space weather sounds

music for spaceports mix - by space weather sounds (118.50mb, 60:49mins)
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this week we return once again to one of our favourite places to visit - the varied and inspiring world of lo recordings' jon tye. this time round we're shining a light on jon's work with artist pete fowler on the mirco-label space weather sounds whose mission statement is to be "a micro-psychronesial label set up to release esoteric material by various artists and fried guises." accordingly the labels first release (by jon & pete under the moniker monster at work) was a soundtrack to zombie movie they have yet to see issued on a extremely limited run of forty c60 cassettes.

the second release has recently escaped into the world under the name of 'illusion ship' and is made up of four extended pieces and described as "like whitehouse meets early tangerine dream." there are only 50 of these rare beasts in existance so we'd hop you can hunt them down. here's the wonderful 'music for spaceports' mix to soundtrack your search.

boards of canada - dandelion
space weather sounds - space creeper
skyramps - dripping water hollows out a stone
stag hare - oz
sean mccann - sway1
seahawks - omega man
james ferraro - clear pt2
space weather sounds - reflections in a cracked mirror
oneohtrix point never - computer vision
steve hauschildt - no way of knowing
space weather sounds - silver clouds 2
ducktails - beach point pleasant
stag hare -holy quinn
the present - africanized beatniks
oneohtrix point never - provenance
belbury poly - caermaen
emeralds - overboard (off the deep end)
klaus schulze - study for terry riley
james rutledge - out the magic window
space weather sounds - song for wulf
stella om source - the oracle
mark mcguire - let us be the way we were
vodka soap - reactionary meditations within the chandelier of our head
monsters at work - zombie ost clip3
michael stearns - m'oceans
the present - space meadow
space weather sounds - risers

next thursday we're heading down to the ever reliable pure groove record shop for something a little different. we've been invited to take part in their 'not so silent cinema' night.

steve will be djing a new soundtrack for the classic german "horror" film 'der golem'. the film starts at 8 and you can get all the details here.

scuba

influences mix - by scuba (98.10mb, 71:26mins)
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this week we have a brilliant wide ranging mix from the curator of hotflush recordings - scuba. hotflush was one of the original dubstep labels and was responsible for some of the key releases during the genre's early days.

scuba (real name paul rose) took the well trod path from london to berlin a few years back, a move which influenced the sound of his acclaimed debut mutual antipathy (keep an eye out for the new scuba album 'triangulation' arriving at the end of march) and his house/techno alter ego SCB.

the city also hosts his phenominally succesful SUB:STANCE night at the home of techno berghain where alongside paul fowler he has been preaching from the pulbit of bass since 2008. the night is set to release its first mix cd 'sub:stance 01' on ostgut ton next week - get the full info here. until monday though this mix will take to the furthurest reaches of what makes scuba tick.

toumani diabate – bafoulabe
orbital - i wish i had duck feet
fleetwood mac - brown eyes
nine inch nails – piggy
prince - computer blue
joy division – disorder
pet shop boys - i want to wake up
pete lazonby - sacred cycles
plastikman – glob
aphex twin – tha
autechre – bike
ali farka toure - allah uya
photek – conciousness
roni size - change my life
shimon & andy c – quest
roots manuva – inna
aaliyah - rock the boat
wookie – battle


we're very excited to be off on our first foreign excursion of the year and our debut trip to sweden this saturday where we're playing a 3hr set at the slow blow in stockholm. you can get full details here.

hope to see some of you there.

miss dinky

berlin is flaking ambient mix - by miss dinky (144.30mb, 63:01mins)
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we've got something very special this week with a very appropriate mix for this time of year from the wonderful miss dinky aka dinky aka alejandra iglesias.

the chilean born producer and dj is well known under her dinky guise for her experimental house and techno releases on key labels such as cocoon and wagon repair. you can pick up last years' anemik album on the latter here and look out for her 'dinky on the mix' cd due to arrive on cocoon in march as well as an ep on horizontal records named amanda (you can sample the b-side over at her website).

but today we concern ourselves with her miss dinky persona which uses for her more ambient projects starting with release on the great traum records way back in 1999. her inspiration for this mix was berlin where she now lives and "how beautiful this city looks when is snows and  how silent everything becomes as the snow is a natural sound blocker." that beauty is perfectly in encapsulated in this stunning mix.

dinky - nocturnal
myon - neutrino
christian naujoks - bloom (instrumental)
dinky - glacial
aphex twin - mookid
nsi - tear
dopplereffect - moson
aphex twin - iz us
dinky - outro
nsi - phase in
daniel stefanik - reaktivity
mfp - sample
miss dinky - chili drama
aphex twin - alberto balsam
brian eno - music for aiports

this friday we're going on 3hr hour journey round our record collection down at the big chill house which has had a rather sterling revamp music wise recently.

we're being supported by the brilliant and lovely zntn from 9 all the way through till 3. full details are here.

rebolledo

allez-allez set - by rebolledo (79.70mb, 34:48mins)
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welcome back! 2010 is upon us and we're starting remarkable style with a mix from the man responsible for one of the best ep of last year. rebolledo was born and raised in xalapa, mexico where he started dj-ing 2002. as resident of club night santanera he came into contact with one matias aguayo (responbile for a truly outstanding set for us at cargo last month) who took an interest in rebolledo's nascent material and gave him help in shaping and indeed releasing it on his commeme label. one of the results being the aforementioned ep guerrero - a funky, drummy, cacaphonous joy of a record that you should buy NOW (check out the brilliant video here if you don't believe us).

we reckon he's is set be one of the men of this year so keep your eyes peeled for his upcoming work included his remix for pional coming out on hivern records shortly. until then sample his dj skills with this choice compact mix (which include some unreleased aguayo gold). GUERRERO!!

