MUSIC | PHOTOS | INTERVIEWS | EXTRAS Welcome to the music section of mindubonline.com. This is where you can purchase CDs mixed by Mindub, the host of The Underground Alarm Clock. Each session features the same funky house tracks that you are used to hearing each Tuesday morning on The Clock. Currently, three sessions of the Underground Alarm Clock mix series are available for purchase. Each individual session is only $5 or you can purchase all three sessions for only $10. (Sessions 1 & 2 have been previously available, so if you've gotten a Mindub CD in the past, be careful not to order a session you might already have.) Below, you can view the tracklistings & download a small sample of the CD before ordering. To place an order, send an email to mindub@mindubonline.com, and be sure to specify which session(s) & how many copies you want. If you want all three, just state that you want "The Trilogy." You will promptly receive a reply email giving you further payment instructions. 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UNDERGROUND ALARM CLOCK:SESSION ONE - Jori Hulkkonen: From A Distance - F Communications - Johnny Fiasco: Reflex - Doubledown Recordings - Lance Nuance: Disconnected Line - Panhandle Records - Undercover Agency: Is It Love? - Viva Recordings - Electric J: Soo Good (Kamasutra Dub Mix) - Deep Culture - Soulstice: Lovely (Johnny Fiasco's Deep Chugger Mix) - Om Records - Undercover Agency: Sweetest Kind (Undercover Dub) - Naked Music - 2nd Shift: It's Been A Long Time - Seasons Recordings - Reason: Thin Ice - Drop Music - Home & Garden: Tacky Tracky - Nordic Trax - Mettle Music: Payday (Floor Fix Mix) - Toko DOWNLOAD MP3 SAMPLE OF SESSION 1! ------------------------------------------------------------ UNDERGROUND ALARM CLOCK:SESSION TWO - Seek: The Story Of Us (Cottonbelly Remix) - Giant Step - Untitled Orchestra: Once In A Blue Moon - Seasons Recordings - Halo, Penn & Chus: Made In Spain - Bluem Recordings - Inland Knights: Kept Secret - 20:20 Vision - Dealer's Choice: New York City (Dealer's Choice Dub) - Paper Recordings - Arnold Jarvis: What Goes Around (Miguel Migs' Transporter Dub) - Transport Recordings - Sugar Caine feat. Zlata: Smokin' Mojo - Slopshop Records - David Duriez: Warmth (Tuomos Salmela Remix) - Stay True Music - Swirl People: Future Signs (Inland Knights Remix) - Tronicsole Music - JT Donaldson: I Wanna Dance - Vista Recordings - Dizzy presents The Sactown Soul EP: You Saxy Thang - Electrik Soul - Headstock: Tablature - Odori Recordings - Derrick White: Soul 2 Let Go (Sir Piers & Ed Funk's "Curious" Main Vocal Mix) - Styles Kickin' DOWNLOAD MP3 SAMPLE OF SESSION 2! ------------------------------------------------------------ UNDERGROUND ALARM CLOCK:SESSION THREE - Doc L. Junior: Just An E - Music For Freaks - Ame: Life Changes - Sonar Kollektiv - Wagon Cookin': Mar (Swag's Vamos a nadar Remix) - Debaile - Afro-Mystik: Natural (Halo & Andre Harris Dub Mix) - Om - E-Tones: Ooh La La (Johnny Fiasco Remix) - Aphrodisio - Fred Everything: Over You (Sunday Dub Mix) - 20:20 Vision - Moloko: Familiar Feeling (Martin Buttrich Remix) - Echo - Royksopp: Eple (Shakedown Remix) - Wall Of Sound - Erlend Oye: Sudden Rush (Ewan Pearson Rush Hour Vocal Mix) - Source - Formidable Force: Secret Weapon - 20:20 Vision - Formidable Force: Mind Games (Brett Johnson's He Said Acapella) - 20:20 Vision - Tony Senghore & DJ Jonene: Love Tonight - Mouthful Music - Kokee "The Nose" Anu, Korin Ladke & Eskimo X: Lie-F - Igloo Music - Stefan Goldmann feat. Kristiina Tuomi: True (Original Mix) - Classic DOWNLOAD MP3 SAMPLE OF SESSION 3! To place an order, send an email to mindub@mindubonline.com, and be sure to specify which session(s) & how many copies you want. If you want all three, just state that you want "The Trilogy." You will promptly receive a reply email giving you further payment instructions. CDs will be mailed out immediately upon receipt of payment. back to top Click here to launch photo interface. back to top JiveMagazine.com Interview / 2002 Who are your favorite dj's and producers? You sure you got enough room to print all of them?? Let's see... Jay-J, Miguel Migs, Alexi Delano, JT Donaldson, Vincenzo, Global Communication, Freaks, Inland Knights, Johnny Fiasco, Soulstice/Andy Caldwell, Mark Farina, Miles Maeda, DJ MFR, Cpen, Brett Johnson, Pete Moss, Bryan Zentz, Peace Division, Chris J, J. Dahlback, Thievery Corporation, Jazzanova... or labels like Compost, Infracom, Cookin', Eighteenth Street Lounge, G-Stone, Schema, Siesta, Guidance... the list could go on & on, but I think you get the idea. When and where was your first performance? To be honest, I don't even really remember! How sad is that? I started DJing in 1990, and I played records for my walls while I honed my skills for a while until I felt comfortable enough to play in front of people. Back then, there weren't