Sonic Sunset

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Part 1: Lights down low for a slow, moody combo of nighttime soul dusties and smoked-out Detroit downtempo. Abstract sound thoughts from Urban Tribe, Curtis Mayfield, Theo Parrish, Blue Magic and a sultry classic from Donna McGhee produced by Patrick Adams. Deep grooves for your next afterhours wind-down.

Part 2: the dubbed-out berlin excursion continues with porter ricks, studio pankow, and monolake, and then takes a sharp right turn at frankfurt for a stylistic mash featuring vintage sounds from newcleus and tyree, and a new perlon-tinged shuffler from orac.

Part 1> Matt MacQueen

Prince – The Ballad of Dorothy Parker – Sign O’ the Times (Warner)
Blue Magic – I Like You – Thirteen Blue Magic Lane (Atco)

Moodymann – Back at Baker’s (on Livernois) – Black Mahogani (Peacefrog)
Curtis Mayfield – Blue Monday People – America (Curtom)
Roy Ayers – The Third Eye – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Polydor)
Urban Tribe – Peacemakers – The Collapse of Modern Culture (Mo Wax)
Fusion – Dirty Kay (Planet E)
Reggie Dokes – Men of Spirit – A Piece of the Afro EP (Psychostasia)
The Isley Brothers – Footsteps In The Dark (Part 1 & 2) – Go For Your Guns (T-Neck)
Curtis Mayfield – Give It Up – Curtis (Curtom)
Rick Wilhite – Roots of Detroit (Three Chairs)
Theo Parrish – Lights Down Low (Sound Signature)
Andres – untitled – 2×12 (KDJ)
Donna McGhee – Make It Last Forever (Red Greg)
Moodymann – The Thief Who Stole My Sad Days… Ya Blessin Me (KDJ)
Hall & Oates – I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) – Private Eyes (RCA)
Round 4 Feat. Tikiman – Find A Way (Main Street)
Banzai Republic – Loolah (Music for Dreams)
Rhythm & Sound – Carrier (Rhythm & Sound)
Round 3 Feat. Tikiman – Acting Crazy [Vocal] (Main Street)
Rhythm & Sound – Density (Rhythm & Sound)

Part 2> David Siska

porter ricks – nautical zone – biokinetics (chain reaction)
sanasol – hlyleg [ruxpin remake] (ae)
studio pankow – linienbusse (cdr)
monolake – ice (ml/i)
arovane – leev (fwd:)
dusk – shadow boxer – aquarian project (peacefrog)
james ruskin – in the shadows – into submission (tresor)
robotiko rejekto – rejekto [presention mix] (zyx)
mix master – house express [tyree’s transfer mix] (dj international)
der zyklus – elektronisches zeitecho – der zyklus ii (gigolo)
plasma co – fluorescent lights (electrecord)
newcleus – cyborg dance (sunnyview)
joakim lone octet – twice thinking [dego’s 2000 black rmx] (future talk)
caro – my little pony [beckett + taylor rmx] (orac)
melchior productions – searching (playhouse)
dennis desantis – promotion of vice (k2 O)

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Part 1: \”Roller skaters celebrate the disco way, give your feet the freedom let’s bounce today. Roller skaters one in front and one behind, bounce left, bounce right – it’s disco time. There ain’t no stoppin keep on rockin in the groove, this funky kinda music simply makes you wanna move…\”

Part 2: extended plays for a long journey with basic channel and co. unfold into dutch techno goodness from stefan robbers and classic tracks of jack from mr. fingers.

