Episode 43 - Electro House Mix

A new mix containing a selection of this months funky electro tracks I found on Beatport and MoS. I have to thank Si Jobling for bringing the Shapeshifters mix of Chime to my attention on his OnePhatDJ podcast. What a tune!

De'Lacy - Hideaway (Cedric Gervais Vocal)
George Moral - Let's Take Drugs (Cedric Gervais Mix)
Paul Harris & Dave Spoon - Baditude (Dub Mix)
Sandy Vee - Bleep (Original)
Shapeshifters - Chime (Original)
Tomcraft - Boogie Nights (Original)
Twocker - Chopper (Original)
Buy Now - Body Crash (Streetlife DJ's Mix)

Mission Accomplished

Well, the transition from Lycos to Bluehost went through today and all appears to be working ok. I'm still transferring some of the older episodes of the podcast, but they should be available in the next 24 - 48 hours.

Bluehost come with a reasonably good reputation as a webhost so I'm hoping (fingers crossed) that I won't have any problems with them. If you notice any issues with the website (such as downloads failing, excessive downtime, etc), please drop us a line at info@evilrabbit.co.uk so that we can investigate.

New Web Host

Evilrabbit.co.uk will be moving to a new webhost over the weekend, so the website may go down for a while. Fear not, we will be back as soon as possible.

Ursula 1000...Remixed

I can forgive you for not knowing who Ursula 1000 is as I had never heard of him/her/them until I stumbled across the IllJazz podcast by accident.

To quote his entry on Wikipedia "Ursula 1000 is a musical project of Brooklyn-born DJ Alex Gimeno ranging from lounge to breakbeat, glam to cha cha, and everything in between", and I would definitely say that sums up the Undressed...Remixed.

The album kicks of with Deekline & Ed Solo's version of Step Back in their typical upbeat dirty breaks style and ends with Jstar's remix of the same tune in a much more chilled reggae mood.

The album seems to cover so many genres, from funk to hip hop, house to reggae, trip hop to electro in just ten tracks. Regardless of what music you're into, Undressed...Remixed contains some extremely well produced tracks that are sure to get you hooked to the sounds of Ursula 1000.

My personal favourites being the ultra funky Fort Knox Five remix of Elektrik Boogie and Moston & Malente's version of Hello! Let's Go To The Disco.

Head over to Beatport and Ministry of Sound to get your copy.

Episode 42 - Breaks Mix

Highlighting the popularity of breaks at the moment, here's a 45 minute mix containing some tunes you might have heard of before...with a breakbeat twist. I'm not going to write any more as I broke my collar bone at the weekend in a piggy back related accident, and it hurts to type!

The tracklisting for this episode is -

Unknown - Cat's Groove (White Label)
Defkline and Red Polo - No Other Booty (Hot Cakes)
Unknown - Suga Daddio (Cut and Run)
Unknown - Hard To Beat (Malpractice)
Defkline - Bam Bam (Hot Cakes)
Krafy Kuts - Tell Me How You Feel (Against The Grain)
Doc Roc - Master of thr Scratchin' Kutz (Solution)
Unknown - Don't Go (Crisp Biscuits)

How We Make Our Podcast

I had an email from one of our evilrabbit regulars last week asking what sort of kit is needed to put an episode of the podcast together, so I thought I'd scribble down a few lines to show you what equipment I've used over the last couple of years.

Well, the first few mixes contained tracks from my vinyl collection and were compiled using my trusted old friends, the Technics SL1200's and a Numark 1001 mixer.

I was recording the mixes live into my pc using an application called AudioGrabber. For those who remember the early podcasts back in 2006, you'll remember the recording quality wasn't that brilliant, so I really wanted to find a better way to get the tunes into a digital format.

Whilst scouring the net, I came across a piece of kit called the Hercules DJ Control, which is a MIDI mixer that came packaged with a piece of software called Virtual DJ.


This was a really useful tool, that allowed me to spend time recording my vinyl into an mp3 format to a really high quality, then combining tracks that I'd downloaded from Beatport, MOS, 3Beat, etc. The audio quality of the podcasts increased dramatically (I'll let you judge whether the content improved as well!).



Using the Virtual DJ software meant that compiling mixes on a regular basis was a far less painful experience than vinyl mixing, but it was still a bit of a hassle if you weren't particularly happy with an individual track to track mix and had to go back and re-edit it (yes, we all make the odd mistake!).

Welcome to the stage, Ableton. A truly awesome piece of software that makes podcasting an absolute joy. Ableton allows you to create sets by dragging and dropping tracks into a sequencer, where you can then add your own effects to the mix.


Is it cheating? Yes, probably...but Ableton allows you to do so much more to a mix than you could ever wish to achieve using conventional mixing techniques...and as long as you guys are happy with the end product, then who cares?!

I put these mixes together using an Apple iMac which seems to be the perfect companion for Ableton...it certainly doesn't crash as much as my old Windows XP machine! When I'm happy with a mix, I upload them to my webhost which is currently Lycos. Although they're not the cheapest out there, I've got to say that I haven't had any trouble with them in the past.


...and that's about it. If you've got any questions about podcasting, mixing or using Ableton, please feel free to drop me a line at info@evilrabbit.co.uk