More mixes today, I’ve been listening to a slew of mixes from the Dave Siska and Matt McQueen aka the Sonic Sunet crew who present Clinically Inclined every week on 89.3FM WNUR, straight outta Chicago.

Today I listened to Teep’s mix which consisted of tracks that had a vocal, with tunes ranging from the melodic electronics of Florence’s ‘The Vineyard’, the dirty and dusty basement jam ‘Smile’ by Theo Parrish to ‘I House U’ a Marco Passarani’s grimey electro jam that samples the vocal from the JB’s track ‘I’ll House You’. It’s funny how worlds cross-over, but I remember getting an ‘interesting’ response from Teep when posting a question about Drexciya on the 313-Detroit mailing list some 11 or 12 years ago. Now, I look back and laugh as I well and truly understand the realm that is Drexciya.

Incidentally, the show is named after a brilliant Detroit-meets-Sheffield funk machination by Future/Past (aka Kirk DeGiorgio) - simply brilliant music, which 14 years on lives on strongly in my record collection (and obviously Matt McQ’s!) as it features in the show dated August 15, 2005. Someone once said techno was a fad. Whilst it’s not as revolutionary as the home computer, I’m sure someone said the same about it as well at the time. Whatever, here’s the tracklisting from that show:

William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You Got (Roxbury)
Prince - Sign O’ The Times (Warner)
Next Movement - All I Do (Nuance)
Rene & Angela - I’ll Be Good (Mercury)
Loose Endz - Hangin’ On A String - Good Times (BBE)
NYC Peech Boys - On A Journey [Dub] (Island)
Hanna - Metropolitan (Sound Signature)
Mr. Hazeltine - On The Avenue (Plug Research)
Presence - Better Days (Pagan)
P. Lauer - Neonbrown - Staystacedays EP (Real Soon)
Romanthony - Let The Rhythm Move You - The Wanderer (Prescription)
Gus Gus - Ladyshave [Biggi’s Megatron Mix 2] (4AD)
Kenny Black - Broken Soul - Future Instrumentals EP (Finest Blend)
Jesper Dahlback - Polyhouse (DX)
Future/Past - Clinically Inclined (Planet E)
Balil - Choke & Fly - Trainer (Warp)

As you can see, it’s not about genres but just about playing solid music that you can tap your toes to while typing up another document. A real mixture here with the Larry Levan discotech influenced NYC Peech Boys on to Mr. Hazeltine which is a pseudonym for current dancefloor devastator and soon to be Australian tourist - John Tejada. And then there’s Prince.

Tune in and check it out. Well worth the download.