Cloudy skies arrive, moisture dances through the air and the frenetic pace of the hotter months shifts to the flip-flopping, blissed out and blustery autumnal pace. Djeran has arrived in the West and a live recording of Nina BC at our recent Block 2 Block heralds this transitional period.

Delivering a divine hour of classic deep house heaters, Nina drives takes this dance on comfortable cruise down a path charged with positive emotions - it's easy to relive night falling, eyes widening and smiles broadening.

Driving and gentle, sweaty and soothing and soulful while maintaining a perfect level of cerebral-ness, this recording captures infinite hands-in-the-air-hug-your-friends moments in their raw musical forms. Press play, have a prance and soak it up!

Shell Tape 55 - Nina BC - "Live From Block 2 Block"

Pre-delayed echoes of an electric dawn greet us as we step towards Shell Tape 62, presented with love by Ornette Coolman. This auditory early hours sojourn, however, is anything but calm - there'll be no big breakfasts or mellow teas for the next hour. Turn towards the glowing hurly burly and strap in for "Flinders Street, 6:32am."

Trance is unashamedly the name of the game we're playing on Tape 62 - and that's fucking great. Hypnotic percussion, swirling coastal pads and strobing synth arpeggios loop, dip, blend and flex through out this unstoppable early hours workout - an almost intimidatingly irresistible sense of euphoric momentum holding the whole thing together.

Regrease your bearings, limber up, get in a good mindset and tell anyone who says "trance belongs in the bin" to get in the bin themselves. Ornette Coolman comes with the tunes big time on this Tape and we're over the moon to present it.

Tracklist:

Kineta - Cosmic Flux
The Light - Expand The room (Illumination Mix)
Oprofessionell - Elektrisk
TRANCEMAN2000 - Dream Dance Mix
Omformer - Feel
Mr. free - Q-Zar
Mikkel Rev - Absorbed
Repulsive Force - Why It Can't Be (HLLW Remix)
Stayer - Stay (Restless Mix)
Verb - Grid-Harp

Mixed by Ornette Coolman (@stuart-williamson-10).

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Shell Tape 62 - Ornette Coolman - "Flinders Street, 6:32am"

Poor B side tracks. The ugly ducklings of 12" records, the middle sibling of long players, the leftover remnants of hard drives already plundered for their shiner, slicker counterparts. B sides have drawn the short straw, missing out on being head of the alphabet by just one letter. Fuck that. Maybe B stands for better. For Tape 64, local lover Pablo digs deep into his crates for an all vinyl chuggathon - "Killa Bs" are coming at you for the next hour and a half.

Pablo's own words were as follows: "Hi Crustacea! Got some time on the TTs and recorded the mix...I grabbed a bunch of records and played all b-sides that are sometimes overshadowed by the flashier a-sides, I thought a mix full of b's might let them shine." 

And shine they do. Techno diamonds buried deep in the rough as roll past jelly leg house cuts and triple distilled acid tracks. Assembled with care, consideration and love, flip the figurative record over and enjoy "Killa Bs."

Tracklist: 
https://bit.ly/buy-music-club-shell-tape-64

Uriah Klapter - Written In The Mud
Alleged Witches - Salu-Ki
Extra Terrestrial - Renegade
Kino Todo - Vocus Pocus
SWAG - VERSION THREE
Barada - Sensation
Dynamix II - Ignition (The 747 Mix)
DJ MHC - Cum On
Peter Tall vs. Xpando - Tricked
Ebe Audio - Inner Energy
Hawke And God Within - Acid Funk (Heavenly Gates Mix)
Baby Rollén - Love Potion
Adam Curtain - Fallen
Bliss Inc. - Hacking The Planet (Sansibar Remix)
Cartouche - Glide (Katana Thermal Dub)
Up Above The World - Unleashed In The East
Special Request - Damage
Felix Leifur - Brot 4
Ramjac Corporation - Cameroon Massif! (Live At The Brain '09)
DJC - CC101
Waak Waak Djungi - Mother I'm Going

Mixed by Pablo (@walshatron).

Shell Tape 64 - Pablo - "Killer Bs"

"Hamba Nami" means come with me in Zulu. It's a fitting title for Shell Tape 65. For the this edition, local DJ and musician Jxnior leads us with wonderfully measured steps through his own world - simmering with energy, meditative dance floor pressure and fiery passion.

Traversing silky smooth amapiano and afrohouse strains, ultra-percussive breakbeat techno and well underground UK funky and grime sounds, Jxnior's hour and a bit in the spot light is flawless. Weighty basslines intertwine with electrified synergy, vocal refrains ubiquitously flow from one drum beat to another and nary a percussion pattern is misplaced in this low lights, heads down affair.

Cross continental, throughly enjoyable and carefully assembled, this 'debut' recorded mix is an honour to host. Enjoy the sounds and keep your eyes peeled for Jxnior's irresistible smile on the next dancefloor you find yourself on - it's pretty fucking hard to miss.

Tracklist:
https://buymusic.club/list/crab_claw_-shell-tape-65-jxnior-hamba-nami

Relja Regis - Homesick
ATK Musiq - Batlao Hurda
Musa Keys - Vula Mlomo
The Lowkeys, Shizo & Swartspeare - Gugu
Busta 929 & Mr. jazziQ - Mpura Umsebenzi Whetu
DJ Black Low - Jaiva Low 
LR Groove - Lies
Caiiro - Fela
Enoo Napa - Timestretch 
&lez - Venol
Razzlerman - Champion
Logic1000 - Don Toliver vs No Idea (Logic1000 remix)
Enoo Napa - Forge
Enoo Napa - Super Africans
Bakongo - Momoweb
Razzlerman - Combat
LR Groove - Contortion
Scratcha DVA - B2I
Anz - Unravel in the Designated Zone
Anz - Morphing Into Brighter Days
Scratcha DVA feat. Killa P - Bussgun

Mixed by Jxnior (@junior-moyo-143702477).

