DJ Hadi - Anorexia (Andrew Eimmer Remix)

Hey FFFs,
Thanks for checking in on this blog regularly. How's your Christmas holidays? I have almost been back for 1 month and I have done some interesting stuff met some interesting new friends. I think this summer holiday is proving very fulfilling indeed. As compared to the last one. Been into the music scene quite a bit these few weeks. Was @ Transmission, Zoukout, and Transense. I couldn't hope for more. Cheers to my friends for meeting me. Ardi and Alvin for planning respective outing on my busy behalf, Dr. Yap for making himself free and for jamming sessions almost every few weeks and sacrificing some dating time. *winks* and all those whom I have met so far! Thanks Isaring for the book that you gave me for my birthday present!

Christmas sees me going to a number of places.

21st of December (Friday) sees an interesting competition between Zouk & MOS in the form of Progressions (Yukun & P@T) vs David Morales (Club FG).

Saturday sees Me & Waynes & Friends messing up the Doctor's house, Mahjong, Settlers, Club/Bar, Dinner (not unnecessarily in that order). Maybe We'll check out Scratch Meister DJ QBert @ Zouk and DJ Shellsuit @ Phuture. However MOS offers Godwin & Enrique C in Disco Digitale, pumping out Techno/Tech House.

Sunday is Christmas Play and last minute shopping time with St. Wai Yin.

Monday (eve) and Tuesday (Xmas) is family time. However I would love to head to Zouk on Monday as they will be bringing down the house with Flashover Label Manager, Ferry Corsten.

Sadly, I would be free on the 26th and 27th. Fill those days up people!

I have also completed my rework of my earlier remix of DJ Hadi - Anorexia. A sample would be available at the link before for download. It will be signed by BeatWorks (Italy) and it is due for International Release in June/July 2008.


DJ Hadi - Anorexia (Andrew Eimmer Remix)

On the sidenote was also downloading Cally Cage's CG2 from her mix page. I have to admit the page looks abit misleading. My mumma walked in when i was checking that site on. It almost look like i was caught in the act!

Was reading on ITM forums that Earthcore ditched Nick Sentience a few weeks before the gig. Its a real pity because I am a real fan of Nick Sentience. There was interestingly a video on the ITM forum a day later showing how Nick and fellow James Lawson rocked the stage @ Camden Palace in London in November earlier in the year. The mix is also available up for download here. He also blew the the dancefloor apart with his start at TW11. It's available here. Enjoy the video embed below!

Zoukout Report from Silso Beach

Hihi! Yesterday and today was quite a busy period for me. Met Up with May for Tea and she's still as cute as my ex says she is. Actually she brought up quite an interesting point about people getting married early in our interesting conversation. It's like when the kids grow up one can actually relax about worrying so much for them (if they can) and get back into the working society.



Zoukout was at night. I had planned to go with Angie and her group however somethings came up. Saw Chermaine and Ian at the venue. Thanks Chermaine and her class for letting my bag camp at their place. Basically I was at the Main Arena from 8pm-8am. It was like the best opportunity to check out the local djs as well as the international djs. Ok from this point onwards I might make some comments that might seem abit defaming to some djs at zoukout if misinterpreted wrongly. So first and foremost, I would like to say I attended the event as an official clubber and not as a dj so yeah and furthermore i believe this blog is somewad also a personal blog. haha so this is not backstabbing yeah. haha. As i have said above I was at the main arena from 8pm-8am.

I witnessed DJ B doing a more progressive house set. kinda dull at first because no one was dancing around pretty much until i met up with austin and his gang and Tauflek from Sarawak.

And then we started to spice things up on one of the podiums with 2 russian dancers until tony tay decided to come in with abit of house and breaks towards the end. i thought the breaks was his own productions thought it was kinda wicked. crazy breaks that made alot of people around me lose their sense of 4/4 beats to dance with however the breakdown was a realli good.

Ame was abit disappointing. OK to be fair his style didn't really suit mine. He played House with a bit of the jazzy elements innit. However one thing for sure was the vibe certainly dropped as he was unable to match up to Tony Tay's set. the 1.5 hours that he was playing was spent sitting down checking out Kid millionaire @ velvet underground and buying drinks and making through the crowd which was building up. To be fair my legs were kinda tired at that point.

