Tokyo Metro (Deep, Dark Sounds from the Tokyo Underground) - Tokyo Metro Vol. 28 (Deep and Tech House)

Tokyo Metro Vol. 28 (Deep and Tech House)

10/26/18 • -1 min

Tokyo Metro (Deep, Dark Sounds from the Tokyo Underground)

This is a DJ set played at Sidback Bar in Akita, Japan, on October 5th 2018. Going deep and dark on this one. It was a great night of tech house and techno.
Track List:
1. Attack Disco - Maksim Dark
2. Restlessness - Enrico Sangiuliano
3. Feel It - Markus Homm
4. Glasswork - Wehbba
5. The Russian - Kink
6. Rotary - Slam
7. Future Modulator - Planetary Assault System
8. Se MkII - Aoud
9. So Long as you Want to Feel (Original Mix) - Re:Axis
10. Wild Rage - Me and Her
11. Significant Bob (Ludachris Mix) - DJ Chris Hale (unreleased track)
Download Tokyo Metro Vol.28 (mp3)

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Tokyo Metro Vol. 27 (Live and Global Disco)

This set was played live at the Global Disco event at Jam House, Akita Japan in July 2018. Keeping with the theme of "disco," yet also being who I am, I took the mix in an electro direction (think more early 80's than 70's!) Everything was performed with an iPad Pro and Novation Launchpad. Specifically, my equipment used was:
Software:
1. Korg Gadget was used to program the bass and synth sounds in advance, tediously learning the various parts of the remixed tracks - such as the iconic bassline in Smooth Criminal (see below).
2. Blocs Wave was where all the samples were imported to and arranged.
3. Launchpad iOS was the destination of the samples after Blocs, where they could be mapped to the hardware controller and triggered. In addition to the various samples for the remixes, I loaded three full tracks (my own) to three pads and used them to fill out the set and transition between the live remixes.
Hardware:
1. iPad Pro
2. Novation Launchpad S controller
3. Zoom U-44 mixer/soundcard
Tracks:
1. Productive Price - DJ Chris Hale (unreleased track)
2. I Feel Love - Donna Summer (live remix)
3. Sweet Dreams are made of this (Holly Henry acapella vocals) - Eurythmics (live remix)
4. Extreme Man - DJ Chris Hale (unreleased track)
5. Down Deeper - Fearious Black (live remix)
6. Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson (live remix)
7. Significant Bob - DJ Chris Hale
Check out the video of this set on my YouTube Channel (Just Search: DJ Chris Hale)
Download Tokyo Metro Vol.27 (mp3)

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Tokyo Metro Vol. 29 (Live Minimal Techno Set)

This was a minimal techno set set recorded live at the Burning party at Xenobar/Jamhouse, Akita Japan on October 13th 2018 (scroll down to see all gear used). I was the opening act for the night, so kept things more subdued than I normally would. Elli Arakawa was the headlining DJ for the night, and it was great fun to be part of it. Everything in my set was played live, in real time.
For more of my original music, visit xp8r.com.
Gear and software used in this set:
iPad Pro, Macbook Air
Akai Midimix (linked to Elasticdrums on iPad)
Novation Launchpad S (linked to Launchpad app on iPad)
Native Instruments Kontrol F1 (mapped and linked to Native Instruments TRK-01 running on PC)
Propellerhead Reason Compact app
Zoom U-44 audio interface
Set recorded with Zoom Q2N video/audio recorder
Download Tokyo Metro Vol.29 (mp3)