Drum & Bass31 May 2009 09:45 am


Atropine, extracted from deadly nightshade, serves as a drug with a wide variety of effects. Being potentially deadly, it derives its name from Atropos, one of the three Fates who, according to Greek mythology, chose how a person was to die. Atropine is a core medicine in the World Health Organization’s “Essential Drugs List”, which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care system.

Ophthalmic use - Topical atropine is used as a cycloplegic, to temporarily paralyze the accommodation reflex, and as a mydriatic, to dilate the pupils. Atropine degrades slowly, typically wearing off in 7 to 14 days, so it is generally used as a therapeutic mydriatic, whereas tropicamide (a shorter-acting cholinergic antagonist) or phenylephrine (an α-adrenergic agonist) is preferred as an aid to ophthalmic examination.

Resuscitation - Injections of atropine are used in the treatment of bradycardia (an extremely low heart rate), asystole and pulseless electrical activity (PEA) in cardiac arrest. This works because the main action of the vagus nerve of the parasympathetic system on the heart is to decrease heart rate. Atropine blocks this action and, therefore, may speed up the heart rate.

VJamm21 Sep 2008 02:53 pm

These are all rough drafts, new versions soon…

Government Lies
(a.k.a. We will make our country less dependant on math & science)

I Really Like the Weight of It
(a.k.a. We Gotta Do Something)

Why Are People Scared?
(a.k.a. Weapons of Mass Destruction)

Drum & Bass14 Sep 2008 08:55 am


Despite the trancy head music tossed into the first few minutes of this mix, this is mostly classic drum & bass, served cold and relentless with a side of booming bass grooves adding color to haunting layers of rhythmic frosting.
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Drum & Bass06 Sep 2008 04:02 pm

The movement in this 17-track compilation is absolutely seamless; singling out individual tracks does disservice to such a finely tuned mix. However, keen ears will enjoy Logistics “Take Me To The Bridge,” Laos’ “Panda Style,” and the crown jewel, MTC Yaw’s “Dirty Diamond.”
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Bootlegs06 Sep 2008 03:46 pm

Bootlegs06 Sep 2008 03:45 pm

NewWave06 Sep 2008 12:51 pm

The Willy Tape is a pretty simple concept.  Willy Lemay was a DJ who hit his peak in the 80s spinning at Spit (now Axis) at 13 Landsdowne St. in Boston, MA.  He distributed monthly mixtapes for over 10 years from 84-95 with some of the best new wave around.  I wanted to capture some of that music I was raised on in a “mixtape” of my own.  I never made the b-side, but maybe it’s coming soon.

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Drum & Bass06 Sep 2008 09:46 am

I am a big proponent of accessible drum and bass, but on this mix CD you won’t hear any attempt to push drum and bass up from the under- ground. Staying true to purist hard-edged “tech step” styles, there’s not a lot of fluff. From the dark, moody opener, to the tough beats of Squarepusher and Aphex Twin , to the intelligent closers, this is jungle at its best. Hard and gritty breakbeats mixed with flawless precision.
The four elements of music - melody, harmony, rhythm, and dynamics. Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός - rhuthmos, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry”) is the variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or other events. A musician’s role is to perceive and measure time. We consciously feel, shape, divide, and compose time to convey feeling. In recent years, music theorists have attempted to explain connections between rhythm, meter, and the broad structure and organization of sound events in music. Some have suggested that rhythm (and its essential relationship to the temporal aspect of sound) may in fact be the most fundamental aspect of music.
In music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, “singing, chanting”), also tune, voice, or line, is a series of linear events or a succession, not a simultaneity as in a chord (see harmony). However, this succession must contain change of some kind and be perceived as a single entity (possibly Gestalt) to be called a melody. Most specifically this includes patterns of changing pitches and durations, while most generally it includes any interacting patterns of changing events or quality. “Melody is said to result where there are interacting patterns of changing events occurring in time.”

 

Title Artist
Colors In Noise Absolute Zero
Snapshot Roni Size
You Don’t Need To Know Who Did This
Modem Future Forces
Shaft Mastermind
Cold Fushion Future Forces
omgyjya-switch Aphex Twin
Global Love High Contrast
What Kind of World Asend & Ultravibe
On The War Path Peshay
Come On Selector Squarepusher
Karl K Synapse Karl & The K’s
Karl K Synapse (Konflict Remix) Karl & The K’s
Data Life Optical
Toxic Genotype
Warhead (Stepper Mix) DJ Krust
Vibration Scientist 212
Definition AK1200
Paper Cut AK1200
Drum Trip (Dom & Roland Mix) AK1200
Warp One Marcus Intalex
System RMX Nemesis FT Kane
The Code (Usual Suspects VIP) Absolute Zero
cock_verlo Aphex Twin
In Tune With The Sound Roni Size ft Rahzel
Small Adventures Nautilus
Secret Life Omni Trio
Uncategorized05 Sep 2008 04:45 pm

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