otto and man - land from land
superpitcher - shadows
giorgio moroder - to hot to touch
matias aguayo - ay shit - the master
matias aguayo - rebolledo doesn´t smoke
kano - cosmic voyager
rony douglas - remaining
chantal - dernier volta
pional - another room (rebolledo edit)



we're not going to labour the point about our kill the dj party at cargo on saturday. all we'll say is: ivan smagghe, tim paris, battant, us - free b4 11.

see you there.

chop shop

allez-allez mix - by chop shop (107.40mb, 46:55mins)
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this week's ace mix comes courtesy of the fine chop shop collective. run by a group of 4 music lovers based in dalston, their playlist includes musical genres from across the world: 96/97 hip hop, detroit techno, cumbia, boogie and dancehall to name a few. chop shop have thrown a number of sporadic parties throughout the year including: bbqs on balconies, basements of peruvian restaurants, multi storey carparks.

but the one that we're most excited about is their upcoming NYE party for which sam will be the main guest dj. taking place at the new ? bar in stoke newington, (recently opened by the people who brought you mustache bar in dalston), if you're at a loose end please do come along and join the party it's going to be very special. they've promised a turkish buffet, an out door smoking area and live music - what more could you ask for!? Tickets are very reasonably priced at £10 and selling fast and are available here,

klimek - ruined in a day (buenos aires)
allez-allez - six down six across (demo)
thomas brinkman - isch
koze - 40 love
luke vibert - let's dance and freak
anton zap - alice miracle
kuniyuki takahashi - birds (tony lionni remix)
christopher rau - ne travaillez jamais
move d - felix
mathew dear & mobius band - elementary lover [dj koze remix]
gotye - heart´s a mess (supermayer remix)

so no christmas-ish mix from us this year but you can pop over to the clash magazine site for an exclusive mix by us instead. here's the tracklist:

animal collective - what would i want? (sky)
aaron martin & part timer - orchard (scrumped mix)
no age - aim at the airport
palms - boundary waters (josh dibb remix)
brian eno - the big ship
thomas brinkmann - isch
worst case scenario - hot beef (allez-allez remix)
dan m & james brun - lessons part 2
the meters - ride your pony
tbd - i don't know
micronauts - sweet (remix)
rodelius & nikos arvantis - digital love
harmonia & eno '76 - sometimes in autumn (shackleton remix)
nisennenmondai - destination tokyo
the the - this is the day

and stick the 9th of january in your diaries when we return to cargo with a special kill the dj party with battant live and a rare it's a fine line dj set by ivan smagghe and tim paris. the first essential party of 2010 we reckon. you can get the full details here.

also, before we sign off, a final stocking filler for your holidays playlists, is this festive track from sam, entitled 'xmas in addis abeba'..

xmas in addis abeba - by allez-allez (12.90mb, 5:36mins)
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thanks to you all for listening and dancing this year. have a very merry christmas and a brilliant new year.

love,

sam & steve

x

the field

the field mix - by the field (82.30mb, 59:54mins)
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this week we've delighted to have a mix from one of our favourite artists of the last few years - axel willner aka the field. axel has had a fantastic year taking in the release of his sophmore album 'yesterday & today' followed by an seemingly endless tour round the world with his impressive live band - which you'll remember shook the rafters off cargo at our night there back in april.

to close out the year kompakt have released the 'y & t' remix ep featuring interpretations of some of the album's tracks by rainbow arabia, gold panda and walls - that up and coming duo walls featuring banjo or freakout's alessio natalizio and our own sam willis which you can listen to on their myspace. you can pick up the ep right now here. it'll make a smashing stocking filler and this mix is the perfect soundtrack for a spot of tree decoration and mulled wine.

riz ortolani - love with fun
moondog - bird´s lament
the roches - hammond song
bo hansson - de svarta ryttarna
brian eno - here come the warm jets
harmonia - watussi
ashra - sunrain
talk talk - new grass
cocteau twins - sugar hiccup
brainticket - brainticket part one
goblin - sighs
sunn o))) - why dost thou hide thyself in clouds?

reason or romanza

allez-allez mix - by reason or romanza (100.70mb, 43:58mins)
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this week contributors are southend-on-sea beat colloborators reason or romanza. r or r's sound is a beautiful stir of electronica, minimal and folk described as occupying "new pastures in the fields between four tet and flying lotus" which is a nice place to live.

widely feted for their tracks and award winning soundtrack to mahlia belo's film 'silent music', they have recently signed with civil music - home to such artists as kotchy, drums of death and rusko. their ep1 is available right now and comes with 4 original tracks and remixes by eero johannes, blue daisy, batfinks and recue, a couple of which can be sampled on this mix.

hot chip - over and over (excerpt)
reason or romanza - sunflower (eero johannes' savanna mix)
mark romboy vs. stefan bodzin -callisto // friendly fires - lovesick
nathan fake - you are here (four tet remix)
grace jones - williams blood (aeroplane remix)
siskid - mental bruising for jackie o
thomas / mayer - über wiesen
american football - stay home (excerpt)
zomby - one foot ahead of the other (excerpt)
la roux - i'm not your toy (jack beats remix) // reso - busted crunk
burial - archangel
reason or romanza - seven uses of potential difference (blue daisy's tribal mix)
hot chip - over and over (excerpt)


don't forget it our cargo party this saturday with the brilliant matias aguayo live and the masterful shumi on the decks. its free before 11 so get down early.

and we're bringing the midweek party vibe to plastic people alongside luke solomon for the brilliant stitch party. do come - its christmas!