Innershades - Heritage Vol 2 (Altered Circuits)

 

Title: Heritage Vol. 2

Artist: Innershades

Label: Altered Circuits

Cat Number: ALT023

Genre: Evocative Sleaze

1: Mind State

2: System Breach

3: Fuse Memory

4: Rhythm Composer

I guess if anything it falls into the loosely-categorised compartment of “club music”, currently used as a coverall for the dark, the seedy and the messy, then this might be a good example. The kick is stronger on ‘Mind State’ and ‘Rhythm Composer’, with the latter running away with itself into the hills of trance. ‘System Breach’ and ‘Fuse Memory’ are lighter, and a little slower. There are certain motifs that cover most bases here though. Such as the electronic barrel organ sound that Innershades seems to be particularly fond of. This dominates ‘Mind State’ particularly and pops up sporadically on tracks 2 and 3. It has arpeggios in its DNA. There’s a very euro disco through the looking glass feel to the whole release which is a very good thing. However, a little bit more variation on a theme would be nice.

Anne Clark - Our Darkness (Dark Entries)

Title: Our Darkness

Artist: Anne Clark

Label: Dark Entries

Cat Number: DE-340

Genre: Electro Disco

1: Our Darkness (Remix)

2: Our Darkness (Dub Mix)

3: Our Darkness (Razormaid Mix)

4: Sleeper In Metropolis (Extended Remix)

5: Poem For A Nuclear Romance

I have to confess that this is a new one on me, whether or not it was played in the clubs I used to frequent in mid 80s Liverpool. A very minimal, dense and autodidactic piece of work. The vocal is spoken and comes across as somewhere between a proclamation and a poem, delivered in such a way as to amplify the pain between the lines.This type of stuff has always been appealing on the discerning dancefloor, the one that treads a fine line between hope and despair. So, It’s easy to see how it was so influential in the early Chicago and Detroit scenes. There’s not much variety between the three versions here btw. ‘Sleeper In Metropolis’ goes down a similar path, utilising slowed down breakbeats and an intense, arpeggiated synth. ‘Poem For A Nuclear Romance’ terminates this release and is very much of its time. I’m glad I didn’t hear this at the height of the cold war. Maybe play it before watching ‘Threads’, just to get in the mood?

 

Track Of The Day: The Slits - So Tough (Island)

 

Still sounding fresh today, ‘So Tough’ appeared on ‘Cut’ and has funk in spades. The rest of the world is still catching up with stuff like this, in spite of it being almost fifty years old. And if there is one group which was ahead of the curve at this time it was The Slits. No other quartet playing at that time made light of such a wide range of influences and, in the process, managed to fuse them into something unique. The Pop Group would not have existed without them, nor the next generation of DIY beat combos. Their influence runs deep and they aren’t lauded enough.

Track Of The Day: System 7 - Alphawave (Plastikman's Acid House Remix) (Butterfly)

 

Here are gentle hippie folk System 7, aka Steve Hillage and Martine Giraudy, getting theremin treatment from Plastikman, aka Richie Hawtin, at the height of his powers. There’s something so satisfying about the sound that comes from the 303 on this track. It’s ust a kick and a long drawn out acidic squelch until the handclaps come in, and they sound magnificent too. This is big room techno before the concept existed, but the beauty of it is is it’s excellent. Not a loopy cop out. And once the hi-hats come in at around4 minutes there’s no going back. The intensity just builds and builds. Layer upon layer of sound battering you into submission. And yet it manages to remain eternally funky.

Track Of The Day: Robert Hood - Museum (Axis)

 

From the ‘Minimal Nation’ double pack on Axis that I discovered while leafing through the disorganised boxes in Salinas, a record shop in Montmartre in the early nineties. Tracks like ‘Museum’ defined Robert Hood’s artistic vision at the time and usher din a whole new approach to techno which was undeniably from Detroit, but darker, more introspective, funky and subtle. ‘Museum’ is probably most notable for its elastic approach to syncopation. So much is done with singular elements in this track. Less is more innit.

