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GUEST MIXES / PROMO MIXES

Classic Dubstep 2.0 Promo Mix - Wompa

a01.shell b01.level b02.15II
recorded @ staalman studio
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Out now at various record shops
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2301 - Untitled (2301)

D. Tyrone - Overhead

Translations w/ DJ Orbit - 04.11.23

It’s been quite some time since we last put out a mixtape on the Fuaim series, and we’re delighted to kickstart things again with a feature from NYC talent jek. Jack has been making quite the name for himself within the US scene, all the while gaining plenty of traction across the pond, with the first release of his Earth Dog Records (@earthdogbk) imprint coming out earlier this year.

Recorded live at Nowadays (@nowadaysnyc) back in September for Aurora Halal’s (@itsallhalal) residency, this mix effortlessly glides from deep & dubby tones to bouncy, pumping club tracks. It’s one of them mixes that epitomizes the development of an opening slot, maneuvering it’s way through a myriad of psychedelic textures before handing over to Maara (@maara) on the night. 

@earthdogbk

Photo by Karl Magee / Bits

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Fuaim Mix 031 | jek

a01.hold-1 a02.- a03.aliasing
b01.hold-3 b02.windmill
recorded @ staalman studio
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Out end of January
https://clonedistribution.com/release/74590

2302 - Untitled (2302)

Earth dog music

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Earth Dog with Jek @ The Lot Radio 12-13-2023

We kick off the year with an excerpt from our founder Dj wiggles' peak time set at open ground in germany back in December. A wriggly adventure through swampy half time, rolling dnb, peak-time jungle, uk bass & dubstep 🌀

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+ 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞...
I was playing in the smaller room 200 cap room (the annex) with low lighting, a booth shaped like a spaceship & the warmest sound system you can imagine.

+ 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫?
This was actually my first 3 hour set, so I knew I wanted to use the time to showcase the different sounds / tempos / styles I love, the challenge is always making it all work together.

My set time was 2.30-5.30am so I sort of saw it as a bit of a warm up and a bit of a peak time and a bit of a closing all in one, so wanted to cover more fun peak time bass-y bits, fast wormholey half time & then some deeper dubstep for the end. This excerpt is from the fast wormholey section. 

+ 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐤𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐱 / 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐠?
I used to really plan out my sets but i’ve got a lot better at being less prepared over the past year or so, I now tend to prep for multiple gigs as I go by creating an ‘ideas’ playlist for each gig & dragging tracks into it when i come across them. Then when the gig gets closer to the time I go through the playlist & refine the tracks into themes or speeds.

Having everything broken up into themes really helps me keep some structure / narrative. I like to always have a rough end point / goal to get to, especially for longer or deeper sets such as closing.

With my records I try to do the same thing & pack them in order of when I might play them throughout the night. Trying to get better at taking my records with me as I v much got out of the habit.

+ 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 / 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭?
Yes definitely, I only really get anxious for a gig when I struggle to settle on a theme / vibe. This tends to only happens for gigs where I’m a little unsure of where I fit musically though. If it’s a gig the theme is usually focussed on location / set time - so a deep / dubby warm up or a sexy peak time or maybe a deep & wiggly closing.

+ 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 / 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨?
In the UK, strange brew & the white hotel and laak in the hague oh and outra cena in lisbon actually i’ve heard that’s sick!

+ 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 & 𝐃𝐉 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐮𝐩?
A local party would be goodness, they've been putting together consistently sick lines up for a v long time. Djs I'd like to big up - Softi (@jazz_brown) & benk0 (@benkos), they both have a more psychedlic / trippy approach to blending techno & bass / dubstep together which i love.

+ 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 (𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞) 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞?
Probably an @ilian-tape night at the cause in December, it was the first time I'd had that kind of experience in a club in london in a long time. But tbh I still might not be over REEF at bergs in november yet, that @djrum closing set….

+ 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲?
Long set times, lots of haze, sound system that feels like a duvet, variety of sounds / genres, kind staff and security and the space and freedom to sit down and hang out or explore. I think this sense of freedom is something that missing at a lot of UK clubs.

+ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭?
micky pearce - numb nut / socks off

+ 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬?
a wiggly wormhole

kinetic live 02: Dj wiggles live at open ground [excerpt] 221223

Command D’s life between the urban and green surrounds of Eora/Sydney shine through in his Animalia debut with a smoked out, dubby four tracker. Diving between slinky downtempo and dance-floor driven beats, weighty bass-lines, crisp percussion and submerged pads wrap the record in a shrouded atmosphere of tension and release.

Animalia would like to acknowledge that all tracks were produced on the traditional land of the Gadigal peoples of the Eora Nation, and pay respect to their elders past, and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.

