Mixes Of The Week: 12/1/15

This week’s top mixes include Plastic People’s closing party, Axel Boman, James Holden’s leftfield selections, and Bobby O’Donnell guesting for Hypercolour.

Plastic People’s Closing Party. Four Tet and Floating Points back to back at the basement club that’s shaped much of contemporary London club culture. Kieran and Sam put the superb sound system through its paces for the last time in this six-hour session packed full of the anthems they associate with Plastic People. Stream above, download here.

Axel Boman’s Last Crack of the Year. Crack Magazine close a year of Crack mixes with an exclusive set from the Swedish house producer, co-founder of Studio Barnhus, and one half of a production partnership with John Talabot known as Talaboman – Axel Boman. This hour-long mix is a “trip through field recordings, dreamy house and tripped-out techno, stitched together like a pro.” Stream and download above.

James Holden’s Music From Left-field. DJ, Border Community label founder and ever-fascinating artist James Holden bridges the gaps between radical psychedelic, experimental and jazz styles in the first show of his month-long residency at Dalston-based NTS Radio. Stream above, track listing here.

Bobby O’Donnell Keeping Hypercolour Locked. A revered resident DJ of the Mint Club in Leeds and its in-house night System, Blackpool man Bobby O’Donnell steps up to guest mix for muscular underground UK house and techno label Hypercolour/Glass Table, on their weekly RinseFM show. Stream above.