DJ Koolt ‪@TheLotRadio‬ 11-04-2026

Track Of The Day: A.D.N.Y. - We Play Your Groove (SVEK)

 

You can never have too much SVEK. At least you couldn’t during the labels heyday. And I don’t believe I’ve posted this one yet, in which various members of the SVEK crew get name checked by Alexi Delano. It’s mainly percussion, a super flexible bass and some effects. The rest of the EP highlights some filter disco, which was all the rage at the time. However, it wasn’t exploited much by the label. Very clean production and a feel of claustrophobia and torrential rain make this a singular piece of work.

Track Of The Day: Infiniti - Game One (Metroplex)

 

The other members of the Belleville 3 don’t come close to Juan Atkins, which is why I’m still making hay with his back catalogue. There are so many to choose from, and ‘Game One’ is a pretty good example of his warm futuristic sound. Something that was always a work in progress. This is great. With its soothing synth washes, concave bells and uptempo crackly riff that drives the track along. It’s a thing of rare beauty.

Track Of The Day: Jonny L - This Time (Carl Craig Mix 1) (XL)

 

One of Carl Craig’s finest I think. It reminds me a lot of his version of ‘Domina’. Everything is wonderful; the breakbeats show a real lightness of touch and the backing track feels like muslin on speed. There’s so much going on in this track that it feels rather short at eight minutes. I wish I still had my copy, but it’s “lost in time, like tears in the rain”. The vibes are amazing, and by that I mean both “the vibes” and the glockenspiel, or is it the xylophone, that guides the track in. Amazing vocal, especially the little “ooh, ooh” that comes in just when you think it’s gone forever. Big umbrella statement, but no one is making anything as interesting as this nowadays. I’m not a reactionary btw. I just know. An emotive voyage through the darkness and into the light.

GoodMostlyBad-Baby-3-0-EP (Human Endeavour)

 

Title: Baby 3.0 EP

Artist: GoodMostlyBad

Label: Human Endeavour

Cat Number: HE015

Genre: Eponymous

1: Baby Gurl

2: Cam Gurl

3: Home Gurl

“With Baby 3.0 , GoodMostlyBad explores tech house and electro-leaning sounds with a renewed sense of energy, playfulness and purpose.” Well, we’re already in uncharted territory here aren't we. I guess this comes down to what the listener perceives as ‘tech-house’. A recently much-maligned genre which has estranged anyone who knows anything about its origins from the terminology. Anyway, I’m already struggling with this so lets stick to the sounds. ‘Baby Gurl’ is the pick of the bunch. A solemn stop though the low end undergrowth. Plenty of space between the grooves and a modicum of funk. So far, so good. ‘Cam Gurl’ feels lighter and more airy. BPMs are raised and urgency injected. Both tracks so far are pretty functional, with the upward curve in tempo not doing any favours. And then we’ve got ‘Home Gurl’ which continues to hurry things along, albeit with more force, further sacrificing any residual groove in the name of nimbleness and a lightness of touch. There are some interesting sounds throughout the three tracks here, with ‘Baby Gurl’ being by far the most useful tune, but I’m struggling to hear “tech house and electro-leaning sounds”. Maybe I need to go back to the drawing board.

Track Of The Day: Model 600 - Update Version.ur (Metroplex)

 

It’s awful that on the death of someone the stimulus is to go through the back catalogue in a random way and cherry pick. Such is life though. That said, hen the back catalogue is as rich as that of Juan Atkins its a relatively easy task. Here he slips into his little used Model 600 guise and gets together with Mad Mike to produce a piece of hard-edged electro of the type that only a holy union between the two could produce. “I like your update Model 6-0-0” is the subliminal refrain. And everything falls into place as only a union between two of Detroit’s heavyweights can. One of the YouTube comments takes the biscuit “The vocoder in this is so cold and sick that it must have hypothermia”, and it really can’t be put any better. This is weapons grade electro, and always ahead of the curve.

Track Of The Day: Model 50 - The Flow (R & S)

Maybe not a track that many reach for in the Juan Atkins canon, but, for me at least, an underrated classic. Nad that takes into account this excellent, kitsch video. Visually it’s got the “going back to look forward” aesthetic down to a tee. It looks like it’s walked straight out of the same studios were Gerry Anderson’s much slept on ‘UFO’ was made. There are some great eighties fashions that somehow seeped into the nineties and at some points it feels like you’re watching a version of ‘Mad Men’ on crack. The sound design is incredibly lush and immersive with the synth washes perfectly evoking the aquatic aspects portrayed in the video, and the electro filigrees running over the top are very well defined. All in all, under appreciated.

Dresden (Ivan Smagghe & Manfredas) live at Sweet Spot, Paradise City 2026

Paradise City Festival · Dresden (Ivan Smagghe & Manfredas) live at Sweet Spot, Paradise City 2026

In-studio: Intergalactic Gary (24 Oct 26)

 

SutroFM · In-studio: Intergalactic Gary (24 Oct 26)

Track Of The Day: Vernon Douglas Meets Tyler Lewis - Right, Right (Deepen Discs)

 

One that I thought was lost forever but then reappeared at random in the alleys of my mind. This track makes up in energy what it lacks in bass. Anyone mixing it needs to layer it over something with a great low end. It’s peak time stuff, which is why, in spite of its repetitiousness, it doesn’t get boring. Kirk out.

Poul Verner - Nowawes 2 (Nowawes)

 

Title: Nowaves2

Artist: Poul Verner

Label: Nowaves

Cat Number: Nowaves2

Genre: Dub Techno

A: Choose Your Future

B: Choose Life

Both tracks here offer slightly different takes on the dub techno aesthetic. ‘Choose Your Future’ is sub 120BPM voyage through dense layers of analogue warmth. It’s a track to get lost in and feels lie its been constructed from spider webs, such is its apparent fragility and longevity. ‘Choose Life’ picks up the pace and adds levity to the mix. Both pieces feel like contrasting journeys through darkness and light and they aren’t over quickly, which is good, as their potential for layering other, more lively tunes in the mix can be fully realised. That being said, there is enough imagination and invention in each tune to make them stand out on their own.