Part 1 > Matt MacQueen

Sylvia – Sweet Stuff (Vibration)
Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s Just Begun (RCA)
Vaughn, Mason & Crew – Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll (JDC)
Daniel Wang – Free Lovin (Housedream) -The Morning Kids (Balihu)
Tracy Weber – Sure Shot (Inst.) – (Quality)
The Players Association – The Get-Down Mellow Sound – We Got The Groove (Vanguard)
Logg – You’ve Got that Something – Logg (Ram’s Horn)
Chilly – For Your Love (Polydor)
Giorgio Moroder – Theme from.. Midnight Express (Casablanca)
The 202 Machine – Get Up (Fire Sign)
Triangle Orchestra – @137 [Cloudy Version] (Rong)
Jessie G. – That’s Hot [Inst.] (Nugget)
DJ Big Time Fashion – Tracky Thrills – The Me Me Me EP (Big Bear)
Munich Machine – Get On The Funk Train – Munich Machine (Casablanca)
Patrick Cowley – Primitive World – Mind Warp (Megatone)
Jesse Saunders – Funk You Up (Streetfire)
Fresh – Dum Dum, Part 2 (Trax)
DJ Rush – Over The Edge (Dance Mania)
Greyhouse – New Beats The House (House Nation)
Abe Duque – A1 – Besame Mucho (Duque)
Mr. Fingers – Stars – Classic Fingers (La Casa)

Part 2 > Dave Siska

ulrich schnauss – monday – paracetamol – a strangely isolated place (cco)
paul st. hilaire + rene lowe – faith [vox] (false tuned)
electric birds – frames – frames (inc.us)
monolake – cyan i (chain reaction)
cyrus – inversion (basic channel)
psychic warriors ov gaia – kraak [mark broom rmx] (kk)
random xs – frantic formula (djax)
damon wild + echoplex – adapt to steps – niteworks pt 2. (synewave)
stefan robbers – validate [freakoutmix] (100% pure)
mr fingers – i’m strong [track] (jack trax)
robert owens – i’m strong [house mix] (alleviated)
monobox – realm 02 [substance rmx] (logistic)
aubrey – shimmer (solid groove)
silex – dimor – alphabet (vibrant music)

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Part 1: Tough 808 funk from SOS Band, early Chicago moods, italo-boogie and electro. Jamie Principle personifies the nu wave influence on emerging House, plus other WBMX favorites including Gwendolyn (early Vince Lawrence & Jesse Saunders production). Juan Atkins’ Metroplex label brings 2 cuts of ice cold Detroit future/past dystopia.

Part 2: riding the swung beats of the techno/house line with russ gabriel’s melancholy chords and a svek classic, g-comm’s \”the deep\” comes swirling through, leaving electronic downtempo in its wake, along with a cosmic broken-beat deeparture.

Part 1> Matt MacQueen

Symbols & Instruments – Mood [Metaphysical Mix] (KMS)
SOS Band – Just Be Good To Me (Tabu)
Double Helix – Low Key – Funxtiles (Rush Hour)
Carol Williams – No One Can Do It Like You [Instr. remix] (Vanguard)
Implantation – Choose Your Lover (Many Records)
Jamie Principle – Your Love (Persona)
Sky Rider – Take A Look At Me (Disconet)
Gwendolyn – Come To Me [Long] (Precision)
Farley Jackmaster Funk – Oh My God – Funkin With the Drums Again (Trax)
Mark Shreeve – Legion [Razor mix] (Jive Electro)
Peter Richard – Walking in the Neon (Ariola)
Pluton & Humanoids – World Invaders – Unclassics (Environ)
Unknown DJ – Professor X – X-Men (X Files)
Model 500 – Future [Vocal] (Metroplex)
Channel One – Technicolor [Radio] (Metroplex)
Unit 4 – Bodydub – Freak Electrique Acid Dub (Clone)
Phuture – We Are Phuture (Trax)
Abe Duque – What Happened ? – #7 (Abe Duque)

Part 2> Dave Siska

phortune – can you feel the bass (hotmix 5)
basic channel – q1.1 (basic channel)
motion control – digit 2 (universal code)
blue arsed fly – in the bag [russ gabriel rmx] (ferox)
erik ericksson – synchronized minds (fragile)
primitive urges vol 1 (primitive)
mr. james barth and a.d. – above the skyline – knockin’ boots vol 1 (svek)
system 360 – sneaky – the airbag craftworks compilation vol 1 (out to lunch)
global communication – the deep (dedicated)
deepart – picture #3 (deepart)
lucky & easy – night rainbows (ampoule)
boards of canada – seeya later – twoism (warp/music70)
arovane – cry osaka cry – lilies (city centre offices)
alex cortex – laconic (source)
terry brookes – mars rising – breaking cycles (deepart)
elegy – \\p switch (art/b12)
john tejada – speaker’s dream – sonic life (ferox)

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Part 1: The full range of funk electric. Francois K in dub mix form, crosstalk of Shari Vari and Joakim remixing John Foxx. Deep arrangements from Mr. Geist (DJing across town tonight) and a favorite NewOrder b-side w/ chi-house ’88 influence. Crisp electro from Holland’s Dexter. Techno from new label Frantic Flowers, and wicked new grinder by Half Inch Jack in tasteful homage to Tyree Cooper.

