Excellent guest mix by the one and only C:mone (@tuincybright)!

Basic Instructions #19 - C:Mone

Very special guest mix by the wonderful neelie. aka colluvisol (@neelie-3), with the raviest and grimiest of dance music!

Basic Instructions #21: Neelie. Aka Colluvisol

First episode of Merch Drop (recorded on 21st February '22), a joint venture radio show by Employee and Glenn Astro airing every fourth Monday of the month from 6-7pm on Radio 80000! 
Playing and discussing new additions to the record bag and exclusively previewing unreleased and upcoming tracks.

Merch Drop #1 w/ Employee & Glenn Astro

Paying tribute to his favourite video game soundtrack ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’, Glenn Astro lays down Zonin’ - an EP made up of two acts, releasing September 23.

‘Hydrocity Zone’ is a level on Sonic The Hedgehog 3, and its theme has become recognized as a pinnacle of chiptune music composed by Howard Drossin.

On ‘Hydro City Zone (Act 1)’ Astro replaces the new jack swing groove of the original version with a steady house beat and expresses the warm, imaginative melodies through his own array of synths. More than just an exercise in nostalgia, it’s a killer track in its own right bursting with playful, psychedelic themes and infectious eccentricity.

‘Hydro City Zone (Act 2)’ is the deeper downtempo flip to the sprightly bounce of the A side, taking a more interpretive approach that simmers down the frenetic pace of Drossin’s composition with a minimal backbeat and a moody bassline broken up with buoyant jazzy keys.

Alongside the digital release, Astro’s Zonin’ EP has been pressed up in an ultra-limited run of just 30 copies, available exclusively through Bandcamp

Hydro City Zone (Act 2)

Hydro City Zone (Act 1)

My one hour recorded at the Doc Sleep x Tartlet Records x Bubble World takeover at Refuge Worldwide in celebration of Doc Sleep's album release.

Bubble World with Glenn Astro (Sat 25th March)@ Refuge Worldwide

Brain Liquor - Blame It On

Mental Trance - Mental Trance

Eye Soul8r - The Wheels Of Steel

Mental Trance - Intersection

Eye Soul8r - Autumn Subs

DJ 1999 - The Abyss

DJ 1999 - Almost Pleasant

Crystalline Reality - The Growl (Crystaline Mix)

Brain Liquor - Jaque

The Foundation - I Like It

Mental Trance - Intro Track

Brownswood electr*c 4
Various Artists
[Brownswood Recordings]
Release Date: 19/05/2014

Pre Order:

iTunes: bit.ly/1mTVKPG
Bandcamp: bit.ly/1lFjaFH

Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood imprint dips back into the electronic melting pot to compile its fourth “electr*c” compilation in as many years. The fruits of intensive exploration of the cracks and crevices within today’s wonderfully fractured bass music movement, Brownswood electr*c 4 features exclusive music from a new crop of up and comers. Some like Frenchman Nikitch and Belgian wunderkind LTGL are fresh out of the blocks, whilst the likes of Deft, Adam Elemental, Glenn Astro, D Tiberio and B Lewis have cultivated relative online infamy in recent times, each carving out their own unique path and singular artistry.

As usual we run the full gamut of styles, skipping from searing hypercolour hip-hop/bass hybrids; through ever so slightly wonky deep house; furious footworkin’ D&B that recalls vintage Metalheadz cuts circa ’96 (but somehow sounds steadfastly futuristic); awesomely drunken R&B; wrecking ball 808-driven bangerz; and introspective emo bumps… It’s a cluttered, chaotic, hyperactive kaleidoscopic trip – no doubt – but we wouldn’t have it any other way.

Founded by Alex “Patchwork” Stevenson (Patchwork Pirates / Earnest Endeavours) in 2010, the aim of this series was very simply to replicate the ethos of Peterson’s much loved Brownswood Bubblers series and provide a platform for new, up and coming artists starting to make waves in the worldwide underground. It’s an approach that has characterised Gilles’s approach to DJing, broadcasting and music from the very beginning of his career and it lies at the very heart of his accidental slogan: “Searching for the perfect beat”.

