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MARKANTONIO TRACKLIST MONEGROS DESERT FESTIVAL 2013
The Welderz_Other Music_Promo
Markantonio,Roberto Capuano_T4 
Secluded_Mercy
The Plant Worker_Gamma 02 (Original Mix)
Markantonio_Soundclouder
Gary Beck_Video Siren (Original Mix)
Audio Injection_Deep Thought
DJ Rush_She's Fine (Gary Beck Remix)
LowKey & Kardinal_Bells Angels
Rhythm Control_My House (Original Mix)
Kalden Bess_Alpha (Original Mix)
Bryan Chapman_Black Mirror (Flug Remix)
DJ Slugo_Wouldn't You Like To Be A Hoe Too (Original Mix)
Julian Jeweil_Don't Think (Original Mix)
Green Velvet_Destination Unknown (C2 Detroit-Chicago Unity Dub)
Roberto Capuano_Everyday
Protoxyde (Audio Injection Remix)
Mikael Jonasson_schlagwerk_Markantonio_remix
Flug_Visceral_2
Luca Marchese_Storm
The Welderz	Arlequin (Electric Rescue remix)
Lewis Fautzi, Nuklear Default_Tur
Flug_Drumer (Original mix)_Demo


Markantonio Live @ Monegros Desert Festival 2013

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Kerri Chandler * Jamie Jones * Maceo Plex Circoloco at Dc10 * Terrace PART 2 17-6-13

The Martinez Bros Main room - circoloco at dc10 29-07-13

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Kevin Saunderson - Live @ DC-10 Ibiza (September 3, 2013)

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2. Obscure Live - Room 26 (Original Mix) Kaputt
3. Mono.xID - Jackbox (Original Mix) Heaven To Hell Records
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5. John Mitchell - The Frenzy (Alfred Kopke Remix) Propellant Music
6. Energun - Full of memory (Original Mix) Energun Records
7. Mark Morris - Indysine (Future 16 Remix) Dystopian Rhythm 
8. Manu C. - The Point Of No Return (Timothy Alexander Remix) Reaktivate
9. Eric Fetcher - Rec (Original Mix) Audiokraft 
10. Daegon - What Are They (Original Mix) LCR Records
11. Weld - Untitled Aab (Rraph Remix) Android Muziq
12. Kereni - Plateau (Urbano DTRT Mix) Mechno Music
13. Sirio Gry J - Void (Scam. Remix) Kaputt
14. John Mitchell - Probation Period (Original Mix) Propellant Music
15. Stefano Infusino - Spherical System (Echologist Dub) Inst Theories
16. Flex - Building The Efforts (Daegon Remix) Crunch Control 
17. Mark Morris - Tribal Fusion (Original Mix) Dystopian Rhythm

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2. SID   Faule Socke (Original Mix)
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12. Gary Beck - Video Siren (Original Mix)
13. Frankyeffe-Dee Lay - (Original Mix)
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The Future Underground Show With Stefano Infusino, Markus Bohm and Nick Bowman

Function lays down the Sandwell District style on this week's RA podcast.

Over the space of the last four years, Sandwell District have managed to carve out a place in the hearts of techno fans worldwide with their austere minimalist sound aesthetic. The label was actually founded by Birmingham-based Peter Sutton (AKA Female) back in 2002, but lay stagnant until it was revitalised with two releases from Sutton three years later. It has since developed into an international effort, with the Sandwell artist roster sharing the label managing responsibilities.

One member of their American wing is David Sumner (AKA Function), who got his first break via a trio of techno twelves for Damon Wild's Synewave imprint. Sumner then went on to launch his own label under the Infrastructure banner, releasing a flurry of his own material before getting in contact with Sutton's Downwards bedfellows Regis and Ian J. Richardson to sign some of their tracks. Their relationship has since grown, with Sumner becoming a fully-fledged member of their techno alliance and using it as a platform for his claustrophobic Sähkö-esque minimalism and bleakly hypnotic warehouse techno. For this RA podcast, Regis and Sumner picked the tracks, while Sumner did the mixing, and, as you might expect, it's a journey deep into the world of techno.

