Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Parkplatz-Schlurfen
When I arrived at Catalyst on my first day I was a little nervous. I’d just arrived in Berlin the night before, couldn’t figure out the train tickets, so I got the tram ridiculously early and arrived there a bit after 9am (welcome time is 10am). Parkplatz-Schlurfen is now released and live on Spotify! Listen…
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Combining elements live
One of the best things about DJing is combining elements from different songs. Working with DJ decks, you can only do so in a limited way – e.g. blend an intro and an outro, or layer a riff or acapella on top of another song. When I play live I want to combine elements from…
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The best live electronic act in the world
…is Chemical Brothers. I just got home from Electric Avenue festival in Christchurch and it was superb. The crowd was young and old; there were 4 stages of a wide range of music; the day was well organised and low stress overall. I thoroughly enjoyed myself all day, but the reason I went was to…
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Destination Tokoroa!
I spent the majority of my youth in Tokoroa. Mid primary school until I left for uni (Waikato). I have not really been back for a long long time. We spent a “honeymoon” night here as a young family. I’ve been really looking forward to seeing what Tok is really like and how it aligns…
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chat with Candi for Shed Out
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Sunday morning mythology
I was not previously a big fan of Megan Fox (of Transformers fame). I am now, thanks to Legends of the Lost with Megan Fox (on ThreeNow in NZ). The first two episodes: Stonehenge, then the Vikings. She met up with legendary non-“mainstream archaeologist” Graham Hancock early on. In my book, anyone who furthers the…
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Custom fonts in WordPress – easy!
I just launched this site and I wanted to use custom fonts. A relatively simple way to make a generic theme & layout my own. In recent versions of Gutenberg (a plugin packaging forthcoming WordPress features), there is a Font Library. You can upload custom fonts or use Google Fonts. All I had to do…
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Cut that shit up
One of my absolute favourite moments on Netflix’s Beef. Among many great moments! An awkward, passive aggressive exchange between tough grumpy lads. A recipe. Maybe a reconciliation?
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Casual, minimal live jam tactics
Since getting home from my sabbatical, I’ve been working on my live set a lot. I feel like I have all the technical pieces I need – to play the live set I’ve always dreamed of. At Catalyst, I was travelling, and was “improvising” with a couple of small portable controllers that I brought on…
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It Was Coming On
It Was Coming On is built around a public domain sample of a journalist interviewing people on the street, after the Pearl Harbour attack that kicked off World War Two. I flipped this somewhat dark sample material into a vocal for a playful, energetic and surreal tech-house tune with a bouncy groove. Today I celebrated…
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Live set tactics: Bitwig
This post is all about how my live set works. Every time I do a live set, I throw out everything I’ve done before, pick a new platform, and build it all again. Even with the same songs. This isn’t what I intend to do, it’s just what ends up happening. Now I’m using Bitwig…
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