The next couple of weeks, we will be asking one artist each week to deliver a mix build around a self-picked theme. Everyone is free to do what and how they feel like, and create something special for themselves and everyone who’s keen to give it a listen too. We hope you enjoy.

In Focus Podcast Series

In Focus: Jameszoo

AutomaticAmore

Jazz stuff

not sure where to put it yet 🤔

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Sunday w/ Minus Kendal 24/04/21

We had Roman Sputnik and Ernestas Sadau, two of the three dark wizards who manage Lithuania's Digital Tsunami outfit over to Amsterdam for their first visit. Digital Tsunami started out as a radio show and has gone on to become a series of events in London and Vilnius, a festival in the forests of Lithuania and a long running podcast series charting contemporary acid, electro, noise and no-wave inspired electronic music. Interesting yes? These guys are serious hard workers. We decided to bring them over to AMS for a little dance, and before they sent Amsterdam's OT301 into the outer regions of the Gamma Quadrant they laid down this brave lesson in how to twist heads on Amsterdam's Red Light Radio

Subterrein AMS @ RLR

Red Light Radio: Subterrein invites Roman Sputnik & Ernestas Sadau of Digital Tsunami 2018-05-11

Minimal wave meets mutant techno.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=663

@minimalwave

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.663 Veronica Vasicka

Although a relative newcomer to the DJ game, JASSS has really managed to shake up the dance floor in the last couple of years ( not least with her residency at Berghain's Säule). Releases on Anunnaki Cartel, Mannequin and iDEAL Recordings have showcased her rugged and gritty approach to EBM, industrial, acid and techno. Between those releases she has covered experimental sound art, soundscapes and more club focusses beats, all while playing to her own rules and fighting her own internal battles.

On her Dekmantel podcast the Spaniard goes direct to the club with visceral drums and stark synths. It’s a mix that hurries you along for the ride, jostling you with breakbeats and rave stabs then rewriting your brain with prickly techno before allowing you a moment to breath in some more elastic and rubbery house music. It’s always full flavour, high impact stuff that is brilliantly compelling and strobe lit throughout, whether stepping at half time or falling over itself in a race to the end.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 217 - JASSS

Deeply embedded in Amsterdam’s local music scene, Radical Hi-Fi has been representing the legacy of dub, reggae, rub-a-dub and dancehall in the Dutch capital and beyond. Coming from different backgrounds, General K is Red Light Radio’s Lorenzo Milelli and Ketama Man is booker, MC and the Mo from Mo Manager, the duo has been pushing their sound through countless radio shows and gigs since the early 2000s. Their mission is to bring reggae, dub and dancehall to the public without discrimination and show reggae’s influence on the worldwide music scene.

Previously, the duo played an excellent set at last year’s Lente Kabinet Festival, and this year we’re bringing them over to the Adriatic Coast for a dub-laden set at Selectors 2019 — in anticipation of which they recorded a fresh Selectors Podcast. According to the duo themselves, this mix sees Radical Hi-Fi “moving into the depths for this crucial selection of deep roots reggae cuts featuring a heavy dose of spiritual Rastafarian Nyabinghi drumming. The African heartbeat drum, the foundation of all rhythm. Forward!”

Dekmantel Selectord Podcast

Selectors Podcast 025 - Radical Hi-Fi

Recording of our weekly Dekmantel Radio show at @redlightradio.

First hour: Eversines
Second hour: re:ni

Dekmantel Radio

Dekmantel Radio w/ re:ni & Eversines (13/12/19)

Hollow ambient and cavernous grooves from DB1, Felix K, and Forest Drive West.

More info and interview: http://bit.ly/XLR8Rpodcast_LEVL

@forest-drive-west
@dee-bee-one
@flxk1

Tracklisting

XLR8R Podcast 624: LEVL

Our last guest mix of 2019 comes from Canada's @ritualmagick_howl - and we're delighted to welcome Marissa to the FKOF fam with her debut. 

Thank you for everyone who's supported FKOF this year. Here's to next year – our 10th birthday - and all the good stuff we've got coming your way for #FKOF10. 

Happy New Year! 

@ritualmagick_howl
http://fatkidonfire.com
http://instagram.com/lickthedragon

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Track list:

01. Cartridge - Kingdom [dub]
02. Flowdan feat. Animai - Groundhog
03. Commodo - Daytona
04. Glume & Phossa - Opal
05. M4XW311 - Maverick [dub]
06. Bengal Sound - Corners
07. Somah - Night Drive
08. Stormzy - Wiley Flow
09. Sumgii - Wollop
10. Pharma - Adept
11. Jaykae - Moscow
12. TMSV - Complex Flashback [dub]
13. Eva808 - Bladed
14. Kodama - Let’s Visit [dub]
15. Hella - Come Closer [dub]
16. Opus - Reach
17. Lord Jabu - Folklore
18. Cartridge & Phossa - Crystalize
19. Yedgar - Nosferatu (Sorsari remix) [dub]
20. Argo - LNTC
21. JLSXND7RS - Marching (Jook remix)
22. Burke - Blue Tongued Skink 
23. Freddie Gibbs - Set Set
24. Kryo - Bottles 
25. Duckem - Shokka
26. Cartridge - Stubble
27. Sepia - Tales from the Crypt
28. DE-TÜ - Sippin’
29. KR Dub x SMBR - Teflon 
30. Burke x Logan Olm - Don Gorgon
31. Alix Perez - Last Rites 
32. Argo - Don’t Sleep
33. Berna - Litty
34. Samba x Chokez - Ghastly (Nomia VIP) [dub]
35. TMSV - Funeral Bill

