My Summer 2010 Mixtape

Please download my latest mixtape, showcasing the tunes that have been a staple of my DJ sets over the last couple of months.

I know we're pretty much in Autumn, at least in this hemisphere, but this was recorded a few weeks back, so Summer Mixtape it is!

It's my usual mash-up style, and runs the whole gamut from funkier house sounds to big room tribal bangers, to blissed out techno and nu-pop, all with its eye on firmly on the dancefloor. Featuring tracks and remixes from Max Sedgley, Kobbe, Basskleph, Max Cooper, Starsmith, Russ Chimes, Dr. Kucho and more... Full tracklist below!

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DOWNLOAD MP3:
Moussa Clarke Summer 2010 Mixtape
http://bit.ly/9UTTWl

TRACKLIST:
01. Max Sedgley feat. Tor Cesay - "Sound Boy" (Kraak & Smaak Remix) - Jalapeno
02. 5eya - "As it's loud" (Sharooz Remix) - La Bombe
03. Kobbe vs Hugo Rizzo - "Bring Back the Drums" (Keith John Stripped Down Remix) - Kult Records
04. DJ 19 & Moussa Clarke - "Acid Piano" (Tamer Fouda Mix) - 19 Box Recordings
05. Spada - "The Match" - Flash
06. D-Formation, Bloody Beatroots & Steve Aoki - “Weakness For Warp” – (Basskleph Mash-up) _ CDR
07. C-Mos - "20 Million Ways" (Daniel Ortega & Mike Moorish Bigroom Remix) - CDR
08. Bahar Canca & Matt Williams - "Latino Girl" (Dr Kucho Dubstrumental) - Sub Bubble
09. Moussa Clarke & Terrafunka - "She Wants Him" (Eugene Noiz Remix) - CDR
10. Hot Chip - "I Feel Better" (Max Cooper Remix) - CDR
11. Plastiscines - "Barcelona" (Lifelike Remix) - Nylon
12. Robyn - "Hang With Me" (Starsmith Remix) - Konichiwa
13. Mark Ronson - "Bang Bang Bang" (Russ Chimes Remix) - Sony

"Acid Piano" with DJ 19 and Hiroko Inokuchi

Out this week is another collaboration of mine, this time with DJ 19 from Tokyo, and featuring Japanese Shigin songstress Hiroko Inokuchi. It's called, slightly misleadingly, "Acid Piano" (but there is indeed acid and piano in DJ 19's version of the track) Remixes come from Canadians Les Boyz Electro, Egypt's Tamer Fouda and Belgium's Dimix, with support from all over the show, including Oliver Lang, Larry Tee, Benji Candelario and loads more... It's out now on Japanese label 19Box Records, via Beatport.

Buy the single on Beatport:
http://bit.ly/bu38jZ


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“And The Beat Goes On” on Hed Kandi – “Disco Heaven” 2010

My track with Barcelona/NYC dude John Ashby, a cover of the Whispers' classic "And The Beat Goes On" has made it onto the latest Hed Kandi compilation - w00t! It's also out as a single release on Dylan Rhymes and Dirty Funker's rather splendid Cubrik record label, with remixes from Funk L'Amour and Swanky Tunes.

Check out the Hed Kandi - Disco Heaven 2010 CD:
http://www.hedkandi.com/product/na/albums/cd/hed_kandi_disco_heaven_2010_2cd/

Buy the single on Beatport:
http://bit.ly/cZqhSr

Open Source & Free Audio Software & Plug-Ins for Mac OS X

I use open-source software all the time outside of my studio work, but I still turn to trusty Logic Pro for sequencing/DAW. However it's perfectly possible to go Open Source or Free (as in Beer) in the studio too these days. Easier on the wallet, and no need to go down the dodgy crack route... Here's a list of some stuff I've tried out, some of which I use regularly in my own productions and remixes. It's mostly OS X, since that's what I use for production personally, but most of these have Linux or Windows versions too...

Audio Editing
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Very decent open-source audio editor.

Switch
http://www.nch.com.au/switch/mp3.html
Batch converter for WAV/AIFs/mp3s. Essential little tool.

Sequencers/DAWs
Ardour
http://ardour.org/
A full featured Open Source DAW/Sequencer. You need to pay a minimum of 1$ (more if you're feeling flush) to get the full version which allows you to load and save Audio Unit settings.

Reaper
http://reaper.fm/
Not really Free nor Open Source, but I'm including this here because it's very reasonably priced (60 US$ at time of writing) and because it allows you to download a full uncrippled version for evaluation purposes. It's also a little less quirky than Ardour, especially if like me you're more used to Logic/Cubase rather than Pro Tools, and it is a more than worthy substitute for those more expensive offerings.

Plug-Ins
Smart Electronix
http://www.smartelectronix.com/
A loose collective of developers dabbling in music software. Some great off-the-wall plugins and more trad stuff too. Including mda, Bram, DestroyFX and others...

Togu Audio Line (TAL)
http://kunz.corrupt.ch
Loads of wicked free plug-ins. Brilliant sound, I use these a lot.

Audio Damage
http://www.audiodamage.com/downloads/
Commercial company that also do some free downloads, a vintage Compressor, Pulse Modulator and Fuzzbox

Izotope Vinyl
http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/vinyl/
Great novelty plug-in, make your tune sound like it's on an old worn-out '78rpm disc :-)

Alphakanal Automat
http://blog.alphakanal.de/
The awesome (and free) Automat soft synth.

CamelAudio CamelCrusher
http://www.camelaudio.com/camelcrusher.php
Nice distortion/compression/filter combo available for free download.

Studio Toolz (http://www.studiotoolz.net) is an online resource for free Mac Audio software and is worth checking out.

If you want to try out a full operating system geared to audio, you could try Ubuntu Studio, a distribution of Ubuntu aimed at multimedia creation: http://ubuntustudio.org/. It includes Ardour, Audacity and other Open Source tools. I can't vouch for it, since I haven't tried it, but it seems like it's worth a look.

Happy downloading :-)

New Mix Session - February 2010

Here's my new DJ promo mix for February 2010.

Quirky ethnic tech, big room shakers and a rousing piano finale, featuring tracks and remixes from the like of Seamus Haji, Dumb Dan, Mike Monday, Phunk Investigation, Felix Baumgartner, Ellie Goulding, Riva Starr, Russ Chimes, Hard Rock Sofa, Swanky Tunes, Eelke Kleijn and yours truly....

Download the mp3 here:
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