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.

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Kicking off in house territories, little white earbuds has an interesting interview and mix from Tin Man. I’d heard a little of Tin Man’s stuff, being aware of him from the start of Tama Sumo’s Panorama Bar Cd from a few years back. He has an interesting production style, and this is an enjoyable wee mix. Check it out.
Tin Man-LWE78

Moving into somewhat heavier realms, new producer Blawan has been making some waves. Recommended by Mick, I’m digging on this one.
FACT Mix 230 – Blawan (Mar ’11) by factmag

The labyrinth aside, the best gig I went to in Japan last year was Kode 9 and Martyn. I was looking forward more to Martyn’s set but was surprised by how much I enjoyed Kode 9′s mix of dubstep, grime, and loads of Uk funky, all mixed up in between blasts on the vuvuzela (it was during the world cup). He recently did the essential mix, your enjoyment of which probably will correlate with your enjoyment of uk funky. I quite like it.
Kode 9 Essential Mix

Finally, a couple of things from further leftfield. I like eclectic mixes, they’re a great way to discover new artists you may not normally check.

Don’t know much about Roll The Dice, but here’s an interesting eclectic mix I found – the tracklisting should give you some idea of whether it’ll be your cup of tea or not.
This Is How We Roll by Roll the Dice

Blackest Ever Black venture into the darkness with their mix “she died with her eyes open”. It’s dark and different, and as we move into autumn I look forward to more from them.
She Died With Her Eyes Open

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First up, you can’t really argue with Millions of Moments re-release of ‘wallshaker’ by Aaron Carl, who sadly passed away last year. I think this one is a favourite of Micks.. The great original is accompanied by a midnight dub, and a beautifully deep sounding dub from ‘Sven’, presumably Sven Weissemann who is doing some lovely stuff lately.

Kassem Mosse has a new release on Workshop, and as usual with work from him and workshop it is sounding impressive. Mosse has become one of my favourite producers over the past year or so and this is more solid work.

Another guy I’m always on the look for releases for is Tevo Howard, who has a nice stripped down but melodic style to his deep house. ‘The age of compassion’ came out on buzzin’ fly last month which is a big label and hopefully a sign of more recognition for his productions.

Sneaking in from last year is House of Jezebel (aka Legowelt) with his take on ‘love and happiness’. It’s a sample that’s been used so many times, yet this raw, old school sounding production just does it for me..

One more house thing is Lauer’s excellent release from Robert Johnson last month.. Both these tracks remind me of New Order for some reason, perhaps the melodies and old school sounding drums..

Over in the increasingly popular post dubsteppy/nu garagey world, things are ticking along nicely too..
Really enjoyed sepalcure’s first 12″ last year on hotflush. This new one’s sounding good too

Staying on hotflush, the new George Fitzgerald with remix from Scuba is nice

Hackman is a newish uk funky producer who’s stuff I always check of late.. Interesting how some of this more mellow end of the uk post garage/funky thing is starting to meld with more trad tech house.

Julio Bashmore also successfully pushes my deep housey/steppy buttons with his new release.

Lovely stuff from 2562 who apparently made his entire new album constructed from samples of old disco records!

Over in more techno territory, Mike Dehnert comes through with another reliably enjoyable record

Delsin come through with some lush detroit stuff

And finally, Mike Parker and Donato Dozzy come heavy and hypnotic with a new Prologue.. Can’t listen to this without imagine it booming out over the mountains in Japan, and I’m already a bit excited about that becoming a reality.

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from Chicago, 1992:

La Drid Austin – You Got To Move
Label: Nite Life
Catalog#: NL 003
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country:US
Released: 1992
Genre: Electronic
Style: House

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In the spirit of sharing and co-operation Mick and I have pooled our resources and put together a wee music selection for your enjoyment. We split it 50-50 well more 50-70 due to someone going long…
Enjoy!

Tracklisty:

Holy Ghost! – Static on the Wire
Black Van – Yearning
Boo Williams – Mortal Trance
Space – Deliverance (Justus Köhnckes ‘Wild Pitch’ Mix)
Azari and iii – She’s An Illusion
Cage and Aviary – Low Noise
John Talabot – Sunshine (Delorean Mix)
youANDme – You Like
John Talabot – Sunshine
Tensnake – Coma Cat
FCL – Lets Go
Fet et Moi – Paris is for lovers
Burnt Island Casuals – Truth & Temptation

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each week somebody can stick up a mix they have been digging that week, doesn’t gotta be new or flash just something you really like.
Gis a quick blurb and a tracklist if possible and a link would be appreciated

i’ll kick it off with

The Revenge Technique Podcast 006

Real nice deep house mix with all sorts in it, just a good all round listen really.