What have you been working on recently?

Finishing up a new Function 12-inch that will form the basis of an album and John's finishing a new Silent Servant 12-inch. Regis has been working with Ancient Methods on a 12-inch for DN.

Where and how was the mix recorded?

It was recorded at our studio in Berlin, Regis and I decided on the records together but it then made more sense to just have me do the physical mix. I had set up a chain that included Ableton, turntables, hardware and effects.

Can you tell us a little about the idea behind the mix?

I think the idea was to somehow represent what we have been doing live/out over the past year (this was a challenge to do in one hour as we play between three and five hours as a rule). From the outset it was about creating tension.

Sandwell District seems to have its basis in a lineage of anonymous techno production. Yet you consent to interviews, do podcasts, etc. How do you walk that tightrope effectively?

I think that's maybe a misconception as artist names do appear on the label. People may come to that conclusion due to operational methods we sometimes employ, as an example, artist names are sometimes added onto a release a few months after it has come out (no doubt due to indecision at the time or some internal squabble). The N/A thing was an experiment in human nature .... probably.

You recently played the Labyrinth Festival for the first time. Can you talk a little bit about the experience?

Macbook Pro, UC-33, Roland TR-808, TR-909, SH-101, Space Echo, Lexicon PCM-80, 24 Channel Mixing Desk, three hour time slot after the legendary DBX in the mountains of Nigori...

Regis and Silent Servant have a reputed love for post-punk. Are you also listening to quite a bit of rock music, or is it all techno?

From Sonic Youth to Rob Hood, Einsturzende Neubauten to U.R and The Jesus and Mary Chain to Mr. Fingers there is a connection that makes perfect sense to everyone involved with this so-called label.

What are you up to next?

A Function longplayer, a Sandwell collective album project, a limited Sandwell Mix CD, a remix package of Function tracks featuring mixes from Ben Klock, Norman Nodge and CH-Signal Laboratories and a collaboration with Jerome Sydenham, among a number of other projects.


HG - 02A - Horizontal Ground
Sweet Exorcist - Testfour - Warp Records
FB - 04A - Frozen Border
Ben Klock - Check For Pulse - Ostgut Ton
Ø - Sähkörausku - Sähkö Recordings
Function - Variance (Marcel Dettmann Edit) - Sandwell District
Silent Servant - Discipline - Sandwell District
Choice - Acid Eiffel - Fragile Recordings
Moritz von Oswald - Watamu Beach Rework - Desolat
Peter Van Hoesen - Face Of Smoke - Komisch
The Vision - A-472.0 - Hardwax
DVS1 - Running - Klockworks
DBX - Losing Control - Accelerate
G-Man - K.6 - G-Man Records
Marcel Fengler - Twisted Bleach - Ostgut Ton
Function - Disaffected (Ben Klock Remix) - Sandwell District
Function - Variance - Sandwell District
Daniel Stefanik - Effervescing Elephant - Freude Am Tanzen
Tadeo - IO (Cassy Movingonmix) - Apnea
Ben Klock - Subzero (Function-Regis Remix) - Ostgut Ton
DJ Slip - Every Time Takes a While - Creation Rebel
Lil' Louis - Frequency - Dance Mania
Ø - Atomit - Sähkö Recordings
T++ - Audio 1995 #8 - Apple Pips
Shed - Estrange - Ostgut Ton
John Carpenter - Police State / Romero And The President - Milan

RA.177-Sandwell District (19.10.2009)

Deep Space Radio Episode 2 presented by Kevin Saunderson

Lovecast Episode 031 - Fred Everything (Vinyl Mix)
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Kevin Saunderson @ CODE 10 Anniversary 23 Nov 2013 (Fabrik Club Madrid)

Kevin Saunderson live set  @ CODE 10 Anniversary 23 Nov 2013 (Fabrik Club Madrid)

