NIghtbus djmachv
I Love You/You Won't Let Me

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machv.co.uk/2013/04/i-love-you...you-wont-let-me

If I manage to do one "proper" mix a year I'll be happy. To define what a "proper" mix is - to separate it from any other mix I upload - a "proper" mix is one that takes planning and meticulous execution. Last year's mix was the ambient "Send in the Drones" and that took a year from planning to execution and I'm still happy with it; this has taken around 6 months of working out and I'm still bemused as to what to call this music . It started with a Guardian article about new musical genres which defined the music by the amazing Joe Synkro as "Nightbus" a term I'd not heard before but one I was happy to adopt, even if I couldn't be sure that the article was being entirely serious. What I was aware was of a new way of looking at drum and bass, a genre which I'd spent a lot of my dj career playing and one I'd pretty much given up on. Listening to tracks from artists like Synkro, Submerge, Lapalux and the amazing new releases from Apollo (R & S records "ambient" side label) it became clear that a new wave of producers were taking lessons learned from Dubstep and applying them to Ambient Techno, R 'n B, Garage and Atmospheric Drum and Bass. I was fascinated. The result of that fascination is this mix.

The first 30 minutes or so of it came together pretty easily, but then I couldn't work out where to turn next and it sat on my hard drive for 4 months, taunting me as all unfinished projects do. I almost released it as a mini mix, just to get the "monkey off my back" but I'm glad I waited and am able to release something more substantial, something worth listening to, hopefully again and again.

Though I still don't know if Nightbus is the right term for it.

Tracklisting

Mario - Let Me Love You (Lapalux remix) free download - xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/04/let-me-l...lapalux-bootleg
Synkro - Open Arms
ASC - Glass Walls
Submerse - Cluster
Jack Dixon - You won't let me (Synkro mix)
Bop - Song about my Dog
dBridge - 5th Floor
Grimes - Genesis
Bulb - Lonely Gravity
Om Unit - Ulysses VIP (free download xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/09/ulysses-vip)
ASC + Ulrich Schnauss - 77
Lapalux - Guuurl
Holy Other - Know Where
dBridge - Cornered
Yumi & The Weather - Not Again (Manni Dee remix) (xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/12/not-agai...manni-dee-remix)
Marley Caroll -Woodwork (free download xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/10/woodwork)
Ital Tek - Pixel Haze
Fybe:One - Harmonic Curve (Deft's footwork remix) (xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/10/harmonic...fts-footwork-re)
Bering Strait - Apart
Synkro - Reflection
Reso - Aegis (free download xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/09/aegis)
Eagles for Hands - Glitterall (free download xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/10/glitterall)