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Surgeon remains one of electronic music's most consistently thrilling performers. Hugely influential in techno circles since the mid nineties, his productions and DJ mixes point to constant evolution in his sound and a steady absorption of new influences.

Last year's Breaking the Frame, his first album in over ten years, struck a curveball at all those anticipating a pummelling set of textured techno tracks, instead distilling some of his listening habits of recent years — the likes of Alice Coltrane, Eliane Radigue and La Monte Young — into a very personal document, one that searched for, as he put it, 'the deep spiritual essence that lay behind the surface structures of their individual music'.

This set was recorded in October 2011 in London, when Surgeon performed as the mystery guest at a showcase night for the Blackest Ever Black label. Given Blackest Ever’s brooding trajectory, the event’s line-up struck a suitably shadowy tone, featuring label mainstays Raime, William Bennett's formidable Cut Hands project, and long-time Surgeon collaborator Regis (with whom Surgeon performed a surprise closing set under their British Murder Boys guise).

As Surgeon himself said, there was a rather strange, tense atmosphere in the club throughout the evening, due no doubt to hosting a bill of such intensely disturbed music in the heart of London's hip Shoreditch, and this tension probably comes across on this recording from the night.

This is the last set to be hosted on Spannered for the foreseeable future. Many thanks to Tony for passing the recording to us and for giving his support to the site since day one.

Tracklisting:

John Coltrane - Dearly Beloved

Surgeon - We Are All Already Here

Roly Porter - Corrin

Cub - CU1

Inigo Kennedy - Scatter

Surgeon - Exhibit

Karenn - Chaste Down

Xhin - Teeth (Surgeon remix)

Swarm Intelligence - Fighting Talk VIP

KiNK - Machines Don't Cry

Surgeon - Presence

Scorn - The Palomar

Surgeon - untitled

Blawan - Coronation

Inigo Kennedy - Cloudless

Regis - Guiltless

Surgeon - those who do not

Universal Indicator - Red

Kraftwerk - Its More Fun To Compute (Surgeon Remake)

Aphex Twin - Digeridoo (Surgeon Remake)

Emptyset - Return

Tomohiko Sagae - Deburring (Paul Damage + Makaton Wasps mix)

Ed Rush, Optical + Fierce - Alien Girl

Raudive - Over

Listen to Surgeon's For Dog Faces Only mix, recorded for Spannered

We've been trying to squeeze a mix from Lawrence (aka agent2) of London's Rebel Intelligence collective for some time now. Le Orme (meaning footprints) rocks out the kind of lush electronic tackle you'd expect from this exceptional connoisseur of early Chicago house, Detroit techno and deep dancefloor electro. If you've ever caught one of Lawrence's flawlessly programmed DJ sets, you'll be all over this.

The fledgling Rebel Intelligence label has a couple of great electro 12"s out by Matt Whitehead. Snap them up if you haven't already.

 

Tracklisting:

Submersible Machines - Blue Hole

Steve Summers - Dreaming in Color

DJ Sprinkles (Kink & Neville Watson Remix) - Masturjakor

Perseus Traxx - Remake 508

Murphy Jax Featuring Mike Dunn - It’s the Music

Steve Summers - Lucid Fingers

Kink & Neville Watson - The Long Wait

Elec Pt.1 - Sky 13

Risque Rythum Team - 122 House

Kink & Neville Watson - City 2 City

Virgo Four - In a Vision

Snuff Crew - Slam it

Surburban Knight - The Groove

Conforce - Black Stroke

 

Ralph Cumbers describes his latest release as "an open love letter to underground dance music culture". Out earlier this month on Magic and Dreams, Inner Space Break Free harks back to ye olde days of hardcore and rave, with influences not so much worn on its sleeve as emblazoned across the back of a friggin' great fluoro jacket.

The album is available on cassette only ("I’m releasing it on tape because I adore them, and all my music is made on a cassette 4-track, so it feels kind of right"), and is dedicated to "the tunes, DJs, soundsystems, noisy neighbours and pirate stations that have inspired me and repeatedly turned my head inside out over the last two decades", says Cumbers. Rave on, we say.

