"I always like starting with something out of context..."  

He of WH Lung greatness and now a solo live artist & DJ delivers a belter of a mix.

Having grown up in Manchester's DIY band scene, Tom Sharkett came late to these things called dancing clubs and all that came with it, discovering electronic music through synthesizers while recording with his most excellent band W. H. Lung. His journey from guitar music to the dancefloor mirrors his present-day musical output; a collision of post-punk abrasiveness and the electronic that feels equally at home in sweaty basements and proper nightclubs.

Now based back in Todmorden, Tom has carved out his own niche releasing on Optimo Music and System Olympia's Okay Nature label... and it's a bloody brilliant niche!  His production approach remains coloured by those early days of bedroom experimentation with friends, citing the peerless Andrew Weatherall's fearlessly exploratory spirit as a key inspiration. It's interesting how he keeps coming around and around again, doesn't it? "His approach reminds me of the excited feeling I had trying to record things in my bedroom with my friends with anything we had at our disposal and just experimenting with the weird and wonderful results,"

When it comes to disc jockeying, Tom brings that same experimental energy. This mix was recorded in his panoramic valley-view studio in Todmorden, captures that ethos perfectly, opening with Spacemen 3 before wandering through territory that spans from Tirzah-esque experimentalism to classic New Beat.

Between touring with Julie Byrne, collaborating with Raf Rundell - more on that to come soon pop pickers - and working on a new solo record featuring multiple vocalists, Tom's not a 'sit still' kind of guy.

Just how we like it.

Get it on, let's go... read more below.

https://www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/tom-sharkett-the-altered-currents-mix/

@tomsharkett @whlung

INTERVIEW

Tom Sharkett - The 'Altered Currents' Ransom Note Mix

31st of May 2025 Danzig am Platz : Frankfurt / Main

fritto misto mix may 25

The Monologues Podcast invites producers to mix an hour of their own productions. Follow our Bandcamp for our label releases at http://monologuesrecords.bandcamp.com

The crown prince of Germany's Italo/Electro scene takes the reins for our latest mix. Whether it's his solo endeavours or his excellent Tuff City Kids collabs with Gerd Janson and Black Spuma project alongside Fabrizio Mammarella, he's a producer who always delivers, taking the sounds of the '80s and bringing them bang up to date. 

*How would you describe your sound?*
Dance music between Italo, House, Electro, Synth, Rave, Acid and a little Techno .. mostly leaning towards 80ies sound.. maybe

*What and who inspires you and influences your sound?* 
I guess listening to music since being a kid and one specific and very forming influence was DJ Ata in the early days of the  Robert Johnson Club .. I guess that place in general.. i spent so many nights there.

*Can you tell us a little about this mix and what it means to you?*
My first 12" release came out 25 years ago ..and when i stumbled across your idea (from a few years back) to record a 100% Lauer music mix i thought: now is the time !   I tried to cover most periods featuring  some personal faavourites of mine.. and some "hits" ..  Its a bit random .. but  i feel it is a good representation of what   i did in the last years... hehe

Tracklist: 
Lauer - Handcuffs [Separe Rec]
⁠Lauer - HR BosS [LARJ]
⁠Lauer - Delta NRG [Brontosaurus]
⁠Lauer - Tyler [Running Back]
⁠Maximilian Dunbar - Polo (Lauer Remix) [LARJ]
⁠Lauer - Hershel [Permanent Vacation]
⁠Lauer - Stigma [Beats In Space]
⁠Lauer - Antinat [LARJ]
⁠Lauer - Muscles [Running Back]
Lauer - Vizzi Vazzi [Running Back]
Lauer - Gammelan 25 [Permanent Vacation]
Lauer - Inkeliet 880 [DGTL]
⁠Lauer - Fatigue [Running Back]
Lauer - Felt Bat [Public Release]
Lauer - Make It Stay feat. Dena [Permanent Vacation]

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Medicine 8 are back. The project of brothers Liam and Luke May started around 30 years ago in their South London stomping ground.

