Mixtape – On The Remix

Posted on July 11, 2010 by bobbykins

Back in the nineties, there was a brief period where drum & bass was seen to be pretty cool. We all know those days are long gone, but, during this period, a lot of producers were commissioned to provide remixes for a wide variety of major labels. This mix is a little taster of some my favourite remixes from that period.

Title: On The Remix
Duration: 00:54:58
Encoding: MP3 192kbps
File Size: 75.4MB

Track Listing:
Jay Dee – “Plastic Dreams” (Peshay Remix) – R&S – 1997
Miles Davis – “Rated X” (Doc Scott Remix) – Columbia – 1999
Galliano – “Slack Hands” (Aquasky Remix) – Talkin’ Loud – 1996
DJ Shadow – “What Does Your Soul Look Like” (DJ Die Remix) – Mo Wax – 1997
Olive – “Miracle” (Doc Scott Remix) – RCA – 1996
Lil Louis & The Party – “Clap Your Hands” (PFM Remix) – Go Beat – 1997
Eat Static – “Hybrid” (PFM Remix) – Ultimate Recording Co – 1997
Mulu – “Pussycat” (PFM Remix) – Dedicated – 1997
BMT Vs Erykah – “You Got Me” (Blu Mar Ten Remix) – White – 1999
Akasha – “Brown Sugar” (PFM Cosmic Remix) – Wall Of Sound – 1997

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Mixtape – DNB 2007

Posted on July 3, 2010 by bobbykins
DNB 2007

DNB 2007

Just a little dnb mixtape I found on my computer; Some of these tracks are especially tasty, so I thought I should add it to the site.

Tracklisting:
1.) CALYX – KINGDOM
2.) ED RUSH & OPTICAL – CAPSULE
3.) ED RUSH & OPTICAL – FUNKTION
4.) SEBA & PARADOX – RED TEARS
5.) SPECIAL FORCES – BABYLON VIP
6.) HEIST – WHAT WAS ONCE
7.) NOISIA – FASCADE
8.) RUFIGE KRU – MALICE IN WONDERLAND
9.) FRACTURE & NEPTUNE – OUR SOUND

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

Posted on July 3, 2010 by bobbykins

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 Blue went on to release singles for Partisan, Offshore, Scale & 31 Records.

I’ve always really loved Deep Blue’s singles and have painstakingly tracked down each and every release, on vinyl. Deep Blue’s individual and highly-original sound is unmistakable, and his influence on modern drum & bass, especially artists such as Instra:Mental, is undeniable, which is why making a mix like this, at this point in time, seemed more relevant than ever.

Title: Deep Blue – A Brief History – 1994-2006
Duration: 01:49:36
Encoding: MP3 192kbps
File Size: 150MB

Track Listing:

01. Deep Blue – “Staircase” – Moving Shadow 2-On-1 Series – 1994
02. Deep Blue – “Sunset Over Stevenage” – Moving Shadow – 1994
03. Deep Blue – “Fantasy #3” – Moving Shadow – 1993
04. Deep Blue – “Fantasy #3” (JMJ & Richie Remix) – Moving Shadow – 1994
05. Deep Blue – “Helicopter Tune (Fantasy #1)” – Moving Shadow – 1994
06. Omni Trio – “Nu Grooves 94” (Deep Blue Remix) – Moving Shadow – 1994
07. Deep Blue – “Destroyer” – Partisan – 1998
08. Deep Blue – “Soho Code” – Offshore – 2004
09. Black Rain – “After Dark (You Need A Friend)” – Scale – 2005
10. JMJ & Richie – “Montana” (Deep Blue Remix) – Audio Couture – 1997
11. Deep Blue – “Thursday” – Moving Shadow – 1997
12. Deep Blue & Blame – “Transitions” – Moving Shadow – 1996
13. Odyssey – “Ritual” (Deep Blue’s Alternative Dub) – 720 Degrees – 1998
14. Deep Blue – “Soho Code” (Version X) – Offshore – 2004
15. Deep Blue – “Open Love” – Scale – 2005
16. Deep Blue – “California” – Scale – 2005
17. Black Rain– “Lifecycle” – Scale – 2003
18. Deep Blue – “Do You Voodoo” – Offshore – 2003
19. Deep Blue – “Momentum” – 31 records – 2001
20. Deep Blue & Tertius – “Affirmative” – Partisan – 1999
21. Deep Blue – “Immersion”- 31 Records – 2001
22. Deep Blue – “Who Got The Beats?” – Offshore – 2006
23. Deep Blue – “Destroyer” (Seba Remix) – Scale – 2005
24. Deep Blue – “Oceans Above Life” – Partisan – 1998
25. Deep Blue & Blame – “De-Transitions” – Moving Shadow – 1996


