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Morphosis – Impulse

The Ninja — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:25:12 +0000

I like this. A lot.

Tracks of the year

Benny — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:32:23 +0000

Here, for the benefit of all who have stuck with the ‘finger throughout the droughts of the last half year’ is my mix of some tracks from albums I really loved this year.

2011Albums by Bn1

I’m not going to go into details right now but here’s the tracklisting.. I hope if you check it out you hear something you haven’t heard before and maybe something you like a lot.

“The Suck” – Roll the Dice – From ‘In Dust’
“Chrome Vox” – Tropic Of Cancer – From ‘The End of All Things’
“Double Day” – Sandwell District – From ‘Feed Forward’
“Yama” – Dead Skeletons – From ‘Dead Magick’
“Hatred Of Music II” – Tim Hecker – From ‘Ravedeath, 1972′
“Descent to the Zenith” – Earth – From ‘Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I’
“Zombies Never Die (Blues)” – Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore – From ‘Beileid’
“Microon II” – Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto – From ‘Summvs’ -
“Caladan” – Roly Porter – From ‘Aftertime’
“Badmind” – Hype Williams – From ‘Kelly Price W8 Gain vol II’
“Or” – Kangding Ray – From ‘Or’
“All You’ll Never Know’ – Matthew David – From ‘International’
“Choice” – Perc – From ‘Wicker and Steel’
“Reality Drift” – Kuedo – From ‘Severant’
“Rainy Dub” – Actress – From ‘Rainy Dub’
“Seasons” – Thundercat – From ‘The Golden Age of Apocalypse
“InnaFocusedDaze” – Dam Funk – From ‘InnaFocusedDaze’
“It Was Whatever” – Shlohmo – From ‘Bad Vibes’
“See You Tomorrow” – Henrik Schwarz and Bugge Wesseltoft – From ‘Duo’

Nabbs, Talabot & Hivern Discs

Mick — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:04:55 +0000

Shout out to our buddy Justin Nabbs who recently posted up this mix on his Soundcloud – There’s lots of good stuff in here, including 40 Thieves Ft Qzen ‘Don’t Turn it Off’, Lucky Paul ‘Thought We Were Alone (Money vs Gold Remix)’, Simon Baker ‘Plastik’ & the very excellent John Talabot ‘Leave Me’, whch was recently included on the Permanent Vacation mix ‘If This Is House I Want My Money Back’. Listen/Download Justin’s mix here
Aug mix by JustinNabbs

John Talabot’s interview linked below is worth reading – he talks about his upcoming long player which will be dark and instrument based – sounds like an interesting listen; he also talks about Hivern Discs (which he lends a helping hand with) releasing some Kassem Mosse among other things soon:
http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2011/08/23/interview-john-talabot/

Hivern Discs has been a very reliable label for releases so far; releases have included Talabot’s stunning Sunshine and while it was never officially released, the Pional remix of Frank Ocean ‘Lovecrimes’.
Frank Ocean – Lovecrimes (Pional Edit) by Hivern Discs

Beats in Space on form

Mick — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:43:47 +0000

Tim Sweeney’s BiS has been on form lately with heaps of decent mixes from the likes of Shit Robot, Horse Meat Disco, Tiger and Woods, Joakim this weeks show was James Murphy and it’s grand! Next week, Four Tet.
I know there’s a lot of dislike towards the interviews Sweeney does or his voice but I really enjoy listening to them when I’m walking. It’s super cool hearing these interviews when I’m interested in the producer and what they’re up to at the moment.

