Please tune in to my live DJ mix show, "Intergalactic Wasabi Mix", every Saturday and Sunday, 23:00 to 24:00 UTC, on aNONradio.net -- now on its 7th year! Interact with me and other listeners during the live show on SDF's COMMODE chat. To join the chat you would need to register as an SDF member. It is easy to join and it's free! Click here to join SDF now.
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2018-06-19
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So In Love / Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark
Train of Thought / A-ha
Sex Dwarf / Soft Cell
Twenty First Century Boy / Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Aeiou Sometimes Y / ĒBN-ŌZN
Living On Video / Trans-X
I Sometime Wish I Was Dead (2006 Remaster) / Depeche Mode
I Go Crazy / Flesh for Lulu
Rio / Duran Duran
Revenge for Love / Spandau Ballet
Who Needs Love Like That / Erasure
Venus / Bananarama
True Faith (Shep Pettibone Remix) / New
West End Girls (2001 Remaster) / Pet Shop Boys
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2018-06-18
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Animals from Outer Space / Ende Shneafliet
Cat Scratch Fever / The Moog Cookbook
Passport to the Future / Jean-Jacques Perrey
Visa to the Stars / Perrey & Kingsley
Destination Space / Jean-Jacques Perrey & Dana Countryman
Symphony / Space
Life In Mono / Mono
Such Great Heights / The Postal Service
Dreams / Passion Pit
Living Is So Easy / British Sea Power
Yoru No Odoriko / sakanaction
Meta / otori
Pike / POLYSICS
Airbrushed / Anamanaguchi
All of This / The Naked and Famous
Agenda Suicide / The Faint
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2018-06-17
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Firing Line / Noise Unit
Techno La Droga V1.4 / Negrosex
The Future / Scope
CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ] / Aphex Twin
Mind Image Made / Creepy Autograph
The Count / Osborne
Devoid of Wires / Arpanet
Nothing Stays the Same / Cyberaktif
Bad Wings / The Glitch Mob
Encom Part 2 (Remixed by Com Truise) / Daft Punk & Com Truise
Blue Jeans (Gesaffelstein Remix) / Lana Del Rey
Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) / The Weeknd
Big Deal / Everything But The Girl
Planetarium / Squarepusher
Warhead (Steppa Mix) / DJ Krust
Elastic Bass / Dave Whalen
Valley of the Shadows / Origin Unknown
Mantel der Nacht / Time Modem
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2018-06-16
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Cannabil / Raumstadt
Micronesia / Omar S
Track With No Name / Forgemasters
Ishtar / Aril Brikha
I Quiet Machine / Binärpilot
Electronic (Remix) / Model 500
Memory Machine / Jerome Hill
The Hunt for Din Dah / Stacey Pullen
Technology Gap / Underground Resistance
Switch On / Mecco
Lost Angeles / Giorgio Moroder
Magic Fly / Space
<< H >> Friend / Black Devil Disco Club
Boppers Delight / Binärpilot
Abyssal Zone / Djedjotronic
Playstation / I-F
Breakout / Ectomorph
OK... so I decided to not use Serato DJ on today's show... so this meant that I did not do my usual routine of using my Pioneer DDJ-SX2 and Serato DJ and instead, used solely my entry level Pioneer CDJ-350/DJM-350 White Edition (the first DJ equipment I have ever owned) with tracks saved in USB memory sticks... The show was OK but it just involved more work for me and so I did not have so much chance chatting with my listeners on 'com' (SDF's internal chat program). It was nice DJing without the help of a DJ software but I feel that I have been moving backward instead of forward. There's no point of denying it --- DJ software like Serato DJ, Rekordbox DJ, Traktor, etc. are the future of DJing. Playing tracks saved in USB sticks does not really make a lot of sense. Why copy them from your computer into USB sticks while you can play them directly from your computer???... I do however still play tracks from CDs and that's when these CDJs become very useful... also in my situation, Pioneer DDJ-SX2 is a big step up from my Pioneer CDJ-350/DJM-350... 2011 versus 2016... plus I have more flexibility and I can be more creative with the DJ controller... 4 channels versus 2 channels... sample pads versus none... I learned DJing from these CDJs/mixer without the aid of a DJ software except of course for Rekordbox for organizing my music for copying to USB sticks. After about a year, I realized how DJ controllers and DJ software could simplify and make DJing more efficient and so that was when I decided to 'upgrade' to the DDJ-SX2/Serato. I keep forgetting this somehow.
So... going back to the original topic --- what triggered me for trying to ditch Serato DJ you might ask? I have recently had some 'unsatisfactory' dealings with the Serato DJ software and Serato technical support. Serato DJ was failing on me about 2-3 weeks ago on at least 2 occasions while doing my show live. I was not very happy with it. I contacted Serato technical support and we had been exchanging emails -- I mean a lot of emails --- mostly coming from me --- because Serato technical support has not been responding to my emails. They have been emailing me asking me if I have sent this Shaun technical support guy the files he was asking for even though I have already sent them to him (I ended up sending them twice to him).... and then Serato would send me email telling me that they would close the ticket if I did not respond... At the end, I gave them a not-so-good feedback and a couple of not-so-nice emails because I was really annoyed of their email mismanagement and disorganization.... and thought of selling my DDJ-SX2 so I did not have to use Serato ever again. I have figured out the problem myself -- I realized that the Serato DJ I was using was .1 version older... so I upgraded Serato DJ and the problem has not occurred again... so far...
