Name: No.41 Brookes Brothers / Bop by Mixmag
Duration: 52 min 20 s
Description: Brookes Brothers and Bop both have wicked new albums out and each deliver an exclusive mix for the podcast. Brookes Brothers also tell us what records they'd take if they were Marooned on Mars!

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Brookes Brothers and Bop both have wicked new albums out and each deliver an exclusive mix for the podcast. Brookes Brothers also tell us what records they'd take if they were Marooned on Mars!

No.41 Brookes Brothers / Bop

In recent years, Blackploid has come to be one of Central Processing Unit’s signature artists. The German producer has averaged more than a record a year for the Sheffield imprint since he first landed on CPU in 2021. This prolific run continues with Cosmic Drama, Blackploid’s second LP for the label. The album takes the baton from its predecessor Enter Universe in style, delivering twelve tracks of top-quality machine-funk that draw down from electro’s classic artists while also imbuing proceedings with a playfulness that very much gives things a signature Blackploid-ish flavour.

Cosmic Drama sets its stall out from the off. The opening run of ‘Alien’, ‘World Construction’ and ‘Virtual State’ all deliver piston-snapping beats which anchor pleasing melanges of B-movie synth lines. Alongside this, Blackploid adds little flourishes which add buoyancy to each joint - a syncopated bassline reminiscent of I-f’s late-90s classic ‘Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass’, crackling robo-voiced commands, skittering synth chords which wash across the mix and so on. It’s the work of someone completely at ease with their craft, comfortable enough to take risks without upsetting the apple cart of their sound’s core appeal.

Blackploid’s idiosyncratic approach to synth work is something which distinguishes Cosmic Drama from the pack. Electro has long been a genre which prides itself on innovation on the keys, but few producers are willing to push their sonics as far as Blackploid does - take the seasick churn of pads and processors on ‘Multiverse’, for instance, or the way John Carpenter-esque single-note lines dovetail with gurgling synthetic pulses and eerie, spacious chords on ‘The Lab’, a highlight of Cosmic Drama’s midsection.

Cosmic Drama skips along at club tempo throughout - every one of these joints will get bodies moving in dark rooms across the galaxy. However, even when tracks maintain their single-minded pursuit of machine-funk perfection, they never forget to deliver on the hooks. Blackploid has lead lines (and counter-melodies) to burn here, and each track knots them together in ever-more intriguing ways as they plough onwards. Drexciyan heads will be thrilled by the sci-fi delights of ‘Species’, for instance, while Blackploid brings melodies as cold as they are catchy on the aptly-named ‘Polar Dunes’. By the time Cosmic Drama hits upon the vroom-vrooming bassline line of closer ‘Contact’, you’re fully enthralled to the album’s combination of broken-beat heft and synthetic melodiousness.

RIYL: Drexciya, I-f, Cygnus, AFX

Cosmic Drama

Blackploid - Cosmic Drama

Tresor resident DJs LNS and DJ Sotofett have for some years been developing a style at the club's Globus floor, and their new EP is a die cut of exactly the classic techno, electro, and house music they play. Here are no productions drenched in reverb, no hi-fi obsessions or generic algorithmic patterns – this is Globus Trax, the duo's third release on Tresor Records, four tracks consisting of real TR-909 workouts, rude and driving basslines, live runs through the mixing desk, and a Blake Baxter cover version with LNS on vocals. 
 
LNS & DJ Sotofett programmed an EP to perfectly fit their warehouse style of DJing, bringing out colour and variation in a spectrum more similar to a club compilation than a dogmatically reduced concept. With a single repeated vocal sample, Globus Trax opens bombastically with ClickClickClick, a dub-infused UK garage house track anyone in the world can easily describe in the course of a second.
 
Following this comes Gearbox which is a hefty slab of big room electro featuring a centerpiece arpeggio and the warmest harmonic pads on the EP's four tracks, which not-so-subtly makes reference to the pioneering band that shares a name with Globus and Tresor's home, the Kraftwerk. 
 
The house vibe returns on Destination 909, which is nothing but a manifesto for the TR-909, where the beloved drum machine's jacking beats meet galactic strings and synthetic bass, only to be ripped apart in a slamming break that sees the machine take centre stage as it cuts in-and-out of the mix, again a clear nod to the duo's sets in the club.
 
