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MANTIS 060 + DEAD SOUND
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broadcast 30/04/2010

hour 1 / DVNT
Jas – In a Heartbeat [Echodub]
Taras Mashtalir – MIR [Meleon]
Chaim – Love Rehab Dub [BPitch Control]
Vector Commander – We Fight for Techno (DJ Mita remix) [Extreme Forces]
Humano – Life [Music Man Records]
Pole Folder – Hate Myself (Sasha remix) [La Tour Recordings]
Andreas Tilliander – Medication [Adrian Recordings]
Slam – Room 2 (Pan Pot Rave Tool mix) [Paragraph]
Blackmass Plastics – Squelch Gate [Black Lantern Music]
The Fog – Street Hop [Bulabeats] (DVNT extra edit edit)
Female – Blood Tide (Regis mix) [dub]
Forme – Kick a Hole (Hellfire Machina remix) [dub]
ORiS – Optics [dub]
Buckfunk 3000 – High Volume/Jump (HecQ’s ‘High Volume Jumpin’ remix) [Tigerbeat6]
Brabeats – Something to Beat (Ear Drum Kru remix) [Breaks.sk Records]
Wascal – Perhaps [dub]
Doryk – Black Sheep [Zimmer]
Bat for Lashes – Two Planets (Fog’s Interplanetary Redux) [dub]
Mr. Seavers – Ender Fast [dub]
Lojik – White Room [Echodub]

hour 2 / DEAD SOUND showcase
Dead Sound – Abstrakt [Data-Trace]
Dead Sound + Videohead – Heavy Space [unsigned]
Dead Sound – Never Right [unsigned]
Dead Sound – Only Thought [unsigned]
Ancient Methods – The Whip [RSB]
Dead Sound – Flipside [Acroplane]
Dead Sound – Keep it Raw [unsigned]
Zeta Reticula – Untitled [Electrix]
Go Hiyama – Geometrical (Surgeon remix) [Audio Assault]
Jeroen Liebregts – Harnas [ARMS]
Black Strobe – Madonna (Dead Sound remix) [dub]
DJ Boss – Zakruta [Alliance]
Reeko – Methodological
Mr Velcro Fastner – Real Robots don’t Die [Tie]
Dead Sound – Weak [unsigned]
Dead Sound – Tattooed Tears [unsigned]
Dead Sound – New View [unsigned]

060 /
Well here we are, at the big 60. Kicking it out on the showcase this week, Dead Sound. Be sure to listen in and let us know what tracks you’re feeling through the chatroom.

the SHOWCASE
Paul Carroll is the man behind the Dead Sound project, a project involving underground techno/electro/dubstep and broken beat techno which he has been working on for the past year after putting his earlier alias ‘Digital Filth’ to rest and has quickly gained him support from top and varied artists including Dave Clarke, Surgeon, James Ruskin, Stormfield and Warlock.

Paul has been playing out live with his own material at underground club nights around the UK most notably Atomic Jam at The Q Club (Nov 09). Paul has also played in top underground techno clubs in Germany that only the locals and people ‘in the know’ knew about including ‘The Villa’ in Berlin and ‘Tranz Hause’ in Hamburg where his hybrid of techno/electro beat went down a storm.

Now concentrating on a new way of playing live using segments of loops from the mass of work produced, usually around 4 loops at a time, in the same vein as Richie Hawtin’s DE9, but all original material. His live sets that are always different, crammed with diverse underground music. Paul’s DJ sets include fast mixing, turntablism. and variety and now using Serato Scratch he’s able to mix his down material in the same vein as DJing, but with the originality of a live set.

digitalfilthmusic
acroplane/deadsound

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fri 14/05/2010 from 18:00GMT
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We're back and this time we mean business. Coming up this week, Posthuman, live from the studio.

the SHOWCASE
Ahead of the new album, Syn Emergence (coming this summer on Balkan Vinyl) Posthuman are heading down to the MANTIS/darkfloor studios to give up a unique and exclusive live performance.

Posthuman is cousins Richard Bevan and Joshu Doherty. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland and London, England.

