(Some) Favorite SPÆCIAL Mixes

Andrew Weatherall was a main influence for the Something Spæcial series from the get-go, so here finally is The Robot Scientists tribute to one of the most influential, creative, productive, classy and original producers we know. We decided to pick the tracks, remixes and co-productions from him we love most and put them in almost full length into a slowly developing, slowly grooving pretty long mix that pays complete respect to the meticulously drafted tracks and all their fantastic details mainly from his A Love From Outer Space years 2012-20. It is a homage just as a monument we hope for his creative output. Enjoy the ride.

Weatherall Playlist

THE BEST OF ANDREW WEATHERALL mixed by The Robot Scientists: SPÆCIAL MIX 400

The musical piece combines elements of Electronic music. Its soundscape is energetic and danceable with an upbeat rhythm that creates a sense of energy. Emotionally impactful: This song has the ability to transport listeners into different worlds or time periods through its use of electronic instrumentation.

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} From A Coruscating Hope’s very first sputters of tapping percussion and crackling texture - Skegness, England based producer Dean Grant Collier, known as Grant Deane, weaves a web of hypnotic and mysterious dichotomy. It is a record draped in haze - both cloaked in nuanced and cloudy tones and somehow equally as illuminating and vivid. As the pieces gently unfurl there is a sense of wandering through the fantastic, though at 8 tracks and 46 minutes it is hardly a meander - nor is it brisk. A Coruscating Hope is ostensibly a minimal techno record, albeit one that lurches forward through muted IDM kissed soundscapes; but, it is brimming with life and motion. Taking inspiration from the minutiae of complex emotional scapes as well as brutalist architecture, Grant Deane’s shimmering productions map out an inner journey - a view from a train merging with the commuting occupants’ reflections. 

}} A Coruscating Hope’s tracks are meditations - tone poems where snippets of vocals and carefully assembled snaking synths wind beguilingly around jagged percussion interjections on liquid grooves. At times such as in “The Surfacing Dawn”, “Potential Energy” and say “Stuff Falling” the effect is a warm lull of synaptic agreement, chugging along with grace and poise. At others such as on “With Less of a Jolt Than We Were Braced For” and “Forever Wanting To Be Over There” the effect is more unstable, with dissonant tones mounting and swirling around the groove in a deftly manoeuvred balancing act - one in which the titles themselves give clever hints as to what is causing the mischief - whether they be implied anxiety or yearning.  In this way the record feels intensely personal, concise and yet expansive, moody and yet optimistic. 

}}} A Coruscating Hope, it might therefore be said, is a record poised at the crossroads of listening environment applications: there are a few moments for the adventurous dancefloor to be sure, but much of the record truly lies in a hypnagogic inner space…a soundtrack for contemplative rumination and self discovery.

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With Less of a Jolt Than We Were Braced For

A hypnotic blend of deep-house warmth and late-night melancholy. Until It Was Gone drifts between pulsing basslines, airy reverb-drenched vocals, and smooth melodic synths — a reflective journey through love, loss, and realization.
With subtle grooves and ethereal vocal chops repeating “gone… gone… gone…”, the track builds and releases like fading memories — balancing introspection with dancefloor flow. Perfect for those moments when night turns to morning, and the weight of what’s been lost lingers in the air.
🔊 Highlights:
Gentle atmospheric intro → emotional vocal hook
Deep, rolling drops with layered synth textures
Ambient breakdowns that melt into soothing grooves
A haunting refrain: “I didn’t realize what I had… until it was gone.”
For fans of chill deep-house, emotional electronica, and music that lingers long after it fades.

Gone, Gone, Gone

Sound vanguards at work. This is how it sounds when transcendental electro disco meets industrial wave on a cosmic rave party in a tropical bar on the dark side of the moon. Sounds badass, though you don't really know how this will all end, but life is all about taking risks, right?  Follow https://soundcloud.com/il-est-vilaine - there is a lot more to come.

IL EST VILAINE: SPÆCIAL MIX 52

Hard to find a space commander who does better edits and selects better than PEZA, so you better don't miss this blast of a cast. 

PEZA: SPÆCIAL MIX 59

Wonderfully spaced out trip by CURSES https://soundcloud.com/cursesforever aka Luca Venezia, a dark romantic take on House and Techno, with influences of Italo and nostalgic snares and synths. With a slew of releases out on underground and renowned labels such as Throne Of Blood, NEIN, OFF Recordings, Let’s Play House, his own imprint Safer At Night, a Rinse France Radio show, and multiple plays on BBC Radio 1, the nocturnal sound of Curses continues to hiss and kiss in clubs worldwide and now on our curated podcast show...

CURSES: SPÆCIAL MIX 66

Tel Aviv's space commander @nivast takes you on a ride you won't forget...make sure you check out his releases on Ombra, Relish and Materiá...exquisite stuff, mesdames et messieurs.

NIV AST: SPÆCIAL MIX 127

A huge pleasure to have stellar shooting star @shubostar on our show! This is going to be special and spaced out as it should be and even more!

SHUBOSTAR: SPÆCIAL MIX 155

3. Curses - Dead Last (FLVN Remix)
Original “Dead Last” was released on Relish Comp VI. French disco-goth Flvn turned the track into a dark moody melodic chugger.

RELISH 100

Dead Last (FLVN Remix)

Curses - Dead Last (FLVN Remix)

A super edit of an unexpected track, that's what Moscow-based DJ and producer Disco Morato (SXDNS147) brought to our free download series. Grab your copy and have fun!

