SH101 on Refuge Worldwide

Mixes

Strange Friends & Friendly Strangers on KMAH Radio

Tracklist:
1. Herb LF - Music To Move
2. NNM Productions feat. Rick Wayne - Bad Behaviour (Garage Dub Mix)
3. Nude - Digitize
4. Darqwan - Confused
5. Artwork - Round Sound
6. Deacon Frost - Daywalker (Unreleased)
7. Ghost - The Spooks
8. Artwork - Rank
9. Blazing Squad - Standard Flow (Horsepower Dub)
10. Deacon Frost - Post-Action DMC (Unreleased)
11. Alias - Gladiator II
12. DJ Wire - The Meltdown
13. 2nd II None - Stomp Jigga
14. Big$hot - Stomp (Remix)
15. DJ Oddz - Pulse Dis
16. DJ Marsta - Gridlock
17. Macabre Unit - Tensor Jam
18. Genius Cru?? - White label
19. Hidden Talent feat. Soreal - Wings Of A Dove?
20. Mark One - Tomb Raider
21. Plasticman - Camel Ride
22. Jammer - Return To The Future

For the releases I could find on Bandcamp: https://www.buymusic.club/list/stephenhowe-sh101-on-refuge-worldwide

SH101 - April 2021 - Darker UKG & Grime

This is the recording from my livestream as part of the 7 days of streams. I really enjoyed being back in Fitzroy for this so thanks to them for accommodating. These streams paid tribute to Alex and raised over £6,000 for Meningitis Now. 

Spot the signs of Meningitis: https://www.meningitisnow.org/meningitis-explained/signs-and-symptoms/

You can still donate at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/a-tribute-to-alex-t

A Tribute To Alex T Livestream

https://soundcloud.com/stephenhowe
recorded live June 9, 2021 / 9pm-10pm

PE Radio with Stephen Howe

Tracklist:
1. Freaky Chakra - Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven
2. Glimmer of Dope - Glimmer of Dope Theme 3
3. Freaky Chakra - Halucifuge (Blind Dive)
4. Freaky Chakra - Multiphasic Invoculator
5. Freaky Chakra - Peace Fixation (Trance Mix)
6. Freaky Chakra - Tra Vigne
7. Freaky Chakra vs Single Cell Orchestra - Wishfullness
8. Freaky Chakra vs Single Cell Orchestra - Lurking
9. Freaky Chakra - Love Lost

For any that I could find on Bandcamp: https://buymusic.club/list/stephenhowe-sh101-on-refuge-worldwide

SH101 - October 2021 - Freaky Chakra

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Astral Cast 014 - STEPHEN HOWE

Tracklist:
1. Laurie Anderson - O Superman
2. Rockets - On The Road Again
3. Rockmelons - Hypnotheque
4. Roman Grey - Bodyshock
5. Cybotron - El Salvador
6. Dark Matrix - 03:19:15
7. Microthol - Binary Systems
8. Froyd - Alien Girl
9. I-F - Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass
10. The Tuss - < Synthacon9 > m
11. Ricardo Villalobos - Easy Lee
12. Cobblestone Jazz - Chance
13. Giammarco Orsini & Pancratio - FTL Mode
14. Random Factor - Lockdown
15. 100Hz - Whisper

For those that I could find on bandcamp:
https://buymusic.club/list/stephenhowe-sh101-on-refuge-worldwide

SH101 - April 2022 - Vocoders

This special 2-hour episode of SH101 is all about Volodymyr Gnatenko, the Ukrainian prodigy known for his transcendental live sets. Joined by DJ Slug, we explore every corner of his staggering output.