Part 2: smoothed out vintage house sounds from chicago and new york lead to a smattering of the more recent eras, including soul run through the grinder by germany’s soundhack. then all goes dark, lights gradually appearing in hyper-hypnotic fashion with m. rahn and a fresh batch of bleeped-up electrowerk, featuring a shimmering pair of cuts from electro-don carl finlow.

Part 1> Matt MacQueen

Undisputed Truth – Sandman (Moxie)
Logic System – Unit – Logic (EMI)
Newcleus – Auto Man instr. (boot)
Metro Area – Machine Vibes – 2 (Environ)
Wuf Ticket – The Key [Francois Kervorkian mix] (Prelude)
Sharon Redd – Beat the Street [Francois Kervorkian Instr.] (Prelude)
A Number of Names – Shari Vari (Puzzlebox)
John Foxx – Mr. No [Joakim Rmx] – The Vanity Project (New Religion)
Claro Intelecto – Peace of Mind (Electrosoul) (Ai)
Arne Weinberg – Arcadia – Various Flowers 1 (Frantic Flowers)
Dexter – Valve [live] – (Klakson)
Morgan Geist – Vectors of Interpretation – Quadrilocular EP (Metamorphic)
Joakim – Cotton Gun (Versatile)
New Order – Best & Marsh – Round & Round (Qwest)
Hal Varian – Catalysm – Catalysm EP (New Religion)
Soofle – How Do You Plead? (Fragile)
1/2 Inch Jack – Mr Cooper’s House (Half Inch)

Part 2> Dave Siska

william s – i’ll never let you go [instrumental mix] (trax)
logic – final frontier [the groove] (strictly rhythm)
reflection – cube loop [morgan geist rmx] (clear)
eerik – exformation (raw fusion)
iz & diz – mouth [brad peep’s remix for friends] (classic)
sascha funke – campus (kompakt)
soundhack – untitled (soundhack 1)
john tejada & arian leviste – it’s only music (groovetech)
oniero – experimental (blue cucaracha)
shake – perseverence – revisionist’s theory (frictional)
mark broom – funked up – angie is a shoplifter (pure plastic)
fluxion – redundant (vibrant music)
fumiya tanaka – move – move ep (torema)
m. rahn – sunblocker – sunblocker ep (konvex konkav)
sleeparchive – track 4 [recycled] – (sleeparchive)
morganistic – wonder – fluids amniotic (input neuron)
nitevision – 2110 (synewave)
voice stealer – evaluation – the all electric house (subvert)
silicon scally – informatics – the silent years (satamile)
anders ilar – gramineous glow – treasure garden ep (echocord)
audision – song of the ocean – spectral face ep (playmade)
process – odd angles (traum)
black dog – evoke – bite thee back ep (dust science)

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Warm up w/ disco dubs and early Detroit house before an expansive tag-team set of Detroit techno. From Music Institute-era KMS Records to the darkest aquatic depths of electronic funk, minimal bleep and warm 313 techno soul classics. With Kevin Saunderson’s recent announcement of the the 2005 FUSE-in Detroit Festival, a new Motor City spotlight was callin’ …and it certainly won’t be our last!

