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Synth Heroes create mixes of their formative electronic music influences on www.SynthHero.com

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Best Finds of 2019

Tracklist: http://www.factmag.com/2013/10/28/fact-mix-406-mark-pritchard-part-1/

FACT mix 406 - Mark Pritchard (Part 1)

Pretty much every music producer or DJ will cite Hardcore as having some sort of influence on them at some point. You can hear it clearly in the music Mumdance makes. Bringing the sound back with a very, very special hour long mix, this is Mumdance's Music to make you Hardcore. Press play and turn it up. Lively!!

"Hardcore was my first proper musical love, my mates older brother lent me a Hectic Records / Fusion tape pack when I was about 12 & literally as soon as I heard it I was hooked. Doing this mix for i-D was a lot of fun as it gave me a chance to re visit and spend some time with my old record collection. I decided not to go for the most refined “headz” selection, but instead opt for the ones which brought me the happiest memories. Ive erred towards the 1993 - 1994 ‘proto' era when Hardcore was starting to split up into what would become Jungle on the one side and the other side of things Happy Hardcore. "
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Tracklist:

1. DJ SS - Respect To The Following - Formation 
2. DJ SS - A Little More Respect - Formation 
3. 4 Hero - The Elements (Fire & Water Mix) - Reinforced Records
4. DJ Torchman - Tell Me - Face Records
5. Bay B Kane - Hello Darkness - Ruff Guidance
6. Bodysnatch - Euphony (Original Mix) - Big City Records
7. Foul Play - Finest Illusion (Original Mix) - White
8. DJ Vibes - Obsession (Music’s So Wonderful) - Tornado Records
9. Poosie & Cru-l-t - Hear Me Hear Me - Knite Force
10. Noise Factory - Future 2 (The Remix) - Future Records
11. NRG - I Need Your Lovin’ - Pyrotech Records
12. Ramos & Supreme - The Journey (Part 1) - Hectic Records
13. Jimmy J & Luna-C - Take Me Away - Knightforce
14. Sunshine Productions - Above The Clouds (Vibes & Wishdokta Remix) - Just Another Label
15. Omni Trio - Thru The Vibe (2 on 1 Remix) - Moving Shadow
16. The Fat Controller - In Complete Darkness - Uphoria Records
17. Nasty Habits - Dark Angel (Remix) - Reinforced Records
18. Plasmic Life ft Alistair - Death Trip - Brain Records
19. Jimmy J & Cru L T - Six Days - Knight Force
20. DJ Force & The Evolution - Perfect Dreams - Knight Force
21 Bass Selective - Blow Out Part 2 - DJ Only Records
22. Orca - 4AM - LuckySpin
23. DJ Morph - Only Love - Explosive

Artwork by Ross Platt

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Mumdance: Music To... Make You Hardcore

Mumdance Hardcore classics "Lights On" mix for Monki

Aired 3rd April 2015 on BBC 1 Xtra

if you feeling the mix, come down to the next Different Circles party on 16th May @ Queen of Hoxton for more of the same:

DJ Vibes (93-94 set)
Raime (91 - 92 set)
Mumdance & Logos (Bleep set)
Temple b2b CJ Yaxley
Love So Special



Mumdance - BBC Radio 1Xtra Hardcore Classics Mix

FACT mix 330 - EVOL (May '12)

An ADE warm-up by the London-based producer and DJ: Manni Dee (@mannidee).

Manni Dee’s techno smells something like burning rubber. He has been turning out breakneck warehouse fillers with an ear for the unsettled. As a DJ, he has performed at some of the world’s premier techno haunts, including the underground's most public frontier, Berghain, and midlands bass-dungeon House of God. He has become a repeat offender on Ali Wells fronted @Perc Trax and therefore he will be performing at our second night of Amsterdam Dance Event; Intercell x Perc Trax.

Event Intercell x Perc Trax: https://www.facebook.com/events/208784816493627/

Artwork by Ilse Kind

Intercell.006 - Manni Dee

STIMMING on:
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/stimming
- SoundCloud: @stimming

HOW I MET THE BASS on:
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass
- Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass
- Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass

3 QUESTIONS to STIMMING:

Q: Lets talk about your exciting mix. From Ambient to Drum N Bass, from heartbreaking melodys to distorted beats: How did these different tracks and styles have an early impact on your career?

