pHinn, The Best DJ In Tampere???

I was truly awestruck this morning when I opened the Valo weekend supplement of local Aamulehti newspaper. They had decided to choose "The Best Three" from various areas of culture (80s heavy metal singers included) here in Tampere and around the world. I thought someone had dropped some hallucinogen to my morning coffee without my knowing, when I browsed the article and my eyes ended up in this little part there...

You see, there was also a section "Tiskijukat" ("disc jockeys"), and as the three best DJs they had chosen as number three Sami Koivikko (a local minimal house man, who has released an album for Berlin's Shitkatapult, and done tons of gigs in Europe and Russia); the second place justifiedly belonged to DJ Infekto (a.k.a. Riku Pentti), the real workhorse of Tampere's drum'n'bass/breakbeat scene, another DJ with countless gigs around the world and a recording artist too. Also familiar from The Skillsters and Bomfunk MCs.

And here's the strangest thing: in the first place there was one pHinn, whom they described with the words: "The underground man Erkki Rautio prefers kommandomixing in the punk spirit to technical superiority. A good gig comes about with some personal ideas and a large record collection." Wheeeeeeew. I'm speechless.

(Well, the funny thing really is that I haven't done DJ gigs in ages; the last one was at Swaeg's two years party in June 2006. After that it's been complete silence as far as my "DJing" goes.)

[MP3] Kommandomixes January 2006

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First Kommandomixes of 2006... again with some golden oldies (or "mouldies"?) from our archives. Inept (except with Mike Not & Jazzy-O) and drunken mixing (if mixed at all) but (hopefully) with some neat-o tracks.

These mixes available only for a limited time, so listen/download soon.

Ta-dah:

Mike Not & Jazzy-O: West Coast Hip Hop Mix, Panic Zone @ Radio 957, 1991 (no tracklist available)

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Mike Not & Jazzy-O: Miami Bass Mix, Panic Zone @ Radio 957, 1991 (no tracklist available)

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pHinn @ Electronic Therapy, Päiväkoti, Turku, 24 October 2003

X-Ray: Let's Go
Cybotron: Clear
Brothers Fuck & Friend: Minimal Fuck
Dexter: Intruder
Chaos: Afrogermanic
Aux 88: Electro/Techno (Microknox remix)
DJ Dijital: Cyborg Power
Atomic Nation: Atomic Nation
Dynamix II: The Plastic Men
LFO: Tied Up
The Octagon Man vs. Depth Charge: The Toy Boxx
Club Telex Noise Ensemble feat. CoS: KVYCHX (Luke Eargoggle mix)
Doubledutch: Hit & Run
Dominatrix: The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
Liaisons Dangereuses: Los niños del parque
Front 242: Quite Unusual
New York City Survivors: World of Madness
Dave Clarke: No One's Driving
DJ Slugo: Back Da Fuck Up

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pHinn @ Entropy 10 Years, VR-Makasiinit, Helsinki, 1 November 2003

Drexciya: Welcome To Drexciya
As One: The Message In Herbie's Shirts
Trans Am: Cologne
Depth Charge: Robotomo
Doubledutch: Surface On Fire
Legowelt vs. Orgue Electronique: Putney vs. ARP2500
Legowelt vs. Orgue Electronique: ARP Groove
A Credible Eye-Witness: Episode 4
Autechre: Basscadet (BDCTMIX) [33 rpm]
Cessna: Time Ticks Away (Nu Science remix)
Perspects: Desire and Efficiency
Ectomorph: The Haunting (version) (Adult. mix)
Mandroid: Android
Deflektorz: Deflektor

+ speaks & some Finnhits Disco tracks by DJ Kuuro Kädetön Paisti


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All soundfiles @ pHinnWeb.

In all our mixes we are committed to the Kommandomix Manifesto.

[MP3] M.A. Numminen vs. DJ Sane Live + New Kommandomixes

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NOTE: THESE FILES HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO MAKE SPACE FOR NEW MIXES. See http://www.phinnweb.org/listen/ for updates.

Exclusive live set:

M.A. Numminen vs. DJ Sane live @ Klubi, Tampere, 7 December 2005 (Here by the artists' permission!)

[Sorry, no tracklist available. M.A. Numminen info @ Wikipedia.]

