Weekend Mixes
August 13
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Too many mixes! My computer is overflowing with the bastards this week, and I can't post all the mixes I've enjoyed or I'd be here all day. Here are the highlights though....
Bedtime Bunnage went mad and put up two great podcasts this week, but this was the more interesting, I think. Dubstep/electro wizard Geiom, the man who runs Berkane Sol records, showed another side to his musical excursions with this deep DnB mix. Featuring the likes of ASC, D Bridge and even a couple of tracks from himself, this plots a course from the skittish and paranoid, to the mellow and spacious, and is definitely worth chucking on the earbuds for a late night walk around town.
Oh dear, it's an XLR8R podcast again. Well, they have been on fire lately and it's only fair to link this up, since it's so good and all. Bristol's Guido follows up his recent album with this classy mix which showcases once more his ear for melody. Loads of really cool blends in this; in particular 'Mad Sax' in to the Body Snatchers 'Only Hunnerds' works a treat. It also features his and Baobinga's collab 'Bumba' which might even be a premiere of this fine track.
Staying in Bristol, here's Atki2 of the Steakhouse / Ruffnek Diskotek crew, who's just dropped this fine Karnival mixtape for Chrissy Murderbot's year of mixtapes. From Sticky and Geeneus to Sizzla and Vybez Kartel, this mix is unashamed bashment vibes and brightened up my evening last night no end. Highly recommended!
From there we journey to Berlin, to the home of Nightshifters Records and DJ Donna Summer, who has put his artistic hat on for this mix - another one for the We Are Skitzo crew - which takes a little detour away from his normal party-centric vibe and off into more leftfield pastures such as Autechre, Meat Beat Manifesto and Ennio Morricone. Nice. Tracklist here.
Finally, I was just going to leave it at that, but I spotted this mix by Brandon Sek of the Happy Please blog over at Discobelle. They describe it as being 'dark and moody tech-house' but it doesn't sound much like tech house to me. Maybe I'm a bit out of the loop? It's certainly dark and moody though, but I'd say it's more kind of 80's film soundtrack music with a kind of twisted Italo influence. If tech house was this good I'm sure I'd listen to a lot more of it. It's even got a John Carpenter track in there and I'm sure he's not tech house Anyway, see what you reckon here.
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