Phoenix from the wasteland

Never had there been such a furore in The Kingdom. A representative of the inter-dimensional federation was due to descend to our time slice and space. As the kings chief conduit I was charged with greeting him and giving him a tour of our realm.
A flash of light and after a moments blindness he stood before me in the embodimentation crucible. At first he glowed and appeared to be made of plasma. After a few seconds his skin coalesced into a shining metallic material that shimmered with many colours.
Firstly, I took him to our grand universities. Each one stood tall and distinct. All triumphs of engineering convoluted complexity. I introduced him to our finest thinkers and waited patiently while he discoursed with them. I saw many a scholar grinning in the rapture of inspiration.
Secondly, I took him to the central temple. The complex that the temple was built in was spread across most of the capital city and the temple itself was the tallest of all the buildings. The maintenance of it's grandeur took up a significant portion of the kingdoms economy. Underneath the kilometre wide dome of the altar of altars he met the supreme priest.
Finally, I took him to my kings humble palace. How could the emissary fail to be impressed by our respect for the divine and our love of learning. He stood before the king. The king, pale and slim, climbed down from his thrown and bowed low before him.
"I commend you for your kingdoms excellent progress in connecting with the higher dimensions. Unfortunately I am here to inform you of a complaint that has been lodged against you by the council of the fifth dimension." said the emissary.
"I assure you that we have observed every rite and festival we have divined. We have balanced respect for tradition with mystic revelation. Our professors have brought fundamental theories of the universe to light. We respect the communications of the higher dimensions in all their forms."
"It is true that your kingdom is extremely receptive to the spirit but you have limited it's avenues of expression."
"What nobler expression could there be other than through art, religion and learning?"
"On my tour I noticed that you have no buildings dedicated to sport or the military. Why is this?"
"We have evolved to a level of society whereby these are not needed and are considered barbaric."
"I see. I also noticed a very low level of farming and general material infrastructure."
"We seek to maintain as little impact on our environment as possible."
"And your population becomes weaker and more frail with every year. In a few generations all fight will have been bred out of them."
"And we will live in peace and harmony.."
"Until you are attacked and conquered.."
"We have never been attacked."
"Why do you think that is?"
".."
"Have you not noticed that you've enjoyed unnaturally good weather?"
".."
"You see, you have been under the protection of the higher dimensions. Your learning is valuable. However, events in the multi-verse have rendered the cost of your protection too high. There are grave threats to the creative balance that we must address. Apply your energy to stabilise yourselves materially. We're going to have to let some bad weather come your way. You will be attacked, you will be tested. You must be ready."
And with that he left. Just vanished with a faint swoosh as the air moved into his now vacant space.
After his visit everything changed.

This is probably the best indication of the way my musical tastes are heading. I've gone for rich soundscapes, interesting rhythms and dramatic breakdowns. It starts off a little melancholic and gets progressively more vocal, funky and upbeat as the mix goes on.

Zuckerwatte (David August remix) - Koletzki, Oliver feat Juli Holz
A Pocket Full Of Prose (King Roc For The Floor mix) - King Roc
The Hideout (original mix) - David West
InSpite - Bennet, Jeff
Cerebrum - 2 Beaten Power
Signs & Portents 09 (original rework - part 1) - D-Formation
Music Matters (feat Cass Fox - Mark Knight remix) - Faithless
It's Majik - Gui Boratto
Whole Life - Oxia
Addicted (Sultan & Ned Shepard remix) - Devant, Serge feat Hadley
Thrill (feat Saara - Vincenzo & Elmar Schubert's Satinsoul remix) - Kruse, Florian feat Saara
Friday Night - Toka Project
Raw Sweat - Uner & Coyu
Spanish Fly (Butch remix) - 2000 & One

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This is a mix I made for my New Years Eve 2009 party. It's got my favourite indie dance / electro remixes of the year and a few tips for this year.

It went down a treat but I there was no comparison with the awesome skills of DJs - Martin Robinson, Nayf and Kid Fonz.

