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Profile Information |
Artist Name: DJ North Star |
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Real Name: Rob Fenton |
Age: 26 |
Gender: Male |
City: Birmingham |
Country: UK |
Total Plays: 4,656 |
Profile Views: 1,844 |
Battle Stats: Wins: 0 | Losses: 0 | Ties: 0 |
Musical Influences |
My passion for music covers a wide range of influences and styles. I love being introduced to a new type of music or new artist which I really appreciate, and also love introducing other people to music which I think they will appreciate.
My love for music includes: Drum and Bass, Jungle, Hip Hop, Breakbeat, Reggae, Dancehall, Dub, Old Skool Hardcore/breakbeat, Speed Garage, Funky House, Old Skool House (from the early 90's), Electro, Ambient/Chillout and many others (with hopefully many more to be discovered and/or introduced to me).
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Gear / Equipment |
2 Technics 1200Mk2 Turntables, 1 Gemini UMX 9 Special Edition Mixer, Sennheiser HD25 Headphones.
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DJing
I currently mix a number of genres of music: Drum and Bass & Jungle, Breakbeat, Hip Hop (with a bit of Funk and Soul Music) and Old Skool Hardcore (where my real musical roots came from).
My main goal at the moment is to improve my Hip Hop mixing and turntablism and scratching skills, which I feel I have made good progress in over the last year or two, but am pretty far off how good I want to be.
Music and DJing History
I have always been passionate about music, and I first got into dance music in the early 90s, listening to the more commercial dance music such as 2unlimited, Snap and The Prodigy. I started listening to Happy Hardcore around the age of 14, and started going to raves when I was about 17. When I went to university in Leeds at the age of 18, my taste in music expanded greatly, due to the people I was spending time with and the club nights I was going to.
My first proper experiences of Drum and Bass were in my early raving days at Bowlers in Manchester (from which I have many fond memories), which had a Drum and Bass room. I used to spend a fair bit of time in there, and my love for Drum and Bass started then.
I started DJing around the age of 19, on a friends set of Technics turntables (cheers Joe!) and it was around this time I started the hugely addictive activity of buying records. I was mainly buying Hardcore, but decided one day to pick up a Slammin Vinyl “Absolute Drum and Bass” triple pack, which I think was the first Drum and Bass record I owned. From here I checked out Drum and Bass whenever I was buying records, and ended up focussing my attention (and my money!) on Drum and Bass.
Around the age of 20 I bought myself a second hand pair of Technics 1200s, and my record collection began to grow.
I only really discovered Hip Hop at around the age of 21, but immediately took a liking to it and listening to it regularly. A few years later I started to buy the occasional hip hop record, specifically obtaining a few classic albums (such as Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg) off a mate in exchange for some money he owed me. This started me off trying to mix hip hop, which was a lot different from mixing dance music as I was used to. My Hip Hop mixing and scratching has shown a lot of improvement since then, but as with all forms of DJing and turntablism, there is ALWAYS scope for improvement.
For DJ Bookings (either Drum and Bass or Breakbeat), please e-mail me at cheekytoker@hotmail.com or send me a PM on the Drum and Bass Arena forum (User Name: DJ North Star).
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 306
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Hip Hop Volume 2
Description:
This is my second recorded hip hop mix (Volume 1 not uploaded due to quality control!) and I'm fairly happy with it. I'm less skilled/experienced at hip hop mixing than other genres, so I've kept the mixing style fairly simple. Some really good tracks in this mix in my opinion, and even a tiny bit of scratching.
