Awesome mix! Sythacon 9 is probably my favourite track by RDJ. Am I the only one wondering what the lyrics are at the end? haha

Juicy. Is there a tracklist anywhere…Shazam I suppose 😆

Since 2016, London based Forest Drive West has been building a rapidly growing catalogue of releases, receiving critical acclaim for records on labels such as Livity Sound, Hidden Hawaii and Rupture London. He's a dope selector too. Enjoy!

ITPS068 FOREST DRIVE WEST

EMA's work as a DJ, founder of label/party Woozy, booker for Dublin nightclub Yamamori Tengu, Rinse FM resident and co-founder of the Skin&Blister collective is exhaustive, highlighting a relentless work ethic that has inspired a foundational infrastructure for her and those in her orbit to prosper. Enjoy!

ITPS095 EMA

Mix for Bicep's FMB Mixtape series.
https://www.feelmybicep.com/fmb-mixtape-233-james-shinra/

Tracklist:

1. Cameo Blush – In Cadence
2. Datassette – Partita for Unattended Computer
3. Lazer Sword feat. Machinedrum – CHSEN
4. Client_03 – Unity Candidate
5. James Shinra – Poppin
6. Struction – Kreen
7. The Exaltics – The New Beginning
8. Len Faki – Yantra (Planetary Assault Systems Remix)
9. Aux 88 – Alias
10. Manao – Automata
11. Scuba – Nowot
12. Ctrls – NP Soup
13. Stenny – Onda
14. AFX – oberheim blacet1b
15. The Tuss – Synthacon 9
16. pq – Derby Road
17. James Shinra – Ghost in the Machine

FMB MIXTAPE 233 | JAMES SHINRA

Neptunian Influence, Seventy-Three | Featuring @user-467969346

Interesting Results hails not from Rotterdam but that other place below sea level: New Orleans. As a lifelong lover of electro (and discordant noises in general) this playlist was thoughtfully curated from some of her favorite songs lately. She spent her teenage years exchanging mix tapes and CDs with friends and has been DJing on and off for over two decades starting with her local college radio station KLSU-FM where she co-hosted an electronic and experimental music show called the Kitchen Sink for three years. Her transition from vinyl to digital occurred only more recently though she has no plans to part with her record collection! While she is a high school teacher by day and a selector at heart, it is her love of dancing that most influenced her shift to DJing in club environments and the dancefloor is often where you’ll find her. Even still, she’s constantly scouring everywhere and anywhere for new tracks with the same fervor that a research scientist devotes time to their own field of study. While the electronic music scene in New Orleans might be small, it is quite special and steadily growing; here’s to hoping this mix might catch the attention of some of her favorite acts and help to bring them here! Please enjoy her sleep paralysis demon mix. 

| Tracklist |
Dataintrang - Obsessive Compulsive Dictator
Saigg - Bombachon 2
Exzakt - Speaker Breaka
Buzz Kill - Lick the Frog
Ninechecker - Create A Scene
Brice Kelly - Oscillators Move Me
Solo Ansamblis, Roe Deers - Sepija (L.F.T. Remix)
Chino - Shiny Leather
Rxmode - Fracture
Boris Noiz - Puls
ENG8 & XCPSL - Cancel Culture
Transparent Sound - Freaks Frequency (Point B Mix)
DJ Di’jital - Electro Dub
Ole Mic Odd x Alonzo - Body Rocking
E-Bony - System Error (The Hacker Remix)
Human Rebellion - Endless Day (L.F.T. Remix)
Hoax Believers - Lenticular
ARA-U - Disintegrate
Lectromagnetique - My Hell
Djedjotronic - Tunnel 
The Implant - Resisting Arrest
Nehuen - Damage Control
Timothy Clerkin - Hatred (False Witness Remix)
Saigg - Tenacion
Proxyan - Network 313
Anthony Rother - Refractor (Short Edit)
The Unknown Soldier - Babylon’s Gifts
Reptant - Native Mushrooms
DJ Astrobee - Bizarre Paradoxes (Arsonist Recorder Remix)
Defekt & Jensen Interceptor - 7000 Miles
Cybereign - Warp Tunnel
Cyan85 - Contamination Ph0nk

Meet you in the Great Dark Spot <3

NI73 | Interesting Results

For this episode we welcome the extraordinary talents of Aaron J, Brooklyn's Sure Thing record label and podcast founder, known for hosting an immense list of explorative modern techno artists from around the globe. Altering our consciousness for the first time in 2023 with a particularly awe inspiring set at Sustain-Release, Aaron's deeply considered and intricate approach is something of sheer beauty, and coupled with masterful technical ability, his inspiring DJ sets allow for fully immersive dancefloor experiences. 

Here Aaron explores the softer edges of his expansive sound palette, meditative soundscapes and tranquil IDM converging in total harmony for what he describes as a 'recalibration of the senses'. 

@arn_j
@sure_thing

Q. What sounds or feelings did you draw upon when gathering inspiration for this mix, and what listening environments could you imagine it being best enjoyed in?

