no lames up in here

Maguett – Loud Bell
Dam Funk – Don’t You Know (That This Funk Iz Real)
The Weeknd – Gone
Sir Stephen – Public Style
The Field – Arpeggiated Love
Lunice – I See U (The Blessings Remix)
Arkist – One Year Later
Skene – Points
Cosmin TRG Fizic
Blawan – Kaz
Salva – Keys Open Doors
KH – 101112
Falty DL – Brazil (ft. Lily MacKenzie)
Ramadanman – Glut
Sepalcure – Love Pressure (XI Remix)
Monokle – Luch
Radiohead – Morning Mr Magpie (Pearson Sound Remix)
Motëm – In Berlin

Lunice – I See U
When Saints Go Machine – Kelly (Shlohmo Remix)
Gui Boratto – Trap
The Field – It’s Up There
Azari & III – Lost In Time
Motor City Drum Ensemble – LOVE (Kyle Hall Remix)
Cosmin TRG – Form Over Function
Sigha – HF029B
Egyptrixx ft. Shyvonne – Everybody Bleeding (Kingdom Remix)
The Weeknd – The Birds Part 1
Braille – Chain Gang
2562 – Cheater
Radiohead – Good Evening Mrs. Magpie (Modeselektor Remix)
Trevino – Chip
Arkist – Rendezvous
Sepalcure – Love Pressure (FaltyDL remix)
Rustie – Ultra Thizz

Mathieu Santos – Balam Acab Remix
Mount Kimbie – Flux
Isolée – In Our Country
Junior Boys – Kick the Can
Lone – All Those Weird Things
School of Seven Bells – Babelonia (Sepalcure remix)
The Black Dog – Bass Mantra
George Fitzgerald – Reset
Dark Sky – Neon
Zomby – Things Fall Apart
Austra – Lose it (Planningtorock Remix)
Radiohead – Morning Mr Magpie (Nathan Fake Remix)
Machinedrum – She Died There

The new Zomby album is off the hook. Serious contender for album of the year. That Shlohmo remix of Burial is freakishly gorgeous. And Tri Angle Records continues their streak of awesomeness with Clams Casino.

Hype Williams – Boss Man
Motor City Drum Ensemble – Basement LOVE
Radiohead – Little by Little (Caribou Remix)
Moodymann – Misled
Burial – Shell of Light (Shlohmo Remix)
Robag Wruhme – Tulpa Ovi
Zomby – Natalia’s Song
Hyetal – Dimepiece
Egyptrixx – Rooks Theme
Live Action Fezz – Fireworks
Clams Casino – Waterfalls
Balam Acab – See Birds (Moon)
Zomby – A Devil Lay Here
Lando Kal – Time Out
James Blake – Pan
Photek – Closer (Pinch Remix)

Radio-Activity 09/07/2011

Playlist:

Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
Light Club – Dihhin Doo Nah (Live Action Fezz Remix)
Steve Silk Hurley – I Don’t Know
Art Department – Tell Me Why (Part 1)
Motor City Drum Ensemble – LOVE
Slow Hand Motëm – Vanity Hugs
Lone – Approaching Rainbow
Capracara – Silvia Solar
Cosmin TRG – Liebe Suende
Virgo Four – It’s a Crime (Caribou Remix)
Radiohead – Lotus Flower (Jacques Greene Remix)
Joy O – Wade In
Underground Resistance – Predator
Aril Brikha – Read Only Memory
LFO – Freeze

Radio-Activity 02/07/11 featuring Pole

I interviewed Stefan Betke on a sunny afternoon in Montreal after soundchecking his Pole set for Mutek on June 4th. We talked about design, improvisation, Conrad Schnitzler, his first three albums, his upcoming releases, and why MP3s sound ugly in the club. Also new music from Deadbeat and Deadboy, and dark brooding techno from Lucy and Shed. Enjoy!