Matt woofer warm-up >

Cameo – Funk Funk (intro) – Cardiac Arrest (Chocolate City)
Quant – Tik Tok – Quantical Quantasam (DOT)
Harvey Miller – Stop The Taxi – Disco Girls (Tyson)
Raw Silk – Do It To the Music (West End)
Kreem – Triangle of Love (Dub mix) (KMS)
untitled – FRCT 003 promo (Frictional)
MK – The Rains – S&M Hard Core mix (KMS)
Chez Damier – untitled B1 (KMS)
Separate Minds – 1st BASS – (Express)

Dave vs. Matt tag team 2 + 2 >

rhythim is rhythim – the dance (transmat)
jeff mills – fantasia – at first sight (axis)
claude young – dream of another time – one complete revolution (utensil)
david gnouy – story teller – the collective ep (utensil)
untitled – (J.A.N.)
rick wade – night track – night trackin ep (elevate)
round one – i’m your brother [chicago’s twisted mix] (main street)
chez n trent – the choice [witch doctor mix] (kms)
daniel bell – subterranean (elevate special projects)
dbx – beat phreak (peacefrog)
e-dancer – heavenly (kms)
claude young – electronic dissident (dust science)
dark energy – black strategy (ur)
shake – live for friction – iconoclastic diaries (frictional)
drexciya – aquarazorda – unknown aquazone (UR / shockwave)
drexciya – hi tide – uncharted ep (S.I.D.)
drexciya – aqua wormhole (ur)
k.t. 19941 – aura (react)
robert hood – various tracks – protein valve ep (m-plant)
perception – mirage – interstellar fugitives (ur)
gerald mitchell – dream traveller (metroplex)
kosmic messenger – get down (elypsia)
eddie flashin fowlkes – sex in zero gravity (red planet)
UR – sometimes i feel like – revolution for change (network)
davina – don’t you want it [performance mix] (soul city)
fix – diligent (ignitor/submerge)
69 – my machines – 4 jazz funk classics (planet e)
rhythim is rhythim – drama (kool kat)

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Matt solo 2 deck trek.

Part 1 > midtempo gradual wind-up w/ Larry Levan’s NYC Peech Boys oddity mixed into a Hall & Oates ultra-deep drumbox groove. MARRS b-side that is my favorite 4 minutes in 4AD label history. Laid back italo extends the groove until New Order’s Ecstacy turns a corner to electro from Carl Finlow to Kraftwerk, rare UR plus a breakers cut from Hashim.

Part 2 > take I-94 from Chicago to Detroit (via Carl Craig remixing Ron Trent’s anthem) where Dan Bell and Rob Hood bring minimal funk. Natural direct-drive rhythms from Mills as Purpose Maker keep up room pressure. New music from Berlin’s Dieb: very dark abstract funk on new techno label from Rome. A pensive wind-down from Dutch duo The Connection Machine: their full-length release finally sees daylight (via DownLow), following their now legendary EP on Planet E over a decade ago.

Part 1 > the wind-up

Dark Spanish Symphony – David Lynch’s Wild at Heart Soundtrack (Polygram)
Mandre – Third World Calling (Opus III) – (Motown)
M.A.R.R.S. – Anitina (4AD)
NYC Peech Boys – On A Journey (Island)
Hall & Oates – I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) – Private Eyes (RCA)
Paciscopi – Love’s Harmony (Capriccio)
Koto – Japanese War Games (Hot Box)
Art of Noise – Legs – (Inside Legs mix) – (China)
Big Ben Tribe – Heroes – instr. (Zanza)
Ultramarine – Hooter – Carl Craig remix (Real Soon)
New Order – Ecstacy – Power, Corruption & Lies (Factory)
Dynarec – Phonetic Responses – R Cam EP (Delsin)
Hashim – Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) – (Cutting)
Carl Finlow – Nodes – il.ect.ro (Klang)
Underground Reistance – Lunar Rhythms – Soundpictures EP – (S.I.D.)
Kraftwerk – House Phone (EMI)
M-D-EMM – Get Acidic – Strange & Dangerous mix (Transmat)

Part 2 > the fastball

Fred Brown – Roman Days – Chicago Boogie (Eskimo)
Virgo – Free Yourself (Trax)
Ron Trent – Altered States – Carl Craig remix (DJAX)
Fade II Black – Insistant Rhythm (Fragile)
DBX – Losing Control – Robert Hood remix (Peacefrog)
The Vision – Detroit: One Circle (Metroplex)
Jeff Mills – Division Delignes – Force Universelle EP (Purpose Maker)
Dieb – Schnei – Unit Injector Drive (Citymorb)
Wildplanet – Synthetic (430 West)
D. Ball – Slack (Ourtime)
Jeff Mills – In The Bush – The Purpose Maker EP (Axis)
Aril Brikha – Aqua – Deeparture In Time (Transmat)
The Connection Machine – Avatar Shopping – Painless (Downlow)

