Dart Echo Mix Series

electronic sets (house x techno x lofi x etc.) 2021 Part 5

Sets - eclectic

Up next on the Shaw Cuts podcast series is the LA based DJ and producer Mesmé. The dublab DJ and Into The Woods resident’s DJ sets are full of unexpected shifts between Techno, House, some Acid & Electro influenced sounds and Breaks. She also gave her impressive production debut on Steel City Dance Discs in 2020. Keep an eye on her and be excited what’s going to come from Mesmé in the future!

Shaw Cuts Podcast 022

SHAW CUTS PODCAST 022 - MESMÉ

Coral Club live at ARMA²⁰²¹. Mutabor, Moscow / 27 Feb 2021

µ-Cast > Coral Club

Converging the best of both synthetic and organic elements within deeper levels of techno, Arkaean records an emerging hybrid live/DJ set as part of Lāsya Festival , organised by Klara in early June.

Read more :

https://mnmt.no/magazine/2021/07/26/mnmt-recordings-arkaean-lasya-festival-9128-live/

Follow :

https://soundcloud.com/arkaean
https://formaviva.com/arkaean
https://www.facebook.com/arkaean

MNMT Recordings : Arkaean - Lāsya Festival @9128.live

Mixed by @tessanioka

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Tracklist:

Tibor Szemző - The Sex Appeal of Death 
Volkova Sisters - Taksony (Original mix) 
Alpár - Lean Against the Wind 
The Lushlife Project - Soul Reservation Morning 
Gnork - Ezoteric Massage (Exxxtended Pleasure Mix) 
Norwell - Tangerine Trees (Original Mix) 
Imre Kiss - Oimachi (Original Mix) 
Universal_Seed - Whatmemory   
The Donna Smith Experience - Stay (Let’s Float in Space) 
Korai Öröm - Unflyable’s Mix 
David Harleydson - 303 Capriccio (Original Mix) 
Zakima - Church of Madness (Gnork’s Ezoteric Breakdance Remix) 
DJ Ciderman - Dance Floor Beat  
Gnork - Tears and Bleeps  
Knitzky- Zky (02A) 
Unknown Artist - Fine (Dr. Breaks remix) 
Norwell - Celestial Bodies (Imre Kiss “Crisis ’91 Mix”) 
Route 8  - Acid Talk 
CT Kidobó - Exboyfriend (Douala remix) 

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1. What was your familiarity with the music of Hungary before you began researching the mix?

Before starting the mix I think I could have named maybe two producers that I knew with certainty were from Hungary, and maybe a couple of classical composers. Apart from that I was pretty clueless.

2. Were there any particularly useful resources for your research? Any people, labels, publications or other sources you’d like to shout out?

The resources that I ended up using the most were Bandcamp and Discogs, so no real surprises there. A friend of mine did introduce me to the app 'Radiooooo' though which I found to be a good quick reference point for which genres of music were popular in a particular country in different decades. There definitely a couple of gems that it throws up too!


3. You spent some time living in Budapest a few years ago. Did that inform the creative process of putting this mix together at all?

I wouldn’t say that it informed the process too much, on a conscious level anyway. I have to admit that when I was in Budapest my interest in electronic was still only in its infancy, so my appreciation of the scene there at the time definitely wasn’t as heightened as I think it should have been. I did become aware though that there were a bunch of different scenes bubbling under the surface if you knew where to look. I ended up at some pretty crazy parties in some pretty unexpected places.

4. This mix reflects your tastes as a selector very nicely: slick, moody, rhythmically complex. Were there any sounds or styles that you came across in your research that didn’t make the final cut?

Yeah for sure! There was a whole lot of post-punk and darkwave stuff that I started unearthing after a bit of digging that I would have loved to include, but the mix evolved in a different direction in the end. I also highly recommend checking out the band Korai Öröm, they were probably one of my favourite finds in the process.

