Track Of Yesterday: The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Andrew Weatherall Mix) (Jumping' & Pumpin')

 

Off to Convenanza tomorrow so any remix from AW is appropriate and, although I don’t think this is one of his best, it would sound great within the confines of the chateau in Carcassone. It takes a different route to the original in that while the sound is less dense and less evocative of the landscape it sonically describes, it’s more danceable due to being infused with break beats. Not just your normal linear beaks either. There’s a pitch change shortly after the eponymous spoken word. Breaks have been subtly dominating a lot of modern electronic music recently so I guess what sets this apart are its early nineties analogue production values. It feels a lot more raw than a lot of today’s efforts. The tribal chanting that rise up in the second half of the tracks feel a little odd by today’s standards. However, they also feel very much on the spirit of the cut up. The only bit I really don’t like that much are the symphonic episodes, which feel a little over-produced by comparison. That doesn’t mean to say I won’t have my hands in the air as soon as I hear them though.

Track Of The Day: Liquid, Liquid - Cavern (99 Records)

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Track Of Yesterday: A Certain Ratio - Shack Up (Factory Benelux)

 

Probably A Certain Ratio’s break out track. This cover of Banbarra’s release of about six years earlier came after ‘All Night Party’ and the amazing ‘Flight’. It’s this though that ultimately did the most damage. Thanks, no doubt as much to the deadpan vocals of Simon Topping as to the full-bodied, and at times brittle funk of the band itself. This is another slant of the sound of the smoke-filled bedrooms of my youth. And in those days we could find somewhere to dance to it that didn’t mean travelling to a boutique event in some far-flung corner of the country. I must have seen ACR five or six times n the early eighties, and I’m off to see them again in a week or two in London. Should be ace.

Helena Hauff b2b DJ MELL G | themuddshow x JUICY GANG RECORDS

 

Track Of The Day: Prince Jammy- War In The Asteroid Belt (Greensleeves)

 

Plucked from the fabulously named ‘Prince Jammy Destroys The Invaders’ I suppose albums like this, and that of Scientist ‘Scientist Meets The Space Invaders’ documented changing trends as well as new social norms. Back then it was arcade games, now I guess it would be a slant on social media. Whatever. The fact that what passes for something new nowadays hasn’t been immortalised in dub is very telling. Prince Jammy is 78 now and I guess could still possibly tour, just like Scientist is early next year. Anyway it’s Sunday, September and the sun is still shining. Play this loud and then get to grips with the rest of the album.

Track Of The Day: The Orb - Perpetual Dawn Ultrabass 2 (AW Remix) (Big Life)

 

This is another of those tracks that revels in its cross-pollination and takes you back to a time when you had the feeling that things were a little bit more under control. They weren’t really, it was just an impression. And it’s another that could only have come out of The UK. We’ve always been good at making music focussed on dancing, hedging the boundaries cheese in some cases. I don’t think that this is one of AW’s best. It really feels like he’s thrown a lot of stuff in to the mixer and not given a damn to a certain extent. That type of approach can often go wrong. What saves this is the bass and other low end fidgeting. 

Track Of The Day: Les Rita Mitsouko - C'est Comme Ca (Virgin)

Uncatergorizable, but very French. So that’s a type of oxymoron innit. Energetic and with a riff to die for. It gets more and more intense. This is very much of its time, but if it were to be released now it would be at the vanguard of pop. There’s o doubt that this is one of the grooviest pieces of pop ever recorded. Amazing voice which slid off its mortal coil earlier this week. So this is a belated recognition of its greatness. 

Barac - Shamandrum Session 003

Barac · Barac - Shamandrum Session 003

Vera b2b Eli Verveine at Trädgården

 

eli verveine · Vera b2b Eli Verveine at Trädgården

subglow/Live 13: Darwin @ memòri Festival 2026

 

subglow · subglow/Live 13: Darwin @ memòri Festival 2026

Track Of The Day: Decius - X-Ray Shocks (Decius Trax)

 

A tricky piece of techno with a spring in its step that one could imagine slipping into the set of Sean Johnson or Jeff Mills. Decius played Convenanza in 2022, the comeback! This was the first one I went to and they were brilliant. A lot of that was down to their front man Lias Saoudi also of Fat White Family. The other members were a lot more static but are responsible for a sound that comes correct when blending acid house, techno and the outer limits of electronic disco. They take no prisoners innit.