Booka Shade came on the main arena with 1.30am on my watch. They played a live set. I apologise for not researching into Booka Shade prior to Zoukout. However they definetly upped the vibe. They consist of 2 dudes. One dude on a digital drumset and the other one on synthesizer or maybe a sampler. I can't really see that properly as their equipments were blocked by some pillars.

At this point of time. I don't know why some irritating blokes in the crowd decided to throw lightsticks onto the stage...and drinks to another portion of the crowd. Pretty Wack if you ask me. Nothing came close to hitting the people on stage but what if it did? Singapore A Great Place to Be? I doubt so? The crowd was pretty international @ the main arena. I met alot of people from Perth, Melbourne, Norway, California, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Mongolia, Malaysia, etc. At this point, I think there was a couple of Trannies on the podiums and amazinglying the whites were hitting on them because they look 'hot' I bet they sure had some shock after they smooched him and led them off the a secluded place.

Anyway, back to the music. Carl Cox was OH YES! OH YES! I must first claim that I have never been to carl's gig nor did I ever bother to download his radio show however his signature style of hard pumping techno was a treat to my ears. one thing i liked realli much about him was also his style of pumping the crowd with his MCing. That was fannitastic as compared to the other more laid back djs.

Armin came up next. His start was rather disappointing actually too much of breakdowns and me knowing 95% of the songs he played thru my loyal following of ASOT and other radioshows. There was a slight wait for the crew to change equipments without disrupting the sounds. Armin started with Fragma - Toca Me (Inspetto 2008 Remix) and Falling by First State. When i thought that it was GG. He started to pump things back with some prog trance and then it peaked with The Doppler Effect - Beauty Lies in the Deep (John O Callaghan Remix) and Aly & Fila - Lost Language. haha good stuff indeed and that occoured 30 mins till his end of the set. I had wondered wad song he would play next to substain that energy level. He went back to play those classic trance songs that are so typical of Dave Pearce and he ended the set with Beautiful day by U2 some remix which i cannot remember off hand. Overall, I would say. He's very well marketed. Appeals to most part of the crowd . and reads the crowd very well.

Aldrin was next and by the time he came along most of the crowd has already turned in..and the mass of rubbish left on the sand was a sight to behold. Not very nice indeed to dance around rubbish innit? He played some reealli good tunes. I am not sure how to classify them..some electonica? I only recognised Justice lol. Anyway My hands are all tired from dancing and typing. Toodles!

Andrew Eimmer - Heartest House Vol. 2 Released!

"One year after Heartest House Vol. 1, Volume 2 is now back by any demand! The music and style that Andrew Eimmer dishes out week after week is clearly defined here in his best mix yet!"

Tracklist are as follows:

Astral Projection - Kabalah (Activ)
Sam Townsend and Jon BW - How Can I Love You (Take You Back) (Quake vs Rob Tissera Remix) (Tidy)
Andy Whitby & Matt Lee - Mindblowing (Nukleuz)
Darrell White - Take You Higher (Breed)
BK - Playling With Knives (Cortina Mk2 Mix) (Riot)
Nick Sentience - Never Lost His Hardcore (Extreme)
Lee Pasch - Hybridize (Tidy)
BK - Its Just A Feeling (Cortina Mk2 Mix) (Riot)
Wid Ben Meet Shaun M - Mans Machine (Paul maddox & Lee Pasch Remix) (Experience)
Lisa Lashes - Unbelievable (Lashed)
Olly Perris - PSS-21 (Jody 6 Remix) (Addiction)
Stu Allan - A Feeling (Technikal Vocal Remix) (Nukleuz)
Agnelli & Nelson Present A + N Project - Wear That Dress (Sean Tyas Remix) (Deepblue)
Kim Ayres feat. Technikal - More & More (Tidy)

To Listen:




To Download:
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On a side note, I have also done a small (2 part) RnB mix for Grace for her bday party which was yesterday. I hoped she had good fun down there. The RnB mix was a remake of my orginal playlist of MUMSU ball however it's done in the studios so the effects aren't that great but never the less it sounds more professional ^.^. I will not be releasing the tracklist for that. However, I will entertain requests for 'what's that song'.

