🪐TEKI LATEX LIVE FROM FM2022 🪐

Teki Latex would be a good name for a sex-positive fetish clubwear brand were it not already taken. As it is, it’s a good name for Paris-based Julien Pradeyrol, aka Uncle Baby Latex.

A former rapper and co-founder of seminal French labels Institubes and Sound Pellegrino, he’s built his name as an enthusiastic wearer of outerwear whose technically-minded DJ sets pull off impossible blends and feature everything from the freshest gqom to 80s pop anthems. A Rinse France resident, his skills as a selector have also found him a place in the Paris chapter of ballroom’s legendary House Of Ninja, while Boiler Room France called on him for curatorial connections.

This is the second time @tekilatex has played for us at FM. There's something about the combo of Teki, Sputnik, smoke and lasers that is the perfect holy union. Link in bio 👆🏽

Thank you Teki! We love you!

FMHQ x

FM049: Teki Latex live from Sputnik at FM2022

After making his FM debut on the main stage last year, Glasgow’s Wheelman comes correct with an hour of techy club-not-club heaters. 

Owner/operator of label Stereotone, he’s hosted fellow Scottish troops, such The Burrell Connection, along his own productions. With a sound taking in deep house, broken beat, woozy electro and a touch for gorgeous soaring melodies, his tracks have also graced Studio Barhus, DBA Dubs and Belters.


For these sixty minutes though he’s in late night mode. Drawing from current favourite labels like MAL Recordings, Kincaid and Redstone Press, stripped down beats and bass flow like sonic eddies – the occasional flash of light monetarily breaking the trance.

"This mix is basically just a snapshot of the kind of thing you could expect to hear me play late into the night, lots of harder edge bits with a few moments of brightness sprinkled throughout. Also tried to include as much music from labels and artists that I'm really enjoying at the moment like Pigeon Steve, LWS, MAL Recordings, Kincaid, Redstone Press and so many more!"

FM050: Wheelman

FAFF
Proper noun
To faff is to dither, to fanny around, to prat about.

Ignore the dictionary, because there’s nothing inconsequential about the time FAFF, aka DJ/producer duo Ornography and Elliott, spend digging and making music. Residents at Big Dyke Energy (the same club night that Elliott co-founded with Melo which is about to take a break so throwing a bunch of not-to-be-missed farewell parties), their high energy sound has taken them across Europe, while closer to home they’ve rocked FOLD, the Cause, Unit 18 and the main stage of last year’s Field Maneuvers for one of our fave sets of the weekend. 

Bridging the ground between New Jersey garage and classic breakbeat, 90s euro house and up-to-the-minute club cuts, their ‘Camp Summer Hits’ EP for Planet Euphorique (out today!) channels all this, and more, into a uniquely fruity/fabulous/fun sound that reflects the new queer underground. And if you need further proof of their credentials, check their soaring trance take on Ugly Drugless’s ‘Titties’ titled ‘FAFF Fisting Our Way Into Heaven remix’.

Their mixes always leave us grinning and feeling hiiiiiigh. A serious case of "the music's enough for me mate". And this mix even contains a cheeky little number inspired by their time at FM last year. Over to Elliot & Orny to tell us about the mix:

This mix is a cheeky concoction of old, new & a couple FAFF productions to get you in the mood for FM. It highlights an array of genres that we like to traverse through when playing in the club - a little shout-out for the last track ‘What’s the other one?’, a song we made as an ode to a personal joke that went way too far at last years FM 🐠


FM051: FAFF
- River Ocean - Love & Happiness (Yemaya Y Ochùn) [feat. India](Dream Sequence Edit)
 - Marius Acke - Tell Me
 - Brooklyn's Poor & Needy - Happiness (Is Just Round the Bend) (Free Cheese Mix)
 - R.A.W.  - Unbe (Erick 'More' Mix)
 - FAFF - Unreleased
 - DJ Duke - Apache Rock
 - The Melody - Tonight is Fine
 -  Interrupt - Upside Down
 - Gee Dee - Loosing My Feeling 
 - Marisa turner - Don't need to know your name
 - Deborah Aime La Bagarre - Eurovision 
 - Plastik People Recordings - L.O.V.E  Dub
 -  Roy Davis Jr. - Gabriel (Pj Bridger Refix)
 - FAFF - What’s the other one

FM051: FAFF

DAUGHTERS OF FRANK

Daughters of Frank are the sister DJ/radio/production duo of Ruby and Lily London. Founders of Club Serenade, they’ve honed their smooth, sensual sound on the radio, first with a drivetime show on Balamii and more recently on their current weekly Sunday afternoon slot on Rinse FM.

Spanning the genre expanse from R&B to jungle, covering jazz, Latin. house, UK funky, garage and breaks in-between, this mix – ahead of their FM debut – leans towards what you’ll likely hear them play in the club. Blending the power trio of Usher, Lil Jon and Ludacris with the likes of Detroit’s Mr De’, South African star Black Coffee and homegrown hero Ploy, it’s a funky, bumping, soulful ride.

Keep your ears peeled too for the inclusion of a currently unreleased track from DreamrDreamr, a production alias of Ruby, coming out later in the year. Over to the sisters to tell us a lil more about the mix. 

"We viewed this mix as a more of a listening version of what we will be bringing to our debut FM set. Our selection of sexy and funky club cuts are a mix of new heat and forgotten gems. You will also find a sneak preview of an unreleased track out later this year by Ruby’s Production Alias DreamrDreamr."



Tracklist
Photek (Boddika Remix) - 101 
Ploy - Finally 
Anunaku - Chimera 
DJ Reverseweave - You’re Dancin’ Kinda Close 
M-High - 12 O.C Riddim 
Pangaea - Changing Channels 
Black coffee feat. Thiwe - Crazy 
Youandewan- Ideal passage 
Big Zen - Prayer Bass 
DreamrDreamr - Unreleased 
Perko feat. Huerco S. - Prang 
Mr. De' - Whonleeone
Irene J. - About That 
Ghost Phone - Be the one 
Usher, Lil Jon, Ludacris - Lovers and Friends

FM052: Daughters of Frank

FM053" Buggery Grips

Another alumni of Dalston Superstore, the BRIT school of East London, Buggery Grips (aka Toby Hooves) makes his FM debut this year. 

Founder and resident DJ of queer club night Fast & Bi-Furious, a party dedicated to bisexuality and bass, he’s played host to guests such as L U C Y, Naina and Soul Mass Transit System. His own sets, meanwhile, cover a range of gritty, low-end led sounds as this mix demonstrates. Blending speed garage, bassline, funky, hard house, breaks, hardcore and jungle, it’s a high energy party ride to help make this your summer of wub. Over to Buggery Grips to tell us more: 

"This mix is stitched together with bouncy speed garage and bassline bangers, but traverses across UK funky, techno, prog & up to 160. I recorded it at the institution that is HUB 16 (shout out to Samantha), any baby DJs reading this, hit her up for lessons!"