Shell Tape 65 - Jxnior - "Hamba Nami"

Hey there adventurer! It's been a long journey, hasn't it? Finally, the final boss. Hours of sweat, tears, stimulants and pure determination have brought you here. There's nothing after this, just pure bliss and relaxation. To help you reach that point? @sam_witwicky is at your side with "Final Boss OST" and this week's Shell Tape.

Esoteric gamer narratives aside, Shell Tape 66 very much has that final boss vibe - it's a condensed 45 minutes of high energy 80s computer funk, house and italo disco rarities (good luck finding most of it outside of Youtube.) This is the neon tinted aerobics soundtrack your favourite 'selector' listens and you better believe they are swole as fuck.

"Final Boss OST" smells like old champagne, cheap cocaine and polyester suits - and that's a good thing.  Tenacity, joy and disco ball reflctions all shine out from this mix via the @foolishzine co-conspirator, mixing together into a bellissimo blend of timeless tracks.

Track list:

Tornado Wallace - Bit 1 (Nina's Amnesia Remix)
Unknown Artist - Another Cigarette (Abel Edit)
Maurice McGee - Do I Do
Dance Department - Paradise (Extended Version)
Pulse - Showdown
The Ultimate Warlord - The Immortals 
Baila Bolero - Fun Fun (Bolero Dance Mix)
Mike Mareen - Dancing In The Dark (Galactica Re-Mix)
Digital Emotion - Go Go Yellow Screen
Club House - Deep In My Heart (Extended Mix) 

Mixed by Sam Witwicky.

Shell Tape 66 - Sam Witwicky - "Final Boss OST"

Quick flashes, graceful arcs, the pitter patter of rain on black stone - all make up the arrangement of the hours between dusk and dawn. Slick sounds, free wheeling times and a futuristic sense of otherness define the conventions of the darker half of our twenty four hour cycle. Laying all these out in musical format is a producer and DJ who takes his name from the very same period. It's LN_Protocol in the mix for the next hour, presenting "Transient Insomniac." Shell Tapes are back!

This flighty flit through the witching hour(s) isn't all cold steel and doom and gloom though. Shell Tape 67 sees the @midnightelevator co-boss bounce between 90s tech-house, minimalistic squiggle wiggle electronics and uptempo dub techno with the constancy and mindfulness of a marathon cyclist. This late night jaunt is one that strides it out from start to finish.

Stepping into the role his name sets up oh-so perfectly Tape 67 is for deep nights and early mornings - one for both your bass bins and for your bluetooth speaker at 4am. After a brief hiatus Shell Tapes are back and we're stoked that the person to be leading the return is LN_Protocol. 

Tracklist:

Pollon - Lonely Planet 
214 - Fly By Night 
Humate - 3.1 (Humates 98' mix) 
Highrise - Hope for Peace 
100hz - Warp 
Aubrey - Cast Your Rod 
High-Life - Slippery Elm 
Minitec - Return 
Ben Long - A2 
Monika Kruse and Stanny Frannsen - Good Fellas 
Deetron - Miss Suave 
Fadi Mohem - Nine 
Barker - Look How Hard I've Tried 
Swayzak vs. Theorem - Break In At Apartment 205

Mixed by LN_Protocol (@url4latenight) on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja.

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Shell Tape 67 - LN_Protocol - "Transient Insomniac"

Mega. Shell Tape 68 is mega. Not in a giant steel skyscraper kind of way, not in a fast cars and flashing lights kind of way but in an unfathomably dense and deep kind of way. We're in Robot Rett's world for this round and he's showing us "Peat Bog E.T."

This hour-long trek through the sonic hinterlands bubbles, boils and blisters - synthetic acid flashes cutting their way through forests of chug, wide open stereo fields and layers of low end. It's a slow trudge but that's not a bad thing. The journey is more important than the destination. Switch gears, join your local 4X4 club and get stuck into Tape 68.

Mixed by @robotrett on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar.

Tracklist:

Die Orangen - Metal Man (Tapan Remix) 
Odøn - Parasitic Fungi 
Tassilo Vanhofen - Fragrance Rain 
Forest Drive West - Creation Dub - 
Sunju Hargun - Andante 
A Strange Wedding - Les Ké de la Daurade 
Gamma Intel - Sleep Simulator 
A Strange Wedding & Antoine - The Lost Industrial Temples (Asw Remix) 
Round  - Days (John Talabot’s Skoooldub Rework) 
Andy Stott - New Romantic

Shell Tape 68 - Robot Rett - Peat Bog E.T.

Coast to coast, top to bottom, sea up to the scarp. Any deliberate movement from one place, real or imagined, to another can always be broken down into minuscule moments that blesh together to form a coherent mass. Tiny thoughts, fractals of emotion and gentle changes in direction all contribute to an overarching picture. Tape 71 appears in the afterglow of a life affirming weekend, drawing introversion out from moments of extreme extroversion and reformatting them into dance music.

This week, right before our very ears, Sleepy J sketches out an extra deep hour-long composite of your mind’s most inner dancefloor. There are no hurried changes in this mix, no uncomfortable cardiac arrest bass drops and no misplaced or unaligned track selections. Simmering pseudo-alien basslines, dubbed out percussion and gentle injections of uptempo house permutations are dished out with care and in perfect sequence, a dancer’s mindful stomp curated with excellence.  

One part mong-out-in-a-beanbag and one part close-your-eyes-and-plant-yourself-front-left, “Sea To Scarp” is 100% quality.

Track list:

Marco Shuttle - Acrobat
Konduku - Mantar Kaya
Human Space Machine – Danz7
JS-01 – JS-01(R)
Alex Falk - Fuchsia
Aubrey - Orbit Of Oberon
Kangding Ray - Salt and Iron
Rosati - Polymath (Volpe Remix)
Rene Wise & Rødhåd - 190209.2.
Wata Igarashi - Cylinder
D'wachman & HD Substance - Move my body
ADMINISTRATOR - brilliance@world
Sunju Hargun - Phaya Naga
Rene Wise - Raptor
Skee Mask - CZ3000 Dub
The Alchemical Theory - Tribale

Mixed by Sleepy J (@jaymebentley) on Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 71 - Sleepy J - "Sea To Scarp"

Walyalup selector Monty holds this week's Shell Tape in her hands and we couldn't be happier. The mix conjures up a raft of emotions. Moments in time, caught in the mirror of a mind and beamed back to us, warped by time and memory. A smile from a friend while preparing dinner, housemates’ laughs bounding down a hallway, the crisp sheen of a beer can discarded next to a picnic rug. 

