Deep Concentration: The Grey Area mix 




The Grey Area mix is a collection of celebral minimalism from which is a speciality of Robert Hood.   Never before has there been an illustration of the many values of "grey" within the genre we call Minimal.
While Minimal is now a sound all on its own which varies from region to region, deep concentration takes you through the mind of one of it's pioneers for a close analysis of this particular variation. The Grey Area.

- unofficial mix released on CDR hand signed and numbered exclusively via RubaDub in 2008. 

BOOMKAT REVIEW:
*Individually numbered and signed copies - Rob Hood at his absolute deepest. 300 copies only for the world!!!* Original minimal master Robert Hood follows up his essential Fabric set from earlier this year with an exclusive and insanely limited mix CD drawing for a specialized run of purified Detroit/Berlin deep and dubby techno. The Grey Area title refers to Rob's vision of Detroit techno and electronic music as the sound that occupied the forgotten zones of Detroit, the areas that became utilised for warehouse parties back in the day, and still humm and whirr with the timeless sound of technology long after the actual heavy indutry has gone. There's a soulfully longing thread tying the tracks together, from the opening anonymous tracks to Maurizio's 'M4.5' and on into previously unobserved depths with a slew of exclsuive and unreleased M-Plant style killers this is eactly the kind of selection that has won Mr. Hood a legion of devoted fans across the world, and has massively influenced the sound of the scene's biggest clubs, with Dettmann and Klock's brand of stripped but powerful techno house owing a massive debt to his sound. We're struggling to name many of the tracks here which is one of the best features of this mix, it's so fresh much of it hasn't even seen the light of day yet but we'd be massively grateful if any of the keener ears out there (or Hood himself) would like to send us a tracklist! Especially track 14, or 17, or 21, what the f**k are they?! If the Fabric mix left you asking for something that little bit deeper and nastier you can't sleep on this righteous mix. ESSENTIAL PURCAHSE!
http://boomkat.com/cds/150286-robert-hood-deep-concentration-the-grey-area-mix

Robert Hood - Deep Concentration: The Grey Area mix

Merrick Brown - Live at Smartbar Chicago - February 15, 2025

Opening set (10-12pm) for Batu and JS Alvarez. Had a blast warming up the spot. Enjoy two hours from deep to wild -- dub techno, deep house, detroit, breaks, bass, techno bangers, acid, electro etc. Big thanks to Leja Hazer and Smartbar for the invite.

*Disclaimer: About an hour in i loaded a track into the wrong CDJ (oops! the horror). i redid that mix for continuity and to fix dead air. 

Tracklist:

Farben - Says Love to Love You Baby
Auscultation - Automated Jade
Glenn Astro - Billiger Als Umsonst
Mr. Mitch - LIFECANBEHARD
Al Wootton - Hechicera
Polygonia - Upside Down
DJ Koze - Let's Love
Kay Suzuki - Something To Say (Feat Fatima)
J SIVEY - GIVE YOU
Or:la, Pearson Sound - Chant (Pearson Sound Edit)
Duckett - Dead Heart
Beat Vox - Sweepo
Kade Young & JIALING - SIDELINE
DJ NATIVESUN - Lift Club
Granul - Improper
Huey Mnemonic - Red Alert
Allumynd - Lost Control Again
Lost Trax - The Saturnian System
Peverelist - Pulse XV
Baruka (Orlando Voorn) - Play It Loud (FX Mix)
Ricardo Villalobos - Heike
Levon Vincent, Marcel Dettmann - Can You See
Aardvarck - Komt Goed
Michael J Blood - TRGR
Pearson Sound - Hornet
Xtra Brux - Remember The Raver (Acid Mix)
James Shinra - 1111
Bodhi - Actuator
Coen - Rattlesnake
Eden Burns - Xoh Dub
DJ Marfox - B18
OOIOO - EYヨ Mix 2
Boner M - Zoidar
Jerome Hill - All My Friends
Luke’s Anger - Haffa Bar Jack
Spasms - Krypton
ADULT. - XZzX
Bass Clef - One Hundred Point Three
Redlight - MDMA
Tom Manzarek - jahzzzz
Leonce - Nasty (Leonce Remix)
Jay Denham - Art of Love
Fantastic Man & Tornado Wallace - Skybus Theme

Live at Smartbar - February 15, 2025

00:00:00 KiloWatts - Astral Accident
00:04:05 Astronaut Ape - Sundown
00:06:41 E-Mantra - Neverending Story
00:10:12 Luxora Major - Deviant
00:11:53 KiloWatts - Hang Gliding
00:16:16 Encounters - Tropical Falls (Cosmic Trigger Remix)
00:18:43 Kadela - Unexpected
00:22:23 Encounters - Path (Dillard Remix)
00:25:38 Erothyme - Stay Crushin
00:28:24 Anduin - The Eye
00:31:53 Bluetech - Bluetech - Limonchik (ft. BISHØP)
00:35:35 Bluetech - Echoes Of Orion (Misled Convoy's Scorpius Remix)
00:39:04 Bluetech - The Black Sky (EMOG Remix)
00:42:05 Kadela - Far Away
00:44:30 Anduin - Soft Flame
00:47:33 Ott - Camping '76!
00:52:35 Globular & Geoglyph - M.I.N.D
00:59:00 poemme - clear depths
01:01:15 LabRat - In Your Head

FnF 2025 Chill DJ Submission - Slanty Dubs

Toyacoyah B2B Merrick Brown LIVE @ Beltane at the Listening Club, Chicago. May 2025

Recorded live for Beltane blessings, this B2B mix fuses breakbeats, UKG, electro, and global bass—providing ritual rhythms for late-night movement.

