October 2021

Techy / Waft

On Rotation Mix Series

Mixes 2

Next up for the mix series, a familiar face for our long-term followers. Owen was one of our founders with Chris back in 2014, in the early days of the 212 bar. After leaving Leeds for London, he's kept the platter spinning, serving up a spicy hour & a half of genre spanning dance floor orientated ENERGY!
@lateshiftlaureate

Rotation 028: Owen Spalding

German electro producer Martin Matiske has recently breathed new life into his Blackploid alias. The project’s revival continues to bear fruit with the Strange Stars EP, Matiske’s third Blackploid release of 2021 and second for Central Processing Unit after issuing March’s Cosmic Traveler EP through the Sheffield label.

Blackploid’s two CPU drops have more in common than just stargazing titles. Those who enjoyed Cosmic Traveler will find plenty to like again in these four tracks, with Matiske serving up another quartet of snappy machine-funk joints this time around. However, while there is certainly a throughline between Cosmic Traveler and Strange Stars, this EP also finds Blackploid pushing the envelope at points by taking risks with his synth tones which thrill and enliven the record.

In keeping with the cosmic theme of Blackploid’s recent output, Strange Stars kicks off with ‘Star Patrol’. While this opening cut is full of the same needle-gun basslines and dinky synths that characterised Cosmic Traveler, the drum programming eschews the broken beats favoured by many in the scene for a straight house/techno snap. It makes for a very groovy jam, one with Drexciya, Computer World-era Kraftwerk and a pinch of Space Dimension Controller in its mix.

Indeed, the only track on Strange Stars which skips along on a broken beat is second entry ‘The Signal’. ‘The Signal’ also features some of Blackploid’s most impressive electronics programming to date, announcing itself with a brilliantly unusual synth that sounds like an old video game unit which has just gained sentience. When this alien tone is combined with another precision-engineered bassline the track invokes the grizzly bangers of the L.I.E.S. label, though the keyboard stabs which enter periodically also hint to the funkier electro of, say, Egyptian Lover.

‘The Unseen’, the first B-side of Strange Stars, finds Blackploid bringing together many of the things which made the two previous tunes such standouts. A steady four-on-the-floor and a slightly haunted feel to the synth choices casts back to ‘Star Patrol’, but much like ‘The Signal’ this joint also features some rather weird tones which are a hair’s breadth away from machine malfunction. It’s a feeling which runs through to closing cut ‘Light Corridor’, a number where melodies and anti-melodies zip around an array of gurgling electronic cells.

Martin Matiske’s fine run of Blackploid EPs continues with the intergalactic electro stylings of Strange Stars.

RIYL: Drexciya, Cardopusher, Legowelt, Beau Wanzer, Jensen Interceptor

Strange Stars

Blackploid - Strange Stars

Release Date: 08.10. 

Buy the Music: www.axisrecords.com/axis-shop/

Arjun Vagale is proud to announce the release of his debut album 'EXIT FRAGMENTS' for The Escape Velocity on Jeff Mills' AXIS Records - one of the most influential Techno labels of all time.

"With this concept album, I’ve gone back to my roots, to a sound that truly represents me - it's fast, stripped down and hypnotic - paying homage to the ethos of classic Techno, yet firmly looking to the future"

Widely celebrated as one of the pioneers of techno in India, Arjun Vagale continues to steer the course of the country’s underground electronic movement. Known for his intense, driven and raw sound, Arjun is one of the most prolific artists to come out of Asia.

His productions on labels like Planet Rhythm, Drumcode, Tronic, and his own ODD Recordings and AsymetriK, have had massive global reach. Receiving numerous awards and named one of “Asia’s finest underground music exports,” Arjun is an artist, DJ, producer, live act, label owner, radio show host, and all-round music entrepreneur.

Over his career of 20+ years, he has travelled the world, playing for Awakenings, Boiler Room, DGTL and Sonar. He has risen to the forefront for the quality and depth of his productions and DJ / live sets, while always staying true to his roots.

BCCO Premiere: Arjun Vagale - Thirteenth Dimension [ASD044]

We are SO excited to premiere @djrbii's track "Check It" taken from @phenomenarecords debut compilation PHENOMENAL Vol. 1, out on all platforms tomorrow, October 1st. 

