Name: FMB MIXTAPE 166 | PLAIN SAILING by Plain Sailing
Duration: 1 h

This week on the FMB Mixtape Series, we welcome Plain Sailing, the Belfast-based DJ duo & party crew. First, we caught up with them to find out what they’ve been up to lately…

We’ve managed to keep ourselves fairly busy over lockdown – we launched our Plain Sailing zine as a way to stay connected to artists we love and also launched a PR agency here in Belfast – Harbour Music Society. It’s been great having an outlet and having the opportunity to still pursue our passion. It’s been a pretty stressful year nonetheless, but there’s finally a little more optimism in the air.

The mix was recorded in my (Pete) flat with the windows open and sun shining. It was recorded on a little pioneer controller, which has come in handy for recording mixes, not having to constantly borrow gear or head to a studio. 

We wanted to cram as many genres as we could in there and stuff you might hear at our parties. We have such a wide range of influences and we wanted to showcase that. The mix spans UK techno, breaks, garage, R&B and grime – even a cheesy edit or two. 

Up next…

We’ve just started planning our next run of gigs which we hope to be able to announce fairly soon and our PR agency and blog keeps us super busy. As much fun as it is, we miss the community aspect music has brought us and we just can’t wait to give all our mates a hug and get back to playing and putting on parties.

Tracklist:

Neinzer – Rassalin 
James Bangura – Silk Worm 
Kaval – Firing Devices 
Syz – Bunzunkunzun (Yushh’s Droop Mix) 
Alex R – Shotts 
Jubley – Feel It
Bailey Ibbs – We Run 
London Modular Alliance – Regular Customers 
Roy Mills – The News
Mani Festo – Come Wid It
Ludacris – Saturday (blanco club edit)
Addison Groove  – Brand New Drop (Nikki Nair Remix) 
Denham Audio – Top Buzz
Uniiqu3 – Rave In My Room 
Shygirl – Want More 
Walton – Rewind Riddim
Jossy Mitsu – Turismo 
Mani Festo – Disengage 
Brent Faiyaz ‘Fuck The World’ (Huna Edit) 
Raw Takes – Shake Junt
Scratcha DVA – Blue Light – Scratcha DVA’s RnG Mix 
Erika de Casier – What U Wanna Do 
Zeez – Heartbroken

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FMB MIXTAPE 166 | PLAIN SAILING

Tarzsa (@tarzsa_williams) has quickly become a firm favourite amongst lovers of electronic soul. From her hometown of Manchester, she secured a radio residency with NTS and DJ residency with the local Swing Ting crew, both of which have served as platforms for her to showcase her selections. They span hip hop, soul, r&b, jazzy dance styles and can go from laidback sessions to peak time party. 

Ahead of a busy upcoming festival season, she lays down an uplifting mix to start your week off right. It is built from loose but seductive grooves that take in delicious deep house, seductive broken beat and glowing jazz-funk with plenty of heart and soul to spare. Not only are the selections here electric, but Tarzsa's ability to join the dots between them so smoothly is also what makes her such an exciting new talent.

Dekmantel Podcast

Tracklist

Dekmantel Podcast 373 - Tarzsa

Vivian Koch (@kochvivian) has real range. For labels like Life And Death, a.r.t.less and AD 93 she has served up everything from IDM to moody breaks, ambient soundscapes to emotive techno. Her most recent album - last year's ominous but hopeful Beyond Contact - was fine proof of that from the Berlin-based artist who started DJing aged just 16. She has since mastered the art of making and playing club music thanks to her residency at Griessmuehle and her own Olympe party series.

She very much eases into this week with a superb ambient selection. It's broad in its remit, with the most beautiful and suspensory pieces bleeding into gently suggestive rhythms. The moods, too, range from mind-emptying bliss to passages of hopefulness and even romance. It's the sort of cathartic listen we all occasionally need to immerse ourselves in as a way of resetting.

Dekmantel Podcast 374 - Vivian Koch

Back from another festival dream, we’re kicking off September with a razor-sharp mix by @mariemontexier. Fully based on the artist’s exceptional vinyl collection, this Dekmantel Podcast is a must-hear introduction to a future star.

Dekmantel Podcast 442 - Marie Montexier

The Faith Beat head and Panorama Bar resident brings his A-Game for the GuduMix series. 

In Ryan's words: "Wet N Wild & live in the mix, here are some of my favourites from this past summer. All aboard the night train“.

No tracklist this time!

GuduMixes

GuduMix 023: Ryan Elliott

As the updated old saying might go, life is like a Lydo set - you never know what you're gunna get. This New York City-based interdisciplinary artist has plenty of tricks up their sleeve and a real love of mixing up genres in ways you wouldn't think possible. They have done so across Europe and North America and have a hardcore following at home where they run the legendary X-TRA.SERVICES. It makes regular seasonal appearances at BASEMENT, where LYDO (@lydole) is also a resident, and is a safe place to party for queer, trans, and non-binary people of colour.

LYDO's selections for us this week blow open the usual boundaries of techno. It's a mix of contrasts, where barrages of noise and malfunctioning machines are lit up by the most gorgeous melodies. Thumping and heavy rhythms are offset by wispy and light-emitting synth leads as energy levels are masterfully controlled. They build to moments of real intensity before being boiled down to pent-up promise and heads-down grooves. Somehow these sounds are both retro yet future, animalistic yet human, and they are proof that LYDO is a standout contemporary talent.

