Sonic Sunset

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Part 2: Right-click to download (78 min = 72 mb)

Part 1 > Italo disco and leftfield weirdness from the early/mid 80’s, when Chicago hotmix radio DJs threw in amped-up electronic eurodance with latin freestyle and crude house beats — to rock the city from Rogers Park to Stoney Island. Mixed w/ more recent cuts from NYC’s Abe Duque and Toronto’s Dubious, closes with WBMX destroyer from Pineapples.

Part 2 > trying to treat the summer heat with a musical iced beverage, we get drenched in atmospheric downtempo and dub-house before we reach cool-down sounds from russ gabriel, new flowing techno from chicago’s zachary lubin, mike huckaby remixing on a deeper plane, and convextion setting off the fireworks.

Part 1 > Matt MacQueen

Gary Numan & Tubeway Army – I Nearly Married A Human – Replicas (Atco)
Discotheque – Disco Special (Unclassics)
Belle Epoque – Miss Broadway (Big Tree)
Boris Midney – D-D-D-Dance (Mi)
Strafe – Set It Off (Jus Born)
Answering Service – Call Me Mr. Telephone [Street Mix] (ZYX)
Kasso – One More Round [Frankie Knuckles mix] – Chicago Boogie (Eskimo)
The Creatures – Believe In Yourself (Teldec)
The Skatt Bros. – Walk The Night (boot)
Abe Duque – untitled – Besame Mucho (Abe Duque)
Warp 9 – Light Years Away [Dub] (Prism)
T.C. Curtis – You Should Have Known Better (Hot Melt)
Dubious – Sidesteps (Prize)
MDMC – How About It – (Jumbo)
Hypnosis – End Title (Blade Runner) (ZYX)
Pineapples – Come On Closer (Original Records)

Part 1 > Dave Siska

art of noise – realization – who’s afraid of the art of noise (ztt)
christian kleine – today’s mark – beyond repair (city centre offices)
esem – obbe ttid – ikae (defocus)
mikkel metal – delta – lukon ep (echocord)
rhythm & sound feat. tikiman – music a fe rule part 2 (rhythm & sound)
karafuto – blue
pepe bradock – ghost – 6 million pintades (atavisme)
virgo – free yourself (trax)
russ gabriel – agoraphobia – voltage control (input neuron)
zachary lubin – b2 – controllability (6277/axis)
paul mac – ongoing saga ep (immigrant)
deepchord – electromagnetic dowsing [mike huckaby rmx] (synth) 001
convextion – venus in spurs (tektite)
monoder – ikikierio (statik entertainment)
chaser – destination unknown (soma)
planetary assault systems – the parting – the electric funk machine (peacefrog)

Part 1: Right-click to download (68 min = 63 mb)
Part 2: Right-click to download (71 min = 65 mb)

Part 1 > Vintage and future melodic electronics, Music Institute-era Detroit wonders of wishing… blurring the lines between techno and house.

Part 2 > a very personal mixture of sounds from detroit to berlin, techno, electro, and ambient.

Part 1 > Matt MacQueen

Art of Noise – Moments in Love (ZTT)
Minnie Ripperton – Inside My Love – Best Of… (EMI)
Kool & The Gang – North, East, West, South (De-Lite)
Advance – Take Me To The Top (ZYX)
FPU – Crockett’s Theme (Turbo)
Victor – Go On Do It [Morgan Giest Breakfast Club Dub] (Unclassics)
Fingers Inc. – Can You Feel It [Vocal] (Jack Trax)
Moodymann – Shattered Dreams (Peacefrog)
Urban Culture – The Wonders of Wishing (Trance Fusion)
MK – Somebody New [Club Mix] (KMS)
Symbols & Instruments – Science of Numbers (KMS)
Krush – Jack’s Back (Mercury)
Melody Boy 2000 – MonotoneFantastique – The Users & The Gadgets (Gadget)
Carl Craig – Sandstorms – Just Another Day (Planet E)
Metro Area – Rhythm Reel – 6 (Environ)
Fix – Dope Computer (KMS)
69 – My Machines – 4 Jazz Funk Classics (Planet E)
Terrace – Presence – City Sounds (Eevo Lute)
2000 and One – untitled – Galaxy Child (100% Pure)

Part 2 > Dave Siska

j. burger – blue belle (kreisel)
plaid – fly wings – trainer (warp)
drexciya – aquarazorda – the unknown aquazone (submerge)
boards of canada – amo bishop roden – in a beautiful place out in the country (warp)
bochum welt – new europa – program 11 (elypsia)
detroit escalator co. – point of entry – black buildings (peacefrog)
aphex twin – blue calx – selected ambient works vol 2 (warp)
bark psychosis – rose – codename dustsucker (fire)
cocteau twins – feet like fins [mark clifford rmx] (capitol)
autechre – nil – amber (warp)
arovane – a secret – tides (city centre offices)
manual with jess kahr – burn – the north shore (darla)
basic channel – radiance i (basic channel)
paul st. hilaire + rene lowe – faith [vox] (false tuned)
jeff mills – the hacker – waveform transmissions vol 1 (tresor)
the martian – meet the red planet (red planet)
front 242 – art & strategy – geography (wax trax)
s’express – theme from s’express (rhythm king)

** dave’s set tonight is dedicated in memory of alicia frantz, and contains music she loved and shared with us, music that we discovered together, and music that reflects the feelings that her passing has inspired. if there’s one thing that you can carry with you, i hope it’s that you are so loved.