Track Of The Day: Jah Wobble - Blow Out (Lago Records)

 

Great piece of serious eighties pop from Jah Wobble. That is to say it seems to extract many sonic traits of the decade in order to come up with something of its time which also transcends it. I’m not listening to this in 2026 thinking it’s cheesy. The production sound crisp and from Nassau. Like so much music from that decade I feel it could have soundtracked an episode of ‘Miami Vice’ and I may not have liked it if it did, even though I had a secret respect for Crockett and Tubbs. The vocals have a gravitas to them that ounce come straight from the dominant larynxes of that era. That is to say a resurgent ‘Let’s Dance’ David Bowie and, of course, some of his pop offspring. Dave Gahan and Frank Tovey. Even Howard Devoto. The vocalist is Bob Shipton who, according to Discogs, didn’t duo much else.It feels like a quantum leap to have been playing bass on ‘Public Image’ a few years before. Not for a polymath like Wobble though. Great chug potential. Somebody make an edit?

Jane Fitz b2b Luisa secret Sunday party at Gaffe Aug 2026

 

Jane Fitz · Jane Fitz b2b Luisa secret Sunday party at Gaffe Aug 2026

Track Of The Day: Robotman - Do Da Doo (Plastikman's Acid House Remix) (Definitive Recordings)

Another one of those “I thought I’d already posted this.” And why not? What a track. There was no one working the 3030 better than Richie haw tin back in the early n reties and this, along with his remix of System 7’s ‘Alpha Wave’ defined houses deep acid. If that makes any sense. Playing this now brings on a nostalgic rush of energy, or should I’d that be an energetic rush of nostalgia. If ever a tune defined “party starter” then it’s this one. The percussion just shuffles, and then you’ve got the angelic voices at the end. I feel like I’m rushing just listening to this again. No extra help needed.

Andrew James Gustav @ The Lot Radio 09-06-2026

 

The Lot Radio · Andrew James Gustav @ The Lot Radio 09-06-2026

Track Of The Day: Amevicious - Wood People (Undo Remix) (Amevicious)

 

Great piece of dark chug this. Suffused with the spirit of new beat and off-kilter acid, this is a decadent piece of kit. One for the heads down crew. Off to Convenanza at the end of next week so I hope to hear some similar stuff while I’m there. And I’d like to write more, but after a very long run this afternoon, I’m cream crackered. 

Track Of The Day: Bioroot - 124NUN (Roger Gerressen Pressure Dub) (Kontakt)

 

Kontakt Records out of Denmark have a great back catalogue. Mostly pressed on coloured vinyl and with a wide swathe of remixers. This is a very random choice from 2020. It’s a Roger Gerressen ‘Pressure Dub’ of ‘124NUN’ by Bioroot. A lovely piece of dub techno that can easily cross over into a deep house set. Lovely stuff!

Track Of Yesterday: B. Calloway - Round & Round (JShaw Remix) (BHive Music)

 

I came across B. Calloway a while back. He’s a Detroit artist who either prefers to operate within the shadows or has been unfairly ignored. Either way he’s under appreciated. And this track from 2019, remixed by JShaw, aka Shawescape Renegade, is a great piece of jittery sci-fi electro. The type that could only come from Detroit. The production is deep and clean and is over much too soon. It does from the ‘3000 B.C.’ release which is, according to Discogs, B. Calloway’s most recent vinyl release. A digital-only release called ‘Lost In Time Vol. 1’ came out in 2020. So how about a follow up?

