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