i was recently asked by my good friends at migrashun to do a podcast for them. although i saw this as a good opportunity to try and piece a mix together in ableton for the first time, i ended up using my trusty serato with vinyl control. doing podcasts with ableton just brings out the perfectionist in me in a bad way: rather than concentrating on the records, i worry about putting them together in the most perfect way possible, completely forgetting about the flow of the mix. too close to the edit, so to say.

as i see it, a dj mix is about the records and the order in which they're played. mixing itself is of secondary importance, although it shouldn't be so bad as to attract attention. personally, i like to beatmatch because it involves me in what i do. but i have no problem with dj's who auto-sync everything, as long as they're involved in what they do. that's so much more important than being a real dj™, whatever the crap that means.

please 'right-click -> save' to download the podcast. here's the tracklisting:

1. dirt rhodes - theo parrish (sound signature)
2. closed circus (nick hoeppner rmx) - lee jones (cityfox)
3. my world – sei a ( missive music)
4. abyss – manoo (deeply rooted house)
5. pilgrimage – mri (resopal)
6. under the sycamore tree – marcus worgull (innervisions)
7. time for decisions – daso vs. ofrin (connaisseur)
8. train to nowhere – ripperton (green)
9. borbola – steven m (two-b-music)
10. skogen kaller – of norway (connaisseur)
11. me & you – burnski (dessous)
12. lights go down – mymy feat. emika (aus music)
13. ganzfeld (lee jones) – minz (ransom note)
14. dernier amour (ripperton rmx) – van hai (natura sonoris)

my favorite track of the set has to be the last one, where ripperton shows once again how delicate and beautiful electronic music can be.