This was originally recorded back in the 2008 timeframe, but like so many of my projects lost when the cheap hardware I was using crashed. What did we ever do before the cloud? While the unfinished project recording files we’re never recovered the 35 minutes of test rendering was. Originally this was a mix done for my new girlfriend, now wife, who had missed out on my DJ glory days. Having “retired” from DJ’ing in 2005/06 I was convinced to make her a mixtape, as hopeless romantics often do. She is way more of a hip-hop head than I, but we agreed on Downtempo and Trip-Hop. This idea what a holdover from the Noctum Records days when I thought it would be fun to do a series based on what a DJ would play in a coffeehouse rather than a club. The name is taken from a type of Roobios tea. Which is a play on the Tea House that my now wife ran back then, along with her nickname, “Red”. During its life it was played during an Ambient Camping event and then eventually release on the nurevolution studios podcast in 2010.
Joseph Noctum - Pyropolis 20X: Texas Tango
2010 Was a busy year for shows and performances. As the build up came from a few years in “retirement” once I was unleashed there was so much music to catch up on it became one of my busier years. In preparation for my first Burning Flipside, a BurningMan offshoot event in Texas, I learned the hard way to transition from vinyl to USB DJ’ing. The result was my first outing in the city of Pyropolis and throwing down set after set for the Texas Tango. It is a compilation of a weeks worth of shows played. With plenty of sound camps to play at including, Carpe Noctem, Alpha Rhythms, and Winners Circle. Every track here was dropped at some point although maybe not in this order.
Joseph Noctum - Changes
Originally released in late 2004 / early 2005 this mix was a point of stepping outside the box. No longer was I just a Deep/Progressive House DJ, but this was stepping out into other genres that would pave the way for sounds today. We have remastered this mix to bring it up to today’s dancefloor standards.
Joseph Noctum - Uprooted
This was a result of travels in Europe and picking up the early ElectroClash records which was the precursor to Electro House. Also during this time influence of a tribal house crew, two prolific progressive house producers, and the punkish feelings of youth. The result is a cross-section of my early twenties in a mix. It’s gritty, drum-heavy, and one big party.