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This is one of my first mixes since the big move to Naarm and is dedicated to Cuppo; a cute little cafe out the front of Brunswick West Workshop, a studio and co-working space. 

This set features songs mostly of a psychedelic groove and includes the likes of Tame Impala, Melody's Echo Chamber, Flyying Colours, Mod Con, Mermaidens, Jefferson Airplane, Bird Nest Roys, The Sundae Painters, Jeffrey Lewis & The Rain, The Seeds, The Lovin' Spoonful, Jimi Hendrix, Chicago, The Doobie Brothers, and David Bowie.

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After 25 years of DJing Dr Hitchcock, aka Benet Hitchcock, has released his first original song “Dark Lorde 8888”.

A dark 303 acid bassline and spacious 808 drums drive the listener on, as melancholic keys from the Microfreak encourages them to look around. Before too long a distant voice shares what we’re really here to do. Dr Hitchcock describes his new track as a “Stumble-trip through the dark cyber valley on your way to the pixelated castle high up on the hill.”

Over the years Dr Hitchcock has run indie dance club nights, such as the Mixtape Connection, launched underground Internet radio station 8K.NZ, programmed the airwaves for independent FM station RDU 98.5 and released the Ōtautahi (Christchurch) mix CD “This is NOT the Christchurch Sound – Vol. 1”. 2022 sees his first solo effort hitting the ones and zeros.

The past seven years have been a little quiet on the music front due to his young family, but six months ago during preparation for the move from Ōtautahi to Narrm (Melbourne) he caught the synthesiser bug. “Dark Lorde 8888” is what he hopes will be the first of many songs to come.

This is not the first time Dr H and Ben have played together. In 2007 they collaborated on the Electro Pussy Posse (EPP) track “Minor Enlightenment” which closed the “This is NOT the Christchurch Sound – Vol. 1” compilation.

“Dark Lorde 8888 feat. Ben Johnson” by Dr Hitchcock is available on Bandcamp, Soundcloud and all the usual streaming platforms.

Dark Lorde 8888 feat. Ben Johnson

Woop woop! On this show I played:

Artist - Song
Dr Hitchcock - Dark Lorde 8888 feat. Ben Johnson
Phillipi - 9000
Red Axes - Some Lights
Carl Cox & Fatboy Slim - Speed Trials on Acid feat. Dan Diamond (Riton Extended Mix)
Tiga - Mind Dimension 2 - 2022 edit
Unloved & Raven Violet - Turn of the Screw - Erol Alkan Rework
Wet Leg - Too Late Now - Soulwax Remix
LO'99 - Acid Worldwide - "XY" Remix
Benjamin Fröhlich - Club Fantasy - DJ City Remix
Channel Tres - Acid In My Blood
Yazmine - Spell (Stullett Remix)
Radiohead - Climbing Up The Walls (Zero 7 Mix)

Dr Hitchcock - Dark Lorde 8888 - Single Release Show

Remember surfing the World Wide Web, downloading your first MP3, illegal warehouse raves, reaching for the lasers, Smart Drinks, Jolt Cola, and who could forget the brown acid... DON'T TOUCH THE BROWN ACID. 

"Return To Cyberia" is a musical homage to Douglas Rushkoff's 1994 book "Cyberia, Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace". In it he pictured a psychedelically connected Earth via Rave culture, Gaia and The Internet. Today things look much different but we still might be able to...
Return to Cyberia.

This recording of "Return To Cyberia" is a live recording for radio of 100% original music written, produced, mixed and performed by Benet Hitchcock aka Dr Hitchcock.

To book Dr Hitchcock to perform this live contact Benet on:
Email: drh@starlifter.fm
Signal / Mobile: on request
Mastodon: https://hackers.town/@drh
IG: https://www.instagram.com/starlifterfm/

Return To Cyberia

Dr Hitchcock - Return To Cyberia [Original Radio Mix]

Last Saturday I had the honour of playing tunes at my very old friend Obie's 40th birthday party. We've known each other since youth group days in the mid-90s and in fact I started DJing youth group discos a couple years after that. We're both quite different people in many ways these days but we still know how to party 🫠 Little did I know it but James Curd was headlining! This makes it the second time that I've played support for him, what a night!!

This set features the latest from Terr, a funky wee number from DMX Krew, a Bowie remix, Kyle Watson smashing a kick drum, an Armand Van Helden remix of Uffie, a classic from Phoenix as well as one of my very own tunes, Disco Brutus (F.L.O.).

Enjoy xox

Obie’s 40th Birthday Party

Rock and Electronic colliding since 2008.
Coolston, Ōtautahi, Aotearoa!!!

Dr Hitchcock - Return To Cyberia [Original Radio Mix]

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