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Envisaging an authentic approach to sound, the Field Surrounding series delivers contemporary left-field mixtapes thriving on artistic freedom and quality.

''Song's Electric''
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Field Surrounding mix by Aardvarck

My little brother Todd (Toadface) just turned 21! So for his birthday I made this mix entirely of his productions. His music has been a big influence on mine the past 2 years and I feel like a lot of people who like my music would also like his. If you're feeling the music, please share with your friends and show my little brother some love. He works really hard and puts a lot of emotion in his music.  www.soundcloud.com/toadface  

*** TRACK LIST ***
Toadface- 21 
Toadface- Fresh Water 
Toadface- Sobernaut
Toadface & Mt.Analogue - Squid
G Jones- Wickedest Sound (Toadface Remix) 
Toadface- The Birth (Yheti Remix) 
Toadface- Purple Lean
Toadface- Giygas
Toadface- Storm in the Redwoods
Toadface- Ness
Toadface- History
Dr.Sherman-Chirp (Toadface Remix) 
Toadface- Bounce Right
Toadface- Paula
Toadface- Jeff
Toadface- Poo
Toadface- Demon in Soul 
Hecka- Tango (Toadface Bootleg) 
Toadface- Phantom Waltz 
Toadface- Clear Mind
Toadface- Cocorosie Remix
Toadface- Body and Soul
Hordes- Thing v2 (Toadface Remix) 
Toadface & Mt.Analogue- Sweat
Toadface- Step On It 
Toadface & Modeling - Alchemy 
Toadface & Yheti - Don't be Mad
Toadface & AB Life - Fire Dance 
Toadface- Ever Changing
Toadface - Yorkie
Toadface & Modeling - 100 DFA's






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Toadface Originals (Mixed By Yheti)

Say You Love Me – Jessie Ware is out now. Available from http://po.st/SYLMRemixes4 

Our debut album 'Sirens' - out now:
Standard – http://po.st/SirensStd
Deluxe - http://po.st/SirensDlx

New track Saving My Life feat. ROMANS
Download on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SavingMyLife
Stream on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/SavingMyLifeS
Stream on Apple Music: http://po.st/SMLaPR
Download on Google Play: Google Play: http://po.st/SMLgPR

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Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me (Gorgon City Remix)

Our next exclusive podcast comes from someone with a long and close relationship with Dekmantel: back in 2007 the mighty Aadvarck ('Varke', for his friends) headlined out first ever party. After 30 years on the decks and in the studio few do it better than this man, who has released on Skudge, Delsin, Rush Hour and together with Steven de Peven acquired quite a lot of attention with the Rednose Distrikt collective (which will see a very unique one-off come-back performance at Dekmantel Festival this summer). First and foremost he is a DJ though, as this mix - recorded during one of the final nights at Amsterdam's Trouw -  proves. 

Over the years, Aardvark has dabbled in jungle and breaks, trip hop and broken beat, but nowadays it is fierce house and techno that he lays down. This mix starts with some soul infused house sounds before energetically switching up through piano jams, spangled techno, rave and retro. Never staying in one place for long, it is a lithe affair that fluidly flips the mood with every other record and keeps you on your toes throughout. Filled with new records and old records, classics and overlooked gems, this is a whirlwind two hour ride that will help you fly through Monday on a real high.

Dekmantel Podcast 006 - Aardvarck

'Keeping You Up' is available now on Itunes http://apple.co/1DMH9Mo 

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Keeping You Up (Produced by Shift K3y)

This week were are proud to bring you an all original mix from the UK kings Gentlemens Club. 

