abasio

I'm currently working in Japan, for an Eikaiwa company (foreign language instruction as a business). I've been here for 10 years now, watched the company go bankrupt an get taken over by another one. They cut costs, i.e. our salaries and made us work all the time we were being paid. It was a hell too much for a lot of us who'd gotten used to getting paid a lot to do close to fuck all work, a lot left for greener pastures, most to attempt to come back later as the ass fell out of the whole market. I stayed and ended up getting promoted for no extra money: lots of extra work for no extra pay was not ideal but after a year I renegotiated my salary back to what it was before. This year I was promoted to area manager of Tokyo which is by far the biggest in the country, no extra salary but the added bonuses each year makes up for the added work and all the fucktards I have to deal with, seriously I cannot believe the number of Americans who think they're the best thing ever while actually being semi retarded, the number of Brits that won't come to work for the stupidest reasons, the Aussies who can't keep from getting sick, the Kiwis who can't get out of bed to come to work and the Canadians who are so paranoid they won't even take the company health check. In my time I've done training, recruitment and management. During my time recruiting, I had a hit tonne of applicants who I couldn't believe could make it through a day without killing themselves let alone travel abroad and get a job. CVs (Resumes) I rejected: People who had had lots of jobs in a short period of time People who couldn't spell People with rotten grammar People far too qualified for the position and any likely future positions People who had large gaps in their employment history Interviewees I rejected: People who wouldn't stop talking People who couldn't communicate at all People who slagged off their previous employers People who said they'd never had a problem in previous jobs People who had no idea about the company The guy who showed up in a tracksuit The guy who was late because he got distracted using facebook (actual excuse) Everyone who was late for no reason. The guy who answered his phone during the interview The guy who came drunk The guy who wouldn't believe the interview was no smoking I'm so glad I don't do that anymore, it was soul destroying to see how many different ways people can fuck up a job application.

I am liking the Globular stuff a lot. very nice cheers!

Globular - Synchronicity City 3.0

Ambient translations of Bob Marley

Great Leap Forward - Cinkofa

I am on my way to stupid work. Recently things have just been crazy here, mainly due to there being just too many stupid people making stupid decisions. sigh.

Thanks Iron Sun, it is nice to be back. I'll try and check out these recommendations after work.

Cheers!

Digital Mystery Tour - Digital Mystery Tour

Hello Rotwang, Things are going... well they're going. Getting married next year but paying for it has made this year nothing but work work work.

Ah, it's not really that bad. I still have fun but just don't get to see enough acts I like. I still have my memory of a late 90s Eat Static gig. So good

Astral Projection Trust In Trance Vol.3 Shame they didn't keep up the same quality in their later stuff.

Riding a train back home. Part of my regular 4 hours of commuting a day. Finally got a small tablet so I can use the interwebz in this time.

Toppatsu. It means sudden and we use it at work for sudden absences. One every day this month so far.

Love fog, I like grey overcast days in the hills and if there is some rolling fog it just makes the whole thing look ethereal, otherworldly or like a dreamscape. I don't drive so have no negative feelings towards fog. Unfortunately I don't get much fog this way. I have to go to the mountains to get any.

Very jealous. It's been a while since I went to see someone I really like

Hi everyone, I have been way from the internet for a while and I have found myself lost in a see of great, ok and crappy releases without much idea what to sift through. I like my trance aggressive and my chill chilled. This year I've heard little but I liked the Sienis album on Ektoplazm and a few years ago I found Tales of the coinspinner by easily embarrassed and I'm still loving that. I enjoyed Miktek, 36 and Sync24 but haven't kept up with much else. Any ideas from the year, or any year actually, I'll be very happy to hear something new. Cheers Abasio

I was always a big fan of: The Future sound of ambient 1,2,3&4 Re:evolution Freestyle CDs Butterfly Dawn (LSD)

Dragonfly Classix II

Today I have been listening to Dragonfly Classix 1 & 2 So many wonderful tunes I had forgotten about. How do I forget about such brilliance??

I have just done the same thing

Gave a little bit. Sorry I couldn't give more. I was tempted by the Champion 3 perk but, well, you know

Samples from the new Ishq album. Sounds lush, looking forward to this arriving

All you need is some inspiration and learn how to make a track evolve.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExMyJI9eRsc