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Dubspot // How To Make A Mixtape / 6 Basic Steps by DJ Shiftee -
“Much like a cat to be skinned or a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup to be eaten, there are many ways to make a mixtape. There are different strokes for different folks, different eggs with different yolks, different angles: acute, obtuse, this run-on sentence was brought to you by Dr. Seuss.
What I’m going to present here is my own typical way of constructing a mixtape. I’m not calling other approaches stupid, or saying other methods’ mamas so fat when they put on a red dress people yell, “Hey, Kool Aid!” This isn’t my way or the highway. This is: here’s my highway. Come take a drive. […]” - via Dubspot
“Techno hit Japan hard in the early 1990s. Surprised, Takaaki Itoh was quickly impressed and intrigued with this new sound. The unique style of beats revealed the gateway to a new world of underground music in Japan - something he had never heard before.
Surprise slowly gave way to addiction when Takaaki Itoh was exposed to the sounds of such artists and labels as Underground Resistance, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Hardfloor, Sven Väth, Harthouse, Warp and Rising High.
This was his sound, and deciding he just couldn’t get enough of it, in 1994 Takaaki began to organize his own techno parties in his home of northern Japan. By providing a fantastic lineup, his parties quickly became a success. […]” - Itoh MySpace Bio
And the rest is history. Jump to Mixcloud and enjoy this nice fresh Itoh set.
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System 7 are a British ambient dance band. Due to the existence of another band called System Seven, they were initially marketed as 777 in North America. System 7 was the name of the current Macintosh Operating System at the time of the band’s formation.
Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, both formerly of Gong, formed System 7 after hearing the likes of The Orb playing Hillage’s 1979 ambient record Rainbow Dome Musick.They soon became part of the underground dance scene in London.