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Midland is a quiet and reserved character but one that always makes a big impact. Despite only being active for a few years, he is already someone who resides in the upper echelons of the global house and techno scene. This is evidenced by the fact that as a DJ he plays only the most revered places, and when he does so he manages to reach far and wide, calling upon many different electronic sounds without ever falling prey to modern trends. It is the same when producing on labels like Aus and his own Graded, where his records are functional but fun affairs with corrugated drums, rugged bass and physical grooves that never fail to arrest a dance floor’s attention. This mix he has served up for us is another fine example of that. 

Starting off in an abstract world of atmospheric sound and smeared chords, it’s not long before Midland establishes a groove that then grows in stature for the next hour. Atop the always physical drums are all manner of cosmic melodies, soul fuelled pads and spryly percussive patterns. Touching on house that ranges from dark and mysterious to more sun kissed and playful, this journey feels much long than it is because of how much Midland manages to so masterfully pack in. 

Dekmantel Podcast 022 - Midland

William Burnett is a man of many guises who has been around for many years. He produces under a number of different names, from Willie Burns to The Speculator, makes cult movies with Legowelt, releases on LIES, The Trilogy Tapes and Creme Organisation and also runs his own W.T Records. As well as this he manages a famous record store, spends much of his time digging deep for new dance floor dynamite and also has his own regular radio show. All this means his DJ sets are well informed things that explore plenty of musical ground. 

The mix he serves up for us wastes no time in getting you going: hurried house kicks obscured in coarse claps and lo fi textures sets an abrasive mood which is punctuated with all manner of witchy squeaks and kicks, sirens and rave stabs. Things then effortlessly flit between serene electro, jumbled broken beats, churchy ambiance, wonky off beat dub and 80s synth wave sounds. Frankly, it’s a brave and daring mix that successfully attempts huge stylistic transitions not many other DJs would, and for that reason alone it deserves your attention. 

Dekmantel Podcast 023 - Willie Burns

As any proper techno fan will know, Sterac is an alias of the legendary Dutch man Steve Rachmad and it has been since the 90s. Over the years, Sterac has been responsible for some classics of the genre (including the peerless album Secret Life of Machines), and recently he has been back working under the moniker on labels like Klockworks, Delsin and Mote Evolver. He also records as Sterac Electronics, however, an ever lesser used alias that is more focussed on electro sounds. As Sterac and Sterac Electronics his output joins the dots between Detroit and the Netherlands, both in the studio and the DJ booth. This podcast comes from Sterac Electronics in the wake of Dekmantel relaxing a short documentary about Steve, his musical taste, influences and views on DJing, and just ahead of him playing the Selectors stage at the festival later in the year. 

Watch that short film here (http://dkmn.tl/1HrAY5k), just before you tuck into his dazzling mix. Starting with some glittery disco, the summery selection then dips its toe into frazzled 80s synths, dancing arps, tooting trumpets and the sweetest of vocal tracks. It’s jammed packed with floor filling gold from the disco world and is an impressive detour from the techno sound most people know him for. Stick this one on and it is sure to get your hips moving and your mouth smiling. 

Dekmantel Podcast 024 -  Sterac Electronics

In the run up to Dekmantel Festival we proudly present the Dekmantel Festival 2015 Mix, courtesy of our close friend Makam. In a little more than three quarters of an hour, the Dutch producer/DJ guides you to this year’s Dekmantel Festival line-up using 79 samples of tracks produced by artist starring the festival bill.

TRACKLIST:

