March 2008 Archives

Time for a new double delivery of Debonaire's original work on the Dynamix II monstrous hit "Bass Generator". Considered with reason by djs and electro veterans as the deadliest vocoder track of all time, "Bass Re-Generator" appears here masterly re-invented and re-orchestrated in two post-modern reworks. On the flipside, "Shake The Joint" comes with bonafide spirit of the Miami Electro Rap original sound, with irresistible contemporary flavor in addition. Destined to become another future classic, this dance floor slaughter sees DJ Jock D (Cut It Up Def) adding amazing scratch edits on a crazy turntable exercise as perfection joins longevity. Order now while supplies last.

One of the things I enjoy in life is a new Neil Landstrumm set every so often. It's a simple pleasure and one my speakers assist me in doing exceedingly loud.

As posted on Neil's own web-site this set was created for Volume nightclub. I'm not sure where that is, but it doesn't really matter. I'm glad it exists though as it's led to this slow mo work-out Neil calls a set. When it actuality it's a step above and beyond a mere set. This is the sort of thing that should be released on CD with portions of Neil's archive as the liner notes. I'd buy it.

Pass it around. It'll teach people a few things.

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BeNi and I spoke about a Bleep show....a LONG friggin time ago. So I was quite pleased when he --out of no where-- popped back into the picture to declare he had a special treat for Bleep, myself and thusly all of you.

This is his first 'studio mix' in 2+ years. it clocks in at just about 2 hours and contains a VERY healthy assortment of new-school, old-school, nu-school and whatever else fits. This is a Techno mix in virtually every sense I would call it one (ok maybe it's missing a bit of house to round the corners).

Cheers go out to BeNi for sure on this one.

BeNi on discogs, myspace

Look for BeNi's releases, remixes and future works on Zinch, Antikonsum, Null, Tonewrecker and Bombtrap. All of which are right respectable labels of which I buy on sight.

Lissajou who I've reported on relatively recently has some more audio for us to wrap our Atari loving heads around.

Mofaa Tofaa!

I'm a little pressed for time due to life today.

So in the absence of something with along the normal lines of what I toss up...I present the brand new Pure Filth we-site!

TalkToFilth

Freshly assembled and still quirky (kinda like Fitm!), but full of info and audio. enough to last you until at least the middle of next week..

Pop on over, check em out, download some aural oddities and if you're in their neck of the woods feel free to stop by their next event.

I've just discovered I'm guilty of sleeping on someone who I should have been listening to for years.

The Dexorcist.

Why I constantly looked over, past and around this guy's name for so long is beyond me. I've got one idea, but it involves mentioning someone else's name in a negative light so I wont bother. Today.

Countless times I know I've seen the name and then not bothered listening. Now I regret it. I've gone out and ordered 6 of his Eps. So expect more Dexorcist posts in the near future. This is only the beginning.

Konop has just recently (03-22-2008) put together a tribute post for Bob Brown [Bob's Page]. He's included a healthy assortment of old Dj and Live sets that have amassed over the years.

Input-Output label head Cynthia Stern played at a Substance night recently and I now have the audio to share.

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Dave Tarrida seems to be Everyman's everyman these days. Starting off heavily involved in what was coined the Wonky Techno circles he's maintained that and moved on and up. He seems to be getting a lot of pretty varied gigs around the world and although they usually seem to be related to Tresor I like that he's catching ears in other areas.

It can only be good.

Or so I tell myself.

Dj 'Superstar' Loz makes his return to the Bleep radio stage. This time around he tried out a little twist on the usual. Slowed down Wonk no double-timed half speed. Err...or something. It's about 3/4 of the tempo you're probably used to, but since it still catches my ear and you're all to be subjected to my every whim (ho ho!), it's being sent your way.

Loz' previous Bleep | Loz' web-site

It's been ages since I seen a mix from JE:5. I don't even remember the last it's been so long. Although that probably says more about how much attention was paid by myself.

Yoink!

So I'm a little late on this LP, I only discovered it while listening to the most recent on Harthouse earlier this week. There are still copies available though so it's all good. If it's not missed I'm still a happy camper.

