idm, classics and more pt.2

Since the birth of Rave music Altern-8 has been at the forefront of the underground music scene in the UK. This mix combines hardcore breakbeats and chest rumbling subs to bring up all the vibes associated with the Acid House movement.

Tracklisting 

1. Fiesta Soundsystem - Stratified
2. Hedchef - Immersion
3. Neil Landstrumm - 80 Clicks Of The Hand
4. Radio Slave - Variation V2
5. Rennie Pilgrem - Just What I Needed
6. Robin Wylie - Acton East
7. Swankout - On The Edge
8. Theo Nasa - Sour Punch (Mani Festo Remix)
9. Denham Audio - ESP
10. Local Group - Rhythmic Trip
11.Neida - Bull
12. Swankout - Don Of All Dons
13. The Palmer Initiative - Terra
14. Borai - Need U
15. Borai - I Bet U Can't

Altern-8 - Minirig Mixtape

Derrick May aka Long Ago, Mayday, Rhythim Is Rhythim 
Sometime in the past, the future began. In 1987, a shrink-wrapped record titled, “Nude Photo,” started appearing on the shelves of a few idiosyncratic dance shops throughout Europe. The techno uprising was underway. The music sounded other-worldly: sub-aquatic basslines raced with hi-hats constructed from welding sparks. It was like listening to the liquid electricity of one man’s soul. A part of the original Detroit “Holy Trinity” with Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, Derrick took the Euro-electropop crystals of Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and New Order beyond its own horizon, infusing it with house, experimental synthesizer work and just plain soul. Songs and albums like "Nude Photo", "Strings Of Life", "It Is What It Is", "Beginning", "Relics" and “Icon” run deeper than genre molds can grasp. Referred to as the "Miles Davis of Techno", Mr. May has worked with some of the most experimental and creative musical artists in the world, such as ABC, Depeche Mode, Fine Young Cannibals and System 7. 

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

Derrick May @  Slam In The Park, Bristol, U.K.  1990

All of a sudden, like a clap of thunder in a clear sky, house music exploded in Amsterdam. It was September 1988, the end of the summer that the British had already dubbed "The Summer Of Love," and the birth of a new era in the capital.

Shrouded in steam and smoke, lit by furious, flashing strobes, Eddy de Clercq stands behind the turntables at the RoXY. Beaded with sweat, in deep concentration and completely at one with the music, he builds a compelling, hypnotising soundtrack of electronic beats and basslines. Uplifting house tracks alternate with beautiful, vocal garage and abstract, futuristic Detroit techno. Waves of energy shudder through the crowd, who whoop and cheer with each subsequent track. Football whistles blare, a siren begins to wail. Can you feeeel it? The temperature reaches boiling point as the dance floor explodes in yet another ecstatic climax. But then the DJ makes a radical change in tack. The musical rollercoaster hurtles on into the depths of the night, driven forward by an intense, biting acid track that makes the floor shake. Strange and estranging and going so deep that we seem for a moment to step into an intoxicating dreamworld where time no longer exists.

In the late summer of 1988, over the course of only a few weeks, the RoXY, a stylish, former cinema on the Singel in Amsterdam, grew into a veritable house temple: the dazzling centre of the capital's young house scene and a club whose fame in the years that followed would take on almost mythical proportions. Not only because of the music, but also due to the extravagant clientele, who knew how to create an amazing party atmosphere.

[00:00] Rhythm Is Rhythm - Strings Of Life
[03:48] Djum Djum - Difference
[05:33] Nightmares On Wax - Aftermath
[07:06] ?
[10:27] 4 For Money - Its A Moment In Time (Rising High Dub)
[13:07] Liaisons Dangereuses - Peut Etre...Pas
[18:12] Jamie Principle - Your Love
[22:25] Pete Shelley - Witness The Change
[26:31] The D.O.C. - Portrait Of A Masterpiece (Hip Hop 12" Extended Mix)
[30:45] ?
[33:50] Master C&J - Face It 
[35:55] Reese - Just Want Another Chance
[39:22] Lovechild - Sweet Ambience (Deep Dub)
[46:50] ?
[42:54] Chapter 1 - Unleash The Groove (E-Funk Mix)
[48:58] Suburban Knight - The Art Of Stalking
[51:01] Tyree - Acid Crash
[56:15] Ron Trent - Altered States

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

Derrick May @ RoXY, Amsterdam   28.09.1990

Here'z a nice mix from Derrick May Live @ Simons in Gainesville, Florida. The pic on this mix was from that event. I also want to mention, the last track on this mix was a white label I was promoting by my brother Chris Low which I gave Derrick a copy that night.
Anyhow, Derrick throw'z down on this mix as per usual. I know you are going to enjoy!!