http://www.beatsinspace.net/playlists/586

James Murphy (LCD Soundystem, DFA) On BIS – Part 3

If this tracklist isn’t convincing, i don’t know what is:
Pt 1 with: James Murphy
1. Herb Alpert – Beyond – A&M
2. Todd Terje – Snooze 4 Love – Running Back
3. Bunnydrums – Too Much Time
4. Oppenheimer Analysis – The Devil’s Dancer – Minimal Wave
5. Bill Nelson – Connie Buys A Kodak – Cocteau Records
6. November Group – Work That Dream
7. DJ Steef – Black Savates – Magic Wand
8. DJ Steef – Triolisme – Magic Wand
9. Sylvester – I Need Somebody To Love Tonight – Fantasy
10. Pollyester – German Lover Letter (Hal Tabac Mix) – Permanent Vacation
11. 112 BPM – Automan 6
12. Queen Samantha – Take A Chance – Marlin
13. L.B. Bad – The New Age Of Faith (Rong Music Version) – Tu Rong
14. Azari & III – Reckless With Your Love (Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt Remix) – Permanent Vacation
15. Love Unlimeted Orchestra – Welcome Aboard

Pt 2 with: James Murphy
16. Burnt Island Casuals – Truth & Temptation
17. Woolfy – Looking Glass – DFA
18. Rhythim Is Rhythim – The Dance – Transmat
19. Steve “Silk” Hurley – Jack Your Body – Underground
20. Klein & MBO – The MBO Theme – Phoenix
21. – -
22. Brenda Russell – Way Back When (Underdog Edit)
23. NDF – Since We Last Met – DFA
24. Allez-Allez – Seven Down Six Across – RVNG
25. Gavin Russom – Night Sky (The Mutant Beat Dance Adjustment) – DFA
26. Prince – The Future – WB
27. – - Stilove4music
28. Bermuda Triangle – Black Cock
29. Charanjit Singh – Rafa: Bhairav – Bombay-Connection
30. Christiane F – Wunderbar – Posh Boy
31. Plez – Can’t Stop (Acid Rain Forest Mix) – Plezure
32. Brian Brain – Fun With Music! – Plaid
33. Fred Palakon – I’m Not Here – Strobelight Honey
34. Laid Back – Fly Away – Sire

Lee Foss & Hot Creations

Mick — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:52:23 +0000

London/L.A based, Chicago born Lee Foss got big props last year with his release ‘U Got Me’ on his label Hot Creations.

The latest Hot Creations release is another classic – in the form of Danny Daze – Your Everything.

I’ve been enjoying this Modern Amusement Podcast by Lee Foss and these two tracks off it especially:

Luca C, Brigante Feat. Ali Love – Morals (Clockwork Remix)

Hollis P. Monroe – I’m Lonely

Check out the podcast here -
Lee Foss – Modern Amusement Podcast 01 by Lee Foss

The Saturday Slowburner: Mark E – The Day

The Ninja — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 06:02:29 +0000

I seem to have a bit of a soft spot for most things Mark E puts his name to and find his work particularly well suited to lazy afternoons. Something I take extremely seriously.

This new slow-burner off his new LP “Stonebreaker” on Spectral Sound definitely fits that bill.

You can also check it over here: Mark E – The Day

Benoit & Sergio

Mick — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:48:29 +0000

There’s been quite a lot of good music coming out of DC lately. The Beautiful Swimmers and now these two, Benoit & Sergio, who i’ve been enjoying since i heard their incredible Walk and Talk on the Wolf and Lamb Vs Soul Clap DJ Kicks; it’s the one with the lyrics “My baby does K all day. She doesn’t wash her hair, doesn’t wash her clothes. When I come home doesn’t even say hello”.
Walk and Talk

The few things they’ve released on DFA have also been pretty nice. Boy Trouble back in Feb.

Last week they released Principles and Everybody, also on DFA both great!
Principles

Everybody

Back in April they did a promo mix for Fabric, which i only just discovered, but i like it a lot.
http://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/audio-benoit-sergio-fabric-promo-mix
DOWNLOAD: Benoit & Sergio fabric Promo Mix

Tracklist
1. Metronomy – She wants
2. Benoit & Sergio – Walk and talk
3. Superpitcher – Rabbits in a hurry
4. Fingerprintz – Wet job
5. The Cars – Heartbeat city
6. Wild Nothing – Live in dreams
7. Benoit & Sergio – Boy trouble

A mix from Deepchord

The Ninja — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:00:42 +0000

I’m quite enjoying this mix Rob Modell / Deepchord did for DJBroadcast in the Netherlands.