as many people DJing, especially in Lakeland, FL, so I didn't really have anyone that could give me any pointers. I pretty much had to teach myself. I met DJ Three a few years later, and I guess my first "credible" gig was opening up one of his Wednesday nights. No one was there, but I didn't care. At that moment, I was Leonardo DiCaprio. Has your music changed or progressed in any way since you started? Well, hopefully, I'd like to think I'm always progressing. My sound has definitely changed since I started because I started out playing early hardcore tracks in 1990, and now I'm playing so many different styles of dance music- from deep house & techno to downtempo & everything inbetween. When you're starting out, you really have no clue about the grand scheme of things or how far this thing goes or how far it could take you because you're only doing it because you think it's cool. After a while, you start to realise where you fit into the puzzle, if you've got what it takes, you stick with it, and that is when you start progressing... both mentally & stylistically. Do you make your music for the people on the dancefloor or is it simply what you're into at the time? For me, I think it's a combination of both. A DJ has to play what he's into in order to develop his own style & make himself stand out from the rest, and hopefully, that is the same stuff that will move the people on the dancefloor. In some cases, I think a few guys take it too far & ONLY play what they want, but I think that's a little selfish. DJing is half about educating & half about entertaining. The bottom line is- if your floor is empty, you won't get booked there again. I'm not saying to play lame tunes & sacrifice your own individual sound but you have to meet your crowd in the middle. I think the best DJ's in the world are those that find that balance, and that only comes from playing to many different people. What inspires you to make music? So many things... first & foremost, music has touched me in ways that very little else has. I remember that feeling to this day when music, both instrumental & lyrical, helped me deal with things when talking about those things just didn't accomplish anything. I can remember very special people & experiences in my life thanks to music. I'd love to have someone remember MY music that way. It's such a powerful medium of communication that touches people on such a very deep level. Since music can be therapeutic, I use certain albums to compliment or completely change my mood. It's such a compliment when someone tells me what my music meant to them or how it made their day a little bit better. That's what makes it all worth while. As cheesy as it may sound, I really think that music is one of the reasons I was put on this earth. It encompasses every aspect of my life. Do you ever get stage fright? It all depends on the gig, I suppose. If I'm at one of my residencies, then I am just fine. I've grown accustomed to those situations. However, when I play at different places with different crowds, I get a little nervous, but it's just because I'm trying to find that balance with the people that are there to hear me. Also, I get a little nervous when I think about trying to win over those 2 long-time househeads in the corner with the expression on their faces that just screams, "OK... go ahead & impress us!" You know the guys I'm talking about. Every club's got 'em. I know because, on occasion, I can be one of them, too. That makes me a little nervous because I know I have to work harder to make sure those guys have fun, too. Do you do any type of ritual before you go on stage? Nah... not really. I'd like to say that I do something extravagant, but it's just not the case. I usually think about what my first record is going to be for the last 30 minutes or so before I go on, and that always changes 15 different times based on where the warm-up DJ is taking things musically. I just kinda take the cards that are dealt to me & go with it. Are there any artists who have had a strong influence on your music? I think everything I Iisten to, even if it's just once, will have some kind of influence on what I do. As far as producing/programming, Vince Clarke is a huge influence. He started Depeche Mode, Yaz & Erasure. I'm constantly amazed at what he comes up with. Actually, you'll hear Depeche Mode, in general, all over my music. Global Communication (in all their incarnations) are an amazing influence on my stuff. Those two are very talented. As far as DJing is concerned, DJ Three has always been a big influence- mainly because he always makes me want to get better. He gave me some of my first gigs, and he's always so good that I have to strive to impress him, you know? He's got the ability to make records that sounded mediocre in the store sound phenomenal on the dancefloor. I want to be that kind of DJ. Where