Manny Cuevas
aka
DJ M-Traxxx
aka
Tha Teacha

Psalms 150=My Truth

Derrick May Live @ Simons, Gainesville, FL 9-19-98' (Manny'z Tapez)

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Producer, DJ, remixer, label boss, taste-maker. Jamie Odell wears many hats and wears them well.

Under his Jimpster alias, he has become one the most revered deep house artists operating on the scene today. His esteemed labels Freerange and Delusions Of Grandeur continue to help break incredible new music and equally impressive acts such as Detroit Swindle, Tornado Wallace and Session Victim. From his UK base, Jimpster has inadvertently become a standard-bearer and custodian of the authentic house sound, and carries this flag to the four corners of the world.

As he puts it himself, “The mission is clear: to try to inject warmth, depth, soul, sincerity and attitude to both my productions and my DJ sets. This is what sets the major players apart from the pretenders. That challenge is what keeps me focused and inspired 30 years on and I'm sure it will keep me on my toes for many years to come."

Jimpster

Quiet & Peaceful Man - Radio Buena Vida 20.03.24

I made this mix for Freerange many years ago (2014) but quite hard to find. Just added to archives. New material soon..

DJ Mixes

Shur-i-kan's Influences Mix

tracklist

purelink - blue
mpu101 - m185-2sys1m
paper dollhouse - nuclear alignment
stas karpenkov - jet ski max
stone - basin steppes
james bernard - uwb01
soosh - open hearts (feat. carmel khavari)
damm - just in the moment
donato dozzy - k1
biosphere - turned to stone
anenon - lights and rocks
the future sound of london - life form ends
plod - aptaxi
fields of mist - sunrise on moss landing platform 5
p relief - panoramic point

№ 19 - sunday

Life Recorder 'Soul Strength' Life Notes
Scott Andrews 'White Feather' Transverse Recordings
Glenn Davis 'Girl You Gotta' (Mark Hand Remix) Ascension Wax
Andy Kneale 'Upshot' (Acitone RMX) Fourier Transform
Tys 'Prism' Simpler Times
Nacime B 'Zulu Warrior' 
ReKaB 'Raw Note' Yore Recordings
Andy Kneale 'Legacy' (GProd RMX) Fourier Transform
Ikosaeder 'Zick Zack' Soalr Phenomena
A2 'Waldawf' Mass
Mark Thibadeau 'The Fading Future' We're Going Deep
Anchoret 'Stuttar' Solar Phenomena
DFD 'Creepernord'  Down Low Music
DFD 'Meow Cat' Down Low Music
Baalearic Goat 'Cerulean Cadence' Unreleased
Zobol '3rd Planet' Amen Tec
Zobol 'Do Your own Thing' Amen Tec
Gilbert 'Outside Looking In' Made Magnetic
Lloyd Stellar 'Into The Light' (Diplomat & Beagle RMX) Amen Tec
DiFool 'Ketzer' Sub (Oscillator RMX) Amen Tec
Transparent Sound 'Pissing In The Wind' (CRC RMX) Exalt
Zodiac Childs & 1210 'You're There' Exalt
Kwake 'Get Wicked' UTTU
Pillz 004 'I Can Feel It' Pillz

Outta Limits Radio Show 27/3/2024

Outta Limits Radio Show With DAMO B.  Broadcast on Unity Radio 92.8 FM 27th March 2024

Third (and last) of my techno trilogy completion exercise. I've had a hectic few months at work and the Black Dog have really got me through it, and not for the first time. I've been playing various early albums and these mixes on repeat, even set up my remaining turntable to give the legendary Rising High EPs a spin. Long have I adored their cutesy, intricate sound since my first encounter with them in 1992; my write-ups on the other two mixes expand on this a little. Long story short, if you're unfamiliar with their work I'd emphatically suggest that you should let them into your life. 
Electronic music with real heart and soul. 

