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ctoafn (Couldn't Think Of A F%#king Name) has been a DJ and promoter for the last 18 years in Melbourne moving back home to Adelaide January 2016 and back to Melbourne late 2021). He was the man behind Collateral Damage and Therapy Sessions Melbourne representing the darkside of drum n bass and has toured/supported acts including Dylan, Limewax, Current Value, Audio, Robyn Chaos, The Sect, Raiden, The Panacea, Dom & Roland, SPL and more. He also promoted and supported the "original and infamous" Spor & Ewun show @ The Palace, Evol Intent, John B, Apex (Unknown Error) and Telemetrik to name a few.

After giving up promoting in 2009 (except for the odd warehouse party) ctoafn spent a lot of time successfully getting his brand of bass music to the masses - Fast and furious mixing, dancefloor filling, bass ridden, filthy yet funky bass ;-) Whether its DnB, Dubstep, Glitch Hop, Moombahton or Breaks you are bound to hear it all.

His "PowerDub" mix released in July 2010 has received props from across the globe with thousands of downloads, CDs etc and then stepped it up and went onto 3 decks for the 2nd PowerDub Mixtape.

This led to playing for all of the large Melbourne bass music crews like Tekstep, BBA, Heavy Innit, The Operatives, PTA as well as Bass Elements & Enchanted Forest in Adelaide, Earth Frequency Festival in Brisbane, Dark Hearts in Christchurch. He's been a resident for one of the top 3 bass crews in Melbourne 'Twisted Audio' for 10 years after stepping back into his DNB roots. He then moved back to his home town of Adelaide to perform with Bass Element & The Collective which in the process across Melbourne & Adelaide been given the responsibility to warm up or close for a 'who's who' of D&B & Dubstep acts including Noisia, Calyx & Teebee, S.P.Y, Dillinja, Dub Phizix & Strategy, Rene La Vice, LTJ Bukem, Spectrasoul, DRS, Datsik, 16 Bit, SPL, Funtcase, Gemini, Audio/Pixel Fist, Phaeleh, Current Value, Dieselboy, State Of Mind, Evol Intent, Mefjus, Stickybuds, Emperor, InsideInfo, Cooh/Balkansky, Xilent, Fred V & Grafix, The Upbeats, Black Sun Empire, DC Breaks, Ivy Lab, Ekko & Sidetrack, Trei, Brookes Brothers, Annix, Jade, Teddy Killerz & Tantrum Desire. Even got to do a NYE mix for Triple J !

Finally I co-hosted a weekly show on Fresh927 FM alongside Uttersounds & OhQ called 'The Ones and Twos' Thursday nights 10pm til midnight CDST from 2018-2021 and all of my shows are archived here.

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Raided my old wax to throw down some mid 00s dnb party bangers

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My speciality is broken beats (dnb/dubstep/breaks) but I do have a decent collection of early 00s trance, Gatecrasher style stuff, which I like to whip out on occassion. This was one of those nights.

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Wanted to drop some old school mid 00s breaks Ive not had the chance to play in a while - so much fun!!

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011 March 2023 - All Styles All Flavours KISSFM Melbourne X DJ ctoafn by ctoafn

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013 May 2023 - All Styles All Flavours KISSFM Melbourne X DJ ctoafn by ctoafn

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014 June 2023 - All Styles All Flavours KISSFM Melbourne X DJ ctoafn B2b Xehpa by ctoafn

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015 August 2023 - All Styles All Flavours KISSFM Melbourne X DJ ctoafn b2b SwitchState by ctoafn

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020 December 2023 - All Styles All Flavours KISSFM Melbourne X DJ ctoafn by ctoafn

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024 April 2024 - All Styles All Flavours KISSFM Melbourne X DJ ctoafn by ctoafn

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ctoafn B2B Xehpa - lots of heavy D&B

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TL to follow but it's straight neuro bangers all 90 minutes:)

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Show #7 covering all the style of D&B, it's all here

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My second show on KISSFM Melbourne ;-)