Tracklist:
1. Volodymyr Gnatenko - Pomirilus
2. Volodymyr Gnatenko - U1
3. Hena - Iberuiku
4. Volodymyr Gnatenko - ilmo
5. Volodymyr Gnatenko - A3
6. Hena - Hedem
7. Volodymyr Gnatenko - UnaaFa
8. Volodymyr Gnatenko - Tinnitus
9. V. Gnatenko - Bulbul
10. Volodymyr Gnatenko - kusahau
11. Volodymyr Gnatenko - cadaab
12. Volodymyr Gnatenko - Swart Kat
13. Volodymyr Gnatenko - Vergifnis
14. Volodymyr Gnatenko - Die Nag
15. Volodymyr Gnatenko - Balco
16. Volodymyr Gnatenko - Tauris
17. Volodymyr Gnatenko - Uroek
18. Volodymyr Gnatenko - AA1
19. Volodymyr Gnatenko - Aria

For those I could find on Bandcamp: https://buymusic.club/list/stephenhowe-sh101-on-refuge-worldwide

All of Volodymyr's releases to date, with buy links: 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zyN76Hj2nYLDqsya5f5y0Ju-ApZJTlAvfNRgrJ7sz-c/edit?usp=sharing

Support Volodymyr financially:

PayPal - volodymyr.gnatenko.booking@gmail.com

Info for Paysend.com - +380685542874 / card number : 4441 1144 6485 3231

SH101 - June 2022 - Volodymyr Gnatenko with DJ Slug

In this episode of SH101, I explore the ubiquity of Yamaha's famous Lately Bass preset throughout 80s and 90s electronic music, from the mainstream to the underground.

Tracklist:
1. Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately
2. Heavy D & The Boyz - Somebody For Me
3. Mad Mike - Give It To Me
4. Mood II Swing - Closer
5. Boo Williams - Eternal Mind
6. Kerri Chandler - Atmosphere (Jerome's Runaway Dub)
7. 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor - Turn Da Music Up (feat. Da Smooth Baron MC)
8. Outerspace Boy - Look To The Future
9. Deee-Lite - E.S.P.
10. Exquisite Corpse - Calling All Quarters
11. The Young Braves - Reach (Peruvian)
12. DJ Tonka - She Knows You (Club Mix)
13. Orbital - Halcyon & On & On
14. Gat Decor - Passion

I didn't manage to list more tracks at the end due to the show changeover, so here's a few more!
- Rachmad Project Part 5 - Sundown, More To Come and A Lot Of Love
- Cajmere - Tee Dum
- Ultra Nate - Free (Mood II Swing)
- Wax Factor - Cause & Effect
- Lots of Don Carlos tracks - Meditteraneo and Re-Mida
- Bobby Konders - Let There Be House
- TLC - Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg
- The Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme tune!
- Ready for the World - Yo! That's a Lot of Body
- Shades of Rhythm used it across lots of their work, it seems like half their tracks have it
- Maarten van der Vleuten was a big fan, he used it on his releases on Outrage Recordings
- Xpansions - Move Your Body
- Lil Louis - French Kiss & Blackout
- Inner City - Big Fun & Good Life (both chords and bass)
- Altern8 - Infiltrate 202
- Chris Penny And Dan Kurzius - Late Night Essentials (Volume One)- fun fact, Dan Kurzius later became the co-founder and CCO of Mailchimp, and is now a multi-billionaire

SH101 - October 2022 - Yamaha Lately Bass/Solid Bass

Tracklist:
1. Volodymyr Gnatenko - Kusuhau
2. Datassette - Sentinel
3. Lux Libra - Faint Of Heart
4. Jorg Kuning - Chosta Del Sol
5. Too Smooth Christ - Blossom
6. Kornél Kovács - Follow You (with Aluna)
7. Velvet Velour - No. 172
8. Dan Piu - Upgrade System M59
9. Viewfinder - The Orchid
10. Dana Kuehr - Cloud B
11. Stella - Sentimentale
12. Regular Fantasy - Hot Gossip
13. Ali Berger - Wave Chords
14. Gary Martin - Electric Rhythm (Minimal Mix)
15. Electrodynamique - E-Motion
16. A Psychic Yes - Sugar Today, Tomorrow
17. Reptant - Organizm Mechanism
18. Splitradix - West Coast Way
19. Splitradix - New Ireland Digital

You can find those on bandcamp in my buymusicclub list here:
https://www.buymusic.club/list/stephenhowe-sh101-on-refuge-worldwide

SH101 - February 2023 - Best of 2022

"Some amazing music has been made as equipment demos, unsung heroes. I collect synth demos. Well, ones that I like. It’s kind of an unclassified music genre." - Aphex Twin speaks to Korg's Tatsuya Takahashi

I'm very excited to be joined by @apsychicyes this month to present a brief history of synthesis through YouTube synth demos, unearthing those with surprisingly musical results.

