from the album TROUBADOUR (2013, Stones Throw)
http://stonesthrow.com/thestepkids
http://itunes.com/thestepkids

THE STEPKIDS ON TOUR

Sep 10: New York City @ Mercury Lounge
Sep 11: Mechanicsburg PA @ Messiah College
Sep 12: Washington D.C. @ DC9
Sep 13: Hamden CT @ Spaceland Ballroom
Sep 14: Burlington VT @ Nectar's

Sep 20: Nantes FR @ Scopitone Festival 
Sep 21: Nimes FR @ Marsatac Festival 
Sep 24: Clermont-Ferrand FR @ La Cooperative de Mai
Sep 25: Paris @ La Gaite Lyrique
Sep 27: Marseille @ Marsatac Festival
Oct 1: Berlin @ Privatclub
Oct 2: Erfurt DE @ Franz Melhouse
Oct 4: Linz @ Stadtwerkstatt
Oct 5: Zurich @ Stall 6
Oct 6: Basel @ Kaserne
Oct 8: Hamburg @ Kampnagel

Oct 9: Frankfurt @ Das Bett 
Oct 10: Vienna @ Fania Live  
Oct 11: Cologne @ Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld 
Oct 13: Bristol @ Bank of Stokes Croft 
Oct 14: London @ The Lexington - SOLD OUT
Oct 15: London @ Rough Trade East - FREE, 7PM
Oct 16: Utrecht @ EKKO  
Oct 17: Brussels @ Botanique Rotonde Room 
Oct 18: Amsterdam @ Paradiso Tickets
Oct 19: Rotterdam @ Bird Tickets 

Nov 6: Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre 
Nov 7: Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore  
Nov 8: Wilmington, NC @ Ziggy's By The Sea  
Nov 9: Winston-Salem, NC @ Ziggy's 9:00PM

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The Stepkids - Moving Pictures

Virginia Wolf - The Procussions

Download the mix in high quality mp3 & lossless via Drip.fm:
https://drip.fm/ghostly/releases/various-artists-ghostly-15-spectral-sound

The Spectral iteration of the Ghostly 15 mixes comes courtesy of Derek Plaslaiko (who recently completed a grueling 12 hour Boiler Room out of his home in Berlin: http://boilerroom.tv/recording/derek-plaslaiko-12-hour-set/). Some words from Plaslaiko on the emergence of Spectral Sound & the mix he has curated below:

"I met Sam Valenti IV in the later years of the 90's just after he started the Ghostly International label. I feel like I almost instantly connected with Ghostly due to the music, but also because of the asthetic. Sam & I had more than a couple conversations about labels like Factory and 4AD and how the art was synonymously as important as the music it accompanied. I couldn't agree with him more!

As Ghostly grew, I think Sam realized that the more dancefloor-oriented music should almost have it's own place. Enter Spectral Sound.

Spectral Sound often gets confused as Ghostly. For instance, I am considered a Spectral Sound DJ, yet there are plenty of times that promoters end up simply putting Ghostly International next to my name. This doesn't offend me or anything, but the labels are quite different, and equally as important in my eyes. Spectral went on to help pave the way for what would end up being the "minimal" sound embraced first in Berlin, and then the rest of the world. However, I wouldn't just pin Spectral down as a "minimal" label. I feel Spectral (as well as Ghostly) is a great example of a dance music oriented label putting out music they like regardless of what genre it falls under. House, Acid House, Deep House, Tech House, Hard Techno, Deep Techno, Minimal Techno... you can find all of this and a lot more within Spectral's vast catalog.

So, Sam has asked me to pick 15 of my favorite Spectral Sound tracks and I gotta say... this list is a really hard one to make! How do I chose only 15 cuts of this incredible catalog? And even if I did, how much of it would be occupied by tracks produced by Matthew, Tadd and Todd? To pick 15 favorites from just those 3 artists alone would be a difficult challenge, as they are easily 3 of my favorite producers of dance music out there! So, I tried to limit my picks of them to each of their project names.

I had been asked to to the mix compilation that accompanied the Spectral Sound Vol 2 compilation that came out in 2008. So, there are MANY of my favorite Spectral cuts on there (you can find it on Spotify). I mention this only because there are a few repeats in this list, but I just couldn't help myself because I still play those tracks to this day.

So, here is the playlist, and happy listening!"

Osborne - Wait A Minute (Extended)

Beats Unraveled #6 - Dilla Mixtape

An Instrumental mix of Chill Downtempo and Ambient flavors
Featuring Rav Vast G Pygmy Drum

Venusian Love

FIND A WAY vs TECHNOVA

From the compilation Nowadays, Vol. 7 (Montreal Tape), out April 14th
Listen everywhere : nwds.lnk.to/Vol7-MontrealTape

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Ragers - Pressure (Nowadays #7)

#nowplaing DJ Cam - Dieu Reconnaitra Les Siens my morning Grind & Shine Mix 

DJ Cam - Dieu Reconnaitra Les Siens - abtract vibes - Chillout

Pat Van Dyke's New LP - "Hello, Summer" is available on all streaming platforms and "Pool Blue" Vinyl.

https://pvdmusic.bandcamp.com/album/hello-summer

Chaos & Confusion

Hardcourage LP out now
http://ninjatune.net/faltydl/

She Sleeps

She Sleeps feat Ed Macfarlane

D&T
"Was resurrected form the early days of Letherette. It was a track we felt familiar with in terms of its origins. We loved its sound and after coming up with a second part for it, we sent it to a good friend of ours, Ben Modley, to add some shredding to the end section! The combination was wild and perhaps risky, but we love it."

Download on iTunes - http://glnk.it/1x5
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