I’m pretty bad about recording my sets whenever I play  — I usually have a recorder with me, but in the crazyness I never remember to hook it up.  A friend commented that it was   a shame that none of the stuff was archived, which got me thinking that it was about time I actually did put out a mix since it had been 7 years since November Leaf Beats.  This turned into a much bigger project called “A Week’s Worth Of Floss”, where I’m essentially attempting to own your ears for an entire week.

The mixes cover all sorts of different genres, and I’ve preened over them extensively (about 8-16 hours per mix), so toss them on your iPod and hopefully you’ll have something for every mood. I’m hoping to follow up with another 7 mixes to cover the rest of the types of music I play, but these days it’s primarily music to get people dancing like house, breaks and techno.  This set of mixes is a little more uppity as a result, and the next batch should be a bit more laid back.

If you want to find out about the next batch, consider subscribing to the mailing list or the RSS feed for the site.

Funky Techno - Download

TRENTEMOLLER – Polar Shift
Apendics Shfuffle – track 4
Billy Dalessandro – Come With Me
Burnski – Expresso (Maetrik remix)
Dave Clark – What was her name (LFO Remix)
Adam Beyer – Kinky
Dapeyk Solo – Take it Back
Fraktion – BNKL
Jeff Samuel – HeB GBz
Guido Schneider – Oh my buffer
Tigerskin – You want it
Alka – Mifa (John Tejada Remix)
Heinrik B – Untitled
Alexander Kowalski – Days of the liar (Joris Voom Tribalicious Mix)
Double X- Hesitant
Alexander Kowalski – Delicious
DINKY – Acid in my Fridge (Tobi Neumann Remix)

Drum’n'bass – May contain traces of heavy metal- Download

Massive Attack – Risingson
Beck vs. Black Cabbage – Sex Laws Are Rude
Breakbeat Era – Ultra Obscene + Roni Size – Beatbox
Roni Size – Visiting Angels
Teebee – Corpse
Ram Trilogy – Mind Overload
Bill Laswell – Nico (no-u-turn)
Drifter – She Gives Me Forever
Ed Rush and Optical – Bad Company Rmx
Nasty Habits – Liquid Fingers (Goldie Remix)
Aphrodite – Twilight (Remix)
Red – Paradise
Concord Dawn – Raining Blood
Kiko – Ronin (Feat MC. Mecha)
Cause 4 Concern – Rumors
Matrix – Sleepwalk
Photek – The Lightening
Decoder – Vapor Dub
Bad Company – Trick Of The Light
Atom – White Car

House & Breaks – It’s Groovy Music, Baby- Download

Leftfield – Chat of a Poor Man (Mighty Quark Remix)
Groove Armada – Chicago
Mr. Scruff – Get a Move on
DJ Gregory – Tropical Soundclash
The Stone Roses – Fools Gold (Rabbit in the Moon Remix)
Chicken Lips – He Not In (Club Mix)
Akufen – Deck The House
Cassius – Feeling For You
Fatboy Slim – Retox
Lexicon – Sexy Thang
Sarah Vaughan – Fever (Adam Freland Remix)
Martin Solveig – I’m A Good Man (Mousee T. Breakbeat Mix)
Deception – Le Tigre (DFA Mix)
Scissor Sisters – Comfortably Numb (Fatboy’s Extended Mix)
The Lose Cannons – Superstars (Boris Dlugosch & Michi Lange Vocal Mix)

Rock’n'Roll – Kawkin’ Out While Rawkin’ Out - Download

Otis Spann – Pretty Grils Everywhere
Ellen McIlwaine – Higher Ground
Cake – You Part The Waters
The Soggy Bottom Boys – I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (radio station version)
The Birds – No Good Without You Baby
Big Sugar – I’m A Ram
Tom Petty – Runnin’ Down A Dream
The Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So
Liam Lunch – United States Of Whatever
Eagles of Death Metal – I Only Want You
Hives vs. Guess Who – Die American Woman, Alright (El Barto & Liam B.)
John Spencer Blues Explosion – Fed Up And Low Down
Primus – Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
Big Sugar – Girl Watcher
The Flies – I’m Not Your Stepping Stone
Goldfrapp vs. Normal Greenbaum & ZZ Top – Ohh La Grange In The Sky (DJ Zebra)
Placebo – Pure Morning
Eagles of Death Metal – Speaking in Tongues
The Poets – That’s The Way It’s Gotta Be

Breaks – Breakin’ - Download

The Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect (Perfecto Remix)
Hyper vs. The Hives – Coz I Wanna
Gorillaz- Feel Good (Boot Inc remix)
Alter Ego – Rocker (Stanton Warriors mix)
Goldfrapp – Utopia (Tim Write Remix)
Plump DJs – Plumpy Chunks
Apradan – Strut (Dub mix)
LCD Soundsystem vs. Scissor Sisters – FIlthy Inflitrator (Dunproofin`)
Stereo 8 – I Can`t Stop
The Wizeguys – Start the Commotion
Hustle Athletics – 2
Blackstreet – No Diggerty (We`re not from London remix)
Def Inc. – Acid Rock
Madonna – Frozen (Flashpoint Breaks Mix)
Ils – Requiem
Pharoahe – Oizo (Fuck Beat)
Cut N Run – King of the Bongo
Tricknologist – What time is love (K boy`s 2ci dub)
Adamski – In Tha City (Breaks mix)

