Sirus Breaks plays the main set: FATHERHOOD!

One of the things that I love about the FKL community is how un-rockstar we are. A pretty odd group of global undergrounders living regular lives with a passion to crank good mixes out.

Ah the pathos…

One such underground hero, Sirius Break, has recently become a father! Check out those cheeks (Trenton’s, not Adam’s) I want to vomit Sanrio all over the blog.

F*Cking CUTE!

And to celebrate the NEW generation of serial music monsters, Sirius has given us a delicious mix of his zengressive breaks. (zengressive?). There’s Gus Gus, Radiohead, and a Luke Chable remix stacked up for a clear-headed midweek.

Foundationkl.org presents:

Distinctive Breaks
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1. Hybrid – The Drop (Man On Fire Edit)
2. Gus Gus – David (Luke Chable Mix)
3. Dylan Rhymes – The Way (Evil 9 Mix)
4. Christian J – Nightfighter
5. Hybrid – Celebrity Science/Lennie De Ice – We Are I.E. (Christian J Mix)
6. Radiohead – Everything In It’s Right Place (Hybrid Mix) – White

But to commemorate Trenton’s birth, as well as to give you guys a taste of how far SB has come…

BONUS MIX

Back then, he was called The Katalyst. *sigh*

December 2004
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01 – Hybrid – High Life (KAOSS PAD 2 Intro) – Distinctive
02 – Hybrid – Higher Than a Skyscraper (Satoshi Tomiie Mix) – Distinctive
03 – LSG – Into The Deep (O. Lieb Mix) – Hooj Choons
04 – Max Graham – Tell You – Hope
05 – Adam Freeload – Scorched Angel – White
06 – Beber & Tamra – You Wonder? (Starecase Dub) – MOB
07 – Tiesto & Junkie XL – Obsession (Nubeed Mix) – Nebula
08 – The Crystal Method – Born too Slow (Erik Morillo Dub) – Subusa
09 – Bedrock feat Kyo – For What You Dream Of (Full on Renaissance 12in Mix) – S12
10 – Max Graham – Airtight – Hope
11 – John Creamer & Stephane K – I Wish You Were Here (PMT Mix) – Alternative Route
12 – Hybrid – Blackout (Hybrid Y4K Edit) – Distinctve

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Burning Man Ambient Mashups!

‘u r being recorded’, a fantatstic site featuring plenty of live sound recordings recently plugged out something that caught my attention.

According to URBR, Phil Smart (a minidisc recorder owner!) recorded ambience at the Burning Man festival. Subsequently, with his partner Davey B, they produced some meditative pieces made up of layered sounds from the festival!

Check it out here.
Via [URBR]

Also, here are some kick-ass videos from previous Burning Man festivals, just to give you a taste of how incredible these experiences can be.

Has anyone been to a Burning Man or a festival of that scale? Tell us about it!

An Owl. It’s Hoot. And A Mix.

An Owl, a 2nd generation event organizer with the Loops Collective DnB team, recently claimed several massive nights at 2 prominent locations within Kuala Lumpur.

Working closely with Loops Collective founder, DJ Low, the team along with the local junglist-troopers are slowly but surely infecting the post-shuffler generation with a less ridiculous alternative.

This Monday starts off with some hushed liquid grooves from funk pugilists Concord Dawn and Blame, but taking it to a high-tower energies with the likes of Robot Death Squad and Spor. A dichromatic mix filled with staccato cuts and a bombshell tracklist. A fun and progressive journey that Molotovs you from lighthearted to despotic.

Grammar r us:

An Owl – Lost Memories
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01.DJ Fresh- Submarines (Domestic Cold War Edit) [ Breakbeat Kaos ]
02.Muffler- Myth [ Close 2 Death Recordings ]
03.Concord Dawn- Fly Away Home [ Uprising ]
04.Audio- Grass [ ??? ]
05.Blame- Livewire [ 720 Degrees ]
06.Nightwalker Feat’ Dykast- Style Steppin [ Nightwalker Recordings ]
07.Kilo- Push & Pull [ Dope Dragon ]
08.Dillinja- Who you (Oi) [ Valve ]
09.Distorted Minds- No Test [ Ganja ]
10.Unknown Error- Exit [ Renegade Hardware ]
11.Psychofreud & Sunjammer Feat Sizzla- Murda Dem (Cooh RMX) [ Bass Rejects ]
12.Spor- Knock You Down [ Lifted Music ]
13.Audio- Warehouse [ Freak ]
14.Black Sun Empire- Potemkin [ Black Sun Empire ]
15.SPL- Denied [ Lost Soul ]
16.Black Sun Empire Feat’ Corrupt Souls- Everything [ ??? ]
17.Vicious Circle- Break [ ??? ]
18.Audio- No Soul [ Habit ]
19.Technical Itch- Soldiers VIP [ Tech Itch ]
20.Noisia- Vanishing Point [ ??? ]
21.Tetradin- La Abstract [ ??? ]
22.The Upbeats- Le Mammoth [ Human Imprint ]
23.Counterstrike Feat’ SPL & Limewax- Killing Machine (Jezuz Road) [ Algorythm ]
24.Muffler- Embrace (SPL RMX) [ ??? ]
25.Body & Soul- Blow My Dues Out [ Bad Company Presents ]
26.Dylan VS Evanescence- Bring Me To Life (Dylan RMX) [ ??? ]
27.Robot Death Squad Feat’ Skandalus- Fade Through [ Flatline Audio ]
28.17th Boulevard- Memories [ Bad Company Presents ]

*Bonus track

*An Owl, Rezalt & Luqe – Good Night & Good Luck.

