Mentalien's Blog

2012-01-16

BBM pres. Kingdom archive

Here is the recording of my set from last saturday's 'Budapest Bass Music pres. Kingdom' party, it was a fun night for sure! I've played a bit of everything before Kingdom took over the decks: garage, house, uk funky... bass music in general. :) Be warned, some of the mixes are a bit messy! Thanks everyone for showing up and having a good time, next Budapest Bass Music event is going to happen in april with Oneman! Until then, enjoy my mix, and also these two videos I've recorded while Kingdom was spinning some amazing tunes: part 1, part 2.

Download >> Mentalien - Live at Budapest Bass Music - Corvinteto 14-01-2012
Stream / Mirror at soundcloud.com/mentalien or mixcloud.com/mentalien

Tracklist:

Crazy P - Beatbox (Breach rmx) - 2020 Vision
Mosca - Orange Jack - 3024
Jamie George - Flying Saucer (J:Kenzo rmx) - Roska Kicks & Snares
Lil Louis - French Kiss - F.F.R.R.
Nush - U Girls (Look So Sexy) (Grant Nelson Hard Sex dub) - Blunted
Hardrive - Deep Inside - Strictly Rhythm
Spectr - Dance 4 Me - Roska Kicks & Snares
Mosca - Done Me Wrong - Numbers
Double 99 - Ripgroove - Ice Cream
Joe Goddard - Gabriel (Compound One rmx) - Greco Roman
Breach - Fatherless VIP - PTN free
Seiji - Face Up - Seiji
Champion - Lighter VIP - Formula
Steve Edwards - Love Like Water (Toddla T rmx) - free
A1 Bassline - Falsehood - Dirty Bird
Conqueror - Highest Order - Lobster Boy
French Fries feat. Bambounou - Hugz - ClekClekBoom
Jam City - Barely A Trak - Night Slugs
DJ Naughty - Goosebumps (Jamie George At Night rmx) - Roska Kicks & Snares
Bok Bok & Tom Trago - Vector - Night Voyage
Afrojack & Diplo feat. Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes - Look At Me Now - Jive

2011-12-28

My own top 3 for 2011

Out of all the mixes I shared here in the past one year, these are my favorite ones. If you want to re-listen some of my sets, make sure you start with these! ;)

Mentalien - Bling Vol. 5. - UK Funky & Garage Mixtape - Jan-2011

Mentalien - 3K Selection Vol. 8. - Jul-2011

Mentalien - Budapest Bass Music #4

My gigs in 2011

Big ups to all the people who were there or let them happen, see you in 2012! :)

01.01. Soulful Nights @ Instant
04.08. Ideal Sound @ Kecskemét
04.09. Szombat Esti Agymosás @ U26, Budapest
04.23. Flipside @ Fuzio Radio www.fuzioradio.hu
04.26. Dzsungel Könyve @ Tilos Radio www.tilos.hu
05.13. Impulsecreator 12th Birthday Bash www.drumandbass.hu
05.17. Heads up! / Decknology a Radio Bro 91.4-en (info)
06.21.Dzsungel Konyve @ Tilos Radio
06.23. Decknology: Girl Unit + Mosca (Night Slugs - UK) @ A38 (info)
07.02. A38 Colours with Bladerunnaz @ A38 (info)
07.09. Balaton Sound (house set) (info)
07.09. Balaton Sound (uk funky / garage set) (info)
07.23. TT&A pres. Fabio & Grooverider @ Chachacha (info)
08.09. Budapest Bass Music day WARM-UP @ Tilos Radio
08.10. Budapest Bass Music day @ Sziget Festival, Meduza stage (info)
09.07. Bounce #37 @ Fogashaz (info)
10.11. Dzsungel Konyve / Roska warm-up @ Tilos Radio
10.18. Dzsungel Konyve / Roska warm-up PT2 @ Tilos Radio
10.19. Kovetkezo Vasarlo @ Radio Oranzs
10.21. Budapest Bass Music pres. Roska @ Corvinteto (info)
10.31. Halloween @ Instant (info)
11.15. Dzsungel Konyve / BPJ pres. DJ Flight warm-up @ Tilos Radio
11.18. Budapest Jungle pres. DJ Flight & Robert Manos @ Corvinteto (info)
12.10. Catch22 pres. Partners In Crime aka Markov bday @ Instant (info)
12.13. Dzsungel Konyve / Jamie Woon warm-up @ Tilos Radio (info)
12.16. A38 pres. Jamie Woon @ A38 (info)

Biography

As many DJs, Mentalien had been a music freak already at a very young age. He started to gain interest in less commercial music at the age about 12. After a while his addiction focused mostly on drum&bass. Momentous tunes, like Inner City Life, Warhead or Friday made him fall in love with the genre so much, that he started to buy dnb vinyls when he was 16. It was the time when liquid funk was born, and from that point this rolling, very vocal and soulful sound has always played an important role in his musical taste, even when the style might be somewhat different from drum&bass. As a huge music fan, he’s always been keeping his eye on several styles, like garage, house, hip-hop, soul, broken beats, techno or jazz.

After a few local gigs, guest appearances on Hungary’s well known radio stations (Tilos Radio, Est Fm) and co-hosting the 3Elements crew’s show at his hometown’s FM radio, he decided to start his own show, called 3K. It was on air every Sunday for more than four years. Many talented Hungarians, and a few international guests took part, and of course, the showrunner himself proved his diverse taste of drum&bass and other music styles many times. Besides the radio, he started having gigs regularly both in Budapest and in the countryside as well.

During the past few years he started to widen his musical palette as a DJ and was digging deeper in other genres like garage, UK funky, or house. Concentrating on the crowd, most of his selection comes from dancefloor oriented, but soulful and melodic tunes with a few heavier tracks. However, sometimes he likes to push his boundaries and picks some unexpected or „leftfield” tunes. Since 2004 Mentalien has taken part in the Hungarian scene as a journalist and editor, too, writing articles, interviews and reviews for Impulsecreator.hu. He also worked for the highly praised magazine, called New Noise, which was released between 2010 and 2011.

All through the years he didn’t only play alongside the main Hungarian DJs, but also together with some of his internationally acclaimed musical heroes, like DJ Marky, MJ Cole, Makoto, Pearson Sound, DJ Storm, Girl Unit, TC1, Mosca, Redeyes, Marcus Intalex, Fabio and many more. When it comes to playing drum&bass out at a radio station, a club or a festival, he always has room for some Random Movement, Nu:Tone, Die or Dillinja records. If he plays something else than dnb, then there is a good chance that some tunes from Roska, El-B, Zed Bias or Katy B may be heard.