I have a wide range of musical influences, from early Rock n Roll like Led Zeppelin to Queen, The Beatles to the more laid back sounds of Bob Marley & The Wailers and great bands such as Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, The Verve. I was introduced into dance music at the age of 10 and remember the likes of Leftfield, Moby, Fatboy Slim, The Prodigy, Chicane. In secondary school I was introduced to happy hardcore from people like Vibes, Hixxy, Dougal which then led me onto Jungle and Drum and Bass.
The first Drum and Bass album I heard was Roni Size & Reprazent's "New Forms" which was a revolutionary album and really captivated me into the world of Drum and Bass. The first ever mix I heard was Grooverider's Pure Drum and Bass back in 2000 and hearing such tunes as Dillinja's "Hard Noize" and Ed Rush & Optical's "Bacteria" was the foundation for my undying passion into the music. LTJ Bukem Logical Progression 1 was the next mix I owened and educated me a whole deal about the more ambient, musical styles of Drum and Bass and is still a mix I positively buzz off today. I feel like I missed out on a whole era of Jungle when it was evolving in the early 90's and the progression into Drum and Bass taking place in Bristol, London and emerging round the rest of the UK. However I do feel lucky enough to have become aware of the scene when I did, just after the old Ed Rush & Optical 'Wormhole' Sound of warbling, rolling basslines, around the time when tunes like Bad Company's 'The Nine', Ed Rush & Optical & Fierce's 'Alien Girl' and Stakka & Skynet's massive 'Clockwork LP' were being released.
Today there are so many great producers I could never fit them all inside this box but I have to shout the following people for making such exquisite tunes.. Calyx, Calibre, Marcus Intalex, High Contrast, Klute, Teebee, Noisia, Black Sun Empire, Gridlok, Hive, Dom, Mampi Swift, Bad Company, Ed Rush & Optical, Fierce, Break, Seba, Paradox, Unknown Error, Dieselboy, Die, Duo Infernale, Logistics to name but a few...Big up to everyone who I haven't mentioned here, your tunes have influenced and inspired me than no other.
Gear / Equipment
Technics 1200 mkII x 2 Technics 1210 mkIII x 1 Allen & Heath x-one 62 A mega p.c A large range of virtual intsruments A Novation ReMote 25 MIDI keyboard A wild imagination!
Hi there, my name is Conrad aka Hydrophonics. I started Djing Drum and Bass in 2002 and a couple of years later could be found in the dark corners of warehouse parties in Bristol, London and Wales, playing on free party systems such as Storm, Dissident, Dirt and NPC.
I have moved about in the search for Drum and Bass and lived in Bournemouth and more recently Nottingham, England for the past couple of years where I was lucky enough to get booked for Detonate's 8th birthday which hosted Ram Records 15th Birthday tour, where I played alongside Andy C, Red One and Sub Focus. I have played at nights up and down the country such as Detonate, Deckadance, Kombination Funk, Destiny, Rotation, Re:Volve, and Velocity and last November I got the chance to take over the decks from Friction at Detonation. I have played on internet radio stations kindafunkyradio.com, FLY FM.co.uk and URN 1350.net and now have a bi-weekly show on www.kunninmindz.com on Tuesday nights from 8pm-10pm...
The music scene in Nottingham is one of the largest and most thriving outside of Bristol and London and there are so many good good Djs and producers it's been a privaledge to be part of it. I have now started producing my own music and am spending a lot of my time in the studio, so watch this space...;)
I'm off to Australia in 2009 where I will pursue my love for drum and bass..
I always try to keep my tune selection varied and thank all the great producers that have made my record collection what it is today. My early influences of Drum and Bass were the likes of Dillinja, Ed Rush & Optical, Usual Suspects, Die, Bukem, Twisted Anger, Bad Company to name a few...My tates have grown with my age and unlike when I started Djing 6 years ago the more liquid side of Drum and Bass finds it's way into my sets, people like High Contrast, Logistics, Omnio Trio, Makoto, Seba, Paradox and Klute are bringing so much great music to the scene. My name is meant to represent my mixing style, flowing like ("the sound of water"), although the name actually came from a moment of inspiration involving my brother, some plants and a fish tank ;)
I love nothing better than playing out and am always on the lookout for new places to visit and people to meet, as well as new music to play. Thanks very much for visiting my page and I hope you enjoy all the mixes. Let us know if you want me to send a C.D of any of my mixes out to you.