Links to some of their mixes to come..

Leave The World Behind Radio Edit
Axwell, Ingrosso, Angello, Laidback Luke Feat. Deborah Cox 1

We Are The People (Andy Moor & Ashley Wallbridge Bootleg)
Empire Of The Sun 2

Somebody Told Me (Redial Goes Oldschool Remix)
The Killers 3

Bulletproof (Foamo Remix)
La Roux 4

Heads Will Roll (Dan Oh Remix)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs 5

Tricky Tricky (Horror Shower Remix)
Royksopp 6

Warriors Dance
The Prodigy 7

Kids (Soulwax Remix)
Mgmt 8

Nobody Gets Out Alive!
Le Castle Vania 9

Play Me
Original Mix - One Foot In Da Rave 10

1,000 Cigarettes (Featuring Freeway) [Bonus Track]
Mstrkrft 11

Backfire At The Disco (Kgb Remix)
The Wombats 12

Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Jamie T'S Lionheart Mix)
Florence And The Nightingales 13

Under The Sheets (Kids At The Bar Remix)
Ellie Goulding 14

James Brown Is Dead (Krylon Is Fucking Dead Remix)
L.A. Style 15

Forced (Foamo Remix)
Cagedbaby 16

The Reeling (Bubblegum Sci Fi Remix)
Passion Pit 17

I'M In Love Feat. Lindy Layton & Rodney P - Marten Horger Remix
Dub Pistols 18

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This mix is all about the words so listen up - starts off dark moves into a message of hope then ends with two bangin' tunes

System Addict - Plump DJs
Rich Rule Us - Rennie Pilgrem
Champagne Priest - Beats Persona Breaks Re-Dub The Sonic Deviant
Believe - Meat Katie, Elite Force
The Preacher - Pyramid (UK)
You Must Find Strength - BSD
Now Is The Time - - Freestylers
We Control - Hyper
Violence (The Rogue Element Remix) - Nitro
Emit/Collect (Rennie Pilgrems remix) - Zero

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I'm 23 days into working on my root chakra. I've been meditating every night and getting regular sleep. I've given up alcohol and ciggarettes. I feel more energised than ever.

Firstly, I'd like to share my meditation routine. I listen to binaural beats on my headphones to put my brain into gamma and theta frequencies. I begin with two different breathing exercises. Firstly, I take 40 slow deep breaths. While I am inhaling I contract the muscles inbetween my anus and my genitals and relax them when I exhale. Then I conduct the breath of fire for a couple of minutes. This is quick rhythmic breathing through the nostrils using the diaphragm. I then work through my body from head to toe tensing and then relaxing each muscle.

I then visualise red roots rising up from the ground around me. I can feel the parts of my body that have tensions and aches. As my attention shifts from point to point I imagine the red roots connecting with each point. I imagine love and nourishment flowing into me through the roots with every breath.

The second visualisation I do is to imagine my life as a four dimensional life tree. I do this imagining that as I move through 3d space and time I create a 4d tube. Since I return to the same places many times the tube traces out a tree. Places like my bed which I return to become the trunks with all the places I go to from there branching off from it. At some of these places I draw nourishment or lose energy. My aim is to get the tree looking as healthy as possible drawing energy from all the right places. I visualise myself conducting the habits I'd like to introduce into my life. This is how I add positive roots to my tree. Then I imagine myself in the situations where I might be tempted to continue bad habits and I imagine myself responding to the temptation with self discipline and willpower. That's how I prune the negative roots.

The other way I use this visualisation is to move backwards along the tree into my past. I figured that my memories are a major way that I am rooted into this world. So, as I go along I try to find points in my past that contain locked energies or blockages in the tree. I try to go over these points and unlock the feelings that I may have supressed at the time.

Doing all this before I go to sleep has lead to some incredibly symbolic and synchronistic dreams that I will share in my next post. I don't claim to have any knowledge on this subject at all. In fact I am making it all up as I go along. So please feel free to correct me and point me in the right direction.