mindthetrou

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The latest house duo to emerge from the Parisian underground bid us bonjour with this stellar debut on Dialect, fusing retroist 80s leanings with brain mulching techno voodoo. Title track ‘Scandale’ and ‘Lame De Fond’ share the same pulsing sequenced heart, transplanted from Carpenter soundtracks and Italo disco classics and then zapped with a thousand volts of warped, detuned and malfunctioning synthesizer electricity. ‘El Topo’ replaces the bristling sequences with a spiky post punk snarl courtesy of live guitars, bass and organ (a la Suicide no less) but retains the twisted electronics for a woozy half time experiment in dancefloor psychedelia. Essential for fans of Joakim, Ivan Smagghe and early Gesaffelstein productions.

Scandale

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Il Est Vilaine - Scandale

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French duo from Paris. I'll be honest, I don't know much about them (Patriiiick?!) but they've already garnered support by Chloé, David Shaw, Tim Paris, and Dombrance among others. And rightly so - this is some excellent new musica from our European friends. "Scandale" is both minimal and retroist, utilizing 80s drum machines (Jomox I think) with old sequencers and synths to conjure up that electronic voodoo usually saved for the Norwegian / Swedish crews of Frak, Borft, Sex Tags Mania etc. All those clever things they teach you in synthesis (glide functions, de-tune, oscillator fine tune etc) executed brilliantly and always in sympathy with the dancefloor. "Lame De Fond" uses equally sophisticated synthesis techniques but goes on a late night Italian-tinged theme... that is, I think - by this point the synth lines were completely infiltrating my cerebrum and I started to shut down as a human and slowly metamorphose into a robot. "El Topo" was the final jam I needed before ripping off all my clothes to reveal a fully chrom'd body piece. Then proceeding to strut a half-tempo robo-walk across the saloon, nodding at the cybernetic barmaid and flicking her a wink of my eye before leaving to do laser sword battle with some invader from a unwelcome star cluster. Yagetme?

Lame de Fond

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Il Est Vilaine - Lame de Fond

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The latest house duo to emerge from the Parisian underground bid us bonjour with this stellar debut on Dialect, fusing retroist 80s leanings with brain mulching techno voodoo. Title track ‘Scandale’ and ‘Lame De Fond’ share the same pulsing sequenced heart, transplanted from Carpenter soundtracks and Italo disco classics and then zapped with a thousand volts of warped, detuned and malfunctioning synthesizer electricity. ‘El Topo’ replaces the bristling sequences with a spiky post punk snarl courtesy of live guitars, bass and organ (a la Suicide no less) but retains the twisted electronics for a woozy half time experiment in dancefloor psychedelia. Essential for fans of Joakim, Ivan Smagghe and early Gesaffelstein productions.

El Topo

Il Est Vilaine - El Topo

Live from Du Beast: for the next two hours, Zillas on Acid are serving up a feast for your ears.

Zillas on Acid [11.8.25]

🌹Bed of Roses🌹 @bed_of_roses-1
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🔹Niklas Wandt🔹 @niklaswandtmusik
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Niklas Wandt is a percussionist, producer, DJ and radio host . He lives in Berlin, where his eclectic approach is heard most regularly basement club Sameheads - a lush sonic palette with a hypnotic, heavily percussive drive, from tripped out downtempo, Balearic and afrofunky cosmic sound (think Rimini 1995) to driving progressive and tribal house, trance, warped techno and warming tech house – high energy in smooth, long blends. The impeccable rhythmic feel is a reflection of Niklas’ musical roots in the world of drums - he has cut his teeth playing in hiphop, psychedelic rock and free jazz projects and has been part of a number of projects centered around Salon des Amateurs in Düsseldorf. A wide, open minded range of practices that still feed into his music today - at Salon he forged his musical bond to producer Jan Schulte aka Wolf Müller aka Bufiman. The pair released the acclaimed double LP "Instrumentalmusik von der Mitte der World" in 2018 via Growing Bin Records, whose blissful neo-Balearic sound still makes an impact today. Niklas can be also heard as part of the band Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge (with records on the labels Themes for Great Cities, Bureau B and Lustpoderosa that became underground favorites) and in a duo with veteran producer Sascha Funke (two discs on Multi Culti, a third one on R.A.N.D. Muzik), plus on a string of releases for imprints such as Bureau B, Permanent Vacation, Animals Dancing, Neubau, Warning and Edizioni Mondo/Running Back. 
His various projects have taken him all across Europe (appearing at festivals like Nuits Sonores, Melt, Fusion, Garbicz, Unsound, Dancity), to China, Israel & Palestine, the US, Chile, Peru and Mexico. 

