Alex Harries's diary

Today's "other rant" is about the music industry (again, probably) - I know naff-all about business economics, but I do know what hypocrisy smells like when I see it...

TAFKAP is giving away his new album free to readers of a certain newspaper. Mr. Quirk of the Entertainment Retailers Association says, "It is an insult to all those record stores who have supported Prince throughout his career."

How about the insultingly high prices of CD albums in high street stores, Mr. Quirk? Good work TAFKAP; I'm sure you're making your millions off this "give-away" anyway, but losing the big stores from the high street (Fopp: gone, HMV: going?) might not be the end of the world for the music industry, or for DJs looking for the latest vinyl, either; shops like Plastic Fantastic will still be around as the nightclub and DJ industries keep vinyl alive long past its sell-by date (a good thing, I think?), and legally downloaded tunes become more and more widespread as technology makes it easier and easier to get good-quality, reasonably-priced music online.

It'll be interesting to see how this one pans out. 

Tracklisting

Mix 1 - classic funk

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• Young Disciples - get yourself together
  
• Degrees of Motion - shine on
  
• Aly-us - follow me
  
• The Night Writers - let the music use you
  
• Inner City - pennies from heaven
  
• Joe Smooth - promised land
  
• Frankie Knuckles - tears
  
• Rhythm On The Loose - break of dawn
  
• Deelite - groove is in the heart
  
• C+C Music Factory - gonna make you sweat
  
• The Beginnerz - reckless girl
  
• Seelenluft - manila (Ewan Pearson remix)
  
• Mei Lwun ft. Gina Rene - too late
  

Mix 2 - funkiness

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• Solu Music ft. Kim'blee - fade (original mix)
  
• ** HOT PICK ** Soldiers of Twilight - drive on
  
• The Chi Chi Squad ft. Kaori - treat me right
  
• Everything But The Girl - Tracy in my room
  
• Bob Sinclar - save our soul
  
• Brazz - heroes
  
• W.O.S.P. vs. Laurent Garnier - gettin' in 2 u (dub mix)
  
• Dave Spoon - at night
  
• Spektrum - kinda new 

Disclaimer: these audio files aren't hosted on UPSU.net's servers, and copyright remains with the authors of the songs at all times. These mixes are provided solely for the purposes of self-promotion. No endorsement is given by UPSU or it's affiliates, so if you want to tell somebody off, come and tell me off. Ta!

(Sorry about the gash title! ;o) )

I made it onto the decks for a couple of days last week and recorded some of my latest and favourite tunes on my favourite (and totally underused) toy - Final Scratch.

There's about 7 hours of music to wade through, and it's split up into a chilled mix of laid back house, three commercial/chunkier mixes, and a threesome of dirty house to finish off with. There are some random suprises in there, and I'll sort out a track listing shortly, but for now you're more than welcome to download the demos (but remember there's a bit of small print below about copyright and usage, etc - please read it before you download).

Oh, and I'm ashamed to admit my DJ name at the moment is "Chopper Harries". Honestly, it's the best I could think up...

Download...

• 1: chillification (159Mb)
  
• 2: semichunkification 1 of 3 (159Mb)
  
• 3: semichunkification 2 of 3 (137Mb)
  
• 4: semichunkification 3 of 3 (80Mb)
  
• 5: chunkification 1 of 3 (159Mb)
  
• 6: chunkification 2 of 3 (159Mb)
  
• 7: chunkification 3 of 3 (133Mb)
  

(Everything's recorded at 320Kbit/s).

Small print...

Downloads are offered as-is and are provided solely for the attemped whoring of my DJing abilities (or lack of). Copyright remains with the owners of the tracks where appropriate. Files are not endorsed or hosted by UPSU - for comments, complaints, enquiries, etc, please see www.DJstalker.com.

Oh, and I didn't go swimming today - Fraggy dragged me down to Route last night and I am still, as I type, working from home thanks to having spent most of the night trying not to drive the big white porcelain bus. While Fraggy reckons it's down to my impending old age, my inability to handle my drink is entirely down to genetics. And being a wuss... ;o)