figured it has been a while since i posted some sets, so i thought i'd share some of the stuff i've been listening to/found. to be honest, i've been spending most of my time listening to either the recent ssg mixes or eps/lps (i'll post my new charts in the next day or two). there hasn't been that many good sets floating about (if i am wrong, please correct me in the comments section) anyway, here are some mixes for you all:
g-man livepa @ level 6: do you realise how rare this? i am pretty happy with myself for finding this. in my opinion, gez varley (aka g-man) is one of the most under-rated producers out there. a truly amazing talent. his force inc. releases especially had a tremendous impact on me, so i was very happy when i discovered this treat. enjoy.
donnacha costello @ rts.fm: another amazing producer who deeply influenced me around the same time as gez varley (and continues to do so). a point pete has made recently - which i think is spot on - is that the early 2000s was really an amazing time for electronic music. force inc., how i miss you... anyway, times have changed and so has donnacha. well, to a certain degree at least. much of the same aesthetic and care is still there. not much more i need to say about this. essential!
milton bradley @ tweak.fm: the man behind 'do not resist the beat!' proves he can spin too. a nice set in typical berghain style, which gets more interesting the further it goes along, with a particularly nice surprise around the 45 min mark (i wont spoil it for you).
nuel @ classic club 18.11.07: after some really good responses to the last nuel set i posted, he kindly sent through this one for all the ssgs to enjoy. further proof that the aguaplano releases are definitely coming from 2 talents. donato played some tracks from the upcoming 3rd aguaplano, which are just from nuel - wow! great stuff. looking forward to the release.
redshape - house mood dj set: only listened to it once, but figured there'd be some people out there who might be interested in hearing this. there is nothing too amazing about the mix, but just some really nice records. i have a feeling this will grow on me.
LWE'cast 22 - portable/bodycode: do yourself a favour and head over to LWE and check this special live recording out. abrahams has a very unique sound. what appeals to me especially about this mix is the way he reworks and edits tracks live. essential for anyone who liked his RA'cast.
tinman - wasteland mix: been meaning to post this recording for ages, but kept forgetting. finally remembered because i've been listening to tinman's stuff quite a bit recently. purist acid mixed with ambient soundscapes and powerful vocals... i have a feeling we will be seeing some really excellent stuff from him in the 2nd half of 2009 and into to 2010. he's going somewhere very interesting.
kettenkarussell live: sherbs recently brought these guys some attention in his pitchfork column and was right to do so. they definitely have something. what? i am not sure exactly, but damn it sounds cool whatever it is. this is how pete described them in an email: "minimalist, trippy, cool sound design.... so good!". that's better than anything i can manage. just have a listen!
ok, there you go. a nice cross selection. and i won't give any details, but some of these mixes are from people who have agreed to do ssg mixes for us in the coming months...
Re: Milton Bradley @ tweak.fm
ReplyDeleteTotally right about it getting more interesting as it goes along!! Gets better and better!!
thanks for all the great sets! Do you know of any sets by Jens Zimmerman? I've been loving some of his tracks, but I've never heard him mix.
ReplyDeletejens has a mix cd out on mule, also i think he has a mix over at beats in space. i must admit i have had trouble getting into his sounds so dont have any sets handy. here is one, though:
ReplyDeletehttp://klickklackkontainer.de/sets/Jens%20Zimmermann%20-live%20-klickklackklub%2013.06.08.mp3
Nice list thanks, listened to the Portable LWE mix yesterday before saw this. V good
ReplyDeleteuh. donna. nearly the same like cio d'or and donato dozzy. means perfect music!
ReplyDeletethx for the tin man sound.
in my opinion Tin Man - Love Sex Acid http://www.discogs.com/release/794128 is one of the best record in techno history.
best and thx chris for this blog again.
Wow, this Nuel set is even better than the last one!! I'm surprised again at how surprisingly hard his set is, not that it's hard like straight up hard techno. I keep expecting something almost ambient because the Aquaplano releases are so mellow and nice. But this man is awesome!!
ReplyDeleteWho is the man in the picture btw?
ReplyDeleteyuri : looks like gez varley to me.
ReplyDeleteminimalmusic : really? that tin man is the best? its basically just a ripoff of mr. fingers, but done exceptionally well.
ReplyDeleteWas excited about the G-Man live set but it's nothing of the sort. It's essentially this release: http://www.discogs.com/G-Man-Kushti/release/23561 but kinda fucked up with some sloppy editing, effects and tempo changes. Weird. If you don't have the original do yourself a favour and get it immediately - it's really something. The source material is untouchable and Mark Gage does a superb job putting it together. Thrilling stuff.
ReplyDeleteAnyway thanks for the set posts, as always. Keep 'em coming.
@ yuri: yep, it is gez varley.
