Through The Darkness

tales from the backroom

Far away from the charging throngs of the main room lies a small, dark place with a low slung ceiling. Here the BPM is slower, the bass line funkier and the tunes verge on esoteric. They reflect the nature of the space; dirty, sexy, dark. A place and sound not for the masses but for the few who enjoy loosing themselves in the darkness which not only surrounds them but lies within.

Step on into the backroom, find your place on the beat and allow yourself to dance through the darkness.

Track List

• 00:00 King Unique – 2000000 Suns (KU Heat Death Of The Universe Mix)

• 03:36 Joff Logartz – Human Trafic (Dub Mix)

• 09:25 Traumer – Violin Nous (DaWad & Zen Strings Edit)

• 15:46 Ryan Davis – The Wolve (Wolf Pack Break Edit)

• 19:07 Derek Howell – Double Down (Poison Pro ‘Double Meditation’ Mix)

• 25:10 Guy J – High (Marc Marzenit Remix)

• 31:50 dPen – Panselinos (Earth Mix)

• 38:04 Luca Morris – Technics 1210

• 40:37 Maetrik – The Entity

• 45:29 Yooj – Madamemoiselle (Martin Buttrich Remix)

• 51:06 Maetrik – Purr Baby

• 57:06 Ryan Davis – The Wolve (Max Cooper Remix)

• 63:41 Evren Ulusoy – Fade To Blonde (Ormatie ‘Brunette’ Mix)

Anyone interested in the dance music scene should read this guy’s Blogs. He has hit the nail on the head with some substantial force, raising points not only important to the industry’s development, but it’s survival.

Not Your Jukebox

Clearly my last article (Why old-school DJs are complaining and you should too) struck a nerve. I am glad it did because these are important issues that need to be brought to the public and discussed. Clearly a great many of you agree. A few people didn’t, but based on their arguments it was primarily because they either missed a key point or defaulted to a standard reply. I think it is important to flesh out some of these ideas a little more so the discussion can take a more productive course.

It’s not about hating

Yes, naturally, there are always examples to the contrary and some old-schoolers are in fact hateful and bitter, but by and large there is no real hate or bitterness. Really it is about passion, love, education and a call for people to demand and expect more. There is such a tremendous amount…

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Love Lost

Not long before spring silently thundered down the valley, love lost, and I lost a love as quickly as the snow melted.

Those empty moments were filled with music reflecting how I felt. As the music played the emptiness slowly filled with a beauty.

Each day the heavy bag of sand I carried on my back became lighter as it trickled out of a small tear in the bottom. Slowly I found my place on the beat and was dancing again.

“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” -Berthold Auerbach

This is a mix of some the tunes I listened to over that period.

Track List

• 00:00 Tom Glass – Please, Remain Calm (Original Mix)

• 02:38 Max Cooper – The End Of Reason (Ambient Rework)

• 10:22 Max Cooper, Hiatus – Third (Max Cooper Remix)

• 17:06 Max Cooper – Enveloped (Ryan Davis Reconstruct Remix)

• 22:32 Joni, Bakke – Envision (Ilya Malyuev & Orma)

• 28:12 David Myo – I Don’t Care (Fobee Remix)

• 35:09 Justin Oh – Wake Me Up (Original Mix)

• 40:01 Ormatie – O (Original Mix)

• 45:39 Matt Lange – Rift (Original Mix)

• 52:49 DBN ft. Madita – Asteroidz (Sharam Remix)

• 57:33 Sasha – Coma

• 66:15 Spooky – Candy (James Zabiela Remix)

• 73:56 Max Cooper – Enveloped (Original Mix)

A bit of a renaissance…

…along with an introduction.

Who is SofaKingDirty?

I am a DJ and not a producer. Maybe one day I will produce my own music, but for now I will continue to be a curator of fine works of electronic audio art. Each mix I record is a gallery of sound, exhibiting music created by others I have recently found or am listening to at that time. I hang the pieces on the walls using my decks and guide you round with the mixer.

Unlike a physical visual gallery where each work of art stands alone, in this audio space I can layer the pieces over and under each other, two, three or even four at a time. This creates new and momentary works of art stitching the individual pieces together, forming a tapestry of sound wrapped around the inside of the galley for over an hour…(continued)

Step inside my latest exhibition ‘Renaissance’ and let me dance you through some of the finest works of Electronic Dance Music out there at the moment.

Track List

• 00:00 Ray Kajioka – Origins (Jimmy Van M Remix)

• 03:36 Zoo Brazil – Slob (Nick Curly Remix)

• 08:21 Jimmy Van M – My Eyes feat. Steve T & Marc Mitchell ( Logiztik Sounds Remix)

• 11:56 Circus People – Reincarnations (Deep Mix)

• 16:47 Lemontrip – Undiscovered (Original Mix)

• 18:50 Poison Pro, Miusha – Alien (Dub Mix)

• 20:23 Poison Pro, Miusha – Alien (Kobana Remix)

• 23:42 Lank, Cid Inc. – Urban Biorhythm (Original Mix)

• 31:26 Guy J – Fixation (Original)

• 38:04 Monaque – ID (Luis Junior Remix)

• 44:14 Rodamaal, Claudia Franco – Insomnia (Ame Remix)

• 53:07 Slam – Eterna (John Digweed & Nick Muir Remix)

• 56:26 Apologist – Flute (Lank Remix)

• 63:03 Oliver Lieb – Helios (Original Mix)