Their style is unrestricted by genre moving from techno, electro, and breaks, to post-rock, IDM, and ambient. However, their overall signature sound is often dark, brooding and melancholic.

Their debut release in 2000 was a series of hand made CDs simply called "Posthuman" (though better known by the colour of the card inserts - grey, black, blue and brown) which were sold at live shows and via Rough Trade and Smallfish Records in London. The duo then went on to host a number of parties in an abandoned underground train station in London between 2001 and 2004, and founded their own label Seed Records with which they released 3 albums and several other releases of their own and other artists material. They also were the first act on Manchester based electronica label Skam on their SMAK series.

Doherty left Seed Records to help relaunch UK techno imprint B12 Records in 2006, and now runs London clubnight "I Love Acid". He also is a member of modern classical / electronica crossover outfit Digitonal, and rave / hardcore breaks duo AGT Rave Cru.

Seed Records continues under the stewardship of Bevan and long time collaborator Bruce McClure, whose spoken word pieces feature extensively throughout Posthuman's output.

posthumanmusic

I LOVE ACID

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MANTIS RADIO 061 + POSTHUMAN (LIVE)
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broadcast 14/05/2010

hour 1 / DVNT
Katy B + Geeneus – Good Life (remix) [dub]
MDK – Sedum I Pol [dub]
Andreas Tillander [Adrian Recordings]
Hellfire Machina – Crazy [dub] forthcoming
Volitune – The Whip [theCentrifuge]
Samuel L Session – Can You Relate (Anja Scheider Out of Berlin remix) [Soma] forthcoming
Marcel Dettman – Captivate [Ostgut Ton]
Female – Blood Tide (Regis mix) [dub]
A Paul – Aukaba [dub]
Anodyne – Haze [Psycho Navigation]
Mark II (aka Altern-8) - Frequency (Luke Vibert remix) [Balkan Vinyl] world exclusive
Kraddy – Android Porn (Si Begg Vs. K-The-I Re-Fix) (Alternate Instrumental) [Equinox Records] forthcoming
Mazzula – UGH [dub]
Dead Sound + Videohead (DVF) – Repet [dub]
T-Polar – War Stories for Boys (thatboytim remix) [Takeover] forthcoming
Loefah – justabeat [dub]
Baconhead – Wookie [Acroplane]
Ventolyn + Becotyde – Bass Tamers System Lick [Pavillon36 Recordings]
Blackmass Plastics – Tek Tek (Crooked One remix) [Black Lanterns]
Mr. Mau – Lost (Extrakt remix) [Return Records]
Eleven Tigers – Woodpigeon [dub]

hour 2 / POSTHUMAN (LIVE) showcase
Posthuman – Mayak
Posthuman – Brickhead
Posthuman – Lander
Posthuman – Four Pack
Posthuman – Acid One
Posthuman – Fortress
Posthuman – Eruder
Posthuman – Degrader
Posthuman – Mobile Mast
Posthuman – Stockholm Syndrome

061 /
We’re back and this time we mean business. Coming up this week, Posthuman, live from the studio.

the SHOWCASE
Ahead of the new album, Syn Emergence (coming this summer on Balkan Vinyl) Posthuman are heading down to the MANTIS/darkfloor studios to give up a unique and exclusive live performance.

Posthuman is cousins Richard Bevan and Joshu Doherty. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland and London, England.

Their style is unrestricted by genre moving from techno, electro, and breaks, to post-rock, IDM, and ambient. However, their overall signature sound is often dark, brooding and melancholic.

Their debut release in 2000 was a series of hand made CDs simply called "Posthuman" (though better known by the colour of the card inserts - grey, black, blue and brown) which were sold at live shows and via Rough Trade and Smallfish Records in London. The duo then went on to host a number of parties in an abandoned underground train station in London between 2001 and 2004, and founded their own label Seed Records with which they released 3 albums and several other releases of their own and other artists material. They also were the first act on Manchester based electronica label Skam on their SMAK series.