Track Of The Day: Biz - Enlightenment

I couldn’t find the video for this on Youtube, if it even exists. However, it was Colin Dale’s most recent Abstract Dance show which brought me here. This track comes in between forty and fifty minutes and it’s brilliant. You just know when you see the track list and you randomly select a part of the show that the title fits.  Biz is a gentleman from Australia whom I know nothing about., but I shall be buying the eponymously titled EP this track comes from.  “Why?” I hear you say. “Because it’s ace and shows an intuitive grasp of high level machine funk” I say. And that’s all there is to it really.

Live From The Adriatic 2026: Danielle b2b Sansibar

Love International Festival · Live From The Adriatic 2026: Danielle b2b Sansibar

Live From The Adriatic 2026: Ellie Stokes

Love International Festival · Live From The Adriatic 2026: Ellie Stokes

Live From The Adriatic 2026: Daisy Moon

 

Love International Festival · Live From The Adriatic 2026: Daisy Moon

Track Of Yesterday: Marco Shuttle - WyMEKE (Marco Shuttle Productions)

A very sophisticated piece of deep, sci-fi techno with obvious Jeff Mills influences, but also standing apart. This is pure atmosphere building, deep sci-fi space music with a kitsch twist. That is to say that although this is s serious tune, it also soundtracks a parallel vision of the future. One that is deep[lying embedded in a post-war, cold war ‘reds under the bed” threat. It’s difficult to know how much mileage an apparently future proofed genre such as techno has. However, the best of it always looks back in order to go forward, no matter how counterintuitive that ,may be. And this is such a tune.

Live from the Adriatic 2026: Unai Trotti

Love International Festival · Live from the Adriatic 2026: Unai Trotti

Live from the Adriatic 2026: Roman Flügel

Love International Festival · Live from the Adriatic 2026: Roman Flügel

Live from the Adriatic 2026: Chez de Milo

Love International Festival · Live from the Adriatic 2026: Chez de Milo

Live from the Adriatic 2026: Dresden

Love International Festival · Live from the Adriatic 2026: Dresden

RA Live - Vladimir Ivkovic - Solstice Festival 2026

 

Resident Advisor · RA Live - Vladimir Ivkovic - Solstice Festival 2026

Track Of The Day: RV800 - Subsync (Haventepe Version)

 

I posted the original of this a while back, so there’s no reason why this version shouldn’t go up as well. Haventepe doesn’t release enough music, that said, he’s probably Turkey’s most under appreciated export. He does keep a low profile though, so it’s probably something that doesn’t worry him that much. For this remix of ‘Subsync’ he inhabits the softer, more gossamer frayed layers of dub techno and turns in a masterclass of ambience, restraint and longevity. It’s cut from a different cloth than Basic channel, but it’s every bit as good in its own way. More rhythmic maybe? What it lacks in surprise and mutation it makes up for in pace and groove. Brilliant!

Track Of The Day: .VRIL - Signum Ex Auro (Delsin)

 

New .VRIL on Delsin is always a reason to celebrate, and ‘Signum Ex Auro’ delivers insofar as grainy dub techno with a penchant for the portentous and panoramic are concerned. When I listen to music like this I always wonder what inspires it and how does it make the journey to its manifestation. The sum total of influence, and that influence itself, that goes into the birth of this tune is completely beyond my comprehension. Where did the idea come from. Was it a random thought while buying a frozen pizza at a well-known discount supermarket? We might never know. 

Track Of The Day: Kalkulator - Big Black Eyes (Nullptr remix) (Alien Communications)

 

Marvellous, otherworldly (which is the point innit) electro from Kalkulator remixed by Nullptr. Slow and insidious which maximises the funk, this sounds like a description of an alien and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head since I first heard it. I don’t know of any other tracks by Kalkulator, this one comes as part of a gargantuan 51 track release on a usb stick. Thankfully it’s available separately on Bandcamp. Lovely stuff. Let’s put ‘The X-Files’ on.