  1. Noisia x Camo & Krooked - Nova

  2. SMK x Evasion - Soundclash

  3. Rizzle - Too Much

  4. Phonetick - Offgrid (Original)

  5. MC Fokus & Bredren - Foundations

  6. Sastruga - Cassiopeia

  7. Entita - The Get Down

  8. Phentix - Divergence

  9. Xonder - Unknown

  10. MC Spyda x Acuna - Don't Stop

  11. Basstripper - Santana

  12. Break - Minimus

  13. Trex - Sleep On It

  14. Stickybuds & The Funk Hunters feat Flowdan - Empire (Phibes Remix)

  15. Creatures x Visionobi - Taboo

  16. Cherish x ACRAZE - Do It To It (Sub Focus Extended D&B Remix)

  17. Noisia x Phace - Purpose (Buunshin Remix)

  18. Camo & Krooked & Mefjus - Sientelo

  19. DJ Fresh x Vegas - Exorcist

  20. Philth - Yeti (Wampa VIP)

  21. DJ Fresh - Heavyweight (A.M.C Remix)

  22. A.M.C - Brazil

  23. Waeys - The Rush

  24. Lupo - Bark

  25. Trex - Plummet

  26. Phonograph - Bad Monday

  27. Screamarts - Dreamworld

  28. MANTRONIX & XELACHAN - Got To Have Your Love (Official Dnb Mix)

  29. Noisia x IMANU - Shift

  30. Misanthrop - Universe

  31. High Contrast - Return Of Forever (Camo & Krooked & Mefjus Remix)

  32. Lupo x Objectiv - Decisions

  33. Jakes, Critical Impact & T>I - Sniper

  34. Molecular & Arkaik - Break the Habit

  35. DJ Hybrid - So Addictive

  36. Break & DLR - Absolutely True

  37. R3dX - Cease ft. Kyst Cortez

  38. Mughte - Feeling You

  39. Bredren - Aloose

  40. DJ Fresh x Buunshin - Dancing in the Dark (Extended Mix)

  41. Black Sun Empire & Noisia - Caps Lock

  42. Misanthrop - Jitters

  43. Quadrant x Iris x SD - Neon Memory

  44. Mefjus & Maksim MC - Twist Em

  45. X Bar Theory feat Trex - Style & Substance

  46. Misanthrop - Galaxy

  47. Rizzle - Nascent

  48. Phentix - The Unit

  49. Manifest - Build & Destroy

  50. Ekko & Sidetrack - Banish

  51. Noisia x Skrillex x josh pan x Dylan Brady - Supersonic (VIP)

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This week the dnb community got some terrible news with the unexpected and untimely passing of the super talented Optiv. He was a founding member of Cause4Concern andf then solo as Optiv but released many albums/tunes with BTK (as well as continuted work wiith CZA from C4C).

So I took the opportunity to go through his huge body of work and use this weeks show to pay homage to him and his legacy of amazing tunes. There are tunes he's written, tunes of his that have been remixed and tunes that he has remixed. This is as many as I could get through with 2 decks and a bit under 2 hours but I could have gone on for hours more such is the immenseness of his production. This is in no means a definitive collections as it was everything I had on hand digitally excluding quite a large vinyl collection I have of his at home. RIP ;-(

  1. The Ones & Twos - Intro
  2. Cause4Concern - Moongerm
  3. Cause4Concern - Symptom
  4. Cause4Concern & Fierce - Carrier
  5. Cause4Concern - Research
  6. Cause4Concern - Just Cause
  7. Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune (Cause4Concern Remix)
  8. Cause4Concern - Relentless (Stakka & Skynet Remix)
  9. Cause4Concern - Epox (remix)
  10. Cause4Concern - Peepshow (Audio Remix)
  11. Optiv & BTK - Dirt Box
  12. Optiv & BTK - Shredder

  13. Optiv & BTK - Dark Ryder

  14. Optiv & BTK - Understand Ft Sam Wills

  15. Cause4Concern - Hammer House (Fragz Remix)
  16. Optiv & BTK - Hack and Slash
  17. Optiv & BTK - Payback
  18. Optiv & BTK - Inception
  19. Optiv & CZA - Gemini
  20. Optiv & BTK - Intruder feat. Mindscape
  21. Optiv & BTK - Into The Wild
  22. Optiv & BTK - Dive Bomb
  23. Mindscape, Optiv & BTK - Goin' In
  24. Optiv & CZA - Strangerlands
  25. Optiv & BTK - Crowd Control feat. Kryptomedic
  26. Optiv & BTK - Weapon of Choice
  27. Optiv, Disphonia & CZA - Critical Mass
  28. Dementia & Rregula - Timeline (Optiv & BTK Remix)