“Reflections In A Rear View Mirror” captures such moments in the slim space of an hour - thoughts carried along by warm percussion, untethered synth tones and buoyant bass lines. Tripping from ephemeral ambience to organic downtempo cuts and life affirming house selections Tape 73 builds its own world - one where time stands still while the extra bits keep on spinning.

Track list:

Entrance - Terry Perry 
Robert Wyatt - Pigs... (In There?)
Meanderthals - 1-800-288-Slam
Billy Idol - Adam In Chains
The Delinquents - Hold Tight
LoveCut db - Heartspin (Big Red Barn mix)
Discovery Zone - Blissful Morning Dream Interpretation Melody
Insides - Relentless
Kech & B Bonds - Zephyr
C.K & Timeman - Øjenkontakt
Gemini - I
Heights of Abraham - Tides
Rising Sun (Ken Ishii) - Ocean View
Marine Girls - Fridays

Mixed by Monty on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 73 - Monty - "Reflections In A Rear View Mirror

@be-kind-matt-paul @be-kind-matt-paul @be-kind-matt-paul @be-kind-matt-paul @be-kind-matt-paul

Be Kind. A simple statement, good advice and the DJ behind Shell Tape 75. Good vibes abound in this mix - a bashful smile slides through the soundwaves for the entirety of the hour. There’s no one genre or style that anchors the mix, no localised focus nor dogmatic dedication to labels nor concern with being on the cutting edge. 

Instead, Be Kind. hones in on the hard to pin down idea of dancefloor discipleship; the simultaneously ubiquitous and unique experience of interconnectivity that floods nightclubs, warehouses, lounge rooms or paddocks whenever something resembling a beat collides with a group of friends (past, present or future).

Wiggly worm acid lines tie together perfectly accessible house and techno, helter skelter stylistic choices are wrapped in warm low end hugs and, most importantly, each track receives a Be Kind. kiss on the forehead. This Tape is an ode to our collective nearest and dearest and the irreplaceable and unrepeatable moments we’ve shared with them. Run it up, find a friend and be kind!

Track list

TBM - Pretty Little Acid Ditty
Rina x Benji - Koshmaro (Original Mix)
Saeki - Keep On
Biodive - Bungy Man Dub
Koga - Fox Undercover
AHJU - Cause I
GILMORE - FTB
Circle Audio - Such A Long
Nyreau - How Your Body Feels
Walker - Untitled B (Desert Sound Colony Remix)
T.Jacques - Five Dollar Shake
Komartsov - Night In The Dark
Fede Lng - Untitled Japanese Edit
Chrissy & Hawley - Love Again (Chrissy Remix)
Hotel Avra - Mommas Rave (Myles Hunt Remix)

Mixed by Be Kind. on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 75 - Be Kind. - "Dancefloor Disciples"

@james-jovanoski @james-jovanoski @james-jovanoski @james-jovanoski @james-jovanoski

ST-76 is out; leaving his mark on the series the inimitable James Jovanoski with “Moving, Effortlessly”.

Have you ever watched someone do tai chi? Watched them closely? There's an ease to the kinetics that can mask layers of refinement and hours of practice. Concentration, mindfulness, blissful mindlessness - they all meld into what appears to be one string of motion. Strung together with care, elastic and elating and relaxing, James Jovanoski’s edition to the Shell Tape series does just that.

Pillowy bass excursions, slo-mo alien acid grooves and steamy atmospherics fit for a post-dystopian wellness retreat spread themselves across this hour long recording; a slow and easy spiral down into an increasingly twisty and tripped world. The re-entry into the fast pace of the rat race (or at least it’s tripped sonic counterpart) isn’t one you’ll notice though. Like the title says, this mix just moves, effortlessly, until it reaches its logical exit point.

Jovanoski goes deep on this one, no doubt about it. Tape 76 moves through the night like a neon behemoth, muted glow lighting the corners of your mind in all the right spots. It might not be tai chi but it's just as enjoyable to witness. 


Track list:

Paddy Free - Telekura 
The Sushi Club - Niko-Jaga (Beef and Potato Stew)
BluefisH - Mellow Mellow
Beanfield - Charles
Blackfish - Bay of Islands
Fresh Moods - Shiny Cage
Beesmunt Soundsystem - Hypno
VC-118A - Eha (Privacy Remix)
Box 5ive - Silicate 
Minor Science - Volumes
Alva Noto - Uni Blue (JASSS Remix) 

Mixed by James Jovanoski on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 76 - James Jovanoski - "Moving, Effortlessly"

Shell Tape 79 is "Untitled". Unknown. An unwritten page before you, situated in a blank space and, baby, Jane Honda CR-V is here to write your name, my name, someone else’s name and the name of a thousand different party people on our collective minds via m u s i c. 

Tape 79 is raw, fun, joyous and “primarily free soundcloud downloads from randoms with like 20 followers”. A bit horny, it’s a bit silly and it’s 100% bangerz, all-terrain Jane has dragged crate digging out of dusty record stores and into the digitised realm of 2021 - keeping a high beam trained on tried and true party traditions of the past while she pulls off decidedly contemporary donuts; muscles a-flexin’, bass a-rollin’ and kick drums throbbing. 

It’s fun, it’s flirty, it’s a bit dangerous and strikes the core of the release dance music should provide. Boundary pushing genre hybrids and bootlegs provide psychedelicised jolts of insight into something “new” while staying a realm accessible by us mere mortals. This “Untitled” mix doesn’t need a name. It’s parts and their assembly do all the talking. Sweat, forget, undress and coalesce - Shell Tape 79 will provide all the assistance you need.