... but after today's show (I have always used my DDJ-SX2 for my live shows... I have only used the CDJs/mixer-only maybe 2-3 times during my entire time on aNONradio), I thought --- well, I can always continue using Serato DJ and the Pioneer DDJ-SX2 because of its convenience. It's also hard to recreate the playlist to post it on to the aNONradio site and mine. Keeping track of playlists and history are so smooth and seemless with Serato DJ -- less time for housecleaning, more time for creativity I suppose?
SO, I have decided it's time to stop resisting new technology. Old technology is nice but it's not always the best... I have decided to continue using Serato DJ... I just have to make sure that I remember to update my software at all times. I will never ever contact Serato technical support again. I will always just try to figure out issues by myself with the help of my old friend the Web.
I also would like to mention -- Serato DJ is actually not a very bad DJ software... It's been great with me in the past 3 years, going 4 now. I have had occasional hiccups but most of the time they had something to do with my computer. It's COMPUTER so expect FAILS!!! Computers are never perfect... and so am I... and so is Serato Technical Support!
... one more thing (LOL when will this end??) --- I have read from the web that compared to other DJ software companies, Serato DJ actually offered the best support. They actually contact you if not the same day, the next day... and they follow up with you regarding your issues... except they followed up too much because they were either not reading my emails or their email management system is really bad... again, no one is perfect.
... and finally (this is it -- I promise!), what's important is how you deliver the show, how creative you are, and how you make your listeners happy... most of them do not care what DJ equipment you use --- it's how good the music is and how well you interact with your listeners that count. This is what I need to put more focus on. Only other DJs pay attention to what equipment you use --- and some of them would look down on you for using a dj controller... but I try not to care about what they think...
Hey 'old skool DJ'... it's time to stop being pretentious... ditch your obsolete uncool equipment, move on, embrace technology and evolve, or face extinction!
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2018-06-12
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Love Missile F1-11 / Sigue Sigue Sputnik
American-Soviets / CCCP
Fascinated (Re-Recorded / Remastered) / Company B
I.O.U. (12" Version) / Freeez
My Arms Keep Missing You (No L Mix) / Rick Astley
The Perfect Kiss / New Order
I Think We're Alone Now / Tiffany
The Loco-Motion / Kylie Minogue
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) / Dead or Alive
Ouragan / Stephanie
Major Tom / Peter Schilling
Der Kommissar / Falco
Don't Break My Heart / Roger Wilco and the Radio Waves
See Those Eyes (7" Version) / Altered Images
Sounds Like a Melody / Alphaville
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2018-06-09
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Testfour / Sweet Exorcist
Hacker (Video Edit) / Anthony Rother
Diagram 14 / D'Arcangelo
I Quiet Machine / Binärpilot
We Call It Acieed (The "Matey" Mix) / D Mob
Acid Trax (Green Velvet Mix) / Pierre
One People, One Planet / Octave One
Real Life / Jeff Mills
Freak / LFO
Planet Rock / Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
Don't Knock It (Till You Try It) / B.O.S.E.
Planet E (E-Mix) / The Egyptian Lover
The Mighty Machine / Dynamik Bass System
Don't Stop the Rock / Freestyle
Running (Remastered 12" Vocal Remix Version) / Information Society
Go (Extended Mix) (Bonus Track) / The Chemical Brothers
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2018-06-05
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Me, I Disconnect from You / Tubeway Army & Gary Numan
Telecommunication / A Flock of Seagulls
I Touch Roses / Book of Love
Isolation / Joy Division
Send Me an Angel / Real Life
Call Me / Blondie
Telephone Computer / Crazy Gang
Vienna Calling / Falco
Hold Me / Menudo
Hard Left / Tackhead
Electric Avenue / Edy Grant
Beat Dis / Bomb the Bass
The Voice / Ultravox
Planet Earth (Single Version) / Duran Duran
Danger Danger / Roger Wilco and the Radio Waves
Maniac / Michael Sembello
Eyes Without a Face / Billy Idol
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All of the tracks included in my live mixes are not my work, unless otherwise stated. I do not receive any monetary compensation for doing my live shows. My activities on aNONradio.net and Tilderadio are/were/have always been strictly a personal hobby. aNONradio.net and Tilderadio are both for-hobby, not-for-profit, non-commercial and fully volunteer-member-run and funded Internet radio services. If your track/piece of work gets included in my mixes then it means that I love and admire you and your work and I am in effect promoting you and your work to my listeners for free.
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