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Soloman
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50 Carrot
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Coffi
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Tracklist:
50 Carrot, Coffi & Soloman Ft. Watson - New Presidents
50 Carrot - Brat Pack
Axel Boy & 50 Carrot - Federales
50 Carrot & Coffi - Nitty Gritty
50 Carrot, Soloman & Coffi - FUKSQUAD
Soloman - ADMAY
Coffi & Deemed - Everyone Is Stoned.JPEG
Coffi - Blade Slangin’
Coffi & 50 Carrot Ft. Watson - This High
50 Carrot - El Mejor
50 Carrot & Lost - Erb N Dub
Coffi & Tsuruda - U Can’t
Soloman & 12th Planet - Untitled
Soloman - Bokeh
Soloman & Taurus Scott - Vega
Rude Kid - Electric (Soloman Remix) 

Free Download 

Episode 045: Gentlemen's Club

♥ on Hype Machine: http://bit.ly/TOUCHJackLNDN

http://nesthq.com/premiere-le-youth-jacklndn-remix/

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TOUCH (JackLNDN Remix) [Nest HQ Premiere]

Gelka, the duo that has been on such labels like Om Records, Ministry of Sound, Stereo Deluxe, Wax On Records or Warp, and who are known for electronizing the sunsets contemporary downtempo the most modern way one could imagine, kicks off the summer season with a very own EP, after countless appearances on Café Del Mar. Teaming up with their permanent vocalist, Phoenix Pearle, known from Nightmares On wax, they returned with a delicate, fine and melodic song, Million Nights, remixed by @Synkro, in addition to Marcel and @Forteba.
credits

release date: 26 May 2015 

Gelka ft. Phoenix Pearle - Million Nights 
Written by Sándor Dömötör, Csaba Kürti 
Lyrics by Sara Garvey 
Produced, Mixed, Programming and Arrangements by Gelka 
Recorded at Homework Studio, Budapest 2015 
Mastering by: Gabor Deutsch/Anorganik mastering.anorganik.net 

artwork by: Hargi Csík 
Gelka photo: Anna Albert 
Phoenix Pearle photo: Giles Smith

Gelka feat. Phoenix Pearle - Million Nights (Forteba Remix)

Official remix for Calvin Harris & Disciples "How Deep Is Your Love"

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How Deep Is Your Love

Beatport

Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love (Chris Lake Remix)

yo here is a collection of unreleased originals, collabs and flips

free dl:  https://www.toneden.io/bleep-bloop/post/pentocular

featuring:
https://soundcloud.com/gjonesbass
https://soundcloud.com/itsfootsieagain
https://soundcloud.com/sayerbass
https://soundcloud.com/noertheboy
https://soundcloud.com/the-originalz
https://soundcloud.com/theboygold

Tracklist:
feel the cosmos vip
baka w/ sayer
htfu
recombine ft brsmsn
flora w/ noer the boy
no memory
tarehouse
water on mars
all i wanna do
HCl
???w/ g jones
miscipula
???
disk error w/ proko
obsidian
slippin
venom
ferryman
get busy w/footsie & g jones
f r e e  g u w o p
strobe
boss w/boygold

up coming tour dates:
1/16 - San Francisco, CA
1/22 - Santa Cruz, CA
1/29 - Oconomowoc, WI
1/30 - Cleveland, OH
2/4 - Eugene, OR
2/5 - Portland, OR
2/6 - Boise, ID
2/13 - New York, NY
2/18 - Nashville, TN
2/19 - Knoxville, TN
2/20 - Atlanta, GA
2/24 - Sebastapol, CA
3/5 - Detroit, MI
3/11 - St Louis, MO
3/12 - Lake Tahoe, CA
3/20 - Mountain Center, CA

art by gary paintin

FREE DL

Pentocular Mixtape

CRWNRYL

Hello internet!!! 

