Snooks (https://soundcloud.com/niteshadeinc) has a deep love of all things dub and sub, which you'll hear in his label Niteshade Inc and in his guest mix. 

In Mike's bag this week - music from POLAAR, Minor Science, Natural Sciences, Swarm Intelligence, Carl Craig, Keleketla!, Metz, Paul Woolford, Ryoji Ikeda, and clipping, together with new cuts from Voitax, Shpongle, Echologist, and The Ebertbrothers.

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Mantis Radio 327 - Snooks

Sorin Paun returns to Mantis Radio 11 years after his 2010 debut with a stunning showcase of his glitch'd techno project, Wirewound (https://soundcloud.com/wirewound). 

Hear new music from Blawan, Damne, SW2 and Sully, Remco Beekwilder, Faktor-X, Norman Nodge, Exium, HAKAI and Inhalt der Nacht, Nørbak, and Carl Finlow.

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Mantis Radio 333 - Wirewound

In session we've one of British techno's very best - Inigo Kennedy (https://soundcloud.com/inigokennedy). 

Plus, music from Finland's THRDEYEVSN, Vatican Shadow, Pat Hime, Salford Electronics, Swiss band KNUT, Divide and Dissolve, weird Polish breakcore from Desper, Max Dalhous, Dimentia's Obsrvr, Hedchef, WarinD, Razibriga, Lari and NX1, T KODE, Jacob, The Bug, Blur, and Richard H Kirk.

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Mantis Radio 337 - Inigo Kennedy

The formidable Voidloss (@Voidloss) unleashed a torrent of heavyweight techno at Birmingham's Resonance back in September where he was joined by his Singularity Recordings label mates Makaton and CWS. The London based producer is on point each and every time with a signature sound to the way his beats and percussion hit.

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Entitled 'With An Ounce Of Pain I Wield A Ton Of Rage' this is Voidloss recorded live, in full force, dials at 11, on September 6th, 2013.

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Darkfloor In Session

More Mixes

Darkfloor 35 - Voidloss - Torrential Techno

Mantis Radio 200. To mark the occasion of a double century of shows we broadcast a special extended 6 hour live event from London's Rye Wax feat. Radioactive Man, Texture, Laica, presented by host DVNT.

Part 5 - Radioactive Man (https://soundcloud.com/radioactiveman)

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Mantis Radio 200 - Radioactive Man

Voidloss (@voidloss) presents his new sound - a hybrid of techno machinations and halftime drum & bass flexing. Bringing a renewed sense of space to his sub heavy percussion programming.

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MIXES • MIXES • MIXES

Darkfloor 72 - Voidloss - All The Way To Hell

Some of Mike's favourite tracks from last year.
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@uffeisaband  - Handgrenade [@onthecornerrecords]  
Kentaro Hayashi - Octagon [@opal-tapes] 
Scotch Rolex - Omuzira (ft. MC Yallah @user-724951916) [@hakunakulala] 
Chinaski - Hart Und Kalt [@eskimorecordings] 
Regis - Calling Down a Curse [ @downwards]
@askloveletters  - Press N_Pull [@mistersaturdaynight] 
Damon Jee & Darlyn Vlys - Kronos (Wild Mix) [Eskimo Recordings]
@jiman-wax  - Escape [@30drecords] 
@ebertbrothers  - Rotormesser [@mindwaves-music] 
@terminal11 - Full Circle [Black Opal] 
Innode - Moon [@editionsmego] 
@dannydaze - Moscow (@etappkyle & Tarra remix) [@System 108]  
BDB - Boss Rhythm [@feelmybicep] 
@modeselektor feat. Flohio - Social Distancing (@fjaak remix) [Monkeytown Records] 
@crimeasservice - Carbanak [@modularz] 
@norbakmusic - There Are Only Victims Left [@bas-mooy]  
@exium - Erosion 1 [Mord] 
@temudo - Group Dynamics [@klockworksofficial]  
@rolldann - A Few Months Before [Mord] 
@antoniodeangelis - Stulaya [@kaiserksr_it]  
@ryujitakeuchi  - Sonoran District [@emeraldlabel] 
Jiman - The Following Symptoms [30D Records]
@damnepha - Difficulty [@ketrobinson] 
Blawan - Fizz City [@ternesc] 
Th@thebugofficial  - Clash (feat. Logan) @ninja-tune] 
Kentaro Hayashi - Arrowhead [Opal Tapes]
@kknull - Matak 2021 [@jezgromusic] 
Senso - Fading [Opal Tapes]