Created May 2008 192kbps MP3 Approx. 30 mins
Tracklist:
1.) Dilated Peoples ft. Kanye West - Can't Live This Way 2.) Lyrics Born - Big Money Talk 3.) Beanie Sigel - Get that Dough 4.) Gang Starr ft. Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx - The Militia 5.) Tupac ft. Snoop Dogg - 2 of Americaz Most Wanted 6.) Snoop Dogg - The One and Only 7.) Method Man - Say 8.) Snoop Dogg ft. The Dramatics & Lil Half Dead - Ballin 9.) Biggie vs Frank Sinatra (DJ Cappel & Smitty - Blue Eyes meets Bed Stuy) - 10.) Jay Z ft. Mary J Blige - Can't Knock the Hustle
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 318
Comments: 2
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Breakbeat Mix #5
Description:
This breakbeat mix showcases some of the hard and heavy breaks tunes on labels such as Hardcore Beats. For those that like their breaks dirty! Created December 2007 192kbps MP3 file
1 hr (approx)
Tracklist:
1.) Stakker - Humanoid (Plump DJs Remix) 2.) CNM - Dominator Remix 3.) Beat Assasins - Play the Game 4.) Backdraft - Lurker 5.) Cut & Run - Done it Again 6.) Lucky 7 - Alone? 7.) Ed209 - Infectious 8.) Aquasky & Masterblaster - Addiction 9.) Cut & Run - Sirens 10.) S.C.A.M - The Darkside 11.) Screwface - Phat Bass 12.) Screwface - Army of Darkness 13.) Slag Brothers - The Vamp 14.) CTRL-Z - The Tunnel VIP (feat. Screwface) 15.) CTRL-Z - Badman (Screwface Remix) 16.) Baobinga vs CTRL-Z - Focus 17.) Entity - Step Up (Quest Remix)
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 267
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Breakbeat Mix #4
Description:
This is a breakbeat mix which features mostly funky, chunky and electro breakbeat tunes, with a few "ragga breaks" style tunes thrown in for good measure. Created November 2007 192kbps MP3 file 1 hr 2 minutes (approx)
Tracklist:
1.) Boogie Army - Sex Drugs Rock'n'Roll 2.) Freestylers - Warrior Charge (Breakfastaz Remix) 3.) S.C.A.M - Drum Pan Bass 4.) S.C.A.M - Killer (Deepcut Remix) 5.) Ed Solo & Skool of Thought - Babylon Breaks 6.) Napt - Its Over 7.) Boogie Army - Dynamite 8.) Shimon & Nixon - I Like You 9.) Michael Morph - Forward (Hexidecimal Remix) 10.) S.C.A.M vs Deepcut - Under Control 11.) Aquasky & Meat Katie - Overneath 12.) Ed Solo & Skool of Thought - Believe in the Funk 13.) Backdraft - Popcorn 14.) Aquasky & Breakfastaz ft. Diane Charlemagne - Good Sound 15.) Mulder - Listen to the Basstone 16.) Boogie Army - Gangster 17.) Backdraft - Funk Rock 18.) Boogie Army - Dynamite (Maelstrom Remix)
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 560
Comments: 2
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Breakbeat Mix #3
Description:
A breakbeat mix that starts off with the more funky end of breaks and then moves onto some heavier breaks.
Created June 2007
320kbps MP3 file
1 hr 6 minutes (approx)
Tracklist:
1.) Claude Vonstroke - Whos Afraid of Detroit (StantonWarriors ) 2.) Brothers Bud - Don't Stop 3.) Stanton Warriors - Night Mover 4.) Brothers Bud - Crazy Jack 5.) Cut & Run - Detroit 6.) Aquasky (& El Hornet) - Girls & Boys (Dylan Rhymes Remix) 7.) King Unique - 2 The Left (Stanton Warriors Remix) 8.) Def Inc - Phat Admirer 9.) Skeelo - I Wish (Aquasky Remix) 10.) Aquasky vs Masterblaster - Addiction 11.) Def Inc - 50K 12.) CTRL-Z - The Tunnel 13.) Screwface - The Day The Earth Stood Still 14.) CTRL-Z - Badman (Screwface Remix) 15.) S.C.A.M - The Darkside 16.) Backdraft - Labrat 17.) Screwface - Monte 18.) Aquasky & Backdraft feat. Spyda - What Can You Do?
