The Essence Of Diversity is a long standing radio show hosted by Science Drop. With great honor, Science Drop has now joined the amazing Tastyfresh crew in hosting the show within this incredible community.  Plan to hear DJ’s and Producers from around the world ranging in many styles as well as many features from Deeplife Records. In this show you will hear some of the leading Electro House tracks in the market today.  If you are interested in submitting mixes or original tracks please listen in to learn how.

Tracklisting

1.) Stanton Warriors – Shoot Me Down Featuring Ruby Dee (Original Mix)

2.) ACDC vs Swedish House Mafia vs Knife Party – Big Gun Antidote 2012 (DJ Newklear Mashup)

3.) Axwell vs Calvin Harris – Flashback Is King (Ken Loi Mashup)

4.) Steve Lade & Xspectiv – Our World Is Here (Original Mix)

5.) Bingo Players – Rattle (Original Mix)

6.) Afrojack & Steve Aoki Featuring Alyssa Palmer – No Beef (Vocal Mix)

7.) Basto – Again and Again (Extended Mix)

8.) Aloe Blacc vs Laidback Luke & Diplo – Hey I Need A Dollar (Laidback Luke Mashup)

9.) NAPT – Fish In The Perculator (Original Mix)

10.) Afrojack And The PartySquad – Amsterdots (Original Mix)

11.) Chris Lake – Sundown (Lazy Rich Remix)

12.) Dirty South & Thomas Gold Featuring Kate Elsworth – Alive (Tommy Trash Remix)

13.) Casxio – Seventeen (Skrillex Remix)

14.) Trafik – The Difference (Miles Dyson Remix)

15.) Quintino – We Gonna Rock (Original Mix)

16.) Porter Robinson Featuring Amba Shepherd – Vandalism (Original Mix)

17.) Starkillers & Dimity KO – Do U Love (Original Mix)

18.) BT & Adam K – Tomahawk (Original Mix)

19.) Creepers Gonna Creep – The Kings Of Electro (MegaMashup)(Science Drop Edit)

20.) Avicii – Levels (Ftampa Remix)

The Past

In 2000, I attended the Cornerstone Music Festival for the first time. After hearing about it for years from a small number of friends who had attended in previous years, I was more than excited to finally be there. More than that, I was going to finally attend the now world famous rave stage run then by N*Soul Records. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would one day be that I would be in charge of that stage. That day however came five years ago after Chris Human of 86 Ministries recommended to John Herrin that I take it over.

During this time, we took the most out of the way stage with what had been a dwindling crowd and turned it into an alternative experience to the rather alternative experience offered by the festival at large. We brought in some of the top Christian talent from around the world with two purposes in mind. First, we wanted to expose those who came to Afterhours a world class clubbing experience in the most unlikely of places. Second, we wanted to give our djs a chance to at least spend one night playing in an environment free of drugs and sex along with a chance to hang out with fellow believers with a shared interest in electronic music.

Each year, thanks to the talents of Harmony Productions and Jeremy Kadinger, we raised the bar on our stage will keeping costs relatively the same. Each year brought unique challenges in stage production. Our first night on the first year required us to have one dj the floor within reach of the crowd. The next year we tore down the stage, every dj played on the floor and we added a twenty foot wide video wall. By our last year in the barn, we were literally swinging from the rafters during setup to hang intelligent lighting. And for the past two years, we shared a tent with Raging Storm Records. This is right where the dance tent started so many years ago with Scott Blackwell. And perhaps in the spirit of bringing things full circle, this is also where the experience has ended, at least temporarily.

Yeah…

The Present

You may have seen our post a few months ago regarding Cornerstone’s fundraising drive. They were trying to raise $200,000 for the 2012 festival. This became necessary for a variety of reasons, but chief among them was the economy. Attendance at the festival has been dropping year after year since the economy fell into the proverbial toilet. Kevin and I had a serious talk while at the 2010 festival about how we didn’t think we would make it to the next one. In 2010, our stage managed to keep up with our usual standard of at least 800 visitors a night. In 2011, we had some nights where 20 people was a large crowd, due to a combination of oppressive heat, another DJ who didn’t understand that that the generator stages couldn’t run after a certain time and an overall festival lineup that didn’t have the expected draw.