Favourites

Artist Page

Mike Darkfloor -  Playing Favourites 2021

thatboytim (@thatboytim-terrorboy) returns to our mix series w/ a raw mix of noisy guitars and resonating lyrics. Recorded in support of his new single - 'Vultures'.

thatboytim x Peng Weng - Vultures → https://tinyurl.com/tbtvultures

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podcast reader → feeds.feedburner.com/darkfloor

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D.R.I. - To Open Closed Doors [Roadrunner Records]
Cryptic Slaughter - Set Your Own Pace [Metal Blade Records]
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks [Alternative Tentacles]
Minor Threat - Seeing Red [Dischord Records]
Poison Idea - Die On Your Knees [Just 4 Fun]
M.D.C. - I Remember [Alternative Tentacles]
Discharge – Meanwhile [Clay Records]
Ripcord - Collision of Vision [Raging Records]
Heresy – Genocide [Earache]
Heresy - Cornered Rat [In Your Face Records]
Extreme Noise Terror - Show Us You Care [Head Eruption Records]
Doom - War Crimes [Peaceville]
Bleeding Rectum – Carbomb [Skuld Releases]
Jobbykrust - Naivety or Hope? [Funai Records]
Jobbykrust - Intro/ Dim & Confused [Maximum Voice Production]
Sepultura - Drug Me [Roadrunner Records]
Napalm Death - Retreat to Nowhere [Earache]
Discharge - Never Again [Clay Records]
Genocide Express – Factory [Pusmort]
D.R.I. - Violent Pacification [Roadrunner Records]

MIX NOTES & LYRICS

Darkfloor 74 - thatboytim - Hardcore mini-megamix

In session British techno titan Surgeon (@dynamic-tension) with a fantastic selection of bass and broken beat tech.

Also on today's show, new music from Jazz-o-Tech's Lyder, Sturqen, Objekt, Local Suicide and Curses, Simon Grab and Luke Lund, Houndtooth's Wordcolour, Darkfloor Sound and Interjector, Hercules and The Love Affair, Stacie-Anne Churchman, and Shed.

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Mantis Radio 343 - Surgeon

In the mix Hungarian artist + sound designer Anna Jordan and The Allegorist (@the-allegorist)

With music from Hexalyne, Livity Sound, OAKE, David Lynch, Skalpel, Lunar Blood, Mord Records, Commodo, Metalheadz, Black Sun Empire, Samurai Music, and lots more.

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Mantis Radio 345 - The Allegorist

In the mix hyperpop tech duo Aasthma (@aasthma) - Swedish duo Pär Grindvik (@grindvik) + Peder Mannerfelt (@the-subliminal-kid) who recently released their debut album: 'Arrival'.

Also on the show: Finnish death metal from Hooded Menace. Rinsing drum & bass. Wisdom Teeth's shimmering dubtech. Tech'd out ambient. Atlanta rap. Widescreen industrial. Old skool early 90s jungle. And yes, Moby.

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Mantis Radio 346 - Aasthma

Taken from the EP 'Inverturial', released 31 March 2023 on Darkfloor Sound : https://darkfloor.bandcamp.com/album/inverturial
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#SI_Deathstep #DarkfloorSound

Inverturial

SI - Ebb (feat. Narkomanta)

March 2023. Live on @melodic-distraction.

March 31st : darkfloor.bandcamp.com/album/inverturial

Ahead of the label's new EP dropping later this month, 'Inverturial', Darkfloor Sound share some of the influences behind the release and artist SI - a pioneer in the genre of deathstep.

Alongside a few new tracks in the bag from Reeko & Surgeon, JK Flesh, and Dust, hear the world premiere of SI's track Erytrosy! Supporting that, 2000s era south London cut dubstep from the likes of Distance, Coki, Kryptic Minds, Gantz, Babylon System, Breakage, and, a short slew of Polish, German, and Knoxville brutal death metal to close out the show.

Hoods up. Horns up.

