Mark Slavin's little kingdom

Mark Slavin's Litil Planet dubstep mix

2009-04-18T13:50:00.000-07:00

So, this is my new dubstep mix I thought I'd make due to the fact that I'm playing my first full dubstep set ever at café Protest, night called BASS IT!. Made this one with Traktor, it's actually quite fun, fiddling around with all digital content - and there are plenty of digital-only releases in this set.

To kick it off, there is a track by Breakage that Digital Soundboy gave away for free, it's still available in their Downloads section. Followed by Instra:Mental's (another name which is more associated with drum&bass) incredible Futurist, rather obscure song about wedged chickens getting treatment by the Dutchman Martyn, brilliant new Ramadanman, and other goodies, this mix has everything from techy end to soulful. Not to mention Estonia's own dubstep badboy L-OW with two tunes. And D1 under Dub Police is probably one of dubstep's sweetest moments up to date. And some melancholic rock'n'roll style vibes from Distance.

Anyway, each of the tune has a story to tell, so fetch the mix here >

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M8DBKRW0

some new mirrors:

mirror1 @beatplexity
mirror2 @dnbshare

01 breakage - darhma - digital soundboy

02 instra:mental - futurist - naked lunch

03 shed - another wedged chicken (martyn's 131 remix) - ostgut ton

04 ramadanman - humber - apple pips

05 l-ow - reflector - on the edge

06 distance - no sunshine - chestplate

07 d1 - chocolate orange - dub police

08 shapes & colours - times like these - urban graffiti

09 l-ow - throbs - dub:iouz

10 sharamji - break your heart feat maggie horn - soul motive

11 fstz - witness the day - bassism

12 h.o.d - impure thoughts - urban graffiti

13 breakage - late night - naked lunch

14 kontext - plumes (relocate remix) - immerse

15 distance - present day - chestplate

16 dlx - dreams - roguedubs

17 d1 & kontext - forever (d1 remix) - dub police

73min 35sec, 320kbps, 168mb

Dubstep session 17.06.2008

2009-04-06T16:05:00.000-07:00

This is my very first dubstep mix. Come to think of it, I only had 7 or 8 dubstep records at the time, all of which were used up in this set. Still, in my own and not so humble opinion I managed to make a good one. Some of the tunes aren't exactly dubstep, or weren't classified as such at the time of their release (Vipersquad under Flytronix's Solaria records, anyone? 1999 biz!), and I wasn't that fond of dubstep at the time, but this mix has been on constant rotation in my car. After all, I made this mix for myself, like I mostly do - to know my tunes.

Anyway, here is the mix > http://www.sendspace.com/file/40tgif

1. Geiom - Zalim Maar Daala (BERKANE SOL)
2. Vex'd - 3rd Choice (Loefah remix) (PLANET MU)
3. Skream - Pass The Red Stripe (SOUL JAZZ)
4. D1 - Speed (TEMPA)
5. Vipersquad - Future Noir (Deckard's Dream) (SOLARIA)
6. Skream - Subs Island (SOUL JAZZ)
7. Horsepower Productions - To The Beat Y'all (TEMPA)
8. Darqwan - Confused (TECTURE)
9. L.D - Clock Watching (RINGO)
10. Horsepower Productions - Fist Of Fury (TEMPA)
11. G Squad - Assumptions (Skream mix) (RINGO)
12. D1 - I'm Lovin' (TEMPA)

49min 00sec, 256kbps, 90mb, pure vinyl bizness!

Expression mixed by Mark Slavin

2009-04-06T15:40:00.000-07:00

A long, long time ago I wanted to make a mix of purely Estonian and Finnish tunes, majority of which was unreleased or not that known at the time. I probably could have the entire mix as I tried to do it, but somehow it didn't feel like cheating if I added a couple of tunes which weren't exactly according to the standard. Here is the original Dreamworld by Finland's best, Physics - the tune that eventually got remixed by none other than D-Bridge. Then there's another version of Nemos' Kuues Meel - by Aural Imbalance, a very, very overlooked release; I already mentioned Gnome and his "Leadium" earlier on, but here is the original. Dice is the moniker under which people from around of Finnish Gulf have known the dubstep don Tes La Rok, before he discovered dubstep. I think the tune in the mix was also released later under Raul Saaremets's Umblu imprint under a different name, on his album.

