Alan Ranta (ꜱᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ?)

@alanranta.bsky.social

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Rants about things, usually music, sometimes for money. Bylines seen in PopMatters, Bandcamp, Georgia Straight and Exclaim! Longtime juror for the Polaris Prize and Juno Awards. Mixes & Musings: https://linktr.ee/alanranta ⓘ this user is woke

☞︎ILLBIENT DNB '90-'05 (11 hrs) This 5-part, 11-hour mix is a survey of a nebulous sub-genre known as illbient. According to wiki, "illbient is a genre of electronic music and an art movement that originated among hip hop-influenced experimental musicians from New York City in the early 1990s." The word "illbient" is a combination of "ill" and "ambient," but that hardly describes what the genre actually is. When I think of illbient music, I imagine a blend of experimental trip-hip and liquid drum 'n' bass. For my money, DJ Wally is the quintessential illbient artist, alongside the likes of DJ Olive's We™ and DJ Soul Slinger. For the purpose of this mix, illbient is going to be basically any track that sounds like drum 'n' bass made by an act that does not primarily make drum 'n' bass, but rather artists typically more trip-hip, big beat, and turntablist related, as is the focus of this 1990-2005 series. As such, this mix is not strictly what purists would call illbient or DnB, but rather a distinct vibe from a past generation, from the golden age of sampling. A whole bunch of these tracks are songs that I've always thought should be on a DnB mix, but I doubted anyone else would put them on such a thing, so I did my best. Anyway... SUPPORT ARTISTS WHILE THEY'RE STILL ALIVE! BUY THEIR MUSIC, MERCH + SHOW TICKETS!
Michael Scott doing his best impression of Mickey Rooney.
A TV guide from July 3-9 of 1976.
☞︎BIG BEAT TAPE '90-'05 (18 hrs) This is music for people who watch the 'Pulp Fiction' knock-off raver film 'Go' every Xmas. Or for people who saw Groove Armada live at Tribal Gathering in Manchester, in the same warehouse where they shot '24 Hour Party People.' Or for people who got the original UK version of 'Human Traffic' because you saw that 'Jerry Springer' had been dubbed in, and you wanted to hear the original reference, which made no difference as you have never seen 'Richard & Judy' before, hence the chance for the North American version. If you like those movies and their soundtracks, you'll dig the vibe and recognize a few songs here. May the beat go on. SUPPORT ARTISTS WHILE THEY'RE STILL ALIVE! BUY THEIR MUSIC, MERCH + SHOW TICKETS! ☞︎☞︎☞︎DROPBOX LINK: https://bit.ly/bigbeat90 ☞︎☞︎☞︎DOWNLOAD/STREAM ALL OF MY MIXES HERE: https://linktr.ee/alanranta
Someone in Viet Nam seems to like my mixes.
They'll prolly fix this on the next update. They're good about that.
This is music for people who watch the 'Pulp Fiction' knock-off raver film 'Go' every Xmas. Or for people who saw Groove Armada live at Tribal Gathering in Manchester, in the same warehouse where they shot '24 Hour Party People.' Or for people who got the original UK version of 'Human Traffic' because you saw that 'Jerry Springer' had been dubbed in, and you wanted to hear the original reference, which made no difference as you have never seen 'Richard & Judy' before, hence the chance for the North American version. If you like those movies and their soundtracks, you'll dig the vibe and recognize a few songs here. May the beat go on.
Cat being bad.
Tony Hinchcliffe is not a comedian. He's just a racist with a microphone.
Last one.
Toki sitting awkwardly for no reason.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
All cover art imagery from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Links to all of the 1976 'Year of the Deir' mixes can be found here: https://linktr.ee/alanranta
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.
Latest standings at Pinhalla, going into playoffs.
Me, playing this mix at Otherworld.
Tim Pool
Almost all cover art imagery is from 1976.