A: Well, the music I played here is pretty much the kind of music I listen and listened to in general. In a sense this mix represents my musical horizon - I just restrained to go further than Amon Tobin on the complex side of things. I took the name of the series literally and tried to sketch the path I took in meeting the bass: starting with Trip Hop, followed by Drum And Bass to finally meet the 4/4 formula. All framed by an approach that doesn't care too much about popularity but is much more about musicality and aesthetics. Even a bit of radicalism if you think of Krust’s "Warhead".

Q: Field recording has become an important part of making your own music. As you also used some recordings inside this podcast, give us a little insight please.

A: Yes, I included two in the mix here: one is just raindrops recorded from inside my car - one day I figured how beautiful rain sounds when dropping not too hard on the panorama roof. The other recording I made while I was in Mumbai - I played there but had a bit of time off the next day. So I took a walk and brought my portable recorder - the recording took place in between two streets on a traffic island and I was seriously frightened to death to leave it. I needed about ten minutes to be brave enough to again cross the street. But allow me to say: yes, I use found sounds in the broadest sense in my music but for me they are just a source just like any other.  Synth, piano, plugin, sampler, field record, my voice - it's all just a part of the painting.

Q: Your last album “Alpe Lusia” has been produced on top of the italian alps in 2016. Which future Stimming projects are on the way and where are you planning to work on them?

A: Concept-wise I will build content for a concert type of show so my next album might leave the strict 4/4 formula (again?). But in the meantime I got a family which I’m afraid I won’t be able to leave for such a long time again like for the "Alpe Lusia" album. Two months after the wodden cabin in the italian alps I also joined a cargo ship for a week to build the liveset which I still play (elektron octatrack based, no laptop at all) and afterwards I realized I fulfilled two live-dreams just on time before son#1 was about to join us.

Stimming - HOW I MET THE BASS #142

FACT mix 358 - JETS (Jimmy Edgar & Travis Stewart) (Nov '12)

To celebrate 25 years of Planet Mu records, label founder Mike Paradinas has created a 90-minute Synth Hero mix of some of his favourite tracks from the boundary-smashing archive. Read his annotated time-coded track notes at www.SynthHero.com

Mike Paradinas: Synth Hero Mix (25 Years of Planet Mu Special) 

I was recently asked to play a night called Classic Material in London. The idea for the club is to give each month over to a year from Hip Hop's past and only play tracks released during it. I was given 1989 and this set was all done from original vinyl, clicks, jumps and all.

Tracklist:

Tone Loc - On Fire (Remix) (Delicous Vinyl)
Gang Starr - Words I Manifest (Wild Pitch)
Chill Rob G - Court's In Session (Wild Pitch)
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies (Capitol Records)
Jungle Brothers - Jbeez Comin' Through (Warner Bros)
Beastie Boys - Shadrach (Capitol Records)
Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump (Capitol Records)
EPMD - Big Payback (Sleeping Bag)
Ultramagnetic MCs - A Chorus Line (Next Plateau)
Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Motown)
De La Soul - Say No Go (Say No Dope mix) (Big Life/Tommy Boy)
Most Wanted - Calm Down (Fever Records)
Hijack - Badman Is Robbin' (Rhyme Syndicate)
Ice T - Lethal Weapon (Sire)
Twin Hype - Do It To The Crowd (Profile)
Jungle Brothers - Tribe Vibes   (Warner Bros)
Jungle Brothers  Beyond This World  (Warner Bros)
Cookie Crew - Born This Way (FFRR)
Jungle Brothers - Good News Coming  (Warner Bros)
The D.O.C - Portrait of a Masterpiece (Ruthless)
Hijack - Doomsday of Rap (Ice T Remix) (Rhyme Syndicate)
De La Soul - Magic Number (123 mix) (Big Life/Tommy Boy)
Doug Lazy - Let It Roll (Grove St)
Double Trouble & Rebel MC - Just Keep Rockin' (Desire)

'88 was great but '89 is mine

Tim Noakes invites legendary Synth Heroes to create mixes of their formative electronic music influences.

Mike Paradinas: Synth Hero Mix (25 Years of Planet Mu Special)

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