Brandon Plank

minimalism + sound

May 16, 2012

Glitch & Techhouse (a look back)

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Lately, techno and house have become a bit too trancey-pants and progressive-houseish for my liking. I remembered back to the late 90s, early 2000s when there was the minimal, ‘clack’ house and glitchhouse style that I loved so much. Also back then, techhouse meant house that was almost techno, not the stuff Beatport and others call it, but is really just plain old house. So with that, here’s a mix of some of my fav tracks from that amazing era that very few people embraced.

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01. Dean DeCosta – Precursor – [Lo-Fi Stereo]
02. The Missing Link – 911 – [Wagon Repair]
03. Swayzak vs. Theorem – 020100 (Swayzak Mix) – [Swazak Recordings]
04. Jeff Milligan – Resolution – [Force Inc.]
05. Maetrik – Bias Defiance – [Chalant]
06. Casey Hogan – Clear Blue – [Macintosh]
07. Eddie Richards – Tileefuoynac – [Storm Recordings]
08. Morgan Page – Perspective – [Chalant]
09. Falko Brocksieper – Off The Rack – [Sub Static]
10. Brian Aneurysm & Christian Quast – Wessex – [Iron Box]
11. Gideon Jackson & Nathan Scott – 2 Tone – [Dope Cottage]
12. Drum Komputer – Slickfrequency (Further Thoughts Remix) – [ItIsWhatItIs]
13. Dean DeCosta – Diminishing Returns (Bluetrain Special Edition Dub) – [Mosaic]
14. Geoff White – Grene Bene – [Background]
15. Ricardo Villalobos – Bredow – [Perlon]
16. Alric – Tres Semanas – [Plastic City]
17. Zimmermann – Heaven – [Room Recordings]
18. Elting_Lieb – Drifting – [Konvex Kokav]
19. Jake Fairley – Exploder – [Sender]
20. Maetrik – Choose Your System – [Treibstoff]
21. Question – Untitled (A2) – [Question 001]
22. Rino Cerrone – Deep Frequency – [Saw Recordings]
23. Michael Langlois – Snap – [Sub Static]
24. M.I.A. – River – [Trapez]
25. Geoff White – Now Showing – [Traum]
26. Swayzak – Doobie – [Medicine Label]

time: 75.23
bpm: ~125
file: mp3/192kbps/44.1kHz/stereo
master: -0.2/0db

March 21, 2012

Promo Mix 0412

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Lots of great new stuff out this month. You’ll notice I played 2 Reset Robot tracks from the same release; it’s that good, so I had to play both. I also added 2 mashup/edits of my own and finishing off is a glorious dubstep/pop tune from Alex Clare. It’s hard to find, but worth it if you do find a copy.

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01. Unbalance – Raw & Love – [Unbalance 4]
02. 785 – Mada Theory – [Apotek]
03. Tom Laws – Stranger With My Face (Sasha Carassi Remix) – [Sleaze]
04. Tim Xavier – Play On Words – [Rrygular]
05. Scuba – Flash Addict – [Hotflush CD007]
06. MiniCoolBoyz – Lost In Lodz (Plank’s Mashed-up Edit) – [UNRELEASED]
07. Dub Taylor – Hidden From The Mind – [Rotary Cocktail]
08. Terrence Dixon – Return Of The Speaker People (Kausto’s Sudden Aphasia Mix) – [Shanti]
09. Reset Robot – Moozboosh – [Truesoul]
10. Hardfloor – Acperience 1 (Robert Babicz Spacefunk Mix) – [Hardfloor]
11. Arjun Vagale – The Second Nutcase – [Trapez LTD 109]
12. Mikael Jonasson – Inferno – [Atypical Farm]
13. Blood & Tears – Demise – [Spielstaub]
14. Reset Robot – Purple Shoots – [Truesoul]
15. Neil Landstrumm – Touch It – [Killekill 006]
16. Omid 16b – Electronics – [Bedrock]
17. David Alvarado – Klugh (DJ Dozia Remix) – [Ovum]
18. Kalden Bess – Alice – [Analytic Trail]
19. Lewis Fautzi – Keep On – [Konstruct]
20. ASC – 3rd Gradient – [Auxiliary Transmissions 006]
21. Miro Pajic – Saturn Love (Tomas More Kepler 22b Remix) – [Illegal Alien Records]
22. Brandon Plank – Asteroid Funk Signal – [UNRELEASED]*
23. Alex Clare – Too Close – [Island]