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Links
Deep Blue Discography
Scale Records
Moving Shadow Records
Buy Deep Blue MP3s @ Beatport
Moving Shadow Wikipedia Page

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Commix Recall To Mind Tracklisting Confirmed

Posted on July 2, 2010 by bobbykins

Commix - Call To Mind (Metalheadz)

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 To Mind, began to emerge.

The first remixes to appear were the D-Bridge remix of Belleview and the Instra:Mental remix of Japanese Electronics. However, Metalheadz have been tight-lipped about the project ever since. All kinds of names have been floating around on the internet, but nothing concrete was ever confirmed…

That was, until late last month, when Chris from Metalheadz finally announced the formats & track-listings for the long-awaited project, which is to be called Recall To Mind. Although the date still can’t be confirmed for sure (when are release dates ever accurate?), it’s been suggested that the project will hit the shops in October 2010.

As for formats, it’s coming out over 1 x 1-sided 12″ vinyl, 2 x double-pack 12″ vinyl, 1 x Limited 10″ vinyl, and a CD Album. Commix have been reported as saying on occasion that it’s a strictly techno/downtempo affair, but that’s not strictly true, as we already know from the D-Bridge & Instra:Mental remixes;  however, it’s probably fair to say at this point that the majority of the remixes aren’t from dnb producers. How this will fair with the drum & bass community, remains to be seen.

Anyway, this is how the project has panned out:

Commix – Recall To Mind

LP 12” Sampler
A: Be True (Burial Remix)

2 x 12” EP Part 1
A Belleview(dBridge Belle-Reviewed Remix)
B Change (A Made Up Sound Remix)
C How You Gonna Feel (Pangea Remix)
D Japanese Electronics (Instra:Mental Moog Remix)

2 x 12” EP Part 2
A Emily’s Smile (Sigha She’s Still Smiling Remix)
B Satellite Type 2 (Marcel Dettman Remix 1)
C Strictly (Kasem Mosse “Needs To Feel Edit” Remix)
D Spectacle (Two Armadillos Remix Rhythm of Life)

Limited 10” Single
A Satellite Type 2 (Marcel Dettman Remix 2)
AA How You Gonna Feel (Pedestrian Remix)

CD
1. Japanese Electronics – (Instra:mental Moog Remix)
2. How you Gonna Feel – (Pangaea Remix)
3. Change – (A Made Up Sound Remix)
4. Belleview – (dBridge Belle-Reviewed Remix)
5. Be True – (Burial Remix)
6. Strictly – (Kassem Mosse “Needs To Feel Edit” Remix)
7. Spectacle – (Two Armadillos Rhythm Of Life Remix)
8. Emilys Smile – (Sigha She’s Still Smiling Remix)
9. Satellite Type 2 – (Marcel Dettmann Remix 1)
10. Satellite Song – (Underground Resistance Remix)