Playlist

Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
Deadbeat – Second Quarter
Pole – Streit
Interview with Pole
Conrad Schnitzler – Zug (Pole remix) – excerpt
Pole – Fragen – excerpt
Pole – Tanzen – excerpt
Jan Jelinek – Moiré (Piano & Organ) – excerpt
Pole – Achterbahn
Shed – Another Wedged Chicken
Lucy – Lav
2562 – This is Hardcore
Jacques Greene – Lay it Down
Deadboy – Here 4 U
Actress – Gershwin

Radio-Activity 25/06/11 with FaltyDL Interview

This mix includes my interview with FaltyDL (aka Drew Lustman) at Mutek in Montreal on June 2nd. Topics of discussion include the process of making his recent LP, DJing, drums, and his current interest in afrobeat. Also included are some hot new tracks from the likes of Holy Other, Hudson Mohawke, and Com Truise.

Playlist

Games – Heartlands
Boxcutter – TV Troubles
FaltyDL – Moonshine
FaltyDL Interview with excerpts of various tracks
FaltyDL – Hip Love
Jamie XX – Beat for
Floating Points – Sais (dub)
Hudson Mohawke – Thunder BAy
Com Truise – Ether Drift
Holy Other – Know Where
Hype Williams – Blue Dream
Severed Heads – We have come to bless this party
Nicolas Jaar – Specters of the Future
Motem – Freeze
Elaquent – Cloud 8

Radio-Activity 11/06/2011 ft. Interview with Jacques Greene and Ango

I interviewed Jacques Greene and Ango just after their soundcheck for the first ever Jacques Greene live set at Mutek on Jun 2nd. The interview starts 24 minutes into the show.

Playlist:

Jacques Greene – Tell Me
Ango – Part Time
Live Action Fezz – Braineater
Julio Bashmore – Batty Knee Dance
Deadboy -Wish U Were Here
Jacques Greene – Good Morning
Jacques Greene – (Baby I Don’t Know) What You Want
Savage Skulls – Caravan (Jacques Greene Remix)
Jacques Greene – The Look
Salva – Mag Clips (Ango Remix)
Jamie XX – Far Nearer
Dorian Concept – My Face Needs Food
Boxcutter – Little Smoke (Vs. Kab Driver)
Kode9 – Black Sun (Partial Eclipse Version)
Boddika – Warehouse
Intstra:Mental – Thomp

Mutek 2011 Mix

I had great times at Mutek in Montreal last week. Here is a mix of some of the artists who performed. Check back over the next few weeks for interviews with Jacques Greene, FaltyDL, and Pole.

ARP – St Tropez
Pole – Sylenstein (Deadbeat Remix)
Plastikman – Gak
Calamalka – Respirator
Hype Williams – Jesus 2 a Child 2
Modeselektor – Tetrispack
Babe Rainbow – Celebrate
Luke Abbott – Sirens for the Colour
Caribou – Bowls (James Holden Remix)
Knowing Looks – Cane 141
Horror inc – Dans la Nuit
Wareika – Inner Circle
Groj – Ethuil Siniath
Four Tet – sing (Floating Points Remix)
FaltyDL – You Stand Uncertain
Bowly – idee d’un tropique
Jacques Greene – The Look

Hype Williams - Unfaithful
Africa Hitech - Our Luv
Burial - NYC
Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk - Jackin' the Trax
Skene - Everything is Misrepresented
Morphosis - Spiral
Kassem Mosse - We Speak to Those
Robag Wruhme - Prognosen Bomm
This Mortal Coil - I Want to Live
Virgo Four - Boing
2562 - Intermission
Hyetal - Searchlight
Shed - With Bag and Baggage
Egyptrixx - Recital (B Version)
Egyptrix - Recital (A Version)
Falty DJ - Eight Eighteen Ten
Scuba - Golden
Machinedrum - Carry the Weight (Bok Bok Remix)
Jacques Greene - Another Girl
Hype Williams - Rescue Dawn 3
Andy Stott - Dark Details

Amon Tobin - Piece of Paper
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX - I'm New Here
James Blake - To Care (Like You)
LV, Quarta 330 - Hylo
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats
Actress - Harrier Attk
Africa Hitech - Out in the Streets
Motem - Duo tang
Com Truise - Beta Eyes
Elaquent - Android Swagger
Boxcutter - Cold War (vs. Ken & Ryu)
Com Truise - Fairlight
Onra - Moving
Samiyam - Rounded
Bibio - Artist Valley
Kelpe - The Blankout Version
Games - Strawberry Skies (Hudson Mohawke Remix)
F.U.S.E. - A New Day
Austra - Beat and the Pulse
The Knife - You Make Me Feel Like Charity

