This mix was sent to me by a friend and is about to go up on http://modyfier-modifying.blogspot.com/
I liked it, firstly, for the great choice of tunes and massive echo overload and secondly because of this amazing supernerd description that comes with it. Included on it is ZNTN'S edit of Clouded Vision's "Outside".
"My creative process is about inspiration and gathering. I'm not a
musician, I don't know how to play an instrument or read music. I'm a
"geek", a librarian - I've always enjoyed music and collect and read
about it frenetically . I'm so obsessed by it that I try to create it
- usually by mimicking artist I like - I study their patterns, how the
instruments interact and I think of them as gears on a machine
punching in in time of course this imitation is distorted by my own
experiences and failure to achieve the same results creating what I'd
see as my signature.
For the same reason I enjoy so called "dance music" (whatever it's
genre), it has a function which is not subjective because you can have
results and it is a tool.
Usually I start by listening to a certain track or seeing a certain dj
perform that inspires me and I try to lay some bass lines on a virtual
drum machine and try to understand how something was done.
I listen to as much "rock" music (which is nothing but an western
aberration of tribal music) as "electronic" and I like to take
emphasis on their connection. Usually when editing a rock song I treat
it as electronica, I take some basses and loop them, make the
breakdowns more intense, add a more pulsating beat and redo the
structure to sound more like a track. At the same time when handling
electronica I like to treat it as a rock song, focusing melody and
mood and many times adding classic pop structures like AABA, etc.
By the same fact I'm inspired by music trends that unite these two
sides, I quite enjoy the concept of DIY and people who try to jump
from one side to the other - I'm talking from northern soul's black
roots, to the groove present in post-punk or industrial or (viceversa)
DIY, punk esthetic of early house and techno.
The following set was recorded "live" at my living room last night at
3am so I apologize for any mistakes. The track list is very conceptual
as it represents a list of musicians, producers, djs and friends that
influenced me.
As for the hardware I've used one technics 1200, one cdj 800, one
vestax 175 mixer and a kaos pad3."
http://www.myspace.com/zntnlovesyou
Tracklist
Chemical Brothers. - Battle scars (Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve remix) WHITE
Mantronix - Bassline (ZNTN edit) CDR
Medusa Edits - Mouth 2 mouth (edit from SPK's Mouth to mouth) WHITE
ZNTN - 92 CDR
Photonz - Trembler (Discodeine remix) Dark and Lovely
Clouded Vision - Outside (ZNTN rework) CDR
Slight Delay - Club bombs Rong
Severed Heads - Greater Reward (dub, Betty Botox edit) Endless Flight
Lil' Louis - Videoclash Souljazz
Plastique de Reve Ft. Ghoststape - Lost in the city Death From Abroad
Pete Shelley - Witness the change / I don't know what love is (dub,
Glimmers edit) Eskimo
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