Tracklist:
1. Trautonist Oskar Sala - Mixtur Trautonium - Klang und Verwendung - https://youtu.be/uaWrdbvhg1Q
2. Leon Theremin's Rhythmicon played by Andrei Smirnov - https://youtu.be/zyjOZPiW5dw
3. Serge Resonant Equaliser feedback demo - https://youtu.be/JidfzdWvpLM
4. The Earthshaking Instrument Stockhausen Used - Rohde & Schwarz UBM - https://youtu.be/En24uIjiGsg
5. Mr Müller (former assistant of Stockhausen) performing on generator, radio and 3 tape machines - https://youtu.be/a-E7Y6EnEsU
6. Cynthia Miller: Guide To The Ondes Martenot - https://youtu.be/yidV0HeVyCg
7. Gil Uccelli (for four French Connections) - https://youtu.be/uv9n0UTfqlM
8. Theremin Tutorial by Pamelia Kurstin and Bob Moog - https://youtu.be/TOWtJURUaKg
9. Leon Theremin playing his own instrument - https://youtu.be/w5qf9O6c20o
10. Moog One | Impressions with Lisa Bella Donna - https://youtu.be/G3mkKIR3QJ8
11. Ciani on Letterman Show - https://youtu.be/fZscRHkLMt0
12. Suzanne Ciani on 3 2 1 Contact - https://youtu.be/vJiTDhOTamo
13. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Buchla Music Easel - https://youtu.be/Uhtar8FlgzU
14. Wendy Carlos and her Moog Synthesiser - https://youtu.be/UsW2EDGbDqg
15. Sarah Devachi - PS-3300 - https://youtu.be/lKueqplnDJg
16. Boards of Canada - Boqurant + 5.9.78 (Cover) - https://youtu.be/0PCmypJmt3M
17. Casio CZ-101 (Phase Distortion Synthesizer) - https://youtu.be/QN1BWXRYBXg
18. Talking Synths episode 90 - Elka X from Cherry Audio - https://youtu.be/s40a9ICssC4
19. Elka Synthex - Rosen Sound Demo - https://youtu.be/ItEu5dC-o6o
20. Mike Huckaby Talks & Plays the Waldorf Wave at Devon Analogue Audio - https://youtu.be/3s4YPDBONRk
21. Mike Huckaby - Warm sounds from the Waldorf Wave - https://youtu.be/LhFt-qeQ4c8
22. Wavetables + Waldorf: The Untold Story - https://youtu.be/qw2r9Fl2qb8
23. PPG Dreams: The Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave - https://youtu.be/iUdLGkas4oA
24. DnB 1996 (LolaDeMusica) part 1: Squarepusher - https://youtu.be/96PfTcGHZ4Q
25. SH101 plays Squarepusher - Theme From Ernest Borgnine - https://youtu.be/glFseUCCyEM
26. ATC1 Tune - https://youtu.be/sNLL9VYjHMA
27. Bombora - Sequential Prophet Rev2 - https://youtu.be/_FfJ9aVe0Ys
28. Matt Johnson Jamiroquai - The Birth of a New Synthesizer! U.D.O. Super 6 - https://youtu.be/tUXsbNNxTD0
29. Herbie Hancock jams with his Fairlight CMI - https://youtu.be/n6QsusDS_8A

SH101 - April 2023 - YouTube Synth Demos with A Psychic Yes

A considered best of 2023.