#005 – Hungary (with Frank.E - 1PUG)

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<3 @showerhead_dj

Dart Echo Mix #015 - Showerhead

****Physical Cassette Mixtape Available Our Bandcamp****
https://octoocta.bandcamp.com/album/love-hypnosis-vol-2

I heal myself weekly with the music I play. I listen deeply to the words buried within; the intention behind the lyrics either peppered-in or chorused. So much of the house music I connect with is rooted in love. It’s rooted in desire and hope. It’s rooted in narrative, “Do you want to trip with me?”, “I’ll outstretch my hand”, “I won’t forget about you, you won’t forget about me, we won’t forget about love vibrations!”. I listen to the messages to remind myself what I need and why I continue to move forward.

Vol.2 is represented in two mixing styles; long-melded blends (Trippin’ On Love) and fast, tight radio-style cut mixes with overdubs (Slammin’ With Love). Both convey the deep need for connection to one’s body and to others. It’s this connection energy that I find so powerful about house music’s healing magic.

Xoxo Octo Octa

♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ 50% of the profits the mix will be donated to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), which works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎

Octo Octa - Love Hypnosis Vol. 2 Mixtape

Let’s get curly wurly! Boorloo/Perth’s after hours icon Cooper Cooper steps up to the plate.

Your Saturday night is about to take a turn for the better, guided by the expert hand of one of the wonky west’s best.

Cooper Cooper is a DJ, producer, and visual artist who has been a pillar of Boorloo/Perth’s underground dance scene for half a decade, both as a party runner and as a resident at the iconic long-running Connections Nightclub.

Describing their sound concoction of leftfield micro-house, tropical Italo-tech and psychedelic balearia, Cooper Cooper is known for their ability to transform the most mundane of discothèques into pockets of queer paradise.

As a producer, they take on the role of an after-hours brain masseuse with their mind-bending beats and have released tracks on DAWS’ ADHD Unlimited label as well as Boorloo’s Midnight Elevator.

Track list

1. Whitesquare – Cosmo K
2. Dj Sneak – Lisa’s Jamm
3. Thomas P. Heckmann – Kookaburra
4. Pino Shamlou – African Dreams
5. Raindance – Acid In Control
6. Longhair – Aquamen
7. K-Lone – Bombo
8. G.M.C. – The Aqua Booty Theme (Deep In The Depths Mix)
9. Fort Romeau – Emu III (Birdy Bonus Beat)
10. Afrikaans – 2st Holiday
11. Rhode x Brown – Call A Wave (Tilman’s Sunset Mix)
12. The Sunburst Band – He Is (Ian Friday Stripped Mix)
13. Reuben Vaun Smith – Mama

Triple J Mixup ~ Cooper Cooper ~

Retro Rhythms Radio 003 - Jutta & Rutta [Interview (Dutch) + DJ Set]

The Orb -  A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain 
The Grid - Flotation (Special Request Offworld mix)
Colourbox - Shotgun (Haners Overdubbed Edit)
Mercy, Mercy - It Must Be Heaven (JAZ extended edit)
Darran P & Visions Of Light - Summit (Ambi Mix ) 
Mike Francis - Features Of Love (Apiento mix)
Reuben Vaun Smith - Garden Of The Spirits
Stephane Severac - Hold On (Single Mix)

Music For Dreams Radio Show 8.3.25

Dart Echo's mix series kicks off with Rings Around Saturn (@rdjm0). Notorious for idiosyncrasy, experimentation, and a wide breadth of taste and knowledge, Rory McPike's 2020 releases saw him jump from fizzing electro on Pure Space to low-ride, dubbed-out bass on Modern Hypnosis. 

His Dart Echo mix is evidence that no genre is safe from the Melbourne stalwart: the journey paces beautifully through the bubbling groove of tech and deep-house with highlights from Galcher Lustwerk and Loraine James and Le3 bLACK. Cognisant of the global predicament, McPike expertly expresses how we're feeling, delivering a mix equally apt for a socially-bubbled lounge-room boogie or a solitary plunge into headphone-headspace.

