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Shiny New Toys

Posted on Jul 6, 2010

Well it's been five years since I updated my performing rig and although no time is a good time to spend a large chunk of cash, I have to say that I am very excited to get to know my new setup. Here is the new rig. I followed Jays lead, so far I am super impressed. It may take some getting used to.

It's a dream system and I feel very lucky to have it... now I just have to get it rockin' and it'll be like I've had it forever.

Time to make some noise!!



MacBook Pro
Traktor Pro
Motu Ultralite
Pioneer SE DJ5000
Mackie HR824
Tech Tools VCI 100 SE
Kontrol X1
Axiom 49

 

Now that I own all that new gear, I have a bunch for sale at great prices:

Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1 Sound Card $200
Echo Indigo IO 24-bit Laptop Audio CardBus PCMCIA Sound Card $160
1 Pair CDJ 200's $750
Hercules Midi Controller $100
HP Dv5000 Laptop $500 (if desired, this laptop will come with 2000 tracks for an extra $500)
Gateway MA3 Laptop $175 (Has 50 Movies loaded onto it)
1000 Wav tracks on CD of Psy, Prog Psy, Progressive House, Prog Breaks, Chill $400

Drop me an email if you are interested at: darvin_k@yahoo.com

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New Zenon Mix Is Up - Nokturnal Live At Vibrasphere

Posted on May 27, 2010

Well it's one of the few times that not only have I recorded a live mix that I am happy with, but that something did not go wrong technically. Well in fact the mix was almost not usable due to the fact that I forgot to stop recording before I shut down my laptop which made the file unable to be readable by nearly every piece of software out there. Luckily I was able to open it using the VLC player... I tell you that piece of software is incredible.

So yes the mix was recovered, and sounds great. Another hurdle was that a few of the tracks on the mix are unreleased, but I spoke with Tim (Sensient) and Oscar (Grouch) and they gave me the thumbs up.

For all you Zenon fans, have fun with this one and feel free to share the link and the music with those you know will dig the mix. LINK TO MIX

Next stop for me is Inshala III, a weekend of trees, the Old Man river, great music and fantastic people. I hope to see you there!!

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Lets Get Shpongled!!

Posted on May 5, 2010

Thanks to the tireless efforts of James Katalyst of Motion Notion fame, Calgary is blessed to be host to yet another killer show with an incredible international artist, none other than Shpongle himself. It's a huge honor to be opening for Simon Posford again, it has been a few years since Norris and I played on the Beach stage at Shambhala before his mind blowing set. He pretty much had all eight thousand people attending the festival packed onto that one beach under the sun... it's a pretty incredible memory of mine and makes the upcoming show that much more significant for me. I only wish Norris was here to so he could join me at the decks.

After Sphongle next week my next event of focus is INSHALA!!!  I had a chance to check out the site today and it is tree covered and beautiful... the Old Man River right along side it and an incredible space for a sunny riverside sound system so it's pretty much perfect. The juices are flowing and everyone involved is fully engaged. This upcoming Saturday a crew of us will once again be coming together to complete the construction of a massive geodome that Jay Michael has designed and it's been great to sit and heat and press the aluminum tubes... the satisfaction in seeing it finally go up is going to be pretty sweet.

Inshala has really awakened a new passion inside me for creating a meaningful experience for people... I know that the world seems like a totally insane place sometimes and for me, Inshala is going to be my way of injecting some positive, practical and lasting energies back out into the noosphere. So if you want to check it out, all info is here: http://www.area709.com/darvin/events/details/555/

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