For those of you who remember Cari's older Braincell stuff you'll know it's been about a decade since he's used the moniker and it's only retained a little bit of it's original sound. I seem to recall the first two LP's he did with the name as being a little more....Trancey. Progressive maybe?? Not how either one of them are described these days of course, but it did have that middle ground feel to it. This newest LP on the other hand barely has any of those (now) trappings. It's taken on a 'Fred to the Midwest' meets late 90's Minimal Techno vibe. I wholly approve. It's been a long time since I heard stuff coming out akin to this. The recent Cristian Vogel LP on Tresor is in the same spirit, but with updated production techniques. I put the two in the same boat though. Old meets new, done right.

Well, the return of Harthouse did nothing for me in the beginning (I guess it's 3rd beginning now...), but just recently there's been some records coming out I'm pretty stoked about. This one by Billy for starters with some Braincell (Cari Lekebusch) backing it up.

It's the B1 track (Hypergenetic) that's scoring points with me on this EP. Billy's Chicago hometown influence is definitely showing through and that's one of the things I look for.

Daimon says...
Here's my first "official" mix after many years in the scene. Recorded in the end of December 2007 and few weeks ago became available for download.
"Gyliai" received a lot of exceptionally positive feedback and ratings in local scene so maybe it's worth something

Mix is recorded from vinyl only on three "Technics" decks. 27 tracks. Quality - 256 kbps MP3, Duration - 75 min. 47 sec., size ~ 138 Mb.
Info - http://www.techstylism.lt

Some of the classic jams we know (or should know!) with a bunch of newer oddballs pitched in.

Veto says:
What's the common point between Novamen, Los Hombres Nova, Dream Disco, Get It Boyz, The Hasbeens and Los Muchachos Gruesos? Dj Overdose of course! Having written since the mid of the 90's some of the best electro cuts made in The Hague (Holland) on prestigious labels Murder Capital, Bunker, Das Drehmoment, Panama Racing, Viewlexx or O.S.T, this well established 36 years old bass fanatic is Monotone's new signature. Delivering with "The Beat" a wild five tracker E.P. in his own trademark style, Dj Technician's partner demonstrates once again just how vital the Nederland electro sound is. Opening the A-side with a stripped down bassline, the title cut "The Beat" slowly mutes into a relentless nasty rocking mayhem based upon breathing samples, synthetic voices, hip hop lyrics and top notch scratchin'. Genius. Next is melodious "Drift Away". Made of sharp analogue synth lines, this Kraftwerkian ode serves a fresh oldschool-ish electro that will probably not seem to be outdated during the next 20 years. The flipside keeps the pressure with killer "It's Dj Overdose". Melting with success rough beats, brilliant 808 drum programming, B-boys samples, vintage tonalities and heady vocoder, this ghetto tech tune is a real tribute to Miami. As insane as "Kleun De Megamix", the following cut which offers to the 12'' one of its hottest pieces! To figure out what's this incredible tune could sound like (a lesson of turntablism imo) Ending with bonus scratches and parts sequences for DJ's on "Xtras", fierce "The Beat" is a mindblowing release guaranteed to set fire to many dancefloors... Huge and vital!! !

Apparently Overdose has more history behind him than I knew about. All I knew of him was that he put out at least one other record and that I have it. Somewhere. Maybe it's time to dig that sucker out and give it a re-listen.

I can't find any info about who this is, but the site it's on seems to be his despite the third person writing style he used in the Discog''s group where I found this set.

Classic jams mixed with more recent, but same veined jams. My kind of mix! Clocking in at 2 hours makes it one of those rare ones that needs to be split in half to burn for the car, but I see that as a good thing. Maybe I'll get off my back side and get a new mp3 player soon - what isn't Electro's fault?

I've been grabbing these all week since I stumbled across them. A few turned out to be mixes I'd found in other spots across the net, but it's nice to be able to point to a bunch on one page for those who haven't seen or heard these before.

As I've done before I re-recorded a set from a night out. My recorder broke last year and since I haven't found a suitable replacement yet this is the best I can do.