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WE (HEART) BONGO!

The FKL Crew would like to extend our most heartfelt congratulations to the Bongo! team who have, just yesterday, celebrated their 1st anniversary fighting crimes against music and bringing bass to babies on our fair, but troubled planet.

We would like to acknowledge that the Bongo! team have been awesome in supporting our humble site as well as providing us some awesome live content recorded from their awesome gigs.

The party’s meager beginnings as a private party has expanded tremendously this year having included playing at 2 prominent after-hour’s locations, shipping down the Thai drum-and-bassers, as well as participating in the Carnival festival in Meleka.

Having upheld a multi-genre approach to their events, the Bongo! team have supported local undergrounders from across the local gamut of talent as well as maintaining a following in their core sound – Drum and Bass.

We were there at their party last night, and as you can see, they rocked it proper.

However…

Amit from Metalheadz, who was a slated headliner, bailed out after 20 minutes of playing. It was reported later that a simple ego-related technical difficulty halted his ability to entertain-

-like Goldie.

So in true Bongo! fierceness, the Works took over and rocked the room into the floor, without a pause in breath. Everyone left happy and satisfied knowing that not even a diva producer could quell the bloodthirsty passion for music like the Bongo! dudes did.

Related Posts

If you’d like to hear more about Bongo! and their mixes on FKL, be sure to check out these excellent posts:

Bongolia presents Tubby, the Adventures of Cutman, and DJ Six
Bongolia presents The Works
Bongolia presents D’arcy

ED:  Sawadee from The Mall in Bangkok’s Ramkhamhaeng district.  Hope all of you are doing well. I’ve turned on comments and pings for anyone who’s interested in leaving a message (we were rushing to the airport!) So drop us a line and let us know how things are Love from Thailand, Chairman Kuan. 

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Clarifying points:

1. Did the datacenter really burn down? Losing over 2TBs worth of information?

No. Whoever fell for that – raise your hand. (I have the MSN chat logs )

2. Are all the files okay?

Yes. All of them are fine, we just wanted to play a joke on you guys.

3. What the fuck?

I know right, we’re evil like that. Anyway – the datacenter DID go down, as many of you might have noticed about 12 hours ago. It was linked to the LAX incident, but as far as we know, everything is clear.

4. Oh, that means the site is back to normal?

Not quite. I’m going up to Bangkok to look for more talent for the site, Radzy’s is in Koh Pang Ngan for the 0.5 Moon Festival, and thesuperglo is preparing to get married.

So we’re taking a week off. See you when we get back!

Unidentified Sub-breaks from a Distorted Intellectual

No, really.

For all you generalists out there, I promise you, IDM was the only smothering label I could come up with to describe this excellent mix. No. 4 has truly delivered the goods.

Featuring a motley list of seemingly contradicting elements. From the bonsai-melodies of Sia, the haunting vacuum of Sigur Ros, and even a crafty remix from Coil and Danny Hyde.

Intelligent – thats all I really know how to describe it:

No. 4 – Risque
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01. Sia – Numb
02. Skream – I (Loefah remix)
03. Jean Jacques Perrey & Luke Vibert – Moog Acid (Plastician remix)
04. Dizzee Rascal – I Luv U
05. Lady Sovereign – Tango
06. Vex’d – Angels
07. Nine Inch Nails – Gave Up (Coil & Danny Hyde remix)
08. Sigur Ros – Intro
09. A Perfect Circle – Judith (Renholder remix)
10. The Prodigy – Diesel Power
11. No Doubt – Hey Baby (Girls Get The Bass In The Back Mix)
12. Oasis – Fucking In The Bushes
13. Rob Zombie – Living Dead Girl (Subliminal Seduction Mix)

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thesuperglo infects Radio Schizoid with hardware death

Taken from the Radio Schizoid Blog

Dear psyheads,

Psytrance has spread its wings and has reached Malaysia this time. Radio Schizoid presents you ” thesuperglo” – Live from Malaysia at the following timings

Mumbai (India – Maharashtra) Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 10:00:00 PM UTC+5:30 hours
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Friday, August 17, 2007 at 12:30:00 AM UTC+8 hours
Corresponding UTC (GMT) Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 16:30:00

Get ready for some uplifiting progressive psy

A bit about the artist:
Kenneth Lui, aka the superglo, defiantly represents an outlying sound amongst the commercial dirge of manufactured Malaysian music. Growing up on Penang Island, off the west coast of Malaysia, Kenneth gained initial exposure through his residencies at several underground clubs. Playing for the grungy and the glamorous, his sound began its development through adopting elements from the solid sounds of psytrance and hard house blended with the relentless intensity of Chinese-influenced hardcore, or fengtau.