Check my space page here- www.myspace.com/hydrophonicsuk For bookings contact me on- djhydrophonics@hotmail.co.uk Or hook me up on AIM- djhydrophonics
Recorded shortly before Christmas dinner 2008, this mix is a collection of heavy and rolling tunes from past, present and future. With only a few forthcoming bits from the likes0of AK1200, Gridlok, Black Sun Empire and State Of Mind, this one's still fairly fresh with massive tunes like The Code remix and Breaks' mighty Bambatta remix, but also delves deeper into the archives of drum and bass with Ed Rush, Optical & Fierces' Cutslo remix, Skynet Emphoria and the classic De Ja Vu track named Mutant.. This one's a personal favourite, enjoy..
Tracklist:
1.) Black Sun Empire- Breathe remix 2.) Ed Rush Optical & Fierce- Alien Girl 3.) Technical Itch- Soldiers 4.) Capone- Tudor Rose remix 5.) Pendulum- Bacteria remix 6.) Calyx & Teebee vs Hive- Salvation 7.) SKC- The Code remix 8.) Break- Bambatta remix 9.) Dom & Roland- Through The Looking Glass 10.) Ed Rush & Optical- 32/8 11.) Icicle- Just A Moment 12.) Skynet- Emphoria remix 13.) Ed Rush Optical & Fierce- Cutslo remix 14.) AK1200- Dub 4 Dub 15.) Mutt feat Mensah- Just Met 16.) Cause 4 Concern- Soundclash 17.) De Ja Vu- Mutant 18.) Black Sun Empire & State Of Mind- Red Velvet VIP 19.) Total Science- Dubplate 20.) Gridlok- Porn Star Feeder 21.) DJ Red- Everything Has Changed 22.) Bad Company- Sentient 23.) Nightwalker- Demolition 24.) Phace- Krunk Time 25.) Proxima- Clear For Launch 26.) System- Near Miss 27.) Break- Brainstitch remix 28.) Break- Inside Out 29.) Accidental Heroes- Exit 30.) Break- Talk To Frank remix 31.) Mista- Go Away
This mix is absolutely wicked. It's by the super skilled DJ Grimey, the winner of 1Xtra Bass competition 2007 and now Innovation resident, this is arguably one of the best showcases of 3 turntable trcikery you will ever hear! Don't take my word for it, check it out, turn it up loud and enjoy!
Tracklist:
1.) Noisia & Phace - Cannonball 2.) Logistics - Wide Lens 3.) Break - Surroundings 4.) Klute - Beware 5.) Tactile 6.) Hydro & Munk - Existenz 7.) Lomax - Bad Cop 8.) Commix - Solvent 9.) Lynx - Carnivale 10.) D Star - If 11.) Ed Rush & Optical - Kerbcrawler 12.) Xample & Lomax - The Latter 13.) Red One - Strangled Duck rmx 14.) Die - Slow Burn 15.) Dark Soldier - Dark Soldier (Vapour rmx) 16.) Break - No Company 17.) Vapour - Here Comes The Rain (Heist rmx) 18.) Saburuko - El Presidente (Digital & Lutin rmx) 19.) High Contrast - Ghost Of Jungle Past 20.) Doc Scott - 9507 21.) EZ Rollers - Tough At The Top (Origin Unknown rmx) 22.) Dose - Lost Inside 23.) Spinline & Hydro - Chain Reaction 24.) Cyantific - Disconnected 25.) Mindscape & Safire - Heatstroke 26.) Future Forces - Strontium Jazz (Dillinja rmx) 27.) Spirit - SHK 28.) Icicle & Switch - Ur In My Head
This mix features some of the tunes that got me into DnB and pays homage to the pioneers of the scene, the people who inspired me back then and still inspire me today. Enjoy :D
Tracklist:
1.) Konflikt- The Beckonning 2.) Ram Trilogy- Warhead remix 3.) Ed Rush & Optical- Ghostbuster 4.) Bad Company & Trace- Nitrous remix 5.) Moving Fusion- Turbulence 6.) Dj Red- Paradise 7.) C4C & Fierce- Carrier 8.) C4C- The Helicopter remix 9.) Dj SS- Step Off 10.) Total Science- Champion Sound remix 11.) Doc Scott- Drumz 2000 12.) Doc Scott- Shadow Boxing remix 13.) Usual Suspects- Killa Bees 14.) Ed Rush & Optical- Alien Girl 15.) Capone- Tudor Rose 16.) Cause n Effect- Concept 2 17.) Twisted Anger- Sound Boy 18.) Dj Spice- Real Love remix 19.) Ed Rush & Optical- Bacteria 20.) Twisted Anger- Something Out There 21.) Moving Fusion- The Beginning 22.) Shy FX & Uk Apachi- Original Nuttah 23.) Ram Trilogy- No Reality 24.) Bad Company- The Nine 25.) A Sides & Mc Fats- Crazy 26.) Ray Keith- Dub Dread VIP 27.) Future Cut- Ghetto Style 28.) Digital & Spirit- Phantom Force 29.) Future Cut- Horns 2000 30.) Matrix- Medicine remix