* This is a mash up/edit of Maetrik – “Asteroid Funk” and Attemporal & Ness – “Acid Signal”

time: 74:56
bpm: ~126
file: mp3/192kbps/44.1kHz/stereo
master: -0.1/0db

March 3, 2012

Promo 0212 (Selekta Podcast)

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This is a mix I made for Selekta Recordings’ podcast app and website. This mix is pure funky, fun house music with some disco mixed in. I sometimes forget just how much of this style of music I have in my repertoire (like the Mongoloids and Optik tracks), so occasionally I whip some tunes out and make a mix to glide out to. Hope you enjoy.

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01. Da Mongoloids – Spark Da Meth (Bangin Like A Benzi Mix) – [Stricly Rhythm]
02. Trevor Vichas & Terry Mullan – Cash For Gold – [Coyote Cuts]
03. DJ Wild & Chris Carrier & William Kouam Djoko – WCW – [Catwash HS005]
04. Camouflage – Formula – [Keepit Real]
05. Jay Tripwire – Satompy – [Tonality Recordings]
06. Lawnchair Generals – Don’t Stop – [Lazy Days]
07. Marshall Jefferson – Move Your Body (Maurice Joshua Remix) – [Nu Soul]
08. Giano – Everyone Loves Disco -[Tequila Trax]
09. Jay West – As A Kite – [Brown Eyed Boyz]
10. Cabin Fever – Star, Sky & Hutch – [Rekids 20]
11. Doctor Dru & Adana Twins – Juicy Fruit – [Exploited]
12. Odd Parents – Fame (Catz ‘N Dogz & Martin Dawson Freaky Friday Remix) – [Ellum]
13. Jacksonville – Sometime Shortwave – [Doppler]
14. Optik – Music Harmony And Rhythm (1991) – [MBG International]
15. La Peña – Discodogs – [La Pena 009]
16. Phil Weeks – Pimpin 4 Weeks – [Robsoul PW2]
17. Terry G – Solid Funk (Jay-Kay Remix) – [Seventy Four 020]
18. Freaky Disco – Factor 50 – [Wiggle 37]
19. Dualton and Orugasan – USSR – [Taekyon Music]
20. Sian & Mladen Tomic – Front Pocket (Nicole Moudaber Remix) – [Octapus 28]
21. Ministry of Funk – Conocerme – [DJ Xpress PROMO]

time: 68:13
bpm: ~124
file: mp3/192kbps/44.1kHz/stereo
master: -0.1/0db

January 12, 2012

The History of Drum and Bass Series – Part 1: 1992-1995

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I decided to create some mixes that, to me, embody the history and amazing sounds that have shaped, for better or worse, what Drum and Bass is today. All of these tracks are old records, promos, dubplates sand acetates I’ve acquired throughout the years and played at parties/clubs. In the case of dubs/acetates, I tried to remember the artist/track title/year as best I could. I’m certainly not DJ Hype or Dara and I’m in no way the lead authority on this sound, but I hope you enjoy these mixes as much as I do.
All the mixes are available in 192kbps and FLAC.

1992 to 1995 were the formative years for this sound and rightly so, we start in the beginning with the more ‘aardcore sound that hadn’t evolved into jungle quite yet. As the mix progresses, we get fully into the jungle sound and even into the futuristic drum and bass that wasn’t quite popular yet. The mix concludes with the infamous 88.3 track which sounds end up, to me, to be one of the defining drum/build styles that would take over the jump-up scene and be Aphrodite’s signature sound in the following years.

