some good ones

Download the set here:
https://corenews.me/skee-mask-essential-mix-2021-05-15/?utm_source=soundcloud
Tracklist over here:
https://tracklists.thomaslaupstad.com/skee-mask-essential-mix-2021-05-15-tracklist-playlist/?utm_source=soundcloud

Core News - https://corenews.me/

Skee Mask - Essential Mix 2021-05-15

Tracklist & Q+A: https://mixmag.net/feature/laksa-interivew-mix-in-session

@laksauk goes in

Tracklist + Q&A

In Session: Laksa

With a sound that is non-conformist and deeply rhythmic, re:ni presents this week's podcast, effortlessly gliding between UK techno, bass and beyond. Few DJ's consistently surprise us the way she does and we’re delighted to welcome her back for Dimensions 2021 and eagerly await her sonic splendours.

https://soundcloud.com/renildn

DIM243 - re:ni

Hodge mixes through the past, present and future of Livity Sound, the Bristol label that's been shaping forward thinking dance music for a decade.

Read RA's Label Of The Month feature: https://ra.co/features/3879

Label Of The Month Mix: Livity Sound mixed by Hodge

Recording of Simo Cell's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2021.

Dekmantel Selectors 2021 was a much needed musical reunion. After the preceding period of stillness, the catharsis and pure joy of finally being together again has been overwhelming. In the words of Simo Cell: "It's 7pm, and I have 5 missed calls on my phone: 'We're expecting massive rain tonight and we will have to close your stage earlier, is it okay for you to play earlier?' No time to stress and to think about it. I left my place and started my set straight away. From a few people to a packed dancefloor, I built up slowly from 90bpm to 160bpm (you know the drill). Pretty happy about the progression of the set and the rise in intensity. In the end, the crowd turned into a mosh pit on XXXtentacion and I had the best time behind the decks. It's good when things sometimes happen spontaneously like that. And it didn't rain after all."

Simo Cell at Dekmantel Selectors 2021

Recording of Laksa's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2021.

"I feel that this set is a good representation of the tunes I like to rep, with a contrast of moods and dynamic style of mixing. The first 10-15 min section is quite memorable for me, as I was really enjoying the energy the tunes were bringing out of each other. The third tune, which is from Florentino, is quite an upfront percussive banger, but when it comes in from the DJ Boss tune it’s just got a straight-up sexy quality, haha. Then the Youngsta tune after it just amplifies the hype. Plus: I got to give a shout to re:ni as I got very, very hyped playing one of her new bits! The Sputnik One bit sounding bloody epic too, and I played 3 tunes from Amor Satyr/Siu Mata – so I got to give him a special mention too!"

Dekmantel Selectors 2021

Laksa at Dekmantel Selectors 2021

Recording of Vladimir Ivkovic's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2021.

"Defragmentation."

Vladimir Ivkovic at Dekmantel Selectors 2021

A weighty and hypnotic mix from Dublin DJ and producer Sputnik One. 

"This mix is a tribute to my first gig back since February 2020: a DIY party behind the S-Bahn Station in Charlottenburg, Berlin that happened back in mid-August," he tells Crack Magazine over email.

"Prior to this, I had almost forgotten why I made and played music in the first place, and in the space of two hours everything had been reaffirmed," he adds. "The goal of this recording was to try to capture a fleeting (but special) energy through an abridged selection of tunes and moments from the night. I’m hoping it will serve as a good memento for myself and those who were there!"

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Sputnik One plays AVA Festival, Belfast, 24-25 September.

Crack Mix 418: Sputnik One

Darwin (@darwinspec) juggles many different roles in dance music as well as she juggles her records in the DJ booth. The Canadian-born, Berlin-based artist runs her own REEF parties at Berghain, and has nurtured a wealth of emerging talents on her SPE:C label. She is also the founder of Clean Scene, a climate action collective that wants to explore a more sustainable future for dance music. They recently authored a stark report about the industry's carbon footprint, which you can read through cleanscene.club/report.pdf. 

Darwin's sound is rooted in various UK styles, from bass to dubstep, garage to breakbeat. That is evident in the 100-minute mix she lays down for us this week. It opens with thoughts about environmentalism and some indigenous jungle recordings before grinding through chunky Afro drum patterns and supersized bass. The pressure builds throughout, the cavernous rhythms grow ever more muscular as the urge to snake your body becomes overwhelming. It's a perfectly balanced, well-controlled mix that showcases the irresistible power of heavyweight bass music.

Dekmantel Podcast 

Dekmantel Podcast 351 - Darwin

Dug up from our archives, the latest Unsound podcast comes from object blue's set at Unsound Krakow 2019, in the early hours of the night in the packed medieval cellar at Szpitalna 1, at a time that now feels like a different era. A blend of techno, experimentation and unpredictable rhythmic patterns, the set is a great primer for object blue's return to Unsound, playing b2b with TSVI.
Born in Tokyo, raised in Beijing and now residing in London, object blue broke into the scene in 2018 with her brilliant debut EP 'do you plan to end a siege?' on Tobago Tracks. Her subsequent releases include last year's  'Hyperaesthesia' EP with TSVI, combining object blue's widescreen club tones and TSVI’s fluid percussive styles – we can't wait to hear what they cook up together for Unsound 2021!

