On May 25th 2024, to accompany the launch of his Arthur Russell book "Travels Over Feeling" Richard King put together an event at London's Barbican celebrating Arthur's life with an all star musical cast recreating and reimagining his music.

I was thrilled to be invited to play a DJ set in the foyer afterwards. I have been an Arthur Russell devotee for 30 years and decided to play an all Arthur Russell DJ set*. The atmosphere was very special with lots of love transmitting back and forth from the DJ booth to the dancefloor. I really felt a freedom to slowly build it up playing so many of my favourite AR tracks and it was one of my very favourite DJ gis of 2024 so far.


*Full disclosure - there was an additional 30 minutes finale of this set that didn't record where I played non Arthur Russell, disco / disco adjacent records.

JD Twitch - All Arthur Russell DJ set, live at The Barbican, London 25/05/24

"I always like starting with something out of context..."  

He of WH Lung greatness and now a solo live artist & DJ delivers a belter of a mix.

Having grown up in Manchester's DIY band scene, Tom Sharkett came late to these things called dancing clubs and all that came with it, discovering electronic music through synthesizers while recording with his most excellent band W. H. Lung. His journey from guitar music to the dancefloor mirrors his present-day musical output; a collision of post-punk abrasiveness and the electronic that feels equally at home in sweaty basements and proper nightclubs.

Now based back in Todmorden, Tom has carved out his own niche releasing on Optimo Music and System Olympia's Okay Nature label... and it's a bloody brilliant niche!  His production approach remains coloured by those early days of bedroom experimentation with friends, citing the peerless Andrew Weatherall's fearlessly exploratory spirit as a key inspiration. It's interesting how he keeps coming around and around again, doesn't it? "His approach reminds me of the excited feeling I had trying to record things in my bedroom with my friends with anything we had at our disposal and just experimenting with the weird and wonderful results,"

When it comes to disc jockeying, Tom brings that same experimental energy. This mix was recorded in his panoramic valley-view studio in Todmorden, captures that ethos perfectly, opening with Spacemen 3 before wandering through territory that spans from Tirzah-esque experimentalism to classic New Beat.

Between touring with Julie Byrne, collaborating with Raf Rundell - more on that to come soon pop pickers - and working on a new solo record featuring multiple vocalists, Tom's not a 'sit still' kind of guy.

Just how we like it.

Get it on, let's go... read more below.

https://www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/tom-sharkett-the-altered-currents-mix/

@tomsharkett @whlung

INTERVIEW

Tom Sharkett - The 'Altered Currents' Ransom Note Mix

Hard Ton - Flawless - Tobias Bernstrup Rhythm Is A Laser Remix

Hard Ton - Flawless - Tobias Bernstrup Italo Remix

Magnetic

WANT is the second single from W. H. Lung. Available digitally from 24th November.
iTunes: http://apple.co/2hI1aiP  // Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2A0fbks

LIVE:
24/11 - Live Art Bistro, Leeds   //   02/12 - The Harley, Sheffield   //   15/12 - The White Hotel, Manchester   //   Tickets: gigst.rs/WHLung

W. H. Lung - WANT

Our next guest mix comes from Simon Spencer! 

I came across his mixes randomly on Soundcloud a while back and I just loved the tunes that he was playing so much that I asked him for a guest mix and what a belter it is!

TURN IT UP LOUD!!

https://soundcloud.com/dj-simon-spencer

Guest Mix - Simon Spencer

A Great Design is the first single from A Different Arrangement

A Great Design

Smashed Atoms aka Steve Gladdis has been making warm underground disco nuggets on the sly for the past decade gaining support across the board. His sleek production skills have gained respect from the likes of Greg Wilson, the Paper Records crew and of course Fingerman and his Hot Digits Music imprint. After the runaway success a few years ago of “Cut This Way” on the label, Smashed Atoms returns with his most accomplished work yet, the “Moving Parts EP” featuring Crazy P style disco anthem “Lifted” featuring the one and only Kathy Diamond on vocals. Its a warm beautiful song about the power of a good beat and what it feels like to be literally Lifted off the floor. A possible future classic. The release also features a sleek Dub Version for those who prefer it. 
Then we move onto more mid tempo deepness with Smashed Atoms teaming up with the mysterious Backdoor Man for “ All The Time”, a perfect warm up track with smoky indie vocal stylings and cheeky nods to 80’s retro lyrics. Hot Gorilla’s Andy Buchan steps up to remix the track for the final cut taking the brooding vocals into more Indie Nu-Disco territory with awesome analog stabs and flurries.
 Play Loud!

HOTDIGIT077 Smashed Atoms & Backdoor Man- All The Time (Andy Buchan Remix) Preview

Death By Repetition music:

A mixture of Disco, Techno, House, Synth Pop, New Beat and New Wave influenced by artists such as:

Ivan Smagghe, Andrew Weatherall, Todd Terje, Remain, Daniel Avery, Tiga,  Mugwump, Richie Hawtin, Heart Throb, Marc Houle, John Digweed, Depeche Mode, New Order, In Flagranti, Hardway Bros, Underworld, Primal Scream, The Presets, Matt Walsh, Magda, Cut Copy, PIL, Giorgio Moroder, Chic, Greg Wilson, The Cure, The Revenge, 6th Borough Projectm Jay Shepeard, Orbital, Shonky, Derrick Carter, Carl Craig, The Orb, The Juan Mclean, Marc Pinol, Siskid, David Shaw and the Beat, Simian Mobile Disco, Soulwax, Feel My Bicep, Den Haan, Serge Santiago and many many others!






Guest Mix - Simon Spencer

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