DJ, musician, producer and @fluxxclub co-founder RBI has blown us away with this high energy number which booms with dnb programming, and a textured angry synth guiding the way forward to rebellion. RBI says on the release:

"I wrote this track craving that feeling of being on the dance floor pressed up against bodies, sharing a collective experience, dancing into the night, releasing the angst of being so isolated for so long".

Read the interview with 2/3 PHENOMENA co-founders @georgia-bird-3 and Georgia Madden on Verve and stay updated for the release of the full compilation tomorrow!

PREMIERE: RBI - Check It [PHENOMENA Records]

Posthuman - Requiem For A Rave
Double 12" vinyl in gatefold sleeve + C60 cassette + digital

PRE-ORDER HERE: https://balkanvinyl.bandcamp.com/album/requiem-for-a-rave

Oct 27th 2021 Bandcamp, Nov 1st 2021 All Other Shops
Cat. no BV50 (c) Balkan Vinyl 2021
Distributed by Rubadub.

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This album is a love letter to our teenage selves.
An ode to youthful memories from Scotland and the North East of England. We’re of the generation that saw the CJB force the raves from the fields into the clubs, we caught the tail end of the convoys soundtracked by cassette recordings of pirate radio stations from far-off London and beyond. Every week a new musical discovery, every mixtape a revelation. Losing friends in dark fields or corridors of strange warehouses, then finding them again in the strobe lit smoke of the dancefloor.
It's rave, and techno, and jungle, and trance, and house, and ambient...but none of it is quite straight forward; It’s all a bit hazy, timelines broken and lines blurred. We hope the memory connects with you, the way it does with us.
Josh & Rich x

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Tracklist:

A1: RMX
A2: To The Place
A3: Hate
B1: Ultrareal 
B2: Fontalic
B3: Proof And Fade
C1: Tunnel
C2: Rushing High
D1: MCRD
D2: Homecoming
D3: Take Me Back

Requiem For A Rave - Album Preview

This set was recorded in the National Park of Circeo on the 24.8.22 a few meters away from the Tyrrhenian Sea. There were 60 people audience lying on the sand, a few candles and a 4+1 Turbosound system.
I played my own productions including a few unreleased tunes.
Thanks to "Le Passeggiate Poetiche" and Exotique.it for making this possible.
Hope you enjoy the ride same as we did on that night.

visioni sonore dalla via lattea

JustCast 30: Robin Petitjean

Buy screen printed tee here: https://onrotationmusic.com/merch/do-bious-x-on-rotation-screen-printed-tees

Zoltan Doübious and Leeds based record label On Rotation collaborate on a graphic product and mix series.

Co-founded by Chris I’Anson, Adam Pits & Lisene, On Rotation has become home to a spectrum of forward thinking productions which encapsulate a range of electronic genres. 

Taking inspiration from the outer-cosmic, the inner-self and the digi-natural, the graphic tee takes design cues from the label’s releases while also being heavily influenced by the trio's intoxicating mixing styles.
 
Using fluorescent and metallic inks the graphic tee pops on the dance floor while the three part mix series takes us on a downtempo voyage through each co-founder’s slowed down selections.

Each tee is limited edition while the mix series is a gift from us

Screen printed tees

Adam Pits: Doübiance 001

Lisene: Doübiance 002

Ahead of their EP Overgrown Echos (Out Dec 08) we have a special recording of Hybrid Man LIVE @ Globus Berlin 30/08/23. Serious business. 

Vinyl & Digital 
>> https://onrotation.bandcamp.com/album/overgrown-echos <<


Label Links
https://onrotationmusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/onrotationmusic
https://www.instagram.com/on.rotation.music
https://soundcloud.com/on-rotation-music

Vinyl & Digital

Rotation 039: Hybrid Man Live @ Globus, Berlin

@the-oblong are known for their impressive collection of hard to find records, as showcased on their YouTube channel of the same name. London based, when not digging they spend their time in the studio producing or running north London party Splitloop. The next entry in our mix series is a selection of some of their favourite prog house, trance and breaks records, recorded entirely on two technics 1210s.