After the festival, I gave my assessment to John Herrin about the need for major changes to the festival. I’m sure that I wasn’t the only one. John Herrin has stepped down from the daily duties of running Cornerstone, but he is still very much involved. I did recommend that our stage be cut if it came down to budget issues. It is more important that the festival over all goes forward than it is for our stage to continue. Times change and when money is in short supply, you can’t go with diversity… you have to go with what sells. I never heard back from John and so I checked in with him back around November to see what was going on. That is when I found that we had not made the cut for 2012.

The festival is now being planned by Genesis Winter and Scott Stanke. I’ve known Genesis for a while now. She knows the ins and outs of running the festival very well. She is already doing a great job in planning 2012. I don’t know Scott, but I do know that John would not have left the festival in the hands of someone who couldn’t handle it. They both have my full support in the direction they are taking the festival. Once the festival is back on its feet fully again, I hope we can review the Afterhours stage. The important thing to know though is that this isn’t the end.

The Future

Kevin and I are not giving up on Afterhours, although I’m more than certain that for this year we’re taking a break. It takes a lot of time and effort to run a stage for a week. The actual trip to Cornerstone takes about 10 days. It also doesn’t help that it is over the Fourth of July. Both Kevin and I need to spend this 4th with our friends and family at home. They haven’t seen us now for the past 5 Fourths. Both of us however are going to miss our annual guy trip. It was something we always looked forward to.

The most important thing regarding this year is that the Afterhours compilation will still happen. We’re just changing the medium. Rather than being a physical CD, we will for the first time make it a digital only release. It will also remain free. Right now we’re investigating Noisetrade.com for the distribution. That builds in a solid social media aspect for the release. It will do the one thing that the CD never seemed to do which was to get people connected with Tastyfresh. This will also eliminate the need for fund raising. Besides removing another stress point from the process for Kevin and me, this means we won’t be harassing you. If this works out well, all future Afterhours compilations will be done this way.

Kevin and I are also not through with Afterhours as an event brand either. We have already contacted a few music festivals locally to see if they want to “adopt us”. So far we don’t have any takers, but that door isn’t fully yet. We’re also looking into the possibility of doing some more localized events, specifically in the Southeast. We don’t have any solid plans yet, but we are discussing them internally. Lastly, as stated earlier, should the opportunity arise, we will return to the Cornerstone Festival.

So, here’s what you can do to help us: pray. Pray that opportunities will present themselves to Kevin and me. Pray that roadblocks will be removed. Pray guidance in planning a new series of events. Pray for wisdom. Pray for Tastyfresh.com and especially the Cornerstone Music Festival. 2012 is a bright, shiny new year. We’ve got so long to go in it still. There are so many challenges and so many opportunities, but there is also hope and there is God’s will for Afterhours, Tastyfresh and Cornerstone. Let that be done.

This is it. It’s our last set from the Cornerstone Afterhours 2011 stage. Kevin Oneel came, saw and conquered in this epic mix. Every year Kevin brings his A game and blows the room/tent off the stage. This year was no different. This year, standing in the booth with him was none other than Alex “Pretty Man” B who was the host for this very special night. So without further delay, here’s Kevin Oneel.

For those of you who do not know of the legend that is Kevin Oneel, the short version is that he is the A&R director for MK837. He also has hosted several podcasts here on Tastyfresh including Circuit Breaker and Tastyfresh Presents. He recently started a new podcast called Weekend Maneuvers which you can find over at Podomatic.com. He also has a ton of releases on Beatport.com and he of course would love for you to purchase a few of them there.

