AFK – Frisky Radio Artist of the Week: March 11, 2008

Every week, Frisky Radio features one artist as their Artist of the Week. Some of their past feature artists are Lee Burridge, Sultan, Trafik, Kosmas Epsilon, Mashtronic, Luke Fair, Gabriel and Dresden, Satoshi Tomiie, Nick Warren, Pako and Frederik, Lemon 8, Hybrid, Tone Depth, Oliver Moldan, Retroid, Steve May, Momu, Moshic, 16 Bit Lolitas, Madoka, G-Pal, Christian Cambas, V-Sag, Steve Porter, Andrew K, Thomas Penton, and Timo Maas. On the week of March 11, 2008, Frisky Radio chose me.
Well, that was very nice of them.

Thanks to Ben Malcolm at The Media Burnout for the voiceovers, and of course thanks to Faisal Sultan @ Frisky Radio for choosing to focus on AFK.

Tracklisting:

  1. AFK – Magnetic (Chompers dub) [Pacific Front Recordings]
  2. Michael & Levan – January Morning (Retroid Frosty Dawn mix) [Morphosis Records]
  3. BT – Remember (Dale Anderson remix) [Unreleased]
  4. AFK & Dustin H – Seismic (Powerplant remix) [Pacific Front Recordings – Promo]
  5. Perc & Fractal – Up (Perc mix) [Kompakt]
  6. AFK – Bergamot (Original mix) [Pacific Front Recordings – Unreleased]
  7. Dariush and DJ Da featuring Tina – Good Vibration (DJ Remy & Roland Klinkenberg remix) [Shinichi]
  8. Art of Trance – Madagascar (AFK bootleg) [Unreleased]
  9. Steve Porter – Definite Form (DJ Remy & Roland Klinkenberg remix) [Little Mountain Recordings]
  10. Hybrid – Higher than a Skyscraper (Hybrid’s Twitch and Sweat mix) [Distinctive]
  11. Will Spencer featuring Royal Sapien – Oceanica (Stefan Anion’s Port Authority mix) [Olaris Records]
  12. Sweeney & Stowasser – Move On (Original mix) [Stillwater Records]
  13. Cream Sound – Intromodul (Dynamic Illusion remix) [Morphosis Records]
  14. Sultan & Ned Shepard – Together We Rise (DJ Remy & Roland Klinkenberg remix) [Shinichi]
  15. Luke Chable presents Quest – Skyline Road (Original mix) [68 Recordings]
  16. AFK & Dustin H – Seismic (Shiloh remix) [Pacific Front Recordings]
  17. Benz & MD – Signals (AFK’s Dragon Dub) [Proton Music]
  18. Obakeh – Ghosted (AFK’s Drifting Through Walls Ambient mix) [Pacific Front Recordings – Unreleased]
Download: AFK – Frisky Radio Featured Artist 2008 (mp3)

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Brandi and Carson

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This is a photo from Brandi and Carson’s wedding. We had run outside with them after the Ceremony to the Legislature and we were all freezing during the shoot – none of us were wearing coats. It was so cold, it was insane! We got some great shots of the new couple though, and I think this one in particular turned out great. This one was an exercise of patience while balancing out the lights of the legislature with a flash to illuminate Brandi and Carson properly, but not too much of the ground or other foreground objects in the process. All worth it as you can see. This is one of 2000+ frames we shot that day.
Other interesting photo things – photos to post from photogroffee: Salt Spring, a trip to Port Townsend, and I did a photo shoot for Short Fuse in January which has some cool shots in it.
Holding off on buying any new camera equipment for the time being – it’s simply not needed at this point as we have a pretty full suite of lenses that can accomplish pretty much anything that we need to do.
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Frisky Radio‘s featured artist for this week is … me! Tune in tomorrow for a brand new 2 hour exclusive set at 11 AM PST. More on the music from.. the third track I did with Dustin H called “Seismic” is now out on promo with remixes from the legendary Powerplant, the almighty Shiloh, and one of the best progressive breaks producers around, Stefan Anion.. if you are on our list, scoop it up. It will be in fine online stores such as iTunes and Beatport in early April. If you want to have a listen ahead of time, have a listen on the Progressive House promo page here – AFK & Dustin H – Seismic Preview

musgrave stickman

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i walk past this guy regularly so I thought I’d get him in a photo. there are a bunch of other beachwood art pieces on this lawn, but this is the one that always catches my eye. to the right of this a bit there is a huge pile of beachwood. is it legal to take that off the beach? not too sure I care either way but I think this art is pretty neat.