001 Legowelt - Sturmvogel
002 Autechre - Second Bad Vibel
003 Monolake - Reminiscense
004 Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
005 Huerco S - Plucked From The Ground Towards The Sun
006 Donato Dozzy - Vaporware 07
007 Call Super - Okko Ink
008 Quasimoto - Basic Instinct
009 Gesloten Cirkel - Yamagic
010 Luke Vibert - I Love Acid
011 Midland - Before We Leave
012 Model 500 - No UFO’s
013 Paranoid London - Paris Dub 1
014 DVS1 - Black Russian
015 Randomer - Bring It
016 Robert Hood - Minus
017 Joey Anderson - Sorcery
018 San Proper - Love Baby Love
019 Floating Points - Vacuum Boogie
020 Volcov - Sweet Love
021 Steffi feat. Virginia - Yours
022 Machinedrum - Gunshotta
023 Tom Trago - Use Me Again
024 Murat Tepeli - Forever (Prosumer´s Hold Me Touch Me Remix)
025 ROD - Hux
026 Juju & Jordash - Deep Blue Meanies
027 Actress - Maze
028 Basic Soul Unit - Soulspeak (Shed Remix)
029 Silent Servant - Invocation of Lust
030 Palms Trax - Equation
031 Magic Mountain High - Riptide
032 Sterac - Clown
033 Derrick May - Strings Of Life
034 Quasimoto - Microphone Matematics
035 Roy Ayers - Everyobody Loves The Sunshine
036 Blawan - Why They Hide Your Bodies Under My Garage
037 Anthony Naples - Refugio
038 Untold - Motion The Dance
039 Recondite - Cleric
040 Public Energy - Three O’ Three
041 Rrose - Prism Guard
042 Shackleton - Hamas Rule
043 Robert Bergman - Volg De Vink
044 Lone - Airglow Fires
045 Kink - Existence
046 Midnight Operator - Return Zombies Remix
047 Objekt - Cactus
048 Ricardo Villalobos - Easy Lee
049 Actress - Maze
050 Omar S - Thank U 4 Letting Me Be Myself
051 Nina Kraviz - Desire
052 Carl Craig - Paper Clip People
053 Ricardo Villalobos - Dexter
054 Cinnaman & Breach - Liberty
055 Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #1
056 Marcel Dettmann - Corebox
057 Dopplereffekt - Pornoactress
058 Midland - Before We Leave
059 Huerco S - Plucked From The Ground Towards The Sun
060 Ø (Phase) - The Bwiti Initiate
061 Huerco S - Ragtime US
062 Tessela - Hackney Parrot
063 Ben Klock - Subzero
064 Tripeo - First Trip
065 Pearson Sound - Blanked
066 Sandrien - Haters
067 Autechre - Clipper
068 Hunee - Folga
069 Clark - Superscope
070 Jeff Mills - The Bells
071 Blawan - Why They Hide Your Bodies Under My Garage
072 Talismann - Mars Wars
073 Shed - Boom Room
074 DJ Fett Burger & Luca Lozano - Electric Blue
075 Jameszoo - Emper Hyacinths
076 Matrixxman - System Blackout
077 James Pants - We're Through
079 I-F - Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass
080 Mano Le Tough - Tempus
081 Modeselektor - Blue Clouds
082 Autechre - Second Bad Vibel

Dekmantel Festival Mix 2015 By Makam

In the week of our annual Dekmantel Festival, Swiss's finest Sassy J starts of the week just how it should. Combining the old and the new, there’s just one common denominator to her eclectic style of music she’s playing: soulfulness. Her versatility and technical skills come together in this mix, like we also witnessed in her Boiler Room performance she did for us in Barcelona.  Her taste of good music brought her to places like Worldwide Festival, London's Plastic People and let her release a mixtape on The Trilogy Tapes. Besides her own DJ career she invites the top of the notch to her own Patchwork parties in Bern (Theo Parrish, Steve Spacek, Rednose Distrikt, and MF DOOM to name a few). On top of that, she makes custom clothes like sweaters and shirts featuring Nina Simone, Larry Levan, and Sun Ra.

Dekmantel Podcast 028 - Sassy J

Having shined a light on a number of lesser known DJs and producers, we now turn to one many people know and love: Mr Roman Flügel. The German producer has amassed a enviably varied discography over the last twenty years. With various different monikers from Acid Jesus to Eight Miles High, Warp69 to Alter Ego, he has turned out acid, techno, electro, IDM, artful electronic sounds and more unnamable genres beside. As well as co-founding three labels in Ongaku Musik, Klang Elektronik and Playhouse, he has released on Dial, Cocoon and Live At Robert Johnson, sis a veritable pillar of the global underground scene. 

The mix we have from him is a live recording of his set at Lente Kabinet from back in May 2015. As such it is a two hour ride through his singular sound that effuses colourful synth lines and kinked drums, at one moment gliding along an airy groove before then sinking down into a gritty and mechanical world of grinding gears and punchy kicks. Few DJs take as many risks, and pull them off as successfully as Flügel, so this is a real treat indeed. 

