Acceleration

Just got back from playing Accelerate - very amusing evening - bigup the 7 insane people who raved away during the whole thing! It was small and fun, like a hamster in a hat.

Trying to slot into a night full of DJ's with a laptop-based thing is pretty irritating - I really believe that laptops are just in the same situation as CD's were in about 1999. Soon, computer-based mixing will take over and portable media oriented stuff will be redundant.

For that to happen, there needs to be a significant technology shift along the lines of Pioneer's slow evolution from just-about-acceptable to vinyl-beating DJ CD-players. A couple of other DJ's came and stared at me when I was mixing - people were complementary about what I was doing, so that was cool.

Anyway, enough musing, top night and I am considering posting a big MP3 of my set, as I recorded all the automation in Live (take that normal DJ's).

nervous_testpilot live at Accelerate Oxford

Should have announced this earlier, but I'll be playing at Accelerate this Saturday night - my first ever all hardcore/freeform gig and I'm looking forward to it immensely.

I'll be doing a laptop-based DJ set, and playing a load of my favourite current harder tracks - expect some K-Complex tunes, a bit of Gammer and then a whole raft of the recent awesome stuff people have been doing. Will be entertaining!

Here's the details:

Accelerate Room:

Nervous_Testpilot (NU ENERGY)
DJ Doolittle (Flabbergast,X-Treme-Energy,Happynation)
DJ Cypher
Jodha
Gurninator

DATsound Room:

Wayne
Exley
Danny P
Danny V
The Sorcerers Apprentice

3k Turbosound main rig - bring ear defenders!
Phat DMX lighting with strobes and 1kw green laser - bring sunglasses!
Deco throughout - for your visual entertainment
Friendly security and staff!
Cheap beer :)

9PM - 2AM
Door damage: £3/4 EOCSC members and guests only!
Venue: East Oxford Community Centre - 44b Princes Street corner of Cowley Road, Oxford

Nervous_Testpilot Epic Chords Pack on Dance Midi Samples!

If you are a producer of some kind, and you're looking for inspiration, I present the fantastic Dance MIDI Samples, a site which will vend you MIDI in specific genres. The great thing about MIDI is that it's completely malleable, so you don't have to use the sequences as they come, you can tweak and warp to your heart's desire.

I have contributed the Epic Chords pack, which I put a lot of effort into and I think will be applicable across a pretty wide range of music. Go and check out the awesome preview produced by K-Complex - it's trance-alicious. I want to hear someone have a hit with the second chord sequence on there - go and do it.