This week’s top mixes include UK bassline nostalgia with T2, Ikonika and Scratcha together as Avamix, Not Waving’s Digital Tsunami, and the first airing of Lone’s live show.
UK Bassline Nostalgia with T2. With artists like Tarquin bringing bassline-oriented bangers to Unknown To The Unknown, the Leeds producer behind 2007 bassline hit ‘Heartbroken’ creates an hour of nostalgia with his new old-school mix for Clash, featuring “plucked string garage, punchy bassline house and sugar-coated anthems”. Stream above.
Ikonika and Scratcha DVA Back-To-Back as Avamix. Hyperdub producers Ikonika and Scratcha DVA celebrate their upcoming U.S. tour by going back-to-back as the duo known as Avamix, for a rowdy Fader Mix, moving from dancehall to hip hop, and grime to UK funky. Stream above, interview with the artists here.
Not Waving’s Digital Tsunami. The Italian artist behind the Diagonal Records LP Animals, Not Waving, also known as Banjo or Freakout and one part of the Kompakt-signed duo WALLS with Sam Wallis, joins underground dance party Digital Tsunami for the 100th episode in their podcast series. He plays an hour of Diagonal-styled no wave, acid, and electro selections. Stream and download above.
The First Airing of Lone’s Live Show. Following the release of his new record Levitate via R&S, an archived broadcast of venerable house producer and founder of Magicwire Recordings, Lone back in his home town of Nottingham for a live show, an astounding live A/V set collab with Glasgow’s Konx-om-Pax. Watch above, track listing here.
Patternburst Select Mix Volume 1: Semtek. With his release of Mgun’s debut album Gentium reimagining Detroit techno for the modern age, and with a new EP from Deepblak Recordings‘ Damon Bell coming soon too, Don’t Be Afraid boss Semtek provides an hour of “tight grooves and summer funk” in the inaugural episode of a new Patternburst Select mix series. Stream and download above.