Dekmantel Podcast 029 - Roman Flügel

RA Live 2015.07.31 - Mark Du Mosch VS DJ Overdose, Dekmantel

RA Live 2015.08.01 - Peverelist VS A Made Up Sound, Dekmantel

RA Live 2015.08.02 - Sandrien VS Inigo Kennedy, Dekmantel

Cameroonian father, Ukrainien mother, blessed with an innate swoop of energy and trained as classical, modern, hip-hop and salsa dancer: when analyzing the instaurations of William Kouam Djoko one can only conclude that the Amsterdam based artist is blessed with an enviable framework for a prosperous career in music. His vibrant appearance shows he’s an entertainer par excellence; Djoko is able to grab the attention of his audience instantly thanks to an unbridled onstage enthusiasm. In the 30th edition of the Dekmantel Podcast, Djoko demonstrates his versatility and unstoppable love for rhythm with a percussion-soked mix that will shake up your day.

Dekmantel Podcast 030 - William Kouam Djoko

Intergalactic Gary is a Dutch DJ and producer who has many miles on his DJ clock. He first started plying his trade on the raw West Coast of the Netherlands back in the early nineties, where he would rock squat parties and amaze club crowds with his widescreen sets. Ever since then he has been a key player in the Dutch scene, is part of cult crew The Parallax Corporation and is never far away from a pirate radio station. As well as this, nowadays he is a regular on the European circuit at places like Panorama Bar and has long been a Dekmantel favourite.  A real mix specialist who has put out countless official compilations over the years, Gary is behind the next podcast, which is a 3,5 hour live recording, for us and it is a typically well formed affair that takes us deep into his world.  

With more than a hint of the cosmic atmospheres you would expect of someone called Intergalactic Gary, his selection is a dark, moody one full of broken disco and whacked out electro. Shades of new wave, Italo and synth pop also colour the grooves he lays down, and the cumulative effect is an absorbing, slightly unsettling ride through fierce textures, prickly percussive patterns and otherworldly atmospheres. 

Dekmantel Podcast 031 - Intergalactic Gary

This is a live mix with digital tracks, Vinyl and a lot of love. If you have question or feedback contact me!
CONTACT: www.Facebook.com/IAKUP

TRACKS:
Nils Frahm - Them
Francois Rengere - You are what you think
Max Cooper - Autumn Haze (Ripperton's Frostbite Remix)
Cubicolor - Clime (Original Mix)
Stephan Bodzin - Birth (Ja Mix)
SevenDoors - Movement Of Whale
Hugo Ibarra - Natural Glow (The Element MT Remix)
Xtremly Loud - Tor (Original Mix)
Kiasmos - Lit
Joshua Jesse & Midas 104 - Sleepwalker (Original Mix)
Tarranado - Ain't Enough (Jonas Saalbach Remix)
Love Over Entropy - Tonii (Dixon Retouch)
Hohberg - Losing Gravity
Whitesquare - Someone Else (Original Mix)
Midas 104 - Narkose
Gabriel Ananda, Maceo Plex - Solitary Daze (Original Mix)
Sebastian Weikum & Alexey Sonar - Monsoon (Pete K Sunset Mix) 
Daniel Trim - Novi (Oxia Remix)
Midas 104 - Impuls
Koreless - Lost in Tokyo


Abendrot

John Talabot is the acclaimed Spanish DJ and producer who has brought a real sense of melody and occasion to house and techno. The Hivern Discs boss, as well as releasing a standout album in ƒIN, and fine collaborations with Axel Boman and Pional, is also an in-demand remixer celebrated for being able to create majestical grooves from originals by people like The xx and Shit Robot. He has also put together a stunning DJ Kicks mix and now he has been in the booth again, putting together a typically epic podcast for our on going series. 

Across the course of one and a half hours, the Barcelona based Talabot lays out his musical modus operandi in all its glory: serene house riddled with melody, dreamy pads and wavy tones that speak to the soul. With a rather blissed out and dreamy undercurrent, he slowly works through house old and new and keeps a strong, compelling groove present and correct at all times. Officially entitled "Post Summer Melodies" by Talabot, this mix is full of just that, and is sure to keep you warm long after the sun has gone. 