Links
http://www.metalheadz.co.uk – Official Metalheadz Website
http://commixblog.blogspot.com – Commix Blog
http://www.myspace.com/commix – Commix MySpace
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4E44917FFB6902AF – A YouTube playlist containing the three remixes that have already been aired (remixes by Burial, D-Bridge, & Instra:Mental)
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Commix/ – Buy Commix records/CDs from Juno
http://www.redeye.co.uk – Buy Commix records from Red Eye
http://www.chemical-records.co.uk – Buy Commix records from Chemical Records
http://www.beatport.com/artist/Commix – Buy Commix MP3s from Beatport
http://soundcloud.com/metalheadz – Check the forthcoming releases on the legendary Metalheadz label
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Commix – The full Commix discography
http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?artist=Commix&ev=ab – Buy Commix records from the Discogs Marketplace

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Photek Productions on YouTube

Posted on July 1, 2010 by bobbykins

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, his alias Special Forces, Digital, Teebee, Fabio, and Peshay. The last single, which was the excellent Teebee remix of Ni Ten Ichi Ryu, was released in 2006.

As an obsessive Photek fan, I am slightly concerned that I’m missing five of those fourteen releases. Thankfully, whilst I hunt these down, I can at least check them out via the ever-brilliant YouTube.

I have compiled a youtube playlist that contains each & every track, except for The End (Remix) and Bounce. Every other track is there, in full.

To check it out, simply click the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D9AAC65269E8A909

Links
Photek Productions Discography – The label’s full discography, via the excellent Discogs Website
Photek Discography – The full discography of Photek, across various labels, via the excellent Discogs Website
Photek / Astralwerks – The website created during the release of Solaris
Photek Myspace – Not sure how official it is
Photek Productions – An archived version of the sadly now defunct Photek Productions website
Photek On Spotify – Launch the Photek page on Spotify

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Can You Identify These Old Detroit House / Techno Tracks?

Posted on June 4, 2010 by bobbykins

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 was really good. Anyway, below are clips of two particular tracks that after all these years, I have still not been able to identify. All I can tell you is that the tracks must have been released before 1997.

Please have a listen, and if you have any idea what they might be, please let me know by replying to this post, or via email.

I am hopeful that one day, I will own these tracks!

There were originally three tracks that I was looking to identify, but someone was able to identify the third; it turned out to be “Restless Dub” by Schatrax Discogs Link. Maybe that gives you some idea as to the era we’re talking about.

Update 4th June 2010 23:00
My massive forum-raiding efforts have not been in vane!  After fourteen years of searching, the second track  in this post has been ID’d as being “On The Sly” by Vango Noir. There’s no clips on youtube (other than my video). Here’s the discogs link: LINK

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Session 022 June 2010

Posted on May 25, 2010 by bobbykins

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 full of Kira Neris / Floating Points etc but wanted to try and cover some new ground this month, where possible. Hope you enjoy it.

session_022

Telefon Tel Aviv – The Birds
Bonobo – 1009
Liquid Liquid – Cavern
Swod – Belgien
Kronos Quartet / Steve Reich – After The War
Bent – I Can’t Believe It’s Over
La Circa – Ida
Lenzman Feat. Riya – Open Page
PFM – Equilibrium
Fallen Angels – New Era
Mademoiselle Caro – Soldiers (Ben Watt Dub)
Kyle Hall – Fuse N Me
Mr Projectile – Hailstorm
Fila Brazilia – Soft Music Under Stars

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New James Devane Material : En

Posted on April 4, 2010 by bobbykins

En: Maxwell August Croy & James Devane

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 will be released on a label called Root Strata.

En is a relatively new duo comprised of San Francisco musicians Maxwell August Croy (Root Strata) and James Devane (Bremsstrahlung). The pair have been hard at work for some time now crafting their debut album, due out on Root Strata later this year. “Mother of Thousands” offers a peak into the duo’s sound, in which all manner of bowed strings are run through various custom processing systems and filters to yield a surging, resplendent ur-drone that is rife with brilliant detail. Be sure to also check out James’ superb debut solo offering, available for free download via the Bremsstrahlung site linked above.

