Stone Techno Festival 2025 - CCL b2b Priori

 

The Third Room · Stone Techno Festival 2025 - CCL b2b Priori

Trommel.247 - Sansibar

 

trommel · Trommel.247 - Sansibar

Dopplereffekt Live May 2026

 

DJ Stingray 313 | Live from Kansas City May 2026

 

Track Of The Day: Defunkt - In The Good Times (Hannibal)

 

‘In The Good Times’ comes from Defunkt’s eponymously titled debut album and is, not surprisingly, inspired by Chic’s more famous track of nearly the same name. It’s a documentation of singer Joe Bowie’s drug addiction at the time and is a great piece of bass-driven heavy avant funk. The guitar work and effects burst out all over the place, kept in check by the vocals, bass and horns. It’s another one that takes me back to the smoke-filled bedrooms of my youth and hearing it now brings on a Proustian rush. Defunkt’s first two albums are brilliant, and I was lucky enough to see them at the New Morning in Paris in the mid nineties. And I think I touched Joe’s trombone. 

Track Of The Day: Idealist - Immersion (Mojuba)

 

This is from the just released ‘Hidden World’ EP from Swiss artist Idealist on Mojuba. And it’s a nice slice of dub techno which, while eponymous its intentions, isn’t as obvious as you might think. It has a dusty, organic feel and feels like an updated take on ‘outsider house’, whatever that was, or is. It’s as laid back as piece was you could wish for, with a dreamy feel that sets it apart and gives it an extra dimension. Very nice, and on red vinyl too.

Track Of The Day: E-Dancer - The Human Bond (KMS)

 

I’m amazed I haven’t already posted this, well I have in a manner of speaking, around 15 years ago, with a WAV. Not in the modern world though. This for me is far and away Kevin Saunderson;s finest moment, along with the other side, ‘Heavenly’. This is the one that I come back to more, just for the weird vibe and bass. I bought it in IQ Records on Lexington St. Soho, in the late 90s, ’97 I think. It was a huge Wiggle tune, following on from ‘World Of Deep’, which had been released earlier. As already mentioned, this one is all about the growling bass, and to a slightly lesser extent, the raw percussion and what sounds like a sort of somnolent wailing. It’s a great combination.

ani/live Eighty Six: Patrick Russell @ Nowadays

 

Animalia · ani/live Eighty Six: Patrick Russell @ Nowadays

Track Of The Day: James Blood Ulmer - Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher (Rough Trade)

 

I can’t remember where I was a when I first heard James Blood Ulmer, either Vinny or Dave’s bedroom. Once heard never forgotten though. And I wanted to post ‘Are You Glad To Be In America’, as that seems strangely appropriate at the moment, with the World Cup approaching, and the Somalian referee being refused admission, as well as the Senegalese team being searched publicly on arrival. The Iranian fans being denied visas, the Iranian team having to hole up in Mexico, etc. The list goes on. Anyway, ‘Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher’ is four or so minutes of unrestrained raw mayhem. I think being on Rough Trade was probably the main conduit for JBU’;s entrance in to my, and my mates lives and, although I wouldn’t by any stretch of the imagination call myself an obsessive, the two tracks named here, particularly this one, 2have been regular eagworms for the last 40 years.

Track Of The Day: Two Smoking Barrels - Basses Loaded (Late Night Dub) (Yoshi Toshi)

 

This is one I haven’t played for a long time. A collaboration between Terry Francis and Tony Hewitt, ‘Basses Loaded (Late Night Dub)’ is a deep, pulsating piece of after hours house. The bass takes centre stage, allowing the vocal sample, skittering percussion and synth stabs, which aren’t a million miles away from the wild pitch aesthetic, free rein. Terry Francis’ productions still more than hold their own. A lot of what he made in the second half of the nineties and the beginning of the noughts was very minimal, pitched up huge with a n implicit wonkiness. This is, by comparison, straight forward and more derivative. Still does damage though.

Track Of The Day: T Dave - Bilatarale (We're Going Deep)

 

There really is some lovely electro being released right now so, following on from yesterday, here’s another which has just hit the shelves. T Dave is an Italian producer who is responsible for the latest release on We’re Going Deep, a label that operates out of Bristol under the stewardship of Paul Wise, aka Placid. The back catalogue is growing and becoming ever more impressive, with release from James Shinra, E.R.P. and Carl Finlow amongst others. Anyway, the featherlight beats cascade before finally exploding  on this track. And as you listen you can’t come to any more rational conclusion than you’re listening to some sort of regenerative sonic entropy. At least that;’s what I think, and I know what I’m talking about.