Kommandomixes:

DJ Sane & pHinn, Suomi Soundz Set IV @ Apadana, 19 November 2005

Matti Oiling: Cyclops' Dance (Pepe Deluxe Remix) [S]
Ercola & PP: Pannaan menemään [S]
Pepe Deluxe: Woman In Blue [pH]
Jimi Tenor: Take Me Baby (Finnish Bassboy Mix) [pH]
Club Telex Noise Ensemble: KVY (Legowelt Mix) [pH]
Dr. Robotnik: I Hate You [pH]
Shadowplay: Night Porter [pH]

pHinn psych-amb-dub mix, 7 December 2005 @ Klubi, Tampere

The Orb: Pomme Fritz
Tangerine Dream: Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares
Åke Andersson: Kaukonen ennen vanhaan
Manuel Göttsching: E2-E4
Future Sound of London: Cascade, Pt. 1
Talk Talk: After The Flood
Laraaji: Meditation Number 2
Mighty Force: Phase Nation
G.O.L.: Soma Holiday
Dub Syndicate: Ravi Shankar, Pt. 1
John Cage: Fontana Mix
Primal Scream: Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)

pHinn IDM-exp-freakout mix, 7 December 2005 @ Klubi, Tampere

M.A. Numminen & Erkki Kurenniemi: Oigu-S
Philus: Tele-ctro
Kaj Chydenius: W
Kemialliset Ystävät: Metsä
The Fugs: I Saw The Best Minds of My Generation
Squarepusher: Theme From Ernest Borgnine
DJ Food: Scratch Yer Hed (Squarepusher mix)
Gescom: Mag AE Remix
Kelpe: Cross Legged Breakfast
Lego Feet: Northwest Water
Kelpe: Look For Shiny Things
Boards of Canada: Everything You Do Is A Balloon
Future Sound of London: Papua New Guinea
Aphex Twin: Polynomial-C
Orbital: Halcyon
The Fugs: Coca Cola Douche
Silver: Do You Wanna Dance
µ-Ziq: Lunatic Harness
Albert Ayler: Truth Is Marching In
?
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All soundfiles available @ pHinnWeb.

In all our mixes we are committed to Kommandomix Manifesto.

[MP3] Kommandomixes November 2005 Part III

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Note: NOTE: THESE MIXES HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO MAKE SPACE FOR NEW MIXES. See http://www.phinnweb.org/listen/ for updates.

Morjens!

pHinnWeb Kommandomixes are back. This time with some golden oldies from our archives: featuring a 1991 Miami Bass mix from Mike Not & Jasse's legendary radioshow Panic Zone on Tampere's Radio 957 + pHinn kommandomixing at Nokia's Lavatanssit party, one rainy July evening in 2004... and Sane & pHinn's all-Finnish Suomi Soundz sets, 19 November 2005 @ Bar Apadana, Tampere.

Note: these MP3s available online only for a limited now. Listen/download soon.

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Mike Not & Jasse: Miami Bass Mix @ Panic Zone, Radio 957, 27 February 1991 [MPA]

pHinn electro/retro-techno set @ Lavatanssit, Nokia, 10 July 2004 [MP3]

Cybotron: Techno City
Octagon Man: Vidd
Double Dutch: ?
Pan sonic: Kierto
New York City Survivors: Sirkkeli
Freddy Fresh: A Boy And His Moog Series 2
John Carpenter: Assault On Precinct 13 - Main Theme
Drexciya: You Don't Know
Front 242: Commandomix
Terence Fixmer: Warm
Club Telex Noise Ensemble: CTNE (Andrew Duke's Halifax
to Montreal mix)
I-f: Shadow of a Clown
Mono Junk: I Wanna Be (Electro Star)
Underground Resistance: Electronic Warfare (Voc)
Kraftwerk: Numbers
Aux 88: Electro/Techno (Microknox edit)
Model 500: Time Space Transmat
Adonis: No Way Back
Herbie Hancock: Rockit
DJ Nasty: Closet Freak
Imatran Voima: Quad City(?)
Dexter: Intruder
Tackhead: Mind at the End of the Tether
The VHF: Beethoven's Fifth (Street) Symphony

pHinn & Sane: Set I @ Suomi Soundz, 19 November 2005 [MP3]

