Aside from a bit of slow footwork, a bit of fast house, and a post-shoegaze curveball, the bulk of this episode features (the dreaded) dubstep and instrumental grime. Then the mix ends out with some clubland bangers STRAIGHT out of left field, because this IS SttM, and I get itchy if I stick to one…
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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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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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This is an episode for the true heads. Things start out with a bit of goth-y posty-punky dance rock from present-day Swedish masters of the genre Then Comes Silence… but then segue into the Title track from Truth’s latest EP and from there it’s pure Dubstep and instrumental Grime (with, arguably, a single track of…
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Following the previous angry one, this episode is relatively sedate and apolitical, featuring some jazzy electro sounds, some grime, and quite a bit of d******. There’s a touch of angry hip hop in there, because the police have not yet been defunded, and things do get pretty dang heavy just from a sonic standpoint here…
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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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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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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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