniac [Planet Mu]
Mauxuam – Ulezak (Snakebyte Remix) [Interchill]
Deework – Keys Locked [Bedroom Research]
Aphex Twin – Hangable Autobulb [Warp]
Mr Oizo – Last Night a DJ Killed My Dog [Fcom]
Apparat – Arcadia (Telefon Tel Aviv Remix) [Shitkatapult]
Clark – Penultimate Persian [Warp]
Mr Scruff – Giant Pickle [Ninja Tune]
Micah – Revelation [Accidental]
Sound Tribe Sector 9 – Possibilities Remix (Collective Efforts) [1320]
Amon Tobin – Four Ton Mantis (Bonobo Remix) [Ninja Tune]
Thom Yorke – Black Swan [XL]
Valgeir Sigurdsson – Kin feat. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy [Bedroom]
Boards of – Dawn Chorus [Warp]
Michael Manning – Taxi [Net-Lab]

xx

[Radio] MrMinimax on Brap.fm | 20.05.08 – Tracklisting and Archive Download

Hello…..

If you didn’t manage to catch last night’s show, it’s now ready to download from the Brap Archives, along with all of the previous shows.
Quite a mixed bag as usual. Two hours, starting with a nice chunk of dancefloor material, moving swiftly into a range of dark, glitchy idm and breakcore before coming round to settle for the second hour, with some beautifully delicate acoustic bliss, eclectic prog rock from the Nottingham based Efflux, and some lush downtempo, including a brand new demo track from James Fox.

For Tracklisting and Archive download go to the Radio page

KThnx xx

 

Knights Move Thinking – Out Now!

Grab a copy of my new EP at http://myuzyk.net/releases/Mr-Minimax-Knights-Move-Thinking-MZYKN007.php

Feedback is most welcome.

 

Enjoy