FM053 Buggery Grips
1 Jamie George - Flying Saucer	
2 Kolkata (Sticky version)- Zombies For Money
3 Want Love (original Retouched)- Hysteric Ego
4 Don't Let Go (A1 Bassline Remix) - Yo Majesty
5 Darkskin Queen  - Karnage Kills/KDA
6 450 - Bad Boy Chiller Crew ft. S Dog
7 SUNSHINE - WE ROB RAVE
8 Spell Check - DJ Whitecoat & Archa General
9 Make Me Feel - Sage Introspekt
10 Air France - Art Nouveau
11 Jump Up Jump Up - S1 Dubz
12 Daga Da - Sammy Virji
13 Hornyman (vintage mix)- Phatworld & The Squire Of Gothos
14 Ponte las Pilas - King Doudou
15 Under The Sun	- Achmed
16 Lollipop Bass (feat Jazmine)	- Dexplicit
17 Set Me Free (extended mix)	D.O.D
18 Might Be (Dexplicit Original Mix)	Gemma Fox
19never let u go master 3	
20 Roof Is On Fire (Bass Collective Remix)	Uproar
21 The Nighttrain (original)	KADOC
22 Charged (4x4 Mix)	Citizen K
23 DJ LOVE WHISTLE_V2	
24 IT'LL BE BETTER	A.G
25 Versatile - Blue Razz (Official Audio)	
26 145 In A Ford Escort (Vocal Cut)	Papa Nugs
27 Before I Sleep	Amen & Alex K
28 Acidez	Siu Mata & Amor Satyr
29 Blowing Up	Total Control
30 The Other Side	Chrissy
31 Deep Robot	TIDY, Nick
32 she move 
33 All over	pooch & wivvy
34 Crazy Deep Feelings	Rawtrachs
35 LMSYD	Polo Lilli ft Denham Audio, Greazus & Samurai Breaks
36 You Want Me	RAVETRX
37 BONE BOX- Trakside	Third Degree
38 Donx n Potions	Count Donkula vs Hazey
39TWITCH (COCO BRYCE REMIX)	BAMBII

FM053: Buggery Grips

DJ Pointless sounds like a moniker commenting on the intransient, futile nature of fun, specifically the kind that involves USBs and jog wheels, in the face of the ever-beckoning void of death and nothingness that’s coming for you and everyone you’ve ever loved. 

But actually it’s the musical alter ego of Pointless Illustrations, our fave designer who makes FM look so good –  so actually it’s just a play on the futility of illustration. Cheer up guys, it’s a party and DJ Pointless is bringing his Handy Records for a takeover on Friday night in Laika. 

Retromigration is Pointless' bff, label mate  and flatmate so is also Amsterdam-based, but with releases on the likes of Wolf Music (as well as Handy, obvs) he treds a groovier, funkier path, drawing comparison to the likes of Kerry Chandler and Folamour. He can lend his hand house to techno, jersey, you name it. His recent Boiler Room at Polifinic in Italy was absolute fire, keep an eye for when it’s uploaded. 

DJ Pointless put together this mix together for us "Showcasing new  tracks from my label Handy as well as the new imprint Natural Frequencies and some unreleased bits from friends. A blend of new and old 90s tech house and trance infused business." 

Hello Pointless, our old friend. It’s time to dance with you again.

FM054: DJ Pointless
Space Bunny - Spaced Out
Bicycle Thieves - Slap
Jessie Belters & Nes - Andromeda
Tywi - Spellbound
Boulderhead - Humanlike (forthcoming Handy/Natural Frequencies)
Solar Suite - Magic Carpet
The Trip - A Bit Spooky
Retromigration - Sieben Vor Acht (forthcoming Handy/Natural Frequencies)
Sylvio Ecomo - Uprising
Spray - VT Trad
Orbit III - Black Sun
No Results Found - U.F.O Trip's
Aldonna - The Empresses' Acid Love (Alex Kassian Remix)
Soul Mass Transit System - Nobody Else
Speedy j - G Spot (J spot remix)
Abdul Raeva - Vela

FM054: DJ Pointless

iona is a long-standing member of the FM fam. Last year she took over Sputnik on Saturday night and melted our tiny little minds. This is what she has to say about this mix:

"Sweat was raining from the ceiling, it was one in one out, everyone was dirty (in a sexy way). I’ve shared my favourite 45 mins of the set. Straight in, no kissing. Stompers and euphoria in abundance."

FM055: iona live from Sputnik at FM2023

We first met Tia Cousins in 2019 when she came to volunteer. She sent us a few mixes and naturally we booked her for the very next FM. We love Tia's disregard of genre and pure love for anything with the right je ne sais quoi.

This was the first time she played Sputnik and she nailed the brief. Warming up for Optimo and their Watching Trees takeover, it's the perfect mix weird, euphoric and a bit emotional - you'll know the bit we're talking about when you hear it. Not a dry eye in the house. 

This is what Tia had to say about the mix: "Hazy memories from this one but I know it was a fkin hoot! Lots of wiggy bits, booty shakers and even a tear jerker in here live from the real life pleasure dome."

FM056: Tia Cousins live from Sputnik FM2023

We first met Toshiki Ohta as a punter many years a go. He's one of the most generous people in our scene, always willing to go out of his way to help assist a party. His knowledge runs deep and he can play a set to any mood. Last year he played Sputnik and no genre was untouched. We've got this mix on at FMHQ right now and everyone is working at least 120% harder. Over to Toshiki to tell you about this mix.


FM057: Toshiki Ohta live from Sputnik FM2023
"I went to Field Maneuvers for one night in 2018 with Dr. Rubinstein and heard her, Billy Nasty (who I hadn’t seen play since Club UK as a 16 year old), and Claire Morgan in the Sputnik that night. After that experience, I really had it in my mind that I would love to play that space one day… Fast forward 5 years, I was finally invited to play…

It had pissed it down with rain the night before, and it was a hot day. The day time heat in Sputnik was intense, and I had sweated through my t-shirt before I had even started (big up Fencing Crew for the top-tier warm-up), and I was really nervous.

When I started playing, and I just saw the most welcoming faces in the dome. I just thought, “I can actually just play what I want here, and this dance floor will come along with me for the ride,” and they did.

I really got to play across genres and BPMs - acid house, blog house, techno, French filter, bass, techno, breaks, italo, electro, dancehall acapellas, footwork, hard groove, and finishing with a barrage of emotional rave records I had never played out. I burned through 38 tracks in 90 minutes with loads of fast drops and drum loops on the third CDJ. I could have quite happily carried on playing for hours.

