This mix in (A$AP Ferg - Floor Seats) has lived in my head for years now. What a selection to work into a set like this. Hats off

Three hours of garage, dubstep, grime, hardcore, jungle and techno recorded on a Sunday evening at 121 in Wellington for the Friendly Potential crew. At their request I tried to play with the energy of the old Sunday night sessions at FWD>>, and it was so fun. Old and new music side by side. Spinbacks at 2008 levels. 

Big thanks to everyone involved in this incredible trip to New Zealand and Australia, especially the Friendly Potential crew who made the whole thing possible. It was wonderful to play music again, and I hope to be back soon.

Ben UFO At Friendly Potential, Wellington - May 2021

Thought I'd upload my Essential Mix from earlier this year for your listening pleasure now it's not available on the BBC. 

This is my original recording with no stings and no Pete Tong talking(sadly). 

It was such an honour to contribute to this mix series, i'd rate it up there as one of the biggest achievements i've had as a DJ. Thanks to everyone who listened and wrote me nice messages about it <3

TRACKLIST

Nazar - Unruly
Black Rain - City of Atomic Ghost
Anurah & Impey - Lyre Lullaby
Eric Donte - A Wig Is Born (prod. DJ SWISHA) [Instrumental]
Batu - I Own Your Energy
Basic - 66 Order
Jabes - Body Said No
A.k.Adrix - F.i.l.i.p.a.d.o
Kode9 & The Spaceape - Victims
Bruce & Lurka - Bee Track
Bambounou - Modular Track
Commodo - Guah
Eastman - Fight For A Cause
Air Max '97 - Eat The Rich 
Metrist - VV Squi
Poly Chain - Peculiar
Siete Catorce - Serrano
Rian Traenor - Metrogazer
Jay Mitta - Tatizo Pesa feat. Dogo Janja
DJ SWISHA & Kush Jones - Torcida
Piezo - Rowina
Hyysxl - Loom
Cuban Chamber of Commerce - Young & Healthy
Ido Plumes - Walking With The Tasman Abel
Archivist - Cinder Cone (Patrick Russell Remix)
Nico - Elements
Lyra Pramuk - Mirror
Mang & GRAŃ - Live4evr
Hence Therefore - Census Map Museum
Dehousy - Okinawa
Lil Silva - Gobble That
Batu - Go Deeper
Jabes - Ripples
Dynamite - Link Up
Radeco Domar - Energi a Animal
Nguzunguzu - Times Up (Khole Tribal PVT)
Viers - Douglas Descend
Leonce - Arpjam 916
Kleft + Tolga Baklacioglu - Disguised In Black
EL PLVYBXY - los caballeros del jaguar
Al Wootton - Starlite Xpress
Call Super - Cherry Picker
Two Lone Swordsmen - The Backstair Rattlers
Stanislav Tolkachev - Be Careful And Nobody Dies

BBC Radio One - Essential Mix

Amsterdam-based Mad Miran has been a familiar face in the Dutch underground scene for quite some time and also made waves beyond the Dutch borders. Enjoy!

ITPS077 MAD MIRAN

For his long-overdue Fact mix Pariah chases a jaw-swinging, grin-inducing, eyelid-fluttering vibe that fluctuates between sparseness and intensity, depth and release.

https://www.factmag.com/2022/07/04/fact-mix-866-pariah/

Fact Mixes

Fact Mix 866: Pariah (Jul '22)

Skee Mask is one of dance music's greatest crossover stories of the past decade, with new albums greeted with the attention usually reserved for an Aphex Twin or a Caribou. ("Loved seeing this on r/indieheads," said one Reddit user, on the release of the 2021 LP Pool.) It's not hard to understand why: albums like Compro, he blends well-worn dance music tropes with incredible, detailed soundscapes and spine-tingling melodies. And on his 12-inches, he brings that sensibility to the dance floor, with an approach probably best described as articulate. Even on his most ambient of tracks, everything is in its right place. Along with founders the Zenker Brothers, his music outlines everything that makes Munich outfit Ilian Tape one of the best techno labels going.