totally boss

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Nickgurns brought me back a present from Tokyo. As you can see, it is boss. Thanks Nickgurns!
I don’t actually know what it is, but I suspect what Nick was trying to tell me was that it is coffee in a can. Wicked! this is something I can enjoy while sitting on my new Hawaii Chair.
I was going to post a photo of some flowers blooming just to make a point to everyone in Canada who is not in Victoria, but what’s the point? That’s old news now – the cherry trees started blooming here in December.

AFK – Frisky Loves Canada 2008

Here’s a mix I did for a spotlight that Frisky Radio did on Canada entitled Frisky Loves Canada. The DJ’s featured were Paranoid Jack, Deadmau5, Kristian Littmann, AFK, Mistress Barbara, John Morgan, Mute & Laki, Hatiras, and Kevin Shiu.

This mix begins ambient with a bit of a gem from Pako and Frederick, then goes straight for the progressive house jugular with a remix from Kasey Taylor (AKA Ocean Wave), then goes a bit dark with a track from Dynamic Illusion before submitting to the awesome “Bass Trap” from Quest and the Dirty Fours. From this point we get into some heavy weight progressive house with an Elfsong remix of Cream Sound, and the refreshing “Table 5” from Dale Anderson and Anil Chalwa. Max Graham shows up for a bit of an epic piece with his remix of Swedish Beatballs (is this something you can get from Ikea?) and of course I have to stick my nose in here somewhere and drop some of my own stuff – Stefan Anion’s remix of Seismic and one of my two new remixes of Benz & MD – Signals finish off the mix. I have done some sneaky things in the mix to keep it flowing properly, even when confronted with complete genre changes, so I hope you enjoy all the efforts. Thanks to Ben Malcolm at The Media Burnout for the voiceovers, and also much thanks to Faisal Sultan @ Frisky Radio for doing the show.

Tracklisting:

  1. Pako & Frederick – Percunia (Pako and Frederick Chillout mix – AFK Edit) – Global Underground
  2. Antix – Red Robin (Kasey Taylor remix) – Iboga Records
  3. Dynamic Illusion – Afterglow Effect (Original mix) – Morphosis Records
  4. Quest vs. The Dirty Fours – Bass Trap (Original mix) – Vapour Recordings
  5. Cream Sound – Intromodul (Elfsong remix) – Morphosis Records
  6. Dale Anderson and Anil Chalwa – Table 5 (Original mix) – Global Underground
  7. Marcus Schossow – Swedish Beatballs (Max Graham remix) – Electronic Elements
  8. AFK and Dustin H – Seismic (Stefan Anion’s Running For Cover remix) – Pacific Front Recordings
  9. Benz & MD – Signals (AFK’s Dragon Dub) – Proton Music
Download: AFK on Frisky Loves Canada (mp3)

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coastal

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This is Willows Beach near Estevan Village, yesterday at noon.
Just a reminder that Frisky Radio’s spotlight on Canada airs tomorrow starting at 11 AM PST with:

  • Paranoid Jack
  • Deadmau5
  • Kristian Littmann
  • AFK
  • Mistress Barbara
  • John Morgan
  • Mute & Laki
  • Hatiras
  • Kevin Shiu

More info:
Frisky Loves Canada
Also:
Who has RSS feeds? I do! See the little orange broadcaster (RSS) icon in the navigation? Copy that link into your RSS client or click on it if you are spiff and have a local RSS aggregation client set up already. If you don’t have an RSS client set up, point your browser at google’s new (and beta) reader, a place for you to collect the news feeds for sites you read regularly. what I like about google’s take on the aggregator is that it allows you to share feed items with your contacts within the reader and point them at cool stuff. here are the blogs i have subscribed to:

  • Adam’s House of Fun
  • Adventures on the Blue
  • Delicious Juice Dot Com
  • Extrametrical.com
  • Habitual Distortion
  • Krishenblog
  • secondGemini
  • Velvety Couch

Do you have an RSS feed that I should know about?