1.) Calyx & Teebee- The Warrior 2.) SKC & Safair- Free Your Soul 3.) Sceptic- Tear 4.) John B- Up All Night remix 5.) Ray Keith- Dark Soldier VIP 6.) Specimen A- Hold On 7.) Spor- 103 Degrees 8.) D-Bridge- True Romance 9.) Dieselboy 10.) Karl K & Jae Kennedy- Grunge 3 remix 11.) Break- Our World 12.) Keaton & Hive- Under Pressure 13.) High Contrast- Renegade Snares remix 14.) Ed Rush & Optical- Bacteria 15.) M.I.S.T vs High Contrast- 3AM 16.) Matrix- Medecine remix 17.) Ed Rush & Optical- Watermelon 18.) Twisted Anger- Sound Boy 19.) Bad Company UK & Verse- Half Life 20.) Pendulum & Fresh- Kingston Vampires 21.) Calyx & Teebee- Confession 22.) Eddy Woo- I Want It 23.) Moving Fusion- The Beginning 24.) Calyx & Teebee- The Divide 25.) Noisia & Teebee- Lost Cause 26.) Unknown- Dub Dread VIP 27.) Unknown- R-Type VIP 28.) Unknown- Rockafella Skank (bootleg) 29.) Rod Data & Kemal- Posession remix 30.) Ram Trilogy- No Reality remix 31.) Digital & Spirit- Phantom Force 32.) Gridlok- Piston 33.) Cybin- Bad Dreams 34.) Primal Scream- Come Together 35.) Dillinja- Hard Noize 36.) Calyx & Teebee- Submerged remix 37.)
This mix features a lot from the album on Fokuz recordings of the same name. It starts with a beautiful tune from Spinor, into two Seba feat Robert Manos tunes, followed smoothly by the interesting and choppy sounds of Fanus' "The Unseen". The mix progresses through the more rolling sounds of Drum and Bass, as far away from the Skeletor mixes of late as possible! There aren't many new tunes on here as some of these mixes just had to be done for the record..Although watch out for the brilliant new tune "Antarctica" on levitated...
Tracklist:
1.) Spinor- Deep Blue- Fokus 2.) Ed Rush & Optical- Capsule- Virus 3.) Seba feat Robert Manos- Make Peace- Vibez recordings 4.) Seba & Pradox feat Robert Manos- Wakeup Call- Secret operations 5.) Fanu- The Unseen- Subtitles 6.) Q project- Sticky Fingers- Crash Recordings 7.) Survival- First- Dispatch Recordings 8.) Shy Fx- Bambatta- Ebony Dubs 9.) Calibre- Acrobat- Signature 10.) Calibre- Fire and Water- Soul R 11.) Tactile 12.) Spinline 13.) Munk & Naibu- Antartica- Levitated 14.) State Of Mind- Rise & Fall- CIA 15.) Autumn- Canopy- Fokuz Recordings 16.) Q project- Wild Pitch- Genetic Stress 17.) Special Forces- The End- Photek Records 18.) Unknown- Unknown 19.) Survival- Exile- Dispatch Recordings 20.) Calyx- Kingdom- Moving Shadow 21.) Sci-Phi- Stitch Up- Jerona Fruits 22.) Logistics- The Burial Remix 23.) Alex Perez- Morning Sun- Creative Source 24.) Mathematics & FX 909- How I Love You- Fokuz Recordings 25.) Dan Marshal- Dreamcatcher- Under Construction 26.) Bad Company- Colonies- BC 27.) Big Bud- Children Of Jah- Sound Trax 28.) Mav- God Of Speed- Fokuz Recordings 29.) Ed Rush & Optical- Deadline remix- 31 Records 30.) Cause 4 Concern- Seawolf- Cause4Concern Recordings 31.) D-Kay & Dj Lee- Manipulate The Universe- Advanced
Hydrophonics b2b Terraform on Kunninmindz radio 30.04.08
Description:
The main man Terraform aka Bassryder delivering a fine selection of classic jungle from as early as 92'. Representing Nottingham, the Bassryder smashes it thouroughly for the first hour, taking us on a history lesson throughout the ages to present day. He brings us up to date with an exclusive dub, one of his own tracks called "Return of The Mutant", a tearing amen assault with an agressive bassline, it contains a very well cut sample from the mighty "Champion Sound". I then get on the decks and we go b2b for the last hour for some mighty dancefloor madness...
Prepare for the Terraform...
Tracklist:
1.) Hydrophonics b2b Terraform on Kunninmindz radio
My last minute attempt at the DNBA competition. Using 3 decks I cover all styles of Drum and Bass in the 30 minute time limit. Varied mixing and tune selection. Check it!
