Dj Polaski is on break.

All djing and productions have ceased until the beginning of august. Have a good summer.

BreakBox Vol. 1

So, I finally wanted to try a new mix in a genre I havent done before. Looking through the large repository of electronic genres (and there are alot) I noticed one specific genre that I always enjoyed listening to when I needed an energy rush: Breakbeat. Breakbeat has its own special unique rhythm. The mixmash of beats, hi-hats, drum loops, and bass sequences offer a difference sound than Trance. After searching for the sounds I wanted, I finally concluded 12 tracks into a seamless mix for your enjoyable pleasure.

BreakBox delivers on so many levels. Whether you're a trance listener, a prog listener, or a clubber, I've got this mix appealing to everyone. The first portion of this mix is essential club/electro breakbeat stuff. Great loops, great bass, and some great vocals that can get any floor hopping. Towards the end of the mix, you'll start to hear a more trance/progressive mood as I take it down a notch and let your mind take a break. You'll definitely want to pick up this mix, its worth a listen.


01. Stanton Warrios - Seeker (What What What Remix)
02. Audiophreakz - A Little Closer (DNF Mix)
03. Rektchirdz feat. Kay T - Left Behind (Beta Remix)
04. Aquasky feat. Kool Keith - Movin' The Hype Track (Nick Thayer Remix)
05. Ed Solo - When I Was a Yout (Kraft Kuts Remix)
06. Quest feat. Odessi - Break Me07.
07. Slyde - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
08. Santa Fe - Bunka (The Peepshow Ownerz Remix)
09. Shimon - Around The Edge
10. Oxide - It Lasts Eternally (Aephoria Eternal Mix)
11. Ozgur Can - Escape (Original Breaks Version)
12. Blu Mar Ten - Anytime Soon

Time: 60:00

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Two new mixes

Two big new club mixes coming out for you trance enthusiasts. Stay tuned

Dj Polaski - Parallax (Kahviset #002 revisit)

I'm officially releasing Parallax to the public after its been featured on inq-mag as its launching point for its new. Parallax details some of my best work in mid-2007 which sparked so much interest at kahvi, di.fm, and inq-mag. It was this mix that alot have dubbed me the "Transition master". You can download the work here:

01.Zilent Zpott - Lost & Desperatrion
02.Kairaus - Flak Kathedral
03.Keed pr1 - Space
04.Affective Disorder - Le pont vers lespace
05.Alexey V - Pirate
06.Acrillic Colors - The Garden
07.Mosaik - Noa Lake (Polaski's Garden 1/2 remix)
08.Randomajestiq - Magic Carpet (super slithery slow edit)
09.Cardamar - Start (Instrumental Mix)
10.Zilent Zpott - Ondas Silenciosas (with Audioplacid) (slow edit)
11.Sektor - Sleepy
12.Esem - A Sound of Halo
13.Brioskj - Mysterious Wood
14.Brioskj - Dawn of a Wonderful Day
15.URL - He's A Collector
16.Aaron Jasinski - Addictive Additive

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Kahvi Sound Sessions 007

Welcome to week #7. I'm particularly excited about this week's release as we are journeying into the softer, kinder, slower styles of kahvi. This week will be a time to just sit, relax, and enjoy. Yes, there are some scary moments, but most are pleasent with dreamy sounds and joyful moods. We have a wave of artists showing off their talent in this arena with visits from various artists.

As always, you can head over to the kahvi site and download all these tracks at http://www.kahvi.org.

Or you can visit my website where you can have direct downloads to all the podcaasts as well as comment on my work; telling me how horrible of a dj/mixer I am (thanks Anna).

1. Stuart Elliott - A New Dawn
2. Zilent Zpott - Harrison City
3. Walka - Syy Napsuu 2
4. Acrilic Colors - Skycraperscape
5. Workbench - Zoo (Dusk)
6. Dream Lab - Cryogenic Suspension II
7. Bioradio - Postmorten Winners
8. The Integer Ring feat. Mikael Andersson - Integer04-5
9. Projekti 3 - Purppura
10. MBF - In the Land of the Sun

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my AIM: rep reh zent

Some have been curious as to how they can get ahold of me outside of e-mail. While I dont completely approve of giving out my phone number to strangers I thought it would be a nice gesture to hand out my AOL handle to anyone who would like to contact me in real time. My aim name is 'rep reh zent' (without ''). I'm usually on because I bring my laptop around campus and we have wifi practically everywhere... So feel free to drop me a line.

Kahvi Sound Sessions 007 on hold til next friday

So class finals are rolling around, and I've been hard at work studying for next week's test. As a result, I never finished finalizing kahvi sound sessions for this week, BUT if you can wait til next friday, I'll DEFINITELY make it worth the wait. Week #7 will have some special goodies, with some uber-awesome transitions, interplay, and tracklist. So prepare yourself, put on your ambient hat, and for those who like to puff, wait til' friday :))

p.s. I promise you...this will be the best Sound Sessions you will hear yet...

Kahvi Sound Sessions 006 Special Mix Edition

For week 6 of the kahvi sound sessions I have prepared a little preasent for everyone to enjoy: A full 60 minute mix! Featuring some very soothing sounds this round will offer some complex beats matched with some ethreal pleasures. The mix starts off with Alkor's awesome ambient track "The Background" and ends with Jasinski's downtempo/minimal track "Single file lines". We also see double track features with Randomajestiq, Keith, and Jasinski. The other tracks in this 15 track set fit perfectly as each transition swiftly moves you forward.

