Former military man and marching band member James Bangura is next up for #51 on our Tapes series. He’s an artist who has roamed the world and picked up musical influences at every stop on the way. Be it D&B in Alabama, blog house in California, or the rich house sound of New York, this Washington DC native is now distilling all those references into his own searing sounds. 
They have come on labels like Mister Saturday Night and can range from sauced out to brutally energetic. And the latter of those two is what defines his unrelenting mix for us. It is a hard-hitting collision of raw, decaying textures, pummeling drums, and stark, post-industrial atmospheres that are thrillingly harsh. The rhythms roam from the fringes of techno to the heart of jungle and on to icy but powerful minimalism that very much consumes your body. So strap in, cause this is one helluva ride.

Interview: https://www.originssound.com/os-tapes/james-bangura-mix

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INTERVIEW

Origins Tapes 051 - James Bangura

Been sitting on this one as I didn’t want it to overshadow the @therollingstones announcement from Hackney yesterday, but.. ce soir.. in the jazz hut.. I have got this old rascal, THE sheriff of Gnarlysville himself, @danielmarkavery coming in as a guest on A Path Through Haze, with me, Psych Milligan to play some records / USB and shoot the breeze - the brief: no day job - just what does make the man tick - I’m packing a bag full of Marseille pick ups, and some serious heat... what’s in the impossibly handsome dj warlords record bag / hard drive is anyone’s guess! 

Matt Berry ‘Going Up’
It’s Immaterial ‘Driving Away From Home’
Les Abranis ‘Athedjaladde’
Death In Vegas ‘Black Lead’ 
Mandy Indiana ‘Pinking Shears’
Bdrmm ‘Pulling Stitches’
Crocodiles ‘All My Hate and My Hexes Are For You’
Feeble Little Horse ‘Slide’
Doss ’Strawberry’
James K 'Life of a Fly'
Kimio Mizutani ‘One For Janis’
The Head Shop ‘I Feel Love Coming On’
Rolling Stones ‘Under My Thumb’
Walker Brothers ‘Nite Flight’
Téléphone ‘Le garçon d'ascenseur’
Rolling Stones ‘Loving Cup’
Olan Monk ‘Can’t Wait’
Chris & Cosey ‘Walking Through Heaven’
Edgar Froese ‘Pizarro And Atahuallpa’
Quad Throw Salchow ’Speed’
Sweeping Promises ‘Eraser’
Butthole Surfers ‘Ricky’
PiL ‘Careering’
Gérard Manset 'Lumières'

A Path Through Haze with Daniel Avery: 07/09/2023

from my all night at High+Tight this is the first 2 hours and 14 minutes of my all night set. this was my first ever dj set in the northwest and Seattle. nerves were high yet i tried to make the mix tight! i went to a safe place to play genuinely from the heart after bearing and with holding sad news from all in attendance as i was grieving the loss of a close family member who had passed earlier on the day of the gig. my attitude was the show must go on. creating art was very therapeutic on this evening. there are some drops that could have been performed better but as Kate Bush once sang, Be Kind To My Mistakes <3
love to Jess, Cody, Paige, Sharlese and so many beautiful others that I finally had the honor of meeting irl that evening.

set:
::11pm-1:14am::
Gate (ov espex) PRAGMA
the Elephants (Running Hot Edit)
the Evil Tyrant Has Been Captured Flower Storm
See You In The Dark (Jamie Paton Remix) Sexy Merlin
Controlling Transmissions The Hacker
Water Loop Weird Weather
Noma (Odopt remix) Maahrt
Pumpin Dumpin The Moody Boys
揺り綿羽- Yurimenba Ground
Hard Timez (Just Ice) Bufiman
Inertials (Iñigo Vontier Remix) Theus Mago
effects
Leisure_Rebolledo_Remix Yula Kasp
Machine (Jonathan Kusuma Remix) Roe Deers
Melt FM Etbonz
Chakkar (चक्कर) Mogambo
the Realm (CHRISTIAN QUAST REMIX) C'HANTAL
effects
Acid Float Iori
Come To Me Villa DECIUS
Under Vatten Dorisburg
Airless (Grain Remix) Dense & Pika
Three Lakes North Lake
Lotus Kessell & Kerqus
the guest Reeko
We BANG K' Alexi Shelby
Two Tribes (RED-Edit) Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Zombie Experimental (The Hacker Remix) Trivia
Rare Bread Bass Kittens
Fury Code Industry
Let Me See You Jack Solid Gold Playaz
the True Story Of House Music (Body Mechanix Instrumental) -Elbee Bad - the Prince Of Dance Of Dance Music
gak6 e,+3 GAK
Da Pressha Zig Zag
Colours (Club Mix) Cabaret Voltaire
Nothing to declare (Jonathan Kusuma remix 1) Vicky Montefusco
No Devotion Ministry

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Paquita Gordon: “UTRECHT” - 07 September 2024

💥Recorded live at Bounce House on 2/9/24 between 2-4am💥

Shang is the co-organizer of the long-running and much-beloved Club Congress. Shang has been an enthusiastic, generous, and wide-ranging contributor to many facets of the Philly rave scene over the years, is a sharp-eyed photographer and documentarian of the Philly underground, and is a brilliant film buff, having also contributed some impeccable curation to Bounce House's film screening series Jellyvision. 

IG: @shangzilla

Shang - Live at Bounce House 2/9/24

Pastoral vibes sunset solo guitar

Recorded 7/26/24 @ the lodge

Fender Stratocaster
Phaser, distortion, volume, delay and reverb pedals
EHX 4 track looping station
HAM radio walkie talkie + monotron delay for vocal fx.

Live Solo Guitar @ The Lodge

Terra Firma (Slow Pulse)

Hypno

Reborn

Dubbed out House & Techno is the name of the game on Butter Mix 90, Ménage Live at Lucid!

Butter Mix #90 - Ménage Live @ Lucid

booking: dm for contact info.
11/15 Wrecked:Basement w/ Cora + Elle Dee
11/22 SUONO Hi-Fi Bar
12/6 Wrecked
12/11 Nowadays
12/14 Animal (afternoon)

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