Doherty left Seed Records to help relaunch UK techno imprint B12 Records in 2006, and now runs London clubnight "I Love Acid". He also is a member of modern classical / electronica crossover outfit Digitonal, and rave / hardcore breaks duo AGT Rave Cru.

Seed Records continues under the stewardship of Bevan and long time collaborator Bruce McClure, whose spoken word pieces feature extensively throughout Posthuman's output.

posthumanmusic

I LOVE ACID

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fri 28/05/2010 from 18:00GMT
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I've been broadcasting the show for 3 years now, and so this is the birthday show. I'll be running down and playing a segment from the 3 most download shows over the past year as well as delving into the 460+ tracks I played over the past 23 shows.

A big thank you to all of you listeners for supporting the show over the past 61 shows.

So join me from 6PM tonight for the 3rd retrospective MANTIS show.

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MANTIS RADIO 062 + the 3rd Anniversary Show
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broadcast 28/05/2010 / 2:04:08

DVNT
DJ Food + DK – Sentinel (Shadow Guard) [Ninja Tune]
PMT – Necromancer [En:vision]
Hardfloor – The Trill Acid Theme (ERP remix) [Hardfloor]
Kraddy – Android Porn (Si Begg Vs. K-The-I Re-Fix) (Alternate Instrumental) [Equinox Records]
Actraiser – Believe You [Haunted Audio]
Subeena – Picture [Opit Records]
Datassette – Follow That Sphere [datassette.net]
Fuck Buttons – Surf Solar (7″ edit) [ATP Recordings]

SHOWCASE
2nd most popular downloaded radio show in the past year (20 minute excerpt): MANTIS 043 + BLACK HOE RECORDINGS
Technical stupidity meant that the 2nd most downloaded show was played in place of the 3rd most downloaded show.

DVNT
Eleven Tigers – Trail [eleventigers.bandcamp.com]
Moderat – Seamonkey (Untold remix) [BPitch Control]
Robert Hood – Range [M-Plant]
Eric Sneo – Coming Home [Driving Forces Recordings]
Proof of Concept – It Was a Train (Lester Diamond remix) [Summer Rain White]
Ion Driver – bbRobot (Teutonic Kaboom remix) [Digital Distortions]
Ben Klock – Subzero [Ostgut Ton]
Marcel Dettman – Rerun [Marcel Dettman Records]
Sclist – Sounds Better (Beatlemanic) [dub]
N COM – NCOM Chapter 3 (Len Faki remix) [Kiddaz.fm]
Len Faki – Death by House [Cocoon]

SHOWCASE
3rd most popular downloaded radio show in the past year (20 minute excerpt): MANTIS 052 + VADZ
Being that the 2nd most downloaded show was played first, this is the 3rd most downloaded show, from Russia, the producer, DJ and label owner: Vadz.

DVNT
Broken Note – Crux [Ad Noiseam]
Kid606 – Monsters (Sickboy remix) [Tigerbeat6]
Deadman DJ – Thist [dub]
Surgeon – Compliance Momentum [Dynamic Tension]
Inigo Kennedy – Slipstream [Asymmetric]
Buckfunk 3000 – High Volume/Jump (HecQ’s ‘High Volume Jumpin’ remix) [Tigerbeat6]
Issac Himself – Sea Forest Pantaloon [Myuzyk]
Si Begg – Jetlag and Tinnitus Part 1 (Crystal Distortion remix) [Noodles]
ORiS – Leatherface [dub]
Addison Grove – Footcrab [Swamp81]
A Paul – Pangea Ultima (Original mix) [dub]
Christian Mohr – Poltrabend [Zimmer]
Bas Mooy – Nachtsschade (Radial remix) [Planet Rhythm]
Baconhead – Wookie [Acroplane]
Byetone – To Fade Away [Raster-Noton]
Diarmaid O’Meara – Selfish Bass (Luke Creed’s broken mix) [dub]
Molez – Mimicry [Digital Distortions]
Front 242 – Headhunter (Exzakts Vicennial mix) [dub]
Dead Sound + Videohead – Repet [dub]
Gennaro Mastrantonio – Darkside of Miami (Perc’s EBM Love remix) [Sleaze Records]
T.R.O. – Sinkhole [Sheep Technique]

SHOWCASE
Most downloaded radio show in the past year (20 minute excerpt): MANTIS 050 + WU-TANG – Enter the Dubstep
Can’t say I’m surprised it was a very popular show, with one hell of a mix make no mistake. Gracefully put together with some serious talent by Hellfire Machina (who were behind the project) it’s Wu-Tang – Enter the Dubstep.

