This week’s top mixes include Midnight In A Perfect World with The Juan MacLean, Kamera’s Dronecast and Mumdance with Cairo’s Islam Chipsy.
Midnight In A Perfect World with The Juan MacLean. KEXP Seattle’s Midnight In A Perfect World mix series presents The Juan MacLean of DFA Records, who offers a hypnotic and propulsive set of underground techno and house, including 2015 favourites and classic dancefloor gems. Stream above.
Kamera’s Dronecast. Up-and-coming techno producer Kamera was a new signing to Phantasy Sound, signing with his ARC EP last year. Celebrating the release of his new EP Ventoux, the artist sent French imprint The Drone Magazine a mix of warm techno and house selections for their latest Dronecast mix. Stream, download, and track listing here.
Grime Pirate Radio History. On his latest Rinse FM show, pioneering grime and dubstep DJ Plastician played a recording, originally broadcast 10 years ago this week, of himself and Skepta performing a classic set of grime at its rawest on pirate radio, featuring their collaboration ‘Intensive Snare’ and dubs that, according to Plastician, are “still unreleased 10 years later”. Stream and download above, track listing here.
Mumdance With Cairo’s Islam Chipsy. In Mumdance‘s first Rinse FM show of the year, he’s joined by Islam Chipsy in the studio for a live session and interview, along with Mahmoud Refat of the independent Egyptian label 100 copies, to talk about the mahraganat scene in Cairo and showcase some brand new and exclusive music. Stream and download above. If you aren’t familiar with Islam Chipsy, watch him in action below.