Matt Bryant started working on electronic music in college writing and composing while majoring in music. With a background in woodwind and reed instruments Matt realized that electronic music was more creative and gave him more freedom so in 2003 DJ Salty Flavor was born. He now uses his MacBook Pro with Reason and Live with an M-Audio Oxygen 8 to create all of his music.

How long have you been a member of Tastyfresh?

I have been a member here for about 5 years.

What first intrigued you about it?

I really was first interested in that it was a forum and website for Christians who liked electronic dance music because it seemed to be the only one I could find. I slowly started looking at the forums and then posting on the forums and got some good information. I posted my songs and got good feedback. I listened to various podcasts and was interested in what other christian dance music was out there because at the time all I really knew about was Nitro Praise. I like the articles and I thought it was fun to listen to the podcasts and different music and try and get to know other Christian EDM lovers and producers.

What have you learned from the site?

I have learned that there are a lot of different kinds of Christians that have a wide variety of views on music and other issues.

Where do you see the site going in the next few years?

I hope it just continues to be a great community and there are quality interactions that happen on the site. That people can come and get plugged in with this community. I like to see it grow bigger and have more publicity.

Deeflash brings us a quick tutorial for bouncing audio from Maschine to Ableton Live.

Whether it was the end of the year or me looking forward to 2012, I’ve been purchasing new gear for the studio since November. Oddly enough, it involved midi gear for me. I HATE messing with midi. My last forray into midi gear for production work (not DJing) was back in 2007 with the intention of putting together a live PA. That was a glorious and annoying moment in life. I documented that on this site back then. As far as DJing goes, I love midi and I couldn’t imagine living without it. Producing via midi gear however has always seemed pointless and mostly cumbersome. All that may be changing for me over the next few months.

Anybody who knows me knows that I love Native Instruments. I can’t recommend their software enough.When I first started producing I was introduced to Reaktor in 1999 and that has been one of the best purchases of my life. I have never gone very deep with it and I probably never will. I’m just not that big into sound design, but I am into tools and flexibility. This is also probably one of my pain points in using midi. Every single synth/ensemble in Reaktor has different midi controls and values. There was simply no way to efficiently do on the fly midi mappings that would be retained at the time.

In 2007, I had some hope given to me in the package of Ableton Live and Novation’s Remote ZERO SL. While Live was easy to map midi too, I had to do it for every project I created. Even with a template, when I work with 12-20 midi tracks, something needs to be remapped and Live, though flexible and easy to do takes too much thought sometimes in this regard. Novation’s Automap would almost be great, except for Novation’s insistence on having that stupid midi control feedback screen visible to let you know on screen which knob you are turning. You’d think that you would know that already. So, after my forray into a live PA using this gear, I simply put it away and move on. I didn’t have time to fool around with re-wiring midi gear every time I wanted to write music. I needed a studio that simply wasn’t in my way. Nothing at the time could top my mouse and keyboard for flexibility and speed. It’s 2012 now though and the midi world has changed a good bit.

The biggest influence in my life that had me take another look at midi was a major change at Native Instruments. Over the summer, they announced the death of what had become literally become the core of my studio… Kore. Kore pulled all of my synths together into one place. I never had to think about the tool, just the sound I wanted. It was amazing to have that issue removed from my production. I didn’t need to get caught up in the whole issue of FM synthesis vs. granular vs. subtraction. I just needed a dirty bass that had a nice low-end to it. The death of Kore combined with the cross-grade for Maschine gave me reason to consider midi gear again.

Chris (Deeflash) was a trailblazer for me in this regard. He’s had a desire to do a live PA for sometime. He also has more of a background in midi gear and unlike me, actually can play a piano. By the time Kore was killed off, he had already invested in a Remote SL 25 MK2, a Novation Launchpad and probably a few other things that I can’t remember. He was affected by NI’s Kore announcement as well. When the time came for Maschine, he jumped in… all in. The first fruits of that investment will hit Beatport in April with the release of his album Sunday Panic on MK837.

