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XLR8R Podcast 852: Robin Flux

"What is it about my music that's touching other people?" One of the forefathers of techno reflects on his legacy, the state of techno music and the city of Detroit live from IMS.

Most people in nightlife are familiar with the name Juan Atkins. One of the originators of techno, he grew up in Belleville, a middle-class suburb of Detroit, and would become one of the Belleville Three alongside Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. This first wave of Detroit techno artists was inspired by the late night emissions of radio DJ The Electrifying Mojo—a late-night presenter who famously mixed different synth music, like Krautrock and the German outfit Kraftwerk—and the writing of futurists like Alvin Toffler, who imagined a different, utopic vision of urban life and technology. 

In this keynote interview recorded live at International Music Summit in Ibiza, Atkins reflects on his roots and the musical movement that's grown from his first experiments with techno in the '80s. Returning to his adolescence, he unpacks the origins of his electro collaboration Cybotron, his solo project Model 500 (coming to Houghton this year) and his label, Metroplex, which became a blueprint for a hoard of techno imprints that would emerge in its wake. Now 61, Atkins also reflects on the broader impact music has had on his life—he has given lectures on the intersection of physics, music and spirituality—as well as the remaining stones left unturned as he enters the (very much still active) sunset in his career. Listen to the episode in full.

EX.714 Juan Atkins

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/themix014WesBaggaley

Wigan's greatest export @wes-baggaley rolls through an all-vinyl mix of EBM, deep house and acid

"This is me going against what I’m hearing in clubs at the minute. It's all-vinyl and recorded in one take — I haven't edited out any mistakes or anything, so there's a couple of crackles and pops in it, but I wanted to leave them. I’ve just moved house, so I've pulled some of my favourite records out for this mix — there’s hardly any new stuff on here. I didn’t plan any of it apart from the first track, which is from Gemini - and the last track: Throbbing Gristle’s ‘Hot On The Heels of Love’ which is my favourite track ever — for the rest I just winged it."

Tracklist + Q&A

The Mix 014: Wes Baggaley

Jose Rico 'New Life' Ethos Greece
Asphalt Layer 'Journey To The Other Place' Verdant Recordings
Retromigration & Bezzix 'Where Is The Sunshine' Tropical Disco LTD
Al Mackenzie 'Closer To God' Field Of Dreams
Ben La Desh 'Asanti' Dirt Crew
Baby Rollen 'Psychology' (Untz Mix) Echocentric
Burroughs 'Sigler' Seventh Sign
Peter Macaluso 'Take It Off (Techno Mix) Balance Recordings
Burroughs 'New Future line' Seventh Sign
Baalearic Goat 'Cerulean Cadence' Exclusive
Curved Space 'Reverie' INNATE
Karsten Pflum 'Mosefolk' CPU
Sonic Juncture 'Can"t I Just Be' (Alton Miller RMX) Dealt With Rec
Thomas Carruthers 'Psyche' Craigie Knowes
SuddI Raval 'Visual' (Dawl RMX) Ostrich Recordings
Kostas Goustas 'A Parting Gift' (RMX) Ostrich Recs
Luna Ludmis 'Hoisin Dreams' So Ha So
The Jaffa Kid 'Rism' Kulture Gallerie
Aroy Dee The Snow' Machine Cult
Nickelson 'The Pick Up' Whiskey Pickle
Zodiac Childs & 1210 'You're There' (Sound Synthesis RMX) EXALT
Fast Ram 'Computer Degenerate' Machine Cult
Zeta Reticula 'The Berlium' (Sound Synthesis RMX) Wave Function
DJ Bigspin 'Losing Control' UTTU
Stimulator Jones 'Kinda Deep' Craigie Knowes

Outta Limits Radio Show 24/5/2024

Outta Limits Radio Show With DAMO B.  Broadcast on May 24 2024

Joining us for Tapes #131 is self-confessed vinyl addict and Wigan’s finest, Wes Baggaley. For decades, he’s been familiar to promoters, record store staff and clubbers in Manchester and London, but in recent years he has become a familiar face to a much wider audience.

From 2016 to 2024 he played some of the best regarded underground parties across Europe including the legendary Panorama Bar, Frankfurt’s esteemed Robert Johnson, Munich’s Blitz and Rotte Sonne, NYC Downlow, Horse Meat Disco, Chapter 10, Adonis and many more. Written features across several leading dance music titles have appeared and Wes has done live streamed sets for Mixmag's The Lab and an extremely well received one for Boiler Room. When the Covid 19 pandemic struck Wes did a number of live streams including one for Jerome Hill’s brilliant Don’t label and one for Krake festival, both streamed live from Fold, London. He has also appeared on Berlin’s now legendary Hör and currently holds a long running residency at Bottom Heavy with Dan Beaumont at Dalston Superstore.

