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sūp:urbia – catharsis

{ns} — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:04:03 +0000

this mix was originally recorded on the way to hawaii back in october, but haven’t gotten around to finishing it until today (trying to spend less time on these damn life-sucking computers).

as always, enjoy the tracks.

download Catharsis 102 mb :: 1 hr 11 min (right-click and choose ‘Save As…’)

TRACKLIST

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CATHARSIS: Expulsive Mix

1. Loquai – How Long Can I Wait (Original Mix)
2. Tripzone – Violante (Loquai Remix)
3. Blusoul – Ill Come To You (Loquai Remix)
4. The Kps – Supernatural Part 1 (Original Mix)
5. Audio Junkies & Mei Finegold – Deeper (Original Mix)
6. Dark Soul Project – Orgoage (DSlide And Doxx Remix)
7. dPen & Nick Varon – In Pain (Original Mix)
8. Facundo Mohrr & Lai Laila Tassara – The End Of The World (Original Mix)
9. Damabiah – Eloann Et La Plume (Original Mix)
10. Loquai – Reflections (Original Mix)

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sūp:urbia – convergence

{ns} — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:13:06 +0000

whew! after a two-month hiatus, i’ve was finally able to get back into my mixes as most of june and july were consumed by work and the move from seattle to minneapolis. well, after being in minneapolis for three weeks now, it’s still been busy trying to get settled in and getting into a more typical “routine” of sorts while trying to do some personal projects on the side. “convergence” reflects my recent cross-country move, the seemingly parallel lives one experiences for a few weeks until they can close one chapter while getting a considerable push into the next. the move. the change. the challenge. as a result, i chose to select a wide variety of tracks for this mix whose release dates and memories span the duration from my beginnings in seattle up to my current, yet young, life in minneapolis. each track, for me, has a particular memory attached to it within this period of time. So there is some underlying structure amongst it’s seemingly chaotic mosaic of trance, progressive and dark minimal.

as always, enjoy the tracks.

download Convergence 135 mb :: 1 hr 33 min (right-click and choose ‘Save As…’)

TRACKLIST

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CONVERGENCE: Asymptotic Mix

1. Airwave – Sky Blues (Beat Mix)
2. Oxygen Breathing Apparatus – Spy In The Machine (Original Mix)
3. Rachael Starr – To Forever (Moonbeam Remix)
4. Greed – Strange World (King Monkey Dub)
5. Silent Brothers – Departed (Original Mix)
6. Soundtrap & Borut Margon – Slowly Startin
7. Ozgur Ozkan – Assos Down (Dark Soul Project Remix)
8. V-Sag and dPen – Some Thoughts (Federico Epis Remix)
9. Wes Straub – Seraphims Ghost (Original Mix)
10. Varian – No Way Out (Lightscape Remix)
11. Elfsong & Aeron Aether – Sylleptica (Michael Levan & Stiven Rivic Remix)
12. BT – Mercury & Solace (BT 12)
13. Sied Van Riel & Radion 6 – Radiator (Original Mix)
14. Lange – Let It All Out feat Sarah Howells (Ronski Speed Mix Edit)

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sūp:urbia – dubiety

{ns} — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:30:18 +0000

just squeezed this mix in before the start of the new month. with the new job, the upcoming move this summer, and all of the doubt and uncertainty that comes with the future, while at the same time trying to wrap up ongoing things, life and my sanity have been all over the place–back and forth. that, combined with the lack of spring/early summer weather here in seattle this month has simply amplified that chaotic and bipolar feeling, which gave way to the title of this mix and the overall sound the tracks combine to create.

enjoy the tracks.

download Dubiety 148 mb :: 1 hr 43 min (right-click and choose ‘Save As…’)