 

'Inner Space Influences' mixes up many of the classic dance tracks that influenced Inner Space. If you've not checked out Mr Clef's other mixes on Spannered, we recommend you seek out his excellent dub mixes here and here, and last year's tremendous African mix here. You can also read Spannered's interview with him from 2006.

 

Tracklisting: 

David Shrigley - What There Is

Autechre - Inhake 2

Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)

Nexus 21 - Real Love

The Beatmasters - Hey DJ / I Can't Dance

Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco

Betty Boo - Doin' the Do (remix)

A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray

Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam

Altern 8 - Real Time Status

KLF - What Time Is Love?

Inner City - Let It Reign (Altern 8 You Know the Score mix)

Plaid - Anything

Orbital - Chime (Ray Keith mix)

Sabres Of Paradise - Chapel Street Market 9am

Da Posse - In the Heat of the Night

Altern 8 - DJ Nex's Break

Rachel Wallace - Tell Me Why

Hackney Hardcore - Dancehall Dangerous

2 Bad Mice - Hold It Down

Inky Blacknuss - Drumulator

AFX - Untitled

Inky Blacknuss - Desolator

David Shrigley - What There Is

^ Inner Space Break Free (cassette + download code) is out now.

Originally recorded onto cassette. Go here for Spannered's interview with Mike Dred.

Meticulously assembled then recorded down onto cassette, London producer Matt Whitehead reworks and splices together his two 30-minute sets from this year's Bloc Weekend (one performance being at Brackout, the tribute to the much-missed Ben Bracket that kickstarted the festval).

 

Along with material released collaboratively as Cyantific and Signal Type, Matt has two essential electro 12"s out under his own name for London's Rebel Intelligence collective.

 

Like his set from 2010's Bloc Weekend, this is the real deal.

 

Play it loud.

  

Tracklisting:

Hollywood And The Heat - I Need You / (1988) Westside Records - 00:17

"Fast Eddie" Smith - Jack The House / (1987) Underground - 01:24

Reese - Just Want Another Chance / (1988) Incognito Records - 00:39

Julian Jonah - Jealousy And Lies / (1988) Cooltempo - 02:11

Nami Shimada - Sunshower (Original Version) / (1991) Colombia - 03:36

Fallout - Morning After (Sunrise Mix) / (1987) Fourth Floor Records - 04:07

Fast Eddie - Jack To The Sound Of The Underground / (1988) D.J. International Records - 04:54

Fingers Inc - Distant Planet / (1988) Jack Trax - 04:54

Jungle Wonz - Bird In A Guilded Cage / (1993) Trax Records - 05:33

Virgo Four - In A Vision / (1989) Trax Records - 06:59

Joe Smooth - Inside My Mind / (1988) D.J. International Record - 07:07

Rocky Jones - Choice Of A New Generation / (1987) D.J. International Records - 09:43

Risque III - Essence Of A Dream / (1987) Stride Records Inc - 11:12

Rhythm Track

Tony Sineni - Rhythm Of The Beat / (Kenny Jammin Jason's Mix) (1987) Hot Mix 5 - 13:12

Rhythm Track

Xperiment - Karn Evil #10 (Club) / (1987) Underworld Records - 15:00

Rhythm Track

Chicago Music Syndrome - Work It / (1987) Dance-Sing Records - 15:47

Rhythm Track

Risque Rhythm Team - More Than Just A Dance / (1988) Chicago Connection Records -16:26

Rhythm Track

Risque Rhythm Team - The Jacking Zone / (1986) Chicago Connection Records - 17:35

