Avus - Staring Into One Eye (Margot Remix)

Techno Thursday #010





Avus - Staring Into One Eye gets reworked by the Italian musical magicians duo, Margot. Margot shine a new light on the original by reshaping it in some sort of intergenerational party, with Rhodes jamming on top of a housey take of the original, resulting in a jazzy, yet head-bob-inducing vibe. 

Circulation - Turquoise

Friday's Classic # 012




The original track by the legendary Circulation gets an 2013 update by Israelian producer Guy J. But the original still sounds very nice in 2014.

Wesley Matsell - Total Order of Being

Techno Thursday #010

Border Community's resident Welsh mystic Wesley Matsell - last seen around these parts back in 2008 with the hyper-arpeggiated triplets of the kraut-tinged 'Bernwerk' - follows on from his brief Swedish sojourn chez Studio Barnhus with an ebullient EP of early nineties referencing dance utopianism. 

Already given a thorough roadtest in the DJ sets of label helmsman James Holden, the staccato gasps of rave banger ‘Total Order of Being’ show no sign of diminishing in their melodious, propulsive appeal. 

Wesley Matsell's 'Total Order of Being EP' forms the final release in a collectable four part series of limited vinyl (500 copies), joining Avus' 'Poppy EP', Margot's 'France 2 EP' and Fairmont's 'Velora EP' as the final piece in the puzzle to reveal a bigger picture by up-and-coming UK designer and Border Community visual authority Jack Featherstone.

 
 

Petrichor - Some Bara

Techno Thursday #009

Glasgow based producer Petrichor (aka Simon Stokes) returns to Soma with the follow up to his excellent debut ‘On Tides’ with the deep and thoughtful ‘Some Bara EP’. Continuing in the shape of the previous release, Petrichor has crafted 3 very unique tracks that are saturated in emotion.

Soma Bara is the title track with a perfect melody of plucked synths working their way in over shuffling drum patterns, all taken deeper with perfect low end and sequenced with a very live feel to it. This is definitely a journey with Petrichor at the helm.

Max Cooper - Adrift

Sunday's Chillout #010





Finally, there will be a debut album by Max Cooper this year, March 10th. This is the first single from it, Adrift, with long running vocal collaborator Kathrin deBoer.
We can't wait that long Max!

Magic Panda - Liveset December 2013

Saturday's Set #010





A very nice liveset from the Magic Panda!

Tracklist:

Ships on Fire
Echolalia
Tokyo
The Glass Mountain
Temple of a Thousand Lights
Akasha
Distant Places
Days are Numbered

Rival Consoles - Voyager

Sunday's Chillout #009





Like many electronic artists, Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles spent his early years experimenting with IDM, glitch and dance, but one consistent element in his musical journey has been his desire to create a more organic, humanised sound. Through these experimentations he has found a process of producing electronic music that feels close to this urge. Restricting himself to a small selection of analogue equipment, West engages his hands directly with instruments and is very selective about what he then records into the computer. He reduces musical parts even further, leaving enough space around the sound for it to breath.

Max Cooper - Molten Expansion (Dj set november 2013)

Saturday's Set #009





Max Cooper has done a new DJ set, with a load of his favourite stuff at the moment, which as always covers a lot of ground musically, but is hopefully still grounded in some sort of thread of warmth and flow. Full tracklist below (the first track is played backwards btw):

Tracklist:
1. Brian Eno - LUX - Nicolas Jaar Remix - Backwards Edit (Warp)
2. The Presets - Promises - Nils Frahm Remix (Modular)
3. Max Cooper & Tom Hodge - Fragments of Self (Fields)
4. Rival Consoles - Voyager (Erased Tapes)
5. Bonobo - The Keeper - Banks Remix (Ninja Tune)
6. Rob Clouth - Sifting Through Static (Traum)
7. Samu.L - The Beach (Surface)
8. Tessela - Gateway (R&S)
9. Nils Frahm - For - Max Cooper Remix (Erased Tapes)
10. Joe Goddard - Bassline 12" (Greco-Roman)
11. Collaboration TBA 1
12. Forgold - Sleep Cycle (Sound of the Cosmos)
13. Special Request - Deranged (Houndstooth)
14. Tim Hecker - Live Room (Kranky)
15. Fuck Buttons - Stalker (ATP)

Four Tet - Live @ Hostess Club Weekender, Yebisu Garden Hall Tokyo 01.12.2013

Saturday's Set #008





Recorded at 3:35pm on the 1st December 2013 at the Hostess Club Weekender at the Yebisu Garden Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

With lots of live-edits from his last album 'Beautiful Rewind'

Tracklist:
00 Ba Teaches Yoga
06 Jupiters
14 128 Harps
21 Our Navigation
25 FaltyDL - Straight & Arrow (Four Tet Remix)
27 For These Times
33 Buchla
39 Unicorn
45 Pyramids
48 Kool FM
52 Parallel Jalebi

Joe Goddard - Bassline '12

Melodic Monday #007





I'm sure Joe Goddard needs no introduction, the co-founder of Greco-Roman and leading member of Hot Chip + one half of 2 Bears. This track "Bassline '12" from the 'Taking Over EP' has a really banging synth that reminds me of the good old days of The Knife.

Dusky - Careless

Techhouse Tuesday #006





As Dusky, the British duo of Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman have asserted their position amongst the top producers working in electronic music right now after releases on Anjunadeep, Naked Naked, Aus, and its sister label Simple. Their Careless EP on Will Saul's Aus imprint has a relaxed flair, melding a diverse range of classic house, techno and garage influences with a wholly modern energy here, marking yet another step forward in their technique and approach.

The track 'Careless' is crackling and expansive with just the right amount of dance floor-centric coloration, detailing a more roughed up and rugged example of Dusky's deft ability to rethink and reshape their sound for the modern club context.

Hot Chip - I Feel Better (Max Cooper Remix)

Friday's Classic # 003





In the end of 2010 I was checking out some end of year charts by several people. This remix by Max Cooper kept coming back in many charts, so I was giving this one a listen. I never heard of Max Cooper till then. My oh my, I don't know wat happened that day, immediately I felt in love with the track. Now three years later, Max Cooper is one of my favourite artists and I still love this remix very much...
Check out the unofficial youtube video someone has made to accompany the track! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tr1LfBtRlk

Four Tet - Parallel Jalebi

Sunday's Chillout #002




One of the best tracks of Four Tet's new album 'Beautiful Rewind'. Kieran Hebden delivered an awesome album once again and never disappoints. 

Nils Frahm - Peter (Max Cooper Remix)

Sunday's Chillout #001





Frahm's beautiful, clever piano melodies are a perfect match for Cooper's emotional, distinctive breed of production, blurring lines between the recital hall and the dance floor.

Max's own words:
'Nils Frahm is one of the best artists out there in my opinion, with pretty much the best live show I've ever seen. But aside from all that, this was just a really enjoyable remix to work on because the original is such a great piece of music, and seemingly so well suited to what I wanted to do with it - which was to try and turn Nils' instrumental jam on his Juno, into something house/techno/club/44 compatible, but still carrying the class and feeling of the original. It was one of those remixes that just seemed to fit and flow easily, with minimum strain and maximum enjoyment on my part - usually a good sign for a remix (the one's that have to be forced never seem to quite get there).'

Free download available at: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/112503162/download?client_id=0f8fdbbaa21a9bd18210986a7dc2d72c