062 /
Well here we are, we’ve reached 3 years of broadcasting the show, doesn’t seem like 3 years but the figures don’t lie. Coming up the top 3 most downloaded radio shows broadcast in the past year, along with a 20 minute excerpt from each. Supporting that we delve into the 462 fresh tracks played and dish up as many as I could during the show. Sit back, turn it up and get with the darkfloor vibe.

Again, a huge shout to all of you who tune in, or download/stream the shows.

top 10 most downloaded shows broadcast in the past year:
01. MANTIS 050 + WU-TANG – Enter the Dubstep
02. MANTIS 043 + BLACK HOE RECORDINGS
03. MANTIS 052 + VADZ
04. MANTIS 047 + JEROME HILL
05. MANTIS 054 + MAD EP
06. MANTIS 051 + T.R.O. + FURIOSO LABEL
07. MANTIS 056 + COEFFICIENT
08. MANTIS 059 + SMASHBACK
09. MANTIS 053 + FULL SPEKTRUM
10. MANTIS 055 + DATACRASHROBOT & LOGICAL DISORDER

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fri 11/06/2010 from 20:00GMT
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So, where were we? Last time on MANTIS Radio we celebrated our 3rd year of broadcasting, with a run down of the 3 most downloaded shows for the past year. You can grab that full archive here, and see the top 10 most popular shows.

Coming up this week I’m very happy to present Ventolyn & Becotyde.

the SHOWCASE
Ventolyn & Becotyde aka Rubble Digits is a young man from the rainy city of Galway Ireland. Originally a drummer, he started creating tracks in early 2008, highly influenced by the music he was surrounded by growing up. To date, he has made all his productions available for free, 2 albums and an EP, which have been released on netlabels: Section 27, Pavillion 36, Stasis Records, Engine Of Saturation, Bumpfoot, Ideation and the label he founded, Alkalinear.

His music is meticulously constructed detailed sound. Part sound design, part dancefloor, all good. The music is both abstract and challenging and yet accessible and beautiful at the same time. Generally speaking his sound could be classed as IDM, but that is doing V&B a disservice, as his music encompasses a range of styles and disciplines.

Making music is the only way I can happily and accurately express myself.

Rather than a quest for originality, my interest lies in creating music that means something to me personally, which is very much down to the sounds I have been submersed in since I was young…. I’m all about the nostalgia.

tumblr/ventolyn&becotyde
soundcloud/ventolyn&becotyde
myspace/ventolyn&becotyde

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MANTIS 063 + VENTOLYN & BECOTYDE
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broadcast 11/06/2010 / 2:15:42

hour 1 / DVNT
Adam Beyer – Miami [Mad Eye]
Silicone Soul – 3am (Ghost Mood mix) [Soma]
How to Destroy Angels – The Space in Between [HTDA]
Frank Bretschneider – mass, blue: aluminate, ventilator [Raster-Noton]
Ramandanman – Glut [Hemlock]
Kenny Larkin – Glob (Ben Klock remix) [Planet E]
Adam Beyer – Dactyl [Mad Eye]
Alavux – NuMinimalCrackhead [dub]
Space Dimension Controller – Galactic Effector (Filaria remix) [Acroplane]
Carl Brown – Ambienty (Cornwall ‘92 mix) [theCentrifuge]
Fran Hartnett – Sword + Shield [Statis Records] forthcoming
R – No! [Neuroplant]
Galaxian – Surge v.26 [dub]
Jay Lumen – B-Groove (Paul Ritch remix) [Bitten]
Harvey McKay – Shift (Rich Jones remix) [Soma] forthcoming
Harvey McKay – Shift [Soma] forthcoming
R – Dying Batteries in the 303 [Neuroplant]
brokeBust – The Ballad of Frank Olson [theCentrifuge]