Advance

Morphosis – Wild in Captivity
Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
Art Department – What Does it Sound Like?
SCB – Loss
2562 – This is Hardcore
Instra:Mental – Delta Zone (Advance)
Kode9, Spaceape, Cha Cha – Neon Red Sign
Dorian Concept – Her Tears Taste Like Pears
Disclosure – Carnival
White Horse – Nothing Was Beautiful and Everything Hurt
Basic Channel – Octaedre
Demdike Stare – Hashashin Chant
Sepalcure – No Think
Jacques Greene – The Look (Machine Drum Remix)
Skene – I Don’t

Steps

Prefuse 73 – The Only Valentine’s Day Failure
Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
Burial, Four Tet, Thom Yorke – Ego
Appleblim – NY Fizzzzz
Julio Bashmore – Ribble to Amazon
Instra:mental – Sun Rec
Lucy – Bein
Lazy Fat People – Dark Water
Marc Houle – Thirds in Trees
Kode9 – Green Sun
Scuba – Feel It
School of Seven Bells – Babelonia (Sepalcure Remix)
Owiny Sigoma Band – Wires (Theo Parrish Remix)
Jacques Greene – The Look (Mark Flash UR Remix)

Mirrors

Tim Hecker – In the Air I
Burial – Stolen Dog
Deadbeat – House of Vampires
Instra:mental – Plok
Egyptrixx – Naples
Julio Bashmore – Batty Knee Dance
Lone – Explorers
Sigha – Fold
Burial+Fourtet+Thom Yorke – Mirror
Kode 9 and Spaceape – Love is the Drug ft. Cha Cha
Boxcutter – Factory Setting
FaltyDL – Hip Love
2562 – Aquatic Family Affair
Sepalcure – Your Love
Grace Jones – Love You to Life (Mala/Digital Mystikz Remix)
Kode 9 and the Spaceape – Black Smoke
Dorian Concept – Toe Games Made Her Giggle

Paranormal

FaltyDL – It’s All Good
Burial – NYC
Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
Bibio – Saint Christopher
Recloose Ft. Dwelee – Can’t Take It
Lazy Fat People – Club Silencio
George Fitzgerald – We Bilateral
Dorian Concept – My Face Needs Food
2562 – Cheater
FaltyDL – Play With My Heart
Peverelist – Dance til the Police Come
Koreless – 4D
Sepalcure – Taking You Back
Skene – Relive
Pinch & Roska – Paranormal Activity

11.9

Skene – Ghost Magic
DJ Nate – Free
Groundislava – Feelers
Nicolas Jaar – Columb
Flying Lotus – Nose Art
Take – Horizontal Figuration (Tokimonsta Remix)
Delarosa and Asora – Draped Departure
Sepalcure – No Think
Gold Panda – Marriage (Star Slinger Remix)
Becoming Real – Closer
Take – Neon Beams (The Clonious Remix)
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Over
James Blake – Unluck
Shackleton – Fireworks
Salem – King Night
Autechre – Bilfil
Take – Begin End Begin (Falty DL Remix)
Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
Gold Panda – Marriage (Baths Remix)
Moritz Von Oswald Trio – Horizontal Structure 3

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11.8

Siriusmo – Idiologie
Star Slinger – Rene Storm
Nicholas Jaar – Keep Me There
James Blake – I Mind
CFCF – Frozen Forest (Jacques Renault Remix)
Chaim & Meital De Razon – Love Rehab
Art Department – Vampire Night Club
Live Action Fezz – Don’t Freak in, Freak out!
Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
Egyptrixx – The Only Way Up
Aril Brikha – City Slicker
Autechre – Accelera 1 & 2
FaltyDL – Hip Love (Jamie xx Remix)
George FitzGerald – Don’t You
Creep – Days (Deadboy Remix)
Radiohead – Feral
Shackleton – Deadman
Sepalcure – Your Love