Track Of The Day: Peace Division - Feel My Drums (Fuju)

 

If Peace Division are known for anything, it’s for their all-out percussive bombs, most of which coincided with the west coast tribal tech house boom at the turn if the century. ‘Feel My Drums’ sort of eponymously explains this. Like a lot of the tracks of the time it sounds better pitched down. Even doing this doesn’t distract from the sonic maelstrom that you find yourself in the middle of though. The drums are the sharpest tool in the box here, with the other elements ranging from the dub, to the parasitic, synthetic embellishments that provide focal points throughout. This was made more than twenty years ago and the magnitude of this sound has never been replicated.

Track Of The Day: Holloware Squad - Surface Intention (Emissions Static)

 

An incredible, early piece of work from Carl Finlow, amongst others. ‘Surface Intention’ is the AA side to the magnificent ‘Moonax’. It’s a brooding, intergalactic monster whose power is in its restraint. I mean the drums don’t kick in until around half way through. It’s all about rewarding the listener, but it is also a bit of a tease. I like tracks where the different elements seem to have been atomised. Everything here feels like constituent base element meltdown. This what happens when you attempt to put a tune in a centrifuge and then try and make sense of it while your head is still spinning.

Track Of The Day: Sweater - Feelings Of The Future (Omnidisc)

 

It’s great when a track sums up its title in such a contradictory way. ‘Feelings Of The Future’ is one such expression. This would have been appropriate in the mid eighties, around the time I visited Berlin for the first time, (about to go for the second this June), and the cold war was in full swing. Not that I was A space-age synth disco connoisseur at that time. That would have made life more interesting. It did seep through though, from time to time. And whether or not I was immersed in it, this track IS it. The “looking back to look forward” aesthetic distilled into fine freaky minutes.

Track Of The Day: E.R.P. - Multipole Vector ll (We're Going Deep)

 

This has recently been released on the excellent We’re Going Deep’ which is overseen by Paul Wise, aka Stasis. The back catalogue is pretty special, so getting Gerard Hanson to contribute is the cherry on top of what has been released so far. All of the tracks are more than worth your while, and I’ve chosen this one because it underscores a lot of what makes Hanson such an outstanding producer. The elements within; sinister growling base, spacial awareness of sound, the disparate flourishes and embellishments which gather around the space but never seem to crowd it out, and the momentum it has, which isn’t always apparent in electro, but is definitely one of Hanson’s calling cards, all contribute to make this track unmistakably one of his. Tracks like this soundtrack our dreams and our imagination And although this is a reworking of one which is nearly twenty years old, it still sounds like the future.

Track Of The Day: Jay Tripwire - What Kind Of Voodoo? (Big Chief)

 

One of many tracks that Jay Tripwire has made over the years, and also one that perhaps typifies more than most a very particular era in house music. This tribal sound, imported mainly from the west coast of America, was everywhere around 25 years ago. You do have to wade through the tech house marshes to extract the good stuff however. So many labels and artists, but maybe only a handful were producing this sound with any real flair. It was absolutely huge in clubs like Wiggle and its various offshoots, and is having its day again. I guess the essence of it is fusing tribal percussion with dub and a thick low end. There are plenty of mutations though. Anyway, this is a lovely piece of work so get the drugs out and throw some shapes.

Track Of The Day: cv313 Plays Mike Huckaby - Our Life With The Wave (Intrusion Dub) (Echospace)

 

A lovely, sensurround dub excursion. Mike Huckaby, who died in 2020, left a wonderful legacy and this eloquent piece of abstract dance flies on the energy generated by its own sonic emissions. It’s another one of those tracks that you can get completely lost in and which unravels slightly differently each time. It’s make up a multitude of inflections based upon whatever you happen to be thinking about.