TRACKLIST

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DUBIETY: Bipolar Mix

1. First State – My Sanctuary (Original Mix)
2. Loquai – Reflections (Original Mix)
3. Badlands & Solex – Wither & Fly (Solex & DJ Eco Mix)
4. Nadia Ali – Fantasy (Tritonal Air Up There Remix)
5. Dresden & Johnston – That Day feat Nadia Ali (Mikael Johnston Tritonal Air Up There Remix)
6. Paul Oakenfold – Firefly feat Matt Goss (Robert Vadney Dub Mix)
7. Temple One & Tu Casa – Betelgeuse Barnes (Heatcliff Remix)
8. Vibrasphere – Reservoir (Antix Remix)
9. Carlo Resoort – Flash Player (Original Mix)
10. Sophie Sugar & Sunlounger – Lost Together (Armin Van Buuren Mash Up)
11. Six Senses & Factor – Six Microtonic (Danilo Ercole Remix)
12. Slava Flash & Spartaque – Openair (Smart Apes Remix)
13. Golden Coast – Ivory (DJ Scot Project Remix)
14. M.I.K.E. & Plastic Boy – Aquarius (Original Mix)
15. Uform – Deep Blue (Loquai Remix)

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sūp:urbia – alacrity

{ns} — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:19:35 +0000

as usual, a little late in getting my latest mix out, so this is actually my april mix. with the anticipated changes coming up and the hectic life as of late, “alacrity” takes on a much faster and energetic energy with some great tracks that have provided me with the necessary inspiration over the past month when contemplating my next moves in the coming months.

as always, enjoy the tracks.

download Alacrity 107 mb :: 1 hr 15 min (right-click and choose ‘Save As…’)

TRACKLIST

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ALACRITY: Kenetic Mix

1. Blue Andrelli – Imagine feat Hila (Mike Nichol Remix)
2. Sander Van Doorn – Renegade The Official Trance Energy Anthem 2010 (Original Mix)
3. Ummet Ozcan – Next Phase (Phase 1 Mix)
4. Plumb – Hang On (Dave Aude Club Dub)
5. Ellrich – Plaice Fucking Society (Ummet Ozcan Mix)
6. Kelly Jay & Ryeland – Voice Of Reason (Original Mix)
7. Kelly Jay & Ryeland – Spirits Connect (Original Mix)
8. The Space Brothers – Heaven Will Come Stoneface (Terminal Vocal Mix)
9. Nitrous Oxide & Aneym – Far Away (Club Mix)
10. Soto & Tritonal – Forgive Me Forget You feat Soto (Ashley Wallbridge Remix)
11. Aly & Fila – My Mind Is With You feat Denise Riviera (WW Remix)
12. Alex Sayz feat. Lawrence Alexander – Shame On Me (Alaa Dub)

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sūp:urbia – Terminus

{ns} — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:32:12 +0000

well finally… i’ve gotten around to putting together my very first mix! after playing around with ableton live 6 for the past year, version 7 has recently been released and i’ve decided to take the plunge and actually purchase it, which means i can output my own mixes. not sure what really inspired me today, perhaps it was the amazing hike in the olympic mountains yesterday that brought forth a tremendous amount of inspiration and creative motivation. anyway, i’ve had a few of these tracks in my head for the past few weeks which for me defines this summer, with a few other good summer tracks to throw in between.

Terminus, titled such as it marks the end of the summer finally, is a little “brighter” than much of what i listened to, but uplifting vocals work out well considering it’s still summer. you can definitely expect darker, less vocal and more progressive stuff as we transition into fall. the set starts off gradually at the beginning, but once it kicks in it’s constant throughout until the final track, which is a little darker than the others signaling the evolution of summer into fall.

enjoy! oh, and superurbia, which will essentially be the home of my mixes “sūp:urbia” and other creative output i happen to throw on there. eventually i will actually get some kind of site up, but that’s still somewhere on my long list of tasks

download Terminus 92.5 mb :: 1 hr 24 min (right-click and choose ‘Save As…’)

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TERMINUS: 2008 End of Summer Mix