did your style come from? My "style" would have to be directly based on all the things that have happened in my life up until this point. Those experiences molded the kind of person I am and help dictate what I like & don't like. So at this point, when I listen to a tune, I can immediately tell if it's going to do it for me or not, and I'm all over the place stylistically, so I just have to make sure it is the best music I can find- whatever the genre is. I can promise you that, whatever I play, it will always be deep, always be funky & always be soulful. What's the craziest thing you've ever done? Now we're talking REALLY crazy here, so make sure you cover the ears & eyes of small children, ok? I was sitting at a redlight with my windows open, and this white trashed-out clunker drives up next to me with its windows open. I'd just left the Taco Bell drive-thru, and since I hadn't eaten that day, I guess I was downing my 7-layer burrito (no tomatoes, please) rather heartily. This rather frightening woman yells out from her car in a VERY southern accent, "Damn, boy... can I have some of that, or are you gonna eat it all?!?!" I don't know what came over me, but at that split second, my hands reacted faster than my brain could respond, and I just threw the thing right at her! It went right through my window into hers, and landed on the floor of her car. I think we were both so shocked at what I had done that she hurried to try & clean it up while I hauled ass as soon as the light changed. She took off after me, but she got held up at the next intersection while I disappeared from her sight. To this day, I can still see her frightening face. Anyone who knows me is absolutely dumbfounded that I would do such a thing because it is SOOO not like me, but it just happened. I couldn't control it. Anyway, that's about as crazy as it gets around here. What's the craziest thing you've seen from the dj booth while you were spinning? Um... I was playing a party in Ybor City. The dancefloor at this club was huge, and there was a small, elevated, trianglular-shaped stage stretching across one corner of the room. And across the front of this stage, there was a huge, white movie screen set up with a LCD projector set up behind the screen broadcasting all sorts of trippy visuals. Then, people would dance between the projector & the screen, so if you were looking up at the screen from the dancefloor, all you could see was the dancer's silouhette. It had a very retro, Austin Powers sort of look to it. Anyway, towards the end of the night, a rather attractive couple got behind the screen & started dancing... getting more & more suggestive until the clothes just started coming off. Needless to say, it got pretty warm in there pretty fast. I can tell you that NOTHING was left to the imagination. Very crazy, but very erotic at the same time. (Do you think they were exhibitionists?) What's your dream gig? Wow... years ago, I always told myself that I should go ahead & think about how I'd answer this question because I knew I'd eventually be asked, but did I ever listen to myself? No! Let's see... it would be in London or Vienna... Erasure, Global Communication & Cocteau Twins would play live, DJs would include DJ Three & Doc Martin tag-teaming, Miguel Migs, Tom Middleton, Alexi Delano & J. Dahlback tag-teaming, Richie Hawtin, Jazzanova, and probably about 20 other artists that I can't decide on right now. What are some of your top club experiences? 1. Seeing Orbital & 808 State on their first tours 2. playing at Simon's in Gainesville & The Castle in Ybor City 3. Seeing Moby, The Prodigy & Cybersonik three different times throughout Florida 4. Hearing Derrick May drop his mix of "Sueno Latino" & playing Sheila Chandra in the same set at The Masquerade in Ybor City 5. Working with Dave Christophere in the studio on his remix of "Possesion" by Sarah Mclachlan (Not really a club experience, but it sure was amazing when he dropped the final, completed mix at Hump later that week) When you were in high school, were you the bully, the nerd, or the class clown? I wasn't any of them. Maybe a combination of the last two, if anything. I was friends with everyone, and I was always so annoyed by cliques & stereotypes that I tried not to limit myself to just one. I went to a performing arts school & played cello all through school, so I guess that makes me an orchestra geek, right? What have been the five most pivotal moments in your music career? 1. Seeing the video for "The Boy With A Thorn In His Side" by The Smiths on Relativity, an early morning video show on WTMV-V32 that showed all types of "alternative" music videos. I actually ASKED to do some chores around the house, so I could make some money & buy "The Queen Is Dead" on cassette after I got out of school that day. It changed my life forever. From then on, I was a music junkie. 