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Atrium Carceri – Sub Surface [Cold Meat Industry]
SI – Erytrosy (feat. Byzantine) [Darkfloor Sound]
Breakage – Callahan [Digital Soundboy Recording Co]
Distance – Empire VIP (2023 Master) [Hotflush]
Coki – Shattered [Tempa]
Kryptic Minds & Youngsta – Surge [Osiris Music UK]
Gantz – Tesseract [Gantz]
Pinch – Swish (Kromestar remix) [Tectonic]
Dust – Long Paws [unreleased]
Point B – Headland (Dead Sound remix) [Combat Recordings]
DJ Shufflemaster – Climb [Tresor]
Reeko & Surgeon – Gangster in Disguise [Mental Disorder]
Babylon System & Noah D – Examination of Time [Argon]
JK Flesh – Brain Wash [Avalanche Recordings]
Defeated Sanity – Consumed by Repugnance [Willowtip]
PSYCHONEUROSIS – Life For Money [Psycho Records]
Brodequin – The Virgin of Nuremberg [Ablated Records]
Damnable – Underworld [Godz ov War Productions]

Melodic Distraction

Playlist

Melodic Distraction - March 2023

Taken from the EP 'Inverturial', released 31 March 2023 on Darkfloor Sound : darkfloor.bandcamp.com/album/inverturial
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#SI_Deathstep #DarkfloorSound

SI - Erytrosy (feat. Byzantine)

SI - Ebb (Instrumental Version)

September 2023. Darkfloor get into it w/ a journey of techno, breaks, and drum & bass. Featuring cuts from Aphex Twin, Woo York, Planetary Assault Systems, Regis, Tipper, Mumdance, Robert Hood, Om Unit, Seba & Paradox, Sully, Presha, Last Life, Medika, and Submerged. Halfway in they chat to thatboytim about the new Earwiggle compilation - Dreams of Electric Bleep (A Collection of Irish Electro 1999 - 2005).

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Adapta – Memory Event [Schematic Music Company]
Aphex Twin – Soog E [Warp Records]
Arkist and Kidkut – Vanilla Imitate [Hotflush Recordings]
Woo York – I Am Against [Soma Quality Recordings]
Planetary Assault Systems – Function 5 [Peacefrog Records]
Call Super – Acephale II [Houndstooth]
Regis – Blood Witness (Extended) [Downwards]
Tipper – Twister (Subphonic remix) [React]
Gouryella – Walhalla (Hybrid Matrix Dub) [Code Blue]
Bandshell – Dog Sweater [Hessle Audio]
Mumdance, Logos – Wut It Do (12″ Mix) [Keysound Recordings]
Chemikal – Delta Rhythm [Junted]
Robert Hood – Nothing Stops Detroit [REKIDS]
SCALER – Loam [Houndstooth]
Faetch – Dialectic [Earwiggle]
Elektrochemie LK – Schall (Thomas Schumacher remix) [FFRR]

Darkfloor talks to thatboytim
Takeover Sound – Together In The Dark [Earwiggle]
Decal – Free The Flange (EDIT) [Earwiggle]
Magnetize – Hardcopy [Earwiggle]
Americhord – Frqnz [Earwiggle]
Phil Kieran – RIP [Earwiggle]
Chymera – Icicle (2023 Version) [Earwiggle]
John Braine – A Shift Through The Shadows [Earwiggle]

S.P.Y – Bass Terror [Hospital Records]
Om Unit – Slowfast Matrix [Civil Music]
Seba & Paradox – Love or Death [Metalheadz]
Sully – Qualia [Astrophonica]
Elliott Saloman – Natural Force (Poisonfrog remix) [Choppy Waters]
Disphonia – Careful [MethLab]
Offish – Poachers (The Faraday remix) [Onset Audio]
Presha – Mainliner (Homemade Weapons remix) [Samurai Music]
Last Life – Incubus [Samurai Music]
John B – Lava [Metalheadz]
Medika – Rabbit Head [Conspired Within Music]
MISSIN – Dread [BNKR]
Submerged – A Bad Time For The Empire [Ohm Resistance]
Grey Code & SubMarine – Flamingo Club [MethLab]

Melodic Distraction - September 2023

Reupping as the original publish from 2017 is no longer online.