LNS steps up on vocal duties and DJ Sotofett keeps the 909 running for their final cut, taking a deeper dive into the realms of classic techno and paying tribute to "The Prince of Techno" Blake Baxter by covering his Reach Out originally released on Tresor Records in 1995.
 
The 12" was cut by DJ Sotofett himself at Manmade Mastering, where he resurrects the lost art of late-90s loud cuts with sonic presence and punch, optimal for the club-focused 12" format, and is the first to come in the new Tresor Sleeve, boasting an embossed logo on either side.

LNS & DJ Sotofett - Gearbox

Immy is a lifelong student of music history with a big passion for the NYC music scenes from 1969-1999 focusing mainly the Disco & House scenes, especially the Loft and the Paradise Garage. She collects and plays everything from ambient, soul, funk, disco & reggae to house, techno, electro, hardcore and progressive trance. A firm believer that the dance floor can be a healing space, she often cuts and throws in acapellas in club sets where she sees fit to emphasize her storytelling.

This mix was recorded live in the SEVEN Secret Garden in Berlin, Germany. 
Listen to the whole Stream on our YouTube channel 
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akg5mvVWGhQ ] 

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SEVEN House Mix 022: Immy

Liverpool's Beau Beaumont turns in a club-oriented mix of deep, atmospheric techno from across the globe. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/beau-beaumont/episodes/beau-beaumont-21st-june-2025

Beau Beaumont 210625

Injection Box returns with a rare transmission from Greg Beato (@oteab_gerg), the elusive Miami-based producer and DJ behind a decade’s worth of raw, left-of-center club tools. Known for releases on revered imprints like @l-i-e-s and @apronrecords, Beato resurfaces with his first official set since his mix for @dkmntl in 2016.

He last played for us in 2019, joining a bill that included live sets from Ectomorph and Ultradyne. Now, he delivers a characteristically unfiltered ride. Fractured rhythms, analog grit, and machine workouts collide from a voice rooted deep in the raw, no-frills heart of the scene.

This one’s tense, hypnotic, and unmistakably banging.

Injection Box 003 // Greg Beato

Detroit's Filthiest releases his third EP of the year on his label, Motor City Electro Company. Switching it up this time to Drum & Bass offerings on "Reign Supreme".

The Baghdad-born, Detroit-made musician and Ghettotech innovator, Detroit's Filthiest boasts 25 years as a multi-genre magician.  DJ Nasty, Digitek, 313 Bass Mechanics - these were his aliases in the '90s when he was part of a movement from Detroit that established Ghettotech as a DJ style as well as an electronic music genre.  

In 2015, following Disclosure's sampling of his "Pass Out" track (as 313 Bass Mechanics) for their hit "Bang That", he re-entered the game as Detroit's Filthiest.  He's gone on to release a host of tracks, covering Electro, House, Techno, Drum & Bass and more, often blending them with Soul and Funk.

• www.mcec.bandcamp.com

@detroitsfilthiest



PREMIERE : Detroit’s Filthiest - Exploration of Sound [MCEC079]

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SCB - FutureUnknown (Voxattack)

Aura Sonora returns with a second release, bringing together two meticulous studio craftsmen, DYL & Tammo Hesselink, with their Moiré Patterns EP, out on August 4th.

Pre-order: https://aurasonorarecords.bandcamp.com/album/moir-patterns
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@aurasonorarecords
@tammohesselink
@dyl170 

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Premiere: DYL & Tammo Hesselink - Pattern 1

After a few collaborations, Ignatius and DJ Bruce Lee return with a joint production: Horizon. A fast-paced, ravey breaky house track, accompanied by two remixes—one by DJ Bruce Lee on his own, and another by label regular and Vallecas stomper TR, who delivers a wild acid-infused version. The 12" also includes an old DJ Bruce Lee remix of Ignatius' Lowdown.

Full EP here: https://soundcloud.com/subwax-bcn-distribution/rcb-009

PREMIERE: Ignatius & DJ Bruce Lee - Horizon (TR Remix) [Rhythm Control Barcelona]

Forward thinking underground music from across the musical spectrum. Techno and house alongside selections from more experimental styles and sounds.  

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