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.

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.

FOTB Present: Ben & Lex, That Girl DJ, Jung, MrMinimax… Friday 20th June, The Cellar, Oxford

Fresh Out The Box Present:
Friday 20th June 

Ben & Lex
(Functional, Ape, Beatz & Bobz)

That Girl DJ
(Boomslang, Re:Connect)

Jung
(Nsb Radio)

Mr Minimax (DJ Set)
(FOTB, Brap.fm, Myuzyk)

The Cellar

21:00 – 3:00

£4 with Flyer / B4 10pm
£5 after

http://www.wegottickets.com

This Month at FOTB we’ve got breakbeat stalwarts Ben & Lex, up and coming producer That Girl DJ both making their FOTB debuts, as well as neo-blogster Jung returning for his second set in 6 months. Also gracing the booth is our own Mr Minimax, rounding off the night with his blend of Breaks, Techno and Dubstep, sure to have people dancing till the lights come on.

Ben & Lex
The Devonshire duo have been wowing audiences in the South West for over eight years, and now their own vinyl releases have now confirmed them as one of the hottest properties in breakbeat.

Their debut single “Cosa Nostra” was released on Functional Breaks in 2003 and received universal DJ and radio support around the world. Their second release for the label followed soon after, a double ‘A’ sided single “Proper Tasty / Reconsidered” which firmly stamped its mark on the breaks scene with radio play on Radio One, Ministry of Sound FM, Breaks FM, several other international shows and has had DJ support from the likes of Freq Nasty, Krafty Kuts, Skool of Thought, Tayo and Steelzawheelz to name but a few.

As well as continuing to release on Functional Breaks – their tune “Soundgal“, as featured on Freq Nasty’s Breakspoll 2006 compilation, is released as Functional #44 – the boys have been approached by the likes of Big Square for “Floor Burn“, Trusted for “Funky Music” (also a top ten O2 ringtone) and Drum and Breaks for “Raw 2 Da Floor/ Le Chunk” ft MC Spee (Dreadzone).

Their distinctive sound can be heard on their weekly Nuskool Breaks radio show. Ben & Lex have also had an exclusive half-hour mix on Radio 1 for Annie Nightingale and they are residents at the UK’s longest running monthly breakbeat night, Beatz & Bobz, where they regularly support break beat heavyweights such as Rennie Pilgrem, Freq Nasty, Tayo, James Lavelle (Unkle) and The Freestylers as well as giants such as the Wu tang, Afrika Bambaata, Grandmaster Flash, Adam F & Fresh and DJ Zinc.

As well as critically acclaimed sets across the UK, and The Glade and Beautiful Days festivals, they are gaining international kudos with recent appearances at the Miami Winter Music Conference, Dangerous Drums in Berlin, Mission Dance Winter Sessions in Mannheim and the Break Nation festival in Seville where they rocked it to a crowd of over 10,000 Spanish nutters!!

They are now also running their own label Ape Music (with releases & remixes from Will White (Propellorheads), Transformer Man, Entity, Afghan Headspin & more) and with many big remixes already lined up for the rest of this year, these two Westcountry Warriors look like they will be impossible to escape, so go see them and treat yourself to a damn good party!

http://www.benandlex.co.uk

http://www.myspace.com/benandlex

That Girl DJ
Who is That Girl DJ? Starting out under the watchful eye of mentors Vigi and Mr B (Streetwise Recordings / Boomslang), That Girl DJ has been quickly making her way into the scene and moving up the ranks over the past year. Sets at Herbal, Urban Nights and Lockside Lounge in London, Ambush in Nottingham, Future Funk in Sheffield, Gobbstopper in Taunton, Magik Bullet in Plymouth and Spectrum in Leicester have made her a name to watch out for! Add to that her regular appearances at the night she helps run and promote, the Breakspoll award-nominated Boomslang in Cambridge (supporting artists such as Stanton Warriors, Atomic Hooligan, Tayo, Stanton Warriors, Slyde, Soul of Man, Scratch Perverts, Rennie Pilgrem, Plump DJs and many more) and you have a rising star in the breakbeat scene. When she’s not rocking the dancefloor, That Girl DJ hosts the Boomslang Breaks show on NSB Radio, the worlds biggest breaks radio station, playing a fortnightly two-hour selection of her own flavour of breaks, electro and wonky house. Her very first tune is due for release in early June 2008 backed up by wicked remixes from Sam Hell and Australia’s Karl Sav.

http://www.thatgirldj.com
http://www.myspace.com/thatgirldjmusic

Jung
From an introverted five year old with a deep founded love of an early 90’s mixtape found in his dad’s car, to a twenty three year old with residencies and multiple radioshows under his belt, Jung is by no doubt a fast mover.
Whether it be in the booth for his residency at Swindon’s famous (and now defunct) Brunel Rooms nightclub, the spare bedroom for his fortnightly show on NSB Radio or simply smashing the living shit out of various night’s in Oxford, London & Southampton to name but a few.
His style is probably as wild and flamboyant as Kate Moss’ choice in men; talented, dirty and always the inspiration behind a messy weekend. That, coupled with the skill akin to the Dewaele brother’s talents of flirting with a multitude of genres as if the borders between them never existed, Jung expertly flits from House to Electro through Breaks, Techno, Hip Hop, Rock & everything in between.

http://www.muujun.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/jungcantdj

http://www.freshoutthebox.net
http://www.myspace.com/fotbfreshoutthebox
http://www.mrminimax.co.uk

Catch Mr Minimax on Brap.fm every 1st 3rd and 5th Tuesday of the Month 22:00 – 00:00 GMT
AND NOW every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the Month 16:00 – 18:00 GMT
http://www.brap.fm

FOTB 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

 

Forthcoming EP on Myuzyk

I have an EP coming out on the net-label; myuzyk.net.

It will be available to download for free, as a 320kbs mp3 or FLAC from www.myuzyk.net 

For a taster of the release, go to www.myspace.com/mrminimax 

release date: TBC