Track Of Yesterday: Rene Breitbarth - Der Seelenreiniger (Treibstoff)

 

This track came out in 1998, a time when Treibstoff was in full ascendancy. It was a label which effortlessly blended deep house and techno and although I don’t own many of its releases, (two I think), it was one I always monitored. I remember buying one release at Flying Records in Soho just before going to a Faith party with some of the DJs there. They opened the shop late on Saturday evening and we all piled in after the pub and played records together before going to the party. All I can remember about that was Maurice Fulton & Justin Robertson played, as well as the residents. And I’m going off on a tangent, which is a pity because this track by Rene Breitbarth is a killer. It’s mid-paced and as deep as you like. And what really raises the hairs on the back of the neck is the little vibey flourish that hovers above the bass which blends in with what sounds like a short wave radio being tuned. Lovely analogue warmth.

Track Of The Day: Rhythm & Sound - Music A Fe Rule (Part 1) (Wackies)

 

It’s getting late and inspiration is in short supply. Not a problem. Just reach for the Rhythm & Sound back catalogue. There’s something that hasn’t been plundered on these pages for a while. And the vibe on this is very much in tandem with the way I feel right now. There’s a positive sense of inertia that comes from this tune. Neutral stasis. The brain is lying in state while the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. I struggle to think of anything original to write when commenting on one of Maurizio’s productions. So I’ll return to the inevitable and just wrap myself up in it.

Track Of The Day: Cabanne - Smiling Papers (Perlon)

 

French clairvoyant Cabanne started releasing music at the turn of the century and, by the time this track came out on Perlon’s ‘Superlongevity 4’, the minimal movement was at its height. Cabanne has never had a solo release on the label, but I guess having one tucked away on four slabs of vinyl is really as good as it gets, inasmuch as it forces the diggers to go that one step further. And ‘Smiling Papers’ is so very typical of the genre. Having said that, it shows a whimsical side and sounds like the type of music that the occupants of Bagpuss’ house might record if they were let loose with some good beans. It’s unerringly funky and around every corner there’s a wild animal. Small furry creatures make noises that can only come from the depths of a forest at midnight while the percussion sounds like the product of a hoodoo hoedown.;. And then you’ve got the vocal sample which feels like punctuation and percussion combined. This stuff is coming back better than before.

Priku B2B Traumer @ Berg Audio x Hola Club [OFF SONAR 2026 - FULL SET]

 

Track Of The Day: Nicola Cruz - Heliocenter (Kalahari Oyster Cult)

Lots of great electro coming out at the moment, and this release on the always interesting Kalahari Oyster Cult from Nicola Cruz from the ‘Telemagenta’ EP is something that gets it just right. It’s a nice, smooth glide through the intergalactic pathways of funk with enough going on around the beats to give it an extra dimension. Beat metamorphosis through a variety of tempos and environmental factors feels effortless. There’s also good use of a disembodied spoken word, the gist of which I’m yet to understand. But that’s what it’s all about isn't it? Fragments of futuristic consciousness coalescing at an undefined velocity.

Track Of The Day: The Dominican - Equator Fever (Forensic)

 

Like many others I first heard this track on Terry Francis’ immortal Essential Mix back in 1998. And it really is a corker. Trance trace elements blend with wild pitch to create a piece of house that is both functional and show stopping. It probably has more in common with what was coming out on the likes of Tribal and Twisted than most other labels of the time. Terry Francis, Nathan Coles and Eddie Richards all had a preternatural ability to seek out the best of the best. It didn’t matter what the labels was or whether it was techno or house. And it was inevitable that the terminology would be bastardised to describe the most overproduced and soulless stuff imaginable when all that it described was the best of multiple genres that could be mixed together and induce systematic shape throwing. Forensic put out some good stuff. Amongst which were three releases by DKMA, aka Dana Kelley, aka Callisto. All worth seeking out.