In February 2025, “Mineral House Vol. 1”, Niklas’ first collaborative EP with Amsterdam-based producer Retromigration, was released via the revered Berlin imprint Love on the Rocks.
A music journalist, critic and presenter by day, his features, portraits and reviews mostly on jazz and its many branches can be heard regularly on German public radio stations WDR 3, SWR Kultur and Deutschlandfunk. As a contributor to the latter station’s broadcast series “Deutschlandreise”, Niklas was awarded the Deutscher Jazzpreis in 2025.


Bed of Roses Mix XCVII - Niklas Wandt

A section from my set at Magic Waves Summer Festival, Berlin, July 2015,  featuring the more accessible synth end of the kind of stuff I play at my occasional So Low night in Glasgow. So Low 2 x LP compilation in hand screen printed sleeve coming February 2016 via Vinyl Factory.

JD Twitch Live at Magic Waves Summer Festival, Berlin 2015 (Part 1 - So Low Synth NRG set)

Tracklist:
Ben LaMar Gay - I am (bells)
Wolfgang Mürmann - Misty River 
All Day - The Tree We Called Our Own
Ben LaMar Gay - Yowzers
Atlantis Transit Project - Fugleperspektiv - Bird Perspective
The Beneficiaries- The Crystal City Is Alive
Slum village - let it go (instrumental)
Daniele Patucchi - Tragica Fine Dello Squalo
Benjamin Earl Turner - Headspace
88 Daniele Patucchi - Tragica Fine Dello Squalo
80 Les Chakachas - The Beggar
Johnny Campbell - From Hull and Halifax and Hell... - 08 To The Begging I Will Go - Ievan Polkka
Kommando Sonne-nmilch - Grunz Rauch
Plain Characters - Man In The Railings
Leslie And Monique - Times Without Love
The Ogyatanaa Show Band  Disco Africa
John Arnold - Broken

Folcadelic in the mix
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Rat Life Radio 26 with Folcadelic (Sept.4th 2025)

Stevie Whisper's Donkeyland on @noodsradio

Tracklist
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Archie Shepp - Blase
Boscoe - Introduction
Boscoe - Writin' On the Wall
Miles Davis - Back Seat Betty 
Electronic System - Sky Lab
Pili Pili - Pili Pili
Morrisey - There's a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends

Stevie Whisper's Donkeyland #11 / 04.09.2025

The man behind the various Emotional labels jumps in the NTS cockpit for a chance to show off his expansive taste.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/emotional/episodes/emotional-7th-september-2025

All Trades w/ Chuggy 070925

Marsman takes you on a monthly journey into the brighter side of the 80’s. Mainly classics, but also contemporary music in the same spirit. 

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Italorator w/ Marsman - 16th September 2025

TP546 Lexx (Love International Sunrise Sessions)

YOYO here's a recording of my FIRST EVER live set I'm showing in public ;-) first premiere at CLOSER this Saturday

Benedikt Frey LIVE @ HOME

Sometimes, collaborations only make sense when you hear the results for the first time. This isn't one of those times. No, this was a match made in heaven from the get go. Punk attitudes and club aesthetics like peanut butter and chocolate. For our premiere off the 'Caraxes' EP, deviant duo Il Est Vilaine have turned in in a dark 'n' dirty slung out remix of 'Incognito', equal parts psych, dub and synth pop. I wish they'd played this one in school assembly instead of the sh*t hymns we had to sing along to.

Caraxes

PREMIERE: Red Axes & C.A.R. - Incognito (Il Est Vilaine Remix) [Kill The DJ]

Bot'Ox - Babylon By Car

Lumiere noire 02 - EP

Crise

No words for this mix by one of the best DJs out there. JD Twitch is an absolute legend and definitely one of the most interesting record collectors in the world. Just sit back and listen how it is done [period]

JD Twitch (Optimo)

Music label created in 2004 in Paris. Home of Cosmo Vitelli, Bot'Ox, Red Axes and many more. 
Contact: imacliche (at) gmail (dot) com

Bot'Ox - Babylon By Car

I'm a Cliché

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