hour 2 / VENTOLYN & BECOTYDE showcase
Ventolyn + Becotyde – Night Mind Intro
Ventolyn + Becotyde – Olpha Tri Mentra
Ventolyn + Becotyde – Infrictor Steady Shelled
Ventolyn + Becotyde – Xeyf Loom Oiche
Lorn – Army Of Fear (Ventolyn + Becotyde remix)
Ventolyn + Becotyde – Olpha Tri Mentra
Ventolyn + Becotyde – Deja Switch [dub]
Ventolyn + Becotyde – Field
Ventolyn + Becotyde – Carbon Architects
Ventolyn + Becotyde – Exit Body
Rubble Digits vs Ventolyn + Becotyde – Untitled [dub]

close / DVNT
Mad-Tek – The Dark Age (Ion Driver remix) [Digital Distortions] forthcoming
Digital Breaks Foundation – Deeper (The Scientifics Deep into the Rabbit Hole remix) [VIM Breaks]
Nymate Association – Definable Function (Molez remix) [Digital Distortions] forthcoming
Mazzula – Bread and Butter [Bassgun] forthcoming
DualTRX – blowjob (T.R.O. remix) [Hibrid Records] forthcoming
Dead Sound + Videohead (DVF) – Bang On [dub]
Vector Commander + q p d b – Modulation Complex [Extreme Forces] forthcoming
Forward Strategy Group – Code#01 [Perc Trax]
Forward Strategy Group – Code#02 [Perc Trax]
Hoth System – Axe Wound [dub]
Hoth System – Binary [dub]
Rabid Gravy – Terminal Building [dub]
Mazzula – Never Liked Vangelis [Bassgun] forthcoming
Herv – Northern Soulless [theCentrifuge]
Koro Inu – Radar Station (breakbeat version) [dub]
Si Begg – My Style (Gyu Apocalypse mix) [dub]
How to Destroy Angels – Parasite [HTDA]

So, where were we? Last time on MANTIS Radio we celebrated our 3rd year of broadcasting, with a run down of the 3 most downloaded shows for the past year. You can grab that full archive here, and see the top 10 most popular shows.

Coming up this week I’m very happy to present Ventolyn & Becotyde.

THE SHOWCASE
Ventolyn & Becotyde aka Rubble Digits is a young man from the rainy city of Galway Ireland. Originally a drummer, he started creating tracks in early 2008, highly influenced by the music he was surrounded by growing up. To date, he has made all his productions available for free, 2 albums and an EP, which have been released on netlabels: Section 27, Pavillion 36, Stasis Records, Engine Of Saturation, Bumpfoot, Ideation and the label he founded, Alkalinear.

His music is meticulously constructed detailed sound. Part sound design, part dancefloor, all good. The music is both abstract and challenging and yet accessible and beautiful at the same time. Generally speaking his sound could be classed as IDM, but that is doing V&B a disservice, as his music encompasses a range of styles and disciplines.

Making music is the only way I can happily and accurately express myself.

Rather than a quest for originality, my interest lies in creating music that means something to me personally, which is very much down to the sounds I have been submersed in since I was young…. I’m all about the nostalgia.’

tumblr/ventolyn&becotyde
soundcloud/ventolyn&becotyde
myspace/ventolyn&becotyde

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sun 25/07/2010 from 16:00GMT
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Yea, the past few shows have been slightly on the sporadic, in so much as it’s been 4 weeks since the last show. I can only apologise for that. July has been a very busy month for me and family functions (including the christening of my spiffingly awesome niece) do have to take priority to me pushing some noisy bollocks through the internets. Mind you, quite a few quality mixes have been going up on darkfloor.co.uk. With that said, this week, we’re back with one hell of a showcase, from producer: Mazzula.

the SHOWCASE
“There isn’t a scene for my music in Stoke”

Living in what might be called a ‘cultural void’ as far as dance music is concerned, has only further inspired Paul ‘Mazzula’. Treading the line between electro breaks and techno, recognition has been growing steadily with artists such as Radioactive Man and Dave Clarke supporting.

