BACK IN VANCOUVER

I'm trying to think of what I should do with the blog...

Either I make a new one and link you from here, or stop blogging all together. I need a way to get my mixes out there to everyone, so I will probably end up making something new (I have no idea when).

I threw together a mix the other day — lots of electro clash, bassline, fidget stuff. Enjoy!

Optics - Chapter 1 (yeah, back to my old alias)

LINK UPDATED!

Tracklist
1: Justice - Stress (Auto Remix)
2: Mylo - Paris Four Hundred (SebastiAn Remix)
3: Lazy-Rich - A-OK (Oliver Nickels K-O'd Remix)
4: Oasis - Wonderwall (Gianlorenz Bernini remix)
5: Crookers - Knobbers (Funk D Remix)
6: Fantastadon - Microwave
7: Nine Inch Nails - That's What I Get (Computer Club's President Emeritus Remix)
8: Jupiter One - Countdown (Designer Drugs Remix)
9: Rayflash - Flash Dancer
10: Casa Del Mirto - Bad Girls Surf (Broke One Remix)
11: Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Epic Last Song (Jack Beats Remix)
12: OH SNAP!! - I'm Too Fat To Be A Hipster (Mightyfools remix)
13: Toni! Tony! Tone! - Feels Good (Breakdown Remix)
14: Fantastadon - Anesthesiologist (Hot Pink Delorean Rmx)
15: Audioporno - Choo Choo (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
16: Dada Life - Cash In Drop Out (Twocker's Danger Step Mix)
17: Tegan & Sara - Back In Your Head (Stop Die Resuscitate Remix)
18: JELO - Awesomesauce (Twocker's GTi Mix)
19: Hot Pink DeLorean ft. Knowlton Walsh - Freak Night (Fantastadon rmx)
20: Cryptonites - Can't Give You Up (Kill The Noise Remix)
21: Hatiras & MC Flipside - Get Blahsted (Original Mix)
22: JELO - Can I Get Loud (Stupid Fresh Remix)
23: Hostage - Blockhead (Malente Re-Edit)
24: Terry Poison - 24 Hours (Aston Shuffle A-Bomb Remix)
25: Machines Don't Care - Afrojacker (Orginal Mix)
26: Grum - Go Back (Damage Remix)

Moving back to Vancouver

Like I said quickly in my last post, I am about to move back to Vancouver. I sucks that I have to post about leaving Japan, but with no luck finding a new job in Japan — it's the only option I have left.

Everyone I talked to about it have all asked the same question: "Are you excited to comeback?" or "Are you sad to leave Japan?" Honestly, I'm 50/50 both ways.

It sucks to have to leave a place where you have spent a year and half calling your home. All of the friends I've made here, all of the people I've met, all of the memories I've made, it's definitely something I will never forget — or ever could. There are many people in my life here that have supported me; a simple "thank you" isn't enough, but it's the best I can do for now.

On the other side of things, I am coming home to a loving family and a whole other group of friends that I am overly happy to see again. Once I get back it's time to truly get my design career started and I am probably the most excited for that. Not to mention moving back to Vancouver in the most beautiful season and leaving Japan in the worst. Haha, that's definitely a plus.

Not only have a I grown personally, but professionally as well. Being thrown into an entirely different culture and design industry has opened my eyes to the fact that where you are from and the environment around you really shapes the person you grow up to be.

Enough of my rambles.

I want to say thank you to everyone in Japan for an amazing year and half. I will never forget any of you. When you come to Vancouver for a visit, you will always have a place to stay with me!

And さやか, I will be playing what you gave me all the way home on the plane.

GOODBYE JAPAN! See you again soon!

Tokyo Sessions End

Yes, I'm leaving Japan, but more on that next post. For now, enjoy the "finale" to the Tokyo Sessions mixes!

With a 10 hour flight ahead of me, maybe something a little more relaxing to listen to on the plane might have been a good choice — but then again, going out with a bang is also fun.

Where my mixes go from here... we will just have to see when I get back to Vancouver.

So here we are! Tokyo Sessions: Finale

Tracklist
1: Hijack - Party People
2: Calvertron - Stumble
3: Calvertron vs. Clik - Super Bleep (Orginal Mix)
4: Will Bailey and Mikey Hook - Screwball (Orginal mix)
5: The Bulgarian - Barn Dance (HiJack remix)
6: Moby - Alice (Drop The Lime Heavy Bass Remix)
7: Geoff K - Vodka & sugarfree redbull (HeavyFeet Remix)
8: Jaksaw - Damn!
9: Groundfloor - Front To Back
10: Dj Dan - Banging On Ya System (Twocker Remix)
11: Hijack - No More
12: The Yank - We Can't Be Stop'd
13: Ocelot - This Is Our Time (Calvertron Remix)
14: The Temptations - Standing On The Top (Rudder Remix)
15: Paolo Jackson & Ruud EQ vs VanICE - Ice Ice Baby (Orginal Mix)
16: WDP Project vs Cyril Sneerz Hit Squad - I Wanna Give You Devotion (Will Bailey Remix)
17: Electro F - Superstar Break (Twockers Funk This Remix)
18: Calvertron - Everytime
19: Will Bailey and Mikey Hook - Body Flow (Donald Ducks Dooms Night Remix)
20: Jukey ft. Sway - The Way We Go (Herve Remix)
21: Donald Glaude - Let The Bass Drop (Twockers Wobble Mix)
22: House of Pain vs Micky Slim vs Basement Jaxx - Jump N Shout (Zander Mazuka 2008 Remix)
23: General MIDI - Milton (Dee Zed Mix)
24: CSS - Music Is My Hot Hot Sex (Switch feat. Mapei Remix)

ENJOY AND COMMENT!