Plaid - Object Orient [Bytes LP - Warp]
Plaid - Android [Trainer LP - Warp]
The Black Dog - VIR²L [Parallel LP - GPR]
Scanner - Eros (Bitten By The Black Dog) [De:Tuned]
> The Black Dog - Virtual [Black Dog Productions]
The Black Dog - End of Time [Spanners LP - Warp] 
Urban Jungle - Bad Man (Digi Dub) [Union City Recordings]
The Black Dog - The Actor and Audience [Temple Of Transparent Balls LP - GPR]
The Black Dog - Mango [Temple Of Transparent Balls LP - GPR]
Mark Broom - Gold Cheese (The Easy Cheesey) [GPR]
The Black Dog - Cost I [Temple Of Transparent Balls LP - GPR]
The Black Dog - Raxmus [Spanners LP - Warp] 
> The Black Dog - Bolt 1 [Spanners LP - Warp]
Xeper - Carceres Ex Novum [Bytes LP - Warp]
Laurent Garnier - Crispy Bacon (Bitten By The Black Dog) [F Communications]
The Black Dog - Simperton [Peel Session - Warp]
Moody Boyz - Shango (Black Dog Mix) (Pray To The Thunder God) [Prime]
The Black Dog - Pot Noddle [Spanners LP - Warp] 
Balil - Avidya [Parasight EP - Rising High]
The Black Dog - Rainbow Bridge [Parallel LP - GPR]
Balil - Nort Route (Remix) [Subsonic Trance Compilation - Indisc]
Atypic - Prig [Trainer LP - Warp]
Balil & Arno - Flux (D Mix) [Black Dog Productions EP - Rising High]
Close, Up, Over - Jauqq [Bytes LP - Warp]
Moody Boyz - Shango (Black Dog Mix) (Dance To The Thunder God) [Prime]
Balil - Merck [Bytes LP - Warp]

BDP Mix Part I https://on.soundcloud.com/SZFJ6Unrg64KWxHQA
BDP Mix Part II https://on.soundcloud.com/1qWZSDLqfxYUJdCh8

Black Dog Productions Mix Part III

Black Dog Productions Mix Part III (09/03/2023)

Derrick May Live @ Music Institute - 1988

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Surgeon at the mighty The Orbit in Leeds, from 1997.

Tracklist taken from mixesdb.com
https://www.mixesdb.com/w/1997-12-31_-_Surgeon_@_NYE_Special,_The_Orbit,_The_Afterdark_Club,_Morley

Jeff Mills - Automatic
?
Fumiya Tanaka - One Sparkle
Dan Morgan - Flowerchild
Hardfloor - Strikeout (Surgeon Remix)
Surgeon - Fivo
Surgeon - Argon
Surgeon - Magneze
Millsart - Step To Enchantment (Stringent)
Chester Beatty vs DJ Shufflemaster - Beat Boxx
Mescalinum United - We Have Arrived
The Subjects vs Jeff Mills - Dark Matter
Jeff Mills - Changes Of Life
The Subjects vs Jeff Mills - Beyond...
Jeff Mills - The Bells
Marco Carola - Tang
Jeff Mills - Wrath Of The Punisher
Jeff Mills - Life Cycle
Shift Control - Scania
Luke Slater - Quad Fonik
Brother's Yard - Lourinya
Aphrohead - In The Dark We Live (Dave Clarke 312 Mix)
E-Dancer - Velocity Funk
Sulfurex - Point Break
Steve Bicknell - Untitled (Planetary Assault Systems Remix)
Paul Damage Tina Never Had A Teddy Bear (which track?)
Spy - Bloodstrike
Koenig Cylinders - 99.9
Paul Damage - Josie & Her Beautiful Hair A1
Zekt - External
Clementine - Syn-Son
Vapourspace - Gravitational Arch Of 10

Surgeon @ The Orbit, Morley, Leeds - 1997

FACT mix 339 - Derrick May (Jul '12)

<B>Joris Voorn: "Here's the tape that made me wanna be a DJ.<B/>

Derrick May is one of our main headliners at Rejected's Amsterdam Dance Event 2012 night at Studio 80, 18th of october.
Since my early dj days, I consider Derrick May as a huge inspiration, and in particular this dj set. Broadcasted live in 1996 from the legendary Chemistry night at Escape, Amsterdam. It was recorded from midnight radio by my partner in crime Edwin Oosterwal who borrowed me the cassette tape which I never gave back to him, which reminds me I should do that sometime soon.

In this mix, Derrick May shows us that in 1996 dance wasn't pigeonholed to one style or sound. He mixes Moodymann's groovy deephouse with Jeff Mills and Surgeon's raw techno. He goes from Donna Summer's disco to Tyree Cooper's jacking electronic funk, from Masters of Work's new york house to Ian Pooley's epic chord techno. All of this is mixed in a fast and skillful pace, a style that so clearly carries Derrick's signature.

There's some truly magical moments in this mix, how he get's out of Surgeon's 'Syllable' into Global Communication's 'Sensorama' at 1:09 leaves me speechless..