Nu Science: My Star [pH]
Kemialliset Ystävät: Oulussa kirjastokorttina / Niin kutsuttu joo joo -paradoksi [pH]
Vaaralliset Lelut: Argentiinalaiset muurahaiset [pH]
Kemialliset Ystävät: Annika palvoo [pH]
Micragirls: Whatta Way To Die [pH]
Carola: The Flame [pH]
Blues Section: Anna suukko vain [pH]
Pekka Airaksinen: Sukirti [pH]
Laulurastas: Loputon [S]
Jukkapoika & Jenkkarekka: Taivas aukeaa [S]
Antti Szurawitzki: Mint Minus [S]
Mode Selector: A Bit Universe [S]
DJ Pataässä: Paussi [S]
Lasse Mårtenson: Herra, olet voittanut [S]
Kimarr: You Define Me So Well [S]
Ritarikunta: Maton alta [S]
Didier's Sound Spectrum: Route to the Brain [S]
Jaakko Eino Kalevi & Long Sam: ? [S]
Jaakko: ? [S]
Ilpo Väisänen: Liima Version 3 [S]
Yrjö Jyrinkoski: Katkelma Hymyilevästä Apollosta (Eino
Leino) [S]
Ceebrolistics: Aintie [S]
Didier & Roope K: Yli ojan [S]
Bläksim: 2 Wordz (Instrumental) [S]

pHinn & Sane: Set III @ Suomi Soundz, 19 November 2005 [MP3]

Bangkok Impact: Masters of the Universe [pH]
Op:l Bastards: Scorpius [pH]
Polytron: Disco Polytron [pH]
Regina: Olisitko sittenkin halunnut palata [pH]
M.A. Numminen: Älä peräänny 2006! [S]
Jimi Tenor: Caravan [S]
Mesak: Visiotec [S]
Rättö ja Lehtisalo: Föönattu kääretorttu [S]
Jimi Tenor: New World [S]
Repekka: Kyy [S]
Op:l Bastards: Funking [S]
Boys of Scandinavia: Worse Than A Girl [pH]
Jimi Tenor: Sugardaddy [pH]
TV-Resistori: Nään tanssivan sun uudestaan [pH]
Lightman: Shake Before Use [S]
Serkkupojat: Kolahtaa Krl [S]
Giant Robot: Real Simple [S]
Putsch '79: Kisses [S]
Ercola & PP: Karhupuisto [S]

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All soundfiles available @ pHinnWeb

In all our mixes we are committed to Kommandomix Manifesto

[MP3] Kommandomixes November 2005 Part II

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Note: NOTE: THESE MIXES HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO MAKE SPACE FOR NEW MIXES. See http://www.phinnweb.org/listen/ for updates.


Mike Not & pHinn: Set II @ Eclectro Lounge, 20 October 2005

The Cure: The Walk [pH]
Calico Wall: I'm A Living Sickness [pH]
Yello: Daily Disco [pH]
Propaganda: P-Machinery [pH]
Alphaville: Sounds Like A Melody [pH]
Erasure: Love To Hate You [pH]
2 Live Crew: Doo Wah Diddy [MN]
(+ Mike Not's old school hip-hop set)
Kompleksi vs. Polytron: Porno Tampere [pH]
Kitbuilders: Tell Me [pH]
Orbital: Wasted/Belfast [pH]
Duran Duran: The Chauffeur [pH]

DJ Autobass: X-Rated Electro/Ghettobass Set @ Eclectro Lounge, 20 October 2005

[including among all - Dopplereffekt: Mannequin / Adult.: Nausea / Steve Poindexter: Work That Motherfucker / DJ Slugo: Back Da Fuck Up - etc.]

pHinn: Set IV @ Eclectro Lounge, 20 October 2005

"Good news, boppers"
The Octagon Man: Assault
Drexciya: The Countdown Has Begun
Underground Resistance: Electronic Warfare (vocal)
Tackhead: Mind at The End of The Tether
Mark Stewart: As the Veneer of Democracy Starts To Fade
Pan sonic: Parturi
No Scene: 230801
The Operator: /sbin/rec2.d/5760auditing
Drexciya: Living On The Edge
Aux 88: I Need To Freak (Microknox Vocal Radio Ediyt)
I-f: Superman (Live at 'De Bruine Planeet')
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Imatran Voima vs. Bass Junkie: Quad City (Bass Junkie Version)
Dynamix II: Pledge Your Allegiance To Electrofunk
The Future Sound of London: We Have Explosive (Mantronik Plastic Formula #1)
I-f feat. Helga La Blaque: Playstation #2
Adult.: D.U.M.E.
Organ: For Next
Zager & Evans: In The Year 2525
Divine: I'm So Beautiful
Mary Hopkin: Those Were The Days

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All soundfiles available @ pHinnWeb.

