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Earlier this year Artefakt released a new album via Delsin, a striking collection of pensive electronics and techno which was designed as much to humble the independent listener as it was to intrigue on the dancefloor.

The Berlin based pair have become well known and acclaimed for their unique take on techno, often channeling deep ethereal soundscapes and melody atop rugged drums and percussion.

Over the years they have released material via the likes of Sungate, Konstrukt and Semantica Records. It is however Delsin where they appear to have made themselves most at home, releasing material which sits between worlds and defies the notion that techno might need to be rigid 4/4 focussed club music. 

We've featuured the pair several times previously. However, this is the first time that they have recorded a mix for the website, a special occassion given the scarcity of these sets.

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Artefakt: The Ransom Note Mix

Karen "KG" Nyame (@karennyamekg) has been dubbed the “Goddess of Rhythm,” and for good reason. Her body-popping sounds draw from restless African polyrhythms, the high-energy drum patterns of diasporic club music and the boom of UK bass. KG herself is as restless as her music - she works as a presenter on Capital Radio, produces for labels like Black Acre and Future Bounce, and teaches at her own music workshops in collaboration with Red Bull Music. 

KG continues to twist up the world's many musical cultures with this week's podcast. Although she can at times go dark and heavy, here she tends to draw for deeper moments. There are passages of super silky and vocal deep house, elastic drum tracks and infectious UK funky tunes that are all seamlessly fused together into something with a seductive sense of flow.

Tracklist

Dekmantel Podcast 345 - KG

Rinse FM Podcast

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Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO - 04 October 2021

SYSTEM taps in with one of the UK’s finest - @karennyamekg - for a signature ride through the deepest grooves across the African diaspora.

SYSTEM Mix 062: KG

FABRICLIVE 79: Jimmy Edgar is out 19th Jan. Buy from fabric: http://found.ee/fabriclive79 or download from iTunes/Amazon: http://found.ee/FABRICLIVE79digi

Jimmy Edgar launches FABRICLIVE 79 on Friday 6th February 2015, alongside Machinedrum, Kris Wadsworth, Chambray and more. For line-up and tickets visit http://www.fabriclondon.com/club/listing/1009 

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FABRICLIVE 79: Jimmy Edgar promo mix

Solid Steel in association with Serato (1st May) We continue celebrating the relaunch of the Solid Steel website http://www.solidsteel.net  with the return of Four Tet and an exclusive mix alongside Anthony Naples for a TEXT Records special. Four Tet first appeared on Solid Steel back in 2001 and you can now hear this mix in the Featured section on the website, along with another mix from 2002 (which also featured Bonobo, DJ Food and DK as part of the Solid Steel Tour retrospective.) We also feature a 2001 mix from Koushik, who was the first artist to release an EP on Text Records.

Four Tet is up first digging deep with a vinyl only selection and as with one of his previous shows, there's no track list, but you can see a photo of the the album covers for every record in the background image to his mix at http://www.solidsteel.net
He had this to say about his mix;

"My latest Solid Steel mix uses music from all over the world but most of it chosen because it sounds like it comes from another world. These are all older records and things I have been listening to recently and have discovered on my endless search for music."

Four Tet has produced the latest single by Roots Manuva and you can get Facety 2:11 on Monday 4th May http://ninjatune.net/release/roots-manuva/facety-2-11 

TRACKLIST

Solid Steel Radio Show 1/5/2015 Hour 1 - Four Tet

RINSE @ Ministry Of Sound - Bank Holiday Sunday - 24th May 2015

Room 1: Box
Surgeon & Starlight (Live), Perc, Sigha, Lee Gamble, Special Guest: Objekt.
Room 2: 103
Brawther, Dexter, Harri & Domenic, Adesse Versions.
Room 3: Baby Box
Grain + more tba
Room 4: Loft
DJ Haus (All Night Long)
 
Tickets from:
http://rinse.fm/surgeonstarlight
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?703503

Rinse FM Podcast - J:Kenzo w/ Son of Selah - 18th May 2015

1 take, no rehearsals, full of cock-ups and quality (older) tunes!

Future Jungle Mix

Taken from 'No Future' LP by Moiré, out February 17, 2017.

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No Future

Moiré - Lost You (ft. DRS)

Taken from 'No Future' LP by Moiré, out February 17, 2017.

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Moiré - Bootleg (ft. DRS)

@andrew-weatherall all night long at ReSolute on Oct 8th, 2016.
Part 1

Live at ReSolute

Eight Hours of Andrew Weatherall at ReSolute - Part 1

This is my set from Printworks in London on November 16th, 2018.