ReplyDelete@ simon: fair assessment, but i still think it is definitely worth listening to because it is rare to find something like this. also i worry not enough people know gez's sounds, so at least this is one way of hearing them.
@ eric: hmm, think that is a bit harsh. i think some of his earlier releases were a bit derivative, but he definitely making his own, distinctive sound now.
Just to be clear: I doubt Gez Varley had anything to do with this "live set". Having listened to it and knowing the original cd release inside out I can only imagine that somebody made a (bad) recording of the cd, added some shitty flange effects and posted it as a "live set". So there's nothing rare about it - it's essentially a fake, being passed off as something it almost certainly isn't.
ReplyDeleteBut you're right about people getting to hear it - they should. It's just a shame that it's being presented in this way (which of course isn't your fault).
One last thing: Mark Gage shouldn't be fogotten when listening to this. The way he mixed and layered the tracks, the super effective spinbacks he drops in from time to time, the build, tension and release in the second half... Wow. Thrilling stuff, and way ahead of its time.
re: gez varley live pa...love the mans productions, but have you ever listened to a lot of his stuff back to back? can't say the ol' variety is high with him, but they sure are good tracks.
ReplyDelete@ simon: i found the set originally on polytone music's myspace (http://www.myspace.com/polytonemusic) which were/are his booking agent. so i presume the set is real.
ReplyDeletethere is another liveset of his, along with a bunch of other goodies streaming here:
http://www.meakusma.org/?mainCat=4&subCat=1
so we can compare i guess. havent listened to that in ages. a new tin man live set there too. nice...
Chris: that streaming set is the exact same. Weird.
ReplyDeleteAnyway the music still rocks, so fuck it.
the redshape mix starts off with one of my favourite tracks of recent years, so i'm already enjoying it... :)
ReplyDeletedear redshape...
ReplyDeletestick to doing live pa's and making great tracks (though your new ep sucked my balls).
this dj set is highly unimpressive.
@ eric: wow, better give this another, closer, listen. sounded ok on the first run. as i said, nothing special but some nice records. hmm. perhaps not enough. we generally seem to have pretty similar tastes on this kind of stuff...
ReplyDelete1) Mark Gage is the most underrated/forgotten techno producer ever. The vapourspace stuff is amazing and never gets mentioned apart for the odd nod to Gravitational Arch Of 10. His productions as 'Cusp' are great as well.
ReplyDelete2) Anyone heard the epic Dettmann & Klock Amsterdam set from June? One of my favourites so far this year
Maybe you have some tracklists?
ReplyDeleteId love milton bradleys tracklist :)
that Kettenkarussell set is so very sexy. i'd like to see them get a ssgs mix.
ReplyDeletefurther (straightforward/housier) yummy to be found in kate simko's recent ghostly 'cast.
@chris : its mixed poorly, and its a ton of tracks that we've all heard way, way too many times now. its got its moments, but i made it about 2/3 of the way through and had to stop.
ReplyDelete@rokas : its up on the tweakfm website, if you want to peruse it. i recommend a magnifying glass.
tweak.fm site isnt working... so check first before posting
ReplyDelete@ rokas: working fine for me:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tweakfm.com/
Does anybody know the name of the first track playing in Nuel's first part at Classic club... It's driving me crazyyy!
ReplyDeletecompletely agree on the gez varley thing, good post
ReplyDeleteWithout having listened to the G-man set I have to say something about him.
ReplyDeleteI heard Gez Varley live last year and all I can say is that the description of the set by Simon (the old tracks with shitty flange effects) is the normal way he nowadays presents his music. All comes out of a roland studio box. Very disappointing liveact! So if this Set is like this, sadly I don't think its a fake ;)
Kettenkarussel is wonderful. I only knew them from their release on geiger, which is also outstanding. Have to keep an eye on them.
And one more thing: Here you can listen to a (relatively) new Set by Hubble:
http://beta.play.fm/recording/beatboutiquecomtaunusclub2009050717442
Have fun
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ReplyDeleteI am really liking the Kettenkarussell set for the second time.
ReplyDeleteBut the first 20 mins is pretty boring.
But it gets better and better!! Now I want the record. Where can I get it??? Not on boomkat or Hard Wax!
chris , can you please tell me where do you find these sets? or maybe just some sites;)
ReplyDeleteive got alot of mixes sites , but not these trippy tevhno stuff ;)
@ rokas: mixture of places - mnml.nl, livesets.com, myspace, websites of artists, clubs, labels and booking agents. ummm. those kind of sites... also sometimes people send us mixes.
ReplyDeletethanks , only i know these already :) i wish artists would send them directly to me haha:)
ReplyDelete@ rokas: we don't get many sent directly, and when we do, they are usually just for putting up here anyway,
ReplyDeleteg-man is not underrated. all his production is killer stuff . thx 4 mix:)
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