Rhythm Track

Mr. Lee - Come To House / (1987) Trax Records - 18:30

Rhythm Track

Jackmaster Dick - Sensuous Woman Goes Disco / (1986) Trax Records - 19:31

Rhythm Track + TB-303 - 19:31

Jack Frost & The Circle Jerks - Cool Dry / (1988) Trax Records - 20:18

Rhythm Track

Cool McCool - World Turns Around / (1988) Hot Mix 5 - 20:48

MDIII - Set Me Free / (1988) Underground - 21:35

Rhythm Track

Maurice - This Is Acid (Original Mix) / (1988) Trax Records - 22:36

Maurice - This Is Acid (A New Dance Craze) (K&T Mix) / (1988) Breakout - 23:19

Members Of The House - Share This House (Radio Version) / (1988) ITM Records - 24:12

Rodney Bakerr presents Mystic - House Girl (Serge & Tyrell Edit) / (2007) Clone Classic Cuts - 25:37

Gentry Ice - Utilize The Beat / (1988) Westside Records - 26:23

The Housefactors - Play It Loud / (1988) Black Market International - 26:54

Phuture Pfantasy Club - Spank Spank / (1988) Low Fat Vinyl - 28:18

Maurice Joshua - I Got A Big Dick (with Hot Hands Hula instrumental) / (1988) Trax Records - 28:42

Adonis - Lost In Sound / (1988) Jack Trax - 29:50

A Guy Called Gerald - Blow Your House Down / (1988) Rham! - 30:05

MDIII - Face The Nation / (1988) Underground - 31:37

Rhythm Track + TB-303 – 32:01

Juan - Techno Music / (1988) 10 Records – 32:55

Bam Bam - Where Is Your Child (1988) Desire Records – 33:56

Rhythm Track + TB-303 – 34:27

Rhythm Track

House Master Boyz And The Rude Boy Of House - House Nation / (1986) Dance Mania – 35:43

On The House - Pleasure Control (Radio) / (1986) Bright Star Records - 36:00

Kissing The Pink - Certain Things Are Likely (Garage) (1986) Magnet – 37:24

Rhythm Track

Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body (Club Your Body) / (1986) London Records – 39:09

Rhythm Track

Z Factor - Fantasy / (1984) Mitchbal Records – 39:19

Risque Rhythm Team - 122 House / (1986) Chicago Connection Records – 39:19

Rhythm Track

Julian Jumpin" Perez - Jack Me 'Til I Scream (Jumpin' Mix) / (1987) D.J. International Records – 39:26

Rocky Jones - Choice Of A New Generation / (1987) D.J. International Records – 39:41

Subject - The Magic, The Moment (1985) Pow Wow Records - 40:28

Rhythm Track

Ron Hardy - Liquid Love (Instrumental Mix) / (1997) Mirakkle Records - 40:36

Ron Hardy - Sensation (Dub) / (1985) Trax Records - 41:22

Rhythm Track

Kevin Saunderson - Bounce Your Body To The Box / (1988) Kool Kat Music - 43:32

Farley "Jackmaster" Funk - This Acid Life / (1988) House Records - 44:18

Rhythm Track

Cool McCool - World Turns Around / (1988) Hot Mix 5 - 44:34

The Party Boy - The Twilight Zone / (1988) Urban - 45:27

Farley "Jackmaster" Funk - It's You (House Mix) / (1987) D.J. International Records - 46:06

Rhythm Track

Dr Derelict - That Shits Wild / (1988) Trax Records - 46:21

Rhythm Track

Gene Hunt - Living In a Land / (1989) Housetime Records - 46:29

Fingers - Ecstasy / (1988) Hot Mix 5 - 47:36

Rhythm Track

Mr. Fingers - Washing Machine / (1986) Trax Records - 47:54

Raze - Jack The Groove / (1986) Grove Street Records - 48:59

Justin Timberlake - Sexy Back / (2006) Jive - 49:29

Rhythm Track + TB-303 + SH-101

K. Alexi Shelby - My Medusa (1989) Transmat - 52:03

Rythim Is Rythim - Nude Photo / (1987) Transmat - 52:24

Rhythm Track

Maurice Joshua - I Got A Big Dick (with Hot Hula Hands) / (1988) Trax Records - 52:54

Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 / (1984) Inteam GmbH - 53:43

Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It / (1986) Trax Records - 53:43

Rhythm Track

Baby Ford - Fordtrax / (1988) Rhythm King Records - 54:14

Marcus Mixx - Without Makeup (Ron Hardy Mix) / (2006) Let's Pet Puppies - 54:29

Mr. Fingers - Ammnesia / (1989) Jack Trax - 55:15

Jack Frost - Cool Dry / (1987) FLEX Records - 55:46

Reese & Santonio - The Sound / (1988) Kool Kat Music - 56:09

Adonis - Rockin Down The House / (1986) Trax Records - 56:09

Rhythm Track

Arnold Jarvis - Take Some Time Out (Dub / Instrumental) (1987) Fourth Floor Records - 56:24

Frankie Knuckles - Your Love / (1989) Btech - 56:40

Arnold Jarvis - Take Some Time Out (Original Club Mix) / (1987) Fourth Floor Records - 56:47

Fingers Inc. - Mystery Of Love (Club Mix) / (1986) D.J. International Records - 57:02

Mayday - Wiggin (Master Reese Mix) / (1988) Pheerce Citi - 59:34

Rhythm Track

Jean Luc Ponty - Computer Incantations For World Peace / (1983) Atlantic - 01:00:06

Put together by Bomb Diggy's mix monkey for a lousy two crates of bananas, some pineapple juice, and a bottle of Dominican rum, this roaring selection of dancefloor scorchers originally aired last month on Holland's DJBroadcast site.

 

The Bomb Diggy crew are purveyors of the most tropical party nights in Holland, with resident DJs Mataklap, Makks, Ru-D and Tommy Tequila plus guests spinning global bass music spanning kuduro, booty, soca, dancehall, ragga, cumbia and baile funk — with plenty of jungle bounce thrown in. Head over to their site for info on upcoming Bomb Diggy gigs and radio shows, and to check out their splendid Bombcast mix series.

 

Tracklisting:

Bomb Diggy Intro

Mexican Dubwiser ft. Candice Cannabis - Cumbia of the Great

DJ Dus - Por Vida

Aniceto Molina - El Campanero (Krunk Kumbias Remix)

Sabo - Soundboy Cumbia

Super Guachin - Cumbiandero

Alvaro -Make it Funky (Dj Punish Remix) (Max le Daron RaveCumbiaTon Refix)

Zonora Point - Huachita Rica (Douster remix)

Sonido del Principe vs Zomby - Shake that Strange Fruit

Suckafish P. Jones - Cloak and Dagger Empire

Munchi - Metele Bellaco

Villa Diamante - Frikstailers vs Calle 13

Uproot Andy - Brooklyn Cumbia (ODB Mix)

Uproot Andy - Brooklyn Cumbia

Chief Boima - Techno Rumba (Uproot Andy Remix)

The Very Best - Nsokoto

Myd - Train To Bamako

Douster - King of Africa

WILDLIFE! - Jumbie (Original Mix)

The Count & Sinden - Mega (Original Mix)

MJ Cole - AO Feat. Serocee (Zed Bias Wind Up Mix)

Major Lazer, Harold Faltermeyer - Pon De Foley (Ludachrist Remix)

Sam Tiba - Barbie Weed

Diamond Bass - Seruma

Orion - Sueltala (Orion Edit)

DJ Dus - Cumbioso

Swappi - Dis Gyal (Nah Go Play)

Skeat - Dumelang

Mujava - Mugwanti (Schlachthofbronx Remix)

Debruit - Nigeria What?

Ku Bo - Sumanita Feat. Daniecell (Daniel Haaksman Remix)

Radioclit - Secousse All-Stars

Octa Push - Ai Nadia

12th Planet & Juakali - Reasons

Blaxx Feat. Wendell Manwarren - Zombie

Ricky T - Pressure Boom

Olantunji Yearwood - Get Wild

Ghislain Poirier ft. Mc Slaughter - Get Wild

Ghislain Poirier ft. Face-T - Wha-La-La-Leng (Uproot Andy RMX)

Shaggy - Mr. Boombastic

Mykol Orthodox - Im The Roughest Rmx (Cocoa Tea)

Listen up! That's right, here's a brand new mix from arch beatfreak and master of mischievous melody, Bogdan Raczynski.

