I’m downloading this at the moment. As far as what I’m into? House, first and foremost. After that, it’s anything that has that well-produced sound to it. Wierd, exotic sounds… chilled… you know, anything of the sort.
But everyone else here will tell you I’m a sucker for a good house record that house deep drums and a rhythmic guitar 😉
Like the cover shot suggests, this is dark, spacey, glitchy music for foggy, wide open spaces. The beats are honed and sharp, and the synths are wild-eyed and untamed.
Twisted opens up with “Meeting Dave Dish”, a modern arpegio of synths with a numbing pad backdrop. The beats get heavier and the synths begin to vibrate a bit more in “Little Bug which leads into “Who’s Afraid Of Detroit”. “Who’s Afraid Of Detroit” is a
bouncy, surreal, paranoid monster, and the synths work in the most spacey fashion midway through the track to produce one of the more haunting mimimal works to date. “Knarzer Roller”‘s bubbly beats and almost acid synths work with “Neural Block”‘s echoing blips to lead into minimal/techno act of the moment 16-bit Lolitas. Loafer’s thumping, funky effort is a driving tune that injects a hit of clubland into the set before “Randyho”‘s crisp beats and quelching low bass return to minimal form. “Hit Girl” brings in a choppy synth line carries an energy all by itself, which “Xperimental Scratch” cleanly enhances off of with an acidline. “Aargh!”‘s grinding melody and pounding beat provide the peak of this set’s energy, as “Switch” and “The Dig” provide the final darkly enhanting sounds . Fairmont finishes the mix off with echoey, kitchy techno tune that appropriatly reprasents the emphasis of this mix and concludes it perfectly.
Twisted could very well work in a club, but is moreso a clear reprasentation of the mind-bending ability that minimal / tech house can display. Each track has its own special moment that will catch you off guard with its individual contribution. The magic of this mix is simply taking the time to shut off every sense but your hearing, and getting lost in the soundscape that Jan has created.
thanks for the detailed review Vepik. your comments at the end of the review are interesting, as i was talking to a friend over the weekend who didn’t like the flow of the mix as much. when i play, i like to keep people guessing, so that was part of the motivation to jump around between the more noisy stuff and the more minimal. the other thought was that the contrasts make each track stand out more…
Your style alone lives up to the “Twisted” namesake, and reinforces the individuality of the set. I hope you took everything as praise and not criticism — that’s what I was intending. I liked this set a lot; you can contrast music all you want so long as the quality is there, and it certainly was.
On a side note, I check out the website you’re hosted on. The other DJs looked promising as well, any chance the mixes will be hosted soon?
well, thanks again. no, i didn’t take anything the wrong way, i don’t think (though criticism – of the constructive sort – can be as valuable as praise)!
i tend to play out more than record what i do at home, so it’s cool to have feedback that is coherent! will definitely get more mixes on here. and i’ll check with the others about putting stuff up as well.
guess you are probably not in london but we’re all playing at a night here called Kinda Nu on the 11th of May at a bar called Gramaphone near Liverpool st. tube. i’m on last, so my set may well sound a bit twisted…
Great electro-textures throughout with marvelous transitions.
Excellent sound with splendid depth.
I knew not one track previously.Had a blast getting to know them.
Cool cover there.Welcome to the ‘box.(smiley face here)
Welcome to the ‘box Jan.
Jan is a good mate of mine so I’ve heard this mix before, now that he has finally been arsed to post a mix!! 😉
It’s a minimal electro start building to hard techy electro. The mixing is excellent, well worth a listen if you like the harder edge style.
hey,
thanks, dangerscouce for the introduction and the posting!
hope you like it. looking forward to any feedback…
jan
thanks Jan. on the download now.
i’m just getting into some of this minimal stuff. someone played me that martin buttrich track t’other day and it’s killer.
Allright there Jan…on the dload now..lookin forward to givin thiso ne an airing….may this be the first of many…
enjoyed this.
It barrelled along quite nicely.