Tracklist:
1. Gigi Masin and Rod Modell - Summer Morning at Lighthouse Beach
2. Robert Dietz - Picking Grapes [Nousklaer]
3. YS - I Luv U [Pace Yourself]
4. Bushwacka! - True For You [Nu Groove]
5. K-Lone - Gel [Wisdom Teeth]
6. INTERLECT 3000 - Unamed 1 [Childhood Intelligence]
7. Synaptic Voyager - Self Destruct Sequence Initiated [Frame of Mind]
8. INTERLECT 3000 - Freestyle [Childhood Intelligence]
9. Sadie - All Night
10. Cleveland - Rand [Kalahari Oyster Cult]
11. Katiusha - Sick Bitch [Devil's Work]
12. Meat Beat Manifesto & DHS - International Sound System
13. Surusinghe - Skit
14. tape_hiss - Energy Transfer [Darker Than Wax]
15. Ben Pest - Robotic Sales (Acid Redux) [Orson]
16. XY0815 - Patched and Evolved [brokntoys]
17. XY0815 - Constant Expected [brokntoys]
18. Cold Storage - Messij (Datassette Remix) [Lapsus]
19. georg-i - Change 
20. Beerus - 9000 [Gimme A Break]
21. georg-i - Stasis
22. Jorg Kuning - Love at First Sight [Gut Level]
23. Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f [Warp]

Almost all can be bought here: https://www.buymusic.club/list/stephenhowe-sh101-on-refuge-worldwide

SH101 - February 2024 - Best of 2023

Awk Cast 063 brings us Ecki Pirates, the tongue-in-cheek breakbeat alias  of @stephenhowe and @deejay_slug, focusing on the Orlando Sound. This mix explores Florida Breaks, West Coast Psychedelica, some Nu-Skool Breakz from the UK and features plenty their own productions.

Big love to this duo for providing us with this immaculate selection of eccentric bangers! <3

Awkwardly Cast 063 / Ecki Pirates

Tracklist:

1. Selfsame - Selfsame 01 & 02
2. Fergus Jones - Heima with Huerco S. and James K
3. Fergus Jones - Heap
4. Erika de Casier - Ice feat. They Hate Change
5. Jonny From Space - Level Skip
6. Orlando Voorn - Aerosol Waveforms
7. Ali Berger - 0621 People Are Just Asking
8. Teakup - 3AM Breather
9. Loidis - Sugar Snot
10. Davis Galvin - Acquitura Propagule
11. Evan Baggs - Backwilding
12. Percunta - What Is Love
13. Christian AB - Outta Phase
14. Skee Mask - Matchpoint
15. Radioactive Man - Do It Till Your Satisfied
16. Objekt - Chicken Garaage
17. Villager & Waleed - Pig
18. Sage Introspekt - Watch Me Work It (Dub Mix)
19. Duckett - Risking My Life For The Local Cats
20. Low End Activist - Mayhem On Barton Hill
21. Djrum - Codex
22. Karsten Pflum - LOLA
23. Basic Rhythm - Woozy
24. Rolando Simmons - Endless Apartment
25. Binary Digit - Pattern 7
26. Aphex Twin - Korg Funk 5
27. Aphex Twin & Luke Vibert - Spiral Staircase (AFX Remix)

All are available to buy here: https://www.buymusic.club/list/stephenhowe-sh101-on-refuge-worldwide

SH101 - January 2025 - Best of 2024

After a little hiatus, the mix series is back with our 6th mix coming from the fantastic @stephenhowe. Stephen is a DJ with tangents in all directions tucked up his sleeves, with bouncy minimal, squelchy facemelting bangers and bleepy breaky electro all part of his repertoire, he hosts a Refuge Show and has recent sets out on Awkwardly Social (as 'Ecki Pirates' together with the last DJ on our mix series, Deejay Slug), Astral Cast and Keep Hush. Perhaps seeing himself as more of a producer than a DJ, Stephen has released music on Rhythym Section, Astral VIP & rebirth as well as his own EPs : 'Mimesis' on Welt Discos & his most recent release on Flux White 'FXWL 24A'

This mix is an unusual one from our series, being a recording from a non-worthwhile tangents event, but Stephen got in touch with us to say he was really happy to recently get the chance to play a very free set on a very nice soundsystem at Tresor's Aurora Bar and he took the opportunity to play this grungy downtempo set, capturing all of our feelings of the cold grey Berlin winter - we're super excited to be able to share it with more people as the next mix in our series!

