Similar to last week’s episode in a way, this one slows down the tempo to ~140 BPM and looks at what footwork and DnB producers do at a slower tempo. Some of it is slowed down footwork or jungle, some of it is Drum’n’Bass producers aping Dubstep. There’s also some techno — mnml courtesy of…
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Another footwork episode, this one with some footwork-tempo Drun’n’Bass in the mix. I initially called this one Footwork vs Jungle, but if so the footwork quickly overpowered and assimilated the competition. Om Unit and Philip D Kick and Dawn Day Night and Malou are not just hopelessly outnumbered, they all contribute heavily Chicago-influenced tracks. Sinistarr’s…
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Last night’s episode, aka the third SttM Xmas special, begins with a ridiculous mashup of the Mighty Monarch’s henchmen doing their karaoke Garage Band version of Sir Paul McCartney’s (rightly) reviled and hated Christmas confection vs Rhythm Scholar’s cut-n-scratch remix. The latter samples the Rankin/Bass pseudo-classic “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” to delightful effect, and…
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This episode starts off with several tunes that fall more on the “song” end of the song/track spectrum. First off, Montreal’s Ouri splits the difference between techno and pop. Then Santa Muerte provides an edit of mumblestar Lil Uzi Vert, coming from the most recent Bootlegs and Edits compilation (which comp is, without a doubt, the MVP…
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The initial idea for this episode was a bunch of techno and a bunch of gqom… but when I had the playlist worked out it was three times longer than I could even consider fitting into an hour, so I started cutting and cutting and ended up with only two gqom tracks, plus two D’n’B tunes and…
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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…
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BROTHERS! SISTERS! Allow the groove to be political for just a moment. Do not need. Do not want. Then the episode settles into a sibling to episode 128, though cleaving a bit more closely to footwork. Exceptions, overlooking the lead-in track, include another fast grime tune from Proc Fiskal and a tune by Aphex Twin, off his…
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this one begins with Astronomique’s modern reimagining of 90’s dreampop before shifting gears to Ckrono’s aggressive reggaeton sounds (off a compilation of House music). The remainder of the mix goes back and forth between oblique club and hip-hop, with a focus on the oldschool. There are a few sidetracks into slow house and alternative rock before…
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The new DJ Ends EP is pretty great. It’s a Teutonic take on Footwork, combined with Jungle influences. This episode starts out with a more Footwork-indebted track before sequeing into Miko, a Polish producer. There’s plenty of oldschool Chicago footwork to come, but Sun People, bastiengoat from Oakland, Malou Mørkeberg from Finnland, Jlin from Detroit, and KΣITO from Japan…
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So, this episode combines various interests I’ve been exploring recently. It mixes and matches various strains of techno, from funky floor creations (JETS, Bicep) to ambient-ish home listening tunes (Chloé) to driving polyrhythmic explorations (Helena Hauff). It takes a tour of various international styles of underground club music (Air Max ’97, Dasychira, Sango, Jung Navy).…
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