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