Nietzsche Lessons reaches double figures with a very thoughtful and contemplative mix from another good friend in the world of music and the art of DJ'ing... enter veteran digger and collector, Tomas Bexton.

"I have been thinking about doing a Nietzsche Lessons session for Alec for quite a while now and have finally managed to record something. It was important to me that this mix would fit, as this series holds powerful resonance for Alec and I needed to get it right... so, I wanted the records to take me down a trip of memories right back to when I was a kid. My first major musical influence was hip-hop so I have included some; there is also some reggae, electronic jazz and some ambient selections on here. And of course for me a remix by Mr Carl Craig had to make an appearance - he has been a profound influence!

Many thanks to Alec for choosing this session for his Nietzsche series; I hope that the music brings back some memories to the listeners also. Grab yourself a drink and peace through music!" Tomas Bexton, June 2026

https://soundcloud.com/djtommyb01

"It is difficult and painful for the ear to listen to anything new; we hear strange music badly." - Friedrich Nietzsche

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01 Chosen Brothers / Bullwackie's All Stars - Mango Walk (Dubwise Version) // Rhythm & Sound / Wackie's (1998)

02 Yazz - Fine Time // Big Life (1989)

03 Colourbox - Baby I Love You So // 4AD (1986)

04 Young MC - I Come Off (Southern Comfort Mix) // 4th & Broadway (1990)

05 Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers (Prince Paul Remix) // Mo Wax (1996)

06 St Germain - Sure Thing // Blue Note (2000)

07 Innerzone Orchestra - People Make The World Go Round (Elevator Music Remix) // Planet E (2000)

08 Incognito - Out Of The Storm (C's Planet E Special Mix) // Talkin' Loud (1996)

09 Sanderson Dear - Just Beyond (Off Land Recon) // Stasis Recordings (2018)

10 Hidden Sequence - Synapse (Bluetrain Special Edition Dub) // Mosaic DTL (2021)

11 Rekid - Ill Discotto // Classic (2004)

12 Filburt - Unnoticed Love (Charles Webster Remix) // O*RS (2019)

13 Photay with Carlos Niño - P U P I L // International Anthem Recording Company (2022)

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Nietzsche Lessons is back once again with a fresh eclectic mix, the first of '26, this time with a funking fun mix full of hip-hop classics and favourites, mixed by artist and DJ/collector Paracas Topara from Bristol! All vinyl, with a 'lil bit of the old wicki-wicki-waah-waah thrown in for good fucking measure, just to help vibe it up and all that...

"This mix was put together following the inspiration by a DJ ekb* mix of uptempo tracks. Many of the tracks in the mix were sourced from tracks that I had the originals of, or were closely related. I decided to put them together and played them in the order they were on her mix, with a few extras thrown in." Paracas Topara, March 2026

https://soundcloud.com/paracas-topara

"Music unites all qualities: it can exalt us, divert us, cheer us up, or break the hardest of hearts with the softest of its melancholy tones." - Friedrich Nietzsche

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01 Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul // King (1971)

02 Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul // 4th & B'way / Island (1987)

03 Ultramagnetic MCs - Poppa Large (Instrumental) // Next Plateau (1992)

04 Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) // RCA (1981)

05 De La Soul - Say No Go // Tommy Boy (1989)

06 James Brown - The Boss // King (1973)

07 Nas - Get Down // Columbia (2002)

08 Steely Dan - Black Cow // ABC (1977)

09 Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz - Déjà Vu (Uptown Baby) // Columbia (1997)

10 Lyn Collins - Think (About It) // People (1972)

11 N.W.A - Express Yourself // Ruthless / Priority (1989)

12 The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize // Bad Boy / Arista (1997)

13 The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By // Delicious Vinyl (1992)

14 KRS-One - Sound of da Police // Jive (1993)

15 KC White - No No No // Dynamic Sounds (1975)

16 Beats International - Dub Be Good to Me // Go! Discs (1990)

17 Bee Gees - Love You Inside Out // RSO (1979)

18 Snoop Dogg - Ups & Downs // Doggystyle / Geffen (2004)

19 A.D.O.R. - One for the Trouble // Atlantic (1991)

20 A.D.O.R. - One for the Trouble (1999 Version) // Tru Reign (1999)

21 Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain // Ruffhouse / Columbia (1993)

22 Brand Nubian - Slow Down // Elektra (1991)

23 Jamiroquai - Black Capricorn Day // Sony Soho Square (1997)

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Cenk Akyol from Istanbul, Turkey delivers another CD-length live session of his carefully chosen, introspective vinyl selections for Nietzsche Lessons. This follows on from episode 5, which we released in July 2022.

