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recorded May 2001 in Cole Valley, San Francisco h.e.a.d. s.h.i.t. 002 This is the first released mix I made since early 1998 and the first in San Francisco. I had been out of the game for so long I felt I needed something to reintroduce myself and my sound to everyone, especially those in San Francisco. The big question was what I wanted to present myself as. I wanted to be true to my style without being offensive to those who like the standard SF sounds. San Francisco is a house, breaks, and trance town -- all styles that I don't play. The solution was to ride the intersection of different techno styles, which is what I love the most, but ride the styles that people in SF will find familiar, or at least comfortable. Instead of house I chose tech-house, instead of breaks I chose electro, and instead of trance I chose, well, good old techno (in case you were wondering, I think it's all techno). What I came up with is a mix I thought was a good reintroduction for me to the world. A mix that was true to my style yet listenable for those finicky cats in San Francisco. And since no one knew who I was out here anyway, why not Who is the Fresh Blend?? An interesting subplot: I tried to fit in some important artists from the San Francisco Bay Area into this mix. I hope Safety Scissors, Kit Clayton, Chris Jackson (also on here as Switch, a fact I learned as I was tracking the mix), and Sutekh believe they were well represented.
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