Stare is another Estonian fellow who even got signed to DSCI4 and Renegade records under the name of Crescent, which eventually leads the mix to Rip's epic "Klaasikillumäng". Now, not many people have heard of him, and I don't think anyone will unless he gets his interest back to electronic music and stops being so fucking lazy, pardon mi french, but this guy was possibly one of the most ingenious people I've ever known. He used to be my classmate for 11 years and almost like a brother, where I lacked in chaos and strived in order, he was the exact opposite. This tune was released on a very limited 1997 A-Reen CD which withheld tracks from Estonian amateur artists, of which some have gone bigger (Def Räädu), and others have either chosen another paths or just forgotten. On a side note, it also contained my own crappy electro experiment ;).

Further on, in this mix, is one of Inztance's earlier works, later on this chap would start a label called Red Dragon and now he is working with Trisector from Finland and is signed to Vampire, Levitation, and was voted no 1 Estonian d&b producer of 2007 and 2008. And still has my AKG headphones, the bugger. :D

Here, however, is the entire mix for your pleasure> http://www.sendspace.com/file/y6cla9

Physics - Dreamworld (BLINDSIDE)
Nemos - Kuues Meel (Aural Imbalance remix) (NEMOS)
Gnome - Leadium (CDR)
Dice - Fields Of Glory (CDR)
Digital - Ready Or Not (INNERGROUND)
Stare - Strings Attached (PHUNKFICTION)
Rip - Klaasikillumäng (CDR)
Fanu - Siren Song (SUBTITLES)
Breakage - Who What Where (BREAKIN)
Psychodelic - Supernova (EXEGENE)
Inztance - It's All Vain (CDR)
Stare - ??? (CDR)
Baitercell & Schumacher (feat. Bex) - What's Down Low? (Aquasky Assassin Mix) (BLACK NOISE)
Ben Sage - Sleepless VIP (EVOL INTENT)

61min 36sec, 192kbps, 85mb

all Omni Trio mix vol 2

2009-04-06T14:45:00.000-07:00

Because I haven't heard an Omni Trio tune I don't adore, here is another mix with Omni Trio tunes from the post-rave period. To be absolutely honest I was too stoned to notice that I played Skeleton Keys remix twice. No, I rarely do that, in case you ask :) In fact, weed is easily abused. Nevertheless, the mix, in my own opinion, is absolutely fantastic.

grab it here > http://www.sendspace.com/file/juaamb

00:00 1. Omni Trio - Shadowplay (ASHADOW 1)
02:20 2. Omni Trio - Red Rain (E-Coli mix) (ASHADOWLP 10)
05:27 3. Omni Trio - Rhythm Methods (ASHADOWLP 6)
09:17 4. Omni Trio - Skeleton Keys (Omni Trio remix) (ASHADOWLP 10)
12:57 5. Omni Trio - Revolver (SHADOW 121R)
15:14 6. Omni Trio - Fire Island (ASHADOWLP 10)
18:20 7. Omni Trio - Kinetic (ASHADOWLP 26)
23:45 8. Omni Trio - Who Are You? (Aquasky remix) (ASHADOWLP 6)
26:23 9. Omni Trio & Deep Blue - Station To Station (GOOD LOOKING)
20:58 10. Omni Trio - Ocean Driver (ASHADOWLP 10)
32:26 11. Omni Trio - Meltdown (remix) (ASHADOWLP 20)
36:31 12. Omni Trio - Artificial Life (Harp Tune) (ASHADOWLP 26)
39:31 13. Omni Trio - Secret Life (ASHADOWLP 23S)
42:53 14. Omni Trio - Diffusion Loops (ASHADOWLP 26)
45:31 15. Omni Trio - Skeleton Keys (ASHADOWLP 10)
48:54 16. Omni Trio - Penetration (ASHADOWLP 23)
51:59 17. Omni Trio - Higher Ground (ASHADOWLP 26)
55:01 18. Omni Trio - Beyond The Fundamental (Big Bud remix) (ASHADOWLP 20)
57:50 20. Omni Trio - Nu Birth Of Kool (Rogue Unit remix) (ASHADOWLP 10)
59:54 20. Omni Trio - Twin Town Karaoke (Guardians Of Dalliance remix) (ASHADOWLP 6)

