It's been a few years since we first invited the illusive Frank Butters to contribute to our Influences series, but still he remains somewhat shrouded in mystery, however we're pretty sure that's exactly the way he likes it.

Now here's what we do know... As well helming the label Too Many Squares, and contributing to Man Power's Me Me Me label with two proto-influenced machine jams, he's also been tipped by Felix Dickinson as being a very good DJ and collector. 

He hasn't done a mix for seven whole years but after hearing Serial Error's 'Drum Abuse' (a bloody good song) he felt compelled to put one together. Lucky for us, and you, he selected our fine publication as the host for said mix, so lock on, lock in and "let the music do the talking"...

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Frank Butters: The 'Ransom Note' Mix

--2025--
19/01: Lion & Lamb, London [RESCHEDULED]
01/02: Old Red Bus Station, Leeds
01/03: Mugpie x Persona, Leeds w/ Kyle Toole
21/03: Levitation, Freedom Mills, Leeds w/ Sybil
21/04: Art Of Dark, London w/ Matthias & Raph Carrau
26/04: D.B.A, Manchester w/ Nathalie Seres
04/05: Mugpie, Leeds w/ Craig Richards
23/05: Paradise Garden, Cardiff
25/05: Levitation, Freedom Mills, Leeds
05/06: Eastern Bloc, Manchester w/ April
11/07: Funk In The Forest, Wales
26/07: Persona, Manchester
15/08: remote., Manchester
14/09: Persona, Manchester w/ Walrus & Olita
27/09: Mugpie 10th Bday, Leeds w/ Ivan Smagghe
03/10: Pastry Selects, London
04/10: Squares, London w/ Niff & Penelope
17/10: dopostampa, Paris
07/11: TBA, Barcelona w/ Torrent
21/11: TBA, London
11/12: OTC x Mugpie, Manchester
31/12: TBA, Manchester

--2024--
26/01: Highhat, Liverpool
01/03: The Loft, Manchester w/ Onur Ozer & Brasi
16/03: Mugpie, Leeds w/ Fonte
29/03: Pic N Mix, Leeds w/ Omar
06/04: Soup, Manchester
13/04: Kinetik, Marseille w/ DJ Tree
14/04: FunkOn, Paris w/ Penelope & Atree
19/04: Outlaws Yacht Club, Leeds
20/04: D.B.A, Manchester
26/04: Pushback, Newcastle
11/05: D.B.A, Manchester (Day)
11/05: Remote, Manchester w/ Liquid Earth (Night)
24/05: Golden Lion, Todmorden
25/05: Imaginarium, Leeds
26/05: Manifesto, Leeds
07/06: Flying Colors, London
14/06: TBC, Romania
14/07: The Glove That Fits, London
26/07: Stage & Radio, Manchester
27/07: Common Street Party, Manchester
10/08: SOUP, Manchester
25/08: Ramona, Manchester
29/08: poweredbyREC. Liverpool
14/09: Imaginarium, Leeds
21/09: Bass In The Place, Manchester
28/09: Mugpie 9th Bday, Leeds w/ DJ Masda
29/09: Club Cosmos, Leeds
01/11: LEGRAM x Lumbago, Lyon w/ Matthias
07/11: All My Friends, London w/ Practical [RESCHEDULED]
08/11: Fire, London
23/11: Pressure, Cluj, Romania
07/12: TBC, Barcelona

--2023--
18/02: Mugpie, Leeds w/ Kyle Toole
04/03: Fifty, Leeds w/ Sam Padden
24/03: Truelove, Leeds
09/04: Mugpie, Leeds w/ Sugar Free & Vass
05/05: Pic N Mix, Leeds w/ Tommy Pickles
07/05: Mint Warehouse, Leeds w/ Ricardo Villalobos & Quest
20/05: Foehn, Paris w/ Ika, P.O (Live) & Walrus
02/06: Wire, Leeds w/ Francesco Del Garda
03/06: Persona, Manchester
10/06: IF Rooftop, Leeds
24/06: Club Der Visionaire, Berlin
13/07: Distrikt, Leeds
22/07: Loft Manchester w/ Voigtmann & Truly Madly
29/07: Imaginarium, Leeds w/ Adam Shelton
05/08: Mugpie 8th Birthday, Leeds w/ Binh
05/10: Eastern Bloc, Manchester
14/10: All My Friends, London
20/10: Wire, Leeds w/ Evan Baggs
11/11: Birmingham TBC
18/11: Closer, Kyiv
08/12: On The Button, Leeds
16/12: Mugpie, Leeds w/ LEGRAM
22/12: The Loft, Manchester w/ Laurine & Cecilio
29/12: Outlaws Yacht Club, Leeds
31/12: NYE Extravaganza, Manchester