"Pushing what some might call techno the recording contains a lot of favourites of recent months, some lesser heard classics, some re-contextualised works, some unreleased tracks, some very old tracks and even a sneaky one from our Darkfloor Sound label (shouts to Boris and Darko who feature twice on this one)."
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Puce Mary – The Spiral [Posh Isolation]
O/H – Future Ready [Opal Tapes]
Løt.te – Ultra Vines [New York Trax]
Coeter One – 145 (Urbano remix) [NuLabel]
Voidloss – Ruined With Each Passing [unreleased]
Soschla – Nchts 3 [X/OZ]
Entropia Techno Department – Black Dog (Ontal remix) [Eclectic]
Acre – Burning Memories [Cold Recordings]
Wolf & 111X – Wounded Alien [Infinite Machine]
Robert Pain – Mozda umres [Black Queen]
Pris – Devil in the Detail (Shifted remix) [Resin]
Wonder – What (Geeneus remix) [Dump Valve Recordings]
Kujuu – Labanko [unreleased]
Sawf – Faxta [Audio Assault]
DJ Bone – Music [Subject Detroit]
Martyn Hare – Stealth Attack (Shelley Parker remix) [Emetic]
Jerome Hill – Mono Skank [Don’t Recordings]
Rawtekk – They Come For Us (Suspense) Reloaded [Methlab Recordings]
S. Bicknell – Untitled [Cosmic Records]
Mathew Jonson – Decompression (Ambient Pressure Mix) [Freedom Engine]
Ontal – Output [Darkfloor Sound]
The Mover – We Have Arrived [Killekill]
The Prodigy – Skylined [XL Recordings]

45 Minutes of Techno

Bookings

DVNT - 45 Minutes of Techno (2017)

Our (sometime) annual compilation marking the Solstice returns for a 2023 edition - bringing with it new artists amongst familiar faces from the hive.

Making their debut on the label we welcome Andrew Nolan, Brawny, CARTHAGE, Fret (Mick Harris), In Darkness There Is Light, and Whirling Hall of Knives. They join returning artists Interjector, MSQ, Stacie-Anne Churchman, and Warcrimes.

All monies from the sale of this compilation will be donated to UK charity Mind (https://mind.org.uk).

Have a wonderful Solstice.

In Darkness There Is Light - Resonates From Within

Brawny - Fog Core

Andrew Nolan - The Fool Reversed

Stacie-Anne Churchman - Rhuid

CARTHAGE - Tbilisi (Warcrimes remix)

MSQ - A Step Further

Recorded live at Electrowerkz, June 17, 2022, where Mx supported Mandidextrous at London fetish/kink night Imaginarium.

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214 - Boiler Plate [Yellow Machines]
Oscar Mulero - 46 [Warm Up Recordings]
Planetary Assault Systems - Devotion (Truncate remix) [Token]
Christian Smith - I Want It [Tronic]
Mosca - Cedar Wood State (Volt mix) [Not So Much]
FJAAK - Candide [SPANDAU20]
Infiniti - Looking For Something [Subculture Records]
HAKAI - Ningen (Phase Fatale remix) [MEGASTRUCTURE]
Lag - Frka Frka [Don't Recordings]
Paul Laurens - Klatsch [Secession]
Krust - Constructive Ambiguity (Hodge remix) [Crosstown Rebels]
Locked Club - WC [PRIVATE PERSONS]
Hioll - Two Decades Ago [Planet MHz]
Monoloc - Fake Tears [ANORMAL]
Scalameriya - Let My Flesh Be Your Sacrament [Perc Trax]
Black Strobe - Innerstrings (No Shuffle Mix) [Output]
Special Request - Reset It (Head High Real Mix) [XL Recordings]

Imaginarium

Mx Darkfloor - Imaginarium - June 17, 2022 / Electrowerkz, London

Seismic, sludgy bass guitar riffs bring to bear on ‘Channelled Scablands’ in an evocation of the kind of geological events that occur on our planet - dwarfing humanity’s timeframe and scale of influence.

Drenching the progression and melodies in strained feedback and noise ‘Paintings On The Cave In Your Cranium’ pays tribute to the long ingrained artistic preferences of the Drifters, and to the themes and obsession constants of human history.

FFO : Godflesh, Joy Division, Killing Joke, Neurosis, Sonic Youth

Part 2 of 3.

