MixTAPE: Placid (under_score / acid-house.net)

Just a quick one as I'm busy in NYC, but I needed to get this mix up from under_score resident, Placid. He's a bit of a scene stalwart, and has been putting up well recieved regular mixes on his acid-house.net site for quite a while now, and has been blessing our ears with some incredible DJ sets. He rocked it out at Sunday's best before: shindig, where he filled the boots of Andy Butler (who cancelled at the last minute so that he could... err... film the video for his next single. To say that we were pissed off would've been a bit of an understatement, but what can you do, eh?) with ease, rocking out disco, electro, and acid house classics that shook the main room to the core. I've been pestering him for ages to do a mix for us, and he's finally come up trumps for us with a top selection of tunes for electronic enthusiasts to salivate over. A tracklisting will be provided in a few weeks time, but for the meantime just sit back, relax, and enjoy the music!

Download:
Placid - MixTAPE

Also, I'd like to give a big thanks to Stewart at A1 Records in East Village for being incredibly courteous and having such a fantastic shop! If you're ever in New York and want to spend a whole day digging for records, this is the place to go. I've hit up a few other places so far, but I'll recap on those when I return next week. If you need to contact me whilst I'm here, my e-mail address is on the sidebar.

Ride The Hardway

Been a bit quiet on the blog front recently, but things have been fairly busy chez Carnage. Pick up this month's iDJ magazine and you'll find a piece that I've written on mad French jazzy techno popsters Noze and their forthcoming 'Songs On The Rocks' LP, and there's also a really insightful main feature on Andy Butler from Hercules & Love Affair done by my best before: compadre Sell By Dave. Check the poster below for details of our party featuring a DJ set from the man himself if you're around Bristol over the bank holiday weekend.

Also I've started doing a bit of writing for Resident Advisor - you can find links to the reviews I've done below:

EQD - Equalized #001 // Equalized

Badawi ft. Kode9 & Juakali - Den Of Drumz/Crows // ROIR

Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Le Crew Normand EP // Karat

I'm generally reviewing stuff that they've got on vinyl as it lightens my basket, as it were, so if you think that I might be interested in reviewing your release then send your black crack over to RA or you could even send it to me directly - the address is on the sidebar.

I've just done a short e-mail interview with 2562 concerning his forthcoming LP 'Aerial' (which is absolutely cracking, by the way) for next month's iDJ, so I'll post the transcript up here sometime soon.

On the audio front, here's a mix done by longtime friend of TAPE, Sean Johnston (aka Hardway Bros). He was charged with warming up for Weatherall at his 'Watch The Ride' mix launch down at new London venue East Village, and this is what he came up with. Quite excellent, I think you'll agree. He'll also be playing the warm up party for the new Pointless Edits 12" down at The Bank next Friday, so pop on down for muchos pint and pickled egg action. Plus some quality tuneage, of course!

The Fitzcarraldo Variations - Gamma Model // History Clock
Tiger Stripes - Black Beach (Original Mix) // Dialect Recordings
Rodion - Electric Soca (Cosmo Vitelli Remix) // Gomma
Sly Mongoose - Bad Pulse (Padded Cell Remix) // Mule Musiq
Quiet Village - Desperate Hours // Lo Recordings
Jay Shepheard - The Last Days (Of Cou Cou D) // Compost Black Label
Jaz - See Me On The Doll // 65
Ben Mono - Beatbox feat. Capitol A (Jacob London Remix) // Compost
Force Of Nature - Sequencer // Mule Musiq
John Daly - Do It // Wave Music
Hatchback - Jetlag (Faze Action Remix) // Thisisnotanexit Records
In Flagranti - Effective Placebo Affect // Speak Recordings
Hedford Vachal - Alan vs Gary // Tirk
Lullabies In The Dark - Code 7429 // Permanent Vacation
Williams - Love On A Real Train (Williams Odyssey Mix) // Love Triangle
Headman - Hostage // Gomma
Altz - Unknown (Mungolian Jetset Mix) // CD-R
Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (Ilya Santana Dub Mix) // Hooj Choons
Kano - It's A War - SS Uk Re-Edit // Full Time
Marcello Giordani - I'm Not Blade Runner // Mule Musiq
Solomun - Black Rose (Vinyl Version) // Sonar Kollektiv
Sascha Funke - Chemin Des Figons // Bpitch Control
Radio Slave - Tantakatan // Rekids
Riley Reinhold - Sunset Sound // MBF
Par Grindvik - Do Us Part (Len Faki Remix) // Drumcode

Download:
Sean Johnston - Live at East Village

Also, I'll be in NYC next month from the 7th to the 14th visiting friends and recording a DJ set for the guys at Viva Radio, so if you're putting on a party at a club or even back at your gaff and need someone to spin some tunes then give me a shout and I'll pack my bag accordingly. Enquiries about getting a gig have so far been fruitless, but it'd be nice to meet some new people and get some people dancing whilst I'm over. Record shop, party and general New York recommendations are also very welcome, though I'm already pretty certain that I'll be heading to Cielo for Francois K's Deep Space night on Monday, and 215 on Tuesday for Jacques Renault's night where Low Motion Disco will be spinning some tunes. Anyway, take care and I hope you all have a good weekend!

Two dates for your diary...

Record Shop Solidarity

This Saturday is National Record Store Day in the US, and here in Bristol Rooted Records is joining in the celebration. There will be FREE beer and chicken served instore from 2pm for purchases over £20. We believe it is right to celebrate the role that record stores play in the cultural life of local communities, especially here in Bristol, now that we have so few. As you know this blog is very fond of vinyl, so get out there and support the stores!

In the shop all afternoon will be King Tubby's Box (pictured above) from Downbeat Melody Soundsystem booming out some essential selections with sets from Peverelist, Puffin Jack & Steve Rice.

www.recordstoreday.com

www.rootedrecords.co.uk

In The Box - March

Bit late on this, but better late than never as they say...

1) Mixworks – Persistence EP // Mixworks
Ridiculously good 12” from the previous unknown Mixworks outfit with three tracks of solid grooves and mindblowing melodies. ‘Berlin Dub’ is a boompty dub houser that's guaranteed to rock any floor to its foundations, whilst ‘Believer’ is a trippy minor chord skipper (those hats!) to get the heads wiggling in the early morning. It closes with ’50 Degrees’, a warehouse banger which reveals its heart melding melody two thirds of the way though without losing any of the jack. I know I’m a bit late on this one but I only just managed to find myself a copy – pick one up if you still can.

Listen:
Mixworks – Persistence EP // Mixworks

2) Peverelist – Infinity Is Now / Junktion // Tectonic
Once again, local boy Tom pisses all over the competition with two massive tracks for Pinch’s Tectonic label. The futurist stepping techno of ‘Infinity Is Now’ is one thing, but the bassline on ‘Junktion’ is some seriously heavy shit that has to be heard to be believed. Make sure to check out the trippy lock groove at the end.

Listen:
Peverelist – Infinity Is Now // Tectonic
Peverelist – Junktion // Tectonic

3) The Mole – As High As The Sky // Wagon Repair
I was expecting this to be good before I’d even heard it, but once I started listening I was absolutely blown away. From spooky techno groovers that make you bump in the night, through to jazzy house groovers in a Theo vein, it’s a great ride from start to finish and it’ll be getting a lot of play round my gaff this year.

4) Kode 9 vs Badawi – Den Of Drumz // Roir
Banger alert! The Kode 9 remix on this one is a pulsating ethnic pumpfest that will be staying in my box for a fair while, I reckon.

Listen:
Kode 9 vs Badawi – Den Of Drumz // Roir

5) Equalized – 001 // Equalized
It’s all about the B on this mysterious Hardwax affiliated 12”, marrying all that’s great about Detroit techno and Detroit house into one clinically produced whole. Flip over for an austere minimal house swinger that’s most definitely both minimal, and house.

Listen:
Equalized – 001 A // Equalized
Equalized – 001 B // Equalized

6) V/A – 4th Bouquet // Styrax Leaves
As ever with Styrax, the quality is high on this one with cuts from both Quantec and Leftover from the Statik camp taking up one side, and Dial boss Lawrence sharing the A with newcomer Haventepe. The latter has only had his stuff released on mp3 labels previous to this point, but if he’s going to keep churning out smooth synth swellers as good as ‘Air’, we’re in for a treat. I heard it played by Cle near the end of Sunday evening’s proceedings in Panorama and it was like having an aural bath. As is the usual with the decent Styrax stuff, this’ll probably turn up on Discogs in a few months at double the price, so I’d pick it up sooner rather than later if I was you.

Listen:
V/A – 4th Bouquet // Styrax Leaves

7) Noze – Songs On The Rocks LP // Get Physical
Noze go pop, in their own inimitable way. The result is a wildly adventurous and entertaining romp that encompasses skippily jaunty techno-pop, eerie cinematic epics, yearning Waitsian (Tom, that is) bar room rants, and much more over its nine song duration.

8) V/A – Computer Incarnations For World Peace II sampler // Sonar Kollektiv
Four great tracks on here, but my favourite is Project Sandro’s ‘Blazer’ - a laid back groover with beautifully intertwined synths and a hypnotically deep bassline.

Listen:
V/A – Computer Incarnations For World Peace II sampler // Sonar Kollektiv

9) Claro Intelecto – Rise // Modern Love
Also well worth checking is his latest full length ‘Metanarrative’, but this one sider is simple but devastatingly effective late night techno for when everything’s gone a bit too wrong...

Listen:
Claro Intelecto – Rise // Modern Love

10) Marlinspike – Bongo Rocka / Climate Control // Marlinspike
Skull Disco meets Blade Runner on ‘Bongo Rocka’, and Detroit synths float over the low key stepping vibes of ‘Climate Control’ (which you can hear on the Trackwerk mix below). I’ve already heard the next two twelves, and trust me – they’re as good as this one.

The weekend ahead...

I'm off to Berlin this weekend for the first time, so this little roundup is going to encompass things that are going on in the holy trinity of cities that is Bristol, London, and Berlin. First things first, I've got to rep one of our Best Before parties with the UFO lads that's going on this Saturday at Timbuk2 in Bristol.

best before: & UFO
Back in the basement.
Saturday 29th March @ Timbuk2 (Small St, Bristol BS1)

After three years away, Bristol's original "anything goes" party returns to the city's favourite rave cellar for a very special event...

Room 1: Original Cellar Sound
Quality house, techno, nu-disco, Italo and Balearica

CHATEAU FLIGHT(Versatile/Innervisions)
LUKAS (Buoyancy/Players Paradise)
LEGENDARY TONE & SELL BY DAVE (best before:)

Room 2: Uncle P-Funk's Block Party
80s electro, electrofunk, P-funk, block party hip-hop

JOE HART (Bloc Weekender/Nuclear Winter)
POWERCUT & MR LINGO (Funk From The Trunk/Bloom Festival)
ANDY CLARKSON (Payback Hifi/Stereo Freeze)
THE KELLY TWINS(UFO/best before:)

It'll be Gilb'r doing a solo DJ set which I'm pretty gutted about missing, but I'm spoilt for choice this weekend in Berlin. I'm still undecided as to what I'm going to! There's three decent things on Friday - Brothers Vibe and Sascha Dive repping the Deep Vibes label over at Tape; a Dial label extravaganza at Panorama Bar with Lawrence, Pantha Du Prince and My My's Carsten Klemann (his collaboration with Carsten Jost still hasn't dropped yet - keep a look out over the coming weeks); but I'll more than likely be heading over to Weekend to watch the sun come up as Prins Thomas struts his stuff on the decks.

On Saturday it's all about the bigger clubs, with Watergate hosting live sets from Donnacha Costello and Cadenza's Pikaya, along with DJ sets from the latter and Carsten Klemann. If I can muster the strength, I'll be heading along to Panorama Bar on Sunday afternoon to check out sets from Larry Heard and Cassy. Does anyone have any idea when the afternoon sets start/go on til at all?

Not much of an idea what's happening in London this weekend, but the place that you should all be on Saturday night is Fabric. Not only are they hosting Villalobos in the main room, but the lineup for room 3 is pretty damn stellar. Patrice Scott makes a rare UK appearance (which, for my money makes the night worth going to on its own) alongside I-F and Clone's Serge, sealing what's sure to be an excellent evening of music.

Anyway, whatever you're up to this weekend, have a good one and take care!

Trackwerk Your Body

First things first, big thanks to everyone who came out to TAPE last Friday. Bass Clef pulled a set of garage bangers and grime instrumentals out of the bag which decimated the floor, and then Peverelist wowed us with a brilliant set that went from deep pulsating narco-dubstep through to some jungle classics. He played a new Pinch track (may be a remix or an original... no idea sorry!) that's forthcoming on Immerse which sounded amazing, so keep on the look out for that. Also, props to Big Ting's Jay Le Surgeon for getting the dancefloor nice and toasty earlier on with some mixed up party vibes. Apologies to anyone that spoke to me near the end - I was so pissed by then that I can't even remember leaving the club!

Summer Summons was really good fun as well (thanks to Abbie and the crew for having me down), but I was rueing my decision to bring a fairly deep box about half an hour into my set. I managed to cobble together a decent selection of more pumping bits (though I never would've thought that I'd be able to get away with playing Robert Hood before midnight struck!), and got my strangest request ever - "Err... Do you have any Lil John?". At least he wasn't asking for Pendulum!

Our next TAPE party on May 16th is a pretty special one as far as we're concerned, and we're both incredibly excited about it. We've been wanting to get Philip Sherburne over for a set for a long time now, and we've finally got him confirmed for what I gather (correct me if I'm wrong, Phil!) is his first ever gig on English soil. Not only do we have the Sherburnator, but we've got a Modern Love double header courtesy of the Pendle Coven lads (pictured above). For their first ever Bristol appearance they're doing a live set for us, and we'll also be treated to a DJ set from Miles (otherwise known as MLZ). The bill is rounded off with a set from Nick Gutterbreakz under his Patchwerk Man moniker (check out his track 'Rooted' in the mix below), who'll be rocking out a pure techno set for your delectation. As usual things will be happening at the 200 capacity Native club on Small Street, so I'll make sure to let you know when we put the tickets on sale.

Finally, here's a mix that I did for the lovely chaps over at Trackwerk. Make sure you check out their site because they're regularly putting up quality mixes for download, including a few from our good pal Sean Johnston. Full tracklistings as well, for all you spotters out there!

Richard Carnage - Trackwerk mix
Pepe Bradock - Rhapsody In Pain (Bonus Beat) // Atavisme
Shackleton - Death Is Not Final // Skull Disco
Edit Select - Need For More // Edit Select
Young Seth - Moment // FXHE
Virgo - Ride // Trax
Patchwerk Man - Rooted // CD-R
Tim Wright ft. Toastie Taylor - Thirst (Luciano Dancehall Remix) // NovaMute
Johnny D - Gualia // Oslo
Cajmere ft. Dajaé - Brighter Days (Underground Goodies Mix) // Cajual
Soundstream - Motion // Soundstream
808 State - Flow Coma (AFX Remix) // Men
Steve “Silk” Hurley - Jack Your Body (Shep Pettibone Mix) // BCM
Neal Howard - The Gathering (Joey Negro Edit) // Back In The Box
E.R.P. - Vox Automaton // Frustrated Funk
D1 - I’m Loving // Tempa
Martyn - Broken // Revolve:r
Marlinspike - Climate Control // Marlinspike
Smith & Mighty - B-line Fi Blow // Studio !K7
Moderat ft. Paul St Hillaire - Let Your Love Grow // Bpitch Control
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Ashley Beedle Edit) // White

Download:
Richard Carnage - Trackwerk mix

This week...

Like many in Bristol, we have not been immune to dubstep's charms over the last few years, and we thought it was about time we turned our attention to all things bass. We are proud to bring you 'dubstep-not-dubstep', a night dedicated to the further reaches of the genre and its crossover points with other leftfield music forms.

We are extremely happy to announce that the mighty Bass Clef will be in attendance. Known throughout the land for his fantastic live sets we thought it was about time Ralph got a chance to show of his DJ skills. Anyone who remembers Ralph's Big Ting residency from a few years ago will know how joyous his sets can be, switching from doo-wop to dubstep to disco and with lots of digi dub thrown in for good measure. With a keen eye for the dancefloor and one of the best record collections I have ever seen, we are in for a treat!

Also joining us and one of our favourite producers, the rising star that is Peverelist (or Tom as most of us know him). We have asked him to play a freestyle set of whatever he likes and to not feel constrained by playing purely dubstep. Should be interesting...

Rounding off the line up is Jay Le Surgeon; UK hip hop pioneer, Imperial Music stalwart and Big Ting operative. After 7 years at Cosies, Big Ting is taking a bit of a breather, and to see her off to cold storage Jay will be joining us with a special Big Ting style set.

Bringing up the rear will be yours truly, and my partner in crime Puffin Jack. Hope to see you there!

The following day I'll be throwing down more of a housey vibe at Summer Summons, which takes place at the hub of Bristol's late night activity, Dojo. I'm on from 11-12:30, so pop down if you can drag yourself out of the house after Friday's shenanigans at Native.

best before: @ The Bank - TONIGHT!

MixTAPE: Late Night Jams

Bit late posting this up, but I did a mix for the lovely chaps over at ISM a week or so back which you may find of interest. It starts off incredibly deep and dubby and works its way up to some raunchy house bits near the end.

Here's the link for the tracklisting and download:
Richard Carnage - Late Night Jams

MixTAPE #2: Tony Lionni (Mule / Versatile / Wavetec)

After all that debacle with Tony's last mix, I'm glad to present the second one that he's kindly done for us. The link's below, so download away and vibe out to his superb bumpin' selection. His releases on Versatile and Mule Electronic are both out now, and are available from the usual outlets. 'Raices' from the Mule EP features on the latest Viva show that you can check out below.

Download:
Tony Lionni - 'Strictly Strictly Rhythm' mix

Radio Resurgence

I've been on a bit of a hiatus with the shows on Viva over the past couple of months, but I'm back with a selection of smooth late night grooves to get your ears around. Listen out for new cuts from Kalabrese, Move D, Still Going, and Tony Lionni amongst others. This'll be playing live at www.viva-radio.com until 3am GMT when it should be archived at the link below.

TAPE Radio - Show #34: 'Smooth Grooves'
Move D - Crashed Jazz // Uzuri
A Made Up Sound - Sunday // Philpot
Dubbyman - Messages From The Dub (Mike Huckaby Remix) // Deep Explorer
Rick Wilhite - Ruby Nights (Gilb'r Solo Flight Remix) // Third Ear
The Tape vs. RQM - Luvely (Kalabrese Remix) // Mouthwatering
2 AM/FM - Motherfuckers Don't Know // Spectral Sound
Force Of Nature - Transmute (Still Going Remix) // Mule Musiq
Edit Select - Need For More // Edit Select
Tony Lionni - Raices // Mule Electronic
$tinkworx - Mudpump // VEXT
Don Disco & Jeremiah - The Whistle Song // Running Back
DJ Bone - Change // Subject Detroit
D1 - I'm Loving // Tempa
Pepe Bradock - 4 // Atavisme
Holger Czukay - Persian Love // EMI
!!! - Dear Can (Maurice Fulton Vocal Mix) // Warp
Suzy Q - Get On Up And Do It Again // Atlantic
Shock - R.E.R.B // Sidewalk
Debbie Jacobs - High On Your Love // MCA

Listen:
TAPE Radio - Show #34: 'Smooth Grooves'

Slave To The Rhythm

I've just had to remove the mix that Tony Lionni kindly did for us due to a request from the Strictly Rhythm label concerning the appearance of one of their tracks on his mix. While I have honoured their decision, I have to say that in my eyes their pseudo-ideological approach to the clamping down of any online mixes that contain any of their releases is a little heavy handed. Here's the correspondence:

From: xxx@strictly.com
To: TAPE
Subject: Strictly Rhythm Content
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:06:42 -0600

Hello from Strictly Rhythm,

We've come across your listing of Osunlade "My Reflection" at http://allsexistape.blogspot.com/2008/02/mixtape-tony-lionni-mule-versatile.html

We appreciate your enthusiasm for our music. But we have to ask that you remove this link as well as any of our content that you have uploaded to server sites and request that you not do this again. We do not permit our music to be used in this way, and besides, it's actually illegal
for someone to post or share our music without our permission.

If you would like to help us promote our music by directing your friends to our web site (www.strictly.com) or to the many legal download sites (like Beatport, Traxsource, iTunes, DJ Download, etc) where they are able to listen to clips and purchase our music, we would welcome your help.

We appreciate that people like the music we put out but if we can't sell it we can't pay our artists and producers. And if we can't pay them eventually there won't be any more new music.
Regards,
Jimmy R. Smith
Strictly Rhythm-USA


On Feb 26, 2008, at 7:58 PM, TAPE wrote:

Hey there Jimmy,
The mix is done by an artist that's happy to promote this record for you, it's mixed, and the mp3 is at 160 kpbs. I do hope that this is an automated message as if you'll look at our site, you'll see that we don't host unauthorised single tracks and try and promote people to actually buy music, and preferably keep the dance vinyl market alive.

Hope to hear from you soon,
Rich

From: xxx@strictly.com
To: TAPE
Subject: Re: Strictly Rhythm Content
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:57:59 -0600

Rich,

We don't allow our music to be used IN ANY FORM without our permission, PARTICULARLY if someone takes it upon themselves to give it away. 160kpbs is higher quality than iTunes sells. I don't understand how you can possibly think that this helps us.

Please remove all Strictly content immediately.

Jimmy

So there you go... I honestly don't think that someone will go to the effort to rip a partial track at 160kpbs when if they really wanted to steal it they could probably hop on to one of the many illegal firesharing networks and procure a full high quality version. Tracks on mixes are the perfect way for a label to get their records heard, endorsed, and promoted, and it makes absolutely no sense for labels to censor these if they're actually increasing their vinyl and download sales. The only way that it may have a negative impact on sales in the long run is if a large proportion of their market were 'casual buyers' who, if they had the track on a mix like this one, would not bother to buy it and would've done if they hadn't heard the mix. I'm not sure about you, but I'm pretty sure that the size of this 'casual buyer' market is pretty fucking tiny as far as independent dance music goes, and any damage will be more than offset by positive effects on sales through increased exposure.

Well... I won't be putting any Strictly Rhythm tracks on my mixes any time soon! Also, we'll have a new mix from Tony Lionni up for you next week.

In The Box - February

1) DJ Jus-Ed vs Anton Zapp - Real House Music... // Underground Quality
Easily one of my favourite 12"s this year so far, and it comes from Jus Ed's Underground Quality label. Four deep, dubby, and funky house cuts that never lose the groove or your attention. Honestly, I can't pick a favourite out of any of these. As Hardwax would say... TIP!

Listen:
DJ Jus-Ed vs Anton Zapp - Real House Music... // Underground Quality

2) Shackleton - Death Is Not Final // Skull Disco
Interesting one, this. Not only has Shackleton put his tribal wonk at a house tempo, but Torsten Profrock's remix on the flipside is the most resolutely 'dubstep' track that he's ever done. Both sides are choice cuts, and the artwork for this one is something pretty special as well.

Listen:
Shackleton - Death Is Not Final // Skull Disco
Shackleton - Death Is Not Final (T++ Remix) // Skull Disco

3) Arto Mwambe - Hum Along EP // Brontosaurus
Arto Mwambe's 'Mudhutma!' 12" was a favourite of mine and Puffin's last year, and his follow up effort doesn't disappoint. 'Hum Along' chirps along to a heavy boompty beat whilst Move D lays some sultry chords and generally makes things a lot more slinky on his remix. Things go back to boomptiness with 'Greatest Love', but this time married to a plinky melodic synth line.

Listen:
Arto Mwambe - Hum Along EP // Brontosaurus

4) Luke Hess - Believe & Receive // Kontra-Musik
Simple but devastating late night techno from Mr Hess (who's also recently collaborated with FXHE's Omar S). Clinically crisp production, killer bassline... all you can ask for, really! Shed strips the percussion right back on his 'deepanddubbydub' and just rides the acidic bassline whilst modulating everything to absolute buggery. Add a wooshing snare, some grinding subbass action and dubbed out stabs and voila! One incredibly solid remix, but the original just pips things for me.

Listen:
Luke Hess - Believe & Receive // Kontra-Musik

Luke Hess - Believe & Receive (Shedsdeepanddubbydub Remix) // Kontra-Musik

5) Kerri Chandler - Atmosphere E.P. // Shelter
This rare KC gem from '93 has finally been repressed, so I'd snag yourself a copy before they all disappear. Vintage bumpin' old school instrumental house jams that'll get the ladies wiggling the early hours away.

Listen:
Kerri Chandler - Atmosphere E.P. // Shelter

6) MLZ - Crossed Swords (Alice Loop) // Modern Love
My favourite of the three MLZ tracks that've come so far, 'Crossed Swords' possesses a subdued yet surging synth loop that remains constant while the perfectly placed percussion rises and rises before the strings emerge and it all goes a bit '2008: A Techno Odyssey'. MLZ is actually Miles Whittaker of Modern Love stalwarts Pendle Coven, and he'll be DJing at our May TAPE which may be worth taking a trip down here to come to. The full line-up's over to the right and I'm currently working on some sort of afterhours shenanigans so check back for further developments.

Listen:
MLZ - Crossed Swords (Alice Loop) // Modern Love

7) Mock & Toof - Woof // M&T Inc.
Ultra wonky stripped back minimal disco cut that'll find favour with plenty of techno jocks out there. It's great to see the M&T lads experimenting with a more straight up house style (similar in ways to 'Tomcat' from the Black Jub 12"), though disco beards will be satiated with 'Big Hands For A Lady' on the A-side. It seems apparent that a lot more attention to detail has been given to these two cuts (just listen to the constantly chopping and changing percussion on the A), and for me it's the best thing they've laid their name to so far. Essential stuff.

Listen:
Mock & Toof - Woof // M&T Inc.
Mock & Toof - Big Hands For A Lady // M&T Inc.

8) The Hasbeens - Keep Fooling Yourself // Clone
Hastily purchased for the inclusion of the ultra-limited 'Make The World Go Away', Alden Tyrell and DJ Overdose's collaboration bears yet more golden retro-italo exclursions to get your teeth into. If you can get away with playing the aforementioned ode to suicide that is 'Make The World...' out, I salute you!

Listen:
The Hasbeens - Keep Fooling Yourself EP // Clone

9) October - Tape // Caravan
He may be our good friend, and also have named this track after our night, but trust me when I tell you that this one's a dancefloor stormer of epic proportions. Jules' analogue synth obsession is in full display here as he lets loose a maximalist assault on the senses, but it's the little flourishes that really make it so great. From the the shuffling beat and bassline emerging together with a breathtaking swing to what I imagine is the sample of a run out groove, everything just sounds perfect as it unwinds on its own micro journey. I've heard this out quite a bit since being first handed it at one of our Mutant Pop parties, and I don't think that it's ever gone down badly. Drop this, and just stand back and watch as it lights up the room.

Listen:
October - Tape // Caravan

10) Martyn - Velvet/Twenty Four // 3024
Warm, melodic 4/4 influenced dubstep business from Dutchman Martyn Deykers, who's really on top of his game at the moment.

Listen:
Martyn - Velvet // 3024
Martyn - Twenty Four // 3024

MixTAPE: Tony Lionni (Mule / Versatile / Wavetec)

You might remember me mentioning Tony's 'Better Change' EP a couple of weeks back (due out on Mule Electronic in March), and he's got a couple of other bits coming soon on Gilb'r's Versatile Records, and Francois K's Wavetec offshoot. Not bad for his first three solo releases, eh? Anyway, here's that mix that he promised us - the second instalment should be posted up later this week.

1) Tony Lionni - Feel Me (Unreleased Demo) // CD-R
2) Osunlade ft. Divine Essence - My Reflection (Deetron Mix) // Strictly Rhythm
3) Kings Of Groove - Cubalibre // Kings Of Groove
4) Prosumer and Murat Tepeli - Turn Around // Ostgut Ton
5) Jimpster - Dangly Panther // Freerange
6) Nick Holder - Flying Around // CD-R
7) I:Cube - Prophetization // Versatile
8) Sid Le Rock - Naked (DJ Koze Remix) // Cereal/Killers

Download:
MixTAPE - Tony Lionni (Part 1) - DELETED DUE TO REQUEST FROM STRICTLY RHYTHM

TAPE in March

Oi Oi London, This Is Bristol!

A couple of weeks back there was a comment expressing an interest in the seemingly London only dubstep scene. I was quick to retort that I'd consider our fair city of Bristol to be the UK's second city of dubstep - I'd even go as far as saying that our boys are putting out material of a much higher quality than what's coming out of the capital at the moment. There's an incredibly strong scene here in Bristol with new producers popping up all over the place and a string of quality nights that will have your ears ringing into next week.

Our very own Mr Soft has rounded up some of the city's recent offerings over at his monthly 'The Contemporary Fix' column, so head over there now and get reading, innit.

Link:
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/71591

To force my point home, here's a mix from Punch Drunk's Forsaken that showcases the raw talent that's coming out of our fair city at the moment. Really been enjoying this selection of late, and I'm sure a lot of you guys will as well.

1) Intro
2) Gemmy - Back 2 the Future // Unreleased
3) Koast - Koast is Clear // Unreleased
4) Joker - Retro Racer // Unreleased
5) Komonazmuk & Whiteboi - Shankstep // Mode
6) Headhunter - Sushi Brain // Tempa
7) Joker - Snake Eater // Unreleased
8) Diem - Sitar Dub // Immerse
9) Gatekeeper & Appleblim - Tomb // Skull Disco
10) Headhunter - New Dawn // Unreleased
11) Forsaken - Sensei // Unreleased
12) Pinch - Qawaali // Planet Mu
13) Gatekeeper - Tense Past // Punch Drunk
14) Wascal - Protocol V2 // Unreleased
15) RSD - Pretty Bright Lights // Punch Drunk
16) Monkeysteak - Lighthouse Dub // Punch Drunk
17) Forsaken feat. Ben Blackmore - Sagrada // Unreleased
18) Peverelist - Roll With The Punches // Punch Drunk
19) Peverelist - Infinity is Now // Tectonic
20) Forsaken feat. Ben Blackmore - Calles Traseras // Unreleased
21) Appleblim & Peverelist - Circling // Skull Disco
22) Forsaken - Boat Noodles // Punch Drunk

Download:
Forsaken - Make No Mistake Vol. 1

If you're in the city this weekend then you could do a lot worse than heading down to our good friend Andy Basic's Byte night tonight (Friday) at Native on Small Street. Zed Bias will be rocking the place with his new found eclectic vibes, Sunship will be getting those ovaries fizzing with an old school UKG set, and the aforementioned Forsaken (who counts himself as one of the Byte residents) will be doing both the first and last sets of the night. It all goes to prove, if you want bass in your face, Bristol's the place!

In The Box - January

Been very busy over the last couple of weeks so apologies for the lack of updates. TAPE went off with a bang a couple of weekends back - the club was packed out by 12:30 and we had great sets from all involved. The Kelly Twins busted out a proper old school electro selection that worked the dancefloor up early on, while Mark E traversed from loopy disco to pumping acidic house and back with ease. There were loads of fresh edits and tracks that were unknown to my ears, but their obscurity didn't make his set any less enjoyable. Nightmoves' Matt Waites (pictured above - cheers to Tulane Blyth for the photo) took Mark's disco baton and ran with it, peppering his slick selection with a few bangers and spaced out jams. In particular Part 1 of 45:33 sounded excellent at around 3am, and he finished with a classic anthem yet again (Prince's 'Controversy' this time around!).

Cheers Matt, Mark, and everyone who came down and made it such a wicked night, and we'll be back in on Friday 21st March with Bass Clef (Blank Tapes) and Peverelist (Punch Drunk). They'll both be rocking more varied sets than their usual dubsteppin' fare, so we hope to see some of you down for that one!

Anyway, it's reaching the end of the month so it's time to pull out another list of stuff that have been keeping me from jumping off the suspension bridge this January.

In the Box - January '08

1) Bjorn Torske - Feil Knapp LP // Smalltown Supersound
Words can't describe just how brilliant this album from Norse elder statesman Bjorn Torske is. Jumping from chuggy electronic disco, 8-bit dub reggae, smooth house grooves and sparse tribal techno with aplomb, Bjorn's whipped up a journey that'll warm the cockles of many a music lover once they expose themselves to its multi-faceted charms. Sublime stuff.

Listen:
Bjorn Torske - Feil Knapp LP // Smalltown Supersound

2) Omar S - Psychotic Photosynthesis // FXHE
I first heard this on the mix that ISM's Pipecock did for us (which is absolutely cracking by the way - scroll down to get your fill) and was entranced by its delicate see-sawing melody and hypnotic groove. I'm sure that I'm one of many that are looking forward to see what Mr Smith has up his sleeve for later in the year after this quality slab of wax.

Listen:
Omar S - Psychotic Photosynthesis // FXHE

3) Prosumer & Murat Tepeli - Serenity LP // Ostgut Ton
I'm sure that you've been told how good this album is quite a bit already, but it really is a great body of work. Sure, the production is clinical and there's some fantastic grooves all the way through, but what really shines out is the quality of the songs and the flow of the album. Both Elif Bicer and Prosumer's vocals are slick and emotive in all the right places, and it's clear that they've taken a lot of time over the track arrangements even though they seem so simplistic on first listens. Buy the double LP for playing out, but don't turn your nose up at the CD version as that's definitely the most satisfying way to enjoy this cracking collection of tracks. It's a shame that they didn't stick with the original cover (pictured above), to be honest.

Listen:
Prosumer & Murat Tepeli - Serenity LP // Ostgut Ton

4) D1 - I'm Loving // Tempa
I was round Puffin's gaff when he pulled out the new Tempa 12, and was pleasantly surprised to hear this upbeat soulful cut from D1 oozing sexually from the speakers. Based around a sample of Ron Hall & The MuthaFunkaz cut 'The Way You Love Me' (never heard of it - not surprising seeing as it originally came out on Defected), 'I'm Loving' is packed with swelling melodies, perfect percussion, and great hooks. Balearic dubstep, anyone? Anyway, this is sure to be a big summer anthem with more open minded DJs, and to be honest I could see it becoming a big radio hit if it's picked up on by a major and re-released in a few months time. 'Instep' on the flip is a little bit wobbly-skank by numbers for my liking, but 'Speed' fares much better with its distorting clinks and hauntingly bouncy bass. The synth stabs sound a little unrefined, but that's a minor quibble. Tip.

Listen:
D1 - I'm Loving EP // Tempa

5) Mark E & Dragon - Good Times // Internajonal
Mark kindly sorted us a copy of his forthcoming release on Prins Thomas' Internajonal imprint, and it's an absolute beauty - think Ibizan sunsets on a heroin drip, and you're nearly there. Sparse heavy kicks and bubbling synths make way for a killer bassline, before the gorgeously woozy melody takes over and blisses things right out. Bonus points for Dragon's vocal lifted straight from Chic's anthem of the same name. Prins gives the track a more percussive arrangement that should work well in warm up sets, and I think you know exactly what Quiet Village are going to bring to the table. Upping the horse factor by ten, this is slo-mo hypno-house at its finest. Verdict? Well balearic.

6) Freund Der Familie - Konig Der Welt // Freund Der Familie
According the Discogs, the original on this record is from back in '98, which seems surprising since it sounds incredibly relevant to the recent melding of dubstep and techno ideals. 'Konig Der Welt' is a heavily tonal steppin' dub techno track with light percussion and the occasional bass purge, and is sure to find a happy home in the collections of Basic Channel and Modern Love fans. On the flipside, Sven Weisemann contributes a remix that's similar both in style and quality to his recent works on Mojuba and Meanwhile. Get it before you've got to pay about £40 to get hold of one.

Listen:
Freund Der Familie - Konig Der Welt // Freund Der Familie
Freund Der Familie - Konig Der Welt (Sven's dWorld Mix) // Freund Der Familie

7) Tony Lionni - Better Change // Mule Electronic
Solid three tracker from Madrid based Liverpudlian Lionni who looks set for big things in '08. He's got forthcoming bits on Versatile and Wavetec (which I've unfortunately not heard yet) as well as this EP that's coming out on Mule in March. A-side 'Better Change' is a gorgeous dubby piano houser that unfolds slowly across its ten minute duration, while the b-sides explore Tony's techier side. Eerie synths swell and surge away on 'The Presence', while 'Raices' takes Basic Channel-esque stabs and marries them to a crisp bouncing bassline. Tony should be sorting us out with a mix sometime soon, so keep checking back for that.

Listen here:
Mule Electronic myspace

8) Don Williams - Detroit Red EP // a.r.t.less
Simple but effective is the vibe on this, Williams' second outing on his own Mojuba sublabel. 'Beyond The Means' is a pumping techno cut with a rousing/annoying (delete as applicable) vocal paen to ol' Motor City, while 'Exhibition' takes a more emotive, chordal direction with irresistably sharp bouncing percussion.

Listen:
Don Williams - Beyond The Means // a.r.t.less
Don Williams - Exhibition // a.r.t.less

9) Lee Jones - Aria (Original & Tiger Stripes Remix) // Aus
My My's Lee Jones returns to Will Saul's Aus imprint with a stonking melodic minimal houser. The groove is stripped back but packed with all the percussive intricacies that we've come to expect from Jones, while the chiming melody resonates its way into your brain for days on end. Tiger Stripes keeps the melody intact but gives things a more pumping tech-house spin for more peak time sets, and while it is good in its own stabbily chugging way, it's Lee's more subtle original that comes out on top.

