plat du jour ~ seth troxler: essential mix

last night, seth took over the bbc radio 1 airwaves and turned in his first ever essential mix. apparently recorded in one take, the two hour selection – according to the man himself during an amusingly manipulated intro – includes his usual styles of “contemporary dance and underground pop as well as experimental electronic music.”

as you should expect, the mix arcs nicely from the charming, colourful stuff to start, through more dance-y grooves in the middle and on to deeper stuff towards the end (including the penultimate track which is one of  my favourites ever, tiga’s ‘gentle giant’). so, stick it on, turn it up and wig out…


Seth Troxler – Essential Mix – 07-05-2011

published on May 7, 2011 10:03 am.
filed under: house, plat du jour, seth troxler, techno

plat du jour ~ tama sumo

[ok, since i wrote this last night someone by the name of tama sumo has commented on the mix saying it's not hers... whosoever it belongs to, it's good, so listen away...]

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. 


tama sumo ~ live in göteborg, nye 2010 

published on January 24, 2011 10:17 am.
filed under: deep house, dub techno, house, mix of the day, panormama bar, plat du jour, tama sumo, techno

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

published on December 18, 2010 12:49 pm.
filed under: acid, chicago house, joe smooth, mix of the day, plat du jour

plat du jour ~ lazpod 19

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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.

lazpod.com/episodes/lazpod19/

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published on December 17, 2010 4:48 pm.
filed under: mix of the day, plat du jour