New mix from last week’s Transitions radio show "DJ Sonix - Live on Transitions 2008-07-18"

DJ Sonix - Live on Transitions 2008-07-18
Duration = 70:38 mins.
01. Pig & Dan - The DJ Took Pills
02. Cirez D - Teaser (Deadmau5 Remix)
03. Christian Fischer - DIN A2
04. Daniel Portman - Starwarrior
05. Brusca & Guido Durante - Choose Life
06. Rod Valdes - Inside
07. Bjoern Stolpmann - The Space Between
08. Rekorder - Rekorder 7.1
09. Dan Corco - New World (Robert Babicz Remix)
10. Kolombo - Indigo
11. Goldfrapp - A&E (Gui Boratto Dub)
12. Spooky & Kris Menace - Stereophonic
13. Lusine - Drift (Apparat Remix)
14. Apparat - Arcadia

http://www.djsonix.com/music/DJ_Sonix_-_Live_on_Transitions_2008-07-18-www_djsonix_com.mp3
File Size: 97 MB


Enjoy!

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DJ Sonix - Live on Transitions 2008-06-20

New mix to enjoy. This was just aired on RadioReal.DJ. My monthly show called Transitions exclusively for RadioReal radio in Hungary.

It's a mix of Electro House with Progressive Trance and other elements in it.

DJ Sonix - Live on Transitions 2008-06-20
Duration = 74:28 mins.
01. 16 Bit Lolitas - Non Verbal Language
02. Cedric Gervais - Pills (Granite & Phunk Remix)
03. Pig & Dan & Tatto - Minimalistic Therapy
04. Roland Klinkenberg & DJ Remy - Mexico Can Wait (Peter Horevorts Mix)
05. Airbus Modular - Airways
06. Martin Eyerer & Oliver Klein - Babylon
07. Untitled
08. Popof - Lost Thought Part One
09. Popof - Lost Thought Part Two
10. Tim Davison feat. Niki Max - All Day (Mashtronic Remix)
11. Soliquid - The Caterpillar Of The Windmill
12. Apparat - Arcadia (Boys Noize Remix)

http://www.djsonix.com/music/DJ_Sonix_-_Live_on_Transitions_2008-06-20-www_djsonix_com.mp3




By the way, I picked the name "Transitions" for the show because I've traveled and moved a lot in the past and probably will travel even more in the future; from these experiences and transitions if you will, I find myself constantly adapting and changing, polishing and molding myself to be a better character; and as a result I've discovered more about myself and my abilities while developing a sense of comfort and home in transitions. It is this constant change and progression that I want to convey and present in my expression through music, not defined by stringent genres but expressed in an emotional, spiritual, and profound roller coaster progression. So there will be more than just one genre of music on my show. Lots of different genres and different themes all intermingling together, creating this hybrid type of music. Of course there will be the familiar epic builds, uplifting melodies, and emotional moody basslines as well, all in a progressive fashion. If you must label it and give it a name then call it progressive music. In the end, I hope that my music and my presentation of music will move people. Well that is the goal and hopefully you guys will enjoy what I have to offer.

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DJ Sonix - L.I.F.E. (new electro house, prog house, prog trance mix)

here's a fantastic new mix of electro house, progressive house, and progressive trance. feel free to share it amongst friends and in other forums.

http://www.djsonix.com/music/DJ_Sonix_-_Life-www_djsonix_com.mp3


track listing:

TITLE "L.I.F.E."
PERFORMER "DJ Sonix - djSonix.com"
FILE "DJ_Sonix_-_Life-www_djsonix_com.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Untouchable (Isotope Remix)"
    PERFORMER "Sonorone & Sedative"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Down There (Perry O'Neil Remix)"
    PERFORMER "Envotion"
    INDEX 01 06:01:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Espionage (Dima Remix)"
    PERFORMER "Nikola Gala"
    INDEX 01 12:15:00
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Hurt Of Intention (Tyron & Mathews Dub)"
    PERFORMER "Mind One feat. Rebekka Thenu"
    INDEX 01 16:48:00
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Inner Sense (Starecase Remix)"
    PERFORMER "The Disco Brothers feat. Andrea Britton"
    INDEX 01 20:01:00
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Gameplan"
    PERFORMER "Steve May"
    INDEX 01 27:09:00
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "400 Years Till Dawn (Kris O'Neil Remix)"
    PERFORMER "Abdul Bayyari feat. Josh Money"
    INDEX 01 32:43:00
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Blackout"
    PERFORMER "Tannen"
    INDEX 01 39:36:00
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "All I Ever Wanted (Club Mix)"
    PERFORMER "The Thief presents Kinski"
    INDEX 01 48:22:00
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
    TITLE "Places"
    PERFORMER "Benz & MD"
    INDEX 01 54:44:00
  TRACK 11 AUDIO
    TITLE "Come Tomorrow (Cicada Mix)"
    PERFORMER "Chicane"
    INDEX 01 61:06:00
  TRACK 12 AUDIO
    TITLE "Terrassa"
    PERFORMER "KC Taylor"
    INDEX 01 65:34:00
  TRACK 13 AUDIO
    TITLE "Life (Allende Remix)"
    PERFORMER "Michael Delving"
    INDEX 01 70:16:00

