This is an episode from almost four years ago that, for some strange reason, never got published on this here ‘blog. It goes all over the place, but the main thrust is that it begins with ~140 BPM club bangers, moves to dubstep and grime, then shifts back to underground club. As a side note,…
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This episode could be viewed as a response to the last one, heavy and sinister where 208 was light and joyful. This is not to say that it lacks melodicism, which it has in spades, hearts, clubs AND diamonds friends… more that it would rather shove your ass onto the dancefloor than send it a…
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Another ~130 BPM episode unfolds with another mix of dance rock, house, techno, and club music. This one, I suppose, distinguishes itself by an even higher than usual genre agnosticism, incorporating hip hop and Damaged Bug’s trash rock, as well as SWAN MEAT’s avant gardism, wandering almost directionlessly through the various genres on its pallet.…
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Now this is an episode that leans pretty heavily on underground club and Hard Drum sounds. It veers over to techno sounds and hip hop beats, and even to rock, jazz and motorik, but mostly it’s club and club-adjacent. Not sure what else to say, honestly. This one cooks, but at a simmer, with stomping…
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This episode, named after the thing we recently had to start avoiding, centers around club mutations, with some tipping over in various directions toward neighboring genres: Hard Drum, Italo Disco, Jersey Club, Techno, mnml, House, rave, spacerock, and etc. Bookending the mix are two underground divas: Kim Gordon off her most recent release with a…
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This episode features dance rock, disco, dance pop, some quick Latinx club, a Jersey Club remix, some left-field techno out of Bristol, UK, a bit of straight functional techno, and quite a bit of lo-fi house. As per ususl (do I even need to say it any more?) things get a bit weirrrd at around…
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I did manage a second new episode in October! It was a busy month, filling in on station duties for (happily vacationing) absent NOPE comrades, and there were a few things I had to let slide… One six two begins with a tune off the recent Ladytron release, before retreating back a few years to…
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“But all my friends, they cry about being lonely…” This episode starts off with JETS in full IDM mode, sounding a bit like a cross between AFX and Mouse On Mars. From there, things get syncopated and energetic. Hard Drum, Hop Hop, house and club manifestations, a bit of mnml techno, some Jersey Club, even…
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This episode is to high tempo club what last week’s was to low tempo club. At 137 BPM there’s less Latin feel, more African-inspired Hard Drum syncopations and Jersey Club calypso kicks, plus some excursions into house and techno spaces. Once again (and as always) the middle third dips into more avant-garde space, reaching its…
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This episode pokes around the Hard Drum area of hybrid club music. Things start off with Ballroom House auteur LSDXOXO’s remix of Missy Elliott, and from there launches into a spree of African-inspired rhythms. Things wrap up with Jersey Club auteur DJ Jayhood, before winding down with some French trap. The mix is fast-paced and…
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