In my 23 years of DJing, that was the most fun I have ever had playing a set. Thank you, Field Maneuvers + the best dancers, and not forgetting Curt + Flynn / Sound Services for the incredible sound - playing on a massive 4 point Funktion 1 set up for a dancefloor that size was a privilege. "


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TRACK LIST 

Armand van Helden - Breakdancers Call | Armed Records [2000]
Rushmore - Couture | Trax Couture [2013]
Thomas Bangalter - What to Do | Roule [1995]
Spriitzz - Where R U (Ibiza Mix) | Radiant Records IWD Comp Vol 4 [2023]
Studio X - Los Kings Del Mambo (live mix) | Torso Dance [1992]
Armando - 100% Of Disin' You '92 (Everybody's Pumped Mix) | Music Man [1992]
Overmono - Cash Romantic Beats | XL [2022]
Megabeat 5 - Jet Harris (Techno Dub) | Megabeat  Records [1991]
The Ambush - Jungle Fever  | Harthaus [1994]
Interface - Spectre (Let It Him 'Em) (Remix) | Rising High [1992]
Der Dritte Raum  - Trommelmaschine (Original Version) | Container  [1997]
Ramadaman - Work Dem | Swamp81  [2010]
Theo Kottis - Lighthouse | Dekmantel [2024]
Sekt 87 - Sekt 87 - Gas | Mangos and Melons [2018]
Logic1000 - Derrière | Self Release [2019]
Escape Earth - Dropping With The Force (WNCL Remix) | Ritual Poison  [2021]
De Grandi - Cloud | Paradoxe Club [2017]
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Crookers remix) | Back Yard [2007]
Madre Guía - Riot Bells | Self Release [2021]
Radioactive Man - Go Ahead London | Tuppence [2017]
Chloe Robison + DJ ADHD  - Last Night | Unreleased 
??? - ??? | Unreleased 
JSPRV35 - Shoot Ya | Self Release [2021]
Minor Science - Workahol | AD93 [2023]
Justice - Let There Be Light (Dj Funk Remix) | Ed Banger  [2006]
Mikro & Ray - On The Clock | DifferentSound [2022]
FFT - Sensory Hyperlinkfft 3abstract | Uncertainty Principle [2017]
Overmono - Cash Romantic Beats | XL [2022]
Pegasus Riddim  - Cutty Ranks | NameBrandSound [2015]
Zisko - Danza Lokura (Original Mix) | Ghetto Rhythm [2023]
TEK-95 - lemme c ya | Yellow Blue [2021]
Beau Didier - Bit 2 |  [2022]
Blame - Music Takes You (no Seal) | Moving Shadow [1991]
Jem 77 - Never Felt This Way | Moonshine [1992]
Force Mass Motion - Panic ( Druid remix) | Rabbit City Records [1993]
SMD - #2AA (Original Mix) | SMD [1993]
Orca - 4. AM | White [1993]
Mix Factory - Take Me Away (XTC Come Hard Mix) | ARW [1992]

FM057: Toshiki Ohta live from Sputnik FM2023

One month to go until the festival and FM resident Ben Sims has put together a real treat of a podcast for us. 

The Ben Sims we know today is renowned worldwide as one of the best techno DJs. Catch him live or on his regular NTS show 'Run It Red' and his trademark techno sets are a dynamic mix of pure intensity and knowledgable groove. Growing up in and around London's rich culturally mixed music scene he has played and partied through hip hop, house and hardcore, so it should be no surprise that he's also got a deep love of roots too. 

And this year at FM, we are lucky enough to have our resident flex both his techno and roots muscle. Over to Ben to tell you a little about the mix: 



"Ahead of my alternative Roots set at Field Maneuvres, I've put together a selection of some of my favourite versions, loosely blended with authentic sound system fx and sirens.  Most are from 30+ year old 45's but there's a few LP tracks too plus a couple of dubplate-only cuts that were never officially released. 

Many were Jah Shaka power plays for years and staples of his sets in the late 80's, early 90's when I first started getting into Roots Reggae properly and going to ‘Dances’. I tend to favour the uncompromising 'Warrior Style' or 'King David Style' that Shaka championed, so this is a session of seriously bass-heavy material that brings back many happy memories for me, but also a selection I think anyone with even a passing interest in Reggae or Black Dance Music in general can appreciate.

I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

See you at the fest!

Ben x"

FM002: Ben Sims presents Versions Galore

1. Collins Music Wheelers - Collins Ghost
2. Rasheda - Shashamane/Dubplate Version
3. Fred Locks & The Creation Steppers - Kill Nebuchadnezzar/Version
4. Mighty Three's - Rasta Business/Version
5. Jah Shaka - Powerful Dub/Duplate Mix
6. Johnnie Clarke - Blood Dunza/Version With Dj
7. Barry Brown - Dem Ah Come We Nah Run/Version
8. Dennis Brown - Slave Driver/Dub
9. Anthony Johnson - Life Is Not Easy/Version (Sims Edit)
10. Horsemouth Wallace - Live Good/Version
11. Sharon Little - Don't Mash Up Creation/Version
12. Aisha - Raise Your Voice/Version
13. Johnnie Clarke - Babylon/Dubplate Version
14. Cultural Roots - Jah No Partial/Version
15. The Revolutionaires - Don't Trouble Trouble
16. Dennis Brown - Love Jah/Version
17. Jah Joe - Love On The Seen/Version


FM002: Ben Sims presents Versions Galore

FM15 welcomed Tasha back into our fold. She's the founder of Neighbourhood, a regular night at Dance Tunnel which consistently books some of the best names in techno. This year Neighbourhood hosted Friday night in Sputnik's Dome with Ben Sims, Dan Avery, Volte-Face, Nick Craddock, Moniker and Tasha herself all taking a turn at the helm. Download this and relive a little of the magic that happened in Sputnik's. 

FM006: Tasha

"Really excited to be playing at FM again this year, and to be invited to have Neighbourhood hosting Sputnik's Dome with such a wonderful line up. Such a dope ,intimate festival full of quality music and lovely people. Very much looking forward to it. Much love to the FM crew x"

1. Velvit
2. In Aeternam Vale - Non ( Linda Records)
3. Metrist - Bose Noil (Krant pt1) 
4. John Swing - Funky Scratch (Relative)
5. Moniker - Neurotransmitting Clouds On The Secret Freeway
6. Surgeon - THX-1139 (wirr) (SRX)
7. Pangaea - Something In Your Eye (Hadal)
8. Modry - Subterranean (Singular Records)
9. Jeff Mills - Spiralism - Exhibitionist 2 (part 1)
10. Zenker Brothers - Bias (IMF)
11. Robert Hood - Eleven (M-Plant)
12. He/aT - He'll Never Gonna Sell Those Ice Creams Going That Fast
13. Kracht 
14. Randomer & Cadans - Angry Fiddle (Clone)
15. Psyk - Human (Mote Evolver)
16. Sigha - 14.5 (Avian)
 


FM006: Tasha

Back for our first mix in the FM podcast series is Matt Pond. And he is going to be a tough act to follow...

Matt Pond's radio show Deepsystems earnt him a cult following on the digital airwaves playing an array of jazzy electronic numbers as well as unheard gems. (Side note, Deepsystems is currently looking for a new home so if you like what you hear then get in touch with Matt!) 

Matt has been a regular fixture in Jane Fitz & Jade Seatle's Field Move tent and we're very happy to have him back again for FM16. Listen to his rhythmic and brilliantly ethereal mix. 

1. House Of Mora - Too Far Gone
2. Jenifa Mayanja - Stream Of Consciousness 
3. Fred P - Days In Time
4. Satoshie Tomiie- Landscape (Fred P Reshape)
5. Aleqs Notal - Linea
6. Benedict Frey - Girl From Venus
7. Omar S & Kai Alce - Incognito
8. Marc Cotterell - I'am (Chris Gray Deep4life Dub)
9. Craig Alexander - Do Your Thang
10. Glenn Underground - Chicago Dub (The Root)
11. CVO - Nologoy Year 6 Thousand
12. Patrice Scott - Who We Are
13. Kai Alce - Take A Chance (Mr Fingers remix)

FM007: Matt Pond

Recorded at the Edge Of England (aka Ramsgate), Hannah Holland has created a 'wormhole to the unknown' in her pre-Field Maneuvers' mix.

Drawing on the energetic diversity of East London's love of genre-crunching, DJ/producer/label boss Hannah Holland has held residencies across the city; whether it was the legendary Trailer Trash, our beloved Dalston Superstore or her own Batty Bass parties, Hannah understands the science of the dancefloor as a transportive wormhole.

Fresh from seeing her play at Glastonbury in Block 9's Genosys and new spot The Meat Rack, we are very excited to welcome Hannah Holland to FM where she plays as part of the Dance Tunnel Soundsystem on Sunday afternoon. 


FM011: Hannah Holland

TB Arthur - TB 3 - 02 A2
Fernandez - Red Axes Remix
Stydive - Jackie House
The Hop - Trevino
Hamburger - Luv Jam
Greed - Shaun J. Wright & Alinka
Ring Round Heart - Trus’me
High (Huxley Remix) - Hannah Holland
Bang T - Geeeman
P2ME - Peter Van Hoesen 
Toxo - AndiD
Where Haus - Alan Fritpatrick
Break Down - Sweely
Vigilante - Midland
Underpass - Jonathan Kusuma
Drive Your Vehicle - Alma Construct 
Soul Plonk - Cliff Lothar

Field Maneuvers

FM011: Hannah Holland

Ever wish you had a time machine? Us too. We regularly spend time weighing up the pros and cons, trying to work out whether or not it would be better to transport ourselves back to Studio 54 circa 1977, just in time to jump on a white horse with Bianca Jagger; or instead to wind the clock back to early September 2016 and visit a field close to our hearts.

Luckily for us, the wonderful Greg Wilson has taken the sting out of the decision by having had the foresight to record his FM16 Sunday afternoon set, so we can all relive that magic moment again right now. And worry about the white horse for another day.

Greg Wilson is a man who needs little introduction. After 40 years of DJing, his musical knowledge and ability to read a dancefloor is quasi-cosmic. After witnessing the mobile discos playing at wedding parties in his family run pub, he purchased his first pair of decks aged 15. He was an early champion of funk, soul and disco and was famed for playing the latest imports at Wigan Pier and Manchester's Legend. His hunger for cutting-edge sounds led to him being credited as one of the key DJs breaking NYC's electro-funk and post-disco on this side of the pond. And an early-adopter of turntable mixing, by 1983 he had a residency at the infamous Hacienda, AKA the spot where the breakdancing crew he later went on to manage, Broken Glass, appeared on legendary TV show The Tube during the UKs first televised performance of Madonna.

He's now widely hailed as the king of the re-edit, taking firm favourites and transforming them into hypnotic disco versions. We've regularly found ourselves lost in Greg's festival sets and at last, our dream to have Greg join us at FM came true this year. He set up his Revox Reel-to-Reel on our outdoor stage on the Sunday afternoon. As he worked his magic, the dancing only paused briefly, as in impromptu 250 strong FM fam photo was taken, before his spell-binding set finished with everyone singing along to Bowie's Space Oddity. A truly magical moment. Greg Wilson, hail Eris, we salute you!

FM017: Greg Wilson record live at FM2016

FM017: Greg Wilson recorded live at FM2016

Blasha & Allatt are two of the residents and promoters behind Manchester's most innovative techno night: Meat Free. Since 2013 they have hosted the likes of Peter Van Hoesen, Steffi, Virginia, XDB, DJ Bone, Luke Slater, Regis, Helena Hauff, Objekt and many more. But as we all know, it's often the residents that are the unsung heroes and these guys are no exception. Regularly putting on residents-only nights with a 'pay what you can' policy, these guys do it for the love. They played FM last year as part of Ben Sim's Machine takeover in the Sputnik Dome and totally blew us away. This FM mix is an intensely beautiful combination of both merciless and melodic tracks.

"This mix was recorded in our cramped attic/music studio about 6 weeks ago. Over the last few months we've not had a chance to play a heavier/faster techno set, so this mix is an amalgamation of old and new records that fit that style."

FM018: Blasha & Allatt
1. Damon Wild - Avion
2. SPX-X - Spectrum Drift
3. Scorp - Crashed at The End
4. Head Front Panel #11 - Track 1
5. Cadans - Hollow Funk 
6. Gian - 041
7. Regis - Careless Pedestrian
8. Tin Foil - Foil 19 
9. Kamikaze Space Programme - Numbers Station
10. Myler - D'Electrocution
11. Head Front Panel #12  - Track 3
12. Mark Bernard - Load (DJ Shufflemaster Remix)
13. Planetary Assault Systems - In From The Night 
14. Dimi Angélis - Eye Of The Storm V1
15. Zadig - Ttrxl
16. Outline - Encounter

FM018: Blasha & Allatt

iona may have soundtracked a few of your smoky nights out, having migrated from guarding the Dance Tunnel corridor to the DJ booth for the club's final throwdown, and since playing at cool places like The Yard, Peckham Rye Music Festival, Rye Wax, Bestival and Damas in Lisbon. If you ever frequent east London’s favourite neon-lit gay bar Dalston Superstore you’re likely to have spent a night in her presence, dancing to bath house jams at monthly party - Sexcloud - which she runs with fellow 303 enthusiast ELLES. These two form the party collective - Suspiciously Delicious - and Radio Quantica show of the same name with Lisbon-based selector Violet.

Now, as the next inductee to the FM mix series, iona goes solo, spanning widespread influences of Drexciya-era Detroit sci-fi madness, hard hitting electro, Patrick Cowley, industrial clunk and a dash of classic rave. Designed for the FM field, iona keeps dancing in the crosshairs for this solo set.

iona: “The mix is like a crisp - you wouldn't like it unless it was crunchy. Special thanx to Dalston Superstore for letting me use the laser cave to record.”

FM020: iona
1. Drexciya - Deyhydration
2. Eva Geist - 8th Parallel South
3. Khidja - The Quiet Before Red Stop (Selvy Remix)
4. Orange Lemon - The Texican (Club Dub Mix)
5. Tribantura - Getting Hurt or Killed
6. Medlar - Cascinari
7. MKRNI - Corazon De Piedra (Mijo & Theus Mago Remix)
8. Laboratorium - Na Kolana Pastuszkowie (Daniel Drumz Edit)
9. Patrick Cowley - Sea Hunt
10. Pink Project - Der Da Da
11. Factory Floor - Turn it Up
12. Rhythm Warfare - Two Notches (Battle Mix)
13. Marie Davidson - Good Times
14. Underground Sound of Lisbon - Music So Good
15. D. Futers - I Care

FM020: iona

Over the past two years Telfort has become a flag-bearer for Edinburgh’s burgeoning house scene, turning 909 infatuations and influences from Chicago’s more soulful persona into phased out, dancefloor-ready club tracks. Grabbing our attentions in 2015 with his blistering self-released debut ‘In A Good Place’ Telfort has since become affiliated with Coastal Haze and Scottish label Lionoil Industries, home to FYI Chris and Hi & Saberhägen to name a few. 
 
In the short space of just two years Telfort’s homegrown imprint TLFT has grown into one of Scotland’s most prominent underground labels, its releases gaining adulation from the likes of Hunee, Move D, Moxie and Smallpeople to previous FM guests Axel Boman, Jane Fitz and Dan Beaumont. As a resident of Edinburgh’s dearly beloved clubbing mainstay Sneaky Pete’s, Telfort has finely tuned his talents behind the booth, all of which come to the forefront in the next instalment of the Field Maneuvers mix series. Glistening slo-mo house to crunching techno designed for optimum after-hours.

Telfort: Here's an extra large slice of deepness recorded on a Saturday during that freak Scottish heatwave recently. Looking out over the window over my decks there was a lovely view of a 28° beaut of a day so at points I was wondering what the fuck I was doing indoors recording a mix, but I was pretty determined and here's the result!"

FM021: Telfort
No tracklist - this is one for the twitchers.

FM021: Telfort

Known amongst her fans and friends as the 'First Lady of Drum & Bass' DJ Storm has been D'n'B royalty since the very beginning, making her name in the days of pirate radio where local heroes could be created overnight. She was chucked head first into the scene by her best friend Kemistry, who started dating a graffitti artist called Goldie - the three of them would later go on to set up Metalheadz; a label which defined and continues to define the the D'n'B scene. To this day Storm still reps under the famous skull banner.

With a passion towards all things old skool for the next entry into our Field Maneuvers mix series DJ Storm guides us through her inspirations from the inner-city; a trip through the history of D'n'B and a glimpse of what to expect from her vinyl-only set in September. Most of FM crew cut our raving teeth on D'n'B so we are honoured to welcome Storm to Field Maneuvers. 

DJ Storm "I was lucky enough to be asked to do a pre-mix for FM where I will be playing on Sat 2nd Sept. Then I got even luckier and was able to record the mix at one of my favourite producers and dearest friend's place; the mighty Digital. I decided to keep it Old Skool and those that know me know I play Old Skool on vinyl , but mix up eras a bit... So Technics ready , Allen & Heath ready but the best part? The Void Acoustics system. Enjoy!"

FM022: DJ Storm
1. The Crane - Source Direct - Source Direct Recordings 
2. This is LA - Lemon- D - Metalheadz
3. Living in Darkness - Top Buzz - Ray Keith Remix
4. The Dark Stranger - Boogie Times Tribe - Origin Unknown Mix - Suburban Base Records
5. Far Away - Doc Scott - Metalheadz
6. Valley of the Shadows - Andy C - Ram Records 
7. Jump Mk II - Studio Pressure - Certificate 18 Records
8. Drumz 95 - Doc Scott - Metalheadz 
9. Circles - Adam - F - Section 5 Records 
10. Inta Warriors " Inta " - Special Forces Remix - Prototype Recordings
11. Poison - Dj Krust - V - Recordings 
12. Unofficial Ghost - Doc Scott - Platinum Breakz - Metalheadz
13. I Wanna Know - Dillinja - Cybotron - Ffrr
14. Dog Style - Source Direct - Platinum Breakz 03 - Metalheadz
15. Deadline - Digital - 31 Records
16. In My Soul - Marcus Intalex + S.T. Files - Platinum Breakz 02 - Metalheadz

FM022: DJ Storm (Old Skool Mix)

As a collector, digger and perhaps most importantly, a DJ; Nick’s records have taken him far and wide, from his long-running residency in the land of the rising sun to his soon-to-come DJ set at Field Maneuvers. Under the Nick The Record moniker, Nick played Japan’s very first outdoor rave in 1993. That moment then spawned the iconic Life Force, the open-air party that spanned two decades and took over many a frosty mountain top and woodland setting across the country. 

Now firmly back on London turf Nick combined his near-encyclopaedic knowledge of continent spanning sounds with a fellow music obsessive John Gomez to bring us Tangent; the regular club night from the two residents that’s become a staple for London’s avid dancers and club dwellers. The premise is simple; great records played through a great sound-system, and where everything from Afro, disco and house, to impossible to Shazam should-be classics guide the dancefloor. 

After recent inductions into the Dekmantel Selectors podcast we’re honoured to have him join the Field Maneuvers series with 78 minutes of emotive house, midnight heaters and ‘80s tearjerkers designed for peak-time serenades and moments of joy. 

Nick The Record: “Thanks to the FM crew for asking me to provide a mix. A lot of my mixes that are already online are mostly Disco & Afro, so I wanted to approach this one from a different perspective. I’ve been going to Japan every year since 1993 to spin sets and this mix is reflective of my time there and what I would play during a Life Force party. So, I started out with some house music but I couldn’t help throwing in a few African & ‘80s drum machine dance records. The track right at the end is a forthcoming release on Soundway too, a Re-edit from myself and Dan Tyler (Idjut Boys) of Tabu Lay’s Hafi Deo. You can read more about my exploits in Japan here http://testpressing.org/2014/12/nick-the-record-a-lifeforce-story/

FM025: Nick The Record
No tracklist for this - one for the trackspotters.

FM025: Nick The Record

CleCleethorpes may be known for its sticky rock, questionable weather and as the Ibiza of the north, but if you delve a little deeper, a life next to the sea has inspired the musical incarnations of Carl H, founder of Animals On Psychedelics. While just two EPs deep Animals On Psychedelics is rapidly becoming the home of tripped out electronic music with a kick, with releases from Miro SundayMusiq (a track Carl first heard and signed at FM) and Invisible Menders already under their belts.

A firm family member of the Field Moves crew Carl, here's an hour of techno rollers, trancey and prog elements. As the weekender edges ever closer we’re eager to welcome Animals on Psychedelics to the FM field. And trust us when we say, it’s going to be a real trip.

FM027: Carl H

The champagne-tinged, Moschino clad sound of UKG may have filled the clubs and late-night bars of London from the late-90s and went on to become a cornerstone of British dance music, but at the turn of the millennium over in Hamburg, Ostgut Ton’s Nick Höppner was pioneering the sound in a city known for it's techno. At the time, Höppner formed part of the UKG crew Tune, picking up rare records and dubplates in London and throwing weekly garage raves in Hamburg’s red light district.

Decades have passed since that time of Hennessey fuelled revelry. Höppner has gone on to become a linchpin of Berlin’s underground and is now fronting a new label imprint Touch From A Distance. But UKG never dies, and thanks to a rediscovered plastic bag full of minidiscs nearly 20 years old we have Höppner’s Y2K mix, a rarely heard homage to garage grooves from the German selector that pays tribute to this foundation sound. Pull up.

Nick: "I‘ve recently borrowed a minidisc player from a friend and went through a plastic bag full minidiscs, which has previously collected the dust of seven different flats since the turn of the millennium. Amongst them I found this mix here which I must have recorded at some point in 2000 in my Hamburg bed room. At that time I’ve been part of the Tune crew and we were running a weekly UK Garage night at the Lounge, a club in the heart of Hamburg’s redlight district. I was also still working as a music journalist for Groove Magazine and going to London frequently, where I had access to a lot of UKG records which never even made it out of the UK (or London). Stupidly, though, I sold the biggest chunk of that collection sometime in 2006, but here is a little time capsule documenting my (ongoing) love for this music. Enjoy!"

Pic of Nick by Alex Kuru.

Mixes

FM033: Nick Höppner (Y2K UKG MIX)

FM035: Local Group

Joe Roberts and Louis Major formed Local Group through a shared love of house, garage, hardcore and jungle after meeting in an East London basement. Part of a new breed of producers making breakbeat driven music, they recently featured on Corrupt-Data's ‘Hardcore Will Never Die’ compilation, have a track on the next instalment of the sought after 'Secret Rave' series and release their first full 12" on Ritual Poison towards the end of the year. And perhaps our best accolade yet, the title track from that forthcoming EP is named 'Laser Dome' and it's an unashamed love letter to hardcore, piano euphoria and our Sputnik stage. (If you've ever got lost in Sputnik, you'll understand.)

Alongside the likes of Jane Fitz, Auntie Flo, Mark Archer and many more we’re honoured to have Local Group return to FM18 as our residents once again, so it's only fitting they share their talents with the world with the next FM mix. Spanning tracks from DJ Seinfeld, Textasy, Bawrut and some very special cuts of their own, take an hour or so to familiarise yourself with the sound of Local Group.

“What is there to say about the Field Maneuvers crew? They’re the only people we’ve seen break into their own house-warming party. They also gave us a platform to play even before we formed Local Group, which we’re forever grateful for. Being part of their Saturday line-ups, playing alongside friends, and heroes like Mark Archer and Storm - is an annual highlight, as is the festival as a whole. We even named one of our first tracks after their stage Sputnik. Shout outs to West Norwood Cassette Library, Tone Dropout and Ritual Poison, the latter of whom is putting out our full debut 12” later in October. Find us somewhere in the smoke at FM 2018.”

FM035 Local Group  
Sandoz - Dark Continent
Brother Nebula - Parting Infinity
Sandboards - Miami 97
Sween & Dawl - Warning
Unknown - Hardcore Edits A2
Ramjac Corporation - Cameroon Massif! (Massive Mix)
DJ Seinfeld - Feel Da Bum Slap
Unknown - Listen
Jonny L & Horx - 18 Years
LMajor - Raving Cru (Caldera remix) 
Textasy - I’m The Needle
DNAonDNA - AM Phantasma
Digital Domain - I Need Relief
Local Group - Inside Out
J Choirboy - Fantazia
Local Group - Laser Dome 
Escape Earth - Escape Earth Theme (Bawrut Remix)

FM035: Local Group

FM036: Ben Sims presents Dub Revolution

For the FM regulars you'll know that Ben Sims' Saturday morning excursions into reggae, dub and lovers rock are a Field Maneuvers staple; a way to blow off the cobwebs from the night before for hungover steppas. For the uninitiated, and those who're maybe wanting to extend Notting Hill Carnival for another week, you're in for a real treat. 

Sims' love of downtempo Jamaican rhythms and music to groove to show us a different side to Ben, who is usually found making club foundations shake with 130BPM kick drums and high intensity techno. His record bag of rare reggae is deeper than a 5am smoking exit chat with a stranger, and we can't wait to bring it back to the field in just a few days time. 

Until then, we have FM036 and the Ben Sims fronted Dub Revolution, a one-hour portal into Caribbean riddims, digi-dub and sun-drenched introduction to the weekend ahead. Run the track.

FM036: Ben Sims presents Dub Revolution
1. Disciples - Dub Revolution (Chamber Of Echoes Mix)
2. Seventh Sense Band - Brimstone and Fire
3. Earl Sixteen/Roberto Sanchez - Vampires (Dub)
4. Echo Ranks feat Dubble - Freedom Dub
5.Charlie P/Dougie Conscious - Broken In Two (Dub In Two)
6. Cologne/Russ D - One Dub
7. Disciples - Almighty Dub (Version)
8. Roger Robin/Jah Shaka - I See Dub
9. Maasai Warrior feat Donovan Kingjay/Kai Dub - Repatriation Dub
10. Ital Mick meets King Alpha - Fighting Dub
11. Bush Chemists - Rubber Dub
12. Ital Mick - Calling Jah (The Disciples Dub 2)
13. Barry Issac/Reggae On Top Allstars - Helicopter Dub
14. Michael Prophet/Vibronics - Give Me The Dub
15. Tozer/Izyah Davis - Education (Dub Lesson)
16. Teddy Dan/Disciples Riddim Section - Jah Day (The Russ D Special)
17. Murry Man - Run Go (Catastrophic Dub)
18. Makiki & Bush Chemists - Seven Winds From The East (Chazbo & Makiko Dub)

FM036: Ben Sims presents Dub Revolution

FM039: Jaye Ward's "Am I Bent Yet" Mix

Jaye Ward’s backstory is another case for a tell-all book that would stretch from pre acid house parties like Club Dog through to her current position as the premier purveyor of cosmic waywardness - underlined when old friend DJ Harvey asked that she support him when he played London’s giant Printworks. Her weekly Magical Real Netil radio show ends each weekend with a sonic sanctuary that envelopes with a soundtrack stretching from the synthy to the psychedelic, the sublime to the sinister. Last year’s performance in the ambient tent materialised into what was described as a ‘trans cuddle puddle’ - we asked her to deliver something similarly primal & metamorphic for our guest mix and she didn't disappoint. We advise getting horizontal for this one.

FM039: Jaye Ward (Am I Bent Yet Mix)

FM041: DJ Voices 

(@latenitesbookclub)

"People have been telling me I'm a 'psychedelic' and 'emotional' selector lately, so I wanted to explore that idea here. I usually try to weave in all sorts of genres, moods and tempos into a set, but for this one I left my usual drama behind: it's 90 minutes from one take of pure feelings, featuring a lot of current releases I've been playing out recently."

Every now and then a DM slides into your inbox and it feels like fate. Earlier this year, right around the time FMHQ had been hammering DJ Voices' exceptional Goodroom mix, one of our punters messaged saying "my friend is an excellent DJ from NYC and she's in the UK during FM, can I intro you?" Can you guess who it was?

A member of Brooklyn's Working Women collective, New York’s DJ Voices was a booker at Sisters BKLYN for four years before starting her career behind the decks in 2015. Since then she’s rapidly made in-roads in NYC and beyond, with Fact, Pitchfork and Resident Advisor all hitting her up for mixes. You can hear her traverse a course through house, broken techno, modern club sounds at her residency at Nowadays NYC or on her Blue Enough on Noods Radio show.

For FM041, DJ Voices has but us together something more-ish. No sooner had we finished listening to this mix and we stuck it on again. And again. It's hypnotic. We can't wait to have her start proceedings on the Friday night in the main tent with Avalon Emerson, Ben UFO and Or:la.

FM041: DJ Voices

FM042: Desert Sound Colony

(@desertsoundcolony)

It’s been a monumental last year for Desert Sound Colony, boss of Holding Hands records. At the forefront of a new wave of tech-house and breaks coming from London’s underground, in 2018 he also became a firm favourite with the likes of Lena Wilikens, Weatherall & Midland all heavily supporting his releases.  

Two EPs on his label, ‘Aunt Wendy's Wedding in Wales’ and ‘Tickle Me Pink’ displayed his talent for lithe, wonky grooves, unexpected turns and intricate sound design. But it was his EP for Nick Höppner’s Touch From A Distance which helped nudge him into the box of ‘those who have played Panorama Bar’.

With Holding Hands pushing a whole host of fresh artists going forwards, a new reissue label, Holding Hands Again, will be circumnavigating cog sharks to bring sought after tracks to the kids (and old people who were listening to funky house first time around) - starting with Timmy s & JB’s ‘A Long Weight’ EP, previously released on Wiggle and lots more to come! We are very happy to have Desert Sound Colony at FM as part of Nick Höppner's Touch From A Distance label showcase. Here's a little taste of what to expect. 

"It's a pretty well rounded selection of the sort of tracks that I am playing out at the moment. Quite banging in general with some trancey, broken beat and electro elements. There are also some forthcoming bits from myself as well as some from Holding Hands and Holding Hands Again... Expect a lot of this sort of thing at the festival this year. I can't wait!"


FM042: Desert Sound Colony
1. Next Is The E (Synthe Mix) - Moby
2. Mother Earth - Dubtribe
3. Atomic Playboy - Space Trax
4. Screaming Hands (Dreamscape Mix) - Radio Slave
5. Breakers In Space (DSC Edit) - DJ Mau Mau
6. Shmartie Pants - Rudolph C
7. Rat Break - Cop Envy
8. Stoffi - Oskar Offermann
9. Zoom To Your Doom - Desert Sound Colony
10. Your Mind - Sandoz
11. Belair Parm - Prioleau
12. Stagga - Adam Pits
13. Gymnasty - Los Hermanos Rodriguez
14. Murky Waters - Cameo Blush

FM042: Desert Sound Colony

FM043: DJ Benny Ben (AKA Ben SIms) Presents Roots & Dub Galore

(@Ben-Sims)

Imagine an alternate universe where best-selling gaming franchise ‘The Sims’ is about UK techno DJs and players have to take their avatar around the world, negotiating airport transfers and dodgy promoters, spend hours in hotel rooms eating chocolate out the mini bar, then play the gig in real time and head back to the airport on two hours sleep tweeting things like ‘Turin, you were amazing.’

Now imagine a universe where The Sims, aka UK techno DJ extraordinaire Ben Sims, owns the machine out of ‘The Fly’, except instead of mixing himself with a fly he merges with Kenny Ken and steps out as Benny Ben, dub specialist and vinyl junkie. You don’t need to imagine this universe because it’s our universe. It’s here. It’s now. It even includes some artistic licence about a Kenny Ken gene-splicing machine.

Benny Ben is Ben Sims’ real life avatar, as he’s already a techno DJ touring the world, eating chocolate out of mini-bars and tweeting stuff like ‘DJ Rebel Badboy reporting for duty’. Benny Ben travels, especially to a field in Oxford, but he spins rare, rootsy 12s and 45s of reggae, dub and lovers rock. Benny Ben loves soundsystem culture, body-moving bass and the sound of sunshine. Benny Ben is back to show us how it’s done.

FM043: DJ Benny Ben (AKA Ben Sims) Presents Roots & Dub Galore

FM044: Sofa Sofa

So good they named her twice. Straight out of the hot bed of bass that is Bristol, Sofa Sofa is a fresh garage talent. She’s graduated from the school of Mix Nights, a series of events run by Em Williams (Simple), Daisy Moon (Housework) and Danielle (Phonica) that provided a safe, encouraging environment for women to learn to mix on both vinyl and CDJs. Now she's a fully fledged member of the Mix Nights team, booking and promoting their events.

For this mix it's a musical tour of tracks from FM Fam past and present. Pour yourself a quarantini, push the sofa up against the wall to make a dancefloor and make room for Sofa Sofa.

FM045: Sofa Sofa
Believe - Goldie (MJ Cole Remix)
Days Like This - Shanti Celeste 
Are You Ready - DF MAC ft EARL GREY
Stay - Fort Romeau & Nick Hoppner 
Reversal - LMajor
As Though It Were - Telfort 
Deee Vybe - Matt Jam Lamont & Scott Diaz ( Echelon)
Walkin' Out - Brackles
Makeover - Nick Höppner
Les Matins De Paris - Teki Latex & Lio
Eye Feel - MASC (Mark Archer & Shadow Child)
Tchutchuca Techno - Furacão 2000
Mya Free - Brackles Bootleg
Comeback - Matt Jam Lamont/ Scott Diaz ( Echelon)
Baby Talk-  Local Group
Good Vibrations - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

FM044: Sofa Sofa

FM045: J.Aria

(@j_aria)

Haus of Slopulence are the messy drag collective built for Field Maneuvers: raving it up all weekend, then slipping their portmanteau into a heel to carry on the madness as front-of-house dancers extraordinaire.

It continues FM’s long-standing affiliation with East London (see dearly departed Dance Tunnel and still proud mothership Dalston Superstore) and provides the launchpad for J.Aria, who records our latest podcast. 

When not getting slopulent, Jacob, to flesh out the J, is a producer and soundtrack composer - and DJs at Adonis, Dalston Superstore, Heaven and the queer-beyond (with their parties playing host to Object Blue, Loraine James, Spinee and more). Their eclectic Threads Radio show flips between rave-heavy electronica and ‘modern-classical, noise and experimental for you honeys’. 

For this mix, however, it’s straight to the dancefloor and this one has a runaway. Percussive house pumpers rub shoulders with bouncy, continuum-inflected club cuts, trippy techno with bassline wobblers. 