Day in and day out Chris hounded me via IM about his midi accomplishments. I brushed them off because I just don’t do hardware. Midi is of the Devil after all. Point being, Chris’ hard work has paid off for him. He’s got a much better sounding release now than ever. Over the summer, he wrote a control script for his Remote SL and Live. That script’s page is now the 3rd highest ranked page when you do a Google search for “Ableton Live Scripts” You can find it on his site if you’re interested. More recently, he’s been receiving requests to either customize it further or to develop a new one for other devices and applications. Chris has shown that he really knows his stuff. But… enough about Chris except to say that this, without his influence, I would not be writing this article today or bringing the midi back to my studio.

So in early November, I walked up to the bar that is NI’s online shop and got my Maschine cross-grade. I also got Komplete 8 from Zzounds. Chris can tell you later about my epic woes during this time.

Maschine was amazing from day one. I was able out of the box to throw down beats like never before. Because of how the it’s built from the ground up, I was able to play and not think. Pulling it into Live was just as easy, although I’m still trying to figure out exactly how I’ll integrate it as a matter of best practice. Just the simple introduction of a tactile surface to translate what was in my head into Live opened new possibilities. The fact that I didn’t have to be perfect with it either because it was easier than Live to adjust mistakes. I was sold on it.

This led me to totally reconsider my Remote Zero SL MK1. I built a new PVC pipe rack for it over my Maschine controller. I put the Remote up there, went to Novation’s site. Downloaded the drivers and then got distracted. Not just distracted, I remembered that it did not do what I really wanted it to do… which was to be simple. Automap, despite several years of development, still hadn’t developed to the point I wanted it to be at. And so, the Remote Zero SL MK1 sat unused on a rack above my Maschine for almost a month.

Then came Christmas. My parents asked me what I wanted. I really didn’t have any wants or needs other than a pair of blue jeans. I went out on a limb and thought about how having a midi keyboard again might improve my music a bit. After all, if Maschine helped on percussion, what would a keyboard do now? Then I thought about how I really need something that could do what the Remote SL does as far as automapping goes, but I don’t want that type of driver/application that has to be installed to do it.

This led me to an unusual choice for me. I had seen the Axiom keyboard by M-Audio for years. I’ve enjoyed several pieces of equipment by them over the years. The FastTrack Pro is still my favorite soundcard around the $200 mark and the TriggerFinger is an excellent control surface for Tracktor’s 3rd and 4th decks. Kevin still swears by the UC-33e. By the way, Chris tells me that Livid’s Code is the spiritual successor to the UC-33e. I’ll have to agree that there really hasn’t been anything like that piece and that’s a shame. Right when they dumped it, that piece was selling for under $100. Today it’s well over the $250 mark on Ebay. The Axiom however, just wasn’t something I was interested in and in it’s original release, was just an average midi controller.

That has changed though with M-Audio’s introduction of the Axiom V2 series. Now they have a stripped down version of Novation’s Automap. I should note that this updated version has been out for a while now. It runs without a cumbersome driver (although there still is one). There’s no pop-up screen that displays the obvious. Best of all though, it takes advantage of how Live maps all midi devices when you decide to automate parameters. Once I saw a few demo videos of this new feature, I practically ran to the store and bought one. As soon as I hooked it up (properly) to Live, I had exactly what I wanted. A no-nonsense, no-thought-required midi keyboard that doesn’t fight me or annoy me. It simply… works.

And that more or less gets me to the real point of this article. As artists, we all have a toolbox. We have all sorts of neat things in there from compressors to processors. The tools that are easiest for us to use tend to get used. Those we struggle with eventually find themselves at the bottom of the toolbox waiting from someone to dig down deep enough to find them. We can’t reach our full potential if our toolbox is cluttered with things we either don’t use or can’t use because we don’t “click” with them.

