Further information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-169-Photay

We expected Evan Shornstein aka Photay to come through with some eclectic selections for his Bleep exclusive mix, and he doesn’t disappoint. The prodigious musician and producer’s fascinations lie with different modes of hypnotism — from the grainy micro-ambient of On Hold to the outsider electronica of Waking Hours — and the broad spectrum of influences on this mix showcases his truly voracious tastes. The frosted glass soundscape of his tune ‘Roaming’ shares a textural quality with the cries of The Last Poets’ drum circle rally, while the low-slung reggae of Brigadier Jerry speaks to Photay’s own artistic proximity to dub-like production.

"Extravagant frequencies travel a great distance. To meet and harmonize. Some for the first time. " - Photay

Bleep Mix #169 - Photay

Further information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-194-murcof

The career of musician and producer Fernando Corona aka @murcof is long-running and vastly undefinable, ranging from kosmische synthesis and dubby ambient productions to electroacoustic composition and post-rock. His latest double album The Alias Sessions is a breathtaking record of crushingly beautiful compositions from an artist operating with aspirational vision. It’s a no-brainer then that his exclusive Bleep mix is just as genre-agnostic, acting as a whistle-stop tour of his nearest and dearest (for now, at least). We begin with goth-twinged dream pop from This Mortal Coil, the darkest corners of which bleed into the cinematic electronica of Cyan as we later jump continents with an abundance of global pop -- German synth chart-toppers and Japanese torch songs included.

Bleep Mix #194 - Murcof

Further information: https://bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-207-ryan-james-ford

"It's a very special journey for Bleep, sound tracking a late-night highway drive or for an epic positive comedown journey at the afters. It's all unreleased and probably unheard tunes from me." - @ryanjamesford

Bleep Mix #207 - Ryan James Ford

Further Information: https://bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-221-Datassette

"This mix is all about that 160bpm+ energy that first inspired me to make music. Around 1996 — to me at least, with the advantages of teenage naïvety — it seemed like electronic music had burst into a whole new tempo range, where there were no rules and anything was possible - as long as it BELTS (which is still true). If you go beyond 200 BPM, you reach that zone where 16th notes start to dissolve into 32nds and your brain latches onto a whole new outer layer of rhythm, like a fractal or temporal shepard tone. There is still much to be discovered!" - @datashat

Bleep Mix #221 - Datassette

If you've been checking anything from our Big Payback series, to the TekHedz projects, The Solar Panel and pretty much most of our in-house compilations over the last three years, then you'll be no stranger to the sounds of The Lion ranger. Although a couple of albums deep alongside his partner Jister, TLR would now like to share his first instrumental album and MJM solo debut with you all. 

Expect some well executed sample based production mixed with electronic composition that takes you on a journey through sound within a chilled out and thought provoking atmosphere. 

"Special love goes out to The Lioness & The Pride for the continual love and support, and huge respect to Gadget and all the talented Millennium Jazz family." - The Lion Ranger 

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For full track listing click here: https://bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-112--klone

K-LONE’s Cape Cira LP is one of the prettiest records you’ll hear all year in techno or any other genre. The Wisdom Teeth boss created a verdant sonic world on that album, one where rippling beats came drenched in sun-dappled atmospheres and melodies that evoked palm trees swaying in a breeze. On this exclusive mix, @k-lone93 lets us in on some of the music that inspired the record. The mix’s first half largely eschews dancefloor pulses in favour of dreamy flushes of sound - while there are some gently danceable numbers in here from the likes of DJ Python and Duckett, the entries around them emphasise new-age-inspired textures in a manner that draws a clear line to Cape Cira. We then enter a territory of coy techno and micro-house throbs, one where Jan Jelinek’s ‘Rock In The Video Age’ sets the tone, before blissing out with pure ambiences at the mix’s close. 

"This mix is a selection of cuts from my favourite albums I was listening to around the time of writing Cape Cira, mostly the sort of stuff for listening to at home rather than the club. Featuring music from Leif, Steve Reich, Loidis, Duckett, Kelly Lee Owens, Pole, Jan Jenelik, Don't DJ & Visible Cloaks."

