underground house and techno
Couple of mixes I am very into at the moment – Berlin-based techno/house bod Seth Troxler’s Essential Mix, and a very slick deep/techy house mix from Aberdeen’s own Craig Joiner:
Seth Troxler Essential Mix:
Seth Troxler – Essential Mix – 07-05-2011 by R_co
Craig Joiner’s ‘Livid Haze’ mix:
Listening to DJ Fak’s fortnightly show last night I was pleasantly surprised to hear a couple of old Massimo Vivona tracks, including “Crimewave” – after a bit of digging I found out that most of the old Headzone stuff has now been re-released digitally, including a couple of “best of” albums.
Check out the Headzone stuff here
Also check out what Kev has been up to lately on PunchTheClown.
Finally, check Kev’s Soundcloud page for some of his old mixes – quality. This one is definitely my fave… or maybe 7 was now that i think about it!
Kev Wright – Sublime 5 (1997-98) by Kev Wright
Here are a couple of videos from the legendary Sublime night that Kev and Idge were resident at. I was lucky enough to be one of the few Scottish guests and it definitely ranks in the top one of my best gigs ever!
Download here: Carl Craig 6Mix for 6 Music
Ace mix from Carl Craig, and a cool interview at the start going over some of his influences, including Cybertron, Kraftwerk and this one from Grace Jones:
Here’s the blurb from 6Music:
DJ, Producer and techno music icon Carl Craig takes over the 6 Mix. The best known of the second wave of electronic producers from Detroit in early 1990s, Craig took his cues from the likes of Derrick May and Jeff Mills, fusing their pioneering sounds with a more experimental, jazzy soundscape. In 1991 he founded his own label, Planet E Recordings, which has gone on to release records by some of the biggest names in techno, from Moodyman to Kevin Saunderson. As he celebrates 20 years of Planet E, Carl takes over the 6 Mix to play some of his favourite releases from the last two decades, as well as playing and talking about some of the old school Detroit sounds which inspired him to make music. Carl also discusses the highlights of his remarkable career, where he sees techno music progressing and also takes to the decks for an hour mix of fresh electronic sounds direct from Motor City.
Splurt – The Return VIP (Mega Refix)
INFLUENCES & INSPIRATIONS
Kraftwerk – Home Computer
Grace Jones – Walking In The Rain
Throbbing Gristle – Slug Bait
Rhythim Is Rhythim – Strings Of Life
Cybotron – Alleys Of Your Mind
CARL CRAIG IN THE MIX
CURRENT FAVOURITES
Baby Ford – Tek City
Martin Buttrich – Full Clip (Kirk De Georgio Remix)
Unknown Artist – Untitled
Benga – Electro Scratch
Christian Prommer – Sueno Latino (DJ H
“Straightforward, rolling disco funkyness” it says here. We can let him off with that though as he’s Italian..
http://www.roof.fm/en/2011/03/08/marco-passarani-final-frontier-running-back/
Some new tracks added to the Classics page
Beyond – Silver
Rachid Taha – Voila Voila
Robotman – Do Da Doo (Plastikman)
Jam & Spoon – Follow Me
Pergon – The Deliverer
No images yet as i’m too lazy to hunt them down and format them… next week!
Carl Craig takes to the Essential Mix decks to celebrate 20 years of Planet E. Fill yer boots!
ok, might as well kick off the “new look same old shit” blog with an RA podcast – Wagon Repair honcho Mathew Jonson live @ the Labyrinth festival in Japan, quality stuff
Ace – one of my favourite producers at the moment is up on the Chris Liebing CLR podcast… proper techno as expected from the Sandwell District honcho, featuring the likes of Luke Slater, Speedy J and Shed
Just noticed there’s a Slam one in there too, will have to check it out
1 FEMALE – WE ARE THE SAVAGE IN SILENCE (LIVE EXTRACT) – SANDWELL DISTRICT
2 DECIMAL – MELODY ATTACK (SANDWELL DISTRICT REMIX) – SOMA
3 FUNCTION – BURN – SANDWELL DISTRICT
4 SANDWELL DISTRICT – IMMOLARE (UNRELEASED LIVE EDIT) – SANDWELL DISTRICT
5 BERNARD BADIE – I CAN FEEL IT – NIGHT CLUB RECORDS
6 RAIZ – KEEP SECRETS (FUNCTION VS. SYDENHAM REMIX) – DROID
7 JACK MASTER – BANG THE BOX – JACK 1
8 SHED – ESTRANGE – OSTGUT TON
9 PLANETARY ASSAULT SYSTEMS – ENTER ACTION – OSTGUT TON
10 MARCEL FENGLER – THWACK – MOTE EVOLVER
11 SPEEDY J – THREE O’ THREE – PLUS 8
12 DAVE CLARKE – WISDOM TO THE WISE (RED 2) (ROB HOOD REMIX)
13 REALITY OR NOTHING – UNTITLED (FEMALE MIX) – RSB
14 LB DUBCORP – IT’S WHAT YOU FEEL – OSTGUT TON
15 REALITY OR NOTHING – UNTITLED (FUNCTION MIX) – RSB
16 LEMON 8 – MODEL 8 – PLUS 8
17 JOHN TEJADA FEAT QZEN – SUCRE – PALETTE
18 PLANETARY ASSAULT SYSTEM – GT (P.A.S. DRONE SECTOR REMIX)
19 CARL CRAIG – AT LES (CHRISTIAN SMITH’S HYPONOTICA REMIX) – TRONIC
20 MATHEW JONSON – MARIONETTE – WAGON REPAIR
21 PLANETARY ASSAULT SYSTEMS – BOOSTER – PEACEFOG
22 PLANETARY ASSAULT SYSTEMS – GT (FUNCTION VS. SYDENHAM REMIX) – MOTE EVOLVER
23 SANDWELL DISTRICT – FALLING THE SAME WAY – SANDWELL DISTRICT
Sleazy slow-mo/disco mix from one of Scotland’s finest, The Revenge, featuring loads of his own edits and productions, top notch as you’d expect.
