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    Pearsall - There & Back 001, Rolling Drum n' Bass 1994-1996

    I'm excited to announce a new mix series for 2024 called There & Back! Conceptually, these mixes are designed to be listened to on my commute, so they will clock in at about 1 hour, but more importantly than that it's just an excuse to do some crate-digging! Each month I will be digging in the...
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    Pearsall - Short Window to Chill [Downtempo / Trip-Hop Mix]

    OK, usually I just do pretty manic mixes, but I do also sometimes enjoy mellower stuff, so I thought fuck it, let's make a downtempo mix. And here it it! Why did I call it a short window to chill? Well, basically because I actually had a very short window to make this mix. I recorded it off the...
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    Pearsall's Berlin Underground Bass Alliance Promo Mix [Old Skool Hardcore]

    I'm playing at Berlin Underground Bass Alliance - Subland x Parallax x Impulse Basskultur in two weeks' time - so I've just dropped an old skool hardcore mix as a promo to whet some appetites for the Parallax Recordings room! Party info: https://ra.co/events/1753217 More about the mix...
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    Pearsall presents Rinsessions Revisited [Early Grime Instrumental Mix]

    I think the best ever single grime tape pack / mix release was Rinse FM's amazing Rinsessions Vol. 1, which was released in 2005. A true landmark release, it featured six mixes from some of the scene's leading names, such as Roll Deep, Ruff Sqwad, Slimzee, Plasticman (now known as Plastician)...
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    Peoples Stations #6: Pearsall [Old Skool Jungle Mix]

    Yes, I'm extremely on the ball, but here's a mix I did in March (!) for the Peoples Station crew (aka Vali NME Click and DJ Chromz) for their show on Jungletrain.net They requested an old skool jungle mix, so I decided to have a little fun with it and just pull out half a shelf of records and...
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    Pearsall - Berlin nach London [90's Jump-Up Drum n' Bass Mix]

    I was recently back in London for work so I threw together this little mix to listen to while traveling, just because it reminds me of living in London when I was a teenager, and raving to this stuff first time around. Is it cheesy at times? Sure! Is it also super fun party music? Absolutely...
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    Pearsall presents The 90's Sessions Vol. 2: A Chemical Brothers Special

    Hey! So I know some of you will hate this, but that's ok ... I'm a big fan of The Chemical Brothers, and have been since basically when I first got into electronic music, which was (gulp) quite some time ago. Anyways, I decided to put together a mix of some of my favorite 90's stuff from them...
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    Pearsall - I never went to Speed ... I did go to Metalheadz [2-part mix set]

    Hey! I'm super excited to kick off 2023 with a very special mix project: a two-part, 50-track mix set dedicated to reimagining nights at two of London's most influential drum n' bass nights ever: Speed and Metalheadz! One mix is focused on the light side, the other on the dark, but taken...
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    Pearsall presents City Groove: A Quick Luca Lozano Tribute Mix

    I've done a mix of some of my favorite tunes from London-born, Berlin-based producer Luca Lozano. Very big fan of his old skool-flavored mashup of Chicago house, Detroit techno, bleep, breaks, electro, and jungle. Enjoy! Blog link...
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    Massive Philippines fundraiser raffle - huge vinyl prizes

    My mate runs the Vinyl Pimp record shop in Hackney and he's putting on a fundraising party/raffle to benefit the victims of the recent typhoon in the Philippines. For the raffle prizes, he's managed to secure vinyl giveaways from a whole load of amazing bass music labels, including Deep Medi...
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    Not really a Dissensus sort of mix, but whatever...

    Banging acid n' stuff. Not really a Dissensus kind of mix, but maybe one or two of you will enjoy it. Blathering here. Pearsall - Maximalism Part 1 (69 minutes, 95.4 MB, 192 kbps) 01. Mark One - Hoovers & Spraycans (Retro) 02. Underground Resistance - Punisher (Underground Resistance) 03...
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    worst musical experience?

    me? having to fuck to Ani di Franco. ewww. yours?
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    Pearsall - Firestorm (Classic Jump-Up/Hardstep Mix)

    After ages of slacking off, I've finally done a new mix (and relaunched my music blog). Full write-up here Pearsall - Firestorm 01. Tribe of Issachar feat. Top Cat - Champion Natty (Congo Natty) 02. MA3 - Those DJ's (Formation) 03. Prisoners of Technology - Trick of Technology Remix (Fresh...
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    What is the West?

    I didn't want to derail this very entertaining thread on the interplay between reggaeton and dancehall (ok, yes, mostly one-way traffic I know) and the wider influences on Jamaican popular music, but one of the curious things is that, several times, there was talk of Jamaica and 'the West', as...
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    Plasticman interview

    Just in case any of you are interested, I interviewed Plasticman for Riddim.ca It's here if you're interested.
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    happy hardcore

    Obviously there is no shame in liking early 90's breakbeat hardcore (we're probably only a couple years away from a Soul Jazz retrospective, now that they're on early techno and house), but who here was into hardcore after the big split with jungle and the kick drum stabbage really took over...
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    Logan's last show

    Check out Logan's last show on Rinse before he goes to Kiss from Friday, featuring untold specials (including Vybz Kartel over Dexplicit's 'No' beat!), dubs, and several dozen mc's. Massive. http://www.rinsefm.com/audiopresent.htm
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    Grime Tune ID

    http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=343BNYKERHMQQ29UTUPZE5I4P7 This is from a Roll Deep set from January. What's the tune Wiley and JME are mcing over? It's horror movie music. Awesome.
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    Who's reaching the DEE/Ears/Jammer event tonight in NYC?

    I am! If you see me, say hello. I'll be the fat (yet muscular!) dude with short brown hair, glasses, and iPod-tone skin. me, last June
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    fao: new york city people

    this is kind of a weird request, but anyways... I've been thinking about writing a piece about my days of going to squat raves in London, and I kind of would like to have a mix to go along with it. the problem is, I don't have decks here in New York (my decks are in London and I've not gotten...
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