or http://www.djsonix.com/cuefile/DJ_Sonix_-_Life__(cuefile)-www_djsonix_com.cue

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Trance is an Emotion

it's not some trance you've heard in some distant past,
it's not some cheesey melodies or europop vocals,
it's not even some catchy riffs or hooks,
it's music that makes you "feel" ... emotional.

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DJ Sonix - King Of The Jungle (new summer upbeat drum & bass)

Summer is here and I've prepared this special set for
you guys to enjoy. Whether it's on the road or at home or at a
summer festival, or some remote location in the forest
or desert, or hitting up nightclubs; listen to this
set and it'll set you in the proper party mood.

DJ Sonix - King Of The Jungle
Duration = 60:06 mins.

01. Tester - The Lion
02. Mythology - Untouchable
03. Matrix & Futurebound - Skyscraper
04. Matrix & Futurebound - The Edge
05. Matrix & Futurebound - Universal Truth
06. Blame & The Pedge - Avalon
07. Mazzini - Freak
08. State Of Mind - Sun King (Chris Su Remix)
09. Mythology - Stuck In A Rut
10. Danny Byrd - Under The Sea
11. Klute - We Control The Vertical
12. Chris Su & State Of Mind - Deeper
13. Akira & T-ak feat. Ellie - Change
14. CLS - Their Names Were Trot & Melon
15. Matrix & Futurebound feat. Louis Smith - Coast To Coast
16. Klute - Hell Hath No Fury
17. Clipz - Download


Cue file for burning it onto a CD:
TITLE "King Of The Jungle"
PERFORMER "DJ Sonix - djSonix.com"
FILE "DJ_Sonix_-_King_Of_The_Jungle-www_djsonix_com.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Lion"
    PERFORMER "Tester"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Untouchable"
    PERFORMER "Mythology"
    INDEX 01 03:55:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Skyscraper"
    PERFORMER "Matrix & Futurebound"
    INDEX 01 06:02:00
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Edge"
    PERFORMER "Matrix & Futurebound"
    INDEX 01 08:36:00
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Universal Truth"
    PERFORMER "Matrix & Futurebound"
    INDEX 01 12:08:00
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Avalon"
    PERFORMER "Blame & The Pedge"
    INDEX 01 14:58:00
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Freak"
    PERFORMER "Mazzini"
    INDEX 01 18:29:00
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "Sun King (Chris Su Remix)"
    PERFORMER "State Of Mind"
    INDEX 01 22:20:00
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "Stuck In A Rut"
    PERFORMER "Mythology"
    INDEX 01 26:11:00
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
    TITLE "Under The Sea"
    PERFORMER "Danny Byrd"
    INDEX 01 28:49:00
  TRACK 11 AUDIO
    TITLE "We Control The Vertical"
    PERFORMER "Klute"
    INDEX 01 32:19:00
  TRACK 12 AUDIO
    TITLE "Deeper"
    PERFORMER "Chris Su & State Of Mind"
    INDEX 01 35:27:00
  TRACK 13 AUDIO
    TITLE "Change"
    PERFORMER "Akira & T-ak feat. Ellie"
    INDEX 01 38:35:00
  TRACK 14 AUDIO
    TITLE "Their Names Were Trot & Melon"
    PERFORMER "CLS"
    INDEX 01 43:06:00
  TRACK 15 AUDIO
    TITLE "Coast To Coast"
    PERFORMER "Matrix & Futurebound feat. Louis Smith"
    INDEX 01 47:36:00
  TRACK 16 AUDIO
    TITLE "Hell Hath No Fury"
    PERFORMER "Klute"
    INDEX 01 52:24:00
  TRACK 17 AUDIO
    TITLE "3"
    INDEX 01 59:48:50
  TRACK 18 AUDIO
    TITLE "2"
    INDEX 01 59:48:60
  TRACK 19 AUDIO
    TITLE "1"
    INDEX 01 59:48:70
  TRACK 20 AUDIO
    TITLE "Download"
    PERFORMER "Clipz"
    INDEX 01 59:49:00


File Size: 82 MB
http://www.djsonix.com/music/DJ_Sonix_-_King_Of_The_Jungle-www_djsonix_com.mp3


Enjoy this summer upbeat uplifting jazzy atmospheric
drum & bass!


