This week’s Episode features an array of polyrhythmic intersections, percussive club madness, and glistening dark borderline-psychedelic sounds. It leans pretty heavily on the Classical Trax “Jamz!” compilation, as well as several charity comps. Real Bingey Byrell the Great – #Cmon [Chopped Cheese] Jayda G – Sestra’s Cry [Physically Sick] NKC – For Yourself [Her Records Volume…
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This most recent episode first aired a few weeks ago (apologies for the delay), at a time when a confluence of circumstances led to zero people listening to it. I thought that was a shame, because I’m quite fond of this one. So I let it marinate for a few weeks and aired it again.…
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Last Wednesday’s episode starts out a bit ADD, fitting six short, energetic tracks into the first twelve minutes. From the Latin beats of Merca Bae to the Sino-club of Demon Slayer, to the mutated mentasm of Monotronique, to the Cali dancehall/HA! pastiche of Habibiboi, to the chopped Serbian beats and bass of dJJ’s Lil Taty…
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Last night’s episode was a reluctant return to the clubstep hybrid of 113. In terms of the oil/water emulsification of club sprightliness and halfstep langour, I feel this one was lacking whatever binder made the first iteration work. The tonal whiplash seems a bit much. YMMV, of course, and there are some great tunes represented, some…
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Last Wednesday’s episode of Step to the Music was another Grey Area experiment. This time, rather than focus on the usefulness of triplet polyrhythms in switching between 170 BPM Drum’n’Bass and 127 BPM Techno, I limited the pallet to Grey Area and D’n’B, keeping the beats per minute at 170. The first third of the…
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I feel that I cannot apologize enough for the name. I was putting together a playlist that alternated between 140 BPM club tunes and oldschool Dubstep jams, and the portmanteau just presented itself to my horrified mind. It was as unavoidable as it was douchey. I tried to think of something else, but it would…
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Last night’s SttM is in the archives for your listening pleasure, featuring club syncopations and techno bangers from around the world: from Lebanon to Montreal; from Brasil to San Francisco; from DC to Durban, South Africa; from Finland to Bristol, England; and beyond! Janne Hatula – Lo-Fi Life [Polku EP] Eon – Inner Mind [Void…
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Last night’s episode showcases Benga’s “Diary of an Afro Warrior” ten years after it came out. Yes, this was what D****** sounded like before Skillrex came along and ruined everything. ~141 BPM, bass and space. At some point over the past few years I got sick of trying to explain to people who were convinced…
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Last night’s episode begins with a great techno track from Rob Clouth, then gets brighter and more candy colored until it takes a turn… into the Grey Area. Then things get Autonomic for a bit. It gets Junglistic for a bit, then ends on a mellow ambient-ish mood If that makes no sense to you,…
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Here is last night’s episode for your time-shifted listening delight. As previously mentioned, it features a mix of techno and tech-house, plus some Swedish house-which-may-as-well-be-techno because… well… norse? Marcel Dettmann & Ben Klock – Dawning (Revisited) [Scenario] Hubie Davison – Mannequin Move [I Won’t Be There EP] Scuba – Television [Claustrophobia] Aebeloe – Forma [4…
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