The History of Saint Anthony's Fire
On 15 August 1951 one in twenty of the 4000 inhabitants of another village in France called Pont Saint Esprit (Bridge of the Holy Spirit) went mad. They had hallucinations, writhed in agony in their beds, vomited, ran crazily in the streets and suffered terrible burning sensations in their limbs.
The madness was quickly diagnosed. They were suffering from St Anthony's Fire, a dreaded illness that was common in the Middle Ages. The cause was poisoning from a fungus (ergot) that grows on rye grass. The fungus contaminated the rye flour used in making bread.
Ergot contains a chemical that makes the sufferers go berserk and causes gangrene of the hands and feet due to constriction of blood supply to the extremities. If it is not treated (and this was not possible in the Middle Ages), victims had the sensation of being burned at the stake, before their fingers, toes, hands and feet dropped off.
(I had a blast doing this mix, the most fun i,ve had in ages! Mixing 3-4 decks at once in places, pressing fx etc so I was completely out of my comfort zone and done on a new controller (numark NS6 with traktor) Messed up in places and sound might be a bit bad, trying to adjust latency to fix with the new traktor mappings for the NS6 and shitty pair of stereo speakers.. But all in all I really had a blast. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did mixing and please comment (good or bad) All the help and feedback i get from the respected and talented DJ's here on hosemixes I thank you all, ye have been a great help....... So press play, turn it up and hopefully you like it!)
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OPENING TRACK!!!!! The female vocal loop is ABSOLUTELY WICKED.....then wait until you get the original pure House synth and percussion elements. Flat out MIND WRECKING GOOD!!!!!! 6:40 mark - LOOK AT EM...CALLKILLER HE IS!!!! Slow-melting angry and irritated synth sweeps through. Notice the male vocal loop and the slick drum pattern. 10:30 - YEAH MAN!!!!!! BUSY AUDIO ELEMENTS!!!! Jivin' percussion with copious people and voices in the background. No doubt you have been putting in the work mate, this is SHINE...you're getting to know your artistic voice. Deffo can tell your influences...LUV THAT SH*T. 15:00 - CLASSIC PULL!!!!! Deffo know this track, like the touches you added. It's the right amount of sweet added to a spicy meal...just enough to quick-shock the senses. 20:32 - YEP!!! The female vocal hook most will know, luv the synth on this. Dude the tempo to this point...GROOVEABLE....head knoddin' no doubt. 24:13 - GO MAN GO!!!!! CONFIDENT gait on the melody....that audio CRESCENDO you added...RANCID SICK!!!!!! Sick like the girl that leaves her job the second after she gets a text she doesn't agree with; and ends up at your work parking lot......waiting. 30:10 - Can I get a UMMMMFFFFF!!!!! 32:11 - And one more time.....like Biggie Smalls alive in his prime. The percussion and buildup pulls it out your mouth.... VOLUME BLASTIN' ON THIS.....SHIZZLE...DOG PISSING IN A WET BASEMENT FUNK!!!!!!!!!! 37:00 - YEP! Fader chops, nicely done...luv the melody on this bit as well. Feels like trouble waiting to happen....the in her panties kind. Wait for the male vocal hook, "Hey man," that comes a little later. 44:00 - DIGGIN THIS!!!! Some may not like the transition to this, but no complaints here. Attention still into the scene you painted, still MOVIN' SOMETHIN"!!!! 49:50 - BLENDER!!!!!! Know these tracks and the vocal narratives.....dude it works how you fused it on this stanza. It's BELIEVABLE...so the audience can feel it, even though they may know the tracks as well. 55:01 - THUMPIN!!!!!! Q-TIP vocal loop...by 56:23....OK....having trouble keeping the feet composed, don't want to look stupid in these lonely streets outside the flat.....ALL SMILES HERE!!!!! 63:40 - DAMN MAN!!!! So tight losing track of time...melting into this scene no doubt. 65:47 - HAHAHA...yeah man I'm convinced, you got some SICKO in ya hahaha!!!!!! 68:30 - GOOSEBUMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CRESCENDO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah man JR kind of sick ....lmao!!! You cats make an innocent man live a double-life like Jack the Ripper!!!!!! 71:33 - YES..YES!!!!!! Get the heart rate back to a contained status. 75:20 - CODA! And when the hangover clears....do it all over again.
- You know those places in life when you feel like you have ARRIVED? When the good vibez roll in and things just fall into place. Come here for that experience...feels DAMN GOOD doesn't it? 77 mins...23 secs...A MUST HEAR!