*This is a collection of 13 new Yheti tracks and collabs. I believe to be some of my best work to date, at least 300 hrs went into the crafting of this audio, so take a deep listen in your head and enjoy the textures. ▲▲ ▲  

▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲  
TRIFINITY MIX TRACKLIST 
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Trifinity Intro 
Yheti & The Widdler _-_ New Ideas  :30
Yheti & Toadface _-_ Serious 3:00
Yheti Toadface Spankalicious _-_ Epic Adventures (forth. Wakaan) 5:13
Yheti Toadface Mt.Analogue _-_ The (Grime) 7:45
Yheti Toadface Mt.Analogue _-_ The (Dubstep) 9:40
Yheti & Toadface _-_ Wonky Mirror 12:19
Yheti & Conrank _-_ Heavy Flow 14:30
Yheti _-_ It Never Stops 16:50
Yheti & Toadface _-_ Brain Waves  18:45
Yheti _-_ Pump Up The Dance Floor 21:00
Yheti _-_ Hey 23:48
Yheti Toadface Mt.Analogue _-_ The (Feels) 26:00 
Yheti & Tangled Branches _-_ Planet Dayton 29:15
Trifinity Outro 32:20

YHETI▲ DISCOG▲ FREE▲ 

▲∞▲ Trifinity Mix ▲∞▲

Levitation Jones @ Dreamscape Festival (2016)

AIR BAD&BOUJEE

Producer/DJ Radical One lends his talents to the second drop off of our forthcoming 3rd compilation with this tropical infused, 111 bpm groove called "Tasty". Get Familiar.

@radicaloneofficial
@ingoodcomp
Cover by @nycgoblin

Tasty

Radical One - Tasty

A lil flip of Aaliyah rock the boat i dunno tho

stroke

Rinse RH Aardvarck - Monkey Radio Transmission  Mp3 192

Cut and paste… The man who made an art form of DJing with Winamp returns to the Rush Hour store  to play records... Special!  In the past decades, Aardvarck’s music has been strongly influenced by J Dilla. For this recording, he dug up a few of his all-time favorites and new discoveries. 

Aardvarck aka Mike Kivits is one of Amsterdam’s most fascinating music legends, who has been strongly affiliated with Rush Hour since the very beginning of the record shop. The Den Bosch born moved to the capital during the early days of house music. 

This is the twenty-ninth in a series of Rush Hour Store mixes, where we invite our favorite artists and DJs to dig the bins and record us a mix on the spot. Click on the links below for more info on the featured tracks.

Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=88407
The Alcoholics - WLIX
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=106618
Jeen Bassa - Freak Out
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=106064
Quasimodo - Come on Feet
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=15354
J-Dilla - Red Light (feat. J*Davey)
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=89659
Georgia Anne Muldrow - I.O.T.A. (Instrument Of The Ancestors) 
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=106247
Mount Kimble - Ruby
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=55296
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Canadian Hillbilly
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=106247
Dorian Concept - No Time Not Mine
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=105328
Thundercat - Is It Love
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=60811
Kaiti Tatham - Your Dreams Don't Mean A Thing
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=104935 
Mulatu Astatke - The Panther
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=104665
Marcos Valle - Nova Bossa Nova
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=105595
Jungle By Night - Spectacles pt 2
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=105223
Carl Craig - At Les 
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=77738
Fingers Inc. - Mystery Friend
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=83099
Skyy - First Time Around (12" Mix) 
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=105605
Zomby - Mercury’s Rainbow
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=100959
Angora - Enchantment 
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=85747
Ron Trent & Chez Damier- The Meaning 
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=85747
Fingers Inc - A Love Of My Own
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=83099

Store Mix 029 I Aardvarck Digs Rush Hour

A late-stage rehearsal straight to cassette for reference. Recorded shortly before going into the studio, probably at John Henry rehearsal rooms. This is Mark on guitar, Lee on drums, and myself on piano and organ (the bass was always addressed in the studio once the basic track was down, which is why it doesn't feature here).
It's best to take the 8 minutes out and listen to the end, preferably in headphones, and in a quiet space,

Eden rehearsal cassette

Aardvarck says: 

how wonderful.
i start 20 years back..
on this album.

now
with great delight
to present it.

within this mix, sum 
album tracks wrapped,
between supreme favorites, hero's for me, like U gene.
my life rich, full 
people's expression, music !
for me to receive,
to tell a true story.