Till next time,
Keep banging that set.


-Sonix
www.djsonix.com

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Love of Music

"Love of the music should be the driving force of any producer, performer or DJ. Everything else stems from that core, that love. With that love, sampling can become a tribute; An expansion on ideas long forgotten, reconstruction, collage. Using the same understanding openly and respectfully can turn DJing into a spiritual participation. It can turn a few hours of selection into essential history; Necessary listening through movement."

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The Story Behind "Eulogy Of A Traveler: Lost In Transition"

For anyone who travels, one would understand and be no stranger to the recuperative process from traveling.

The memories of one world fades into the next,
Leaving behind the nostalgic trailing remnants of the past.

It's the transition period.
Feelings tangle
As the metaphysical state laments
Dwindling into the abyss.

It is this turmoil that is reflected in the CD
"Eulogy Of A Traveler: Lost In Transition".

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Submissions & Requests for Sonix

GUESTMIXES:
I am honoured to receive your guestmix requests, but due to the sheer number of requests, it is very unlikely that I can make an exclusive guestmix for everyone who is asking me for one. If you want a guestmix, please send me an e-mail elaborating on the details of your radio station. I will usually supply you with the latest promo mixes that I release. In certain cases, I will do exclusive guestmixes, but please understand that I cannot do this all the time.

DEMOS:
I am honoured to receive your demos, but please keep in mind that due to so many tracks that come my way, it is unfortunately no longer possible for me to reply to every one of them with personal comments and suggestions, doing so would be a full-time job. In your first e-mail, please only send one or two tracks that you are most confident and satisfied with; if I like your work you can be sure that I will get back to you and ask for more. Please note, I will try to listen to everyone's productions, but it is unfeasible to send a personalized reply to everyone.

PROMOS:
I am honoured to receive your labels' promos, but there are a lot of new digital labels out there nowadays that release huge batches of tunes that frankly don't do it for me. They are easy to put out because of the nature of digital releases, but it seems quantity is sometimes taking the upper hand over quality. If you have a new label that is just starting out, I appreciate receiving only your best two or three releases so that I can focus on them rather than skipping through dozens of tracks.

You may reach me via the Contact direction on my website as I do not check the MySpace inbox.


Thanks for your understanding,
Sonix
www.djsonix.com

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How to Contact Sonix ...

TO CONTACT SONIX:
Please use the guestbook located on Sonix website. You may leave your comments there. If you want to speak to Sonix privately, you may check the Private message box before clicking on send in the guestbook signing section.

I cannot check every MySpace message sent to my MySpace inbox, this includes requests to approve MySpace comments, as there has been way too much spam in MySpace. Most likely, your genuine message may become lost in the pages among pages of spam that I get per day.

To the spammers out there, I sincerely ask you what is the use of running bots to mass email and comment on everyone's MySpace when most people are just gonna ignore your annoying advertisements promoting your products. To me it is a very unefficient and unfriendly way of promoting and doing business, ending up with much more of a nuisance to everyone.

Thanks for your understanding,
Sonix
www.djsonix.com

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VST Trance

"The kind of "trance by numbers" produced in great volume by geeky bedroom producers with Reason or Cubase VST and no real instruments and/or analogue equipment whatsoever. A typical VST Trance record is techically well produced and also manages to avoid anything memorable even though it has all the cliches included.

For further reading, check out A State Of Trance Recordings (http://www.armadamusic.nl/)"

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Analog vs. Digital

Some things I have noticed between analog and digital media. A digital medium such as a CDJ or software produces a crispier sound, while an analog medium such as a turntable produces a warmer sound.

Personally, I prefer a warmer sound and hence, vinyl. however, there are occasions when particular unreleased tracks can only be found on CDs; then I would have to resort to a CDJ or laptop.

As far as usability, CDJ is more cumbersome to use than a turntable.

As for creativity and versatility, laptop softwares like Ableton Live is more "useful" than a turntable or a CDJ (this ofcourse excludes turntablism and scratching).