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Track Of The Day: Blue Muse vs Studio Nova - Guerilla Tactics (Zodiak Music)

 

I remember buying this from Tag Records in Rupert Court many moons ago, It was a regular haunt for me and Mark Collings was as responsible as anyone for emptying my pockets of disposable income. It’s nothing remarkable, but its tribal overtones and wild pitch veneer make it pretty irresistible, One of those to break out as a slightly more interesting functional piece of sonic topsoil.

Track Of The Day: Air - Le Soleil est press de Moi (Source Lab)

 

Paris in the mid 90s was such a fertile bed of creativity and productivity were electronic music was concerned. And in amongst all of the house and filter disco there was also a very strong trip hop scene. Air sort of came along via that, while remains completely unique amongst it all. And this track, with its woozy ambience and cinematic scope feels like an abstract beat venture encased in amber. Frozen in time but still encompassing more than its era. A great track that sort of folds in on itself. Very introspective and made for a non specific headspace, while still having a universal feel. Dopplereffekt stepped up to remix duties, which sort of seals its magnificence.

Track Of The Day: Dayglo Maradona - Rock Section (Faber & Faber)

 

Dayglo Maradona was Andrew Weatherall and Julian Cope, each of who turn in a version of the same track on this release. It’s Lord Sabre’s remix being featured today though. ‘Rock Section’ being named after the main protagonist of Cope’s awful ‘One Three One’, “A Time-Shifting Gnostic Hooligan Road Novel”. I say awful because up to tied time it’s possibly the worst book I’ve ever read. And saying it needs a good edit isn’t the half of it. Anyway, no such issues with this superior piece of shape-shifting psychedelic chug, that just unravels and unravels, doing its thing in amongst the multitudes. Maybe I need to revisit the novel, after all I did finish it.

Track Of The Day: The KLF - Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard (KLF Communications)

 

Absolutely swatted after running the Cambridge Half Marathon earlier today. So here’s something that’s going to finish me off and see through that slide into oblivion. I have to cook a roast first though so, in for a penny.

Colin Dale - Abstrakt Dance Show - 05.03.2026

 

Track Of The Day: Big Audio Dynamite - E = MC2 (CBS)

 

Odd to think that Mick Jones’ Big Audio Dynamite was the only post Clash project to emerge with any credibility or lasting legacy. This particular track was huge, and is apparently inspired by the films of Nick Roeg, the verses each reference specific films and the spoken word samples come from ‘Performance’. Anyways, it’s a nice piece of work and takes my back to 1991 when I was at Rutgers University in New Jersey and BAD played an open air gig on the campus, along with The Farm and Downtown Science. Memires are incredibly hazy, but I was definitely there. There is an extended remix of this track ,but it’s not that much longer than the original. So, it’s another one crying out for an edit innit. And why not a future ALFOS classic? Or has it already done its time there?

Track Of The Day: Baris K - 200 (The Asphodells Remix) ([Emotional Especial])

 

The Asphodells, aka Andrew Weatherall and Timothy J. Fairplay, pimp ‘200’ by Baris K into some sort of transcendental accompaniment  to a parallel universe Turkish Delight ad. This is distilled Convenanza. Understated, layered and mystical. If you’re out and about, stick this on.

Track Of Yesterday: Federsen - Solstice (Syncrophone)

 

This track came out yesterday I think so, as it’s been a while, I made good use of Bandcamp Friday and bought the EP. This is the pick of the bunch because it drives that little bit more and uses bongoes, keys and a subtle spoken phrase to help it along. These motifs are important and underrated. More to the point, Federsen is a great producer and Syncrophone is one of the most vital labels in recognising and releasing underground tunes that span a depth spectrum wider than  the Mariana Trench.

Track Of The Day- Adapta - Vohx Continues (Frustrated Funk)

 

Great record win which each separate element seems to be doing its own thing, yet everything falls together. The 303 is probably the dominant element, but the portentous synth swirls heighten the drama and eventually come to dominate just as much. There’s a feeling of collision on this track, between the past and the present. The old and the modern. Adapta was, I think, Bitstream straight outta Northampton Not too far away from where I’m typing these words as the crow flies. Amazing music. When will there be more?

