MPX is yet another project from Geoff Kirkwood, the creative mind behind Man Power, Bed Wetter and MEMEME. This alias focuses on high octane, club-focused and driving sounds. We had an in-depth chat with the man of the hour over on our new website: www.ape-x.club 

Kirkwood has touched down in every significant club across the globe, spinning tracks in Berghain, Topazdeluxe and Saule (too only name a few). We can see his armoury of influences grow deeper year by year, as he undertakes new projects, each offering us an insight into his vast musical world. 2021 brings an exciting turn for MPX as he prepares for a release on Kneading Pains, keep an eye out for that one. 

This is a person who consistently reinvents and re-contextualizes what it means to be an “artist”, we’re happy to host him as our 12th APECAST guest. Check out our full interview with him at our new website ape-x.club.

MPX / Man Power:
@manpower-1
https://www.instagram.com/manpowermusic/
https://soundcloud.com/kneadedpainsrecords/mpx-victim-gallery-clip

Ape-X:
www.ape-x.club
www.instagram.com/apexncl/
www.facebook.com/apexnewcastle
ape-xrecords.bandcamp.com

APECAST012 - MPX

Finally got round to making this version of "I'm not in love" that's been rattling around my head for years. Big Boys should cry.

DL -  https://bit.ly/37WRxqM

10cc - I'm Not In Love (Midland Dream Within A Dream Mix)

B.P.T. Radio 036: Tornado Wallace

DJ Lloyd @ Making Time 09-23-2023

Stay left and take a trip with Macca's Saturday breakfast show on NTS. Weekend musings and eclectic cuts from all over the place, it's a low-key affair and you're all invited. ONE GLOVE!!!
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/macca/episodes/macca-13th-april-2024

The One Glove Breakfast Show w/ Macca & Stu Clark 130424

Reggae and dub from the German countryside. 

Download and interview: https://bit.ly/XLR8Rpodcast_MaxGraef

@max-graef

XLR8R Podcast

Download & Interview

XLR8R Podcast 861: Max Graef

OFF DAY reached out to us with a cryptic message on Instagram, and we were instantly hooked on his genre-bending, ear-pleasing EP: DAY ONE, which dropped on Feb 28th. 

Nothing about it is standard—not the artist’s communication, the 20-minute mixtape-style format, or the surprising juxtaposition of genres (Drum & Bass, Jersey Club, Hip-Hop, Techno...).

Today, OFF DAY plays DAY ONE along with 40 minutes (!) of unreleased original music. 
https://tigersushi.lnk.to/DAYONE

Tigersushi with OFF DAY - 19 Mars 2025

Andrew Weatherall's first official posthumous mix. The only b2b DJ Harvey ever agreed to. Six hours at Trouw. This one's special.

When mulling which direction to go in for RA's 1000th mix celebrations, many options came to mind. Some shadowy character 2-stepping around the fringe of our collective consciousness? An impossible-level IDM icon?

All tempting. But, ultimately, we are a DJ-forward publication and this is a DJ mix series. It felt truer to the history of the RA Podcast to release deep vault material from a time when the world of niche records felt different, tighter, more discrete.

The fourth-longest mix in the series' history is an unrepeatable marathon set recorded in 2012 at a superclub that no longer exists. 2012, incidentally, is farther away from 2025 than 2012 was from 2000... if we have to clock it, so do you.

It's the coming together of one British icon who passed away in 2020, and another whose time on the road has scaled back considerably as of late. DJ Harvey agreed to exactly one b2b set in his life: this one, with Andrew Weatherall.

The night took place at Trouw, an Amsterdam club already considered legendary before it shuttered its doors in the opening hours of 2015, as part of an RA series anchored around start-to-close combinations. Harvey was at the peak of an irresistible career second act, which dovetailed with a disco revival that dominated clubs for years. Weatherall, with infinite brownie points stockpiled from the '90s, remained everyone's favourite debonair psychonaut. 

What follows is 385 scintillating minutes of arpeggiated chug and slow-cresting climaxes: a moment when the resting heart rate of dance floors plunged lower than any comparable point in the 21st century. A masterclass, entirely self-contained in audio form.

