Promo Mix

The time has come, I have finally finished my 120 min Promo Mix. It features an eclectic choice of sounds ranging from techno, fidget house, electro house, and even a touch of dubstep. Seems a bit much for one mix you say? Well, I thought so too, so I formatted this mix a bit differently. The beginning part of the mix features lower energy tracks that you could start the night with, and slowly revs up in energy and tempo until you hit the huge techno ending. Below is the tracklist, enjoy!


001 Keith & Supabeatz - Get 2 Get
002 Clouds - Liquid
003 Dirty Funker - Flat Beat (Boogie Pimps Remix)
004 Autoerotique - Bubonic (Drop The Lime Remix)
005 Jan Driver - Rat Alert
006 Soundhack - Devils Run
007 Zero 7 -Medicine Man (Noob Remix)
008 Shinichi Osawa & Paul Chambers - Shanghai Swinger (Style of Eye Remix)
009 Hot Chip - Touch To Much (Fake Blood Remix)
010 Autodidakt - Nitro
011 Tiga - Mind Dimension 2
012 Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (BeatauCue Remix)
013 Miike Snow - Black & Blue (Tiga Remix)
014 Itch-E & Scratch-E - R.E.F.R.E.S.H. (Tom Piper Remix)
015 Gina Star - I Want It Now (Keith & Supabeatz Remix)
016 Marascia & Dusty Kid - Plumbi
017 Lazy Jay - Float My Boat
018 Tom Staar - Two Tone Simms
019 PeaceTreaty - Funk In Da Ganja
020 Pony Pony Run Run - Walking On A Line (Blatta & Inesha Remix)
021 Blake - What I Like (Knuckles Insomniac Remix)
022 The Squatters - Monster
023 Afrojack & David Guetta - Toyfriend (Instrumental Mix)
024 Miike Snow - Black & Blue (Andy George & Jaymo Remix)
025 Nikal Fieldz - Where Ya Money At (Audiostalkers Remix)
026 Green Velvet - Harmageddon (Santiago & Bushido Remix)
027 Despuis91 - Erothiq (VNNR Shake the Room Remix)
028 Zombies for Money - Sururumba (Caribe Version)
029 Zombies for Money - Kolkata (Sticky Version)
030 Trash Yourself & AC Slater - Touch
031 Audiostalkers - Hallucinate
032 Passion Pit - Little Secrets (Jack Beats Remix)
033 Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)
034 Shiny Toy Guns - Ricochet! (Kissy Sell Out Mix)
035 Heart - Days Go By (Boogaloo Crew Remix)
036 Sound of Stereo - Metric
037 Public Enemy - Night of The Living Bassheads (Figure Remix)
038 Kissy Sell Out - Joanna (Faisal Remix)
039Tiga - Shoes (Noob Remix)
040 DJ Hyperactive - Reptilian Tank (Audio Injection's Dirty LA Remix)


Promo Mix by Optimus Crime

New Mix and Dates!

New 2 hour mix comin out sometime next week, keep yer eyes peeled. Also, I'll be playing in Chico on Oct 23 and in Luxembourg early next year. Location for Chico and date and location for Luxembourg coming soon. If you are in the area and want to dance to some good old fashion fidget house or "techno" (for those new to electronic music), come by and say hello. Hope you are as excited as the guy in the picture! 
-Optimus Crime

July Summer Mix

Coming down from post-EDC withdrawals? Well luckily for you I have patched together a little mix of some of the latest music for you to get your fix from. This mix is a little bit harder-hitting, with darker sounding sounds throughout the mix. It features some of the freshest tracks from Foamo, Harvard Bass, Crookers, Jack Beats and more. Enjoy.

1. Faithless // Tweak On Your Nipple (Crookers Remix)
2. Drop The Lime // Sex Sax (Bart B More Remix)
3. Crookers // Put Your Hands On Me (BeatuaCue Remix)
4. Uffie // MC Can Kiss (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)
5. Ettiene De Crecy // Hope (Djedjotronic Remix)
6. Knuckles // Loading
7. Clouds // Eyes
8. Jan Driver // Tellyfoam
9. Felix Cartal // World Class Driver (Harvard Bass Remix)
10. Figure // All Right
11. D-Bag // Rockstarter (Blaze Tripp Remix)
12. Plastikman // Spastik
13. Drop The Lime // Devil's Eye (Diplo Remix)
14. Drop The Lime // Devil's Eye (Foamo Remix)
15. NT98 // Poopa
16. Jack beats // Out Of BodyNas & Damian Marley // As We Enter (Foamo Remix)

July Summer Mix by Optimus Crime

Summer Sounds June 2010

Summer is here! And for those of you not out of school yet, get a taste of summer with this new mix with fun songs for the summer. This is one of the first nu-disco-esque mixes I've ever done. Some of you may ask, why not play the harder stuff? Well, to be honest, as much as I love the deep, dark, and filthy sounds of fidget etc, I feel that the tracks on this mix cater more to the sounds that people associate with summer. The mix is pretty straight forward, with some old sounds and some new. Watch out for the killer from Figure that ends the mix, it's one of the most evil basslines I've heard to date. I'm going to try to come out with a mix for every month of summer, so this is hopefully the first of three. I will leave you with a parting quote to live by this summer:

"Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time"

1.  Late of the Pier // Space And The Woods (Switch remix) 
2. PeaceTreaty // Funk In Da Ganja 
3. Late of the Pier // Focker (Boys Noize Terror Remix)
4. Klaxons // Gravity's Rainbow (Van She Remix)
5. Urchins & Spoek // Tickets (Blatta & Inesha Remix) 
6. Miike Snow // Silvia (Felix Da Housecat Remix)
7. DeeLux // Hot Hot Hot (Wideboys Mix)
8. Public Enemy // Night Of The Living Bassheads (Figure Remix)

Summer Sounds June 2010 by Optimus Crime

The Theory of Sound

Have you ever been at a party before, red cup in hand, standing and catching up with your friends all to the cringe of a $50 stereo with blown out speakers and no bass playing rap from 2 years ago? Well, I can't speak for everyone, but I can say that if you have attended a college recently (lets say the last 10 years), then you have for sure experienced this once. And once is one time too many. Now I'll give you a little weapon in this war against horrible party music. I call this, "The Theory of Sound". From the hard hitting sounds of Cold Blank and Fake Blood all the way to the killer bass of Bangkok, this mix will keep the kids dancing and the rap off the stereo. Anyways, I present to you, "The Theory of Sound".

