Test Pressing Podcast

Øyvind has gone and done us a new mix. Can someone book him in London please as he’d be great here… Anyway, this one was recorded at his home/studio using two turntables, a beaten up old CDJ100 and a Rane rotary mixer going through an ARS isolator with no channel eq. Recorded in one go […]

Lexx has been part of Test Pressing since the start and is one of the finest selectors out there. From club to more mellow selections he has it covered. Here’s a lovely mellow mix to wind you through Sunday and beyond. You can see all the mixes here if you want more to dig through. […]

Well here’s a lovely thing – enjoy the sounds of three people (Hugh Herrera, Andi Hanley and Alicia) who really know their music backwards. I asked for some words from Hugh Herrera, the man behind Pacific Beach Vinyl – US-based online store, distribution and more, which I have appropriated below… This is a lovely one. […]

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These two C90 tapes were kindly recorded and sent in by reader Stuart Hammersley. He taped them from Kiss in August 1996 when Global Communications – aka Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard – took care of the ‘Givin’ It Up’ slot. As we know Global Communications made one absolutely ridiculous album. Well that and the […]

I feel bad that I am only just getting to posting this as its been sitting on my desktop for months but I keep playing it so felt time to get it up. With the passing of David Mancuso last year it seems more important than ever that the original free Loft vibe of the […]

There`s a load of timeless music due for release this January and February. Most of it new. Track-List  Benedith – Mis Mehefin – Aficionado Jonny Nash – Eden – Melody As Truth Black Classical – Batuque de Nacao – On The Corner Dazion – Rigola – Second Circle Awa Poulo – Mido Yirima – Awesome […]

There`s a ton of good stuff in shops, or just about to hit shops, now, as 2016 draws to a close. So don`t finalise that “End Of The Year” list just yet. There`s Jazz from The Growing Bin. Balearic bits from Versatile, and Running Back. Percussive dance-floor fillers from Music For Dreams, Aficionado and Tiff`s […]