Toyacoyah B2B Merrick Brown @ Beltane (TLC) May 2025

High energy live DJ mix from Dmen Tap - May 2025. #breaks #techno #dubstep #electro #juke #ukg #bassmusic

Tracklist:
Madteo - Evol On
Granul - Improper
Breaka - Squashy Track
DJ Efx x Beta Test - Star Trax
MMM - Grundig
Gebrüder Teichmann - Aus Der Ferne
Karenn - Kumquat
Big Ace - That’s My Juvie
Kade Young & Jialing - Wassapp Woe?
DJ Funk - Dik Work
Data Assault - Eu Sou O Alibi
TMSV/Danny Scrilla - Lizard Brain
DJ Bwin - Frogger
Ebb & Headland - Less Talky
Neil Landstrumm - Respect The Deal
DJ Jesse & DJ Nervosa - Estrago Terrivel
Styn & DJ Rte - Bubble Body Mover
Coido - Short Shelf Life
Metrist - Ark Specific
DJ Stingray 313 - Enzymatic Detergents
Djrum - Codex
Neil Landstrumm - Slaggy
Hitech - Spank!
Oyubi - wrkhall
DJ Stingray 313 - Mindless
OOIOO - Umo
Dev/Null - E-Yeah (DJ Marfox Remix)
Robyn - Beach 2K20 (Yaeji Remix)
Orabich - 0010
Guchon - Banana Days
DJ Motu - Luv4
Harry Wills & Mikey Sebastian - Interstellar Reveller
Snares - Chrome
Willis G. - Dream Cycle


Merrick Brown - LIVE @ Demon Lounge

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Merrick Brown - LIVE @ Housecalls - June, 21, 2025 - Chicago

Opening set (2-4pm) for Housecalls @ Alhambra. Big summer vibes to ease you into it! Deep house, disco, afro, broken beat.

#deephouse #disco #afro #brokenbeat #summer #vocalhouse

Tracklist:
Stereolab - Miss Modular
Jungle - Good At Breaking Hearts
Nu Genea - Bar Mediterraneo
Jitwam - Opendoors 
SLY X SIBI - The Family Flip
Pavel Kostiuk - Brand New Day
Roy Ayers - Can't You See Me
Dez Andres - Back In My Space 
Spymusic - Cloak
Wheelup - Angel
Dave Maze & Spike Rebel - Chi Groove
Chez Damier - Close [Jt's Translated Vox]
Cosmo Klein - Right Here Right Now (Opolopo Remix)
Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks - Off The Christmas Card List
Patrice Rushen - Get Off! 
Guy Cuevas - Obsession (The Nassau Mix)
Close Counters - Butter Bread
BOOF - Night Blooming Cereus
Edseven - Burnin Up feat. Oliver Night
Frits Wentink - Golf Cart Joyride
DJ Koze - Buschtaxi
The Mighty Zaf and Linkwood - Yokai
Lindstrom - I Feel Space
Son of Dan - London Bayou
Millie Jackson - We Got To Hit It Off (OPOLOPO Deeper Mix)
KX9000 - Deepose Minute
Recloose - Dust
Kabbala - Ashewo Ara (Dave Lee Afro Fusion Mix)
Addison Groove - Changa
Los Charly’s Orchestra - Vibration
Musclecars - Tonight (Louie Vega South Jersey Dub)
Rick Wade - Vanguard Cinema
Wilfy D - IDKW
Kay Suzuki - Something To Say (Feat Fatima)
DJ Gregory & Julien Jabre - Don't Know Malendro
Aroop Roy - Transmissions ft. Finn Rees 
Louie Vega, Kai Alce - 7 Mile Feat. Moodymann (Kai Alce Mix)
St. Germain - Alabama Blues (Todd Edwards Dub Mix)
Jimpster - You Got My Love
Dinosaur L - Go Bang #5 (Francois Kevorkian Extended Mix)
Rim and Kasa - Love Me For Real (Red Greg Edit)

LIVE @ Housecalls - June 21, 2025 - Chicago

LIVE @ Westfest Afterparty - Five Star Bar Chicago

Big tunes with the DNBID crew! Big thanks for having me.

#breaks #bass #ukg #booty #dubstep #ghetto

Merrick Brown @ Westfest Afters (DNBID) July 19, 2025

Madison Orange live at Teck Me Out After Hours August 3rd, 2025

Teck Me Out live mix by Madison Orange

Challenged myself to make three tracks in a week. Marked improvement vs the 6 months I would take for one, in previous years. For that, this is a win. These will be up for a while to listen to. And free DL if nobody listens to them. I'm over caring too much about my output, and I want to work on some other ideas and approaches.

Aleroad Dearth 2 A1

Cio D’Or hardly requires an introduction, having long stood as both a pillar of our scene and a source of inspiration for so many. Over the course of her singular and decades-spanning career, the Cologne-based artist has cultivated a universe of sound entirely her own, immediately recognizable yet endlessly evolving much like the work of her contemporaries and collaborators Mike Parker and Donato Dozzy. To experience Cio’s music is to follow a throughline that traces the complex history of contemporary techno in a single gesture, compelled by the vast unknown and the primordial familiar in equal measure. Recalling the blurred realism of Richter’s photo-paintings or the timeless intricacy of Bach’s fugues, Cio’s self-contained sonic world delicately reframes our own precious lifecycle, a reflection revealed through its elegant and subtractive minimalism.

In collaboration with our friends at Mostra, I’m honored to share a selection from Cio D’Or’s set performed at this year’s edition of the Barcelona-based festival, a sublime triumph from a scholar of sound.

@cio-d-or
@mostrabcn

Artwork by Camille Ferdinandus.

FnF 2025 Chill DJ Submission - Slanty Dubs

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