No tracklist, no gods, no masters.

Mixed by Jane Honda CR-V on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 79 - Jane Honda CR-V - "Untitled"

Music that makes the intangible tangible or that places sounds within a space (real or imagined) is always a joy to devour and absorb. Free travel, only limited by access to a speaker and your own mind! This week Boorloo producer and DJ Dewbs carries us down the intellectual highway that is Shell Tape 81 with “Hanif”.

Our scene for the 81st Tape is a ribbon of road, built on four to floor kick drums, soulful Rhodes chords and a homely analogue crunch (plus a few Dewbs original productions!) Gliding from warm climates to cool (and ultra relaxed) zones we run the gamut from party starting edits replete with rolling basslines to spacious takes on UKG and Detroit percussion workouts. 

This space is diverse, unique, full of contrasts, light and shade, neon and incense, bright flashes and mellow glows. Is this the house that jack built? No it’s the road that Dewbs paved, it’s pretty bloody seamless and goes for a very enjoyable fifty eight minutes. Have a listen!

Track list available on the Crab Claw Instagram.

Mixed by @andrewdewbs on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 81 - Dewbs - "Hanif"

Deep, dank and exhilarating, this week’s ride comes via Lala. Shell Tape 85 is one for late nights, single red light bulbs and heads down. Lather up and slide in, it’s “Rubba Dub Dub”.

Dub is indeed the theme of this Tape, with its eternal tendrils echoing throughout the mix, both literally and figuratively. Heavyweight chamber dubstep menacingly morphs into trippy drill club tools, with 808s booming and high hats clattering. Grimey bass, liquid lyrics and sledgehammer steppers all rub shoulders in a decidedly contemporary, genre-less and global take on dub’s endless offshoots.

Sounding like Grand Theft Auto: South London, Lala’s Shell Tape contribution covers classic dubstep sounds, boundary-pushing deconstructed club, timeless breaks and mutant bass music. It’s primal, it’s perfect and it’s thrilling, so hold tight and run it up.

Track list:

Clubroot	 - Still At Large			
Flowdan	- Welcome to London			
Sad Night Dynamite - Killshot (DJ Seinfeld Remix)	
Dark0 - Hardwire					
Eva808 - You Don't					
Commodo - Loan Shark					
Chynna - practice					
9TRANE - Perctrak					
Yedgar - Life Cycle					
Mssingno - e2						
Jubley - Amnesia					
Lcy	- Teeth					
Al Wootton - Ender					
Low End Activist & Razor - Get Dark (Silas Remix)			
Viers - Bless						
Hamdi - Skanka						
Stenny - 3kk-Cb Sat					
Visages - NIBIRU					
Viers - Innocence					
Nikki Nair - It Goes					
Silk Road Assassins - Familiars			
Dark0 - Oxygenesis				
Andrea - Drumzzy					
Sputnik One - Schwann

Mixed by @djlalamusic on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

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Shell Tape 85 - Lala - "Rubba Dub Dub"

Larry D is in the low light spotlight for Shell Tape 87 and this edition is all steam, smoke, bass and bounce. Straight down the line 4x4 techno takes a backseat, leaving room for Latin leaning polyrhythms, Afro influences and wobbly bass lines as we take a left turn for “Left-field y Latino”.

That left turn leads right to a heaving dance floor driven by ear worm vocal loops, South American melodies and the undeniable influence of contemporary Afro-Caribbean stylings, both underground and not so underground. The tunes made in the mix might be made by computers but the beats are anything but robotic, swinging, bouncing and gasping with a spectacular sweaty and off kilter energy.

Images of neon flashes on wet concrete, blurred feet and glistening skin come to mind when consuming Shell Tape 87 - it’s easy to get lost in the rumble tumble world Larry presents to us. “Left-field y Latino” is made for dancers so step out and get stuck in!

Track list:

Thomas von Party - Alucina (Thomas Jackson Remix)
Salsa Fingers - Spice Matrix (Balam Remix)
Thomas Von Party - Pra Pra
Jus Now - Winner Walk (feat. X-Originals)
Ronnie Loko & Razzler - South circular
Tia Maria Produções - Favela Malauca
Bakongo - Amahara
DJ Polo - Funky Party (feat. Ramzee)
Arma - FORWARD TOOL
Sonia Calico - Club Simulation
Pedro - Damaia Remexe (feat. Pongo)
Plan B - Guataba (Dos Flakos Remix)
Asna & anyoneID - Abissa
Oyoki Onanayo & Stelair - Souké Pou Sik
DJ Swisha - Shake N Bounce (feat. Bassbear!)
Strict Face - More Sensuos

Mixed by @larryddj on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 87 - Larry D - "Left-field y Latino"

The minutes prior to a sunrise carry an unmistakable tension to them. The twisty meniscus of night bulges, bends and morphs even more before blooming into a literal sunburst. Who better than to put sounds to this fluid period than one of Boorloo’s original sunrise beach bums, PTMC?

Shell Tape 90 takes the early hours tension and uses to its advantage, filling the figurative pre-dawn air with a blend of soul nourishing and mind melting trance and Detroit techno UK bass all wrapped up in with loose binding of heart pumping pop reworks and stellar PTMC originals.

There are no straight lines between the genres, the mix’s mood alternate at a heliospheric rate, buzzing from peak to peak, tempo changes, beat switches and spinbacks par for the course and welcomed with open arms. The looseness of the early hours and PTMC’s passion as a DJ, dancer and music maker translate perfectly on this recording, enjoy Tape 90!

