Dj Marc Reck Djing Events Tutorials and life in Birmingham

Finally after almost a year, i decided to finish a breaks mix i worked on last year, which was showcased at our last big Project X Presents event in November, and which was based on the Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey.  It was also a set that i reopened the Que Club with, and part of it was featured in my first review at Custom Made, so as you can imagine it feels really good to finish it!

It was ony waiting for one mix, but there was nothing in my box that seemed to fit, so i’ve left it for…..well for months now.

Last night though, i managed to finish it by trying a couple of new tracks with it, which i think fits the narrative perfectly, and by 6am, i had a couple of covers and the tracklisting all done. (The cover incidentally is something i made at school when i was 7!)

So for your listening “pleasure” may I present - “Journey to the Edge of Somewhere”. I really hope you enjoy it, and i also hope you can see some of the hero’s journey in it.

It’s not supposed to be pretty, for obvious reasons, and music wise its based around the heavier end of breaks and drum and bass, as similar to my Fear and Love Mix, it is designed to work on an underground dancefloor, as well as have a narrative.

I didnt have room to put the stages on the cd cover, though i do want to, so until then, here they are for your reference.

• The Ordinary World

• The Call to Adventure

• Meeting The Mentor

• Crossing The Threshold

• Approach to the Innermost Cave

• The Supreme Ordeal

• The Road Back

• The Shadow Challenge

• The Freedom To Return

• The Reward

And here’s the tracklisting.

I wanted to host it on my server, so downloading it would be quick for anyone that wants to, and the file size is only 33 meg, so should be fairly quick.

The only downside, is that it wont tell me how many people have downloaded it, so if you do download it, or listen to it online, all i ask is that you drop me a comment, (even its just “downloading/listening now”)  so i can get some idea of how many people are interested to hear it.

Many thanks, i hope you enjoy it, and i really appreciate your comments

Journey_To_The_Edge_Of_Somewhere - Mixed by Marc Reck - Sep 2007 (2008 Reedit)

I’m in the process of moving sites, and thinking about reformatting the whole breaks chartage thing. As i play such a wide range of music, and because i been using Last F.m quite a lot again recently, i’m thinking about a new approach to try and represent more of what i’m playing month to month, (as opposed to listening to 500 breaks mp3s every month in the hope to find 10 good enough to chart!)

There needs to be a new way to accomodate this new territory, so i will hope to be back in 2008 with a new website, a different approach, and a better reason to chart.

1. Live For The Weekend (Diverted Remix)- GROOVE DIGGERZ - Breakin Even
2. Champion Sound (Hardcore Will Never Die Mix) - Q Project - C.I.A Recordings
3. Rhythm Rock You (Dopamine Breaks Mix) - Vinyl Life - Rexhouse Breaks
4. Steelz Loves The C*ck (Nectarios Remix) - The Beat Monkeys - Brighton Breaks
5. Acidkids - Vinyl Extended Mix - Markus Lange & Daniel Dexter - Whirlpoolsex Music
6. Dope Pope (Maelstrom Remix) - Rob Reng v Thief - West Records
7. Cowboys - DUSTY KID - Kling Klong
8. Mantrakoma - DUSTY KID - Kling Klong

I’ve just finished my latest mix for the Mr Elephant Radio Podcast, and its turned out well

Its 1 hour long, and 21 tracks of great music from around the world, from a multitude of genres, all mixed up in a story …of Mr Elephant’s travels.

It’ll quite different from what you will have heard before, and is the other side of music i like to dj, inspired by a recent set at the Custom Made/Dj Derek event, and also from our friends at Jam Jah and Jibbering who hosted the Mr Elephant room 2 on rotation.

Please show love to the artists by clicking their links/buying an mp3. Its hoped that it’ll help share/promote music and artists, but if you are the rights holder to any of the music, and would like a track to be removed from the mix, please email me and i’ll happily oblige.

Otherwise I’d really like to know if you can hear any story in it, or any feedback you may have, so please feel free to drop us a comment.

