Time again for a 140BPM episode! These tend to lean heavily on older music, since d****** started really turning to shit around 2010. But that leaves more than five years of viable dance tunes! The newer stuff here is grime and faster club/house tunes, as well as random bits of rock, hip hop, and electronic…
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Some things happened with this episode that I hesitate even to mention… possibly why it took so long to get an episode that aired on February 5th into the archives! But first the actual substance of the episode… In substance, this is a slowed down 140 BPM ep, which means, as one would expect, plenty…
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This episode begins with a spate of SttM’s fabled “random left turns,” from indie rock to house to club to grime to Latinx trap and back around again. The second half settles into a more predictable groove, full of d****** and instrumental grime, with just one quick (very melodic) Hard Drum detour around the thirty…
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And so, this episode, at least to an extent, felt like me relearning how to do a mix. Which is odd, since I only took a week off. Possibly the retro feel is due to the subject matter, which takes us back in time somewhere between four and twelve years. Yes, this is shamefully, shamelessly…
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“if you call that music…” Yeah, so I’m over a month late getting this episode posted up here. I’m kinda running out of things to say, I feel like? This episode is 140 BPM. It has some grime, it has some d******, it has some faster-paced future club, as would be expected for such a…
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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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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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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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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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