Hope you will all enjoy my latest mix "Code Green" including Dubstep, Techno and Jungle.
Welcome to Geoffrey Swift's βlog. Please subscribe to the Atom feed.
- Code Green megamix
-
Download: http://www.trollied.org/~blimey/Code_Green.mp3 (73 MB)
- Drum and Bass mix
-
It's been quite a while since I last posted up a mix, although I have been getting a bit of practice in nonetheless. So here's a new drum and bass mix, to celebrate British Summer Time!
The tracks selected are all several years old, but don't expect to hear many 'classics'. This selection represents a selection of my favourite tracks which seemed to be off the radar of top DJs.
Will hopefully appeal to fans of the darker side of drum and bass. Feel free to comment…
Download: http://www.trollied.org/~blimey/blimeydnbmix4.mp3 (55 MB) - Converting XSPF to M3U and PLS with XSLT
-
I'm now syndicating another internet radio station playlist, the new one is from http://www.dnbstations.co.uk/. This didn't take long to implement, as I was able to reuse existing code which converts from XSPF to both M3U and PLS. I did write some new code to convert a Wimpy play list to XSPF, this was pretty easy as the formats are very similar.
The XSLT code to convert a Wimpy play list to XSPF, and from XSPF to M3U and XSPF to PLS is hereby released into the public domain.
Not only does www.dnbstations.co.uk provide the Wimpy playlist, they act as a proxy for all the streams. This seems to be wasteful of their bandwidth, when they could easily let listeners access the stream directly. I was quite surprised when I noticed this, thinking that the stream URLs were just using HTTP redirects. Maybe they'll redo this in the future, depending on how successful they are!
- Web based Radio Tuner
-
I'm pleased to announce a brand new version of my radio tuner. This is now embedded into my website using a the XSPF Web Music Player, which is written in Flash. I hope other people will enjoy using it as much as I am, any feedback is welcome.
- Oldskool jungle tracks
-
Here are a few oldskool jungle tracks I've written several years ago. Seemed about time to put them up in a podcast, as they weren't very prominently linked to before. Have been meaning to do this for a while, and if time allows more could I find time I might dig some more out.
These were all written using 8-bit breakbeat samples I created on the Atari ST using Mastersound. These were chopped up into tiny pieces, then sequenced using Fast Tracker 2 on the PC. Now turned into MP3z using XMPlay and Lame for your listening pleasure! Enjoy.
Download: http://www.trollied.org/~blimey/32e.mp3 (1 MB)Download: http://www.trollied.org/~blimey/absurd.mp3 (2 MB)Download: http://www.trollied.org/~blimey/backup.mp3 (3 MB)Download: http://www.trollied.org/~blimey/press2.mp3 (3 MB) - Radio tuner revamp
-
My homepage has a link to tune into my internet radio presets. This play list file is generated automatically by the web server, which checks whether each of my favourite stations is currently available.
I've updated some of the dead links for some Drum & Bass stations that have moved, and included some new Dubstep stations also. There's now also only one entry in the play list per station, to make channel hopping easier. This also makes the list load up quicker as it does fewer checks.
Give it a try, just click on the link to the file radio.m3u, it should open up in Media Player or iTunes etc. let me know what you think!
- Summer Drum & Bass mix
-
Some heavy drum and bass tracks in this mix. Turn your bass down!
Download: http://www.trollied.org/~blimey/blimeydnbmix3.mp3 (55 MB) - Darkside Drum & Bass mix
-
I did this mix a while ago now, but haven't had chance to upload it as I'm currently without an internet connection at home! The mix starts off with some techy stuff and winds down with some old classics.
Download: http://www.trollied.org/~blimey/blimeydnbmix2.mp3 (55 MB) - Drum and Bass Mix
-
This mix features lots of DarkStep from the likes of Technical Itch, Dylan, Noisia and Teebee to name a few.Download: http://www.trollied.org/~blimey/blimeydnbmix.mp3 (50 MB)