The inaugural Brownswood electr*c in June 2010 provided a compelling snapshot of the dance music underground’s greyer areas, rounding up then newcomers (now major players) Shlohmo, Rockwell, 16bit, George Fitzgerald, Mosca and Mount Kimbie. Subsequent volumes burrowed deeper into the warren-like electronic landscape uncovering hidden treasures from Ta-ku, Koreless, Synkro & Indigo (these days known as Akkord), Stray (one third of Ivy Lab) and highlighted underground anthems by the likes of Dub Phizix and Krampfhaft, in addition to a whole raft of exceptionally talented newcomers.

Brownswood electr*c 4

01. Louis Futon - Shoulda Known (GANZ Remix)
02. Nikitch - Radiated Light
03. Monk' - “L”
04. Glenn Astro - We Killed Our Probation Worker
05. Deft - Breakdown
06. Adam Elemental - Green Eyes feat. Ravdeep Singh
07. NorvisJr - do kNo that…
08. LTGL - Hat To The Back (Brownswood Edit)
09. Feral - Rollercoaster
10. B Lewis - Four Days Alone
11. D Tiberio - All That's Torn feat. Natasha Agrama
12. Brrd - Youth Group

Buy on iTunes

Glenn Astro - We Killed Our Probation Worker [Brownswood Electr*c 4]

Things Not Worth Doing EP3 - Glenn Astro & Mor Sure (21 Apr 2023)

Taking his cue from seminal mix albums of days gone by, Glenn Astro is back with a compilation of original productions from a cast of fictional artists on Nothing Is Real, releasing May 4. 

Across 13 tracks, the Tartelet mainstay celebrates the thrill of discovery which came as standard listening to new entries in series’ like X-Mix and DJ Kicks, moving between head-nodding downtempo, ambient techno, broken beat and all manner of chill-out room delights. You might be left wishing artists such as DJ 1999, Mental Trance and Eye Soul8r had actual discographies to go and explore, but as Astro himself is keen to point out, “nothing is real.” 

Astro has never been shy to embrace classic tropes and tones in his past albums for Tartelet, Apollo and Ninja Tune, but he’s drawing on a different set of influences for this album and embracing the flexibility afforded by using imagined aliases for varied production styles. 

“I had the idea to do a mixtape, preferably with unknown dance tracks that also reflect that whole 90s/early 00s vibe,” Astro explains. “Instead of digging for some records that haven’t been sourced yet or trying to find those ‘forgotten’ treasures, I made the tracks myself. That way I had full control over BPMs, feel and the whole arrangement of tracks. I thought of a few alter egos and started producing the tracks in the order that I intended to play them in a mix. In the end a whole compilation of tracks emerged.” 

While the concept might suggest you’re going to hear a lot of over-familiar sounds, don’t be fooled. Astro is inspired and inquisitive, channeling the experimental spirit of the 90s and early 00s when electronic music was still continually being redefined in all kinds of micro-scenes. In many cases, Astro’s productions slip into the cracks between genres rather than specifically mimicking a style. 

In the run up to its release on May 4, the album will be framed by four key single releases which embody the omnivorous attitude Astro brings to the album. As Crystalline Reality, he explores classic breakbeat in detail, fusing it with starry eyed ambient techno synthesis in an unlikely but wholly convincing combination. Eye Soul8r’s ‘Autumn Subs’ injects ambient synth work in a Fax Records style with a rolling drum funk calling back to the trip hop era. ‘Steppers Worldwide, Unite!’ by The Foundation lands somewhere between pitched down breakbeat hardcore and dubstep, echoing the seldom-mentioned breakstep sound but injecting it with a subtle touch of dub techno. Brain Liquor’s ‘Jaque?’ revels in beatless, Detroit-informed machine funk, laces in some wriggling 303 squelch and gives everything a generous dubbing, but hold tight for the plot twist. 

Even if the reference points are detectable, the end result is a curious blend as indebted to ambiguity as the overall concept of the compilation. Like the spine-tingling sensation of hitting play and awaiting the waves of unknown sonics on one of those seminal mixes, you never know exactly what you’re going to get as you take the trip through Nothing Is Real. 

“In terms of dance music, the 90s and early 2000s are pretty much the blueprint for everything that I’ve later on made myself,” Astro admits. “At the same time, I don’t want to be overly nostalgic about it. We often look at those times, specifically the Y2K years, as being a lot simpler, realer, more honest, which in some cases might even be true. Simultaneously, it's insanely naive. Everything plastic isn’t necessarily futuristic, you know?” 

