Mineral – Atmospheric Drum'n'bass

I’m really excited, as the new finnish Liquid Drum’n’bass club Litku launches at 15.4.2011. I was invited to play a liquid dnb set along with the Concussion crew residents, so make sure you join the party! I’ve got quite a lot of fresh rollers to be played 🙂

Check out more at Litku facebook event page

This weekend is going to be ultraspecial, as we’re bringing Ulterior Motive (Metalheadz, Subtitles, Critical) as our guest to the Pressure Club at Finland, Tampere, Yo-Talo. Make sure you come to the party, as it’s gonna be big, I’m telling ya!

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Here’s a short clip that I found. It’s myself playing at Pressure3. Hope this sets up the right mood for this friday! 🙂

NEW SCIENCE PODCASTS BY FANU AND ESC

If you didn’t check these yet, Fanu and Esc did two fresh podcasts for the Science Crew. Both are amazing mixes and very much worth listening. Check ’em at www.sciencehki.net!

Esc’s track “Lost And Found” and my remix of the track was released on indajungle recording. Check it out and buy the tracks if you like them!

MORE FREE TRACKS AT MINERAL’S SOON

Hold tight for some more free tracks. I’ve got some really good ones coming! Thanks again for sending the tracks, much appreciated 🙂

I’m proud to present the fresh “Mineral – Promomix 2011”. This drum’n’bass mix includes 20 tunes by myself and remixes & collaboration tracks by featuring artists. Enjoy the mix!

MINERAL – PROMOMIX 2011 [download]

Mineral – Promomix 2011 by DJ mineral

01. Mineral – Other Life (Trisector remix) [dub]
02. Seba – Painted Skies (Mineral remix) [knowledge magazine remix contest]
03. Mineral – Reach For The Stars – Ben Kama remix [forthcoming indajungle]
04. Mineral – Lukumo (Audite & Wintermute remix) [forthcoming trust in music]
05. Resound & Mineral – Below Zero [dub]
06. Esc – Lost And Found (Mineral rmx) [IDJR110]
07. Mineral – Jupiter (Fanu’s smelly kitchen remix) [forthcoming lightless]
08. Mineral – Martial Arts [dub]
09. Mineral – Everytime You Are Near [dub]
10. Mineral – Need Your Love [forthcoming indajungle]
11. Mineral – Lost Signal [dub]
12. Mineral – God’s Symphony [forthcoming indajungle]
13. Mineral – Spider (Naraka rmx) [forthcoming indajungle]
14. Taajuus & Mineral – Four Years Later [dub]
15. Mineral – One Still Remains (Defence remix) [forthcoming indajungle]
16. Mineral – Step [mineral.fi_free_012]
17. Mineral – Rushing Girl [dub]
18. Mineral – Free Drum [dub]
19. Esc – Kongo Tune (Mineral 2010 VIP) [mineral.fi_free_008]
20. Mineral – Twisted Dream [forthcoming lightless]

Check more sounds by Mineral at http://www.soundcloud.com/dj-mineral

I just finished my dnb remix for the Knowledge magazine “Seba – Painted Skies” remix contest. Feedback would be much appreciated – please share your thoughts at soundcloud! 🙂

Seba – Painted Skies (Mineral remix) by DJ mineral

The Finnish drum and bass and dubstep collection 2010 was released exactly a year ago. I was really proud to be featured in this CD / digital release with my track “Venus” (check below). Now I want to honour the release at this special birthday. Thanks again for making this collection LAOS-crew!

Clip Mineral – Venus by largeamountofsoul

“This collection sets a point in time where a lot of history and Finnish electronic music culture is fitted in one package. It was more than 10 years ago when a few dnb scene affiliates started talking about making a collection of Finnish breakbeat music. Sometimes good things take their time. In 2010 Finnish drum and bass and dubstep scene is more vital than ever. New artists are popping like mushrooms in the rain and established names are putting out albums that get international recognition. There is no better time than this to present the sound of Finnish drum and bass and dubstep to the wide audience”

Listen to the other tracks in this release and read more

BIG SURPRISE PLANNED FOR THE NEXT MONDAY

I’ve got something really special planned for the next monday – make sure to check back… 🙂

The featured artist and their tracks here at mineral.fi get even more promotion now, as the first flyers and posters are finished and printed out. I actually handed quite a lot of these to the people at the kongocrew party a while ago… 🙂

The Mineral.fi -graffiti logo in the corner is by my very good friend, a really talented concept artist Jesse van Dijk. Check out Jesse’s amazing works at his portfolio.

The photo in the flyer is by Jonne Renvall.

Big thanks to Kongocrew, Pressure, Indajungle -recordings & Kehto Magazine for the cooperation!

The Free Track of The Week #12 is up. This time we have some chilly summersounds to warm up the cold winter days. Check out this liquid dnb track “Step” by Mineral:

Mineral – Step [download: www.mineral.fi_free012]

Mineral – Step (www.mineral.fi_free012) by DJ mineral

Free Track of The Week #12 is a chilly and easylistening drum’n’bass track by Mineral. The rolling breaks and beats accompanied with various melodies make this a nice roller. Grab a cup of coffee (or even better: a cold beer), turn up the volume and start listening! Hope you enjoy this track!

The cover artwork for Step is designed by a really talented graphic artist Maija Paloheimo. She has done lots of amazing works for bands and different websites for example, so check out her portfolio for more art by Maija.

CHECK MORE FROM MINERAL

http://www.soundcloud.com/dj-mineral – more tracks at my soundcloud
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mineral-Atmospheric-Drumnbass – follow Mineral on facebook

Happy new year 2011! The new year couldn’t start in any better way than this: yesterday we reached 10.000+ visits at mineral.fi since the very first post on 25th October. I’ve got quite a lot of interesting plans for the site, so check back often. Thanks to all of you who have visited the site!

Club Invaders by Djs Squash, Trito and Mineral was one of the most dancefloor oriented drum’n’bass clubs back in 2003 in Finland. I actually had a little chat with Squash & Trito last friday about bringing the club back alive. I’m not gonna promise anything yet, but maybe we will see a comeback of the club in the Future.

THE INVADERS SPIRIT LIVES: DJ MIX BY SQUASH

I’d like to honour the “Invaders spirit” by linking this DJ mix by Squash AKA Kesämies. It’s very Invaders stylish mix that is recorded back in 2002 🙂 Check it out:

Squash-Miksaus 2002 by kesis

Finally, some more memories from 2003 when we had Genki as our special guest, check the flyer: