Bleep techno pioneers Sweet Exorcist were Richard H Kirk , of Cabaret Voltaire fame, and Richard Barratt. Their ' Clonks Coming ' LP was the first album release on seminal electronic label Warp. 'Testtwo' is taken from the AA-side of their 1990 single ' Testone '. Sweet Exorcist - Testtwo
Factory Record's oft overlooked Benelux division wasn't so much a distribution channel as a label in it's own right often releasing tracks that Factory itself weren't privy to. These were mostly from lesser known bands, such as The Names, but New Order were also in on the act releasing this wonderful, extended version of 'Everything's Gone Green' through Benelux alone. New Order - Everything's Gone Green (Factory Benelux Version)
We're big fans of the East London four piece band the Trailer Trash Tracys and their LP ' Ester ' is a worthy buy . Dummy magazine prised this mix out of them and generated this post-LP release interview . Dummy Mix 105 // Trailer Trash Tracys by DummyMag Moderne Vers l'Est Strawberry Switchblade Since [...]
Lord Sabre appears to be on his hols, that is to say Mr.Weatherall is on something of a busmans holiday touring the land down under - we hope he makes it back in time for February's ALFOS . Anyway the Picnic Crew (?) have kindly posted a mix celebrating his Antipodean adventure - Happy Australia Day!
You may be wondering what ingredients make up an "Ice House" remix. Well, in Bicep's case it's Juno 6, MPC, 909, Korg M1 an' a whole lotta muscle. It's a beautiful, beautiful track - glacial vocals riding on a techno rhythm and building towards the stabbing finale that just loops over and over and over and over. A place to get well and truly lost. Out Feb 7th on RVNG International. Full info here: http://igetrvng.com/shop/115
Heavy percussive afro disco from the very rare 1978 LP by Tumblack. It's worth grabbing a copy of the recent reissue as it's full of drum heavy tracks looking for the right dancefloor... and check that artwork! Tumblack - Chunga Funk
We very much like the tremendous Acid Grandads blog, it's a treasure trove of acid house ephemera so keep an eye on their output. In honour of Mr.Nathaniel Pierre Jones , aka DJ Pierre , gracing these shores to drop some acid tracks they made this mix and we thank them. ' In celebration of the forthcoming arrival of 'the man who invented Acid House' ( Society presents DJ Pierre, 10/2/12 ), the Acid Grandads have put together a mix in honour of the legend that [...]
Always been a fan of Geoffrey Mugwump's slowed down, deep, dancefloor grooves and here he is in full-effect dropping the remix of CCC's 'Acid Snow'. Deep, dirty, sexual basement music for deep, dirty, sexual basements.
The mighty Joe Gibbs was one of the most influential producers in Jamaica around the 70s and 80s. Gibbs worked consistently with his sound engineer Errol Thompson and the two became know as the 'The Mighty Two' releasing multiple chart busting tracks. This track is taken from the 'African Dub All-Mighty Chapters 1 & 2' LP. Joe Gibbs & Errol Thompson - Idler's Rest
Organs of Love are Glasgow duo James McKinven (organs, love) and Alicia Matthews (vocals, love). Having served time in a string of Glasgow bands, such as the legendary One Dove, they're now focussing their energies on Scotland's 'must-see' band - Organs of Love . Released through the ever-reliable Optimo Music , the ' Bone EP ' features four tracks of scuzzy electro sleaze that sound like Suicide being put through a blender with Mazzy Star. This track is called 'Facefuck'. I think that says enough. Out on Monday through [...]
New York's Nu Groove records released a string of classic house tracks between 1988 and 1992. Constantly crossing genres their output ranged from techno breakbeats to deep disco loops and their releases included such figures as Frankie Bones , Joey Beltram , Kenny Dope and Bobby Konders . Here's the blurb on the mix taken from the Soundcloud page: 'Recording under different aliases, the Burrell Brothers were the backbone of Nu Groove Records. This New York label started in 1987 and took inspiration [...]
'And now we return to the classics...', classic material in the form of The It's 1986 release ' Donnie ' and specifically the Ron Hardy mix. Larry Heard doing his thing with the music and Robert Owens doing his thing on the vocals - pure Chicago gold. The It - Donnie (Ron Hardy mix)
It's cold outside, but summer is just around the corner (!?) - well we can, but dream. Here's some 1986 electro-pop from Nocera produced by Kurtis Mantronik , follow the dub! Nocera - Summertime, Summertime (Hard Summer Dub)
Here's a new mix from resident Beat member Stephen Hodgen created in the name of our (currently on hold) night ' The Visitation '... straying somewhat from the original music policy of the night, but keeping all the flavour (flava?). It's worth noting Stephen's skills extend beyond this mind melding mix, aside from his ongoing research into the 17 century dog milking industry that put his hometown of Gawthorpe on the map, he gives a lot of his time to the beardy bell-ringing bearmen of Vauxhall. [...]
As if 2012 wasn't starting with enough good music, we've just had this baby drop into the inbox. 'Brazil' was the highlight of Luke Abbot's 'Holkham Drones' album with James Holden describing it as "one of the most joyously utopian records ever made". So what do you do when you have a bona-fide classic on your hands? Slow it down of course! The spasm-inducing 165 BPM speed has now been dropped to a dancefloor friendly 128 BPM so there's no more speeding up the track your playing to mix it in. Unless you play gabba. In which [...]
Massively excited doesn't even come close. Possibly our favourite dj of all time is set to release a compilation of New Beat/EBM/Post Punk through Tirk records in February. Featuring classics by 400 Blows, Neon, Pete Shelley, Cabaret Voltaire and Severed Heads as well as exclusive edits and some wonderfully obscure remixes (plus artwork by Jackson himself!) it's a impressive selection that anyone familiar with his dj sets will be well acquainted with. Available soon from strut-records.com He's also got a night at Body Talk coming up soon.
Taken from I:Cube's impressive somewhat scintillating Lucifer En Discotheque EP which Versatile Records released at the tail-end of last year. It's peak-time dancefloor material alright with a steady beat offset by stabbing synths and some rather lovely early 90s bleep sounds that cast our minds right back to early Warp productions. Transpiration by I:Cube Available to download now.
Credit to the Fixed crew. After 7 years of throwing some of New York's most epic parties they celebrated with residents JDH and Dave P on the decks all night long. Their blend of pop/techno/dfa/disco is just perfect for dancefloors so it's great to have all that energy locked down in a mix. It's 5 HOURS LONG so you'll need to allocate some time but it's a worthwhile listen. No tracklist but please contribute either on here or the soundcloud page.
There's no point in us trying to start 2012 with an predictions for the year ahead - let's be honest this blog is more about rediscovering the old then clutching the coat tails of the new. However, every now and again records do crop up that really knock us for six, such as last year's remix of Ronny and Renzo by none other than Carl Craig in his C2 guise. Throbbing hypnotic beats that would have been perfect for the Boccaccio dancefloor. More please!
As the season of giving is upon us it's only right we bestow a christmas gift on the world, and here it is in the form of an exclusive mix by Parisian don Thomas Di Matteo AKA Discodrone . As always, impeccably mixed and an impeccable selection veering from mutant disco to post-punk to krautrock and back again. Wonderful stuff. Thanks all for a wonderful year and here's to 2012. Tracklist: Intro - Tom Jesse Rae - Rusha Lizzy Mercier [...]
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