A. Of all the mixes I’ve put together over the years, this one definitely feels the most vulnerable. The months I spent thinking about and working on this mix accompanied an intensely busy time in my life, and the process helped me stay in touch with the simple joy of listening as a way of stepping back and letting things go. There is a direct connection here between the music within and the emotions that live inside me. At the same time, I’ve tried my best to mix this as transparently as possible, so that the act of DJing takes a back seat and allows the music to take center stage.

The inspiration behind the tracks I chose and the story of the mix is one of finding balance, so I hope listening to it feels like a casting off of the present day and a recalibration of the senses. I’d love for people to listen to the mix in a setting where they feel most protected from the changes and stressors of the outside world, whether that be sitting outside in nature or laying on a couch surrounded by the comforts of home.

Q. Are there any songs in the mix that you were especially excited to share, and what is it about these tracks that resonate with you so much?

A. There is a track in the mix by Autumn of Communion called “Goodbye PK” dedicated to the late Peter Kuhlmann, who many of your listeners will know as the legendary Pete Namlook of FAX +49-69/450464. It’s an immensely moving track that manages to convey both the tragedy of his loss and the depth of the beauty he left with the world, and I feel we’re so fortunate to have music and influences like this in our recent history. I included it early to set the tone of the rest of the mix, which is quite different than any I’ve done before, and to pay my respects to those who’ve inspired our scene from the very beginning.

Q. I was lucky enough to witness your set at Sustain-Release in 2023 and was in awe of your ability to practice restraint while steadily building up tension and energy in the set with such clinical and seamless execution. Is this part of the DJ craft something you spend a lot of time planning and refining?

A. That was such a life-changing moment for me, so I’m really glad you were there! You really nailed what I hoped to accomplish with that set, and I definitely spend a lot of time thinking about where my sets will begin, where I would like them to end up, and what sort of path I might take to get there. Understanding the minutiae of how a transition will affect someone’s state of mind and how to propel someone forward without jarring them back to reality is something I’m always working to improve on. That said, the upward trajectory is not always the most interesting one, and there are so many other ways of charting a course through a set that I hope to be able to explore. For the mix I’ve made for you, it’s not so much a set that builds energy as it is one that expands and contracts, hopefully in a gentle and purposeful way.

MDC.311 Aaron J

Our new minimal-, micro- and tech-house compilation, 'Pattern Gardening' - mixed through by K-LONE.

wisdomteethuk.bandcamp.com/album/pattern-gardening

V/A: 'Pattern Gardening' - Mixed by K-LONE

Tracklist: https://bit.ly/polygoniacovermix
Read the cover feature: https://bit.ly/polygoniamixmag

@polygonia shares a mind-melting and expansive mix accompaniment to her new album 'Dream Horizons' on @dkmntl, on which she flexes full creative freedom.

"A reflection of shifting dreamscapes, this mix traces the arc of 'Dream Horizons', my new album on Dekmantel. It mirrors the album’s wide stylistic and tempo range — traversing pulses, textures, and energies, swelling into a feverish rush before breaking apart and exhaling into a halftime echo. Genres dissolve and reemerge not as contrasts, but as fragments of a shared vision."

The Cover Mix: Polygonia

Humo

Humo (Combustión Beatz)

Connections

i dont wanna feel

just wanna get killed

smoking on this thrax and im steady popping pills

ride it really fast you know i do it for the thril

think im finna crash so now my blood getting spilt

my girl just left, and now its all downhill

rolling the best but i aint paid my bills

just wanna impress before i sign my will

can still see your face but i know its not real

all over the place, when i just really wanna chill

not feeling great, i think theres something in this pill

love getting baked, i never need to crack the seal

not ate in days, my stomach begging for a meal

told me stay out the way so i keep asking whats the deal?

please dont act like you care because i really dont feel 

got me pulling my hair this pain im never gonna heal

yeah i gave you my trust, but then you spun me like a wheel

y do i feel? (prod. sleepwalk)

It's impossible to talk about the sound of DjRUM without using the word cinematic. Whatever he does, it has a feeling of grand importance, widescreen elegance and moving emotion that elevates it way above a dance floor soundtrack. Throughout the course of his career, the UK artist has drawn on downtempo, blurred the lines between drum & bass and dubstep and always imbued his music with spoken words snippets, piano and chamber instruments. His Portrait With Firewood album was a real high-water mark in 2018, and last year his latest outing on R&S once again managed to draw on every aspect of electronic music and come up with something all his own. 

His mix for us this week is a perfect ethereal rave that finds plenty of beauty in the sparse rhythms he draws on from the worlds of garage, techno and drum & bass. There is a delicacy and elegance throughout, even when the beats hit hard and fast as they do at the overdriven and manic mid point. The amen breaks come thick and fast after that, but eventually melt away to propulsive ambient soundscapes that suspend you in time and space. Blissful.

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Dekmantel Podcast 267 - Djrum

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FMB MIXTAPE 233 | JAMES SHINRA

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