Dart Echo Mix #001 - Rings Around Saturn

Qi M0N0 (@qi-mono) arrives with an assiduous selection of rolling left-field sounds with a particular focus on mid-tempo tracks with vocal oddities.

Dart Echo Mix #002 - Qi M0N0

RUPA (@rupa_anurendra) follows with a superb mix of well-rounded electro and modern breaks, beginning gently before cranking the heat up with belters from the likes of Rudolf C and Ex-Terrestrial.

Dart Echo Mix #003 - RUPA

Lily July (@lylyjuly) jumps into the high gears of DnB before weaving an immaculate blend of contrasting tones and sounds that gradually cools down in the second half, all picked out by an ear that is evidently far reaching and curious.

Dart Echo Mix #004 - Lily July

Lara K (@l_arak) smears the lines of conventional mixing by expertly selecting a non-linear myriad of sounds and feelings, leaping from serious head-bangers to more contemplative and wandering tones.

Dart Echo Mix #005 - Lara K

Grant Williams Bournemouth 




Dr Rob Eclectics Mix December 2020

Born and raised in South London, Dr. Rob now resides / hides in the mountains of Japan. For over a decade, together with Max Essa, and Ken Hidaka, he’s been hosting the Lone Star parties held at Bar Bonobo, in the Harajuku district of Tokyo. The three friends recently complied the “chart topping” Oto No Wa album for Music For Dreams - the Danish label for whom Rob also produces a weekly radio show. Rob has another long-running program, The Remedy, broadcast every Thursday and Saturday evening on his local station, FM Karuizawa. Dr. Rob contributes to Electronic Sound Magazine and Faith Fanzine, and writes for, and runs, the Ban Ban Ton Ton blog. 

Pra Voce Amigo - A big thank you to all my friends who continued to make and release new music in this most difficult of years….this is kind of “the best of Chocolate Milk & Brandy 2020, part one”…..

Seu Jorge & Roge - Pra Você Amigo - Night Dreamer
Jura Soundsystem - Karahi King - Isle Of Jura
LX72 - Passing Time - Lexx Music
Dan Fabrice - Yes, I`m Available - Eclectics
Gallo - Small Things (Balearic Gabba Soundsystem Remix) - Hell Yeah
Expositions - Energia Mistica - Balearic Social
Tuccinelli - Different Nature - Modern Manners
Reuben Vaun Smith - Sunshine Flute - Soundway
Pablo Color - Los Claveles 36 - Ish
My Friend Dario - Fenice - NuNorthern Soul
Kenkou - Everlasting Dreams (Calm Remix) - Hell Yeah
Reuben Vaun Smith - Under The Thunder - Soundway
Natural Hugh - Fountains - Jansen Jardin
Quiroga - Chiaia Sunset (My Friend Dario Remix) - Hell Yeah
DJ Pippi & Willie Graff - Lunares - Leng
Secret Soul Society - Sunday Brown - Paper Wave
Cantoma - Solando - Highwood Recordings
Chari Chari - Uluwatu Monkey Dance - Groovement
Steve Cobby - Shatterproof Bionic Heart - Déclassé
Okinawa Delays - Just A Little Lovin (Seahawks Remix) - Archipelago Records
Seahawks - Smooth Runnings - KPM / Be With
Greg Foat - Lament For Lamont - Strut

eclectics mix - 153 | Dr Rob |

The Berlin-based DJ and promoter with Bavarian roots Reka Zalan is up next on the Shaw Cuts podcast series. While working at Hard Wax during the week, she is also a resident at ://about blank and co-organizes the ://elements event series. Enjoy her multifaceted episode showcasing a bit of a different style compared to her normal selective approach.

Shaw Cuts Podcast 021

SHAW CUTS PODCAST 021 - REKA ZALAN

Dart Echo continues to explore sounds emerging from circuitry, orchestrated in pure or hybrid forms by genius, and always affecting people, whether alone or with others, viscerally, cerebrally or both. Recalling analogue sound’s definition, our releases are infinitely variable in nature.