Track Of The Day: Joshua - Let The Spirit (Prescription)

 

This track comes from ‘The Foot Therapy’ EP, which was the first Prescription release I bought, as well as the first time I heard Joshua on record. He became one of my go to producers for a while. There was something unique about the way he fused dub and house. This track isn’t like that at all though. Instead it blends disco cut ups with house and an overarching symphonic feel. It’s probably my favourite tune from this release, which is no mean feat when Abacus, Ron Trent and Chez Damoier are the other artists who contribute. There’s something very full-bodied and soulful about this track that is unsurpassable. Of course there are many as good, but none better. One from the burring heart of house music.

Tunik The Mudd Show 8.26

 

Omar | themuddshow x Cath Records

 

Kia | themuddshow x Animalia

FMB Mixtape 288 | Dave Harvey

BICEP · FMB Mixtape 288 | Dave Harvey

Voyage de Lux w/ Alex Downey - 26.08.26 1BTN

1BTN · Voyage de Lux w/ Alex Downey - 26.08.26

LIVE SERIES 002 - Jorge Escribano @ Slow Life Weekender 2025

Slow Life · LIVE SERIES 002 - Jorge Escribano @ Slow Life Weekender 2025

SELECTERS MIX 001 - Vladimir Ivkovic at BAR Inc Osaka

 

BAR Inc · SELECTERS MIX 001 - Vladimir Ivkovic at BAR Inc Osaka

Track Of Yesterday: Maurizio - Mø6b (Maurizio)

 

Off the top of my head I’m going to say that this track, and its flip side, represent a slight turn in the road forth M series, in which the beats veered more towards Rhythm & Sound. There is still an undeniable techno underlay, but the edges are softened and muffled. The trajectory slightly stifled by a more organic approach. Only slightly though. It’s no surprise that this, like all of Maurizio’s M Series, and Basic Channel, never sounds the same twice. There are always new things to discover, new angles to explore and new dreams to imagine. This is the music that plays in the background as the River Styx flows in sharp relief to what is going on around it.

Track of The Day: Sublee - Their Mind (Baumbaum)

 

Sublee is Stefan Nicu and this is from his second eponymously titled album. And it’s shockingly good, inasmuch a long, drawn-out dubby mood setter can be. Tracks like this just take you down a wormhole. It’s built around a polyrhythmic approach where various elements bind around and cling to each other in some sort of desperate sonic embrace. If anything falls off then it is death by disassociation. The other parts won’t welcome it back in, unless it can find a way back itself. No help is given here, it’s survival of the fittest. A tranced out chug of gargantuan proportions. The type of track that forms the backbone to Barac’s sets. This, and tracks like it, redefine depth, spirituality and the importance of handclaps. Meditative and momentous at the same time, one to get lost in. 

Track Of Yesterday: Alden Tyrrell - Other Worlds Robots (Clone)

 

This came out 21 years ago and it still sounds fresh. Having said that, it could be down to the music not having moved on enough. Where can it go anyway and should we worry about it? I do love a rhetorical question, because I can’t answer it. It doesn’t bother me anyway, and I do love a track that puts robots front and centre. This could have come out from the early eighties onwards and no one would be any the wiser. We do tend to fetishise older stuff don’t we. It’s true though that loads of great stuff is being made as we speak, but not getting as much exposure as it should. I blame social media. The one thing that should be opening doors to more diverse artistic approaches is guilty of superficialising. This is a great track, which should be longer and more sinister, but that’s just my opinion.

REFRACTION Podcast Series #41 - Andy Green

REFRACTION RECORDS · REFRACTION Podcast Series #41 - Andy Green

Track Of The Day: D5 - Sides Of Space (Delsin)

 

The title track form an album that I finally got hold of today. ‘Sides Of Space’ came out just over ten years ago I think, and is from D5, a ;producer that went under my radar at the time, but who I am now discovering.This album is quite laid-back and feels like ambient with a kick. Obviously influenced by Detroit, but with a strong IDM feel as well. D5 also released another album on Delsin, along with some singles at ht turn of the millennium. He’s also put stuff out within the last few years. On the basis of this, I’d like to hear a lot more.

