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.
 

I just found a copy of some video of me shot around 1999 for an early Internet video program called PepperScott Television. It's a bit dated, but an interesting take on myself at the time, what I had done, and where I was going.


MENTAL FLOSS - TORONTO INTERNET TELEVISION

So in some classes I'm taking now, it was discovered that I DJ music.  So all of a sudden I have a homework task to create a mix for one of my teachers, somewhat aimed at other individuals who had/will go through a sudden head injury.

Doing mixes for a specific theory is not something that I'm quite good at as 95% of the music I have does not have lyrics, so any meaning meant to be in the track has no way to be conveyed.  But I see myself as mostly a musical person so in another sense this lack of meaning doesn't matter as much. 

Anyway, I rooted this mix in a lot of rock'n'roll.  Here's the mix as a full downloadable MP3, or save yourself the trouble and use the player application below.  Please note that I found some serious mixing/blend errors in the mix so I have to excuse my mixing skills on this one.  (or lack of mixing skills)

I had the opportunity to play at a Boreal canoe trip to Moon River the other week, and Andy Johnson was kind enough to record a good chunk of the set.  Thanks be to Andy!

Boreal's generally a yearly (or twice yearly) canoe trip for 150 people organized primarily by Justin/Alieninflux who also does Harvest Festival, with assistance from a core group friends and all of us campers. 

It's a good mix of some minimal/dub techno, house and stuff in-between, and the crowd freakin' rawked!  Completely prepared to have a good time and very appreciative of all the music for the night. 

You can use the player below for instant gratification, or download it for your iPodding pleasure.

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. 

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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)	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)
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	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
Beatboxin'- 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)