Track Of The Day: Ultraviolet - Union (Stacey Pullen Remix) (Music Man)

A massive track on the 90s South London/Croydon tech house warehouse axis. Stacey Pullen was one of the premium remixers around this time, even if he didn’t do that many 9quality over quantity for sure). After Silent Phase he didn’t do that much under his own name anyway. However, what he did do is memorable. This remix interweaves at least three percussive motifs with an undulating low end synth as well as high end melodic squeaks. Sounds shite? Well it’s ace. I saw him DJ twice. Once at The Rex inn Paris, and at Space at Bar Rhumba. Amazing both times.

Spring 2026 paul-mitchell

 

paul-mitchell · Spring 2026

Track Of The Day: Projekt PM - When The Voices Come (Kay Kay Mix) (Guidance)

 

Track Of The Day- The Hacker: Fadin Away (Heinrich Mueller Remix) (Good Life)

Hitting its stride somewhere between Italo, Kraftwerk and a very DIY aesthetic; this remix for the Hacker from Heinrich Mueller is yet another example of the latter’s versatility and a great example of a track turned inside out by its reinterpretation. The original being a very passable piece of electro with a wistful undertow, something that the remix remodels and amplifies.

Coyote Live Bodega Feb '26

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ani/live Eighty Two: Kia & livwutang @ pe:rsona

 

Animalia · ani/live Eighty Two: Kia & livwutang @ pe:rsona

Track Of The Day: Chaos - Afrogermanic (UR)

 

‘Afrogermanic’ is definitely one of those tracks that sounds a bit better pitched up. A sort of Detroit homage to Kraftwerk innit. So many layers and so heavy. It’s a real contrast because, in spite of this, it still manages to feel floaty and airy. I guess that is all down to the swathes of ambient noise that inhabit the gaps in the groove. It’s also far too short and could do with a couple more transcendent minutes. An amazing piece of electro that sounds like nothing else.

Track Of The Day: Population One - Computer Rights (Harbour City Sorrow)

 

One of the most chaotic tracks I’ve heard. If music is a reflection of the mind then Terrence Dixon could possibly use some therapy. Then again, I might be talking complete bollocks. This is a meandering, drunken, sonic voyage that overspills at times, only to reign itself in. It’s an absolute bugger to mix as well. Even the sync button will find this a challenge.. The world was a different place back in 2012 when this came out on Frustrated Funk offshoot Harbour City Sorrow. Terrence Dixon followed this up with, amongst other things, the minimal series of releases on Reduction. This is anything but minimal. However, the various elements which make it up are sounds that are characteristic if those later used. Always an interesting producer and one who often slides under the radar of most. 

Track Of The Day: Unknown Artist - A2 (Primitive)

Around twenty-twenty five years ago (said in the voice of the harry Enfield character), Swag, aka Chris Duckenfield and Richard Brown, were a veritable underground hit factory, their sound founded on funk, breaks, tribal beats and hedonism. And this is a great example of their sound. Incredibly clean, bottom heavy and with a sound the ricochet’s throughout that sounds like an octopus juggling and sharpening knives. It’s definitely them, even though they don’t say it is. Primitive was their label for tools and a distillation of the style that had seen them become remixers du jour, as well as extremely accomplished headline artists. I still have almost all of their stuff and it has dated very well indeed. There’s still a place for them at the head of the table.

RDC 096 - Helena Hauff

 

Rainbow Disco Club · RDC 096 - Helena Hauff

Track Of The Day: The Pop Group - Rob A Bank (Rough Trade)

 

One from the recesses of the mind. I played this for the first time in maybe 35 years the other day and immediately everything came rushing back. The various bedrooms of my youth and their smoke-filled ambience. Having said that, there was always a constant debate in progress within those autodidactic confines. One of those tunes made for squats. We were all anarchists back then. 

