clearly a lack of focus. http://www.nofocus.org/wp mostly music. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Compressed Intelligence http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2008/06/23/compressed-intelligence/ http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2008/06/23/compressed-intelligence/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:59:20 +0000 rob http://www.nofocus.org/wp/?p=56 A mix of psychadelic chillout.

  • Cell - Audio Deepest Night

  • Saafi Brothers - Feelings Per Room

  • Ailo - Yoohoo (L.U.)

  • Blue Pilots Project - Wonderful Acoustic World

  • Liquid Stranger - Liquid Stranger On The Run (2007)

  • Sounds from the Ground - Clover

  • Delkom - Superjack (Orbital Infusion)

  • Ott - Roflcopter

  • Legion of Green Men - Constellation (Adham Shaikh rmx)

  • Sundial - Mystical Weather

  • Ishq - Alaya / Canartic - Slow Element

  • Kalabi - Tommy Two Pints

  • Flexitones - The Lost Frontier

  • Stress Assassin - Lextorp 2

]]> http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2008/06/23/compressed-intelligence/feed/ New year, new home, new job, new music http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2008/01/21/new-year-new-home-new-job-new-music/ http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2008/01/21/new-year-new-home-new-job-new-music/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:28:21 +0000 rob http://www.nofocus.org/wordpress/?p=54 Here’s a new mix, in my usual all-over-the-place downtempo style. Haven’t done much lately since I’ve been moving, starting a new job, etc.

BTW, if you know somewhere in the bay area that might be looking for someone to play this sort of stuff off and on, drop me a line.

This is the mp3

  1. Death In Vegas - Anita Berber
  2. Eighty Mile Beach - There Are No Right Angles Found in Nature
  3. 1 Giant Leap (feat. Robbie Williams) - My Culture
  4. Karuan - Dunya
  5. Mr. Kojak - Diago
  6. Pushmipulyu - Hyde Park Fauna
  7. Skeewiff - The Bone (Part One)
  8. Club Des Belugas - Hip Hip Chin Chin
  9. Parov Stelar - Chambermaid Swing
  10. Bushy - Drop (feat. The Professor)
  11. Hooverphonic - 2 Wicky
  12. Mad Professor - Dub Power
  13. Shen - Causation
  14. Afterlife - Dub In Your Mind
  15. TM Juke (feat. Alice Russell) - Knee Deep
  16. Thievery Corporation (feat. Patrick de Santos) - Sol Tapado
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The Dub (click to listen)

  1. Ras Command - Pirate
  2. Mark Pistel’s Electronic Dub Collective - Orenda
  3. Eastern Dub Tactik - Set Your Soul On Fire
  4. Big Bass Theory - Heavy Sound
  5. Brother Culture - Turn It Around (Youth Remix)
  6. Sidartha - Yautek
  7. Razoof - Ghostbusta (Solar Moon Version)
  8. Stress Assassin - Mountain
  9. Tayo Meets Acid Rockers Uptown - Dread Cowboy*
  10. Seahorse Transform - DJaja Dub
  11. The Weedselectors - Shiny-Dub
  12. Solar Fields - Fiat Lux*

The Not So Dub - (click to listen)

  1. TM Juke - Knee Deep (Ft. Alice Russell)
  2. The Egg - Walk On The Snow
  3. Sarah Vaughan - Summertime (UFO Remix)
  4. Ultimax - Amanita Muscaria
  5. Pushmipulyu - Hyde Park Fauna*
  6. The Peter Malick Group - Strange Transmission
  7. James Bong - Never Say?
  8. Tabonage - Skyline
  9. Jon Kennedy - Something That’s Real
  10. Thunderball - Stereo Tonic
  11. Martin Buscalgia - Cerebro, Orgasmo, Envidia Y Sofia*
  12. Mint Royale - Little Words
  13. David Byrne / Thievery Corp. Dance on Vaseline*
  14. Andy Caldwell - Warrior

* also includes some live flute playing — skip if you’re allergic.

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here it is.

Sorry, no tracklist4u.

]]> http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2007/05/20/fun-mix/feed/ Slice http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2007/04/29/slice/ http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2007/04/29/slice/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:53:41 +0000 rob http://www.nofocus.org/wordpress/?p=51 Here’s a mix (in two parts) recorded at Joe^2 on Friday, Apr 27 2007.

The second one is more up-tempo, and rolled very nicely into Cornflake’s following set.

