Blowing Up The Workshop

Freshness just in for episode 66.. this time we’re chuffed to welcome our close friend and Mind Helmet label boss, Truly Madly to the series, with his first podcast in well over a year. 

Big thanks to Michael for the killer selections as per usual - enjoy x

BSU 066 - Truly Madly

Celebrating his third year at Balamii, Black Loops invites Garrett David along for 2 hours of the best in electronic and dance music. Expect track from Jack N Phil, Erik Hagleton, and Derrick May.

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Black Loops w/ Garrett David - January 2023

An excerpt of The Ghost at The Pavilion on Saturday evening in 2023.

Recorded at Houghton - The Ghost (2023)

Crate digger and familiar face on the dance floor @djfoghan delivers a solid mix!!

Foghan - SLAPCAST083

The longtime Perlon affiliate goes for big basslines and big grooves. 

It's 1996, and a young Fumiya Tanaka is shelling out hefty yet minimal percussive techno at Club Rockets in Osaka to an audience enraptured. Released as Mix-Up, the 90-minute recording captures Tanaka sounding rather like Jeff Mills or Surgeon. It's far cry from the sound he's known for today.

Fumiya Tanaka's creative arc has seen him move away from these thunderous sounds to warmer shades of house and minimal. Since 2016, he's found a home on the inimitable German minimal label, crafting out a distinctive sound within the labels roster with an affection for tumbling basslines and spooky atmospheres. 

From 1996 to 2023, Tanaka ran a party series in Tokyo, Osaka and Berlin called "Chaos," which encapsulates the ethos of freedom Tanaka brings to a party. "When you hear music you've never heard before and encounter unknown territory, you will be so happy and totally absorbed," he told us back in 2019. "I want to keep that feeling."

RA.964 achieves exactly that. Nearly three decades removed from his burst onto the scene, and after a good few years of asking, Tanaka's RA Podcast captures him in full house mode. Recorded at a Slapfunk party in Manchester, the Perlon maestro keeps the vibe funked-up, chunky and warm, punctuated by the occasional big breakdown and the odd lick of garage rudeness. No tracklist for now—but as Tanaka knows well, half the fun lies in the mystery. 

@fumiyatanaka_official

Read more at ra.co/podcast/964

RA.964 Fumiya Tanaka

Carista live from Earthling on Saturday night at Houghton 2024.

Recorded at Houghton - Carista (2024)

Recorded at Houghton - Christian AB (2024)

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Doing It (Livin' It, Lovin' It, Largin' It)

553 - Housey Doingz ‎– Doing It 'Livin' It, Lovin' It, Largin' It' (1997)

Recorded live at the Lion and Lamb at our 1st Birthday on the 12th May 2018.

Ron Obvious (Live) - Recording from NorthSouth's 1st Birthday

Kicking off our mix series we are very excited to welcome Quest.
With finer cuts than your local butcher and known for digging deeper than a JCB we saw no better selector to open things up. Usually notorious for throwing it around, this time keeping it on a UK tip.
Buckle up buckaroos.

@questwax

DRBM01 - Quest

http://blowinguptheworkshop.com/project/rene-audiard/

'Vinyl only, no edits. Thanks to Kamal for a few records.'

CORRADO IZZO - OFFENE WEITEN
CORRADO IZZO - OFFENE WEITEN (GADGETS REMIX)
UNBROKEN DUB - UNTITLED DUBS A1
LUKE HESS - RENEWAL PART 2
MARK ERNESTUS MEETS BBC
GEOFF WHITE - WUBUB
G.R.I.T. - SAFER RETREAT
VUALITRON - BLAGODUB A2
RENÉ AUDIARD - DOCTRINE
STEWART WALKER - CIRCULAR VALLEY (G. WHITE REMIX)
RHYTHM & SOUND - SEE MI YAH (BASIC RESHAPE)
TRAUMPRINZ - BIG BABY JESUS
MIKE DEHNERT - TREIBHOLZ
MOTOR - GOK
JICHAEL MACKSON - PIEPE
RENÉ AUDIARD - PECHORIN
SUTEKH - FIRE WEATHER

1 ◆ René Audiard

http://blowinguptheworkshop.com/project/2--prostitutes/

USED ILLUSIONS PT. I & II

'raw, live and unsuitable for laptop speakers'

2 ◆ PROSTITUTES

http://blowinguptheworkshop.com/project/3--ukkonen/

KENKEY SPECIAL

'Kenkey Special is different in many ways from my other material. Whereas the tracks on the album (and the EPs) were often tightly harmonically and rhythmically integrated, these tracks are often more atonal and the rhythms more chaotic. There are hints of almost bebop-like phrases. Chord sequences move aimlessly to uncertain destinations...
There is a sense of disintegration and disconnection.

There is one major technical change that I've used for the first time here - phasing rhythms that aren't locked into the tempo (You can hear one example around the 33 minute mark in the high synth plinks).

The tone is distorted and uglier than before. The title came from a sign I saw in an African market (it wasn't in Africa). I didn't know what it meant at the time, but I found the words evocative, and that combined with some negative events started to shape this new material and the feel of the mix.'

3 ◆ Ukkonen

http://blowinguptheworkshop.com/project/4--helm/

'A mix to commemorate the passing of 2012 and the beginning of 2013. Comprised of excerpts from some of my favourite records of the past twelve months, new releases on Alter for 2013 and two unreleased Helm pieces.'

RAIME - PASSED OVER TRAIL
LIBEREZ - A WARNING
BLACK SUN ROOF - SHIT SLAUGHTER
AGE COIN - PERCEPTIONS 
KEVIN DRUMM - RELIEF
HELM - SILENCER
DAMIEN DUBROVNIK - PACHA COUNTERFEIT
NICK EDWARDS - NO ESCAPE FROM '79
BEN VIDA - ZIZZLERS
THE BOMBER JACKETS - DEMO
ELG - BLAU LUNGE
GARETH WILLIAMS & MARIE CURRIE - BEGUILING THE HOURS
THE TOBACCONISTS - SUMMER RIDING SCHOOL
VANESSA ROSSETTO - DE TROP
BEE MASK - RAIN IN COFFEE
HELM - UNTITLED WIP

4 ◆ Helm

http://blowinguptheworkshop.com/project/5--siobhan/

DOG'S BLOOD

'it's a medley of some prehistoric Siobhan material and 2 brand new jams exclusive for the mix.'

ART BY TRAVIS GALLOWAY

5 ◆ Siobhan

http://blowinguptheworkshop.com/project/9--form-a-log/

'Recorded live at the Pageant Gallery, Philadelphia Pennsylvania - 21st March 2012'

NOAH ANTHONY/RICK WEAVER/REN SCHOFIELD

INTRO
NIGHT RAIDERS
ISLAND TIME
FAT OL' HOG
TOO WET
PENGUIN TIME LINE
LAP TOP
MENTAL FOG MACHINE
THE WILD DAD
MOOD KOALA

9 ◆ Form A Log

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