Jonathan Krohn and Benjamin Mjolsness present their first recorded output since the 2020 appearance on the ‘Out of Practice Vol. 1’ compilation from Standards & Practices Records. 

‘Drummer’ expands on the work Krohn/Mjolsness began in 2009 with their now defunct group Male. Within its minimal overdubbing and studio production ‘Drummer’ reprises the improvised spirit of their first performances and recordings. 




Releases March 25, 2022

Jonathan Krohn, Electronics
Benjamin Mjolsness, Guitar
Steven Hess, Additional Percussion on track 8
Recorded at 4053 Studio A, Chicago, 2019
Mastered by Simon Shreeve at DNS Essex

Krohn/Mjolsness — Drummer — 2022

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Jonathan Krohn and Benjamin Mjolsness present their first recorded output since the 2020 appearance on the ‘Out of Practice Vol. 1’ compilation from Standards & Practices Records. 

‘Drummer’ expands on the work Krohn/Mjolsness began back in 2009 with their now defunct group Male. With minimal overdubbing and studio production ‘Drummer’ reprises the improvised spirit of their first performances and recordings.


Releases March 25, 2022

Jonathan Krohn, Electronics
Benjamin Mjolsness, Guitar
Steven Hess, Additional Percussion on track 8
Recorded at 4053 Studio A, Chicago, 2019
Mastered by Simon Shreeve at DNS Essex

005c — Krohn/Mjolsness — Drummer — STANPRAC006 — 2022

002b — Krohn/Mjolsness — Drummer — STANPRAC006 — 2022

007c — Krohn/Mjolsness — Drummer — STANPRAC006 — 2022

Jonathan Krohn and Benjamin Mjolsness present their first recorded output since the 2020 appearance on the ‘Out of Practice Vol. 1’ compilation from Standards & Practices Records.

‘Drummer’ expands on the work Krohn/Mjolsness began in 2009 with their now defunct group Male. Within its minimal overdubbing and studio production ‘Drummer’ reprises the improvised spirit of their first performances and recordings.

Releases March 25, 2022

Jonathan Krohn, Electronics
Benjamin Mjolsness, Guitar
Steven Hess, Additional Percussion on track 8
Recorded at 4053 Studio A, Chicago, 2019
Mastered by Simon Shreeve at DNS Essex

003c — Krohn/Mjolsness — Drummer — STANPRAC006 — 2022

001d — Krohn/Mjolsness — Drummer — STANPRAC006 — 2022

The long running stirrings of Surgeon (Anthony Child) and Regis (Karl O’Connor) under the conjunct British Murder Boys are not for the faint of heart. Their alleged final act came before a Tokyo crowd in 2012, but the goodbye only lasted three years and with their Amsterdam return, a reformulation of their signature industrial sound. The duo, both at their acme with little signs of descent, have together found a hybrid techno that scales high and large, bringing together thumping bass and hissing feedback for a distinctly belligerent and primal club sound. It’s not all obvious, their 2020 cover of Lou Reed’s Real Good Time Together offered a machine-inflected spin on the original, and opened the door for their debut LP Active Agents And House Boys (2024). At the heart is a provocative, sexually-charged and punkish techno that offloads bristling rhythms and defiant energy, one that’s a little more controlled and mathematical in practice. Following on from their show at Bassiani back in November comes this next mix. Bassiani Podcast 250 is an hour-long and live recorded assault: thrashing beats, crazed and bleepy arps, EBM-style shouts, a decadent and rageful call to arms and one of the most important instalments in this long running series. Back-breaking industrial techno from these two heavyweights and originators of the Birmingham sound.

Bassiani invites British Murder Boys [live] / Podcast #250

Full Tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-297--sandwell-district

For our latest Bleep Mix instalment, Sandwell District come through with a hefty programming of dark rollers fulfilling that promise of reinvigorated purpose they mentioned before: “Having a good time”. And with a wealth of exclusive unheard material it’s hard to refute the mission statement. Dropping straight into the cavernous environs of an unreleased Regis side Frosty Jack’s, the selection rides a restrained line building tension through a number of Nastia Reigel tracks deployed with utmost precision before upping its stride with Luke Slater’s Planetary Assault Systems and quickly landing first peak from The Wizard himself, with Jeff Mills' slamming ‘93 cut Step to Enchantment (Stringent). Taking in a track from their comrade Surgeon’s forthcoming album, as well as the simmering acid of their own tune Hidden, Sandwell District bring it back round full circle via two further unreleased reworks of heroes Meat Beat Manifesto providing a breakbeat singed rupture to close out the proceedings with the vocal snatches of MBM’s Helter Skelter summing it all up really: “It's in my brain now. This is it!”

Bleep Mix #297 - Sandwell District

There’s beauty in chaos and method to madness, that much is true to the work of this faceless duo from Sweden. SHXCXCHCXSH’s strain of anarchic noise has sparked conversations and head-spinning records ever since the two producers first swapped notes in 2009. For about a decade, Hannes Stenström and Emmanuel Pascal Moreno stayed out of the public eye as a matter of principle, stripping music to its very base, without the weight of prejudice and social context holding it back: ’we prefer to listen to music in the dark, preferably without knowing who made it, when or how’. From the chaos and their loyalty to instinct came the need to find new structures, and so their faceless records united around a theme or musical element. It was a gamble, but their sledgehammer destruction of techno conventions gave some of the most intriguing sounds of the 2010s. Sampling everything from podcasts to YouTube to field recordings, they’re always on the hunt for ‘in-between’, ‘unintentional’ details, a way to composite the strangest and most innovative techno out there. Their staggering releases on Avian pioneered new sounds (and track names), and successfully manufactured the type of music you could hear both at home and in clubs; and 2024 saw them resurrect their Rösten imprint with the release of DO, an infernal four-tracker made for the dancefloor. Bassiani Podcast 257 explores that format further, bringing their stabbing and psychedelic havoc to a crowd facing setting. Immersive and heavy-duty, this one’s an hour-long clip of their snake-pit percussions, mind-bending techno from the enigmatic Norrköping duo.

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Bassiani invites SHXCXCHCXSH [live] / Podcast #257

The Contort champion takes a bludgeon to the NTS Manchester once a month with an hour offering of wonky electronics and avant-garde sound.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/samuel-kerridge/episodes/samuel-kerridge-24th-may-2025