A very special guest mix from one half of the Rogue Sequence management, Dyazide.
A tearing selection of the hardest tech Drum and Bass as can be found at the new monthly Rogue Sequence nights at Blueprint, Nottingham.
Check www.roguesequence.com for free music, Rogue Sequence merchandise and further events...
Tracklist:
1.) Break- The Quest remix- Subtitles 2.) The Upbeats & Bulletproof- Universe- Red Light 3.) Fierce & Break- Red Line- Quarantine 4.) Bad Robot- Game Of Life- M-Atome 5.) The Chosen- The Mole- Habit 6.) Fierce & C4C- Carrier- Quarantine 7.) Misanthrop- New Deal- Syndrome Audio 8.) Audio- Desrtoyed- Freak 9.) Noisia- Excorsim- Moving Shadow 10.) Quadrant- Arachnid- Renegade Hardware 11.) Misanthrop- Outsource- Syndrome Audio 12.) Calyx & Teebee- Submerged remix- Subtitles 13.) Radien- Fraggle Rock- Renegade Hardware 14.) Phace & Noisia- Reservoir- Subtitles 15.) Vicious Circle & Nocturnal- Welcome To Shanktown VIP- Renegade Hardware 16.) Noisia- Concussion- Vision 17.) Raiden & Corrupt Souls- Unknown Track- Freak 18.) Cause 4 Concern- Hooligan- C4C 19.) The Chosen- Adversity- Habit 20.) The Sect- Hellbound- Habit 21.) Raiden- I Hate You Muthafuckas- Freak 22.) Break- Authentic- Quarantine 23.) The Sect- Kill All Humans- Offkey 24.) Misanthrop- Waste Express- Subtitles 25.) Katharsys- The Scraper- Breed 12 Inches
The second part to the mix entilted "Skeletor". This mix carries on where the last one left off. Dark, dangerous and frightening from start to finish, a lot of these mixes I played at Detonation last November. As it was 5am, this set is more commonly known as "The Graveyard Set", as you will find from this mix the name is quite appropriate. It starts with a double drop of two of my favourite dark tunes and moves swiflty onto some big tunes from people such as Technical Itch, Break, Unknown Error and features a tunes from the brilliant album "Cruel & Unusual" by Black Sun Empire. There are a couple of devastating pieces previously unreleased by Proktah and Phace as well as the odd classic as usual ;_ There is one nice melodic breakdown towards the end of this mix, but don't be fooled, it's short lived and soon it's back to the original nastiness of Skeletor. You've been warned!
Tracklist:
1.) Noisia- Believe 2.) Spirit- Re-Dial 3.) Misanthrop- Waste Express 4.) Black Sun Empire & State Of Mind- Red Velvet 5.) Proktah- Disruptor 6.) Twisted Anger- Acoustic Cage 7.) Break- Words Of Wisdom 8.) Technical Itch- The Calling 9.) Noisia- The Messiah remix 10.) Black Sun Empire- Everything 11.) Calyx 12.) Teebee & MC Verse- Dual Processed 13.) Unknown Error- Sucker Punch 14.) De Ja Vu- Rollige 15.) Break & Silent Witness- The Question 16.) Blame- Pyschotropic 17.) Black Sun Empire- Future Frame 18.) Calyx & Kontrol- Drums Take Control 19.) Keaton- School Of Hard Knocks 20.) Concorde Dawn vs D-Kay & Rawfull- I'll Be There 21.) Gridlok- Tricks 22.) Phace- Hot Rock VIP
The first part of the mix entitled "Skeletor". It starts with a long intro, winding up to a ferocious double drop of Dom & Opticals' remix of Quadrant 6 and Gridloks' Heatwave and the mood doesn't brighten at all throughout. It features tunes from my favourite producers from the darker side of Drum and Bass such as, Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch, Noisia and Dylan & Friction. This mix is not for the faint hearted- you've been warned... ;)
Tracklist:
1.) Dom & Optical- Quadrant 6 remix 2.) Gridlok- Heatwave 3.) Unknown- Timeless 4.) Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch- Turf War 5.) Stakka & Skynet- Biosfear 6.) Dillinja- Instinct remix 7.) Unknown Error- More Like You remix 8.) Weapon- Reborn remix 9.) Ed rush & Optical- Rehab 10.) Black Sun Empire- Breathe remix 11.) Noisia- Monster 12.) Dj Ink- Murder Inc 13.) Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch- Primary Objective 14.) Ancronix- Ashfall 15.) Noxious & Deadman- Candyman 16.) Dylan & Friction- Infected Spirit 17.) Calyx vs Dom- See The Light 18.) Unknown- R-Type VIP 19.) Noisia- Moonway Renegade 20.) Dj Ink- Need You