Kept me awake this afternoon anyway 🙂
thanks for the comments. really enjoyed mixing it too… 🙂
quite liking the twisted techy sound at the moment.
btw, haven’t been around long, but what kind of thing are people on here into?
Really liked this mix, just the sort of stuff I’m into.
Good selection of tunes too, some that it was good to here again and quite a few I hadn’t heard before.
Welcome to the box, Jan!
I’m downloading this at the moment. As far as what I’m into? House, first and foremost. After that, it’s anything that has that well-produced sound to it. Wierd, exotic sounds… chilled… you know, anything of the sort.
But everyone else here will tell you I’m a sucker for a good house record that house deep drums and a rhythmic guitar 😉
Looking forward to this though!
Personally I like anything that doesn’t have trance, Aled Jones, or Columbian Folk Music in it…….
Like the cover shot suggests, this is dark, spacey, glitchy music for foggy, wide open spaces. The beats are honed and sharp, and the synths are wild-eyed and untamed.
Twisted opens up with “Meeting Dave Dish”, a modern arpegio of synths with a numbing pad backdrop. The beats get heavier and the synths begin to vibrate a bit more in “Little Bug which leads into “Who’s Afraid Of Detroit”. “Who’s Afraid Of Detroit” is a
bouncy, surreal, paranoid monster, and the synths work in the most spacey fashion midway through the track to produce one of the more haunting mimimal works to date. “Knarzer Roller”‘s bubbly beats and almost acid synths work with “Neural Block”‘s echoing blips to lead into minimal/techno act of the moment 16-bit Lolitas. Loafer’s thumping, funky effort is a driving tune that injects a hit of clubland into the set before “Randyho”‘s crisp beats and quelching low bass return to minimal form. “Hit Girl” brings in a choppy synth line carries an energy all by itself, which “Xperimental Scratch” cleanly enhances off of with an acidline. “Aargh!”‘s grinding melody and pounding beat provide the peak of this set’s energy, as “Switch” and “The Dig” provide the final darkly enhanting sounds . Fairmont finishes the mix off with echoey, kitchy techno tune that appropriatly reprasents the emphasis of this mix and concludes it perfectly.
Twisted could very well work in a club, but is moreso a clear reprasentation of the mind-bending ability that minimal / tech house can display. Each track has its own special moment that will catch you off guard with its individual contribution. The magic of this mix is simply taking the time to shut off every sense but your hearing, and getting lost in the soundscape that Jan has created.
thanks for the detailed review Vepik. your comments at the end of the review are interesting, as i was talking to a friend over the weekend who didn’t like the flow of the mix as much. when i play, i like to keep people guessing, so that was part of the motivation to jump around between the more noisy stuff and the more minimal. the other thought was that the contrasts make each track stand out more…
Your style alone lives up to the “Twisted” namesake, and reinforces the individuality of the set. I hope you took everything as praise and not criticism — that’s what I was intending. I liked this set a lot; you can contrast music all you want so long as the quality is there, and it certainly was.
On a side note, I check out the website you’re hosted on. The other DJs looked promising as well, any chance the mixes will be hosted soon?
well, thanks again. no, i didn’t take anything the wrong way, i don’t think (though criticism – of the constructive sort – can be as valuable as praise)!
i tend to play out more than record what i do at home, so it’s cool to have feedback that is coherent! will definitely get more mixes on here. and i’ll check with the others about putting stuff up as well.
guess you are probably not in london but we’re all playing at a night here called Kinda Nu on the 11th of May at a bar called Gramaphone near Liverpool st. tube. i’m on last, so my set may well sound a bit twisted…
I’m really interested in hearing what Katie Smiles is playing, only because it sounds a lot like the music I’m mixing up lately.
Congrats on the Kinda Nu site btw, looks great.
Great electro-textures throughout with marvelous transitions.
Excellent sound with splendid depth.
I knew not one track previously.Had a blast getting to know them.
Cool cover there.Welcome to the ‘box.(smiley face here)
hey use08, thanks and glad you liked it!
vepik, katie plays really funky/soulful house and quite a bit of classic house. frankie knuckles is her favorite dj…nuff said:!: