these are all the ones that resonated with you, vaguely arranged in popularity when I have a moment to update.

you like what you like

A series of mixes focusing on tracks that are exclusively 10mins+, often shifting in mood and always compelling. These are 3hr journeys - pick a phase or disassociate.

The Ambient House

Quite some years ago I made a quartet of playlists of sounds that represented where I was at. I had the fullest intention of making these into four mixes. That never happened.

This year, I decided to bite the bullet and finally realise those ambitions with these sessions. House, electronic, techno, ambient. I tried to stay faithful to my little hidden repository of compiled tracks with most on these mixes from that selection.

Art by my boy: renditions of Final Fantasy VII.

Lost Threads Of The Dead

all trio

It was as the millennium was ticking onwards and I was checking out a directionless and disinterested Jondi & Spesh promo online that I noped out of progressive. Coincidentally, I'd started going to Fabric and progressive seemed to be winding its way down into a creative dearth governed by self-imposed gatekeeping. The lure of (then) vibrant global tech-house set me on a path and its monthly CD series acted like a window into worlds I hadn't experienced before as Global Underground's effort started to stand around and look confused.

I remember it was Resident Advisor's Andrew Ryce that quipped "Boards Of Canada is dad rock for ravers". While there is truth in that, where the modern progressive scene has ended up fits the bill much more aptly. The same names, the same labels, all exercising in a post-minimal house comfort zone shaped by melodic techno. High calibre productions drinking from the same watering hole made from releases reference track'd into a placid sheen. What energy there was replaced by plod, with serious musicality giving modern progressive the drama of a Westlife "get-off-the-stools" key change. Said rave dads relive the glory days of the nineties and turn of the millennium listening to nostalgic tracks past, with dismay at each "fresh" GU offering of Instagram feed plodgressive.

It doesn't have to be this way.

A few years ago I started to pick up on a vibe from checking some of the Inverted Audio premieres (thank you Baptiste) and got a few names. What started with a D. Tiffany track here and a Kalahari Oyster Cult release there began as a journey of curiosity. Something not entirely alien to me as I spent a majority of my early teens in the 90s absorbing covermount cassettes off DJ and Mixmag - checking the artists, checking their remixers, checking the labels they released on - before moving onto hooving up commercial mix CDs. Throwing back to this early years excitement gave a leash of life as playlists were formed, favourites were found, and an identity that very much existed within the vibrant realm of nineties progressive formed. There was risk taking, an endearing naivety, a desire to enjoy without irony and - most importantly - fun was at the core of all of this.

Eventually I decided on the litmus test for these throwback sounds - was it truly nineties enough to piece together a mix that evoked the yardstick for many years back then: Sasha & Digweed's Northern Exposure? That's how The Northern Powerhouse came about. It was only ever intended to be a single proof of concept but - as of writing this - it stands at three volumes of 2CDs worth of material deep. In terms of tone - it varies from those classic Northern Exposure mixes right up to early peak Global Underground, stopping off at idiosyncratic prog milestones in-between.

Does it live up to the intent? I think so, but also more - it has its own identity. Most important is being able to share this with anyone who fancies a shot in the arm regarding what is going on with progressive. And, needless to say, full tracklistings and labels are posted within for those with a similar curiosity gene.

Will we see this scene mingle with the establish prog scene? Maybe. Currently it is enjoying building communities around shared interests. However, of recent, we've had Sasha share a B2B with Young Marco where the latter played an absolutely bang-along edit of Xpander, so maybe seeds are planets. And FWIW, kudos to Sasha, he has always been one to keep his ears on music outside of the prog scene (evidenced by the surprise of Objekt & Call Super when they were called upon to represent on his Fabric mix - the former having his superb Objekt #3 get through to the final cut). Does it have to though? Not necessarily, for now let's just enjoy it for what it is.

The Northern Powerhouse

A thread of LNOE and a scattering of other sounds. 

EDIT: Thanks LNOE for putting me in 3rd! Hello everybody who has stopped by, enjoy the session and pass it around. Special shout out to the one person who has absolutely hammered this (and others) over the last two weeks, you know who you are (probably).

Check out the winners here: 
https://soundcloud.com/fourfourfun/sets/lnoe-x-traktor-2021-winners

Sasha - Vapourspace (Intro)
David Lynch & Dean Hurley - I Know (Sasha Remix)
Sasha feat. Krister Linder - Cut Me Down
Sasha & James Teej - As You Fall
Harald Bjork - Luftlust (Ozgur Can Remix)
Dubspeeka & Spencer Brown - Geb (Spencer Brown Rework)
Opal Sunn - Aura
Helmut Ebritsch - Super Sync
Henry Saiz feat. Eloy - It's Not Over
Martinesque - Profound
Thomas Smith - Retina Scan (SCB Edit)
Evigt Morker - Sju
Eusebeia - Damage Control (Otik Rework)
Durante - Thread Tension

TRAKTOR X LNOE Mix

I needed to do something different: I've been through shorter mixes, the regular 25-30 tracks in an 80min session, lots of layering and precise arrangements... I thought I'd do the opposite for once. 16 tracks and a shade over 3 hours.

Each track is pushing past the 11/12min mark, I let them play out mostly, barely mixed, looking for those transitions that feel like shifting stages on Outrun.

I tried to the keep the tracks multifaceted, engrossing, no "sounds of Jupiter" wind trax here. Set aside some time or eat in a few sessions.

Tracklisting:

Neutron 9000 - Beryl's Psychedelic Cleaning
Convextion - B1 (From Acido 22)
Sad City - Pace, Movements I-IV
Sleep D - Live At The Fairfield Amphitheatre Part 2
Synkro - Your Heart (Sven's To Be Pure In Heart Mix)
Albrecht La'Brooy - U-bahn / S-bahn
Francis Harris - Minor Forms (Joaquin Joe Claussell's Cosmic Arts Version)
Alex Albrecht pres. Melquiades - Lanterns Pt 1 & Pt 2
Wa Wu We - The Grip Of The Frost Release Itself
The Orb - Moonbuilding 2703AD (Wolfgang Voigt - AntiretroAmbientPsycholkaMix)
PST - Choices In Paradise
Barker & Baumecker - Senden
Prins Thomas - D
Global Communication - Sublime Creation
Posthuman - We Wire The Animal
Vague Imaginaires - A Bord Du Magdalena

Fancy an extended listen to the artists involved, here is a Spotify playlist of the available tracks so you can go investigate the full works.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZbBdalb3MOAG65HVhAudV?si=265f49af5cc44c10&pt=ce8b284a00977118ea816eabcaf5dd65

This Ambient House

About 2 or 3 years ago I started to make a nice fuzzy deep house mix to land in time for Summer. Technically, I'm still on time.

TL:

Continental - Whispers
Prins Thomas - Ambitions (Isolee Remix)
Levon Vincent - WKO
Raymond Castoldi - Cycles Of Life
Internal NY Rhythms - Infesta
Fenyan x Kosmo Kint - Da Real (Jerome Sydenham Remix ft Fatima Njai)
Sterac - P909 (Elias Mazian Remix)
The Phantasy - Just Dance
Callisto - Eycesykcles
Lea Lisa - Keys Of Life (GU's Esoteric Chicago Mix)
Marquis Hawkes - Ukana Skneli
Petals In Sound - Buoyancy (Bruise Remix)
Antenna - MDF
Farren Laen - Reality
Autokinetic (feat. Nour) - Strong Enough

Years Pass Like Seconds

117BPM chugs for summer, more deep sounds.

TL:

Dylan Bryne - Cherenkov Blue
Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Chapter 4 (Al Wootton Remix)
Peggy Gou - When Round, They Go (Terekke Remix)
Powel - Cloud City
Kettenkarussell - Trust
Bob Moses - Far From The Tree
The Valley & The Mountain - Ramps To Nowhere (DJ Aakmael Remix)
Grant - Social Standards
Nathan Melja - Jerky Teardrop (Blue Mix)
Space Dimension Controller - Marimbeh (Slightly Raw And Dubby)
Lost Souls Of Saturn - Cycloned by Pepe Bradock (Bouillabaisse From Space Remix)
Achim Maerz - Memories
Bufiman - Peace Moves (Pulse Mix)
Reboot - Uruana (Luciano Remix)
The Timewriter - One Blood
Terekke - Padi

Sounds Like The Colour Blue

Next in the series of 10min+ tracks with an emphasis on letting things play out and a focus on the compelling, mood shifters.

This one errs more towards the ambient than the house, differing from the previous mix.

TL:

A Positive Life - The Calling (Ambient Mix)
Material - Praying Mantra (The Orb Remix)
DARFDHS - Tandavas Danssalskap Framfor Den Finska Valsen
A Positive Life - Hypnosystem
Francis Harris - St. Catherine & The Calm
Private Agenda - Sea Life (Mark Barrott Vocal Mix)
K-Lone - Old Fashioned
Vague Imaginaires - L'ile Amazone
The Fires Of Ork - Nouvelles Machines
Civilistjavel - A2
Jack Burton - Lake Monger pt. I, II & III
S.A.M. - Thank You / Dream State Of A Bellmaker / Big Sur
Cass & Wolf Muller - The Sound Of Glades
Disasterpeace - The Gauntlet
Brain Machine - Eclipse Predictions

That Ambient House

Nothing fancy, a selection of tracks that I've been enjoying with AD93 and Ilian Tape representing in particular.

Vivian Koch - Enter
Lord Of The Isles & Ellen Renton - A Discovery
MPU101 - WTFJH
James Holden - Four Ways Down The Valley
Worriedaboutsatan - Sigourney Weaver Fanclub President (Benoit Pioulard Remix)
Walton - Space Water
Imaginary Softwoods - Mr Big Volume

shhhh II

I'd been meaning to commit the first three tracks on this to a mix in the 90's, I'd run the grooves. Tapes were never recorded and years passed.

For this session of warm vibes I picked a selection of melancholic 90's house, starting with the mix trio that never was. Nods to Clivilles & Cole: Sessions 3 and DJ Harvey: Late Nite Sessions on Ministry Of Sound.

South Street Player - Who? Keeps Changing Your Mind (Fresh Fruit Deep)
Everything But The Girl - Wrong (Mood II Swing Dub)
Joi + Jorio - I Won't Waste Your Time (Dreamyness)
Round Two feat Andy Caine - New Day (Club Vocal Mix)
Fallout - The Morning After (Sunrise Mix)
Mission Control - Outta Limits (Shelter Mix)
Callisto - Resistance

not too much please II

Soundcloud metrics say you like me doing deep house. So here is some introverted deep house for people who like to climb inside themselves. 

I've got a new MacBook, a fresh Ableton Live 12 and actually some semblance of a sorted library, so enjoy some sounds from now and back through my collection. 

The Valley & The Mountain - Assembly Required [Detroit Record Company]
Lerosa - Be My Woman [Photic Fields]
Nick Holder - Feelin' Sad [DNH Records]
Palms Trax - Forever (Galcher Lustwerk Remix) [Lobster Theremin]
F.T.F. - Untitled03 [Tape Archive]
Nocow - Тебе Нужно Вернуться [Gost Zvuk]
LWS - Chug Sequence [Redstone Press]
DJ Slyngshot - Untitled A1 [Workshop]
Kreggo - Tochi [Nous’Klaer]
Olin - People Fix (Huerco S Remix 1) [Giegling]
Omar S - Psychotic Photosynthesis [FXHE Records]
Philipp Priebe - On The Way Out (Rising Sun Remix 1) [Stolar]
Fred P - It Is What It Is [Strength Music Recordings]
Antenna - Before I Fall Asleep [Beats In Space]
Solune - Thela In The New World (Equinox Mix) [Bass Cadet Records]
Fudge Fingas - Light In My Life [Dekmantel]
Adam Pits - Push Around [Coastal Haze]

it has been raining of late

The first part of The Northern Powerhouse. Part two is here: https://soundcloud.com/fourfourfun/the-northern-powerhouse-power.

Nathan Micay - 11.11.90 (Beat Mix) [LuckyMe]
Maara - Splash On Mi [NAFF]
Lone - Hidden By Horizons (snippet) [Greco-Roman]
Chestnut People - I [Exo Recordings International]
MYKI - Heraqura [Tofistock]
Remotif - Telepathic Heights [Coymix]
Peyote Dreams - State Of Mind (Slack Mix - Roza Terenzi Slow Buck) [Love On The Rocks]
Bliss Inc. - Subaquatic [Magicwire]
Maruwa - Ultraworld [GODDEZZ]
Adam Pits - Element X (Priori Remix) [Haŵs]
Sansibar - Elastic [Sin Sistema]
Furious Frank Feat. Ivy Barkakati – Ahora Sí (D. Tiffany Remix) [Butter Sessions]
Guy Contact - The Waters Of Compassion [Guy Contact]
Volodymyr Gnatenko – Subra [Kalahari Oyster Cult]
Maara - Tranquil Lust Mommy [NAFF]
DJ Normal 4 - Return Of The Hooligans [Needs]
Lone - Temples [R&S]

The Northern Powerhouse - North Mix

The second part of The Northern Powerhouse. Part one is here: https://soundcloud.com/fourfourfun/the-northern-powerhouse-north-mix.

Adam Pits - Capitulation [On Rotation]
Kim Ann Foxman - Magic Magic [Firehouse]
Paramida - Dream Ritual (Eris Drew & Octo Octa Alchemical Sisters Dub) [Love On The Rocks]
Point Guard - Motions (PMA Remix) [Echocentric Records]
Ex-Terrestrial - Mojave Skyline (ANF Virtual Music Remix) [Magicwire]
Bliss Inc. - Lan Party [Magicwire]
Liquid Earth - The Breakdown (Charms Of Gaia Mix) [Liquid Earth Physical]
Paramida & E-Talking - Read My Lips [Phonica]
Maruwa - Tricky Question [X-Kalay]
DJ Life - Fermented [DJ Life]
Simone De Kunovich & Pascal Moscheni – Stone Island (Fantastic Man Remix) [Polifonic]
Robert Dietz - Fumblewinter [Nous'klaer]
Sleep D - Strange Sounds [Butter Sessions]
Thurlow Joyce - Lemon Citrus [NAFF]
Roza Terenzi - Fine Gay [Maricas Records]

The Northern Powerhouse - Power Mix

Monta - Disappointment
Tleiaxu - Just A Thought
Miguel Tutera - Fatal Error
Miguel Tutera - Searching (Someone Else German Trance Remix)
The Suffragettes - Homework 1
Seph - Downstairs
Greg Le Roy - Intersection Parallele
Cedric Eteocle - The City
Mark Henning - Motorrad Da Douche
Diss0nance - Addict
Gurtz - Dect
Cesare vs Disorder - Around Vrzina
Barem - Undo (Jorge Savoretti Liquid Planets Remix)
Agnes - Vsel On The Sea Bed
Agnes - God Less America
Fidget - Over Under Through

Unfound Sound 1

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Trevino - Black Cat
Etapp Kyle - Drama
Aleksi Perala - UK74R1512120
Lucy - Cannon Fodder
The Persuader - The Arrival
Daniel Avery - Sensation
Untold - Motion The Dance
Anthony Rother - The World Needs You (DVS1 Bassline Edit)
Mathew Jonson - Marionette
Inland - Sherpa
Surgeon - Floorshow, Pt. 1 - 2
Volte Face - Blatchington Mill (Wata Igarashi's Stairway Remix)
Tessela - Rub
Pangaea - More Is More To Burn
Bambounou - TFTT
Vivian Koch - Find Your Way Out

Lost Threads Of The Dead Vol III

KWC 92 - Dreaming Of You
Donato Dozzy - Vaporwave 01
C418 - Thirteen
Plaid - Ralome
Delia Gonzales - Horse Follows Darkness
Brain Machine - Light Space
Jabru - Tartarus 808 (Solid Spiel Mix)
Chihei Hatakeyama - By The Pond
Disasterpeace - The Midnight Wood
Sad City - Scyphozoa
Fourtet - Two Thousand And Seventeen
SW. - Untitled B2
Skee Mask - Soundbox Ext. 1
Slowdive - In Mind (Reload Remix - The 147 Take)
Mallard - Transparent

Lost Threads Of The Dead Vol IV

Dos Attack - Flue (Minor Science Remix)
dBRm - The Third Room
London Modular Alliance - Moonbase
London Modular Alliance - Pusher
Lanark Artefax - Touch Absence (Intimidating Stillness Mix)
Lanark Artefax - Touch Absence
Seph - Felina
Kim English - Learn 2 Luv (Francois K's Atmospheric Remix - Pearson Sound Edit)
Objekt - Porcupine
Dario Zenker - There Is Hope
Andrea - 22:22
Interstellar Funk - Caves Of Steel (Convextion Remix)
Minor Science - Underripe
Solitary Dancer - Desire & Apathy
Mandar - Ascend
Claro Intelecto - Peace Of Mind (Electrosoul)
Anodyne - Close Your Eyes (Corporation Street Remix By Autechre)

Lost Threads Of The Dead Vol I

Sad City - Steady Jam (DJ Nature Dub)
Royal Crown Of Sweden - Vanern
The Mole - I Twist You Turn
Panthera Krause - Solar System
Studio OST - Ascension
Kessel Vale - Her Calm Shape
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DJ Boring - Tribal Dreams
Tornado Wallace - Today (I:Cube Aujord'Hui Beats)
Lord Of The Isles - Ruff Rollin'
Traumprinz - Intrinity
Antenna - Harpy Dance
Soul Clap feat. Robert Owens - Misty (Louie Vega Roots NYC Mix)
Kuniyuki - Newwave Project 2 (Call Super Mix)
Genius Of Time - Djungle Jam
Talaboman - Loser's Hymn

Lost Threads Of The Dead Vol II

Foamy breaks.

Fantastic Man - Utopioid
Alex Albrecht pres. Melquiades - Aurora (Roza Terenzi Remix)
James Shinra - Blurr
lb honne - majki b
ANF - Chi-motion
Ex-terrestrial - Water Walk
ANF, Priori & Dust-e-1 - C.B.O.T.E.O.C.

not too much please III

Get up and go, fizzing dance.

SEO John - Dimension Walking
Liquid Earth - A Little Nucleus
Opal Sunn - Proton Dance
Duo Paradiso - Moonlight
CCL & D. Tiffany - The Plot Thickens
Dylan Forbes - Qualobec
Eversines - Upon

ok now go III

Blissy ambient with a dash of wonk.

X.Y.R. - The Signals From The Abyss
Rival Consoles - Outline Of A Distant Memory
Lone - Undaunted
Sasha - Descent
U - Lowlands
Panoram - Psuedolove

shhhh III

Heavily dubbed out and occasionally doubletimed. Autonomic.

Synkro - Knowledge
Mathew Jonson - Cold Blooded (dBridge's No Love Remix)
Black Point - Forest Lore
comforter2 - How To Arrive (Downstairs J Remix)
Calibre - Sump Dub
Khotin - WEM Lagoon Jump
Burial + Thom Yorke - His Rope
Dices - Aquarius

shhhh IV

Icy edged electronica.

Phenomyna - Earthfall (Nuron Mix)
Interstellar Funk - No Direction To Spacetown (Feat Jeroen)
Sandwell District - Inter
Demdike Stare - Eulogy
Volodymyr Gnatenko - Progr
EM + Stav - Inner Space
Priori + Bambounou - C.R.U.S.H.
Photek - Mine To Give

not too much please IV

Space techno.

Nuron - Lost In PDMC
7th Plain - Convex
Convextion - Exploration
Sansibar - NRJ
Sandwell District - Disaffected
ARC# - Blue
Volodymyr Gnatenko - Waar

ok now go IV

Jungle.

Ocean Stirs - Stitch
Healion & Priori - About Breathing (Ludwig AF)
Twisted Soul 9999 - Sprite (Necrotype Remix)
Necrotype - Yosei
Damian's Ghost - All I Remember
Maya Q - Starburst
Jeigo - So Many Times

ok now go V

Sombre.

Hainbach - A Man On Whom The Sun Has Come Down
Isorinne - Without Tears
Soela - The Same Things, The Same Thoughts
Benoit Pioulard - If I Could Possibly Tell The Difference, I Wouldn't Care Anyway
Disasterpeace - Reflection
Civilistjavel - [3 - Track 4]

shhhh V

Chug.

Lay - Mankind
Valerie From The Galerie - Trouble And Strife
Henry Saiz & Pional - Uroboros
Causa - Nicho
.45 ACP - Hang In There
Ultraista - Ordinary Boy

not too much please V

Continuing to explore the new wave of 90's vibed eletronic artists and labels. The aim: evoking the spirit of Northern Exposure sessions with a focus on vibe and atmosphere. Inside here is a heady mix of Balearic influenced chug that goes through the gears and pivots into twinkling breaks and trance melodies.

RIYL Norther Exposure 1/2 Disc 1's.

Tracklisting:

D.Tiffany - Purple Airplane [weaponise your sound]
Luca Lozano - A Higher Place [Klasse Wrecks]
Dust-e-1 - C-Thru (snippet) [DUSTworld]
Guy Contact - One Hand One Bounce [ONO Records]
Fantastic Man - Nebula Nights [Superconscious Records]
Cosmic G & Laars - Trancia [Snippets Music]
Abdul Raeva - Guardian Of The Vault [Duality Trax]
Ludwig AF - Firefly [Unknown To The Unknown]
Anoesis - Heavy Water (D. Tiff's Floating To The Top Mix) [Spray]
Phaser Boys - Bialetti Break [WARNING]
Roza Terenzi & D.Tiffany - Possession [Delicate Records]
Lisene - Gnosis [On Rotation]
Alex Kassian X Spooky - Orange Coloured Liquid (Part I) [Test Pressing Recordings]
Reflex Blue - Trip Sit (Elevate Mix) [Breakfree Records]
Reflex Blue - Ocean Bliss (Paradise Mix) [Gestalt Records]
Fantastic Man & Tornado Wallace - Skybus Theme [Love On The Rocks]
Cooper Saver - Cloudburst [Nous'Klaer]
Fader Cap - Listen [Cragie Knowes]
Younger Than Me - Raver's Heart Is A Mess (w/Brame and Hamo) [90s Wax]

The Northern Powerhouse II - North Mix

Handshakes from the first session and starts to drop in the 4/4 beats in earnest. Focused on energy and vibrancy, this is the antidote for a sometimes overtly serious and contemplative traditional progressive scene.

RIYL GU Sasha Disc 2's / 90's Danny Howells.

Tracklisting

Paramida - Limbo In Heaven [Love On The Rocks]
Olsvangèr - Goldman's Propeller [Cragie Knowes]
Kim Ann Foxman - We Are Rhythm (Spray Remix) [SELF:TIMER]
Jamie Leather - Back In Time [Omike]
Maara - You're So Delicious [Haŵs]
Duo Paradiso - Dream Machine (Bliss Inc. Remix) [SNC Recs.]
Toby Tobias–	Trippy Steve (Fantastic Man Dub) [Futureboogie Recordings]
CLOSE PROXIMITY - Pure Ascendance (Maruwa Remix) [Minitel]
Masalo - Star Cloud 777 [Dekmantel Records]
BùLù - Silicon-Shepherd (E-Talking Remix) [Nummer Music]
Bliss Inc. - Evolver [Magicwire]
Vitaline - Sex In The Forest [ItinéraireBis Records]
Gabriola - One To Zen [Magicwire]
Bliss Inc. - Verbs [SNC Recs.]
Sleep D - Dreamhole [Butter Sessions]

The Northern Powerhouse II - Power Mix

Another session of 10min+ tracks - heavily slanted to the over 15min mark here - with a big tip on space as a vibe. Not just beautiful tranquility, there is an imposing edge of unknown fear, just to keep those ears keen.

Human Mesh Dance - Hyaline
LF56 - Iniziazione
Inland & Julian Charrière - In Loco Parentis
Pete Namlook & The Higher Intelligence Agency - Space Interceptors
Brain Machine - Light Space
Civilistjavel - 3-02
33.10.3402 - LIES075-A
Arushi Jain - Drown Out The Noise With Your Silence
Robert Aiki, Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma - Magick Creek
Repulsive Force - Dubbahope
Vādin - Taiyō
Chapterhouse Re-translated by Global Communication - Alpha Phase
X.Y.R - Ancient Trip
Richard Fearless - Our Acid House

The Other Ambient House

Originally a session created for the Decoded MOTM competition, now repurposed as a Northern Powerhouse offshoot. This goes from chug to trance.

Tracklisting

Pleasure Planet - Alien (Roza Terenzi Remix) [Firehouse Records]
Guy Contact - Maya Bay [Coymix]
Bliss Inc. - Infinite [Radiant Records]
Hannd - Void Control [Comma Trax]
Solar Suite - Greens Pool [Haŵs]
Solar Suite - Guilty Spark [On Rotation]
Janeret - Gap [Haŵs]
Hybrid Man - Shapeshifting [Butter Sessions]
Sleep D - Hypno [Kalahari Oyster Cult]
Jeku - Dengue (Tribal Mix) [Neptune Discs]
Bex - Dare To Dream [Comma Trax]
Fantastic Man - Genesis [Axis Of People]
irini - Golden Wave [allpossibleworlds]

The Northern Powerhouse I, II & III can be found here:

https://soundcloud.com/fourfourfun/sets/the-northern-powerhouse
https://soundcloud.com/fourfourfun/sets/northern-powerhouse-ii
https://soundcloud.com/fourfourfun/sets/the-northern-powerhouse-iii

Hartshead Power Session - Side A

Nutype - Noisy Ride
1800 Haight Street - LSD Casualty 2
Asusu - Serra
AVION - Ink
Benny Rodriguez - The Choice Is Mine (Rødhåd Remix)
Society Of Silence - Corners
Ø - Internal Conflict (Acts 1 - 3)
JP Enfant - Subconscious Leverage
nthng - 1996
Pearl River Sound - Remember Every Moment

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Mohlao - Cladistic Mutation
Leo Anibaldi - Evocation (Wa Wu We Sneak)
Indigo Kennedy - Dies Irae (Kangding Ray Remix)
Ital - The Citadel (G.O.D. Rework)
R-Zone 10 - Desert Schematics
Vernon Felicity - Flying Saucer
Bjarki - Orange Juice Man
Antenna - In August
INIT - Blackbird (Cliff Lothar Remix)
Last Magpie - UTLD3
Krankbrother - Washed Up
Xamiga - MidwestDR660Soup

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This session leans heavier into the trippier and dreamlike state of headier times. Catches you up in its drift but turns on the heat ever so subtly.

Tracklisting:

Adam Pits - A Recurring Nature [On Rotation]
Repulsive Force - Shed Of Life (Floatmix) [oprofessionell]
Remotif - The Sound Of Hope Played Backwards [Pleasant Life]
Match Box - Cyber Sunshine (Dylan Forbes Moonlight Remix) [GODDEZZ]
Geo Taguchi - Deep Blue [Coymix]
Suki - Entering The Microverse (Sunrise Mix) [Butter Sessions]
Adam Pits feat. Lourene - Let Your Mind Go [Cragie Knowes]
MYKI - Enbalim [Tofistock]
Sleep D & Albrecht La'Brooy - Banksia [Butter Sessions]
Naone - Falling Sun (Bliss Inc. Remix) [Unknown To The Unknown]
Shjva - Metazone (Eversines Remix) [Viscera Transmissions]
SEO John - Dimension Walking (Bliss Inc. Remix) [GODDEZZ]
Jeku - Aftermath [One Eye Witness]
Ella -МАТЬ (Maruwa Remix) [СТВОЛ]

The Northern Powerhouse III - North Mix

considering how much of a dirty word progressive is nowadays, this mix developed into the churning energy of the early 2000's but with the make-up of current contemporary artists

no bad thing

TL

Passarella Death Squad - Blue Lips

Forever Sound - Glow Worm

Area Forty One - Freefall

Winter Son - Here Is A Ghost

Holger - Moonland (Original / Barnt Remix)

Artefakt - Twilit

Quantum Entanglement - The Effects Can Last Forever (Tails)

Sven Weisemann - Nijo

Cubicolor - Down The Wall

Hunter/Game & Pisetzky - Dystopia

Terron - No.33 2 Hawk (Part 1)

Mind Against & Locked Groove - Elysium

Gonno - Stop (Album Version)

Blondes - Persuasion

Ipman - ¥

eventually

With the more direct session, the aim was to retain a lot of atmosphere building and moodiness from the previous mix, but continue to ratchet up the pressure over the duration. Part of the inspiration was some of peak Deep Dish's dark and driving sessions around the Yoshiesque 2 era. 

Tracklisting:

Paramida - Sailor Moon House [Love On The Rocks]
Naone - Maetel's Secret [Safe Trip]
Bönna - Sacred Soul [Peak Experience]
DJ Life - Bramble [Neptune Discs]
Adam Pits - Spreadable [Kalahari Oyster Cult]
Sleep D - Bush Snake [Butter Sessions]
Ebbs N Flow - In This Emptiness [Kalahari Oyster Cult]
mpeg - Dots [R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings]
CLJL - Shadow Speak [Cragie Knowes]
Olsvanger - The Core (Escape Dub) [Cragie Knowes]
S.A.M. - There Will Be A Day [Haven Trax]
DJ Jacuzziy - Music Is... [Magicwire]
Farren Laen - May Day (Priori Remix) [Laen Disc]
Alvar - Follow [Peak Experience]

The Northern Powerhouse III - Power Mix

Originally a session created for the Decoded MOTM competition, now repurposed as a Northern Powerhouse offshoot. This goes from breaks to drum driven energy.

Tracklisting

DJ Relax - 4D Thoughts [GODDEZZ]
comforter2 - How To Arrive (RDS Remix) [Nous'klaer Audio]
Fader Cap - Silver [Dürüm Records]
Prince de Takicardie - Thunderwave [Mulen]
Jamie Leather - That's Enough Now [Cragie Knowes]
Cosmic G & Laars - Terrestrial Dreams [Vakum Records]
Max Mars - Morgen War Gestern (S.O.N.S Remix) [Junction Forest]
Match Box - Quantum Transients [GODDEZZ]
Pankoff & DJ Varius Trax - We Can Rebuild Him (Bliss Inc. Remix) [Trance-Atlantyk]
Regularfantasy & Big Zen - Call U When I'm Done (Priori Remix) [Plush]
Pancratio - Artificial Intelligence [Love On The Rocks]
Pureblast - Psycho (Roza Terenzi Remix) [Pureblast]
Vitaline - Sex In The Forest (Dylan Forbes Remix) [ItinéraireBis Records]

Check the entire Northern Powerhouse series here: https://soundcloud.com/fourfourfun/sets/the-northern-powerhouse-1

Hartshead Power Session - Side B

After about three years away from crafting full length mixes, I've made a return to the classic Balance 2CD mix format of one deep / one not. 

The first mix steps out deeply with Dauwd before cycling through productions from Sleep D, The Field, Kelly Lee Owens, Artefakt, Plaid, Nathan Micay, before ending up with an archive cut from Sasha's recent DETAT series.

A complete shift in intensity sees the second mix tour the likes of Anastasia Kristensen, Earth Trax, Special Request, more from Sleep D and Kelly Lee Owens, Shedbug, with an archive cut from Aaron Palmquist propping up the session.

As usual, the arrangement comes with many nights of repeated mastering in order to get the gloss, but without sacrificing the intensity.

house

Sleep D - King Tide
P.Leone - Factory Free
90 Process - Do You Like Tools
Warwick - Ready As It Gets
Adam Pitts - Gazza
Human Movement - Waiting (D.Tiffany Remix)
Pangaea - Like This

ok now go

Dreamy, fluid electro.

London Modular Alliance - Fallow
214 - Alpenglow
Solar X Brother Nebula - S.I.S. (Savile's Jetset Radio Remix)
Area Forty One - Nocturnal Passions III
Hardfloor & ERP - 4th Dimension Of The 5th Ward (ERP Version 1)
No Moon - CPU Limit 99
Shadow Acid - Another Chance

not too much please

Vague Imaginaires - Space Birthday
Reptant - A Realists Realistic Reality (Roza's Realism Remix)
Ramzi - Couer Dodu
Ballet Mechanique - Evolutionary Entities
Martinou - Let's Get Out Of Here
Molly - Calypso
Autechre - psin AM

shhhh

I've written for a whole spectrum of music outlets - from Data Transmission to Inverted Audio, the much loved Ibiza Voice and even contributions to FACT and Fabric. Mainly, this involves listening to sounds, deciding whether I like them or not, and then making words happen about them.

Sometimes the sounds find their way onto mixes (when I have the time between dealing with children and a demanding day job) some of which you can hear on here.

My sounds are myriad. One mix does not sound like the next.

fourfourfun

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