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You can download the entire FREEDL series in one sitting directly from our Bandcamp: https://sxdns.bandcamp.com/music

SXDNS FREEDL

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FREEDL015 // Nuova Compagnia Di Canto Popolare - Tammurriata Alli Uno...Alli Uno (Disco Morato Edit)

Ritualism in religion is guilty of fanatically contrasting the specific features of one’s own religion with those of everyone else, the “loss of perspective,” by virtue of which differences obscure unity.
K013 comes straight from the heart of Russia, embedded in one of the biggest cities of the world, Denis Kolomensky, stands to reflect on the collision between the tribalistic roots of the modern civilisation, using the tools provided by the advancements of the new world, to remind us of the importance of our connection to nature through one of human's most primitive need of dancing. So we choose this track "Ritual Gone Wrong", where on the theme of disconnection Denis brings forward the burning consequences of the human after-touch on the balanced flow of the natural world. 5 Mixes record is out 18th May, get in here: https://karakter.bandcamp.com/album/ritual-gone-wrong

https://soundcloud.com/kolomensky
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PREMIERE #963 | Kolomensky - Ritual Gone Wrong [Karakter] 2020

Presale: 28 August 2020
Beatport: 4 September 2020
General Release: 18 September 2020

BTCOP - I So Late [EVIL PLANS RECORDS] Clip

Men At Work - Down Under (Lucare Edit)

For the happy days of Hanukkah and Christmas which are coming upon us we are taking you on a trip of lights with Santa and Adrien Albou.
From Yoko Ono to Elvis with a visit to San Francisco with the Beach Boys and le grand finale of Maoz Tzur.

TRIP OF LIGHTS w/ Santa and Adrien

Today we bring you a mix from Michigan based French expat Gilles Bordinet (GBDT). GBDT is a very versatile dj with his roots firmly planted in the French club scene in the late 90's. More recently GBDT has been playing a lot of online shows which can all be found on his mixcloud page including a fantastic mix for the Something Spæcial podcast. 

Turn on, Tune in, Drop out

Track list
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Alvee & Javier Martinez - EONS
Hanzo & Yaman - Hokus Pokus
Forty Fings Dynamo - 615
Middle Sky Boom & AckerMan - Temp Goes High
Eliezer & Middle Sky Boom - Omar Goran
Aurum Miles & Poulper - Witch Hunters
Affkt & Sutja Gutierrez - Sompo
Strapontin & Concret - Resilienza
Local Suicide & Time To Sleep - Fisherman Solitude
CSK - Cornelius (Globemaster Remix)
Günce Aci - Eternal Recurrence (MontCosmik Remix)
Sutja Gutiérrez - Empty Flower Pots (Extended Version)
Inigo Vontier & Dan Solo - Higher (Jkriv Remix)
Theus Mago & Id!r - Soft Light
Kezokichi - Ess Tie (Freudenthal Remix)
Affkt - Tusk
Mufti - FFPL
Kimshies & Anja Sugar - Echwerki (feat. Anja Sugar)
Curses, Mondowski - Prison Of Command
Cabaret Nocturne - Voodoo Spunk (Cravero Remix)

Follow: @gbdt

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Counterterraism Guest Mix 38: GBDT

600+ of the best Indie Dance, Cosmic Disco, Italo Trance, Acid Chug & Playa Tech mixes & premieres you can find out there with 👨‍🚀heavy Italo basslines, futuristic vibes, spaced-out disco fun & acid oversoul grooves.

"Ahead of The Wave" since 2013, curated by Markus Schneider of www.soundcloud.com/therobotscientists. 

You are listening to atmospheric mixes and new tracks of some of the most talented DJs and producers and the finest music connoisseurs and record diggers out there. 
Some are rising stars, some are old legends, others are complete newcomers or even shy and deep bedroom DJs. No matter how well known they already are, they all deliver exceptional tracks and sets for you that feature the best these underground and hard to pin down genres have to offer: what you get is a mind-expanding fusion of Italo-, Space-, Magico- & Dark Disco, Indie Dance, Italo Body Music / Italo Trance, Dirty Bouncy Midtempo, Cold Wave, EBM, Psychedelic- & Chugging Acid-House. 

The series is featuring mixes by artists like Curses, Shubostar, Cabaret Nocturne, Local Suicide, Hardway Bros and +400 more. 

It is about a hypnotic journey through space, dimensions and time, a uplifting voyage through astral, etheric and magical frequencies - and above all: it is a wild, colorful, energetic, futuristic, artistic ride into human emotions, ranging from fear, sadness & rage to enthusiasm, joy & euphoria. It's all in there, so mix vibes and speeds will vary.

The series is inspired by Daniele Baldelli's Cosmic mixes, 1970s Psychedelic-, Prog- & Kraut-Rock, New Wave & Space Disco, 1980s Italo Disco, Synth-Pop, Cold Wave, Minimal Wave, Post-Punk, Early House & New Beat, 1990s Balearica, Goa & Psy Trance, Leftfield, Acid & Tribal House and 2000s Electroclash & NuDisco. 

So...if you like what you just read, make sure you follow us - and share the series with your friends! 

"Equal parts gothic, cosmic, spectral, dark and thrilling, this is the sound of Andrew Weatherall et al at its most widescreen and space faring." fits.

For premiere & mix requests write to somethingspaecial@gmail.com.

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