In all our mixes we are committed to Kommandomix Manifesto.

[MP3] Kommandomixes November 2005 Part I

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NOTE: THESE MIXES HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO MAKE SPACE FOR NEW MIXES. See http://www.phinnweb.org/listen for updates.

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pHinn: Set III @ Eclectro Lounge, 12 October 2005

[DJ Tuhmatassu's nitku set continues]
Adult.: Hold Your Breath
Talking Heads feat. Robert Fripp: I Zimbra
Depth Charge: Shaolin Buddha Finger
Yellow Magic Orchestra: La Femme Chinoise
Telex: Moskow Diskow (Carl Craig remix)
Dominatrix: The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
Depeche Mode: New Life
New Order: Touched By The Hand of God
Wang Lei: Earth
Ananda Shankar: Jumping Jack Flash
Eric B & Rakim: Paid In Full (Coldcut remix)
ESG: Moody (Spaced Out)
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force: Frantic Situation
Detroit Grand Pubahs: Sandwiches
Feng Shui feat. Monsieur: Hao Hao (I'm Back)

pHinn: Set IV @ Eclectro Lounge, 12 October 2005

The Fatima Mansions: Shiny Happy People
The Parallax Corporation: Whore of the Floor (Disco Sucks)
Nylon 66'ers: Holiday In Cambodia
Putsch '79: Asian Girls
Le Tigre: Deceptacon (DFA remix)
Feng Shui feat. Monsieur: Hao Hao (I'm Back)
Bolz Bolz: Take A Walk (Nils Hess Reck RMX)
Ping Pong Bitches: Chinese Song
Super_Collider: Radianations On The Rise
Lalo Schifrin: The Plot
22-Pistepirkko: Hong Kong King
Ernos: Rutto ja romu
Paavoharju: Valo tihkuu kaiken läpi
Galaktlan: Zolushka
Hawkwind: The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)
Godz: Permanent Green Light
The Stooges: We Will Fall
Yes: Heart of the Sunrise


pHinn & Mike Not: Set I @ Eclectro Lounge, 20 October 2005

Fursaxa: Rheine [pH]
Team Doyobi: Empire [pH]
Billy Paul: East [pH]
Sly and the Family Stone: Music Is Alive/Dance In/Music Lover [pH]
The Specials (feat. Rico): A Message To You Rudy [pH]
Dub Syndicate: Ravi Shankar, Part 1 [pH]
The Specials: Ghost Town [pH]
Le Tigre: Well, Well, Well [pH]
M.I.A.: Sunshowers [pH]
?: Obla-Di Obla-Da [pH]
A Tribe Called Quest: Can I Kick It? [pH]
[Mike Not's old school hip hop set; sorry, no tracklist available]

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All soundfiles available @ pHinnWeb.

In all our mixes we are committed to Kommandomix Manifesto.

[MP3] Kommandomixes October 2005 Part V

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NOTE: THESE MIXES HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO MAKE SPACE FOR NEW MIXES. See http://www.phinnweb.org/listen for updates.

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Autobass & pHinn: Set II @ Eclectro Lounge, 29 September 2005 [MP3] (Added 24 October 2005)

Herbie Hancock: Rockit [pH]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Relax [pH]
Human League: Don't You Want Me [pH]
Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out For A Hero [pH]
Patrick Cowley: Megatron Man [DJ Autobass]
Sylvester: Do Ya Wanna Funk [pH]
S'Express: Theme From S'Express [pH]
Mirage: House Attack (a megamix) [pH]

+ a set by Autobass (no track titles available, sorry)

Mike Not & pHinn: Set III @ Eclectro Lounge, 29 September 2005 [MP3] (Added 24 October 2005)

Mulletronic: Sexual [pH]
Imatran Voima: Commando (SBASSSHIP Remix) [pH]
General Njassa: I'm Young, Natural and Beautiful (US Mix) [pH]

+ a set by Mike Not (no track titles available, sorry)

Mike Not & pHinn: Set I @ Eclectro Lounge, 12 October 2005 [MP3]