Click to download “1992-1995″ in 192kbps (88mb file)
Click to download “1992-1995″ in FLAC (486mb file)

01. Origin Unknown – Valley Of The Shadows – [RAM Records] 1993
02. Liquid Crystal – To The Top – [Ruff on Wax] 1993
03. M-Beat – Surrender – [Renk Records PROMO] 1993
04. Orca – 4AM (Remix 2) – [Pure White] 1993
05. Liquid Crystal – Radiate – [Bizarre 3R WHITE LABEL] 1992
06. DJ Crystl – Suicidal – [Lucky Spin 001] 1992
07. Stakka & K.Tee – Hear Say – [RAM Records 15] 1995
08. Special Red – Come Bad Boy – [Underdog 006] 1994
09. DJ Trace & Ed Rush – Don Bad Man – [Lucky Spin] 1993
10. Bassline Generation – Dark Man – [Mask Records] 1995
11. Urban Shakedown – Some Justice ’95 (Arsonist Dub Mix) – [Urban Shakedown] 1995
12. Leviticus – The Burial – [ACETATE/DUBPLATE] 1995
13. Splash – Babylon – [Dee Jay Recordings] 1995
14. Mr E, Dillinja & Clarky – Steelers Anthem – [IQ Records] 1994
15. Ray Keith – Keep On (Vocal Mix) – [Urban Gorilla] 1995
16. Sound Of The Future – Lighter (DJ Friendly Mix) – [Formation Records] 1995
17. Elementz Of Noize – Other Side Of Town – [SOUR] 1995
18. Dub Technicians – Mindscape (VIP) – [ACETATE/DUBPLATE] 1994
19. Shabba Ranks – Let’s Get It On (Goldie Mix) – [ACETATE/DUBPLATE] 1995
20. MA2 – Hearing Is Believing (Remix) – [ACETATE/DUBPLATE] 1995
21. Unknown Artist – Buddy Buddy (Cocksman Mix) – [SBP Records] 1995
22. Underworld – Murder Dem – [ACETATE/DUBPLATE] 1995
23. UK Apachi Shy FX – Original Nuttah – [Moonshine PROMO] 1995
24. Full Dread – Living Life – [ACETATE/DUBPLATE] 1994
25. Concept 3 – Rush (Remix) – [ACETATE/DUBPLATE] 1994
26. DJ Scoobie – Don’t Know – [ACETATE/DUBPLATE] 1994
27. DJ Crystl – Meditation – [Dee Jay Recordings] 1993
28. Jonny L – Sam – [XL Recordings 56] 1995
29. 88.3 – Wishing On A Star (Urban Shakedown Full Vocal Mix) – [Urban Gorilla] 1995

time: 64:33
bpm: ~165
file: mp3/192kbps/44.1kHz/stereo
master: -1.5/+1.9db

January 11, 2012

Promo Mix 0112

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Lots of big room techno this month, but a transition into some funky house, ending on a deeper tech house vibe. Doesn’t seem like the styles would jive, but I think the mix works.

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01. STL – Loop 02 – [Something Vinyl Series 02]
02. Suedmilch – Di Lion Roar Dem – [Numbolic]
03. Maetrik – The Entity – [Truesoul]
04. Brandon Plank – Drumz – [UNRELEASED]
05. Audio Injection – Condition (Tex-Rec Remix) – [Silent Steps]
06. Christopher Just – Disco Dancer (Felix Bernhardt Remix) – [AFU LTD]
07. Petar Dundov & Gregor Tresher – Geist – [Music Man]
08. Oliver Dodd – Frozen Fog – [Konstructure]
09. Rrose – Waterfall – [Sandwell District]
10. Until Silence – The Affair – [CDr]
11. Jichael Mackson – Gedöns – [CDr]
12. Aldo Cadiz – Balance (Oscar Remix) – [Lordag]
13. Popof – Dancing Moon – [Cocoon]
14. Jacksonville – Lost In Delaware – [Doppler]
15. Faith In Bass – Blau Zwischen Grau (Mark Blakkat Bell Mix) – [Nude Photo PROMO]
16. Steely Dan – Hey Nineteen (Brandon Bass Rerub) – [UNRELEASED]
17. Rick Wade – Nightgallery – [Yore]
18. G-Man – Quo Vadis (D.Diggler Remix) – [GMR Records]
19. Pfirter and Grindvik – Untitled 1 (Skudge Remix) – [STHLMLTD]
20. Michael McLardy – Dim – [Back You To You]
21. Owain K – Sans Fin – [Pokerflat 28 LTD]
22. Bill Youngman – Trilogy – [Killekill]

time: 61:54
bpm: ~124
file: mp3/192kbps/44.1kHz/stereo
master: -0.5/0db

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