There's a fine, new Meat Katie interview up over at iloveelectronicmusic that you might wanna check out. Bo!

Underworld to play Glade this year. I. AM. SO. THERE. http://bit.ly/b7184

Longtime T-F stalwart Rogue Element has been keeping a low profile of late as he beavers away in the stoodio to bring us his sophomore album (christ I HATE that word - note to self DO NOT USE AGAIN) & here's a wicked new DJ mix for you from the man as he gears up with new single 'Escalation'. 1. Beni - My Love Sees You (Etienne de Crecy mix) 2. Modeselektor - The Black Block 3. Disco of Doom - Spawned Again 4. The Rogue Element - Unsavoury Urges 5. Brodinski - Oblivion 6. Paolo Mojo - [...]
01 - Djedjotronic - "Dirty and Hard" feat. Spoek 02 - Deekline & Wizard - "Back Up" (AC Slater Remix) 03 - AC Slater - "Rock It Out" 04 - 4am vs Udachi - "Paypur" 05 - Sepalot - "Go Get It" (AC Slater Remix) 06 - Blatta & Inesha vs Congorock - "People" 07 - AC Slater - "Nightshift" 08 - Hostage - "Ain't No Man" 09 - AC Slater - "No Party For Old Men" 10 - Project Bassline - "Drop the Pressure" (Club Mix) 11 - Retro Kidz - "New Era" (Kill The Noise Remix) 12 - [...]

Back with the second in our Soundcloud roundup, where we take a look at some of the hottest tunes that have been lighting candles here @ the Manifesto Mansion over the past couple of weeks. For those of you who don't regularly follow the 'cloud, it's rapidly become one of the best forums for checking out the brand new tracks from producers & labels alike, with many artists now using as their auditioning platform of choice for their new tracks. Enough blabbering & on with the tracks & [...]

This was a _massive_ track for me last weekend in France & I'm sure it will be for a lot of people when it surfaces. For the meantime, the Manifesto is delighted to be the first blog to host the sampler of this slice of future-HUGE. We luv U u know? Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls (Zodiac Cartel mix) [TASTER] by Zodiac Cartel

Next week Nic Fanciulli launches his 'Saved' night at London's Matter. To celebrate the fact, here's a special one-hour mix from the man for those liking those smooth & techy soundz. NIC FANCIULLI MIX :: FEBRUARY 2009
This was shot at last year's Lovefest in LA, and despite being a bit pickled on sleep depravation and battling with howling wind & blaring soundsystems & sirens, the Beat Seeker crew did a wicked job at putting this all together. I hope it makes some kind of sense! Watch in HD.

This is the third & final piece in a 3-part serialization exclusively on the Manifesto of the Elite Force Tour Diaries dating back to a particularly intense 13-day trip to Australia in the first part of 2008. For those looking for a refresher on where we were at here's PART TWO The second weekend has come around all too quickly; in fact, I feel like I'm just starting to find my feet with timezones, sleeps, pace-of-life, and I feel like [...]

Artist: Rudi Stakker, Curious George & The Agent Release: Four Ports w/ Rmxs Label: Mad Hatter Recordings Release Date: 02.23.2009 Number nine from Mad Hatter is a brooding bit of the deeper side of techno – laden with the washes, builds, and hypnotic percussion that primes a floor for a proper wrecking, whether it be in the beginning or at the end of an evening. It's a great set up. The break is a lengthy bit of sizzle and anticipation, and the payoff is [...]

Ah I do love me some wonkybird, and there's none more 'Worthy' (see what I did there...?) than, um, Worthy. Fire up the Get The Curse podcast & grab the fodder. 1. Uto Karem - Trentatre - sci -tec 2. Jon Gurd - Fire in Me - killawatt 3. un known 4. Matt Star - Kuhle Fliege (Hugo Remix) - International Freakshow 5. Miss Jools - La Luna - Mobilee 6. Fuzzy [...]
Elite Force Top Ten Tech-Funk Tuna

Since turning his production skillz away from the tear-out sounds of yesteryear, Rektchordz has been going from strength to strength recently, with his chart-topping 'Feed Your Head' tune beating all comers hands down at Beatport. Anyway, he has very kindly sent us through a promo-mix ... not really a DJ mix per se, more a headz up for some of the quality tracks coming your way later in the year. 1.Rektchordz-No Dice (erase recordings) 2.Rektchordz- Her Fix 3.Rektchordz Feed your head (U&A) [...]

Seriously, this man is a fucking machine. It seems like every week there's a new single, remix or DJ mix coming from Calvertron, and the more the merrier we say! DOWNLOAD CALVERTRON JAN 2009 DJ MIX by calvertron

Funkagenda makes his Essential mix debut, delivering a set of techno and progressive sounds with a minimal twist. I have listened to this in the car about 3 times now so make sure you check it out because its definitely not worth missing. Funkagenda - Intro (Essential Mix Special) Huggy and Dean Newton - Belkiss - The Factoria Tierra Del Fuego - Scsi 9 (Pascal Feos mix) Spen and Karizma - 4 Tha Love (accapella edit) - [...]

Last week, long time electronic artist and DJ, Sam Evans, better known to dancefloors across the world as Vandal, got his candid on for the reading enjoyment of TFM. By now most blog visitors will be quite familiar with his newest single, 'Captain Magic', and indeed, it's a racy video. But here we have the opportunity to delve deeper with the breakbeat veteran, including some of his inspirations, general musical musings, and future plans. Enjoy. Q: I see on your myspace page that we've both grown up listening to a large [...]

This remix was original done back in 2006, but the label had a last minute change of heart and it never got used. Since then, it been the subject of a lot of chatter and mail traffic with people trying to get hold of a copy. I dug it out late last year with a view to putting it in my sets, but on reflection it felt a little on the lightweight side .... so I took the turbo-charger to it & flame-grilled it to woppa-size for my own DJ sets. And now it's [...]

So the voting has begun at Breakspoll again for this year's awards, and despite some very 'barbed' comments about certain producers 'jumping ship onto the electro house bandwagon' (jeez), and some notable omissions from the drop down menus they are using this year (to further distance themselves from producers who are clearly making the wrong kind of breaks / tech-funk?), I would still ask everyone on here who can be arsed, to step up & vote, to ensure that there is at least a little balance to the results. [...]

I've been out of the loop for a bit, paying my dues in a suit by day and re-tooling the machine, calibrating the frequency by night. I spent some time building up a beast and reorganizing its contents...what a chore that was. But while my head remains a mess, the sample library is finally in order. I've also been shackin up with an indie band for the last couple of months. Playin bass, trading the carpal tunnel and screen tan for callouses and blood blisters. It's been alright but the initial enthusiasm has worn off. And more than [...]

Artist: Far Too Loud Release: All Is Machine w/ Specimen A Rmx Label: Funkatech Release Date: 02.02.09 Far Too Loud kickstarts their new series 'Music For Machines' with a genre blurring techno fueled track that bangs just one door over from Goa of days gone. And I mean that in a good way. One minute in and this track is slaughterhousing. And at the half the low end rises up, like all good bass these days is obliged to do, and drops to a break that [...]