This month’s mix with Narrative is a kind of sequel to my first fear & love mix back from 2006, focusing much more on the Fear side. As a contrast to last month's Zazen Mix this one is much heavier and draws on influences from Joseph Campbells’s “Heroes Journey” structure.
It also features a fighting the shadow sequence taken from my 2nd Project X Presents set where i was fortunate to conduct (i use that term loosely 🙂 a live string quartet in a 3 deck remix (again another term used loosely 🙂 of Rich Batsford‘s Completion track, which we all performed live as the climax of the 1st Project X Presents event back in 2006. Those events have influenced me a great deal 🙂
The tracks, accapellas and samples are all djed live with 4 decks and s4 sample slots, though like the other mixes there’s plenty of preperation and reworking in order to try and create a dj mix journey with narrative. The narrative is pretty strong to me in this one, mainly revolving around a journey through some of the different faces of fear, and with the protaganist battling their own fears and coming to some sort of resolution at the end.
I wasn’t sure if this was more for home listening or going out, as the music is much more uptempo (and very fierce at times) but i figured it could be both, and, as i have two live sets for this month’s newsletter i figured best to keep it as part of the home.
Download the Mix - http://www.djnarrative.com/coming-home-mix-downloads-page-1/
Check out any of the artists from the links below
Tracklisting
Bill Hicks – Fear & Love
Future Funk Squad – Fear
Break – The Only Way
Blacklicious – Sky Is Falling (Acapella )
King Cannibal – Aragami style
Coldcut – Everything is under control (Acapella)
The Prodigy – Poison
Vent – Lunatics
Bassbin Twins – 001
Jargon VA – Dissapoint You (High Rankin remix)
Noisia vs Mayhem – Exodus (Instrumental)
Rich Batsford feat Howard Marx – Completion (Reckorder Drum & Bass Remix)
London Elektricity – Do You Believe
Pendulum – Tarantula
Sigur Ross – Saigur Pur
Bill Hicks – Fear & Love