Part 1 > Matt MacQueen

Whodini – 5 Minutes of Funk – instrumental (Jive)
David Joseph – You Can’t Hide (Your Love From Me) (Mango)
The Players Association – The Get-Down Mellow Sound – We Got The Groove (Vanguard)
Sharon Redd – Beat The Street (Prelude)
Erotic Drum Band – Jerky Rhythm – Plug Me To Death (Prism)
Daniel Wang – Free Lovin’ (Housedream) – The Morning Kids (Balihu)
Morgan Geist – Sleaze – Super EP (Environ)
Loose Joints – Pop Your Funk (Soul Jazz)
Pal Joey – Getting Hot – #6 (Loop D’ Loop)
Nancy Martin – Can’t Believe (Neige)
Ris – Love-N-Music (Relish)
untitled – Cocadisco I
Mr. Flagio – Take A Chance (Squish)
Capricorn – I Need Love (Delirium)
Block 16 – Electrokution (Nuphonic)
Jellybean – The Mexican – Dance Mix (EMI)
Margueritas – Margherita (Hot Edit) – #2 (Unclassics)
Dexter – Valve (Live) – Raw EP (Klakson)
Pineapples – Come on Closer (Original Records)

Part 2 > Dave Siska

lfo – lfo (leeds warehouse mix) (warp)
forgemasters – clap – black steel ep (network)
the persuader – what is the time mr. templar (svek)
mannequin lung – city lights [mr hazeltine rmx feat. divine styler] (plug research)
phillipe cam – caddies day [salz rmx] (traum)
monolake – force (ml/i)
counterattack – unspecified enemies (counterattack)
legowelt – sturmvogel – pimpshifter (bunker)
public energy – p.a. – silicon ghetto vol 1 (accelerate)
surgeon – magneze (downwards)
surgeon – badger bite (downwards)
surgeon – coaster (soma)
heiko laux – sensefiction [surgeon rmx] (kanzleramt)
savvas ysatis – alright [surgeon’s keith 4 nat mix] (tresor)
surgeon – at the heart of all – force+form (tresor)
surgeon – la real (counterbalance)
planetary assault systems – booster [surgeon rmx] (peacefrog)
surgeon – midnight club tracks i (counterbalance)

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Part 1: Fresh Is The Word. Bringin vinyl slabs of Nunk (new wave funk!) bridging proto hip-hop, disco and electro. From Roy Ayers smooth Brooklyn soul to tough avant-funk by Material… Grandmaster Flash cuts faster, but the Mary Jane Girls go All Night Long… winds down w/ deeper house.

Part 2: a steady trainride through the midtempo mellowside of the sunset city, with crucial stops at theo parrish, losoul, and ron trent before dusk falls and the city lights come up with perbec and main street.

Part 1> Matt MacQueen

Coke Escovedo – Why Can’t We Be Lovers – Coke (Mercury)
Roy Ayers – We Live in Brooklyn Baby (Urban)
Digable Planets – Borough Check – Blowout Comb (Pendulum)
Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long (boot)
Mantronix – Fresh is the Word – The Album (Sleeping Bag)
Material – Don’t Lose Control – 12\” dance version (Elektra)
Made in U.S.A. – Shake Your Body (Unidisc)
The Chi-Lites – Bottom’s Up (Larc)
Grandmaster Flash – The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel (Sugarhill)
Kurtis Blow – Christmas Rappin – Do It Yourself Version – Instrumental (Mercury)
Theo Parrish – Dark Patterns – First Floor Part 2 (Peacefrog)
Jive Rhythm Tracks – 112 BPM – Volume 2 – (Jive)
Warp 9 – Nunk (New Wave Funk) Instrumental – (Prisim)
Andres – Last Call for Alcohol (Mahogani)
Slave – Snap Shot – Showtime (Cotillion)
Barbara Norris – Heavy Hitter – Dub mix (Up)
R. Trent / C. Damier – Morning Factory – The Grand Lodge of Luxor EP (Prescription)
James Duncan – You and Me – Peoples Are Peoples (Real Soon)
Club Ice – Manhasset [Larry Heard Mix] – Chicago Boogie vol. 3 (Rush Hour)
Psyche – Andromeda (Transmat)

