Tag: dark techno

Beats and Grooves and Random Left Turns

Episode 212: Brand New Drops

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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Episode 208: Strut

This episode is all about joy. Things take a turn for the minor key at about the half hour mark, but in a certain context even sinister sonics feel more like a giggly jaunt through a haunted house… Allen French sets the tone with his uber-melodic contribution to the House Kitsune America compilation, after which…
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Episode 202: Felony

The heart of this episode is a tribute to SOPHIE, an artist whose work, I have to admit here and now, I slept on for way too long. On either side of SOPHIE’s track “BIPP” I have two tracks that seem to have been strongly influenced by her sonic innovations, that squeaky metallic sheen to…
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