Dekmantel Podcast 447 - LYDO

@le-motel is a film composer, graphic designer and producer who draws on his worldly travels to make richly immersive music. It comes detailed with field recordings from remote locations, visual cues from his design work and a mix of the organic and the synthetic and has mixed up everything from jazz to juke, techno to hip hop. As well as running Maloca Records he has picked up props from Gilles Peterson for an album for New Zealand’s Cosmic Composition, has collaborated with Fuzati on Ombrage Éditions went solo into a breaks, bass and grime fusion on YUKU in summer. 

Now the Kiosk Radio resident arrives in our podcast series with 60 minutes of earth-quaking global rhythms. The tempos are slow to start with but the impact is heavy from off. Lithe minimal drums fizz with dystopian energy and evolve from deep and dubby to broken and intense as Le Motel ramps up the pressure and keeps your body moving in ways only he can.

Dekmantel Podcast 449 - Le Motel

JakoJako (@jakojako_live) always wanted to make music and her self-confessed hyperactivity ultimately led to her getting the most joy out of playing about with machines and patching up synths. These days the Berghain resident is a celebrated live act and DJ who draws on the considerable knowledge she picked up working at Berlin's legendary synth shop SchneidersLaden, but she has also worked on several high-profile motion sensor dance projects at places like The Royal Albert Hall. Her smart sound designs and unique rhythms have landed on Leisure System, Tresor and Figure and she has a new EP coming on Mute this June.

Her mix for us this week features a sneak preview of one of the tracks from that EP as well as mixing up music from Alaric, Siege, Altinbas and many more. It's full of high-speed sounds couched loosely in techno but with moods and textures borrowed from industrial, minimal and even trance as things reach an emotional peak late on. Though she broke through as a live act, this set shows JakoJako can now speak just as freely through the decks.

Dekmantel Podcast 462 - JakoJako

Glasgow-based @steviecox returns to @remmahrecords with a double helping of melodic d&b inspired by Japanese-style role-playing games

‘Jecht Shot’ is out 25th April. Listen to the title track now.

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-stevie-cox-jecht-shot

Premiere: Stevie Cox ‘Jecht Shot’

Ryan Elliott played at DGTL São Paulo 2017.

More of Ryan Elliott:
https://www.facebook.com/RyanElliottOfficial/
https://soundcloud.com/ryan-elliott

He will be back during ADE at DGTL w/ Nina Kraviz, Âme, Modeselektor, Jon Hopkins and more, on October 19.

For tickets and info:
ade.dgtl.nl

Tracklist:
1. Fresh & Low (No Going Back) Foul & Sunk
2. Gerd Janson & Shan (Gentle Pace) ReGraded
3. JT Donaldson (Move Quickly) Cyclo
4. Those Guys (Love Love Love - Hump Mix) Basement Boy Records
5. Marco Carola (Comodo) Question
6. Private Press (Untitled 1) Technosoul
7. Kerri Chandler (Coro - Kaoz 6:23 Dark Mix) Deep Vibes
8. Erick 'More' Morillo (Dancin') Strictly Rhythm
9. Chris Simmonds (Once Upon A Club) Cross Section
10. Marco V (Simulated - Bas Amro Edit) Wolfskuil
11. J Choirboy (Full Effect) Rough Grade
12. Steve Rachmad (Disturbance) Drumcode
13. Grain (Turn The Lights Down) Fat Cat
14. DJ Bone (It's All About) Leftroom
15. K-Hand (Clap Yo Hands) Loveslap
16. Daryl Cura (Back And Forth) Eargasmic
17. DJ Shark (Double Sunset) Unknown 2 Unknown
18. DJ Bone (The Vibe) Subjected
19. Anton Zap (Bap Bap A1) Pleasure Zone
20. Clark (The Grit In The Pearl - Marcel Dettmann Edit) Unreleased
21. Christopher Rau (Second Take) Crime City Disco
22. DJ Moreese (Lincoln Street Hustle) Intangible Records
23. Christopher Rau (In Wirklich Aran) Crime City Disco
24. DJ Sneak (Show Me The Way) Henry Street
25. Eric Gadd (The Right Way - Mood II Swing Dub) Strictly Rhythm
26. Peven Everett (Feeling You In And Out - Shelter Mix) Shelter
27. The Poor Knight (Sunset) Cabinet
28. C&M Productions (True House - More Filter Mix) Deep Touch
29. DJ Milton (Clap Your Hands) Chiwax
30. Moore Classic Wall (Everything) Bottom Line
31. Take Boom (Groove Like That - Onionz Mix) Shaboom
32. The Mountain People (Mountain 1) Mountain People
33. Sascha Dive (Track 9 Instrumental) Deep Vibes
34. The TimeWriter (Go On) Plastic City
35. Nervous (Tripwire) Moulton Studios Recordings
36. The TimeWriter (The Siren Song) Plastic City)
37. Kerri Chandler (Bar A Thyme) Nite Grooves
38. Louie Vega (You Are My Everything Dub) Vega
39. Quincy Jones Speaking About Michael Jackson
40. DJ Bone (Black Patterns) Subjected

Ryan Elliott @ DGTL São Paulo 06.05.2017

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