Drum & Bass for Grannies - Ep 6 - 01-2023



Drum & Bass for Grannies is your monthly show mixed by Diagg with old sounds, new mixes, and 4 decks!

You will hear Drum'n'Bass from 1997 to 2005 (mostly), ranging from Techstep to Neurofunk to liquid funk mixed altogether on four decks to sound fresh !



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**Mix Notes**:

Happy New Year every one and welcome to this new release of Drum'n'Bass for Grannies.



I'm really happy with this mix has there is a lot of magic moments when the mixing produce something more enjoyable that the tunes themselves, and that's typically what Drum'n'Bass for Granny is all about. For this episode, the vibe is very "Dancefloor" friendly, have a lot of hits and bangers but also fewer Liquid funk tracks. While this not something bad or intended intentionally, this is something I'll try to rebalance in the future!

For this episode, I used loops 3 times to enhance my mix. Until now, I used loop to expand too short tracks but now I will also use them has an additional layer of sound. There are plenty of tracks with unforgettable moments that I would love to include but not the just "ok" part of it…

My equalization skill has improved has there is no more track shadowed by the next one.



**Noticeable Oldies and discoveries**:

The opening track Dj Krust - Re-Arrange is an emotional song with incredible female vocal. Like much of Dj Krust works, it never disappoint at doing things differently. I'm really proud to have it my mix.



Optical - Hi tek Dreams and Distorted Minds - Eventual are really special to me, when I started dj 20 years ago, I played those tunes in my very first set in front of my dj friends who were all found of techno until they litteraly stopped everything to come see me mixing when I dropped those tunes. One of my funniest "Oh my god, this what drum'n'bass is all about…" moment !



Peshay - Thankful, heard this 20 years ago or so probably in a Jumping Jack Frost Kiss 100 radio show, never knew it was Peshay, never knew it was dubplate, never knew the original until now but after all it found his way to my disk bag and I feel so happy about it, what the song express is a very good reminder for all of us, I lost my mother six months ago and those word resonate in me. Big up to the Frost for being the foundation of my liquid funk culture.



Digital & Spirit - Void VIP, stormer for me, the tune played in the set is unfortunately a 192 Kbs mp3 with awful quality, but Digital told me that a remaster was on his way (https://www.instagram.com/p/Clq2DbBKKhk/)!



Visionary - Acid Flex, This one was discovered on this 2001 Ed rush & Optical Set (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=960SCZHEew0). Very cool set that catch the whole neurofunk vibe of that time.

Dub Element - Neofunk, discovered on a Q-Bert session (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OGp-m-g6dM). Fun fact; around 50, someone asks if he was producing D&B.. You are not ready for the answer…

Stay-C - Russian Dolls, what a tune, I came to it after reading this article (https://ukf.com/words/who-the-hell-is-stay-c/31789).



**Hiccups**

Optical - Hi tek Dreams was not started on a 32 bar, that is why the mixing sound a bit cheesy, apologize for that, the same problem also appears with Dom & Roland - Brain Cloud but that far less noticeable



The whole mix has too much buzzy sub base so the version on Hearthis.at is equilized to be more enjoyable. Feel free to ask if you think I cute too much low frequencies…



Diagg