Darkness Vol. 2

This is Mix 21;

A second dose of dark and minimal dubstep. Beginning with a bunch of new tracks acquired in just the last week, this mix provides a fresh update to the original, and I throw in the classic Charles Manson track from AMIT for shits and giggles.

Darkness Vol. 2

Keep Bustin'

This is Mix 20;

DJ'ing at Sonar and XS in Baltimore was where I first made a name for myself, And this mix is what Mix 7 (my missing demo) sounded most like; Jazzy, Jackin', Hip-House, and it even contains a few tracks from that same mix. I tried asking the "owners" of demostreams.com to pull Mix 7 for me, but haven't received a response yet, so here is my best interpretation of the demo mix that got me into the club scene a while back.

Keep Bustin'

Come Wit It

This is Mix 19;

I've never really been a huge fan of peak hour, techno or the new electro sound that has gained popularity through pop remixes recently, but tracks like that can sure bring a lot of energy into a club. This mix contains just that, with my usual hip-hop influenced remixes.

Come Wit It

Mashups Vol. 2

This is my second round of mashups; All Biggie tracks here:

Notorious B.I.G. - Ten Crack Commandments vs. Deadlock - Sirens

Notorious B.I.G. - Things Done Changed vs. Phantomjama - Creation

Notorious B.I.G. - Who Shot Ya vs DJ Shadow - Stem

Music From Outer Space

This is mix 18;

Ever since I bought turntables, I always felt the desire to play more than 1 genre (if you haven't been able to tell by my posts yet), and intelligent drum and bass was what I first went with after loading up on tribal house, as I had always been a big fan of LTJ Bukem's Progression Sessions. Coincidentally, the space shuttle Discovery did circles around the DC area today on its final journey; marking an end to the 30-year long shuttle program. I saw it pass by my office on each of its 3 laps around the city, and it was pretty awesome to see it fly just 1,500 feet off the ground on the back of a 747. This mix digs deep into Bukem's Good Looking Records catalog, and goes after some 'spaced-out' tracks on his label that you hopefully have not heard before.

Music From Outer Space

Music For Hangovers

This is mix 17;

Hearing Mark Farina's mixes are what first inspired me to start playing funky, jazzy house, but I've always been a big fan of his Mushroom Jazz series also, and this mix sounds like Mushroom Jazz and some Wu-Tang beats in a 69. This mix was the first time I've ever spun downtempo or recorded anything under 120 BPM.

Music For Hangovers

Vintage Drum Grooves

This is mix 16;

The first records I ever bought were tribal house. Artists like Danny Tenaglia. Peace Division, Steve Lawler. This mix sums up why I started DJing with this genre, and is what my mixes in the beginning would've sounded like.

Vintage Drum Grooves

Have a Cigar

This is mix 15;

A collection of some dirty, bass-heavy dubstep remixes. As usual, this mix has my hip-hop flavor, but this time I threw in some rock, turntablism, mashups and clipped samples for the laugh factor.

Have A Cigar

Global Underground Nubreed 009

This is mix 14;

Global Underground proudly presents the future of electronic dance music with a 2 hour live mix recorded @ Home, and split into 2 CD's of the world’s freshest underground tracks.

The legendary Global Underground Nubreed DJ mix series that began in 2000 (launching the careers of some of modern dance music’s greatest DJ’s such as Sander Kleinenberg, Danny Howells and Steve Lawler to name just a few) continues its worldwide journey of discovery by bringing you Nubreed 009, mixed exclusively by the supremely talented Washington, DC based DJ and producer Stro, recorded on the 28th of March 2012.

Stro has consistently proven to be one of the leading producers in today's dance music scene, playing every genre imaginable, and remixing artists such as Aaliyah, Brandy and Monica, & The Notorious B.I.G.

With shows across the Atlantic coast, touring in renowned clubs like Sonar and XS, and playing numerous house parties in the northeast corridor, he has proven to be one of the most exciting performers in the DJ scene today.

Stro originates from Shamokin, PA, but has been residing in the DC area for many years, and this smooth, eclectic and at times mystical journey builds effortlessly from the blissed out opening set into a magic carpet ride of cutting edge and upfront progressive, groove-laden delights!