--2022--
31/01: 212, Leeds
12/02: Mugpie, Leeds w/ Nicolas Lutz
05/03: outransa. London @ Star Lane
19/03: Distrikt, Leeds w/ Omar 
17/04: Golden Lion, Todmorden w/ Bushwacka
13/05: Mugpie, Leeds w/ Enrica Falqui
21/05: Golden Lion, Todmorden
17/06: Mugpie 7th Bday w/ Francesco Del Garda
25/06: Headrow House, Leeds
09/07: Distrikt, Leeds w/ Matthias
19/08: Distrikt, Leeds w/ Nicolas Lutz
28/08: Summer Of Love Festival, Manchester [CANCELLED]
03/09 | Opia, Leeds w/ Jorge EB & Jimmy Batt
08/09 | EOS Radio, Frankfurt w/ N.J Quist
16/09 | Wire, Leeds w/ 96 Back
17/09 | Partial, Manchester w/ Junki Inoue [POSTPONED]
07/10 | Huck, Manchester w/ Matthias
08/10 | Real Interactions, Leeds w/ Hicham & Vass
14/10 | Silbergold, Frankfurt
15/10 | Mugpie, Leeds w/ Evan Baggs & Unai Trotti
29/10 | LEGRAM, Switzerland w/ Onur Ozer
05/11 | Penda, Birmingham w/ Colin Lewis Oxley

--2021--
17/04: Distrikt, Leeds
22/05: NARR Radio
19/06: Mugpie @ Distrikt, Leeds
21/06: Mint Warehouse, Leeds 
03/07: Ponder, Newcastle [POSTPONED]
10/07: The Cause, London w/ Z@P & Quest [POSTPONED]
18/07: System, Mint Warehouse
24/07: Pushback, Newcastle [POSTPONED]
29/07: Multistories, Leeds
31/07: Mugpie @ Distrikt, Leeds w/ Jos
21/08: truelove, Leeds
22/08: Summer Of Love Festival, Manchester
25/08: Puglia, Italy [POSTPONED]
28/08: The Cause, London
16/10: Dirty Disco, Leeds w/ Bushwacka
31/12: 212, Leeds

--2020--
07/02: Distrikt, Leeds w/ Quest & Max Vaahs
29/02: Mint Warehouse, Leeds w/ Ricardo Villalobos & The Ghost
04/04: Distrikt, Leeds w/ Vera [CANCELLED]
16/04: Sass Club Vienna  [CANCELLED]
03/05: 512 London w/ Vass  [CANCELLED]
24/05: TDF Garden Party [CANCELLED]
06/06: Butter Side Up w/ Margaret Dygas [CANCELLED]
25/07: Wire, Leeds [CANCELLED]
26/07: Distrikt, Leeds
30/08: Cartulis Showcase w/ Z@P Unai Trotti + more, Leeds [CANCELLED]
19/09: Mugpie, Distrikt Leeds
26/09: Le Gram Lausanne, Switzerland w/ The Ghost
17/10: Ponder, Newcastle [CANCELLED]
31/10: Beatnik, Manchester w/ Truly Madly [CANCELLED]
/11: Distrikt, Leeds 

--2019--
02/02: Distrikt, Leeds w/ Junki Inoue
08/02: The Lantern  w/ IDLES
04/04: Distrikt, Leeds w/ Laurine 
25/04: LEGRAM, Lausanne
24/05: Leeds w/ DJ Koolt
31/05: 5A Club, Porto w/ Joao Manata
04/06: Europa, Lisbon w/ Joe Delon
15/06: Dig Deep, Newcastle w/ Sean Galvin + Vassalo
27/07: The Hills Festival, Derbyshire
13/08: Distrikt, Leeds w/ Gene On Earth
21/09: Distrikt Leeds w/ Francesco Del Garda, Christian AB + KRN
25/10: Distrikt 10th Birthday w/ Sonja Moonear
28/11: Polaris Festival Afterparty w/Nicolas Lutz
26/12: The Lantern: Heavy Petting
31/12: Joshua Brooks, Manchester

--2018--
09/03:  Distrikt Leeds w/ The Ghost
30/03: Dig Deep, Newcastle
18/04: KMAH Radio w/ Bobby O'Donnell
04/05: Distrikt, Leeds w/ Zendid
12/05:  Mass, Leeds w/ Alex Picone & 100hz (Pre-Party)
01/06: Stage & Radio, Manchester
30/06: Distrikt, Leeds w/ Binh, Lamache & Phil Evans
13/07: HHV Festival, Derbyshire
01/09: Distrikt, Leeds
14/09: Wire, Leeds w/ Harry Mcanna
03/10: Distrikt, Leeds w/ Alexandra & Nico Etorena
01/12: Verbier, Switzerland w/ Lamache
14/12: Distrikt, Leeds w/ KRN

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