tama sumo’s panormamabar 02 mix (the club at which she is resident) from late 2009 was one of the finest of recent memory: great records, well mixed, with the odd well received curveball laid down toward the end. imagine my delight when i came across this live recording of hers from nye at berghain, then. it’s almost two and half hours long (which means it’s unhurried; records play out as they should – to the end) and starts off with some firm footed dub shrouded in a mist of echo and reverb, before pushing on through some synthy futurism, kicking but controlled techno and plenty of dry, funky subtleness. things get freaky towards the end with some frantic acid and pure warehouse vibes meaning that although ‘musical journey’ is a cringe-y term, it’s certainly an apt description for what sumo offers up.
teshno
'in germany, they can't say 'techno,' they say 'teshno'' ~ seth troxler [march 2008]
plat du jour ~ tama sumo
plat du jour ~ seth troxler
it was his podcasts which first got me interested in seth troxler a few years ago. now here i am, with a blog in his honour and a cat named after him (yeah) delighted to have come across another on soundcloud. previous efforts for ra, save the cannibals (twice) and particularly ibiza-voice laced together deep, trippy, melancholic, moody house and techno with a fluidity few others could match. over the course of almost two hours, this mix nimbly shifts through a number of gears without ever losing focus on the underlying groove. i don’t recognise many of the records but one of the reason i love troxler’s sets is that, inevitably, i’ll remember most of them. each has something to say for itself, not a single one is there to plug a gap, and together they make for awesome listening…
plat du jour ~ cosmin trg
today’s mix comes from romanian producer cosmin trg. since adding the cosmin to his trg moniker, cosmin nicolae has ventured into a world of dubby house atmospheres and skippy garage rhythms on labels like the rejuvenated rush hour. it’s certainly tickled my fancy, as does his tidy and wide reaching track selection (surely showcasing his influences, old and new) for the zero” blog which includes everything from basic channel to shed via stl and john roberts, with one of many highlights being roman flugel’s latest delicious offering for dial, ‘how to spread lies’.
plat du jour ~ nico jaar
i’m very excited. tonight i’m off to see nico jaar for the first time. it’s been 18 months since i first fell in love with his sounds, and today’s mix is where it all began – a wolf & lamb label showcase recorded live at the bunker. it’s a wondrously evocative mix which has your mind in a million different worlds throughout its course, and one which moves at varying tempos through warm and chunky grooves, charismatic samples and all sorts of culture spanning inflections making it one of my favourite mixes ever. and it’s only 37 minutes long.
plat du jour ~ joe smooth
today i will mostly be listening to this again, a 25th anniversary set for trax records mixed by house vet joe ‘promised land’ smooth. we all know dance music is stuck – for right or wrong – in a perpetual state of rivavalism, so a mix like this, stuffed with bumping, jacking chicago classics and a healthy dose of acid is almost as representative as it is retrospective at the end of 2010.
that aside, you never can hear nostalgic heavy hitters like ‘move your body’ and ‘love can’t turn around’ quite often enough…
joe smooth ~ trax records 25th anniversary mixtape
fantasy – screamin’ rachael & z-factor
fun with bad boys -screamin’ rachael
waiting on my angel – frankie knuckles, jamie principle
bringing down the walls – larry heard (mr.fingers), robert owens
work that mother** – steve pointdexter
the house music anthem – marshall jefferson
this is acid – maurice joshua
you used to hold me – ralphi rosario
love can’t turn around – daryl pandy
acid trax – phuture
so sexy – screamin’ rachael, maurice joshua
can you feel it – larry heard
distant planet – larry heard (mr.fingers)
i’ve lost control – sleezy d.
my forever’s here today – screamin’ rachael
sensation – ron hardy
dance all night – screamin’ rachael
our house is funkafied – george clinton, screamin’ rachael
plat du jour ~ lazpod 19
there are so many mixes out there, plenty get lost without enough people hearing them. as such, i thought i might as well share the best of the ones i hear… here comes the first, a typically varied journey through all manner of weirded out house, techno and dubstep which also features a wee chat with nico jaar.
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