Track Of Yesterday: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (Blue Note)

 

This track is everything that I’m not at the moment. Energetic, effervescent, full of vim and vigour. In contrast to its vitality I am a proper wet lettuce, having laboured under the misapprehension of being alive for the past week or so. Nothing lasts forever, so that’s nice. In the meantime get this tune. It’s bursting at the seams. Typical Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. Constantly in full flow. Love the tribal interlude that starts between 4-5 minutes.

Track Of The Day: Convextion- Kuiper (a.r.t.less)

 

This is one I didn’t have when it was originally released, so a.r.t.less did the business and released a double pack on coloured vinyl a couple of years ago that compiles the first two two Convextion releases on Matrix, the other being ‘Miranda Remixes’. (There is also ‘E.P.’ by E.R.P. currently going for a king’s ransom over on Discogs). As Gerard Hanson adopts a more tecchy approach for Convextion, that’s what you get here. Eight or so minutes of sublime, interstellar machine funk which takes its cues from everywhere that matters and ends up being completely original. It feels very much influenced by European techno, particularly that from the UK and The Nehtherlands at the time, rather than Detroit. However, the sci-fi vibe that creeps through from time to time definitely echoes some of Jeff Mills contemporary productions.

Track Of The day: Scientist -Drum Song Dub (Clocktower Records)

 

Elemental dub from Scientist. The first track from ‘Scientific Dub’, one which I didn’t have. The reggae racks in Reaction Records New Brighton used to heave under the weight of Scientis albums, with their comic book covers. ‘Scientst Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires’ was my favourite, but I also had a lot of time for ‘Scientist Meets The Space Invaders’. ‘Scientific Dub’ drafted Augustus Pablo in on piano, as well as Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett on guitar, and Robbie Shakespeare on bass, so has maybe a more star studded line up than some of the other dub albums. Not that I ever used to pay that much attention to detail back then.

Track Of The Day: The coastal Commission - Bring Down the Walls (Pacific Coast House Recordings)

 

Superior minimal/dubby west coast house from the turn of the century. So much good music came from that region around that time. All of the trailblazing tribal house on the likes of Siesta and Tango, and then the more purist house on this short-lived label, and others like Tweekin’. The coastal Commission was a chap called Sam Robson, whose career seems to run in parallel with the longevity of Pacific Coast House, and other splinter labels. Apparently about to get a new leash of life sometime soon. And nI guess by more purist house what I’m doing is separating the likes of this from those other labels which relied on a highly percussive, intense sound. This is almost the opposite. However, it’s not Kerri Chandler.

All Night Long at Cobalt Studios 30.01.26

 

MANFREDAS · All Night Long at Cobalt Studios 30.01.26

Track Of The Day: Starlight [Intrusion's Unreleased Tape Session]

 

This is free on Bandcamp at the moment, so there’s absolutely no excuse not to own it. Wonderful, sinister ambient dub that is fit for any occasion. Weddings, bar mitzvahs, you name it, there’s a place for it. Could this be the backdrop for a new interpretation of ‘West Side Story’ in which the aJets and The Sharks fight in slow-motion to this Beatles morass? Sort of like ‘The Matrix’ meets ‘Bugsy Malone’? What waffle.

Lewski - Rotational Drift (United Identities)

 

Title: Rotational Drift

Artist: Lewski

Label: United Identities

Cat Number: UI017

Genre: Electro

1: Rotational Drift

2: NaddD

If I’m correct, and I often am, ‘Rotational Drift’ marks something of a return to action for Lewski, not having put anything out for a few years now. Anyway, this is a double header of redoubtable quality. It’s quite fast, uptempo electro, but not straying into the excessively rapid and so preserving its funkiness. Both tracks showcase a multilayered, imaginative approach to beat pharmacy which reveals itself on continual listenings. The title track has a very appealing, soaring synth that feels raw on top of the angular beats and below the vocal stabs. ‘NaddD’ is a little bit more in control of itself, but no less powerful going for the jugular with the concave, synthetic steel bass drum balanced with a sense of the infinite relayed through a sonic sleight of hand that makes it feel like your floating in space. These tracks are way too short though. They’re an endless source of fascination.