Starting with splashy breaks and distorted bass, with groovy percs scattered throughout, this mix gives way to more organic sounds and the feeling of spring hope as it comes to a close. 

Mark Van Hoen - Real Love
Ice - Operation Mind Control (Skull Mix)
Voodoo Warriors Of Love - Sweat
DJ Sports - ???
SH unreleased
Jonny From Space - Slip
Aphelion - Blow the Safe
Fergus Jones - Heap
Cherry Bomb - Matrix
Glimmer of Dope - Glimmer of Dope Theme 3
Plastikman - Pakard
Skee Mask - Session Add
Leftfield - Original (jam)
Monolake - Invisible
Plastikman - lasttrak
Orlando Voorn - Aerosol Waveforms
Caustic Window - 101 Rainbows Ambient Mix
Aphex Twin - Ageispolis
Guerilla Toss - Walls Of The Universe (Khotin Remix)
Speedy J - Treatments
Electronic Dub - Electronic Dub 4
Christian Morgenstern - The Future Is On Fire (Part 3)
Cherry Bomb - Filterback
ILK - Qwerks
Gombeen & Doygen - 7,000 Years
Leggo Beast - One Size Fits All
Call Super - Sulu Sekou
Ingrid Chavez - A Flutter Coda

06 | Stephen Howe

Stephen tackles the sprawling discography of one of British dance music's unsung heroes: Robert Gordon. Join for a journey through his early credits engineering at Sheffield's FON studios to his pivotal early bleep productions and later collaborations with techno royalty.

Tracklist:
1. Krush - House Arrest
2. Stacey Q - Nights Like This
3. Joyce Sims - Take Caution With My Heart
4. Forgemasters - Track With No Name
5. Unique 3 - The Theme (Unique Mix)
6. Nightmares On Wax - Dextrous
7. LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix)
8. Forgemasters - Stress
9. Forgemasters - Conga
10. View To View - Positron
11. Black Knight - Love Promise
12. Forgemasters - Track With No Name (Communique Mix)

100% Robert Gordon - April 2025

This episode dives into the wonky world of Lee Norris a.k.a. Metamatics/Norken, picking out my highlights from his sprawling, genre-busting discography.

Tracklist:
1. Metamatics - Vanishing Point
2. Metamatics - Beautiful Mutations
3. Metamatics - Escher Escalator
4. A1 People - Do It (Metamatics Remix)
5. Metamatics - Midnight Sun Pig
6. Metamatics - Liquid Gel
7. Metamatics - Mops
8. Metamatics - Somekind
9. Norken - Static
10. Norken - Motor Breeze
11. Norken - More Frequencies
12. Norken - Southern Soul

SH101 - July 2025 - Metamatics/Norken

Three hours of my favourite Muslimgauze tracks, plus a Boss RE-20 delay pedal, recorded live on 24th September 2025 at Ikii, Berlin.

I was first exposed to Muslimgauze in 2017, when Simon Scott opened the Mungo's HiFi stage of Dimensions Festival with an all-Muslimgauze set*. I'm slightly ashamed to say that at the time it wasn't really my thing, but I was intrigued by the sound and I kept my ears open for more in the years that followed. I imagine I had a similar experience to many who cross paths with his music: I picked up a couple of his albums, but his daunting discography of ~200 releases put me off from digging deeper.

Over the past few months I've put in a determined effort to listen through most of it. I discovered a vast expanse of interesting music, a unique soundclash of rhythm, dub and tape loops, all coloured by Bryn Jones's obsession with the Muslim world. I was pleasantly surprised by how much good stuff there is - while there is a lot of repetition, much of it is genuinely hypnotic. It's also raw, experimental and fiercely political.

To help prioritise my digging, I went through several lists of other people's top Muslimgauze releases. One thing that struck me was how different these lists all were, and how little they intersected with my own favourites in the end. Different listeners clearly come away with entirely different takes from his discography. So while I hope this recording piques your interest, I strongly encourage you to go on your own Muslimgauze digging journey and find your own personal favourites. Thanks to the crew at Ikii for giving me the opportunity to share mine.