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Part 2: Right-click to download (79 min = 72 mb)

Matt runs a 3 hour set solo from brooding classic soul and Ohio funk to Detroit/Chicago abstract deep dark house music. Never rushing, expanding outwards to make time for plenty of classics both familiar and obscure. Part 1 is blue mood setting grooves, picking up to a house tempo for Part 2.

Part 1

Prince & The Revolution – Sometimes It Snows In April – Parade (Warner)
The Stylistics – People Make The World Go Round – Best of (Avco)
Maze feat. Frankie Beverly – Joy & Pain – Joy & Pain (Capitol)
Shuggie Otis – Aht Uh Mi Head – Inspiration Information (Luka Bop)
KV:5 – Singers & Carpenters [Instr.] – 12 Cuts of the Pie (Humble)
The Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze – 3+3 (T-Neck)
The Blackbyrds – Hash & Eggs – City Life (Fantasy)
MM Black feat. Roy Ayers – 2000 Black – The Good Good (2000 Black)
Leon Haywood – I Want’a Do Something Freaky To You (20th Century)
Cameo – We All Know Who We Are (Chocolate City)
Linda Clifford – Runaway Love – If My Friends Could See Me Now (Curtom)
George Benson – Give Me The Night (Qwest)
The Mighty Bop – Le Voyage (Yellow)
The Whatnauts – Help Is On The Way (Harlem Intern’l)

Part 2

3 Chairs – Dance of Nubia (3 Chairs)
JuJu & Jordash – The Hush [Koomba Project remix] (Psychostasia)
Theo Parrish & Marcellus Pitman – African Roots – Essential Selections vol. 1 (Sound Signature)
Rick Wilhite – Ruby Nights [Gilb-r Solo Flight remix] – Detroit Beatdown remixes i:i (Third Ear)
Bobby Konders House Rhythms – The Poem (Nu Groove)
Noni – Be My [remix] – The Gift EP (Prescription)
Kelley Polar Quartet – Maurizio – The Rococo EP (Environ)
Round Four feat. Tikiman – Find A Way (Main Street Records)
Omar S – For Us All – 003 – (FXHE)
Tikkle – Bubbles [Club mix] (House Jam)
Seven Grand Housing Authority – Spreading Love (Intangible)
1/2 Inch Jack – Red Dragon (1/2 Inch)
Abe Duque feat. Blake Baxter – What Happened? (Duque)
Chip E – Time To Jack (Jack Trax)
Mike Dunn – Life Goes On (Westbrook)
Jesse’s Gang – Real Love (Jes Say)
Coco Steel & Lovebomb – Feel It – Influences (Warp)
M5003MB – Cosmic Courier (Metroplex)
Inner City – Good Life [Mayday mix] (KMS)

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Part 2: Right-click to download (79 min = 72 mb)

Broadcast on the eve of the Kraftwerk tour stop in Chicago, Matt hosts a full career retrospective of their work. Agruably the most forward-thinking and influential pioneers in synthesized electro-pop music, the four composers working from Dusseldorf, Germany have had their music famously described as \”so stiff it’s funky.\” Kraftwerk created sonic blueprints and themes that paved the way for early Hip-Hop, House and Techno to follow in their robotic footsteps. After an intro of Detroit-y downtempo sounds, hear Kraftwerk’s decades of influence still every bit as relevant to modern electronic music today, fusing mechanized beats with emotional melodies and beautifully simple pop arrangements.

Part 1 > chill Detroit warm-up, then Kraftwerk begins

Soul Circuit – Ordinary Mind – Don’t Spoil the Tension (Sirkus)
Soul Circuit – Not Gilded – Don’t Spoil the Tension (Sirkus)
Sean Deason – Interlude – Allegory & Metaphor (Intuit Solar)
Sean Deason – Zig [feat. Claude Young] – Allegory & Metaphor (Intuit Solar)
Art Forest – The Flow – Soul In Motion (IRMA)
Le Car – untitled audiofile #7 – Auto Biography (Ersatz Audio)
Kraftwerk – The Voice of Energy – Radio-Activity (Capitol) 1975
Kraftwerk – Antenna – Radio-Activity (Capitol) 1975
Kraftwerk – Expo 2000 [Kling Klang mix 2001] (EMI) 1999
Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine – The Man-Machine (EMI) 1978
Kraftwerk – Tour De France [Etape 2] – Tour De France Soundtracks (EMI) 2003
Kraftwerk – House Phone – The Telephone Call (WB) 1986
Kraftwerk – La Forme – Tour De France Soundtracks (EMI) 2003
Kraftwerk – Autobahn – Autobahn (WB) 1974

Part 2 > continues…

Kraftwerk – Computer Love – Computer World (Warner) 1981
The Balanescu Quartet – Computer Love – Possessed (Mute) 1992
Kraftwerk – The Model – The Man-Machine (EMI) 1978
The Balanescu Quartet – The Model – Possessed (Mute) 1992
Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express – Trans Europe Express (EMI) 1977
Kraftwerk – Numbers – Computer World (Warner) 1981
Kraftwerk – Computer World 2 – Computer World (Warner) 1981
Kraftwerk – Schaufensterpuppen – Trans Europa Express (EMI) 1977
Kraftwerk – Showroom Dummies – Trans Europe Express (Capitol) 1977
Kraftwerk – Neon Lights – The Man-Machine (EMI) 1978
Kraftwerk – Musique Non Stop – live recording 2004
Kraftwerk – Radio Activity – Radio-Activity (Capitol) 1975
Kraftwerk – Kometenmelodie – Vor Uns Metropolis (Elektrik Cro-Magnon) 1972