01. Alkor - The Background
02. Alessandro Pintus - Snowonwindow
03. Brioskj - Pyramids
04. Sbindon - Space Pazta
05. Alexey V - Invisible
06. Audio Cephlon - Cosmic Turquiose
07. Sektor - Atai
08. Randomagestiq - Net.surfing
09. Randomagestiq - Danu
10. Esem - B~ckbook
11. Masse Memoire - Kalimba Beats
12. Jasinski - Bleeding Oscillator
13. Keith - Seek No. 303
14. Keith - Accredited Heard
15. Jasinski - Single File Lines

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Me vs. deadmau5

Don't let the title fool you. There isn't any musical collaboration going on here. No, but there definitely was SOME collaboration. Awhile ago, I heard of a little mixup between deadmau5 and Marcus Schissow (a trance producer/dj). Apparently, Schissow and a few other big-shot Djs/producers came up with a mock artist named "Deadrat6". The point was to poke fun of deadmau5 because all...and I mean all...of his tracks sound the same. Go ahead and sample some of his bigger tracks. They all have the same "bad loop". None the less. Come to find out that Schissow and mau5 were to dj together at an event, and deadmau5 had no clue he was opening for Schissow in Oslo (or visa versa, it doesn't matter). Come to find out (3 days before the gig) that deadmau5 hated Schissow so much for "deadrat6" that he wouldn't allow Schissow to play at the club. None the less, Schissow had to sit that gig out after he had made arrangements and everything.

Well here comes the juicy part. I was pissed when I heard this. I never liked deadmau5 (except his Jaded track). He's a punk/retart child who messes around on ableton live until he finds a good sound and then repeats it for the next 1000 tracks he produces. Anyways I left him a message on myspace [NOTE** I wrote this before I talked to him -- keep reading **]:

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Hey deadmau5,

Wanted to pitch an e-mail out to you to let you know that practically every track you ever made is a total rehash of the other. Granted, you've probably heard this a million times, I just thought I'd be a million and one. Seriously man, you can stack all your tracks at one time, and they would sound the same! Your beat loops...same. Synths...same. Dj talent...none. Bottom line is you suck. I mean literally, your stuff is horrible. Plus, are you so insecure with yourself that you have to go hide in a mouse suit on stage? The gag isn't even funny any more, it was old the first time around. Not to mention that bullshit you played on Marcus, who the hell do you think you are? Your mixing is train wrecks anyways. I will never, EVER, EVER...play any of your tracks again. Nor would I recommend them to anyone.

Take it easy pal.

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Well, after this, he attempted to try and make fun of me by mass sending this message to everyone on the deadmau5 mailing list. Which was what I hoped for. Then I PMed him back, and asked for a private one on one conversation. We talked for about an hour or so, and I regretted some of the things I said. His argument was that he was in the business entertainment industry and that the demands on him to make music is enormous. I don't doubt that at all. All he wants to do is just make music and get it out there. But there's nasty competition. If deadmau5 wants to make music he likes, thats cool. I understand that now, even from a beginning artist perspective. But there is one thing I pointed out. Once you make it big like that, the ideas you create, the songs you make, the tracks you publish dont become yours anymore. They are a public thing.

There is an old business ideology developed by Kenneth Galbraith. He says that wants are created by those that manufacturer them. For example, deadmau5 creates a track, people LOVE it, and he keeps producing good tracks. Once he produces a "less desirable" track, people get mad at him for not living up to his standard (same thing with dj tiesto and In Search of Sunrise 5). Deadmau5 makes the defense that he can create what ever he desires. He likes making the music that I (and others) consider monotonous. Thats fine, I concede to that point. But you can't make it a defense, simultaneously, that you're in the business entertainment industry, and you're just pumping out tracks to cover demand. You can't mount one up on the other Granted I'm not speaking from experience, but I've seen and read examples like this. If its true that deadmau5 is putting up tracks just to meet demand and pressure and as a result he uses rehashed sounds and beat loops, then I pity him. I feel bad that he's in a position where he has to do that. If he creates the music because he loves to make that "sound" that we all consider monotonous then thats great, he found his own piece of mind in doing that -- it makes him happy. But deadmau5, you can't have both. They are contradictory.

Now I feel bad for the message I sent, it was a little out of line, but I still feel angry at him. I think there is a lesson on both sides of the line. deadmau5 needs to understand he has fans. I think when you get that big you have an obligation to them. I believe that whole heartedly, so I am going to say it again for clarity. When you get as big as deadmau5, you have an obligation to your fans. I don't think he was living up to that obligation. Rehashed songs are not worth it. His claim that he is in the business entertainment industry doesn't help him either. It shows that he isn't here for music...just show...just making a profit. I don't have a problem with artists making a profit off their work, but when profit is the driving force I think there is a conflict of interest. Much of the deadmau5 haters feel that he's just pushing out tracks to make a quick buck; I can sure see that viewpoint. But like I said, if thats all deadmau5 wants to make, then power to him, I don't have a problem with that.

Kahvi Sound Sessions 005

Welcome to week number 5 in the kahvi sound session series. For this week we offer some goodies at both the beat/glitch and the ambient realms. Starting us off is Slem, with a nice touch of bionic sounding synths met with a creative drum loop. Esem and Audio Cephlon continue this phase until Stuart Elliot puts on the breaks. Acrillic Colors joins in at the end in one of my favorite tracks titled, Ununquadium Rarefaction. Hope you enjoy this.

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