Part 2 > Dave Siska

ts-1 – evolution – nautical cafe (soultraxx)
theo parrish – sun ra: saga of resistance (kindred spirit)
bluetrain – 09 – ‘standard version (bluetrain)
benjamin brunn – flur – farstuhlmusik (usm)
l’usine – flat – surface (isophlux)
losoul – sunbeams and the rain – belong (playhouse)
nagual – feel the rhythm (prescription)
daniel bell – the wild life (elevate)
omar-s – 002 (fxhe)
precession – sandcastle [mike huckaby rmx] (deep transportation)
perbec – shakerun – perbec ep (ifach)
ozzy – clikk 1 (thule)
heiko laux – moonside playground [remix] – dedicated to all believers (yoshi toshi)
round three feat tikiman – acting crazy (main street)
thor – aliens don’t boogie (ae)

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Part 1 > Sexy Chicago soul for Valentine’s Day (w/ a Curtis Mayfield connection) into Loft and Music Box disco to Prince’s Hot Thing. Round basslines from D-Train and Abe Duque gets nasty over Vanity 6. Raw 312 jack trax cut-ups from DJ Sneak, GU, and Santos, ending w/ new ‘static friendly’ techno from Detroit’s Carl Craig.

Part 2 > dark vocals from g.d.luxxe set the tone, furthered by murky techno from the likes of i-F and luke slater. the mood subsides slightly and dan curtin winds out his epic \”parallel\”. please be advised that the audio is slightly distorted, we’re working on it.

part 1 > Matt MacQueen

The Staple Singers – Let’s Do It Again – Let’s Do It Again Soundtrack (Curtom)
The New Rotary Connection – I Am The Blackgold of the Sun – Hey Love (Cadet)
The Crusaders – Street Life – Full Length Disco Mix (Loft Classics)
Prince – Hot Thing – Extended 12\” remix (Warner)
Patti Labelle – Music Is My Way of Life – Best Of (Epic)
D-Train – You’re The One for Me (Prelude)
Macho – I’m A Man (Prelude)
Daniel Paul – Outta Space [Meitz dub] – Outta Space Remixes (Mermaid)
Presence – Better Day – Salt City Orchestra’s Better Dub (Pagan)
Abe Duque – untitled – Champagne Days & Cocaine Nights (Abe Duque)
Vanity 6 – Nasty Girl (Warner)
Jack Da Ripper – Jack’s Back (Circuit)
DJ Sneak – The Lights part 1 – Blue Funk EP (Relief)
Jack Da Ripper – Funkin’ With Da Drums (Circuit)
GU – Space Square Dance (Relief)
Chip E – Like This – Club Mix (DJ International)
Santos – Space The Box (Trax)
Carl Craig – Sandstorms – Just Another Day (Planet E)
Sterac – Asphyx (100% Pure)

part 2 > Dave Siska

g.d.luxxe – red – oral-olio – an history of tomorrow (ersatz audio)
reload – phase 4 – autoreload vol 2 (infonet)
afx – c1 – analogue bubblebiatch vol 3 (rephlex)
metamatics & clatterbox – how i missed you – project unison (neo ouija)
paul w teebrooke – face at the window – stasis: past movements (peacefrog)
jon hassell – empire ii – magic realism (e.g.)
if – spiegelbeeld – f***ing consumer (disko b)
plastikman – plasticine – sheet one (mute)
planetary assault systems – exploration of the ravish – the electric funk machine (peacefrog)
jeff mills – preview (tomorrow)
newworldromantic – spirit ep (delsin)
oz artists – target for tampax advertising – the zone ep (oz interactive)
moodymann – don’t be misled (kdj)
josh brent – overcome (schatrax)
low profile society – example 5 (toytronic)
dan curtin – parallel – silicon dawn (peacefrog)
rontgen – cesium (sahko)
burger/ink – twelve miles high – las vegas (matador/harvest)

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As a philosophy we try to mix the new and old, taking a longer lens on electronic music… but once a year, we look back at all the NEW records we came across that stood above the rest. Here’s a mix of our favorite slabs o’ vinyl from 2004 in one bang-up show, yee ha!

