mike's place http://www.michaelgcox.co.uk music, photos and tech Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:58:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cancellation of Blended Beats http://www.michaelgcox.co.uk/2011/07/23/cancellation-of-blended-beats/ http://www.michaelgcox.co.uk/2011/07/23/cancellation-of-blended-beats/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:57:23 +0000 Mike http://www.michaelgcox.co.uk/?p=249 Unfortunately I have decided to cancel Blended Beats on Danceradio. The show ran for over 2 years and I had great fun making the mixes. However, I don't get the level of interaction I would like with the listener base and I also no longer feel the mixes are representative of the quality and variety I strive for.

I will try and put mixes up here periodically and am also open to suggestions for a new home for the show. A station with a more vocal community and chat room or forum would be nice. Until then… it's been emotional ;) M

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Click on any photo to enlarge it and start the slideshow.

The boathouse by the lake

The boathouse by the lake

Peacock on the lawn

Peacock on the lawn at Trevarno Estate

The House

The house at Trevarno Estate

Marigolds

Marigolds in the walled garden

View of Garden

The garden from the viewing point

See also: RHS website and Trevarno's website.

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Mikey C - Blended Beats June 2011

Tracklisting:

  1. Nick Warren – Buenos Aires (Original Mix) [Hope]
  2. Humate – Love Stimulation (Tom Middleton Remix) [Grand Casino Germany]
  3. Espen & Stian – The Cuban (Parallel Sound Gringo Edit) [Looq US]
  4. Fabiani & Soriani & Petrillo Project – Go (D–Soriani Playa D'en Bossa Remix)[MODA Music Fashion]
  5. Timmy & Tommy feat. Leila – Perfect Motion (Dubbier Mix) [Full Tilt]
  6. Eitan Carmi – Subtle (Moshic Remix)[Contrast US]
  7. Nathan Fake – Adamedge [SAW US]
  8. Sarah McLachlan – Fallen (Satoshi Tomiie Interpretation) [Arista]
  9. Dean Coleman feat. Errol Lewis Greene – Bak 2 Deeper (Original Vocal) [Heavy Rotation Recordings]
  10. Simuck – Remember Me (Thomas Nastos Rebreaking Mix) [Freeze (Magazine)]

Please drop some feedback in the box below – nice one!

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Mikey C - Blended Beats May 2011

Tracklisting:

  1. A Mase – Deep Blue Sea (Original Mix) [Growing Reality]
  2. Tkac & Haverlik – Synthia (Central Rush Remix) [Baroque Records]
  3. Atmos – Kns (Greed Remix) [ACDC]
  4. Moshic – Evil Inclination (Part 2) [Contrast US]
  5. Andy Moor – No More (Eelke Kleijn Remix) [Baroque]
  6. Komytea – Professional Killers (Jerome Isma Ae & Daniel Portman Remix)[Anjunadeep]
  7. Gofman/Tsukerman – One Way Back [Pilot 6 Holland]
  8. Faskil – We're All Cunt5 [Frisky]
  9. Baunder – Homesick [Segment Records]

I hope you enjoyed the show, comments are welcome!

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Mikey C - Blended Beats April 2011

Tracklisting:

  1. James Zabiela – Blame (Original Mix) [Hope]
  2. Andrew Bennett – Break Away (Martin Roth NuStyle Remix) [S107]
  3. Murat Uncuoglu – Shades of Groove (Original) [Fokused Recordings]
  4. Sundawner – Sorrow (Original Mix)[Monster Tunes]
  5. Bebop feat. Dao – Venue 96 (Elevation Remix) [Dub Tech Recordings]
  6. Tilt – The World Doesn't Know [Lost Language]
  7. Embliss – All That Was Faded (Original Mix) [Morphosis Records]
  8. Pryda – Evouh [Pryda Recordings]
  9. Soliquid – Reversible (Original) [Baroque Records]

I hope you enjoyed the show, comments are very welcome – thanks!