Luxus Varta - Noise Figure (Shipwrec)

 

Title: Noise Figure

Artist: Luxus Varta

Label: Shipwrec

Cat Number: #Ship076

Genre: Electro

A1: Building Peaks

A2: Lizardous

B1: Silver Girl

B2: The Resetter

The latest release from Annecy’s finest Luxus Varta, finds him on Dutch label Shipwrec for the first time since 2017’s ‘Aquamarine Puzzle’. The world was a very different place then and, I think it’s fair to say, this release is also a little bit different from Mr Varta’s previous efforts. There’s still an underlying sense of darkness and a feeling that listening to this stuff at any other time except the winter might not be appreciating its true worth. However, the beats certainly feel tougher and the funk less frozen. This is evident from start to finish. ‘Building Peaks’ deploys urgent, asymmetric beats that feel like fully charged whip cracks. ‘Lizardous’ is a slow and sure contrast between a cascading sonic glimmer and an enveloping low-end, with of which coalesce in order to reach a state of controlled euphoria. The pull of ‘Silver Girl’ is in its dissonance. Everything initially feels chaotic and it doesn’t really settle down, but if you’re already buckled in there’s a sense of destiny. And then there’s ‘The Resetter’ which puts a final, slightly more industrial flourish on a release, the direction of which feels like a goth/b-boy sound clash.

Track Of The Day: Herbert - Thinking Of You (Phono)

 

I remember when the Herbert series, 1-4, came out. I was living in Paris and dividing a lot of my free time between commuting to various record shops. There was Rough Trade (where I spent by far the largest amount of money), and BPM in Bastille, and Salinas in Montmartre. And for whatever reason I think I bought this release in the shadow of The Sacre Couer. These releases were revolutionary for the time, anticipating minimal house/techno by a good few years, while adding a depth that, with so few tools on show, has yet to be equalled. What is most notable about these releases though is their effortless swing and natural funk. The kicks, in particular, take you to another dimension.

Track Of Yesterday: Captain Beefheart - Tropical Hot Dog Night (Virgin)

 

‘Tropical Hot Dog Night’ features on ‘Shiny Beast Bat Chain Puller’ which is the album that turned me on to Beefheart. It would be a lot cooler to say it was ‘Trout Mask Replica’, but I’m not that old. So I got into everything else in retrospect. This particular track, along with ‘When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy’, where probably the two most played tracks on this album in the hip bedrooms of Wallasey in the late 70s and early 80s. What I love most about this track is it’s organised chaos. It’s a psychedelic mambo the likes of which will never be equalled. It does go a bit weird towards the end though.

Track Of The Day: Fred P - Sonic Tour (Syncrophone)

 

Another journey from Fred P. No one makes deep house quite like he does. Dubby, cinematic and eminently danceable; ‘Sonic Tour’ is a great example of his style. Hypnotic, multi-layered and immersive. Wonderful mixing fodder and a great highlight. It’s the type of track that has me wondering what goes through the mind of the creator of such a piece on an everyday basis.I guess he goes to the supermarket from time to time? There’s an active transcendent brain layer that not everybody has. And for those who thing this all sounds the same, get in the sea!

Track Of Yesterday: New York Dolls - Jet Boy (Mercury Records)

 

One of the great TV rock performances, nicely rounded off by Bob Harris’ smirkingly said “mock rock’, I was alive when this was broadcast, but not kicking. That is to say my knowledge of music extended to what was on Top Of The Pops, but not much more. Even so, Bowie, Roxy Music, T-Rex and The Sweet provided some idea of what was possible. Penetrating below that superficial veneer wasn’t easy until punk came along and opened a lot of eyes. And The Old Grey Whistle Test was always shown way past my bedtime so I found out about all of this retrospectively. And they were managed by Malcolm McClaren as well. All things aside though, this is one brilliant track. The Stones’ influence is clear, if not purely stylistic, and the essence of punk ism also there, a good three years before it became a thing. Lovely stuff.

