Welcome to part 8 of our Discord Member's mix series. After a short hiatus for the Summer, we're back with an absolutely storming mix from Samuel Davey. 

Hey there! My names Sam and I’m a 24 year-old graphic design graduate from Sheffield. 

Having studied in Leeds for three years at an all-arts University, this experience allowed, and encouraged me to explore other creative disciplines alongside my degree, and I’d still probably class myself as a tourist creatively, always wanting to explore new ways of making things. I think it’s probably true for most creative people that exploring ideas through disciplines we don’t fully understand is often more exciting than through the one we’re most comfortable with. This is the general mindset behind most of my creative endeavours, and applies fittingly to this short mix.

I’ve always liked music, but wasn’t really until University that I began finding music I loved. Much of this discovery came through house parties as well as events at places like Wire, Old Red Bus Station, Mint etc. some of which are amongst my favourite venues I’ve been to. It was also around this time I discovered Bicep, having heard Glue at house parties during my first year, I didn’t know what the track was called, or who it was by, but was keen to explore that sound more. Once I’d got ‘Bicep’ I must’ve listened through their entire Spotify catalogue in about a week, many tracks (Just & Aura being my favourites) being on repeat for the next two years.

I’d still class Bicep as the start of my journey into electronic music, leading me deeper and deeper into the scene. With like Overmono, Four Tet, Floating Points, Joy O, Kelly Lee Owens, DjRUM etc. dominating my listening time. It was also the Bicep Printworks Live Recording which got me addicted to Live Music, another gateway into a different music experience. Towards the end of uni I began actively travelling to see live music and became obsessed with the experience. I feel blessed to live in a country with so many great venues, despite a worrying number of closures, especially Hope Works in my home city, there is such a wealth of electronic music history here. With seeing so much music live, I thought I’d give it a go myself, so bought a DDJ-400 in my second year and played a few house parties, with Glue being a staple in most sets. From this point onwards I’ve been mixing mini-sets in my room, building up to playing to more people.

I think this generally covers my journey to where I am now, very keen to carry on seeing and playing more music live, and hopefully start creating my own at some point in the future. I was also inspired to document some of the sets I’d been to, so started a mini blog [90.6FM] on my website, also very much inspired by the FMB blog.

https://project-----one.com/

Tracklist >>

DjRUM — Waxcap [Houndstooth]
Kelly Lee Owens — Higher (Oscar Farrell Remix) [dh2]
Floating Points — LesAlpx [Ninja Tune]
Avalon Emerson — One More Fluorescent Rush [AD 93]
Kelbin — Vital Loop [Daisy Chain Recordings]
Jeigo — Lust [Fleurella Records] 
Villager — Sculptor [Pretty Weird]
B From E — Arp Dream [Houseum Records]
Orbital — Halycon & On - Logic1000 Mix [Orbital Recordings]
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Tom VR — Siglo X [Self-released]
Villager — Stitch In Time Saves Nine [Pretty Weird]
Ploy — Terrazza [Dekmantel]
Impérieux — Saat [Hessle Audio]
Joy Orbison, Overmono — Bromley [XL Recordings]
Cameo Blush — Essa [Future Classic]
Kelbin — N-Zap [Future Classic]
Overmono — Le Tigre [Poly Kicks]
Facta — Innsbruck [Wisdom Teeth]
Tom VR — Heart Can Still Summersault [Spectral Sound]
Effy — MAD [Not Yours / LG105]
A.G Cook — You Know Me [New Alias]
Two Shell — Reachin [—]


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FMB DISCORD MIXTAPE 008 | Samuel Davey

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music to listen to, mostly made without any singing and not really with any actual instruments either...

FMB DISCORD MIXTAPE 008 | Samuel Davey

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