Breaks – Breakin’ 2 – Electric Boogaloo - Download

John Creamer & Stephane K – I wish you were here (PMT Mix)
Meat Katie and Elite Force – Ju Ju
Unkle – Have you passed through this night
Unseen Force – 2 Be Your 1 (Evil 9 remix)
Adam Freeland – REality 3D
Sly Fidelity – Whole Lotta Sly
The Cult – She Sells Skantuaray
X Men vs. The Beach Boys – God Only Nose
Ils – Cherish (Freeland Mix)
False Prophit – Pixie Boot (Gouge Away)
Spincycle – Shoryuken
Radiohead  – Everything In It`s Right Place (Hybird Remix)
Hybird – Fatal Beating
Deejay Punk Roc – Blow my mind (Plump DJs remix)
Breakneck – Halfpipe
Rennie Pilgrem & Dub Species – The Sermon
Dee Kline, Nubreed, Ransom & Phil K – Bushpig
Freaq Nasty feat. Phobe One – Boomin` Back Atcha (Freq`s Nu Skool mix)
Vigi & Flip – Freak Frequency (Unbalanced mix)
Tricknologist – Groove
Krafty Kuts & C5 – Joyriders – Take It

Beats for Beatboxers - Download

Luke Vibert – Plug in the Head Phones
Dust Junkies – Beatbox Wash (Rinse It Remix)
T Love – QMS
Dynamic Symcopation feat Mass Influence – 2 Tha Left
Flowetry – Flowetic
Rahzel – Southern Girl
Kid Beyond – Deep Inside
A Forest Mighty Black – Everything (Freakniks Fremix)
Fatboy Slim – The Journey
DJ Shadow – WAlkie Talkie
Beyonce vs. Brainbug & Muppets – Mupp It Out (Alex H)
DJ Format – Here Comes The Fuzz
Rahzel – Rahzel vs. The Roots
Spike Jones – William Tell Overture
DJ Food – Do We
Lamb – Trans Fatty Acid (K&D Remix)

Hey it's that time again, and Harvest Festival is upon us, and I'm glad
to be back playing!  This year should be a bit different style for me,
though likely won't be playing any of the techno/  house / breaks I've been
doing lately.  Here's the official info:

SEPTEMBER 16th & 17th 2006

ITB : techno

• NOAH PRED (metapath / fukhouse)
• MIKE GIBBS (alienInFlux)
• ERIC DOWNER (sensor / fukhouse)
• HALI (netmusique.com)
• TIM PATRICK (5th sun, catalyst recordings)
• ADAM MARSHAL (minimal)
• JAMIE KIDD (stratagem-musik, xanuradio)
• IAN GUTHRIE (fukhouse)
• TOM KUO (foundation music)
• ALI BLACK (heebar, livin' large)
• BRENDAN LAWLESS (independent lawless ent.)

ITP : downtempo & broken beats

• SHEN – LIVE (native state, GSC)
• PRIMAL – LIVE (drum collective)
• YOSHI & CHIE – LIVE (kaminari)
• KINDER ATOM – LIVE (nice & smooth)
• MARZ (BLA)
• ANDREW McCALLUM (mentalfloss)
• CHOCOLATE & PATRICK ROOTS (scratchfree)
• LEX & REW (legion of green men)
• GABOR (IBS productions)
• DMS (baselinestudios.com) :: guelph
• AIA (listenableMusic.com)
• OWEN (psyence project)
• ROLLIN CASH (sumkidz / hotpierecords.com)
• NATE WIZE (dubmatix.com)

ITT : trance

• BASILISK (ektoplazm / metamystiks)
• LEXICON (metamystiks)
• YEB (coldgroove.ca, bla)
• QUIVERING VIRIGN (coldgroove.ca, bla)
• TENZIN (techsafari) :: montreal
• REPTILIAN (geomagnetics records) :: ottawa
• PLAN B (shakti collective)
• SEB (mandala sound) :: montreal
• decorations by JULIEN (coldgroove.ca)

ZERO GRAVITY CIRCUS PERFORMANCE

$46 + canned food donation at the gate

Toronto

• Shanti Baba (546 Queen St. W)
• Odyssey (557 Queen St. W)
• Moog Audio (442 Queen St. W)
• 2thebeat (S/E corner Queen & Spadina)
• SpyLab (247 Queen St. W)
• White Lodge (4 St. Patrick)
• Style Bomb (676 Yonge St.)
• Play De Record (357A Yonge St.)

Kitchener

• Shakedown Street (276 King St. W)

Guelph

• Baseline Records (31 Wyndham St.)

