Mixes

The Ransom Note

jan16

electronic beats

PLAY (and let it all go).

We continue our search to pick out some of the finest talents from around the globe that are making fantastic sounds that more people should be listening to. This week, Villette has been kind enough to put a mix together for us which features a selection of great tracks. We asked her a few questions to find out a little bit more about the woman behind the music;

What are you aiming to achieve with your music?

It sounds medieval but I come from a fairly conservative environment where it is not very desirable for women to be occupied with music professionally. So I am achieving a life-long dream by making music regardless of where it takes me. Launching my own label is icing on the cake...  

Read the full interview here; http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/music/mixes/shine-a-light-on-villette/

Tracklist;
Marek Hemmann – Xativa
Mooryc – Dive
Gidge – I Fell in Love
Yoko Duo – Close These Curtains (Monokle Remix)
David Douglas – California Puppy (Marius Remix)
Douglas Greed – Driven (Marius Remix)
Dominik Eulberg - Der Tanz der Gluehwuermchen
David August – Epikur
Dexter / Freggelswuff - Ricardo Villalobos / Robag Wruhme
Good Guy Mikesh – Spare (Christian Löffler Remix)
Gui Boratto – Joker (Dave DK Remix)
Christian Löffler – Notes (Sieren Remix)
Moderat – Bad Kingdom (DJ Koze Remix)
Guy Gerber & Dixon – No Distance
Marc Romboy, Stephan Bodzin - Kerberos

Shine A Light On... Villette

Invincible Scum have returned! The crate diggers amongst you will remember the 'Scum from their acid heavy releases put out on the Dissident label some 5 or so years back. Read more here - http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/music/premieres-exclusive-streams/premiere-invincible-scum-princess-zodiac-44/

Premiere: Invincible Scum - Princess - Zodiac 44

Book yourself a hotel room, get your beaver suit on and get that hot coffee brewing ready for some Lokier listening:

http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/music/mixes/lokier-shine-a-light-on-ransom-note-mix/

With a current release on Days Of Being Wild featuring fellow DJ and friend Morgan Hammer, the Mexican DJ/Producer is riding high, making the move to Barcelona to explore all that Europe has to offer. Keeping busy with upcoming EP's with labels Have A Killer Time and Nein plus a selection of remixes, mixes and compilations in the making, we'd say you'll be hearing a lot more of Lokier. 

INTERVIEW

Lokier - Shine A Light On... Ransom Note Mix

i would like to wish tri angle label an incredibly sublime birthday and thank for having been invited to dj at their party . couldnt possibly been more honoured than to play in that company !!! the mix i played was my present to them : merging together some of my fav beats last year with some of my fav vocalists doing some of their best songs :

!!! this is my tune-tinder !!!

warmthnesss björk

the musicians in the mix are :
abida parveen/rabit
kate bush/lotic/vessel
mariza/rabit
chilean flutes/the haxan cloak/lotic
john tavener/haxan cloak
amália rodriquez/rabit
abida parveen/bloom
hans reichel/sudanim
baka people
mc brinquedo
c.z.
shut up and dance
hanz/virtua mima
cut hands
death grips
david hykes
kate bush/rabit
lung/lotic remix
kramphaft
jeremih
total freedom
brandy

björk : tri angle records birthday dj set

When two men come together to make sweet music (Where are you going with this? - Ed.) it can result in some of the most glorious sounds known to mankind. As this mix from @marvin-and-guy oozes into your ears as smoothly as a shaved apple, our light beams from the rooftops of R$N towers, through the storms and directly onto the pair as we seek out as much information as we can from the pair. Of course, things get a little 'off-beat' but you've got a peach of a mix to thrill your ears as you power on through.

Go on then, get this down you; http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/music/mixes/marvin-guy-the-shine-a-light-on-ransom-note-mix/

Marvin & Guy - The 'Shine A Light On' Ransom Note Mix

When R$N was growing up, and the "doof-doofs" were still too hard to get close enough for bassbins, Normski was one of the few that had that "Yoof TV" tings bang on. With comic chops and an ear on the needle, this gent would easily combine our hip-hop formation with our house sensibility before we even knew the genres. So we are delighted to say that he has crafted us a mixtape, and shared some returns on the raves that were rumbling 'round the corner...

Normski - A 'Dance Energy Inspired' Ransom Note Mix

Reece Johnson - Let's Dance

We need "Paradise", we need it now more than ever: an island some place, a drink in hand and the sweet chimes of music in the air. Lootbeg has provided it in audio form for us on the latest release from Blaq Numbers.

