Sean McCormick DJ Mixes, Seanicus

Cosmosis 022: April Fools Edition (Mystery Night #4)

This month I played only Taylor Swift! Just kidding! April Fools! I played whatever the heck I want. – I think I have some music waiting in digital shopping carts, and could play some new tunes. “22”, to me, holds some magic in that it’s two 2’s, and 2 is my favorite number. So, come experience the Mystery of “22”! Ooooohhhoohhh!

Past mixes and recordings here: https://www.mixcloud.com/seanicus

Past Cosmosii:

021: Drum & Bass and Jungle #1 ****
020: Looped in the Moment #2 **
019: Kick-Off 2025 / New Year’s Day Set **
018: Looped in the Moment #1 ***
017: Mystery Night #3 **
016: Harvest Haze ****
015: Tribal Tech ****
014: 4 Persons with the Same Amount of Personality Edition! ****
013: Seanicus Novelty Side Projects (Hoofs, Sound Challengers, Swade, KoH) ****
012: “Practice” *
011: PsyDub and PsyStep ***
010: All Seanicus Originals **
009: Mystery Night #2 ***
008: Actual Techno ***
007: Breakbeat and Electro ***
006: Mystery Night #1 ***
005: Deep Space Funk ****
004: Mystical Introspection ****
003: Epic Tracks and Bangers ***
002: Strictly House Edition ****
001: Pre-Covid Minimal Tech **

Seanicus’ ratings:
**** Amazing
*** Solid
** Good but not great
* Meh

Future Cosmosii:
Ambient and Downtempo
Self-Compassion
IDM
Family-Friendly Dance Party
More Mystery Nights
More Live Looping
?????? Got any ideas?

Sean McCormick DJ Mixes, Seanicus

Cosmosis 021: Drum & Bass and Jungle

This crate has been staring at me, waiting, growing patiently, like a huge black panther, waiting to pounce on me…But what that panther doesn’t know is that I created it, it follows my commands. And like a panther this genre can move smoothly and gracefully, and can also attack with supreme ferocity! Like much of the music of play, there are genres within genres, and so it takes a lot to explore. Expect a long set, with some lighter, ambient, smooth and soulful stuff, all the up to some techy, aggressive, sci-fi, neuro, and dark vibes and everything in between. Join me on a full forced dive into the world of Drum & Bass and Jungle.

Past mixes and recordings here: https://www.mixcloud.com/seanicus

Past Cosmosii:
020: Looped in the Moment #2
019: Kick-Off 2025 / New Year’s Day Set
018: Looped in the Moment
017: Mystery Night #3
016: Harvest Haze
015: Tribal Tech
014: 4 Persons with the Same Amount of Personality Edition!
013: Seanicus Novelty Side Projects (Hoofs, Sound Challengers, Swade, KoH)
012: “Practice”
011: PsyDub and PsyStep
010: All Seanicus Originals
009: Mystery Night #2
008: Actual Techno
007: Breakbeat and Electro
006: Mystery Night #1
005: Deep Space Funk
004: Mystical Introspection
003: Epic Tracks and Bangers
002: Strictly House Edition
001: Pre-Covid Minimal Tech

Future Cosmosii:
Ambient and Downtempo
Self-Compassion
IDM
DnB and Jungle
Family-Friendly Dance Party
More Mystery Nights
More Live Looping
?????? Got any ideas?

Sean McCormick DJ Mixes, Seanicus

Cosmosis 019: Kick-Off 2025 / New Year’s Day Set

The Year is 2025. Technology is eclipsing humanity. Corporate oligarchy is running rampant in the United States. Truth has lost meaning. – We have but one choice: we have to save ourselves. It’s time to brighten our glowing hearts. Put on our work gloves. Find strength in vulnerability. Love our fellow humans. – So, let’s kick-off the year with a soundtrack that embodies new possibilities, creates a world with a sharper focus, and increases our capacity to live out our values, all while having fun! Won’t you join me?!

www.mixcloud.com/seanicus for past episodes.
Sean McCormick Seanicus

Top 10 Reasons I Love Bandcamp

If ya’ll haven’t heard of Bandcamp and or are looking for more Seanicus or Hoofs’ originals, go check it out: Seanicus.bandcamp.com! Pssst! I just posted new music!

