Dub Rhapsody-DJ Chris Mix

Here's a recording of a DJ set I played some time ago, in which all the tracks are at least somewhat dubby.

DUB RHAPSODY

DJ Chris@ Spring Equinox Party at Anagra, Tokyo

Since I had no car transport available, I was unable to take my usual pile of CD cases, so for the first time I loaded DJ software onto a laptop, quickly figured out the basics, and took it and an external HDD to the venue. However, since the audio card has only one output, I was unable to pre-listen to tracks, so all crossfades were done on the basis of memory and graphic display. Therefore, some of the transitions are less than optimal, though none are actual "trainwrecks". But I am really happy with the selections I found myself making on the fly, and with the overall arc and development; Despite its lack of precise beat- and key-matching on the crossfades, I think it may be the best set I've ever done. It ranges from ambient to fairly intensely rhythmic downtempo and back to ambient, with ethnic and classical samples mixed in with some of the tracks...

DJ Chris Live @ Harukaze

In one of the early years of this century, I dj'ed at Yoyogi Park's annual Harukaze open air festival... This was the opening set of one of those occasions. Starting deep and slow. it builds to an intensity suitable for segue into the full-on set of DJ Minoru.

MELATONIC - Mix by DJChris

The middle portion of this mix is quite high-intensity, and it mellows out for the final quarter... MELATONIC

ISLAND HOPPING - A DJChris Mix

xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>So-titled because of the scattering of ethnic-flavoured pieces throughout,  but it's not as purely ethnochill a mix as the title might suggest, ranging from ambient to moderately full-on.

EXCURSIONS IN AMBIENCE

Here's a mix made some time ago of favourite tracks from the CD series "Excursions In Ambience". It has a distinctly ethnic flavour, but not exclusively...

GYRE & GIMBLE MIX

This is a mix I made of music suitable for all your gyreing and gimbling needs. 

"`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
  And the mome raths outgrabe."

Jabberwocky
-Lewis Carroll-

Planet Love Mix - DJChris

Here's a short (15") DJ mix from some years ago with a bit of a Gaian message amid some trancey old school tracks.

Click on the DivShare logo if you want to download...

HAKUSANRISE

DJ Chris dawn set at Rainbow2000's Hakusan party back in the late 20th century.

I have been told many times that this was one of my more inspiring sets, so I think it's a good thing to offer for Xmas listening. Lots of simultaneous playing of 2 or more tracks... I'd place it in a genre I'd call Energetic Chillout..

DJChris Classical Concert Mix

One of the most interesting DJ gigs I have had was when I was invited to perform with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert hall in Tokyo. Three DJs were asked to perform live, mixing whatever they chose together with the orchestra. I cannot remember the names of the other two DJs at the moment, but the three classical pieces chosen were a Satie "Gymnopedie", Ravel's "Pavanne Pur Une Enfante Defunte" and, in my case, the prelude to Wagner's opera "Parsifal".  I'll post that track later.

I was asked to do a DJ mix during the intermission,  which lasted for about 50 minutes.  I chose pieces of electronica which I thought might appeal to people who appreciated classical music, namely works of interestingly complex polyphony or harmony.  I also mixed in quite a few samples and extended pieces from the classical repertoire. The resultant mix includes pieces by Gurdjieff, Alquimia, The Irresistible Force, Future Sound of London, Monteverdi, Richard Strauss, Pete Namlook and Beethoven,among others.

Among the more successful blends, in my opinion, were the Monteverdi soprano duet "Venite, venite" over a rolling piece whose name I have forgotten, and the final mix of Namlook's "Silence" with the slow movement of Beethoven's last string quartet.  The Schwarzkopf sample from Strauss' "Morgen" works pretty well too, I think.

See how you like it. I recommend a fairly high volume, as some of the pieces project a vast soundscape.....

AYAHUASCA DREAM

Of the various recordings of tribal trance sets I have played, this one most approximates what I would play if I were DJing at one of the eclipse parties. If you didn't attend one, play this nice and loud and imagine.... It begins with a call to the tribes, who gather and dance themselves into a state of full-on trance which climaxes, grooves for a while, floats through space and then returns to the tribal grounds. At least that's what I was imagining.

DJChris @ Golden Week Gathering

Here's a short streaming DJ mix taken from what I played at the EarthlingZ Golden Week Gathering. Coming just after the Indian live performance, it has many ethnic female vocal samples.

RISING HIGHEST (DJ CHRIS Mix)

If you like Old School trance, here's a mix of my favourite tracks from the classic Rising High label, known for its quality once described as "astral melancholy"