CHINA & FAR EAST SPECIAL:

Blues Section: The East Is Red [pH, bonus track]
Kate Capshaw: Anything Goes [pH]
Lalo Schifrin: Theme from Enter The Dragon [pH]
Kain: Loose Here [pH]
Padded Cell: Signal Failure [pH]
3MB feat. Juan Atkins: Jazz Is The Teacher [pH]

+ a set by Mike Not (no track titles available, sorry, but there's at least Irwin Goodman's 'Häirikkö' and Tapio Rautavaara's 'Tuoppini jäljet mä tunnen'!)

bonus tracks [pH]:

Suomen Talvisota 1939-1940: Takaisin Pekingiin
Kirka: Leijat
Blues Section feat. Otto Donner: Pääskytorni
Siouxsie & The Banshees: Hong Kong Garden
Country Joe & The Fish: Section 43

Tuhmatassu @ Eclectro Lounge, 12 October 2005 [MP3]

Falco: Der Komissar [MN]
+ the "nitku" (Cologne tech-house etc.) set by DJ Tuhmatassu!

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All soundfiles available @ pHinnWeb.

In all our mixes we are committed to Kommandomix Manifesto.

[MP3] Kommandomixes October 2005 Part IV

You are by now probably totally fed up with our Kommandomixes created "live" in various states of drunkenness, but here's for you even more schizophonia and unhindered musical bad taste from those pHurry pHreaks of pHinnland... Again, online for a limited time.

Mike Not & pHinn: Set I @ Eclectro Lounge, 10 August 2005

Mike Not [MN] & pHinn [pH]

Tangerine Dream: Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmare [pH]
Lalo Schifrin: Bees, Wasps and Mayflies [pH]
One Dove: Breakdown (Cellophane Boat Mix) [pH]
Yes: Close to the Edge [pH]
(One Dove Reprise) [pH]
Munich Machine: La Nuit Blanche [pH]
Nova: Aurora [MN]
Orient Express: Overture [MN]
Jean Michel Jarre: Ethnicolor [MN]
Giorgio Moroder: Tony's Theme (from "Scarface") [pH]
Jan Hammer: Crockett's Theme [MN]
Taco: Puttin' On The Ritz [MN]
Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Albinoni vs. Star Wars (Part 1&2) [MN]
Jive Bunny: Swing The Mood [MN]
Bob Marley: Exodus [MN]
M.I.A.: Fire Fire [pH]
Orbital: Speed Freak (Moby Mutation) [pH]
Hypnotone: Dream Beam [pH]

Mike Not & pHinn: Set II @ Eclectro Lounge, 10 August 2005

Public Enemy: Rebel Without A Pause [pH]
Pop Group: We Are All Prostitutes [pH]
Talking Heads: Life During Wartime [pH]
Brian Eno: Baby's On Fire [pH]
Superpitcher: Baby's On Fire [pH]
Paperclip People: Throw [pH]
Itäväylä: Black Diamond Express [pH]
Church of Carbon: Bela Lugosi Is Dead [pH]
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Nightmare Mix) [MN]
Phuture: We Are The Phuture [MN]
Booster: To The Batcave [MN]
Bam Bam: Where's Your Child [MN]
Brandon Cooke Feat. Roxanne Shante: Sharp As A Knife [MN]
Jahlib Feat. Sheila Chandra: Mysteries Of The East [MN]
Cultural Vibe Feat. Glenn Sweety 'G Toby: Ma Foom Bey (Love Chant Version) [MN]
Jack'n'Chill: Beatin' The Heat [MN]
Kinkina: Jungle Fever [MN]
Code 61: Drop The Deal [MN]
Baby Ford: Children Of The Revolution [MN]
Download: ? [MN]

Mike Not & pHinn: Set III @ Eclectro Lounge, 10 August 2005

Innerzone Orchestra: People Make The World Go Round (Kenny Dixon, Jr mix) [pH]
Prince & The Revolution: When Doves Cry [pH]
Jimi Tenor: Utopian Dream [pH]
Ilsa Gold: Meine Garage (pH]
Human League: Being Boiled [pH]
Adult.: Hold Your Breath [pH]
Duran Duran: Planet Earth [pH]
Plantains: New Wave Girl (Plantains Nu Wave Mix) [pH]
Ping Pong Bitches: Beat You Up [pH]
The Supremes: Lovechild [pH]
Kompleksi: (I Ain't No) Lovechild [pH]
- ? [MN]
Nitzer Ebb: So Bright So Strong [MN]
OhGr: Majik [MN]
Front 242: Principles [MN]
Section 25: ? [MN]
Nitzer Ebb: Warsaw Ghetto [MN]
Front 242: Master Hit [MN]
Skinny Puppy: Rivers [MN]
PIL: The Order Of Death [MN]
Skinny Puppy: Warlock [MN]