  29. Cause4Concern - Alchemist

  30. Optiv & BTK - You Got Me So

  31. Optiv & BTK - Haywire
  32. Optiv & CZA - Can't You See
  33. IHR & Synth Ethics - Tune X (Optiv & CZA Remix)
  34. Optiv & BTK - Inside Out
  35. Optiv & BTK - Drop the Funk
  36. Optiv & BTK - Whatever (Mefjus Remix)
  37. Optiv & BTK - Bad Attitude
  38. Optiv & BTK - Sabretooth (Audio Remix)
  39. Optiv & BTK - Mind Control
  40. Cause4Concern - Hooligan
  41. Optiv & BTK - Infested
  42. Optiv & CZA - I Can Hear Myself

  43. Optiv & BTK - Reckless

  44. Cause4Concern - Hammerhouse (InsideInfo Remix)

  45. Optiv, Dub Elements & CZA - Switchback
  46. Cause4Concern - Stranglehold
  47. Maztek x Aeph - What You Got (Optiv Remix)
  48. Optiv & BTK - No Way Out
  49. Optiv & BTK - Dirty Tricks
  50. Optiv & BTK - Slander
  51. Optiv & BTK - Terminal City
  52. Optiv & BTK - Get Dark
  53. Optiv & BTK - Start It Again
  54. Optiv & BTK - Malfunction
  55. BTK - Drop It (Optiv Remix)
  56. Optiv & CZA - Journey Inwards
  57. Cause4Concern - Moongerm (Pythius Remix)

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I put out a call mid 2016 to the ADLDNB Vibe Guide FB page for everyone's favourite vibey DnB tunes so I could compile them together so everyone could her their tune in a mix. We got about 200 comments with suggestion which a year later I finally got the time to compile into a mix.

New stuff, old stuff, stacks of bootlegs, lots of liquid, deep stuff, vocal and upbeat party tunes, stripped back numbers, soulful tunes, break up tunes, make up tunes, sad tunes etc - the emphasis on tunes with feel and lots of attitude. I couldn't fit every tune as some, whilst awesome, just didn't fit in and at 2 hours and 42 tunes deep it was at capacity - I think we got through the bulk, thanks all for your patience ;-)

  1. Ed:It - Turn To Nothing (Shogun Audio)
  2. Intelligent Manners & Command Strange - Early in the Morning (Innerground Records)
  3. Emperor - Made of Light feat. SOLAH (Critical Music)
  4. Noel, Traffic & Eastcolors - Dreams (Demand Records)
  5. Technimatic - Parallel feat. Zara Kershaw (Shogun Audio)
  6. Lorde - Bravado_Karas & Zen Remix (Bootleg)
  7. Pluton & Skyer - Cosmic Rain (Hospital Records)
  8. Logistics & Sherry Davis - Cold Light of Day (Hospital Records)
  9. Komatic & Technicolour aka Technimatic - Launch Sequence (Spearhead Records)
  10. Alicia Keys - Un-Thinkable_Lenzman Remix (Bootleg)
  11. Lenzman - Starz feat. Kevin King_LSB Remix (Metalheadz)
  12. Logistics - Inside My Soul (Hospital Records)
  13. Silence Groove, Malaky & Satl - Skyfall (Fokuz Recordings)
  14. Logistics & Hugh Hardie - Icarus (Hospital Records)
  15. Whiney - Nightfall (Medschool)
  16. Humanature - Whisper (Fokuz Recordings)
  17. Enei & Intelligent Manners - Midnight Runaway_Lynx Remix (Fokuz Recordings)
  18. Hybrid Minds - Touch feat. Tiffani Juno_Tokyo Prose Remix (Hybrid Music UK)
  19. Anile - Seventh Sound (Medschool)
  20. S.P.Y - Go With The Flow (RAM Records)
  21. Björk - All Is Full Of Love_Chris.SU Remix (Bootleg)
  22. Humanature - No Shame (Fokuz Recordings)
  23. S.P.Y & Etherwood - We're Nothing Without Love_Ivy Lab Remix (Medschool)
  24. Calibre - Space Time feat. Cleveland Watkiss (Signature)
  25. DRS - Soul Remembers feat. Dub Phizix & Fox (Soul:r)
  26. Michael Calfan - Treasured Soul_S.P.Y Remix (Bootleg)
  27. Eastcolors - Things Inside_Hybris Remix (Demand Records)
  28. Royalston & August Storm - Jungle Gone Down_Kimyan Law Remix (Medschool)
  29. Bcee & LSB - The River Runs Dry feat. Rocky Nti_Tokyo Prose Remix (Spearhead Records)
  30. DRS - The View feat. LSB and Tyler Daley (Soul:r)
  31. Technimatic - Better Perspective feat. Jinadu (Shogun Audio)
  32. North Base & Alicia King - How Do I Know (Nemesis Recordings)
  33. Dexcell - Silence feat. Charley Pinfold (Spearhead Records)
  34. Camo & Krooked _ All Fall Down feat. Shaz Sparks_Fred V & Grafix Remix (Hospital Records)
  35. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy_J Majik & Wickaman Remix (AEI)
  36. LSB - About Tonight (Spearhead Records)
  37. Seba - Hide the Tears (Soul:r)
  38. Birdy - Wings_Nu:Logic Remix (Bootleg)
  39. Legion & Logam - Holding On feat. Micah Freeman (Program)
  40. Metrik - We Got It feat Rothwell_S.P.Y remix (Hospital)
  41. Unknown Error/Apex - The Yearning_Apex VIP (Horizons Music)
  42. Keeno & James Everingham - Dream Sequence (Medschool)