Nothing is Real drops May 4th on vinyl and digital. 

All tracks written and produced by Glenn Astro

Nothing Is Real V.A. - DJ MIX - Mixed by Glenn Astro

Things Not Worth Doing EP4 - Glenn Astro & Mor Sure (June 6th 2023)

Things Not Worth Doing EP5 - Glenn Astro & More Sure (October 7 2023)

Artist: Various Artists
Title: No.30 EP

A1. Tito Wun - Clipper Skit (vinyl only)
A2. Glenn Astro & IMYRMIND - Bochum
A3. Uffe - Lemon Nights
B1. Max Graef - King M the Undertaker Presents Tertylerd
B2. Damiano Von Erckert - Last One

Cat.No. Tart030
Release date vinyl: November
Release date digi: December
Tartelet Records © 2014 
DISTRIBUTED BY OYE RECORDS / ALL EARS
Artwork by Frederik Christensen
Publisher: Bucks Music Group ltd. c/o Tartelet Records

It's a celebration!

(TART030) A2. Glenn Astro & IMYRMIND - Bochum

This is a snippet of my album. It is out and available! 
Buy it here: 

https://oye-records.com/sgl.php?id=132407&aplay=0

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/glenn-astro-throwback/567887-01/

http://www.hhv.de/shop/de/artikel/glenn-astro-throwback-416333?p=6fug6M

Tracklist: 

01. Gonville feat. Max Graef 
02. Computerkiller 
03. Throwback (Album Cut) 
04. Shit Iz Real 
05. (Forgotten Intro) 4 My Peeps 
06. Bochum feat. IMYRMIND 
07. You Can't Groove 
08. To The Beat Interloot 
09. Still Shining 
10. Kilometer Disco feat. Max Graef 
11 - Ødland 
12. One For Viktor 
13. Long Live Human (One for Sveta) 
14. A Bit Warmer 
15. Brother T (Greeting To Rasho)

Further information here: 

Artist: Glenn Astro
Title: THROWBACK
Cat.No. TARTALB005
Release date vinyl: May 2015
Release date digi: June 2015
Tartelet Records © 2015
DISTRIBUTED BY !K7

Glenn Astro - Throwback "2xLP" [Tartelet Records] Out Now ( Snippet )

Title says it all! 

2 Turntables
1 Mixer
and a SP 404 Compressor

Peace 

DJ Kapusta - Random Boom Bap Recorded Through The SP 404 Compressor

5. Nefastis Machine (w/ IMYRMIND)

My version of @Seamoya's 'Photographs' 

Check this awesome band's original version and a lot of other great stuff on their EP here: http://smarturl.it/BalticStatesEP

Sea Moya - Photographs (Glenn Astro Remix)

Taken from the Glenn Astro & Hodini - Turquoise Tortoise LP - Released 27/04 on Apollo Records
Pre-order - http://smarturl.it/turquoisetortoise

@hodini78
@ajnascent

Pre-Order/Buy

Glenn Astro & Hodini - Viktor And The Quasar (feat. Ajnascent)

Remix I did for N.O.T.E. 
Released on Tartelet Records 
Part of a digi exclusive: 
https://tarteletrecords.bandcamp.com/

Buy here

N.O.T.E. - Night Frames (Glenn Astro Remix) x Out Now

http://www.oddsocksrecords.com/

12" & Digital: http://www.beatport.com/release/kdim-ep/953387

Buy it on vinyl here

Glenn Astro & IMYRMiND - KDIM EP [Odd002] (preview)

Distribution Release: 25th of March 2013




Glenn Astro - Tearz EP (preview) [Vinyl out now on Big Bait Records]

Global Roots Radio, a weekly dose of experimental, underground music from across all corners of the globe; with independent music and culture at the core.

On this week’s show, Thris is joined by Berlin-based DJ, producer and co-founder of Money $ex Records, Glenn Astro for a guest mix.

Worldwide FM x Global Roots - Glenn Astro guest mix (27.03.2020)

hour two: @funkycan 's magic guest mix!

listen to the first hour here: https://soundcloud.com/glenn-astro/12-basic-instructions-15-w-glenn-astro-funkycan-aka-am-kinem

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