Track list:

PTMC - Unreleased
PTMC - No Trance No Dance
DJ Rolando - Knight of The Jaguar
Azo - Better Days In The Galaxy
PTMC - Unreleased
PTMC - Unreleased
Two Shell - Speedrun
DJ Paleface - Lighter Mix 1
Tom VR - Ikquion Lovers
Burna - Give It To Me Dub
Third Son - Slow Destiny of Fob
Hedchef - Lose My Breath
??? - ????
Psy Def X - Lunar
Roza Terenzi - Metal Glo (Luca Lozano & Mr. Ho Remix)
Overmono - Gunk
Pluto - Anna
Magic Edit Allstars - The Music's Getting Stronger
Inner City - Good Life (CJ's Living Good Club Mix)

Mixed by @pt_mc on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 90 - PTMC - "Moments Before Sunrise"

Bush drums are rumbling, hazy mist is sparkling and art (real life art!) is on the wind. Shell Tape 91 comes from Hame DJ. Cruise up this smoky mountain, spread your wings and tune in to Hame’s acid tinged “My Life Is My Art, My Art Is My Life”.

The vibe for the 91st Tape is a decidedly funky one - rubbery, woozy seesaw sound runs deep through this mix. Chuggy kicks, lysergic synth sequences and dubbed out percussion and vocal fragments that echo off into the infinite are all on the ingredients list for this hour long concoction of down tempo house and techno that melds the organic with the otherworldly.

Stepping out like a slightly sedated but very stylish Flubber on a moon walk, Hame arcs from modulating pad to modulating pad, tracing melodies that ooze steeze and psychedelia. Throw in a couple of unreleased tracks, some deep cut classics and high vibes and you’ve got Shell Tape 91.

Track list:

Coil - Windowpane
Eva Geist - Urban Monogamy
Gem-K - Closer
Coil - Theme From Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex
B(if)tek - Projects for a Rainy Day
D. Tiffany & Roza Terenzi - Spiritual Delusion
Guy Contact - One Hand One Bounce
Midnight Tenderness - Catamaran (Hame DJ's Boof Mix)
Khan - Give Me More
Hame DJ - Flying Angel Club (Cheeky Mix)
James Massiah - NBK (Ride for Me) Dub

Mixed by @hame_dj on Aboriginal Land.


Track list:

Coil - Windowpane
Eva Geist - Urban Monogamy 
Gem-K - Closer
Coil - Theme From Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex
B(if)tek - Projects for a Rainy Day
D. Tiffany & Roza Terenzi - Spiritual Delusion
Guy Contact - One Hand One Bounce
Midnight Tenderness - Catamaran (Hame DJ's Boof Mix)
Khan - Give Me More
Hame DJ - Flying Angel Club (Cheeky Mix)
James Massiah - NBK (Ride for Me) Dub

Shell Tape 91 - Hame DJ - "My Life Is My Art, My Art Is My Life"

Unfurling a tapestry of experiential and experimental textures is halalbutch, presenting “Let my rage collapse us both”, our 92nd Shell Tape. 

That tapestry, a challenging, brain tickling, journey through artists’ own experiences, emotions, and imaginations unfurls to reveal a tightly woven block of extraorganic musical oomph, brimming with tripsy textures, mangled moments of acid oscillations and stark and beautiful moments of striking silence and human warmth that play counterpoint to the inorganic world they situate themselves in.

The interplay between instantly absorbable hyperpop moments, spiritually nourishing rhythm and melody and spiky oil-slick post-techno permutations found on Tape 92 is remarkably harmonic - all the recordings that make up this mix gel perfectly even when scatterdash percussion patterns cross over one another or spiritual chants encounter alien synth lines. Chaotic narratives merge into a cacophony that at times moves so fast it seems to stop - layered stories aligning through music and experimentation.

Track list:

Imed Alibi - Intro
Amarhac - Radioestesia
Tomaga - Any Further Trade
Slava Dyadyun and Meltdownlove - Reflective Vision Cells
Various Asses - Colonial Horror
Joakim - Zumayyah (Remix)
dave de rose & dan nicholls	- penstemon
Poul Rovsing Olsen - Ya Mal (Midaf)
Imed Alibi - Nashwa
Various Asses - Innocent Observers
SOPHIE - Whole New World
Kassian - San Junipero
Various Asses - Visible End
dave de rose & dan nicholls	- plants heal
Poul Rovsing Olsen - Zumayyah
Kassian - Akkala Falls
Papaphilia - The sun cannot rise in prison
Slava Dyadyun and Meltdownlove - Naive Droid Soul (feat. Amarhac Petrobio)
Papaphilia - The true name of the sun is slowly spoken
SOPHIE - Not Okay
Various Asses - Sage the Club
dave de rose & dan nicholls - arts of living

Mixed by halalbutch (@user-843209054) on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 92 - halalbutch - "Let my rage collapse us both"

In crisp Makuru air, you find yourself wrapped in a warm blanket–one made of loose and intimate karaoke evenings, kitchen twirls, sunset hugs and happy sunrise goodbyes. Uplifting us and cutting through any cold, damp or mororsity is Alana Joy with the undeniably bright Tape 93, “Songs to be sung”.

Laying a decidedly human touch on the controls for her edition, Alana leaps deep into mirrorball halls where disco, funk, house and groove reign supreme. Thumping kick drums have a warm feel to them, constant and organic like a heartbeat. Strings swell and billow over sprawling guitar grooves and lithe bass lines–not to mention passionate vocals dominating throughout.

These are songs to be sung, songs to share, songs to pass to one another through dance and movement and voice. There’s care, fire and community built into all of them and when strung together for Shell Tape 93 a glowing ember of warmness spreads outward from its source–leaving a trail of smiles, shoulder shakes and hip bumps in their wake.

Track list:

Skipworth & Turner - Thinking About Your Love
Captain Sensible - Wot
Thompson Twins - Love On Your Side
Dennis Mpale - Take My Time
Rafael Cancian - Katayef
Robert De La… Gauthier - I Really Luv My Man
Boogie Bruthaz - Now Now Everyday of My Life
Johnick - Light
Kimara Lovelace - Misery (Lil’ Louis Extended Club Mix)
Kenix feat. Bobby - There’s Never Been (No One Like You)

Mixed by Alana Joy on Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 93 - Alana Joy - "Songs To Be Sung"

Our ninety fourth Shell Tape sees the wheels of steel piloted by one Ben Taaffe. The ride should be smooth and breezy, but not without it’s twists and turns so climb aboard the good ship “Like You”.