I have no idea if bringing back the midi is ultimately the answer for me. I just know that for now, it is a chance to try out new tools and to see if I am better off for them or not. I still have a few hurdles to cross such as a lack of piano experience and a habit of just doing it all in the piano roll, but neither of those are show stoppers. At this point, both the Maschine and the Axiom fit easily into my toolbox. They both also help me to work on my craft from a different perspective than before. It’s a safe bet that over the course of 2012, I’ll know one way or the other for sure, but for now the pros out weigh the cons.

So, what’s in your toolkit? I hope it is filled with favorite tools that you couldn’t live without. In case it isn’t though, take a step back and realize that fighting against your tools only leads to more frustration. What have you been fighting with? How could you streamline your creative process? Maybe it’s time to examine these questions and possibly a few more. I’m giving you permission to clean out your toolbox and maybe like me… bring the midi back.

Recently a friend described these disturbing actions and statements made by many of the people he has in his life. He detailed abhorrent emotional abuses in the manner of “power and control” manipulation, deception, chronic belittlement, and verbal degradation. The severity of these seemed so disturbing to me that I prayed and meditated over how to respond; and searched the Scriptures for any and all truths and encouragement I could find. Here is one verse from among many that I shared:

“For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things” –Matthew 12:34-35

But after sharing these, my friend responded: “Come on, you don’t really believe all that. Like just because someone says evil and wicked things, that their heart is wicked?” This very challenge to my beliefs overwhelmed me, and prompted an intense research of the Scripture to discover what God has to say about the heart. What I discovered was amazing.

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” –Proverbs 4:23

“As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart” –Proverbs 27:19

Is the heart just a physical organ that transfers clean and unclean blood throughout the human body, and when it stops the person dies? Is the heart that organ; and a little more, something symbolic about our feelings of love and hate? NO … Everything that defines us physically, mentally, and spiritually – the very essence of our being – is a condition of the heart. How we behave or act in any situation – who we “think” we are – is controlled first by our heart. Our thoughts and attitude come from the heart, and not our intellect.

“For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.” –Mark 7:21-22

“A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” –Luke 6:45

“He who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.” -Proverbs 6:14

Sometimes we act out in ways that are not healthy for us or our relationships. Perhaps we unintentionally scream out hateful rhetoric or behave violently when we are provoked, and want this to change. Maybe we want to do more to help others, but remain selfish, indifferent, or feel uncharitable. Many struggle with addictions, resentments, and unforgiveness.  What about us musicians that are somehow lacking inspiration; or other artists that cannot find motivation to start or finish a project. The question seems to be, then, have you considered the condition of your heart? It is critical we responsibly protect our hearts. We must “guard” our hearts holistically – meaning each physically, mentally, and spiritually. Other Biblical references state to do this “with all diligence,” and describe our hearts as the “well-spring of life.”

“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” –Hebrews 4:12

There are over 700 references to the heart in the Bible. For both believers and non-believers – regardless what application the Scriptures have in your life – there are numerous parallels to what the Bible teaches about the heart, and what contemporary psychologists allude to in treatment. We know that our feelings – or something about our mental condition – have its source in our hearts. Many heartfelt feelings described in the Bible include: hate, love, lusts, fear, pain, pride, despair, terror, joy, hope, longings, desire, yearnings, sadness, thankfulness, sorrow, cravings, malice, trust, anguish, rebellion, enmity, greed, gentleness, forgiveness, compassion, worrying, sincerity, lying, encouragement, anxiety … and more. The Bible plainly describes how our character and personalities are also a condition of the heart. Our stubbornness, knowledge (personal experience), morality, Faith, loyalty, commitment, integrity, wisdom, devotion, hard-work, understanding, beliefs, madness, evil, … all this is first determined in the heart, before the intellect. Our thoughts originate from what is within our hearts. Even our motivation, obedience, memories, discernment between right and wrong, the ability to seek GOD, our meditations, grievances, perversity, being drawn to evil, the rejection of truth, singing and making music — all this comes from the heart, first, and not intelligence!