64min 52sec, 256kbps, 118mb

all Omni Trio mix vol 1

2009-04-06T14:06:00.000-07:00

So, I guess I don't need to say Rob Haigh is one of the best things that has happened to drum&bass, in my opinion. To praise his work I made this little fast potpourri of his work - pure vinyl business!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/c6mi85

1. 00:00 Omni Trio - Mainline - Moving Shadow
2. 03:53 Omni Trio - Step Off (Gold Blend mix) - Moving Shadow
3. 06:54 Omni Trio - Feel Good (Original In Demand mix) - Moving Shadow
4. 08:42 Omni Trio - Thru The Vibe (2 On 1 mix) - Moving Shadow
5. 10:31 Omni Trio - Thru The Vibe (Bongo mix) - Moving Shadow
6. 12:21 JMJ & Richie - Hall Of Mirrors (Omni Trio remix) - Moving Shadow
7. 15:19 Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Original In Demand mix) - Moving Shadow
8. 16:56 Omni Trio - Renegade Snares - Moving Shadow
9. 18:33 Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Rob's Reconstruction mix) - Moving Shadow
10. 20:22 Omni Trio - Living For The Future - Moving Shadow
11. 22:11 Omni Trio - Living For The Future (FBD Project mix) - Moving Shadow
12. 23:47 Omni Trio - ??? - Moving Shadow
13. 25:50 Omni Trio - ??? - Moving Shadow
14. 27:50 Omni Trio - Together - Moving Shadow
15. 30:28 Omni Trio - ??? - Moving Shadow
16. 32:29 Omni Trio - ??? - Moving Shadow
17. 35:07 Morcheeba - The Music That We Hear (Omni Trio remix) - Lacerba
18. 37:20 Omni Trio - Nu Birth Of Kool - Moving Shadow
19. 39:29 Omni Trio - Soul Of Darkness (Promenade 96 Rollout) - Moving Shadow
20. 41:44 Omni Trio - Torn - Moving Shadow
21. 43:52 Omni Trio - Trippin' On Broken Beats - Moving Shadow
22. 46:12 Omni Trio - Trippin' On Broken Beats VIP - Moving Shadow
23. 48:33 Omni Trio - Who Are You? - Moving Shadow
24. 51:28 Omni Trio - Sanctuary - Moving Shadow
25. 54:12 Foul Play - Synthetic Bitch (Omni Trio remix) - Partisan
26. 55:48 Omni Trio - Breakbeat Etiquette - Moving Shadow
27. 58:51 Omni Trio - Lucid - Moving Shadow
28. 62:50 Omni Trio - Twin Town Karaoke - Moving Shadow
29. 64:49 Tundra - Sprouts (Omni Trio remix) - Offshore
30. 67:51 Omni Trio - Nu Birth - Moving Shadow
31. 69:22 Omni Trio - Together VIP - Moving Shadow

74min 39sec, 192kbps, 102mb

all Paradox mix

2009-04-06T13:57:00.000-07:00

Because Dev Paradox was about to do a live gig at my friend's Vxn's event series LIFT in 2007, I thought an all Dev mix would be in order. Frankly, the gig itself was anything but ordinary, Dev on the mic + floppy discs and lots of ancient hardware I had not seen in ages :) Shame I was too wasted.

Follow this link and you shall be blessed> http://www.sendspace.com/file/5frby8

1. Brown & Rhymeside - Break Exploitation (MOVING SHADOW)
2. Brown & Dangerman - Dreams Of Another World (STRONGHOLD)
3. Alaska & Paradox - Space Age (GOOD LOOKING)
4. Alaska & Paradox - Two Thousand (720)
5. Paradox - Give The Drummer Some (REINFORCED)
6. Alaska & Nucleus - The Nautilus (720)
7. Nucleus & Paradox - Tell Me The Truth (ESOTERIC)
8. Alaska feat Leo - How You Feel (13 MUSIC)
9. Alaska & Paradox - Drum Sessions (PARADOX MUSIC)
10. Seba & Paradox - Move On (HOSPITAL)
11. Paradox - Bongolia (BASSBIN)
12. Seba & Paradox - Stone Cold (PARADOX MUSIC)
13. Seba & Paradox - Kali (FREAK)
14. Alaska - Born Again (VIBEZ)
15. Nucleus & Paradox - Elusion Theme (version) (PARADOX MUSIC)
16. Alaska - Ancestral (ARCTIC MUSIC)