If you've got time to spare, a fun side game is sussing out who plays what. A disco-dub cover of Echo & the Bunnymen? Smart money's on Weatherall. Exuberant EQ'ing of The Isley Brothers? Gotta be Harvey. As for the low 'n slow, lightly spangled house that was all the rage in the early 2010s (think Maxxi Soundsystem, Disco Bloodbath, Rub & Tug, C.O.M.B.I. and Full Pupp), it's anyone's guess. 127 BPM feels practically like an F1 car.

When we kicked off our RA.1000 campaign, we outlined a few goals: tick off a handful of long-awaited dream guests, honour architects who shaped the world around us and deliver recordings you truly can't hear anywhere else. Full send.

DJing and the mythmaking around it has undergone a quantum leap since 2012, let alone 2006, 1996 or 1989. For those of us who were kicking around in the former, there's a creeping melancholy that our prime is fast becoming a matter of historical record. The killing moon really did come too soon. 

Where will electronic music, DJ sets or any of this be in 2044? Hard to say. Best not to overthink that one. Instead, we want to say thanks to all contributors on the series so far. Now enjoy luxuriating in the company of two of the greatest to ever do it, together, for the first and last time.⁠ – Gabriel Szatan (Editor, RA)

@andrew-weatherall

Read the interview with DJ Harvey and Andrew Weatherall's family at https://ra.co/podcast/1016. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall

We're super excited to have Jon Sable as the next (and 10th!) guest for the series.  He's a killer producer and DJ who we've been following for a while now.  He's based in London now but with his roots in New Zealand.  He co-runs the label In Dust We Trust and has put out a couple of killer releases via our friends TIEF, shout to Bagsy! 

Colourless, released back in late 2015, is still on regular rotation for us.  He also just put out Dolphin Hotel, TIEF's 11th release, with a couple of really smooth, vibey house tracks and a nice remix from his label mates, Chaos in the CBD.  

We were excited to see what he threw together for the series.  Quick intro below and onto the mix!

"This mix was recorded at my good pal Matt Hesselworth's (of Tief Music) flat on a rainy night in London. It is a mix of recent purchases and a bunch of unreleased material - both from myself and forthcoming material on "In Dust We Trust". I wanted to showcase the music that I draw a lot of my inspiration from - classic, timeless tracks that are old and new. I hope you enjoy!"

A Running Melody 010 - Jon Sable (In Dust We Trust)

Erol Alkan - A Bugged In Mix

1 – Passing Through – Rare Bird
2 – Love Me Now – And The Left Handed
3 – Miss You – Concretes
4 – Willow’s Songs – Magnet ft Paul Giovanni
5 – Your Hidden Dreams – The White Noise
6 – End Of A Love Affair – Julie London
7 – Overnights – Gonzales
8 – Obsessed With Gloom – Campag Velocet
9 – Vapour Trail – Tresspasser Williams
10 – Lollipop Minds – Wimple Winch
11 – Rainbow Chaser – Nirvana
12 – Birds – M83
13 – Kushelrock – Dj Koze
14 – Love Movement – Justin Robertson presents Revtone
15 – Just An Illusion – Imagination
16 – Holland Tunnel Ride – ImpLOG
17 – Come Into My Room – Clinic
18 – Big City (Remix) – Spaceman 3

Originally part of ‘A Bugged Out Mix with Erol Alkan’ released in May 2004. 

I have an ongoing Spotify playlist of other songs influenced by this mix which you can listen to and follow here: http://bit.ly/ErolAlkanBuggedIn

www.facebook.com/erolalkan | www.twitter.com/erolalkan | www.instagram.com/erolalkan

2019 Selections

Erol Alkan Presents 'A Bugged In Mix' [Free Download]

Download the set here: 
https://corenews.me/andrew-weatherall-essential-mix-2020-02-22/
Tracklist over here:
https://tracklists.thomaslaupstad.com/andrew-weatherall-essential-mix-2020-02-22-tracklist-playlist/

Andrew Weatherall - Essential Mix 2020-02-22

www.ARunningMelody.com
Andrew@arunningmelody.com

A Running Melody 010 - Jon Sable (In Dust We Trust)

A Running Melody

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