Seeds Mix #12: KiF Production's Dawn / Dusk Mixtape

 

Ransom Note · Seeds Mix #12: KiF Production's Dawn / Dusk Mixtape

Track Of The Day: Leonid - Urania 2 (Soul Print Recordings)

 

One that I’d forgotten about, but am pleased to reacquaint myself with. This comes from a split release on Serbia’s Soul Print Recordings. The A side has two versions of ‘Urania’. I prefer this one because it flows better. The other is very good as well though and both make great use of the 303 and keep the acid deep. Which is all I want from the 303. I’m not a fan of when it’s in your face, but ‘Acperience’ and the Hardfloor ‘Yekeyeke’ remix are exceptions. Leonid, who seems to have gone awol in the last few years, was always a producer I kept tabs on. Pity he seems to have stopped releasing. The B side of this release features two tracks by Laak, who are still recording and put out their latest a couple of months ago. Their contribution is of a similar high standard. Pity I can only put one up, so keep a look out for the others.

Track Of The Day: Anthony Rother - Redlight District (Psi49net)

 

It’s just after 9 o’clock on a Friday night. The dark nights are already drawing in and, despite the last heatwave only ending last weekend, the weather is already starting to feel autumnal. It’s raining again! That’s three ties in the last week, and three times in the last 2 months. In the park directly outside my house, the local council have organised their annual free concerts for the townsfolk, and there’s a Queen covers band belting out ‘Someone To Love’. Queen’s popularity always puzzled me. Anyway, what better time than to listen to something else. So track of the day today comes at an opportune time. ‘Red Light District’ is another one of those tracks that I can’t believe I haven’t already posted, such is its overarching majesty and funkiness. The lyrics are just a repeat of a few lines with the advantage of being voiced through a vocoder, or something similar. And they fit the vibe incredibly well. The bass throbs, and the background is awash with symphonic overtones. It’s electro dystopia transplanted to your mind.

Colin Dale - Abstrakt Dance Show 20.08.2026

 

Track Of The Day: Shuang Hua - Palindrome (Dub) (Shuang Hua)

 

Minimal it is, but it came out a lot more recently than the bulk of that genre. This is the dub version of the A side. It’s n to as heavy, eschewing a low end that goes all out weird and folky, dominating the track to an unhealthy degree. Records like this can highlight a set without any embellishment as long as the sound system is good, and the DJ has already managed to inject a healthy sense of imbalance. Because that’s just preparation for the wonkiness to come, and one of the positives of records like this is that the wonkiness operates under restraint. It’s surprising that there isn’t a spoken word sample somewhere in the mix, but production is polished and there is a good degree of separation between the various elements. As left field as house gets while still being a mover and groover.

Track Of The Day: Nitzer Ebb - Shame (Mix 2) (Mute)

This video of William Orbit’s Mix of ‘Shame’ was doing the social media rounds just after the producer’s untimely demise a week or so ago, so I had to post it as it’s so ace. Is this from ‘Soul Train’? I have no idea. Anyway, an excellent video and an excellent track. William Orbit had more than a few of those.

FMB MIXTAPE 286 | ROSIE AMA

 

BICEP · FMB MIXTAPE 286 | ROSIE AMA

Sharlese b2b Charlie Vaux at Queerpool XXL 01.08.2026

 

CHARLIE VAUX · Sharlese b2b Charlie Vaux at Queerpool XXL 01.08.2026

Track Of The Day: R Rash - Smokin Jakkit (Trelik)

 

Peter Ford oversaw two labels which are critical to both UK and global techno: Ifach and Trelik. And it might not be too much of a stretch to say that minimal house/techno is their lovechild. Ifach stopped releasing at the turn of the century, but Trelik marches on. Having said that, I am not familiar with most of its recent output. No mind. ‘Smokin Jakkit’ is boss, and not unlike Tan Ru’ Purple Heart’. Not surprising as both R Rash and Tan Ru are the work of Eon, aka Ian. Loveday and co-conspirator with Peter Ford as far as Trelik is concerned. Incredibly funky and with a touch of the manic. Not minimal at all, but not complicated either.