Either way i hope you enjoy listening to it as much as i do.

Here’s the link to download or stream

And here’s the tracklisting :

Mr Elephant’s Journey Round the World

1. The mighty Thievery Corporation start us off. A Washington DC-based production and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton and their supporting artists. Their music can be characterized as downtempo/electronica with influences of dub, acid jazz, indian classical and brazilian styles fused together with a lounge aesthetic, and they really know how to produce bass!

2. Then it’s to my home city of Birmingham with the inspiring Friendly Fire Crew, reggae collective, featuring the talented Paradox on the vocals and Robin Giorni on the production, with this proper track called “Web Of Deceit”

3. Down into the the south of Spain we find the beautiful voice of Yolando Rayo, with an equisite traditonal salsa track “Salsa Con Sabor”

4. Then its to the bright lights and big show tunes of Broadway, with Catherine Zeta Jones blasting out her rendition of “All That Jazz” from the musical Chicago (reedited for full dancefloor effect by me)

5. Thrown onto the streets of London with this dirty classic track from Noonsday Underground

6. Going Deeper into the capital for the inspired fusion of Tricky (with great vocals from Martine), with their seminal track “Black Steel” from the album Maxinquaye.

7. India speaks with the amazing vocal talent of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, taken from my favourite soundtrack of the 90’s - Natural Born Killers

8. Staying East we get treated to the combined musical skills of Shankar and the Epidemics.

9. Then lush African Marimba sounds from Batanai Marimba with a track called Shangara.

10. To the streets of Barcelona is where we find the Minimal Acoustic Band, and their track “Saraha”. Mainly using traditional didgeridoos from Nepal, and steel pans from Jamaica their fusion is/was a highlight from the Catalunyan streets.

11. Then its a quick trip back to the U.K to catch the hugely talented fusion that is Nitin Sawhney, with this title track from his Beyond Skin Album.

12. Then were off all the way across the globe to New Zealand with a brief stopover in Australia and a classic track from Crowded House

13. Over to now Europe for two short vists. One is to France to see the excellent French Hip Hop Sounds of Nuttea

14. And then over to Germany to check out a light hearted Dauerfisch

15. A business trip to Japan allows us to let our hair down and catch the pure funk of Major Force, with this wicked track taken from Thievery Corporation’s “Outernational Sound Mix Album”

16. Then its over to the west coast with a little bit of deck skills from Dj Shadow with this bit of Walkie Talkie,

17. and then NWA give us a slice of Compton life with the classic “Fuck Da Police”

18. Manu Chao is a Latin folk singer of Galician origin, fusing all sorts of …well you probably heard of him too.

19. Over to the continent of Africa to visit Mozambique for a Maputo based multi generational collective. Mabulu are one of a number of nu-generation African bands balancing dance music, traditional roots sounds, and the verbal acrobatics and conscious social lyrics of rap and hip-hop. This track is called Aids.

20. Then of course, The Pink Panther from North American composer Henry Mancini

21. And to bring us back home, we haved the inspirational soundtrack esque Barry Adamson, with the very cool “Jazz Devil”

Stayed tuned for the Hero’s Journey in breakbeat and drum n bass form..Coming soon.

1. Daylight - Dilemna - (Bombtraxx Records)
2. Wassup - Mi Loki - (Tricksta Recordings)
3. 4 Bit (Extended Mix) - Uberzone - (Functional)
4. Steam (Extended 12 Mix) - Fresh - (Breakbeat Kaos)
5. Freeze Dried (Cd Edit) - Backdraft - (Passenger)
6. Get Raw (Ils Mix) - Mi Loki (Tricksta Recordings)
7. Ragmash - E The Hot - (Mantra)
8. Web Of Deceit - Paradox (Friendly Fire Records)

Just done some record shopping and some scratch practise, and heres the current top ten purchases, in no particular order, all available from the mp3 shop at www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk

01.What If Peter Didn’t Catch The Wolf? - Zeb - Casa Di Primordine
02. 1st Dynasty - Forensic Mxr - Revolution Music
03. Call Me A Doctor - Tommy Bass - La Douce
04. Jetlag and Tinnitus Part 1 (Mauins Graintank Mix) Si Begg - Noodles Recordings
05. Sex, Drugs, RocknRoll - Boogie Army - Gene Poole Music
06. Petit Comite - Obrigado (Original) - Jmekka meets Lai - iBreaks
07. Whitenoise - Nixon & Shimon - Finger Lickin
08. I Choose Noise (Elite Force Mix) - Hybrid - Distinctive Records
09. Street Carnival (2007 edit) - Cave - Spilo Records
10. Raining Blood - Concorde Dawn - Kog Records

1. What If Peter Didn’t Catch The Wolf? - Zeb - (Casa Di Primordine)
2. 1st Dynasty - Forensic Mxr - (Revolution Music)
3. Call Me A Doctor - Tommy Bass - (La Douce)
4. Jetlag and Tinnitus Part 1 (Mauins Graintank Mix) Si Begg - (Noodles) 5. Sex, Drugs, RocknRoll - Boogie Army - (Gene Poole Music)
6. Petit Comite - Obrigado (Original) - Jmekka meets Lai - (iBreaks)
7. Whitenoise - Nixon & Shimon - (Finger Lickin)
8. I Choose Noise (Elite Force Mix) - Hybrid - (Distinctive Records)
9. Street Carnival (2007 edit) - Cave - (Spilo Records)
10. Raining Blood - Concorde Dawn - (Kog Records)

1. TROJAN (C83 Mix) - Beta - (Re:connect)
2. BOOMIN BASS (Rowdy Version) - Circuit Breaker
3. 100 PEOPLE (Vocal Mix) - Freefall Collective (Resin Records)
4. MASSENBEWEGUNGSMITTE - Miles Dyson
5. GET BACK - NAPT feat Skibadee
6. SCRAMBLER - Nick Thayer & Micah
7. RAAR - Noisia - (Division)
8. YELLOW BRICK - Noisia - (Division)
9. DILEMA - Pilot - Plastic Shell
10. THE DRUM (Groove Diggers Mix) - Soul Of Man (Finger Lickin)
11. TURKA LILA (State of Kalachakra Remix) - Hamsa Lila (Lowpro Lounge)
12. EXODUS (Instrumental) - Noisia & Mayhem (Vision Records)

1. TROJAN (C83 Mix) - Beta - (Re:connect)
2. BOOMIN BASS (Rowdy Version) - Circuit Breaker
3. 100 PEOPLE (Vocal Mix) - Freefall Collective (Resin Records)
4. MASSENBEWEGUNGSMITTE - Miles Dyson
5. GET BACK - NAPT feat Skibadee
6. SCRAMBLER - Nick Thayer & Micah
7. RAAR - Noisia - (Division)
8. YELLOW BRICK - Noisia - (Division)
9. DILEMA - Pilot - Plastic Shell
10. THE DRUM (Groove Diggers Mix) - Soul Of Man (Finger Lickin)
11. TURKA LILA (State of Kalachakra Remix) - Hamsa Lila (Lowpro Lounge)
12. EXODUS (Instrumental) - Noisia & Mayhem (Vision Records)

DUBBYDUBICH/BABYSITTA feat CAMILLA - James Bond Is Dead - Takoe
STEPSINE - CyberBoy - Stepsine Records
DJ TOPO/MIREL J - Voices From The Underground (original mix) - Grooved Music
NEURAL TECH - Defense Funding - Neural Tech
NEURAL TECH - Brain Surgery - Neural Tech
LIGHTSHAPERS - Still Got Love (original mix) - Polar Red
ORBITAL - Satan (2004) - Live @ Glastonbury
ORBITAL - Chime (2004) - Live @ Glastonbury
VANDALS - Idiots (Audiojack remix)