1. Martin Roth – Off The World (Lange Remix)
2. Chris Lake – Carry Me Away feat Emma Hewitt (Original Club Mix)
3. Nadia Ali – Crash And Burn (DJ Shah Island Remix)
4. Squareface – Red Sunset feat Dani G (Tim Scott’s Original Vox)
5. Andy Duguid – Wasted feat Leah (Original Mix)
6. Morgan Page – The Longest Road feat Lissie (Deadmau5 Remix)
7. Cary Brothers – Ride (Tiesto Extended Remix)
8. Reflekt feat. Delline Bass – Need to Feel Loved (Thrillseekers Remix)
9. Oceanlab – Clear Blue Water (Ferry Corstens Remix)
10. DJ Shah – Don’t Wake Me Up feat Inger Hansen (San Antonio Harbor Mix)
11. Motorcycle – As The Rush Comes (Markus Schulz Coldharbor Remix)
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enlightened

{ns} — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:53:16 +0000

the events that unfolded over the past two weeks has definitely been difficult and exhausting to deal with and was quite a personal challenge for myself. thinking, reflection and contemplation were running about ten times higher than normal which has resulted in the realization of a lot of things that i now take with me, things that to an extent have made me much more an enlightened person.

now some people see enlightenment for sages and mystics, that it brings a person further away from reality and that enlightened people are above everyone, which is a completely false perception. enlightened people are just like everyone else. however, this article states that “Part of the problem is Enlightenment can mean many things. Bringing light to dark places, bringing clarity, and perceiving the truth are a few different interpretations. But ultimately, Enlightenment is understanding your true nature. Itâ€™s the realization that you are not a separate ego, you are the eternal, unbounded energy of the universe.” The same article explains that enlightenment helps you realize:

* Death and birth are an illusion.
* Life is a dream with the brain awake.
* Beliefs are subjective. Something is only true if you believe it is.
* Life is essentially one, everything is consciousness.
* You are eternal and there is no reason to fear death, or anything for that matter. Essentially, if you are experiencing fear, thereâ€™s a bug in your consciousness.
* What you do to others, you are really doing to yourself.
* You know yourself through the difference of others, you perceive in others the reflection of yourself. i.e. if you think everyone else is an asshole, it just might be you.
* Because we are all one, compassion and love become the highest principles.

so in reality it means “living life more fully, passionately and fearlessly.” these are all characteristics which i have begun to see in my own life over the past year or two as my own personal growth evolves. in addition to those points above, there are also a series of agreements i have made with myself to recover my personal freedom again: using the power of my word to go with myself rather than against it; never taking anything anyone does or says personally; no longer make assumptions as it only creates a lot of unnecessary drama in the end (don’t assume others know what i’m thinking or how i feel), don’t believe myself and my inner voice of knowledge when that voice is used against me; and, listen to what other people have to say, but don’t believe what they tell me unless i feel they are speaking from their integrity.

i wouldn’t say i am totally enlightened, but definitely feel that with these ideas in mind that it is the direction i am heading towards in order to bring about a greater feeling of inner peace.

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-07

{ns} — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

amazing sunrise this morning. absolutely clear. cool temps. a good day in store… i can tell! #
very cool: http://bestiario.org/research/citydistances/ #
playing the classical music loud. very, very loud. #
coffee round 3: it’s a marathon morning. #
who said table of contents have to be boring and mundane? http://tinyurl.com/6auwz2 #
heading to the gym, armed with some new mixes for motivation. #

emerging patterns in data

{ns} — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:02:27 +0000

today i looked up my tweet statistics and frequently tweeted topics, which the following images reveal. you can also view my latest stats.

postponed

{ns} — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:24:19 +0000

well the mt. rainier climb that we had tentatively scheduled for the end of this coming has been postponed until mid to late july unfortunately. the main reason is the weather forecast a few days ago was showing a pretty decent chance for rain and snow on rainier for wednesday and thursday with mostly cloudy conditions… not all that good for getting the best experience. additionally, everyone’s schedule this week is pretty hectic including my own since we planned the trip pretty quickly without allowing much time for more intense training. thus, i am not completely disappointed (except i was at first!) as i would much rather climb when the weather is clearer.

josue, jesse and myself were able to get a training hike in at mt. si this past wednesday which was awesome… especially considering the weather finally cooperated. i ended up with some pretty major blisters on the heels of my feet once we reached the top after a poor choice in socks selection, the pain of which i am still dealing with today. whatever, it was definitely worth it. i took some photos and video from the top.

mt. rainier climb, soon!