Some nice deep techno for these winter months.

Tracklist

1.Gogooo A Cote – a Ca La Sera
2.Actress – I Can not Forgive You
3.Chris & Cosey – Sequencer
4.Deep Chord – Stars
5.G-Man – Enforcer
6.Ghislain Poirier – Orange Brule
7.Marcel Dettmann – Silex
8.Mind Over MIDI – Across The Void
9.Bandulu – Shutdown
10.Sueno Latino – Luxuria
11.Fluxions – Sub Surface
12.Bandulu – Downward Glance
13.Claudia Bonarelli – Vaneigem
14.cv313 – Seconds To Forever
15.Gez Varley – Gardelle
16.Muslimgauze – Ganges Swimmer
17.Dettmann / Klock – Blank Scenario
18.Midnight Caller – Caller’s Theme
19.Martin Shulte – Depths Of Researches
20.Omar S./ Shadow Ray – Oasis One
21.Frank Bretschneider & Taylor Dupree – Dug In
22.Gez Varley – Coco Roach
23.Ghislain Poirier – Position Et Negation
24.Variant – Enchanted
25.Riou – House!

Download over here (via Filter27)

NZNTM and musical picks

Benny — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 09:53:46 +0000

Season 3 of New Zealand’s Next Top Model kicked off on friday. Being a follower of the previous 2 seasons I’m hoping that this one will be similarly entertaining, and may even keep the ‘finger appraised of my thoughts from time to time.. The first episode was the usual first episode cavalcade of screaming wannabe models, micro clips and voice-overs to establish the models’ identities. Amongst all this it was hard to establish any real favourites. I’m hopeful that Bianca (who brought her lucky lizard to the model interview) will stick around for a few more episodes at least.

Onto the tunes, and there’s been a crapload of tunes doing it for me. Enjoying the chance to dj a little bit more of late. Too many to categorise or rank, here’s just a few favourites.

Brackles and Shortstuff’s ‘Blunted Robots’ label is always worthy of a listen, and I really like Dj Dom’s recent EP for them. Deep but bouncy UK Funky.

Sticking in the UK, and LuckyMe have another big tune in the form of Jacques Greene’s ‘Another Girl’. The original is a big, rnb based record, but my favourite from the release is Mark Flash UR’s Detroit based reworking of ‘The Look’

One more Uk based, RnB influenced tune, this time coming from Deadboy who’s been mining the rnb and uk bass sound for sometime, this time coming with an uplifting bassline which will no doubt sound massive at the various festivals over the northern summer.

Moving into more traditional house and techno territory, and Move D is on his usual fine form, recently remixing leif in a very laid back deep style with some lovely jazzy touches.

His EP from a few months back is also essential deep listening, I can’t get enough of ‘Your Personal Healer’ – lush piano chords, muted vocals and snips of acid.

Also dusting off the piano keys is Reggie Dokes. I really like his new EP on Clones’ excellent ‘Royal Oak’ sub label. ‘Haiti’ brings spritely keys and a great remix from promising new producers ‘Morning Factory’ who are named after my favourite Ron Trent track, which is a cool thing to take a name from.

Time to Express is a must check label for me since Dozzy and Cio D’ors hypnotising ‘Menta’, and their compilation has yielded some new gems including new (to me) tracks from Dozzy and Van Hoesen.

Sascha Rydell comes through with some deep heaviness on the equally awesome Fachwerk label.

Perc is another consistently strong producer, his great new track on his label features (amazingly) a remix from Chris Carter of throbbing gristle. That’s not on youtube though, so check out the equally smashing Ancient Methods mix;

Finally, Andy Stott emerges again on Modern Love with some amazing music. I really like this release, each track has something unique to it, and most of it is slowed, skewed, and dark. Great stuff.

Planningtorock – W

Mick — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:44:09 +0000

Planningtorock’s new album W is out on DFA in a couple of weeks. I’m excited about hearing these two releases in the context of the LP; the videos are creepy but wonderful:

DOORWAY from planningtorock on Vimeo.

THE BREAKS from planningtorock on Vimeo.