[Above image credit: Global-sets.com] Peter O’Grady AKA Joy O has been at the heart of the UK bass/techno scene for as long as I can remember. His early work was a big driving force in my growing interest in electronic music, regularly producing tracks that never fail to hit the… Read More »Mixes to Dig: Joy Orbison, Dekmantel Podcast 081
[Above image credit:Saish Kotecha (xr2saish), photobucket] A collaborative effort by Alvin Aronson and Galcher Lustwerk culminated in ‘Scenes 2012 -2015’ that was release in the first quarter of 2016. The personal highlight of the album was ‘ITCZ’. It starts off as the descending theme washes over your ears with a… Read More »Tune of the Week: Studio OST – ITCZ
[Above image credit: The Peacock Society] Omar-S is a producer/DJ who does everything against the grain. An artist like no other, his main interests are known to include street racing, video gaming, and synths to the point where, according to Marcellus Pittman, he is a “synth nerd”. He is an… Read More »Mixes To Dig: Omar-S @ Robert Johnson, Offenbach – FYA Detroit
For years there has been a debate over the value and purpose of the mix CD/cassette. With the emergence of the online mix series and podcasts releasing many high quality mixes each week it is easy to see why. However, while a DJ may be called upon by many top drawer… Read More »Mixes To Dig: Call Super – Fabric 92
This release pairs up DJ Sotofett with Madteo for two predictably unpredictable versions of the same track. The “Vision of Love Club Mix” is the pick of the two, which sees Sotofett set the track off with an infectious chugging beat, complimented by soft synth pads. Madteo’s distorted gravelly voice… Read More »Tune of the Week: DJ Sotofett Feat. Madteo – There's Gotta Be A Way (Vision of Love Club Mix)
The essence of house music is to spread love, joy and happiness to those that listen and Care’s ‘Love Train Running Part 2’ is no exception. It feels like someone took a snippet of soulful funk song and just ran away with it, producing something that feels very much in… Read More »Tune of the Week: Care – Love Train Running PT 2
This week’s instalment of the Mixes to Dig series comes courtesy of Tessela with his In Session mix for Mixmag. Tessela is widely regarded as one of the best producers of heavily bass-influenced techno in the business and with a back catalogue featuring tracks such as Hackney Parrot and Nancy’s… Read More »Mixes to Dig: Mixmag – Tessela, In Session
Number 37 in our mix series comes from Manchester based Two Tail. As a member of Outsourced Collective, and a fantastic producer with a huge array of his own quality productions and edits we are extremely happy to have got him to put some tunes together for us. Let this… Read More »Mantissa Mix 037: Two Tail
Terrence Dixon has been producing his obscure brand of techno under his own name and his Population One alias for over 20 years. With a lot of the Detroit producer’s releases leaning towards the experimental side of techno, he has been able to maintain a relatively low profile compared to… Read More »Tune of the Week: Terrence Dixon – Pilot Error
Few are able to pull off a mix made up solely of their productions. It’s a bold statement which requires a lot of self-confidence and the body of work to justify it. Several classic efforts have been produced in the Fabric mix series from the likes of Shackleton, Omar-S and… Read More »Mixes to dig: Galcher Lustwerk – Blowing up the Workshop 12