I play a bit of electronica tinged hip hop and speak a bit of Japanese so it was pretty appropriate to get to support my hero, DJ Krush! At my wedding in February, we walked down the aisle to Dj Krush’s “Final Home” (the piano mix) too so it made it pretty poetic, sorta, too.

Poor Krush was a bit stunned because his support rocked up, was a girl, spoke Japanese and told him enthusiastically about getting hitched to one of his songs, (in Japanese). He was bewildered but stoked. When one of the turntables buggered out, he was cool enough to let me use one of his for the remainder of the set too. After my set, he said my tunes were great, high-fived me and clapped me in front of the crowd. I still feel a little glowy…

He then pulled out an awesome set and was such a generous performer and truly the master. Thanks to Landspeed for making a dream come true. Now I just need to support Shadow and Tipper and my list is done!

From the lovely review from BMA:

“We arrived to find the lush sounds of ex-Canberran Bec Paton doing a warm-up set that, had it been louder, and she not a support DJ, would have been more than enough entertainment for one night. Her sublime mixing of records that would pose problems to the most talented of selectors formed a beat-laden, diverse, bass-y and beautiful introduction to the night - which was only slowed by quickly rectified turntable problems - and seemed like a tribute to all Krush is about: gorgeous sounds juxtaposed by drums-of-death.”

1. Bassnectar | Kyrian Bee Bop
2. Sixtoo | Boxcutter Emporium
3. I L.O.V.E You 2002 | DJ DSL
4. Jellybass | Socks
5. Unknown Artist | Untitled
6. Kaman Leung | Desolate
7. Monk Fly (Suburban Dark Rmx) | An English Walk
8. Danny Breaks | Outro
9. Luke Vibert | Slowfast
10. Kaman Leung | Uncomfort
11. Alien Digit | Midnight
12. Jimmy Edgar | No Guest List
13. Luke Vibert | Intro - Welcome
14. Harmonic 313 | Problem 5
15. Wax Tailor | Damn That Music Made My Day
16. DJ Shadow | Roy’s Theme
17. Danny Breaks | Another Dimension
18. DJ Kentaro | Grateful to You
19. Vibesquad | Memberz Only
20. Sound Tribe Sector 9 (Bassnectar Rmx) | Somesing
21. Tip Hop2 | Tipper
22. Chris de Luca and Peabird | I Gonna Give it to You
23. Funkstorung (Funckarma Rmx) | Fat Camp Feva w/ Nongenetic
24. DJ Spooky | Takemitsu
25. DJ Logic (DJ Spooky Rmx) | Spooky Logic
26. Daedelus (Prefuse 73 Rmx) | Busy Signal
27. Amon Tobin (Clark Rmx) | Kitchen Sink
28. Tom Burbank | Fragile
29. Edan feat. Percee P | Torture Chamber
30. Flying Lotus | Spicy Sammich
31. Hermitude | Gusto’s Theme
32. Le Peuple de L’Herbe feat. JC001 | Boxin’ Da Beat
33. DJ DSL | Havana Club
34. Aesop Rock | Aesop Nike Run
35. Afra & Incredible Beatbox Band feat. Takku Ishino (Maurice Fulton Rmx) | Mouth Music
36. Sheath | His Sheath
37. Subtle | Sinking Pinks

 

 Bec Paton - DJ Krush Mix (High Q AAC) [61:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Bec Paton - DJ Krush Mix (MP3) [61:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The bass manics from True Jungle Souljahs invited me back to Canberra to support Raiden, all the way from the UK and famous for his techno infused drum & bass. While this is not a style I really play, I managed to pull out a killer set of dubstep, grime, jungle and drum and bass. It was heaps of fun with MC Harlequin on the mic and a room full of up-for-it peeps.

I got a pretty awesome review from InTheMix for it too: “Confession #3: I enjoyed the next act more than the headliner. Maybe it was due to my complete lack of exposure to the mega-ultra-cool genre of dubstep before this moment, but Bec Paton’s set absolutely blew me away. Glitchy, bassy and just downright cool, I couldn’t help but get my ‘groove awn’ (sorry dancefloor) and was fixated for an hour in some kind of dubby, wacked-out hypnotic trance. All hail dubstep, the next genre to make you feel like the coolest mo-fo on the planet!”

Sick!

1. Bassnectar | Kyrian Bee Bop
2. Si Begg | My Style
3. Spak Hand Luke | Play
4. BINT | Proper Fee
5. Daly Situations | Dark City
6. Trillbass | Bring It Live
7. DJ Maxximus | Trust Me
8. Benga & Walsh | Bingo
9. Rustie | Response
10. Zombie (Rustie Rmx) | Spliff Dub
11. Jakes | 2 Steps Back
12. Neil Landstrumm | Harlem Shoot Me
13. Si Begg | Angel
14. Bionics | Dubcore
15. Vex’d | Corridor
16. Renee Silver | Shout Out Proud
17. Toasty (Vex’d Rmx) | The Knowledge
18. Rustie | Jagz The Smack
19. Jellybass | Loop Da Loop
20. Mochipet | Mr Malaise
21. Danielsan | Fragile Rock
22. DJ Kentaro (Coldcut Rmx) | Trust
23. Peshay (Underdog Rmx) | Miles From Home
24. Mochipet | Hope Again
25. Bassnectar | Kick It Complex
26. Ming & FS | Rock Higher
27. Starkey (Murderbot Rmx) | Pins
28. DJ Zinc | Just Roll
29. DJ Zinc | Disturbed
30. Le Peuple de L’Herbe | Gumzilla
31. Cynicism | Highlanders

 

 Bec Paton - Raiden Mix (High Q AAC) [63:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Bec Paton - Raiden Mix (MP3) [63:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download