This episode marks SIX YEARS of Step to the Music, which is truly wild to consider… It took me by surprise, so I basically made the episode I would have made but without giving myself any time constraint. What I ended up with was 97 minutes of footwork and jungle and finest blend of MISC…
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I put this episode together in September of 2021. It is currently May of 2022 and I wish I could interrogate myself of eight months ago to understand what he was thinking. Especially because the episode I just finished and aired, I suddenly realize, shares no fewer than THREE tracks. I managed to subconsciously plagiarize…
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This episode begins with a misdirect: a peppy power pop tune from Texan rockers The Deathray Davies. As the tune moves into its final verse, the breakbeats kick in and we see the truth: it’s another D’n’B episode! It’s a spiritual sequel to Episode 211, a combination of Liquid funkiness, Autonomic experimentalism, and down and…
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Almost a year later I’m still at a loss trying to explain this episode. I set out to make something challenging and avant garde, and may have succeeded too well. I like it, personally, but I can understand why it’s one of my less popular episodes. Starting things off with Ziúr featuring the vocal stylings…
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Dubstep Originators This episode begins with a clubby confection from Shygirl, and includes a shoegazey interlude from Brit-Pop supergroup Piroshka, but the bulk of the mix is oldschool Dubstep. Classic Dubstep. Dubstep even from artists who defined the genre, who were making it before it even had a name. Oh, and some more club (Yazzus,…
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Many episodes of this show end up serving as accidental (or semi-intentional) label showcases. This episode would not exist had I not stumbled across Z Records on Bandcamp. I don’t recall exactly who or what pointed me in the right direction, but I snatched up a few compilations (you can go through the playlist below…
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This episode was me trying to bring more variety into my ~160 BPM mixes, but what surprises me almost a year later (how long I was stuck trying to find anything interesting to say about this mix) is how horny it is. I LIKE TRAINS start things off with their customary louche sinister vibe, Sully…
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This episode starts out with an industrial/coldwave feel of dread and aggression, which hangs over most of the rest of the mix, though to varying degrees, until Daniel Avery breaks the spell. ending things on a peaceful note. In between we have appearances from show favorites, fast house, techno, noisy club jams and edits… it’s…
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This episode is a bit of a sequel/afterparty/hangover to the previous D’n’B episode, which focused on Liquid. Things start off sunny, jazzy and poppy with a nice roller from Nu:Tone and end with another. Between these two slices things get clubby, things get jungly, things get briefly Autonomic-y… but once again it’s a Liquid showcase.…
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100 BPM means a lot of things, but lately on SttM it means MOSTLY one thing: Latin club sounds. Greek producer Abyss X opens this episode with a cinematic agglomeration of sonics, which only gradually find anything recognizable as a beat. From there the mix launches into a smorgasbord of underground club sounds while I…
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