The Theory of Sound by Optimus Crime

Battery Acid

Wait..... techno? Yup, its techno. I have a soft spot in my heart for techno. And ever since my rather unhealthy obsession with electronic music started via Boys Noize (see legend), techno has always been a guilty pleasure for me. From the glitchy beeps and pops to the almost brain melting repetitiveness, the only thing I can personify techno with is candy. But heres the problem: I don't like sweets. Seriously. Chocolate, gross. Sugar, vomit. But alas, there is one kind of candy I like, and that is sour candy, the kind that makes you squirm and thizz face. Not unlike candy, there is a sour version of techno too. So today I laid out some sour techno for you in a little mix I like to call Battery Acid. Be careful, this stuff is pretty sour, but it beats the shit out of warheads.

Battery Acid 0410 by Optimus Crime

Dirt & Filth

Dirt & Filth, what can I say, I had no idea what I was thinking. People who talk to me a lot know that I like to be very creative, with my word choices in describing music. And ladies and gentlemen, I think I hit the nail on the head with this one.

Dirt, the first in this two-part mix, presents a techno sound. The first tracks have a gritty yet harmonious tone to them, all leading up to Siriusmo's melodic remix of "Shooting Stars". The peace is then broken by the hard hitting tones of Fake Blood's remix of "Restless". I believe this mix displayed the true nature of this kind of techno: while it is melodic and even soft sounding at times, its natural dissonance sets it apart from other mainstream genres. In conclusion, I'd say the first mix is just like computer keyboards (see dirt [disambiguation]); yes, they are quite dirty, but we've been around it enough to just look past its dirtiness.

Ahh Filth, it's just disgusting. Just listen to how low the bass is in the first track, you can almost not hear it! In fact, unless you are an audiophile and have invested in some good subs, you couldn't even hear the bass because it was wobbling at a floor rolling 14Hz. 14Hz! Thats sub-bass, and thats just disgusting. The purpose of this mix was to showcase wobbly fidget house at its best and get all of you fiends your wobble fix.

Hope you enjoy them, and please leave comments and critique, it really helps. Thanks and stay tuned for another great mix!

Dirt 0310 by Optimus Crime

Filth 0310 by Optimus Crime

March 2010 Exclusive Mix

Let's feel the bass roll off like slime with a new mix! This one's going to be dirty with fast, wobbly and heavy basslines in every song. I know you'll get tired, so I kindly threw in a slow dubstep song so you can cool off. Unfortunately, this happens to be one of the heaviest songs I've heard in a while, compliments of Vaski. I haven't quite worked out all the quirks yet, but this mix is guarantee to be a real banger that will be a must have for parties. Look forward to seeing some great tracks from old favorites like Herve, Jack Beats, Drop The Lime, Mightyfools, and much more. With a little luck, I might even be able to deliver a massive new track from Sound of Stereo, along with a brilliant track from a special surprise, up and coming artist.

Thanks for checking out the blog and keeping up to date!

Optimus Crime

New Gear and a new Direction

Well, I guess you can say I had my epiphany. By this I mean that I was introduced to the theory of "smart mixing".

Smart mixing is the entire concept behind mixing, when one track is cued and ready to be introduced, certain things must happen to ensure a smooth transition. These things include adjusting certain bands in the equalizer so that everyone else doesn't hear a mess of noise. Unfortunately, as you move from mixing two tracks exclusively, to mixing 4 tracks, midi clips, loops and effects all at once, you tend to run out of arms.

Fortunately there is an answer to this problem! For myself, this means using Traktor Pro, a digital mixing program, alongside Ableton Live, arguably one of the most powerful pieces of audio software around. Simply put, I am still mixing with my old BCD3000 through Traktor Pro, but now I route that output through Ableton Live, where I can use a myriad of effects alongside a grid of my very own midi clips, loops, and sounds to add some kick and complexity to the mix. All of this triggering and control in Ableton is now possible with my new Novation Launchpad.

So what does this mean to you? Well, hopefully you can enjoy some more complicated and tasteful mixing. Having said that what I am about to say might disappoint some. From now on, all mixes will be exclusively Dubstep/Fidget House/UK Grime. The only exception to this will only be at parties and whatnot when I am playing live, I'll still play all the stuff you want to hear outside of the constraints of the said genres.

January 2010 Mix

I present to you, Optimus Crime's January 2010 Mix:

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1. Toxic Is Dead (Drop The Lime Remix) // The Toxic Avenger
2. Mars (Herve Re-Fix) // Fake Blood
3. Half In Love (Foamo Remix) // Mystery Jets
4. Dope Fiend (Tommie Sunshine & Udachi Remix) // Audio Bullys
5. Hornbo (Sticky K Remix) // Mat Cant
6. Giggle Riddim // Piddy Py
7. Little Secrets (Jack Beats Remix) // Passion Pit
8. Anyway You Choose (Fake Blood Remix) // The Black Ghosts
9. Only A Fool (Can Die) [AC Slater Dub] // Gerald V. Casale Ft. Devo