Two-step treasures, hyperactive genre-hopping from Actress, and Four Tet battles SoundCloud to release his latest DJ mix.
Actress in the mix for XLR8R. Darren Cunningham’s mix for XLR8R lurches sideways at every opportunity. From Carl Craig to John Carpenter via Mantronix and Hieroglyphic Being. Essential listening. Stream or download it here.
Plastician runs a history of bass. Retro action from the grime/dubstep/garage/whatever Croydonite.
Plastician ‘Two Step Treasures’ for Memory Box ‘A History Of Bass’ by Memory Box on Mixcloud
Return Of The Groin Boiler. “A wonderful journey through ruinous techno structures where magyck house rituals are performed by transparent nymphs in budgie smugglers.” Dro Carey aka Tuff Sherm drops the latest Creme Organization podcast.
lol. everyone got trouble with @soundcloud now. They worth $700m but site doesn't work. Jokers. Was built on music from people like me too.
— Four Tet (@FourTet) January 27, 2014
Four Tet fights with SoundCloud, eventually uploads mix. Kieran Hebden spent a large part of the last 24 hours battling with SoundCloud via Twitter over spurious automated copyright protection. Eventually he managed to get his new DJ mix uploaded and the result was worth the wait: the elegantly named 1234567890qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm mix.
Butterz warm up for Fabric. Assisted by Royal-T, Slimzee, Preditah and Riko, their latest Rinse FM show is a treat for the grime heads. Catch Elijah and Skilliam at Fabric next Friday.
Soulstructure In Session. The Crossland brothers drop a seriously deep, soulful selection of D&B for the Bukem In Session series.