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[diskonext]

Hi all,

I've been rather productive as of late (though my Virus did not receive much love yet). I set up a small site with the latest tracks, mostly tekno/electro style.

Check it out at http://diskonext.kicks-ass.net

The fast links are bloody fast, but the bandwidth is limited. The slow links will always work.

Have fun!

-diskonext

PS. Any feedback is appreciated, as always!

[Tomer=Trance]

you mate your music nearly blast my monitors :D
i found outkast the most satteling and "listenable" lol
im not a big fan of death hardcore ears bleeding music :o
keep it up it sounded realy cool i liked the 303 sequence on that one.

[diskonext]

Yo Tomer,

thanks man, your response had me laughing my ass off. I know I push the physical limits of the speakers from time to time. It's probably to compensate for my shitty speakers ;)
Actual speakers *were* hurt to produce this music.

All this stuff (except for IndustrialAreaRemix) is semi-live, as you can probably hear. Maximum of 6 bar loops and some free running wavs.

The 303 is from the AudioRealism BassLine, everybody go buy it, haha!

-diskonext

[Merlot]

Not my cup of tea, but good stuff nonetheless.

Bass heavy music for sure. Roll-off or duck is not in your production vocabulary! 8O :D

[diskonext]

Haha,

yes it's true. I never really bothered to do that stuff. I hope to play some stuff on a PA soon, I'll probably need to make lots of tweaks.
Thanks for listening anyway!

Can anyone give me some tips so I can prepare for the big(ger) sound systems?

-diskonext

[Merlot]

It's probably to compensate for my shitty speakers ;)
Actual speakers *were* hurt to produce this music.


Get yourself some good monitors!!!! :D

[diskonext]

omg that avatar!

Wee, thanks for the tip. Monitors will take some while to acquire I'm afraid, my wishlist is long and my budget small ;)

-diskonext

[Merlot]

Wee, thanks for the tip. Monitors will take some while to acquire I'm afraid, my wishlist is long and my budget small ;)
-diskonext

I think it is that way for the majority of us.

[jasedee]

Love the dark n nasty shit!!!!! Makes for a good change around here... Probably not quite something to listen to if u are suffering from a bad hangover or mild psychological issues......

Scary......keep up the good work!

[diskonext]

Haha,

thanks Jasedee! I do try to keep the love out of my er... music.

-diskonext

[Onkel Dunkel]

Did your mother let you listen to Atari Teenage Riot too long when you where a kid :lol: No seriously, i like some of it (i like some of Atari?s stuff too) though some of it gets i little to noisy sometimes (did i just say to noisy :? ). Well i?ll give it a go on my monitors when i?m come home (instead of these crappy 'built in' computer speakers at work). Anyway, nice to hear something different for a change...

[diskonext]

Hahaha,

nooo I was forbidden to listen to it! That's why I got so twisted... Geez, drag my mother into it ;)

But seriously, which track(s) did you like most? (and thanks for the feedback, of course)

-diskonext

[Hollowcell]

Listening to Outkast...

OK, before I go into the track in more detail - I think that maybe you should tame down the limiting at the mastering stage a tad. It's just soooo loud. Keep the level of compression on the parts themselves though, because I really liked the harsh crushed sounds you have got going there, but tame the over all level a bit.

I really like the distorted all most bitreduced quality you have with alot of the sounds. Very grinding like quality.

Cool stereo image with the FX.

I can imagine a nice crushed snare coming in with this at about 1min20 or so to really bring in a groove.

On the second listen I am thinking some variation on the main drum loop would be nice too.

All in all a really gutsy track with some raw ideas coming through. With a bit of work on the production it could be a killer number.

[diskonext]

Thanks for the serious reply Hollowcell, I'm a sucker for mastering / producing. Most of my stuff is just playing live and I often can't be bothered to redo a track the same way, let alone actually finetuning levels and stuff.

I agree with the "killer track"aspect of Outkast, it has some really commercial/hooklike features in a way, I was rather surprised by it myself.

I'm gonna try and see whether I can incorporate your ideas/tips into this or the next production!

Thanks for listening and commenting. Seeing how well produced your songs are I'm grateful to get some tips ;)

-diskonext

[diskonext]

I programmed and played new live set... It's in chaotic tekno-like style, very inspired by last night's party.

Have a listen over at the website http://diskonext.kicks-ass.net/tracks.html or use the direct link HERE (http://www.few.vu.nl/~tmeerman/sfx/diskonext%20-%20Lalaland.mp3).

Any feedback appreciated, mainly meant to be enjoyed however.

-diskonext

[jasedee]

Mmmm.....brings me back to my raver days, going nuts all night in the hardcore tent

Do u remember when there was this whole resonance/cutoff thing happening with the kick drums in the mid 90's, a la Mokum records (The Chosen Few)

That would sound cool here...Oh wait! I just heard some on your track...nice! Makes me wanna pull out the gabba records from my crate

[diskonext]

Haha,

gabba indeed. More like gabba for hippies, I hope. I tried to keep the marching out of the terror a bit. But yeah, this kind of style is still rather popular (well, popular, most tekno-parties are rather small, maybe we're just freaks) in Holland (home of the gabber-scene), and gabber is having a slight revival at the moment. There are some huge (10.000+ people) gabber parties approximately every month, I guess that's popular.

I'm glad I could bring you back some fond memories... how was the hardcore-scene over in Australia? I've been attending loads of underground hardcore/tekno-parties the last 10 years, both in Holland and in various places in Europe... but the law is against us, haha. It probably has to do with the fact that the guests tend to bring more german shepherds than the police can muster on any given night, wee!

-diskonext

[jasedee]

I'm glad I could bring you back some fond memories... how was the hardcore-scene over in Australia?
Well, when I was into it it was the transition from happy-hardcore into gabba period, which was kinda cool.....the dance scene back then was cool, lots of freaky people, lots of vibe (It's all about the vibe!) and as far as I know it is still going strong, although maybe not as "underground" as it once was, but I do know there are still alot of "free" parties organised by people, but most would get shut down I guess

Always wanted to go to Rotterdam......I had imagined back then it would be like mecca for the hardcore junkies.

[diskonext]

Yeah,

Rotterdam still is, kind of. It is more spread out now, with most gabbers coming from small(er) villages, but well...

Most of the new Dutch electronic music still comes from The Hague and Rotterdam, but maybe I'm being a bit of a regionalist ;)

If you want more core-ish music check out http://home.wanadoo.nl/liquid28/diskonext[1101]%20-%20No%20Alibi.mp3 but I guess you already listened to that one? (sorry phpBB doesn't support [ and ] in [url] tags.)

-diskonext

[diskonext]

Nasty, nasty, nasty,

another 10:42 of live 160bpm-ish nasty (did I say nasty already?) tek-style err... music.

http://diskonext.kicks-ass.net/gfx/diskonext2.jpg Fan art by O


Click me: Retro Active Half Life (http://diskonext.kicks-ass.net/sfx/diskonext%5B1101%5D%20-%20Retro%20Active%20Half%20Life.mp3)
Feedback welcomed, enjoyment sought after ;)

-diskonext

[diskonext]

There is more, three days of party did the trick...

19.13m of nasty tekno. Recorded live, as usual.
Electribe RmkII / Virus B, guitar pedal.

diskonext[1101] - Mantoba (19.13) (http://www.few.vu.nl/%7Etmeerman/sfx/diskonext%5B1101%5D%20-%20Mantoba.mp3)

Or from the website... see sig.

Enjoy!

-diskonext