Test Pressing Podcast

I had Piers on my NTS show recently and it was a very enjoyable few hours. His music was exactly what I wanted. He’s one of those people that can talk to you backwards about Tony Humphries mixes and Zanzibar whilst having a deep passion for forward thinking UK bass-led house, the slower end of […]

D.K. says “« This mix is mostly a compilation of new music that influence me at the moment. It’s an exploratory range of ambient and experimental music by today’s innovators, from composers like Andrea Belfi, Bellows and Second Woman to R’n’B UK singer Klein.»” We say, sit back and let it wash over you in […]

Kris Baha has been on my radar since his excellent Bahnsteig 23 release  (currently ‘desirable’ in Discogs language but mercifully getting a repress at the end of November), but it’s the recording of his under-the-influence 3 hour set at New Dance Fantasy earlier this summer that made a Test Pressing mix a must. As the DJ behind […]

This recording comes live and direct from the tape machine at the Café Del Mar on the 1st of September in 1994 and is Phil Mison in top form. A brilliant mix of music that all joins up perfectly in the way that the proper DJ can do. I asked Phil for some words as […]

I received this mix recently from Cedric and it seemed perfect for Test Pressing. A three and a half hour journey along the lines of the ‘Night At Beauty & The Beat’ mix we posted a while back. I asked Cedric for some words on it and he perfectly explained the context. “Teorema spontaneously invited […]

A new mix form Brian Not Brian is always a good one as he’s out and about a lot these days playing around Europe and beyond with his crew of dance heads with an ear for a weird beat and some quality house music so basically those ears are wide open to new and old […]

This was a loose collaboration between myself, Mark Barrott & Dr Rob. Rob found some of the tunes, Mark made some of the music (first track is an unreleased beauty) and I put it together with some synths and fx. Seemed a good one to run after that recent KLF ‘Coming down off E…’ mix. […]

One of our favourite records to come through the door (as it were) recently is the new one from Harmonious Thelonious on Versatile which we reviewed here. It’s so nice we asked Gilb’r of Versatile to ask him to do us a mix. It’s a funny time for mixes online due to the rise of […]

Kejeblos is part of the Phantom Island gang along with Lexx and co. Sort of like a Swiss Red Light vibe they have going on there. A label releasing new music, fine collections of records ahoy and DJs that can put it together really well. Anyway, Kejeblos has made a few stunning productions and is […]

The ace Cedric Woo got in touch asking if I wanted to host a new mix of his. I mean its always a no brainer with Cedric as he’s one of our favourite DJs. Always fun and he goes all round the houses… This is a tropical mix of Zouk, Kompas, Cadence and more. Basically […]