Selected Tracks - March 2015

Recording of Batu's set at Dekmantel Festival 2022

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Batu at Dekmantel Festival 2022

This week REEF resident ESPOSITO steps up in our Rhythmic Culture podcast, delivering an excellent warm-up for their event at Berghain this weekend. Not only is he the production manager and mastering engineer of Darwin's SPE:C label, he also released his record 'Framing Void' on that same label in 2022. His style crosses a range of sounds from his infamous atmospheric, tension building, ambient warm-ups to subwoofer wrecking bass and techno sets on the main floor. 

Over the course of 60-minutes we get treated with a fresh sound for anyone wanting to dip into the dub and bass side of the universe, as he slowly weaves his way from half tempo heavyweight sounds into thrilling drum 'n bass. Don't forget to catch him at the REEF party this Friday.

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RC:135 ESPOSITO

Carrier - Pre Millennium Witchcraft (1995 - 1998)

Hessle Audio are excited to announce the release of the self-titled debut album by Pearson Sound, aka label co-head David Kennedy. Characteristically minimalist in approach, its nine tracks use a handful of elements to craft mesmerising, self-contained worlds, alive with motion and near-subliminal detail: from vast and inky landscapes, to electrifying rhythm tracks, where layers of percussion and bass tumble over one another like rocks in a landslide. Recorded between 2013-4, Pearson Sound documents a distinct phase of Kennedy's studio explorations. "I had a signal chain set up that I was really happy with, and I started sending my machines through the same processes" he says. Expanding upon the techniques underpinning his recent REM and Starburst 12"s, its tracks emerged swiftly through improvised jam sessions; some were captured in a minimum of takes, while others later took shape through extensive sculpting and post-processing. "A lot of it was made by feeding the the same sounds between two different pieces of equipment and they'd end up feeding back between each other and snowballing. On some tracks it's about harnessing that and taking it to the brink before it disintegrates, and some of them are about just letting it go full-blown out of control." The result is a record of striking contrasts: bold, stark and visceral, yet also subtle, harmonically complex and deceptively playful. While Pearson Sound's livewire percussive energy remains inextricably rooted in the club, this exploratory studio process has created Kennedy's most wide-ranging yet coherent body of work to date: a suite of thrillingly impulsive, expressive and open-ended music, untethered from restrictions of form.


Pearson Sound - Crank Call

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60 mins of hypnotic dub psychedelia like no other. All tracks by big Shack.

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Cassius Select - Cross Strut

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Just when you thought you had figured out how Marquis Hawkes was going to play it with Houndstooth, he flips the table over to reveal his rougher side, scattering playing cards, drinks and finger-snacks all over the floor. 

The aptly-titled 'Raw Materials' sees Hawkes making a welcome return to the more primitive house rhythms for which he first became known for on his early work for Dixon Avenue Basement Jams. Highly influenced by house originators like Ron Hardy, Gene Hunt and Roy Davis Jr, 'Raw Materials' updates the form with modern production techniques whilst simultaneously preserving authenticity. 

The title track eases us gently into Hawkes' more edgy side, with dreamy vocals, dusty pads and deep 808 beats. The flip however takes no prisoners with two cuts of raw drum machine clatter flanked by strained vocal cuts on '‘Ave That', and primal analogue tones on 'Jerk U Later': deadly dance floor destroyers designed to drill straight to your core.

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Marquis Hawkes - 'Ave That

a kaleidoscopic session from one of the uk’s best gems, wordcolour. an artist who excels in storytelling through their productions, this approach to his craft is translated in podcast 215 as the mix gently starts with stunning ambient moments before building into a masterclass of drum programming. pacing through halftime, techno and IDM, it’s an unpredictable 72 minutes with wordcolour showing us his cards — a hand dealt with authenticity as a marker of where he’s at right now as a dj and producer. 

