Didn't know Darwin, until she blew my mind at The Nest at this years Dekmantel. holy shit

@darwinspec please help, been looking for this madness for a year

Thought I'd upload my Essential Mix from earlier this year for your listening pleasure now it's not available on the BBC. 

This is my original recording with no stings and no Pete Tong talking(sadly). 

It was such an honour to contribute to this mix series, i'd rate it up there as one of the biggest achievements i've had as a DJ. Thanks to everyone who listened and wrote me nice messages about it <3

TRACKLIST

Nazar - Unruly
Black Rain - City of Atomic Ghost
Anurah & Impey - Lyre Lullaby
Eric Donte - A Wig Is Born (prod. DJ SWISHA) [Instrumental]
Batu - I Own Your Energy
Basic - 66 Order
Jabes - Body Said No
A.k.Adrix - F.i.l.i.p.a.d.o
Kode9 & The Spaceape - Victims
Bruce & Lurka - Bee Track
Bambounou - Modular Track
Commodo - Guah
Eastman - Fight For A Cause
Air Max '97 - Eat The Rich 
Metrist - VV Squi
Poly Chain - Peculiar
Siete Catorce - Serrano
Rian Traenor - Metrogazer
Jay Mitta - Tatizo Pesa feat. Dogo Janja
DJ SWISHA & Kush Jones - Torcida
Piezo - Rowina
Hyysxl - Loom
Cuban Chamber of Commerce - Young & Healthy
Ido Plumes - Walking With The Tasman Abel
Archivist - Cinder Cone (Patrick Russell Remix)
Nico - Elements
Lyra Pramuk - Mirror
Mang & GRAŃ - Live4evr
Hence Therefore - Census Map Museum
Dehousy - Okinawa
Lil Silva - Gobble That
Batu - Go Deeper
Jabes - Ripples
Dynamite - Link Up
Radeco Domar - Energi a Animal
Nguzunguzu - Times Up (Khole Tribal PVT)
Viers - Douglas Descend
Leonce - Arpjam 916
Kleft + Tolga Baklacioglu - Disguised In Black
EL PLVYBXY - los caballeros del jaguar
Al Wootton - Starlite Xpress
Call Super - Cherry Picker
Two Lone Swordsmen - The Backstair Rattlers
Stanislav Tolkachev - Be Careful And Nobody Dies

BBC Radio One - Essential Mix

Darwin (@darwinspec) juggles many different roles in dance music as well as she juggles her records in the DJ booth. The Canadian-born, Berlin-based artist runs her own REEF parties at Berghain, and has nurtured a wealth of emerging talents on her SPE:C label. She is also the founder of Clean Scene, a climate action collective that wants to explore a more sustainable future for dance music. They recently authored a stark report about the industry's carbon footprint, which you can read through cleanscene.club/report.pdf. 

Darwin's sound is rooted in various UK styles, from bass to dubstep, garage to breakbeat. That is evident in the 100-minute mix she lays down for us this week. It opens with thoughts about environmentalism and some indigenous jungle recordings before grinding through chunky Afro drum patterns and supersized bass. The pressure builds throughout, the cavernous rhythms grow ever more muscular as the urge to snake your body becomes overwhelming. It's a perfectly balanced, well-controlled mix that showcases the irresistible power of heavyweight bass music.

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Dekmantel Podcast 351 - Darwin

Recorded live in Brooklyn on 05/28/22

@renildn

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Darwin takes a trip through dance floor transcendence and sonic catharsis for this week’s Fact mix.

https://www.factmag.com/2022/08/01/fact-mix-870-darwin/

Fact Mixes

Fact Mix 870: Darwin (Aug '22)

AliA is driven by a fierce and passionate love for a variety of genres. Each time she's able to seamlessly craft an uncompromising and genre-hopping story, without losing coherence or verve. She’s a resident at HORST Festival, a regular at the C12 club in Brussels and has a monthly show on Kiosk Radio. Enjoy!

ITPS082 ALIA

Nowadays NYC - Facta & K-Lone - 4 hour B2B - 06/08/2022

Recording of Darwin's set at Dekmantel Festival 2022.

Darwin at Dekmantel Festival 2022

This week we welcome UK producer and DJ, Laksa to our mix series. This one is packed with dance floor spirit, with heavy percussion, dramatic breaks and energetic rhythms maintaining the vibe throughout. Interlaced with snippets of audio from current politics, we twist and turn through selections in techno, funky, dancehall and more. Featuring unreleased music from Laksa himself alongside tracks from the likes of Jurango, Amor Satyr & SIM, this will seriously kickstart your day.

Cofounder of re:lax, the club-night and radio show with re:ni, Laksa is no stranger to enthralling listeners and dancers with his versatility, attracting the attention of labels such as Hessle Audio, Ilian Tape and Timedance.

https://soundcloud.com/laksauk

DIM274 - Laksa

Skee Mask is one of dance music's greatest crossover stories of the past decade, with new albums greeted with the attention usually reserved for an Aphex Twin or a Caribou. ("Loved seeing this on r/indieheads," said one Reddit user, on the release of the 2021 LP Pool.) It's not hard to understand why: albums like Compro, he blends well-worn dance music tropes with incredible, detailed soundscapes and spine-tingling melodies. And on his 12-inches, he brings that sensibility to the dance floor, with an approach probably best described as articulate. Even on his most ambient of tracks, everything is in its right place. Along with founders the Zenker Brothers, his music outlines everything that makes Munich outfit Ilian Tape one of the best techno labels going.

On the decks, it's kind of a different story. It might surprise you if you only know his albums, but Skee Mask is an incredible DJ, balancing his predilection for hip-hop and UK-informed sounds with laser-focused techno. He can adapt to all sorts of situations—there's an incredible recording of him DJing with four of the best grime and drum & bass MCs in the business—and on his RA Podcast he focuses on the techno side of things, with nearly two hours of pacey techno and creative mixing, with dips into acid, electro, garage and more. It's a party-starting mix from a genuine star, perfect for getting through the holiday doldrums or pre-gaming your NYE plans. Like Skee Mask's best records, it's something to enjoy in any number of settings.

@skeemask-music

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/864

RA podcast

RA.864 Skee Mask

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2023/truancy-volume-299-sputnik-one/

Soundcloud: @sputnik_one

Access the download and tracklist (Confirmed and added) on our Patreon: patreon.com/truants

http://truantsblog.com

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