* recorded here: https://soundcloud.com/kemal187/simon-scott-dimensions-soundsystem-all-muslimgauze-mix-live-dimensions-festival-2017

Tracklist:
Satyajit Eye (Reverse Mix)
Mandarin Guerilla 4
A Nation
Mujahideen
Yasser Arafat's Radio
Sapere Aude
Ferdowsi
Opiate and Mullah
Fazisi
The Taliban
Azzazzin (several mixes mixed)
Palestine Is Our Izlamic Land (two mixes)
Nonehru Jacket
Eleven Minarets Part 9
A Small Intricate Box, Which Contains Old Blue Opium Marzipan
Saddams Children
Extract 2
Bazoft Rope
Nabius
Believers Of The Blind Sheikh
8am, Tel Aviv
Dharam Hinduja
Muezzin Farsi
Tuareg
An End
Negative Of Ethiopia
An Abyssinyan Who Could Kiss Fire
Baghdad
Istanbul
Dome Of The Rock 1
Deceiver
Gulf Between Us
Mullah Said
Masawi Wife & Child
Al Kimia
Meze
Shah Of Persia
Yassin Ayyash Part 2
Uzi Mahmood 12
Medina Flight
Lahore
Eleven Minarets Part 8
Uzi Mahmood 7
Narcotic
Morphina Gobi
Iqbal Singh Will Tatoo You
Bilechik Mule
Sacrifice Pit
Marseille II
Turkish Berlina - Untitled (2 mixes)
Gopi Juggle
Daughter Of The King Of China 2
The Handless Of Bazaars
Karakum Burqa
Uskadar
God And I

In Focus: Muslimgauze

Exploring the delicate sound palette of Rei Harakami.

1. Rei Harakami - sequence_04
2. Rei Harakami - sequence_01
3. Rei Harakami - Robe
4. Rei Harakami - Approach
5. Rei Harakami - After Joy
6. Rei Harakami - Again
7. Rei Harakami - 2 Creams
8. Rei Harakami - Wreck
9. Rei Harakami - Vice Versa
10. Rei Harakami - On
11. Rei Harakami - More Elbow
12. Flare - Curved Flow (Rei Harakami Path Mix)

SH101 - September 2025 - Rei Harakami

Strange Friends & Friendly Strangers with Dan Beaven - July 2018

This month I was joined by D.C. Ops. Being a committed digger with an ear for esoteric bangers, many of David's Discogs finds have found their way into the hands of more established DJs. Lock in to hear us go tête-à-tête for the next two hours.

Strange Friends & Friendly Strangers with D.C. Ops - September 2018

Big thanks to Matt Boon for joining me on this month's Strange Friends & Friendly Strangers. Always a pleasure to play with, Matt is a serious digger and I always find myself asking for IDs. This time was no different, lock in.

Strange Friends & Friendly Strangers with Matt Boon - November 2018

Strange Friends & Friendly Strangers with Stephen Howe - June 2019

Strange Friends & Friendly Strangers with Toxido Mask - July 2019

This month on Strange Friends & Friendly Strangers, Stephen Howe is joined by Big Leg. Often found at Ziegrastraße 11 sporting a beret and silk loungewear, the Astral VIP curator takes us on a whistle stop tour through blues, dub, sleazy house and the Coil discography.

@djbigleg
@astralvipz

Strange Friends & Friendly Strangers with Big Leg - September 2019

Straight off the back of a gig-packed summer and a smash mix for Siren, Katiusha returns to Strange Friends & Friendly Strangers one year on. She joins Stephen for a two hour b2b, with lighthearted chat but serious records.

Strange Friends & Friendly Strangers with Katiusha - November 2019

This month I had the pleasure of hosting Squallfront, top dogs from Ecke Records, on KMAH Radio. We had a wonky half-hour live session and they brought some killer tunes for the subsequent b2b. Lots of unreleased stuff inside!

Stephen Howe

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