Dangamouse aka Barry Glen plays sets that are influenced from dubstep, hip hop, electro, Drum n Bass and breakbeat. At a young age he cut his djing teeth on the hardcore rave sounds of the early nineties, and now projects include radio shows on
Nu Skool Breaks Radio, and
Tongue n Groove Show on
Subcity Radio. The last year has been the most exciting and eventful for Dangamouse, with 2 successful residencies, the aforementioned radio shows and a multi deck project with
BloodRunCold & MC RST, plus playing at some of the biggest clubs in Scotland, Dangamouse's career is steadily building momentum, and is showing no signs of stopping any time soon.
So the mix? It starts with Dead Man Walking by Milanese ft Virus Syndicate, and if you haven't listened to many dubstep mixes, in a listening sense, you will be trying to find your feet. It’s the start of the mix and if you begin by listening to it defensively you will ultimately end up disliking it. This is just an opinion! Yes it is intrusive, menacing, whatever! But really not unlistenable, more of a case of listening to what Barry Glen is playing. Music may be regarded as a form of expression, an art, and as such it will draw on your emotions, as a listener you also have to play your part.
By the time Dangamouse mixes in Future World by Protocal X, and Menace To Society by Tones you begin to feel an energy in the mix. There are builds happening all the time but not in the same sense as they would in a trance mix or house mix. It is a lot more disjointed and at times experimental eclectic but Dangamouse does an exceptional job of piecing things together. Tracks like Hydro by Benga & Skream demonstrate this, keeping the listener listening and engaged.
Soon enough the mix starts to picks up, or at least it feels that way, and everything that you may have initially questioned starts to fall into place. The orchestral sound of Bumbaclart Riddim by Dubchild giving the mix a much richer sounding texture and depth reminiscent of techno, or motion picturesque. I certailny heard a lot of electro elements as well. Lightning by Skream is a brilliant track and a point in the mix where you start to bear the fruits of your listening labour. Tracks like Afterglide by Rusko bringing a more energetic even a party element to the mix.
By now you can feel the energy, Brood by Boxcutter and a remix of Resos Murder track allow you to get absorbed. Whatever it is, the direction, the ambience of the mix, the great production of all the tracks used, the flow and diversity of influences, styles and sounds, it all works well even when you reach full circle with Hold On.
This mix has been kicking about for at least 6 months now, maybe more,
download it from tongue n groove and see for yourself! Its free and a f**king good mix, what else could you want?
01. Milanese ft Virus Syndicate - Dead Man Walking
02. Protocal X - Future World
03. Tones - Menace To Society
04. Benga & Skream - Hydro
05. Scuba - Timba
06. Loefah - Root
07. Distance - Traffic
08. Milanese - Mr Bad News
09. Shitmat - Gary’s Gruesome Grime
*** Search & Destroy - Detox
10. Dubchild - Bumbaclart Riddim
11. Mark One - Space Hopper
12. Skream - Lightning
13. Rusk - Afterglide
14. Boxcutter - Brood
15. Reso - Murder (Remix)
16. Foreign Beggars ft DVS & Skinnyman - Hold On