Even though by now I know most of the record he plays here, there's still a few I've been looking since the very first time I heard this mix. Would be great to get the tracklist completed, any help is greatly appreciated!

Derrick May live at Chemistry On 3 (Amsterdam 1996)

I’ve been planning a Black Dog mix for a while, and I feel they deserve a few words. 

My love affair with TBD began in 1993, during the Warp Artifical Intelligence era, when I bought the Black Dog Productions EP (https://www.discogs.com/Black-Dog-Productions-Black-Dog-Productions-EP/release/4617) from Tony’s Records on Park Street in Bristol. For a random purchase it was about as serendipitous as they come –  I was buying most of Rising High’s ravier output back then, and this looked interesting, and was probably quite cheap, but little did I know what an electronic masterpiece I was about to acquire. My old mate Ben of @dubkasm needs a mention here. We would listen to Atypic’s Otaku – the lead track, and generally regarded as one of the finest examples of original, emotional techno - over and over and over. It’s a timeless classic, and a perfect example of the idiosyncratic Black Dog sound – a warm, endearing, exuberantly joyful quality. Not so long ago, Ben reminded me of once saying the opening gurgling noise (the bit sampled by Orca/Wax Doctor) sounded like a computer swallowing. Oh, I miss those days 😊

Balil’s Flux on the b-side is also a thing of phenomenal beauty, its bounciness contrasting with beautifully poignant pads, and in fact it is Flux that’s included here - I deliberately left Otaku out, to force a sequel at some point. 

This mix compiles some of my favourite material from their golden era as a collective, prior to their split post-Spanners in 1995 – the exception being a couple of bits from Ken Downie’s solo 1996 LP Music for Adverts, as for the most part it has that classic Dog vibe. No need go into the technicalities, apart from pointing out that dealing with the unusual time signatures in the later parts of the mix required brain-crunching bpm mathematics, but I couldn’t settle for fade-mixing, these songs are so worth the effort.

Sending this out to Paul @distantworldtransmissions, Josh @the-roadblock, Mr Hump @user-244983548, and Mihail P @mihailpetrovski, we are clearly bound by our love of the finer things, hope you enjoy this fellas. More than anything, I hope this mix converts a few fresh ears into digging back through the early material - Bytes, Trainer, Parallel, Balls, Dogma - there is so much gold to mine there, hence the inclusion of LP/EP references.

I need to give a special mention to Richard J. Lockley-Hobson @t-e-u as I have him to thank for my introduction, via his wonderful mixtapes, to the likes of Norte Route, Whirling of Spirits and the utterly fantastic Temple of Transparent Balls, not to mention scores of other classic electronica LPs I would have otherwise missed while busy spending all my music cash on hardcore jungle throughout 93-94. Thanks so much, Richard. 

The Black Dog - Bolt 6 [Spanners LP - Warp]
Balil - Island [Parasight EP - Rising High]
The Black Dog - Cost II [Temple Of Transparent Balls LP - GPR]
Atypic - Focus Mel [Bytes LP - Warp]
The Black Dog - Ambience With Teeth [Book Of Dogma LP - Soma]
Balil - Norte Route [Trainer LP - Warp]
Balil - Flux [Black Dog Productions EP - Rising High]
Balil - Rosery Pilots [Parasight EP - Rising High]
Echo Mike - Phil (6) [Bytes LP - Warp]
The Black Dog - Psycosyin [Peel Session - Warp]
Reload - Le Soleil Et La Mer (Black Dog Productions Remix) [Infonet]
The Black Dog - 4, 7, 8 [Temple Of Transparent Balls LP - GPR]
The Black Dog - Chase The Manhattan [Spanners LP - Warp]
The Black Dog - Sharp Shooting On Saturn [Temple Of Transparent Balls LP - GPR]
The Black Dog - No Lamers [Music For Adverts And Short Films LP - Warp]
Plaid - Angry Dolphin [Trainer LP - Warp]
The Black Dog - Tahr [Spanners LP - Warp]
The Black Dog - Utopian Dream [Spanners LP - Warp]
The Black Dog - Jordan [Music For Adverts And Short Films LP - Warp]
The Black Dog - The Crete That Crete Made [Temple Of Transparent Balls LP - GPR]

Black Dog Productions Mix

Black Dog Productions Mix Part I (16/04/2020)