I had a great time playing at a local place two weeks ago so the next day when I got up I popped open the record box and played the same records over again, but with record pressed.

For those of you who catch Bleep fairly often you'll see a good handful of mixes in here that you've heard in other shows, combined with other series of mixes I've used before. This is a good example of remembering and using small series of mixes that work and combining them with other series of records that I've found to go well. Of course it's not all of that nature. Some of it was new that week and was thrown in to test out. Paul Birken's "Sleep Deprived" for example. I can't stress how much I plan on abusing this track so I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

A first for Miditonal and I'm glad it's Fin Phranklin who has the first Midi Solo EP. Ever since Fin's 'Yo Wannit Bad, Boy?' track on Midi 06 I've been hooked on his chunky odd ball funk. This EP actually shows where Fin came from. Those of you who have heard his other material and not just what has been released on Miditonal will note that this is a hybrid of all his stuff.

The Bunker Podcast from New York has a new episode today. Performed by none other than the uniquely talented Kooky Scientist.

Grab 'er up!

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A new video discovery was made recently by Mark. Well, not new, but newly acquired. I'm not sure of any details other than what's in the file name itself, but it's a good quality video so enjoy it.

Mark Hawkins: web, myspace, archive downloads

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Veto says:
Monotone is proud to present Monotone compilation one part 2 . This is the second in a 3 part vinyl series taken from the latest Exzakt mix cd "Lust. Love. Electro." All otherwise unreleased and exclusive to this compilation, the series continues with another strong four tracker that introduces some new artists to the already healthy Monotone roster. Kronos Device kick things off in typically hefty fashion with "Prime directive" , a classic slice of UK style electro that fits perfectly with the Monotone sound. Xerodefx follows with a slightly more restrained but equally intense workout that deserves its "Synaptic pressure" title. Old-skool masters Get It Boyz (aka DJ Overdose & DJ Technician ) provide "Electric fuck" , a short but sweet scratch-a-thon. Uprokk moves things smoothly to the nu-skool with "N.E.O. hunter" which melds gnarly bass & synth squirls to sharp 808 programming. Another solid EP from the Monotone camp!

Once again, second time in a row there is one track on the compilation which is responsible for me buying it. The Kronos Device track is definitely what is punching me in the gut here, although unlike the last comp I also enjoy the others. Just not enough on their own to make the purchase.

If each of these compilations is named for a part of Exzakt's last CD (Lust, Love...) I'm guessing the 'Electro' named compilation is next. I can't wait. Even if I only dig one track once again it's fine by me, it sure as hell beats what is being labeled Electro in the clubs now. So better small numbers than no numbers.

Veto says...
Those of you who have been paying attention will no doubt remember Skeetaz from their contributions to Spacebar Superstars Vol. 2 last year. Seemingly in the blink of an eye they are back with their astounding full debut for Spacebar Sentiments, the " Fogrequing EP ". Comprising of James Watts (KiloWatts) and Bil Bless (Son of the Electric Ghost, The Disciple Grin) , this is evidently material written by two producers at the peak of their powers. Straddling the thin line between breaks and electro (just the way we like it), this has the energy and funk of good breaks, with the amazing sound design and futuristic edge of electro..."Fo" kicks off the EP in fine fashion, with hints of P-funk peeping out from amongst the mindblowing programming. "Drama quing" follows, and sounds like a friendlier version of Aphex's "Windowlicker", adding truly beautiful padded chord progressions to the sharp electro underbelly. Limbertimbre grabs the bull by the horns on the flip and ups the tempo of "Fo" while keeping the funk in full effect. "Ogre" rounds the EP off nicely with a glitched downtempo jam that urges us to "check the rhythm". Good advice, as just when you think you have got a handle on it the track has sped up, slowed down, sped up again, and those of you who were brave enough to attempt dancing in the first place are left spinning...

A1 gets a big Holy Shit. The P-Funk All-Stars would be proud of it. It dropped my jaw and loosened my rectum (thankfully only a little). Watch for that 1:27 mark. It's deadly! I'm almost hesitant to listen to the rest of the samples. I'm sure to pay a dear price for hearing something of this nature. I just may be ruined towards all future Electro records.

