Tracklisting:

B12 — Ecliptic (B12)

Lawrence — Compulsion (Dial)

Ricardo Villalobos — Dummolator (Perlon)

Pendle Coven — Brick Tutor (Modern Love)

Phylyps — Trak II (Basic Channel)

Thom Yorke — The Clock (XL)

Pole — Dusseldorf (The Mike Huckaby Synth remix) (~Scape)

T++ — Allied

Roman Flugel presents Soylent Green — La Forza del Destino (Radio Slave remix) (Playhouse)

Soultek — Analogueheart (Soundshift)

Locodice — Orchidee (Minus)

Sten — Undercover (Dial)

Ron Trent — Feel The Ryhthm (Version) (Music Man)

 

^ You can read Spannered's interview with Kone-R here.

^ Photo credit: (half of) Kone-R at Sonar, taken by Paul Love.

South London-based Kim Sampson, aka Skim, has been crafting some great DJ mixes over the last few years, so we figured it was high time we asked her to put one together for Spannered. Her genre-hopping DJing makes for a curious mixture of sounds, best demonstrated on her radio shows for Resonance FM (Burning Decks and Decibel Breach) and Ill FM.

 

Tracklisting:

Machine Drum — Urban Biology (Merck)

No Movement No Sound No Memories — Acetate (Lux Nigra)

Distorto — Distorto_1 (Distorto)

The 5% Nation of Casiotone — Ikuji (Kracktronik)

ScanOne — Cutters Choice (Combat)

2562 — Circulate (Tectonic)

Blam — Traitor (Ruff)

2nd II None — Rewind (Heavy Artillery)

Starkey — Pins (Dead Homies)

Soul Oddity — Rhythm Box (Schematic)

Chaos — Afrogermanic (Underground Resistance)

Distorto — Distorto_3 (Distorto)

Claro Intelecto — Tone (Ai)

Troubleshooter — Data Polling (Modern Love)

Starkey — Let You Go (Dead Homies)

Intricate — Obregad (Spezialmaterial)

Julien Neto — Ninety Four (Miasmah)

Scottish techno pioneer, Spannered associate and owner of one very fine hat, Neil Landstrumm last graced these pages when the site launched back in December 2006. Well, he's back with a splendid new live recording, put together in Edinburgh this month as a promo for his current Subs & Steel tour. The string of dates kicked off at the Today's Art festival last weekend, where he also performed for the first time with collaborator Milanese.

 

On more of a broken tip than his previous studio mixes, the sound is still unmistakably Landstrumm, with all manner of spannered electronic rhythms freaking out under a storm of bleeps, bass and thick Jupiter 8 stabs.

 

For current tour dates, check his MurdochSpace page.

 

No tracklisting.

^ Read Spannered's 2006 interview with Neil Landstrumm

^ Read Overload Media's interview with Neil Landstrumm from 2001

^ Listen to Neil Landstrumm's Ravestep studio mix, recorded in 2006

For some years now, Bristol's under_score crew have been flying the flag for deep techno flavours in the city, putting on parties with guests such as Sleeparchive, Claro Intelecto and Errorsmith, and showing plenty of love too for the dubstep/techno crossover currently blossoming (Bristol pioneer Pinch performed at under_score alongside Manchester's Andy Stott earlier this year).

 

High quality guests aside, under_score's position on the local scene has been firmly cemented by way of core residents Microman (aka one half of Emptyset), Luke Malcher and Jim Petherwick — and Jim has kindly put together this exclusive mix for Spannered, which gives an excellent introduction to the under_score sound.

 

Tracklisting:

Tony Allen — Ole (Moritz von Oswald remix)

Claude Vonstroke — Who's Afraid of Detroit? (Deepchord Remix)

Model 500 — Starlight

Luciano — Fourges et Sabres

Maurizio — Domina

Substance & Vainqueur — Immersion (Sleeparchive Remix)

Sleeparchive — Research

Henry & Louis — Answer (DJ Pinch Remix)

Lowtec — Workshop 1 side A (untitled)

Baby Ford & Zip — No Milk Today

T++ — Space Break

2562 — Circulate

Rhythm & Sound — Poor People Must Work (Carl Craig Remix)

Heartthrob — Gollum

Rhythm & Sound w/ Shalom — We Been Troddin

 

^ You can catch the under_score crew in action at the Blue Mountain Club, Bristol, on 22 September, with Baby Ford and Raudive (aka Oliver Ho) headlining.