Label Links
https://onrotationmusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/onrotationmusic
https://www.instagram.com/on.rotation.music
https://soundcloud.com/on-rotation-music

Rotation 041: The Oblong

Albrecht La'Brooy - Live In The Workshop

Tony Neptune is a multi-media persona created by the Leeds-based artist and producer Sam Jefferies who, inspired by the narrative and musical legacies of early Detroit techno culture, aims to tell a complete story for the senses through a combination of image, sound and text. @tonyneptune68

The next entry in our mix series is a mix of about 40ish tunes - from hard hitting electro to booty to ghetto house and trippy idm - all put together on 3 turntables in Neptune’s rough and ready style.

Check out his latest EP here > https://twelvecomets.bandcamp.com/album/the-watchers-in-the-trees

Rotation 042: Tony Neptune

‘In this mix I wanted to present my vision on ‘progressive’ both old and new, straight and broken beat with the tracks from my youth & modern trance-house acid vibes’ - @ademantine

Adam Antine is a dj, musician, promoter & vinyl label owner who’s been putting out releases for the past two decades with releases on Pleasure Garden, Future Form, J00F, Baroque, Proton, Highway. Later, as a member of the Sonnen Blumen Kerne project he released four vinyl records on Nara Records, Hypnologic, Techfui, and more recently made a number of releases on Holding Hands, Otake, Simple Things, Mixcult & R&S records. 

This is a real journey through the years!

Rotation 043: Adam Antine

@nomoontrax

Our next mix comes from a returning guest and a key part of the On Ro extended family, No Moon. Alongside iconic releases for Mechatronica, Craigie Knowes and Salt Mines, he has recently launched his own label, releasing club slammers on the No Moon Mean Series and warm house, IDM and ambient on the No Moon Cute Series. He's a fantastic DJ and someone we're always happy to run into, and we're very pleased to be able to present you this live recording. Some words from the man himself:

I'm very pleased to be able to share with you the recording from my set at Tag, Chengdu. I was meant to play for 3 hours but the recording ends abruptly at quite a high moment due to the club getting shut down by the police. Needless to say that was quite a memorable experience in itself and I also expected not to get a copy of the recording after that happened. But yeah such an honor to play there, and really happy to have the recording to remember it with as well.

Some background, I recently got the opportunity to travel around China and play in a bunch of different cities. The trip was pretty intense playing in 9 clubs in 3 weeks, which is also a very big difference to the amount I have been typically playing in the last couple of years. One of the things I've always considered important in DJ sets is improvising and not just playing something pre-prepared, but when you only play a couple of times a year this becomes really difficult. So yeah it was really great to have enough gigs in a short time to try and play like this again. Tag was the 6th show of 9 so by this point in the trip I felt really comfortable. The recording is full of new and old classics, blends and little snippets I'd worked out over the course of the tour, and even a rare instance of me playing a No Moon track. I hope you enjoy listening to it.

Rotation 044: No Moon Live @ Tag - Chengdu, China

Basic Moves founder Walrus joins us on the podcast this week. Active as both a DJ and producer for well over a decade, Michiel's also been putting on some of Brussel’s finest parties in recent years, under both his label's banner and a new series called Beautiful Freaks, which he runs alongside Pinguin Society Collective and many other friends.  

Quality and warmth ooze from everything he’s involved in, reflecting an all-round lovely human. DIM322 is no different, a hazy journey through soft breaks, earworm electro, housey goodness and more. We’re very excited to welcome him for a Dimensions this summer.

@basicmoves

DIM322 - Walrus

A clinic in minimal from the elusive Acting Press boss. 

Why do certain sounds cultivate a cult following? Simply put, it's often because they resist easy consumption. PLO Man and his imprint Acting Press lean into this. 

Searching for the Berlin-based DJ and producer, you won’t find much online presence, interviews or conventional PR. What you will find, if you look hard enough, is a catalogue of records and mixes with a kind of tape hiss charm (a spiritual successor to Basic Channel and Chain Reaction, but scuzzier and lighter on its feet).