Episode 1 'The Spacestation' Radio Show (27th Jan 2014)

01. Sable Sheep - Constitution
02. Eat More Cake - Take Me On
03. Larse - So Long (NiCe7 Remix)
04. EdOne, Bodden - Do It
05. James Silk - Heard It All (Tough Love Remix)
06. Hollen - Collision
07. Jack Beats - Beatbox (Extended Mix)
08. David Penn - A Different Story
09. Arches - There's a Place (My Digital Enemy Remix)
10. Mark Knight - The Return of Wolfy
11. Zoo Brazil - No One Left (Metodi Hristov Remix)
12. Audiowhores, Stee Dow - Facts feat. Stee Downes (Noir's Raw Club Cut)
13. Alex Kenji - Screenset

Gene Farris & Friends -Live @ Soundbar Chicago

KMS Elevate Your Mind - Movement Promo Mix

Larry Levan - Live at Ministry of Sound 1991-11-23 PART2-fullbozman.com

Kevin Saunderson in Da mix 1

This tune was played in 2011 exclusively by Ben Sims, Dave Clarke, Luke Slater and me on various festivals and events around. Consider this track the comeback of peaktime techno music with machine funk, and nice synth leads, that one once knew from the good old Detroit and Chicago stuff.

This track will be released this year 2012 on Theory Recordings UK from Ben Sims.

THE BOX VOL 4 on THEORY UK

Reverse Processed by Ritzi Lee (teaser)

Two hours of Sandwell District from Animal Farm @ The Sub Club in January 2012.

Regis & Function + A 909 = REAL FUCKING TECHNO

Sandwell District Live @ Animal Farm 06 01 12

The Heat is ON

Boiler Room Broadcasts: Dollop's Detroit Series w/ Kevin Saunderson, Factory Floor (Live), Boddika, Bradley Zero, Flora Yin-Wong & Dollop DJs

[Broadcast on 13th July 2012]

Tracklist & video at http://boilerroom.tv

Kevin Saunderson 120 min Boiler Room Broadcasts DJ Set at Dollop Detroit Series

Chilled Jungle Side 1 + 2 (mixtape)

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Kerri Chandler Boiler Room London DJ Set

On this weeks Drumcode Radio we have part of Adam Beyer's live set at Fabric, London. With a stack of new promo's and a few upcoming Drumcode tracks from the likes of Luigi Madonna, Taster Peter, Joel Mull, Manic Brothers, Petter B, Nicole Moudaber and Mark Reeve. 

01. Dema, Paride Saraceni - Extreme [Flavio Diaz Remix] - Trapez
02. Timmo - Blackout - Fone Audio
03. 7 - Deep Thoughts
04. Alanis Morissette - Receive [Nicole Moudaber Remix]
05. Jason - Stand Up
06. Luigi Madonna - From The Beginning
07. Taster Peter - Set Your Noise
08. Mark Reeve - Move It
09. Nicole Moudaber - Fly With You
10. DJ Bone - Music - Subject Detroit
11. Joel Mull - Rimson [Deep String Mix]
12. Petter B - Second Coming - Drumcode
13. Manic Brothers - Different Directions - Drumcode

DCR127 - Drumcode Radio - Adam Beyer Live from Fabric, London

Just One Night (Gadi Mizrahi & Greg Paulus) play live in Tokyo at Warehouse 702. October 21, 2010.

Just One Night - In Tokyo

Sorry, no track list and track ID´s. Enjoy the music.

