by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 11. Mashups & Edits, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track), 16. Phat Glitchy Party & Nu Skool Breaks (Track)
A intoxicated road trip mashup of Green Menace version of Boomin Back Atcha vs Fear & Loathing and Bassbin Twins taken from my Fear & Love (Part 2) Mix Download the mashup here - http://www.djnarrative.com/the-music-downloads-page-2/ And the Fear & Love (pt 2) mix here - http://www.djnarrative.com/coming-home-mix-downloads-page-1/...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 11. Mashups & Edits, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track), 16. Phat Glitchy Party & Nu Skool Breaks (Track)
King Cannibal, Coldcut, The Prodigy and Noam Chompsky join forces for this mashup taken from my Fear & Love Part 2 Mix 🙂 Download the mashup here - http://www.djnarrative.com/the-music-downloads-page-2/ And the Fear & Love (pt 2) mix here...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 11. Mashups & Edits, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track), 16. Phat Glitchy Party & Nu Skool Breaks (Track)
Blackilicious vs Break - whats not to like 🙂 Taken from my 2nd Coming Home narrative mix - Fear & Love (Part 2) Download the mashup here - http://www.djnarrative.com/the-music-downloads-page-2/ And the Fear & Love (pt 2) mix here...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 11. Mashups & Edits, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
Choice beats from Propellerheads with some cool vocals from Ahmad. Download the track - http://www.djnarrative.com/the-music-downloads-page-2/ ...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 11. Mashups & Edits, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
Chuck D lyrics over dope beats from the Beat Demons Download the track - http://www.djnarrative.com/the-music-downloads-page-2/...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 11. Mashups & Edits, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
A mashup of two classics - the dope beats of Beat Demons & the classic vocals of Soul to Soul Download the track - http://www.djnarrative.com/the-music-downloads-page-2/...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 11. Mashups & Edits, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
Second mashup this time with some sections of Terrorbyte's wicked Drop the Bass & vocals from the classic Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's - The Message Download the track...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 11. Mashups & Edits, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
Started putting together mashups in Dj practice last year using some favourite beats and vocals. First one is Dub FX & Red Snapper with Rain is Gone vs Red Snapper Download the track...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 12. Albums & Ep's, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
This track started in the first incarnation of the Reckorder Project 2013 and then was finished at the start of 2014 which marked a move forward in mixdown and arrangement for me. It was inspired by the eu election results of 2014 and the ukip media spin, and uses a bit of the awesome vocals of adele juxta posed with the wisdom of Noam Chompsky, a little acapella of Bobby Mcferrin & Cameron's NHS promises. The track was mastered by Simon Owen at Xenophorm studios, and also appeared as part of my first Loop Lounge collection. Keith Sharman also made an excellent 3D video in 2015, and I'm really looking forward to starting a whole load of new stuff as it was the last thing i made! Download the track - http://www.djnarrative.com/the-music-downloads-page-2/ The remix set is part of a loop lounge collection here - http://www.thisislooplounge.com/collections/featured-dj-tools/products/reckorder-project-beats-breaks-and-bass-by-dj-narrative It is also released on Beta Birmingham's latest compilation Rags to Glitches in April 2015 - which is a free 10 track download available from their Soundcloud & Bandcamp pages - https://soundcloud.com/beta-birmingham/sets/beta-005-rags-to-glitches-free And here is Keiths 3D...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 12. Albums & Ep's, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track), 16. Phat Glitchy Party & Nu Skool Breaks (Track)
Last one from the first instance of the Reckorder Project and another one that came together in a day. This time i was focusing more on the break and again trying to keep the session down to 20 hours. Always been a huge fan of the rolling break so thought it would be a good one to practice while living on our boat while she was getting her hull backed in a place with no internet and very few people 🙂 Simon Owen from Xenophorm studios has again done a really nice quick master on it and it was also broken down in my first Loop Lounge Collection as another remix set. I think this was the first time i used the acapella first which i found made writing the track much easier. Although there are plenty of arrangement and mixdown issues - but happy with it for a days work and was making good improvements in my workflow. The remix set is part of a loop lounge collection here - http://www.thisislooplounge.com/collections/featured-dj-tools/products/reckorder-project-beats-breaks-and-bass-by-dj-narrative There's a bit more on the track from the Reckorder Project post - http://www.reckorder.com/dj-narrative-remix-of-outkast/ Download the track...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 12. Albums & Ep's, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
Another track from the Reckorder Project where i wanted to practice my bass and specifically adding loads more glitchyness and movement in the bass and try out some layering and modulation techniques i was learning. I think i went way too far with it adding loads of layers for the bass and it was subsequently a real pain to mixdown and thus the diy mastering practice became even more difficult. 🙂 Probably should have shelved it but did learn a lot and some of the parts have helped to create another remix set in my first loop lounge collection The Reckorder post is here - http://www.reckorder.com/dj-narrative-remix-of-the-nextmen/ The remix set is part of a loop lounge collection here - http://www.thisislooplounge.com/collections/featured-dj-tools/products/reckorder-project-beats-breaks-and-bass-by-dj-narrative Download the track - http://www.djnarrative.com/the-music-downloads-page-2/...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 12. Albums & Ep's, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track), 16. Phat Glitchy Party & Nu Skool Breaks (Track)
