WHAT'S CRANKY RABBIT DONE RECENTLY?
Not that you care, as long as your pets were left out of it
1/9/31: I've applied for Zinefest 2023. I still have four tracks and the zine to finish for the new release!
The Music section has been redone to aim at my Bandcamp store. Clicky!
THE LATEST MIXES
To the Mixcloud!
WHO IS CRANKY RABBIT?
Aside from being a perfectly normal freak...
The tl;dr version: The Cranky Rabbit has been "doing things to music" since 2011, streaming online from his Paraparaumu, NZ home. Delighting mostly in house, dance, and what he calls 'pub-pleaser' pop and rock, with musical tastes 'deformed' by Radio Massey in 1990, you can expect some surprises in his sets!
Seriously though, I'm an aspiring DJ of some forty-eightnine summers, ready and intent on getting out of the bedroom and into the party. Or pub. Ears opened to a wider range of music than supplied by commercial radio in 1990, thanks to Massey University's student radio station (Radio Massey &emdash; Gordon Dinosaur Lives!), my tastes tend to the wonderfully weird and interesting. And, naturally, I want to share them with you. Aided by an HP laptop*, a +2 Numark Mixtrack Pro II of Sturdiness, and a Novation Launchpad which insists on remaining anonymous, I'm ready to do just that.
As well as sets of dance music, or that pop-rock mix I call 'pub-pleaser', I have also presented sets of Latin American music, jazz, metal, trance, and a few other styles. My mixing tends to the basic crossfade, loop and EQ work - 'A good DJ shuts up when the music's speaking' - but I'm not a jukebox.
Current goals include producing my own tunes, improving skills, saving up for improved DJ kit (with lights and speakers and everything!), and retaining my remaining sanity.
*Penny the Unexpectedly Musical Netbook is retired but lurks in the wings, just in case.
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THE STYLES OF CRANKY RABBIT
Something to upset everyone, rest assured
What styles do I play? Well...
ELECTRONICA
Trance, EDM, club, electro and tropical house... Cranky's been spinning this every week Saturday evenings. Now exploring drum and bass, downtempo and glitch from places like SUBBASS and Adapted Records. If that's too energetic I'll throw some chill in there for ya.
POP/ROCK/ALTERNATIVE 70S-90S
Ahh... where it all began. Radio Massey 1990, so expect a mixture that could go from rockers like AC/DC and Accept to NZ tunes from Split Enz, The Chills or Chris Knox, and Eurythmics, ABC and even... Disco!
50S ROCK AND ROLL
All the oldies! Rock around the clock in blue suede shoes before you have to hit the road Jack.
LATIN AND WORLD
Some of my favourite stuff to listen to. Latin salsa, or African tunes from Wodaabe band Etran Finatawa, Middle East and Asia... let's explore.
PUNK AND OTHER WEIRDNESS
My tastes tend to be eclectic. Well out there indie and alternative? Hardcore punk? Heavy metal? Christmas music from hell? Yeah, I've probably got that.
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GIG GUIDE
You may need to book in advance. To complain about the noise.
- Saturday: Adult Venue The Ark, Second Life, 6pm-8pm NZT
Every Saturday night, I'm streaming the tunes in Second Life at The Ark, Quarabia, and have done for well over five years. Normally electronic dance music, but sometimes I change theme. As it's an adult furry venue, you'll need an adult verified SL account. Or you can wait for the set to be uploaded to Mixcloud.