Few Japanese music producers are pushing the envelope as much as Takeaki Maruyama aka Goth Trad. An avid collector of vinyl and CDs since his early years, Takeaki has been making electronic music since the age of 19, releasing on prestigious labels in his own country and, more recently, on UK-based dubstep imprints. Indeed, the current incarnation of his sound has found great affinity with the fast-growing global dubstep audience — and his place within the scene's higher ranks is set to be cemented this coming weekend when he becomes the first artist to perform live (ie a non-vinyl set) at the legendary DMZ night in Brixton, London.

 

To accompany Laurent Fintoni's lengthy interview with Goth Trad, we're chuffed as chips to host this blistering live set, recorded on Resonance FM on 21 September 2006 for the station's Clear Spot show.

Yep, there's more free Cylob up for grabs! Taken from the Formant Potaton album, soon to drop on Chris Jeff's digital label Cylob Industries, Get A Taste is an R&B-parodying, splattered electro stomp, available for you here as a 192kbps download.

 

Remember, Chris' Rock The Trojan Fader track is still available from Spannered, and you can read about his new label project in our interview here.

 

^ Formant Potaton is released on 20 August.

Techno heads checking the site will appreciate this lost goodie from one of the genre's undisputed dons, Jerome Hill. Recorded back in 2002 for the Overload Media site, the mix is, as it says on the tin, a selection of Jerome's favourite tunes from the time — in fact, there's nearly

 

Sadly the mix is only available 56kbps, but then it was recorded back in the day when super fat broadband pipes were something of a rarity. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth we say!

 

Tracklisting:

Plastic Bertrand — Ça Plan Por Moi

Green Velvet — Leave My Body

TSR — Monkey Suit Party ep

Ozone Breakdown (Anthony Rother remix)

Autist 05

Ceephax Acid Crew — Radiotin ep

Red Tide — Core 008

Radioactive Man — Itisanditisn't

Michele Fasano — Mechurachrome 03

Steve Rachmad on Jericho

Freak — Gaia

Senses — Destroyer

Ragga Twins — Shine Eye

Tipper — Tug o War

New Flesh vs Horsepower Productions — Stick n Move

Lenk — Blank Ltd 001

Wevie de Crepon — Ton Wah

??

Neil Landstrumm — Tension in NY

Butler Kiev — Rewind Selector

Fenshu & Macross — Psychorock

3d!T — Dont 03

Code 071 — Stand Together Yo Breakthrough

Surgeon — Death Before Surrender

Tobias Schmidt — Background Violence ep

Grandmaster Flash & Mellie Mel — White Lines

??

Renegade Soundwave — The Phantom

Accapella — Hardnoise — Untitled

Bastard Pop Vol. 1

Autonation — Sit On The Bass

??

X Trak — Packet Burst

Night Communication — Tribe Trip

Tube Jerk — Brainbag

Alex Cortex — Phlogiston

Cari Lekebusch — Vet Dom Som For Att '98

James Ruskin — Mutate and Survive

M25 — Refreaked

Si Begg — Testosterone Testicles

TSR — Monkey Suit Party ep

Ryoco — Cheese Queen

Michael Forshaw — Chan n Mikes

??

Subhead — In the Blue Corner

Check out Jerome's new radio show on uncut.fm, every Wednesday starting 25/02/09!

When it comes to digging up lost Brazilian classics, Paulo Sakae Tahira is something of an archaeologist. A full-time researcher of música brasileira from the second half of the 20th century, Paulão (that's 'Big Paul', to non-Portuguese speakers) isn't, thankfully, the kind of vinyl addict who keeps his prized finds hidden away under lock and key; his DJ performances have taken him all over Brazil, and as far afield as France, Spain and Switzerland.