2. Seeing Derrick May open up for Meat Beat Manifesto & Renegade Soundwave on the Mute Over America tour. It made me realise that techno was a more Industrial-sounding mutation of house. At the time, there were elements of house I liked, but it was a little too "happy" for me at that point in my life, and techno gave it that harder edge that just blew my mind. 3. Listening to Peter Wohelski's final "Underground Circus" show on WMNF 88.5 in Tampa, FL. Peter went on to be a very influential figure in US dance music by pointing Astralwerks in the right direction during their early days & then worked at Planet E with Carl Craig for a while. Anyway, for his final show before moving to NYC, he played an hour of early techno & hardcore tunes. I was absolutely hooked. He played tunes from Cubic 22, John & Julie, Rhythim Is Rhythim, Quadrophonia, T99, and many others. I went out to the record stores & bought everything I could find with the word "techno" in the title. 4. Going to my first big party at the USF Special Events Center in Tampa, FL with my pal, David Stearsman. I think it might have been called "Elevation", and it featured DJ Three, Jask (maybe), DJ Grumpy & Moby performed live. I had a bunch of Moby stuff by that time, and this was my first real brush with techno royalty. I had him sign my copy of "Go" after he got off the virtual reality machine. Super cool guy, too. 5. Not really a single moment, but I have to give serious props to The Alternative Record Store for being one of the best independent record stores in the world. Pete Barliss owned it, and I always found everything I ever wanted there. Pete, Jennifer, Eric, Mike & the whole crew turned me on to so many great bands. They were one of the first stores in Tampa that carried import, techno/house 12" singles. Later, DJ Three started working there to tend to the dance section, and my pockets were emptied even more. Sadly, the store closed a while ago, but I still owe a lot of my musical career to that store. 6. Can I have six? I can't forget the day I released my debut album. I also record under the name Audity, and my album, "The Language I Think In" was released on NSoul Records. It didn't sell at all (because the label had no money to distribute or promote it), but at least I put it out into the world & those that heard it were very complimentary. Ok... I'm done. Is there any time left in your busy schedule for dating, a family, or marriage? Ha! I WISH!! I thought DJ's always got girls, but for some reason, that doesn't hold true for me!! Let's just say that I had to get over a pretty rough one a while ago, so I've been laying low recently. I'm always in the game, but I haven't found anyone that I just couldn't wait to see again, you know? I'm trying to be patient because I know she's out there somewhere. I just hope our paths would cross here pretty soon!! And no matter how busy & hectic my schedule gets, there's ALWAYS going to be time for my girl. JIVE NINE! West Coast or East Coast - East Coast because of Pittsburgh! GO PENGUINS! GO STEELERS! GO PIRATES! US or UK - UK for their beautiful birds with sexy accents & their wide acceptance of dance music Large Events or Small and Intimate - small & intimate EVERY time. I'm too old to deal with those huge parties that usually turn into huge fiascos. Espresso or Fine Wine - Definitely a Merlot... '98 Truchard if I'm paying or a '98 Duckhorn if my tab is being paid for. Salad or Steak - Doesn't one usually come with the other? I'd actually prefer chicken or pasta. Bon Jovi or Ice Cube - Yikes... neither. I guess the Cube will do in a pinch. Bohemian or Luxury - Sorry, I like the good life. Gotta have my luxuries. Movie or Novel - Am I with someone else? One I prefer by myself, and one I prefer with someone else. You're dealing with a Pisces here, and I think one of our supposed "traits" is indecisiveness, but I'm not sure. (That was a joke.) Dogs or Cats - DOGS!!! I miss my dogs sooo much. Pepper (a Yorkie) is still at home with the parents, and Snoop (as in Doggy Dogg) was my yellow Lab that is now up in Doggy Heaven. One day, I'll move into a place where I can have a dog of my own. Until now, I'll just play with yours, ok? back to top Here are a few songs I recorded when my friends, Venus Hum, performed at Tower Records on West End Ave. in Nashville, TN. (They also did "Alice" and "Montana," but I'm keeping those for myself!) I hope you enjoy, and if you haven't heard their latest album yet, then I suggest you pick it up immediately. For more info, check them out at www.venushum.com. Venus Hum: Hummingbirds (Acoustic Version - Recorded Live at Tower Records West End on May 9th 2003) Venus Hum: Wordless May (Acoustic Version - Recorded Live at Tower Records West End on May 9th 2003) Venus Hum: Soulsloshing (Acoustic Version - Recorded Live at Tower Records West End on May 9th 2003) back to top