Dekmantel Podcast 033 - John Talabot

Originally published via XLR8R on July 14th:
http://www.dkmn.tl/xlr8r-podcast

01 Brian Eno "Blissed"
02 Mim Suleiman "Mingi"
03 Psyche "The Saint Became A Lush"
04 2AM/FM "Maiden"
05 Liaisons Dangereuses "Avant Apres Mort"
06 Osman Ismen "Ara Muzigi" (Baris K edit)
07 Saada Bonaire "You Could Be More As You Are"
08 John Ozila "Funky Boogie"
09 Carl & Carol Jacobs "Robot Jam"
10 Nenad "Bell"
11 Roman Flügel "Spiritual Enhancer"
12 Larry Heard "25 Years From Alpha" (Larry Heard edit)
13 Fatima Yamaha "The Creature From Culture Creation"
14 Milton Nascimento "O Que Voce Ser" (Aroop Roy edit)
15 Wally Badarou "One Day, Won’t Give It Away"
16 Gary Bird & The G.B. Experience "The Crown" (instrumental)
17 Paul McCartney "Secret Friend"
18 Buari "I’m Ready"
19 The Nick Straker Band "Straight Ahead"
20 Chilly "For Your Love" (Todd Terje Re-Edit)
21 DTR feat. Marilyn Sareo "Perfect Essence"
22 Pleasure Zone "Fantasy"
23 M-D-Emm "1666" (Pyro-Maniac Mix)
24 Raudive "Romantic Robot"
25 Gemini "Psychosis"
26 Gesloten Cirkel "Feat Liette"
27 Shiver "Oiled Love'
28 Forgemasters "Track With No Name"
29 Alexander Robotnick "Dance Boy Dance"
30 Arthur Russell "See My Brother, He’s Jumping Out (Let’s Go Swimming #2)"
31 Oltre La Morte "Aia Azure"
32 The Egyptian Lover "Party"
33 Drexciya "Lardossen Funk"
34 DJ Qu "Circuit"
35 Legowelt "Clap Yo Hands"
36 Juju & Jordash "Down To the Roach" (dub)
37 Jackmaster Hater 'Drum Track"
38 J.P. Buckle "One For Da Laydees"
39 James “Jack Rabbit” Martin "Only Wanted To Be"
40 Joey Anderson 'Amarna"
41 DJ Hell "Totmacher"
42 DJ Fett Burger & Luca Lozano "Telegronn"
43 Martyn 'Hear Me" (Zomby mix)
44 Suburban Knight "Collaboration Alpha"
45 AFX "XMD5a"


Dekmantel Soundsystem XLR8R Podcast #395




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Mermaid Of Bahia

2007 is the year that Jelly For The Babies prolifically burst onto the scene with unmistakable Deep, Tech and Progressive melodic sounds.
The project is that of Mr Jelly himself, Marijan Raskovic.

Tracklist-

1.  Youandewan - Just Words [Simple Records]
2.  Powel - Crash Landing On Laputa [All Day I Dream]
3.  Anthony Mea - Move [Silk Textures]
4.  Powel - Highway Love (Feat. Robert Wade) [Egoplanet]
5.  Bambook, Mennie & Cari Golden - No Reason [Noir Music]
6.  Anturage & Amnezia Haze - Summerheart (Tom Rain & Max Lyazgin Remix) [Peppercat]
7.  Pion - Septembar (Ilias Katelanos Remix) [Save Us Records]
8.  Deep Active Sound - Departure [DeepClass Records]
9.  Seba Lecompte - Love Connection (Phasen Remix) [What Happens]
10. Jimpster - Brought To Bare ft. Jonatan Backelie (Deetron Remix) [Freerange Records]

https://soundcloud.com/jellyforthebabies
https://www.facebook.com/JellyForTheBabies
https://pro.beatport.com/artist/jelly-for-the-babies/107674
https://www.traxsource.com/artist/31799/jelly-for-the-babies

Profound Sessions 020 - Jelly For The Babies

Very few musical acts achieve the levels of unanimous acclaim of Autechre. The English duo of Rob Brown and Sean Booth are not an act you simply like; they are an act you love, fawn over and dream about. They’ve got themselves here over the course of the last 28 years, and have done so by amassing a discography that’s about as perfect, influential and accomplished as could ever be possible. A key Warp label act from day one, they have released tens of albums, well over a ten EPs and have featured on a dizzying amount of essential compilations, mixes and remixes in that time. Without their contribution to the IDM canon, its fair to say the modern musical landscape would look very different. 