55min 20sec, 192kbps, 76mb

Offkey Night promotional mix

2009-04-06T13:11:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time, there was void in techno-dnb. And that void was filled by Raiden, who had moved to Estonia, and had a label called Offkey - still has actually. So the clever promoters had an idea, to make a regular Offkey event, which was christened as Offkey Night, and to which I was assigned a resident - and was happy to do so, as it was a good series and I had opportunities to play harder stuff than usual. Not to mention - had craploads of fun as well. This form of music never takes prisoners at all, so put on some clean underwear and beware before following this link :

http://www.sendspace.com/file/thysk4

1. DJ Vapour - No Smoke (Jamal remix) (36TH CHAMBER)
2. Limewax - Cat And The Hat (LB)
3. TZA feat Joanna - State Of Mind (CDR)
4. Silentkiller - Orgy (OHM RESISTANCE)
5. TZA - Lady Death (BARCODE)
6. SPL - Fade (POSITION CHROME)
7. Axis + Trank - Blood Money (ALGORYTHM)
8. Proket - Proportion (Lethal + Khanage remix) (OFFKEY LTD)
9. Allied - Lunar 3 (SINUOUS)
10. SPL - Fist (HABIT)
11. Kaiser - Black Dunes (HOSTILE)
12. Ewun - Hate Machine (Spor remix) (BARCODE)
13. Unknown Error - The Guarded One (UNIVERSAL PROJECT)
14. The Panacea - Cryptonomicon (POSITION CHROME)
15. Masheen - Distant Echo (SINUOUS)
16. Rawtekk - Hunter (CITRUS)
17. Psidream - Daredevil (CYANIDE)
18. Coresplittaz - Unite (INTRASIGNENT DIGITAL)
19. Numek feat Mystification - Acrive (MINDSAW)
20. Antichristus - Burning Soul (BLACK HOE)
21. Numek - Reset (MINDSAW)
22. Current Value - The Indivisible Force (OBSCENE)

48min 24sec, 192kbps, 66mb

some comments from Offkey board as well>

thepanacea

i can only recommend all mark slavin mixes that guy really knows his shit! always top notch selection and mixing. listening to them in the gym all the time......

thesect
agree wholeheartedly (apart from the gym bit, what's one of those??)

Tallinn At Night vol 1

2009-04-06T12:45:00.001-07:00

Here's another mix I did, called Tallinn At Night. Don't really know why I named it like that, but possibly because all this atmospheric, beautiful, haunting, technical music made an association with my home city in my mind. It has to be the soundtrack for cruising at night on Tallinn's outskirts while having a glimpse on how the scenery varies from concrete ruins to dark green forests, or driving through the gray residential jungle.

In this mix, also tunes of Estonian or semi-Estonian origin can be found, including some unreleased gems such as Teebee's remix of Psynoid - Factory which was supposed to be released on Inztance's label Red Dragon. Unfortunately, the label never made it past the debut release so the tune went to the big black abyss of abandoned tunage. Also, I'd point out the excellent Skeema remix of our own boys' Nemos' single Kuues Meel (The Sixth Sense in translation). The somewhat modest boys are still active and having bigger plans than ever, go check out their website at http://nemos.ee/.

You possibly don't know who is Gnome - but this talented guy has mostly done digital art as of recent. However, in the past he has also had his share on atmospheric drum&bass, so he made a tune called Leadium and somehow magically it got remixed by none other than Hungarian talent ICR. I don't even have a clue if it got released in the meanwhile, but I'm happy it's featured in this mix. Check Gnome's painting blog at http://kaitpaint.blogspot.com/.

