Tagged “mix”

My latest radio show is dedicated to Ryuichi Sakamoto, who sadly died recently. I played a couple of tracks by the great man alongside more of my favourite music.

Listen to the show on Soundcloud.

Here’s the tracklist:

1. Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - Aurora
2. Matt Wilde - Who Cares
3. Kaidi Tatham - Funky Fool
4. Mac DeMarco - 20180702 2
5. Robert Ffrench - I am wondering
6. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Plastic Bamboo
7. Kraftwerk - Vitamin
8. Mac DeMarco - 20180924
9. Gal Costa - Relance (Bernhard Pinheiro edit)
10. Imagination - So good, so right (12″ mix then dub)
11. Romaal Kultan - Between Us, Part One
12. Jayme Marques - Berimbao
13. Souldrummers - Space And Time

I really enjoyed this one and I’m pleased with how it turned out. Thanks to Susan and Speedy for having me back.

I recorded my second radio show of 2023 live at the Clyde Built Radio studio at the weekend. It was great playing records there on a sunny Sunday with the clocks just gone forward and the Barras buzzing as it hosted a Hong Kong street market.

This month I went for a set of reggae, electronics and other assorted good vibes.

Listen to the show on Soundcloud.

Here’s the tracklist:

1. Mali-I - Next Level Intro
2. Robert Ffrench - You are so special
3. Radio Trip - No Oud
4. Lucas Croon - Japon
5. Babeth - Orchestra Reggae
6. Tyrone Evans - Rise Up (Version)
7. Gateway Shuffle - Snapping
8. Cloud - Moon Rock
9. Azura - Theme from Azura
10. Visage - Pleasure Boys
11. Romaal Kultan - Meditate
12. Language - Tranquility Bass

Thanks to Amy for arranging, and to Matthew, the engineer on the day.

Having pre-recorded previous shows, I recently made a first visit to Clyde Built Radio’s station at the Barras market for a live show and really enjoyed it. It’s such a great location and it was a nice change to spin records on a Sunday morning.

I started off gently with atmospheric music from Detroit’s Ian Finklestein followed by a modern take on Steve Reich from Bitchin Bajas. From there it was into some hazy electronics and a dash of 80s boogie before landing on sounds from house music legends Abacus and Larry Heard.

Listen to the show.

Here’s the tracklist:

1. Ian Finklestein – Ago-ra
2. Bitchin Bajas – Amorpha
3. Isotope 217 – Audio Boxing
4. Coral D & PST – Send it
5. Komiko – Feel Alright
6. Visions of Tomorrow – Galaxy
7. Wheelup – Infinity feat. Abacus
8. Cy Gorman – Dewy Drip
9. Peech Boys – Don’t make me wait (Dub)
10. Purelink – Dozen Sunbeams (Nice Girl version)
11. Abacus – The Lower End Theory
12. Ossie – I hurt you
13. Fingers Inc – Bye Bye

Thanks to Amy for the invite, and Brandon, the engineer on the day.

I put together a fairly spacey and mellow selection of laidback electronic sounds with a little nod to summer.

Download my April 2022 mixtape.

Here’s the tracklist:

• Nale Sinephro - Space 1
• Culross Close - To Belong
• Other Lands - Matter (Reshaped)
• Mato – Summer Madness
• Desmond Chambers – Haly Gully
• Tom Churchill – Cast adrift
• Bright & Findlay — Slow Dance
• Quiet Force — Listen To The Music (Apiento & Tepper Mix)
• Fuga Ronto – Columbo De Domingo
• dreamcastmoe — l foot right
• Lord of the isles — Novwo
• Kofi B - Mmobrowa (Hagan Edit)
• State of grace — That’s when we’ll be free

This was a nice opportunity to get back into the rhythm of programming music of varying styles and tempos. Kit-wise, I used two Technics 1210s, a Pioneer XDJ-700, an Isonoe 420 mixer and an Eventide Timefactor delay.

Kicking off with an unreleased interlude by yours truly, it covers various shades of techno and electro from artists including @tapesjamaican, @pearsonsound, @reedalerise, @datashat, @legowelt-official, @cygnus and more.

Lovely mix of mellow electro and techno vibes by my friend Tom.

Great DJ mix by one of my favourite electronic producers, Datassette.

This mix is all about that 160bpm+ energy that first inspired me to make music. Around 1996 — to me at least, with the advantages of teenage naîvety — it seemed like electronic music had burst into a whole new tempo range, where there were no rules and anything was possible - as long as it BELTS (which is still true). If you go beyond 200 BPM, you reach that zone where 16th notes start to dissolve into 32nds and your brain latches onto a whole new outer layer of rhythm, like a fractal or temporal shepard tone. There is still much to be discovered!

