Mehmet Aslan has always been a dab hand and blending the old with the new. A childhood spent soaking up Turkish sounds (thanks to his parents) first ignited his love for music, and by his teenage years he'd become obsessed with collecting records, digging deep into the infinite realms of house and techno.

But when he began producing, he found a way of merging these two formative styles. Many of you will remember his early outings for labels like Hamam House and Huntley + Palmers which saw him either editing old Turkish records into club ready rhythms or injecting his own productions with influences from his roots.

These qualities have continued too permeate his releases since. As well as music for his own co-run Fleeting Wax label, he's shared EPs for Planisphere, Dischi Autunno and Huntley + Palmers' Highlife offshoot which showcase his deep and psychedelic approach to making electronic music.

Though it's a decade since his first release came out, it wasn't until recently that he shared his first ever album. Sun Is Parallel is a rich and diverse body of work that, unsurprisingly, takes in many different influences and journeys across different tempos. As always, there's a hypnotic quality that brings everything together but across its 11-track duration you'll hear mid-tempo acid jams sitting next to folkloric electronica and cinematic soundscapes unfurling into hazy grooves. 

Following the release, we asked him to put a mix together for us. Over an hour it coasts from off-kilter funk and synth-pop through to oddball rhythms, best enjoyed - as Mehmet suggests - whilst running through a Mexican canyon with the cartel hot on your tail...

Mehmet Aslan: The 'Ransom Note' Mix

I:CUBE special mix for the "get a room" show on Radio Nova, Paris, 19/2/2023.
Some upcoming unreleased tracks, some classics and rarities, for your listening pleasure.

i:cube special mix for the "get a room" show on radio nova, Paris, 2023

I:CUBE special mix for the "get a room" show on radio nova, Paris, 2023.

I:CUBE special mix for Radio Couleur 3 (i:cube’s release party).
Part 2 of 2.
For your listening pleasure !
The album « Eye cube » is out now on Versatile records.
https://soundcloud.com/i-cube

I:Cube mix for radio Couleur 3 (2023/03/07)

The Definitive Young Drums RollerCoaster.

Six hours of truly workout and sweat at the one and only @baramericas Guadalajara <3

Thanks to all the true heads that stayed till early morning.

Live at Bar Americas 2023.05.13

TRACKLIST -- https://dmy.co/mix/dmy-mix-006-man-power

Geoff Kirkwood is an artist for the people - not so concerned with image, status or even legacy he’s a creative who is as comfortable writing or presenting experimental symphonies and Audio Visual orchestral performances as he is delivering raucous kinetic techno to sweaty dance floors. 

Filling the spaces between his eclectic output, Kirkwood's work as Man Power has become some of his most meaningful and potent. The project began all the way back in 2014 as an anonymous series of dark remixes which culminated in a debut EP on Correspondant. Via his Man Power alias, Geoff has since gone on to show the complete picture of his sonic breadth via output for the likes of DFA, SKINT, Hivern Discs and his self-helmed Me Me Me imprint. Not just satisfied with making music, his acclaimed Us & Them parties have been reversing the grubby trends of club-night promotion, ditching advance tickets and corporate mentality in place for a focus on regional talent regardless of profile. 

Recorded live in Newcastle while opening for Leftfield's tour earlier this month, this DMY mix shows Man Power's selector skills at their very best. Spanning over two hours in length, strap in for a real journey from start to finish.

DMY Mix 006 | Man Power

Happy to present a cut from Black Merlin's DJ set recorded live at the Gonzo Goa release party in May. The music in this mix contains only records released between 87' and 94' specifically chosen for this party.

Transmigration Mixtape 01: Black Merlin

selezione mps #036 – Sneaker
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Sneaker DJ has released about 50 records of chicago, Italo and synth. His latest record is the upcoming first 12" on Mattoni Pazzi - a remix EP and collaboration with @scannoir : GOTT - Mutatio (https://soundcloud.com/mattonipazzi/sets/mps002-gott-mutatio). 

He shared with us his set from Cosmic Deluxe - a festival for disco diggers and left-of-center live acts; this summer held 50km East of Berlin towards the Polish border. The amazingly intimate and open festival was hosted by the lovely Wahid Paradis (@wahidsolh) and his friends (shout outs!). Cosmic Deluxe is deriving its spirit from Camp Cosmic  since it was invented by Albion in Sweden on the occasion of his birthday. 

"Returning to a Cosmic fest after last year's hiatus left me with one big question - what to play? The 7" collection didn't grow considerably in the last 2 years.
So I picked the records that grew accumulated since I played a darker set - well ... as Dunkeltier in 2016. Not particularly "Cosmic" either. But remarkably psychedelic - not only because of the Timothy Leary citations - and therefore in the Cosmic tradition in a wider sense. It's clashing here and there - the typical friction I accept, I am even seeking for in my sets ever since (or at least since the Disco Train is rolling on Rat Life 1 in 2013). Far from synced, generic patterns the mix is challenging you with disharmonic dubbing, dares to layer badly edited originals (comparable to disco records "without a click") and even entirely different metra. Not mentioning the hard to grasp sunless tunes before I blend into more celestial realms.

I don't offer a tracklist, but I wanna point you on two tunes by the fabulous label Moonwalk X - run by the equally genius and adored DJ turning head by shouting his name Cid Hohner (@cidhohner)."

Artist sites:
@SneakerDJ
sneakerDJ.com
facebook.com/SneakerDJ
instagram.com/Sneaker.DJ
residentadvisor.net/DJ/Sneaker

selezione mps #036 – Sneaker 'Orange Sunshine' @ Cosmic Deluxe

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espero disfrutes de la seleccion !!!

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