{ns} — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:38:02 +0000

i’ve been talking about getting climb scheduled to summit mt. rainier this summer, which will probably be one of the greatest physical and mental challenges i’ve had in a while and is well over due. earlier this year i began to question its feasibility after attending at ‘prep for rainier’ seminar at rei back in march. the main reason for doubt–the cost involved with obtaining the equipment and getting the proper guide to take you up there. there’s no way in hell i would venture up there alone or with friends who have never climbed it at least several times! luckily i have two friends who have also been wanting to summit it and we’ve had ongoing casual discussions about getting the climb setup for this summer. nothing was ever firmly set in place though, which increased my doubt. however, i later learned that they had a friend who was a guide for climbs on mt rainier and offered to take us up there! woohoo!

so i ran into my friends again at a bar one night where we talked about the climb, you know since we are already in june and summer is here (although it doesn’t feel or look like it here in seattle). they were meeting with the guide one day the following week to discuss the potential trip and try to get some dates setup for the best times to go. i was stoked, and told them to let me know what information they gather from the guide afterwards. this was probably two weeks ago. then, the other afternoon (monday i believe) i was sitting here working… you know just the typical buzz of work. suddenly an email came in through my inbox titled “Rainier”. oh my god, it was good news. basically it was information my friend forwarded to me from the guide regarding scheduling of the climb etc.

but when, you ask? we have a tentative date set for june 25-27th (takes about 3 days to climb up to the summit and get back down) which means we need to get our asses in gear and start doing some more intense hikes near seattle with weighted packs. i’m not really concerned about conditioning or training for rainier as we’re all in good shape and do a lot of cardio, so endurance should not be an issue (well, until we reach the higher altitudes with less oxygen). from what i’ve heard, the thing that gets most people is having to carry all of that weight on their backs which should amount to less than 50 lbs if you pack appropriately. usually it’s closer to 35-40 lbs. so now we need just need to schedule some climbs with our packs weighed down either on the weekends or after work since there are so many great possibilities near seattle.

we won’t know for sure if our climb will take place later this month until we get closer to the start date and observe the weather forecasts. three climbers where stranded yesterday, one of which died, when the strong late season spring storm blew through with blizzard conditions and 70+ mph winds on the mountain. we don’t want that to happen! if the weather turns nasty during our planned dates, then we will move the climb to mid-july sometime.

i’m totally excited, and i can’t help but think about and anticipate the trip!

some info:

Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano in Pierce County, Washington, located 54 miles southeast of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It is the highest peak in the Cascade Range, with a topographical summit of 14,411 feet. The mountain and the surrounding area comprise Mount Rainier National Park. With 26 major glaciers, Mount Rainier is the most heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48 states at 35 square miles of snow and glaciers. Heat from the volcano keeps areas of the crater rim on its summit cone mostly free of snow and ice. The geothermal heat has also caused the formation of glacier caves in the twin summit craters.

Mount Rainier was originally known as Talol or Tahoma (not to be confused with Tacoma), from the Puyallup word tÉ™qÊ·ÃºÊ”bÉ™Ê” (”mother of waters”). It has a topographic prominence of 13,211 feet, greater than that of K2. It can be seen prominently to the south from most of the Seattle Metropolitan Area. On clear days, it can also be seen from as far away as Portland, Oregon. Because of its scenic dominance, Seattle/Tacoma-area residents often refer to it simply as “the Mountain.”

Mountain climbing on Mount Rainier is difficult; it includes climbing on the largest glaciers in the U.S. south of Alaska. Most climbers require two to three days to reach the summit. Climbing teams require experience in glacier travel, self-rescue, and wilderness travel. About 8,000 – 13,000 people attempt the climb each year, about 90% via routes from Camp Muir on the southwest flank. Most of the rest ascend Emmons Glacier via Camp Schurman on the northeast. About half of the attempts are successful, with weather and conditioning being the most common reasons for failure. About three mountaineering deaths each year occur due to rock and ice fall, avalanche, falls, and hypothermia associated with severe weather.