Yoyaku Inshore Session: Helena Hauff

 

Track Of The Day: Serge Gainsbourg - Melody (Philips)

 

The first track from ‘Histoire de Melody Nelson’, Serge Gainsbourg’s Magnum Opus. A very abstract, stream-of-consciousness composition on all fronts. At least that’s the impression it gives. The strings dive in and out, the bass furtively underlays it all and the guitar embellishes with electric flourishes. The total effect is a mesmerising one that condenses swinging London into a French man’s packet of ciggies. The sixties really happening in the seventies of course.

Track Of The Day: Nicholas Barnes - Sakura Tree (Lempuyang)

 

Following on from Pepe Bradock’s ‘Sakura Incident’, this is Nicholas Barnes’ contribution to cherry blossom mysticism. It’s good, uptempo dub techno. The type that throws shade but not in an intimidating or threatening way. There’s plenty of movement between darkness and light here, and it’s the type of track that was keeping me company a few hours ago when I completed a cross-country circuit in the driving snow along with around 500 other mentalists. 

Track Of The Day: The Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow's Parties (Verve)

 

Possibly the most intense, psychedelic sub three minute track in existence. So full of secret dimensions that it’s impossible to calculate then all. The funny thing is that I always thought this song went on for much longer. And it has such a medieval feel to it. You can imagine it being sung in the hallowed halls of royal castles. Proper procession music and one of the signposts of my youth.

Yoyaku Instore Sessions with Robin Ordell

 

Track Of The Day: Lakur - Concrete Love (Joule Imprint)

From the same Gallic direction that brought you Janeret, and other kindred spirits like Camelia, Lakur make the type of tranced-out, hypnotic deep house tat can elevate any set with a sense of groove and swing. It’s music to get lost in. Gossamer profound (not a new brand of condom). Some say that music lie this lacks a b it of edge, but we can allocate that to the others. Great when you’re coming up on some boss beans.

DJ Stingray 313 b2b Moodymann at Draaimolen Festival 2025

 

DRAAIMOLEN · DJ Stingray 313 b2b Moodymann at Draaimolen Festival 2025

Track Of Yesterday: Wynton Marsalis, 'Moto Perpetuo' (Niccolò Paganini)

 

While coming back from a day in London at the end of the afternoon, I was listening to Radio 3 sand this came on. Absolutely amazing. I was knackered at the time, but nothing to what Wynton Marsalis must feel every time after he plays this. “How does he breath?” Is the question I was asking myself throughout.

Track Of The Day: Abacus - We Cookin' Now (Guidance)

 

So many incredible releases on Guidance. A label that, after the prevalence of Casual and Relief, went even deeper into the Chicago sound. That’s not to say all its artists came from the windy city. Austin Bascom, aka Abacus, is from Toronto and is arguably responsible for more than one of the label’s standout releases. ‘We Cookin’ Now’ is such a track. Immediately plunging the listener into a percussive dream state, it manages to be both deep and intensely visceral at the same time. No easy feat. This is the second track I’ve featured from this EP, ‘Opinion Rated ‘R’’ , was a while back. And aI’d put them all up if it didn’t look more like promotion than good taste. I mean just the chord change alone in this track is worth shelling out for. It comes just before the 3:30 mark.

Track Of Yesterday: Pepe Bradock - Sakura Incident (Avatisme)

Pepe Bradock makes undefinable beats. Sitting somewhere in-between the con Crete and abstract, but more abstract than concrete. ‘Sakura Incident’, is one such track. Dreamlike, but not completely within form, it occupies the headspace that calibrates nostalgia while simultaneously ruminating on the shape of things to come. There are also sonic references to mid 1990s ‘French touch’ productions, specifically the high end activity; the duck-like noises/vocals, and strings (if that’s what they are). All good in a miasmic sort of way.

Dj set @ secret location in Seattle 01112025

 

marcopassarani · Dj set @ secret location in Seattle 01112025