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Glasgow-born, Copenhagen-based Solid Blake is behind this month's Strøm Mixx.

Read our interview with her here: https://strm.dk/strm-mixx-012-solid-blake

Tracklist:
Nikki Nair – Urquoise (Lobster Theremin, 2021)
Hodge & Simo Cell – Drums From The West (Livity Sound, 2021)
DJ JM – Detector (Unreleased)
Rugon – 0327 (Brokntoys, 2021)
Rassan – Bwoy Test (ZONAexp, 2021)
LDWG – Kool-Aid Cyanide (Veyl, 2021)
Franck – Endless (Franck, 2022)
Miguelnothesinger – SVD (Natural Sciences, 2021)
Marcelulose – Argonia (ZONAexp, 2021)
Rhyw – Bee Stings (Fever AM, 2021)
Int Main – Early (Mind Controlled Rectifier, 2021)
Sansibar – Fantasmas (Kalahari Oyster Cult, 2021)
Nikki Nair – Yoland And His Tortoise (Lobster Theremin, 2021)

Strøm Mixx 012: Solid Blake

Next up, we are proud to welcome the always excellent https://soundcloud.com/solid_blake on the BPR guest mix series. 

Emma has quietly gained a deserved and long standing reputation for their precise and high quality DJ sets which hit an impeccable end of gritty and direct club music. A genuine super head and one of our favourite artists finely purveying the heavy end of robotic body music. Enjoy the ride and it's subtleties (+invite them to your party for the full sonic experience.)

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Banana'Cast 43 ➤ Solid Blake

Don't let @solid_blake's diminutive stature fool you: she plays with a ferocity and precision that flips Europe's most tasteful dance floors inside out. Born in Glasgow but operating out of Copenhagen, she was a founding member of the Apeiron Crew DJ collective, has produced as Historical Repeater with Ctrls and often plays with Mama Snake as she did at our own festival a few years ago. Her Rinse FM radio show is always packed with new sounds that have you desperate to find out more, as is this week's mix. 

It's built on bold, body-shaking rhythms that are elastic and acrobatic. They're loose and roomy to start before the kinetic energy builds through jungle cuts, thumping deep techno and unhinged club music. Though squarely aimed at the dance floor, these selections are detailed with freaky monologues or wild vocalisations that bring them to life outside the club. They're both deep but lively and run through with a subtle sense of party-starting fun.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 408 - Solid Blake

Emma Blake is, musically, something of a nomad. She made her name—Solid Blake—that is, in Copenhagen, where she cofounded the influential Apeiron Crew alongside Mama Snake and Smokey. They were responsible in establishing the city's "fast techno" sound, which blended sleek techno and trance influences into something colourful and retro-futuristic. But Blake's side of things was always more rooted in electro, with a party-starting flair that you might be tempted to pin to her Glaswegian upbringing. (Her first release, <i>Mario</i>, came out on the label of the legendary Glasgow taps-aff basement nightclub La Cheetah.) And she's also spent time in Berlin, so she has those techno bona fides, too.

Another EP, released on Modeselektor's Seilscheibenpfeiler, further fleshed out her electro-techno hybrid sound, also explored in her Historical Repeater project with Danish artist Ctrls. DJing has been her major focus, though—she has an excellent Rinse FM show—and you'll hear a refined approach on her excellent RA Podcast, which is like a club set in miniature, starting out midtempo and rushing towards a heady climax with tracks like Pariah's "Squishy Windows." It's loaded with creative grooves, toothsome textures and the kind of sleek melodies that helped define her stint in Copenhagen since the beginning.

@solid_blake

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/873

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RA.873 Solid Blake

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A live recording of my DJ set at Intonal Festival on April 29, 2023. Originally broadcast by Refuge Worldwide on May 29, 2023.

Solid Blake at Intonal Festival, April 2023

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EU booking: carin at outer-agency dot com
americas: ricky at visionarytalentgroup dot com
promos: solidblakemusic at gmail dot com

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