Here's the second BDP mix. Felt compelled to get on with this as there are some beautiful tracks I left out of the first part. Edit: some extra words in 2024 - I've revisited this mix and its predecessor countless times, and reckon they're among the best things I've done, insofar as presenting some of my favourite music in a respectful way; this is all I ever wanted to achieve. I discovered three BD remixes while compiling this second part, which are almost piss-takingly good, along with more gems from Parallel, Trainer and Bytes. (Most of my faves from Temple Of Transparent Balls appear on Part 1, which made me sad to not get to play them again, but rules are rules). There's so much fine detail to absorb in their early work, and it doesn't get any better than the Rising High EPs. Collectively forming a mini-album of some of the finest electronic music in existence, these have accompanied me over the years from vinyl and CD to tape to minidisc to ipod, and I must have listened to them a thousand times. The two lead tracks are here: Balil's Parasight is a prime example of TBDs effortless fusion of dense acidic techno with a beguiling middle eastern flavour, and as for Atypic's Otaku ... well, no words can do it justice. The proto-garage beat alone merits a paragraph of chin-stroking. It could only be followed with the adorable 3/4 Heart, Bytes' closing track, the blend pretty much reprised from Eclectic Mix Part 1 as I couldn't find a better way to do it. 

As One - Shambala (Reflected By Balil) [New Electronica]
Softballet - Perfection (Plaid Mix) [SSR]
Balil - The Whirling Of Spirits [Trainer LP - Warp]
The Black Dog - Rise Up [Peel Session - Warp]
The Black Dog - Further Harm [Spanners LP - Warp]
Balil - Uland [Trainer LP - Warp]
The Black Dog - Bolt 2 [Spanners LP - Warp]
> The Black Dog - Age Of Slack (Intro) [Book Of Dogma LP - Soma]
Twelve Days Of Night - Trance [The Philosophy Of Sound And Machine LP - Applied Rhythmic Technology]
The Black Dog - Erb [Parallel LP - GPR]
Phenomyna - Into The Other World (Explained By Black Dog Productions) [Applied Rhythmic Technology]
The Black Dog - Glossolalia [Parallel LP - GPR]
The Black Dog - In The Light Of Grey [Temple Of Transparent Balls LP - GPR]
Balil - Small Energies [Trainer LP - Warp]
The Black Dog - Tactile [Book Of Dogma LP - Soma]
The Black Dog - Techno Playtime [Book Of Dogma LP - Soma]
Balil - Parasight [Parasight EP - Rising High]
Balil - Choke And Fly [Trainer LP - Warp]
Close, Up, Over - Caz [Bytes LP - Warp]
Tura - Reishi [Trainer LP - Warp]
Atypic - Otaku [Black Dog Productions EP - Rising High]
Balil - 3/4 Heart [Bytes LP - Warp]

Part I here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/black-dog-productions-mix-16042020-tracklisteddownloadable
Part III now up https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/black-dog-productions-mix-part-iii-09032023/comment-2108081568

Black Dog Productions Mix Part II

Black Dog Productions Mix Part II (23/04/2020)

An old DJ set from 10 years ago. As usual, pretty random but a fun show if I remember correctly. 
Long before Ableton Live, Traktor and USB sticks with playlists, guys like me used to hump a couple of boxes of vinyl to the club, put the needle on the record and hope for the best :) Recorded direct from the mixing board, no frills! I used to love playing Fabric, many thanks to Judy, Sean, Ruthie and all my friends for the great times :)

And a big thank you to the keen listeners who helped me complete the track listing!

Enjoy the music :D  Ian x

TRACK LISTING:
Kuniyuki Takahashi - Precious Hall
Isoul8 - Inverno
Richard Worth- Rise
Kevin Yost - Hypnotic progressions pt. 2
Brandy - Ritual (Chateau Flight remix)
Rob Ingram - Transcend
Primitive #1 - Primitive Productions
Ian Simmonds - ? (from album "Last States of Nature")
Carl Craig - Science fiction
Moonstarr - Greed
Ian o'Brien - Teentown Beats
Jazzanova - Days to Come ( Ian o'Brien remix)
Floppy Sounds - Entertainment (Carl Craig remix)


Ian o'Brien @ Fabric London 8-27-2003

Mr. Shakir is a WMU Bronco and after he left, I would pick him up at the Kalamazoo Amtrak station for him to bang classic Sunday nite Alpha parties at Electric Avenue in the Fall of 1989.  Shake is a friend, Big Brother, mentor and a significant contributor to the Detroit Techno sound.  We love you Big Bruh!
'89 DJ Tony Humphries & Dr. John Robinison WRKS KISS 98.7 FM Side A

idm, classics and more pt.2

chris_esycho