Also, software-turntable units such as Serato and Final Scratch are still not as up-to-par as turntables, because when you move the pitch control of a turntable that is connected to Serato or Final Scratch alot, there's a half a second to a second of delay which can be an annoying obstacle when performing live. This delay is even longer than CDJs. The upside of using units like Serato is that there will not be any feedback coming from the needles due to the loudness of the speakers around the needles. The reason for no feedback is because Serato reads data from their specifically made time-coded records, instead of reading analog music. However, if the party you are playing at has loud enough speakers to even create this feedback when you are playing analog records, then the promoter would be able to afford materials/tools for counter-measures and also take the time to stop/reduce the feedback to begin with since it would be a seriously big event. Also, Serato and Final Scratch are softwares, which means there's a much greater chance of them failing and crashing than using conventional analog turntables. I know some would suggest to you to use Linux system or Mac, but there is still a chance that they will crash too. I personally have witnessed Mac crash/froze sometimes, and that is not the risk you want to take when performing live. So, the only good use for Serato and Final Scratch is that you as a travelling DJ would be carrying less "stuff" since you won't be hauling your records. As for playing those unreleased on vinyl tracks, you can use CDJs for them instead of Serato or Final Scratch because of the reasons I've explained above.

Lastly, production-oriented DJ-friendly softwares like Ableton Live has the potential to be used very creatively, but because it is unique in that it does not try to emulate conventional analog turntable DJing unlike what CDJs and Serato/Final Scratch are doing, it would be comparing apples and oranges in a way to compare softwares like Ableton Live. Ableton Live brings a new way to DJing in the new millenium. I think it's more geared towards producer-first DJing-second type of artists than those who started DJing first with vinyl.

Final verdict:

Vinyl/Turntables > CDJs > Serato/Final Scratch

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Mark Osborne's short film

Presenting Mark Osborne's Academy-Award®
nominated short film MORE

http://www.gethappy.com/watchmore.html or http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/moremovie/movemovie.mov

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This is Our House

"In the beginning, there was Jack. And Jack had a groove. And from this groove came the groove of all grooves. And while one day viciously throwing down on his box, Jack boldly declared,Let there be House! And House music was born. I am, you see. I am the creator. And this is my House. And in my House there is only House music. But I am not so selfish, because once you've entered my House, it then becomes our House, and our House music. And you see, no one man owns House, because house music is a universal language spoke and understood by all. You see, House is a feeling, that no one can understand really, unless you're deep into the vibe of House. House is an uncontrollable desire to Jack your body. And as I told ya before, this is our house, and our House music. And in every house you understand,there is a keeper. And in this house the keeper is Jack. Now some of you might wonder, who is Jack and what is it that Jack does? Jack is the one who gives you the power to Jack your body. Jack is the one who gives you the power to do the snake. Jack is the one who gives you the key to the wiggly world. Jack is the one who learns you how to walk your body. Jack is the one that can bring nations and nations of all Jackers together under one house. You may be black, you may be white, you may be Jew, or Gentile. It don't make a difference in our house. And this is fresh!!!"

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The Psy Generation intro

"Daddy, what's it gonna be like in the year 2000?

Well sweetheart, for your sake, I hope it'll be all peaches and cream, but I'm afraid the end time is near, the cataclysmic apocalypse referred to in the scriptures of every holy book known to mankind. It will be an era fraught with boundless greed and corruption, where global monetary system disintegrate, leaving brother to kill brother for a grain of overcooked rice. The nations of the civilized world will collapse under the oppressive weight of parasitic political conspiracies which remove all hope and optimism from their once faithful citizens. Around the globe, generations of polluters will be punished for their sins, unshielded by the ozone layer, they've successfully depleted, left to baken the searing naked rays of light. Wholesale assassinations serve to destablize every remaining government, leaving the starving and wicked defend for themselves. Bloodthirsty renegade cyborgs created by tax-dodging corporations wreak havoc. Pissed-off androids tired of being slaves to a godless and guttless system, where the rich get richer and the poor get fucked over and out. Unleash total worldwide destruction by means of nuclear holocaust, annihilating the terrified masses. leaving in its torturous wake, nothing but vicious, cannibalistic, mutated, radiated, and horribly disfigured whores of satanic killings begged on revenge. But against whom? There are so few left alive. Starvation reign supreme, forcing unlucky survivors to eat anything and anyone in their path. Massive earthquakes spread the planet's cross with hollow eggshell, causing unending volcanic eruptions. Creatures of the seven seas unable to escape the certain death upon land, boiled in their liquid prison. Disease and circle the earth, plagues and viruses with no known cause or cure, laying waste to whatever draws breath. And humankind, having proven itself to be nothing more than race of wasteless scavengers, fall victim to merciless attack at the hands of interplanetary alien tribes who seek to conquer our char remains. This is extinction level event, the final world front, and there is only one year left."

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Downtown Madness

Humans are so incompetent that we cannot function together in large numbers. In downtown for example, people act so dumb and primitive especially when drinking that they need to (through taxes) pay cops (more humans) to regulate and keep them civil under control like babysitting.

Is it in our blood or can we grow out of our nature?

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