NiteLite Snack

Yup, good times at NiteLite last weekend. Although, as I said, the levels on the recording were very hot, and it’s not worth posting. But, I’ve been thinking about it quite a bit: the party, the records, the vibe.

I’m on vacation for the next week or so while our house closes and I had a couple of hours to spare on Friday. My record bag was still packed from last weekend, so all the tracks in the mix were either ones I played or planned to play. The tough part about playing a tag-team set is not clashing too much with your counter-part’s style. My partner-in-crime Mr.Ricardo has a more progressive edge to his selections, so the records I picked out also tended towards the progressive. This is also my first mix using a CDJ, which I’m still getting used to.

Anyway, without further ado, I give you Chef Napalm’s NiteLite Snack

Stage One (Pariah’s Banjo Mix) – Space Manoeuvres
Voltage – Matthias Meyer
Do ‘un Goodur’ (Tom Middleton’s Cosmos Mix) – Crazy Penis
Risingson (Underworld Mix) – Massive Attack
Dubb Me Some’tin Fresh – Halo, Hipp-e, & Tony
Warped Mind – Shed
Mallorca (Sasse Remix) – Wagon Cookin’
Magica – Renato Cohen
BND2 – Andomat 3000
Electrikiss – Eric Kupper feat. K-Scope
Can You Relate – Samuel L. Session
Exit Row (Pirupa & Ruggero Remix) – Steven Lee & Gaby Dershin
Charlotte (Remix) – Booka Shade
Harder Better Faster Stronger (Deadmau5 Edit) – Daft Punk
Shiver (Ewan Pearson’s Bari Girl Remix) – Silver City
Don’t Wanna Die – My Federation

After the nitelites come on...

A bit of a disappointing end to a great night: for no reason I can fathom, the levels on the recording are very distorted. After some testing, I narrowed it down to the mixer; a crap-assed Pioneer! Since there's no adjustment of the levels for the rec-out apart from the individual channel gains and since we kept said gains out of the red, there is no reason for the hot recording other than some internal fault. I've thought for a long time that Pioneer mixers were of questionable quality at an inflated price, and this lends even more credence to that belief. Why people continue to buy/insist on them I'll never understand.

Solstine Anticipation

For those of you who don’t know, the venue for NITELITE has been changed to the Gothic Arches in Saint John. Go check out the Facebook event for more details on that. Personally, I’d just as soon it was on home turf anyway. I think you’ll all agree that travel is nice, but the best sleep comes from one’s own bed.

My partner-in-crime, Richard “Mr. Ricardo” Carhart, is feeling the pre-show butterflies acutely. Strangely, I am not. Despite this being the biggest event I’ve played to date, and for probably the first time, I’m not experiencing any of the paralyzing apprehension I’ve encountered prior to previous shows. All I feel is a sureness, a rightness, a confidence in my skills. That’s not macho swagger or arrogance talking either. I certainly don’t think my (our) set will be the highlight of the event, although I will say we’ve got a trick or two up our sleeves that may make it something special and unique. No, it’s like being prepared for a big exam; I know exactly what will be asked of me and I am ready to face the challenge.

A brief word on our set: the poster says “Progressive/House”; I’m not at all sure that’s particularly accurate. There will be some house, and maybe even some progressive house, but I’d say the majority of what we’ve been playing is closer to melodic, minimal techno, if that makes sense at all. I’m recording, so watch for that coming soon.

If you’re attending, watch out for our sweet new T’s. Saint John DJ Farm in full effect.