idm, classics and more pt.1

Mission District #01 @ Espacio perpendicular
@f-ondj
@brokenl00p

One tribe, one rhythm, one heart
The 90s and early 2000s in Madrid were defined by a sound that sat somewhere between house and techno, dub and acid. Clubs like WEEKEND with Roberto Rodríguez, or Midday and The Room, led by Ángel García with guests like Garth or Swag, paved the way. The influence of the West Coast sound from the U.S. and European house with dub and tech-house reminiscences captivated us from the DJ booths of these legendary clubs in the Spanish capital.

The first rotary mixers started appearing, rhythms slowed down, and transitions became longer, giving DJs a new kind of artistic presence that hadn’t been seen before. This was pure artistry, and yes, the drugs were good, too. Fridays and Sundays, the tribe would gather to soak up the freshest sounds—the avant-garde.

Mission District is just a neighborhood in San Francisco, yet it shares a deep connection with Madrid. The same spirit was in the air, at the same time, with the same gurus shaping the scene.

This is not a "remember" session. This is not a tribute. We could never do it better than it was done back then. We simply want to dust off those records, blend them with equally special sounds being produced today, and let them breathe again.

As with most niche trends, some of these records might sound aged—or perhaps still incredibly modern.

F-on @ Mission District #01

Never-before-heard psychedelic acid techno and ambient compositions from beloved Japanese producer Susumu Yokota. Recovered from a collection of DAT tapes.

https://www.soundmetaphors.com/release/1757339415/susumu-yokota-unreleased-works-94'-97'

Susumu Yokota - Dust

Helsinki raised, Paris based Jeku is know for his trippy, psy-infused rhythms, expertly crafted to compel movement and progressively elevate the senses.

With acclaimed releases on labels like Craigie Knowes, Haŵs, and Avoidance, and his most recent EP ‘Twisted Utopia’ on Harmony Records, Jeku continues to push the boundaries of contemporary electronic music.

About the mix: "This mix is heavily inspired by my recent experiences at Pe:rsona and Ozora festivals, which I attended back-to back straight from one to the other. I found a resurgence in deeper and slowly evolving sets which felt so fresh I wanted to channel that energy into this mix. Best enjoyed outdoors or afters!"

@jeku_fin

DSS 115 | Jeku

I gathered over 40 tracks and mixed them live on Ableton, editing as well as it is pretty much my favorite software of any kind…The result is 3 h 00 of music that ranges from minimal, dubby techno, experimental, ambient soundscapes and a mist of ethereal beauty from Monolake that defies Space & time…

1.0 Mono Lake history (The lake)
2.0 Arte
3.0 Television Tower
4.0 Bicom
5.0 Error [ML029]
6.0 Ionized
7.0 Stratosphere (Edit)
8.0 Fragile
9.0 Ice
10.0 Alaska
11.0 Xor [ML027]
12.0 Melting
13.0 Tangent I & Tangent II
14.0 Mcp79
15.0 Static
16.0 Crash (VLSI Version)
17.0 Cubicle
18.0 Null Pointer
19.0 Cyan
20.0 Amazon
21.0 Void
22.0 Abundance
23.0 Mass Transit Railway
24.0 Indigo
25.0 Gobi the desert – edit

Monolake - A 3 H 00 Special Mix Tribute

Hola!

Publicamos este set que grabamos en directo una bonita mañana de este pasado agosto, en algún lugar de alhendin, con muchos amigos y con muchos momentos inolvidables...

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Junto a mí compadre @alex-bmp-1, intentamos llevar una linea muy dub techno, con mucha atmósfera, y con densos bajos para que calase bien en la pista para el disfrute matutino de un buen mañaneo. 😊

Alex & Isy

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Alex BPM & Utopian @ Alhendin_25

TAW010 - Dionne

live recording of my dj set at Sustain-Release Year 11, playing the Grove stage at sunset on friday night <3

adobeprincess @ Sustain-Release Year 11

L.I.E.S. Records presents an exclusive premiere mix by Ron Morelli, proudly shared first by Soul Express.

About the mix:
This was recorded live and direct from the desk in Tokyo roughly two years ago.
For me, when it comes to house music, I always look back to the masters (as many do), but specifically to the radio mixes of Farley Jackmaster Funk, Timmy Regisford, and Boyd Jarvis.

The dynamic blending of freestyle, new wave, American disco, Italo, and the experimental dance tracks of that era was innovative and represented the true genesis of what dance music is: mixing different styles and making it all make sense together while completely blowing listeners’ minds.

When I play, I hope to pull fragments from this long-forgotten era and give the crowd something they may have been missing for a long time — with modern reverence and deep respect for the days of old.

A first taste of what awaits us on November 29th at Basic.

This is Ron Morelli

Another visitor makes his way down the iron staircase to the 2Sox basement HQ, this time in the form of one of Glasgow's most trusted selectors, Laurence Hughes.