I listened to this one while walking through the Glasgow Necropolis during one of those eerily-quiet Covid-era days, and it provided a welcome shock to the system.

Feel like I’m probably really late to discover this website, but here’s “Music for Programming” from Datassette. Hopefully this’ll be of use to fellow programmers who like music, although I daresay you can probably enjoy it if you’re a normal person too.

Through years of trial and error - skipping around internet radio stations, playing our entire music collections on shuffle, or just hammering single albums on repeat, we have found that the most effective music to aid prolonged periods of intense concentration tends to have a mixture of the following qualities: Drones, Noise, Fuzz, Field recordings, Vagueness (Hypnagogia), Textures without rhythm…

As both a programmer and big fan of Datassette (the creator/curator of this website), how did I not know about this sooner?! Anyway, plenty to dive into now.

(via @datassette)

First in a series of mainly short, off the cuff mixes where I just hit record and see where it goes. This one’s on the Electro tip, having kicked it off with Versalife’s Manifold from last year.

Tracklist:

1. Versalife – Manifold
2. Carl Finlow – Components
3. Sedgwick – Rhythm & Isolation
4. ESB – Tethys
5. Reedale Rise – Transluscent
6. Anthiliawaters – Barcelona
7. Turner Street Sound – Dunes (Oceanic Mix)

The mix was recorded on two Technics SL1210s and an Isonoe ISO420 mixer.

If you like talking music feel free to give me a shout on Twitter @fuzzylogicx.

Lovely house mix from my friend Jamie.

Lots of good stuff in here, with plenty I don’t know plus a few classics from Crustation (Mood 11 Swing’s mix of Flame) and Chez ’n’ Trent.

A mix of electronic, house and techno records I recorded at home in November 2019.

2019 has been a fairly quiet year for my and Tom’s record label The Nuclear Family. However with a couple of winter events coming up I wanted to share a little teaser mix to whet the collective appetite.

Inspiration

Earlier in the year I joined a fine bunch of pals on a night out at 69 at The Club, Paisley to hear resident DJs Martin and Euan plus a live performance from guest John Heckle. It was a fantastic night and particularly memorable for a couple of stellar tracks played by Euan. I tried to describe them to him afterwards but wasn’t sure if I was making much sense. Cut to a few months later and a mysterious parcel containing records I’ve never heard of arrives at my door. I was convinced that someone must have sent them to me in error until dropping the needle on the grooves and realising they were the tracks from that night at 69! Channeling Sherlock Holmes, I deduced that Euan – being the all-round good guy that he is – had bought and posted them to me as a souvenir of the night. What a guy!

And they are brilliant.

The first is Ricochet by Bambooman (a new name on me) on Matthew Herbert’s label, Accidental Jnr. It features a stuttering, percussive riff complimented by searing synth stabs – proper machine funk but with a heart. The second is a double-pack by the more familiar name of i:cube, with my favourite track Fractal P a dark, winding, bass-heavy trip reminiscent of ’91 classic Pressure Dub by Ability 11 but with its own distinct flavour.

I knew I definitely wanted those tracks in the mix.

Around those touchstones I added recent favourites from Joy O (under his Sin Falta alias), Phillip McGarva (the artist formerly known as Microworld) and Dego, plus a few oldies including Isolée’s Hermelin and Modern Tribe by Jellybean (AKA Glenn Underground).

In terms of kit, I recorded the mix on a pair of Technics 1210s and an Isonoe 420 mixer.

A couple of weeks ago I was kindly asked to provide a guest DJ mix for the Vic’s Sunday Soundclash show on Radio Magnetic.

You can listen to the show on demand.

Here’s the tracklist for my mix:

• Black Uhuru - Chill Out
• Jackie Mittoo - Oboe
• Joe Higgs - There’s A Reward For Me
• UBrown - Me Chat You Rock
• Riddim Tuffa ft OBF - Food Dub Ninja
• Mosca - Prento
• The Royals - My Sweat Turns To Blood
• Tatham/Ranks/Lord/Mensah - Private Life
• Freddie McGregor w/ Sound Dimension - Africa Here I Come
• Carlton Patterson w/King Tubby - King At The Controls
• King Tubby - Herbal Dub
• Carlton Coffie - Chant Away
• Fabian - Prophecy
• Prophecy Dub

I really enjoyed the chance to pull together reggae, dub and dancefloor favourites (old and new) for the mix. Cheers for the invite, Vicky!

You can catch Vic’s Sunday Soundclash on the first Sunday of each month at 2pm on Radio Magnetic.