Part 1 > Matt MacQueen

Colin Zyskowski feat. Paul Randolph – Soul Concern (Below The Surface)
The Rotating Assembly – Orchestra Hall – Natural Aspirations (Sound Signature)
3 Chairs – Misty City – 3 Chairs LP (3 Chairs)
Further Details – Remote People – Volume Two (A.T.C.)
Moodymann – Mahogani 9000 – Black Mahogani (Peacefrog)
Arthur Russell – Hop On Down – Calling Out of Context (Audika)
James Duncan – untitled b2 (Le Systeme)
Metro Area – Proton Candy – 5 (Environ)
J.E.N. – Space Drums (Freestyle LTD)
Alden Tyrell – Rendezvous at Rimini (Clone)
Rong music promo – RPR 00A
$tinkworx – Manowar – Aedena EP (Delsin)
Jersey Devil Social Club – Magnifique – (Environ)
Raiders of the Lost ARP – On & On – 4 (Nature)
Unit 4 – Bodydub – (Tiefschwarz Remix) – Remixes EP (Clone)
ADJD – Bring It Back – Stocktown City Dwellers (Poker Flat)
Raiders of the Lost ARP – Funk 008 (Palms Ride) (Pigna)
Random Factor – Second Principles – LTD Album Sampler (2020 Vision)
Juan Atkins – I Love You (New Religion)
Timeline – Time Sensitive (Underground Resistance)

Part 2 > Dave Siska

iridite productions – the acceptable face of elitist techno (down low)
shawn rudiman – feel again – odds against us (technoir)
osborne – bout ready to jak [shake’s mix] (spectral)
heiroglyphic being – machines for lovers ep (spectral)
murcof – ulysses [fax remix] (leaf)
the godson – magic water – soul edge ep part 2 (still music)
ross 154 – until my heart stops (m>o>s)
claro intelecto – chicago – section ep (ai)
arctic hospital – frost castings – terminal 01 (narita)
mr shifter – ratios – machine life music (new religion)
arovane – tokyo ghost stories – lilies (cco)
gys – glo – subset echo (zer0gsounds)
monobox – realm 02 [substance rmx] (logistic)
manual with jess kahr – 1986 – the north shore (darla)
tim hecker – incurably optimistic! – mirages (alien8)

Such precious airtime… here’s a few more we loved/played a lot in ’04 but didn’t get a chance to drop this show:

Underground Resistance – Windchime / Abandoned Bldgs. in Mono (UR)
Kirk Degiorgio – 3EP (New Religion)
Kelley Polar Quartet – Rococo EP (Environ)
DJ Yoav B – Boogie Down Saturn EP (Wabi Sabi)
154 – Strike LP/CD (Delsin)
Jeff Mills – Special 7\” Series (Axis)

Classics reissued in 2004 that made us broke:

Ris – Love N Music (Relish)
Chicago Boogie – 4 x 12\” or mixed CD compilation (Eskimo/Rush Hour)
Unclassics – ongoing 12\” series or incredible mix CD (Environ)
Arthur Russell – World of Echo CD & DVD (Audika)
Arthur Russell – World of 3 x 12\” or CD (Soul Jazz)
Disco Girls CD – Paper Dolls / Catherine Miller / Kim Katrell (Tyson)
Donna McGhee – Make It Last Forever (Red Greg)
Kenny Dixon Jr. / Mike Huckaby – Picture Disk (Deep Transportaion)
Basic Channel & M label records – Ltd. clear vinyl represses from Hardwax, Berlin
Quadrant – Infinition/Hyperprism – Clear vinyl
Urban Culture – The Wonders of Wishing (Trance Fusion)
R-Tyme – Use Me (Trance Fusion)
Philus – pH (Sahko)
The Conet Project – Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations (Irdial)