Tune in and trip out on Radio Schizoid
http://schizoid.in/schizoid-psy.pls

Thanks allot to CRAY at Radio Schizoid for helping us out. FKL and RS are in collaboration for a possible something exciting – stay tuned!

When are we gonna see you in KL again?

Ed: Just like to mention that I left out a new membership. A warm welcome to:

Anowl
The generation of drum and bass in Malaysia. One of the drivers of the scene-pushers Loops Collective.

Speaking of drum and bass…

Sundrops from the Summer Empire

Pascal Dupuy aka DJ Moet, representing a diverse range of deep sounds, hails from Florda’s underground dance movement armed with confident deck technique and a massive personality. The ONLY DJ so far on FKL who has had the guts to belt down a microphone, and do it well; RESPECT.

Featuring the gliding sounds of Calibre, Junior Cartel, and featuring a touch of jumps and heavy stepping with AK 1200 in the later mix. A tight blend of what can be decribed as soulfully calculated liquid drum and bass (like Marcus Intalex with a touch of Frankie Knuckles‘ dancefloor spirtuality!) this is one mix we are VERY happy to host.

Lush:

Pascal Dupuy – Sundrop Vol 6 – Session 1

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1. “Deep Everything” – Calibre
2. “Can’t Stop” – Matrix & Danny J.
3. “That Night” – Jazzanova
4. “Visionary Dreamer” – Junior Cartel
5. “Forever” – ILS Logic & RAF
6. “Lost in Music” – Jenna G. (TCI & Stress Level)
7. “Winslice” – Chris J. & Cable (Blame Remix)
8. “Insatiable” – Chino
9. “Soulick” – Syncopix vs. M. Sauer
10. “Free Girl” – Fellowship
11. “Lost & Found” – EZ Rollers
12. “Gold” – High Contrast
13. “Passing Me By” – Pharcyde (AK 1200 remix)

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Techno Vs Tech-trance Vs Full-On Psy

ed: Sunday Interview is postponed to the 19th August 2007. Keep leaving questions here!

A tight crush of techno, tech-trance, and full-on psytrance coming from junior Foundationist, Z.A.O. Featuring the subliminal mechanations of Sander Kleinenberg, Marcel Woods, and even a touch of Xerox and Illumination, Climbatize carves a riveting picture that embodies the multi-genre revolution in a compact mix of fierce intensity.

Elitists? Go fuck yourself:

Z.A.O – Climbatize

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01 My Lexicon ( Original mix ) – Sander Kleinenberg
02 The Silence 2005 ( Original 12 inch mix ) – Mike Koglin
03 Control Freak ( Sander van Doorn Remix ) – Cirez D
04 Futuristic ( Original Club Mix ) – Van Eyden & Hampshire Feat. Shane 54
05 Space Cruising – Sharpside
06 Tulips & Chocolate ( G&M Project Remix ) – Marcel Woods vs S.H.O.K.K Pres. Woodshokk
07 Loops And Things Relooped – Marco V. vs Jens
08 Advanced – Marcel Woods
09 Oranda ( xerox & Illumination Remix ) – Astrix
10 Sounds of solar oscillations – Technasia

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New members

I’d like to welcome our new members to the program:

Pascal Dupuy
A spiritual vinyl-ninja from Orlando, Florida representing an eclectic range of music – predominantly DnB.

Victor G
Award winning DJ and part of the Obsession team of event organizers and deck-jammers.

Romel Johan
Techno-proponent and soon to be big-time planet touring jock.

FKL not open to new members until next cycle

The queue to enter the FKL program is currently full. We are currently in talks with 2 additional DJs. Assuming that they’ll be entering the program – doors will be shut until the next entry cycle.

However, members of the program can still act as ambassadors and represent them on their respective web-spaces. We’ll also be increasing the number of feature mixes. Definitely something to look forward to. So although we’re not offering any more web-space — we’ll still be looking for new talent!

Why are we suddenly closing entries?

Part of the program involves individual attention from Radzy, thesuperglo, and myself. Having too many members makes it too difficult to consult or to do targeted optimization.

Questions for THE BIG SUNDAY INTERVIEW

Stay tuned for SUNDAYS interview with the FKL team. If you have any questions you’d like to ask – leave us a comment and we’ll try to answer it as best as we can when we make the post. We are gonna try and answer all the questions that we’ve been asked so far about the program and what we do here.

See ya tomorrow!

ed: Sorry – my mistake – DjK is abassadored via our mamboj.foundationkl.org account.