 

Many of you will know Bogdan from his slew of releases on Rephlex over the past decade (if not, head straight to 1999's seminal Samurai Math Beats). Aside from writing music that makes you feel completely out of your gourd, he's also an accomplished preparer of delicious foodstuffs — something we at Spannered admire greatly in a person.

 

Following on from 1999's compendious Mix #1, Mix #2 unfurls a tracklisting that's nearly as meaty as Bogdan's Fat Polish Man Bigos.

 

At least this shouldn't fug out your bathroom as much... ;)

 

Tracklisting:

Dimitri - The Stud

Harmonic 313 - Flaash

DS-10 Dominator - Kink In the Cable

DJ Nehpets - Mario (16 Bit)

DJ Milton - House Clap

The Royal City Saxophone Quarter - Ragtime For Rent

Fake Tuss - RIP Acid

Benga - Baltimore Clap

DJ Milton - 1999

Skream - Clap Your Hands

Starski and Clutch - Bounce

Yotam Avni - Coke Bouquet

Hirokazu Tanaka - Metroid Kraid

James Blake - Postpone

The Other People Place - Let Me Be Me

Floating Points remix of Sing by Four Tet

Ruckspin - Jibber

Girl Unit - IRL

Skream - Clap Your Hands

Redlight feat Roses Gabor - Stupid (instrumental)

Skream - Clap Your Hands

Benga - Baltimore Clap

Skream - Clap Your Hands

Benga - Baltimore Clap

Jamie Principle - Baby Wants To Ride (Be Quiet Jamie edit)

Floating Points - Shark Chase

LOL Boys remix of Cannibalistic by Expendable Youth

Armando - Don't Take It (Thomos edit)

The Other People Place - Let Me Be Me

FCL - Let's Go

Motor City Drum Ensemble - There's A Truth (feat Stee Downess)

Cylob - Morning

Nick Holder - Feelin' Sad

Nick Holder - Da Sambafrique

Thom Yorke - Cymbal Rush

Floating Points - Shark Chase

Marie Pierre - Choose Me

Dimitri- The Stud

Marie Pierre - Choose Me

Floating Points - Shark Chase

Dimitri- The Stud

Automatic Tasty - This Site Is No Longer In Operation. Thank You.

Mr. Incognito - Die Andere Welt

^ Listen to Mix #1 by Bogdan Raczynski

^ Read Overload Media's interview with Bogdan from 2001

El Kano of London's Adverse Camber collective was one of the first artists to record a mix for Spannered when the site launched back in 2006. Flex (his fourth mix to be hosted on Spannered — check also 2007's Medication Time and this wonderful contribution to Spannered's Oddcast series) finds him on unstoppable form, spooning out all manner of mutoid ragga beats and weird bruck-stepping bassbin shit over the course of an hour and three quarters.

 

Download artwork here.

 

Tracklisting:

Filastine - Blung

David Last feat Zulu - Ghettoblaster

Major Lazer feat Turbulence - Anything Goes

Pole - Sylenstein (Deadbeat Remix)

Tego Calderón - Ni Fu Ni Fa

Monkeysteak - Tigris Riddim

Filastine vs Maga Bo feat Mario z - Se Liga

Flying Lotus - Melt!

Fulgeance - Lonely Nights

Harmonic 313 - Flaash

Si begg - I Thunk Therefore

Timeblind - What the ...?