While ludicrous amounts of money are spent on mental health professionals each year, so much of our own maladies could be healed or corrected if we only took the time to discover something about our hearts, and preventatively “guard” them. We do not imply that mental health professionals are a wasted effort, yet firmly believe the trained guidance of a professional is a necessary means for personal accountability and safety. Medications are useful in controlling errant behaviors; however like most, they only treat the symptoms and not the illness. Similarly what people spend on self-help literature and other remedies can be considered frivolous. The “power of positive thinking” and “envisioning our goals” just doesn’t work if one’s “heart is not in it” – and many people for many reasons are incapable of changing that about themselves. Even more tragic, we as humans cannot fully understand our own hearts — much less can any counselor or mentor genuinely understand yours.

“Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.” – Proverbs 14:10

“People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart“ – 1 Samuel 16:17

Being Christian, means we have absolute confidence that what we do not understand, God does. What we cannot control or change, God could. The Scriptures are not just some words of wisdom, or “Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth” (B-I-B-L-E); but that they are God-breathed (alive), inspired, and taught to us spiritually by an indwelling Holy Spirit. They are a reliable source for what God is saying to us about our situations and who we are, when we earnestly seek Him for understanding, control, or change. Per the complexities of our heart, Psalms 33:15 tells us God “formed the hearts of all” and “considers everything we do.” There are countless more Scriptures detailing that only God can probe the hearts of men, and understand them – after all, He intelligently designed us with them. Ecclesiastes 3:11 states that God “set eternity in the human heart,” creating us with a predisposition to knowing there is some “eternal” afterlife (with or without Him). Something shocking to learn is that God can – if He chooses – control our own heart.

How God “controls” the hearts of men is described in Scripture in various ways. When Moses was urging the Egyptian Pharaoh to let the Hebrews leave, God told Moses repeatedly that He would harden the hearts of the Egyptians, the Pharaoh, and his advisors! When dealing with the obstinate idolatries of the Israelis, the Bible describes God’s judgment and how He makes the “heart of this people calloused; their ears dull and closes their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”-Isaiah 6:10. Other references describe God placing a “veil over their hearts.” God also moves men’s hearts to action, including Cyrus the king of Persia, who allowed the exiled Israelis to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their temple. Several times God “moved the hearts” of men in battle.  For us as individuals, we discover our Creator controlling (or recapturing) us to seek Him, to understand Him, to gain strength or wisdom or joy, to believe, and to experience LOVE – all specifically because of His care over our hearts and its design. Whew … totally awesome.

It is humanly impossible to judge the heart, though in many ways we make reasonable assessments from outward behavior – whether the “not so empirical” science of psychology is accurate (or not). Our life’s experiences greatly define how our heart is conditioned. We learn to filter some of what influences our heart. We can “accept” love and give human definitions to how we feel it. Likewise we experience hatred or anger, and choose whether or not to “take them to heart.” Heartaches, grief, fear, anxiety, worrying, and many other such indications can be treated by counseling and/or medication. However, treatment does not “cure the heart,” and has minimal impact on changing the individual.

That being said, the Bible clearly describes how “every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.” God even expresses regret from having created man because of “how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time” (Genesis 6-8). Jeremiah further states “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” SAY WHAT? This is what Christians commonly refer to as a spiritual condition, or depravity, called the “sinful nature” that is inherent in all of humanity. We are a creation physically separated from God and created to act out or own “free will” – yet incapable of healing our own heart.

So is the metaphysical heart really beyond cure? None can truly understand everything about it. Sure, we completely understand the physical function of the heart. Through imperfect human psychology, we can generalize much about the emotional and mental health of our “heart condition.” Yet what do we understand about the heart, spiritually; without some guidance of He who made it? Scriptures show us that while the human heart is incurable, it can spiritually be made “new.” Without connection to some spiritual entity, then, we remain “on our own” with our struggles. So we MUST take caution “who we choose” when seeking spiritual healing for issues with the heart. It has become worldly cliché to trust that Love is the answer. 1 Peter 4:8 says “… love covers over a multitude of sins.” Yet I (Micheal) will boldly state, from personal experience, that Love in a humanly existence – to love and be loved – is only superficial unless one has experienced a new heart with the Love of God, the God who IS love.

