XLR8R talks with the Stroboscopic Artefacts boss about his production techniques.
Italian-born Berlin-based Luca Mortellaro (a.k.a. Lucy) is a stalwart of the modern techno scene. His productions, many of which are released through his flowering Stroboscopic Artefacts imprint, drift between those made to make people dance and those that serve as more experimental, ambient works—as captured beautifully on his 2011 debut LP,Wordplay for Working Bees. Read
Go with Angus Gruzman on a journey through an alternate sonic universe that nobody else could construct.
Dreems is the solo project of Sydney DJ Angus Gruzman – a man who can fairly claim responsibility for inspiring kids towards the dance floor for over a decade. As Gus Da Hoodrat, he was a long-serving member of the Bang Gang party crew and he’s ensuring the good times continue with his involvement in the Motorik label and the regular parties they throw.
His mix for i-D is the kind of journey that only someone with an impressively eclectic record collection could take you on. Angus describes it as a “mix that was made with a certain rug in mind (it knows who it is). There was no more than a chair and a packet of empty crisps on the rug that I was playing to that evening. It’s an intimate mix formulated in my mind for the open space of your mind. It’s 100% vinyl, 100% vibe and 100% me on the Persian rugs.” Interview on i-D.
Rug up and listen in.
Track listing
Marie Bolangassa – Rikikida
I:Cube – Rhythm Trainx Vol 1
O B Ignitt – Icarus Flight Favour mix
Tambien – Deep Hai
Metro Area – Rhythm Reel #6
Maurice Fulton presents Stress – My Gigolo (Chicken Lips Dub)
MMT – Sevmek Ístiyorum
Crumbs 03 – Africus Animus
Ruf Dug – Guybrush Threepwood Does DMT And Goes Paragliding At Sunset
Tamas Jones – The Heat Of The Moment
Tanner Ross – B-Side
Robin Jones – Royal Mozambique
Wareika – Mountain Ride
Montezumas Rache – Sigma Tanz
Nick Chacona – Lucidia
Mutado Pintado – Michelle (Acid Arab feat. Shanbezadeh Ensemble Remix)
M83 – Run Into Flowers (Midnight Fuck Remix by Jackson)
Dolphins Into The Future – Culatra Island
Vakula – Arrakis
Shocking Pinks – Smoke Screen (Twelve Inches & A Bit More by The Glimmers)
Edward – ?
Insanlar – Kime Ne (Ricardo Villalobos Remix)
Multi Culti will release Red Axes Waiting For a Suprise on September 11, 2015
Stephen Brown’s inspiration lies firmly in Detroit techno, his releases and live performances are proof of this. He chooses to give his music to labels that he respects, rather than make a certain style of music for a particular type of label. “That for me is fashion and music is not fashion Music is Music”.
“This track is made up of bits and pieces of unfinished/unreleased music I’m working on so its perfect for the live set. Both DJs and clubbers keep asking me what it is and when it will be released. The DJs are a bit more keen to have it, demanding a download link instantly, so my decision this time was to give it to the party goers first.”
Indigo Aera will release ‘Invisible Light EP’ (w/ Antigone remix) September 4, 2015.
Last week saw the release of Sketches from an Island 3 on International Feel. Mark Barrott has also created a beautiful and Balearic mix for i-D. Have a listen here. Article on i-D
Mark Barrott’s third round of Balearic beauty, Sketches From An Island 3, is out now.
Echoing in many ways the wave of fellow European acts such as Acid Arab, Mehmet Aslan and Baris Kwho mix all kinds of eastern music with modern sounds, De Los Miedos and Östra Discos are slowly but surely rising in the underground electronic scene.
Östra Discos will release Houmous Pour Tous EP on August 28, 2015
With three decades of music-making in the rearview mirror, Detroit minimal techno trailblazer Robert Hood has assembled a voluminous body of work. But like any true artist, Hood is interested in pushing forward, not looking back. So while his long-established M-Plant label spent last year reissuing some of the highlights from his past, Hood has got a fierce flurry of activity on the way over the coming months.
For one thing, Hood will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event, which runs from Oct 14-18, 2015. He’ll be participating in two separate sessions there — one where he’ll talk about what fuels his creative spirit, and another in which he’ll be joined by the people who help make it all happen behind the scenes (managers, agents, etc.), offering a valuable peek behind the curtain. But in advance of those appearances, Hood will also be storming stages across the globe on a 26-date summer tour that will bring his brand of techno everywhere from Israel to Ibiza.
ROBERT HOOD SUMMER TOUR 2015
JULY
Sat 4: Astropolis festival, Brest, France – RH Hybrid (DJ / live combined) set
Sun 5: Piknic Electronik, Barcelona, Spain – Floorplan DJ set
Fri 10: Shift at Liquid Club, Malta – RH DJ set
Sat 11: Ambasada Gavioli, Slovenia – Floorplan DJ set
Sun 12: Detroit Love at Space, Ibiza – RH DJ set
Thurs 16: The Block, Tel Aviv, Israel – RH DJ set
Fri 17: Dour festival, Belgium – RH DJ set
Sat 18: Lehman club, Stuttgart, Germany – RH DJ set
Thu 23: Mondo, Madrid, Spain – Floorplan DJ set
Sat 25: The Bay festival, Corsica, France – RH DJ set
Fri 31: Dekmantel festival, Amsterdam – RH Hybrid (DJ / live combined) set
AUGUST
Sat 1: Eastern Electrics (Skreamizm stage), London, England – Floorplan DJ set (day)
Sat 1: District8, Dublin, Ireland – Floorplan DJ set (evening)
Sun 2: Barbarellas, Pirovac, Croatia – Floorplan DJ set
Wed 5: Hyte at Amnesia, Ibiza – Floorplan DJ set
Fri 7: bunkTEK at Silo, Glabbek, Belgium – Floorplan DJ set
Sat 8: Les Electros d’Uzès, between Lyon & Marseille, France – RH DJ set
Thurs 13: Neopop, festival, Viana do Castel, Portugal – RH DJ set
Fri 14: Culture Box, Copenhagen, Denmark – RH DJ set
Fri 21: Nordstern, Basel, Switzerland – RH DJ set
Sat 22: Guendalina, Santa Cesarea Terme , Italy – RH DJ set
Tue 25: Tribal Sessions at Sankeys, Ibiza – Floorplan DJ set
Fri 28: PAL, Hamburg, Germany – RH DJ set
Sat 29: Mysteryland, Amsterdam – RH DJ set (day)
Sat 29: Tresor, Berlin – RH DJ set (evening)
Sun 30: Blueprint night at The Hydra, London, England – RH DJ set
Re-watch Floorplan aka Robert Hood live from Weather Festival, Paris on Mixmag.
