2024-10-03

Release Yourself

 Sidney SN released a news, see on the link; A life in the Moments

With the November GHOSTS I started with a mixes with little different themes than I had in a previous BassBlog mixes or at Sidney SN SoundCloud mixes.

Although I had a doubts about it, November GHOSTS and Roots Of Everything got many plays that I didn’t expected it.

Now there is A life in the Moments. And I think that this mix is last mix of a series that I started with November GHOSTS because I think I want now a music with a different vibes than are these three mixes.

 Tracklist: 1. Phloem – On The Line (Galacy) 2. The Sauce – Round The Corner (The Sauce Recordings) 3. IYRE – Drifting Sideways (Soulvent Records) 4. Mistrust – Dreamer (Shogun Audio) 5. V Dubz, Y-Zer – Parma Cheese (Biological Beats) 6. Nymfo – Bread And Butter (Computer Integrate) 7. Arpxp feat. Alibi – One Week Before (SUNANDBASS Records) 8. Logistic feat. SOLAH – Dawn Treader (Hospital Records) 9. Data 3 – String Theory (Innerground Records) 10. Seathesky – Take Away The Pain (Offworld Recordings) 11. Edlan – Rewind (Fokuz Recordings) 12. Silence Groove – The Bells (Offworld Recordings) 13. Ekko And Sidetrack feat. Sam M – Release Yourself (Viper Recordings) 14. Loulid – It’s Fine (Liquid Flow) 15. Edlan feat. TZ – Strictly Lone (ATNMY)

2024-08-14

Be happy

Sloterpark
 Due to my experiences with techno communities in Czechia since 2001, and due to the rise of the free tekno mainstream around 2003—when free tekno even managed to shut down Creamfields in Czechia—and the way Czech techno people began collaborating with the free tekno scene, I’m happy that my imagination about what a techno community could look like has been realized in the Netherlands. I always believed in the vibe of tech-house, progressive, melodic, and proper techno. I’m happy because what I imagined is now real here. I believed in a community made up of normal people—people with inner wealth and good looks—and in the Netherlands, this is happening. I think the Dutch techno community looks like how I imagined a functioning society could be. I can enjoy these events without fear because of the shared values here. The only thing I fear is saying this out loud. For example, when I mentioned a liquid event in December 2022, something felt off. People aren’t the same everywhere. The world is about people. As the inner spaces look, so do the worlds. In places where techno is shaped by citizens with strong inner values, it feels different. In the Netherlands, even gabba is mainstream. I don’t say anything negative about that because Dutch gabber carries those same values. At 10:45 PM, when I left the Loveland shuttle at Sloterdijk, I could hear tech-house, techno, progressive, and gabber playing all around. At first, I thought the techno was coming from Loveland, but after a few steps, I heard different music. I realized that music was coming from everywhere—houses, cars, balconies. Gabber was playing from cars too. It’s true that Dutch open-air events usually end by midnight. So when I got to Sloterdijk, it was the tail end of all the events happening around Amsterdam. At 11:00 PM, a guy on a balcony provocatively a one started playing weird bass like he had a sound system at the balcony. That’s political too. Now it’s ten days later—I’m lying in bed at 1:30 AM and suddenly, a free tekno party starts. When I see this, it’s like those people are shouting, “Look at us! We’re the dumbest in Europe!” Some of them are under 30 and already without teeth—stuff even indigenous communities wouldn’t see. And when the decibel limits are completely ignored, the free tekno just continues. At ADE, nobody wants to go days without washing their body. But at some wannabe events, the common smell says everything. In a way, I’m glad real, civilized societies exist somewhere, and the weirdos stay weird—dirty and desperate, stuck in the world they made for themselves. I don’t believe these people know what a Western society really looks like. They believe their own nonsense, because they’re not educated—not even about the world outside Czechia, which seems to be their final stop in life. This is also the truth about the Czech reality. Every time I return from Germany to Czechia, I feel like the country is outside of reality. It’s a shock—being everywhere in Western Europe and then arriving in a place where the West doesn’t seem to exist at all. I don’t want uncivilized or antisocial behavior—especially not during the day. But I love daylight events. It’s beautiful when everyone can see what the people around them actually look like. When I come back from a daylight or sunset event, I never question the value of day events. That’s what’s great about them—they last longer, I can sleep at night, and in the morning, I feel good. Or I can enjoy the night later, alone, in my own private space. And still wake up happy. It’s like traveling in a night train—when I look around and see people I’m not afraid of.

2024-06-13

My teacher

 Who Was Your Teacher 👍🏻👍🏻

 There was recently a festival in the Netherlands where I got a like from a guy. I said, “Yeah,” and smiled at him. But (haha) I don’t know what he was thinking. 

I had a lot of questions in my mind about liquid drum and bass. And the truth is, I was inspired by platforms like Chilloutbear on YouTube, for example. But Sidney SN mixes have their own foundations. What I especially wanted were mixes full of liquid drum and bass tracks—the kind I listened to on platforms like Chilloutbear. The vibe of Sidney SN is something I wanted in the world… or something I feel is already in the world. 

Maybe Australia or the Netherlands inspired me—or maybe they are my teachers, in a way. There were also people who introduced me to deep drum and bass. But I use deep drum and bass mostly as a base for liquid drum and bass. Sometimes I make pure deep drum and bass mixes, but those are more experimental. 

And maybe the Universe is the teacher. But I don’t know who brought the Universe to life. Maybe the person who brought the Universe into my life is… me. Because the existence of everything feels unbelievable sometimes. But life can be like a movie—like Clash of the Titans, I think. There are “gods” who seem to manipulate reality, and sometimes you find yourself in situations where you don’t understand why things are happening—until you eventually wake up to the truth. So, maybe my true teacher is the environment around me. There were many moments in my life when I said to myself: “This is not right. I don’t want this.” And I think those moments—where I said no—were the teachers. Of course, good environments are also great teachers. 

Maybe that guy at the festival was thinking something totally different, but the fact that he was thinking at all… that was interesting. 

There’s also something unique about the way I mix. From the very beginning, I’ve followed the same principles. Back in 2005, during autumn, when I first started experimenting with MP3 mixing, I already had the same ideas in my head. At that time, modern liquid drum and bass didn’t even exist, so I tried to create something melodic—mixing techno with non-techno tracks to tell stories. I probably can’t express everything I feel, because that’s what creates my style of mixing. And maybe that’s the reason for the likes or applause I receive. On the other hand, everyone knows that I love remixing tracks through mixing—to give them a fresh liquid drum and bass atmosphere.