(Guld, Petteri Carbon Based, Laz Re-form, Your Correspondent, COGI)

What better way to promote yourself before a big event than by not updating your own site for a month and a half?

How I wish that it’s an exaggeration, but I’ve been so ridiculously busy since April that the choice has been between food, sleep and Munted prep, with absolutely no time for anything else. Ah, I tell a lie - my two evenings off were very pleasant, spent first with Byproduct and then with Petteri Carbon Based and one half of Re-form while they visited Japan/Tokyo. It was brilliant to see everyone a year after that trip to Finland, but since then it’s been hardcore event prep all the way. Still a fair amount to do, but I’m making progress and just about on schedule considering 6-day workweeks and endless commutes.

Needless to say, there won’t be too many posts until early next month, but there will of course be Munted info as and when, as well a couple of other things I’ve been desperate to mention for a couple of weeks. Sorry about the disappearance, and hope you’ll bear with me while I get through the rest of May. What I’d give for an army of little Horsers (Foals?) to update the site in my absence.

Oh, continuing the ‘promote yourself by doing nothing’ theme, it seems that people have discovered the PlasmaDancer Facebook page I semi-set up last year and then promptly forgot about. Four or five intrepid freeform warriors actually found it months ago, and so I was working on a little 30 minute mix as a thank you to them - then Munted happened and I ended up using parts of the Thank You set for my segment on Freeformaniacs (coming a week tomorrow, if I’m not mistaken).

Anyway, I’m massively thankful to those early adopters, as well as the freeform folk who have been ‘liking’ it over the past couple of days. This place will always take priority, but I’ve just finished the basic setting up and will be able to add some bits and pieces there if/when I have the chance. The more Horsers the better of course, so feel free to check out the complete lack of content via this link.

Back to mixing for now - I’ll be sure to make some time for the next post asap!

More amazing stuff from Einhander, this time a remix of Permission to Die and what might be his fastest tune so far. This is about as NRG as freeform can sound, with his trademark rough and ready synths and thumping kick. Definitely up there with Le Dos-on’s version as the best remix so far.

I probably didn’t talk enough at the time about what an influence Horzi was having on DJs and artists in Tokyo, but two or three years ago you were almost guaranteed to hear his tunes in any freeform event, while new producers like Le Dos-on and ikaruga_nex regularly cite him as an inspiration. Great to see some new material from the man himself then, and as it’s all to easy to miss something in the avalanche of free tunes that is the FINRG SoundCloud, it’s surely worth linking them all here.

Human Hater is a track well-known to most people these days, but those melodies are as good as ever and the style is something a bit different that can fit into all kinds of sets. Face the Destiny is a brilliant tune that maybe sets a new standard for his productions, both technically and in terms of atmosphere. Might there be a bit of Japanese influence in this one? Whatever it is, the melancholy of the breakdown and the energy of the drop make this a real highlight. Finally comes Over My Soul, a more experimental tune that breaks away from the drum and bass opening with a superb guitar-led breakdown and some awesome pacy synths in the second half.

TYFTH is back in business again after a week off, starting with an upcoming Krafty Radio appearance courtesy of Freeformaniacs! I’ll be alongside Aryx, Midas and Douglas for a non-stop, two-hour warmup event that’ll hopefully get everyone in the mood for the following month’s Munted! spectacular in London.

Stay tuned for more info, but in the meantime check out the rest of a very exciting looking Freeformaniacs schedule for April/May that features plenty of familiar faces:

4th April - Pearsall (Electronica Exposed Special) / Beezee

11th April - Jerome / A.R.D

18th April - Substanced / Piumaki

25th April - Girdler Synthetic (Two-hour Special)

2nd May - Thumpa / Midas

9th May - Cuedy / Pulse

16th May - Olly Addictive / JKub

23rd May - Triex / Stray

30th May - Munted! Takeover (Aryx vs Douglas vs PlasmaDancer vs Midas)

6th June - Greg Peaks / Alderz

Yet more mixes for everyone, this time courtesy of the ever-prolific Midas. The first is episode 21 of his excellent Freeform 101 series, and concentrates entirely on Electronica Exposed’s back catalogue. A glance at the tracklist shows that we’re in classy freeform territory here - the first half is very heavy on the Alek Szahala tracks, but also includes some classic Pain on Creation and Mental Ward, one of my favourite Carbon Based tunes. The second half is a Lost Soul special, so there’s plenty for both the UK and Finnish crew here. Very nicely mixed, as you’d expect, this is highly recommended.

1. Alek Szahala - Tigris
2. DOK - Mental ward (carbon Based remix)
3. Tazz, Shanty and Dodgee - Eidetiker
4. Pain on Creation - Shine
5. Alek Szahala - Timiquizqueh
6. Pain on Creation - Religionx
7. Alek Szahala - Unicorn Grove
8. Shanty, Tazz and Devestate - DDR
9. Lost Soul - Adversaries (insane version)
10. Lost Soul - Come and get it
11. Lost Soul - Ragnarok
12. Lost Soul - Daemons
13. Lost Soul - Artificial Universe 

Midas also recently put together a set to mark 600 likes on the Munted! Facebook page. This one is more Nu-Energy slanted, including a few of the older tracks I used to play around with in the distant past, while the final section has plenty of Finnish melodies, albeit in remixed form.