Mike Not & pHinn: Set IV @ Eclectro Lounge, 10 August 2005

Skinny Puppy: Warlock [MN]
A Split Second: Kiss Of Fury [MN]
The Creatures: Don't Go To Sleep Without Me [MN]
The Beatles: Help! [pH]
Brian Eno & David Byrne: Regiment [pH]
DJ Shadow: Lost & Found (S.F.L.) [pH]
Kemialliset Ystävät: Metsä [pH]
Mika Vainio vs Chicks on Speed: Flame On [pH]
Large Number: Shy English Hitler [pH]
Martin Fíerro: The Desert Is A Circle (from "El Topo") [pH]
Paavoharju: Valo tihkuu kaiken läpi [pH]
The Beatles: Eleanor Rigby [pH]
The Supremes: Reflections [pH]

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All soundfiles available @ pHinnWeb.

In all our mixes we are committed to Kommandomix Manifesto.

[MP3] 9 August 2005: New Eclectro Lounge Mixes

Added to the site on the 9th August 2005:

Art Barf-Uncle @ Eclectro Lounge, 13 July 2005 [MP3]

pHinn & Mike Not - back-to-back set I [MP3]
[tracklist]

pHinn & Mike Not - back-to-back set II [MP3]
[tracklist]
(NOTE: this MP3 available now is only a stub of the set's first 21 minutes, not the full set; I'll try to get it soon complete to the Web, and will notify you on this blog... don't you "love" technology?)

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All MP3 files currently available at pHinnWeb

In all our mixes we are committed to Kommandomix Manifesto

More on the Philosophy of Kommandomixing

Kommandomix Manifesto

Not all of us have huge budgets to spend on coolest brand new vinyls, but have to rely on our earlier record collections that have been accumulating along the years. And mixing "live" at a club with mixers and monitors that, more often than not, tend to be faulty in some way and with an additional burden of having about a billion other distractions (drunken punters bothering and harassing the DJ, etc.) constantly going around you, it's hard to be immaculate in your beatmatching even for a more accomplished DJ. Of course it's easier in the peace and calm of your own home (especially if you are computer-assisted). So you have to find other ways out: therefore kommandomixing.

Using military metaphors is not an accident: I think arranging clubs and playing records there can be called a sort of warfare -- you advance, retreat and improvise according to the situation, take the terrain into account, try to find out who your allies are, and do your best to predict beforehand the movements of your adversaries. Read Sun Tzu and Clausewitz.

See also:

Discophrenia

Kommandomixing Manifesto by pHinn

What Is Kommandomixing?
by pHinn

Kommandomixing is a do-it-yourself antidote to the anal retentive DJs, who want to be technically immaculate in their beatmatching skills and their no-life fanboys who blindly worship their heroes, wishing to become like them.

The DJs being today's counterpart to yesteryear's guitar heros in rock music, that revered art of "seamless" beatmatching and other technical turntable trickery has become the equivalent to the elaborate rock guitar solos of any of your regular heavy metal stadium acts.

You can see these irritating purist twerps at clubs -- instead of dancing and enjoying themselves -- watching and listening carefully to the DJs spinning records, taking careful note and bitterly commenting on any possible error in mixing, "galloping" beats and so on.

The idea behind kommandomixing is to put a complete stop to all this, and give more power to those otherwise "technically deprived" people (such as those girl DJs who are, in typical sexist attitutes, often needlessly derided in comparison to their supposedly "superior" male counterparts) who want play their records in public and share with their audience some musical gems people might not hear otherwise.

One does not need to spend 12 hours a day at turntables practising mixing and beatmatching. All one needs is a good record collection, energy, innovation and some personal ideas! Remember this was what punk was all about. Just do it!


pHinn's Kommandomix Gallery (adults only)

See also:

Discophrenia

How To Tell Apart A Trainspotter's Top 10 From A DJ's Top 10