One take, all wax and pure class–on Tape 94 Taaffe takes us a cloud jumping on a route of his own making, cruising past psychedelicised dream house drifts, puffs of gently pulsing techno tinged with sparkling ambience and oh-so-soulful and sexy vocal tracks. 

A shimmery and iridescent sepia patina coats the world we traverse over the course of these two and a half hours, varied sound waves stretching the mix’s sense of place and time as far into the future as you can imagine while timelessly delving into the past. Tempos bend and flex driving forward as breakbeats thunder only to be pulled back into another realm by dream pads and the oft repeated cry of “Like You”.

Despite the transportative ability of Tape 94 it’s still a very ‘real’ mix. Records drift in and out of time, deftly maneuvered into primo position by Taafe, our ride steadied and course set. Breeze through the haze, soak up the flashes of brilliance and brightness and stay aboard with joy–it’s Shell Tape 94.

No track list, no gods, no masters.

Mixed by @bentaaffe on Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 94 - Ben Taaffe - "Like You"

There’s a distinct pulse to the night, a metronomic sway and swell that asserts itself as streets clear, the suburbs quiet and city streets transform into their crepuscular counterparts. This beat runs deep–it's an intrinsic part of life. What would the warmth of the day be without the still chill of the night? Tran Scended has an answer, coming in the form of Shell Tape 95.

Carving a path through layers of granular synth pads, blistering snares and bass that heaves to and fro like some primordial beast, Shell Tape 95 echoes the murky movements of the twilight hours and beyond–a sense of skittish mystery cloaking each skipping high hat, dubbed-out vocal sample and wobbling bassline. We’re hit with abstract UK bass, breakbeat techno, figments of garage and high-tempo rave workouts drawing from hardcore, jungle, grime and techy drum and bass, all cloaked in a low-frequency shroud and mixed impeccably. 

Much like the shadowy rhythms of the actual night, there’s an oddly irresistible menace to it–Tape 95 daringly crosses over into the transgressive zone visited only by those living on the flip side of the solar coin. Pull up, bruk out and then enjoy the steamy sunrise, “it’s Tran Scended motherfucker”.

Tracklist:

Babyfather - God Hour (feat. Micachu)
Knucks - Home
Mike Midnight & Lia T - Second Star
Otik - Thousand Year Stare
Kessler - Surrender
Martyn & Om Unit - Tracksuit Dub
Facta - Upsetter
Walton - SBWYS
Distal & HxdB - Booyant
Cassius Select - Honda Civic
Hypho - Swung for Strats
9TRANE - Clap Weapon 
DJ Plead - Shoulder Pop
Otik - Silhouetta
Kid Antoine - Motion Sensor
3NDLES5 & Crazymike - Dave 1 
Burial - In Mcdonalds
Consulate - Warlock
Know V.A. - Artefact (Sully Remix)
Forrest Drive West - Impulse
Pugilist & Tamen - Samadhi
Marcus Intalex - Jupiter
D Bridge - True Romance
AQXDM - The Good Old Days Are Tomorrow
Dillinja - Silver Blade
Special Request - Spectral Frequency
Sully - Checkmate
Origin Unknown - Valley Of The Shadows
Wordcolour - Bluster (Djrum Remix)
Djrum - Induction
Skee Mask - DJ A.Sieff
Dean Blunt & Joanne Robbertson - HAD MY GAURD UP 2 U (SINCE ‘92)
Group Home - Up Against The Wall (Getaway Car Mix

Mixed by @tran_scended on Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 95 - Tran Scended - "Shadow Rhythms"

The ouroboros is a circular symbol that depicts a snake or dragon devouring its own tail. It’s a classic symbol that’s used to represent the eternal cycle of destruction and rebirth. It’s archaic but it looks cool. For Shell Tape 96, Boorloo DJ and artist embraces this idea of never-ending beginnings and ends, transplanting it into a mixtape form and taking inspiration from their namesake (and the joy that can be found in and between them).

Tracing beautifully fragile links between styles, speeds, genres and textures, wet puddlss hops from aqueous plane to aqueous plane. Some are heaving pools, edges buffeted by sub-bass waves at a tremendous pace. Others are shallow, crystalline surfaces glistening with opalescent beauty, all the more beautiful when viewed through the special light illuminating Tape 96.

Kate Bush deep cuts, MGMT’s hit singles, warehouse techno, super-sonic outsider jungle – these things don’t go together on paper. They’re all found in “all roads lead to a swimmable puddle” and although the roads wind they never take any uncomfortable turns. Bonded by a misty golden glow and throwing most DJ mix ‘rulebooks’ out the window, this mix is just really bloody good. Enjoy.

Tracklist:

LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
Madalyn Merkey - Hairspring
Bored Lord - Feb 2, Sat 08.09
Ayesha - Orbital (Ayesha's After Dark Ruba Dub)
Kate Bush - Waking the Witch (Intro)
Kate Bush - Blow Away (For Bill)
FKA Twigs - Which Way (ft. Dystopia)
soundspritee - stormee(:
Shygirl - Gush
TYGAPAW - Bag Juice
CHIPPY NONSTOP - Straight to Hell (Vixxen Remix)
Suzi Analogue - NNYWHERE
Opening from Barbie Fairytopia
GFOTY - Sea at Night
CHIPPY NONSTOP - BITCH I BOUGHT IT OUT THE REMIX
Bored Lord - Euphoria II the Moon
Infinite Potentiality
deadmau5 & Kaskade - I Remember (Maximum Spooky Remix)
Jordana - Flip the Script
Current Bias - (La La LA la)
MGMT - Time to Pretend
Jasmine - Infiniti HOTT
badsista - SORRY DAD
Jack Sparrow - Good Old Days (Yazzus Remix)
Kid Cudi - Day 'N' Night (Crookers Remix)

Mixed by wet puddlss (@user-456645916) on Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 96 - wet puddlss - "all roads lead to a swimmable puddle"

In a few years, there might very be an entire generation raised with “lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to” as their de facto lullabies—that’s wild. For Shell Tape 97, prolific Boorloo DJ Super Flog is adding a bit more bass weight to the relaxing academic experience, replacing the anime girl in the green jumper with a shadowy figure in a black tracksuit. Pull up and tune into "Drill Beats to Study/Relax To".

808 salvos, halftime basslines glide across octaves with a menacing sheen and a revolving door of MCs providing an education in hard bars are on the syllabus for Tape 97. We’re provided with a global snapshot of the flourishing drill scene—dipping into sounds from South London, Ghana, pop bootlegs, flips of critically acclaimed TV show themes, videogame OST reworks and more. 

Cloaked in evening smoke and, to be honest, far too good to put on in the background and study to, "Drill Beats to Study/Relax To" deliberately winds its way through a weighty hour with low-end leaning rhythms, cyphers guaranteed to hype the club/your study space and impeccable mixing. Soundcloud doesn’t have a dedicated rewind function but we encourage you to try.

Tracklist:

Sam Wise - Nemo
Burke - GLIZZY
M24 - Passion
Arrdee feat. Nyla - Hello Mate (Instrumental)
Backroad Gee	- Dark Place
Fallow	- Succession Dub
Poundz - Boujie Drillas
Carns Hill - Carns Hill Challenge Pt. 3
Drake - Sticky (Dawg Drill Remix)
CJ - Whoopty (Instrumental)
Jay Bahd feat. City Boy, O’Kenneth, Reggie & Kwaku DMC	 - Condemn
Yaw Tog, Stormzy & Kwesi Arthur - Sore (Remix)
Fallow	- Mavado Dub
Pa Salieu feat. M1llionz - Informa
SL X M1llionz	- Versus (Instrumental)
Tion Wayne - Wow
Unknown T feat. KO & V9 - AVEN9ERS
Sustrapperazzi - Ridiculous
Central Cee - Obsessed With You
Headie One - Both
One Bok-  How Can I Forget
Jnr Choi, M24, G Herbo, Fivio Foreign, Russ Millions, & Sam Tompkins - To The Moon (Drill Remix)
Loski - Rolling Dice
Glume & Phossa - Banshee
DJ Bempah - UR Soul
DC feat. Knucks - Bobby & Rowdy

Mixed by @super_flog.

Shell Tape 97 - Superflog - "Drill Beats to Study/Relax To"

Local producer and DJ At Capacity glides into the sunset on Shell Tape 98—“Coastal Pimela” is a line tracing mix of house, techno, mid-tempo breakbeat and even a couple of cheeky echoes of electro-clash.

The flower the mix borrows its name from—the Coastal Pimela—grows in sand dunes and rocky heads from Geraldton down to Esperance. It’s a low and dense bright pink shrub that is native to Western Australia’s southwest region and is home to stunning native flora and biological assemblies. Monolithic old-growth forests give way to dense, piquant bushland that borders coastlines and surf breaks so picturesque it’s almost cliche. The land can be stark, cold and unforgiving but running throughout it is a tangible sense of beauty and levity that runs deep through it. You only need to spy patches of the hardy and happy bright pink Pimela to see the proof.

This mix, the 98th Shell Tape, has that same innate sense of wondrous light. It’s overt and easy to pick up on at times; deep groove and bright italo-house grooves dominate the start, giving way to Reese bass rollers drawing from the ‘ardcore continuum and lysergic bush-doof eye wigglers. This pivot towards more pressurised sounds ups the intensity but doesn’t break the mood. 

Aerodynamic melodies and vocal cuts freewheel over club cuts as the mix hits its stride; entering ‘peak time’ in our imagined e-cloud chronology. Bass builds, shoulders roll, smiles widen and nestled amongst crags of hard electronica and synthesised sound At Capacity’s Pimela-esque resplendecy never fades.

Tracklist:

Tell - I Lost 200€ In A Club 
Fort Romeau - Emu II
Mad Rey - Double Jeu Part II
Montauk - The Gum Thief
Platzdasch & Dix - En Plein Air
Clive From Accounts - Bisou
At Capacity - Natural State
Rampa - 2000
Carlo - Cute & Fluffy
Sam Brickel - Mystique
Planar Traits - Deeper Plane
Warren G - Make It Do What It Do (Sharam Jey Vocal Mix)
Madonna - American Pie (Victor Calderone Vocal Dub Mix)
Alexkid - Come With Me (Tiga’s Aciddeathrave Remix)


Mixed by @at-capacity on Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 98 - At Capacity - "Coastal Pimela"

Number 99. An angel number. A symbol of completion, new beginnings and infinite possibilities. The 99th edition of the Shell Tapes series is delivered by Jo Sh and, much like 'angel number' 99, it carries with it a sense of musical unity. Everything sounds correct on "Soul Flight".

Jo Sh dips and dives between blissy beats and karmic harmonies, pulling at the edges of spiritualised downtempo breakbeat cuts and mind-sojourn acid tracks to weave them together with care and forethought. The threads become one big tapestry, a gradient of musical colour that manifests itself in the form of infinite ambience, new-age Italo permutations, jungle chops with the angry edges sanded off and after-hours mind massages.

Whether it's the 'angel numbers', some gems from WA's underground or the collection of shimmery electronica, Jo Sh's "Soul Journey" is a mix to lock on to and let go with.

Mixed by Jo Sh on Wurundjeri Land.

Tracklist:

Anjey Satori - Morning Breathe
Global Communication - 9:25
Jean Mare - Dandelons in Space (Deep Flow Ambient Lounge Mix)
Innersphere - Outer Works
Катя Chilly - Пливе Вінок
Ethik - Trump Tower
Babies From Gong - Decadent Butterfly
Sounds From the Ground - Triangle
Montana - Tangible Bliss
Ingrid Chavez - Candle Dance
Ultrabass - Silver Lines
Banco De Gaia - Qurna (Mister Christian On The Decks)
Depeche Mode - I Feel You (Renegade Soundwave Afghan Surgery Mix)
Mike Midnight - at certain points we touch
Slow Rotation Inc. - Relax
Neutron 9000 - Sentinel (All Night Long Mix)
Java - Cosmos
Resistance D - Night Shades
Takeo - Forthcoming [Backtrack]
Interferon - Dawn of Rainland
2000 and One - Crystal (Original Mix)
Banco De Gaia - Heliopolis 
Holy House - The Power of Love
Cygnus X - Positron
Astral Matrix - Soul Flight
Thomas Fehlmann - Schizophrenia

Shell Tape 99 - Jo Sh - "Soul Flight"

As our collection of Shell Tapes enters the dozen-zone friend and art collaborator Yikes orbits back into the Crab Claw solar system, bringing with him a blend of blends that flit in and out of cozy and comforting to out-of-this world and alien.

