Category Archives: music

Mixtape – Deep Blue – A Brief History – 1994-2006

Deep Blue is one of the original drum & bass producers. Originally one half of 2 Bad Mice, the Deep Blue project emerged in 1994 with the seminal Helicopter Tune. A career that began at the ground-breaking Moving Shadow, Deep … Continue reading

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Commix Recall To Mind Tracklisting Confirmed

Many moons ago, before man discovered fire, and before the dinosaurs were wiped out…..erm, ok so probably not that long ago, but I’d say at least 2-3 years ago, some remixes of various tracks from the superb Commix album, Call … Continue reading

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Photek Productions on YouTube

Photek Productions was the label that emerged shortly after Photek’s final project with Virgin / Science, the sublime techno album, Solaris. Launched in 2000, it has, to date released 13 singles & 1 EP, from the likes of Photek himself, … Continue reading

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Can You Identify These Old Detroit House / Techno Tracks?

Back around 1996/1997, I used to listen to a local pirate radio station. Two DJs known as Kane & Dave used to play a house & techno show every week. One particular week, I taped bits of it because it … Continue reading

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Session 022 June 2010

Apologies for the delay on this episode of the podcast – however, here it is. I’ve made a concious decision this month not to repeat stuff by artists I’ve already covered – this could have easily have been another mix … Continue reading

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New James Devane Material : En

James Devane, who’s album of ambient guitar droning loveliness featured heavily in last year’s podcasts (Link | Link | Link), is working on some new material. It’s a collaboration with another musician from San Fransisco named Maxwell August Croy, and … Continue reading

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Omar S Mix for Red Bull Academy Radio

At the moment, I’m a bit obsessed with Omar S, an underground house/techno producer from Detroit. He’s fierecly independant, puts all his own stuff out on his own Detroit-based FXHE label, and last year, produced a mix for the Fabric … Continue reading

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Floating Points Live on 1xtra – October 2009

So I just stumbled across this live session by Floating Points, performed for Benji B’s 1xtra show. Totally overlooked it somehow, it happened back in October 2009. Luckily, some bright spark uploaded it to the excellent Beatplexity site…It’s a nice … Continue reading

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Mixtape – Music For Birds

Have been picking up a fair bit of house music of late, so thought I would piece together a new mix tape. This one’s all recorded live, no software involved, just two turntables and a CDJ…  Download or streaming options … Continue reading

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Mixtape – Turntable Tomfoolery

Kerri Chandler – “When I Think Of You (Love Sick Mix)” – Grey Matter US Kerri Chandler – “Out To The Boonies (The Zone Mix)” – Downtown 181 US Blackjoy – “Untitled” (Kerri Chandler Remix) – Freerange Ferrer & Karizma … Continue reading

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