Tracklist:
1. Upercent - Caos
2. Rinzen - Forbidden City
3. Stereo Underground - Glacier Meadows
4. Maceo Plex feat. Paradigm Shift - Mutant Pulse
5. Rinzen - Triumph of the Human Spirit
6. Recondite - Phalanx
7. Tom Demac - Muyu
8. Rinzen - Sorcery
9. Tale Of Us, Vaal - Monument (Stephan Bodzin Remix)
10. Tale Of Us - North Star
11. Mathame - 22
12. L.S.G. - When It's Dark Outside (Oliver Lieb Remix)
13. Butch - Countach (Kolsch Remix)

Rinzen - Live at Printworks

@justbeige

Introduce yourself? Hometown? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself

I’m originally from the SF Bay Area, CA (Silicon Valley--the worst part) but have been mostly nomadic since I was about 15. I’ve lived in New England, Texas and Australia but Detroit has been home for almost four years, and this is where I’m putting down roots. My fun fact is that I dropped out of high school/never got my diploma but finessed a college degree anyway. 

Favorite collective/scene at the moment?

GFX in Pittsburgh recently brought me out to play one of their events at Hot Mass and I had the absolute best time. For such a small city PGH has a super-thriving scene and heaps of homegrown Midwest talent--Davis Galvin, Tabasheer, Sis Girl, to name a few. Detroit recently lost Ali Berger to PGH, and I’m pretty sure the entire In Training crew just moved there too from Cleveland so it’s definitely a place to watch! Close second goes to Philadelphia and their radio-based warehouse rave scene: shoutout Chris B, WKDU and Terry Radio. 

Favorite mix series?

I’m biased because they commissioned the first mix I ever put out, but I think Daisychain has been doing incredible work elevating the profile of literally dozens (it’s weekly!!) of women/femme, and non-binary/non-conforming DJs since they launched not too long ago. It’s also a great resource to debunk the usual excuses promoters give for not booking gender-diverse lineups, when they supposedly “can’t find” anyone but cis dudes with talent, taste, and technical chops. 

Favorite late night snack? 

Flaming Hot Cheetos (even though it gives me heartburn) 

Advice to beginning dj’s?

Make sure you are really clear on *why* you want to play music for other people and what about it feels good or necessary to you about it regardless of external validation. If your motivations revolve at all around an arbitrary number of bookings or standard of success, you’re gonna have a bad time. Checking your own ego will help you retain your beginner’s joy, curiosity, and drive to improve while avoiding burnout. 

Secret weapon track? 

I don’t know if I would call it a secret but this track has never not killed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k30MSgY1brg

Where do you see your rave self in 30 years from now?  

I’ll probably be dead in a climate disaster but if not I’d like to be an Old Head showing the youngins how it’s done and cultivating joyful intergenerational spaces. I have lots of great role models for that in Detroit. 

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

I would really like to see more people (artists and dancers) understand the political *potential* of rave as well as its political past. Communal experiences of celebration aren’t frivolous, they’re actually a necessary part of any struggle to make the world better. Fighting for change without making room for fun is unsustainably exhausting, and pure hedonistic indulgence without a sense of purpose is super alienating. Understanding rave culture as a form of “pleasure activism” helps to bridge that gap. That’s why it’s so important to make sure that party spaces (in and outside of the DJ booth) are accessible to the most marginalized, who might need that relief to make it through the next day. On that note, when I say that dance music is “healing” I don’t mean it in an abstract way--I’ve had some of my most lasting, personally transformative epiphanies on the dance floor, and now as a DJ, playing music for other people is an important way for me to keep social anxiety and depression at bay. I want that for more people. With that said I also think we could all stand to take ourselves and the “techno game” a little less seriously in some ways!! This is supposed to be about having fun and connecting through music, not fighting to the death over clout!

Beige - 108˚

This exclusive live IA MIX comes from Lusine. Lusine is the work of Seattle's finest electronic maestro Jeff Mcllwain. This mix was recorded live at Berghain, Berlin. The mix features songs from Jeff's album 'A Certain Distance' it also features three untitled and entirely live tracks.

http://www.inverted-audio.com/ia-mix-03-lusine/

IA MIX 03 Lusine

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Ghostly with Shigeto and guests Ryan Spencer & Kenjiro @ The Lot Radio 03 - 23 - 2020

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Ghostly with Michna @ The Lot Radio 04 - 20 - 2020

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Select Cuts 198: Deeparture

Spooky, woozy, cool-weather sounds 

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Chaotic Neutral w/ BEIGE @ The Lot Radio 10 - 27 - 2020

Alan Ester (DJ Al Ester) Discogs.com webpage is here: https://www.discogs.com/artist/2162341-DJ-Al-Ester and you can view his Resident Advisor webpage here: https://ra.co/dj/alester. Resident Advisor have an article about the history of the DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival) over the years here https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/1186. DEMF website is https://www.movement.us.