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 234
Comments: 2
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Feb 2008 DnB Selection
Description:
This is a DnB mix which captures the sort of tunes I'm really into at the moment, a few of which are pretty unheard of and deserve some recognition. I had trouble thinking of how to describe this type of DnB, so have a listen and enjoy!
Created February 2008 192kbps MP3 59 Minutes (Approx)
Tracklist:
1.) D.Kay - How Much Does it Take? 2.) Pressure Rise - Let Go 3.) CLS & Wax - October Star 4.) Pressure Rise - Come Inside 5.) Brookes Brothers - Mistakes 6.) Craggz & Parallel Forces - Lost in Translation 7.) Chris SU & Concord Dawn - Sacrifice 8.) Bcee & Lomax - Cant Say No (Cyantific Remix) 9.) Logistics - Red Sky at Night 10.) Contour - Can't go Back 11.) Contour - Wisdom 12.) D.Kay - Twin Peakz 13.) Contour - Eratic Soul 14.) Contour - Backwards Motion 15.) Chris SU & Concord Dawn - Ice Age
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 311
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March 2008 Jump up Rinse Out
Description:
This is a Drum and Bass mix on a more lively tip, with some nice chunky/dirty jump up tunes. Very different from my February 2008 DnB mix, but that reflects my relatively varied taste in DnB.
Created March 2008 192kbps MP3 50 Mins (Approx)
Tracklist:
1.) Hazard - Murder Tonight 2.) Heist - Dont Hold Back 3.) Zen - Airwolf 4.) Dirty Harry - W9 5.) D Kay - Ill Teqnique 6.) Dirty Harry - Gun Fingaz 7.) Baron - Dead List Five 8.) Jaydan - Wasted (G Dub Remix) 9.) Hazard - 0121 10.) Dirty Harry - Don't be a Hero 11.) Zen - Down to Earth 12.) Generation Dub - Transmission 13.) Zen - Reverse Cowgirl 14.) Hazard - Cola Cube 15.) D Kay - LFO 16.) Brockie & Ed Solo - Turntable 1 (Bengal Remix)
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 205
Comments: 0
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May 2008 DnB Selection
Description:
This mix follows on from my February 2008 DnB Selection in terms of the type of tunes featured. So plenty of lovely tunes then! This one goes very slightly darker towards the end, with the AWESOME "Transmute" finishing things off nicely.
Created May 2008 192kbps MP3 Approx 50 mins.
Tracklist:
1.) Pressure Rise - Now That Your Here 2.) Kubiks & Lomax - Find a Way 3.) Lomax & Focus - 5 Weeks 4.) Danny Byrd & Tomahawk - Control Freak 5.) KG - Textures & Sound 6.) CLS - Sun'n'Rain 7.) Kaleb - Forgive Me 8.) Metrik - Into the Future 9.) Contour - Backwards Motion 10.) Contour - Desire 11.) Metrik - Your World 12.) Metrik vs Grace - Not Over Yet (Light Mix) 13.) Krooked & Rob.STP - Feelings 14.) Autumn - Transmute
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 215
Comments: 0
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Chilled, Deep, Dark
Description:
Something a bit different to my usual mixes, but still some really quality tracks on this. I feel the title describes the tunes fairly well. Starts of fairly chilled, getting darker as it goes along, but maintaining a kind of "deep" vibe throughout most of the mix.
56 Minutes (Approx) 192kbps MP3 Created July 2008
Tracklist:
1.) Alix Pirez 2.) Icicle & Switch - This is How 3.) Electrosoul System - Moving in Transit (BCee & Lomax Remix) 4.) Switch - The Fall 5.) Autumn - Always About the Girl (Lomax Remix) 6.) Zinc - Twelve 7.) Switch - Love Chat 8.) Influx UK - Gliese 9.) Commix - Be True 10.) Autumn - Dilated Times 11.) Mistabishi - Lowlife's Theme 12.) Mutated Forms - Detuned 13.) Autumn - Cut Away 14.) Autumn - Transmute 15.) Matt-U - Mosaic 16.) Muffler - Everything 17.) EZ Rollers - Weekend World 18.) Twisted Individual - Out There
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 234
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An Ode to the One Day Summers!