"A smooth trip down the avenue of sound, where feeling fine never ends." Cenk Akyol, November 2025

https://soundcloud.com/cenkakyol

"The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Picture of Alec + Cenk taken when they met in person one sunny Sunday afternoon in Manchester, September 2025.

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One of several sets I played at the awesome Bar 25th in Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸, an underground music bar/club that sits on the right bank of the Sava River at the confluence point with the Danube River. This one was recorded outside by the river bank for sunset. I later played a set inside the club but it was not recorded.

I tried to upload this a long time ago, closer to when it was recorded yet it could not poke through the canopy of weeds... SoundCloud had a very harsh punitive system of nuking anything that started with any detectable copyrighted tune (quite rarely the case for me so almost all other mixes were unaffected). Now things are relaxed I thought I would attempt to upload it again, bloody 15 years on! It's nothing too special just me spinning some wax, CD's and some real good tracks xx

P.S. This is the original artwork that I made at the time with a photo I took on an old Canon camera.

Just a lil' bit of loosey-goosey wicki-wicki wahhh-wahhh on the trusty Technics SL-1210MK5 1's & 2's. This was done expressly in order to hear some nice music songs back to myself... music songs which are in my collection of vinyl records because I had bought each of them at various times in the past. Having pressed the record button on my trusty high resolution audio recorder device before I started playing them, I had in the end precipitated the existence of a recording of about 2 hours in duration. That being because that was how long I was playing them for. Having heard back the vibes in this witches brew, I decided to upload it for me and for you.

Mixed especially for Dianne... a spontaneous vinyl mix of fine deep house music to provide a backdrop for the warm, easy-breezy moments of summer 2024 - https://soundcloud.com/dianne-connah

01 The Truth - Unknown Call // Laws Of Motion (1998)

02 Oscar - Brazil 2030 (St. Barth Mix) // Clear Cuts (2000)

03 Andrés - Reality // Mahogani Music (2003)

04 Oscar - Brazil 2030 (Korben Dallas Sense Remix) // Clear Cuts (2000)

05 Peter Hecher - Disco Tek Is Bumpin' // Afterhours (2001)

06 Mood II Swing - All Night Long // Groove On (1996)

07 Deep Freeze Productions - Melting Point // Sure Shot Records (1996)

08 Pawel Kobak - I Feel // Cartridge (2001)

09 Hecher & Ward - Disco Fantasy // Tonite Records (2002)

10 Bob Sinclar - Rock Solid // Yellow Productions (1997)

11 Chez Damier - Help Myself // Network Records (1992)

12 Uschi Classen with Robert Owens - Only In Your Eyes (Expression Mix) // Earth Project (2002)

13 DiY & Joel Zoch - Lemon Drops (Original Well Mix) // Fair Park (1996)

14 Plastic Soul Junkies - You Took My Love (That Grand Moment Mix) // Serious Grooves (1993)

15 Mellow Man - Everyday (Deep Dub Journey) // Club U Nite Records (2023)

16 Nikki St Nicolas - Music Is My Life (Justin Strauss Dub) // Maxi Records (1998)

17 Filthy Rich - Secrets // Hipbone Records (2000)

18 Souldoubt - Allright // Freaked Records (2001)

19 The Timewriter - In My Father's Arms // Plastic City (2023)

More than 10 years after the previous episode number 08, the Cement Mixer has resumed its churning. Manchester selector Wilson Logan of Quadrant Soundscape / Dub Explorations gets busy loading it up!

"If this were a film there would be a cut scene that says “10 years later”. It's not a film so there is no cut scene. It is still 10 years later however and I have the honour of refuelling the mixer and churning out some more concrete.