It’s my favorite platform for sharing, discovering, and buying music! Here’s why:

  1. More of the cost of music that you buy goes directly to the artist.
  2. Artists can customize their artist, album, and track pages with colors, images, and lyrics.
  3. Supporters and buyers can list their favorite tracks from an album
  4. The player/streaming part of the app works well. — Plus, you don’t have to listen to any ads.
  5. You can buy individual tracks or whole albums. — And it gives artists a choice to have some tracks be “Album Only” and even “Hidden Tracks”!
  6. Discovering new music is easier and more satisfying: You can search by genres, artists, names, and some names, archaic music descriptions (e.g., alien techno) that might only appear in the artists’ descriptions or comments about the music. You can also see who bought what music and browse the collections of people with tastes similar to yours. — I have found so much cool music like this. — You can also then follow those Listeners
  7. You can follow artists and labels and opt-in to receive email notifications when they post new music.
  8. The purchasing and buying platform, wishlists/crates, are easy for both artists and purchasers.
  9. Bandcamp has “Listening Parties”!
  10. Last but not least, I love the music! It’s significantly more underground, DIY, odd, and daring, but with many high-quality and well-known musicians and labels. I find such a great variety of all genres here.
  11. Bonus reason: Many artists make some or all of their music free (or ‘name your price’, including Yours Truly!

There you go. Bandcamp rocks, and you can’t tell me otherwise. Happy listening!

Sean McCormick DJ Mixes

Cosmosis 017: Post-Election (Mystery Night 3 – Nov 2024)

I was leaving the theme for this one up in the air because we didn’t know what the election would hold. Turns out we knew the results… So, the session became about three things: 1) creating peace, calm, and healing, 2) letting out some anger and frustration, and 3) trying to fill our reserves for future good works and love. I hope this helps you. It helped me.

Ambient, Indie, Metal, Punk, Techno, Open Format

Sean McCormick DJ Mixes

Cosmosis 016: Harvest Haze (Oct 2024)

Let’s celebrate the transition in seasons and the Fall harvest. This month, I will be spinning a selection of tunes that characterize the shift from Summer to Spooky season. It won’t be full-on Halloween vibes, but you may notice some hints of darkness, tension, and uneasiness, yet we will still be tethered to the not-so-long-ago warm and sunny vibes of Summer. It should be interesting! Join us!

Check out mixcloud.com/seanicus for past episodes.

Sean McCormick DJ Mixes

Cosmosis 015: Tribal Tech (Sept 2024)

Expect percussion-driven tech house, with world music flavors. Afro House, Latin House, Iberican, Brazilian, Indian, etc. — I know this genre can be problematic: overdone, cheesy, and is, at it’s worst, cultural appropriation… So, I hope to honor these musics, their unique and dynamic rhythmic structures, and sacred sounds through tasteful selections and rock-solid mixing, respectfully joining East and West.

Sean McCormick Seanicus

Cosmosis 014: A Tribute to 4 Persons with the Same Amount of Personality (Aug 2024)

Join me for a Cosmosis dedicated to my old band, “4 Persons with the Same Amount of Personality,” aka 4 Persons, aka 4P. 4 Persons, is an all-Yamaha crap-keys novelty band. Its four members include Hibs, J-Mo, Hoofs (aka Seanicus), and the 4th “person” is Yamaha DD-8. The 4P Universe is an amalgamation of fantasy, superhero, and sci-fi worlds.

4P’s music was made with all single-take recordings. — No re-records, very limited editing. What you hear is what was played the first and only time. We rotated who started songs, usually with a beat and 1-2 parts, and then the rest of the band added whatever they felt was appropriate on the fly. 4P’s unique workflow not only allowed for freedom, creativity, and spontaneity, but it also inadvertently created a natural expansion and equilibrium of universal personality. Each member had equal power and influence over the band, contributing to the band’s unique sound and style. This mythos of equality and creativity continues to influence and inspire global society, demonstrating the band’s significant impact on life itself.

4P recorded two full-length albums, plus bonus tracks, in about three months of work. The first album, “Blades and Badgers,” was recorded in Madison, WI. “In One Swift Motion,” the second album, was recorded with two members in Madison and the other two (Hoofs and DD-8) in Philadelphia, exchanging music files via email. The song order almost exclusively follows the order in which they were created.

Let’s look back into one of the revolutionary times in novelty music. You will learn about yourself, tales of other worlds and times, and magic and space, and explore human ideologies, psychologies, and philosophies. You, yourself, may experience infinite personality!