@blaq-numbers

PREMIERE: Lootbeg - Paradise - Blaq Numbers

Hello gents, hope you're slowly recovering from the xmas & nye craze ! Here is the first premiere of 2016 by Cliff Lothar. We' re long fans of the man here at LYO and you must have heard some of his previous og pearls or remixes on Viewlexx, Skudge, WT, Hivern Discs or Turbo if you weren't living on the moon those two last years ! We know winter is finally here & it's time to comeback to work then hide your tears in the rain and take a big sip of Adam's ale with this H20 trip by mysterious Cliff Lothar. To be released on https://soundcloud.com/midlight on 11-01-2016

PREMIERE : Cliff Lothar - Through The Sea (MIX lll)

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Solid Steel in association with Serato (15th January) In Hour 1 we welcome AKASE, the new collaborative project between Harry Agius (better known as Midland) and Robbie Redway, and the latest artist signed to !K7 Records. Formed in Leeds, written in London and finished in Berlin under the influence of Ewan Pearson, their debut album 'Graspers' will be released on the 22nd January 2016 and available here: https://K7.lnk.to/AKASEGraspers They had this to say about their mix;
"We named this mix "Dawn Chorus". The idea was to try and soundtrack the very beginnings of the day and move through sounds and textures that are indicative of everything coming to life. Its a collection of tracks that inform where we are musically and all the points in between."

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Go to Hour 2 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-1512016-hour-2-lo-shea


Hour 1 - AKASE  https://twitter.com/akasemusic
Sand Circles	_	Distant Lights	_	Not Not Fun Records
Le Lendemain	_	Linden	_	Home Normal 
Rang’ala	_	Jomaranda	_	Honest Jon's Records
Francis Bebey	_	Forest Nativity	_	Born Bad Records 
Dorval & Devereaux	_	Heavy Hands	_	Moon Glyph
Walls	_	Voluta	_	Ecstatic
Weval	_	Thinking of	_	Kompakt 
Naum Gabo	_	Fyei	_	Magazine
Sid Le Rock	_	Naked (DJ Koze Remix)	_	Get Physical Music ‎
Percussions	_	November 2011	_	none
Manfredas	_	Square Lights (Zongamin Remix ) [Midland Edit]	_	Les Disques De La Mort
Darkstar	_	Stoke the Fire (Midland Remix)	_	Warp
Luke Abbott	_	Modern Driveway	_	Notown
Caribou	_	Niobe	_	Merge Records

Solid Steel Radio Show 15/1/2016 Hour 1 - AKASE

Stepping up to the prestigious Ransom Note mix series we have one of our favourite Scandinavian Disc Jockeys, Skatebård. The Norwegian electronic music scene seems to be awash with talent these days between the likes of the Sex Tags crew, Todd Terje, Bjorn Torske, Prins Thomas, Telephones, Röyksopp and the Full Pupp crew. There is certainly a distinct sound now running downstream from a country which wasn't previously known for its reputation in the world of Electronic music. Skatebård has been releasing music for the last fifteen years. His sound is a blend of Italo, House, Electro, Disco and beyond.

@skatebard

Skatebård: The Ransom Note Mix

Layer #76 with a guest mix by Andrew Claristidge, which starts at 01:00:00. First hour is by Serial Experiments.
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2: Andrew Claristidge mix:
@andrewclaristidge(@acid-washed, @wyn-m-records, @millefeuilles) - originally from Grenoble, member of parisian Duo ACID WASHED (Record Makers/Paris) is a composer, producer , Dj & live performer. Also a member of Los Massieras together with Hugo Capablanca and Satch Hoyt, and recently released an album 'Danser Ou Mourir'.

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Serial Experiments

Serial Experiments - L#76 | Guest Mix: Andrew Claristidge

Over the past 18 months, London based DJ Marc Hasler has slowly grown his reputation both as a successful resident and also as guest DJ across the country. Comfortable to take the limelight with peak time chug and synthwave, he undeniably excels when taking the reins early doors. With gigs last year sharing the same event space as ALFOS, Man Power and Tronik Youth, he has further festival slots lined up for the summer. We asked him to submit a fresh start to the week selection, and he did not disappoint.

Marc Hasler - The 'Monday Is Ok' Ransom Note Mix

Lauer has smashed it again with a strong bassline that soars upwards into blissful territory with choral pads and a sparkling synth melody. 

