square pegs in a world full of lame ass clones

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Big ups to daddy Mantis for sneaking off a banging mixtape last week!

A note about facebook: facebook seems to be getting cooler. hear me out on this one. its slowly losing the lame kids and the obnoxious oversharers and its becoming a great marketplace for ideas. i dont know about you but i love loggin on to see that my homeboys and homegirls around the planet is getting they things done. shows, exhibits, openings, publishings, getting they fame on. i love it. it inspires me, and lately i need inspiration...

i have been struggling with the blog, you know, like, existential crisis stlye - specifically, the words you are reading right now and those like them. who reads this anyways? arent most folks (if there are indeed more than 20 of you out there) getting they mixes sent right to they ipoddies? i have fun writing shit out for you, and doing my stream of consciousness thing, and of course the occasional shout out to a random artist is always fun (holleratchaboing dj shadow, i am tryna follow in YOUr fucking footsteps dude, call me up, stop fronting!), but sometimes i feel like dubbayuteeef, you know?

and as an artist i have been feeling very stunted lately, like i am looking for a new thing, trying to find a new sound, and although i love this mix (seriously i wouldnt have put it up if i dint) i feel like i am not there yet. i dont know what or where this "there" is, but i will know when i get there. for now enjoy the smoove stylings of my warped mind as i take you on an ambien-pill ride through an auditory landsape full of noises, cliks, bass, and treble... if yurr out there let us know what you think of the mixes, your feedback means everything to us, we aint to big too care yo...enjoy!

Jailbreak!

Quick, before the kids start crying! I made a new mix!

Life has been non-stop neon-green poopy diapers and spitup-covered shoulders for the last few weeks, and my prior life as a rave kid getting by on little to no sleep has definitely come in handy, but the one thing I really miss is music. Loud, wake-the-neighbors, head-nodding hands-in-the-air music. I have to be on point 24 hours a day, so even rocking headphones isn't really in the cards right now, as I still need to hear them breathing and catch them fussing before they wake their mother up. These kids got us on Shawshank lockdown right now, and after two weeks, even a sip of pruno or extra socks from commissary is a treat.

So when the in-laws came by a few days ago, my little baby jail wardens allowed me some time in the yard, and I arranged for a conjugal visit with my mixer and some new breaks tracks. No practicing, no thoughtful track selection, hell, I didn't even get to listen to a few of these tracks first, just turned the mixer and the Kaoss pad on, hit "record," and jacked up the volume. 60 minutes of bass at high volumes (preferably in a res-i-dent-ial area). All in all it came out pretty well, I'd love a do-over on a couple mixes, but for a blind run it was aiight.

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mantisounds - jailbreak

1. Wiley ft. Emeli Sande - Never Be Your Woman (Solo "Loves Garage" Remix)

2. Chase & Status - Eastern Jam (Kyle Watson Re-rub)

3. Josh Money & MC Flipside - Wave Over Me

4. Felguk vs Tim Healey - Rio (Slyde Remix)

5. Tim Healey & Tai - Pocket Rocket

6. Deekline - I Don't Smoke (Deekline & Tim Healey Mix - Krafty Kuts Edit)

7. Sidney Samson - Riverside (Peo De Pitte Dub)

8. Beat Assassins - Put Em Up

9. Diverted - Big Baby Fear (Nick Thayer Remix)

10. Slyde - Jetset

11. Bassnectar - Art of Revolution (Prepmode Remix)

12. Hostage - Skin Out

13. Nick Thayer - Pressure Point (Thayer's Drop the Bass Mix)

14. Lee Mortimer & Foamo - Superman (Streetlife DJs Remix)

15. Hostage - Lost in Bass

16. Deekline & Wizard - Back Up (For the Music)(Krafty Kuts Summer Mix 12" Edit)

17. Groove Diggerz - Just Be Good to Me

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Twin Wind Down Time

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Time to slow things down a bit. Mantisounds has been going hard on the dance floor/head bopping tip and it makes sense – he’s hyped! he just introduced two new souls into the world and so he wanted to make some noise… I would like to switch things up a bit and introduce a bit of introspection, retrospection, and inspection to the mix. The next couple of mixes I post will come from a chiller gentler space. Space which is designed to get you slowed down a bit. Get you to think. Get you to recognize where you are at and where you are heading. I ask in all seriousness - What are you going to do for Mantis’ babies? What is the world are you creating? What world are you leaving them? This mix was created and crafted early one Sunday in January, clear headed and yet full of questions. First thing out of bed. Washed my face, brushed my teeth, and stepped into the zone. Nothing hard, nothing banging. I have been in a contemplative mood as of late. i have been trying to figure out where I fit in and just what the hell is it that I am doing? Sometime we have to take time out to be cheesy and be cliché. We have this tendency to think that cliché means passé. Passé the peas like they used to say…

Sunday in January by mosart212

Meet the Twins

So up until 6:43am on Feb. 24, 2010, my favorite twins in the world were the Bassbin Twins, followed by the Drumattic Twins. Hell, my wife and I rearranged our honeymoon to catch the Bassbin Twins in Las Vegas at Club Ice (sidebar: thanks for representing for my honeymoon, Bassbin Twins)!...All that changed when my wife gave birth to OUR twins, Paloma and Bodhi. Words cannot describe how amazing an experience it is, and how proud I am to be a father (or how amazingly sleep deprived I am after a day and a half of doublemint duty!).