The current Alive EP is winning Mazzula many plaudits, and is a fitting follow up to earlier, well-received releases on Data-Trace and Bassgun. 2010 is shaping up to be busy, with him working with i-o inc, and Digital Distortions, along with another EP on Data-Trace later in the year.

Known for his livesets, this showcase is a good example of what to expect. Never doing things the easy way, Mazzula’s ethic means his tracks are blown open when played live, and all are different interpretations of the full released tracks, broken down into component parts and re-stitched for full impact.

“I enjoy playing out, and can’t see the point of djing my own tracks. I want as much out of it as the audience.”

DISCOGRAPHY
Cynthia Stern – Follow (Mazzula remix) [i-o inc]
Mazzula – Hip Hop [Data-Trace] forthcoming
Mazzula – Book Club [unreleased]
Mazzula – Fly Zen Ben [Bassgun]
Mazzula – Moody Facka [unreleased]
Mazzula – The Defence? [unreleased]
Mazzula – Technopussy [unreleased]
Mazzula – Bread and Butter [Bassgun]
Mad-Tek – The Dark Age (Mazzula remix) [Digital Distortions]
Mazzula – The Justice [unreleased]
Mazzula – Speed Garage [Bassgun]
Mazzula – Partisan [Data-Trace] forthcoming
Mazzula – Malaise [self release]

http://soundcloud.com/mazzula

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MANTIS 065 + MAZZULA
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broadcast 25/07/2010

hour 1 / DVNT
bil bless – exp 3 [bilbless.bandcamp.com]
Giuseppe – Back in Dark (B.A.X. remix) [Astor Bell]
C. Mantle – L Mink [Myuzyk] forthcoming
DBX – Losing Control [Seventh City Music]
Rogue Frequency – Android Attack [Takeover Recordings] forthcoming
Funk D’Void + Slam – Bearded Child [Soma] forthcoming
Inigo Kennedy – Uniton Demand [Asymmetric]
Tyler Smith – The Arrival [Plex Records]
Regis – Accidents in the Workplace [Downwards]
To Roccoco Rot – Fridays (Shackleton’s West Green Rd remix) [Domino]
Funk D’Void + Slam – Veins [Soma] forthcoming
Skream – Behind the Curtain [self-released]
Koncode – Glitchlet [dub]
Home Alone – Visitors (Digibox mix) [VIM Breaks]
Rogue Frequency – Forgotten Secrets (Defekt remix) [Takeover Recordings] forthcoming
Cool Hand Flex and Uncle 22 – Odd Ball EP A1 [Ruff Groove]
The Bee – Blues Company [Audioexit]
Hoth System – The Stench of Lies [dub]
Lifecycle – The Magic Word [Lifecycle]
Wylhelm – Trip Complete [Gliese 581c]
Herd – Tangent 34 [Entity.be]

hour 2 / MAZZULA showcase
Cynthia Stern – Follow (Mazzula remix) [i-o inc]
Mazzula – Hip Hop [Data-Trace] forthcoming
Mazzula – Book Club [unreleased]
Mazzula – Fly Zen Ben [Bassgun]
Mazzula – Moody Facka [unreleased]
Mazzula – The Defence? [unreleased]
Mazzula – Technopussy [unreleased]
Mazzula – Bread and Butter [Bassgun]
Mad-Tek – The Dark Age (Mazzula remix) [Digital Distortions]
Mazzula – The Justice [unreleased]
Mazzula – Speed Garage [Bassgun]
Mazzula – Partisan [Data-Trace] forthcoming
Mazzula – Malaise [self release]

Yea, the past few shows have been slightly on the sporadic, in so much as it’s been 4 weeks since the last show. I can only apologise for that. July has been a very busy month for me and family functions (including the christening of my spiffingly awesome niece) do have to take priority to me pushing some noisy bollocks through the internets. Mind you, quite a few quality mixes have been going up on darkfloor.co.uk. With that said, this week, we’re back with one hell of a showcase, from producer: Mazzula.

the SHOWCASE
“There isn’t a scene for my music in Stoke”

Living in what might be called a ‘cultural void’ as far as dance music is concerned, has only further inspired Paul ‘Mazzula’. Treading the line between electro breaks and techno, recognition has been growing steadily with artists such as Radioactive Man and Dave Clarke supporting.