Hamilton

• Cottage 13 (224 King St. W)

Oshawa

• Velvet Elvis (221 King St. E)

Peterborough

• The Spill Coffee Bar (414 George St. N)

http://harvestfestival.org

INFO info@harvestfestival.org

* * ABSOLUTELY NO GLASS, PETS OR FIREWORKS (it’s a working farm)
**  NO ARRIVALS BEFORE 2PM SATURDAY  **

Hey folks,

Have a small cozy gig that people might be interested in coming out to
on a nice patio tomorrow (or today, depending on when you're reading it)

I've heard a set from Target before and he rides a pretty good line
between techno/house and progressive trance (without getting cheezy).  
Adam Winick has been around _forever_ in the techno scene and I'm not
familiar with his current techno but he tends to like the hawd beatz, so
if you're into thumpier techno definitely check him out.

I'm playing first at 10:30pm (though I'll likely bug them to start early
if I show up so it'll likely be warmup music in the tek-house vein.

Here's info from the flyer:

Hello Friends. We welcome you back to the sweetest rooftop patio in the
city. Come and Support the Toronto Electronic Music Community

After 4 weeks of thursdays we are back for the 5th week. Join us on
Thursday August 3rd as we celebrate Transmits 5th week live to air on
xanuradio and the extremely tasty $3 SPECIALS… Each week we select new
artists to rock the patio for your outdoor enjoyment.

This Weeks Lineup: Thursday August 3rd

ADAM WINICK (Live Pa)
Format,Kickmagazine,Tools

TARGET (Dj Set)
xanuradio.com http://xanuradio.com

ROOZBEH (Dj Set)
partialsound.com http://partialsound.com

MENTALFLOSS (Laptop Performance)
omfestival,xanuradio.com http://xanuradio.com

LOCATION: 222 Richmond St.W Rooftop Patio 2nd Floor Upstairs
$5 before 12:00am
$3 SPECIALS ALL NIGHT LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!
Smoking is permited on the Patio..
http://www.xanuradio.com/transmit for free
guestlist before 11:30am

Another gig, and if you're looking for something new in your aural experience, this is the one! 

Ever since I setup my “little” home theater with a 5.1 speaker setup,
I've been seriously interested in mixing music in 5.1.  Nuclear
Ramjet has crafted their set specifically for this so I'm interested to
see how it goes.  Hopefully lots of the .1! (“low frequency
effect”, a.k.a. mad bass)

Just a heads up that space is going to be really, really limited, so
it's worth coming early.  It's a studio space, so it'll be nice
and “intimate”.  Plus, I asked to open so you'll get to hear
me!

November Leaf Beats – Download

A nice downtempo mix I made in 2000 that was just a portion of an afternoon of fooling around, but ended up being so well loved that it became my only promo CD for almost 7 years.

It certainly sounds like an interesting time for people living in the United States, of all colours.  I'm
not really political, so this isn't a politics rant, but I do have a
fair amount of angst against bullies.  Not that I was especially
picked on in my youth (there were times, you f*kers), but there are
some people in the world who just don't seem to offer that much value
to society and we would all probably be better off having them
removed.  Elsewhere. 

I've read other
articles (on the Internet, of course) about people being harassed and
detained for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  But
there was something about this tale (maybe because he's a photographer as well) that really made me feel insecure. 

Now
another reason I decided to write this up is to solicit some feedback
about the type of character drawn towards enforcement and security
professions.  The vast majority of police and security guards I've
met in Toronto (and surrounding areas) have been “good guys”. 
They may not be especially complicated and want to keep the situation
simple, (quite often, it can be simplified) but I do get the overall feeling that they want to do the right thing.

I
do not get this feeling from American law enforcement.  Sorry, I
just don't and it's from personal experience.  The characters I've
encountered (chatting them up on the street, walking in the wrong area,
general observation) seem more along the lines of the kid in a small
town who happened to build muscle easily, and spent their youth
enjoying their physical dominance (and the resulting popularity with
some social groups) over their peers.  They also never leave their
town.  And not all of these people are large hulking peace
officers — I'm just creating a character mould to give you an
idea. 

A short example from a few years ago: I
was in downtown San Francisco at night, walking around without my
glasses because I had broken them, and walked along a length of
sidewalk that apparently had some sort of barrier setup to prevent me
from walking on it.  Yet I was walking there anyway.  A
little way into the Restricted Area a peace officer got my attention
and told me I shouldn't be there. 

“Really?”
“Yes, that sign over there.”
“Oh…” I said squinting, “.. oh sorry, I didn't notice it because I don't have my glasses on.”
“No you just didn't read it.”

…. You're right!  But was that really necessary?  Do you really value a good relationship with the community?

It's
these sorts of characters that destroy a police's relationship with the
community they're charged to protect.  It's the same type of
characeters who enjoy a dominant role, regardless of its
appropriateness, and harassed Ian Spiers.  These bullies need to be dealt with.

I
do want to say though that the nicest officer I've met was a highway
patrolman in Michigan who pulled me over for my first (and so far,
only) speeding ticket.  There needs to be more guys like him.