DJ Recon, the mad genius behind Monkeys for Helping, suggested a few weeks ago that, in honor of the birth of my twins, I should do a twins themed mix (Recon is an "ideas man," as they say in the "biz," a mad scientist with the ideas and the lazers and the test tubes with the bubbles and the electricity and the bunsen burners and the 1.21 jigowatts). What better reason to collect all of my favorite Bassbin/Drumattic Twins songs in one place and melt faces in honor of the twins that melt hearts (that might sound corny, but when you meet these kids, I DARE you not to turn into a cooing teary-eyed mess. They are fucking adorable!). I even snuck a Capoeira Twins track in there too to round out the theme.

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Don't be a singleton, meet the twins....

mantisounds - meet the twins

1. bassbin twins - the dogs
2. bassbin twins - gun down
3. capoeira twins - to the dawn of the day (slyde remix)
4. drumattic twins - under the lights
5. drumattic twins - sound of the drum
6. evil nine - crooked (bassbin twins remix)
7. aquasky & the drumattic twins - bring it on down
8. mr. no hands vs bassbin twins - adrenaline
9. drumattic twins - twister
10. drumattic twins - the flunk
11. drumattic twins - big buddha
12. drumattic twins - feelin' kinda strange (bass kleph & nick thayer remix)
13. bassbin twins - UFB2
14. bassbin twins - the ruffest
15. deejay punk-roc - my beatbox (bassbin twins busted my beatbox remix)
16. bassbin twins - woppa
17. bassbin twins - whistle choon

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Knowhow

(pix by =surround)

So it's my turn to rock your iPods, and for this mix I've gone back to what I know: jackin' beats and funky breakdowns. This mix is awash in BASS and I tried to keep the intensity high throughout. I also made a conscious effort to make this mix familiar and new at the same time; thus, lots of remixes of songs y'all can sing along to. A little Sir Mixalot, some Run DMC, a bit o' Stevie Wonder and some Lionel Ritchie, even a remix of that Robin S classic "Show Me Love." Oh, and a bit of a "fuck you" to Henry Rollins by AC Slater, flipping one of Rollins' more obnoxious "spoken word" rants into a face-melting bassed up workout! (Sidebar: I fucking HATE Henry Rollins!).

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mantisounds - knowhow

1. A1 Bassline - 8oh8
2. Hostage - Achtung!
3. Joakim - Watermelon Bubbalicious (torro Torro Party Remix)
4. Rye Rye ft. MIA - Bang (WTF I Asked for a Kuduro Remix by Buraka Som Sistema)
5. Young MC - Knowhow (Stanton Warriors Edit)
6. AC Slater - Play the Record Again
7. Sir Mixalot - I Like Big Butts (Tom EQ's Cellulite Edit)
8. Run DMC - It's Like That (2 Bit Thugs Remix)
9. Don Nola - Roasted & Toasted
10. Curtis B - Cough and Choke ft. Mafioso
11. DJ Dan & Hatiras - Drop Hits (DJ Dan Unreleased Mix)
12. Black Noise - Knock You Out (Kik the Break VIP)
13. Fake Blood - I Think I Like It (Philly Blunt Mix)
14. Robin S - Show Me Love (Redlight Remix)
15. Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke (Dirty Monkeez Remix)
16. Lionel Richie - All Night Long (Rico Tubbs Remix)

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Ground Hog Daze aka Absurdity Redux

February 2nd, 2010

Dear diary, I am writing from the future. it is very weird here.

absurdity redux

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Dub Intentions

So even though it's Mo's turn to post, and even though he's sitting on a couple of hot new mixes that he's posted on Facebook already (calling you OUT, homie), I'm going to go out of turn and post another new mix for the masses. It's another dubstep set, starts pretty mellow but builds into a pretty noisy climax. I'm digging the dubstep coming out of Giant Pussy Records right now, and used a bunch of tracks from that label on this mix (the Ed Solo remix being a particularly heady vintage). I broke out the Kaoss pad again, I'm really starting to enjoy incorporating effects into the mix. Hopefully it adds a little flair, and alla y'allz enjoy it too.


mantisounds - dub intentions

1. chromeo - night by night (skream remix)
2. miike snow - black and blue (caspa remix)
3. robert miles - children (hxdb remix)
4. deadmau5 & kaskade - i remember (caspa remix)
5. interpartysystem - last night in brooklyn (numbernin6 remix)
6. lea luna 0 leaving for mars (b. rich remix)
7. artful dodger ft. craig david - rewind (havocndeed remix)
8. 321 vs tim healey and deekline - bring it back (ed solo and jfb remix)
9. the partysquad - murderer (diplo & jayou remix)
10. tinny - zingolo (doorly remix)
11. perfection & will streetwise - tough old colin
12. ac slater - calm down
13. felguk vs tim healey - rio (jfb remix)
14. sidney samson ft. wizard sleeve - riverside (lets go)(breakage remix)
15. simian mobile disco ft. beth ditto - cruel intentions (joker remix)
16. stripper ft. dj omega - stripper theme (akira kiteshi remix)
17. tim healey and tai - pocket rocket (tes la rok remix)
18. fast eddie - yo yo get funkky (crissy criss remix)
19. j-break - 24 hours (curtis b remix)

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