Electronic music old and new
I've had a policy of saying 'yes' to everyone who's asked me for a mix so far this year, which means I've produced a steady stream of them while on lockdown, so here are the latest four. I'll be slowing down for the remainder of 2020 and focusing a bit more on production. (The next… Continue reading Yet more mixes
Whatever the downsides, lockdown has certainly been good for rediscovering the joy of recording mixes. I've managed eight since March, and there are another couple in the pipeline, which is more than I managed in total during the previous decade. Here are the most recent additions. Down The Stairs mix for 2Sox I was delighted… Continue reading Four more mixes
I'm notoriously slow when it comes to recording DJ mixes, but over the past few months I've been unusually productive by my usual standards. Aside from the Drum & Space Redux mix that I posted at the weekend, here's what else is available now: Origin Podcast These guys from Slovenia reached out after hearing my… Continue reading Some recent mixes
In 1995 I recorded the first of a series of mixtapes featuring some of the drum & bass records I’d started buying obsessively. I was a 16-year-old with a set of cheap belt-drive decks in a suburban Cardiff bedroom, whose burgeoning interest in techno and house was rapidly expanding in all directions. UK bass music… Continue reading Drum & Space Redux
Here’s the first in an unapologetically nostalgic sub-series of my Sunday Selections mixes devoted to ‘golden era’ deep UK techno. I have to admit I was feeling pretty miserable about the state of the nation last week; digging out the records that blew my mind in the early/mid-90s transported me to happier times and I… Continue reading Golden Era Techno, Part 1
Three years ago I started a series to showcase some of my favourite jazz, soul, hip hop and downtempo records, with a smattering of ambient electronics and deep techno. I hesitate to call them DJ mixes, as there wasn't much in the way of beat-mixing, but they were carefully programmed and designed to reflect what… Continue reading Sunday Selections X