Hailing from the concrete jungle of São Paulo, Paulão moved to the nearby city of Campinas in the early nineties, where he developed both his skills as a DJ and his reputation as a discerning connoisseur of his country's music (with particular focus to the 60s and 70s). There he helped to establish Rádio Muda, a terrestrial radio project to which he still contributes. Together with friends, he was responsible for bringing big name acts to Campinas during the nineties with a series of seminal parties, Festas Black. In the years since, Paulão has been involved in promoting various other events, and has played alongside many of the country's best-known artists. He also writes for the excellent Brazilian music site Gafieiras.

Now based back in São Paulo, Paulão is currently finalising details of his second European tour (you can find out where and when to catch him by visiting his site). His scope as a record selector extends far beyond the shores of Brazil, to Afrobeat, New Orleans jazz and various other strains of Black music and rare groove, but if you want a taste of real deal Brazilian hot stuff, check this out...

 

Tracklisting:

Intro

Fagner — Moto I

Tim Maia — Marcio Leonardo e Telmo

Sergio Mendes — For What is Worth

Marcos Valle — Mentira

João Donato — Cala a Boca Menino

Emilio Santiago — Bananeira

Di Melo — A Vida Em Seus Métodos Diz Calma

Paulo Dinis — Pirim Pim Pim

Ed Lincoln — I Want to Take You Home

Tom e Dito — Resolução

Les Etoiles — Chica Chica Boom Chic

MPB-4 — O Cafona

Claudette Soares —Canoeiro

Novos Baianos — Colégio de Aplicação

Tom Zé — Dor e Dor

Antonio Carlos e Jocafi — Kabaluerê

Jorge Ben— Umbabarauma

Tim Maia Racional - Queira Ou Não Queira

Roberto Carlos - Todos Estão Surdos

Chico Science e Nação Zumbi - Todos Estão Surdos

Antonio Carlos e Jocafi - Simbarerê

Jorge Ben - A História de Jorge

MPB-4 - Agiboré

Airto Moreira - Peasant Dance

 

^ Read Spannered's interview with DJ Paulão from October 2007

Jan Gleichmar, aka Disrupt, and partner in crime Rootah are leading the way in laptop dub reggae with their mighty fine web label Jahtari. Operated out of Jan's flat in Leipzig, Germany, the Jahtari site is a goldmine of free music from Jan and fellow subscribers to the label's theory. There's tons of cool writing too, about reggae history, the Commodore 64, old bits of music kit... and plenty more besides.

 

In anticipation of Spannered's forthcoming interview with Jan, we suggest you fill your ears with this hour-long Disrupt set, recorded live in Glasgow on 31 March of this year, when he played for the city's Mungo's Hi Fi crew. And remember, Spannered is hosting a great studio mix from the Mungo's guys too, chock full of goodies from their Scotch Bonnet imprint.

 

^ Photo credit: Mungo's Hi Fi

^ Read Spannered's interview with Disrupt

Since 2002, Mungo's Hi Fi Soundsystem have been showing big love for all things reggae, dub, ska and dancehall by releasing some seriously high-grade music — not to mention regularly shaking Glasgow's foundations with their lofty speaker stacks.

 

Following three outings on London's Dubhead label, the lads decided to set up their own imprint in 2005 — the wonderfully titled Scotch Bonnet Records. There's been a slew of 7"s and 10"s so far, all as hot as the label name suggests, with their unstoppable Belly Ska Riddim blazing its way across the UK, America, Germany and Poland. And there's no let up in pressure; next month sees their huge Mary Jane Riddim unleashed on a series of singles that feature vocals from Top Cat, Carl Meeks, Kenny Knots, Mikey Murka, Soom T and El Fata. There's also a Mungo's Hi Fi album on the way, due out on Scotch Bonnet in the not-to-distant future. In fact, they tell us they're sitting on so much new material that they don't know what to do with it all!

 

For those unable to catch Mungo's Hi Fi on their European travels in the coming months, they've kindly supplied Spannered with this killer studio mix, packed full of unreleased Scotch Bonnet goodness. As you can tell, they've been feeling the current dubstep flavours too — hold tight for releases later in the year!