Description:
A nice "summery" vibe to a fair few of the tracks on here, starts off fairly chilled and builds up a bit as the mix goes on. Some big tracks on here, thats for sure. Made on a typically average British summer bank holiday weekend, hence the silly name.
Approx 1hr 4 mins 192kbps MP3 Created August 2008
Tracklist:
1.) High Contrast - If we Ever 2.) Amaning & Stunna - Mutual Life 3.) Mutated Forms - Mindless 4.) 2529 vs. Bass Tikal - Xotic 5.) High Contrast - Forever and a Day 6.) Lomax & Kubiks - Lost Language 7.) L.A.O.S - We All 8.) CLS - 4 Signs 9.) Craggz and Parrallell Forces - Dusk 10.) Subz & J-cut - Truthseaker 11.) Danny Bryd - Feet Wont Touch the Groud 12.) Mistabishi - She Lied 13.) Contour - Eratic Soul 14.) Danny Bryd - Gold Rush 15.) G Dub - Come Home 16.) Nero - Bitch I'm Gone
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 439
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Jump up Mini Mix
Description:
This "jump up" Drum and Bass mix was put together for Craigy Ds 30th birthday party. I liked the tracklist and the mix went down pretty well, so I decided to record the mix again.
Created Sept 2007
228kbps MP3
42 minutes (approx)
Tracklist:
1.) Shy FX & T Power - On The Run 2.) (tease) High Contrast - Green Screen 3.) Taxman - Too Bad 4.) Benny Page - Battlefield 5.) Visionary ft. Camp Souljah - Ganja Fire 6.) G Dub - Finding the Three 7.) Bad Company - Dogsploitation 8.) Swift & Fresh - Play Me 9.) Concord Dawn ft. Tiki - Don't Tell Me 10.) (tease) Hazard - All the Way 11.) Ben Westbeech & Die - Get CLoser (Rockers Mix) 12.) Brockie & Ed SOlo - Turntable 1 (Bengal Remix) 13.) Xample - The Latter 14.) Concord Dawn & Chris SU - Scream to the Stars 15.) Rascal & Klone - Roll the Dice 16.) Simon Bassline Smith & Drumsound - Steal my Heart (Tearout M
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 173
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DC Competition Entry
Description:
This is a 30 minute drum and bass mix I did for a DJ competition run by DISKConnected in Birmingham.
Created February 2008 192kbps MP3 29 Minutes (approx.)
Tracklist:
1.) Calibre ft. DRS - Hustlin 2.) Roni Size/Reprazent - Trust Me 3.) TC & Distorted Minds - Compton 4.) Visionary ft. Camp Souljah - Ganja Fire 5.) G Dub - Finding the Three 6.) Heist - Dont Hold Back 7.) Photek & Die ft. Hollie G - Thunder 8.) Rascal & Klone - Roll the Dice 9.) Break - The Drone 10.) >> Moving Fusion - Turbulance 11.) Superior Selectionz - Tecknique
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 290
Comments: 0
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Remember Your Roots Vol.1 - Old Skool
Description:
An Old Skool Mix featuring some serious classic old skool hardcore/jungle/house from before dance music was quite so pigeon-holed into different genres. I've stuck one of my all time favourites at the end of this mix (not on the tracklist). These tunes should bring back good memories for a lot of people, as they do for me. Dedicated the the Old Skool vibe.