He and fellow house (and techno, and electro) expert Tom Churchill have been busy recently making very fine tunes together as The Nuclear Family - https://soundcloud.com/the_nuclear_family. Their self released 12"s are two of 2Sox' absolute favourite belter records of the last year. Be sure to check them out. Laurence's production credits go back as far as 2002, under the Elijah moniker on Jason Brunton's Iridite label. Tom founded the Headspace and Emoticon labels, which produced many a stellar release by himself and the likes of Dan Curtin, Future Beat Alliance and Marco Bernardi.

Laurence has been a resident at many a club night in Glasgow over the years, including the legendary Traxx night alongside our previous DTS guest Jamie Thomson. He takes massive pleasure in discovering, playing and discussing electronic music new and old. You'll normally have a screed of mental notes after hearing a set, and this mix will be no exception. It's also worth noting that he will teach you a thing or two about, and whip your arse at, table tennis.

Check https://soundcloud.com/the_nuclear_family/sets/tnf002-come-dine-with-us-clips

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Out now on 2Sox: Debukas - Dream Travel EP (2SOX002)
soundcloud.com/2soxrecs/sets/debukas-dream-travel-ep-2sox002

More Down The Stairs mixes: https://soundcloud.com/2soxrecs/sets/down-the-stairs-mix-series

Down The Stairs Mix Series 004 - The Nuclear Family

@el_hardwick

~ Tracklist ~

Nadia Khan - In Gleam
System - Plus (ft. Nils Frahm)
Gas - Untitled 2
Heavenly Music Corporation - Nautilus
Steve Hillage - Garden Of Paradise
How to Disappear Completely - Seraphim III
Laraaji - A Cave In England
Terre Thaemlitz - Trucker
Terekke - wav1
Ross 154 - I Will Follow
Serena Butler - When I Die I’ll Go To Heaven Because I’ve Served My Time In Hell
Trux - Hobo
Lucaufer - Ciel
Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Amorph
Kareem Lotfy - Kwkab
Tim Hecker - Ghost Writing Pt. 1
System 7 - Faydeaudeau
1991 - No More Dreams II
K. Leimer - Assemble & Diffuse
Ellen Bullmann - Fluctuations 1
Alter Ego - Undersea Girl
Vida Vojic - …and the shadows were
Oh, Yoko - Seashore (Sprinkles’ Ambient Ballroom)

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I am very excited to present the first externally contributed Deep Mind Music mix by my friend @moonbowmusic

I made the first @Deep-Mind-Music mix - https://soundcloud.com/syberkid/deep-mind-music-vol-1 - just as a way to tie together and catalogue the ambient tracks that had meant a lot to me that summer. Since then, Deep Mind Music mixes have become a solace for me, a personal space to explore sound and emotion. 

In the last two years Moonbow and I have been sharing ambient music with each other, and both love and appreciate this form of music. I've been toying with the idea of expanding these mixes into a mix series for a while, and asked if Moonbow would like to make one for me. They have put together a beautiful journey reflecting on Seasonal Affective Disorder, just in time to counter the January blues. 

They say: "The mix is supposed to be a kind of anxiety relieving mix for S.A.D that starts out quite emotional and quiet in a very raw and real way, dives into a v insular dream world that is sometimes peacefully meditative and sometimes quite an intensely dark emotional excavation, and then it has healing and wholesome ending of clarity"

This photo is a photo Moonbow took of sunset in Los Angeles, when we were there together this summer.

I look forward to this new chapter for these mixes, and hope you enjoy it too 💙

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~ Downloads enabled ~

Moonbow ~ Deep Mind Music Vol.4

TF2019 w/ Marylou

A follow-up to December's selection of mid-90s Detroit-influenced UK techno, this time featuring some US producers in the form of Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin and Abacus alongside the likes of As One, Stasis and Black Dog. Deep and timeless music for heads and feet.

NB: As before, these are all recorded from well-worn vinyl, so apologies for the occasional snap, crackle and pop.

As One - Shambala (Buzz, 1993)
Stasis - So-lar (Time Is Right, 1993)
Psyche - Elements (Planet E, 1989)
Abacus - Relics (Prescription, 1994)
Kenny Larkin - Butterflies (R&S, 1995)
Repeat - Lilt-A (A13, 1995)
Nuron - Eau Rouge (Likemind, 1996)
La Synthesis - Agraphobia (Plink Plonk, 1994)
Black Dog Productions (Atypic) - Otaku (Rising High, 1992)

Golden Era Techno Part 2

Another selection of mainly UK techno from the early to mid-90s. On this one there's a slightly more uptempo/dancefloor feel (in the middle section at least), with some deep grooves from the Pure Plastic/Plaid family, LFO's Mark Bell in his Clark guise, a soulful techno masterpiece from Inertia (aka A Guy Called Gerald), and a raw heater from Neuropolitique on Irdial. Recorded from vinyl once again with authentic grit.