Founded in 2015, Acting Press once seemed to belong to the short-lived "outsider house" trend, but is now synonymous with a certain strain of modern minimal, one that is analogue, spacious and pointedly opaque. PLO Man's output is equally sparse by design: this week, he joins the RA Podcast with a characteristically elusive style, accompanying the near two-hour mix is a one-answer Q&A that gives almost nothing away.

Stripped-back, ever-so-slightly sleazy and coated in dust, PLO Man's RA Podcast continues that lineage in style. Opening with the featherlight microhouse of Margaret Dygas, RA.988 unfolds into a carefully curated spectrum of minimal, dub and deep techno. Among familiar names—look out for the blinding Rhythm & Sound and Moodymann blend—are deep cuts and left turns alongside the odd outlier, like lovers' rock pioneer Gregory Isaacs.

Like the best of his forebears, PLO Man wants RA.988 to take time for you to settle in. But once you do, you won’t want to leave. 

@p_el_oh

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/988

RA.988 PLO Man

On the mx series this week is Paris' Wendy. Renowned as a deep-digger her excellent podcast on the likes of Faciendo, Spaced and Rakya have been heavily repeated over the years. We've already given DIM327 several spins since receiving it earlier this week; a hypnotising hour of tunes, laden with rave-era motifs, deep dubby house and plenty more, mixed with a sophisticated touch. 

Catch Wendy this summer at Dimensions, spinning at both The Beach Stage and the Spaced boat.

@wendy-bkz

DIM327 - Wendy

Secretsundaze co-founder turned leading force James Priestley delivers the goods for DIM239. A four-decade-long dalliance with dance music has seen James wear many hats over the years — producing music and running parties, labels, venues, and booking agencies, to name a few.

DJing has been a constant throughout, with James becoming well-versed in an impressive array of genres — from the various derivatives of house and techno through to jazz, ambient, and plenty more. Strap in for a ride through ambient techno, progressive house, breaks, and trance, all glued together with Secretsundaze's signature timeless feel. 

Catch him spinning at Dimensions for the first time this year at Olive Grove.

DIM329 - Secretsundaze

Our next mix comes from some very good pals of ours, @inner_zone. As well as running one of our all time favourite labels @spacelabrecords, Nic and Rupes are responsible for some of the best parties London has seen in recent years. Having founded the legendary Make Me event series, they now run Transmissions at Fold as well as its yearly festival edition Transmissions From Hackney. They've also released some great EPs on labels such as Feelings Worldwide and their own Space Lab imprint.

This mix exemplifies their versatility; a live recording from their warm up for Sunju Hargun at one of their Fold parties last year. Taken from the opening hours of the party and progressing from deeper to more rolling sounds while building tension, this set captures the perfect early-night balance between patience and momentum. It's a perfect snapshot of what makes them such great DJs - deep selections, great pacing and total synergy between the two of them. Thanks boys!

Rotation 045: Inner Zone @ Fold - London

This was a fun one to do :) Two hours celebrating 7 years on NTS playing some of my favourite artists past and future tracks. So much love to the heads who have tuned into my shows over the years & here's the many more <3 music featured from Hnny, Andrew Ashong, Al Dobson Jnr, Tom Trago, Shanti Celeste, Leon Vynehall, Mgr G & more

Tracklist: https://tinyurl.com/ya7gho9g

Moxie celebrating 7 years on NTS (09.05.18)

For my 4th show on Rinse FM I took it back to my roots of when I first ever played on the station 2.5 years ago... That was on Marcus Nasty's show and I did an all vinyl Speed Garage mix!

For this show I have cooked up another 100% vinyl mix of all the rudest Speed Garage! Hope you enjoy and as always you can give it a DL x

TRACKLIST:

1. Judy Cheeks - Reach N Spin [Whitelabel]
2. Kurtis Mantronix - 77 Strings [Southern Fried Records]
3. 3 Play - Rio (Armshouse Mix) [Nice N Ripe]
4. DJ Pooch - Let The Bass Roll [Satellite]
5. His Royal Freshness - Turning Around [Walnut Records]
6. DJ Booda - Booda Jam [Heavy Records]
7. Rudeboy - Ruthless [Gross National Product]
8. Livin' Large - Love Is What We Need (Bump & Hustle Mix) [Nice N Ripe]
9. Big Ang - Catch The Light [Reflective Records]
10. G.O.D - Untitled [G.O.D]
11. Jon Buccieri - Jump To it [Reflective Records]
12. Sgt Bash - Lighter [Whitelabel]
13. R.S.K - You Can't Stop The Groove [Whitelabel]
14. Dub Pirates - Untitled [Whitelabel]
15. The Chemist - Ruff Kutz (Supreme Team Extended Club Mix) [Casa Trax]
16. Craig Graham - Helicopter [Ecko Records]
17. Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix) [Clean Up Records]
18. The Ultimate Seduction - A Walking Nightmare (Klubbheads SG Mix) [Mighty]
19. Project MSC - Superstar (Xen Mantra Delirium Dub) [Blackjack Phonographics]

Rinse FM Podcasts

A-Bee - 100% Vinyl Speed Garage Special - Rinse FM [13th November 2019]

Bizarro Blends 60 // Peach

Live and Direct from Sable Radio -
Packed loads into this show, hope you enjoy!

Tracklist:
Famous Eno - Money Collector feat. Bryte [Swing Ting]
An Avrin - Cave People [Forthcoming on Scuffed Recordings]
J. Phlip - Bootyberg [DIRTYBIRD]
Chungo - Shuka [Scuffed Recordings]
Farsight & Equator Club - Bring It Back [One Eight Hundred]
Citizen Boy - Alala feat. Dapo Tuburna [GQOM OH!]
Kouslin & Logan - Bad (vocal mix) [Durkle Disco]
Original Nutter - Two Step (Full Vocal Mix) [Not on Label]
Online Spectre - Rings Around Saturn [brokntoys]
Guava - Segelflugzeug [Forthcoming on Control Freak Recordings]
Pépe - T0M'S D1N3R [Self Release]
Interplanetary Criminal - Sensational (Breaka Remix) [Dansu Discs]
Dubrunner - Zoya's Trip [Forthcoming on Scuffed Recordings]
Dubrunner - Cut the Midrange [Unreleased]
Professor X - Professor X [Clone Records]
Dubrunner - Stretch It [Unreleased]
Dubrunner - Bruk Out [Unreleased]
Breaka - Stretch 130 [Breaka Recordings]
Snoop Dogg - Sexual Eruption (Dubrunner’s 130 Edit) [Unreleased]
Slick Shoota - Rasta (Dubrunner’s 130 Edit) [Unreleased]
Addison Groove - Work It [Swamp 81]
Unknown Artist - Untitled [Unreleased]
Walton - Rolla [Illian Tape]
Space Cadets - Skill Shot [Seven Hills]
DJ SLIINK - Put Cha Back In It [Body High]
Mikey Dollaz & Zora Jones - Drippin (Famous Eno remix) [Fractal Fantasy]
DVA, Sinjin Hawke & Killa P - Worst (Vocal Dub) [Fractal Fantasy]
The Untouchables - Baiana [Rupture LDN]
Homemade Weapons - Conduit (VIP) [Samurai Music]
Sourpuss - Get Ur Freak On [Unreleased]
Sourpuss - Bubble Butt [Unreleased]
DJ Madd - Badboy Selection [Roots & Future]
D Double E & Watch The Ride - Original Format [Gutterfunk]
London Elektricity - Pbe (Vocal Old Skool Mix) [Hospital Records]
Dwight Tribe - Celestial Blues (Dubrunner's edit) [Unreleased]

Stretchy Dance Supply w/ Dubrunner 21st November 2019

Rinse FM Boxing Day 2019 @ XOYO - Tickets: smarturl.it/boxingday_19

After a 2 year break, Rinse FM returns for their annual Boxing Day party on the
26th December at East London's XOYO

Bringing together some of the freshest and foundation talent over the past 25 Years,
our line up on the night will be:

Redlight
Geeneus + Katy B + Tippa
Novelist
Grime Originals [President T, Sharky Major & Discarda]
Logan Sama
Oneman
Slimzee
Marcus Nasty
The Menendez Brothers
Jetsss
IZCO
Jordss
Oblig
Eliza Rose
Rebel Clash
Manaré
FBR
+ more TBA

Tickets £10 - £22

Rinse FM Podcast

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