What’s in your heart … and how far will that get you?

Hopefully you’ve gained insight into your own condition and have discovered some simple truths about an urgency to “guard our hearts.” They are the most significant controller of who we are and what our life is like. We list several other passages that we pray you will glean more insight – dig deeper – and find the help you could need for your heart.

“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” -Philippians 4:7

“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me … a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.” –Psalm 41

“Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself … and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the LORD” -2 Kings 22

“But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such ‘wisdom’ does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.” –James 3:14

“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, …” -Luke 21:34

“But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” –Matthew 6:20

“… for he purified their hearts by faith.” -Acts 15:9

“I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD.” –Jeremiah 24:7

“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.” –Ezekiel 11:19

“… God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, …” -Galatians 4:6

“For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.” -2 Chronicles 16:9

We’re down to just the last night of Afterhours 2011 now and it was a night of banging electro and breaks. Kicking it off was DJ Josiah “Fingaz” Freebourne. You might recall his set from 2010 on Homegrown. If not, you should check it out.

Josiah’s Bio:

DJ Josiah Freebourne is more than an artist.  Josiah is a minister at heart.  He uses a unique combination of music, art, and testimony to present the gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that is relevant to the youth of this generation. Specializing in Christian electronic music, Josiah can bring a new element to your music festival, concert, or conference.  As a DJ, he uses tracks that weave a message and tell a story leading into an atmosphere of worship.

When he speaks, he tells how as a teen he went from an international Freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling champion to  a drug dealer facing charges that could have cost him his earthly freedom.  All of this came about because of a misplaced identity.  After entering into a relationship with Jesus Christ he began to find is true identity in who he is, not what he does.  He found his identity as a son of God through grace and faith in Jesus Christ.  He shares candidly how his faith in Jesus delivered him from drug addiction and a life ruled by sin.  Not only did his savior deliver him from an earthly prison but from an eternal prison as well.  John 8:36 “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”

You can check out more about Josiah at: http://ambientprodjs.com/dj-josiah/ and find more of his mixes both below and on Mixcloud.com.

K80 is an avid listener of many D&B/House genres. Serious consumer.

How long have you been a member of Tastyfresh?

Only for a few months now

What first intrigued you about it?

I was curious to see what or who would pop up when I googled Christian DJ’s. And there I found Tasty Fresh. I had no idea such a platform existed! Theres nothing worse than indulging in some stonkin tunes only to hear hard cussing or some over sexualized samples being threaded through an otherwise intelligently composed track. Total bummer. But there is hope!

What have you learned from the site?

That Christians get down with no delay.

Where do you see the site going in the next few years?

I see this being a place of education and refuge. Shows like Jersey shore distort the perception of so many kids, Electronic music is seen as an oportunity to do hard drugs/liqour and “fist pump” till your hands fall off. It is a negative representation of the dance scene. I plan on using tasty fresh to reach out to the at risk youths in the ministry I am involved in. How? Simply by dropping its name. I know the Lord has blessed you guys to do great things.

Joel Armstrong is the owner of Dot Dot Records and is a resident of Vancouver, Canada. He has also released music on Circle Music Germany, ALiVE, Oosh, Flow Vinyl, Baroque, Iboga and more.

How long have you been a member of Tastyfresh?

Member since 2001

What first intrigued you about it?

Was curious how Christians could be in the club scene.

What have you learned from the site?

Learned more about getting along with other Christians than I did about how to survive in the club scene.

Where do you see the site going in the next few years?

Don’t know where its going but, I’m hoping we grow closer as a community to support each other, both the people behind the scenes and the people buried in the club scene.