intelligent dnb
The joys of …
13th June my birthday and my daughter’s birthday 17th. Soppy dad time I guess … yes, I love all of my kids and have such a collection of family and friends – I am truly blessed. Part of what I like to do is to create for them …
There is an aesthetic moment to be found almost everywhere and almost at any time – all it takes is a little imagination.
There is a world of intriguing joy to be found, sometimes at your fingertips, sometimes in imagination, and yes, sometimes distantly exotic …
My 100th upload
I love my family
new mixes – a step or two and a bar
For every mood and state of emotion there is a music to accompany. Here are a few small journeys, each containing a different style of smile or other expression. There are those deep house moments above, pointing to a particular part of the city, a certain bar and club and the after party to accompany.
… and then there is a different walk through town, it has its own steps … a hint of 2 step, a chilled and deep step or three and more, go on step it out …
Trip hop and more …
It seems this is doing well in the charts at the moment …
triphop aromatiq by Futurhood Av | Mixcloud.
via triphop aromatiq by Futurhood Av | Mixcloud.
Trip hop has had quite a revival recently. Some years ago we used to play gigs with a hefty dose of Portishead, Bonobo, Tricky,Lamb, Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack and many more. Now we create mixes using a whole raft of London Grammar, Wildlight, Emika, Coco Rosie and so on.
aromatiq chillstep plus by Futurhood Av | Mixcloud.
via aromatiq chillstep plus by Futurhood Av | Mixcloud.
world plus by Futurhood Av | Mixcloud.
via world plus by Futurhood Av | Mixcloud.
abstract backgrounds 2 by f4mmedia on deviantART.
via abstract backgrounds 2 by f4mmedia on deviantART.
kn snowtracks by f4mmedia on deviantART.
via kn snowtracks by f4mmedia on deviantART.
metalgrid textures and patterns 2 by f4mmedia on deviantART.
via metalgrid textures and patterns 2 by f4mmedia on deviantART.
textures free download | Design News.
via textures free download | Design News.
via rising setting.
audio visual art – dextrous sincerity
left right left right
slowly with purpose
into gently honest sincerity
plain and to the point
yes that hand points away
sinister dexter
march not with a legion
but as a true plebeian
it is easy to drift
in softness
just a drift of cloud to point
via Music Marketing | f4mmedia.
via rising setting.
some of our other work – the entertaining toolbox
f4mmedia on wix
something new – vk – futurhoodav and f4mmedia
Images and sounds – a hint of art?
Blogs so regularly concentrate on one or two related areas of interest. I am of something of a different opinion as you may have realised. I like to add a few resources here and there. Sometimes I like to add music, talk about those tunes, artists and events that I like. I ask myself is it at all wrong to combine all – design, art, resources, music – indeed anything that catches my eye, my ear, my interest, my imagination, my concern. Thus …
Liquid dnb
Liquid funk – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
via Liquid funk – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Liquid Drum & Bass | DNB Mix Sets, Music, Downloads, Radio & News.
via Liquid Drum & Bass | DNB Mix Sets, Music, Downloads, Radio & News.
ARJE – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and pictures at Last.fm.
via ARJE – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and pictures at Last.fm.
via Hospital Records.
Commix | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos.
via Commix | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos.
new chillstep – design, audio
Designs to accompany the new Aromatiq mix.
The music as a whole – vocal deep dubstep, chillstep, intelligent atmospheric dnb has palpable layers and so a design scheme echoing that layering seems to fit. Nothing detracts from a project more than design which bears no real relation to what is presented. Imagery here is drawn from Mongolia, the palms nod elsewhere, water, desert, mountains all play a part.
The new mix from Silverback dj – futurhood av.
Drawing on tunes from nExow, Ghosts of Paraguay, mPulse, Submotion Orchestra, Sean Mackey, Phaelah and more. This is a far more vocal oriented mix than others in the series.
Chillstep – telling a story
All good music tells a story one way or another. It may take you through a series of emotional changes, give you a palette of feelings, well coloured or subtly shaded. It may just be a suitable narrative. It may suggest a move from one emotion to another through its chord sequence and key changes. A good mix takes you on a journey. It moves you from one place to another, even if it is chilled mix. It may just make one suggestion after another, point one way then somewhere further.
http://www.mixcloud.com/futurhoodav/code-and-a-half-aromatiq-visited-again/
and then …
there is music and there are mixes for times of day and night – chillstep ranges from the chilled after party, the Sunday after the heavy, heavy night, sat with friends taking it easy, to early evening, nearly mid-week readying for the hard night to come, or thoughtful busy or not-so-busy times …
bruk, or broken beat, nujazz, nusoul, wine bar 2 step, with that common to both intelligent drum and bass does a little of this but it is so much more of the bar music, perhaps mid-week again, less wasted in energy
http://www.mixcloud.com/futurhoodav/bruk-4-an-aro/
and if there are feelings, thoughtful moments, hints of imagination, journeys, or at least a hint of movement within there may be
http://www.mixcloud.com/futurhoodav/code-two-a-a-darker-shade-of-aromatiq
some of our other work – the entertaining toolbox
f4mmedia on wix
youtube – f4mmedia – business and more
youtube – futurhood av – arts and entertainment, music videos and more
on deviant art – resources, prints
New – intelligent dnb, chillstep and more on vimeo
in a house of textured red – futurhood av from des bate on Vimeo.
some of our other work – the entertaining toolbox
f4mmedia on wix
youtube – f4mmedia – business and more
youtube – futurhood av – arts and entertainment, music videos and more
on deviant art – resources, prints
Setting red and Textured red – chillstep, design, music video, mixes
Textured red – the new mix on mixcloud
New music video and a new mix – the mix contains a couple of tunes from me – silverback dj. This work is dedicated to my friends at the Redhouse – my favourite small venue in Sheffield. It is also our youngest’s birthday coming up – Tyrone. The mix has a fair amount of content from Jack Dixon and Volor Flex – two great artists. Also included are a series of mockups and designs for the whole of the aromatiq revisited project – chillstep, deep dubstep and beyond.
some of our other work – the entertaining toolbox
f4mmedia on wix
youtube – f4mmedia – business and more
youtube – futurhood av – arts and entertainment, music videos and more
on deviant art – resources, prints
f4mmedia documents – downloadable pdf’s
There is something about chillstep that combines so much –
- sunrise
- sunset
- quiet romance
- thoughtful chilling
- the dance floor and the lounge
- home after the party
- a walk in woods, fields, over hills, to water flowing
- the mid-week and the weekend
- the expectation of the party
- someone new and old friends
colours heard 
