Tuesday, November 9, 2010

ssg special - sigha

photo by jimmy mould

like most people, sigha is a name that came to my attention through his releases on hot flush, in particular the 'rawww' EP from last year. obviously this association with such a prominent label has been great for raising sigha's profile, but i can't help feel it has been a bit of a mixed blessing. due to the hot flush name, there is a tendency to categorise sigha either as a dubstep artist or more commonly, someone in the dubstep/techno crossover realm. this is pretty lazy, because if you actually listen there isn't actually too much dubstep left in what sigha is producing and playing. for the most part, it is straight out techno. in this sense, his sound is much closer to what you'd hear at berghain on a saturday night when dettmann and co. are in charge, than on the friday nights when sub:stance takes over. and if you don't believe me, have a listen to what sigha has put together for us: it is a tightly mixed set of dynamic techno. anyway, enough from me, a few words from sigha about the mix:

"I spent a lot of time thinking about what I wanted to do with this mix. Over the last year my DJ sets have been getting harder, but I wanted to steer clear of delivering a relentless 'club style' mix, and instead put something together that straddles the deep and the driving. On top of this, I wanted to maintain that psychedelic quality I'm always looking for. Usually I'd build something like this in a club if I had four hours or so to play with, so it was a challenge to maintain that balance and create the right transitions and tension in an hour long mix. Hopefully I've done this. Enjoy!"

sigha - ssg special mix

the first release from sigha's new label, our circula sound, has just come out, and there is also a second EP on the way. in addition, he has a remix on the recent commix package, and new remixes coming soon on mikrowave and echocord. so he is keeping himself busy... for more info on sigha, check his myspace, soundcloud, and twitter. big thanks to james for taking the time to put together this mix for the ssgs.

22 comments:

  1. Gwarn James! Been waiting and waiting for this. Respect to the ssgs for sorting it.

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  2. I thoroughly enjoyed the aforementioned Rawww EP and was really curious about this mix. It's not like Rawww at all--much darker--but it is awesome. The beginning is really nice and dubbed out and then it totally picks up. I love the part around the excellent Robert Hood "Sci Fi Mix" of "Deep Blue Meanies". Has an all around perfect vibe and feel that translates into a really cohesive mix.

    Hate to start the IDs, but there are two burners in here that are tits: ~11:00 and ~21:00. Any ideas?

    A gem of a mix indeed. Thanks for the sick beats and any help with the IDs!

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  3. @ RydimRyder: as with almost all of our mixes, there will be a tracklist for this. just hang tight for about a week, then you'll get all the IDs you need.

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  4. Hehe, found myself listening to some Sigha music last night, while selecting music for an upcoming gig. Great to find this new ssg special mix now!
    Thanks for sharing, looking forward to listen!

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  5. Nice and dark - liking this mix, looking forward to the tracklist next week

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  6. SWEET! Top Producer cant wait to hear this.............

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  7. hehe, one of my artist predictions when you guys were speculating at the start of the year.

    Thanks for giving me the opportunity to hear a mix by him.

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  8. @ chris: My bad!! There wasn't a track list for my favourite ssgs special thus far, Kettenkarussel, so I figured I might as well get more eyes on my request while it's fresh. Thanks again. Looking forward to the track list.

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  10. @ chris: And to top it off, I just checked out his new release that you mentioned on OCS and those are the two tracks. Amazing! You ID'd it without even meaning to, so thanks. Ha.

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  11. Sigha always on point. Can't wait to listen!! :)

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  12. Thanks for posting this! I reposted on my blog. http://burked.tumblr.com/post/1525752474/lets-get-lost

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  13. great mix. there's a tune at around 30mins, which seems to sample a pedestrian crossing. reminds me of the episode of spaced, when tyres (the clubber cycle courier) is dancing at a pedestrian crossing & loving the beeps

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  14. God bless that is it in 320k. Fanatical as it may sound, I would even love it as a FLAC.

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  15. @jcarvalh: we try our best to provide 320, or 192 at minimum. but we definitely will never provide FLAC or any other lossless format, as these are free downloads.

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  16. wow, loving this Mix. Thx for it....

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  17. nice one ssgs, great mix sigha! dug out my sigha records straight after this, love rawww but me fave is still shake. looking forward to more!

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