Rhythmic but experimental, absorbing yet abstract, cerebral and psychedelic, their ever evolving output is up there with the likes of fellow luminaries Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin as some of the most important in all of electronic music. As well as being fine craftsmen in the studio, Autechre are also revered live performers who really manage to conjure up captivating and otherworldly soundtracks that marry heavy bass with ethereal melody. The pair themselves do not care for genre, but suffice it to say that they have mastered everything from hardcore to ambient to glitch and plenty of indescribables in between. 

When the pair recently laid down an impressive set at Dekmantel Festival, we asked if they might be up for a doing an early inspiration mix, whereby they put together a collection of the sort of electro and hip hop tracks that turned them on as youths. At first they hesitated, pointing out that "we don't do strictly retro stuff, it's too corny.” But alas, a few days later, a huge file landed in our inbox… That file is a 4 hour and 18 minute mix that basically encapsulates not just Autechre’s own influences, but also acts as a fine anthology of the greatest electro sounds of all time. Every sub genre imaginable gets touched upon along the way, with nods to forefathers like Kraftwerk, killer cuts from Man Parrish, classics from Newcleus and retro gold from the likes of The Beat Club. It is a thrilling ride and a truly rare treat that reminds us just why we love Autechre, as well as shining a light on a vast genre that often pays second fiddle to house and techno.

Dekmantel Podcast 035 - Autechre

As you might have heard already, we’re quite stoked about our upcoming Dekmantel Records release by Basic Soul Unit. His debut at our label comes in the form of his album “Under The Same Sky”. The Canadian producer, real name Stuart Li, has been dropping quality records via a litany of highly respected imprints like Ostgut Ton, Crème Organization, Mule Electronic and Versatile over the past decade. Hypnotic and deep, but always funky, and very well produced. In this week’s podcast Basic Soul Unit proves he’s not only a stellar producer, but a very skilled DJ with a keen eye for tracks that others don’t pick up. Enjoy a classic ride trough subtile house, some disco, a couple uptempo tracks and of course some music of the upcoming album.

Dekmantel Podcast 036 - Basic Soul Unit

This week’s podcast shines light on Esa (Williams) also known as Mervin Granger. Although his mother land is South Africa, and he was one of Glasgow’s underground key figures, he’s currently located in London. As an integral part of the Auntie Flo live set up, he has played at Europe's leading venues and festivals including Fabric, Razzmatazz, Sub Club, Plastic People, and Snafu. Be sure to check his contributions to Huntleys + Palmers sister label Highlife and keep an eye for al upcoming releases.

The mix is an interesting, storytelling affair heading off through some African ambience, playful and melodic house and plenty of other left of centre grooves. It is a mix where each new track sounds wholly different than the last, but with an underlying sense of worldly rhythm the thing that ties it all together. This, then, is a personal glimpse into he world of Esa and his crew, and one that makes for absorbing listening. 

Dekmantel Podcast 037 - Esa

JD Twitch is a true musical magpie. Over his long and storied career the Scot has been responsible for seminal Glasgow party Optimo alongside Jonnie Wilkes, has put out post punk compilations, done trance mixes, run various different labels (from Autonomous Africa to Optimo Music) and is a famously skilled and eclectic DJ who has headlined all over the world. He has done a fabric CD and a compilation for R&S, produces with Dave Clark as Optimo (Espacio) as well as solo under a wide range of aliases. As such he is a veritable mine of musical knowledge and a real pillar of the underground scene. For his Dekmantel podcast he has delivered us something, as you would expect, rather special.

“It's a mix of all Dutch dance tracks from the very early 90s,” he says. “It features a handful of well known classics but lots of forgotten gems and these were all records I played incessantly in very sweaty raves at that time, so a few of the records are a little scratchy, dusty, worn down. I wanted to do this mix as I was mad about Dutch records back then and I think Holland produced so much amazing music during this period and had a very distinctive, unique sound and perhaps a lot of people today don't know it was one of the pioneering nations of house and techno. The club I did back then, Pure, brought over a lot of dutch artists to play in the early 90s - Dimitri (many, many times), Eddie de de Clercq, Marcello, Random XS, Terrace, Miss Djax, Unit Moebius, Orlando Voorn, Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia and Acid Junkies to name a few.  Lastly, I think the records from back then still sound great today!” Tune in and you will surely agree. 

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