On the decks, it's kind of a different story. It might surprise you if you only know his albums, but Skee Mask is an incredible DJ, balancing his predilection for hip-hop and UK-informed sounds with laser-focused techno. He can adapt to all sorts of situations—there's an incredible recording of him DJing with four of the best grime and drum & bass MCs in the business—and on his RA Podcast he focuses on the techno side of things, with nearly two hours of pacey techno and creative mixing, with dips into acid, electro, garage and more. It's a party-starting mix from a genuine star, perfect for getting through the holiday doldrums or pre-gaming your NYE plans. Like Skee Mask's best records, it's something to enjoy in any number of settings.

@skeemask-music

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/864

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RA.864 Skee Mask

RinseFM Podcast

Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO - 03 April 2023

RSO.LIVECAST [006—230325] is a live recording of Skee Mask’s set on the ROBUS floor during the final night of XFORM and an Ilian Tape label showcase on March 26th, 2023.

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IG:  https://www.instagram.com/skeemask_official/

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Skee Mask @ XFORM x Ilian Tape — RSO.LIVECAST 006—230325

Dirty Fuc Mix

Back in 2016, Skee Mask and Zenker Brothers spontaneously attempted to play together at an afterparty in Prague, but after ten minutes the electricity failed. Two years later they finally had the opportunity to play a joint extended set for the first time - at Unsound Kraków 2018. The three DJs closed Saturday night in Hotel Forum with an expansive set building on adventurous forms of techno, jungle and broken beat, combining the collective interests of Ilian Tape. The set kicked off at 4am in the Ball Room.

Unsound Podcast 39: Skee Mask b2b Zenker Brothers

Local hero JEANS and Mirror Zone's Spekki Webu brought that distinct flavour of The Hague to Resident Advisor's stage at The Crave Festival.

@jeansaudio
@spekkiwebu

@thecraveofficial

RA Live - 01.06.19 - JEANS + Spekki Webu, The Crave Festival, Netherlands

Breaks, techno, hardcore, bass—Skee Mask tore through genres with ease during RA’s takeover of The Void at Dimensions Festival 2019.

@dimensionsfestival

Photo: Rob Jones for Khroma Collective

RA Live - 30.08.19 - Skee Mask, Dimensions Festival, Croatia

Recording of Skee Mask & Zenker Brothers' set at Dekmantel Festival 2019.

 Dekmantel Festival 2019

Skee Mask & Zenker Brothers at Dekmantel Festival 2019

Recording of The Exaltics (live) at Dekmantel Festival 2019.

Dekmantel Festival 2019

The Exaltics (live) at Dekmantel Festival 2019

Liveset, recorded at K.R.O.F.'s 3-year-anniversary.

Liveset @ 3 Years KROF, Cafe Glocksee

It's impossible to talk about the sound of DjRUM without using the word cinematic. Whatever he does, it has a feeling of grand importance, widescreen elegance and moving emotion that elevates it way above a dance floor soundtrack. Throughout the course of his career, the UK artist has drawn on downtempo, blurred the lines between drum & bass and dubstep and always imbued his music with spoken words snippets, piano and chamber instruments. His Portrait With Firewood album was a real high-water mark in 2018, and last year his latest outing on R&S once again managed to draw on every aspect of electronic music and come up with something all his own. 

His mix for us this week is a perfect ethereal rave that finds plenty of beauty in the sparse rhythms he draws on from the worlds of garage, techno and drum & bass. There is a delicacy and elegance throughout, even when the beats hit hard and fast as they do at the overdriven and manic mid point. The amen breaks come thick and fast after that, but eventually melt away to propulsive ambient soundscapes that suspend you in time and space. Blissful.

RA Live - 30.08.19 - Skee Mask, Dimensions Festival, Croatia

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