Another from the Reckorder Project but this one had a specific release in mind - the aforementioned Beta Birmingham Compilation which was my first release - which was picked up via the Reckorder Project site - just as it was getting constantly shut down by my web hosting for too much traffic. It was then released as part of the latest Beta Birmingham Champagne Socialism Compilation on December 20th 2013, and it also made up one of my remix sets in my first loop lounge collection in 2014 which then got featured in my first performance video for the label in 2015 - so quite a nice learning curve on the back of all of it A bit more on the track from Reckorder Project is here - http://www.reckorder.com/dj-narrative-remix-of-ozomatli/ Download the track - http://www.djnarrative.com/the-music-downloads-page-2/ Download the compilation here - https://soundcloud.com/beta-birmingham/sets/beta-004-champagne-socialism Download the Remix set here - http://www.thisislooplounge.com/collections/featured-dj-tools/products/reckorder-project-beats-breaks-and-bass-by-dj-narrative And the video is...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 12. Albums & Ep's, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
A few days after starting the iko iko track, i had an idea for a bassline for Stevie Wonder’s classic track Superstition. Its one of my favourites ands so i thought it would be a good way of putting some of what ive learnt into practice, and in particular use the live bass and brass instruments as part of the Reckorder Project idea. Wasn't intended for putting up but 6 months later it got picked up by beta birmingham for their Champagne Socialism Release, so had a go at getting it road ready. Quite pleased with how it turned out but then decided to write a new one for the release instead which is the Ozomatli remix 🙂 All the parts are played in live and i had a go at some basic diy mastering. Here's the two Reckorder Project posts on the track - http://www.reckorder.com/a-superstition-remix/ & http://www.reckorder.com/superstition-remix-picked-up-for-a-release/ Download the track...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
I started a project on 12/12/12 called the Reckorder Project, with the idea to record the process of learning bits of my setup and making music with a 20 hour time limit. The first track i experimented with was this remix of the dixie cups. Wasn't something to put out but listening back now it turned out ok for a first attempt and i've always loved the story behind the meaning of the original. The project site had audio players and was apparently exceeding the server band width after a few months, but i copied the posts over to my reckorder site - http://www.reckorder.com/an-unexpected-iko-iko-remix/ Download the track...
by djnarrative | 23 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 12. Albums & Ep's, 13. Downtempo Cinematic Electronica & Trip Hop (Track), 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track), 16. Phat Glitchy Party & Nu Skool Breaks (Track), 18. Deep to Rolling Jungle & Drum & Bass (Track)
An album of remixes featuring some early tracks put together with narrative. All bandcamp donations to the current Save the Children Gaza appeal - www.savethechildren.org.uk/about-us/em…za-conflict Cover has background image found on a website on a post under creative commons. Linked artist turned out not to be the orignal originator so looking to find online. Hope its recognised as ran it through various photoshop processing to make it suit the album. Download album and individual tracks from...
by djnarrative | 22 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 12. Albums & Ep's, 13. Downtempo Cinematic Electronica & Trip Hop (Track), 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
My first breaks track from 2007 inspired by the Saul Williams Not in my Name sample and juxta posed with Get this Party started, with some Bill Hicks for good measure. The peter kaye sample at the end was because i made it to play at the reopening of the que club on the main stage as the que club fire alarms would always go off and i thought it a fitting tribute for such a monumentous occasion. Download album and individual tracks from...
by djnarrative | 22 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 12. Albums & Ep's, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track), 16. Phat Glitchy Party & Nu Skool Breaks (Track)
A brief interlude with General levy and a quick dancehall beat to lighten the mood and drop a little comment on people who can't go out without their wig - like this dog who is trying to appear as a dinosaur 🙂 Download album and individual tracks from...
by djnarrative | 22 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 12. Albums & Ep's, 13. Downtempo Cinematic Electronica & Trip Hop (Track), 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
One of my favourite Dub Fx's tracks and one i wrote on New years day coming back after a party with friends. I'd stopped smoking as was finding i wasnt getting anything done, and found the lyrics to this perfect. Started with the beat and track and acapella added the meaning. Finished in a day though lost the project so only have this early mixdown but fitted well with the overall narrative idea of the Prequel album of remixes so its in at number 5 Download album and individual tracks from...
by djnarrative | 21 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 12. Albums & Ep's, 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
My first attempt at a glitch hop track at the end of 2011, and the feeling of smoking to get away from the noise. Wanted to get that swing feel and some crunchy bass, nail a decent arrangement and give it enough space on the production. At the end of a late night session i added the How High Acappella, and while it could do with more work tightening up the vocal, it seems to fit really well in the context of the prequel album and be different enough from the original. Download album and individual tracks from...
by djnarrative | 20 Mar, 2015 | 10. Tracks & Remixes, 12. Albums & Ep's, 13. Downtempo Cinematic Electronica & Trip Hop (Track), 14. Dope Beats Funky Breaks Tropical Rhythms & Glitch Hop (Track)
My remix of M.I.A's track "Paper Planes.. Download album and individual tracks from...