Howl - FKOF mix

Howl x FatKidOnFire Mix

Old Wives’ Tales w/ Bobby Myseh,
Every 3rd Saturday, 3-5pm on Music Box Radio: www.musicboxradio.co.uk/
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Lend an ear for: ambient whispers, cosmic hearsay and funky titbits, passed down from one generation to the next.
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Comment 4 trax

Music Box Radio UK

Old Wives' Tales w/ Bobby Myseh [Music Box Radio, Jan 2020]

Recording of Lente Kabinet Radio with Identified Patient and Hikki Hock.

Lente Kabinet Radio

Lente Kabinet Radio w/ Identified Patient & Nikki Hock (19/02/2020)

Paulius aka https://soundcloud.com/clicklounge from Vilnius is the running man. He's a kind soul and fixer at Opium Club, a daydream engine and music nut. Our liaison started when I met him in 2016 after the off-location off-heads event Opium Motel at the Jamaika Inn. He's also a roller girl. Here he's coasting along odd rhymes and quirky rhythms, to not lose grip, to avoid going stir-crazy… while still letting all sorts of stone crazy in.
“Was seeking to glisten with an exotic beauty where a wide range of sounds crossing the borders between emotion and hypnosis.”

NOSE JOB 22 — CLICKLOUNGE

Žmogus-raketa yra Sean Johnston. Scenos veteraną ir pačios įvariausios muzikos žinovą šokėjai puikiai pažįsta kaip Hardway Bros ir ½ A Love From Outer Space. Pastarąjį lėto tempo projektą jis dešimtmetį įgarsino kartu su šviesaus atminimo Andrew Weatherall. Šis Ant Bangos miksų serijos epizodas irgi skamba kaip niekur neskubanti kelionė nuo vieno kranto iki kito ir mums su juo labai pakeliui.  

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The man, the myth, the legend. Sean Johnston is an acid house veteran, techno survivor, and freelance disco consultant. He’s best known for two projects: Hardway Bros and A Love From Outer Space. The latter originally began ten years ago as a nocturnal experiment with the much missed legend Andrew Weatherall. The vibe is still alive and you can feel it in this episode. Enjoy a truly spiritual slo mo journey coast to coast.  

www.antbangosfest.com

Aperol Mix 012: Sean Johnston

Magic mix number forty eight comes from the majestic @DJ-Margerita

He hosts the Karhu Dancing Club show on Radio Helsinki as well as being part of the @FreeShelter gang which includes fellow magicaster @aaronmaple 

Sticking to his 'music should be fun' motto he starts with a mind-soothing, sub 100bpm mood before bringing the vibe towards those happy grooves! Enjoy :)

M a g i c a s t - 0 4 8 🎇 - DJ Margerita

Oto Nove Swiss is a three-day festival at London's Café Oto presenting adventurous musicians and bands from Switzerland and the UK. Initiated by Bad Bonn, Südpol Luzern, and Präsens Editionen, 2019 marks the festival’s second installment. Together with L'Amalgame Yverdon, La Cave 12 and Spezialmaterial—this year’s guest-curators—live gigs and DJ sets"

Andrew Weatherall - Swiss Nove - 21/02/19, Cafe Oto

George Hysteric @ AUTOMATICAMORE in absentia May/22/2020 Melbourne/Berlin

Last week, we kicked off the brand new series with close family member Palms Trax who did a Joaquin Joe Claussell tribute, and we’re happy Jameszoo jumped on the train as well to do the next. Let's admit it right away: he has absolutely blown our minds by cooking up a 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐱 (!) for In Focus. A favourite digger of ours blows his collection wide open to soundtrack a perfect rotation of the earth: "brushing teeth, eating dinner... losing and regaining focus many times." What a champ.

Jameszoo: "For me real focus is too scarce to be able to rely on it. It comes and it goes without me feeling like I have got a firm grip on it. Luckily, I very much enjoy the shift of focus. I enjoy it when focus is there, but also when it becomes fluid again. I remember seeing a 6 hour chunk of Christian Marclays 'The Clock' where fragments of film together with my own (lack of) focus created ever changing new narratives.

During these following 24 hours of music, it will certainly become night and then day again, the earth will rotate once (perfectly), we will brush our teeth and eat dinner, and most likely we will lose and regain focus many times. If anything it will help to bring us to this exact moment one day from now — enjoy."

Dekmantel: In Focus Podcast Series

In Focus 002 - Jameszoo - Part 4

In Focus 002 - Jameszoo - Part 3

In Focus 002 - Jameszoo - Part 2

In Focus 002 - Jameszoo - Part 1

Dutch techno hero Dimi Angélis is presenting an incredible 3 hours of 100% Jeff Mills vinyl on a 2 decks set-up. Hypnotic to blistering, sci-fi to gritty, all sides of Jeff are being on this newest contribution to the series. A must listen for sure, and it includes a tracklist (scroll down!) too.

Dimi: “The mix is recorded during the last ANGLS Locked stream I’ve been doing at my studio every two weeks since we were in lockdown. Most of the time I pick a theme for the show, and after doing one on Regis, Surgeon, The Advent and Luke Slater, it was about time to do a Jeff Mills special.

This got a bit out of hand time-wise though and ended up being 4.5 (!) hours. Mills is so diverse, but in general it’s always deep. After all, this mix is kind of a club night trip. I start the mix like I would do in a club, but only added a bit more ambient and soundscape-stuff to the beginning.I found the original length being a bit too long for a podcast though, so I decided to take that first part - including the more atmosphere-y beginning - off. It’s almost 3 hours full of Mills stuff now, and overall I hope it shows his diversity and what he stands for. Almost everything he has been doing sound-wise comes along within the mix.”

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Instagram.com/dimiangelis
facebook.com/ANGLS.Records

1. Drama (Upstage Decision) *H&M - Axis
2. Avenger - Axis
3. B2f-7 - Axis
4. Chapter 1. Medium Gray - Axis
5. Gata - Axis
6. Getaway - Axis
7. Untitled (Humana B2) - Axis
8. Scenario - Axis
9. Cyclone - Purpose Maker
10. The Fuzz (Loophole Mix) - Axis
11. Cubango - Purpose Maker
12. Captivater - Purpose Maker
13. Reverting - Axis
14. Leader Rouge - Purpose Maker
15. Untitled Loop (Cycle 30 A2) - Axis
16. La Force - Purpose Maker
17. DNA - Tresor
18. The Extremist (DNA Mix) - Tresor
19. Late Night - Tresor
20. Suspense - Axis
21. Veillées D’Armes (The Trouble We’ve Seen) - Axis
22. Untitled (Very EP B2) - Axis
23. Another Day In The Jungle (Absolute Special) - Axis
24. The Fear As We Know It - Axis
25. Hydra & Synergy - Axis
26. Starless 2 - Axis
27. Growth - Axis
28. Earth - Axis
29. Humana - Axis
30. Vertical - Axis
31. The Flybys (*X-102) - Axis
32. Untitled Loop (Cycle 30 A4) - Axis
33. Our Natural Ability (Highlight Special) - Axis
34. Another Day, Another Jungle (Scenario Special) - Axis
35. A Universal Voice That Speaks To All That Will Listen (Transformation Special) - Axis
36. Touched (Infinite Special) - Axis
37. The (Part 3) - Axis
38. 4 Art - Axis
39. The Rhythm Within - Axis
40. The Signals - Something In The Sky
41. Without A Sound - Something In The Sky
42. Untitled - Something In The Sky
43. i9 - Axis
44. Untitled - Something In The Sky
45. Red Blue - Something In The Sky
46. Untitled - Something In The Sky
47. Interference (Illumination Special) - Axis
48. Deadly Rays (Of A Hot White Sun) - Axis
49. Untitled (Star Chronicles A2) - Tomorrow
50. Robot Replica - Tresor
51. Systematic - Axis
52. Gateway Of Zen - Axis
53. Sweet Scent Of Fear - Tomorrow
54. Untitled (Confidentials 5-8 * A1) - Axis
55. Untitled (Psychosis A2) - Axis
56. Untitled (Confidentials 5-8 * B1) - Axis
57. Untitled (Confidentials 1-4 * A1) - Axis
58. Mosainga (Re-Edit) - Psycho Thrill
59. DJ Hell - Allerseelen (Jeff Mills Remix) - Disko B
60. Medusa - React
61. Berlin - Tresor
62. Step To Enchantment (Stringent) - Axis
63. UFO - Axis
64. Lionrock - Packet Of Peace (The West Side Detroit Mix * Jeff Mills) - Deconstruction
65. Man-Like - Tresor
66. Mutant Theory (*H&M) - Axis
67. Untitled (Confidentials 1-4 * A2) - Axis
68. The Seawolf - World Power Alliance
69. Mimas (*X-102) - Axis
70. Groundzero (The Planet) *X-102 - Axis
71. Curse Of The Gods (*X-103) - Axis
72. Laurent Garnier - Crispy Bacon (Jeff Mills Solid Sleep Mix) - F Communications
73. Man Made - Axis
74. Mass Elliptical Orbits - Axis
75. The Advent - Axis
76. Reversing The Cosmic Theory (Part 1) - Axis
77. Hexigons, Chants and Light - Axis
78. Reversing The Cosmic Theory (Part 2) - Axis

In Focus 003 - Dimi Angélis

This time, EKSPEDICIJA goes to jazzy destinations.

EKSPEDICIJA 011 (jazz razzmatazz)

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