BUDDHA BEATS — Episode 99 / Hard Style
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I have been a raver since 1992, and have been to lots of events over the years. My hope with these mixes is that I can somehow teleport you — my listeners — mentally to the spaces that these kinds of events went down in. Illegal “Outlaw” parties, full-blown armory/convention hall sized raves, super sweat-soaked club nights, all where you danced yourself into happiness. The DJs at those events brought their “A Game”, and everyone left at the end having made new friends, and sore legs walking out. I have stories upon stories of nights like this. This month’s mix reaches back yet...
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BUDDHA BEATS — Episode 98 / Disco House
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Hello and welcome to Episode 98 of BUDDHA BEATS! I’m The Engineer, your DJ for the next hour. This month we have tracks from Mick Teck, Charles J, Luca Debonaire, Block & Crown, and Robbie Tronco! We are 2 episodes away from the BUDDHA BEATS 100 party on October 26th! Check the daibutsu music website for information and tickets!
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BUDDHA BEATS — Episode 97 / Rave Techno
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Hello and welcome to Episode 97 of BUDDHA BEATS! I’m The Engineer, your DJ for the next hour. This month we have tracks from: Human Safari, Judaz, DJ Misjah & DJ Tim, Yuuta and Cherryphonic, and yours truly. We are THREE MONTHS away from BUDDHA BEATS 100th Episode. This is a party you don’t want to miss! For all the details, head to and get added to the mailing list. Tickets go on sale soon! This is The Engineer signing off until next time saying PEACE!!!
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BUDDHA BEATS - Episode 96 / House
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Hello and welcome to Episode 96 of BUDDHA BEATS! I’m The Engineer, your DJ for the next 90 minutes. This month we have tracks from: Soulsearcher, Lectroluv, Eddie Amador, Frederico Scavo, and Luca Debonaire. We are 4 episodes away from the BUDDHA BEATS 100 Party. Make sure you sign up for our newsletter to get all the details! This party is going to be EPIC! Details on our website at: daibutsumusic.com. Please enjoy this mix, and share with fellow dance music lovers whenever you can!
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BUDDHA BEATS - Episode 95 / Hard Techno
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Hello and welcome to Episode 95 of BUDDHA BEATS! I’m The Engineer, you DJ for the next hour. This month we have a hard techno mix featuring Blashear, Marco Leckbert, Pesante, Slam, and Church Of Extacy. We are FIVE episodes away from BUDDHA BEATS 100! There’s going to be a party, and I hope to see you there. Sign up for the mailing list for more details at
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BUDDHA BEATS - Episode 94 / Techno
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This mix was inspired by the DJs I got to see this past weekend (April 20th) in Los Angeles. They really had the floor eating out of the palm of their hands. It had me thinking the whole way back to my hotel, and again on the way back to Philly. So, I when I got behind my own decks, I immediately started recording. This mix is a result of just going for it. There are four of my own tracks in here, and are surrounded by some sweet tracks. Please share this mix with your friends. Enjoy!
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Episode 93 / Rave Techno
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The Engineer is back with tracks from Axel Karakasis, Angie Taylor, Christian Smith, Mani Festo, and I Am Bam to take you to the heart of the rave with the bass that makes the face, and the beats that move the feet. It's rave techno this month! If you want to be notified when the music and the mixes drop, head over to and sign up for our monthly newsletter. Full track listing is in the Podcast section of the site. Enjoy the mix!
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BUDDHA BEATS - Episode 92 / Hypnotic Techno Mix
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Hello and welcome to Episode 92 of BUDDHA BEATS! I’m The Engineer, your DJ for the next hour. This month we have tracks from: Stefan Vincent, Mark Reeve, O.B.I., Skirra, and yours truly. Time to head to The Temple folks, let’s get those sneakers on and LET’S GO!! EPISODE 92 — TRACK LIST ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0:00:00 - Tengu / Stephan Vincent 0:06:41 - Dark Spectral / Arnaud Le Texier 0:09:36 - Crack / Mathys Lenne 0:13:42 - Concentrate / Mark Reeve, KLØSET 0:17:08 - Bells and Stabs / Kristian Heikkila 0:21:15 - Hermes /...
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BUDDHA BEATS - Episode 91 / Techno Mix
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Hello and welcome to Episode 91 of BUDDHA BEATS! I’m The Engineer, your DJ for the next hour. This month we have tracks from: Zero Dayz, Mauro Somm, Flug, Cari Lekebusch, and yours truly. It’s time to head to The Temple folks, let’s get those sneakers on and LET’S GO!!
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BUDDHA BEATS - Episode 90 / Techno Mix
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Hello and welcome to Episode 90 of BUDDHA BEATS! I’m The Engineer, your DJ for the next hour. This month we have tracks from Yan Cook, Torc, DAVE The Drummer, The Obsessed, and new music from yours truly! Time to head to The Temple folks, let’s get those sneakers on and LET’S GO!
info_outlineWhen I had started going to raves back in the 90's, the only "online" places were CompuServe, Prodigy, AOL, and if you really knew what you were doing, you would log on to a BBS — a Bulletin Board System. And these were used for chatting with people across the country, and depending on what you logged into, even the world. I remember logging into a BBS one night, and learning of a rave party once. Other than that, the best way to learn of the parties were flyers and word of mouth. And, once you learned of the party, in order to throw off the authorities, there were map-point hotlines. You would call from the first one, find out where the next one was to get to the party. Sometimes it was in a decrepit or dilapidated building or warehouse. These were called Illegal or "Outlaw" raves.
That being said, the DJs, and the music you heard at these events were magical. Now that I'm older, and have amassed quite a nice catalog of tracks from that area in various formats (CD/vinyl/MP3s), I always wanted to play at one of those events from back in the day. But something I quickly learned was how distant the BPMs were for large number of the tracks from that era, and how the speed of almost all of them drifted between a few different BPMs! And back then, there wasn't any sync buttons, or even digital DJ decks to use. It was ALL vinyl! I give credit where credit is due, the DJs back then made it look as simple as tying your shoe, when it was more like trying to knit a quilt from multiple directions.
In this month's mix, I have been able to incorporate some of today's hard techno tracks in a mix withe some classic rave tracks from the like of Acen's "Trip II The Moon" (Parts One And Two), Church Of Extacy's "Passion", and Interactive's "Elevator Up & Down". Each of these tracks, if played for a raver who went to parties in the 1990s will instantly be able to tell you their escapades in which each of these tracks played a part! And to top it all off, I added my own track "Original Raver" to close the set. This unreleased track is my own attempt at writing a 90's rave track, complete with rave whistles! Let me know what you think!
Enjoy!