get the mix here> http://www.sendspace.com/file/esx0a3

Tallinn At Night, volume 1, mixed by Mark Slavin

1. 00:00 Blame - Sabotage (720)
2. 02:33 Matizz - Through My Eyes (Future Engineers re-set) (CAMINO BLUE)
3. 04:23 Psynoid - Factory (Teebee remix) (RED DRAGON)
4. 05:51 Crossfire & Pura Vida - Time Has Come (CROSSFIRE)
5. 08:03 Greenfly - Sixteen (RED MIST)
6. 11:42 Blu Mar Ten - Black Water (Crossed Wires mix) (EXCEPTIONAL)
7. 13:54 ASC - Bad Dreams (COVERT OPERATIONS)
8. 16:05 Autumn - It's Always About The Girl (Lomax remix) (CELSIUS)
9. 19:23 Electrosoul System & Liquitek - Mirror (CAMINO BLUE)
10. 21:35 USB - The Swallow (FOKUZ LTD)
11. 23:24 J Laze - Nod To The Godz (PHUZION)
12. 26:42 Icicle - That Tune (FOKUZ LTD)
13. 28:32 Nemos - Kuues Meel (Skeema remix) (NEMOS)
14. 30:00 Skeema - Light My Way (TELLURIC)
15. 34:07 Starski - Tingle (CDR)
16. 36:40 Breakage & Jubei - Harvester (EMCEE)
17. 38:52 Vicious Circle - Blue Lagoon (AVALANCHE)
18. 41:26 Orange'n'Blue - I Can See You (CINTAMANI)
19. 45:05 Miklo - Day 3 (CDR)
20. 47:17 Macc - Alternate Misery (13 MUSIC)
21. 49:29 Alaska & Seba - Back From Eternity (ARCTIC MUSIC)
22. 52:25 Gnome - Leadium (ICR remix) (CDR)
23. 54:37 Sabre - Dojo (OSIRIS MUSIC)
24. 57:32 Teebee & Form feat Mike Engine - Postmodern (ENGINE MUSIC)
25. 59:22 Big Bud - Dimbobs (SUPER8SOUND)
26. 60:50 Perpetuum - Urban Afterglow (COLOURS AUDIO)

66min 16sec, 192kbps, 91mb

so, hello to whoever reads this blog

2009-04-06T12:00:00.000-07:00

Let me get this straight, I'm not into blogging. I don't care if anyone reads my thoughts about how I took a warm and stinky crap in a toilet and how I feel about the financial crisis or human relationships because of it. Or something else as exciting. I just want to post some mixes and photos, once in a while. And maybe advertise an event. Or some other mixes I find great. So don't expect it to be any kind of diary - there is WAY too much personal information online nowadays anyway. More, than anyone could ever care about. Besides, like a rather large amount of people, I'm damn lazy and cannot guarantee I'll fill this space regularly. However, it will be a good source for excellent music, mixed well. Not just drum&bass - although I do spin it most of the time.

About me? If you want to know, look for my profile on Facebook. Don't be shy :)

So, I'll just start posting some mixes, oldish and newish. Here's this thing I made for reggae.ee website in 2006, a special Xmas greeting full of more-averagely-than-usual Jamaican influenced drum&bass, rolling nicely:

1. Shy FX - Simple Things (SOUR)
2. M-Beat - Incredible (RENK)
3. ST.Cal - Red Light (SOUL:R)
4. Theory - Conquering Lion (FUNCTION)
5. Visionary - Soul Fire (PROGRESS)
6. Unknown vs Junior Reid - One Blood (remix) (WHITE)
7. Furney - Babylonia (SUPER8SOUND)
8. Digital - Sax Dub (SHOUT)
9. Ray Keith - Girls Dem Want It (Serum remix) (DREAD)
10. Jet Li - New Form (PHASE 2)
11. Jacky Murda & RCola vs Johnny Osbourne - Buddy Buddy Bye (CHOPSTICK DUBPLATE)
12. Shy FX - Bambaata (EBONY)
13. Unknown - Murderer (WHITE)
14. Tactile - Banton (DISPATCH)
15. Alix Perez - Leave The Dread (PROGRESS)
16. Jacky Murda & RCola vs Fragga Ranks - Roadblock Tonight (CHOPSTICK DUBPLATE)
17. Greg Packer - Dancehall Queen (SHOUT)
18. Joey Fever - Love Around Her (MIR Crew remix) (MIR)
19. YT - England Story (DJ Phantasy & Shodan remix) (SATIVA)
20. Max Romeo vs Unknown - Chase The Devil (remix) (WHITE)

54min 01sec, 192kbps, 74mb

download it here> http://www.sendspace.com/file/pqefus

I believe this one can pretty much stand the test of time. At least, to me personally. Memorable moments : Theory's Conquering Lion (can anyone please tell me what song does it sample?), Digital's Sax Dub (same question), and among some well-known classics a Chase The Devil bootleg.