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A short half-term mix for the final term of Cre8tiv® DJ Skills course at Midi Music Company in Deptford, London. The brief was to put together a 6 track set. I decided to go for a 140 set. I haven’t got much of this so I don’t often get a chance to play it. Definitely had fun with this one. I did fuck up the last transition a bit, but I was able to get in a cheeky bait and switch at the end. ...

It’s been a long time coming, but I’ve finally gotten round to putting together a site for my DJ work. Whilst I am a backend engineer by trade, my frontend skills are rubbish, so this did push me out of my comfort zone a bit. There’s probably more tweaks that I’ll make over time, but for now, it should do the job. For the mega-geeks that are interested, here’s the tech stack and tooling used: ...

Another practice mix coming towards the end of the second term at the Cre8tiv® DJ Skills course at Midi Music Company in Deptford, London. This was a pretty big one as it’s the first time using DJay Pro. It was a big job to migrate my library across but I’m happy I moved to it. This is the first proper set I’ve done with it so I’m still getting used to it. There are a couple of ropey transitions at the start but I’m pretty happy with it overall. ...

I recently came back from a trip to South Africa and immersed myself in the amazing Cape Town music scene. This mix contains only tracks that I heard during my time in the city. This is well out of my comfort zone of wall to wall Jungle/D&B, but I really wanted to challenge myself and learn a new genre. Cape Town is a place very close to my heart having been a previous resident of it (hopefully I’ll live there again in the future!). This mix is a way for me to show my appreciation of “The Mother City”. ...

The final set of the term as part of the Cre8tiv® DJ Skills course at Midi Music Company in Deptford, London. Tried out a different approach to marking the tracks up so hopefully the timings are a bit better on the transitions with this one. Messed up a couple of the mixes a bit, but overall, pretty happy with how it turned out. Artist Track Title Start Time Rosie Lowe Gratitudes (D’Monk Remix) 00:00:00 Cold Mission Comin’ On Strong (Original Mix) 00:03:30 Fonzo Spirit Rush 00:05:52 Serkus Funky Bad (Original Mix) 00:08:24 Shitmat Nasty Rabbits 00:12:23 Osmani Soundz Spiritual Master Key 00:15:31 2Peng Original Raver (Original Mix) 00:19:26 Lavery One Tune 00:21:59

A practice mix as part of the Cre8tiv® DJ Skills course at Midi Music Company in Deptford, London. No prep work, just had to wing it. Also includes a failed attempt at a spinback right at the end. Artist Track Title Start Time Special Request Mindwash 00:00:00 Burial South London Boroughs 00:02:45 Lu.Re Draw a Line (Extended Version) 00:05:25 Facta A X I S 00:08:43 Neekeetone Greater Love (Neekeetone UKG Flip) 00:10:19 Magugu BIG MACHINE 00:15:00 Neekeetone Dred Bass (Neekeetone Garage Edit) 00:18:00

A homework mix as part of the Cre8tiv® DJ Skills course at Midi Music Company in Deptford, London. This mix focuses on tracks around about the 175bpm range and was focused on practicing transitions. Artist Track Title Start Time Gunmen Greetings (Original Mix) 00:00:00 Ed Solo BOOMBASTIC (Original Mix) 00:02:35 Calibre Breather 00:04:24 KURUPT FM Original Rudeboyz [Feat. General Levy] 00:06:58 BRUK, Toby Ross Deep Kut (Original Mix) 00:08:46 Cool Hand Flex Melody Madness (Outrage AWOL Remix) 00:12:08