It’s peak NRG, marinated in the sweaty experience of someone who’s been on FM’s main stage as much as any DJ. So if you’re missing your dose of final-night festival delirium, simply get some choice mates, stay awake for three days, then slap this on loud.

FM045: J.Aria
Don’t Bother - Chungo
Whispers At Need - Hollow Fraud
Dog House - Rush Plus
I’m Gonna Get - Viers
Schlagzeug - Shan
Shoot It - Stones Taro
The Beat - 131bpm
Jack Trax Pt 2 - Ben Sims
Shake N Bounce - DJ Swisha
Bust It - U Kno The Drill
Incognito - DJ Explicit
Utility 3 - Truncate
Boogie Mania - Anthony Fade
Must Get This (Dub) - Black Moon
Gim Gimlet - Tj Dumas
6666 - HAAi
Video (Prince Of Deptford Remix) - Show Boy
Who’s Ready - ahadadream
The Frontier - Avalon Emerson
Fluids Of Emotion - Eris Drew

FM045: J.Aria

FM046: Daisy Moon

(@daisymoon)

Bristol label Idle Hands has always been an incubator for exceptional local talent, but even so Daisy Moon’s debut ‘Geometry Of Curves’ EP last year pulled shapes that made everyone take notice – blending gossamer ambient pop vocals and melodies with the south-west city’s reputation for club ready beats.

While this was her intro to the wider world, it’s built on a rock solid foundation. Cutting her teeth as a DJ at the Idle Hands-affiliated club night Brstl, she’s a member of Bristol/Berlin collective Housework, alongside fellow FM favs Shanti Celeste, Gramrcy and Golesworthy, and a co-founder/tutor of Mix Nights, a DJ course and community encouraging women to learn to mix in a safe, welcoming environment. 

With a monthly Relations show on Noods alongside her sister Florence, and guest spots for the likes of Rinse and NTS, she’s as fluid in techno and electro as she is garage and breaks. Recorded in lockdown though, her FM podcast changes tack for a deranged deep dive into experimental chuggers, industrial broken beats and otherworldly techno. Welcome to the dark side of the Moon.

FM046: Daisy Moon

047: LEVENTE

(@leventepavelka)

Berlin-based Levente has a lot of fingers in a lot of pies. He’s even had his thumbs in some. (Do thumbs count as fingers? If they don’t, how come there’s a ‘middle finger’?)

We first met Levente at FM2018 when we booked his buddy and collaborator Bobbie*. Previously based in Hamburg he & Bobbie* ran Acid Tears together at the city’s famous Golden Pudel alongside two more of his own parties, Fruits and OGAY, at Pal. He’s now resident at Berlin’s iconic white-roomed HÖR radio while also running new venture Easy Direct alongside Iron Curtis.

Having previously booked FM resident Elena Colombi to play at Acid Tears, musically Levente is cut from a similar cloth – a monthly ‘Cricket Talk’ show on Mutant Radio Tbilisi taking listeners on a trip to the more distant shores of the musical universe. It’s a feeling explored with his band Schulverweis, a collaboration with L.F.T., whose debut album ‘Suppe’ earlier this year was so authentically fuzzy and punky it’s hard to believe it’s not a recently-unearthed 80s cassette.

For his roving FM mix, he says he’s ticked both the ‘weird’ and ‘fun’ boxes – and what more could you need in times like these? 

As Hunter S. Thompson wrote: ‘When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.’ (He did also say, ‘I shit on the chest of fun’, but this is not FM approved, except consensually in designated dungeons. Let's get weird bb x

FM047: Levente
01. Potter Natalizia Zen - Fill 
02. Sepehr - Neophyte Delight
03. Marlene Stark - Hungry As A Hunter
04. DJ JA feat rame951 - C2C
05. Steve Marie - Ho! 
06. DJ Haus - Return 2 The Source
07. Ylia - Aquarian Witchcraft
08. Jono Ma, Itsi, Stella Mozgawa, Jonti, Ewan Pearson, Nick Maybury - Neon Lights (Psychapella)
09. Drummy - R L STINE
10. Estebahn - Dance Mister
11. BFTT - Suchblush
12. ESTHER - Hedon Hack
13. Mechatok - Powder
14. DJ JM - Breaked
15. Jono Ma, Itsi, Stella Mozgawa, Jonti, Ewan Pearson, Nick Maybury - Neon Lights (Psychapella)
16. MU-GA - Telebasilica
17. MU-GA - Trazos
18. Serial Error - Art Academy Talk (Vocoder)
19. J A - Fuso Orario
20. Les Morts Vont Bien - Schwein

FM047: Levente

FM048 - Prince of Deptford (@danielcherney)

If there was a Prince of Deptford, he’d rule his glorious kingdom from The Birds Nest pub, drinking cans outside with his subjects before retiring to his Royal Barge on the Great Surrey Canal. But as it is, Prince of Deptford (who is not the Prince of Deptford, keeping up?) currently lives in Berlin, a city that doesn't hate anyone out after 10pm.

PoD, aka Daniel Cherney, joins the dots between his former South-East London home, his current Germanic residence, and East London party central (global pandemic permitting) Dalston, where he co-runs the night Happy Endings – which also has an accompanying radio show.


Inside this scalene triangle of geo-musical influence is a swirl of minimalist techno, acid electronics, vocodered Italo and industrial broken beats. And at its centroid is Unsustainable, Cherney’s label born this year to provide a home for like-minded artists, as well as his own music, previously released on labels Squareglass, Sonic Moire and Verlag. 

Factor in one more line to join up FM, where he’s served as part of the team ensuring the party runs smoothly, and you’ll briefly glimpse a four-sided triangle – the god particle of polygons.

FM048 - Prince of Deptford
Kurisutaru - Had A Blow From An iPhone X
Plaid - Android
Draveng - Xeroxer
On The Ifness - Snake Radiation
Schuw - VJJ
Kiwi - Amityville
Donald’s House - Soma
Drvg Cvltvre - Is Not The Essece Of Techno Music
Odete - Dance Till You Forget The Harch Part Of Love
Rebolledo - Life Is Strange (Red Axes Remix)
GetCosy - Get Up
Prince Of Deptford - You Were Turning Like I Was Blind
JK Flesh vs Echologist - Fleshology 3
Htn - Gvtb
Lazer Konctinent - Sync Pulse Lenght
Max Pask - Ma Voisine Aime La Trance
Snitch - Set It Out
East Of Eden - Revolutionary Words
Exium - Th 12th Planet
Blurred Boy - Red Light Groove
Middath - The Jam
Samuelle De Santis - Jump Master
Joss Ifan - Dissipate
CrusHerr - Voyagers Missing Tune
James Bangura - Bountiful Fruit
Foremost Poets - Moonraver
Gesloten Cirkel - Dented
Wax Museum - Reality (Prince Of Deptford Remix)
Eize Baer - Hot Flesh
Withheld - Runt Of The Litter
Damcase - Aleko
Maldito - Mas Alla
SVPT - Pseudorandom
Throbbing Gristle - I.B.M.

FM048 - Prince of Deptford

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