This is a mix that has haunted my sub-conscious for about a year now. Something I've been meaning to record for a long time. A mix full of left-field, back of the crate selections, stuff I love but sadly very rarely get to play. House, Techno, Electro, Breakbeat, Hypnotic Salad Jazz, Amish House, Terminator 2 (Judgement Day) Techno etc.

It's all in there. In fact, any genre you can think of or make up is in there, (even if it's not, it is).

Its all in the mix, and it's all cement.

“Cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel together”

Density: 1.44 g/cm³" Wilson Logan, November 2023

https://soundcloud.com/quadrantsoundscape

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01 MySpaceRocket - Amok // B77 (2007)

02 K-Effect - Walking on Mars (Otheo Remix) // Nein Records (2017)

03 DJ Sotofett - Nekta Ol Pa City Club // Borft Records (2017)

04 Kassem Mosse - Untitled A1 // Workshop 03 (2007)

05 Actress x London Comtempory Orchestra - Audio Track 5 // Ninja Tune (2017)

06 Nina Kraviz - Aus Feat King Aus (The Rhythm Odyssey Warehouse Tape Edit) // Rekids (2012)

07 Pearl River Sound - Lord of A-A-Acid // X-Kalay (2016)

08 Thomas Meinecke & Move D - Say My Name // International DeeJay Gigolo Records (2018)

09 Abby Echiverri - Nyctinasty // The Bunker New York (2018)

10 Breaker 1 2 - DMT // Forbidden Planet (2013)

11 Recondite - Garbo (12" Version) // Innervisions (2014)

12 Sebo K - Transitions // Rekids (2017)

13 Trackstars - Bonanza // L.I.E.S (2019)

14 Kassem Mosse & FIT Siegel - Saboten // Fit Sound (2019)

15 L.B Dub Corp - IELBEE // Mote Evolver (2018)

16 Tasoko - Obtain // DRED Records (2019)

17 Steffi - Nightspacer // Ostgut Ton (2011)

18 Planet Underground - Elektromat // Shtum (2018)

19 The Black Dog - 610 Shuffle // Dust Science (2022)

20 Human Space Machine - Dong // Something Happening Somewhere (2022)

21 Model 500 - Starlight (Sean Deason’s PSYKOFUK Mix) // Echospace Detroit (2008)

22 Model 500 - Starlight (Echospace Dub) // Echospace Detroit (2008)

Mixed especially for Dianne... a spontaneous vinyl mix of fine music to accompany the last moments of summer 2023 for a girl on a beach in The Algarve, Portugal - https://soundcloud.com/dianne-connah

01 Mateo & Matos - Rainbow // Henry Street Music (1995)

02 Natural Rhythm - Something Big // Under The Counter (1999)

03 Ian Pooley - Balmes // V2 (2000)

04 Aqua Bassino - Jay's Vibes // F Communications (2006)

05 Chris Brann - Studies In Form (Four) // Sensuist Records (1997)

06 Deep House Souldiers - Summer Love (Broken Moods Mix) // Limestone Recordings (2004)

07 Cpen - Pirates Life // Seasons Recordings (2000)

08 Robin Ordell - Please Police // Eklo (2012)

09 Hinode - One Love // Science Fiction Recordings (2014)

10 Chaos In The CBD - Digital Sound // In Dust We Trust (2019)

11 Gradient - Day Drama // Lempuyang (2023)

12 St Germain - Rose Rouge (Blaze Early Shelter Mix) // Blue Note (2000)

13 Laid - Natural Juices // Fiji Recordings (2000)

14 Souldoubt - Devotion // DiY Discs (2002)

15 AJ Hunter - Waxing The Dolphin // Parotic Music (2001)

16 Peel Seamus - Isolation // Delsin (1998)

Avenue Red regular Gusev from Berlin via St. Petersburg, Russia made a strong coffee, grabbed a bag of fine house & techno records and laid it down for an explosive, impulsive, party poppin' Nietzsche Lessons episode! Spring grooves, straight from the heart.

"My main idea was that the mix should sound like a trip or like a flight. I hope it worked! Every mix for me is like a short life. You have to live a life like a trip." Dmitry Gusev, March 2023

https://soundcloud.com/gusev-1

"Death is not the enemy of life at all, but the means by which the meaning of life is revealed." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Picture taken by Alec Pritchard in The White Hotel, Salford, England.

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