  • Part 1:
    1. Stress Assassin - Mountain
    2. Space Buddha - Natural Reflection
    3. DJ Spooky - Anansi Abstrakt
    4. Ras Command - Pirate (Cee Mix Remix)
    5. Dub’Acan - Siesta
    6. Event Horizon - Endless Ocean
    7. Dubsahara - Harmonic Density (Rubicon Mix)
    8. T.K.Y. - Long Before This Day
    9. Zen Mechanics - A New Philosophy
    10. Gaudi vs. Tripswitch - Subdown
    11. Eat Static - UFO Over Trenchtown
    12. Shanti Matkin Vs. Jimbo - What Vibrations?
    13. TKY Vs. Max Maxwell - Twilight
    14. The Orb - Apple Tree In My Backyard
  • Part 2:
    1. Zero Cult - Night Out
    2. United States of Love - Tiger Moon
    3. Phutureprimitive - Spanish Fly (Flamenco Dub Pt. 1)
    4. Shen - Causation
    5. Seahorse Transform - Paradine Warp
    6. Gaudi - Then Whip R.T.
    7. Greg Hunter - Geonosis Part 1: The Emporer’s New Bassline
    8. Gargoyles - Spacebaby
    9. Flexitones - Tequila Sunrise
    10. The Januaries - The Girl’s Insane (Thievery Corpopration Remix)
    11. The Ananda Project - Cascades of Color
    12. Big Sexy - Another World
    13. Radio Zumbido - Livingston Buzz
    14. Silcone Soul - Right On, Right On
    15. Beef Wellington - Slightly Elevated
    16. Deep Dive Corp. - Summertime
]]> http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2007/04/29/slice/feed/ w00t, thre r bookz http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2007/02/14/w00t-thre-r-bookz/ http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2007/02/14/w00t-thre-r-bookz/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:56:43 +0000 rob http://www.nofocus.org/wordpress/2007/02/14/w00t-thre-r-bookz/
  • Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk - By the author of Fight Club. Read it; but not while you’re eating bacon.
  • Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman - A good follow-on to American Gods. I don’t think it had the same presense as it’s predicessor, but the fantastic idea of “gods” living among us, singing Karoke, and pickin’ up our womenz is quite exciting. Explains all my breakups — must have been taken away by gods — I mean, how can I compete.
  • Wicked - Gregoy Maguire - This book rules. Honestly, I can’t see it being a musical — more like a Lord of the Rings-style epic. Good stuff.
    • ]]>     http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2007/02/14/w00t-thre-r-bookz/feed/     “Nature Girl” http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2006/12/15/nature-girl/ http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2006/12/15/nature-girl/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:49:41 +0000 rob http://www.nofocus.org/wordpress/2006/12/15/nature-girl/ Just finished reading Carl Hiassen’s “Nature Girl”. You’d figure with all the books of his I’ve read, I’d tire of his amazing wit and creativity… ;) Good read. Highly recommend.

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  • Roast Turkey - Turned out great. The first 30 minutes of cooking (at 500deg) can get a bit smokey, though.
  • Tart Cranberry Dipping Sauce - Great, but possibly unnecessary if you have cranberry sauce on your plate as well.
  • Sage Gravy - Twas a basic gravy; nothing to write home about.
  • Cranberry Sauce - Gets better every time. Should have kept it all for the waffles.
  • Country Bread Stuffing - Totally great. Going to do this one again and again.
  • Sweet Potatoes - While these tasted great, I really didn’t like the texture. They didn’t soften up much.
  • String Beans & Shallots - It was pretty basic, and wasn’t so bad — but I don’t think I’ll make it again. Again with the texture thing.
    • ]]>     http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2006/11/23/thanksgiving-afterreport/feed/     Thanksgiving Menu http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-menu/ http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-menu/#comments Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:10:23 +0000 rob http://www.nofocus.org/wordpress/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-menu/
  • The Good Eats Roast Turkey, with
  • Cranberry Sauce
  • Country Bread Stuffing with Smoked Ham, Goat Cheese, and Dried Cherries
  • Sweet Potatoes with Apple Juice and Spices
  • Roasted String Beans with Shallots
    • ]]>     http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-menu/feed/     Lost in the Woods http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2006/11/18/lost-in-the-woods-2/ http://www.nofocus.org/wp/2006/11/18/lost-in-the-woods-2/#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:37:10 +0000 rob http://www.nofocus.org/wordpress/2006/11/18/lost-in-the-woods-2/ Listen here

    Here’s a quick track list:

    Me We - Stress Assassin (from Carrier Track)
    5 AM - 9 lazy 9 (from Electric Lazyland)
    Dendrimers & Dreamers - Capsula (from Patchuli Sexy Lounge)
    Soriya - Zen Lemonade (from Arcana)
    Free Space - Vataff Project (from Chilloutzone - Ambient Planet Vol. 1)
    By Chance - Ohm-G vs. Bussian (from Kumharas Lounge Ibiza Vol. 4)
    Together, We Are… - Sundial (from Metabasis)
    Dubuasca - Bassnectar (from Gathering The Tribe)
    UFO Over Trenchtown - Eat Static (from New World Dub 01)
    Leaving My Troubles Behind - Varano (from Chill on Air)
    Azure Aquarings - Sundial (from Metabasis)
    Oshun - Hamsa Lila (from Gathering The Tribe)
    Babygroove - David Bickley (from Still Rivers At Night)
    Arise - Zion (from Patchuli Sexy Lounge)
    Lolita - David Headberg - (from Electronic Summer In Corsica, Vol 2)
    A New Way To Say Hooray - Shpongle (from Shpongle Remixed)
    Don’t Panic - Kuba (from Inside Out)

    Lost in the Woods

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