Mineral – Atmospheric Drum'n'bass

Thank you so much. I really appreciate all you fans out there. At the 250-fans-landmark I’m planning something big for the New Year’s Eve weekend so check back soon… Meanwhile, if you haven’t checked out my soundcloud.com/dj-mineral site yet, here it is.

Woyaa! The weekend is about to begin, and to celebrate it, we have Free Track #26 in promotion. If you like fresh, atmospheric, melodic, and chilly drum’n’bass, this one is definitely for you! I This week’s Free Track is produced by a young talent called Fishy from Norway, check out:

Fishy – Air [download mineral_free026]

Air by Fishy

Fishy is a 22 year old guy from Norway producing mostly Drum n Bass (liquid, atmospheric). He has started producing very young, as he has already been producing music for 7 years. Fishy has signed his track to Rotation Recordings and Soul Bros Records and he is open for signing on other labels too.

Go have a listen at Fishy’s soundcloud for many many quality tracks… This guy’s got talent, I’m telling ya!

This week’s Free Track comes from the UK by an artist called J Melodic. Jay’s songs are heavily inspired by the melodic side of drum’n’bass, just like his artistname says. Grab a coffee and start listening “Key Tempo”. Njoy!

J Melodic – Key Tempo [download mineral_free_018]

Key tempo by J Melodic

J Melodic is a UK based Dj and Producer. He started DJing back in 95 playing DnB and Uk Garage/Soulful House. After practising his DJ skills for five years, J Melodic  naturally progressed in producing DnB/soulful House and other genres in 2000.

Jay’s music is influenced by many artists from the melodic side of dnb. He says, that he gets his inspirations and influences from LTJ Bukem, Lenzman, mjcole, Goldie, Fabio, Marcus Intalex, mood2swing to name but a few.

There’s a lot of variation in J Melodic’s production. I’m really digging his (WIP) We run tings, an old school track at Jay’s soundcloud. Check it out at his soundcloud.

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 🙂

This week is very special to me as the group of junglists from Finland, Kongocrew, is celebrating its 10-year-birthday. I’ve been a member since 2001, and I want to honour this event with my 2010 VIP of the classic “Kongo Tune” by Esc:

• Esc – Kongo Tune (Mineral 2010 VIP) [download www.mineral.fi_free008]]

Esc – Kongo Tune (Mineral 2010 VIP) by DJ mineral

Like this track? Feel free to join Mineral’s Facebook fan page for more tracks!

Esc alias Juha Riipinen is a DJ/Producer hailing from Tampere, Finland. This guy has been fiddling with music since he was a kid. Esc has explored various styles from punk to techno  but after hearing Super Sharp Shooter and Square Off at the mid-90’s, there has not been a question though, what music he loves the best.

Since late 90’s Esc has contributed to the scene also as a DJ. In the year 2000 he co-founded the first ever weekly d&b club in Finland with DJ Beyond from Kongocrew and has later played at various clubs and events with the likes of Seba, Noisia, Loxy, Sabre and SpectraSoul to name but a few. Esc is also part of the Pressure cru which runs Pressure, one of the longest standing d&b clubs in Finland.

I’ve been producing, DJ’ing and arranging dnb events with Esc for years now. This 2010 VIP of Esc’s classic Kongo Tune is made for the celebration of the 10 years of Kongocrew! Hope you enjoy it. I’m gonna play the track for sure next friday at the party!

ESC – LOST AND FOUND + MINERAL REMIX FORTHCOMING ON IDJ

I’m happy to announce that Esc’s track Lost And Found will be shortly out on Indajungle recordings with my remix of the track.

Check out Esc’s soundcloud for the original track and Mineral’s soundcloud for the remix.

CUT PRESENTS 10 YRS OF KONGOCREW

Personally, the years with Kongocrew mean a lot to me and I’ve had the time of my life with the crew. Now it’s time to celebrate the successful years and spin all the greatest tracks next Friday at the Cut club @ Tampere Yo-talo.

Check out Cut presents 10-yrs-of Kongocrew Facebook Event page and join in!

Oh yes, another Free Track of The Week is up: “Trisector & InZtance – Something to Give”. This is a really marvellous track that I’ve been listening to a lot lately. Listen & download below:

• Trisector & InZtance – Something to Give [download www.mineral.fi_free005]

Trisector & inZtance – Something To Give (free download) by trisector

Trisector aka Otto Hassinen (Sciencehki) was inspired by music from an early age, and he has been around in the Finnish DnB scene for quite some time. I remember listening to his tracks already around the year 2000 on the Finnish radiostation Radiomafia by DJ Dizzy – I’ve been a big fan for a long time and I’ve been playing his tracks a lot in my DJ sets too. Trisector tracks are some real dancefloor mayhems, I’m telling ya!

Lately Trisector has really succeeded in making his sound known around the world with DJ support from names like Blu Mar Ten, ASC, Muffler, Physics, Resound, London Elektricity, Survival, S.P.Y, Kasra, Loxy, Mutated Forms and Chris SU among others. He has releases under Med School, Botchit, Destructive and Urban Graffiti, to mention a few. So we’re talking about a big junglist/breakbeat head here! Over 1000 Trisector facebook -fans can’t be wrong.

Trisector is also busy running a monthly night called Science in his hometown Helsinki. Last year I was invited to play there too, and I loved the party. Also, there’s plenty of high quality Science podcasts available at the Science page: www.sciencehki.net

inZtance a.k.a. Villem Hion is a drum & bass artist hailing from Estonia. He has recent releases on Med School and Hustle audio, and he has earlier releases on  Basswerk Files, Red Dragon Recordings, Nineteen 95 Recordings to mention a few. Also, In December 2007 inZtance won the “Best Drum & Bass Producer in Estonia” award. You should check out more of his tracks at inZtance soundcloud. Awesome tunes man!

Check more of Trisector:
– DJ’ing next weekend: “Spinni Presents: Splendid Bass! @ Tampere 27/11/2010″
– http://www.facebook.com/trisector – Trisector’s Facebook, join in and like now!
– http://www.twitter.com/trisector – Trisector on Twitter
– http://www.medschoolmusic.com/artists/trisector/ – Very interesting interview
– http://www.sciencehki.net – Science site with lots of excellent podcasts + things related to d’n’b!

Check more of inZtance:
– http://soundcloud.com/inztance – Fantastic tunes
– http://soundcloud.com/rebel-cause – inZtance & Volume None