Written & Produced by Tim Smyth, Robert McLachlan
Mastered by Black Monolith Studios
Publishing by Copyright Control
Design & Art Direction by makemassair
Photography by Tim Smyth, Brid Ni Luasaigh

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Brutal Civilisation - Part 2

Interdimensional Drifters -  Channelled Scablands

Interdimensional Drifters - The Paintings On The Cave In Your Cranium

Repurposing a late 20th century pop music rhythm, 'Sundaland' drags it into the mist of time. The disembodied guitar scree and bolts of electrical static state the tone as the martial beat rolls on. Named after the lost landmass of Southeast Asia, a victim of forces far beyond those that humanity could claim.

'Whorl Music' relies on ever decreasing cycles of scavenged syncopations. Did Neanderthals know how to jack?

Part 3 of 3.

Written & Produced by Tim Smyth, Robert McLachlan
Mastered by Black Monolith Studios
Publishing by Copyright Control
Design & Art Direction by makemassair
Photography by Tim Smyth, Brid Ni Luasaigh

'Sundaland' also features Rob O’Brien.

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Brutal Civilisation - Part 3

Interdimensional Drifters - Sundaland

Interdimensional Drifters - Whorl Music

Zone Eater (https://soundcloud.com/zone_eater) is a sonically insane dethwave project from US vaporwave Lord, Nmesh . There’s new music from Special Request, The Bug vs Earth, Oscar Mulero remixing Slam, Varg, Soundwalk Collective, Echoplex, Cyd, and plenty more.



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Mantis Radio 228 - Zone Eater

Drawing out the deep dubbed textures we present an artist mix from Eusebeia (https://soundcloud.com/eusebeia).

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podcast → feeds.feedburner.com/darkfloor

With his own label Rebellion Electronics, and his co-run Earthtrax, Eusebeia pushes a smooth, heavy on the mood, dubbed out vibe. His music has found sanctuary on Mindtrick Records, Repertoire, Literature Recordings, CX: Digital (run by Loxy & Resound), Clear Conceptions, Hangout Music, Omni Music and Limbo Tapes.

Coming up are releases for Western Lord Recordings and Mask Music, with more material due on Rebellion, Repertoire and Limbo.

For the heads this one.

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Eusebeia - Honour [Rebellion Electronics]
Eusebeia - In Darkness (I'm Here For You) [Rebellion Electronics]
Sunun - Voicebox (Eusebeia remix) [Limbo Tapes]
Eusebeia - Lord Have Mercy [unreleased]
Eusebeia - Look [unreleased]
Eusebeia - Cast Out [unreleased]
Eusebeia - Extricate [Rebellion Electronics]
Eusebeia - All That Remains [Rebellion Electronics]
Eusebeia - Monochrome + Colour [unreleased]
Eusebeia - Untitled [unreleased]
Eusebeia - Demystify [Earthtrax] forthcoming
Eusebeia - Truthseekers (Birthmark remix) [Earthtrax] forthcomnig
Eusebeia - It's OK To Be (Who You Are) [unreleased]
Eusebeia - Livity [unreleased]
Eusebeia - Manifestation [unreleased]
Eusebeia - Fulfill I & I [unreleased]
Eusebeia - Kismet [Rebellion Electronics]
Eusebeia - I Got U [Rebellion Electronics]
Eusebeia - The 59th Minute, Of The Eleventh Hour [Rebellion Electronics]

Darkfloor 64 - Eusebeia - Production Showcase

Stepping up for a sixty minute techno flex we’ve an exclusive 3 deck mix from Portugal's Temudo (https://soundcloud.com/temudo).

That’s sandwiched between some high BPM breakcore from end.user, and Aaron Spectre, cinematic industrial from Metalogue, IDM shards from Room of Wires and Weldroid, classic techstep era drum & bass from No U-Turn, industrial metal from Khost’s new album, and badbwoy jungle bass from Love Love Records, and Amen-Tal.

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Mantis Radio 307 - Temudo

In session, legendary industrial jungle and breakcore producer Christoph de Babalon (https://soundcloud.com/christoph-de-babalon). Hear music by Ram Records' Bensley, Anti-Pop Consortium's High Priest, Tusken Raiders, Teste, Matmos, Death Qualia, The Teknoist, Parris, Italian EBM band Pankow, Scape One, Voitax, War Scenes, and Finnish psychedelic black metal band Oranssi Pazuzu.

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Mantis Radio 320 - Christoph de Babalon

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