http://fairtilizer.com/track/110541
1. Matt Flores – Tempted
2. Starpoint – I Want You (Morales Dub)
3. Mr. Fingers – What About This Love (Dub)
4. Manuel Tur – Beasts & The Birds
5. Art Of Tones – The World As I Live It
6. KZA – Gothenergy (The Revenge Remix)
7. Spectacle – Prism
8. Deep Space Orchestra – On The Inside (The Revenge Remix)
9. FCL – Let’s Go
10. Willie Graff & Tuccillo – Give You Up (Chez A Little Bit More Mix)
11. Chez Damier – Teach Me, Keep Me
12. Flow – Catwinch (Vince Watson Remix)
13. Mfon – Ron Hardy’s Resurrection
14. Homepark – On Me
15. Burnski – Me And You
16. Fela Kuti – No Possible (Joystick Jay’s Edit)
17. Burnt Island Casuals – Truth & Temptation

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Here’s 5 records I like to accompany the haze

James Blake; probably my favourite producer right now..

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1. Joris Voorn – Resident Advisor Podcast #62
2. Dixon – Body Language 4
3. Dennis Ferrer – Essential Mix 27-09-2008
4. Jackmate – mnml ssgs mx07
5. Wolf & Lamb – Ibiza Podcast

So what sets do you find yourself coming back to over and over again – even years later?

Photo credit

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It was an outdoor event under big tents which came in handy with the torrential rain that didn’t let up, but most people were too wrapped up in the music to pay much attention to it. The Tokyo crowd definitely knew their stuff – trainspotting every track and singing every vocal that came along. Great fun best expressed in photos……

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A lot can change in 2 years!  At the start of 2007, I was living in an old house near a vaguely dodgy part of Auckland’s CBD.  The BMP was an as yet unacquainted and unincorporated group of disparate figures who had not yet discovered a mutual enjoyment for the triplicate vices of Beer, MUSIC, and Pizza.  My friend Mike, (aka Mick ‘the kid’) was living in Mt Albert near what I personally consider one of Auckland’s best cafes, so most weekends would see me grabbing a pile of records and heading out to his flat to piss about mixing records (usually two for two), drinking beer and eating pizza (notice a pattern?).

Pop’n'tuck emerged from around that time and is one of the rare occasions where one (or both) of us didn’t fuck up the mix too badly.  We were both happy with the mix and it garnered some pretty positive comments so we’ve brought it back to give it a good home as a stinkfinger podcast.

The tracks themselves are kinda reflective of the times, with nothing that has dated too badly (yet) in my opinion, and a nice mix of minimal with housier influenced tracks.  Mick kicks the mix off smoothly with ‘Born Again’ hitting into some Jazzanova touched percussion.  The euro influence continues with some early Mountain People and Matthias Kaden works, followed by a triple hit of fairly minimal business from Guido Schneider, M.I.A, and Alejandro Vivanco.  Milton Jackson leads into possibly my favourite track on the mix, Jennifer Cardini and Shonky’s heavy and deep ‘lies’.  Things take a housier turn, and I don’t apologise for the inclusion of Dj Fame’s ‘Name it X’, it is a fun track!   Mick keeps it funky with Dj Sneak and Jesse Rose tracks, before Basic Channel’s ur-minimal classic ‘phylyps track II’ rounds things out.

Time passed by, the BMP formed, stink-finger was created, Mick now lives in London, and I moved to Japan, but I think this mix is still a good reflection of where our musical attitudes continue to lie – house and techno. 
Enjoy.

Tracklist:

1. Ricky L feat M:ck – Born Again
2. Outlines – Listen to the drums (Jazzanova Remix)
3. Serafin – Berlin Has No Cows
4. Hemmann and Kaden – People
5. Guido Schnieder – Transmission
6. M.I.A – Happy
7. Alejandro Vivanco – Fugazz
8. Milton Jackson – Rogue Element (Milton’s Dream remix)
9. Jennifer Cardini & Shonky – Lies
10. Slope – Runnin’
11. Dj Fame – Name It X
12. Iz and Diz – Mouth (Greenskeepers remix)
13. DJ Sneak – How I Feel
14. 2020 Soundsystem – Can’t Stop the Crew (Jesse Rose Dub)
15. Basic Channel – Phylps Track II
16. Steve Bug – Loverboy (Guido Schneider remix)

Download link (right click, save as):  http://www.stink-finger.com/audio/popntuckBN1Micarl060107.mp3
Duration: 1:20:55
Size: 74Mb

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