Their sound, which blended electro and acid house with rock sensibilities, saw the pair release a healthy string of records all the way through to the late noughties, along with a handful of remixes for the likes of Orbital, Manic Street Preachers, Nirvana and pop royalty Kylie Minogue.

Medicine 8 has been lying dormant over the last decade but Liam and Luke have been keeping themselves busy in the interim. As well as running Trashmouth Records - the label responsible for bringing you Fat White Family, MEATRAFFLE and Warmduscher - the pair have been keeping the hardware dream alive with Decius, the sleazy acid house outfit they founded alongside Paranoid London’s Quinn Whalley and Lias Saudi, long running label mate and frontman of the Fat Whites.

In April the duo marked their first new music since 2016 with a remix of May Lavie’s ‘The Poem’ for our R$N sub-label Human Endeavour. The request from label boss Rosie Ama has now jerked the project back into action and, since the release of the remix, the pair have got back in the studio under the moniker and are now giving Decius tracks a Medicine 8 make over. Looks like this won’t be the last we’ll be seeing of the project…

To celebrate this triumphant return, boy have we got a treat for you. Luke and Liam have kindly put together a two-hour long 100% Medicine 8 production mix, packed with tracks from the archive, unreleased music, banging remixes and new releases...

Medicine 8 - The 'Ransom Note' Mix

MARCELLO GIORDANI aka I/D - PIZZA CLUB 018.3 - ROUGHRADIO.LIVE

Podcast Recorded for GET UNDERGROUND party at REX CLUB
Playing the 25.06.2015 with PHIL WEEKS & DIDIER ALLYNE

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Recording from the mighty Golden Lion dj set on June 6th 2025

Tronik Youth Golden Lion DJ set

Recorded live in The Tap Room (while closed!) On Friday 13th June 2025

Matt Walsh - Movement on Margate Radio 0625

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The Tent (at The End of The Universe) returns to OpenLab with a fresh instalment of their monthly residency - this time featuring a guest mix from Bugsy (cn), a DJ from Chengdu, Sichuan; who weaves a brooding and experimental hallucination in this chapter of The Tent's ambient journey-like a dreamlike montage unfolding in sound.

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The Tent (at the End of the Universe) 22 - Bugsy

Exclusive mix by @lauerofficial
A key figure in the German electronic scene, Philipp Lauer has been forging his own path since the release of his first EP in 2000. Head of the Pyramide II studio, he has delivered over 200 remixes for a wide range of artists including Pet Shop Boys, M83, Falco, and Sven Väth. As a solo artist, his productions under the name Lauer have been released on renowned labels such as Running Back, Permanent Vacation, and Beats In Space. He also multiplies successful collaborations with projects like Tuff City Kids (with Gerd Janson), Black Spuma (with Fabrizio Mammarella), and TNP (with Tim Sweeney). His style moves between melodic house, retro synth-pop, and cosmic dance music. With a catalogue as vast as a phonebook and tours across the globe, he still never stops reinventing himself. He signs our 269th mix.

TRACKLIST
Lauer - 770077 
Eardmann - My Parents Met At Titisee  
Lauer - Gammelan 25 
Skatebård & Lauer - One Night In Geilo  
Lauer - S-Paragus 
Lauer - Miamisync (Piano Forte Mix)  
Lauer - We Could Be 
The Hacker - Turborave 
Lauer - H00V 
Lauer - Quatro 
Black Spuma - Das Ende 

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269 • LAUER

In anticipation of Bordello's italo boat party, on the 15th of August in Amsterdam, Hysteric is bringing us in the mood with 3 hours of 80s mixage! Be sure to grab a ticket in presale, because this one is going to sell out. Enjoy the trip, ahoy!

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Hysteric - Bordello Boat Party (The Warm Up)

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