The current Alive EP is winning Mazzula many plaudits, and is a fitting follow up to earlier, well-received releases on Data-Trace and Bassgun. 2010 is shaping up to be busy, with him working with i-o inc, and Digital Distortions, along with another EP on Data-Trace later in the year.

Known for his livesets, this showcase is a good example of what to expect. Never doing things the easy way, Mazzula’s ethic means his tracks are blown open when played live, and all are different interpretations of the full released tracks, broken down into component parts and re-stitched for full impact.

“I enjoy playing out, and can’t see the point of djing my own tracks. I want as much out of it as the audience.”

soundcloud/mazzula

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sun 08/08/2010 from 16:00GMT
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Coming up this week, we welcome back Mr. Seavers who’s heading down to the studio for an exclusive live performance.

the SHOWCASE
Back in the UK for a brief pitstop while international living arrangements readjust, we present Mr Seavers. Formerly one of the resident DJs with Pure Filth, the regular club night of Nottingham’s Dagobah soundsystem, Mark is a long standing friend of MANTIS, being the showcase DJ for 3rd ever show and also holding the dubious accolade of hosting the only show which has not been obsessively and compulsively tracklisted for podcast. Though he would like to add that all blame for that lies with Robin Marsden.

Mark was a regular in the East Midlands free party scene for a long time, playing in all sorts of weird and wonderful locations. From the Yorkshire moors to various warehouses and squats around the Nottingham area, he also played most club venues in the city at the time, playing alongside all sorts of people from Chris Liberator to Si Begg to Plaid to the Plump DJs.

Moving to London in 2006, he’s played various warehouse parties in the Hackney area, plus a one off night at The Big Chill House with Phantom Beats (where they actually pulled the power on him for playing One Night in Hackey), and the occasional appearance for Under the Stairs at the 333 in Shoreditch. He’s always doing his best to push the boundaries of what it’s acceptable to play in a respectable establishment, and is finally showing signs of pulling his finger out and actually finishing something he’s started producing. Watch this space.

We thought we better catch him before he returns to India to devote his time trying to convince the population that there is music beyond Hip Hop, Commercial House and Psytrance. Best of luck with that.

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Prior to this weeks showcase, I’ll be running through as much of the new darkfloor sounds that I’ve been coming across in the past few weeks as I can. All mixed up in what you might describe as a power hour.

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[darkfloor]

sun 22/08/2010 from 16:00GMT
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It’s the 67th show people, and this week, not 1, but 2 showcases, both of which are on an experimental hardware techno tip.

the SHOWCASE (01)
Rabid Gravy is a project of the South London musician Jonathan Stowe. Jonathan has been making music for more than thirty years and for most of that time has been an experimenter and improviser, influenced by all the waves of underground music that have passed in that time, with an eye on the wealth of experimental music of the twentieth century.

The sound of Rabid Gravy is best described as noise with beats in it, forged with a hand selected set of real instruments rather than software, making each performance and recording unique.

soundcloud/rabidgravy
twitter/rabidgravy

the SHOWCASE (02)
Sturqen are César Rodrigues and David Arantes, a duo from Portugal. Their music explores a vast amount of sonic rhythmic sound where as they put it: a techno-trance universe is combined with a constant noise attitude. Sturqen’s first album Piranha was released on Ukrainian label Kvitnu in 2009. This year, they followed that with the digitally released Peste EP also on Kvitnu.

The music on their showcase, is a mix between released and unreleased stuff. 100% analog sound.

myspace/sturqen
twitter/sturqen

rest of the show
Inbetween our 2 showcases this week I’ll be pushing out some of the newer darkfloor sounds to come my way.

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