If you do not know what Groovetech.com Radio was, find out, here is a start https://www.youtube.com/user/tekDragon87/videos.

Alan Ester (DJ Al Ester), 28 May 2000, DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival), CPOP stage, Day 2, (from Groovetech.com Radio)

1. ?
2. ?
3. Higher (Silk's Journey To Heaven) by Steve "Silk" Hurley & Vernessa Mitchell. Silk Entertainment, US 2000.
4. Dancing In Outer Space (Masters At Work Mix) by Atmosfear. Disorient, UK 1997.
5. ?
6. ?
7. ?
8. ?
9. ?
10. ?

If you know any of the tracks, send me a message through Soundcloud and I will add them to the list, thanks.

Here is also a line-up of musicians over the 3 days at DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival) 2000:

> 27 MAY 2000: DAY ONE

DEMF Stage:
13:00 Craig Taborn
14:00 Space Time Continuum
15:00 DJ Spooky
17:00 Tikiman
19:00 DBX
20:00 TBA (to be announced)
20:30 Isotope 217
21:30 Stacey Pullen
00:00 END

MOTOR Stage:
12:00 Hannah
14:00 Minx
16:00 Mike "Agent X" Clark
18:00 Theo Parrish
20:00 END

CPOP Stage:
12:00 Magda
14:00 Mike Grant
16:00 D Wynn
18:00 Kenny Larkin
20:00 END

UNDERGROUND Stage:
12:00 Jeff Karolski
13:00 Clark Warner
14:00 Jason Hogans
15:00 Clark Warner
16:00 Dykehouse
17:00 Bill Van Loo
18:00 TBA (to be announced)
19:00 Recloose
20:00 TBA (to be announced)
21:00 Wild Planet
22:00 TBA (to be announced)
23:00 Scan 7
00:00 END

> 28 MAY 2000: DAY TWO

DEMF Stage:
12:00 Double Helix
13:00 TBA (to be announced)
13:30 John Arnold
14:30 TBA (to be announced)
15:00 Aril Brikha/Time Space
16:00 Kevin Saunderson
18:00 Laurent Garnier (with band)
19:00 TBA (to be announced)
20:00 The Roots
21:00 Gary Chandler
22:00 Mos Def
23:00 Gary Chandler
00:00 END

MOTOR Stage:
12:00 Oscar McMillan
14:00 TBA (to be announced)
16:00 Buzz Goree
18:00 TBA (to be announced)
20:00 END

CPOP Stage:
12:00 Lacksidaisycal
13:30 Houseshoes
15:30 Len Swan
18:00 Breakfast Club
18:30 Cash Money
20:00 END

UNDERGROUND Stage:
12:00 Carlos Souffront
14:00 Spacelings & Bassheads
15:00 Carlos Souffront
16:00 Adult
17:00 Godfather
19:00 Ectomorph
20:00 DJ Assault
22:00 Fanon Flowers
00:00 END

> 29 MAY 2000: DAY THREE

DEMF Stage:
12:00 TBA (to be announced)
15:00 Theorem
16:00 Juan Atkins
18:00 Rolando
20:00 Derrick May
22:00 Richie Hawtin

MOTOR Stage:
12:00 Derek Plaslaiko
14:00 TBA (to be announced)
16:00 Mike Huckaby
18:00 Bone
20:00 END

CPOP Stage:
12:00 Ronin
14:00 Lauren Flax
15:00 A Guy Called Gerald
17:00 Dego
20:00 END

UNDERGROUND Stage:
12:00 Vitreous Flux
13:00 Direct Beat Assassins
14:00 Urban Tribe
16:00 Keith Tucker/Puzzelbox
17:00 Shake
19:00 Detroit Grand Pubahs
20:00 END

Alan Ester (DJ Al Ester), 28 May 2000, DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival), CPOP stage, Day 2

Throughout the exciting timeline of Drum & Bass, Brazil has provided us with bonafide legends such as Marky, Patife and Alibi, but the guy causing the biggest rukus over the past few years is undoubtedly the creator of our latest Minirig Mixtape - L-Side.  

This exclusive producer to V-Recordings shelled 2020 with some huge tunes - Zaga Dan and Steppa Dub in particular receiving a lot of attention - and he's currently sitting on a wealth of new material. 

Check out this exclusive Minirig Mixtape from L-Side.

L-Side - Minirig Mixtape

Music heals the soul. I’m constantly searching and collecting mixes and make endless playlists. Hopefully someone can get as much joy from them as I do. I love it.

Later listening adventures

B.Froh