Not Grace Jones, not Chicks on Speed, it’s Trent Reznor, Jeordie White and Peter Murphy.

Spank Rock at Sydney Festival - January 2008

I gave FabricLive33 an absolute thrashing this week, so you’ll see a favouring of the tracks from the CD below in my chart of most listened to for the week. If you’ve seen them live, or even if you haven’t, and are just familiar with their playful Baltimore sound, then this CD might surprise, not for it’s lack of playfulness - far from it, but it’s a fusion of many styles, a genre-smash of techno, old school breaks, guitars, electro (not electro-house) and even some progressive rock!

Mr. Oizo – Nazis (Justice Mix)
Dominatrix – The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
KW Griff – Good Man
Metro Area – Orange Alert (DFA remix)
The Romantics – Talking In Your Sleep
Uffie – Hot Chick (Feadz edit)
CSS – Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above (Spank Rock Remix)
Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
Rick Ross – Hustlin’
Matthew Dear – Fleece On Brain

Claude Young - Play.fm part at Flex, April 2008. Photo: Dentcys

Kenny Larkin - Without a Sound (Art of Dance)
Rhythim is Rhythim - Beyond the Dance (Transmat)
Carl Craig - Goodbye World (Planet E)
Symbols and Instruments - Cymbolic (KMS)
3MB - Jazz is the Teacher (Metroplex)
Rhythim is Rhythim - Nude Photo (Transmat)
Scorpions Dream - Aqua Dance (Fragile)
Vision - Touch Me (Incognito)
Yennek - Emperical Reality (Buzz)
Jeff Mills - Purpose Maker 001 (Axis)
Robert Hood - Minus (Tresor)
Rhythim is Rhythim - Icon (Transmat)
Kenny Larkin - Groove (R&S)
Fade To Black - In Sync (Reprise) (Fragile)
Claude Young - Dj Kicks (Studio !k7)
The Martian - Cosmic Movement (Red Planet)
The Martian - Ultraviolet Images (Red Planet)

Download. Now. Thanks again to Vince Watson for a delectable mix!

Related links:
Detroit Classics Volume 1
Detroit Classics Volume 2

More mixtape action from Vince Watson. Hot.

1. 69 - Microlovr (Planet E)
2. Fix - Diligent (Ignitor)
3. Carl Craig - Twilight (Planet E)
4. Rhythim is Rhythim - Kaotic Harmony (Transmat)
5. The Martian - Skypainter (Red Planet)
6. Speedy J - Rise (Plus Eight)
7. The Martian - Stardancer (Red Planet)
8. Aril Brikha - Groove La Chord (Transmat)
9. Carl Craig - Science Fiction (Blanco Y Negro)
10. Robert Hood - Grey Area (M-Plant)
11. Galaxy2Galaxy - Journey of the Dragons (Underground Resistance)
12. Dark Comedy - War of the Worlds (Transmat)
13. The Martian - Journey to the Martian Polar Ice Cap (Red Planet)
14. Blake Baxter - Altitude (ESP)
15. Clark - Dial (Planet E)
16. Robert Hood - Make A Wish (Peacefrog)
17. Robert Hood - Interior Suspect (Peacefrog)

Ricky V and Richie at Mutek 06 - Photo: Miguel Legault

An eclectic mash-up this fortnight.

Bjørn Torske – Expresso
The Slits – Spend, Spend, Spend
Sigur Rós – 180 Sekúndur Fyrir Sólarupprás (Recycled by Curver)
Newworldaquarium – Curse Of The Bloody Puppets (Original Mix)
Eddie ‘Flashin’ Fowlkes – 420 High
Ricardo Villalobos – 4 Wheel Drive
Pinch – Airlock
Sparklehorse – Getting It Wrong
The Black Dog – 43s777
Ricardo Villalobos – Andruic & Japan

Albums on high rotation:
Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36
Astronomy Class - Exit Strategy
Charles Webster Born On The 24th Of July
Sigur Rós - Von Brigði
Matthew Dear – Asa Breed
The Slits – Cut
Paavoharju – Yhä hämärää
Dr. Octagon – Dr. Octagonecologyst
Cut Copy – Bright Like Neon Love
154 – Strike

Download this excellent old-school Detroit techno classics mix by Vince Watson.

Tracklisting:

1. Rings of Saturn (vocals) - UR (Underground Resistance)
2. Reel by Real - Sirkut (Interface)
3. Kenny Larkin - Metropolis (Plus Eight)
4. Rhythm is Rhythm - The Beginning (Transmat)
5. Rhythm is Rhythm - A Relic (Buzz)
6. Pod - Vanguard (Buzz)
7. Pod - Myopsis (Buzz)
8. Psyche - Evolution (Fragile)
9. Bango - Mystical Adventure (Fragile)
10. Rhythm is Rhythm - It Is What It Is (Transmat)
11. Reese - Funky Funk Funk (Fragile)
12. VFT - Locations (Plus Eight)
13. Casey Tucker - Untitled promo (White label)
14. Psyche - From Beyond (Fragile)
15. Pod - Clavia’s North - (Art of Dance)
16. Cosmic Messenger - I Find Myself (Eclipse)
17. Rhythm is Rhythm - Drama (Transmat)
18. The Martian - Sex In Zero Gravity (Red Planet)
19. Cosmic Messenger - Untitled (Promo)
20. World2World - Cosmic Traveller (Underground Resistance)
21. Humana - Millsart (Axis)
22. Carl Craig - At Les - (Planet E)
23. Tres Demented - Demented Drums (Planet E)

This is what happens when you drop out of school early kids! Here’s MC Steve from Sheffield, and his audition for X-Factor.

“I’d love to have the hip-hop lifestyle. The biatches, pimped-up rides, bling, cars, hotels, free booze…” he says with a level of cockyness that surpasses P. Diddy and John Steffensen, but doesn’t have the talent to back it up. Respect? I think not.

One of my favourite musicians, Daniel Bell, one of the forefeathers of minimal techno and composer of some of my favourite cuts under the DBX monicker including “Losing Control”, “Phreak” and “Electric Shock” and the wonderful Elevate guise on Harmonie Park is
featured in Resident Advisor this week.

“Music has been a part of my life for 20 years,” he says. “I think as it’s maturing, it’s become even more inspirational, because there’s space for everything new. In previous years, there was always one sound that was really dominant. It was really hard to find space. But in the last couple years, it’s really opened up, and there’s lots of space for all the different approaches to this music. To me, it’s definitely as important as ever. Absolutely.”

Related items:
Check out the full article at Resident Advisor
Listen to the Bunker Podcast
“Electric Shock” on The New Dance Show
My Flickr photo set from his BEEF gig - October 15, 2005

Getting your groove on for the last First Blood. Here’s the pictorial recap.

Jamie Lidell – Another Day
Dr. Octagon – I Got to Tell You
Jamie Lidell – Wait For Me
Dr. Octagon – Bear Witness
Prince – Sign “O” the Times
Mike Dunn Presents MR 69 – Phreaky Motherfucker (Mike Dunns Original Phreak Mixx)
Jamie Lidell – Rope of Sand
Thom Yorke – And It Rained All Night (Burial Remix)
Holger Zilske – The Bees
Wareika Hill Sounds – Coconut Head Special