11.7

Groundislava – Very Basketball
Mount Kimbie – Ode to Bear
James Blake – Willhelms Scream
Motem – Duo Tang
Morgan Zarate – Sp
Shigeto – French Kiss Power Up
Julio Bashmore – The Horn that Time Forgot
Games – Strawberry Skies (Hudson Mohawke Remix)
Actress – I Can’t Forgive You
Dam Funk – Hood Pass Intact Ft. MC Eiht
Dam Funk – Raindrops
Games – Shadows in Bloom
FaltyDL – TOM@RAMP
Lone – The Birds Don’t Fly This High
Mi Ami – Hard Up
Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
Aril Brikha – Ottil
M.I.A. – It Takes a Muscle (Pearson Sound Refix)
Aril Brikha – On & On
Sepalcure – Fleur

11.6

Jatoma – Alang Beach
Randy Barracuda – Tako to Ama
Machine Drum – Para Did
Severed Heads – Always Randy
Actress – Hazyville
Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
Motem – The Force
Julio Bashmore – Ask Yourself
Carl Craig – The Climax Bootleg
Ground is Lava – On My Birthday
Lone – Aquamarine
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Evelyn
Mount Kimble – Blind Night Errand
Untold – Don’t Know. Don’t Care.
FaltyDL – St. Marks (Sepalcure Remix)

11.5

Direwires – Canatara Stroll
Loscil – Chinook
Jetone – Huntington
Snd – Circa 1509
Jesse Somfay – Good Morning Strange Light
GAS – untitled
Deadbeat – Let it Rain
Jetone – untitled
Basic Channel – Radiance III Edit
Loscil – Diable Marin
Lukid – Chord
Monolake – Cyan
Tim Hecker – Hatred of Music 1

11.4

Harald Grosskopf – Synthesist
Phil Manley – Life Coach
John Foxx – Metal Beat
Games – Heartlands
Motem – Ogo Pogo
Julio Bashmore – The Horn That Time Forgot
Plastikman – Ethnik
Severed Heads – All Rights Reserved 99 (Dentist)
Zombie Zombie – Escape from LA Main Theme
Darkstar – Gold
Severed Heads – We Have Come to Bless The House
Chris & Cosey – Heartbeat
Teengirl Fantasy – Make the Move
Groundislava – Creeper Shit
Salva – Wake Ups
Rustie – Hyperthrust
Rhythm & Sound – No Partial
Ellen Allien & Apparat – Edison
CFCF – Before and After Light

11.3

RIP Trish Keenan of Broadcast.



Flying Lotus - Catacombs (Extended Version)
Jatoma - Luvdisc
Motem - Go rilla
Scuba - So you think you're special (Joe Remix)
Egyptrixx - Chrysalis Records (feat. Trust)
The Hundred in the Hands - Dressed in Dresden (Kyle Hall Remix)
Broadcast - Corporeal
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity
Paco Osuna & Joseph Capriati - Wope
Julio Bashmore - Everyone needs a Theme Tune
Plastikman - Slinky
Scuba - On Deck (Falty DJ Remix)
Ill Blu - Bellion
Lone - Aquamarine
Peverelist & Hyetal - The Hum
Time Wharp - Mandelbrotset

11.2

A weird mix of stuff I've been listening to lately, like recent releases from Motem (pictured above), Lone, and John Roberts, second wave Detroit Techno (Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin), some UK bass at the end, and some other things that somehow make sense to me to include, like Actress, Mesak, and Deadbeat.

Motem - Melancholy Flower
Moodymann - The Setup
Actress - Mincin
Mesak - A Bag of Gypsys
Kenny Larkin - Colonize
Deadbeat - one.one.five
John Roberts - Lesser
DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 (Blues Mix)
Lone - Ultramarine
Carl Craig - Butterfly
Jacques Greene - Tell Me
Tevo Howard - What is Noise?
Creep - Days (Azari & III remix)
Paperclip People - Parking Garage Politics
Ramadanman & Appleblim - Void 23
Cobblestone Jazz - Children
George Fitzgerald - Weakness
Caribou - Leave House (Ikonika Remix)
James Blake - Limit to Your Love