Name: Expressions 02 - Front Bench by 199
Duration: 1 h 43 min 35 s
Description: The second edition of 199's new podcast series welcomes a return from co-founder-in-chief, @frontbench. He delivers nearly two hours of powerful tech house in a belt-driven frenzy of saw waves and acid lines. An energetic Monday night supplement.

Packed with an abundance of futuristic frequencies, mix 252 comes by way of Freakenstein whose intergalactic blend of electro and booty has had dancefloors across the globe bouncing to his slamming sonic jams (including ours this summer at Dimensions 2021). Crisp electro snares, booty-shaking basslines and smooth vocoder melodies are the order of the day in this banging mix - enjoy.

DIM252 - Freakenstein

"SOUNDS OF THE PS2" - Straight Flavours Of VSVN

Our First Mix N Blend In A Long While. Head Honcho Of 'Your Favourite DJ's Favourite Youtube Channel' aka VSVN - Taking You On A Trip Down Memory Lane. Saying Hello To Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Jin Kazama on the Way.  𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗦𝟮 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀

𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝑩𝒚 𝑽𝑺𝑽𝑵
"This mix is the nostalgic sound of my childhood.
I’ve been into video games for most of my life but the PS2 will always hold a special place in my heart as it’s the console I grew up playing. I recently rediscovered the brilliance of the SSX Tricky soundtrack and it sent me down a rabbit hole of other PS2 game soundtracks. A LOT of racing games from that period licensed loads of wicked breakbeat so I thought I’d put together a mix of some of the best tunes I found whilst digging."

Mix Visual via VSVN Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/EFA5Ieul32E
More of VSVN: @vsvn-music
Artwork By: Pedro Zoz (https://bit.ly/3xjPavM) 

Enjoy

"SOUNDS OF THE PS2" - Straight Flavours Of VSVN

foundation fm - mix hour + KATYA - 06.10.22

My live set from Daybreak Festival. All unreleased material :) enjoy

Reflex Blue (Live) @ Daybreak Festival [AU]

The second edition of 199's new podcast series welcomes a return from co-founder-in-chief, @frontbench. He delivers nearly two hours of powerful tech house in a belt-driven frenzy of saw waves and acid lines. An energetic Monday night supplement.

Expressions 02 - Front Bench

Elissa Suckdog's first full release arrives via her own imprint, the counterpart to Klon Dump's KLON series.

DOG001 follows her Girls/Dudes Try white label edits and features an itchy A and a soothing B, watched over by F1's last female competitor Giovanna Amati and historian Michael Parenti.

UK/ROW buy link: https://badumtish.world/products/elissa-suckdog-igittigitt-inventing-reality-dog001 

EU buy link: https://badumtish.eu/products/elissa-suckdog-igittigitt-inventing-reality-dog001

Elissa Suckdog - Igittgitt/Inventing Reality [DOG001]

"According to Barbarian legend, the world was created when a pine cone fell from the World Tree. All life sprung from its fruit, and still does."

For his next sonic sacrament, schuttle travels gallantly forward, unearthing the seeds sowed by the Ancients, to plant them anew in the shadow of the Mystic Mountains. The quest begins with ‘Shadout’. Fractured celestial voices materialise from a mist of frosted
percussion, a merciful kick drum splutters above the surface, bringing with it the viscous swamp murk from whence it came. Thereafter begins a holy union of shimmering light and cave dwelling darkness. 
Onward then, to ‘Souvlaki’. Playful impish chatter stumbles
over the moss covered bass line, whilst cascading snare hits tumble down abandoned wells; a gentle guiding presence through the forest

Thus the traveler emerges from the undergrowth, bleary eyes are rubbed clear to reveal that most rare of sights, the ritual of the ‘Swords Dance’. The Drum of Victory reverberates menacingly around the standing stones, entrancing a hoard of wayfaring Goblins - heavily intoxicated on honey mead and fungus. As the sacred bones are
ground, the Dance begins. The orkish revellers are joined presently by a local mage who unveils his mouth harp and enters the fray wholeheartedly. Then at long last the Sword is unsheathed in all its cosmic glory, conventional momentum is henceforth abandoned in favour of complete ecstatic, unbridled chaos.

After the dust settles on this fiendish bacchanalia, ‘Junkman’ creeps into the fore. Caustic mire oozes into focus, mist rising sluggishly from the reeds. An elemental pad sweeps across the terrain, cleansing our traveler, and warming their weary bones.

A1 - Shadout
A2 - Souvlaki
B1 - Swords Dance (Parts 1 & 2)
B2 - Junkman

Releasing on Vinyl / Digital formats April 2023

Mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven

Artwork by Sam Tomson.

BH006

schuttle - BH006 clips

The recording of @saoirsemusic closing the Earthling stage in 2022.

Tickets for Houghton 2023 are on sale now:
https://www.houghtonfestival.co.uk/

Recorded at Houghton - Saoirse (2022)

We welcome DJ Life to Ape-X for our 49th Ape Cast of the series. Coming all the way from Naarm, Australia, Dj Life takes us on an hour-long journey filled with House, Tech-tribal-progressive house and techno.  

DJ life has quickly made himself well known in the underground music scene with his up tempo trance sounds and a generous handful of releases on acclaimed underground dance labels such as; Craigie Knowes, Potato Headz Records and more, DJ Life & Reflex Blue have since then started their own label label - Progress Earth - which is now a solid platform for their own quirky impulsive tunes to be aired on. 

You will be able to see him around Europe this summer at both festivals and smaller events this summer 👀

Head over to our Instagram for the full interview.

APECAST 049 - DJ Life

Recording from my show in Manchester at Eastern Bloc presents Mixing Mates (April 2023)

@mixing_mates
@eastern-bloc-records

Gallegos Live at Mixing Mates - Eastern Bloc Manchester

Helix Mix 005: DJ Websurfer

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