Episode 131: LIVE! (3RD ANNIVERSARY)

Hooooooooray! Three years! this episode begins with an extended intro, intended to give me time to make sure I was actually broadcasting. It goes on possibly (definitely) too long, before launching into Turkish Delight’s “Around,” a song which I thought was more metronomic than it actually is, hence the clumsy transition into the Neil Landstrumm track which follows. Auspicious start!

I made a point of collecting a playlist for this show rather higgedly piggedly, and not doing any trial runs. This was to be LIVE live, by the seat of my pants. So it’s kinda all over the place. That was also intentional. I wanted to cover most, if not all, of the genres I play on the show. In truth, grime and d****** and techno got short-changed, while club and house and footwork are possibly over-represented.

Another feature of this mix is that I abandoned my usual rule of avoiding repeats. Are there tunes here I already played in previous episodes? I think so, but I refused to check.

The mix begins around 140 BPM and from there speeds up to 160 BPM, going through some faster club tracks. At 160 BPM there’s a block of footwork, capped by a tune from the new Aphex Twin EP that, the more I listen to, the more I think is Mr. James’ own take on the Chicago genre. Then up to Drum’n’Bass tempo for a while, exploring different moods of the breakbeat. Not many places to go from there, as my drill’n’bass collection is quite small, so time to drop to half-tempo (~85 BPM) for a slow Techno track and some hip hop. The rest of the mix speeds up gradually to ~130 BPM, including more club tracks, some nu-disco, straight dance-pop, and a healthy dollop of house.

• Turkish Delight – Around [Turkish Delight]
• Neil Landstrumm – Dirty Butcher [Lord for £39]
• Sega Bodega – Nivea [Nivea]
• AceMo – Land Scanner (Spectre) [Physically Sick]
• Hanz – Plasty [Plasty I]
• DJ Acey – I’m Not 2B Fu*k With [#ReInvent EP]
• EQ Why – Make The Feet Go Around [Make The Feet Go Around]
• bastiengoat – Ain’t no fake [SHAWTY]
• EQ Why – Fuck Me Hard [Make The Feet Go Around]
• Fanu – Dunes [Strange Lights]
• Aphex Twin – pthex [Collapse EP]
• Tim Reaper – Fridge Magnets [Pony / Fridge Magnets]
• The Architex – Jaundice [Incision LP (Revisited)]
• martianMan – The Magic [The Magic EP]
• Homemade Weapons – Red Herring [Negative Space]
• Stray – Bounce ft. Fracture [Matchsticks EP]
• Jonas K.P. – Flow [4 Years]
• Deltron – Things You Can Do [Deltron 3030]
• Liars – Family [Infinite Machine 2nd Anniversary Compilation]
• Hercules & Love Affair – Iris [Hercules & Love Affair]
• Luke Vibert & BJ Cole – Fly Hawaii [Stop the Panic]
• Shalt – Nid De Guêpes [ʃælt ii]
• Wafia – I’m Good [I’m Good]
• Ziúr – Lilith FT. RIN (Air Max ’97 Remix) [Taiga EP]
• Boxcutter – S P A C E B A S S [Arecibo Message]
• Screamin’ Rachael – Spirits Rising (Boyfriend Remix) [That’s What I Call Trax! Volume 1]
• Metro Area – Piña [Metro Area]
• Michaal Jackson X Ray Parker, Jr. – Bad Ghostbusters
• SHEE – Late Night Space Jam [LNSJ]
• Todd Terje – Strandbar [It’s Album Time]
• Jack N Jerk – Ear II Brain [Jack Inside Shapes EP]
• Cathy Dennis Feat. D Mob – C’mon & Get My Love [Move To This]
• LSDXOXO – SUGARFALLS [FUCK, MARRY, KILL]
• Roska – Killin’ It ft. TT The Artist [Jammed EP]
• Martyn – Ahmadiya [Falling For You]
• James Pepper – Global Warming [Global Warming EP]
• Cassettes For Kids – Pleasure [Pleasure]
• Maddjazz – Time 2 Go To Work [Time 2 Go To Work]
• Duck Sauce – Goody Two Shoes [Quack]
• Electric Eel Shock – Rock ‘n’ Roll Can Rescue The World [Go USA!]

BPM range: 85-170