This intelligent and well thought out DJ mix has been expertly programmed by a serious name to watch out for on the global dance music scene. Playing tracks currently being performed by the likes of Sasha and Digweed, they have been put in perfect sequence exclusively for this Nubreed album.

Enjoy the ride…

Disc 1

Disc 2

Let's Dance

This is mix 13;

A collection of some of the best tracks I collected over the last few years.

Let's Dance

Darkness Vol. 1

This is mix 12;

I stumbled upon a track produced by Perverse, and was instantly hooked on this minimal style of dubstep ever since. I'm consistently locked into Youngsta from 6pm-8pm Eastern on Rinse FM every Monday. Expect more mixes (not necessarily in this genre) soon now that I have a new toy.

Darkness Vol. 1

Unfinished Tracks

These are some tracks that I was working on when I had DJ gigs At XS and Sonar in Baltimore playing funky, jackin', jazzy house and doing my online radio broadcasts; Trying to come up and make a name for myself; make my own EP, etc. All 3 were works in progress, which is why they don't sound like a finished product, however I found the Reason 4 templates on some old CDs i was looking through, and converted them to mp3, so for what it's worth, here they are:

Rhythm Pad

Don't Get Attached

Ya Dig?

Mashups Vol. 1

These are the first mashups I made; All 90's R&B tracks here:

Aaliyah - If your girl only knew vs. Steve Aoki & Laidback Luke feat. Lil Jon - Turbulence

Aaliyah - If your girl only knew vs. Neuroxyde - Jazzy Stuff

Brandy & Monica - The Boy is Mine vs. Macky Gee - Deserted Riddim

Shake That

This is mix 11;

My first attempt at Dubstep, Mixed only via PC, no hardware. Crank the bass up to eleventeen for this one!

Shake That

Session of Progression

This is mix 10;

A flashback to my Progressive roots, my first done exclusively on a PC with Virtual DJ, no hardware.

Session of Progression

Hip-Hop Drum & Bass Mix

This is mix 9;

I recorded this the day after the B'More mix. A collection of hip-hop remixes over drum and bass.

Hip-Hop Drum & Bass Mix

B'More Club Jams

This is mix 8;

(Mix 7 is currently missing; which was one of my best mixes, and THE demo I used to get gigs in Baltimore, but I made the mistake of posting, and relying on, it to be forever available on Demostreams.com, but unfortunately that website is no longer around). Anyway, I made this mix on Father's Day 2009, as I finally had the day to myself, and hadn't had a chance to record a mix in years.

B'More Club Jams

Analyze

This is mix 6;

A mix-n-match of different styles of drum & bass. I started using CD's AND vinyl for the first time (in the same mix) with this one.

Analyze

Filtered

This is mix 5;

A disco house mix I made after I got tired of playing progressive and tribal house.

Filtered

Revolutions

This is mix 4;

A 2 disc effort; one tribal mix and one progressive mix. This was the first CD where I included a track I made myself.

Revolutions Disc 1

Revolutions Disc 2

Different Division

This is mix 3;

Mixed with tracks and remixes produced by Peace Division, aka Different Gear. They were my favorite producers at the time and I collected every vinyl they made.

Different Division

DayBreak

This is mix 2; (My first mix CD);

I called to check my balance on a credit card, and they proactively offered me a credit limit raise after 9/11. I challenged them do so, and they did, so I immediately went to Radio Shack, bought a Y adapter so I could record mixes to my computer, and then went and bought a bunch of breakbeat records for some reason yet unknown. So the DayBreak title is due to me recording a breaks CD in one day (I had never owned a breakbeat record or played breaks before [or after] that day).

DayBreak

Mix 4 Frankie

This is mix 1; (My first mix tape);

Inspired and created after a good friend died in a car accident on my birthday. He was a great person, and introduced me to his large catalog of house, drum & bass, and everything else electronic, and actually the whole electronic music lifestyle itself. He knew what Global Underground was before it was global. It was recorded on (2) 60 minute cassette tapes (yeah I'm old). It has 4 parts since there's only 30 minutes per side, and the quality is not great due to it being recorded on tape first, but I finally transferred those old tapes to mp3 though. RIP Frank.

Mix 4 Frankie