DOG DAY :: N'to - The Hound

N'to - The Hound

It should be no secret that N'to is one of my favorite producers today. His music can only be described as minimal house / tech / whatever with a hint of French Touch. At least that is the feeling I get when I hear it.

The Hound is a dark and stormy night ... but that dog has the scent. He's closing in, as you run into the void trying to evade him. It's inevitable, you can't escape from the Hound.

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20 Years of Ravin'

20 Years of Ravin'

When I was young, I listened to a lot of electronic based music - New Order, Depeche Mode, etc. But it wasn't until the early 90's and in particular 1993 that I got into DJ led dance and rave music. You see, I was stationed in Germany in the military at the time and the rave clubs and parties over there were burgeoning. I got an earful of that repetitive, driving sound and the vibe from all the other participants and I couldn't stop. I wanted to share a few of the anthems that I still listen to after all these years - the ones that were formative in my music education, whether they be techno, house, trance, breakbeat, drum 'n bass, dubstep, trap or downtempo, from that time until the present day.































































And back to where it began-


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BT - 13 Angels On My Broken Windowsill

BT a.k.a. Brian Transeau has created 13+ minute epic track with 13 Angels On My Broken Windowsill. This one starts off very softly and ambient, then drops into a glitchy, dubstep sort of realm. The accompanying video is a sight to behold - simply gorgeous.

Brian started his career in the early 90's collaborating with Deep Dish. He soon became a pioneering artist in the trance genre movement and does not consider himself to be a DJ, rather a classical artist. In June of 2012, he released If the Stars are Eternal So are You and I which is one of the first albums where he incorporates ambient, glitchy and more minimal sounds. It's from this album, that we have 13 Angels On My Broken Windowsill.



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Jon Hopkins Boiler Room LIVE Show

Jon Hopkins is a technical genius! After a rough start at the Boiler Room with some faulty equipment, he shows what he is really capable of - which is bringing mad beautiful, glitchy beats to the masses.

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RETRO FRIDAYS :: Sasha - Involver [Special Edition] CD1

The year was 2004, and world-reknown DJ Sasha was moving from his trance roots to a more minimal and progressive breaks sound. He released Involver on the Global Underground label. Tracks which Sasha admired by other artists were chosen for this album and have each been remixed to give Sasha's own interpretation of them. Sasha received a Grammy nomination for his remix of Felix da Housecat's "Watching Cars Go By", which was featured on Involver.

Tracklist
1. Grand National - Talk Among Yourselves
2. Shpongle - Dorset Perception
3. Petter - These Days
4. UNKLE - What Are You To Me?
5. Youngsters - Smile
6. Spooky - Belong
7. UNKLE - In a State
8. Lostep - Burma
9. Felix Da Housecat - Watching Cars Go By
10. Ulrich Schnauss - On My Own

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NOTHING FAKE :: Nathan Fake - Nekatona

Like a locomotive steaming down the track ... Nekatona pushes forward with rhythm. The track is typical of what we've come to expect from Nathan and the Border Community label, which is not to say that its bad. Nathan Fake has defined a new style of minimal techno over the years, which I've really come to love.

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IT'S A JAMES HOLDEN DAY :: James Holden SONAR (Sao Paulo) 12-05-2012

Sometimes you just want to unwind. Today, I sat through the first day at a new job. Lots of training videos on harrassment. You know the drill. I also had a killer headache the entire time. Then I finally get home and the power was off. I just wanted to relax and listen to some music. When the power finally did come back on I went on the search for a new James Holden mix. This guy always puts me in the right frame of mind.

James Holden will be playing on March 22nd in Chicago at Primary. Here's the info -

Migrashun & Primary Present: JAMES HOLDEN (UK)

James Holden (UK)
|| Border Community ||

Mathias Matthew (US)
|| Migrashun, Stasis Recordings, iElektronics ||

Jason Warth (US)
|| Migrashun, Curbed Recordings ||

Primary
5 W Division St
(between State St & Astor St)
Chicago, IL 60610
$10 B4 Midnight, $15 After

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Tracklist
01. Seams - Punch
02. Massive Attack vs Mad Professor -- Three (Trinity Dub) [Wild Bunch]
03. Cut Copy -- Sun God (Andrew Weatherall Remix) [Modular]
04. Jeremy Greenspan -- Crown Princess [Jiaolong]
05. Das Ding -- H.S.T.A. [Minimal Wave]
06. Omar S -- Gunup Runup [Scion]
07. Joakim -- Find A Way (John Talabot Remix) [Tigersushi]
08. Luke Abbott -- Modern Driveway [Notown]
09. Etienne Jaumet -- Satori [Versatile]
10. Hanssen -- Airplaining (Luke Abbott Remix) [Innerflight Music]
11. Emeralds -- Does It Look Like I'm Here? (Daphni Mix 1) [Jiaolong]
12. Loose Fit -- Bolsena (Snoretex Remix) [Music Hath Charms]
13. Walls -- Sunporch [Kompakt]
14. Kate Wax -- I Knit You [Border Community]