1. K-Complex - Mindwinder 06 (original mix)
2. Dj Energy - Acid Dawn
3. Kevin Energy - Crescendo’s of ecstasy (K-Complex remix)
4. Dave Elizyum - No limit (Arkitech remix)
5. Kevin Energy - waves of desire (Mark Ashley & K-Complex remix)
6. Eryk Orpheus - PVC
7. Mark Ashley & K-complex - Atomic orbital
8. Cube::Hard - Hold the beat (original mix)
9. Cube::hard vs clsm - see you on the other side
10. Visionary - Taste the funk (cube::hard remix)
11. Kevin energy, K-Complex & sharkey - Anna (cube::hard remix)
12. K-Complex feat Scarlett Belle - Chennai
13. Alek Szahala - Alanamra (Arkitech remix)
14. Carbon Based - Cyclone
15. Carbon based - Anger Ball (kevin energy remix)
16. Alek Szahala - Lumi (kevin energy remix)
17. Lost soul feat Dark Angel - Taking Over me
18. Kevin Energy & K-Complex - filling me with desire (endemic remix) 

Plenty going on behind the TYFTH scenes at the moment, but in front of the scenes let’s take a belated look at some video from this month’s FINRG event in Tampere. Great to hear from people involved that it went so well, and that an enormous crowd of freeform fans was there to support. Here we have three videos, from Syntse, Decion and Aryx:

‘Two hours of new freeform mixed by Pearsall’ should be enough for any Horser to hit the download button, and once again this is a top quality set from the man himself. As always, checking out Pearsall’s original Sonicrampage post will explain all, but this is a set made up of recent digital releases, covering everything from FINRG to UK freeform via Le Dos-on and Qygen. The tunes don’t stick around for long before the next comes mixing in, making this a pacy, breathless couple of hours that focuses almost totally on TYFTH-friendly sounds. You could make a case that the set has fewer inspired connections than Rampage Turbo 10, but it makes up for that with excellent selection and structure (including Amini’s Lost Elegy - much obliged!).

Great stuff then - here’s hoping that Pearsall continues to explore more of the newer releases in future sets.

01. DJ Rx - Code Of Silence (Le Dos-On Remix) (Finrg)  
02. Alek Szahala - Deimos (Finrg)  
03. Aryx - Sylph (ReBuild Music)  
04. Yuki Kajiura - Memaze (Nomic Bootleg Remix) (Unreleased)  
05. Proteus - Get Fire! (Watchtower)  
06. Qygen - Temporal Temple (Watchtwower)  
07. Wyrm - Can’t You See It? (Electrode)  
08. Lost Soul - Twisted Dream (Watchtower)  
09. Amini - Guitarian (Smiling Corpse)  
10. Substanced - Crank Cleopatra 2012 (Finrg)  
11. Endemic - Hurricane (Watchtower)  
12. Aryx - Chaldea (DJ Fury Remix) (ReBuild Music)  
13. Epyx & Cyrez - Prelude (Penguin Conspiracy Remix) (Electrode)  
14. Substanced & Alchemiist - Permission To Die (Finrg)  
15. Douglas & Remane - Disorder (A.B.’s London Techno Remix) (Stamina)  
16. Transcend - The Calling (ReBuild Music)  
17. Transcend & Dyzphazia - Tormenting Flames (Relentless)  
18. Ionosphere - PYLAAM (Electrode)  
19. Lost Soul - Sacrifice Feat. Dark Angel (Endemic Remix) (Watchtower)  
20. Penguin Conspiracy - Tripswitch (Electrode)  
21. Substanced - Ghost Of The Future (Watchtwower)  
22. Substanced - Stockholm Syndrome (Smiling Corpse)  
23. Substanced - Shadows Of Tomorrow (Finrg)  
24. Amini - Lost Elegy (Thank You For The Horse)  
25. Nomad - Lose It (Transcend Remix) (ReBuild Music)  
26. A.B. - Escapia (Stamina)  
27. Eryk Orpheus - Benodihydrochloridebenzylex (Eryk Orpheus)  
28. Le Dos-On - Flame  
29. Alchemiist - Fate (Finrg)  
30. Le Dos-On - Unelma (Relentless)  
31. Substanced - Reptile Zoo (Finrg)  
32. Aran - Taranis (Qygen Bootleg) (Qygen)     

It’s been a while since we featured a raqhow mix on TYFTH, but I’m more than happy to give this excellent set a shout. This is one of those rare things, a ‘dark freeform’ set that actually lives up to the name, with some quality atmosphere and raqhow’s usual solid mixing. The set gets into its stride from Metaphysical Redemption, and the sequence all the way through to Fking Pirates is very nicely done. Everyone’s probably familiar with the tunes here, but Izanami still gets a big recommend.   

1.Epyx & Cyrez - Why 
2.Substanced & Grimsoul - Harder Than U Think 
3.Nightforce - Metaphysical Redemption 
4.Twisted Freq - Death From Above 
5.Micken - Change The Past 
6.Micken - The Channeler 
7.Substanced - Acid World 
8.Alchemiist - Anthrax Injection 
9.Amini - Fking Pirates 
10.Nightforce - Symphony For The Devil (The Virus Escaped) 
11.Betwixt & Between - Inexistenz 

The deadly duo have recently started up a new site to tie in with their album release and some massive gigs, including a chance for producers to remix their Two Against the Void track, Sound of the Golden Clarion. The remix competition runs until May, with the grand prize of a digital Watchtower release. As one of my favourite tunes on the album, I’m really looking forward to what everyone comes up with.

The rest of the site is looking very smooth, and the news section will definitely be worth keeping an eye on in the months ahead. A final tip of the hat to the guys for the TYFTH mention in the Bio section!

It’s been a long time since the last Horzi track, so the news this week that he’s planning to release a batch of new material should please many. First up is Face The Destiny, a great track that brings back memories of the older Hybridize sound along with quality modern production. Great use of the melancholy vocal and what sounds like a Betwixt & Between influence make this a top quality tune.