Part 1 > Matt MacQueen

Prince – Gotta Stop (Messin About) – (Sire)
Afrika Bambaataa – Bambaataa’s Theme (Tommy Boy)
Double Helix – Low Key – Funxtiles EP (Rush Hour)
Aroy Dee – Glow (M>O>S)
Rydims – Rydim #2 (Version) (Nu Groove)
Jamie Principle – Your Love (Persona)
Mahogany – Ride On The Rhythm (West End)
Carol Williams – No One Can Do It (Like You) – (Vanguard)
Midnight Starr – Freak-A-Zoid (Solar)
Mark Shreve – Legion (Razor Mix) – (Jive Electro)
The X-Men – Professor X (X Files)
Two Sisters – B-Boys Beware (Sugarscoop)
2 Puerto Ricans, A Blackman & A Dominican – Do It Properly (The Original) (Grooveline)
Coco Steel & Lovebomb – Feel It – Influences (Warp)
John Foxx – Mr. No (Joakim remix) – Vanity Project (New Religion)
Baby Ford – Milky Tres (Rhythm King)

Part 2> Dave Siska

auto bahn – do you like this beat [london calling mix by chip e] (fierce)
armando presents mike dearborn – 1991 (a new age) (muzique)
the martian – firekeeper (red planet)
future/past – nebula variation (art)
derek carr – paris metro – initial transmission (digital soul)
shed – rainy day – soloaction (delsin)
cim – view – reference (defocus)
bfc – please stand by (retroactive)
black dog – aural wallpaper – parallel (gpr)
154 – apricot – strike (delsin)
mark broom – drift (mosaic)
starfish pool – bird (pure plastic)
cio – tube (episode)
damon wild – traveller – downtown worlds (kanzleramt)
spirit – spirit ep (cosmic)
seofon – locatha (visible)
leo anibaldi – fusion 1 (acv)
autechre – piezo – amber (warp)
agent cooper – LL 01
heiko laux + anthony rother – the old school street (i220)
baby ford + m-core – rok tek da city (ifach)

Part 1: Right-click to download (80 min 128k MP3 = 73mb)
Part 2: Sorry no recording

Part 1 > Midtempo lovesick electronics from UK synthpop /nu wave dance pioneers and an italo disco wish by Gazebo. Low-slung post-punk funk by A Certain Ratio and delay-drenched boogie from Aurra. The System breaks down the computer love, and YMO’s video game funk ends with, what else? …an explosion.

Part 2 > after a bright start with the connective zone and ian o’brien, the snowfall takes over chicago. iceland’s yagya leads the way with snowblanket dub techno, with deepchord’s rod modell not far behind. Ghosts in the machine messed up the recording, but download one of Dave’s best sets in our new ‘Featured Archive’ section.

part 1 > Matt MacQueen

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Dancing (Virgin)
A Flock of Seagulls – Wishing (If I Had A Photograph of You) – Long Version (Jive)
Gazebo – Masterpiece (Baby Records)
A Certain Ratio – Flight – Blown Away (Factory)
Arthur Russell – Let’s Go Swimming (Puppy Surf Dub) – (Rough Trade)
Subject – The Magic, The Moment (Pow Wow)
The System – You Are In My System (Mirage)
Aurra – Such A Feeling – Part 3 (Sal Soul)
Firefly – Love Is Gonna Be On Your Side (Unidisc)
DJ Yoav B – Hot One – Boogie Down Saturn (Wabi Sabi)
Fresh Color – Get On Up (Gold)
Wet – That’s The Game (STD)
YMO – Computer Games (boot)
Juan Atkins – Track 10 – Back to Basics part 1 (New Religion)

Part 2 > Dave Siska

connective zone – palm palm [broom and hill rmx] (uxb)
ian o’brien – tap sketch (4th wave)
convextion – niche (matrix)
yagya – snowflake 1 – rhythm of snow (force inc)
rod modell – rain – kettle point ep (echocord)
detroit diesel – railway – moto-r ep (dum)
yagya – snowflake 2 – rhythm of snow (force inc)
mark thibideau – last night (sub static)
exozz – orange-blue – rhythm method vol 2 (mosaic)
maurizio – m6 (m)
vainqueur – solanus [original] (chain reaction)
m. mayer – 17&4 (kompakt)