The flyer design for NRGetic Romancer is all finished (a bit small here, sorry), and confirms that it’ll be another DJ set from Full Circle DJs, rather than Live PA. The last one was a big hit, so definitely looking forward to that.

As it’s the Hannya release party, I’ll probably be using one of the new remixes in my set - should fit in with the style I’ll be going for this time.

Another classic has just been released on FINRG, Carbon Based’s Tuonela. This is definitely one of my favourite Carbon Based tunes, and the couple of times I’ve played it at NRGetic Romancer it really did the business - any fans of the older FINRG style will feel right at home with its nasty synths and trademark CB melody, finished off with the great vocal sample.

Download here!

The latest bootleg release on Hybridize might be a bit of a surprise…it’s Betwixt & Between’s superb remix of Airwave! Although the tune has been around for over a year, it’s definitely been one of the anthems of 2009 here - without even getting a release. Now, finally, a newly mastered version is available on Hybridize. I really thought that this is the kind of tune that Hybridize does well - trance melodies and freeform bpm - and hopefully everyone else will agree. Plus it’ll get Betwixt/the Japanese scene a bit more exposure in Europe (and beyond, of course), which can only be a good thing. As usual, head over to the download page ASAP!

This wasn’t a hardcore/freeform event, but it’s always great to see Decchi in full flow. Here he’s glowsticking alongside Tora at last night’s Vinylize - for a moment I thought about going too, but the selection is just too slow for me…for higher bpms we have Operation Karma, coming up tomorrow afternoon.

There’s now an extra button on the left of the site - a new ‘Tracks’ section for anyone who missed the three free tracks from earlier this year, plus the 320kbps mp3 of my Hell’s Gate remix. Once (if?) I work out how to get some better sounding leads out of Reason I might have another try at the second half of the tune, but for the time being feel free to do whatever you like with this version.

If I can round up some other tunes, this section might grow a bit, so watch this space…

This time Jiipez has beaten me to it, but for anyone who missed his comment, here’s the video round-up from September’s Hardcore Tano*C. I wasn’t able to get there, but my man at the scene (aka Eirik) tells me that Alabaster had some technical problems once again - his gear froze up on him at the start of his Operation Karma set, too. In the video he’s in the middle of Ziggurat’s breakdown - definitely one of his best tunes recently. Man of many talents Betwixt & Between is playing the all-time classic Eternal Cannon, and sporting a visor/helmet thing that he made himself a while ago.

The flyer is still under construction, but the lineups have been announced for next month’s Romancer. It’s another free party, this time celebrating Guld’s Pieces of Hannya release, featuring remixes of Hannya8000 (the new version is known as Hannya X) by a number of artists from outside Japan, and Guld himself. I’ve heard a few of them already, and it’s going to be a great collection of tunes.

The Adrenaline crew are once again taking over the 4th floor of Studio Cube, and so I’ll be opening with a slightly slower set this time. I’ve already got a few ideas, so hopefully I can come up with something interesting/good at waking up the crowd in the early stages.

NRGetic Romancer

2009.12.18 (FRI)
@ARK STUDIO CUBE326 (http://www.studiocube326.com)
ENTRANCE FREE!! (*Only Drink Fee)
OPEN 23:00

END OF YEAR 2009!!
GULD”PIECES OF HANNYA/HANNYA X” release party!!

■DJ
GULD
Full Circle DJs
COGI
PlasmaDancer

■LIVE
Betwixt & Between

■VJ
VX PASTA
コケカキイキイ (Kokekakiikii)

-Adrenaline floor-

■DJ
SATOSHI HONJO
GOKURAKU & YUSUKE
MIKI
YUSHI HONJO

If you haven’t already, take a look at the insane yet hilarious FINRG Photoshop thread, where a prize will be awarded for the best entry. Carbon Based’s Teemu is having a tough time over there right now (take a deep breath before you look at Cyrez’s effort, is all I’ll say), but Swoosh might have already won his own contest with this inspired riff on Star Wars. Pretty much every member of the FINRG/Hybridize crew is in there - Rx as the Emperor, Alek Szahala as Luke (?), Cyrez as Lando Calrissian (!), but the balding Death Star commander seems especially familiar…

If you’d like a look at the full size version, here it is!

Quite late posting this one up, but here’s a nice video taken during Betwixt & Between’s Funeral set in Nagoya. I haven’t been able to get to this event yet, but a big group of the NRGetic Romancer crew made the 2 hour trip for this one. I’m sure everyone knows the two tunes here - Zusammengehorigkeit and Dust to Dust.

Sam one has very kindly replied to Nisse in the Promomix 2 post, but just in case anyone misses it - his newest hard trance track, Liquid Moon, is now available for free download on the FINRG site. Now only Need For Beat is waiting for a release (on ReBuild).