Bleep Mix #112 - K-LONE

Full tracklist: https://bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-131-Forest-Drive-West

Forest Drive West goes deep on this contribution to Bleep’s mix series. While the blends here may move through a variety of tempos, this is an hour of music schooled in dub science and cloaked in thick, trippy textures. The first third of the mix sees Forest Drive West running at dancehall tempo, delivering ultra-heavy dubwise riddims which will delight anyone who’s dug the techno dancehall sound of labels like Gobstopper and Livity Sound in recent years. The mid-section takes the listener even deeper, dubbing out in the African Head Charge style, before Forest Drive West emerges with some thrilling experimental jungle in the mix’s second half.

"This mix contains a lot of forthcoming and unreleased music, remixes from friends, new discoveries and some old favourites" - Joe Baker/Forest Drive West

Bleep Mix #131 - Forest Drive West

Further Information: https://bleep.com/features/Bleep-Mix-141-Kutmah

Kutmah turns in a mind-blowing, horizon-expanding set of anti- sonics and punk vitality on his Bleep mix. The multi talented producer/DJ delivers an endlessly bracing range of music across ninety minutes here. The common threads that run through these selections are more aesthetic than sonic - this is a collection of scuzzy, confrontational, thrilling music. Genre-wise, Kutmah takes in everything from minimal-wave to industrial music to futurist Batida to Sinead O’Connor here. Unwound, Cabaret Voltaire, The Bug and Hudson Mohawke are just a handful of the other artists who feature in this frankly incredible mix.

Bleep Mix #141 - Kutmah

Further Information: https://bleep.com/features/Bleep-Mix-142-Pole

Pole’s Stefan Betke journeys through dub-techno, ambient and an array of spiritual music styles on his wide-ranging Bleep mix. Those aforementioned genres have always been a clear influence on Pole’s deep, weighty electronic compositions, and as such it’s no surprise to find several Pole originals among the track listing here - indeed, Betke sets the tone by beginning with Pole’s grainy ambient-techno track ‘Modul’. With these Pole productions anchoring the blends we are then free to journey off into passages of mind-expanding spirituality - for instance in the mid-section, which features tracks from Lou Reed/John Cale and Sun Ra, or the contemplative roots reggae tunes which are included in the mix’s home straight.

"I should be standing in a venue talking shit after a live show but instead i am sitting at home on my sofa. I feel a bit lost at the moment, no chatting in bars, no live shows. But i am happy. Very happy and in a good situation. I can still make music, work in my studio in Berlin and I made this selection of tracks for our friends at Bleep. This mix includes some older music which is in my record shelf for ages already and some new music which will stay in my record shelf for ages. Inspiring music and music for the soul. I hope you will enjoy listening. Stay well." - Pole aka Stefan Betke

Bleep Mix #142 - Pole

Further information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-148-sumgii-blah-records-label-mix

On this Blah Records label mix, DJ/producer SUMGii takes the listener on a deep dive into the catalogue of the beloved alternative hip-hop imprint. Across more than an hour of music here the listener is guided through a world of off-kilter breaks, blunted atmospherics and enigmatic bars. SUMGii’s elegant blends ensure that tempo stays in the pocket throughout - this is one that will have your head nodding and toes tapping, but the lackadaisical BPMs also allow plenty of time to contemplate the floetry of the MCs. Lee Scott, Milkavelli and former SUMGii collaborator Nah Eeto are among the tracklisting here.

Bleep Mix #148 - SUMGii - Blah Records Label Mix

Further information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-158-Pye-Corner-Audio

Pye Corner Audio takes us to the pleasure zone on his second Bleep mix. These blends see low-slung techno grooves, new-wave electronics and psychedelic rhythm tracks broken up by jaunts into more weightless territories. Beginning with The Human League’s still-seminal ‘Being Boiled’, Pye Corner Audio subsequently uses tracks by artists such as Julianna Barwick and Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini as palette cleansers between rollers from Talaboman, Actress and the like. Throw in a smattering of Pye Corner Audio’s own remixes, a recent remix of GLOK by the legend Andrew Weatherall and an exclusive, previously-unheard track, and it all adds up to an immensely pleasing hour of music.

“This mix is a selection of favourites, old and new, a couple of my remixes and an exclusive unheard track. Trying to keep the optimism levels high on this one! Here’s to 2021” - Pye Corner Audio

Bleep Mix #158 - Pye Corner Audio

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