10) Columbia #1 - Columbia #1 // Dissident
The highly annoying Dissident records (limited quantities of substandard singles does not a good record label make) depart from their disco excursions with this slice of throbbing dark techno that apparently comes from a mysterious British producer who wishes to remain anonymous. A female voiced space-age computer intones emotionally devoid commands over a relentlessly charging bass synth and a seriously heavy kick as queasy sharp melodies swoop over the metallic groove. 200 copies as usual, so don't sleep on this one if you like your techno to be as dark as your pint of Guinness.

Listen:
Colombia #1 - Colombia #1 // Dissident

So there you go! I'm going to do a roundup of ten 12"s every month (should make doing the 100 a lot more manageable this time around!), so if you want to send me any promos for inclusion then hook me up here. Until next time...

TONIGHT!

TAPE
Friday 18th January
Native, Small Street, Bristol
10 til 4 // £6

with special guests:
NIGHTMOVES (Matt Waites DJ Set)
MARK E (Full Pupp / Jiscomusic)

and support from:
The Kelly Twins (UFO)
Puffin Jack & Richard Carnage (TAPE)

Been looking forward to this bad boy for ages, and the time is finally nigh. Expect deep dubby discoid stylings from Birmingham's favourite beard, Mark E, and a typically wildstyling, party jackin' set from Nightmoves' Matt Waites. Hope to see some of you down there! Here are some mix links to get you warmed up...

Download:
Mark E - Cool In The Pool mix
Mark E - Beats In Space mix
Mark E - Warm mix

Nightmoves - Beats In Space mix
Nightmoves - July '06 TAPE mix

Check out Beats In Space and Cool In The Pool, and Mark's City Rhythm page for loads of other decent mixage.

Rewind!

I've had a couple of requests to reupload Sell By Dave's 'Christmas At Merkin Manor' mix, so here's the new link.

Download:
Sell By Dave - Christmas At Merkin Manor

The full tracklisting can be found here. Have a good weekend!

Competition: Fabric this Saturday

The lovely people at Fabric have offered up two tickets for this Saturday's party featuring a rare live appearance from Random Factor (pictured above) and a main room set from Wagon Repair's prince of darkness, Konrad Black. Here's the full line-up:

Room One:
Craig Richards
Konrad Black
Matt Tolfrey

Room Two (Wiggle):
Terry Francis
Nathan Coles
Eddie Richards
Pure Science (Live)

Room Three (20:20 Recordings):
Ralph Lawson
Burnski
Random Factor (Live)
Bonar Bradberry

I'll need all entries in by 11am tomorrow morning (Friday), so I'll make this fairly easy:

Carl Finlow produces under the Random Factor moniker, but can you name me the two other pseudonyms that he releases under?

Send all entries to richardcarnes@hotmail.co.uk, and the winner will be picked at random and notified by e-mail by noon tomorrow.

The latest Fabric mix in the series is #38 from the MANDY boys, and I have to say that I found it a bit of a disappointment after the splurge of quality mixes that they put out at the tail end of last year. It starts off really nicely with a cut from Yello's Solid Pleasure LP before leading into subtle minimal house cuts from Guillaume & The Couto Dumonts and Crowdpleaser's mix of Quarion, but once it gets to Booka Shade's 'City Tales', things take a dip into filler territory. It picks back up again with a trio of tracks from Robag Wruhme, Claude Vonstroke and Djinxx & Xpansul, but then retreats back into tedium that only Sebo K and Sideshow manage to break up. I'm sure that the acolytes of the current wave of minimal house will lap this up, but unfortunately I just wasn't engaged enough by their selections and programming. Things will almost certainly take a better turn for the series in March with an upcoming mix from minimal legend Robert Hood, so make sure you look out for that one in a couple of months time.

Guest MixTAPE: Tom Cox (a.k.a. Pipecock)

Hopefully all you guys had a good Christmas and NYE, and maybe spent some of your moolah on some of the things you may have missed from our top 100 12"s. We're finally back from our holidays to present you with a specially commissioned mix from Pittsburgh resident Tom Cox. Known as the outspoken but always entertaining 'Pipecock' to people who trawl the forums, he caught my eye as someone who has a lot in common musically with us lot over here at TAPE. Sometimes we can be slightly Euro-centric in these pages (hell, we do live here!), so I asked Tom to do us a guest mix consisting of US only jams, and thankfully he obliged! Here's Tom with the blurb:

"This mix was a little more difficult than usual for me. Usually I mix by mood first and foremost, regardless of genre, year, or BPM. For this mix, showcasing house and techno artists from the US was the goal, so I had to make some decisions. After trying a couple different concepts, I ended up going with a mixup of some of the best of the past year as well as a couple other favorites from previous years that I had been wanting to throw in a mix but never quite fit in.

Things start off on the Chicago tip, defining house music with Larry Heard and then moving on to Malik Pittman's 808 rhythm trax. Then I went a bit spacey with the crazy remix of Kelly Polar (who hails from somewhere in New England), an obscure cut featuring the insanely overlooked Walt J. (of Detroit's Dow Records fame), and Omar-S' newest banger. Then the soul really kicked in with cuts by Atlanta's Kai Alce, North Carolina's $tinkworx, and Detroit house legends Andrés, Delano Smith, and Lawrence Hall. A nasty edit of a Ronnie Laws cut by Detroit expatriate Recloose signalled the move into the deepest territory. Cleveland resident Warren Harris (aka Hanna) beats the hell out of his drum machine's swing function, while Kevin Reynolds and Still Going combine electronics and live sounds in a smooth mix. Mr. Kenny Dixon, Jr. ends it with his ridiculously loopy edit of a Mario Winans cut, one of my personal favorite joints to drop at the end of the night.

This is how my man Jwan Allen and I do things at our biweekly Night Moods, deep and emotional house and techno (mixed with lots of other stuff, of course!), so i named it "412 Deep". Hope all you TAPE-aholics enjoy it! Thanks to Richard and all TAPE crew, peace my brothers."

1) Loosefingers - What Is House? // Alleviated
2) Malik Pittman - Chicago Nights // Unirhythm
3) Kelley Polar - Rosenband (Magic Tim's Instrumental Version) // Environ
4) Walt & Dave - Nuponty // Vigilante
5) Mike Huckaby - Wavetable No. 9 // SYNTH
6) Omar-S - Psychotic Photosynthesis // FXHE
7) Kai Alcé - Broken Headlights // Real Soon
8) Smith-Hall - Power In Unity // Mixmode
9) $tinkworx - No Luv // Delsin
10) Andrés - C2 // KDJ
11) Chow Daddy - Never Fade // Moxie
12) Warren Harris - Metropolitan // Sound Signature
13) Patrice Scott - Raw Fusion // Sistrum
14) Kevin Reynolds - Anonymous Room At The Corridor Of Last Night // Todhchai
15) Still Going - Still Going Theme // DFA
16) Kenny Dixon Jr. - Should've Known // Private Collection

Download:
Tom Cox - '412 Deep' Mixxx

Nice. A few of my favourites (Loosefingers, Mike Huckaby, Patrice Scott...), and quite a few that I haven't picked up on before. Discogs here I come! If you fancy a bit more of Tom's mixage and ramblings, then you should check out him and his pals' infinitestatemachine blog. There's loads of good stuff over there, so what are you waiting for?