Created March 2008 192kbps MP3 Approx 1h 5 mins
Tracklist:
1.) Altern 8 - Infiltrate 202 (Altern 8 Vs Astrix & Space Mix) 2.) 2 Bad Mice - Bombscare 3.) Terrorize - Feel the Rhythm (Slammin Mix) 4.) Bizarre Inc - Playing with Knives (Quadrant Mix) 5.) Bonemasters - Dis-Generation (Original Mix) 6.) Awesome 3 - Don't Go 7.) Kicks Like a Mule - The Bouncer (Housequake Mix) 8.) Ratpack - Searching for my Rizla 9.) Urban Shakedown - DO it Now 10.) Sonz of a Loop da Loop Era - Far Out 11.) The House Crew - Keep the Fires Burning 12.) Edge Records *1 - Compounded 13.) Krome & Time - This Sounds for the Undergound (ES Mix) 14.) The Brothers Grimm - Exodus (The Lion Awakes) 15.) Tango & Ratty - Final Conflict 16.) Sound Corp - Security Overload 17.) Tango & Ratty - Tales from the Darkside
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 441
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Digital Soundboy Recordings Tribute
Description:
A Drum and Bass mix featuring tracks exclusively from Digital Soundboy Recordings, which is run by Shy FX and T Power. This is currently one of my favourite labels, so a tribute mix was necessary.
THIS WAS UPLOADED AGAIN DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE PREVIOUS VERSION.
Created Feb 2007 192kbps MP3 43 minutes (approx)
Tracklist:
1.) Shy FX & T Power Feat. Noel McCoy - Sheets 2.) Shy FX & T Power Feat. Yush - Lovers Rock 3.) TC & Distorted Minds - Compton 4.) Visionary - Ruling Sound 5.) Visionary - Gimme Your Love 6.) Shy FX Feat. David Boomah - On The Run 7.) Shy FX & T Power Feat. Top Cat - Everyday 8.) Visionary Feat. Peter Ranking - Soundboy Burial 9.) Visionary Feat. Peter Legore - Jungle Rock 10.) Heist & Studio 12 - Creeping Dub 11.) Benny Page - Urban Tribe 12.) Benny Page - Turn Down The Lights 13.) Benny Page - Rub A Dub 14.) Shy FX & T Power - Feelings 15.) T Power - Mercy
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 253
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Where's My Summer?
Description:
A dancefloor orientated Drum and Bass mix, also featuring a few more chilled out tracks. Dedicated to the summer we never had (2007)!
Created June 2007
192kbps MP3
1hr 1Min (approx)
Tracklist:
1.) Urban Takeover - Man of Steal 2.) Taxman - Too Bad 3.) Benny Page - Can't Test 4.) Heist - Don't Hold Back 5.) Roni Size - Move Up 6.) J Majik & Wickaman - Spycatcher 7.) Mampi Swift - Hi Tek (Friction Remix) 8.) London Elektricity - Great DnB Swindle (Logistic Remix) 9.) Pendulum - Sounds of Life 10.) Brookes Brothers - Mistakes 11.) Craggz & Parrallel Forces - Lost in Translation 12.) Ghostface Killa & Ne-yo - Back Like Dat (Marky & Bungle Mix) 13.) Marky & XRS - LK (Instrumental) 14.) Benny Page - Turn Down the Lights 15.) Benny Page - Rub-a-Dub 16.) Brockie & Ed Solo - Lost bass (DJ Kane Remix) 17.) Photek & Die feat. Hollie G - Thunder 18.) Xample - Low Down 19.) Red One - Pump up the Volume 20.) Bungle & Index - Forgotten Souls
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Audio Type: Mixset
Total Plays: 410
Comments: 0
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Future Funk DnB Mix
Description:
This Drum and Bass mix was inspired by my discovery of the relatively new "upfront" style of DnB which was being released by the likes of Cyantific and Logistics, which I feel has a kind of "future-y" sound to it.
Created December 2006
192kbps MP3
29 minutes (approx)
Tracklist:
1.) Krust - Choose Conciousness 2.) Pendulum - Still Grey 3.) Baron - St Elmo 4.) G Dub - Come Home 5.) The Kraft - Slayer 6.) Logistics - Girl From Mars 7.) Baron - Drive in Drive by 8.) Futurebound & Matrix - American Beauty 9.) CLS - Black & White 10.) D.Kay & DJ Lee - Desires 11.) Aquasky & Kool Keith - Moving the Hype Track (Cyantific Rmx) 12.) Logistics - Beatbox Master
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