Unsound Podcast 73: object blue

The latest Unsound Podcast is a mix made by LCY, released on the day they play at the Unsound 2021 opening party in 89 tonight. LCY's mix references UK club music's past, yet also drives forward into the future, in the way that it fluidly weaves together experimentation and their percussive sound. They say of their mix: 'This mix was a bit of a focus on breaks. I’ve found that when I’m anticipating something all I want to listen to is drums rhythms and textures and not much melody at all ~ the hour acts as a warm up to my set for unsound tonight infused with uk club sounds and should make you feel ready to go and dance'.

TRACKLISTING:
Milan - LCY
cclluubb -  Nikki Nair
Rollin Back - Malugi
untitled  - LCY
spellcasters - Endless Mow
Langet - GЯEG
Slippery Tuff - Notte Infinita
Run - Two Shell
BMW Track - Overmono
Gramalkin  - IMOGEN 
3KK-CB Sat - Stenny  
Bakey  - Scope Out 
SQUIRT IN MY MOUTH (STEREO F*CK     MIX) - Daddy Hyphen  
Turismo - Jossy Mitsu
Helter Skelter - Tessela
Street Rave- mác_      
Daughters - Diessa
Ridge Racer Revolution - Pessimist
4PLAY - INVT   
Retrovision - B2
Out There (Original Mix) - Dead Mans Chest; Josimar
No Sé Tú  - Louis Me
The Power - LMajor
Globex Corp DJ Tools B2 - Dev/Null, Dwarde & Tim Reaper 
Globex Corp DJ Tools A1 - Dev/Null, Dwarde & Tim Reaper 
f.p.o.p. - klute
Bantu Nilote - Collo
drums - goose
Kemistry (Doc Scott Remix) - Goldie

Unsound Podcast 74: LCY

Last year, TSVI and object blue released Hyperaesthesia’ on Nervous Horizon, described by the pair as “body music”, meshing together object blue’s widescreen, experimental club tones and TSVI’s borderless percussive styles. We loved the EP so couldn’t resist inviting them to play an extended b2b set at Unsound this year, and now we can’t resist releasing the recording as part of our podcast series.
TSVI and object blue played to a packed room from 1am onward, moving at a frantic, skittering pace through a diverse range of tracks and genres, with percussive elements threaded throughout. “One of the best sets we've played, solo or together,” says object blue. “There was so much mutual love between us and the dancers, it felt intimate despite the massive crowd.”
Arriving just in time for the festive season, turn up the volume and enjoy...

Unsound Podcast 77: TSVI b2b object blue

Back in 2016, Skee Mask and Zenker Brothers spontaneously attempted to play together at an afterparty in Prague, but after ten minutes the electricity failed. Two years later they finally had the opportunity to play a joint extended set for the first time - at Unsound Kraków 2018. The three DJs closed Saturday night in Hotel Forum with an expansive set building on adventurous forms of techno, jungle and broken beat, combining the collective interests of Ilian Tape. The set kicked off at 4am in the Ball Room.

Unsound Podcast 39: Skee Mask b2b Zenker Brothers

Recording of Batu's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2018.

Dekmantel Selectors 2018

Batu at Dekmantel Selectors 2018

Two hours from the revered UK selector, recorded as the sun set over RA's stage at Rainbow Disco Club.

@benufo
@rainbowdiscoclub

RA Live - 28.04.19 - Ben UFO, Rainbow Disco Club, Japan

A new addition to the Dekmantel family & a firm BR favourite too, it's the brilliant Roza Terenzi.

Roza Terenzi | Boiler Room x Dekmantel Festival 2019

Boiler Room at Dekmantel 2019 closes on a true master: Batu.

Batu | Boiler Room x Dekmantel Festival 2019

Darwin's In Session Mix presents all the kaleidoscopic facets of her sets, beginning with multidimensional matrix-like space sounds and slowly moving into her groove of deep UK garage before floating into break beats and infectious dancefloor cuts. 

Water bubble textures and acidic noises make an appearance before she ends with jacking footwork beats, setting you in the middle of the jungle.

Here she showcases an array of sonic explorations, a focus that has made her one of the key guiding forces in the underground scene today.

More exclusive music

In Session: Darwin

Melbourne-based DJ Plead is one of the newest members of Nervous Horizon, the label co-founded by TSVI - an Italian artist living in UK. Both artists explore rhythmic traditions from around the world, with a special focus on Lebanese wedding and pop music (Plead) and Sufi practices (TSVI). They played b2b for the first time at Unsound 2019 in Kraków, exploring the breadth of percussive music in front of a tightly packed Kitchen at Hotel Forum. Here's a recording of that set, filled to the brim with some of the freshest tunes in club music right now.

Unsound Podcast 58: TSVI b2b DJ Plead

This is the set I played at Dekmantel Selectors festival in 2019. I closed out the evening, following sets by Mad Miran, Khidja and OKO DJ.

I'm really missing the dancefloor right now, so it was fun for me to relive a memory this joyful. I hope you guys enjoy it too.

some good ones

Xillian