More exclusive music

Premiere: Lauer 'Kilian'

Acid Bitchez - Thinking About Acid (Zia Remix)

To inaccurately paraphrase his DJ biog, Craig Bratley is doggy, unusual and atmospheric. The man behind Magic Feet rekkids and eBay's profits on the rising trade from analogue to modular synths, he has been making us dance less awkwardly and chuckle more frequently for many years now. After a relaxing winter sojourn spent on his yacht (moored off the Gibraltan coast, near Skegness), he had his PA reach out to us with, faxing us two mixtapes. Here is the first, ripe and fruity like one of his finest vintage Blue Nun's.

Craig Bratley: The Ransom Note Mix (First Leg)

KAP is a combo between Knekelhuis and Bordello A Parigi. We love italian producer Alessandro Parisi (aka Hesperius Draco) which we invited to a party we co-organized in Batofar alongside Mick Wills some years ago. When we heard he would be involved in a new project called "Dynamite Winter Palace" with London based Timothy J Fairplay, another fave of us, we were eagerly looking forward to hear it. They found themselves in the middle of an ice cold world, opening their wintery project with the “Romance” soundtrack here premiered. The warm synth lines will single handedly set Moscow’s frozen red square on fire, epic ! Vinyl is out 15th february, go for it !

PREMIERE : Dynamite Winter Palace - Romance

Sling & Samo are the exiting duo behind the Born Free record label which resides in Stockholm. Over the last few years the pair have been releasing a vast array of weird, wonderful, oddball music: some built for the dancefloor and some certainly not. The pair are colourful characters who don't take themselves or what they do too seriously. Samo is also well known in his own right as a producer and dj having released music for the likes of LIES, The Trilogy Tapes and Public Possession but together with Sling the pair enter a new realm of musical exploration. We asked them to record a mix for us. 

Sling & Samo DJ: The Ransom Note Mix

Anders Trentemøller is one of those artists that can live up to the description of "trademark sound". Since his poll-bothering debut release in 2006 ('The Last Resort'), the Copenhagen based musician has been drawing on his love of 80s/ 90s indie and using that distinctive personal motif on his intricate electronic productions. After pioneering his own full live show he has now notched up over 300 appearances, and still found time to get to his fourth studio album. 'Fixion' was released earlier this year and sees him refine his sound, and yet add some organicity and more traditional song structure to the release. As he comes to the end of a sold-out tour, Anders has provided us with a delicate and ghostly mix for the start of your week and gives us some brief answers to some nosey questions.

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Trentemøller: The 'Monday Is Okay' Mix

Expect the unexpected. That's the philosophy Rotterdam-based DJ mad miran promotes in her DJ sets. A regular on the Dutch capital's mainstay Red Light Radio and a face behind the counter at the infamous Clone record shop, Miran has fast become one of the country's most promising DJs. 

Although she only played her first DJ set in a club a couple of years ago, she's already landed a residency at Trouw successor De School and become part of the Strange Sounds From Beyond family, seeing her name spread like wildfire and lead to a string of gigs across Europe.

We invited her to dive into her record bag for us and the result is 80 minutes of leftfield electro, raw breaks and introspective electronica. Enter into the crazy world of mad miran...

mad miran: The 'Wednesday Alternative' Mix

Amsterdam has been graced with a fearsome array of fabulous selectors and disc jockeys in recent times, the city is abuzz with experimental music and talent. 

Orpheu The Wizard has been a pivotal figure in the development of the scene, crucially helping to nurture new faces through his key role as a co founder of Redlight radio - a distinctive platform which has acted as a gateway and an open door to a new wave of music, producers and dj's. 

His own background is well versed, he's earnt his stripes and played the long game building a respectable array of musical knowledge and selective talent which he uses to entice and delight crowds across Europe and beyond. Eclectic, far reaching and multi purpose - his sets often run wild across a sprawling spectrum of sound. 

This year he will play at Love International festival, an appearance which should not be missed.

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Orpheu The Wizard: The Ransom Note Mix

Step back, this is a big one. 

Across the past couple of decades there have been very few who can attest as much influence as that of Joakim, a singular producer who has been charted as an influential figure by many of the leading producers and disc jockeys in the present.

The French outsider has amassed a notorious reputation for his eclectic style as a disc jockey and producer having released music on the likes of Versatile, Kitsuné Music, Life And Death, Crosstown Rebels and beyond. As the founder behind Tigersushi Records and Crowdspacer he has been responsible for leading a new generation of talent into the dance and has played a key role in the future development of dance and electronic music. 

As an individual his own take on music is wide and vast, not one to shy away from the alternative or experimental he has done well to channel a sprawling array of style, genre and sound across his own lengthy career and in all honesty Joakim continues to surprise and intrigue with delight. 

A Dj's dj, he is a firm favourite and we welcome him as part of the series.

Joakim: The Ransom Note Mix

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