The first fruits from this project have emerged, and the results are really lovely. Maxwell has very kindly uploaded the track Mother Of Thousands to his Soundcloud site:

Links
http://blog.jamesdevane.com/ – James Devane’s official site / blog
http://soundcloud.com/brokendisk –  Maxwell’s Soundcloud Page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4hQG-XTVa4 – James Devane’s excellent cover of Aphex Twin’s Rhubarb
http://rootstrata.com – The label that will be releasing the En material
http://www.bremsstrahlung-recordings.org/ – Home of James’ debut album

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Omar S Mix for Red Bull Academy Radio

Posted on April 4, 2010 by bobbykins

Omar S

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 Live series, containing nothing but his own music – a brave move !

Anyway, I just stumbled across this mix he made for Red Bull Academy back in 2005, originally hosted by fullbozman.com, and it’s really nice. A great selection of obscure, underground house music. The track listing is a bit patchy, but here it is:

Omar S for Red Bull Academy Radio – 2005

00:00 – 01. ID
04:00 – 02. Patchworks – Shoutsly [Still Music]
06:35 – 03. Goapele – Closer (DJ Spinna Remix) [Loveslap!]
11:10 – 04. I:cube – Oblivion (Dixon Edit) [Versatile]
14:52 – 05. Unknown
20:27 – 06. Unknown
23:35 – 07. Unknown
28:05 – 08. Diviniti – Find A Way [Women On Wax]
34:30 – 09. George Benson – Give Me The Night (ID Remix)
39:00 – 10. Daryl Cura – Contigo [Eargasmic]
43:00 – 11. Omar S – Oasis #1 [AOS-1]
50:23 – 12. Jagged Edge – Walked Outta Heaven (Quentin Harris Vocal Mix) [Fall Out]
56:30 – 13. Omar S – Groove On [fxhe]
60:13 – 14. ID
64:00 – 15. Reel People – Can’t Stop (Dennis Ferrer’s Falling 4 U Mix) [Papa Records]
71:00 – 16. R-Tyme – Use Me [trance fusion]
74:30 – 17. Alan Smithee – Blue Blackness [white ]
79:00 – 18. Foremost Poets – Besides Myself (Original Mix) [Soul Groove Records]

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Links
http://www.omarsdetroit.us/ – Official Site of Omar S / FXHE
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Omar-S – Omar S Discography
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Omar+S/ – Omar S @ Juno Records

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Floating Points Live on 1xtra – October 2009

Posted on April 4, 2010 by bobbykins

Floating Points

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 insight into the various influences that come out in his music, well worth checking out.

Floating Points Live @ 1xtra’s Benji B Show, 11th October 2009

Tracklisting:

Floating Points Ensemble – Post Suite
Teena Marie – Revolution
Polyrhythm Addicts – Zonin’ Out Remix
Ras G – Spacewayz
Shuanise – Alailoye
MSTRKRFT – Heartbreaker (Brackles Remix)
Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix)
Untold – Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake Remix)
Architeq – Bird of Prey
Fatima – Warm eyes
Mark Pritchard – Heavy As Stone
Eve – Me N My

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…also, if you like this, you should definately check out this mix that FP put together for Mary Anne Hobbs.

Floating Points//mix//Mary Anne Hobbs//BBC Radio 1 – 21/01/09

Tracklisting:
Floating Points – ‘Cycle 11 DUB’ (unreleased)
Floating Points – ‘KG beat’ (unreleased)
Floating Points – ‘Peroration feat. Fatima’ (unreleased)
Floating Points – ‘JW beat’ (unreleased)
W Orbit – ‘Optical Illusions’ [Aaron Jerome Remix] (CDR)
Dabrye – ‘Game Over’ [Dorian Concept Remix!] (CDR)
Kona Triangle – ‘AIRLOCK’ (CDR)
Ras G & the Afrikan Space Program – ‘Sign Me Up’ (Poo-Bah)
Floating Points – ‘For You’ (eglo)
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