January 2013's mix, bit of a mixture of stuff from last year and some new promos and tracks by myself, I had a broken turntable for a bit which explains the long gap between monthly mixes ( excuses! ), I'll try to get another mix done soon, there's loads more tunes to go in just from January alone!

This mix was also played tonight ( Jan 9th ) on the Doppler Shift show on www.fnoob.com, and represents the kind of sound I am really into right now as a DJ and as a producer. Yeah it's a bit slower, yeah it doesn't have much acid in it, yeah yeah yeah whatever, I've heard it all for so long, the complaints and the gripes from a small but very vocal group of people who just love to moan or so it seems, and lets face it this is the internet and wow! people do love to moan on the internet!. But also now I'm hearing the love and the support and for once I'm beginning to feel a bit more confident about my choice to move away from Acid Techno, the gigs are working out again playing to a slightly different crowd, maybe with a few familiar faces in there, and occasionally I'm still banging it, just for balance.

Things are beginning to come back together in the techno music world for me now, darker techno music is emerging from the minimal era with a few bruises but essentially all the more aware from the experience, the beats and BPM's have toughened up a little and the tech house influences have all but gone, also the sound is driving towards the dance floor again, so we are losing the 'swirly ambient head nodding but nothing happening' music style too, which I am happy about.

I hope 2013 is a year of great funky grooves with innovative production, less adherence to formulas, but more attention to getting people on the floor and getting them back in the clubs where they belong.

Playlist

1. Green Velvet, Harvard Bass / Lazer Beams (Original Mix)
2. Gary Beck / Before The Crash (Original Mix)
3. Axel Karakasis / Closed (Luigi Madonna Remix)
4. Redhead / False Colors (Original Mix)
5. NHB Vs Sisko Electrofanatik / My Black Line (Alex Di Stefano Remix)
6. Lowkey & Kardinal / Land Of Dust (AnGy KoRe & Tako Remix)
7. Matt Minimal / Paranormal (Original Mix)
8. Mikael Pfeiffer / Slum (Sutter Cane Remix)
9. Locomatica / Battlefield (Original Mix)
10. Spektre & Tom Laws / Psycho Diesel (Original Mix)
11. Axel Karakasis / Closed (Original Mix)
12. NHB & A.K.O. / Train Nr.5 (Original Mix)
13. AnGy KoRe / Prisoneer (Original Mix)
14. AnGy KoRe / Tavor (Original Mix)
15. Marco Bailey / Horny Tiger (Filterheadz Remix)
16. DJ Hyperactive / Wide Open (Len Faki DJ-Edit)
17. Matt Minimal / Circus (Original Mix)
18. LowKey & Kardinal / Pendular (Dave the Drummer Remix)
19. Dave the Drummer / Shard of Glass
20. Dave the Drummer / Heart of Stone





Dave The Drummer Jan 2013 Mix / Fnoob Doppler Shift radio show

Music is life 👌❤️ it’s what’s got me through my darkest times 🔊🔊🔊🔊❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ love a good techno sesh  mum to my two girls love if life 💯🔥❤️❤️❤️

Six70’s tracks are full of texture you can feel — dusty layers, deep reverb tails, submerged chords, warped delay lines. It feels like he’s painting with sound. Even minimal elements have depth. It’s not just sound design — it’s storytelling through space.

D.A.V.E. The Drummer is a techno DJ and producer from the UK. He's been making electronic music since 1993 and has made dowzens of acid techno and hard techno recvords which are available on many well respected record labels.

He owns 3 record labels: 
Hydraulix Records, which concentrates on dark & hard techno.
Apex Recordings, for deeper techno & tech house
Mutate To Survive, for minimal, electro, weird tech beats.

Demos/Promos: label@hydraulix.co.uk
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/davethedrummer

aka bigfatmalky. Also produce with Michael McDonald as The Setup / Maach
Find my mixes over on MixCloud https://www.mixcloud.com/bigfatmalky/