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Mikey C - Blended Beats March 2011

Tracklisting:

  1. The Big Mountain – Moon Explorer (Original Mix) [The Big Mountain]
  2. Benz & MD – Dilation (Gpal Mix) [Release Canada]
  3. Proluctors – Close Your Eyes [Combined Forces]
  4. Jaytech – Metro [Anjunadeep]
  5. Electrobios & Interplay – With You [Anjunadeep]
  6. Ben Coda – Human Movement (Harry Brown Remix) [Baroque Limited]
  7. Duane Barry – Cerulean Blue (Original Mix) [Flextone Recordings]
  8. Abdomen Burst – Sky In Your Hands (Parallax Breakz Remix) [Silk Digital]
  9. Jaytech – Wannabe [Anjunadeep]
  10. Jaytech – Gray Horizon [Anjunadeep]

Have fun listening and let me know what you think in the Comments box – cheers!

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Mikey C - Blended Beats February 2011

Tracklisting:

  1. Chris Fortier – Twinkle Me (Darin Epsilon's Vocal Mix) [Silence Through Music]
  2. MSZ – Epsilion [Mistiquemusic]
  3. Deviant – That Marijuana Track (Original) [HeadRush Music]
  4. Catmer – Wild [EXPmental]
  5. Chris Nemmo – Nightshade (Retroid Remix) [Digital Sensation UK]
  6. Dominic Plaza – Deeper Thoughts [Vapour]
  7. Matt Devereaux & Michael Maze – Heaven Bound (Original Mix) [Relifted Records]
  8. Elevation – Upward Spiral [FiberlineAudio]
  9. Phrakture – Dreamscapes (Breakbeat Mix) [Polytechnic Recordings]
  10. Moguai – Oyster (Original Mix)[Mau5trap]

I hope you enjoyed the show and if you have feedback, post it here – thanks!

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Mikey C - Blended Beats January 2011

Tracklisting:

  1. Above & Beyond Pres. OceanLab – On A Good Day (16 Bit Lolitas Remix) [Anjunabeats]
  2. Faarsheed feat. Cari Golden – Daniel (Original) [Acid Systems]
  3. Astrid Suryanto – Distant Bar (Gutterstylz Vox Mix) [Morrison Recordings]
  4. EDX – Party of Politics (Original Club Mix))[Toolroom]
  5. Max Graham vs Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Future Funk Remix) [Data Records]
  6. Stef Vrolijk & 16 Bit Lolitas feat. Jenny – Out There [Sadie Records]
  7. Kaskade – Be Still (Holosound's Citric Mix) [Ultra Records]
  8. Stefan Anion – Strangers (Royal Sapien Remix)[Silk Digital]
  9. Kaskade & Seamus Haji feat. Haley – So Far Away (Original Mix) [Ultra Records]

I hope you enjoyed the show and, if you have time, please let me have your feedback below – thanks :)

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Mikey C - Blended Beats December 2010

Tracklisting:

  1. VG vs Dave Sullivan – Cloudsurfers (Abdomen Burst Sine Field Mix) [Morphosis]
  2. Soundprank – Dreamcatcher (Original Mix) [Replug]
  3. Ayla – Ayla 2010 (Jerome Isma-Ae V2.0 Remix) [suckmySOUND]
  4. Felix Stone feat. Goldillox – In This World (Original Mix) [Jetlag Digital]
  5. Ilya Mosolov – Connections [Rune Recordings]
  6. Yunus Guvenen – Mass Schizophrenia [Bedrock]
  7. Anjin Loost – Misanthropes (Original Mix) [Miraculum]
  8. Age of Love – The Age of Love (Tempered DJs 2010 Remix) [542]
  9. Xplore feat. Ange – Kenshi (Original Mix) [Pure Substance Malaysia]

Please leave feedback below, thanks!

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesMsahci

For detailed instructions, see Microsoft KB Article 922976.

You can check the controller is in AHCI mode through Device Manager:

AHCI Enabled

AHCI Enabled

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