Reflecting the music that's accompanied Yikes during the weeks of solitude just past, Shell Tape 12 sees him gracefully moves from jazzy and gentle home-listening orientated sounds to more jagged and aggressive electronics, all underpinned by a distinct groove and swing. 

Pop, techno and high-tempo bass sounds all rub shoulders together in an intergalactic lounge room - head nodding housemates and friends along for the ride. This is music you can sit to, stand or (preferably) dance to.

Recorded at Kev's home.

Shell Tape 12 - Yikes - "Cosmic Solitude"

20 rotations around the turntable later, we arrive at another Friday and another Shell Tape. This edition comes straight from cyber space, delivered swiftly by the extremely talented I33A (pronounced eye-three-three-aye for all you linguists out there).

Step out of our current world and into a high octane mechanical footrace replete with neon icicles, glassy metallics and bone crunching percussion. In just under an hour I33A traverses a soundscape reminiscent of laser fight on a futuristic autobahn - but like, one where everybody is a hell good dancer.

Cutting edge low end sounds rub shoulders with mutant grime instrumentals as twisted techno chops it up alongside experimental cosmic dancehall sonics. Limber up, stay strapped and get down, 'cause this one is large.

Shell Tape 20 - I33A - "Infra Energy"

The year is 2000. You're in the club, surrounded by sparkling lights, the scent of mid-priced cologne and bottles of not so mid-priced champagne. A two-step garage beat pulses. Life is good. Usually drink, usually dance, usually bubble?

Fast forward to the present day and, once again, you're in the club. Friends gather round, waves of euphoria wash over you and Warwick M (of @ernestnyoungbruv fame) serves up a perfect mix of those same 2000s UK sounds - this time with a slightly harder edge, modern twists and a unique touch that you'll probably only find in this part of the world.

The title name of this week's Tape is self-explanatory - it's an hour and twenty of tasty UK growls. Running through elbow popping garage, cheerily teeth grinding breaks and bassline and smoky, early hours dubstep, Warwick's addition to the Shell Tape series is a collection of infectious bass-eccentric sounds that never breaks stride - a perfect climb from happy head nods and foot shuffles to "yes man!" skanking. Can you feel it?

Shell Tape 30 - Warwick M - "Tasty UK Growls"

A perfect pick me up. A refresher. A dive off the deck of your dexie crumb fueled yacht into a sea of citrus bliss. Shell Tape 39 is all this and more, courtesy of stellar Naarm via Boorloo DJ and producer @dawsdj.

Packing a weekend's worth of sun-soaked house into an expertly assembled hour, Tape 39 starts bright and shines and shimmers as it runs its musical course. Slinky bass lines stylishly slide and slither around each other as positively inspirational vocal lines soar over the mix only to be brought back to earth by the occasional hard edged synth line or sub-bass bomb; a reminder that if the sun's out, gun fingers should be out as well.

The return of a Perghain favourite is always something to celebrate, so it's fitting that this Shell Tape is so bloody celebratory. As the weekend looms and the silly season starts to hit a rolling boil some sort of soundtrack is required - "Mimosas Washing Over You" does the job with aplomb.

Shell Tape 39 - DAWS - "Mimosas Washing Over You"

Early morning glow. A cosmic hole. Sprinkles of crystalline dew that sparkle with an undeniably playful energy. Full sentences don't matter - it's Cooper Cooper (@user-617005716) with Shell Tape 44.

This week's Tape is one handcrafted for spiritual after hour experiences. Leaning into the breeze and toe tapping through the hour ten, Cooper leads us down a giddy path through ethereal balearia, lush house and psychedelic jazz mutations.

It's a little wonky, it's very fun and it's expertly mixed, the perfect companion for the steamy nights and revitalising Birak mornings that can be found on the West Coast. Serve yourself something tropical, dip your key in and sink into the curly wurly arms of Cooper Cooper.

Tracklist:

Axel Boman - Chestnut Heartsprite
Alex Cortex - Emergence
Marc de Clive-Lowe - Love Supreme (MdCl Remix)
Lokkhi Terra - Cubafro (feat. Dele Sosimi) (Armonica Remix)
Axel Boman - Voodoo
Daniel Avery - All I Need (Roman Flugel Remix)
Joe - Tail Lift
Orsery - All Eyes On You (Bufi Remix)
Pedrodollar - Just Dub
Khalab - Dense (Batilda Remix) 
Mugwisa International Xylophone  Group - Mazongoto Woods (Alejandro Mosso Rework)

Shell Tape 44 - Cooper Cooper - "Curly Wurly"

/saʊˈdɑːdə/

A Portuguese word "meaning (especially with reference to songs or poetry) a feeling of longing, melancholy, or nostalgia that is supposedly characteristic of the Portuguese or Brazilian temperament." 

This week's emotional education from @bruna-bruna-bruna is a bass heavy moment of club melancholia crystallised in time. Punishing at some points, tender at others it's a percussive pastiche of present dance floor feelings intermingling with solitary late-night longing for an undefinable past - simulating a pleasure you suffer, an ailment you enjoy.

Underpinning these sentiments is an undeniably potent blend of UK bass, electro, nostalgia inducing halftime sounds and titanium strength breakbeats. Don't cry because it's gone, smile because it happened and get your bloody gun fingers out. Yosh!

Shell Tape 47 - Bruna - "Saudade"

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