Luke Slater’s 7th Plain - Time Melts (GPR, 1994)
Mark Broom & Dave Hill - Weather (Pure Plastic, 1995)
Neuropolitiue - Fusion-Neu (Irdial Discs, 1992)
Ismistik - Flowcharts Remade (Djax-Up-Beats, 1995)
Inertia - Nowhere to Run (Retroactive, 1990) 
Eco Tourist - Downtown Chic (Rewired, 1995)
Ed Handley - Nine Open (Pure Plastic, 1995)
Clark - Christo (Planet E, 1995) 
Balil - Rosery Pilots (Rising High, 1993)
Russ Gabriel - Airborne  (Input Neuron Musique, 1995)

Golden Era Techno Part 3

Tom Churchill provides the 3rd guest mix.

Tom emerged in 1996 via his own label, Headspace Recordings, which went on to feature several of his productions as well as releases from Dan Curtin, Derek Carr & Sean Deason, among others. Together with sister label, Emoticon, Headspace established itself as an eminent UK label, and their releases are still sought after to this day.

Both labels ceased trading in 2006, and after a break from music production, Tom finally returned and has recently been releasing as part of a duo - The Nuclear Family.

Check the links below for new music, and be sure to listen to his recent stand-out trio of 'Golden Era Techno' mixes.

@tomchurchill @the_nuclear_family
Tom's blog: https://nothinbutmagic.com

SpillCast 08 - Tom Churchill

https://soundcloud.com/bigup2dance joins in for episode 62.  Among other things, he's a part of https://soundcloud.com/sun-citadel as well as https://soundcloud.com/tmp-pod

First hour by Kugg:

01. Keiichi Suzuki - Satellite Serenade (Trans Asian Express Mix) [WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings - 1992]
02. Smith Mighty - U Dub  [More Rockers - 1995]
03. Addis Posse - Let The Warriors Dance (Warrior Workout Mix) [Warriors Dance - 1990]
04. Kekkotronics & LTJ - Acid Job [Irma CasaDiPrimordine - 1989]
05. Metro L.A. - To A Nation Rockin' (Short Mix) [Bassex Records - 1995]
06. Metro L.A. - To A Nation Rockin' (Long Journey Mix) [Bassex Records - 1995]
07. DJ Garth - Twenty Minutes Of Disco Glory (The Acid Rock Mix) [Wicked - 1996]
08. Melancholy Man - Born To Rock (Rocking Dub Wise) [Warriors Dance - 1990]
09. TNI - Grass Chant [Ichor - 1993]
10. Blaze - Directions (Direct Mix Two) [Spiritual Life Music - 1998]
11. E-Lustrious - Givin' You No Rest (In The Car Park Dub) [U.F.G. - 1992]
12. The New Composers - Sputnik Of Life [ARK - 1990]
13. System 7 - Quest (Moody Boys Interpretation) [Big Life - 1993]
14. Cybertrax - Illusion [Rising High Records -  1994]
16. Miss Lie - Paranoia [Beat Box - 1990]

Second hour by Kiskelfacit:

01. L@N - Master-4 [A-Musik - 1996]
02. Velocette - Baal [Reflective - 1996]
03. Clara Mondshine - O Queen Of Saba [Innovative Communication - 1983]
04. Gas - Experiments On Live Electricity [em:t - 1995]
05. Mendocino - Sidetracked [em:t - 1995]
06. Speedy J - Spikkles [Up&Down Recordings - 1993]
07. Deluxe - Eluxtria [Ultra Violet Recordings - 1994]
08. Symbols And Instruments - Mood (Optimystic Mix) [KMS - 1989]
09. Sons Of The Subway - Da Tunnelz [Infonet - 1997]
10. Plod - Which Is Stronger - Karate Or The Tiger? [Worm Interface - 2000]
11. Morgan Geist - Postcast [Phono - 1998]
12. Ectomorph - Satori [Interdimensional Transmissions - 1995]
13. Rhythim Is Rhythim - Spaced Out [Network Records - 1991]
14. Lucky People Center - (---) Is It? [Beverage Records - 1998]
15. Aux 88 Meets Alien FM - Out Of Sight [430 West - 1995]
16. Anthony Rother - 5/27 [Kanzleramt - 1999]
17. Dynamix II - Ignition [Dynamix II Records - 1990]

Hjärngymnastik 062: Plagiocefalisk Bordspingis med Kugg

October 2003 DJ mix

RECORD FAIR STOCKHOLM 15/11 - free entry.

31/10 - Nordanvind Labelnight
14/9 - Timebar Stockholm
5/9 - Fotografiska Stockholm with Laserdong, Carl Platon, Victor Gustafsson
20/6 - Midsummer Open Air
30/5 - groundBreaking w/ Kugg, Bimse Fett
18/4 - Fotografiska Stockholm w/ OB JUAN/SPIRI:TUAL/PENTTI IGOR
11/4 - Fotografiska Stockholm w/ BONDANZA


Taking a small break from recording weekly Hjärngymnastik mixes at the moment. I'll be back shortly.

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Hjärngymnastik is my weekly digging project where I search for electronic music released before year 2001, sourced from vinyl, CDs and digital.

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