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LOVESTEP :: Birdy - People Help The People (TIP's Sunken Hearts rework)

Seems like minimal soul / R & B is making waves these days. First, you have James Blake then Frank Ocean and now this ... the original song is pretty good, but DJ and Londoner TIP or Two Inch Punch has really amped up the soul on this Sunken Heart remix. Light the incense, slip into a bubble bath with a glass of red and crank this one up on repeat. Your soul will thank you!

BONUS: Jessie Ware - If You're Never Gonna Move. [T.I.P RMX]


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MINIMAL TREASURE :: Johannes Heil & Extrawelt - Erdbeerfeld

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Depeche Mode - The Darkest Star (James Holden Dub)

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TELL ME ABOUT THIS NEW GENRE CALLED GHOST TRAIN :: dluɘ bɿɘƨƨɘb mɒn - railslide

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Balance 005 Mixed by James Holden [ CD 1 and 2 ]

1-01 MFA, The – The Difference It Makes (Original Mix) 6:26
1-02 Meta.83 – Antrieb 1:53
1-03 Jake Fairley – Oshawa 2:20
1-04 Zeta Reticula – Tool 1 1:19
1-05 Petter (5) – All Together 7:03
1-06 Baby Ford & The Ifach Collective – Bad Friday 1:46
1-07 Zeta Reticula – Tool 3 1:00
1-08 Avus – Real (Original Mix) 5:02
1-09 DJ ESP – No Future (Soundburnt Mix) 2:14
1-10 Jase From Outta Space Feat. Claire* – Do What You Want(Infusion's Sky Mix)7:35
1-11 Nathan Fake – Outhouse (Fluffy Mix) 3:16
1-12 Nathan Fake – Outhouse (Original Mix) 8:50
1-13 Fort Dax* – Fortune Telling Fish, Curled To Suggest 'Home' 2:07
1-14 PQM* – You Are Sleeping (PQM Meets Luke Chable Vocal Pass) 6:33
1-15.1 Petter (5) – These Days (Instrumental) 8:03
1-15.2 Baby Ford & The Ifach Collective – Bad Friday (Beats)
1-16 Herrmann & Kleine – Leaving You Behind (Without Knowing Where To Go) 5:46
2-01 Meek (3) – Happy 4:49
2-02 Meerkat – Colours (JH Re-edit) 1:28
2-03 Avus – Your Body (Original Mix) 1:34
2-04 Scape One – PFX Tokyo 0:58
2-05 FC Kahuna – Hayling (Kosmas Epsilon Mix) 6:53
2-06 Holden* – The Wheel (Pass 1) 5:54
2-07 Kotai + Mo – Black Acid Pt 1 0:59
2-08 Epsilon 9* – Lifeformation (Infernal Machine Mix) 6:53
2-09 Carl A. Finlow – Ghetto Server 4:42
2-10 Gill Norris – Forme 7:03
2-11 Ficta – Eli 4:53
2-12 Petter (5) – Tonediary 5:55
2-13 Form & Function – Wonderland (Original Mix) 5:38
2-14 Meta.83 – End Titles 4:31

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Ultraísta - Smalltalk (Four Tet Remix)

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TWITTER ARTIST SPOTLIGHT :: Loversrock - Good time (original mix) / Amselcom

I got a tweet to check out this tune on a Soundcloud page belonging to Amselcom. So I followed it. What is Amselcom anyway? A record label, an artist collective? Like most of the stuff I receive, there wasn't much information ... but it appears that Amselcom is an online museum of mobile artists curated by Andrew Calder from Berlin. They also promote some good music and it looks as though they are attempting to start a record label.

The song above is by Loversrock and was created in 2005, but never released. Loversrock have also released tracks on the Moodmusic record label also from Berlin.

Clearly, these guys have an ear for music and an eye for art ... so we'll keep them on our radar. Be sure to check out all the appropriate links and follow them on twitter.

http://amselcom.de/
http://statigr.am/amselcom
https://www.facebook.com/Amselcom
https://twitter.com/amselcom

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CAN'T FAKE THIS :: Nathan Fake - Iceni Strings

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Nathan Fake - You Are Here (Four Tet Remix)

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Strangeloop - Plants Inside

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DARKNESSES :: Extrawelt - Wasteland

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THIRD EYE OPEN :: Necrostructure

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Four Tet - Jupiters

Jupiters by Four Tet

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