Ghosts On Tape - Equator Jam

King Cannibal feat Face-A-Face - Virgo

Wasteland - Shadow Line

Missy Elliot feat Vybez Cartel - Badman

Grievous Angel feat Rubi Dan - Move Down Low

Stereotyp & Al Haca - Up There

Ku Bo feat Joyce Muniz - Um Korpo

Aoki Takamasa - RN2-09 Pt1 & Pt2

Octa Push - Ai Nadia

Slaughter Mob - Di Hit Maker

Opal - I Said It (Taal Mala Remix)

Badawi - El Topo

Joe - Claptrap

Ramadanman - Revenue (Untold Remix)

Ramadanman - Tempest

Timeblind - Drastic Adhesive Force Remix

Ku Bo feat Sara - Lem Lem

Untold - Just For You

Roel Funcken - Martyrz

DJ C - Du Ting

Africa Hitech - Blen (Remix)

M.I.A. - Bird Flu

Maga Bo feat Teba - Abaphantsi

Loops Haunt - Rubber Sun Grenade

Semephor - Antidote

Dead Fader - J.B.E. Zorg

Fanfare Ciocarlia - Batuta La Rind

Milanese - So Malleable (Clark Remix)

DJ C Work It Out (Crazy)

Sixtoo - Jackals & Vipers In Envy of Man Part 9

Tweet feat Missy Elliot - Oops! Oh My! (Hudson Mohawke Remix)

Disrupt feat Mikey Murka - Sensi Addict

^ Check out El Kano's other mixes on Spannered here, here and here!

Those who have listened to the latest album by Ralph Cumbers will know something of his huge love for the rhythms of Africa. Earlier this year Ralph ripped and re-edited a number of his favourite vinyls from the motherland. The resulting mix — released as part of Fact Magazine's consistently excellent podcast series — is the most colourful and crazed selection of music we've heard so far this year. If you missed it (Fact's podcasts are available for three weeks only), don't fear as Ralph recently asked Spannered to give the mix a permanent home.

 

Mr Clef talks about the mix, his current African obsessions and the recent album in an interview over at the Fact site. Those new to his work may also want to check Spannered's interview with him back in 2006.

 

Tracklisting:

Segun Adewale - Yo Pop Music

Susan Mapfumo - Dzvoko

Zani Diabete - Super Djata

Fede Lawu - Cherie Coco

Edikanfo - Da Da Edikanfo

Nyboma - Double Double

Bibi Den’s Tshibayi - The Best Ambiance

D.O. Misiani & Shirati Jazz - Sister Mary Lucy

King Sunny Ade - Synchro Feelings

Chief Dr Sikuru Ayinde Barrister - Ffuji Garbage Series II

King Sunny Ade - Sunny Ti De Ariya

George Mukabi - Bibi Mama Ngani Mzuri

^ Listen to Bass Clef's other mixes on Spannered here and here

^ May the Bridges I Burn Light the Way is out now on Blank Tapes

 

Back in 2007, Kid Kameleon dropped an excellent pair of mixes for Spannered and Mashit exploring, as he put it, 'the weirder end of the dubstep spectrum'.

 

Well, Matt's racked up another double-drop of current picks from the bass music panoramic, with the first installment landing here on Spannered and part two surfacing over at the Mashit camp. As with Aim High/Aim Low, the Kid eschews clubland's big hitters in favour of the fringe elements, packing out both new mixes with some super-deep dubstep/techno hybrids and plenty of mutant 2-step stylings.

 

Tracklisting:

Invasion Vs Shackleton - Wizards In Dub Part 1

Martyn - Is This Insanity ft Spaceape (Ben Klock mix)

Teleseen - Black Monday feat. Jah Sight

Hizatron - Telescope Dope

Deadboy - Brock Lee Riddim

xxxy - Blue Flashing Lights

Instra:mental - Forbidden

Al Tourettes - Dodgem

Planetary Assualt Systems - X Speaks To X (Al Tourettes & Appleblim remix)

Millie & Andrea - Black Hammer

Kontext - Convex Curved Mirror

Sigha - Hold Your Heart Up To The Light

Wedge & Aesoteric - Detached Reality

LV - Kowton Metronome (LV Rmx)

Untold - Beacon (W/D Franklin)

Scuba - Poppies (Substance dub version)

^ Check part two over on the Mashit site

^ Listen to Kid Kameleon's Aim Low on Spannered here