@commandd

A1: Esc
A2: Stat Point 
B1: Cycles
B2: 0 - Zone (feat. Cousin) (@secondcousins)

Artist: Command D (Charles Fester)(Sydney/ Eora, Australia) 
Title: Esc
Format: 12”
Distributed by: Clone (Rotterdam, NL)
Artwork & Design by Josh Abramovici (NYC, USA)
Mastered by The Herbalist aka Corey Kikos (Melbourne/ Naarm, Australia)

Command D - Esc (ANIMA9)

Co-founder of @airatoulouse ambient collective, French Dj and producer, William (@kheymysterio) crafted us a trance mix inspired from “moments of collective joy that can be found at summer festivals and forest parties”. 

Many exciting projects are coming for William this year: “Like a lot of people, I’ve also started to produce during the lockdown, when I finally got the time. This year will see the release of a number of collabs with artists I really like. And probably an EP by the end of the year”.

Osmura w/ Khey Mysterio 10

mon dub

Spring time calls and what better way to celebrate than pumping the sounds of the dungeon (sunlight is overrated anyway.) We are thrilled to have our first deep, dark, dangerous 140 mix on the BTRMIX series, and what better person to bring us these sounds than the king of the bunker, @thewompa

A great friend of Big Ting, Wompa has been co-running our favourite party series in Sydney for the past 5 years, and has been a further staple of Sydney’s bass music community for even longer. Expect some wonky sounds, cheeky edits, and uncompromising bass weight from this month’s mix. 

Long live deep dubstep. Long live the sounds of the dungeon.

Keep up with everything Womp-tastic here: https://www.facebook.com/thewompa/

BTRMIX 007: Wompa

Tracklist:

Amorce - 3000 Years
Kryptic Minds & Killawatt - Swung Operations
Headless Horseman - At The Gates
Monic - Viscous
Kamikaze Space Program - Type 3
Scalameriya - Fataina Metoda
Killawatt - Pressgang
Monic - Morse
Monic - Open Water
Metrist - Leviathanks
L.Sae - The West End As It Will Be
Pinch - No Justice
Wen - Road
The Eerier Child - Thir13en Ghosts
Pessimist - Pagans
Goth Trad - Amazon
Zygos - Exp.632
Monic - Habits
Vacant - Last Bus Home
Volor Flex - Gloom
Ghostek - Stolen Generation
Volor Flex - Trick or Treat

Translate Mix Series - #4 - Alec Sander

Part one of a two part promo mix series for Bass Camp. This mix is a half selector style half DJ mix that channels the vibes that were experienced at the first Bass Camp in 2016.

Part 2 coming soon - The night time mix

Bass Camp Promo Mix Pt1 - Sonny Whu & Wompa

@thewompa

Constructions 013 brings forth a pivotal figure to the growth and longevity of Sydney’s deep-rooted and ever-flourishing sound system culture. 

Over the years, local tall guy Alec Sander, aka Alex McGuigan has gone from strength to strength in Australia’s bass scene as both an artist with impeccable taste and as a promoter curating some of Sydney’s most iconic underground parties.  

Cutting his teeth in the golden-era of UK dubstep with his bass-focused alias dubbed Wompa, Alex formed the crew DUNJ with friends in 2012 which has gone on to become an integral part of the Sydney underground music scene - hosting a plethora of world-class artists in dimly lit, mostly BYO environments. 

A love for all things weird and wonderful led Alec Sander to be created - a forward-thinking vessel for broken-beat, left-field techno and various other sonic explorations - always with a focus on the deep, low-end frequencies that are synonymous with the Wompa alias.

Constructions 013 with Alec Sander - Lock in.

Location: Australia

Tracklist -

Mana - Leverage For Survival 
Pitch Black - Without The Trees
Herron - Yusumita 
Zaliva-D - Ren Xianr
Zuli - 131001G
Irazu - Shtamm 
33emybw - english 
Deapmash - Blocks
Zuli - Akhtuboot
Wants - Something Out
Anthone - Destabilize
Yak - Don Greno 
Basic Rhythm - Suburban Bass
Martyn - Recon
Scuba - Differential
Facta- Something's Gonna Happen
Al Wootton - Untitled 
Anthone - lungs
Slikback - Bantu Zen
Kercha - Forest
Abduzidub - Autumn Mid

Alec Sander | Constructions Podcast 013

DUNJ // MOOD SUPPORT // ONLY CHOICE 
BASS FOCUSSED AND BROKEN BEAT
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Built for the underground
Accepting of all

Curated by @whysufar & @djorbitsydney

Translate Mix Series - #4 - Alec Sander

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