The moniker 'Sheffield Bleep' shouldn't be too unfamiliar to those of you who are alert. I've posted up two of his previous mixes [here and here] and from what I can tell via comments and server stats they've gone over very well and that's ignoring the fact that this is a minor mirror of them. They get more attention I'm sure via his own server.

Anyway, I enjoyed those mixes so much I had to get in touch with this guy and request something more. This Acid House mix was his gracious reply to me concerning a Bleep spot. Top notch selection of history here.

Sheffield Bleep

Luke Eargoggle & Johan Inkinen bring you stiff white funk from the north of Europe . This will be their third release together following successes on Dutch labels Creme Organisation and Strange Life. Try and imagine if Vikings had analogue synths, or Dopplereffekt were obsessed with Norse Mythology instead of particle physics. Johan is known for his awesome electro live performances around Sweden , and Luke is of course well known in electro circles for his catalogue of stunning releases on labels such as Bunker, Stilleben, Kondi etc.

...nah it's like Drexciya through and through. The early years! Dopplereffekt's angle was a little more dark and this has the Drexciyan optimism that finds it's way above sea level.

As if Don't doesn't already have the market cornered on the releases which end up 1) being in my box ALL the time and 2) just generally being bad-ass. Jerome has done it again though and lined up something to be proud of. This time around he's scored an EP from none other than Jason Leach. from the looks of things it's the tracks that were originally supposed to be on Jason's Death To Vinyl label which I guess is more than slightly ironic.

I hope you woke up this morning and thought "I would love to hear some dirty square wave bass and break beats" because that would have been an awesome portent.

Jerome Hill has revisited 1990/1991 and brought back an olden-school mix. Enjoy!

This EP is what you get when you forcibly confine Ed to his bedroom and only feed him pancakes and other flat foods in which you've slipped under the door. A tongue in cheek send off to wibbly basslines and video games and his own mighty and powerful sense of humility (this rox).

So more of the usual fun in the sun from our lad 3d!t and his spasticated sense of what is wrong-un. It's been too long since his last EP so this is probably going to be abused once in my possession.

On February 16th 2008 there was a bash in London that was put together by Mustard Gunn of Coin Op records and Grant of Uglyfunk.

Needless to say --and yet I'm saying it anyway-- I'm sure there was an awe inspiring amount of debauchery to go hand in hand with the off kilter music that was being played by the line-up of the eve. The sets from Sigma, Mustard Gunn, Onken, Bwaarp, Dexorcist and Jerome Hill were all recorded and now I have them all to share thanks to Mustard Gunn.

Get on it and spread the word!

With another month under the Murky belt I'm glad to see that once again the most downloaded mp3's are Bleep Radio shows. It's encouraging to know that this isn't just some random mix and live set repository being leeched from. When it's the content that is Murky created that gets hit the hardest it definitely makes the time and effort feel like it was spent in a worthwhile fashion.

Also, when it's the Bleep shows that get lots of attention I can actually tell the person who put that specific show together how well it's doing. If there were any requests concerning it I can be sure to connect the people who need to be connected. The ease of being able to tell someone who made a particular set that it was awesome and made your day is partly what makes it all so appealing. Like minds being able to connect reinforces and strengthens their thoughts and subsequently their voices. So let's keep making ourselves and the music heard. Less labels, less boring music, less homogeneity. More genre bending, variety and dancing.

Cheers for another month guys and gals

Trevor Wilkes

Luke has lined up a new mix of records for our listening enjoyment. It reaches back into the years (considerably in at least one place!) and brings the old together with the new.

For those of you who don't know the first track is one that is and has been argued to be the first 'Techno' record ever released. The argued part of it all is because Juan Atkins and Jim Davies released their landmark Cybotron at the same time and no one wants to admit who beat who. Not that anything like 'the first' could ever be so cut and dry.

After you've passed the drama at track #1 you'll find yourself immersed in a whole host of new, unreleased Bonus Round and Don't material. So enjoy the sneak peak as the cat is now out of the bag thanks to Luke; Don't 12 is Jason Leach!