wordcolour made his production debut on lapsus records in 2020 before heading over to fabric’s esteemed imprint houndstooth where he released ‘juno way’ - a breakthrough record as such for wordcolour. this was the beginning of a long-standing relationship with houndstooth where he also went on to release ‘bluster’ ep featuring remixes from djrum, dj python and the soft pink truth, his debut album ‘the trees were buzzing, and the grass.’ and the ratios series. on all of these records, wordcolour’s ability to create detailed, immersive soundscapes which emotionally resonated with both home listening and dancefloor moments, has shined through. continuing on this path of world building, earlier this month wordcolour released the first ep on his new label, TiHKAL, from london-based artist st. amp. a label dedicated to exploring psychedelic soundscapes which is a direction that wordcolour has been producing in recently as well as ties in with the parties he now likes to attend, TiHKAL will be a new home for tracks that land within the 150-200 / 75-100 bpm zone.

to celebrate the release, wordcolour has pulled together a mix that delves into the influences behind this new direction and we chat more about the concept of TiHKAL, approach to curation, early influences and more. 

Interview: https://untitled909.substack.com/p/untitled-909-podcast-215-wordcolour
Buy: https://tihkallabel.bandcamp.com/album/tihkal001-st-amp

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Untitled 909 Podcast 215: Wordcolour

Welcome to Le Motel's SonarMix, we hope you'll enjoy your stay. The Belgian artist invites us to join him on his travels with a deep, diverse session that goes from aquatic dubs to Latin-flavoured UK garage, spiralling techno and hazy electronic pop. Make a reservation now for his set at Sónar by Day this June. 

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Tracklist:
Le Motel - Lục bát
Arsène Martinet - Shamanic Dance
Tadeo - About Protection
Jafadan - Creatures From The Lake
Pianeti Sintetici - Dry Marsh
Tsott - Swirl In The Deep
Josef Gaard - 2929
Kreggo - Hi Tec Perc
COIDO - Ritterstep
Objekt - Chicken Garaage
Merca Bae ft. WOST - Cruces
GiGi FM - Tempelhof
Coen - Roll Play
WOST - DALE PA MI ESQUINA (TIVI GUNZ)
Klop - Lata Pambala
Clara! x Le Motel - Su Boca, Su Sabor

SonarMix 062: Le Motel

Woozy with EMA B2B Jio feat. Esmé - 01 May 2025

MUTEK présente un set de IHA, artiste et producteur·rice basé·e à Vancouver qui gère le label NAGA et organise des évènements festifs.

﻿L'intention de IHA avec ce mix était de combiner deux objectifs : créer une palette sonore pour la performance live qu’iel prépare avec ephemeral objects en tant que i+eo, et mettre en avant des producteur·rice·s estimé·e·s qu’iel peut jouer en tant que DJ (principalement dans des contextes de festivals et certains clubs plus pointus ou dans une approche plus introspective de l’écoute).
Iel a inclus plusieurs productrices et artistes queer (monosym, Lemna, othrworld, MV², Prieste5s, Birthname) et a essayé d’équilibrer le mix entre des morceaux d’Europe et d’Amérique du Nord, avec une belle présence canadienne.
Iel n’a pas souvent l’occasion de jouer dans ce registre, étant souvent programmé·e pour des soirées plus festives ici à Vancouver, donc créer ce mix a été très satisfaisant. Une écoute au casque est recommandée.

MUTEK invite IHA - 28 Mai 2025

Manami with Echocatcher - 09 June 2025

One of @jossymitsu's skills is her versatility. She was born and raised in Birmingham before moving to London, so has been exposed to, and immersed in, a wide array of scenes. From jungle to 2step, techno to house, rave to leftfield, she has knowledge of it all and never fails to throw it down in electrifying style. Her Rinse FM radio show has proved that over the last few years, and earlier this year the 6 Figure Gang associate made her production debut on Astral Black's Frass FM compilation with the brilliantly bumping 'Whirl.'

That track's cavernous bass and sparse late night atmosphere also characterises this week's mix. It's a selection filled with broken beats and metallic hits that lurch through desolate landscapes. As much as she can nail an absorbing atmosphere, Mitsu also knows just how to raise the levels by banging through flailing jungle, wild rave and blistering techno. But whether the hits are crisp and the kicks taught, swampy synths and low end wobble blast from the speakers or dark and dirty breaks bust out of the mix, this is pure body music that cannot fail to ignite your dancing spirit.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 293 - Jossy Mitsu

UK record label based at fabric, East London. Run in part by Rob Booth (Electronic Explorations)

Marquis Hawkes - 'Ave That

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