To Download:
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E Playlist 8 is Finally Out!

After 1 whole month of break on Radio Monash, due to school commitment and event commitment, I have finally come out with the much anticipated E Playlist 8. This is a 2 hours special mix featuring Most of the House Tracks Played at the Entrance leading up to the start of the MUMSU Ball. So for those came up to me and said they like my type of music. Here's a chance to keep them! Unfortunately, I have to say that the mixing techniques are slightly different as i tend to make it more refined on Ableton and more wicked Live. The tracklist has also been concealed deliberately so those artist who are claiming copyrights: don't worry I am not selling them. =P I am only showcasing it. =)

The second segment features a more old skool collection of trance and a few new and yet progressive tracks and the mix of course ends with a high note with LA2DC by Jennings & Hemstock. This track has seriously been the pick of the month for me. Really wicked track that wooed me over when I first heard it over Radio 1.

Overall the mix seems to be alright except some volume control in some areas. Track selection is OK mainly due to the fact that I didn't use MixedInKey and I was following the order that the tracks were being played. Most of the songs were chosen live based on insinct hence I would like to say, I am working hard on track selections. =) I will upload it on imeem.com in due time when my internet speed gets back on track in a few days.

To Listen:





Track production wise: Hadi is still sorting out the business with Beatworks. I hope it will get released because I think it's awesome. I am currently working on a new melody to go well with my new track. I have snitched a few samples from the recording session I had with Grace, including her screwing up. (Opps lets pray she don't see this, since she doesn't reply me on MSN anyway). Anyway it's all good sound. I would expect to work seriously on this track after my exams as exam looms so ETA is around late November, early December. For friends and concerned family members reading this, I am staying to 22nd November as this will allow me time alone to work on my track, use up my internet bandwidth (with full privacy!), and idle myself away until my friends from Singapore finish their exams in their respective unis.

A big shoutout to Dada (who blogs up to 3 times a day OMG!) ,her pretty cousin Yeng (who have been keeping me company online) and Kelly Miyuki (whose latest post on her long hair is outrageously hilarious). All 3 chics above have been inspiration for me to carry on blogging and it's interesting to read their blog. Not to forget Mr. Chubby.Chubby.Cheek (Alvin Ong)! OMG! How did you manage to come out with such an act cute URL!

In RWC (Road Worthy Certificate), the ABs got knocked out by lowly France and It's making a few of my friends go shouting 'referee kayu!' However the sadist me saw that coming. =P

A noteworthy incident that happened was that I headed for a fieldtrip to Aspendale to check out the CSIRO there. To me it was only a change of environment as we were made to sit in the lecture theature there and made to attend 1.5 hours of extra lecutre sessions. The tour was brief and it didn't show any process going on. Mostly view charts around the building, BORING! But the highlight was before that I think. I got out of my studio to find Terry's Camry leveled to the ground. On a closer inspection, all four of his tyres has been punctured. The other two Echo's on the property also had cases of puncutred tyres. Thankfully I drive a Commodore! Seems that who ever was doing it was Anti-Toyota. Word around was that the culprit hit 8 properties on the entire street. OMG he's on a rampage. I hope you accidentally stab yourself with that knife. =) Kudos for Terry to dealing with the situation calmly. He rang his old man up who in turned patched his car and Amy's up. That's some quick work! They were back running when I got back from the field trip. And after that we went for yum cha at Imperial Kingdom. I think we should avoid that place next time. I think other places are prolly better. I saw this chic that entered this restaurant just as we were about to leave but o well. =)

I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to my one-time supper mate: Janet. I would like to say foremost that we did had our problems when we were working for the ball but I think it's over now. Certainly enjoyed myself that night. Thanks for taking your time off your diet and spending your last dollars on that supper. I certainly hope it isn't the last! Or else i would be confined to Maccas or KFC everynight!

I can't wait for my internet connection to get back! So that I can get back to Stargate Atlantis which just started airing and Heroes (when i have the time). When is 24 coming out? =P