Berghain Opening Set January 2013

Miles Maeda live @ Lanai (Austin,TX)

Melodic Fairy-tale Techno Mix 
feat. Johannes Heil, Joel Mull, Microtrauma, Function, Thomas Shumacher and more. 
128.50 BPM 
60 minutes

intro
Johannes Heil - Consciousness
Johannes Heil - High Five
Thomas Schumacher - Vorfreude
Sasha - Xpander (Max Cooper Remix)
Rob Clouth - Bubble Chamber (Microtrauma Remix)
Joel Mull - Track Of The Night
P-Ben - Again
Jeff Derringer, Raiz - Deceit (Edit Select Remix)
Vandermeer - Positive Light (Mateo Murphy Remix)
Function - Incubation Ritual
Dominik Eulberg - Offenbach
Eyerer & Chopstick - Haunting (Sleeper Thief Remix)
outro

Peter Pea - Pohadka

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501 Series Podcast 003 - Audiofly

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Tronic Podcast 041 with Laurent Garnier

Dj Pepo @ Code.088 - 23 febrero 2013

This audio is taken from Kevin's set during a very special digital only event with Mixify dubbed "The Saunderson 3", which featured opening sets from his sons Damarii and Dantiez.

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Kevin Saunderson LIVE on Mixify - May 14, 2013 - FULL SET

Apsara - Transcendence 035 [May 6 2013] on Pure.FM

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Platinum-selling recording artist, label boss, festival promoter, true innovator in the pantheon of popular music, cultural champion, cracking DJ: there’s a lot to be said about Kevin Saunderson.

His influence runs deep, through both adopted hometown of Detroit, and music culture as a whole: as one of the Belleville Three, the high school trio which also includes Juan Atkins and Derrick May, he irreparably changed the face of electronic music; with Inner City, he gave it some of its most memorable tunes. 

The genesis of today’s enormous techno scene can be retraced straight to Kevin, Derrick and Juan, as their formative experiments on rudimentary hardware sketched a blueprint for a genre that was yet to exist. By absorbing Kraftwerk, cutting-edge funk, local radio stalwart The Electrifying Mojo’s electicism, and all manner of new synthesiser and drum machine-led pop music, the Belleville Three broke new ground as musicians and DJs in the 80s. 

Saunderson’s comparatively late start as a producer – kicking off in ’87 under the moniker of Kreem, with E-Dancer and Reese two of the more well-known names to follow – inadvertently gifted him a headstart. With the eruption of house music a few hours down the I-94 in Chicago, Saunderson married Detroit’s raw sound to more tactile, pop-leaning sensibilities. Inner City was born, and global success followed.

Between “Big Fun”, “Good Life”, debut album Paradise and a number of follow-up singles, Inner City (Saunderson and vocalist Paris Grey) amassed 12 UK top 40 hits and over six million records sold worldwide during their peak. A dancefloor-dominating remix by Luciano in 2008, and a globetrotting reunion tour in 2012, underscores the longevity of Inner City’s classic sound. 

His nickname of ‘The Elevator’ is apt: for his role in transporting Detroit’s new sound to a wider audience; as anyone who has seen him perform live can attest, his high-energy, high-spirit and high-impact DJ sets; and for spending the past 35 years of his life progressing the culture he helped create. 

Operating in tandem to his golden run as a producer in the late 80s and early 90s, Saunderson’s own KMS record label – a remarkable 30 years strong in 2017 – has chronicled the early footsteps of R-Tyme, Blake Baxter, MK, Chez Damier, Derrick Carter, Bicep and even Saunderson’s son and regular DJ partner Dantiez more recently. 

A special 12” series in 2008 called History Elevate, released in tandem with fellow polymath Carl Craig’s Planet E label, brought contemporary names like Mathew Jonson, Simian Mobile Disco and Loco Dice into the fold, proving his nous for fostering relationships with each new wave to come through techno’s gates. 25th anniversary compilations and numerous reissues have followed suit. 

Saunderson has a behind-the-scenes role to play, too: he is intertwined with the history of Detroit’s flagship Movement (formerly Detroit Electronic Music Festival / Fuse-In). Having produced the event in the mid-2000s, the last handful of years have seen repeated invites from Movement to display his ORIGINS showcase at the festival, bringing acts like Delano Smith, Phuture and DJ Minx under his curatorial umbrella. 

And of course, with a stacked international touring schedule over the decades, playing in nearly every country and at nearly every festival or club worth mention, he has not stopped pushing the feeling of techno on and on. 

The Groove That Won’t Stop, indeed.