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@wes-baggaley

Origins Tapes 131 - Wes Baggaley

Rinse FM Podcast

Kiara Scuro - 01 June 2024

Young partygoers might know Man Power, AKA Geoff Kirkwood, as the earnest geezer going back-to-back with DJs like Ewan McVicar, Paul Woolford, La La and Skream—peak-time specialists with a fine line in boofy bangers and ravey techno. Kirkwood is also a dab hand at the kind of elliptical house and deep cut detours favored by '00s labels like DFA and Optimo.

In spite of a long track record as a producer and promoter, if you had to boil Kirkwood's work in recent years down to a single quality, it might be altruism. He hails from North Shields, a small town fringing the boundary of Newcastle in England's oft-neglected North East, and wears his heritage proudly. The Me Me Me label boss's involvement in a flurry of civic restoration, and no-filter paeans to the importance of working class involvement in culture, have become as central to his life as music-making itself. For an accomplished DJ who has played at nearly every good club you could name, that’s no small feat.

So which side of Man Power were we in for? The answer on RA.940 is: both. '60s free verse poetry, Zebra Katz, Gesaffelstein and John Carpenter in the opening stretch? Makes sense. Octave One punching through Rozalla? You got it. An extended Joe Claussell workout atop Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place"? Why not. In Kirkwood's hands, it all goes down as smooth as a pint of Newcastle Brown.

@manpower-1

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/940

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RA.940 Man Power

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/alex-albrecht

Stepping up to contribute IA MIX 383, Alex Albrecht (@melquiadesmusic) delivers a live set from the Natural Order festival in the Australian state of Victoria. Based around improvised, unreleased solo works, this is a gorgeous piece of ambient-leaning electronica. The energy of the set pulsates through your speakers, transporting you into a hypnotic, meditative journey. Alongside the podcast, Alex was kind enough to answer some of our questions and shed light on his musical background, the underground scene in Melbourne, and how the natural beauty of Australia continues to inspire his music.

IA MIX SERIES

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IA MIX 383 Alex Albrecht

In anticipation of him joining us at the club this Friday, K Lone treats us to an hour of music, featuring some of his upcoming fabric Originals releases.

RA tickets: https://ra.co/events/1910783

039 - K-Lone - fabric podcast

Roman Flugel - 08 June 2024

‘Portraits Remixed’ 12” Out Now - 
Counter Records: found.ee/portraitsrmx
iTunes: found.ee/portraitsrmx-it
Bandcamp: found.ee/portraitsrmx-bc
Spotify: found.ee/portraitsrmx-sp

Taken from 'Portraits Remixed' released 10th November 2015 on Counter Records.

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Twitter: found.ee/maribou-tw	
Soundcloud: found.ee/maribou-sc
Spotify: found.ee/maribou-sp

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counterrecords.coma
ninjatune.net

Maribou State - 'Wallflower' (Ross From Friends Remix)

This one for all the heads who like it broken'n'raw. Crazy remix by man Baltra included. Make sure to check NMSS bit more too, this dude has some heat to offer!

https://soundcloud.com/onlynemesis
https://soundcloud.com/jjuanito
https://soundcloud.com/baltra

Yoga Nidra

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NMSS - Yoga Nidra EP (incl. Baltra remix) [NV010]

Jesse Bru delight us once again with the deep & shiny 4 tracks "Heartless Love EP" released this may on UK imprint Piff Records. "Lemme Know" is opening this release with a groovy & pure 8 min deep-house track, that is worth the listen today !  

>> Jesse Bru
https://soundcloud.com/jesse-bru
https://twitter.com/jessebru1
https://www.facebook.com/jessebrumusic/

>> Piff Records
@piff-records
https://www.facebook.com/piffrecords
https://www.instagram.com/piffrecords/

Heartless Love EP (Promo)

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PREMIERE : Jesse Bru - Lemme Know [PIFF]

Bouncy feel-good number that will be in the bag for many a rooftop party this summer.

https://soundcloud.com/demuja
https://soundcloud.com/traxxunderground

Old Fashioned EP

EXCLUSIVE: Demuja - Sugar [Traxx Underground]

Full stream of DMX Krew's warped "Hip Hopeless," a cut from his new album on Hypercolour.

More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2017/08/premiere-hear-a-cut-from-dmx-krews-new-album/

@hypercolour_glasstable

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Premiere: DMX Krew - Hip Hopeless

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Premiere: DMX Krew - Hip Hopeless

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