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So it was time for a new PowerDub mix, I've been promising it for 4 years and finally had a few beers and just did it. Turns out Dubstep got a lot faster (140bpm to 150bpm) and the songs got shorter (from 4-5 minutes to 3 minutes so a bit harder to get tricky). The tunes are tight and energetic, good for the gym, car or whatever the fuck you wanna do really.

1 JumoDaddy - Black Horse_VIP Mix (Play Me Records) 2 Brillz & Ghastly - Hawt_Getter Remix (Mad Decent) 3 Flux Pavilion & Matthew Koma - Emotional_MUST DIE! Remix (Circus Media) 4 LeKtriQue, Black Tiger & Sex Machine - Armada (Kannibalen Records) 5 Riot feat Ragga Twins - Madman (Play Me Too Records) 6 Dodge & Fuski feat 12th Planet - Big Riddim Martian (Disciple) 7 Datsik - Get Back (Firepower Records) 8 Bear Grillz - Back On Top (Firepower Records) 9 Funtcase & Virtual Riot - Borg _ Downlink Remix (Disciple) 10 12th Hour - The Return (Firepower Records) 11 Brillz & JVST SAY YES - Move Dat_Antiserum & Mayhem Remix (Disciple) 12 Jamie Lewis, Flux Pavilion & NGHTMRE - Feel Your Love feat. Jamie Lewis (Circus) 13 Excision & Sam King - Death Wish (Rottun Recordings) 14 Bro Safari - Follow_Zomboy Remix (Bro Safari Music) 15 Habstrakt & MUST DIE! - Eden (Never Say Die Records) 16 Barely Alive - CA$H_EP Version (OWSLA) 17 Datsik & Virtual Riot - Nasty (Firepower Records) 18 Basstrick - Clown Party (Buygore Records) 19 Dodge & Fuski - OK! (Disciple) 20 PhaseOne (AUS) feat Virus Syndicate - Circle Pit (Disciple) 21 BAR9 - On All Fours (NSD: Black Label) 22 Wild Boyz! & not sorry - Like This (Play Me Records) 23 Zomboy - Like A Bitch_Kill The Noise Remix (Never Say Die Records) 24 Datsik & Protohype - Dubs & 50's (Firepower Records) 25 Stabby - Emperor (Never Say Die Records) 26 Snails & Pegboard Nerds - Deep In The Night (Monstercat) 27 Eptic - Underworld (Never Say Die Records) 28 Eliminate - Jump Kick (Twonk) 29 Riot & Dirtyphonics - Got Your Love (Monstercat) 30 Wooli - Back (Circus) 31 Xilent - Next Time_Twine Remix (Never Say Die Records) 32 Dirtystack - Shotgun feat. Tima Dee (Uprise Music) 33 TrollPhace - The Melt (NSD: Black Label) 34 Karra & EXSSV - Upper (Dim Mak Records) 35 Space Laces, Snails & Sam King - Break It Down (OWSLA) 36 Funtcase feat Merky Ace - 4 Barz of Fury (Circus) 37 Meta - Atom & Eve (Lifted) 38 Circles - Erased (Basick Records)

In the tradition of most of my sets/mixes, I closed off with something different - Last one is by an awesome Melbourne band I've recently discovered called Circles. Check out their albym Infinitas on Basick Records. Bit of upbeat prog djent metal kinda thing (in the same vein as Tesseract & Twelve Foot Ninja) - http://music.basickrecords.com/album/infinitas-deluxe-edition