Nikolozi’s Blog
Ok here’s a new tune I completed about a week ago. It’s already upped on my myspace page. So I thought I’d re-post it here.
I know I promised to upload a new version of New Soul, but I kind of changed my mind. Not happy with it at the moment. Maybe few more tracks later I’ll revisit it and as nsu says refinish it.
-Nikolozi
Sonalksis MultiLimit
Update: After demoing these plugs for a couple of weeks I have to say they didn’t do it for me. Waves L2 sounds WAY nicer than MaxLimit.
For the heading of this post I used Kanye’s song versioning method. “Love Lockdown Version 1.1” is actually not too bad. WAY better than the orginal. Go check it out if you haven’t heard it yet. Here’s the song video, which apparently was inspired by American Psycho.
Anyway, back to the topic - New Soul needed some remastering, high end was a bit mushy and the song needed more overall compression. When the track was played on the radio it sounded bit too quiet alongside the other tunes. That’s right, the loudness war continues. Nothing L3 Multimaximizer can’t handle. I’ll upload the new version here and on my myspace page next few days for your streaming pleasure.
Here is a new track called New Soul that I have recently completed. It’s a bit different from my usual style. Judge it yourself…
oh yeah, GFX are from iTunes 8 visualizer.
OK, here’s Deadmau5 himself (wearing his giant mouse head) rocking out Bye Friend at O2 Wireless Festival 2008.
The other tunes in the video are The Reward is Cheese & Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.
MacRumors.com posted an upcoming iTunes 8 visualizer:
Now, imagine this on a big screen in a dark club while the the bass heavy sound system is blasting out Minimal Techno grooves. Now that’s trippy! Too bad by October every iPod owner will have this on their computers making it that much less er… trippy.
Deadmau5’s latest tune “Bye Friend” is really doing for me at the moment. You can preview it at Beatport. At the 2 minute mark it all starts to happen. Do whatever you have to do to get it on your iPod (or iPhone if you are hip).
In this maintenance release Serato fixes whole lot of bugs and adds a very useful zoom feature. Using the following short cuts you can alter the size of the music library text:
Ctrl + Zoom In
Ctrl - Zoom Out
The biggest downside of DJing with a laptop is that you could look like you are chatting on Facebook or better yet browsing porn. As an artist you want to look cool behind the decks. This feature makes it easier not having to lean in to read and select tunes while playing out in clubs.
For more info head over to the ScratchLive forums, where you can also download the latest release candidate.
About a month ago or so I entered Sennheiser Sound Logo contest. I mean, why not, can’t hurt right? Needless to say it didn’t make it to the the shortlist. Here is my entry…
According to Sennheiser, “Over the past six months, more than 600 participants from 57 different countries have uploaded a total of 2016 “sound ideas” onto the Sennheiser website.” Not bad! Visit http://www.se-soundlogo.com/ to check them out yourself. And maybe vote for your favourite. There are few weird yet very fitting entries.
This is my June promo mix, it combines fresh selection of house and techno tunes, er… at least they were fresh 2 months ago.
Tracklisting…
1. SIA / The Girl You Lost To Cocaine / Stonebridge Club Mix /
2. Afrikaner / Ivory / Rhythm Of Conga Mix /
3. Sharam / Get Wild / Original Mix /
4. Nik Blaze & DJ Perov / Rock / Original Mix /
5. Stupid Fresh / Get The Fuck Up / Original Mix /
6. Lil Mo Yin Yang / Reach / TV Rock Mix /
7. George Morel / Let’s Take Drugs / Cedric Gervais Remix /
8. James Harcourt / Call And Response / Original Mix /
9. Booka Shade / Charlotte / Dubfire Remix /
10. Style Of Eye / The Big Kazoo / Techno Dub /
11. Steve Mac & Paul Harris / You / FPS Remix /
12. Josh Wink / Stay Out All Night / Dub Mix /
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