a kind of a miracle,
to share 
with u  ..

junie 
georga anne muldrow
dwele
art of noise
dilla 
slum village
spacek 
flying lotus aardvarck mix
u gene
u gene
prince
u gene
johnny hammond smith / eryka badhu 
ohio players
u gene
davina
junie
funkadelic
u gene
harco pront
portishead
gza / genius 
biggie primo
tribe called quest
busta 
dilla
d'angelo 
d.i.t.c.
u gene
prince
u gene
sly stone
ohio players
u gene outro...

Aardvarck - Return Present U-Gene

songs from :
Melanie Charles - Be On My Side....
Laura Marling 
Nai Palm
Amy Winehouse
Joni Mitchell
Bjork
Cowboy Junkies
Gas
Eluvium
Plaid
Beach Boys 
Radiohead
Fats Domino
Leonard Cohen
Cat Stevens
Jhon Barry
Sonny and Cher

2020 The Return To U.. .

Mike Kivits isn’t your average DJ/producer. A veteran of some 30 years behind the turntables, the man best known as Aardvarck has spent three decades defying conventions, mixing things up and successfully overcoming personal demons. His story, soon to be published in an autobiography offering advice to those battling depression, is nothing less than extraordinary.

Now based in the Asian paradise of Bali, Kivits continues to divide his time between DJing and music making. Outside his native Netherlands it’s the latter he’s best known for, having built up a bulging discography over the last two decades. While lesser producers would focus on one or two key styles, Kivits has released everything from floor-filling house and techno to broken beat, jazz, jungle, ambient and electronica. Given his now legendary status in Holland, it’s unsurprising that he’s recorded for many of the country’s most acclaimed labels, including Delsin, Djax-Up Beats, Rush Hour, Kindred Spirits, Music For Speakers (an imprint he had a hand in founding), and Voyage Direct. Soon, he’ll also be appearing on Dekmantel, another Dutch imprint that has been wowing critics in recent years, and has an album for Skudge in the pipeline.

It’s DJing, though, that remains Kivits’ greatest passion. “You just give and take them higher,” he enthuses. “It’s fun. I do my best always, and am always happy when I’m DJing.”

He’s been doing this longer than most, of course, and has the scars to prove it. He bagged his first residency in 1985, in his home city of Den Bosch, where he’d join the dots between soul, funk, hip-hop, disco and B-boy electro. As the 1980s progressed he began adding the new sounds of Chicago house and Detroit techno to his repertoire, earning more residencies and a number of regular guest spots at Amsterdam’s legendary Roxy Club, mostly at Joost van Bellen’s infamous Wednesday night parties.

As a musical magpie, Kivits was not content with simply playing the latest house and techno, and spent much of the late ‘90s and early 2000s “avoiding the 4/4 beat”, instead playing a mix of jungle, broken beat, trip-hop and breaks. During that time he extensively travelled the world, playing alongside good friend Steven De Peven with lauded eccentrics Rednose Distrikt.

Since moving to Bali a few years back, Kivits has got his passion back for house and techno. Now, he enjoys playing sets that make connections between contemporary productions and tracks rediscovered in his vast collection of early house and techno. “I love the warm feel and raw energy of early house and techno,” he says. “So many of those records still sound fantastic. It’s great to see the reaction to these records from a new generation of dancers.”

More importantly, he’s now happy. “I spent 20 years battling with depression,” he admits. “I’ve never been happier – I’m better than ever. I’ve lived that life, now I have a new life. I changed my surroundings to help myself, and it worked.”

This newfound happiness is reflected in the quality of his club sets, which have rarely been better. While rooted in 30 years of house and techno, he often finds time to throw in tracks from his other musical passions – a trait that marks out the greatest DJs. “House is about the four to the floor beat, and you can get in and out of that easily if you know music,” he says. “If you keep the energy up, you can play anything.”

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