Top 100 12"s of 2007

So there it went. 2007's nearly gone, and I've finally finished this bloody list. Samples can be found below the descriptions, and please support the artists and buy the records! Here are some links to help you out:

Boomkat // Piccadilly Records // Phonica // Rooted // Discogs

If anyone wants to send us some promo material (preferably vinyl!) for review/chart inclusion on TAPE then drop me a line here, as from mid January we're hoping to put out a fortnightly two hour radio show to showcase records that we love, both new and old.

Anyway without further ado, here is 2007's TAPE 100...

100) Shonky - Olympia EP // Freak'n'Chic
Three tracks of heads down bleepy techno from the wonky Frenchman. 'Horizontal Moon' is the pick of the bunch - check those crazy synths!

Samples:
Shonky - Olympia EP // Freak'n'Chic

99) Buraka Som Sistema - Yah! // Modular
Bumping bass, wonky synths, and an urgent female rap are the simple ingredients to this lo-fi afro-techno call to the dancefloor. If this doesn't get the ladies going at peak time, just give up! The B1 isn't much cop, but B2 'Coozi O Mambo' is another cracker with its deep chords providing the foil for a frenetic machine gun bassline that'll get those booties wiggling.

Samples:
Buraka Som Sistema - Yah! // Modular
Buraka Som Sistema - Coozi O Mambo // Modular

98) Thumbs Aloft - Bedmo Disco Volume 1 // Pointless Edits
Yes, this does come from some of our Best Before: cohorts, but all three tracks have been mini-anthems down at The Bank where we do our more disco-centric parties. 'Stick Around' is an extended edit of Macca's 'Coming Up' which does justice to the song unlike Linus Loves' abhorrent version, while b-sides 'TK Max' (funked up dub disco) and 'Pedalo Disco' (err.. remember the England vs. West Indies cricket music?) round things off extremely nicely. The forthcoming EP is even better, so look out for that early in '08.

Samples:
Thumbs Aloft - Bedmo Disco Volume 1 // Pointless Edits

97) Szenario - Exszenaration EP // Leftroom
Raudive saves his best production of the year for Matt Tolfrey's Leftroom label, a pulsing bass throbber that pops and clicks over a mad stretched out chant that makes it sound more like a moan, in fitting with Ho's moniker.

Sample:
Szenario - Pleaseasy (Raudive Remix) // Leftroom

96) Lovebirds - Modern Stalking EP // Winding Road
4 tracks of lazily deep disco-house, my favourites being the Metro Area-ish 'Can't Get Along' and the looped up deep disco of 'Behind You'. Fans of Theo Parrish and Moodymann should check the latter, especially.

Samples:
Lovebirds - Modern Stalking EP // Winding Road

95) Onur Ozer - Red Cabaret EP // Vakant
Solid EP here - three tracks of paranoia inducing minimal techno, my favourite being 'Allegro Energetico' with its looped sax and whip-cracking snares.

Samples:
Onur Ozer - Red Cabaret EP // Vakant

94) Samuel L Session - Remixes Pt 01 // Klap Klap
Two remixes each of two of his tracks from last year's 'Easy Walker' 12", and all of them are excellent. Choice picks are the second remixes of both tracks, the chugging reductionist house of 'Smokestack', and the loopily boompty 'The Stick Up'.

Samples:
Samuel L Session - Remixes Pt 01 // Klap Klap

93) Battles - Atlas (Original & DJ Koze Mixes) // Warp
Puffin didn't really like this remix from DJ Koze at all, but I really dug its soulful techno lullaby vibe. The original's undeniably one of the highlights of their 'Mirrored' LP and takes math-rock to the dancefloor in style.

Samples:
Battles - Atlas // Warp
Battles - Atlas (DJ Koze Remix) // Warp

92) Beard Science - Razor Sharp Edits #1 // Beard Science
Solid edits 12" from the mysterious men with the best facial hair in town. Personal favourites of mine are T. Tauri's dreamy kraut-disco on 'Ark Raiders' and the of Oswego's string-led vocal pumper 'Martian Mirrorball'.

Samples:
Beard Science - Razor Sharp Edits #1 // Beard Science

91) Vincent Markowski - The Madness Of Moths / False Flag // DC
Something a little bit different for DC here, two hard hitting electro-disco cuts for both the heads and the nu-ravers. Both sides are bona fide belters, 'The Madness Of Moths' on a Syclops tip, and 'False Flags' with its low slung slow-house vibe.

Samples:
Vincent Markowski - The Madness Of Moths // DC
Vincent Markowski - False Flag // DC

90) Jichael Mackson - ...Wasn't Me // Musique Risquee
Mackson flips dub techno on its head with the Chris Isaak sampling 'The Grass Is Always Greener', and the inclusion of his remix of Pastamusik from 2003 will please DJs of a wonkier persuasion.

Samples:
Jichael Mackson - ...Wasn't Me EP // Musique Risquee

89) Unknown Artist - Ugandan Speed Trials // Downwards
Fuck knows who's behind this, but this is incredible. Two tracks of swinging hard techno with impeccably clinical production. If you're a fan of T++ and that sort of reduced Hardwax gear you should definitely pick this up.

Unknown Artist - Ugandan Speed Trials #1 // Downwards
Unknown Artist - Ugandan Speed Trials #2 // Downwards

88) Claude VonStroke - Who's Afraid Of Detriot (Deepchord & Soultek Mixes) // Echospace
If there was one track that didn't need any more remixes, it'd be 'Who's Afraid Of Detroit'. Thankfully, Deepchord strip things back to their usual breathy throb, and Soultek jacks it up for the floor with spacey chords, bleeps aplenty, and a punishing bassline.

Samples:
Claude VonStroke - Who's Afraid Of Detriot (Deepchord Remix) // Echospace
Claude VonStroke - Who's Afraid Of Detriot (Soultek's Suckaz Running Scared Mix) // Echospace